.\\Net    Liu Haoran nodded and said, "This is no problem, but Minghua, you have to leave half of the team. The company's R&D and technical services of industrial steam turbines and gas turbines cannot be stopped, do you understand?"

"President, don't worry, I've made arrangements long ago." Lu Minghua agreed happily

Liu Haoran handed a helpless expression to Lu Xianghai and said, "Xianghai, look, Minghua's heart has long been here to your navy. Can I keep it or not?"

"It's all for the country, what's yours?" Lu Xianghai said carelessly. He didn't feel sorry for his team at all when he took his team to work for him.

"In terms of humanity, I also hope that Xinghua News Agency can support some of our excellent technicians. The trial production of helium turbines requires high-quality workers to complete. In this regard, the strength of your Xinghua News Agency is hard to match even if Tianyu Group."

"I have some senior technicians recruited from Europe. I have inquired about them. They have had experience in processing similar products and can help them play some roles at that time." Liu Haoran was happy to be the compliment, and at the same time threw out another good news.

"That's great," Lu Xianghai shouted happily, "I'll just say, Haoran, you are definitely not a stingy person. When it comes to national affairs, you will definitely not hide your own private interests."

"Okay, everyone promised you, there's nothing to do with me? I'll leave first." Liu Haoran turned around and wanted to leave, but his feet didn't move at all. He remembered that Lu Xianghai was talking about the three items of "people, money and property". Now he just finished talking about "people".

"Don't leave first"

Sure enough, Lu Xianghai hurriedly grabbed Liu Haoran and said anxiously: "There is not enough for someone alone, the second item is the issue of funds."

When talking about money, Liu Haoran frowned like bitter gourd, "Xiang Hai, you said that this is a national project, and the government still lacks this amount of money? If everyone uses it, you can't let our company pay for it?"

Lu Xianghai knew that Liu Haoran was acting, but it was not convenient to expose him.

Just said softly: "To move the high-temperature gas-cooled reel onto the aircraft carrier, research experts who involve dozens of key technologies estimate that to solve all these technologies, at least 800 million yuan is needed to invest at present. Although the national finance has some surplus, there are many pits that need to be filled. It is impossible to invest 800 million yuan in this project at once.

So our idea is to join hands with some large enterprises to jointly invest in Xinghua News Agency, as a large enterprise with such a high ranking in China, and a technical related enterprise, should it bear part of it?"

"How much do you plan to let us pay?" Liu Haoran would definitely not agree at once. He asked carefully.

Lu Xianghai looked at Lu Minghua. At this moment, Lu Minghua quickly turned his head away and did not dare to look at Lu Xianghai. He could not expose the core information that he had betrayed the company in front of his boss.

Lu Xianghai smiled awkwardly, turned around and stretched out a finger at Liu Haoran: "One hundred million, how about it?"

As soon as this number came out, Liu Haoran knew how in-depth the information Lu Minghua and Lu Xianghai had communicated with each other was

This 100 million is a number discussed at the group company's meeting. At that time, everyone agreed that the maximum amount of money that can be paid for by developing the helium turbine technology group is 100 million.

But judging from the conditions at that time, 100 million could not complete the development of all the technologies needed, so the project was finally put on hold

Now, Lu Xianghai has severed a quota of 100 million yuan in one go. It is obvious that Lu Minghua revealed the company's bottom line to Lu Xianghai. Lu Xianghai is essentially a technology person who is not very good at bluffing, so he directly raised this bottom line.

If it were someone else and other occasions, Lu Minghua's behavior would definitely not be allowed, but even if Lu Minghua didn't say anything about the relationship between Liu Haoran and Lu Xianghai, Liu Haoran would also tell Lu Xianghai.

In this regard, Lu Minghua, Lu Xianghai and Liu Haoran have the same minds as Liu Haoran

But human affection is favor. Liu Haoran secretly disliked Lu Minghua's behavior after all, the government is the government. Liu Haoran has his own career, so he is definitely intolerable to Lu Minghua's behavior.

But at this time it is not convenient to say it, so I have to remember it in my heart.

