Great warships

Benjamin felt his brain bang, as if it was about to explode.

Make a new one?What a joke!How much will that cost?The shipyard will definitely not pay the money, they will apply for the fee from the above, if the above does not allocate funds to them, then they will be ruined.But where is the money now.

Because of the overspending on the engine, they have decided to cut two engines to reduce the cost. At this time, how can they pay for this kind of construction mistake.

It doesn't matter which shipyard has a problem with the construction of the section, the important thing is how to find a sum of money to fill the hole!
He tried his best to control his thoughts, recalling the communication with everyone just now.

It may be a construction error, or it may be a mistake in lifting!The crane used for lifting is made by Dongfang!

Thinking of this, he finally had an idea: "The error this time was caused by the lifting."

Hearing Benjamin's words, Lambert quit immediately: "No, no, there is nothing wrong with our hoisting, and it's just that the keels are not aligned, and the outside is normal, which means that the error was not well controlled during construction. .It was not caused by the lifting at all.”

The deformation caused by lifting must be due to the deformation of everything. Now it is the misalignment of the keels, which has nothing to do with lifting.

"When I say it's a lifting problem, it's a lifting problem!" Benjamin raised his voice: "Don't try to argue with me. This is not a problem with your Rosyth Shipyard. It's a problem with the gantry crane produced by Dongfang! This production accident was caused by The responsibility belongs to the East, so we have to claim compensation from the East!"

Lambert has already realized something, but he is still a little dissatisfied: "Eastern people are not vegetarians, so how could they obediently pay us compensation."

"If they don't compensate us for the loss, then their port machinery will not be able to enter our British port in the future, and we will call on other European countries to boycott their gantry cranes!" Benjamin said: "If we lose our European market, Let’s see where they can sell their Dongfang’s port machinery! We will pull the European Union to investigate Dongfang’s port machinery and find serious defects in their port machinery.”

"This task of claiming cannot be accomplished by us alone. Your Excellency Benjamin, can you go to the East with us?" Lambert didn't want to shoulder all this responsibility on his own shoulders.

"Okay, I'll go with you. This is related to the construction of our aircraft carrier. We must let the Orientals spit out the money for us!"

Dongfang, Zhenhua Heavy Industry.

A new office building has been built here. From the tall conference room of the office building, you can overlook the whole picture of Zhenhua Heavy Industry. It has a huge factory building, its own port, and various vehicles for transporting materials. It looks very busy. .

Guan Tong sat on a chair in the conference room and said to Yang Dawei who came to coordinate: "Mr. Yang, you can rest assured that the parts ordered by Mingzhou Group will be completed on time and the quality and quantity will be guaranteed. Zhenhua ZPMC will never forget that when our business just started, it was you Mingzhou Group who led us through the initial difficult years, without you, we would not have what ZPMC is today."

Yang Dawei smiled: "Boss, I'm not here to rush you. Since the last order was handed over to you, we can rest assured that we are only waiting for you to deliver the parts. You have always been ahead of time and never delayed." .I'm here this time because I have a new order."

"Oh? What order?"

"At present, the development direction of our group has been shifted to Africa. If we want to transport a large amount of mineral resources from Mozambique, we need to renovate their ports, especially the transportation of bulk carriers, which requires special port machinery to cooperate. Yeah, so we're going to order another batch."

"Okay." Guan Tong smiled: "Let's sit at home, and orders will come to our door. This is pie in the sky. If you order from Mingzhou Group, we will quote a cost price!"

"No, you also want to develop, and the normal price is fine. Anyway, the buyer is Mozambique, and they use minerals to pay off the debt." Yang Dawei said: "Our Mingzhou Group doesn't like these three melons and dates."

Guan Tong had a complex expression on his face, how much profit did he give up?In the eyes of Mingzhou Group, that is actually three melons and two dates?The Mingzhou Group is rich and powerful, and it will never be compared.

At this moment, the phone rang suddenly, Guan Tong answered the phone, and his expression changed suddenly: "What? They want to claim compensation? Are these British people out of their minds? What does it matter to us?"

"Boss, what happened?"

"Well, the British bought a gantry crane with a lifting capacity of more than [-] tons from us. They went back to build an aircraft carrier. After the first hoisting, they found that the docking could not be connected. It was obviously a problem with the construction quality. They actually blamed our gantry crane." Guan Tong was a little speechless: "This is clearly an accident in the construction that caused the project to overrun, and they want to extort a sum of money from us. Huh, we are not monk meat!"

