In a luxurious room on the sixth floor of the Richthofen Hotel, two men are engaged in a heated discussion, and even the hallway can be felt when their voices are loud, and the cleaning staff have long been accustomed to this, and they don't care about what happens in the room after cleaning up the garbage piled up at the door and the items thrown by customers.

"Damn! We two are damn good! After preparing for so long, in the end, I didn't even get this little thing done. Fox walked around the room in a grumpy manner. Blom was also not in great shape, sitting listlessly on the sofa in the corner, not wanting to move, except occasionally tapping his fingers on the glass pane of the coffee table in an irritated manner, and persuading Foss to calm down.

"Dear Mr. Blom, it is not alarmist that your carelessness and pride will most likely ruin the company. Didn't you say that you had inquired about internal intelligence a long time ago, but what was the result? Fox said angrily.

"Foss, can you sit down quietly, it's always dangling like this, it makes me feel dizzy. I did inquire about this, but I didn't know that this destroyer order would be so big! "Blom is not much better in mood than Foss. After the first target came out, the maximum tonnage of the destroyer completely shocked the two of them, and without sufficient mental preparation, the two of them were at a loss for the construction requirements of these three types of destroyers.

Bidding for naval weapons and equipment is basically the same as land weapons, and before the official announcement of the bid, the official will issue a project request to the bidder, and allow each enterprise to return to the company or residence to study and discuss on its own, and then come up with a budget plan that is as close to the target as possible. This draft is not the final plan, but the company's calculation of the total cost of the project plus the profit part of the schedule, which includes materials, labor and profits, and it is not who has the lowest cost who can win the bid, but whose total budget is closest to the official target, who may win the contract opportunity of the project.

There was a deviation in the "relationship path" taken by Foss and Blom, and they obviously did not plan to compete fairly with other companies, but wanted to obtain the target directly through related people, so they did not pay attention to the relevant information about these types of destroyers. What other people in the industry did not expect was that the positioning standards of these 12 destroyers were really higher than they imagined, and the accompanying experts and designers also lacked relevant experience in the face of the drawings sent down.

The other rooms on this level were in full swing at this time, and Room 616, not far from Forth and Blom, was packed with more than thirty people at once, and everyone seemed to care about this place where there was almost no footholding. In an unusually tense atmosphere, the team of experts was analyzing several design drawings that had just been obtained from the bidding meeting on the bed.

"It is much easier to reduce the overall armor to 16 mm, and the tonnage of installing the SK127C can be saved." Robert Livaande is discussing a possible option for the Z-21 with a designer, and unlike the Blomfors shipyard, the Bremen Wieser shipyard is more interested in destroyers, which are not enough to support the construction of ships of more than 40,000 tons, but not more than 3,000 ships.

The designer pondered and did not speak, but the data reported by Rohrt was immediately copied by the calculator in the notebook, and began to be nervously calculated with the others.

At this point, Roalte couldn't say anything, so he waited anxiously, because the other companies were now on the same starting line, and the sooner they perfected their plans, the better the chances of who would win.

It took about a few hours for the cost-estimators to breathe a sigh of relief. An actuary stood up to break the silence and gently leaned on everyone: "The cost accounting and profit margin have come out, and the key is whether the two major pieces of project time and profit have deviated too much from the target." ”

Roalte waited too long, he leaned back on the sofa and stared for a while, and when he heard that the budget plan came out, he quickly rubbed his eyes and leaned over. The heads of dozens of people almost blocked out the lights in the room, and Roalte laughed as he told them all to return to their seats.

"Okay! I have roughly calculated that from the purchase of materials to cutting and molding, we are sure of this process, and we can control the working hours within a certain range. However, if all the seamless welding is carried out according to the project requirements, the amount of labor may be enlarged a lot, and the construction requirements for workers are much higher, so we need to strengthen the welder team as much as possible, which can break the previous team order. As for the calculation of profit margins, I think it is too cautious, and it can be increased a little, you see! Rohrt praised the actuary's speed of calculations and promised everyone present: "If you win the bid, you will be the first contributor to the Wieser shipyard in Bremen!" I'm going to give you another bonus, and as for how much it will be, go back and study it! ”

Roalt doesn't speak loudly, but it's infectious. At this time, Fox and Blom, who were not far away, were still complaining to each other and were at a loss. Finally tired of arguing, the two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, fell into silence, and didn't want to worry about this matter anymore. Without adequate preparation, where can you get good luck! It's just that they understood a little too late.

It was already late at night when Roalte walked out of the hotel, but fortunately, it was announced at the Prince's Palace that during the bidding period, the staff on duty would accept the bids at any time, day and night.

The waiter at the door of the hotel saw Robert happily walking out with a black leather suitcase, and knew that he must have gone to the Prince's Palace to bid for the bid, so he beckoned a vehicle specially used by the Ministry of Defense for the transfer of personnel from bidding enterprises.

