In the reception room of the Pacific Foreign Business, a Chinese maid brought Nie Yuntai into it. After he respectfully asked him to sit down, he went to report. In the room on the second floor, after listening to the maid's report, a blond and blue-eyed foreign woman opened her eyes curiously. Nie Yuntai's sudden visit made Caesarin, a little strange. Could it be for the two ships?

The United Kingdom is a world's maritime power. Whether it is the number of main battleships and the tonnage of ocean cargo ships, it is the world's best. Such a huge fleet is all British shipyards, which are built bit by bit, which shows the development of the shipbuilding industry in the United Kingdom.

Generally speaking, British ships rarely purchase from outside, and most of them are digested internally, but these two ships in the Far East are exceptions. Most of the British shipbuilding capabilities are placed in the arms race. In the docks above 10,000 tons, most of them are battleships, cruisers and destroyers. The challenges from Germany have made the entire country jump tightly. Germany, a land-powered country, is also so powerful after entering the ocean. Under the promotion of complete transformation and industrialization, it will have greater agility than Britain.

Warships and other warships occupied most of the docks, and the few remaining docks also housed 10,000-ton fast cargo ships. This is one of the reasons why Swire chose the Jiangnan Shipyard. In a sense, this is China's number one shipyard and once had the ability to produce 3,800-ton cargo ships.

These two 4,500-ton cargo ships are mainly connected to Shanghai to Hong Kong. This route is close to China's inland sea. 3,000 tons is a bit low, and 10,000 tons is a bit high, and about 5,000 tons is the most suitable. Such ocean-going cargo ships that are neither high nor low are produced in China. Caesarin's first choice is Japan, but unfortunately the orders of Japanese shipyards are also full. It takes as soon as 4 months to build, so the second choice was the Jiangnan Shipyard.

The first 20% of the funds have been allocated and the contract has been signed. It has only been less than a month. What are they doing? Is it possible that the construction period will be delayed? Within 3 days, it may be acceptable. Once it reaches more than 3 days, he will definitely use the deposit and compensation clauses.

With all kinds of doubts, Caesarin met Nie Yuntai in the reception room of the ancient times. It looked very calm, unlike being here to talk about postponement. Caesarin couldn't figure out what else would Nie Yuntai come to find her except for the postponement. She exchanged a few greetings. Caesarin said straight to the point: "Manager Nie, don't know if there is anything to be done in such a hurry, as long as we can do it. Everything is easy to discuss!"

Nie Yuntai took out a document, and Caesarin smiled bitterly. It seemed that the document was nothing more than saying difficulties and delayed them. Let's talk about it, but after opening it, what Caesarin saw was another result. She widened her eyes slightly in disbelief, looked at Nie Yuntai, and asked in a disloyal voice: "What does this mean?"

Nie Yuntai enjoyed Caesarin's surprise and said calmly: "Miss Caesarin, because the Jiangnan Shipyard has received capital injection and technical support, the design and completion date of these two ships have slightly changed. Chief Engineer Pierre and I feel it is necessary to reconsider the contract. I wonder if you are willing?"

"This!" Caesarin was shocked. The information was very simple, mainly some technical parameters of the ship. She was not a professional and could not understand it very much. However, during this period, some of the energy of Swire was also devoted to these two ships. The general parameters were known. The economic speed in front of me increased by 1.5 knots, and the maximum speed was even increased by 3 knots. The range and coal load capacity had been greatly improved. Even the load capacity was increased from about 3,000 tons to 3,300 tons, which means that the load capacity was increased by 10%, which seemed to be more suitable for Hong Kong routes.

Speed ​​and load capacity are the two most important indicators of cargo ships. If these two aspects are made breakthroughs, it is also reasonable to ask for a change of the contract. Caesarin calculated it briefly and nodded and said, "If this is the case, we are willing to increase the total price by 2%!"

A ship worth more than 300,000 US dollars is 2% of the total price, which is more than 7,000 US dollars. This number is quite large. Logically, it should have satisfied Nie Yuntai. However, when he heard Caesarin's words, Nie Yuntai not only did not say anything, but shook his head slightly, took a sip of tea calmly, and then said: "It seems that Miss Caesarin did not read my report seriously. Please find a professional to take a look before talking!"

"What the hell do you want to do?"

"It's okay, speaking with facts, our boat deserves a higher price, or we still follow the original standards, as for the construction period, it will take a little delay!"

