The navy leader didn¡¯t talk nonsense. He took his mobile phone and told Ning Xiaodong his sudden idea. Ning Xiaodong, who was in Ukraine, felt that what the navy leader said made sense.
You know, in addition to the normal tours, luxury cruise ships can also apply for a gaming license and start a maritime gaming business. Ning Xiaodong has long wanted to try this business. However, in Hong Kong Island and Macau, traditional gaming giants are deeply rooted. As a mainlander who had only been in Hong Kong for a few years, he really had no way to compete with those local tigers.
However, if we can¡¯t do it on land, it¡¯ll be okay if I go to sea, right?
¡°As a result, when I heard what the navy leader said, it could be said that he woke up from his dream. He immediately slapped his thigh. Why didn¡¯t he think of it? This aircraft carrier is a luxury cruise ship, so why not act like a magnet to attract gamblers from all over Asia?
So without saying a word, he went to the Black Sea Shipyard and spent 5 million US dollars, saying that he would take down this abandoned aircraft carrier no matter what.
In so many years, this is the first time that Black Sea Shipyard has seen such a heroic scapegoat. It was immediately excited and did not talk nonsense to Ning Xiaodong. The cost soared to 12 million US dollars, which almost made Ning Xiaodong cry. , unable to come up with so much money at the moment, he had no choice but to go to Zhuang Jianye again. At this time, Zhuang Jianye also woke up and knew that this matter was not that simple.
So I went to find some naval leaders who were having dinner at that time. The replies from these naval leaders were just one sentence: "Don't worry, we will take care of anything."
Zhuang Jianye was waiting for this sentence, so he did not hesitate to ask China Merchants Bank to release all credit lines to Ning Xiaodong. He almost took whatever he asked for, and finally spent 20 million US dollars to acquire the scrapped aircraft carrier named Varyag.
Of course, buying the No. 2 aircraft carrier does not mean that you actually own this already dilapidated ship, because after the Ukrainian authorities learned that the Black Sea Shipyard sold the scrapped ship to a Chinese tycoon, their eyes immediately It's red, what's this good thing about?
If you don¡¯t make a big deal, how can you live up to the name of Ermao!
So a series of unfounded instructions put Ning Xiaodong in Ukraine. The broken ship has occupied the Ukrainian port for so many years, so it must have to pay some parking fees, right?
It¡¯s only 2 million U.S. dollars. Isn¡¯t that a big deal to Boss Ning?
Such a big ship has neither power equipment nor navigation equipment, so it must be towed by a tugboat, right? 8 million US dollars will cover your trip from the Black Sea to Panyu Port. Does Boss Ning have to pay for the cost?
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The various expenses added up really make Ning Xiaodong one head and two richer, but Zhuang Jianye, the chairman and CEO of Ascendas Group, has no way to participate in all this.
The reason is very simple, that is, the identity is too sensitive and can easily be used by some forces with malicious intentions to mess up good things. In comparison, Ning Xiaodong is a pure businessman, and he is a little sidetracked. Children's characteristics are more suitable for standing at the front desk.
So Zhuang Jianye simply asked him to let Ning Xiaodong take full responsibility at this time, and he would just do a good job in coordinating the funds.
What's more, even if Zhuang Jianye is asked to go to Ukraine at this time, he won't have the time, because Ascendas Group has received a large order since last year.
? Marine gas turbines for large ships.
There are six units in total. The power and overall performance of a single unit cannot be lower than that of the US-made LM2500 marine-produced steam turbine equipped on the Navy's 052 guided missile destroyer, so that it can be equipped with two types of cutting-edge guided missile destroyers at the beginning of the 21st century.
The power system of the cutting-edge warships, coupled with the recent long-term planning within the navy, made Zhuang Jianye keenly aware that the great development of the navy was coming.
This is an unprecedented opportunity for Ascendas Group.
