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

On the slipway of the Northern Shipyard, new guests have arrived once again.

The wind was still howling, and the half-built warship was still making a whistling sound, but now the sound seemed to be excited shouts rather than mournful cries.

"These two warships are in very good condition, and construction can continue at any time as long as there is investment," Borisovich repeated what he had said yesterday.

Sporidoplow continued to use sandpaper, scraping off a piece of rust to show everyone the brand-new steel plate underneath.

However, Easterners are clearly not as easy to fool as Indians.

As an expert, Mr. Jin quickly discovered various problems.

"The warships have been built on the slipway for too long. Although rust is not a big problem and can be removed by grinding, some special parts are not easy to grind and may continue to rust in the future."

The surface rust can be wiped off easily, but what about the inside? Those welded partitions, the parts where you can't reach, can't be polished at all, and these places will continue to rust.

"Moreover, the construction has not been completed for so long, and it has been greatly affected by the Earth's magnetic field. The subsequent demagnetization work will take even more time."

Warships are made of steel plates, which are easily magnetized in the Earth's magnetic field. If the ship is in use and its condition is constantly changing, it will be less affected by the Earth's magnetic field. However, now that it is stationary, it is affected by the Earth's magnetic field every day, and over time, the magnetism will become stronger.

"After such a long wait, the internal stress has been released, but continuing construction will create new stress, which could even lead to deformation of the warship..."

At first, Sporidopoulos could still say a few words in response, but later he stopped talking because the other party's points were all reasonable.

If a warship is halted halfway through construction and then delayed for several years before resuming construction, it will indeed encounter a variety of problems.

Borisovich frowned. What were these Easterners doing here? If it was just to slander them, then so be it! But it wouldn't be appropriate to just drive them away like this.

Borisovich patiently accompanied the Easterner, examining the entire place inside and out, pointing out over a hundred questions, big and small. An afternoon passed, and by the time the sun was about to set, they had finally finished looking at it.

"Mr. Wang, what do you all think of our two warships?" Borisovich looked at Wang Zhenhua, the head of the entire inspection team: "Does your side wish to buy these two warships?"

Wang Zhenhua nodded: "I'd like to."

At that moment, the Russians breathed a sigh of relief. After nitpicking for so long, they finally accepted it—good thing they accepted it! As long as they could sell those two warships…

"However... these two warships are in very poor condition," Wang Zhenhua continued. "Placing an order for them carries a significant risk, so regarding the price..."

"The price is set in Moscow, it has nothing to do with us. If you like it, you can come to Moscow to negotiate the price," Borisovich said.

“No need, we have other things to do. Let’s just make an offer this time,” Wang Zhenhua said. “We’ll take the risk and buy each ship for a maximum of two hundred million US dollars. If it costs more than that, then forget it.”

Two hundred million dollars?

The Russians on the other side immediately objected.

"This is our most modern destroyer! It has a full-load displacement of nearly 8,000 tons. If you buy it, it will be the largest warship in terms of displacement!"

"That's right, it also has advanced supersonic anti-ship missiles, which were originally not for sale!"

"Back then, you spent a huge amount of gold to buy our four outdated destroyers, and now..."

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am very sorry, but the two hundred million US dollars I mentioned per ship is indeed very high. If you do not accept it, then forget it."

and many more!

Borisovich's mind was racing.

Exporting large pieces of equipment like warships is extremely difficult. Many shipyards may negotiate for years before securing an order for just one or two warships, and for Russia, exporting warships is even more challenging.

Small countries can't afford it and don't need it, while large countries have their own procurement channels and generally won't switch to third parties, since the weapon systems are not compatible.

Simply put, if the Russian Navy cannot absorb these two warships, the only potential buyers are India and the East!

It's impossible for the Indians to come back. They weren't sincere in buying, they still owe so much debt, and they were even beaten today. How could the Indians possibly come back to continue trying to buy?

That leaves only East Asians!

However, the price offered by the Easterners is really low. According to Moscow's plan, each ship would cost one billion US dollars, but now they've slashed the price to two hundred million...

“Mr. Wang, we don’t have the final say on the price. Mr. Grishen, who is in charge of this project, hasn’t gone far yet. We will call him back as soon as possible, and then you can discuss it with him in person when he arrives. How about that?”

"Alright, then let's wait until tomorrow. We'll wait one more day. The day after tomorrow, we have other things to do and we should leave."

That's way too fast! Do they have other plans?

Borisovic was a little curious, but didn't say much.

"Okay, let's continue tomorrow."

The Easterner just left like that, leaving Borisovich and the others completely bewildered.

Indians come and go quickly, and so do Easterners. Is it really true that the Type 956 destroyer can't be sold?

"Are these Easterners just messing with us?"

"That shouldn't be the case. After all, that Leader Wang holds a high position in the Eastern Navy, and the faults that Mr. Jin pointed out were all very professional... I understand now, he pointed out so many faults just to drive down the price!"

To drive down prices, you have to find fault with things. This is very common in the East, but the Russians are just starting to develop a market economy and don't quite understand these things yet.

"So, they really want to buy it? In that case, we absolutely cannot sell it to them cheaply. One billion dollars a ship, not a single cent less!"

Boom!

Just then, the door was pushed open.

Grishen returned exhausted, his face now very serious.

"Mr. Grishin, you're finally back!"

"Yes, I also had someone investigate. The Oriental man booked a flight to Er Mao's place and is leaving the day after tomorrow morning."

"Over there at Er Mao's place? What's there?"

"Their destination should be Nikolayev, but there are no direct flights, so the day after tomorrow morning, they can only go to Kyiv first and then transfer."

Nikolayev!

Everyone's faces darkened: "Could it be that they have their eyes on the cruisers there?"

There's also a Project 1164 cruiser at the No. 61 Commune shipyard in Nikolayev!

Although the Type 956 is powerful, it cannot compare with the Type 1164, which is a 10,000-ton cruiser!

"Impossible! Er Mao values ​​that warship highly and has always wanted to make it his flagship!"