Yang Dawei also frowned: "These people are really shameless, but this kind of thing really has to be handled well, old manager, why don't you tell President Qin about this matter? Ask President Qin to give you a trick?"

"No, Qin always wants to do big things. There is no need to bother Mr. Qin with small things like ours. Our 002 aircraft carrier is about to be launched recently. Mr. Qin must be busy there. Anyway, we didn't do anything wrong. They want to If they want to throw dirty water on us, there’s no way! After all, it’s the gantry crane business. If they keep pushing, we will lock the gantry crane remotely and turn the gantry crane into scrap metal!”

"What's the trouble, just use your mobile phone to make a video connection." Yang Dawei said, took out his mobile phone, opened ICQ, and started the video connection application.

A few seconds later, Qin Tao's figure appeared on the mobile phone screen. At this time, he was standing on the island of the aircraft carrier, and he could see other staff behind him.

"Mr. Yang, what's the matter?"

"Mr. Qin, the British aircraft carrier can't be docked after the sections are welded. Instead, it blames Zhenhua Heavy Industry's gantry crane for claiming compensation. What should we do?"

"Okay, you can claim compensation." Qin Tao immediately replied: "Let them hand over the detailed drawings of the aircraft carrier to us, and let us analyze how to lift it to cause problems. If it is really our problem, Then we lose."

Want an aircraft carrier blueprint?Yang Dawei's eyes immediately brightened: "That's right, Mr. Qin is right, we are reasonable, we have to study their drawings to see if there is a lifting problem! Mr. Qin, keep busy and don't bother me. "

It was solved in a few clicks!
Guan Tong's eyes lit up when he heard this plan, yes, if we keep denying it, then the other party will be aggressive, even if it is reasonable, it will become unreasonable, it's better to just push the boat along.

Soon, Benjamin walked into the conference room angrily, leading Lambert and Carol.

"The gantry crane you built has a big problem. During the lifting process, our hull will be deformed, which has caused huge problems for our docking." Benjamin the wicked first sued: "Now, we ask you to compensate us for the loss ! Including economic and time, you need to compensate us one billion pounds!"

The cost of a queen-class aircraft carrier is only 32 billion pounds, and the other party demands compensation of one billion pounds, which means that Zhenhua Heavy Industry's money will be used to build the aircraft carrier, which is a good idea.

"If you don't compensate us for the loss, then your port machinery will never enter the market of any EU country. Moreover, the EU is also launching investigation procedures. At that time, you may be issued a higher fine. As long as you now Compensate us for our losses, and the EU investigation will end."

A fine of one billion pounds, if you think about it, the other party will not pay it normally, so you must put pressure on the other party to let the other party know the consequences of not paying the fine.

Benjamin is qualified enough to say this, he is threatening the other party now.

"Okay, we can compensate." Guan Tong said calmly.

compensation?The other party gave in so quickly?The three of them were suddenly surprised, and many of the arguments they had prepared were useless, as if they had punched cotton.

"Okay, then you should pay us compensation immediately." Benjamin said hastily. The most lacking thing for their aircraft carrier construction is money. With this money, they can not only rebuild a section, but even the engine can be replaced. four.

"Don't worry about this. We have to investigate. It is indeed a problem with our gantry crane." Guan Tong said: "You need to give us the segmented drawings of the aircraft carrier, as well as the method of lifting at that time, each lifting cable For the hanging position, we need to conduct detailed calculations to see whether it is a problem of lifting or construction.”

The people on the opposite side were dumbfounded.

"Just kidding, how could we hand over the precious blueprint to you, it is related to the secret of our aircraft carrier, besides, hand it over to you, do you understand?"

Of course, the blueprints cannot be leaked, so that others can see and know where the aircraft carrier is weak. Then, when attacking in the future, they will definitely aim at the weak places. If they hit the right place, maybe a flying fish can sink it up.

"Everyone, let me introduce to you. The person next to me is the person in charge of the Mingzhou Group's design office, Mr. Yang. His subordinates have already designed many aircraft carriers with various displacements and take-off and landing methods. They also use The method of segmented construction has never been a problem, so we have obtained your drawings and will entrust Mingzhou Group to review and determine whether it is a lifting problem."

People from Mingzhou Group!

The eyelids of several British people jumped up.

