Chapter 170 Arrogant at the front and respectful at the back
"Gong Yang, welcome to join our Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group." When Qin Tao came back from the capital, he was pleasantly surprised to find that he met an old acquaintance. It was a sigh of relief that his father was so powerful that he actually treated someone of Yang Dawei's level. They've all been dug up!
Qin Tao is becoming more and more satisfied with the old man.
Looking at Qin Tao's extended hand, Yang Dawei felt emotional in his heart. In the past two years, Mingzhou Shipyard has developed so fast that it has now become a large group! Moreover, I heard that when Qin Tao went to the capital this time, he almost got an order for the navy's new generation destroyer. The development prospects here are very promising.
However, Yang Dawei couldn't help but sigh when he thought about the reason why he joined here.
“A penny is too much for a hero, Mr. Qin, in the Ship Design Institute, I, Yang Dawei, was originally only willing to give without asking for anything in return, but, but...” Yang Dawei couldn’t continue.
“Yang Gong’s daughter decided to study abroad last year, so I invited Yang Gong over after visiting the thatched cottage three times.” Qin Baoshan added on the side.
In this era, there are two types of credits for studying abroad. One is to perform well in university and eventually become a publicly funded international student. This kind of study requires almost no money of your own. If you save some money after going abroad, you may still have some pocket money left over.
The other option is to study abroad at one's own expense, which is absolutely a waste of money and is a heavy burden for ordinary families. Looking at Yang Dawei's appearance, it is obvious that his daughter went out at her own expense.
"Mr. Yang, don't worry. Although the annual salary is one hundred thousand, if it's not enough, tell the factory that you can make an advance at any time." Qin Tao said generously.
Qin Tao can design a missile boat by himself, but if he wants to build a guided missile destroyer or a 10,000-ton cargo ship, he will need a group of people to help refine the design. Now, with the addition of Yang Dawei, Qin Tao can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Then, when he entered the computer room that used to be his own, but was now used as a temporary work space for the design office, he saw some faces full of youthful energy.
“Senior brother!” Someone shouted: “My name is Hu Jia, and I admire you very much!”
“Senior brother, my name is Yang Zhaoxiang, and the bed I sleep on is the one you slept on!”
Qin Tao was unknown when he was in college. However, after he entered the workplace, he suddenly rose to prominence and is now the leader of Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group. Therefore, these things have already spread in his alma mater. Many people admire Qin Tao extremely.
Therefore, when Qin Baoshan went to their university to recruit people, he heard that the most powerful senior brother was recruiting people. Countless people signed up enthusiastically. According to Qin Tao's instructions, Qin Baoshan conducted a strict review of these people. the best.
These people will be in their senior year this year, so after the Chinese New Year, they will go directly to Mingzhou to intern, which can be regarded as starting work early.
Qin Tao greeted them in turn.
Of course, there are also other schools.
“This Comrade Zhang Chao is a top student at Tsinghua University in the capital.” Yang Dawei continued to introduce Qin Tao.
The best university in the capital! Qin Tao looked at the shy Zhang Chao in front of him and stretched out his hand: "Welcome to join us. In a few years, when you get together with your classmates, you will not regret your choice. You will develop best. .”
Including Yang Dawei, a total of eleven people formed the most capable design team. After Qin Tao got to know them one by one, he began to assign tasks to them.
“Years ago, we had already negotiated a deal for a shallow-draft, large-scale river-sea freighter, so our first task was to design and build this 12,000-ton bulk carrier,” Qin Tao said.
“A 12,000-ton shallow-draft, large-scale freighter that goes directly to rivers and seas?” Now it was Yang Dawei’s turn to be surprised: “There has never been one in our country, right?”
"Yes, it didn't exist before, but it will happen now. After the delivery of this freighter, as long as the customers are satisfied, they will definitely continue to place orders. At least there will be more than 20 freighter markets. Everyone, you shoulder the responsibility It is an important task to open up new markets for shipyards.”
“Qin Gong, do you have a basic plan?” Yang Dawei asked hesitantly.
