Chapter 392 Claims from Foreign Shipowners

 “So fast?” Qin Tao asked Zhao Ling.

"Yes, my water broke in the hospital, and they sent me here immediately. When I entered the delivery room, the little guy's head came out. I stayed in it for less than three minutes and then came out. Zhao Ling had a smile on her face: "This process is so fast. I became a mother before I even realized it."

 After speaking, Zhao Ling looked at the infant baby again: "It seems that he can't wait to see you."

"Yes, this little guy wants to see the outside world." Qin Tao looked at the newly born child with big, gurgling eyes. When Qin Tao came over, he immediately hugged the white rabbit with both hands warily. He is afraid that others will **** his food.

"You know how to protect your food at such a young age. Huh, your dad has eaten it so many times..." After Qin Tao finished speaking, he felt that this sentence was a bit inappropriate, so he quickly changed the topic: "Just now you said, let me give it to you What’s our child’s name?”

“Yes, you were always dissatisfied with the names I gave you in the past. Now, I am still a leader, so of course you have to choose the name.”

“Well, it’s actually very simple.” Qin Tao said: “My old Qin family has a genealogy. We don’t need to think about the middle word. We only need to think about the last word.”

As he spoke, footsteps came from outside again. Qin Tao looked at the door and was surprised to see his father and mother.

Qin Baoshan and Cao Yuru had promised to come to Huating to take care of Zhao Ling when she was about to give birth. However, they came according to the expected date of delivery. Unexpectedly, they were still late. When they got off the train, they received news that she had arrived at the hospital, so they rushed there. It was actually earlier than Wu Shengli and Zhao Xiu'e to arrive at the hospital.

"Xiaoling, thank you for your hard work. You gave birth to a big fat boy for our old Qin family. Come and let grandpa hold him." Qin Baoshan's face was full of smiles.

Although Qin Tao doesn't care about men and women, Qin Baoshan still cares about them. The older generation is like this and there is nothing they can do about it.

However, the child obviously had no interest in Qin Baoshan. When he was in the belly, he heard the voices of Zhao Ling and Zhao Xiu'e all day long. Qin Baoshan was an outsider, and his appearance also disrupted the child's feeding. plan, so he glared at Qin Baoshan and cried.

“Old Qin, don’t scare the child, go ahead.” Cao Yuru quickly sent the old man away, then looked at the child with a smile.

 “This child is as good as Xiaoling. He is so delicate.”

 “Mom, you are a leader, you should follow me.”

"Why can't the leader just follow Xiaoling? Xiaoling is much prettier than you." Cao Yuru glanced at her son.

 Well, Qin Tao knew that he had to step aside.

“Dad, where is the genealogy of our family?”

 “Genealogy? I’ve already asked, should the genealogy be arranged...”

Before he finished speaking, there was another sound of footsteps outside. Wu Shengli and Zhao Xiu'e arrived with a large amount of baby supplies.

 Several people meet each other and exchange pleasantries.

"In-laws, I'm really sorry. She is obviously my daughter-in-law, but you have taken care of me for so long. Now that the child has been born, we have taken care of the confinement period." Cao Yuru thought of Zhao Xiu'e and said, "You guys should also take a rest. .”

"I'm not tired. Taozi has hired a nanny for the family and plans to hire a confinement nanny. However, Xiaoling gave birth too quickly and the confinement nanny hasn't come to work yet. You are the director of the factory and your career is your priority." Cao Yuru said.

In the early 1990s, confinement sisters had already begun to exist. From the beginning, they had no experience in the industry. Now, after four or five years, there are already a group of experienced confinement sisters. Qin Tao is not short of money. Of course, I'm going to invite one back.

 Cao Yuru looked at Qin Tao.

"Yes. Yes, Mom, there are people to do the work, but the company of family members is also important. This month, our family will live together, and it will be lively."

Since Zhao Ling had a natural birth, she did not need to be hospitalized and could go home directly. However, in order to be safer, Qin Tao decided to stay for three days and then go home after three days.

 That night, in the special care ward of the hospital, the confinement sister-in-law who was on duty slept on the bed next to her, and Qin Tao slept on the folding bed, watching over his wife and children.

“I’ve been busy for a long time during the day, but my father didn’t tell me which character is listed in my family’s genealogy.” Qin Tao whispered to Zhao Ling: “As long as it’s not the character longevity, everything else is easy.”

The word longevity is also found in the genealogy of many families. After all, the word longevity, health and longevity has a good connotation.

  However, it is not good when combined with the previous character Qin.

Zhao Ling covered her mouth and wanted to laugh.

 “What if it’s really this word? Then I have to think of a nice name!”

 “If this is the word, I will give him the surname Zhao.” Qin Tao said.

