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

Buying scrap steel?

The man's eyes immediately lit up: "You're here to recycle scrap metal? That's wonderful!"

"By the way, let me introduce myself. My name is Yaroslav, and I work in the sales department of the Nikolayev Shipyard. Our shipyard has 29,000 tons of scrap steel. Can you handle that?"

Qin Chuan knew the identity of the man in front of him, otherwise why would he sit next to him?

Yaroslav was born in 1963 and is only in his thirties this year. He was originally just a small clerk in the production planning department of the Nikolayev Shipyard, but he was quick-witted and had a dark history of dealing with various materials in the 1980s.

So, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Nikolayev Shipyard established a special sales department and transferred him there.

He participated in numerous sales negotiations, but was repeatedly misled by Westerners, gradually falling out of favor and ending up drinking every day.

Today, Qin Chuan's appearance has ignited new hope in his dark life!

"A mere tens of thousands of tons of steel is nothing to me."

Qin Chuan said, "Of course I can eat it, but regarding the price..."

"Only two hundred dollars per ton!"

Yaroslav said, "We just want someone to get rid of that garbage. Our factory director, Makarov, gets extremely depressed every day when he sees it."

Domestically, the purchase price is still 70 cents per kilogram, and one ton is 2,000 kilograms, which is 1,400 RMB.

Of course, only Pingyang Steel Plant could afford this price, since they urgently needed scrap iron to make steel.

Other steel mills pay 50 cents per kilogram for scrap iron, which is 1,000 yuan per ton, or less than 200 US dollars at the current exchange rate.

However, the quality of scrap iron purchased domestically is absolutely inferior to that here.

After all, these 29,000 tons of scrap iron were the steel from the Ulyanovsk heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser!

By the end of 91, when the Soviet Union collapsed, the Ulyanovsk was already being assembled on the slipway.

This super warship, planned to be fully loaded with 80,000 tons, has already used 29,000 tons of steel, and the nuclear reactor has begun to be assembled in the workshop. The production progress of the aircraft carrier has exceeded 30%.

However, with the Red Empire gone, it was impossible to continue building this warship.

Just then, a Norwegian company approached them, wanting to commission the Nikolayev Shipyard to build six ships. The ships were very large and could only be placed on slipway number zero, which was occupied by the Ulyanovsk.

At the same time, an American steel company approached us, saying they could buy the steel from the aircraft carrier for $450 per ton!

Everyone at the shipyard was very happy at the time. After obtaining the consent of the Russian and Russian governments, the ship was quickly dismantled into scrap metal.

Then, the Norwegian company stopped placing orders, and U.S. Steel stopped taking back the goods!

Both sides orchestrated the scheme without spending a single penny, allowing Er Mao to dismantle the world's most advanced nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, comparable to a US supercarrier.

That was a brilliant move!

The dismantling was completed in 92. No one wanted the scrap steel that was removed, so it was just piled up on the open ground of the shipyard.

Makarov was so frustrated he almost vomited blood. If it weren't for the Varyag still being fitted out, he probably would have died of depression.

Since Yaroslav was in the sales department, he naturally had to travel around to attract customers.

The last attempt was to find an Indian steel manufacturer, who was only willing to pay a maximum of $150 per ton, while the bottom line here was $200 per ton.

So ultimately no agreement was reached.

"Two hundred dollars a ton isn't high, but it also depends on the size of your scrap metal. If the scrap metal is too big, then you'll have to hire specialized transport ships, which will be too expensive."

Qin Chuan said, "Can you take me to see it?"

The Russians had never sold steel plates from scrap ships before, so they had no idea about these intricacies.

When they first said they would dismantle the Ulyanovsk, it was torn apart in a flash, all in large pieces.

Even if international scrap metal recyclers came, they wouldn't be able to transport such a large piece! They would have to give up.

It's thanks to this reason that Qin Chuan was bought by other manufacturers long ago; otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to wait for him.

After all, these are the steel plates of an aircraft carrier!

"Come on, I'll show you!"

When Yaroslav heard Qin Chuan agonizing over the size of the man, he knew that the project was probably going to fall through again.

But now that we've found a buyer, we can't just give up.

Persistence will eventually pay off!

Although Li Jianshe didn't understand a single word, he thought Qin Chuan was incredibly awesome just by looking at him.

At this moment, Brother Chuan is just like a big boss in a TV series.

"Jianshe, what are you standing there for? Follow me!"

Li Jianshe quickly followed behind Qin Chuan, downed a bottle of vodka, and Brother Chuan walked steadily, impressive!

As for the old Russian who came out with them, he carried a bottle of liquor, taking a few sips as he walked, not daring to finish it in one go.

The group walked to the shipyard.

The shipyard was very spacious, stretching as far as the eye could see. Looking at the towering gantry cranes, Qin Chuan felt an indescribable sense of awe.

The Russian shipyards could never regain their former glory; they were simply abandoned!

"The scrap steel is right ahead."

Yaroslav led Qin Chuan past several slipways and arrived at the side of Dock No. 1.

Most of them are steel plates, but because they have been bent into various shapes, they cannot be neatly put together after being taken apart. They are piled up haphazardly, in a messy and disorderly manner.

Moreover, they are all very large!

They are often over ten meters long, and some steel plates are even twenty or thirty meters long.

After a year of exposure to the sun and wind, many of the steel plates were covered in rust and looked dilapidated.

Qin Chuan frowned.

“These steel plates are too big to be transported without special ships. These 29,000 tons of steel are only worth five or six million US dollars.”

"However, if we want to transport these steels to the East, the cost of chartering ships would probably be tens of millions of dollars, which is not worthwhile!"

Yaroslav had just finished the last sip of his drink and tossed it aside.

*Crack!* The bottle flew to the ground and shattered.

Li Jianshe was startled. What was this all about? Forced sale?

"Qin, the workers in our factory haven't received their wages for six months. After drinking this bottle of wine, we don't even know where the next bottle will be. Can you think of a solution?"

"Couldn't you cut these steel plates into smaller pieces?"

"That costs money. We need to buy oxygen and acetylene, and we need workers to do the work. The factory is out of money. We don't even have the electricity to run the crane."

"Yaroslav said."

If it could be cut open, it would have been done long ago!

"Then there's only one other way!"

"any solution?"

Yaroslav's eyes were filled with anticipation.

Other customers would come and ask for it to be cut into small pieces, and if their requests couldn't be met, they would have to leave disappointed. But Qin Chuan came up with another solution!

"Find an old ship hull here and stuff these steel plates inside!"