If Zhenhua Heavy Industry said they would check it themselves, they could still refuse. This is not being both an athlete and a referee, a criminal suspect and a policeman, but now, they have hired a third party!
Mingzhou Group has built so many aircraft carriers with rich experience, and they still build them in sections. Mingzhou Group's dock also has a gantry crane of more than 1 tons. They are the most authoritative referees.

But, can Mingzhou Group audit it?

"No, of course this won't work. The aircraft carrier blueprints are related to our biggest secret. How can we hand them over to you!" Benjamin immediately denied: "Since we said it was a lifting problem, it is a lifting problem. Is there any doubt about it? ?”

"You guys? Have you ever used a [-]-ton gantry crane before? Is this the first time?" Yang Dawei said, "Why are you so sure? The same gantry crane in our shipyard has been moved many times. , there is no one that caused the deformation of the hull. It is the problem of the gantry crane or the problem of experience. Is it necessary to say? Besides, if you want to divide into many shipyards to build together, you must still use the gantry crane to carry and dock. This time Is the claim important? The important thing is to solve the problem! Otherwise, you will have to deform the next time you move it! Can you solve the problem by yourself? Now, we Mingzhou Group will help, and we will not pay you a penny. Accept, it is of great help to your aircraft carrier construction, are you still not sure which is lighter and which is heavier?"

Yang Dawei's words were like a cannonball, and he blasted at the opposite person: "Give us the blueprint, and we will help you analyze the problem, avoid accidents in the subsequent lifting of several sections, and let your aircraft carrier close normally, otherwise, you All the sections have to be scrapped, and the original tower construction method has to be used! You will also waste the construction funds of the first aircraft carrier, and you will become a joke of the whole world!"

"We can solve it ourselves!" Benjamin gritted his teeth and said, "Now, we are here to claim compensation!"

"This makes me curious. For any shipyard, if there is a production accident, the cause of the accident should be investigated first to avoid similar situations from happening again? Why do you only know about compensation? Don't use the EU to scare people, we still We will send people to the EU to sue you. You have slandered ZPMC’s products and caused ZPMC’s reputation loss. You have to pay for the reputation loss! Just set a billion pounds. We will provide a lot of evidence to prove that ZPMC’s reputation is damaged. The gantry cranes of Huazhong Industry Co., Ltd. are running well in our Mingzhou Group, and there have been no accidents." Yang Dawei continued.

Benjamin stood up: "Okay, then we'll see you in court! Hmph, don't even try to sell one of your ZPMC Port Machinery in the European market in the future!"

"Mr. Lambert, please stay." Guan Tong said: "You purchased the port machine by installment payment. Today is the repayment day. If you don't transfer the money to your account, then this gantry crane will be lost." It will be locked and cannot be used anymore. When you want to unlock it in the future, you will not only have to pay off the debt, but also pay relevant liquidated damages."

The British who had just planned to shoot the case were instantly dumbfounded.

They came here to take advantage of the Orientals. After all, in their eyes, the East is humble, and it is easy to handle, but they did not expect such strong resistance from the other party. Moreover, this is not counted, the other party He actually wants to fight against the general!
Of course, Rosyth Shipyard does not have enough funds to pay the full price of the [-]-ton gantry crane. It can only pay in installments, and the more installments, the better. As long as it can be dragged to the completion of the aircraft carrier, it will be good to sell this gantry crane up.

Who would have thought that there was a problem with the construction, and now that they are all busy dealing with construction matters, who would have thought that the new installment of the arrears has not been repaid.

Lambert's face was very ugly, and Benjamin was completely annoyed: "Are you trying to threaten us in this way?"

"It's a matter of course to repay the debt. Our contract clearly states that we don't want to threaten you in this way. No matter where we go to sue, I don't think it's reasonable not to pay the debt."

"You locked the gantry crane, delayed our use, and delayed the follow-up construction of our queen-class aircraft carrier. You must bear this responsibility!"

"It was Rosyth Shipyard who owed money and failed to pay back, which led to the locking of the gantry crane and the delay in the construction of the Queen-class aircraft carrier. It has nothing to do with us." Guan Tong said: "Have you been messing around like this all the time? If so, then You can get on our blacklist, we will demand full payment for all the port machinery you order from us, and you will be treated the same as Ah San."

Benjamin was surprised: "We also ordered a port machine from you?"

"That's right, your ports have ordered twelve port machinery from us, but they haven't delivered yet, and only paid one-third of the payment. In order to avoid subsequent problems, we decided to ask your port for the full payment. .”

"Do we still have orders?"

