Rebirth 99 to become a car giant

Wenchong Shipyard used to be a relatively inconspicuous presence in China's shipbuilding industry.

After all, with the well-known Hudong Shipyard and Dalian Shipyard, it was not its turn to shine.

However, since cooperating with Nanshan Equipment and other Nanshan-related companies, the situation has begun to change.

Not to mention that the several dredgers that are busy in the southern waters are still playing a huge role, the electronic reconnaissance ship alone has brought everyone a very huge surprise.

Now in the dock of Wenchong Shipyard, there are still several electronic reconnaissance ships under construction.

It can be said that in the field of special ship types, Wenchong Shipyard has already had a place in China.

Today is the launching ceremony of the LNG carrier that Wenchong Shipyard has high hopes for.

As a very difficult ship type in the shipbuilding industry, the future demand for LNG carriers is becoming more and more vigorous.

The production orders for LNG carriers in the hands of Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea have been scheduled for several years later.

It can be said that as long as the production technology of LNG carriers is mastered, there is no need to worry about the next ten years.

It is no wonder that Wenchong Shipyard was so concerned about this project before.

"Mr. Cao, I am so happy that you can come to participate in today's launching event."

"If it were not for the Invar steel developed by your Nanshan Special Steel and the various equipment provided by Nanshan Equipment, it would take at least five or six years for us to produce LNG carriers."

Although Xiang Jianghui was wearing work clothes today, he still looked energetic.

As a senior person in the shipbuilding industry, he knew the important significance behind the successful launching of the LNG carrier.

It can be said that from now on, Wenchong Shipyard will completely rise in the domestic shipbuilding industry.

The next step is to wait for various large orders to fly in.

"Mr. Xiang is too modest. Hudong Shipyard can already produce LNG carriers. If you follow the same path as them, you can get it done sooner or later. We just accelerated the process."

You should be modest when you should be modest.

This is the business culture of China.

So when dealing with state-owned enterprises, Cao Yang is generally not so aggressive.

There is no need!

"Invar steel was previously monopolized by France's GTT. It was extremely expensive, and the key was that you couldn't be sure when to deliver the goods if you wanted to place an order."

"Now that Nanshan Special Steel has acquired this special steel, Chinese shipyards will no longer have to worry about Invar steel when producing LNG carriers in the future."

"Invar steel, which used to cost more than 100,000 yuan per ton, now costs only 50,000 or 60,000 yuan per ton, a price drop of half."

"Coupled with the price drop of other supporting equipment, our LNG ship's profit will be much higher than other shipyards at the same sales price."

Xiang Jianghui and Cao Yang had quite a lot of exchanges.

Wenchong Shipyard can produce LNG carriers.

But he didn't plan to engage in a price war.

It's unnecessary to directly compete with other competitors just because his own costs have dropped.

The global production of LNG carriers is now in a state of supply exceeding demand.

The price of LNG carriers produced by Hudong Shipyard was already cheaper than that of Samsung Heavy Industries, so Wenchong Shipyard could just keep the same level as Hudong Shipyard.

This was actually Cao Yang's idea.

After all, he didn't want to force Nanshan Special Steel and Nanshan Equipment to keep lowering prices because of Wenchong Shipyard's price manipulation.

Anyway, the biggest demanders of LNG carriers are the wealthy countries in the Middle East. You don't have to be polite to earn a little money from them.

Why make everything cheap?

Others may not be grateful to you!

"Mr. Xiang, our first LNG carrier was built for Sinopec. Have you found any orders for the future?"

Although the entire LNG carrier industry is in a situation of supply exceeding demand, as a new player in the market, some customers of Wenchong Shipyard will definitely be worried.

This is also very normal.

So at the beginning, it is obviously easier to expand domestic customers.

Especially since everyone is a state-owned enterprise, it will be easier to communicate.

When there is no problem with my LNG carrier, you would rather buy a high-priced ship from overseas, so we have to talk about it.

Besides, the countries that can produce LNG carriers in the world are actually Korea, Japan and China.

Even if Sinopec wants to import LNG carriers, it is unknown how long the delivery cycle will take.

So as long as they want to quickly develop their LNG business, they have to find domestic shipyards to buy them.

The orders from Hudong Shipyard have been scheduled for three years later.

"At present, we have negotiated with Sinopec for the construction order of the second LNG carrier. As long as there are no problems with the first one during use, they will add at least 3 more ships in the future."

"By then, we should have found some orders from other customers."

As long as the LNG carriers produced by Wenchong Shipyard are actually put into operation, there will be no worries that buyers will not be interested.

