Technological Supremacy Chapter 288: Party, reactions from all parties
The party was held in the staff restaurant of Waigaoqiao Group.
The Waigaoqiao Group invited famous chefs to cook the excellent Jiangsu-Zhejiang cuisine, which is impeccable except that it is a bit bland for a carnivore like Luo Jia.
There were hundreds of people at the scene, including the bosses of Jiangnan, Hudong, Zhoushan, Jinling, and several nearby shipyards, as well as COSCO Shipping, the owner of the Swallowtail Butterfly, and some local leaders.
To Luo Jia's surprise, Lu Junlin, the personal secretary of the old general in the capital, was standing alone in a corner in casual clothes, as if no one knew him.
Luo Jia found Lu Junlin and hurried over.
"President Luo, we meet again." Lu Junlin said with a smile.
Luo Jia looked around in surprise, "Yeah, I'm really surprised, I didn't expect you to come too."
Lu Junlin shook his head lightly, "There's no need to look for it, the general has a cold and is not in good health, so he stayed in the capital and sent me to Jiangnan Shipyard to find out the situation."
Luo Jia immediately looked concerned, and said that the general must take care of himself, and so on, and asked Lu Junlin why he came to Jiangnan Shipyard to find out what happened.
"Of course it's the progress of the shipbuilding." Lu Junlin said, "The bulk carrier at Waigaoqiao has already tried its voyage, but ours is still building sections, which made the general very anxious, so no matter what, he I must take a look."
Luo Jia curled her lips. Modern large ships are built in sections. The whole ship is divided into many parts, and finally transported to the dock for combined welding.
Aircraft carriers are the pinnacle of shipbuilding technology, and there are only a few countries in the world that can build them, and they also use the segmented construction method.
"It's useless to be anxious." Luo Jia said, "Warships and civilian ships have never existed in the same way. The requirements are too high. How can the construction progress be the same as that of civilian ships."
Lu Junlin shrugged his shoulders, "Of course I know this, and the general knows it too, but I can't help being anxious. After all, we want a big ship, and we have been thinking about it for too long."
Secretary Lu came here with people from Jiangnan Heavy Industry. Everyone didn't know him, thinking that he was also from Jiangnan, and seeing him chatting lively with Luo Jia, so they couldn't help looking this way curiously .
Luo Jia simply left the staff canteen with him, and went outside to find a secluded corner.
Lu Junlin came to Shanghai this time just to see the progress of the shipbuilding and to report to the general when he went back. There was nothing wrong, so he came to Luo Jia just to chat casually.
The two chatted for a while before Lu Junlin left.
Luo Jia didn't stay too long, and after briefly explaining to several people in charge, he led everyone back to the company.
It was only past nine o'clock in the evening. Luo Jia usually went to bed in the middle of the night and got up before dawn. Resting at this time was a waste, so he returned to his office to continue studying and working.
As the company gets bigger and bigger, the battle line is getting longer and longer, which forces Luo Jia to work harder to learn and absorb new knowledge.
After midnight, Luo Jia felt a little hungry, but he didn't want to go to the cafeteria for supper, so he dug out a box of instant noodles from the pantry.
Taking advantage of the instant noodles, Luo Jia opened news websites and forums.
Sure enough, the news of the successful sea trial of the Swallowtail Butterfly occupied the headlines and became the hottest topic of discussion among Chinese people.
The popularity is not bad, second only to the scandals of traffic stars. After all, shipping is far away from everyone's life, and only a handful of people really know how to do it.
Luo Jia switched to the Korean forum again, only to find that in the Korean sailing forum, there was a miserable scene like the end of the world.
According to the information provided by the translation software, it turns out that Ms. Park Qingzhu of KBS TV station rented a fishing boat with a top speed of only 26 knots when live broadcasting the sea trial of the Swallowtail Butterfly.
Normally, this speed is more than enough to track a bulk carrier.
Who would have imagined that the Swallowtail Butterfly, with a cruising speed as high as thirty-five knots, would leave KBS TV far away.
This situation has brought great shock to the South Korean people. Following the lens of the camera, they witnessed the Swallowtail Butterfly riding the wind and waves, but they themselves could not even catch up.
In comparison, the situation on Neon's side is better. After all, the family has a big business, and shipbuilding is a pillar industry in South Korea, but it is a sunset industry for Neon.
Back then, Neon used to manufacture 50% of the ships on the earth, and it was the world's largest shipbuilding country, with no other limelight.
Later, South Korea and China slowly took away the share, and now only 17% is left, so the Neon Group is more experienced in setbacks. This is like a player who always loses a game A good gambler gets used to losing and losing.
The shipbuilding industry is dominated by China, Japan and South Korea, but the shipping industry is dominated by Europe. Four of the world's five largest shipping groups are in Europe.
South Korea originally had a Hanjin Shipping Group, which was once a global giant, but unfortunately, it was officially declared bankrupt on February 17, 2017 due to poor management.
At present, there are only two shipping companies with global competitiveness in East Asia, COSCO Shipping and Wanwan Gaoguanrong Shipping. Although the cunning Europeans hand over the shipbuilding work to China, Japan and South Korea, they firmly control the global ocean transportation lifeline.
"Damn Chinese people, how could they do this?"
"Aren't all electric ships sold? Do they want to eat the global shipping market alone?"
"This move is too ruthless. The Baltic Dry Bulk Index fell sharply today! European shipping stocks have already begun to collapse!"
"First it was a car, now it's shipping, what is Star Technology going to do!?"
"Why didn't the European Parliament fight back!?"
"Chinese ships should be banned from entering Europe!"
In the European forum, the news that Xingchen Technology refused to sell electric propulsion technology to Maersk spread like wildfire, causing an uproar.
Bild published an article on the front page, arguing that the trial voyage of the Swallowtail Butterfly is as significant as Columbus's discovery of the New World, which will completely change the history of human shipping.
Bild believes that it is completely unrealistic to ban Chinese ships from entering Europe. One-fifth of the shipping fee~IndoMTL.com~2.33 times the speed is an irresistible temptation for all companies.
If the Huaxia Shipping Company is not used, the logistics cost will increase. This is like a horse-drawn carriage and a car. The two cannot be called competition, but a complete generational gap.
British media such as The Times and the Financial Times of London welcomed the electric ships of Star Technology with both hands. Anyway, the UK has no shipbuilding and no shipping, so why not do it if they can reduce freight costs.
Actually, one only needs to look at the reports of the European media, and you will find that they are not monolithic at all.
Denmark, France, and Swiss media, which own large shipping companies, almost want to strangle Star Technology to death.
As for countries such as Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain that have no shipping business, electric ships are acceptable, as long as the freight is cheaper.
"The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit." Luo Jia muttered while eating instant noodles, "It's our ancestors who have seen the world through for a long time. Everything in the world is nothing more than a benefit." Remember the website address of this website, Wwww. biquxu. Com, which is convenient for reading next time, or enter "" in Baidu to enter this site