Rebirth 99 to become a car giant

Qatar has a relatively small land area, but its natural gas reserves are among the best in the world.

However, it is a bit embarrassing that most of their reserves are actually at sea, and they are at sea bordering Persia.

It can be said that their oil and gas fields are actually the same, but they are distributed in Qatar and Persia respectively.

In this case, Qatar must consider Persia's views on many things.

As the most active country in the world to export natural gas, a lot of Qatar's natural gas has been shipped to Japan, Korea and China.

Nanshan Group's enterprises helped Wenchong Shipyard produce LNG carriers, so they naturally cannot always focus on the domestic market, but need to have a good exchange with Qatar, the gas supply king.

"Mr. Cao, our people have contacted Qatar these two days, and they are not interested in our LNG carriers."

"They also said that the quality of the LNG carriers we produced was problematic, and that they used uncertified Invar steel and gas tanks and other materials and parts."

This time, Nanshan Equipment is acting as a representative to seek orders for Wenchong Shipyard's carriers internationally.

Of course, Cao Yang asked Nanshan Equipment to do this, not just out of kindness to help Wenchong Shipyard.

According to the results of the communication between Cao Yang and Xiang Jianghui, as long as the LNG carrier order is won by Nanshan enterprises, Wenchong Shipyard will help to produce it and earn a OEM fee.

Only the orders won by Wenchong Shipyard can make more profits.

In this way, Nanshan enterprises will naturally have a higher enthusiasm to find orders.

Whether it is for Wenchong Shipyard or Nanshan Equipment, this is a win-win solution.

After all, the two parties have many common interests in LNG carriers.

As the largest equipment manufacturer in China, Nanshan Equipment has business in many countries.

They are even negotiating with Qatar to build a wind power plant.

So it is easy to find the person in charge of LNG carrier procurement in Qatar.

It’s just that the start was not good, and the news we got at the beginning was not very good.

“Our LNG carrier has just been launched, and Qatar got the news so quickly?”

Cao Yang doesn’t think Qatar’s news is so well-informed.

Besides, this statement is obviously full of prejudice.

"I also think it's a bit strange, so I arranged someone to investigate and find out."

"Although I didn't get very accurate information, it is basically certain that France GTT is behind it."

Pan Jinxing gave his own judgment with certainty.

Cao Yang was not surprised by this situation.

After all, he was ruining someone else's job.

Normally, the cost of Invar steel is indeed higher than that of ordinary steel, but it is only less than 30,000 yuan per ton.

As a result, the price of Invar steel sold to the outside world is more than 100,000 yuan per ton. No one wants to give up such huge profits.

Nanshan Special Steel has developed Invar steel and successfully used it on LNG carriers.

All the thresholds for materials, welding, etc. that they originally set were all solved by Nanshan companies.

Of course, they didn't do it this time.

So it's normal for them to go to Qatar to report.

"France GTT is not a concern. The so-called certification is the result of them acting as both referees and athletes."

"As long as all parties involved in the sale, transportation and purchase of natural gas can accept our LNG carriers, they can be put into practical use."

"You arrange for someone to contact Qatar again and tell them that Persia is arranging special personnel to contact us. We hope that Nanshan Equipment can work with some Chinese companies to help them develop oil and gas fields adjacent to Qatar."

"These developed oil and gas fields will be transported by our LNG carriers and sold to various Chinese customers."

Cao Yang quickly found a way to contain Qatar.

Your oil and gas fields border Persia. In this case, if Nanshan Equipment and Persia really cooperate deeply, it will definitely make Qatar very uncomfortable.

Not to mention that there is a powerful competitor, the oil and gas dug out by Persia are actually the products of the same oil and gas field.

Qatar must hope that Persia will not make any moves.

Due to the suppression of the United States, Persia's achievements in natural gas exports in the past few years can be basically ignored.

If other companies threaten Qatar, they may not care much.

But Nanshan Equipment is different.

They have been suppressed by the United States countless times, and they don't care about the attitude of the United States at all.

The most important thing is that Nanshan Equipment does have the ability to help develop Persia's oil and gas fields.

After thinking about these, Pan Jinxing also became interested and said: "Mr. Cao, I will fly to Qatar in person to communicate with them."

"If they can directly order our LNG carriers, it would be the best thing."

"After all, even if we cooperate with Persia, it will take a long time to have output."