Zhao Ling rolled her eyes at Qin Tao. Think about it easily. Your surname is really Zhao. What does our dad do? Even if you use your status as the group boss to suppress him, I'm afraid it won't work, right?

“It would be nice if it was the word saint.” Qin Tao continued to ponder: “There are saints of poetry and saints of painting. Our son should be the saint of love. From now on, he will live among thousands of flowers..."

 Zhao Ling continued to cover her mouth and laugh.

However, at this moment, the door was pushed open with a creak, and Qin Tao looked at Xu Zhengyang who came in from the door with some surprise.

"What's wrong?"

“Mr. Qin, please come out.”

Obviously he didn't want Zhao Ling to know about these things. Qin Tao frowned. Could something big have happened?

Coming to the corridor outside, Qin Tao looked at Xu Zhengyang: "What's going on?"

“Our Mingzhou Group has just received a fax, saying that there is a problem with the quality of our ship and that we need to claim compensation.”

Xu Zhengyang said and handed over the fax.

 Under the light of the corridor, Qin Tao read the document.

Mr. Qin Tao, President of China Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group:

We suppressed our inner anger and told you a shocking fact: when the MOSS tank natural gas ship Venola built by your factory arrived at the Port of Marseille, France, to unload, it was suddenly discovered that all the pipe brackets connected to the MOSS tanks were broken. ! As a result, the hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of natural gas stored inside cannot be unloaded. In order to avoid danger, we have left the port and are waiting in safe waters. Now, we have caused economic losses of US$750,000, and, For every day we stayed, we had to pay a fine of $58,000!

 Due to your poor construction quality, this major accident occurred. According to international practice, all our losses this time will be borne by you! We deeply regret your irresponsible attitude!

 In order to avoid greater compensation and losses, please send someone to Marseille Port to negotiate with us immediately. If you don't come, we will directly sue to the Nationality Court!

 Norwegian Reno Shipping Company.

 After reading this fax, Qin Tao’s eyes were full of doubts: “We have no dealings with this company?”

 Qin Tao did not remember building MOSS tank natural gas ships for Norwegian Reno Shipping Company. Even though he did not work much in the shipyard, Cong Ju did all these things for him, but many contracts still required his signature.

"This ship was not sold directly to them by us, but by the Belgian SCL company." Xu Zhengyang said: "SCL company ordered the latest membrane type natural gas carrier from our group and sold this MOSS tank ship Lost. Since there is a huge global demand for natural gas ships, SCL also made a profit when selling the ship. This is Reno Shipping Company’s second voyage after purchasing the ship.”

 At this moment, Qin Tao understood.

Although it was not sold directly by our side, it was built by us after all. Therefore, there is always a wrongdoer and a debtor, and the other party has to come to you.

Furthermore, the most important thing is that although Mingzhou Group has been building natural gas carriers for several years, it has just made a name for itself in this industry, and the construction of membrane natural gas carriers has just begun.

At this time, if the natural gas ships built by Mingzhou Group have major quality problems, then its reputation in this industry will be bad, and no shipowner will order ships in the future.

 So, this problem must be solved, and the sooner the better!

“Let our transportation company dispatch a helicopter to take Cong Ju and Yang Dawei to Huating Airport. Book the earliest flight tonight and we will fly there.”

After arranging all this, Qin Tao frowned, put the document into his pocket, and walked back to the ward.

Zhao Ling's eyes were full of expectation and she had been looking in the direction of the door. Now, when she saw Qin Tao coming in, she still had a smile on her face.

“Xiao Ling, I’m very sorry. Something happened to the group and I need to deal with it.”

"I know, go ahead and do your work. With so many people taking care of us, nothing will happen to me or the child."

 “It might take a while.”

 “Well, it’s okay.”

While talking, the child woke up and started crying.

The confinement sister-in-law sat up from the bed and quickly looked for a diaper. Once the newborn baby cries, it means it is either hungry or urinating.

 Sure enough, there is a pocket full of yellow and white things.

With the confinement nanny here, Zhao Ling saves trouble, and she really doesn't know how to do these things.

 “Hey, son, wait until your father comes back and wash your diapers again.”

“Let’s go, let’s go, how can you gentlemen do this kind of thing.” Zhao Ling waved her hand.

 Qin Tao took one last look at his son and walked out.

Sigh, I really have no choice. In my position, I often have no choice but to do it myself. I originally planned to accompany my wife during the confinement period, but now, I have to go abroad.

It doesn’t matter if it’s another ship, natural gas ships can’t have any accidents!

 Qin Tao could only rush to the airport overnight. When he arrived, Cong Ju and Yang Dawei also arrived at the airport by helicopter. Several people boarded the passenger plane and boarded a flight to the port of Marseille, France.