The reason is very simple. If a modern navy wants to gain sea control, it must gain air control. Because of this, if a future navy wants to gain ocean-going capabilities, it must be equipped with aircraft carriers. With aircraft carriers, it must have carrier-based aircraft. Now there are carrier-based aircraft in China. Besides Ascendas Group, who else is the aviation research and development unit with production, production and research experience?
The answer is no!
Because for a long time, the Navy's aircraft carrier has been a paradox. Even if the major aviation development and production units do not regard the Navy's aircraft carrier building as a fart, they still treat it as if it is a piece of cake. Damn, you didn¡¯t take carrier-based aircraft seriously at all.
It just so happens that Yonghong Factory, the predecessor of Ascendas Group, in order to maintain its identity as a military production unit, put the Navy's slogan on the spot and really plunged it into the big pit of carrier-based aircraft.
Although in the end Yonghong Factory did not turn around because of the carrier-based aircraft, but was merged by the former subsidiary factory Tengfei Group, which came from behind to complete the merger.
However, the roots of the carrier-based aircraft were not broken, and Zhuang Jianye replaced them with the J-7MAX trainer aircraft to retain them.
"It's just that because there are no relevant facilities and equipment and real aircraft carrier entities in China, further structural system verification cannot be done. Therefore, even Ascendas Group itself has no idea whether Ascendas Group's so-called carrier-based aircraft can be boarded.
But this does not affect Ascendas Group's advantageous position in carrier-based aircraft. As the order for large ship-based gas turbines fell on Ascendas Group, and naval leaders couldn't wait to tow the Varyag aircraft carrier back to China for construction, Research.
A few years ago, the Navy used the same method to tow the two scrapped aircraft carriers Kiev and Minsk from the former Soviet Union back to China. They were used as templates for amphibious assault ships and were carefully mapped and studied. The ambition of the Navy is obvious. .
Don¡¯t ask why Zhuang Jianye knows so much? Because when the aircraft carriers Minsk and Kiev returned to China, he was invited to participate in a naval symposium as a marine power provider and made a feasibility study report on marine power for large ships of 20,000 to 40,000 tons.
Therefore, Zhuang Jianye is also very aware of the navy's ambitions, which is to not only have aircraft carriers, but also amphibious assault ships.
Even in an internal meeting, the naval leaders made a timetable, hoping that in the 21st century, before the 1930s, an aircraft carrier, two amphibious assault ships, and four dock landing ships could be realized. Ocean fleet configuration.
Because according to estimates at the time, China's economy would usher in great development after joining the WTO, and in the 1930s, the level of domestic GDP would be comparable to that of Japan.
By then, the comprehensive national strength will have quadrupled from the current level, enough to support such a huge ocean-going fleet and protect the growing demand for overseas trade.
However, the question arises: what to do with the aircraft on an aircraft carrier, two amphibious assault ships, and four dock landing ships?
purchase? Is anyone selling it?
Make it yourself, there are almost no experienced domestic manufacturers!
So Zhuang Jianye, who had the inside information, immediately realized that an opportunity had come for Ascendas Group to break the existing shackles and completely break out of the circle and rise.
In his words:
Our Ascendas Group was born late, so we are no better than the eldest son, second son, and third son of the Republic who divided the family property early and had their own three-acre land.
We want to divide the family property but can¡¯t get any, what should we do? You can only earn it by yourself. Carrier-based aircraft are fertile ground for new development. Those bosses, second eldest sons, and third eldest sons can¡¯t even understand their own one-third of an acre, and they don¡¯t have time to take care of this new fertile land, so we are just right When it comes to staking a claim, occupy the pit first.
¡°After all, things are different now than ten years ago. At that time, everyone was afraid of avoiding carrier-based aircraft. But in the next ten years, carrier-based aircraft will definitely be the hot commodity that everyone wants to grab.
We who take the first step must take one step at a time, step by step, firmly seize the opportunities brought by this great development of the navy, and launch a counterattack like a salted fish turning over!
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