"It's okay to pay 100 million, so what's our return?" On the surface, Liu Haoran still acted kind and erotic. Since 100 million is his psychological bottom line, there is naturally no need to bargain anymore.

Xinghua News Agency will definitely not be able to complete such research if it invests 100 million yuan. The reason why the Science and Technology Commission can do it is because it mobilized the national technical force, including using a large number of existing research results, which is equivalent to saving a lot of the early investment. This is the advantage of the national system.

"We can obtain all the technical patents of the helium turbine," Lu Minghua rushed to answer, "The value of this patent will not be less than 500 million."

Liu Haoran heard this, but he remained silent and asked Lu Xianghai: "Xiang Hai, is this what Minghua said your opinion?"

Lu Xianghai nodded: "It's basically what it means, but there is an additional clause that the Commission for Science and Technology can use all these patents for free for national defense purposes."

"Then aren't Nanhua University and the Science and Technology Commission losing money?" Liu Haoran said with a smile on his face.

The Science and Technology Commission uses these patents for free, which doesn't matter to Xinghua News Agency.

However, several research institutes of the Science and Technology Commission and South China University, which participated in the research, voluntarily gave up the ownership of the patent, which was equivalent to asking Xinghua to pick a big advantage. Several years later, the big advantage selected by Xinghua to pick is simply equivalent to the value of a mountain of gold.

Helium turbine technology is not only used on nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, its main purpose is to build the fourth-generation nuclear power plant.

So far, the nuclear power plants in China are all second-generation technologies, with low safety factors and are very prone to nuclear accidents like Fukushima, Japan.

The Ap1000 technology developed by the Hualian government in 1951 with Tianyu Vieng Company is a third-generation nuclear power plant with a safety level far higher than that of the second-generation

But even so, this technology is still not absolutely safe. It is just that the probability of accidents has dropped significantly and the ability to control accidents has increased.

The fourth-generation nuclear power technology represents higher safety than the third-generation. The fourth-generation nuclear power using high-temperature gas-cooled reactors is theoretically absolutely safe, and can even be built around the city without worrying about accidents.

It can be imagined that if the fourth generation of nuclear power technology can be commercially applied, the original nuclear power plants around the world will inevitably be eliminated and replaced by this type of clean and safe technology.

"Not said," Liu Haoran waved his hand and approved it directly, "Minghua can make the decision on this matter himself."

While the three of them were chatting and laughing together, they agreed on a major project that would affect the development of Xinghua News Agency in the next half century.

Of course, how Xinghua News Agency provides support for people, finances and materials, and how to allocate the final results, etc., needs to be negotiated in detail. These are what the specific handling personnel of both parties consider.

Seeing that the matter had been finished, Lu Minghua had no intention of chatting with Liu Haoran. Lu Xianghai chatted and greeted him for a few words, and then returned to his job.

Lu Xianghai took Liu Haoran out of the aircraft carrier workshop. He said to Liu Haoran with apology: "Haoran, I'm sorry, I'm sorry to imprison you, I want people and money, and I didn't communicate with you in advance."

Liu Haoran chuckled softly: "Xiang Hai, don't be polite. Do we still need to say such polite words? To be honest, the cooperation between Xinghua News Agency and the military industry system has always been a win-win situation, and you have helped us a lot."

"We just provide you with some opportunities. Every time you contribute money and effort, you are also grateful for this." Lu Xianghai is also grateful for this. "About the helium turbine, please discuss with the shareholders within the group after you go back. If everyone thinks it is not suitable, you don't have to force it. We will find a way to raise funds from other places."

Liu Haoran is also a cautious person and nodded and responded: "We must discuss it again when discussing it, but I guess the problem is not big. Our group has discussed the project of helium turbine many times. As long as the conditions are ripe, we will definitely start the game. Now there is such an opportunity for military and local cooperation. If you give up, you will be short-sighted."

"That's good," Lu Xianghai said happily that he has been busy begging for alms and raising money in recent years. Xinghua News Agency has given him the most help.

