Chapter 106: Fishing Administration Vessel

  Xiao Pang booked the banquet at Lai Zhou Restaurant.

  Because the boss of this restaurant is willing to spend money to hire top chefs, rich people like to come here, and over time, it has become one of the best restaurants in the oil field.

  Xiao Pang's father was a sturdy man, with a round belly like a watermelon, and two dangling arms that made him look slender. But when he shook hands, his arm was as thick as the diameter of two Suzhou-style bamboo poles.

  After exchanging pleasantries and sitting down, Xiao Pang served tea and poured water with the gentle and nimble movements of a young daughter-in-law who had been wronged.

  Even so, when Huang Hengfeng handed tea to his father, he only let out a light hum. Xiao Pang then retreated back into the corner again.

  Su Cheng's hidden passage: Xiao Pang is lying down with all his heart and mind, it seems that this is also one of the reasons for the pressure.

  Huang Hengfeng chuckled and turned around, his face full of smiles. "I've read the story of Su Cheng, the director of Su Factory, several times and found it amazing! This time I came also because I saw a report."

  "Oh, which report?" The massive exposure of Su City earlier led to the aftermath of repeated reports in the tabloids. This is a bit like the infinite reposting of later generations on the internet, except that every time, the reporter comrades have to add some new or old materials to prove that they are indeed working hard.

  Huang Hengfeng took out a folded newspaper from his briefcase, with the headline in bold black font: "Customs Patrol Boat Gets a New Look".

  The content is nothing new, just a tofu block article from a local newspaper. Huang Hengfeng scratched the bottom with his fingernail and said, "I see they say that Director Su's acquired Jinan Power Machinery Factory can already produce marine diesel engines? Is it true?"

  "Of course." Su Cheng was certain that Huang Hengfeng had already learned the truth from Xiao Pang, otherwise why would he have come all the way to Dongying.

  Huang Heng did not question him and instead asked anxiously: "What is the maximum power of diesel engines you can produce now?"

  "There are three models: 368KW, 450KW and 500KW." Su Cheng added, "The 500KW model has just been successfully developed and has entered mass production."

  Huang Hengfeng shook his head slightly and said, "Our Guijiang Shipyard received an order from the Aquatic Products Bureau, which requires a 660KW diesel engine. The quotes from Denmark's MAN, Switzerland's Sulzer, and Japan's Mitsubishi are all very high..."

  Because of Su Cheng and Xiao Pang's relationship, he didn't make any disguise either.

  Su Cheng hastily replied: "We already have a plan to develop a 660KW ship main engine."

  Although it is unknown what scale of orders Huang Hengfeng has, this is an excellent way to open up sales channels.

  Huang Hengfeng made a listening expression, his thick and round arm propped up his large head, as if he had been beheaded.

  Su Cheng coughed lightly and said, "Our standard diesel engine has already achieved 660KW expansion. Next, we will prioritize the transformation of the ship's main engine. If you look closely at the structure of the 190 diesel engine, you'll find that it's a very easy-to-modify diesel engine. We plan to take it all the way to 1200KW, or even 1400 kilowatts. I can guarantee that the 660KW ship main engine will be completed soon."

  "How fast?"

  "3 months!" Su Cheng gave a very small number, from renovation to mass production, 3 months is a very tight time.

  However, building a ship at Guijiang Shipyard takes at least three months. Huang Hengfeng calculated it and asked, "Can I take a look around your factory?"

  "Roll out the red carpet." Su Cheng thought to himself: The domestic heavy industry must have declined to what state, that a high-ranking official would travel thousands of miles to look for an engine. If this were to happen in a few years, it's likely they'll be begging at our doorstep instead.

  China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation is a behemoth comparable to CNPC, and the Guijiang Shipyard, although a secondary factory under its name, is in no way inferior to Jinan Power Machinery Factory in its heyday.

  Currently, the situation is that private capital is gradually accumulating, and the demand for production materials is increasing. Heavy industry factories are struggling to keep up with orders, and even if they have sales channels, they cannot produce products, and even if they have products, they cannot obtain raw materials. After much ado, it is found that the requirements of the demand side are getting higher and higher, while their own updates and replacements are almost non-existent... Traditional ship main engine manufacturers are now either busy producing large-scale ship main engines or still producing high-energy-consuming and low-level old machines, putting on a pretentious attitude.

  Guigang Shipyard, under the China Shipbuilding Corporation, did not purchase diesel engines from Jiangsu Jiangnan Ship Equipment Co., Ltd. Instead, it sought foreign-made diesel engines, even those from Jinan Power Machinery Factory, which in itself explains the issue.

  Three people casually ate a few mouthfuls of food and then rushed to Jinan Power Machinery Factory.

  Under Xiao Pang's strong suggestion, driven by Huang Hengfeng's driver in a Citroen, the journey was both fast and stable.

  Huang Hengfeng dozed off on the road, and when he arrived at his destination, he opened his eyes and was again spirited and energetic, striding forward with the air of a big leader.

  In terms of rank, he is indeed a big leader. A few years ago, when the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation was still called the Sixth Ministry, he was already the director of the directly affiliated bureau of the Sixth Ministry. Now that the name has changed, his actual power hasn't changed in the slightest.

