Siheyuan: Taking over the steel mill

On the surface, Su Chen told them that he was going to let the shipyard produce luxury cruise ships and yachts, but in fact, he had other plans in mind. He was considering whether to find a way to get the half-built Varyag from the Russians in the name of his own shipyard.

If we get it, we can make a fishing boat that looks like an aircraft carrier, right? Not long ago, in order to fight against the Eagle Sauce, the Russian Bear vigorously developed its ocean-going fleet and planned to build a heavy aircraft carrier cruiser, which was later called an aircraft carrier.

Although it is still some time before the future countries acquire the Varyag, Su Chen can still make plans early. According to the original historical trajectory, the construction of the Varyag should have been suspended after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and it has been idle in a shipyard, which has hindered the entry and exit of other ships in the port. However, since it could not be completed, it had no choice but to sell the giant ship.

At that time, the country learned of this news and came to inquire about the purchase, but was rejected. At that time, there were still three unfinished aircraft carriers among the assets of the disintegration of the bear, including a "Marshal" class, a Varyag class and a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Among them, only a small part of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was completed (less than 15%), and it was obviously not cost-effective to buy it; and under the current national strength and national conditions, only the Varyag class was the most suitable for purchase and use.

However, the subsequent debate on whether the country really needs an aircraft carrier continued, and due to problems such as insufficient financial resources, the purchase plan has not been realized. The large amount of funds required to purchase the Varyag and the subsequent maintenance expenses are a huge burden. In the end, due to these problems, the military leaders were quite hesitant about the matter and chose to temporarily give up purchasing this aircraft carrier.

But in the end, it was the son of a certain marshal who actively advocated and persuaded many parties, which finally prompted the military's attitude to change subtly and restarted negotiations with the region where the former Russian bear belonged. While the negotiations were going on, the Eagle Sauce intervened and tried its best to obstruct the country's opportunity to obtain the Varyag. In addition, the country's willingness to obtain the ship was not particularly strong, so the matter was once stagnant.

Later, thanks to the unremitting efforts and advocacy of the general's son among the people, he bought this giant ship through unofficial channels and commissioned relevant private enterprises to continue its construction in his private capacity.

Such a tortuous process led to the successful launch of the first Chinese-made aircraft carrier. With Su Chen's help, it was no longer so complicated and difficult.

Su Chen thought that as long as he tried more innovative things at the shipyard, he might be able to build a fishing boat with a similar appearance to an aircraft carrier. Given that he had successfully obtained many technological achievements from the Russians in the past, it shouldn't be a big obstacle to find a way to bring the unfinished Varyag back to China.

Although the Varyag required a large sum of money to build, Su Chen was not short of money. The funds he had raised from the equipment he had sold before were enough for him to build an aircraft carrier.

When Su Chen thought that the "Varyag" would be owned by the country earlier than in the future, his heart was burning with enthusiasm. If this goal could be achieved, he firmly believed that the country could dominate the ocean. There was no need to wait for many years for the country to strengthen its navy. All it needed to do was to make the Japanese and Japanese no longer underestimate the country's naval power in the next few years.

However, Suchen's ambitions have not been announced to the public, especially within the shipyard, as the most critical task for the shipyard is to survive. Suchen's vision is more like a fantasy story for the shipyard employees.

Even if he explained the plan to them in detail, the management would probably just regard it as a crazy fantasy - building an aircraft carrier at a cost of tens of millions of dollars is just wishful thinking. Therefore, Su Chen quietly kept the plan deep in his heart and would make it public when the time was right.

By then, the Varyag must have been quietly lying in the dock of the White Sail Shipyard. After thinking about it, he began to arrange the factory production schedule.

There were not many small fishing boat projects in the shipyard, and he quickly completed the arrangement.

Many workers were in high spirits after realizing his identity; Su Chen ** The operating process seemed to indicate that the fate of the shipyard might be changed.

So everyone enthusiastically cooperated with Suchen's instructions. When he properly arranged the production tasks and left, the shipbuilding workers burst out with extraordinary enthusiasm when they learned that he had taken over the factory affairs.

This is a man who can create miracles in factories facing difficulties - Director Su of the Red Sun Steel Plant!

At some point, the reputation of "Legendary Factory Manager Su Chen" gradually spread and was exaggerated. Originally, the rumors were limited to his extraordinary ability to save many companies on the verge of bankruptcy, but now the rumors even mentioned that it was because of his special support that he was able to sell a large number of products in overseas markets and make a profit.