If you want Samsung Heavy Industries to produce an LNG carrier that you think is of good quality and reliable, it may take five years to deliver the ship.

If you go to Wenchong Shipyard, the ship will be delivered in two years.

In this case, are you willing to take a little risk?

Time is money.

No one will go against money.

Without enough LNG carriers, no matter how large your production capacity is, you can't sell it.

The local tyrants in the Middle East must be aware of this.

"That's the best. We have prepared so many large docks. We have to fill them up as soon as possible."

"Then Wenchong Shipyard can become one of the top three large shipyards in China."

As an important platform for the implementation of technology of Nanshan Group enterprises, many products of Wenchong Shipyard will use the new technologies of Nanshan Group.

Whether it is an electronic reconnaissance ship or an LNG carrier, it is the same.

In the future, Venusstar Technology is even preparing to study some more special warships with Wenchong Shipyard.

These are all based on the premise that Wenchong Shipyard can develop rapidly.

Otherwise, if nothing works, Cao Yang will not cooperate with them.

Cao Yang and Xiang Jianghui talked for more than ten minutes. The launching ceremony was about to begin, and Xiang Jianghui, the boss, naturally had a lot of things to deal with.

So Cao Yang, Xie Lingyun and others simply found a seat and sat down, and participated in the entire process of the launching ceremony.

Although this is not China's first LNG carrier, it is the LNG carrier with the highest localization rate.

And it is also the second shipyard in China that has the ability to produce LNG carriers, so China TV also specially arranged reporters to come for interviews.

These contents will also be broadcast in tonight's news broadcast.

Of course, domestic peers such as Hudong Shipyard naturally know the movements of Wenchong Shipyard without waiting for the news broadcast.

"Minister Cheng, I heard that almost all the parts and materials of the LNG carriers produced by Wenchong Shipyard have been localized."

"This means that the cost of the LNG carriers they produce may be tens of millions lower than ours, or even hundreds of millions lower."

"If the other party starts a price war with us in the future, it will be very disadvantageous."

"You should contact their suppliers immediately and arrange personnel to go and inspect to see if we can also localize Invar steel and various equipment."

Hudong Shipyard is one of the largest shipyards in China.

They even have the ability to produce aircraft carriers.

They were the first to get the LNG carriers, so it can be said that they have a very deep technical foundation.

However, the field of LNG carriers seems to be surpassed by the younger brother Wenchong Shipyard, and Xiang Jianghui naturally does not want to see such an ending.

So no matter from what perspective, it is necessary to further increase the localization rate of Hudong Shipyard's LNG carriers as soon as possible.

Otherwise, Hudong Shipyard will fall into a passive situation.

This is obviously not the situation that Zhao Linyuan, the general manager, wants to see.

"Their Invar steel is produced by Nanshan Special Steel. We have also contacted them, and they have even provided us with some samples of their Invar steel."

"But if we use their Invar steel, it is very likely that we will not be able to pass some certifications related to LNG carriers of France GTT, which will result in us not being able to take some overseas orders."

"So we have not taken any action before."

Cheng Weidong is worried that Zhao Linyuan will feel that he, the head of the procurement department, has failed to do his job.

After all, the group's brother companies are all going into mass production, but Hudong Shipyard has not taken any action yet.

So he quickly came up with a reason that seems to make sense.

First-class companies set standards!

In fact, many industries in China do not set their own standards.

This is obviously the case with LNG carriers.

Even the technical certification of the welding technicians of the Invar steel on the LNG carriers was done by France GTT.

It is conceivable how passive China is in setting standards.

"If overseas users have any objections, then we will use French GTT's Invar steel for overseas users' orders in the future, and use Nanshan Special Steel's Invar steel for domestic users."

"We now need at least 50 million yuan to purchase Invar steel for the production of an LNG carrier. In fact, this amount of money only buys a few hundred tons of Invar steel. The price is indeed a bit expensive."

"So it is also very good to be able to purchase from Nanshan Special Steel."

Zhao Linyuan is under pressure now, and he is naturally more motivated to promote cost reduction.

Otherwise, Nanshan Special Steel has been in contact with Hudong Shipyard for such a long time, and has provided a lot of samples, but there is no actual order.

"This is a good idea."

Although Cheng Weidong didn't want to go to Nanshan Special Steel in his heart, he still agreed.

France GTT can monopolize the Invar steel business, of course, there is a relatively small demand for this kind of steel, but they must have done some work in some aspects.