Not to mention that Persia has not really approached Nanshan Equipment to discuss cooperation in this regard. Even if it is really discussing, it will not be settled in a short time.

And even if the negotiations are concluded, it will be several years before such a large project is completed.

Pan Jinxing actually did not want to adopt this solution.

However, although this solution is a bit tasteless for Nanshan Equipment, the situation is different for Qatar.

They are really afraid that Nanshan Equipment will support an opponent for them.

After all, you have to buy LNG carriers. The price of China’s ships is a little cheaper, so who should you buy?

At worst, the LNG carriers purchased from China will only be engaged in China's business.

In this way, there will be no other institutions to criticize.

"By the way, simple threats are not necessarily the best way. You can ask Daystar Technology to arrange for a representative to follow you to Qatar."

"We can provide each other with a package of drone solutions to enhance their military strength."

Blindly squeezing others is definitely a bad idea.

It becomes much softer to come up with something good to seduce people.

The strength of Daystar Technology has been proven, and there are still a large number of Scorpion drones in use by big companies.

Therefore, as long as Daystar Technology is willing to cooperate with Qatar with some military products, the possibility that the other party will agree to purchase LNG carriers in large quantities is definitely very high.

Sure enough, a week later, when Pan Jinxing came back from Qatar again, the situation was completely different.

"Mr. Cao, fortunately you have lived up to your command!"

Pan Jinxing went straight to Cao Yang's office as soon as he got off the plane.

In order to give Cao Yang a surprise, he didn't explain the results to him beforehand.

Cao Yang didn't even know the schedule for returning home today.

"Does Qatar agree?"

Although Cao Yang had previously predicted that the other party would agree, it was still a bit surprising that the results came out so quickly.

After all, the price of an LNG carrier is US$300 million, which is no small sum.

"The other party will arrange a special purchasing team to come over next week to communicate and confirm. Let's discuss the details."

"Their prince who is responsible for purchasing LNG carriers also wants to communicate with you specifically to communicate some things that are not convenient to write down in the agreement."

"After good communication, we can directly sign an order for five LNG carriers, and also order a batch of Scorpion drones and Eagle heavy transport helicopters."

"Even cooperation on the Chang'e space station, everyone can talk about it first."

Pan Jinxing recounted his results this week in one breath.

It is absolutely gratifying to have accomplished so many things in such a short period of time.

"Then make arrangements for next week's itinerary as soon as possible and officially finalize this order."

Although contracts are meant to be torn up.

But in business cooperation, the role of contracts is still very huge.

Under normal circumstances, no one would break the contract.

Especially when you are not strong, you will not easily do things that break the rules.

Because the other party can easily take revenge on you in various ways.

"No problem. I have already started making arrangements when I was in Qatar. I will not let anything go wrong in the middle."

Pan Jinxing said confidently.

If you have cards in your hand, you won't be afraid of others causing trouble.

Sure enough, the subsequent development was similar to what Pan Jinxing reported. The Qatari group paid a symbolic visit to Wenchong Shipyard and Nanshan Equipment, and then officially signed an order for five LNG carriers with Nanshan Equipment.

At the same time, the other party is also in detailed communication with Daystar Technology on various drone procurement plans.

This will take some time and be decided after comprehensive consideration.

But for Cao Yang, his main goal has been achieved.

The order for five LNG carriers has been enough for Wenchong Shipyard to keep busy in the past two years.

After all, there was still an order from Sinopec to be completed.

To build six LNG carriers within two years, although this speed is not particularly fast, it is definitely not slow either.

When there are more skilled workers later, the production capacity can be further improved.

The new dock is almost completed.

At that time, it was time for Wenchong Shipyard to dominate the field of LNG carriers.

However, even the orders for these five LNG carriers have actually had a huge impact on the shipbuilding industry.

"We are also currently negotiating with many customers for orders for LNG carriers."

Zhao Linyuan was a little unhappy.

After all, everyone still has a competitive relationship.

"If you have a new order, the technicians will return it to you immediately."

Regardless of whether this can really be done, Xiang Jianghui's current idea is to get the person first and then talk about it.

He doesn't think Hudong Shipyard can win new orders in a short time with Nanshan Equipment.

This market has great potential, but there are not many players in a short period of time.

Like polar bears, people basically export natural gas through pipelines, and there is not much demand for them for LNG carriers yet.

Several major shipyards in Korea are also eagerly looking for other customers to get orders.

