After listening to Yang Yuxin's speech, Wang Yu understood what was going on. Sure enough, Shanghai is well-informed, otherwise it would have been a mistake. Although even if the ship was delayed for a period of time, it would not delay too much. It was just that the capacity was insufficient and the boat could be rented to solve it. However, if it was something else that delayed the business opportunity, it would be a big deal. Therefore, the decision to move the company headquarters to Shanghai was absolutely correct.

However, since Yang Yuxin provided this information, don’t hesitate too much. So Wang Yu and Jiang Yi agreed to go to the Jiangnan Shipyard tomorrow to negotiate the matter of purchasing the ship.

The director of Jiangnan Shipyard is Yang Zesen, of course, and he is also a veteran. He personally met Wang Yu and Jiang Yi. On the one hand, this is because Wang Yu and Jiang Yi are both veterans and cannot be neglected. On the other hand, they are also among the best veterans who start their own businesses. Someone privately ranked entrepreneurial veterans. Jiang Yi ranked 6th, Wang Yu ranked 10th, and the only two female veterans in the top ten list, while Yang Yuxin can only ranked 14th.

When Yang Zesen heard that Huayun Logistics Company was going to order four 5,000-ton cargo ships, he immediately shone with his eyes. This is a big customer. Because there is indeed a gap in Jiangnan Shipyard now.

The navy's order was basically completed. Even the warships to be to be repaired and repaired were seriously repaired and returned to the team after leaving the factory. The Navy Department organized the warships of the original Beiyang Navy into a cruiser team and a destroyer branch stationed in Ningbo Military Port, although they were under the East China Sea ship. Chen Biguang, the general of the Beiyang Navy, was appointed as the fleet commander of the Ningbo Military Port. After more than half a year of retraining, the other officers and soldiers have resumed their respective positions and still served on their respective warships. The former admiral of the Beiyang Navy, Sa Zhenbing, came out of the East China Sea Fleet deputy commander, stayed in Shanghai.

Now, in the Jiangnan Shipyard, in addition to a battleship that has been launched and installed, there are several warships that have been repaired and maintained in the factory. There are only two small warships under construction of 3,000 tons. Most of the ships and docks are empty.

The predecessor of the Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard was the Jiangnan Machinery Bureau founded by the Qing court during the Westernization Movement. In the old time and space, it was the trump card of China's shipbuilding industry. In this era, it was also highly expected by the East China government. Because the Jiangnan Shipyard has a good foundation and the Jiangnan Machinery Bureau is a modern enterprise founded during the Westernization Movement, the Jiangnan Shipyard was a modern enterprise that was better established during the Westernization Movement. Therefore, after the Jiangnan Shipyard was put into production, the scale of the Jiangnan Shipyard exceeded that of the Tianjin Shipyard, second only to the Qingdao Shipyard. Moreover, the managers and backbone workers all selected personnel from Qingdao Shipyard and Tianjin Shipyard. At that time, Yang Zesen was the deputy director of the Tianjin Shipyard. He took the initiative to apply for this position, and he was attracted by the development prospect of this position.

When Jiangnan Shipyard was first established, it first took over the maintenance of warships captured in the Far East War, mainly training teams and training workers. Later, it took over the construction of a Qingzhou-class cruiser and a Jinan-class armored cruiser. Then it took over the construction of a large armored cruiser Wuzhi and a battleship Juque. At the same time, it also took over the construction of some small and medium-sized warships. After the Beiyang Navy joined the East China Government, the maintenance of warships was also handed over to the Jiangnan Shipyard.

In recent years, Jiangnan Shipyard has not only accumulated considerable experience, but also trained a large number of experienced shipbuilders. However, at this time, the orders were basically completed, but no new orders were added, because before that, all orders received by Jiangnan Shipyard were basically warships. Whether it was building new ships or repairs, they were all administratively allocated orders and were not obtained through market competition. This is mainly because Jiangnan Shipyard is a newly established shipbuilding enterprise and needs policy support. At the same time, Qingdao Shipyard cannot digest so many warship construction and maintenance work.

However, the case of capturing a large number of warships in the Far East War is unreplicable. At the same time, there are not many warships built in the second five-year plan. On the one hand, the policy of the East China government is to focus on economic construction and control military expenditures. On the other hand, before the Far East War, several types of warships designed by the Navy also needed to be upgraded and redesigned, so the administrative allocation order was lost, and the Jiangnan Shipyard also had a gap.

Although the East China Government and the Ottoman Turkish Empire and Siam have basically reached an agreement to purchase warships, and this order must be part of the Jiangnan Shipyard, after all, the contract has not been officially signed. Moreover, even if the construction starts, it will be at least half a year later. So how should we spend this six months? After all, the shipyard can wait for half a year, but the workers have to earn money to support their families, but they cannot wait.