For example, Cheng Weidong's son was able to study abroad in a very good school in France with the help of French GTT.

You have to know that his son's grades are only good enough for him to get into a second-rate university in China.

This was while taking the college entrance examination in Shanghai.

Now I have successfully entered a famous French school, and the international ranking is much better than many 985 universities in China.

If there wasn't something fishy in it, no one would believe it.

Of course, Cheng Weidong didn't particularly want to find Nanshan Special Steel. Apart from the reason that his son was studying abroad, Nanshan Special Steel was not very good at it.

Not to mention giving rebates directly based on sales, even if you give me a token of appreciation during the holidays, it is really just a token of appreciation.

That definitely won’t work!

“In addition to Yinwa Steel, which is purchased from Nanshan Special Steel, the LNG carriers of Wenchong Shipyard are purchased from Nanshan-based companies. What else is purchased from Nanshan-based companies?”

Zhao Linyuan knew that Cao Yang also attended the launching ceremony of the LNG carrier at Wenchong Shipyard today.

As the world's richest man and China's most famous entrepreneur, Cao Yang is very busy and likes to participate in various activities.

This is something that many people know.

But they still went to Wenchong Shipyard.

In Zhao Linyuan's view, this must be because many key parts and materials on the LNG carrier are purchased from Nanshan-based companies.

Rather than saying that this LNG carrier was produced by Wenchong Shipyard, it would be more appropriate to say that it was commissioned by a company from the Nanshan Group to be produced by Wenchong Shipyard.

"In addition to Yinwa steel, there are naturally some special steels for ships."

"Then the high-power gas turbine is said to be purchased from Nanshan Engine, and a lot of equipment on the ship is purchased from Nanshan Equipment."

"It can be said that behind many key technologies are the shadows of companies from the Nanshan Group."

When Cheng Weidong explained this, Zhao Linyuan couldn't help but nodded.

This logic makes sense.

After all, we all belong to the same group, and he still knows very well what the situation is like at Wenchong Shipyard.

According to Cheng Weidong's judgment, Wenchong Shipyard will not be able to design and produce LNG carriers before 2020.

Now it is significantly ahead of schedule.

"We all belong to the same group. I think we can communicate. Don't make random quotes when grabbing orders. We need to differentiate in terms of services."

Cheng Weidong must be very afraid of a price war between Wenchong Shipyard and Hudong Shipyard.

Because such cost pressure will definitely fall on him, the head of the purchasing department.

So the best thing is to be able to communicate with everyone, form a tacit understanding, and accept orders at a unified price.

Originally, Cheng Weidong thought that this request would be difficult to achieve.

After all, if he were the general manager of Wenchong Shipyard, he would probably start cutting prices immediately to grab orders.

Especially when you are just entering the market, if you don’t have some killer features to attract users, why would people look to you to produce ships?

You know, the price of an LNG carrier is hundreds of millions of dollars.

The profits here are not low at all.

No one wouldn’t want to take a bite.

"Tomorrow."

"I'll call Xiang Jianghui tomorrow morning so that we can all get to know each other."

Zhao Linyuan knew that Cheng Weidong's proposal was reasonable, so he accepted it immediately.

Compared with the situation at Hudong Shipyard, the situation at Samsung Heavy Industries is completely different.

"President, there are now two shipbuilding companies in China that can produce LNG carriers, which will seriously threaten our interests."

Cui Donglai, as the sales director of Samsung Heavy Industries, naturally pays close attention to industry trends.

At this stage, the world's LNG carriers are mainly divided up by Samsung Heavy Industries, Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Heavy Industries, and other competitors can basically be ignored.

However, on the Chinese side, Hudong Shipyard and Wenchong Shipyard, both affiliated to China State Shipbuilding Corporation, began to produce LNG carriers.

This immediately made Cui Donglai feel the crisis.

Although China's LNG carrier production capacity and order quantity are good in a short period of time, there is definitely no way to compare with Korean companies.

However, considering the amazing achievements of all walks of life in China, Cui Donglai felt that it was necessary to give a good report to the president Zheng Ze.

Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if you lose your order inexplicably in the future.

This kind of thing is definitely possible.

"The production technology level of China's LNG carriers is still relatively low, and the production cost of the ships is estimated to be higher than ours."

"If they didn't rely on lowering profits, they wouldn't be able to offer a price lower than ours."

Obviously, Zheng Ze is not very worried about the threat from China.

LNG carriers are not that easy to produce.

Although it is considered a labor-intensive industry, it is also a technology- and capital-intensive enterprise.