"Okay, I can lend you some."

"However, we also hope to arrange a technical team to come and communicate with you about some things related to the use of domestic Invar steel and the design of gas storage tanks."

Everyone has their own needs. Zhao Linyuan has arranged a purchasing team to contact the sales of Nanshan Special Steel and Nanshan Equipment, but it is definitely not as straightforward as visiting the ship production site for visits and exchanges.

“No problem, you’re always welcome!”

Xiang Jianghui happily agreed.

To him, these things all belong to Nanshan Group companies.

Even if he disagrees, the other party can directly find companies in the Nanshan Group to cooperate.

And he felt that with the relationship between Wenchong Shipyard and Nanshan Group enterprises, he did not need to worry about too many other things.

Unless Nanshan Equipment gets another batch of big orders later, it won't be able to be completed by itself.

Then you can't blame others.

…

Compared with the jubilant Wenchong Shipyard, Samsung Heavy Industries is really a little anxious now.

"Minister Cui, the LNG carriers in Qatar were produced by us before. Why did they suddenly turn to Wenchong Shipyard?"

Zheng Ze originally focused on production management, hoping to improve Samsung Heavy Industries' production efficiency as much as possible.

Because they still have many LNG carriers and other vessels waiting for delivery.

But the sudden emergence of Wenchong Shipyard disrupted his work schedule.

He had only heard that the other party's LNG carrier had been launched, so he arranged for Cui Dong to come and find out about the situation.

Unexpectedly, before the next report was heard, it was reported that Wenchong Shipyard had signed a large order with Qatar for five LNG carriers.

The most critical thing is that the delivery time of these ships is 2016, which is much earlier than the delivery time of many orders of Samsung Heavy Industries.

This means that orders placed by Qatar with Samsung Heavy Industries one or two years ago will be delivered even later.

This will definitely bring a series of potential impacts.

"I'm still investigating. I've barely heard any rumors before."

Cui Donglai is a little confused now.

Things that the president had arranged before have not been reported clearly, and now new problems have arisen.

How can this be good?

"Didn't the French GTT contact us and say that all LNG carriers produced using Invar steel that has not been certified by them will not be recognized by various classification societies in the end?"

"I think the LNG carriers of Wenchong Shipyard must not be able to obtain various certifications from classification societies, right?"

Zheng Ze is confused now.

He feels that the industry has been disrupted.

The market for LNG carriers is not particularly large, with no more than 10 ships delivered each year.

Although the trend will be more and more in the future, that is after all a matter of the future.

Now that Chinese companies have entered the market to disrupt the situation, many things are full of uncertainty.

This is definitely not a situation he wants to see.

"It stands to reason that this is indeed the case, but I don't know what benefits China promised to Qatar. It actually signed a formal order directly with Wenchong Shipyard."

"I heard that the first batch of contract deposits of US$500 million has been paid."

"This means there must be a reason behind it that we don't know."

Although Cui Donglai was suddenly attacked, his basic judgment was still online.

However, Qatar will definitely not publicize Nanshan's equipment as a threat to itself.

What if Korea adopts a similar threat plan?

Although this possibility is very low, no one wants to cause trouble for themselves.

So even if Cui Dong comes and inquires, he may not be able to get much information in the end.

"Minister Cui, China's shipbuilding industry is rising rapidly, which will put great pressure on us."

"In the future, it is necessary for us to arrange a dedicated team to keep an eye on the movements of various shipbuilding companies in China. It is best to collect some internal intelligence from them."

"We can't afford another surprise attack."

Cui Donglai was Zheng Ze's direct subordinate, so although something went wrong this time, Zheng Ze didn't blame him too much.

After all, China's actions were indeed a bit sudden.

Even if Samsung Heavy Industries knew some news in advance, what they could do in the end would probably be very limited.

"I'll arrange it right away!"

Cui Donglai nodded without any hesitation, "President, should we also communicate with Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Heavy Industries to discuss how to deal with the rise of China's shipbuilding industry?"

Although domestically, competition between Samsung Heavy Industries, Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Heavy Industries is also very strong.

However, as the businesses of several major chaebols in Goryeo, their connections are actually very close.

Even careful analysis shows that many people in each family are related.

This aspect is very similar to the relationship between ancient Chinese families.

You are my brother-in-law, but I am also your brother-in-law.

Even if you are my brother-in-law, I am still your uncle.