Nie Yuntai's casual answer made Caesarin's anger suddenly pop up and almost broke out. He tried hard to calm himself down. Then he said with the voice squeezed out from his teeth: "Very good, very good, then wait. I'll go find a professional now to see how good your ship is!"

"Please do it!" Nie Yuntai waved it casually and said calmly.

The sound of his high heels stepping on the floor and quickly left. A knowing smile appeared on Nie Yuntai's face. There was always a test of the meeting. In fact, from Caesarin's performance, it can be seen that their desire for this ship is sometimes better and more, and it cannot be a condition to impress the owner. The key is that it is suitable. It seems that this ship is more suitable, so some conditions must be driven well.

Before coming, Nie Yuntai had done his homework. According to normal estimates, the increase in ship speed, load capacity, coal consumption, and construction time will increase the total price between 8% and 12%. It depends on the needs of the ship owners. In the absence of the reduction in coal consumption and the reduction in total construction period, just a few basic data, Caesarin directly made a 2% increase in the total price. It seems that the total price can be increased to a higher level, and perhaps the standard will be slightly improved.

One hour later, Caesarin looked at an engineer with a little dazed distractedness. The engineer in front of her was not an engineer from Shanghai, but a chief engineer from the Singapore shipyard. She was a friend of the Caesarin family. She came to Shanghai on a business trip and happened to have to identify the drawings. The first thing Caesarin thought of was him. He happened to have time, so after he contacted him by phone, he came here with the drawings.

It took more than 20 minutes for the old engineer Nari to read the drawings carefully. The first idea was to not believe it. In his opinion, this almost brought the performance of a 4,500-ton cargo ship to the extreme, and the coal consumption should be more than 30% higher than it is now. If such coal consumption can be achieved in this case, then there is only one result. Jiangnan Shipyard has made a huge breakthrough in the steam engine, with better energy-saving performance and stronger explosive power.

But I have never heard of such a powerful steam engine in the world. Even a 4,500-ton cargo ship is enough to drive some small warships. Some of its performance can even be followed by steam turbines. In any country, such steam engines must be kept confidential or used on military ships. There is no reason to produce civilian ships in a backward shipyard?

As a senior engineer and as a chief engineer, even if Nari doesn't believe it, he still introduced the entire process of these data bit by bit based on the persistence of an engineer, honestly told Caesarin that each data requires a lot of investment and cardinality level, and the meaning represented behind each parameter, took it apart and straightened it all, and slowly told Caesarin to let her understand.

In the end, all the data were summarized together. If this tonnage and speed were really needed, combined with the comparison of manufacturing time and coal consumption, the total price of the ship could increase by 9-12%. It depends on her grasp, and she strives to talk about 9%.

Nari's words gave Caesarin a deeper understanding of this ship. Caesarin also understood why when she talked about 2%, Nie Yuntai had such an expression, 9%. It seems that she can work hard here. If she can really achieve this performance, she will pay a little more and accept that some of the routes from Shanghai to Hong Kong require these two ships too much.

Seeing the expectation on Caesarin's face, Nari sighed, changed the subject and told Caesarin directly that as a senior engineer, as the chief engineer of the Singapore Shipyard, he had just told the truth based on the data. Now, based on the importance of an elder to the younger generation, she must also tell the truth. He does not believe that this is the data of the ship, and it is unlikely that it will be completed within 2 and a half months. Not to mention the data, the steam engine is impossible. Just talk about this construction period, even the British shipyard can not do much. At least their Singapore Shipyard is not good.

On the way back from Nari, Kaiserine kept thinking that Nari's closeness with him could not deceive him. Singapore shipyard is a large shipyard second only to India. It is famous in Asia. Under Nari's leadership, it can even take over cruisers. This is two completely different concepts from civil shipyards.

After a dozen minutes of driving, Kaiserine was seriously considering it and finally made a decision. However, she was still more or less affected by Nari, that is, Jiangnan Shipyard may not be able to complete the order, get better data, and even cheat Taikoo replace the contract, so she can make certain concessions in the total price, but the compensation amount must be high enough. Not only should we make up for the loss of the unfinished work, but we also need to consider the price paid for choosing the shipyard. In short, no matter what the Jiangnan Shipyard is planning, we must ensure the interests of the Pacific Foreign Company. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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