 On the plane, a few people started analyzing it.

“The quality of our construction is absolutely no problem. The Belgian company has used it for so long without any problems. It must be an operational problem of the Norwegians.”

“That’s right, these foreign shipowners like the bad guys to complain first. They use bluff to get the first blow and demand compensation from us at every turn.”

Over the years, Mingzhou Group has done a lot of business with foreign customers, so they have a deep understanding of the characteristics of foreign customers.

 Still think we are easy to bully, and you always put the blame on us? Hum, stop dreaming, we are no longer at the mercy of others.

Qin Tao nodded: "This is a battle to protect the reputation of our natural gas ships. We must let foreign customers know that there are no problems with our natural gas ships. If there is a problem with the operation of these people, it has nothing to do with us. However, as a responsible shipyard, we must also think about what users think and solve their problems, so as to show the advancement of our technology."

 Cong Ju and Yang Dawei both nodded.

 If there is a crack in the pipeline, it will really be catastrophic. But now, if the bracket is just broken, it should not be that serious. Just find a suitable stress point and reinstall the bracket.

 Port of Marseille, France.

This is a famous port in France, with a large throughput. Giant ships of 10,000 tons come and go. But now, these cargo ships deliberately make a large circle during their voyage to avoid the lonely natural gas ship on the sea.

If that thing explodes, it will be as powerful as an atomic bomb!

Weiss, the head of the Norwegian Reno Shipping Company, stood at the port and looked at several Chinese people coming in a hurry, unable to hide his anger.

“The shipbuilding quality of your Mingzhou Group is too poor!” Weiss shouted angrily: “Because of your quality problems, we have suffered huge losses, and you must compensate us!”

"Mr. Weiss, it's meaningless to say this now. Let's get on the boat and take a look to determine what the problem is." Qin Tao said.

Several people got on a small boat in the port and set off to the sea. Along the way, Weiss was still chattering there.

"Our company has just started to get involved in natural gas transportation, and this is the first natural gas ship! We did not expect that such an accident would happen. Originally, we planned to order more natural gas ships from shipyards around the world, but this time The accident makes us very worried, and we will never consider Mingzhou Group’s natural gas ships again in the future!”

Facing this guy’s complaints, Qin Tao ignored him.

This guy is clearly planning to build momentum and let everyone know that the quality of Mingzhou Group’s natural gas carriers is too poor. If Mingzhou Group wants to restore its reputation, it must comply with his requirements and compensate him for his losses.

 Why is it so easy to get into trouble? Or do you think Mingzhou Group will accommodate him?

 Amid this guy’s complaints, the group finally climbed aboard the Venola natural gas ship.

This kind of MOSS tank natural gas ship can be recognized at a glance from its appearance. After all, the half-shaped spherical tank exposed on the upper part of the hull and the pipeline connected above the spherical tank are so clearly visible.

At this time, on the ship, Captain Kendsi’s eyes were also on fire.

Seeing that they have docked, as long as the natural gas is unloaded, they can relax in the port for a few days and find beautiful women to talk about life. They have been holding back at sea for several months and are just waiting to vent.

The results of it?

  Still have to wait here.

 Although I get a daily salary and extra subsidies, this kind of life is too difficult.

Moreover, there are more important problems than these. Who knows if there will be other problems? What if the tank is damaged and the air leaks?

Kenders and the others were so frightened that they couldn't sleep well at night. Once they got news of the air leak, they would leave here immediately, as far away as possible.

"Damn it, you are finally here, look at the quality of your ship!" Seeing the Chinese coming up, Kends cursed: "I feel like we are stepping on a rocket that will explode at any time. nuclear bomb!"

"Everyone, complaining will not solve the problem. If you keep this attitude, then we will leave immediately, and then hire a few lawyers to litigate you in the international court. If the lawsuit drags on for two or three years, it should be fine. question."

Qin Tao can understand the anxiety of these guys, but if they continue to chatter, they will not be able to continue working.

Sure enough, after Xu Zhengyang translated this sentence, these guys all shut up.

 These are international rules.

 Litigation is not that terrible.

As long as you have money, you can hire a few lawyers and you can argue for a few years. What will happen to their ship? Even their entire shipping company will be dragged down by this lawsuit. As for the Mingzhou Group, even if they lose the lawsuit in the end, they will only lose a few million. They have plenty of money and don't care at all.

Now, seeing these guys shut up, Cong Ju and Yang Dawei were very happy. They climbed up the ladder on the shell of the MOSS tank and climbed to the top of the spherical tank to observe the crack marks on it.

