Chapter 1308 War is Business (Third update, please subscribe)
In the early morning, gray clouds blowing from the Pacific Ocean pressed down on the sky above the sea, and the gentle sea breeze blew the trees on the shore.
Taichang Shipyard was as bustling as usual.
Sitting in the office, Wang Pengju kept turning the globe with his fingers, listening to the clanging sound of air hammers hitting rivets outside. He seemed to be looking for something on the globe.
What is he looking for? New business opportunities, of course.
He founded this shipyard. When it was first established, it was just a shipyard. It has been more than 20 years since the shipyard was transformed from a shipyard to a shipyard. Now Taichang Shipyard not only has three slipways that can build 5,000-ton ships, but also has two large docks that can build 10,000-ton merchant ships. It also has two floating docks for repairing ships. There are nearly 5,000 workers in the shipyard. Although such a shipyard is not big in Daming, let alone in Linhai, a factory of this size is definitely a large enterprise.
However, in Wang Pengju's opinion, his shipyard has entered a bottleneck period. Since the Taichang Shipyard took advantage of the country's encouragement of shipbuilding to develop, although it has built many civilian ships in recent years and its scale has expanded a lot, it has never been able to get further development.
If you want to get further development, you can't just build civilian ships, you have to build warships! Because building warships that symbolize the cornerstone of the empire will bring extremely high profits to the company both economically and in terms of reputation.
Of course, more importantly, compared to those stingy shipowners, the military has always been very generous. In order to enhance the R&D enthusiasm of the factories, the Imperial Navy Department not only provided them with sufficient R&D funds, but the Navy also did not bother too much about the price - as long as they were willing to spend the money they earned on R&D, the Navy would pay for it no matter how high the price was!
Fortunately, the navy did not waste too much money. With such strong support, the Imperial Navy has always maintained a technological level that is ahead of the world.
The Navy is generous and magnanimous.
However, the Imperial Navy only had their eyes on the Nanhua Shipyard and the Navy’s own large shipyards, of course there were also some other large shipyards.
A shipyard like Taichang, which is neither large nor small, is unlikely to be a partner of the Navy.
But what is the current situation?
It is simply a feast for the shipbuilding industry.
Because the Imperial Dreadnought was launched, all the warships built by various countries before became obsolete. Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Rome, and Italy successively built their own dreadnoughts. The warships built by everyone before became outdated overnight. The navies of all countries in the world had to redesign various indicators. No matter what, at least they had to ensure that their own navies did not lag behind other countries.
But many times, one move affects the entire body. During the dreadnought era, while dreadnoughts were being built, cruisers, destroyers, transport ships, and supply ships that were used in conjunction with dreadnoughts also became outdated. As a result, almost all of these also needed to be updated. The navies of various countries received a large number of orders, and every shipyard was jealous. As long as they had something to do with ships, they all flocked to them, wanting to get a piece of the pie.
The navy is a piece of Tang Monk's meat. Everyone knows that it tastes delicious, but whether you can eat it depends on your ability.
Thinking of this, Wang Pengju felt a little helpless!
Being looked down upon... is really frustrating. After all, Taichang's scale is really limited! Not to mention building a dreadnought, even a 10,000-ton cruiser cannot be built.
Compared with those large shipbuilding enterprises that are as fierce as wolves and tigers, Taichang Shipyard can only be regarded as a small fry who wants to eat Tang Monk's flesh. Originally, they planned to build a lot of ships this time, and they would be able to get a share more or less.
But after several rounds, Taichang still had nothing in its hands. The navy looked down on Taichang, not because of its size, but because of its lack of experience - it had no experience in building warships, so naturally there was no possibility of bidding.
It sounds reasonable, but Wang Pengju just doesn't agree. Why does the navy require construction experience? Who built the warships when there was no experience in the beginning?
Of course, the Navy would definitely not answer his question.
But he was feeling depressed!
Why can others drink big bowls of wine and eat big chunks of meat, while I don’t even have any leftover soup or dregs?
Just then, someone was knocking on the heavy door outside, and Wang Pengju temporarily put aside his depressed mood.
"Who is it? Come in."
The concierge, Mr. Qin, opened the door and walked in. He stood at the door and said:
"Boss, there's a Mr. Liang outside who wants to see you."
"Mr. Liang? I don't seem to have any appointments with anyone? Tell him I'm busy."
Wang Pengju, who was in a bad mood, naturally didn't want to see any guests.
"Boss, that person said he and the young master were classmates in middle school."
"Jingchu's middle school classmate?"
Wang Pengju raised his head and said to Uncle Qin who was standing at the door:
"You'd better bring him to me."
Jingchu still had to meet his classmates. After a while, a fair-skinned young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses appeared at the door of his office.
"Hey, isn't this Liang Dong? I remember that after graduating from high school, you were admitted to Nanyuan Business School, and studying business is not bad,"
He still remembers some of his son's classmates. Liang Dong in front of him was not particularly good at studying, but he still got into college in the end, which can be considered a successful study.
As for business school, after graduation, you can work in a company or enterprise, which is generally pretty good.
"Hello, Uncle Wang."
Liang Dong did not have much impression of the Uncle Wang in front of him who looked "rich". Although he and Wang Jingchu were middle school classmates, the gap between their status was too big and they had only met a few times.
"Please take a seat. Liang Dong, how are you doing? Where are you working now?"
Wang Pengju politely asked Liang Dong to sit on the sofa with a smile on his face, and sat down beside him and asked.
"I set up a trading company and have been doing foreign trade with some overseas clients in the past few years."
"Foreign trade business."
Wang Pengju nodded repeatedly and said:
"Not bad, not bad! This business is good, much better than Jingchu. You know, that guy didn't go to college, but went to a military school. Now he ran off to Africa. I haven't seen him for almost two years... Hey,"
When mentioning his son, Wang Pengju couldn't help feeling sad. He hadn't seen him for two years!
"Jingchu is a man with great ambitions. When he was applying for the military academy, he said that he would never do better than you, uncle, in business. That's why he wanted to apply for the military academy. Only in this way could he achieve something and live up to you, uncle..."
When Liang Dong said this, he felt a little complicated. In fact, he was full of envy for Wang Jingchu in his heart, because the wealth his father created for him allowed him to pursue his favorite career, unlike him who could only run around for a few pieces of silver.
The praise from his son’s classmates made Wang Pengju feel very happy and he kept saying it.
"Hey, what's the point of having ambitions? It's good to have someone by your side. By the way, is there anything you need?"
"It's nothing to talk about."
Liang Dong said.
"I mainly want to discuss business with Uncle Wang."
"Talk about business?"
Liang Dong said casually:
"Yes, the business of building warships."
(End of this chapter)
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