Qin Tao nodded: "I will design the overall ship shape and you will refine it. Our ship must have a shallow draft and a certain width. It needs to pass between the third and fourth piers of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge."
After Qin Tao finished speaking, he glanced at the latest computers that had been purchased in the room: "Everyone, come on! After this ship is designed, we will perfect the plan for a seven-thousand-ton guided missile destroyer."
guided missile destroyer, seven thousand tons?
Everyone's eyes widened, and the taciturn Zhang Chao's eyes sparkled even more. He decided to come here because he wanted to develop the most advanced warships in the country. When he heard that the 022 missile boat was designed here. , he was already tempted, and he wanted to contribute his own strength in the field of warship manufacturing.
When Qin Tao had just finished arranging the work here, a boatman hurried over: "Mr. Qin, please go to the slipway and have a look. There's a quarrel!"
A fight?
Qin Tao was a little surprised: "Who was quarreling with whom?"
“Conong workers and foreigners.”
Foreigner? Qin Tao was even more surprised: "Where did the foreigners come from?"
“Supplier of automatic welding and cutting equipment, island native.”
Qin Tao seemed to understand something: "Okay, I'll go take a look."
On one side of the slipway, a steel structure production workshop has been built. The workshop is the size of a basketball court. The fact that such a workshop can be built in such a short period of time is enough to show the strength of Mingzhou Shipyard at this time.
They purchased steel from their own steel factory, then cut and welded it, and quickly put up the frame of the entire workshop. Then they riveted a layer of corrugated board on the surface, spray-painted it, and the workshop was ready.
At this time, huge imported equipment has been placed in the spacious and bright workshop.
The automated welding equipment of later generations is a robotic arm that can be flexibly rotated, just like the one used in the space station. It can be flexibly rotated and can be inserted into positions that are inconvenient for people to weld delicately.
The current set of equipment is very primitive. It looks like two gantry cranes. The hooks on the booms are replaced by welding equipment. In this way, by moving the gantry crane back and forth, the workpiece welding on the lower part of the gantry crane can be completed.
This equipment occupies half of the factory building. The other half of the equipment is a huge flat device with a bottom made of crisscrossed I-shaped steel. There is a movable plasma cutting machine on top, which can be regarded as an automatic cutting device. .
At this time, several people were arguing on the control panel next to the automatic welding equipment. Cong Ju's face was red. Although she was short in stature, she spoke very loudly.
"Your Excellency Koizumi, since you are responsible for providing these equipment, you should complete the installation and debugging for us so that we can operate normally. Now that the equipment is in place and we have paid the full price, you cannot pay more!"
Cong Ju was very angry.
"Cong Gong, please don't get excited." Koizumi, the person in charge of the island country, was very calm there. He looked at Cong Ju with a very patient look.
"Our previous contracts were all about the price of the equipment. After all, many of our customers already provide their own production equipment." Koizumi said, "Now, if you want us to debug it, you have to continue to add money. We need to invite experts from China, round-trip air tickets, business trip subsidies, etc. All in all, one million US dollars is not much at all.”
The people from the island country brought their own translators. At this time, when they heard what Cong Ju said, the translator directly replied: "If the commissioning fee is not paid, then we will leave, poor devils."
Bah, bang, bang! At this moment, the sound of applause sounded. The sound was too inappropriate. Cong Ju turned her head angrily to see who was clapping and causing trouble, but found that it was Qin Tao who was coming.
The song was high-pitched and no one echoed it. Qin Tao applauded for a few times and then passed.
“How does a **** translator have the right to scold us poor people? How much money do you make in a month?” Qin Tao glanced at the translator.
“Ten thousand yen.” The translator was smug.
"A household worth ten thousand yuan." Qin Tao's tone was full of ridicule: "If it were exchanged for Zimbabwe dollars, it would probably be exchanged for hundreds of millions. If it were exchanged for our RMB, it would cost eight or nine hundred yuan, right? One thousand yuan a month. If you don’t even get it, why are you bragging?”
I don’t know what the exchange rate of the Zimbabwe dollar is in this era. Anyway, the currencies of those developing countries are definitely worthless.
