"Chairman Peng, I just said that I couldn't finish it, why did I wait to use it?"

Peng Xiaojun said: "Taking advantage of the abundant supply of coal and electricity here, two more blast furnaces were built, and billets were produced and shipped back to China, which could also be sold at a good price." ”

Wuyang said: "You don't have to pay for this, I'll pay for this money." We still can't sell it, we need a lot of steel to produce derricks. ”

"Okay. In the next few days, I will arrange people to carry out the construction, which should be completed and put into operation before the freeze. Let's continue by helicopter. ”

After getting on the helicopter, I continued to fly north, over the mountains, and the terrain was relatively flat. Peng Xiaojun said: "Secretary Li, this is the eastern part of the Central Siberian Plateau, and our oil fields and diamond mines are on this plateau. ”

"Let's go see the oil fields first."

Soon flew over the oil field, only to see rows of oil derricks, rows of low houses, "Chairman Peng, why don't you see the oil pipeline?" ”

"It's all underground, the winter here is too cold, and it's not light on the ground before it freezes to death."

"Where does the pipeline lead?"

"By the sea, that's our crude oil warehouse and refinery."

"Didn't you send it directly back to China?"

"No, it's too far away to build an oil pipeline. Our production is not very large, there is basically no natural gas, and the crude oil produced, the refinery can process 400,000 barrels per day. Our crude oil warehouses and refined oil warehouses are sufficient to store the output of the port during the freezing period. ”

"This leads all the way to the Arctic Ocean, right?"

"Yes, but don't fight the idea of the Arctic Ocean. According to Russian law, only the state-controlled Rosneft and Gazprom have the right to exploit offshore oil and gas reservoirs in the Arctic region. ”

"Don't worry. Everything is evolving. The law is also impossible. You have strengthened ties with relevant people in Russia. Get a head start. Let's go to the diamond mines and head back. ”

The terrain of the diamond mining area is relatively flat, and many places are rocky grass, and there are many large and small puddles scattered in the middle of a large pile of rocks.

Peng Xiaojun said: "These are extinct volcanoes, left by the great eruption of the Triassic Siberian volcano. These puddles are craters. ”

Wuyang nodded. He knew these things from books a long time ago, but he didn't expect to see the reality from the air, and there was still a shocking feeling.

The helicopter landed on the tarmac next to a large wooden house, and several large transport helicopters were seen in the apron. There is also a runway next to it.

After getting off the helicopter, Peng Xiaojun said: "Secretary Li, the traffic here is extremely inconvenient, and the highway cannot be opened to traffic for 8 months every year, so it is basically transported by plane." In Russia, none of these things are very expensive. ”

Wuyang said: "Let's see if we can find a way to get a few helicopters and big planes back, we can use them as a reference." ”

Peng Xiaojun said: "I told Political Commissar Pei last time, and he said that the planes here are too backward. ”

Wuyang said with a smile: "Backward or not, people at least have it." Let's get it back, as long as it's the most advanced model. There is always reference value. Helicopters, in particular, are now in high quantities right now. Get back the prototype, you can produce it yourself, why spend tens of millions of dollars to buy one, you will need spare parts for a long time in the future, and you will be led by the nose. ”

Peng Xiaojun said: "The helicopter is still a copy of the Hornet and Apache, I have a way to get two back." Please, this is the mine office. ”

The two entered the office, and there was only one young man inside, and when they saw the two coming in, they quickly stood up, "Boss Peng, you are here in person, please take a seat." ”

"This is our boss, Secretary Li, where is your mine manager?"

"The mine manager has gone to mine No. 1. Do you want to call him back? ”

Wuyang said, "No need, we'll go over right away." Lad, what does it feel like to work here? ”

"I only work here for half a year, the salary is high, and I can also access the Internet, which is not bad."

"How many mines are there, how many people are working?"

"The 12 mining areas are actually the operation surface, with about 160 people in each mining area, divided into 4 shifts."

"How's the harvest here?"