Yes, it was indeed cracked. Even the most serious bracket was directly divided into two parts. These tubes are fine under normal circumstances, but if there is liquid inside when unloading, they are likely to break.

The bracket is still acceptable if it breaks. After all, the tube is intact. If the tube breaks, there will definitely be air leakage!

"Now, we need to go down and check." The thin Cong Ju is the best suited for this job. She can easily get in and see the condition of the MOSS tank inside.

By the time all inspections were completed, four hours had passed.

"There are no problems with all the tanks." Cong Ju said: "There are no problems with other parts of the hull. If it is really our quality problem, it cannot be just a broken bracket. Problems should occur in other parts at the same time."

“Yes, our current judgment is that it was an operational error. Now, we should check the logbook and loading and unloading records.” Yang Dawei said.

Qin Tao turned to look at the people on the side. He did not ask for this directly, but said: "Everyone, we have been working for four hours. Now, we need to eat something. What food is there on the ship now? We don't picky."

 “You can come to our restaurant.” Kends said.

This ship was originally built by Mingzhou Shipyard, so everyone is very familiar with the internal structure. So, everyone walked to the second floor of the ship bridge at the back and found the restaurant there.

At this time, several crew members were dining in the restaurant, eating bread, ham, cheese, and red wine.

While they were eating, they were still talking.

“This **** malfunction prevents us from going ashore. If we go ashore, I must have an authentic French meal!”

“What’s so great about a French dinner is that French women are the most romantic women in the world. I really want to talk about life with French women.”

These people are looking at plum blossoms to quench their thirst.

"Yes, it was so hard along the way, especially when we were crossing the Indian Ocean. We experienced a big storm for three days and three nights. During that time, I thought I was going to die. For three whole days, I lay in bed Stay motionless."

"Damn it, what are you talking about?" Kends roared at the sailor.

 After saying that, he glanced at Qin Tao and the others warily. These people didn't seem to care, which made Kendez sigh in relief.

“It’s so hard. Is this the only food?” Qin Tao asked.

"Yes, we only have this food on the ship now. No one from those **** ships dares to come over and replenish us with some living supplies." Kendsi said.

 Everyone came here to solve problems, not to enjoy themselves, so no one cared about the food. Everyone devoured it and finished the meal quickly.

At this time, the sky outside was slowly getting dark.

“Mr. Weiss, next, we need to take a look at the logbook and loading situation to understand the specific situation of the ship.” Qin Tao said to the ship owner.

 “Of course, no problem.” Weiss nodded.

He cannot refuse this kind of thing.

 After he finished speaking, he glanced at Kendes, who also nodded.

The group of people walked to the upper level of the ship's bridge. At this time, the setting sun shined through the portholes, casting its last rays of light onto the sea, and the entire natural gas ship became gleaming with golden light.

"This is our second voyage, so there are only so many logbooks. The records of previous voyages were left behind by the Belgians." Kends handed the things over generously.

 Several people sat at the table in the back and began to read.

 Only Xu Zhengyang knew the words written above, so Xu Zhengyang was also responsible for translating them for everyone.

 So, the progress is very slow.

 Time passed little by little, and several people began to discuss it.

This time it was the shipowner's turn and they couldn't understand. They didn't bring a translator, so they could only hear a few Chinese people talking about it. Watch them pointing fingers at the logbook and loading records.

  Local time, ten o'clock in the evening.

"Mr. Weiss, Mr. Kendrick, we have already reached the analysis conclusion. The paper report will be written in English and will be given to you later. Now, I will first dictate the fault analysis."

Weiss and Kends both became serious.

“Mr. Qin, we want to hear the conclusion first. We are not interested in the process. We only want the conclusion, and then please compensate us as soon as possible.”

Qin Tao's eyes were serious: "Okay, let me conclude that this accident was entirely due to your unskilled operation and disregard for safety requirements. It has nothing to do with the quality of our ships."

"This is impossible!"

 “You are shirking responsibility!”

 “We are going to the nationality court to litigate!”

The two people immediately became roosters with fried feathers.

 Originally, they wanted to put all the losses on the Mingzhou Group. Now, people from the Mingzhou Group suddenly said that the responsibility belongs to their shipowners and has nothing to do with the shipyard. How can this satisfy them?

“Mr. Qin, the analysis report has been written in triplicate.” Yang Dawei came over.

"Okay, one of them will be given to the ship owner, one will be filed, and one will be filed in the International Court of Justice." After Qin Tao finished speaking, he took one of the copies and handed it to the ship owner: "You guys can read it for yourselves. If you want to litigate, we will accompany you. Moreover, because your slander has affected the reputation of our Mingzhou Group, we will also seek compensation from you."

 It’s just a claim, who doesn’t?

 (End of this chapter)