Great Power Industry: You're a private company building an aircraft carrier?

If it were just dismantled and sold as scrap metal, it certainly wouldn't be worth much. Besides, this ship wasn't made of high-strength steel, since it only operates helicopters. But...

Qin Chuan smiled and said, "Taking the scrapped ship back will only recover the cost. However, we need to bring over a batch of agricultural and light industrial products, which are our main source of profit."

Li Jianshe glanced at Qin Chuan with a complicated expression. "You didn't say that when we went to sleep last night."

The St. Petersburg itself isn't worth much, but the boilers on board can be sold for a good price after being dismantled. After refurbishment, the cost of just four boilers can be recouped!

Moreover, the boiler will be sold to Indians.

Just like how the Indians cheated us back then, we'll cheat them back in the same way!

The helicopter on top is even more valuable, along with other subsystems. Once disassembled, it's full of treasures!

This trip abroad will yield profits of at least twenty million US dollars!

However, these were just side effects. The main mission of this trip abroad was to help the Navy solve its heart problem!

"Nadya, go to the Dawn Design Bureau," Qin Chuan said, getting down to business.

"it is good!"

......

Shuguang Design Bureau.

Isakov stood by the office window, looking towards the main entrance.

Will Qin come back? They did something really big last night, they should leave as soon as possible, right? The sooner the better.

Knock knock! There was a knock on the door.

"Chief Engineer Isakov, you wanted to see me?" A middle-aged man walked in.

“Raimov, I have a gold watch here. Take it to the pawn shop and use the money to give our employees some living expenses.”

Gold watch?

Raimov looked at what Isakov had taken out: "This is not appropriate, is it? This is your private property."

“No, this is a gift I received at the banquet last night. I should have handed it in, but now…” Isakov’s words were cut short when his eyes suddenly lit up.

A car sped up outside! It was Najesta's car! She and Qin were close, so she must have brought Qin with her!

"Let's go down and greet them!"

The car stopped just as Isakov reached the office building entrance.

"Qin, you really came!" Isakov's heart finally settled when he saw Qin Chuan.

"Yes, I greatly admire your Dawn Bureau. Now that I've met you, I had to come and visit. Oh, and here are some gifts."

At this moment, Li Jianshe had just unloaded a large box from the car.

"How could I accept this? What is this?"

Could it be the same gold watch as last night? That shouldn't be the case. Gold watches are so valuable; they're given to important figures to cultivate relationships. Ordinary people in the Dawn Bureau wouldn't be worth such treatment!

"Just some cheap things to show my appreciation," Qin Chuan said as he walked inside, heading straight for the large office on the right where the engineers usually worked, as if he knew the way inside well.

"Come on, everyone, one for each of you!"

Li Jianshe opened the box and took out a notebook-sized box with the words "TI-82" written on it.

Graphing calculator!

At that moment, Isakov felt his heart pound violently a few times.

This is definitely a favorite among the engineers here!

Ordinary calculators can only perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. More advanced calculators can perform various functions. In the late 1980s, even more powerful graphing calculators appeared!

It has a large screen that can display more dots, and in addition to numbers, it can also display graphics, and it can even be programmed!

The TI-82 in front of us is Texas Instruments' latest graphics computer, which uses a Z80 processor, just like Intel's 8080 processor. It can be programmed in assembly and BASIC, making it practically a small computer. It can give engineers more powerful design capabilities!

The engineers in the office were bored out of their minds, many of them fiddling with their slide rules. For decades, Russian engineers had been using these rudimentary tools for research, and now, suddenly, they had a new toy!

Upon receiving the graphing calculator, many engineers excitedly began tinkering with it, creating a lively atmosphere.

"I'm going to use it to write a Tetris game!"

"That's nothing, the Doom Slayer is truly awesome!"

Looking at the excited engineers present, Li Jianshe finally understood why Qin Chuan had specially brought such a box of calculators before coming.

For an average Russian, a bottle of vodka is enough.

Russian engineers can be satisfied with a graphing calculator!

"Qin, thank you for your gift," Isakov said with heartfelt gratitude.

With calculators, these engineers can gain mental satisfaction, but what they urgently need now is material support!

"Thank you for your gift, my friend from the East!" a fifty-something-year-old engineer expressed his heartfelt gratitude.

"You're welcome, we're best friends." Qin Chuan looked at the people here. The calculator was just a prelude to make them feel good about him, so he could trick them all into going to the East later!

"Qin, let me show you around our design bureau and its supporting factories," Isakov said, perking up as he began to introduce the place to Qin Chuan.

"it is good."

Soon, the group arrived at the factory, where production had completely stopped and dust covered everything. Standing in front of a machine, Isakov began his introduction.

"Our design bureau's flagship product is the DA90. This gas turbine has a maximum output power of 20 megawatts. Two units can drive a 5,000-ton warship, and four units can drive a 10,000-ton warship..."

The purpose of this trip is gas turbines, specifically to solve the propulsion problem for ships in the East.

However, Qin Chuan only glanced at it dismissively: "This power output is not much different from the Spey modified ship. Our Eastern Navy may not like it."

"According to the original plan, this gas turbine was to be modified, codenamed DA80. By adding a zero-stage compressor and increasing the turbine temperature, the power could be increased to more than 25 megawatts. Unfortunately, the Soviet Union is gone, and the research and development was not carried out." Isakov's voice was somewhat low.

"I see. Then I can help you out."

Qin Chuan said, "I can take your gas turbine technology back and promote it to the Navy. By the way, do you have a prototype of the DA90 gas turbine? If so, bring it back for me, and it will make it easier for me to persuade the Navy."

prototype?

Isakov looked at the gas turbine in front of him. This thing could sell for a lot of money. Now, were they going to give it away to the Easterners for free? That would be a huge loss!

"It will be very difficult to persuade our navy to give up Spey."

Qin Chuan said, "It would be more convincing to take the prototype back with us. It would be even better if you could send two engineers to come back with me! If our Eastern Navy takes a liking to it, we would need at least ten gas turbines."

Isakov swallowed hard. "Alright, you can take this gas turbine as a prototype! Starostenko, you make the arrangements!"