"I didn't come the year before last, but last year I was doing this storage work, and I harvested 320 pieces from 2 carats to 4 carats, 292 pieces from 5 carats to 8 carats, two pieces from 50 carats, and one piece from 88 carats."

Peng Xiaojun said: "The diamonds of the year before and last year were bought by European jewelers, and the year before was 60 million euros and last year it was 8,000 euros. ”

Wuyang said: "Yes, it is much higher than the income of the diamond mines in Africa. Let's go to the mining area. ”

The young man took the car keys to Peng Xiaojun, and the two walked to the mining area. After walking for about 10 minutes, the gravel on both sides of the road was piled up. The purpose of Wuyang's visit was to see if there were any diamonds in the middle of the rubble, so he asked Peng Xiaojun to stop.

The stones are all relatively broken, some are already powder, and those that can be rolled to the side of the road are relatively large. Looking at the past in the afternoon, there are really a lot of diamonds of all sizes, but they are all wrapped in stones.

Picked up some and was ready to leave, but I really couldn't put it down, I threw the first one into the car, and then turned around and picked up some of the big ones, about 50 or so, and picked up all the surface of a gravel pile, and then grabbed a handful of snow and wiped my hands, "Chairman Peng, let's go back, don't look at it." ”

Peng Xiaojun said with a smile: "You came to the mining area just to pick up these broken stones?" ”

"These broken stones are treasures, and the big ones can be used to cover your payment last year. If you look at this stone, the whole thing is 1500 grams, and the diamond in it should be 300 grams, which is 1500 carats, you see how much it is worth? ”

"Impossible, right?"

Wuyang said: "It doesn't matter if you don't believe it, you just need to arrange it, and no one is allowed to move these broken stones." ”

"That's no problem, who wouldn't be surprised if they traveled all the way back with a few broken stones."

"Okay, I'll ask my cousin to come over when I go back, and you can arrange some excavators for him. Let him go through all these piles of rubble. ”

"Okay. Secretary Li. Can you crack these stones open for me to see. I always didn't believe it in my heart. Is it okay to have pliers and hammers in the car? ”

"It's not convenient to carry these stones with you, so you can drive to a place where there are big stones. You pick 3 pieces yourself, one for your wife and one for your son. ”

Peng Xiaojun said: "I don't want it, don't waste your expression." ”

"Whatever you want, anyway, the dividends of the steel mill I just talked about will be offset by these."

Peng Xiaojun stopped the car, picked up three large pieces and walked towards the rocks, and smashed them with stones. After three or two blows, it was smashed open, revealing the diamonds inside. cleaned up the other piece, ran over to Wuyang and said, "Secretary Li, what you said is still true, how much should such a big diamond be worth?" ”

Wuyang smiled and said, "Anyway, it's yours, there is one, you can't sell it to jewelers here, they may not be able to afford to buy you." ”

"That's it. Besides. I'm also not short of money if selling such a big diamond here. What if the local government wants to take back the land? So I think that no matter how much is mined, we will only sell as much as last year, and we have a jewelry store in our company anyway. ”

Wuyang said: "Okay, it's decided." Come on, help me smash it. ”

"Shall we go to the shipyard and meet everyone after the smash? Dinner has already been arranged there. ”

"Okay, what's delicious?"

"Fresh salmon fillet, enough."

"Isn't salmon in Alaska? Why is there also here? ”

Peng Xiaojun said with a smile: "Now it is caught in the sea, and in Alaska, it is forbidden to catch it in the water along the stream in about a month." If only Alaska has it, then how can Europeans eat caviar so much? ”

"That's right. What else? ”

"And the seal whip stew, I don't know anything else."

"Should a seal whip go to a bar?"

"Soaking wine also uses its medicinal properties, and if you eat it, won't all the medicinal properties go to your stomach?"

"That's not good, people can't stand it."

"You have two wives, what are you afraid of?"

"I can't stand it myself."

"Really, you have practiced martial arts, as long as luck disperses the medicinal properties throughout the body, you can also increase your strength."

"That's a good idea."