Benjamin's mind was spinning rapidly. He had already paid one-third of the payment. This could not threaten the other party, but he would be caught by the other party's weakness. Only those potential orders that have not been paid can be taken advantage of by the other party.

"Not yet. All port machinery ordered from us must pay a deposit within one week of signing the order contract." Guan Tong said: "Also, if you want our port machinery to withdraw from the EU market, we will It doesn't matter, the existing non-European customer orders we have on hand can support the market for five years. You can find other port machinery manufacturers. Oh, yes, let me tell you in advance that our quotations are only for other port machinery manufacturers. [-]% of the manufacturer."

The initiative is entirely on ZPMC's side!

Over the years, they have continued to grow and develop, relying on advanced technology and moderate prices, they have won the welcome of customers. They can also manufacture gantry cranes that other customers cannot manufacture. Several major gantry crane manufacturers in Europe are beaten by them. Come.

If the British want to give up purchasing from Zhenhua Heavy Industry, they can only spend more money to purchase from other suppliers, and they will also face the problem of not having a corresponding model.

The whole world is using Zhenhua Port Machinery, but the British are actually out of their minds and want to come over and touch Zhenhua Heavy Industry?

The worst that can happen is withdrawing from the European market, which will be a loss for the Europeans. Our President Qin will develop Africa next, and a large number of port machines will be needed there!

During the whole process, Carol didn't say a word, followed the other people in high-spiritedly, and then left in a state of embarrassment. When he left the office building, he turned his head and looked again, and suddenly there was a surge in his heart. A thought: The East has already risen, and it is doomed to be impossible for them to rely on the previous means!

Back at the hotel, Benjamin had a gloomy face the whole time.

"Damn it, these Orientals are too much, they dare to threaten us!"

"You said, can we initiate anti-monopoly and anti-dumping investigations through the EU? The port machinery produced by Zhenhua Heavy Industry has obvious characteristics of monopoly and dumping!"

When thinking of this, Benjamin suddenly realized that he still seemed to have cards to play.

"This investigation is possible, but this kind of investigation is also destined to be protracted." Lambert said: "The Easterners will try their best to delay the time. Will our aircraft carrier continue to be built? If our Goliath gantry crane is locked Yes, it will cost a lot of money if you want to use it again in the future, we have to agree in advance that you have to allocate this money to us."

"What's the lock? How is the technology of the Orientals so powerful? We cracked their system, so we can continue to use it in the future? They won't pay back the subsequent arrears!" Benjamin came up with an idea.

Lambert shook his head: "That's impossible. The mechanical system of the gantry crane is not the most important thing. The electronic control system is very important. The electronic system can monitor and adjust the tension of each sling at any time, especially the [-]-ton gantry crane. Relying on the electronic system, the system of the Orientals does not allow us to touch it at all. As long as we unscrew the screws of the electronic system shell without permission, the hard disk will be formatted inside. At that time, our gantry crane will change. Turned into scrap iron."

Benjamin doesn't understand technology, but Lambert and Carroll and others do.

At this moment, hearing what Lambert said so wickedly, Benjamin looked at Carol with doubts: "What he said is true?"

"It's true. There is a shipyard in France that bought a 300-ton gantry crane from Zhenhua Heavy Industries. They planned to disassemble the surveying and mapping imitation, but the gantry crane turned into scrap iron and could no longer move. After negotiation, they Another [-] million francs were spent, and the technicians from Zhenhua Heavy Industry were invited to unlock it."

Benjamin felt a chill in his heart.

This Zhenhua Heavy Industry is really evil, where did they get such advanced technology?In terms of electronic equipment, Dongfang has Godson and SMIC. They are really the strongest in the world and can make these things.

What should we do?
Obediently admit defeat and give up the claim?

What about the money wasted by the aircraft carrier?Congress will not continue to appropriate funds!If that segment is not rebuilt, how will the construction of the aircraft carrier continue?

Go back and force the shipyard to admit it?
Portsmouth Shipyard is not ordinary. It has relations with many big figures. It will definitely come to intercede at that time, and finally has to come back in a circle.

His mind was in a mess and he didn't know what to do.

"Mingzhou Group's shipbuilding technology is advanced, can we ask them to help us provide technical guidance?" Lambert said in a low voice: "Maybe we don't need to scrap that section, and it can be used with a simple modification."

Seek help from Mingzhou Group?

Benjamin shook his head subconsciously, how can this work?Mingzhou Group is our deadly enemy!

"Now, we still have to focus on the aircraft carrier," Lambert said.