Close the office door, and the noise in the workshop suddenly dropped a lot.

Su Cheng pulled a piece of cloth, wiped the oil from his hands, and asked while washing his hands: "Mr. Simon, Mr. Jansen. I'm here to visit, how do you feel?"

After shaking hands regardless of the stains on his hands, Jansen shook hands and said with a smile: "We have walked all the way from the factory. Your factory is more beautiful than those high-tech companies."

After a change of topic, Jansen asked strangely again: "Why did Director Su start machining himself?"

"I'm learning too." Su Cheng smiled and said: "In today's factories, there are accounting and cashiers who pay money, and the technology has laboratory support. All I can do is go to the factory and work with everyone."

He said, pointing to the banner hanging on the top of the workshop: Work hard for 100 days and take down the big platform!

The translation was in long English and difficult explanations for the two foreigners.

Simon shook his head and waved his hand, "Mr. Su Cheng, even if you have reached the single-piece prefabrication stage, there will be segment prefabrication, vertical piece assembly, structural assembly, attachment assembly and structural coating, 100 days will probably not be enough."

"That's why I went into battle myself." Su Cheng looked at Simon and said softly: "Our workers work 12 hours a day. They work normally for 8 hours, and they have 4 hours of checking and studying time. They are different from you."

Europeans in the 1970s were still very struggling. In fact, the generation of European workers in the post-war era worked much harder than Chinese workers. They spent more than 20 years restoring the vast industry, improving finance, and establishing a new welfare system. By the end of the 1980s, workers who had worked for 16 hours a day were still on the assembly line, but because of their salary and trade unions, they no longer worked hard.

Simon's Fenor company doesn't like workers working overtime. For them, the cost of workers working overtime is not only expensive overtime, but also increased insurance costs. If the union pays attention to this, it will inevitably increase the attorney's fees.

Simon turned his head and said, "If Chinese workers can be as efficient as hamburgers, they will work 12 hours a day, and they may be able to complete the drilling platform in 100 days."

Su Cheng did not explain this and smiled and said, "If you have the chance, take you to see our production line."

"Is it OK now?" Simon asked.

"I thought you had something else?" Sucheng looked at Jansen.

The Americans were helpless about the Germanic inconsistencies and had to help explain: "We are also curious about Dahua's offshore oil platform. We called before, and they were also about platform technology."

"Okay. Then go to the production line and talk while watching." Su Cheng put on his labor protection clothes again, drank two sips of water, and asked, "Which technology are you interested in."

Simon did not hide it. He said straight: "Your anti-leakage system."

"Good vision, that's indeed the few complete improvements we have made in the simplified version." Su Cheng opened the door as he spoke. The noise from outside rushed in again.

After the translation instructions, Simon immediately asked: "A complete improvement in the simplified version? Do you have any other improvements?"

After he became anxious, he spoke German. After some trouble, everyone ran to the front.

Simon and Jansen hurriedly followed, looking at the workers and equipment along the way, and were also secretly amazed.

The production line of the four workshop extends for two kilometers and consists of three coherent factories. The equipment manufacturing of offshore drilling platforms is not like a large-scale production automobile production line, using fully automated assembly lines. On the contrary, since many parts are unique and parts are purchased by supporting factories, the workshop work here is more like an engine production line, achieving higher accuracy with a lower degree of assembly line.

The transportation between production lines is basically tracks and unpowered vehicles, and a large number of pulleys are adjusted. These are the methods familiar to petrochemical and chemical factories. Large jars with diameters of tens of meters and hundreds of meters, professional servo machines and large motors, etc., are all made in one or two orders, which are naturally different from small machinery such as cars.

The large diesel engines made by Jinan Power Machinery Factory are almost the same. All the basic workers in the workshop use the original staff of Jinan Power Machinery Factory.

I saw that the sky and the ground were full of materials moving. Large equipment such as automatic plate rolling machines ravaged dozens of tons of iron plates. The materials that were abused by the die forging machine were often transported in one by one. After processing, they continued to transport them to the workshop in front.

The workers who work for 12 hours a day are like clocks with tight strings, completing their work accurately and step by step.

Jensen and Simon, who are familiar with industry, know that it is very fatigued to work accurately in the established order, and it is almost difficult to maintain passion.

There is only one situation that can produce the current effect.

The passion of large industry!

The revival of Germany with war rolling in the 1930s, the danger of the flames of hatred burning in the 1940s, the victory of the United States with a desire to dominate the world in the 1950s, and the recovery of Britain with a desire to return to the right track in the 1960s...

Only those who are full of hope can burst out with burning enthusiasm on the cold machinery.

Simon couldn't help but recall the hamburger workers he had come into contact with. The proud German workers are also famous for their timely watches. They go to work on time, get off work on time, rest on time, drink coffee on time, collect overtime pay on time, participate in union activities on time, strike on time, and receive strike compensation on time...

