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

Next to Dongxinglou Hotel is the People's Hotel, the best hotel in the entire Laiyang.

Of course, guests should be accommodated here, even if it means providing daily transportation.

"Second Uncle, Mr. Babich and I will be staying at a hotel for the time being, which will make it easier to take care of Mr. Babich's daily life. You should go back now!" Qin Chuan waved his hand.

The next period will be physically demanding, so Qin Chuan won't need to worry about it.

Moreover, Qin Chuan was indeed tired after the journey, and the hotel bed was very comfortable, so he should get a good rest!

“We’ll arrange for a Russian-speaking orderly to come over. You have something to do tonight, so you’ll have to come with us.”

"Where to go?"

"capital."

Qin Chuan frowned. "Is there no justice in this world? Are you trying to work me to death?"

Once inside the Pajero, Qin Chuan immediately closed his eyes until the car stopped. There, he saw a yellow building illuminated by lights. It had a temple-like structure with upturned eaves and looked very grand.

"Have we arrived at Princess Tomb?"

"You know this place? Come on, let's go down and report to our superiors."

"Oh."

Pan Lao and Qin Jiantai led Qin Chuan to the conference room in Huanglou, which was already full of people.

The air was thick with smoke, indicating that the group had been discussing it for quite some time.

"Old Qin, Old Pan, you've finally arrived!"

"Well, leaders, we've been rushing back... Oh, Old Liu is here too?" Qin Jiantai greeted them first.

Liu Lao was born in 1916, joined the Red Army in 1931, and joined the Party in 1935. He was a veteran revolutionary.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he joined the navy and began a life dedicated to the modernization of the navy. He is known as the father of the modern navy and the father of the aircraft carrier of the motherland.

Mr. Liu has always been concerned about the development of naval equipment, especially aircraft carriers!

In 1970, Liu was removed from his high position and sent back to the Navy to work as a minor office director.

At that time, Mr. Liu had no complaints and devoted himself to his work. Moreover, he soon accepted a new task: to conduct research on the domestically built aircraft carrier!

From that time on, Mr. Liu became involved with aircraft carriers, began his aircraft carrier dream, and presided over Project 707 and Project 891.

He visited the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in the United States years ago. The photo of him leaning forward, standing on tiptoe, and inspecting it like a primary school student brought tears to the eyes of countless people.

Upon receiving the news from the Qingdao base, the naval leaders were very excited. When Elder Liu heard about it, he was even more excited and came to attend the meeting.

Looking at Old Liu sitting up there, Qin Chuan was filled with admiration.

"Yes, young comrade, you must be Qin Chuan, who made such a great contribution this time? You've got guts! So young and you dare to go to the Russians to be a middleman! Tell us about it quickly." Old Liu said kindly.

"Yes." Qin Chuan quickly explained, "Our Laixi Steel Plant is a small steel plant that uses scrap iron to make steel. After we couldn't get scrap iron domestically, we had to turn to foreign countries."

"I found out that Er Mao had dismantled the Ulyanovsk aircraft carrier and hadn't sold the steel, so I risked going there. Luckily, I managed to buy the scrap steel back."

"Can that steel be reused as aircraft carrier steel?" asked the naval leader, Zhang.

“The steel plates have already been cut into various shapes and have been processed during construction, so they definitely can’t be used directly. If we were to remelt and reprocess them, it would probably be difficult, since although the material hasn’t changed, we don’t have the relevant processing technology,” said Mr. Pan.

The crowd looked somewhat disappointed.

I originally thought we could bring all the steel plates back, weld them together, and restore it, but thinking about it now, that seems unreliable.

“We can analyze the internal composition of those steel materials to prepare for the production of higher-quality ship steel. In addition, Qin Chuan and his team brought back not only steel materials, but also some valuable items, such as the power system, including two small-power gas turbines and two oil-fired boilers,” Qin Jiantai said.

“That’s right, the two KVG-4 oil-fired boilers are the same as those used on the Kuznetsov and Varyag, and their overall performance is on par with the Kitty Hawk class.” Old Pan was very excited.

Aircraft carriers have a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, and currently only two types of propulsion systems are fuel-fired boilers and nuclear reactors.

If the Eastern Navy were to build an aircraft carrier, it would definitely use oil-fired boilers.

After all, nuclear reactors are not only expensive, but also require specialized research and development.

Currently, the Type 051 destroyer, the mainstay of the Eastern Navy, also uses boiler power. China has a complete industrial chain for this. With two boilers, one can be studied separately, and the other can be used as a sample. This way, it can definitely be copied!

"Good, not bad. At least it can solve the heart problem of our aircraft carrier. The project to replicate this boiler should be started as soon as possible!" Old Liu immediately stated.

An aircraft carrier is a complex system engineering project that requires a lot of technological reserves. Now that we have a prototype, of course we should copy it!

"Yes, we will arrange for the Bingcheng Boiler Factory to begin production immediately."

Leader Zhang nodded and looked at Qin Chuan: "Comrade Qin Chuan, on behalf of the Navy, I thank you for your contribution. Please hand over the boiler to us as soon as possible."

"Yes, of course, no problem. I knew the navy needed them! I got these two boilers by bribing people at the shipyard; each one is worth a million." Qin Chuan said with great pride.

Everyone was stunned. What? These two boilers actually cost two million?

Leader Zhang swallowed hard: "RMB?"

"I'd like to pay in RMB, but they don't accept it there!" Qin Chuan said helplessly.

Everyone present fell silent.

To date, the aircraft carrier project is only in the feasibility study stage, and the funding from higher authorities is only for this purpose.

They originally thought these boilers were brought back from a scrap metal pile and were worthless, but they never expected them to be so expensive! How much does a whole ship of scrap metal cost?

"Xiao Chuan, do you have an invoice?" Qin Jiantai asked, frowning.

"Second Uncle, can you issue an invoice for something like this? There's not even a receipt!"

Qin Chuan rolled his eyes at Qin Jiantai: "Going to Russia to smuggle all sorts of things, it's all done in secret. Needless to say, they can even get nuclear bombs. How could they possibly have invoices?"

"Even if there is a transaction on the surface, it will still cost a lot of money to pull strings behind the scenes. If we can buy Er Mao's Varyag in the future, the surface price may be 20 million, but the amount of money to pull strings behind the scenes may be over 100 million."

"Can you buy back the Varyag?"

Everyone present was shocked once again.

"Not now, we'll find another opportunity later."

Qin Chuan said, "By the way, it seems that the leaders are in a difficult position. Although our Laiyang Steel Plant is just a small private enterprise, we also have the country in our hearts. If the Navy needs us, we can contribute!"

We bought it for two million, then donated it to the country. Look how high our awareness is!

The question is, does the Navy have the audacity to take advantage of a private enterprise?

"Without a country, there is no home. Without the navy to protect our motherland, there is no stable environment for us. How can we do business in an orderly manner?"

Qin Jiantai looked at his nephew with complicated emotions. This kid is something else!

Even if the navy doesn't give him a single penny, he's already built a good relationship with them, which will bring him many benefits in the future.

not to mention……

"Of course, if the leaders trust us, they can also entrust us with the task of replicating this boiler. We don't need any funding from the higher authorities; we can do the surveying and replication ourselves. Once the Navy's inspection is passed, they can directly pay us the production costs."