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

Li Jianshe came out of the bathroom: "Brother Chuan, I think I just heard you talking to a woman?"

"No, you heard wrong."

Li Jianshe glanced at the bed with a complicated expression, then exclaimed, "This is too fast!"

Qin Chuan was about to drink some water when he spat it out. "What did you say? You actually said your brother Chuan is a quick shooter?"

"The bath water cools down so fast! I just started washing, and it's already cold. Luckily, we take cold showers all the time, so it's not a problem."

After Li Jianshe finished speaking, he walked towards the bed: "Brother Chuan, I'm so tired, I'm going to sleep."

Russian hotels don't provide hot water 24/7; it's only available for a limited time, and once that's over, it's gone.

Qin Chuan took a sip of water and lay down on the bed.

The matter is almost settled. I hope everything goes smoothly from here on out. I still need to visit the customs officials and give them some gifts. I can't let the customs officials catch me off guard at the end.

With these thoughts in mind, Qin Chuan drifted off to sleep.

Qin Chuan woke up naturally at noon after a good night's sleep, feeling refreshed all over. He then took Li Jianshe to get something to eat.

When he arrived at the shipyard, he was surprised to find that the empty hull had been docked next to the No. 0 slipway, and a 900-ton gantry crane was lifting the dismantled steel plates onto it!

Isn't this too fast?

Upon closer inspection, a simple little house had been built behind the hull, with equipment such as a steering gear installed inside. It was extremely rudimentary, without even electricity; a few kerosene lamps were simply hung outside!

It doesn't even have navigation lights as required by international regulations. It can easily drift around in the Black Sea. Are you sure you can pass through the Turkish Straits and the Suez Canal?

"Qin, you've finally arrived."

Yaroslav said, "The scrap metal has already been loaded onto the ship. According to our original agreement, the cargo is worth $580 million. How do you plan to pay for it?"

When Qin Chuan was doing business with Amar, he deliberately used tricks. The deposit was paid in China, and the balance was transferred directly to an account opened in Hong Kong, which was much more convenient to use abroad.

After all, doing foreign trade is not easy these days. Various companies cannot trade directly with foreigners and have to go through procedures with certain relevant departments.

With just half a deposit, so many people are envious, treating it as the full payment. If they knew how much the full payment would cost, they would probably flood into this market like crazy.

Besides, even though you've earned foreign exchange for the country, it's not so easy to use that foreign exchange again.

"I'll just write you a check."

As Qin Chuan spoke, he took out his checkbook, which he had kept close to his body. This was how he had paid yesterday at the 61st Commune Shipyard. Otherwise, they wouldn't have worked so hard and completed the processing in just one day. That speed was absolutely incredible.

The reason... is, of course, that I hope to receive the final payment as soon as possible.

"We'll pay you a 10% deposit first, and then pay you the remaining 90% after customs inspection and all the paperwork is complete."

As Qin Chuan spoke, he quickly wrote a check for six hundred thousand US dollars.

Upon receiving the check, Yaroslav's eyes lit up: "Qin, you are truly a good friend of ours!"

"Yaroslav, my friend, I took a look around your area yesterday and found that you are extremely short of supplies. Would you like to make more money?"

"How to make money?"

Yaroslav opened his eyes wide.

"We can pay the remaining balance in one lump sum, or we can settle the debt with the goods."

“We in the East have a large quantity of high-quality and inexpensive agricultural and light industrial products. I can get you over five million US dollars worth of goods, which can be sold for at least ten million US dollars here, or even more!”

The Kubang coin depreciates too quickly, so Qin Chuan directly uses the US dollar, which is also the common currency for international transactions.

We can't use US dollars to buy everything, otherwise how will we explain it when we get back?

Where did the scrap metal come from? Er Mao.

How did you buy it? With US dollars.

Where did the US dollars come from? This...

He might end up in jail!

Initially, you'll definitely have to pay a sum of US dollars to demonstrate your strength to the other party. But then, you'll need to exchange some of it through barter.

This way we can explain when we get back: these goods were all obtained by exchanging them for goods from within China!

These days, it's incredibly lucrative to bring agricultural and light industrial products to Russia and act as a middleman!

For the younger generation, it was a trip to Fenhe, where they would cross the river every day to make errands; for the older generation, it was taking the international train to Moscow.

The biggest example is shipping entire train cars at once; even the myth of trading canned goods for airplanes is possible.

Now that Qin Chuan is here, he should definitely try his hand at being a middleman!

During his time in Ermao, Li Runping in China was also sourcing goods from all over the country, and had raised about five million RMB worth of goods.

If it's delivered here, it's definitely worth five million dollars, and could even fetch tens of millions of dollars!

The problem facing the Soviet Union was that for decades it had focused on heavy industry while neglecting light industry, resulting in a persistent shortage of agricultural and light industrial products.

When people see empty shelves, their resentment naturally grows.

They originally thought that by separating from their families and adopting a market economy, they could restore their vitality.

Unfortunately, they completely trusted the West and implemented shock therapy, while a group of oligarchs emerged in the country, so ordinary people found that life became even more difficult!

Currency is depreciating, and prices are soaring. Whoever has goods in hand will be able to make a fortune during this crisis!

"This……"

Yaroslav hesitated, "Qin, our country is lacking in various supplies, and we do need what you mentioned. However, we are a shipyard, not a trading company. Even if we get the goods, we don't know how to sell them!"

"What's so difficult about this?"

Qin Chuan said, "Your shipyard has at least several thousand employees. Each of them can be given a few hundred dollars' worth of goods. Let them go out and sell them. We can only charge them the cost price, and the extra money will be their welfare."

"In this way, your Nikolayev Shipyard will become the unit with the best welfare benefits in the entire country of Ermay!"

These guys are all single-minded and don't even know how to do business. The shipyard has so many workers, which is a huge advantage in terms of human resources!

"Qin's idea is good."

Just then, a voice came from behind.

Qin Chuan didn't even turn his head before he knew who it was: Babich!

Babich and Makarov stood together.

The shipyard will be revitalized and its scrap steel will be sold off!

Babich came to help early in the morning, and only now has he seen the buyer, who came with Makarov.

At this moment, Babbich felt incredibly grateful. It really was him! Dongfang is our best friend!

Yesterday I helped pay my father-in-law's hospital bills, and today I helped the shipyard come up with ideas. Although the shipyard has made money temporarily by selling these scrap steel materials, it will soon run out of money.

If we can bring goods from the East and sell them, we can make a steady stream of profits, even if it only solves the problem of paying the shipyard workers' wages!

"Babbich, it's you?"

Qin Chuan pretended to be very surprised.

"Yes, it's me, Qin. Thank you for your help."

Babbage said, "Your suggestion is excellent. By the way, isn't alcohol the easiest product to sell?"

Qin Chuan shook his head: "No, no, we can't let them sell the wine, otherwise they won't sell it, they'll just drink it. You can use the wine as a reward, give them wine as a reward when they sell enough goods."

"Director Makarov, what do you think of this proposal?"

Babich looked at Makarov.

Makarov pondered for a moment: "The factory workers haven't received their wages in a long time. If we could exchange all that money for goods, that would be fine too, and we could use that money to pay the workers' wages. But how can you guarantee that the goods will be delivered to us?"