Through various marriages, the interests of the clans are tightly bound together, and it is impossible to understand them at all.

Historically, if the Huang Chao Uprising had not physically wiped out a group of wealthy nobles, it would have been difficult for ordinary people to become officials in the Song and Ming dynasties.

"This matter can be started as soon as possible."

"You arrange for me to meet with the presidents of their two companies, and we can discuss countermeasures."

Zheng Ze naturally knew that Cui Donglai's proposal was necessary.

Together, we basically monopolize 90% of the global LNG carrier market.

Whether negotiating with customers or grabbing orders, you can exert a strong combat effectiveness.

…

"Ayang, you helped Wenchong Shipyard produce LNG carriers this time. Not only did you help solve various technical problems, you even helped win back market orders."

"My cousin has told me how many times he is grateful."

Xiang Changle is Xiang Jianghui's cousin.

As Cao Yang's teacher and the president of Lingnan University of Technology, Xiang Changle has definitely had a very close relationship with Nanshan-based companies in recent years.

Through cooperation with enterprises from the Nanshan Department, the comprehensive strength of Lingnan University of Technology has been raised to a higher level.

In the past, everyone in Lingnan always felt that CUHK was number one in terms of strength, while Lingnan University of Technology could only be ranked second.

But few people think so now.

At most, when it comes to specific majors, I feel that CUHK is stronger.

For example, in majors such as finance and public administration, Lingnan University of Technology is still relatively weak.

However, in related majors such as semiconductors, materials, automobiles, and equipment, Lingnan University of Technology is also among the best in the country.

The comprehensive ranking continues to rise every year, and many versions of the rankings now place Lingnan Polytechnic in the TOP10.

And all of this is due to Xiang Changle.

Therefore, his prestige at Lingnan University of Technology is also very high.

No one would think there was anything wrong with him being too close to companies in the Nanshan Group.

"Hold the horse and give him a ride. This is what we should do."

"Taking orders for LNG carriers is helping Wenchong Shipyard and ourselves."

"The prospects of this industry are still worth looking forward to. Korea's three major shipyards are living a very prosperous life relying on LNG carriers."

"We can definitely grab it."

The relationship between Cao Yang and Xiang Changle is naturally very unusual, so no matter what they say, they are relatively direct.

The relationship between Nanshan Group companies and Korean companies has never been good.

In particular, the group of companies headed by Samsung Group have a relatively deep relationship with the Nanshan Group.

From consumer electronics such as mobile phones and computers to semiconductor components, to the automobile and parts industry, and now the shipbuilding industry.

It can be said that the competition between enterprises in the Nanshan system and the dominant industries in Goryeo is very fierce.

The contradictions arising from this kind of competition are absolutely irreconcilable.

Although it is not necessarily a life-or-death situation, it is definitely impossible to live in peace.

After all, no one wants to see their market share taken away by Chinese manufacturers.

"The competition between Korea and us in the dominant industries of major developed countries in the world is indeed quite fierce."

"However, with the fierce competition among enterprises, the other party may look for solutions or revenge plans from a higher level perspective."

"You must also be prepared for this matter."

I have to say that Xiang Changle's judgment is still very reasonable.

For those companies in Goryeo, there are consortiums behind them.

And many things in Goryeo are closely related to the consortium.

So in the end, Korea will directly find the relevant departments of China. Whether it is a protest or a transaction, there will definitely be some cards played.

Although Cao Yang is not worried that relevant departments will or dare to betray the interests of Nanshan Group enterprises, he will be disgusted by others after all.

"As our industry upgrades, the United States is also adjusting some relevant policies, and they also feel a relatively strong threat."

"The changes in the United States will inevitably lead to some changes in Korea and Japan."

"We are actually already preparing for this matter."

"In the past two years, Daystar Technology has invested heavily in various military products in order to enhance China's strength in related fields."

"Only when your strength improves, can you speak confidently, and when dealing with various emergencies can you have the cards you need to speak correctly."

Cao Yang didn't mean to set his own style so high.

But as the world's richest man and the boss of China's largest industrial company, his personal interests are closely related to China's overall interests.

Only when China as a whole becomes stronger can the global interests of Nanshan Group companies be guaranteed.

Otherwise, countless countries will try to use various methods to deal with you.

Whether it’s fines or taxes, he’s a referee. Isn’t it easy to become an athlete?