“Hmph, eight or nine hundred yuan is still relatively low? How much can you people earn here?”
“Cong Gong, how much did you get last month’s salary plus bonus?” Qin Tao asked Cong Ju.
“Four thousand.” Cong Ju replied.
What? The translator's eyes bulged out.
“Despite your level, you can’t compare with our group workers. Compare with our ordinary workers. Master Zhang, how much did you get in salary and bonus last month?”
Master Zhang, who was named, was full of excitement: "Two thousand!"
Last month’s salary was the highest because there was a year-end bonus last month!
However, the other party didn’t know that in the early 1990s when a monthly salary of three to five hundred was considered a high salary, the wages of shipyard workers were terrifying to death.
"It's just your eight or nine hundred yuan, so just go and cool off!"
The translator's open mouth finally closed, and a flattering smile appeared on his face: "When we deal with foreigners in our factory, we have to have a translator, right? I am proficient in many languages and can be a professional translator. Give me a better job than a worker A higher salary will do, three thousand a month is not too little."
“Huh, three thousand, we might as well get a dog.”
“Wow.” The translation is very cooperative.
"roll."
After driving away the disgusting translator, Qin Tao looked at the arrogant Koizumi.
"Your Excellency Koizumi, your company took advantage of our personnel's ignorance of the relevant regulations of international trade, deliberately omitted the relevant debugging content in the contract, and then wanted to add extra money. This approach is too despicable."
“A contract is a contract. Once signed, we must act in accordance with the rules of the contract. Since you don’t want to pay for debugging, then our contract ends here.”
Qin Tao smiled: "You think that after you leave, we won't be able to debug it ourselves. This kind of automated welding equipment is only a first-generation product. All we need to do is calibrate the reference point. I really thought it was too big to do something like three or five times." Where’s the multi-directional robotic arm?”
Xiao Quan's eyes widened. He didn't expect that Qin Tao would tell him the debugging method at once!
Does the other party really know how to do it?
"You can go. We can make the machine run normally without you debugging it. However, what happened today, we will tell all the shipbuilding industries in the country and let them avoid you when choosing automated welding equipment. Japan’s Mitsubishi Company can purchase such equipment from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, so why should I be deceived by you?”
Sweat suddenly broke out on Koizumi's forehead.
Now, the shipbuilding industry around the world has entered a period of depression. Their automation equipment company, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, has no way to export. Only Dongfang, relying on its advantages in human resources, can receive new shipbuilding orders. At the same time, here The production equipment is backward and needs to be updated.
It can be said that this will be their main source of profit in the next few years. If they have a bad reputation, how can they sell more automatic welding equipment in the future?
“I, Qin Tao, do what I say.” Qin Tao emphasized his tone.
Qin Tao? The one who led the Mingzhou Shipyard to its rapid rise? Xiaoquan's eyes changed from arrogance to surprise, and from surprise to admiration. Suddenly, he bent down and bowed deeply to Qin Tao.
At this time, everyone around him became excited. Some people clapped, and then more people clapped.
Of course they are not applauding for the respectfulness and courtesy of the islanders, but applauding Mr. Qin’s style.
Although they don’t know what Mr. Qin is mumbling, they can see with their own eyes how arrogant the islanders were just now. What about now? When Mr. Qin comes, the people of the island country give in!
"I'm sorry, all this is our fault, and we are willing to debug it for free." Koizumi said.
“However, our hearts have been deeply hurt.”
Xiaoquan was stunned. The other party shouldn't want any mental damages, right?
“If you have any other requests, please tell me.”
“You will provide free maintenance for this set of equipment within five years, and you will be on call at any time.”
"Can."
“You are also responsible for providing consumables for free within five years.”
"Can."
“That’s all for now. If your performance satisfies us, we may purchase more automation equipment from you in the future, and we can also promote it to other shipyards.”
“Thank you, Mr. Qin.” Xiaoquan bowed again.
"As long as you don't make any mistakes, we will still be good friends. Your technicians have to fly over from the island country, so I will debug these equipment. Let you know that I was not talking nonsense just now."
After saying that, Qin Tao walked towards the control console.
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