Chapter 2414

Although the delivery period claimed by Zhang Tiangui sounds very long, it is not an exaggeration for the shipbuilding industry in this era. Starting from the payment of a deposit and the ordering of a ship, the shipyard needs to formulate a shipbuilding plan, prepare materials, prepare the slipway, and lay the keel.

Each step of building the hull, launching the outfitting, sea trials, and delivery acceptance takes a certain amount of time. Although the Yugong-class sailboat Liang Liping plans to order has a mature construction plan, which can save a lot of preliminary preparation work, but

The construction period of such large sailing ships is already long, not to mention that eight ships are ordered at one time. Sanya Shipyard simply cannot spare so many slipways and can only build them in batches, which naturally extends the construction period.

Liang Liping actually knows all these situations, but Sanya Shipyard is the shipyard with the strongest technical strength in Haihan. The Yugong-class sailing ship was born here, so it has the richest experience in building this kind of cargo sailing ship. Although the cost is higher than that of other local shipyards

, but of course Liang Liping still hopes that the cargo ships he spends a lot of money to order can receive reliable quality assurance.

But now it seems that the three key factors of shipbuilding location, cost and delivery time cannot reach a balance that satisfies Liang Liping. If she wants to ensure that the shipyard can deliver these cargo ships in the shortest time, she must pay attention to the other two factors.

Compromise on conditions.

Yu Feng did not intervene on this issue because it was not his professional scope. It was Liang Liping who dealt with shipbuilding, shipping, and logistics every day. It was Liang Liping who made the decision on the formation plan of the entire shipping company, and has already made plans for this.

Having done a lot of preliminary work, he believed that his wife could make an accurate judgment on the current situation and choose the approach that was most beneficial to him.

Zhang Tiangui saw that Liang Liping was still hesitant about his suggestion, so he continued: "If Director Liang agrees with the practice of subcontracting shipbuilding orders, then I recommend to you the government offices in Danzhou, Haikou, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, and Zhoushan

All shipyards can build Yugong-class cargo sailing ships. As for delivery and acceptance, it can be done locally, or the shipyard can arrange to sail the ship back to Sanya for delivery."

Liang Liping asked bluntly: "But if I place an order with these shipyards by myself, the cost should be slightly cheaper than that of Sanya Shipyard, right?"

"It can be about 10% to 15% cheaper." Zhang Tiangui frankly admitted Liang Liping's statement: "But this matter cannot just be based on price. The shipbuilding orders subcontracted by Sanya and future maintenance and repairs will also be carried out by Sanya Shipyard.

He must be responsible to the end. But if Director Liang goes to these shipyards to place orders on his own, then Sanya will not have the corresponding responsibility. This is not my arbitrary decision, but the long-standing regulations of the Ministry of Shipping, and each shipyard follows this.

.If the cargo ships ordered by Director Liang are intended to run routes other than Sanya, then you can choose the nearest shipyard based on actual arrangements. However, if Sanya is the home port, I suggest that it is best to place the order at Sanya Shipyard.

Then subcontract it out.”

Zhang Tiangui made it very clear in what he said. The difference in price charged by Sanya Shipyard is to bear the cost of after-sales maintenance in the future. If Liang Liping feels that Sanya Shipyard will not need to repair and maintain these ships in the future, then there is indeed no need to do so.

Place your order here.

However, both Yu Feng and Liang Liping work in Sanya, and the shipyard company planned by Liang Liping also uses Sanya as its home port to conduct business. Naturally, the future repair and maintenance needs of the ship must be taken into consideration. It seems that in order to ensure that the order can be delivered as soon as possible

Shortened, she could only compromise on price and shipbuilding location.

However, Liang Liping did not agree with the plan proposed by Zhang Tiangui, but carefully inquired with him about the situation of various government-run shipyards to confirm that these shipyards had the ability to build Yugong-class cargo sailing ships.

Zhang Tiangui understood what she was worried about, and said that the corresponding quality requirements and shipbuilding period would be written into the contract, and there was no need to worry about other shipyards not being able to deliver qualified cargo ships on time. To take a step back, if such a situation really happens, then Sanya

The shipyard will also assume corresponding responsibilities and provide compensation or other forms of compensation to the ship owner.