The first time he enjoyed the special car service of the Ministry of Defense, Rohrt felt strange, it stands to reason that the company can't tie up with the owner, and now the owner is so enthusiastic to the contractor, this is the first time he has grown so big. Forget it, he still didn't hesitate to sit up, because time was of the essence.

The car set off towards the Imperial Palace, and the rear and front co-pilots were all soldiers who looked like non-commissioned officers, including the driver, who was also a third-class non-commissioned officer.

"The three chiefs have worked hard at night." Roalte said to them apologetically.

"You're welcome, this is our duty, shall we go directly to the prince's palace?" The sergeant in the back row asked.

"Yes, I'm going to go directly to the Prince's Palace to bid, thank you." Rhoert patted the black leather box in his hand, and more than a thousand people up and down the Wieser shipyard in Bremen were now staring at the project with their eyes on the project.

The car turned a corner and reached the gate of the well-guarded palace of the prince, where the guards stopped and verified, and the corporal in the car quickly took out the documents and handed them over, because the sentry here did not recognize people, only authenticated documents.

At the same time, the guards led the leaders on duty to walk out of the booth, took the documents handed over by the corporal, and carefully checked them.

"Mr. Major. The 4th Escort Brigade of the Service Department of the Ministry of Defense is carrying out the service work of this bidding project! ”

"Is there a staff member of the bidding company in the car?" The major asked, looking at Roalte, who was sitting in the back row.

"Yes, Your Excellency, Mr. Robert, the owner of the Bremen Wiesel shipyard." Koehler replied.

"I'm very sorry Mr. Roalte, please get out of the car and get checked before you can pass, yes, go to the inspection area over there." The major pointed to some of the facilities behind him, and then someone took over and drove the car away.

Roalte hurried to the inspection area as requested.

There were also inspections during the day, but they were only checked for identification, and at night it was apparently more carefully checked.

"Usually not like this, it's fine during the day, maybe some big guy is coming." Koehler didn't know why the check-in was so tight at night.

The last few rooms on the sixth floor of the palace facing west have been brightly lit, and the Ministry of Defense is like a great enemy, carefully checking the entry and exit personnel, and it is a double post duty, and the service team is also busy.

On the round conference table sat six senior naval officials, including Henin, Tirpitz, Scheer, Hipper, Raeder, and Lütjans, and dozens of experts and engineers were carefully analyzing and counting the budget plans of various enterprises.

What you need to do in this room is to identify whose solution is closer to the target, and to analyze which company is more feasible among the many similar budgets. None of the six senior generals dared to be sloppy, and from time to time they also discussed some specific links with the experts. When it comes to the future of the entire country's navy, they have a very heavy responsibility on their shoulders, not to mention that there is a top boss next door.

After the task was clear, Eric still tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and without Dinah's urging, he simply didn't go home at night, and ran to the prince's palace to hang out with a group of big men.

Regardless of whether the person next door adopts a certain plan or not, or whose budget is selected as a backup plan, Eric will take it and look at it again, which does not mean how good Eric is, in fact, he also wants to see it for a long time. It's okay for you to ask him to copy the information, but to identify the design drawings without the presence of professionals, it is a blind man lighting the lamp.

"The plan of the Lithuanian shipyard is okay, and the material procurement, project time, profit margin, etc. are very close to the target of the Ministry of Defense." Tirpitz said as he touched his gray beard and stood up with his big belly up.

"Their plan is really okay, but Desimag's is not bad, but there is no guarantee of the time for the project, which increases the cost." It was Henin who said this, the same age as Tirpitz, who still showed no signs of lack of energy in the middle of the night.

As soon as Hipper heard that Henin was talking about Desimag, he wanted to come forward and say a few fair words, but Henin waved his hand and said: "That's what I'm saying, their plan does have a slight advantage compared with other shipyards, I just don't want to delay Mr. President's time." ”

Knock knock, a second lieutenant knocked on the door and reported: "The plan for the Bremen Wiesel shipyard has been delivered." ”

"At this time, come in and bid, it's quite professional, let the bidder come in." It was Tirpitz who spoke. Everyone has different opinions on the plan that I have seen before, and in order to avoid a war of words, I simply asked everyone to spread out the bidding documents for the review of enterprises in front of the president.

Roalte, who cautiously walked into the conference room, found an empty seat at the round conference table, then took out the drawings and laid them out, and turned around first, signaling that the experts who were far away could see it, and Hipper, who had a good eye, was surprised to find that there were almost no changes on the drawings.

"Our plan was to weaken the protective armor and reduce the original 25 mm hull armor to 16 mm, with no changes to the rest." After Roalte finished speaking, he looked at everyone's reactions, only to find that everyone present was looking at him inexplicably.

The conversation in the conference room also reached Eric's ears, and after hearing this plan, he couldn't help but blurt out: "Wizard! ”