For example, Samsung Heavy Industries specifically investigated the LNG carriers produced by Hudong Shipyard.

The result was that the production costs of Hudong Shipyard were most likely higher than them.

After all, apart from the higher labor costs of Samsung Heavy Industries than those of Hudong Shipyard, the costs in other aspects are not necessarily higher.

Even because Samsung Heavy Industries has more experience in producing LNG carriers, it is not surprising that it does better in some aspects.

"It was like this before, but I heard that the LNG carriers produced by Wenchong Shipyard this time, all materials and equipment are highly domestically produced."

"And the other party has close cooperation with Nanshan Group's enterprises, so I think it needs to be taken seriously."

After Cui Donglai said this, Zheng Ze really became more interested and vigilant.

The competitive relationship between Nanshan Group's enterprises and Samsung Heavy Industries was relatively weak before.

But it was a life-and-death battle with Samsung Electronics.

The entire Samsung Group knew that Samsung Electronics had suffered a great loss in China, and even Samsung's mobile phone sales in China had fallen to a terrible situation.

In this case, whenever it involves Nanshan Group's enterprises, Samsung Group will be vigilant.

"What materials, equipment and parts did Nanshan Group's enterprises provide to LNG carriers? You should investigate this information as soon as possible, and then report it to me specifically."

After the change of attitude, Zheng Ze naturally began to arrange Cui Donglai to do various investigations.

If Nanshan Group's enterprises really get deeply involved in the field of LNG carriers, then the entire industry structure may be subverted by the other party.

Zheng Ze also has this awareness.

There is no way. After all, even Samsung Electronics suffered a big loss. The mobile phone, computer and semiconductor businesses in China were completely defeated. Zheng Ze definitely did not dare to take it lightly.

After all, the situation this time was different from that of Hudong Shipyard.

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In addition to Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Heavy Industries, the French GTT had a similar mood to Samsung Heavy Industries.

Although they already knew that Nanshan Special Steel had developed Invar steel, some related information was also widely reported on the Chinese Internet.

But R\u0026D is R\u0026D, and when it can be truly used on LNG carriers is another concept.

So although the French GTT paid some attention to it before, it was not particularly worried.

But now that Wenchong Shipyard has successfully produced LNG ships, the situation is naturally completely different.

"Antoine, I have confirmed that the LNG carriers produced by Wenchong Shipyard are indeed made of Nanshan Special Steel's Invar steel, and the supporting gas storage system is provided by Nanshan Equipment."

"The other party can be said to have completely left us out. This is a complete subversion of past practices and is absolutely unacceptable."

In the past few years, more than 90% of the world's LNG carriers have used France GTT's Invar steel and storage tank design.

So even though their company is not very large and not well-known around the world, they live a very comfortable life.

Many employees in the company work no more than 180 days a year, and their daily working hours are less than 6 hours.

The key is that their wages are very high even in France.

It is conceivable that once this situation faces a challenge, how nervous the people of France GTT will be.

"Victor, do you think other companies will follow up on the plan of Wenchong Shipyard?"

Antoine's face was also a little solemn.

He was naturally very clear about the impact of this matter.

A wooden barrel is afraid that one of the planks will have a short board, which will affect the whole situation.

Now that the Wenchong Shipyard has emerged as a troublemaker, Victor and Antoine are very reluctant to see this situation.

"It is estimated that the companies in Goryeo will not follow suit in the short term. After all, they cannot accept importing Invar steel and other supporting parts and equipment from China."

"But it is hard to say about China. The LNG carriers produced by their domestic shipyards are likely to use this solution."

Combining his work experience, Victor quickly gave his own judgment.

But this opinion is obviously not what Antoine wants to hear.

"The Chinese like to dump the most. We have to find a way to strangle the development of their LNG carriers."

"Otherwise, many things in this industry will not count if we say it in the future."

When you are used to being the boss, you will definitely not accept it if your position is suddenly threatened.

Antoine is obviously ready to make some trouble.

This is also the habitual reaction of many European and American companies when they are impacted by Chinese companies.

When they exchange one plane for 100 million shirts, they will never complain that the price of Chinese shirts is too low. They are dumping and they wish the price of shirts could be lower.

But once Chinese companies start to produce mechanical equipment and high-end materials, which are the traditional strengths of European and American companies, their opinions are completely different.

As long as the price of related products in China is lower, it is dumping and disrupting the market order.

They need to find a way to suppress it and cannot let Chinese companies develop.

This double standard spirit is too normal in European and American companies.

To put it bluntly, it means that only I can live a good life, but you can't!