In the only small café in the small town of Essex, Behai, Pete and Raymond sat around a round table, and the three of them put aside the coffee. Top fiction, who still has time to drink coffee now, is talking about business.

Raymond took the draft drawing he had carefully sketched and said to Bei Hai: "What I think about is how to increase the length of the hull without increasing the length of the hull, and under the condition of not affecting the navigation resistance, increase the space on the ship more." It is not enough to make the boat wider, so that the wave resistance is enhanced, but the resistance to sailing is also greater. I'm more inclined to the design of a catamaran here! ”。

"Catamaran?" Bei Hai frowned and thought for a while, the catamaran himself has heard of it, aren't some warships in the United States catamaran? But isn't it a bit too risky to design your own fishing boat as a catamaran? Because in Bei Hai's cognition, the catamaran is still a high-tech part of the berth design, will it be a little too much?

Bei Hai is afraid that this Raymond will be fashionable because he wants to please himself, so he will not consider anything else because he wants to give himself a favor. Although it has many requirements, it is still a fishing boat after all.

Pete frowned when he saw Bei Hai, and immediately understood what Bei Hai was worried about, this kind of old fox who had dealt with countless people could guess a big sigh by looking at Bei Hai's facial expressions.

Pete thought for a while and said: "The design and construction of catamarans have been carried out since the last century, and we will not take too much risk to design a hull ourselves, but we can buy and sell other people's design patents to build for you, and you don't have to worry about technical safety at all."

Now Bei Hai is a little worried about the technology, and is starting to worry a little about whether this is because he wants to buy someone else's catamaran patent. I have to add another weight to my own investment. I built a ship, not spent money on the shipyard to make hull technical reserves. Thinking of this, it is not a big deal for Bei Hai to think about it again, because the initiative is still in his own hands.

"What is the approximate price of the patent acquisition of the hull?" Bei Hai flipped through the design draft in his hand and pretended not to mind and asked the two.

Pete and Raymond glanced at each other. Raymond said: "Generally speaking, if it is produced under license, it is not too expensive, that is, it is a matter of twenty or thirty thousand dollars."

"Oh!" Bei Hai sighed and then there was no follow-up.

Raymond's design impressed the sea a bit, and a lot of thought went into the catamaran's wheelhouse and the crew's lounge. Some of the cabins are also very well designed. Bei Hai doesn't necessarily know what is well designed, but what is easy to hold on a tuna fishing boat, Bei Hai still knows it clearly.

Bei Hai only needs to take a closer look to realize that Raymond put a lot of thought into the design, and he has definitely designed a lot of fishing boats before. At this point, Bei Hai is quite satisfied, and it can be said that Pete's shipyard has officially entered Bei Hai's sight.

However, Bei Hai thought that this matter would have to be discussed again. The discussion here is not about which shipyard to design and then build, but whether it is possible to separate design and build. Pete's stirring up made Bei Hai suddenly seem to be enlightened. A famous saying comes to mind: you can't put all your eggs in one basket!

There was a pause between the three of them for five minutes, Bei Hai carefully flipped through the several design drafts in his hand, while Pete and Raymond always paid attention to the look on Bei Hai's face, and every time Bei Hai's brows were slightly furrowed, the two of them could jump cautiously. If Bei Hai had a smile on his face, the mood of the two would also improve.

Five minutes is just a command room for Bei Hai, who thinks about things, but it is hard for Pete and Raymond.

"I think your initial design is okay!" Bei Hai put down the manuscript paper in his hand, looked at the two and said.

Although he was satisfied, Bei Hai didn't want them to be too proud. Now Bei Hai has experienced the coolness of being Party A, anyway, the students of Party B who have done the project and have been abused by Party A are aware of this feeling, in short, what Party A put forward is right, Party A's requirements are reasonable, to sum up: as long as you and I sign the list. I don't care about any discipline!

Pete and Raymond's discipline is still there, but there won't be much left.

Pete's face seemed to bloom like a fleshy flower, and his smile was a little tired: "What about us?" ”。

Glancing at the faces of the two, Bei Hai smiled: "Congratulations." I am impressed by your design, and you are welcome to compete for my ship." After speaking, he stretched out his hand to the two.

"Thank you, thank you!" Pete and Raymond held Bei Hai's hand and thanked him repeatedly.