Su Chen, who had heard nothing about this, was unaware and no one mentioned any such news to him. After looking at the enthusiastic construction scene in the dock with satisfaction, Su Chen summoned his assistant Adjutant Zhang to return to the steel factory to continue working on the new planning task.

Although he had no intention of managing a shipyard at first, he decided to devote himself to this industry after taking over.

After finishing his work at the shipyard, he immediately set about planning the idea that had recently emerged.

So, he asked Assistant Zhang to go to his office for a private discussion.

After entering the room, he immediately ordered: "Assistant Zhang, please help me register a film production company."

This action was the core part of Suchen's plan for the day; if the leaders of the industrial department had not disturbed him, this business would have been arranged long ago. So, as soon as he came back, he began to implement his personal strategy.

After hearing this request, Assistant Zhang was stunned with surprise.

Su Chen’s cross-border expansion is really too big. The previous tractor factory and shipyard are understandable, after all, these are factory projects, but why would he set up a film company now?

If the investment company and the labor company had confused the assistant, then the decision of the film company now really puzzled Assistant Zhang. He really didn't understand why Su Chen wanted to join the film and television industry. Although "Shaolin Temple" was popular all over the country not long ago, from the perspective of revenue, how could making movies be more practical than opening a steel mill and selling **?

How much money can you make by making movies? But this is Su Chen's order after all, and Assistant Zhang can only follow it. "Okay, Director, I'll arrange it right away."

Assistant Zhang left with a lot of questions. However, Su Chen's idea was actually very simple - he planned to set up a film company, not to really make huge profits from the film, but to use this method to shoot promotional films for his shipyard's cruise ships and yachts.

The advertising effects of that era were average, and most of the creativity was mediocre, which Su Chen also despised. Therefore, in order to consider the future development prospects of the shipyard, he came up with the idea of ​​setting up a film company.

When he was looking for producers to shoot product ads, he noticed that the production of ads at that time was still crude and did not have the high-end technical support that would be available later. Therefore, entering the film industry and focusing on promoting his own products became his goal, at least in the initial stage.

However, after taking over the shipyard, Suchen had a new idea. The cruise ships and yachts manufactured by the shipyard would have no market if there was no proper publicity. Therefore, Suchen came up with an idea - to make a movie with these luxury yachts as the theme, and "God of Gamblers" would be the name of this movie.

Part of the plot of "God of Gamblers" will be staged on an ocean liner. This scene is a good opportunity to showcase the cruise ship. When the film is released, it can be used to promote the cruise ships and gambling ships of the ** industry giants in Macau.

The forms of gambling at that time were single and not as rich as in the later world. Therefore, although these gambling ships were controversial, they were quite attractive in a legal environment such as Macau.

At the same time, according to Su Chen's impression, movie stars like Chow Yun-fat or Andy Lau are not yet very popular. This also means that the remuneration they receive for participating in the film is much lower than in the future.

In this way, Su Chen can take advantage of the situation, sign these people, and let them participate. Even if the income from the film industry in the future cannot be compared with his steel business, it is still a very good additional income.

Su Chen quickly planned some future arrangements in his mind, but did not write down these ideas.

After all, those things were trivial matters and did not need to be taken too seriously. Today, he had a more important task to complete.

He had just established his own film company, so he didn't need to pay too much attention to it for the time being. So he turned his attention to another matter.

Assistant Zhang had been sent to take care of the affairs of the film company, so Su Chen called another assistant.

During this period, most of the work was done by Assistant Zhang, while another assistant focused on the business in the factory. When he was summoned by Suchen, he happily walked into the office.

Although this young assistant is not as experienced as Assistant Zhang, he is extremely efficient and reliable at work, which is why Su Chen promoted him.

As soon as he entered the room, he asked, "Boss Su, do you have any tasks for me to handle?"

Su Chen waved his hand and said, "It's no big deal. Please help me buy some high-end gifts. The price can be higher, but the quality must be better."

Upon hearing this request, the assistant immediately guessed that the factory director was going to ask someone for a favor, but out of caution, he asked again: "Is there anything else I need to pay attention to? For example, the specific identity or age group of the person you are giving the gift to."

The assistant knows that gift-giving is a science. If you don't consider the other party's preferences and status, a rash choice may cause unhappiness and disrupt the director's plan.

In fact, Su Chen had already agreed with Yang Xue to visit her parents today, and was considering buying gifts for this reason.

However, after the assistant reminded him, Su Chen realized that he had not yet understood the specific preferences of the Yang family's parents. If the items he bought were not satisfactory, it would make them unhappy.

Even though they had met once before and Su Chen was sure that Yang Xue's parents were quite friendly towards him, he still hoped that this visit would leave a good impression on them.