Technological Hegemony

The party was held in the staff restaurant of Waigaoqiao Group.

The Waigaoqiao Group invited famous chefs to cook out excellent Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisines. Except that it was a little bland for a carnivore like Luo Jia, the taste was impeccable.

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.

What surprised Luo Jia was that 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.

"Boss 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 occasionally felt cold and was not in good health, so he stayed in the capital and sent me to the Jiangnan Shipyard to find out about 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 understand the situation.

"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 must let me come and see."

Luo Jia pouted. 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 just 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. They thought he was from Jiangnan, and seeing him chatting lively with Luo Jia, they couldn't help looking this way curiously.

Luo Jia simply left the staff restaurant with him and went to find a secluded corner outside.

Lu Junlin came to Shanghai this time,

It was just to see the progress of the shipbuilding, and to report to the general when he went back. There was nothing wrong, and he came to Luo Jia just to chat casually.

After the two chatted for a while, 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 after nine o'clock in the evening. Luo Jia usually went to bed in the middle of the night and got up before dawn. It was a waste of time to rest, 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.

It was past midnight in a blink of an eye, and Luo Jia felt a little hungry, but he didn't really 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 turned 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 turned 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 its cruising speed as high as 35 knots, would leave KBS TV far away.

This situation has brought great shock to the Korean people. Following the lens of the camera, they witnessed the Swallowtail Butterfly sailing through the wind and waves, but they themselves could not even catch up.

In contrast, the situation on the side of Neon 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, it was slowly taken away by South Korea and China, and now only 17% is left. Therefore, the Neon Group is more experienced in setbacks. This is like a gambler who always loses the game. , I get 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 used to be a global giant, but unfortunately it was officially declared bankrupt on February 17, 2017 due to poor management.

At present, in East Asia, there are only two shipping companies with global competitiveness, 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 lifeline of global ocean transportation.

"Damn Chinese people, how could they do this?"

"Don't sell all-electric ships? 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 started to collapse!"

"First it was cars, now it's shipping, what exactly is Xingchen Technology going to do!?"

"Why isn't the European Parliament fighting back!?"

"Chinese ships should be banned from entering Europe!"

In European forums, the news that Xingchen Technology refused to sell electric propulsion technology to Maersk spread like wildfire, causing an uproar.

The German Bild newspaper published an article on the front page, arguing that the significance of the trial voyage of the Swallowtail Butterfly was comparable to that of Columbus's discovery of the New World, which would 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 and 2.33 times the speed are temptations that all companies cannot resist.

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 or shipping, so why not do it if they can reduce shipping costs.

In fact, as long as you look at the reports of the European media, you will find that they are not monolithic at all.

The Danish, French, and Swiss media, which own large shipping companies, almost want to strangle Star Technology to death.

Countries such as Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain, which have no shipping business, feel that electric ships are acceptable, as long as the freight is cheaper.

"The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the chaos of the world is for profit." Luo Jia muttered while eating instant noodles, "It's our ancestors who are amazing. They have seen the world through for a long time. In the final analysis, things in the world It’s nothing more than a benefit.” Remember the URL of this site, www. biquxu. Com, convenient for reading next time, or Baidu input " ", you can enter this site