The smiles on their faces were still hanging. Bei Hai directly said his other plan: "I now plan to separate the design and construction, which means that your design has been adopted." But the construction is not necessarily in the design of the shipyard! Of course, I want the design and build to be together, and it's kind of a package. However, considering some factors, I think it is better to divide it into two parts! ”。

Pete and Raymond naturally know what this factor is? For ship owners, it is natural to think about how to minimize the price of construction orders.

As for getting the reserve price first, and then constantly increasing the price for various reasons? Do you think this contract is a domestic decoration contract or a warship built by the United States? If the money is not enough, it will rise, and there will be a big deal of money anyway! This is a commercial contract, you can go up as you want? If you dare to raise it after signing, I won't be able to build it, and the law here is not a show, and it is possible to sue you to death.

There are no fishing bills, milking bills, and those who take over the project are not qualified to cheat and say that they will not do it, and the spirit of contract is something that people living in capitalist countries value very much, and credibility is a matter of life and death for businessmen.

Hearing Bei Hai say this, Pete and Raymond glanced at each other again, but this time Bei Hai did not see chagrin on their faces, but saw happiness.

In fact, it's no wonder that the two of them originally heard about this with the mood of coming over and giving it a try, and it would take a little effort if they could win it, and it would take a little effort if they couldn't take it. Now that the economy is not in a good mood, everyone has kung fu, but no one makes trouble for themselves.

Now that Bei Hai has agreed to let himself join the competition, it is a good thing for Pete's shipyard no matter how you look at it. As for the construction of Pitt, he does not think that he is inferior to others in terms of cost control and construction ability, at least a little better than the Engelton shipyard in Gloucester.

"We fully agree with your idea, and it's good for you and for us. It's easier for you to control the cost, and it's easier for us to see our design and construction strength when we have opponents," Pete said with certainty as he looked at Bei Hai.

Bei Hai smiled when he heard this, Lao Mei is like this, no matter what she does, whether she is really confident or falsely confident, she has to show her anger when she is caught. If you don't believe it, now Bei Hai calls Engelton Shipyard, and the person in charge there will also slap his chest with a shocking sound, and tell Sù that he will kill Pitt Shipyard is a matter of minutes, if you understand Chinese allusions, maybe you can also give Bei Hai a sentence: Wine is still warm! Both sides can give Bei Hai a scene of warm wine and slashing Huaxiong.

"So two weeks is enough time for you to come up with a plan?" The matter is so decided, then it is a matter of time, as the owner of the ship, Bei Hai naturally hopes that the ship will be launched as quickly as possible, and then put it in his own hands.

"I wish you could give us at least four weeks!" Raymond Guò had a face-to-face chat with Bei Hai this time, and he understood what Bei Hai wanted, and he wanted to be able to do the next work in more detail.

Hearing Raymond say this, Pete couldn't help but stretch out his foot on the table and tap it against his companion. This means that let him shrink a little, and you will immediately double it in two weeks, and add a minimum sentence! Did you talk to Party A like that? Besides, the next meeting will be the preliminary plan, and there will be some time to deepen your design after the draft. Let's talk to Party A about time now, why can't you talk so much.

Raymond was not influenced by Pete, and for a designer, Raymond was more concerned about his own design than the shipyard's profits. It's not that Raymond doesn't care about profits, as a member of the shipyard, of course Raymond cares, where does Raymond get the money if he doesn't have profits, and he can't sew up his family's mouths if he doesn't have money? It's just that Raymond values his own design more than twice.

"If the time is too short, it will limit my play, the boat you want is not an ordinary fishing boat, if it is ordinary, just change it, and don't even need a day to come up with a plan. You are here to start building a new ship, although there are formwork, but the cabin and engine, the arrangement of the piping takes time for me to figure out how to put it in the best overhaul, beautiful and space-saving place. Besides, for you, the next ten years or so may be with it, and I want to give it more than two weeks to make it better, and you can understand it. Please give me a little more time, I don't think I will let you down! ”。

Bei Hai looked up at Raymond's eyes, and saw a trace of persistence or something from Bei Hai, anyway, he felt that this person was quite firm and did not hide from his gaze, and looked back at himself with a very confident look. There seems to be a little truth in what the Bei family said, the so-called anxious can't eat hot tofu, compared to the quality of the boat, it's not a big deal to have an extra week or two, and the next fishing season may not be until September next year.

"Okay! I'll give you four weeks, and then I'll inform you that the shipyard and another shipyard will come together to compare the design draft," Bei Hai finally decided. (To be continued......)