If he forced Xinghua to force him to take out 100 million yuan, he would be sad and feel sad now that he heard Liu Haoran say that Xinghua had this intention long ago, so he would feel much more at ease

Liu Haoran stayed in Kaohsiung for another two days, visited several shipyards located in Taiwan, and then went to see the thruster company that Xinghua Shipping Company cooperated with the Shipyard, and then returned to Dongguan to perform his duties as chairman.

The chairman of the board has always been a hand-off manager. He runs around outside more than he stays in the office to give orders, and everyone is used to it.

Anyway, the eldest young master Liu Yongzhuo is very good at controlling the situation in all aspects, so there is no need for Liu Haoran to take action himself.

This time, Liu Haoran was unable to stay safely in Dongguan for a month because a news came from the business intelligence department of Xinghua News Agency that something was going to be troubled in Southeast Asia.

It turned out to be about the widening of the canal and its exclusive management rights. Liu Yongzhuo had to go to talk about it because he wanted to attend the Wuhan Equipment Exhibition.

At the southern end of the Asian continent, there is a long and narrow peninsula that separates the Gulf of Thailand from the Andaman Sea, which is known as the Malay Peninsula

Because of the existence of the Malay Peninsula, the route from the South China Sea to the Andaman Sea had to take a big turn, passing through the Malacca Strait between the Malay Peninsula and the Sumatra Island of Indonesia.

The area belonging to Thailand on the Malay Peninsula is a very narrow area, with the narrowest point being only about 50 kilometers. From the map, it is almost as thin as a bee waist. This area is the Kra Isthmus.

As early as 400 years ago, someone proposed the idea of ​​digging a canal in the Isthmus of Kra, connecting the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, so that ships no longer need to circumnavigate the Strait of Malacca.

Discussions on the excavation of the Kra Isthmus canal have been intermittent over the past few hundred years. As oil transportation from the Middle East to East Asia increases, the Thai government's interest in building canals is increasing day by day.

In 1943, Qingzhu Chemical and the Thai oil refining company and petrochemical company jointly established by the Thai government commissioned an engineering association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to study the economic efficiency of the Kara Canal.

Later, the National Institute of Marine Transport Economics of the China Federation also participated in this work. At that time, the research institute estimated that the excavation cost was as high as 1.2 billion Huayuan. Such a huge sum of money was unable to bear by the Thai government, so the project was put on hold.

In 1950, the Thai government brought up the Kara Canal again and received support from Germany. Due to European inflation and other reasons, the budget for the project reached 8 billion marks, which was called "Century Project" by the media.

According to the Thai government's vision, the Kara Canal will be excavated near the narrowest part of the Kara Isthmus. It is about 102 kilometers long, 400 meters wide, and has a water depth of 25 meters. It can pass up to a fleet of oil tankers with a total load capacity of 500,000 tons.

It is estimated that if the Kara Canal is built, tankers from the Persian Gulf to East Asia can save 700 miles of flight, shorten the navigation time by 2 to 5 days, and save 200,000 Chinese yuan per trip.

In addition, due to the influence of channel siltation, the Strait of Malacca can only pass through a fleet of 250,000 tons, which is not comparable to the Kara Canal.

In addition to economic considerations, the Isthmus of Kra has some other advantages, especially the shipping security advantages, the Malacca Strait is more than 1,000 kilometers long, and the two sides belong to Malaysia and Indonesia. The control capabilities of the two governments in the region are relatively weak, resulting in pirates rampant.

According to statistics, half of the world's pirate attacks occur in the Strait of Malacca every year, and the pirates like to visit the most are those large and slow-moving large tankers.

The construction of the Kara Canal can enable oil tankers to avoid this dangerous sea area, so the international trade losses avoided are as high as 5 billion Chinese yuan. As the Chinese federal government, which has a large demand for Persian Gulf oil, has always been very interested in digging this canal.

In the Chinese business community, some industry insiders are also discussing the issue of the Kra Canal. With the increase in dependence on import and export trade, China has now become the largest customer of Malacca Strait shipping.

The significance of digging the Kara Canal to China is increasingly recognized by relevant departments, shipping companies and academic circles.
Chapter completed!