  Chen Zunian nodded in greeting, Huang Hengfeng didn't say much either, and headed inside, Xiao Pang following closely behind.

  Su Cheng then had the opportunity to ask: "Director Huang, what specifications and purposes are the ships you plan to build?"

  "Fully loaded, it's around 200 tons, 40 meters long, 6 meters wide, and has a speed of over 12 knots." Huang Hengfeng paused for a moment before continuing, "It's being used as a fisheries patrol vessel for the Fujian Provincial Bureau of Fisheries."

  "Fishery Administration Ship!" Su Cheng was shocked at this time.

  This was once China's navy!

  The army relies on urban management, and the navy relies on fishery administration. The only thing that puzzles Su City is that this fishery administration ship is really small, what can 200 tons do?

  It seems like it can only be used as a "fishing administration ship".

  Seeing Su Cheng's expression was different, Huang Hengfeng asked strangely: "What's wrong?"

  "Uh... is a fisheries patrol boat considered a warship?"

  Huang Hengfeng was taken aback, then burst out laughing and said: "What kind of warship is this? A fisheries patrol vessel is a ship that performs fishery tasks, supervising and protecting fishing boats. In the past, it also served as a command ship for fishery production. You can think of it as the public security bureau on a fishing boat. Modern warships are generally over 3,000 tons, much larger."

  Su Cheng thought to himself: In your lifetime, you will definitely see a fishing administration ship that is much bigger than a warship.

  However, in the late 1980s, the fishery administration ship was indeed very pure, and its law enforcement authority was not as good as the customs patrol boat bought by Tianjin Customs.

  Despite this, Su Cheng's naval complex still broke out unknowingly.

  Huang Hengfeng walked ahead, completely unaware.

  A worker ran quickly past him.

  Huang Hengfeng slightly raised his eyebrows, turned around and watched them enter the workshop. A moment later, two more workers ran out of the workshop and headed to another one.

  Rushing for work.

  It's been ages since I've seen something like this.

  Huang Hengfeng fell into silence.

  The factories under China Shipbuilding are actually not doing well. The domestic shipbuilding industry has not developed well, and in recent years, it has been squeezed by Japan and South Korea, making things even more difficult.

  But even with such difficulties in the factory, workers at the CSIC factory still completed the transfer from workshop to workshop with a leisurely pace.

  The spirit of shipbuilders in the 1950s seems to have merged into the seawater and drifted away with the waves.

  "Is it really true that private enterprises are so much stronger than state-owned ones?" Huang Hengfeng had a strong sense of crisis.

  Guizhou Jiang Shipyard mainly produces small ships, including patrol boats, customs enforcement vessels, fisheries administration vessels, as well as cargo ships, oil tankers and passenger ships below 3,000 tons. In the context of rapid development of private enterprises, Guizhou Jiang Shipyard's orders will not be scarce. However, small private shipyards along the coast have slowly grown up.

  Those shipyards, if they could also work as hard as Jinan Power Machinery Factory in Suzhou, Huang Hengfeng felt he had no chance of winning.

  "Director Huang." Chen Zunian called out, interrupting Huang Hengfeng's daydream, and introduced: "This is the designer of our 190 diesel engine, Engineer Liu Qiu."

  "Hello, Engineer Liu." Towards ordinary workers, Huang Hengfeng's attitude was very good, more like Xiao Pang's father.

  Liu Qiu's hair was always messy, and with a greasy hand, he said, "I'll introduce the 190 diesel engine."

  He had already been given clear instructions and there was no need for further words.

  Huang Hengfeng stood in a spot with an open view, listening and observing the workshop while his gaze suddenly froze on an ordinary workpiece.

  It's ordinary because the work itself is very common, but it's placed in an organic glass case, which is so unconventional.

  Huang Hengfeng walked past naturally.

  Only under the workpiece, a row of small characters are written obliquely: In 1987, Jinan Power Machinery Factory was reborn. 48 workers and masters worked together to complete this workpiece, commemorating the soul of Jichai.

  Chen Zounian took a deep look at the workpiece and said in a low voice, "By last year, Jinan Power Machinery Factory had been shut down for a year and a half... On the day the workshop was restarted, workers used processing this workpiece to celebrate..."

  He described the process of passing on the workpiece that day, and Huang Hengfeng immediately stopped.

  "After a long time, he said: 'Stopping work for a year and a half, being able to maintain equipment continuously and ensuring mechanical integrity is not easy! On the day of resuming production, being able to process this machinery shows that your maintenance work has been done thoroughly, not perfunctorily, but with genuine effort. You have this spirit, whether or not you are acquired, there will always be a day when you can rise again.'"

  He said: "Su Cheng, if you can really complete the 660KW diesel engine within 3 months, I can give priority to procurement, 200,000 yuan per unit, how about it?"

  200,000 yuan is more than three times the cost of a diesel engine. Huang Hengfeng would not make such a big mistake, it can only be said that he left enough profit for Jinan Power Machinery Factory.

  Su Cheng was overjoyed and patted his chest in response, asking: "Is it really for the fishing administration ship?"

  "Of course."

  "In that case, a diesel engine is 100,000 yuan." Su Cheng said resolutely.

  "This is unacceptable."

  "When you build big ships in the future, don't forget about us." Su Cheng said again: "We will provide diesel engines for fishing boats, and we only charge cost price."