The two of them quickly caught up with Su Cheng and heard him shout, "What do you think?"

Simon said in English: "Why these Chinese workers, hamburger workers are more like machinery and like a supplement to machines. I admit that Chinese workers are not less efficient than hamburger workers. However, such a way of working cannot last."

"This is where national enterprises are powerful." Su Cheng pointed to the direction of the office building and smiled: "Only with the right reason, our management can continue to inspire enthusiasm. In history, this passionate way of working has lasted for twenty years for the Chinese, but it has stopped because of interruption."

Su Cheng raised a finger and said, "The correct way is to clarify the continuous business ideas. Chinese national enterprises can do much better than bureaucratic enterprises like IBM and General Motors."

Simon and Jansen both smiled.

Jansen smiled and said, "Bureau businesses like IBM are rare in the world."

Simon laughed twice. His face slanted at the fitter in front of him.

Su Cheng looked back and smiled secretly. The German guy looked at it. He was the only 8th-level fitter in the Jinan Power Machinery Factory. Although he heard a lot of national treasure workers, in fact, there were only thousands of people in China in the late 1980s. In various departments, deputy ministerial, and department-level factories, all of which were rare varieties.

Simon nodded slightly and asked, "How many of these workers do you have?"

“7.”

"7!" Simon's face was full of surprise.

"That's right." Sucheng performed very casually. In fact, even if Shengli Oilfield supported it, Sucheng borrowed 5 eight-level workers in total, two of which were the same huge as CNPC. They only sent it with the attitude of learning and the payment of US dollars.

Due to the machining level, seven rare platinum-eighth-level workers, plus hundreds of rare 5-level and 6-level workers, can almost make the minimum requirements for large shallow sea oil platforms.

Simon didn't know the secret inside, and said in surprise and jealousy: "You actually used 7 such workers to process a base-based offshore drilling platform?"

“What should I do?”

"At least it's a jack-up offshore drilling platform. Do you know how much a worker can get an annual salary? 200,000 marks, 200,000!"

The German Mark in 1989 had appreciated, and Sucheng didn't remember the specific exchange rate. However, after 2000, workers who could meet the sixth and seventh level standards had received an annual salary of 200,000 yuan, and it was not uncommon for a level 8 fitter to get 500,000 yuan. However, at that time, Chinese enterprises had lost such an effective worker incentive system and uniformly called "migrant workers" or "workers"...

Su Cheng spread his hands and said, "In China, the status of these workers is higher than that of your general manager and chairman. It's useless to just give money."

"Really?" Jansen didn't believe it, and was eager to try it out.

Simon moved forward by himself, observing the newly built production line.

For Fenoer Shipping, it is not an exaggeration to call Chinese production lines simple, but if you look at their finished products, Simon can't speak the word simple no matter what.

A pipe, installed by 4 workers, quickly left the machine.

Simon secretly said: This speed plus 24-hour shifts may not take 100 days to complete.

After a while, Jansen also came over and asked, "How is it?"

Simon looked around roughly and thought to himself: "Although the platform has become larger, it is the standard of the second-generation platform."

Jansen nodded, this is normal.

Seeing that Su Cheng did not follow, Simon said, "But it's a little strange..."

"Um?"

"I saw a turbine device, like a power equipment, but it was used on a drilling platform? It was a bit weird." Simon said, pointing, "I wanted to get closer and see, but I was blocked."

Jansen did not do specific technology, but understood the market well and asked in confusion: "What kind of turbine?"

"It's very big, and there are a lot of electronic devices installed. It looks very sensitive." Simon frowned.

While listening to his explanation, Jansen tiptoed to see the situation of the production line ahead, and at the same time depicting the shape of the turbine in his mind. As he listened, he suddenly felt something and asked, "There should be several turbines."

"That's right."

“Is that a little like a thruster?”

With just a few words, Simon woke up and said, "Are they doing dynamic positioning?"

"It probably is."

"Power positioning is to hover the ship with power. It is necessary to generate a huge ocean current turbine under the drilling platform, and produce reaction forces with the flow of seawater to fix the platform." Simon shook his head and said, "Power positioning is much more expensive than anchor positioning. Is it necessary to use it on shallow water platforms? They pay so much attention to the price."

"Maybe it is a technical reserve for future development. Dynamic positioning and anchor positioning can greatly improve the safety and drilling efficiency of the drilling platform. In this way, it will make up for the shortcomings of their platform..." Jansen glanced at Simon and said, "If it can be done, it will probably be able to withstand 5-meter-high waves."

The marine drilling platform provided by Fenoer Company is priced at US$6 million, and the standard is only normal oil production under 3 meters of waves, wind and standby at 4 meters of waves, and anchor positioning is intrinsic disadvantages that cannot be compensated by platform technology.
Chapter completed!