Another small team from Tianjin arrived in Guangzhou only one day later than the group from Nongkou. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable dìng) (.) said to be a team, in fact, there are only two young people, one is called Sun Changmi, the other is called Yue Zhiyun, the two are high school classmates, and they were admitted to Dalian Maritime University together after graduation, Sun Changmi studied navigation technology, Yue Zhiyun is a double major in marine engineering and ship electrical engineering, and now they are working in Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding Heavy Industry after graduation. Although this qualification is still far from the level of experts, it is already the only maritime and ship expert in the current crossing team.

In view of the local environment, the large-scale gathering of materials and personnel for the crossing operation cannot be carried out directly in Yulin Port, because it is now the station of the South China Sea Fleet, and any disturbance may bring unexpected trouble. Therefore, the crossing plan formulated by the preparatory committee is to use ships to carry materials and personnel, quietly complete a sea assembly in the offshore waters outside Yulin Port, and then use wormhole control devices to carry out the last one-way crossing.

The drawback of this plan has been pointed out by people of insight before, that is, the lack of talent in this team with seafaring knowledge and ship piloting skills. Sun Changmi and Yue Zhiyun are both development targets that the preparatory committee has spent a long time contacting, Tao Donglai believes that in addition to professional knowledge, these two young people have a spirit of courage to take risks, and the facts have proved that his judgment is very correct. Under the arrangement of the preparatory committee, the two young people and several other new technical backbones went to Yuexiu Mountain to visit the Ming Dynasty Guangzhou city wall at dawn, and before returning to the hotel, they had already decided to join the crossing plan.

The two young men did not rush back to Tianjin to go through the resignation procedures of the unit, but stayed in Guangzhou and immediately threw themselves into the preparatory work. After learning about the current progress of the preparatory work, the shipping department, which originally existed on paper, was immediately set up by the two of them. This was originally a good thing, but three days later, Tao Donglai saw the preparation plan and procurement list handed in by the two, and he was immediately not calm.

According to the current list of pre-purchased materials of the preparatory committee, the ship purchase plan opened by Sun Changmi and Yue Zhiyun is also quite huge. According to the calculations of the preparatory committee, the weight of materials that need to be transported to another time and space is initially estimated to be at least 7,000 tons, and the first shipment of various industrial equipment, construction machinery and other large pieces must require at least a general cargo ship with a carrying capacity of more than 4,000 tons and a certain self-unloading capacity or a ro-ro wheel with a side springboard. According to Sun Yue's plan, this ship will be the main force of material transportation, the larger the tonnage, the better, which may cost a considerable amount of money, but at the same time, it can also effectively reduce the number of ships crossing the fleet, which correspondingly reduces the pressure on the required crew allocation, which is an option worthy of serious consideration for the crossing team. Fortunately, Yulin Port is a natural deep-water port, and 10,000-ton ships do not have to worry about running aground or running aground in the harbor even if there is no channel guidance.

In addition to this main large ship, the fleet also needs to prepare a number of offshore barges according to actual needs to be used as oil tankers, bulk carriers and other professional vessels. The reason why the plan will use offshore barges instead of buying professional boats is also to consider the team's lack of crew reserves, and the offshore barges can be directly pushed or towed by high-horsepower tugboats, and they don't even need to have self-propelled capabilities. If you end up buying a few barges to form a small fleet, then this fleet can only buy a high-powered tugboat with a very small crew to handle it, and the price will be much cheaper than buying a professional boat, and maybe you can make up a considerable part of the difference in the price of buying a large ship.

In addition, the duo also made a special list to buy a decommissioned landing craft, which aroused the interest of the preparatory committee. Yan Chujie asked: "Since you have an offshore barge in your plan, then the barge can also directly hit the beach, why do you have to use landing craft?"

"Mr. Yan used to be in the army, right?" Now the titles of several main members of the preparatory committee have been given the suffix of the general character, and although the two newcomers have only been here for a short time, they have already followed the customs of the locals.

Without waiting for Yan Chujie to answer, Sun Changmi had already continued: "We have to take into account the actual situation of landing in Yulin Port, the draft of the main ship is estimated to be 6-8 meters, and it is obviously impossible to directly dock in the port environment at that time, so we must first unload some construction machinery and build a simple wharf, and at the same time level the ground of the landing field to prepare for the subsequent unloading of materials by ships." Unpowered barges lack the ability to unload and cannot be used to carry construction machinery that needs to be the first to land, and landing craft do not have this problem. In addition, some heavy equipment that is inconvenient to load and unload on the temporary dock, we can also use landing craft to transfer it. ”

Tao Donglai interjected and asked, "Can you buy a decommissioned landing craft on the market, will the price be scary?"

"The landing craft built in the early 90s of the last century, after more than 20 years of service, most of them have been in the elimination stage, and there are really a lot of them on the market. In terms of price, ......" Sun Changmi pondered for a while before saying: "Actually, it is very cheap, the price of a landing craft below 100 tons will not exceed 500,000, and the condition of the ship is generally not too bad." ”

"Oh, that's good. Tao Donglai was relieved. However, his good mood did not last long, because the red words at the end of the plan, with a total budget of 30 million, were too glaring to ignore.

