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

Qin Chuan knew about Chilikin Mukolevich Fedotov not only because he was a famous warship designer, but also because the old man had a son-in-law named Valery Vasilyevich Babich!

Mentioning this person's name will make countless military enthusiasts talk about it with great interest. Our Liaoning aircraft carrier was able to be reborn without his help. He is the father of the Russian aircraft carrier!

Babich was born in the Soviet Union in 1941. At the age of 14, he was admitted to the Soviet Shipbuilding Engineering Institute. After graduation, he participated in the design work of heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers. After the drawings were completed, they were noticed by the shipyard, so Babich went to the Nikolayev Shipyard.

Makarov was the factory manager, in charge of production, while Babich was the designer, responsible for turning design drawings into equipment.

He then lived in Ermao for the rest of his life, witnessing the entire process of the Red Empire's rise and fall.

When the Soviet Union collapsed, he became a "second-class citizen" because his household registration was in Ermao.

The Nikolayev shipyard has stopped building heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers, and even those that were half-built could not be continued, which led to Babich losing his job.

After all, in terms of organizational structure, he doesn't belong to the shipyard.

Babbage's father was a journalist, so in recent years Babbage began writing books, recalling his past experiences and writing works such as "Our Aircraft Carrier," "St. Nicholas City and Its Aircraft Carrier," and "Aircraft Carrier Naval Confrontation."

If the Varyag hadn't been bought by the East, Babich would probably have spent the rest of his life just talking theory.

Babbage has been having a tough time lately because his father-in-law is sick and hospitalized. He had just received his royalties and rushed over to pay his father-in-law, but to his surprise, it wasn't enough!

At the crucial moment, his niece brought back an Asian man who generously produced ten $100 bills and paid his father-in-law's hospital bills directly. Needless to say, it would be enough for three months, not just one month!

In the ward, the elderly man lay quietly with an oxygen tube inserted, while the monitor next to him continued to display ripples.

Qin Chuan glanced at the door a few times, then decided to turn around and leave. After all, there was nothing he could say to the old man, and besides, the old man wasn't his target.

"Science and Technology, let's go."

Li Jianshe was just an observer the whole time and had no idea what Qin Chuan was up to, coming all the way abroad to do charity work.

There are plenty of people in hospitals who can't afford medical treatment, what does that have to do with us? We're not the gods they talk about.

"and many more!"

Babich stopped Qin Chuan: "Thank you for your help. We will find a way to pay you back. Would you like to leave your contact information?"

"No need. The old gentleman dedicated his life to the country, but encountered this situation in his later years. Since I have encountered this situation, I will do my best to help. I did not expect any reward at all."

Qin Chuan said, "You don't need to see him off. Stay and take care of the old man."

Babbage hesitated for a moment.

“Uncle, I’ll go see them off,” Najesta volunteered.

The group walked out of the hospital; it was already dark outside.

"Najesta, go back and take good care of your grandfather."

"Qin, it would be even better if you could call me Nadya, I..."

"Okay, Nadya, go back now, goodbye."

As he walked back, Li Jianshe's questions came one after another.

"Who is this old man? What? A warship designer? That Babbage is actually an aircraft carrier designer?"

"Someone like that would be a department head in our Dongfang, right? How come he's so poor he can't even afford hospital bills?"

"So, we've won people's hearts this time? Then why not leave our address and even lure them there?"

How could things be so quick? Trying to persuade someone to go to the East on the first meeting? Would they agree? Not only would they not agree, they'd probably suspect we had ulterior motives.

Besides, it's no use fooling us now; we need to get the aircraft carrier back!

"Brother Chuan, why do these foreign names sound like such long, gibberish strings?"

"Old Mao's name consists of three parts," Qin Chuan explained to Li Jianshe as they walked, having nothing else to do.

"The first name is your own, the middle name is your father's, and the last name is your surname. When you meet strangers, you call them by their full names; when you are slightly familiar with them, you call them by their surnames; and when you are most familiar with them, you call them by their first names."

"Oh, you called that woman Najesta, which is a way of addressing someone you know well. But I heard you call her Nadya later?"

"Nadya is Najesda's nickname, or rather, her pet name."

"A nickname? You two are already in a relationship?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Come on, I'm hungry, let's go to the restaurant next door and get something to eat!"

Meeting Najestad today was quite a coincidence. I also happened to know Babich, so I'm doing him a favor now. If we meet again, we'll be friends, the kind of friends who are even closer than those made over vodka.

The purpose of this trip to Nikolayev was actually to buy scrap steel and, at the same time, to build good relationships so that things would be easier in the future. Now it seems that the mission has been more than accomplished!

Poor and desolate places breed unruly people. When people here run out of money, they are prone to robbery, especially after dark.

So forget about going shopping at night. Just eat your fill and go back to sleep. Tomorrow, check if the operating system has been installed on the hull. If it is, load up the scrap metal and sail back.

This is a port; there are plenty of sailors. You only need to hire a few.

After dinner, back at the hotel, Qin Chuan took a shower first, then asked Li Jianshe to take a shower. He turned on the TV and watched the few programs on it to pass the time before bed, when he heard a knock on the door.

"Who?"

Qin Chuan became alert. Who would come to his door at this time? He didn't like takeout; not only was it unpalatable, but he might also encounter a trap. If it was a honey trap, he would be in big trouble.

"I am Nadya."

Qin Chuan opened the door in surprise and looked at the person at the door, who was gazing at him with affection.

"Qin, after I got back, my mind was filled with images of you. I think I've fallen in love with you..."

"Stop, stop!"

Qin Chuan quickly refused: "Nadja, I have a wife and children. I only feel pity for you, not affection. Go back, we can still be good friends."

Who knows if you've really fallen for me, or just like me, but I'm not interested in you at all.

At the entrance, Najesta, looking aggrieved, slowly walked away, went downstairs, and arrived at the hotel entrance.

"Uncle, he wasn't doing it for my health."

Najesda was a little sad; was her charm really not enough?

Babich frowned: "Could it be that he really did it for my father-in-law? It seems I underestimated him. This person might be our true friend. Only an Easterner would genuinely help us."

"Today, I also heard that a scrap metal recycler came to the shipyard and is willing to buy our scrap steel at a high price."

"Uncle, could the scrap metal recycler you mentioned be Qin?"