In fact, the same is true for Qingdao Shipyard and Tianjin Shipyard. The orders for warships have been basically completed or finished, but these two shipyards still have orders for civilian ships to be maintained. In fact, the demand for civilian ships in the East China government is not small now. After all, the East China government has occupied most of the coastal areas and is actively developing the economy. Therefore, the circulation of commodity personnel is very large, so a large number of civilian ships are naturally needed.

However, the orders for warships are distributed by the administration, but civilian ships are completely competitive in the market, including the procurement of public enterprises. Qingdao Shipyard and Tianjin Shipyard were built earlier and have established some business relationships for civilian ships, so there are enough civilian ship orders. The Jiangnan Shipyard was established late and has lost the opportunity. Although Yang Zesen has been working hard to develop civilian ship business in the past two years, the development of the civilian ship market will not be a short time, and Yang Zesen is also very anxious about this.

Now Wang Yu is coming to order 4 5,000-ton cargo ships. For Jiangnan Shipyard, it not only makes up for this gap, allowing workers to start work normally, but also means that Jiangnan Shipyard has opened up the market for civilian ship construction since then, because Huayun Logistics Company is also one of the large enterprises in the East China government. The value of this demonstration effect is far greater than the profit of ordering four 5,000-ton cargo ships.

So Yang Zesen immediately took out relevant design information and asked Wang Yu to choose the ship type he needed. In order to open up the civilian ship market, Yang Zesen first designed a variety of ship types with different tonnages for various civilian ships, and it was divided into two categories: standard version and upgraded version. There are many options for upgraded versions, each with different price points. This not only can the required ship type price be understood at a glance, but it can also save time and expenses for early design.

What Wang Yu showed was a cargo ship design with a displacement of 5,000-6,000 tons. There are two standard types, namely, the 5-9215 and 5-9816. The size is 92/98 meters long, 15/16 meters wide, 4 meters draft, 25-30 crew members, 12 knots, a load capacity of 3,000/3,500 tons, and the maximum range is 10 knots 2,500 nautical miles/12 knots 2,000 nautical miles.

The upgraded version mainly focuses on the speed and range. The speed can be increased to 15 knots, but the load is reduced to 2500/3000 tons, and the maximum range is reduced to 10 knots 2200 nautical miles / 12 knots 1800 nautical miles; if the range is to be kept unchanged, the load is reduced to below 2500 tons. In addition, there are additional projects such as adding buildings on the deck, adding special requirements warehouses, etc.

Although Wang Yu does not know how to build ships, he will inevitably deal with ships when he founded a logistics company. Moreover, the company currently owns 14 ships of various types, so he knows a little bit, and is not completely a novice. The first choice for freight ships is naturally load load, the more they are transported, the better, and the speed does not need to be too fast. 12 knots are completely enough. Of course, it is necessary to buy 1 or 2 fast ships. The difference between 3 knots does not seem to be big on the surface, but the difference between 1 day can reach about 150 kilometers, and some express items can be transported.

The range is another factor that needs to be considered. Although the company's shipping distance is only about 1,000 nautical miles, and the 2,500 nautical miles is really a bit wasteful, the service time of a ship is generally more than 20 years. Therefore, from the perspective of development, first of all, after the East China government unifies the country, the shipping distance will exceed 3,000 nautical miles. Secondly, the company will develop its business in Borneo in the future. The shipping distance from Shanghai to Borneo will exceed 3,000 nautical miles. Then the 2,500 nautical miles will not only not waste, but on the contrary, there are still shortcomings.

Of course, civilian ships are still burning coal nowadays, so the warehouses in the ship can be designed as movable. They can load more coal when they need to sail, and do not need to load less coal when they are sailing. This flexible arrangement can maximize the load capacity of the ship.

In the end, the two parties reached a preliminary agreement, and Huayun Logistics Company will order two standard versions of 5-9215, two 5-9816, and an enhanced version with a speed of 15 knots. Yang Zesen also said that this is the first order for civilian ships from Jiangnan Shipyard, so Wang Yu can be given a certain discount. One is a direct discount on the price; the other is a five-year free repair and a free overhaul.

Direct discount is of course the most intuitive discount, but the cost-effectiveness of a ship does not only depend on the price at the time of purchase, but on the full life cost of the ship, because large ships generally need to undergo maintenance every 1, 2 years, and docking overhaul every 5, 6 years. If a ship's service life exceeds more than 20, it usually needs to undergo 3 overhauls, and these costs must be included in the full life cost of the ship, and the interest generated by time factors must also be calculated based on compound interest, and the price increase factor must also be considered. Therefore, the calculation of the full life cost of a ship is very complicated. Five years of free maintenance and free overhauls are also considerable discounts.
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