After hearing this explanation, Liang Liping felt that such conditions were acceptable, so she spent some time confirming with Zhang Tiangui how to subcontract the eight ship orders to ensure the fastest delivery time.

After roughly discussing these details, Zhang Tiangui asked Liang Liping when she planned to sign the formal shipbuilding contract. After all, the shipyard would not officially start the relevant processes until her shipbuilding payment was in place. Liang Liping said that she still needed to visit other people.

Only after officials from relevant departments can determine whether the shipbuilding plan needs to be changed, there will be news within two or three days at the earliest.

The next person Liang Liping wanted to meet was Schneider, who was in charge of finance and trade. When she met Schneider the next day, Yu Feng couldn't leave because of the on-site production work at the factory, so he didn't follow him.

The purpose of Liang Liping's meeting with Schneider was to use the couple's dividend shares as collateral to obtain a loan from Haihan Bank to build a ship and start a shipping company. To this end, she also prepared a business plan in advance to cope with Schneider's review.

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Schneider patiently read Liang Liping's plan and nodded in approval: "This plan is very professional, but if you want to run this company, it means leaving your current position. Am I right to understand this?"

Liang Liping's current job is under the Ministry of Commerce. Schneider can be regarded as her immediate boss, so it is natural for her to ask about this matter. Liang Liping did not deny Schneider's interpretation, nodded and said: "After the company opens, I will definitely not be able to continue working in the commerce department."

I have been appointed to the ministry, at least the full-time position is no longer available. But I have been waiting for more than ten years, and I have to do something to be worthy of my original decision to come here."

"I must say, this is really a big loss for the Ministry of Commerce. From an official perspective, I am very reluctant to let you resign." Schneider paused and then said: "But from a personal perspective, I will still congratulate you.

Take this step bravely. After so many years, many people have forgotten their original intention of coming to this world, and they are content with enjoying themselves and are unwilling to work hard anymore... I am very happy to see people like you standing up and doing it.

Something that only us time travelers can do.”

Liang Liping didn't expect Schneider to have such a high opinion of herself, so she quickly said a few words of humility, thinking that today's matter should go more smoothly than she expected.

But Schneider immediately changed the subject and said: "Although you have resigned from public office, the Ministry of Commerce will still assign personnel to supervise your shipping company. This is also for your own good."

Liang Liping nodded and said, "I understand this rule."

Not all private commercial institutions must accept the supervision of the Ministry of Commerce, but if they want to accept official business, they must have corresponding qualifications, and accepting official supervision is one of the necessary conditions. Liang Liping’s shipping company just opened

At this stage, it is probably difficult to get enough freight business from the private sector, so it is very likely that we will have to rely on the government to provide some supporting business, and then some corresponding conditions must be implemented. And Liang Liping is a practitioner, so he naturally understands Schneider

meaning.

Schneider added: "Your husband is in Tiandu all year round, and you usually have to take care of your family and children, so both of you may not be qualified for long-term business trips. Your shipping company can take care of your destination.

Part of the business is entrusted to the Ministry of Commerce, which can avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble."

When Schneider read the plan, he keenly noticed some weaknesses, such as the staffing of professionals. With Liang Liping's current conditions, it would be difficult to recruit enough professional business personnel to set up offices overseas in a short period of time.

The office may not even be able to recruit all the required crew members, and the couple cannot leave Sanya for a long time to deal with various affairs. In this case, it is probably best to entrust part of the business to the Ministry of Commerce.

The solution is there.

As for loans, the preferential conditions provided by Schneider also reflect the tendency of supporting private entrepreneurship. The interest rates are low and the repayment period can be flexibly adjusted. If the shipping company is in good operating conditions, it may only take one or two years to repay these funds.

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The conditions given by Schneider are actually in line with Liang Liping's intentions. She doesn't know where her shortcomings are, funds, personnel, and management methods. These problems are difficult for her to solve on her own. The reason why she dares to be in such a situation

She jumped out to start a business despite the conditions, and she relied on the huge resources provided by the Ministry of Commerce. After the establishment of this shipping company, it still had to rely on the Ministry of Commerce to operate for a long time in order to allow Liang Liping to

There is buffer time to solve all aspects of problems.