The helicopter landed on the tarmac of the shipyard, and Wuyang saw Miao Jun waving not far away, and asked as he walked: "Chairman Peng, are you bringing Miao Jun over too?" ”

"I need talented people here, intellectuals are in charge of technology, and retired soldiers are in charge of administrative logistics, and they cooperate quite well. Miao Jun is the director of the shipyard and is quite capable. ”

"Boss, Mr. Peng, hello." Miao Jun ran two steps and held Wuyang's outstretched hand.

"Director Miao, hard work."

"It's not hard, I didn't do a good job, and I disappointed the boss."

"Lao Miao, don't say that. For such a large system project, there are only 4 shipyards involved and tens of thousands of suppliers, how can you be blamed? ”

Peng Xiaojun said: "Let's go, let's go to the hotel to eat and chat." ”

Miao Jun said: "The meal time we arranged is half past six, and there is still an hour, boss, are you going to the factory to have a look?" ”

"Okay, I haven't been exposed to these things, I won't have a perceptual understanding of what you say, and I will definitely get better after reading it."

"Good. Please get on the bus. Miao Jun said.

"Do you still want a car?"

"Boss, our shipyard is a bit big, and walking must have delayed eating."

Peng Xiaojun said: "Go ahead, I'm a little tired, go and rest for a while." ”

Wuyang said: "You have worked hard for two days, it's time to rest, Director Miao, let's send Chairman Peng to the hotel." ”

Peng Xiaojun said: "The age is not forgiving, he is already an old arm and an old leg." ”

Miao Jun said: "Old chief, I will follow immediately." ”

Wuyang smiled: "You are less than 50 years old, if you put it in the center, you are still young people." ”

Peng Xiaojun said: "We can't do it in this life, we can see you go up, we are satisfied." ”

After Peng Xiaojun got out of the car, Wuyang and Miao Jun drove to the shipyard. "Boss, the entire shipyard here is built on a cliff, covering an area of 15 million square meters, and if you add other docks and other buildings, it exceeds 22 million square meters."

"The plan wasn't that big, was it?"

"Yes. At the beginning, four large docks were built with an annual shipbuilding capacity of 4.5 million tons. Later, in order to build equipment for oil extraction in the ocean, two extra-large docks were added. ”

Wuyang said, "Are you also building a platform?" ”

Miao Jun said: "Boss." In fact, the platform is only the operating surface of the ocean to extract oil. It accounts for a small proportion of mining equipment. It is accompanied by a series of special auxiliary ships for production and exploration, which is the so-called 'five types and six ships' project. ”

"Is it so complicated? What does this shipyard produce? ”

"Boss, our factory produces the largest of the six types of ships, and this dock produces a 300,000-ton offshore floating production and storage vessel, which is equivalent to a mobile offshore refinery, designed to process 190,000 barrels of qualified crude oil per day. It has a storage capacity of 2 million barrels of crude oil, a superstructure for 140 people to live and work and a helicopter platform. ”

"That's still not enough, if it's full, you have to have oil tankers to store and transport, or you have to fall into the sea."

"That's right. The four docks we started are now building oil tankers, and there are already four 200,000-ton ships under construction. ”

"What kind of ship is this dock built on?"

"It's pipe-laying and crane boats. After we have completed the exploration and the platform has sunk, to produce oil, we have to lay pipelines to connect the oil tankers, so that the crude oil from each oil well can flow together. The task of such a ship is to lay pipes. In addition, it has a heavy-duty lifting capacity of 4,000 tons and a DP-3 dynamic positioning capacity. ”

"Is this hull almost ready, when can it be launched?"

Miao Jun smiled bitterly: "Boss, so I'm going to give you a review, it's just that this matter hasn't been done well." We have invited a well-known international company to provide technical guidance, and our requirement is that the pipe must be laid in ultra-deep water at a depth of 3,000 meters, and now the ship can only reach 1,500 meters, and if we mine on the continental shelf of the South China Sea, it is no problem, but it will not be useful in the deep sea. ”

"It's okay, it's 1,500 meters, just hurry up and build the next one."