"Do you really want to spend so much?" Tao Donglai asked through gritted teeth. It's not that he is stingy with this money, anyway, he will go bankrupt and play crossing, and it will be useless to keep the money at that time, and what to buy is not to buy. The main reason is that the funds are spent too quickly and too quickly during this time, and at present, his company's accounts are simply unable to come up with such a large amount of money for these losers to squander. A few days ago, a budget that was finally cut down from Meng He's hands was handed over to Old Man Yuan's family to purchase various agricultural crops and improved varieties of poultry and livestock.

"It really costs so much!" This time Yue Zhiyun grabbed the conversation: "This boat is not buying things on Taobao, we have to calculate some unpredictable repair and transformation costs in advance, plus fuel and daily maintenance before the crossing operation." If there is a budget to spare, we can also purchase a few small-tonnage iron-hulled fishing vessels for upfront sea fishing and short-haul transportation. ”

After a short discussion, Tao Donglai announced the final decision: "The Preparatory Committee agrees in principle with the procurement plan of the Ministry of Shipping, but in view of the current tight book funds of the Preparatory Committee, the implementation of the procurement plan should be slightly delayed. ”

Sun Yue and the others did not express any dissatisfaction or objection to this, but Sun Changmi reminded the committee members of one thing before leaving: "The sooner the ship is bought, the sooner the training of the crew can begin." ”

After the two went out, Tao Donglai sighed and said: "Everyone, it has just entered June, and there is still half a year left this year, I have a good news and a bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

"Let's start with the good news. Ning Qi was anxious and immediately answered.

"The good news is that so far, our team's major departments such as industry, agriculture, chemical industry, information and communication, shipping, construction, military and police have basically set up shelves, and we only need to continue to recruit personnel and improve this infrastructure in the time before the crossing. ”

"And what about the bad news?"

"The bad news is that the money I have on hand is no longer keeping up with the growth of the procurement budget. My company shares can be sold for cash, but most of the properties in my name are plots and developments, and it is not so easy to dispose of them quickly. Let me give you an idea, I can come up with a maximum of 30 to 40 million funds before the end of the year, and the budget proposals we have received now are almost exceeding this number, and if we can't come up with a good solution before then, the preparatory committee will fall into bankruptcy before the crossing is successful. ”

Yan Chujie, Ning Qi and Meng He used to be people who relied on their salaries to eat, and they really didn't have much say in solving the funding gap, Gu Kai went back to the United States the day before, saying that there were a few people who were very interested in crossing the operation to meet them. So in fact, the only person who can discuss a solution with Tao Dong is Bai Kesi.

Bai Ke thought for a moment before saying, "If we consider that we won't come back after we go, it may be necessary to try some unconventional methods to raise funds. ”

Although the wording of "unconventional methods" is very clever, none of the people present are three-year-olds, and naturally they all understand the off-string sound of Bai Kesi. Yan Chujie, who has the strongest concept of abiding by discipline and law, first expressed his clear opposition: "No, even if we don't come back in the future, we can't do something that endangers the interests of the country before leaving!"

Meng He rolled his eyes: "It's as if we are digging walls everywhere here and pulling people into the gang is not endangering the interests of the country." ”

"Can that be the same? What we are doing now at least hasn't violated the law, can the method Bai Kesi said not violate the law?" Yan Chujie was anxious and simply called his name.

Bai Kesi was not angry, lifted his glasses and said: "Actually, words can't be said so absolutely, even if it violates the law, it depends on which country's law is violated, even if it violates the law, it may not endanger our China's national interests." ”

Tao Donglai's eyes lit up: "Lao Bai, you are doing foreign trade, there must be a lot of doors, what is the way to say it quickly!"

Bai Kesi waved his hand and said, "I can't come up with a specific way, but I know that someone must have a way." Do you remember the other day I recommended someone to you?"

Tao Donglai thought for a while and said, "Is it the person you said you can let him take the lead in business and finance?"

"That's him. Bai Kesi nodded and said: "This guy's resume is quite good, graduated from Stanford Graduate School of Business in the United States and worked as a stockbroker at the bottom of Wall Street for several years, and then went to Lehman Brothers to do venture capital evaluation, 08 financial crisis Lehman fell, he jumped to Deloitte, worked for two years as a cross-border tax audit, and now resigned to start a foreign trade company in Shanghai." I had business dealings with him before, and I knew that this guy was very wild, and he came to Guangzhou to do business some time ago, so I tested his tone, but I didn't expect him to be very interested in what we were going to do, and I had asked more than once how to join our program. Seriously, I think he might have a solution to the funding problems we're having right now. ”

Tao Donglai pondered for a moment and then asked, "When can I see him?"

Bai Kesi took out his mobile phone: "It's only been two or three hours since Shanghai flown over, and he should be able to appear in front of you within today." ”