"In addition, I suggest that you start contacting businesses now to see if it is possible to undertake some long-term and stable freight business, such as the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Agriculture. They have a large amount of goods to be shipped in and out every year.

As long as you separate a little, it will be enough for your eight ships." Schneider continued to suggest to Liang Liping: "Although these departments will be a little slower in collecting payments, but fortunately the business is stable, as long as you can receive it, there is basically no need.

Worried about losing money.”

When Liang Liping heard what he said, she remembered that when she was sailing out to sea the day before yesterday, she had heard Lu Zhanpeng put forward the suggestion of using Miaoli, Taiwan as the freight destination. She wanted to take this opportunity to hear the views of Schneider, a professional, so she listed what Lu Zhanpeng said at that time.

The proposed plan was stated, but out of caution she did not mention Lu Zhanpeng's name specifically to avoid causing unnecessary complications.

After hearing this, Schneider asked: "You didn't agree to the other party at that time because you thought that the local freight volume was not enough to support the establishment of a dedicated freight route?"

Liang Liping frankly admitted Schneider's speculation and said that the local development process did not seem to be ideal. If a special route was to be established, the shipping company would have to make some targeted modifications to the cargo ships and provide specialized training for the crew.

These additional investments may not be earned back.

Schneider smiled and said: "It seems that you haven't found anyone who really knows the local development situation to provide resources!"

Liang Liping heard that there was something in his tone and quickly asked him for the reason.

Schneider said: "The oil production area in Miaoli has not been operating satisfactorily. A large part of the reason is that the local transportation problems have not been well solved, which has slowed down our process of industrialization, so the executive committee is prepared to

We already have preliminary plans to fundamentally solve the local transportation problem."

Liang Liping was not an outsider, so Schneider revealed a little bit about the development plan to him. Miaoli already has dozens of square kilometers of coastal plains, and the local water system is developed. The soil of these alluvial plains is very fertile and is very suitable for agricultural development and planting.

Grain and various cash crops. Therefore, the Executive Committee is planning to take advantage of this period of time when a large number of refugee populations can be obtained from the north to introduce immigrants to Miaoli.

Of course, this is just one of them. The executive committee’s real plan is to build a transportation channel from the Chusangkeng Oilfield to the coastline. The current idea is to lay tracks and build a railway. But because the length of this route may exceed 40 miles, relevant

The department is still demonstrating its feasibility. The Ministry of Construction has sent specialists to Miaoli to conduct on-site surveys of the local environment to formulate corresponding construction plans. But whether it is building roads or railways, this land construction project is used to open up the oil production area.

Construction of the tunnel will definitely start this year.

In addition, the freight terminal located near the coast is also part of the related project. Regarding the terminal, Liang Liping has already heard from Lu Zhanpeng. Once this channel is completed, the 40 to 50 miles from the coast to the oil production area can be covered.

The time required has been shortened by more than half. Coupled with the large number of refugees who are about to move to the area for resettlement, the local freight demand will definitely be much greater than it is now. Of course, whether the transportation volume of petrochemical products will increase depends largely on the relevant departments.

Whether a breakthrough can be achieved in oil production and refining technology.

Schneider said: "The news you got is indeed correct. There is no stable demand for shipping in the local area yet, but it also means that there is no competition. Those who start first may have the opportunity to dominate the local shipping business."

After talking to Lu Zhanpeng last time, Liang Liping also went to learn about the relevant situation and raised questions: "As far as I know, the current local oil production is still very limited, and the refined oil after refining is

Even less, maybe only about ten tons a month, is it really necessary to build dedicated roads and docks?"

Schneider said: "Miaoli's oil production is indeed very low, but this is the only oil field we currently have the conditions to exploit. The petrochemical base planned by the Ministry of Industry has been prepared for several years, but many large equipment are difficult to transport through the current transportation methods.

To reach oil extraction areas, road construction is a must. Besides, after these infrastructures are completed, they will not only be used to transport petrochemical products, but also local agricultural products and forests. It will definitely be cost-effective in the long run."
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