"Okay, boss, we were still hesitating to change it, so let's just build the next one now, and we can arrange for these two ships to be launched tomorrow for testing."

"As you just said, have the other supporting ships been built?"

"It's not that fast, and it's estimated that it won't be able to go into the water until next year."

"Have you been to the other 3 shipyards, is the scale this big?"

"Been there. Coconut Island is larger, probably half of the shipbuilding capacity here, and the southeast coast is pocket-sized. The first one was expanding, hiring an American company to build a dock and a German company to build a dock. ”

"Director Miao, you said that other shipyards are also expanding, are the conditions better than here?"

"Boss, this place can't be expanded any more. After all, this is a foreign country, and the relationship between countries cannot be determined. In case of contradictions, our production capacity is lost here. I think that next to the 3 shipyards or on the nearby islands, they can be expanded at will. I don't think we need to think about whether we can sell the shipbuilding after we build it, we can build it bigger, but it really doesn't work, we don't need it. ”

"Okay, how about you preside over it?"

Miao Jun smiled: "The boss is really an impatient, just do what he says." Yes, the company that gave us the guidance technology, in order to make up for the losses caused to us, was willing to provide us with 100 derricks and most of the supporting equipment for a fee, but they had to fly their national flag on the platform. ”

"Are you afraid of being besieged by other countries and companies?"

"Yes, although they are not afraid, they can save trouble."

Wuyang said: "It doesn't matter if the national flag is hoisted, as long as it's actually ours." If you contact them, there are already 1,100 foreign oil wells in the South China Sea, and it is not enough for us to buy 100 derricks. ”

"Boss, the derrick is not an oil production platform, and this kind of derrick can only be drilled in deep water areas within 300 meters, and cannot be used in ultra-deep water areas."

Wuyang said: "Lao Miao, I am a layman in these things, you can discuss it with Chairman Xiong and Chairman Peng." My idea is that the sooner the better, the more the better, don't be afraid to spend money, and don't be afraid to take detours. As for flying the national flag, you can be flexible, and you don't need to stick to hanging our country, and we are not a state-owned company anyway. ”

Miao Jun said with a smile: "Boss, if you really fly the flags of Canada and other countries, there will definitely be a lot less trouble." But I can't figure it out, the boss is always cautious when he is engaged in real estate development, and when he comes here, he is so radical? ”

"It's a different situation. On the territory, if we don't build houses, people will build them, but in the territorial waters, our country is now advocating 'shelving disputes and developing together', and the key is that others are developing, and we are not developing. This thing is occupied by others, and we can't drive people away, so we can only seize it. Our country is now desperately preparing to develop, and there is a lot of private capital that can have this ability, but there is no second one that can see this and start designing. ”

"Boss, I think it's okay to be like this, I'll still leave the shipyard, but you have to give me the responsibility of liaison and scheduling coordination, so that I can understand the needs of various departments at any time and not affect the overall work."

"Okay, I will let Chairman Xiong appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the company's offshore oil exploitation, and you have the right to mobilize the company's personnel, property, and property."

"Boss, this is not good, I, a factory director, have climbed on the heads of so many people at once, and I have no work performance, I am afraid that everyone will not be convinced."

"Don't be afraid, whoever disobeys you sues me. If you don't have a job performance, you won't be afraid, just have it in the future. This work is the top priority of all the company's recent work, and you can select some right-hand men yourself, quickly form a team, and get to work immediately. ”

"Boss, thank you for your trust, I will work hard."

"Good. Lao Miao, I have some diamonds here, give you 3, and your wife and children will have one. In the future, if you work harder and pay more, don't worry about it. ”

"Boss, it's too precious, I don't want it."

"Take it, Chairman Peng, I also gave it."

"Then thank you boss. Now let's go and see how to build oil tankers? ”

"Okay, let's take a ride around the car."

The vehicle stopped by the tanker's dock and saw workers grinding out the excess parts of the welds, sparks scattered. "Boss, our oil tankers are 200,000 tons. These four ships will be launched in about 3 months. ”

"Lao Miao, can these docks build aircraft carriers?" (To be continued......)