industrial overlord

Chapter 644 Wine Culture

The follow-up work of the St. Goga Islands port project has nothing to do with Lin Zhenhua. He is a dignified chairman, so naturally he will not stay there to play the role of a contractor.The day after the signing of the project agreement, he took a short flight from the San Goja Islands to Sri Lanka, where he changed planes and returned to China.

The flight from Sri Lanka to China landed at Hongqiao Airport.Lin Zhenhua was struggling all the time on the plane, wondering if he should go and see Liu Xianghai.In the past, when he came to Shanghai to do business, if he was free, he would usually visit Liu Xianghai, but this time the situation was different.At the beginning of the new year, he scolded senior naval officials including Liu Xianghai. Who knows if they still remember his grudge?

This problem was solved when he walked out of the gate of Hongqiao Airport. He saw a row of naval officers in uniform standing neatly outside the gate. Lin Zhenhua knew the three leaders. They were the base commander Duan Yaoxi and the fleet commander. Member Yu Tianfang and Liu Xianghai, vice president of the Naval Research Institute.Beside them, there were still a few soldiers standing. One of them was holding a big sign saying "Warmly Welcome Comrade Lin Zhenhua, Hero of the Navy", and several others were holding flowers. for him.

Seeing Lin Zhenhua walking out of the airport, Liu Xianghai and the other three went forward to meet him.Due to their positions, it was inconvenient for them to salute Lin Zhenhua, but Lin Zhenhua was caught off guard and quickly stopped to salute several leaders. Afterwards, Liu Xianghai and others returned the salute and shook hands with Lin Zhenhua. Lin Zhenhua and He Fei who arrived with him.

"Commander Yu, Commander Duan, Dean Liu, I am so ashamed to have you here to welcome me." Lin Zhenhua said with a face full of embarrassment. But he was flattered by others to greet him with such grand etiquette.In particular, he had scolded the other party before.

"Should be, should be." Yu Tianfang chuckled, patted Lin Zhenhua on the shoulder, and said, "Comrade Xiao Lin, you are a hero of our navy. Minister Zhang is right. Except for you, no one else can put Sheng Ge on the back." Let’s talk about the supply port of the Canadian Islands.”

Lin Zhenhua waved his hands again and again: "Don't you dare? I'm taking meritorious service for a crime. I really don't dare to call myself a hero."

"Take credit for the crime? Where does the crime come from?" Duan Yaoxi asked knowingly.

"Second commanders, during the Spring Festival, I was also in a hurry and lost my mind. I said some disrespectful words on the phone. If you general can run a warship in your belly, don't worry about it like me." Lin Zhenhua said.

Yu Tianfang smiled and said, "Where is it, Xiao Lin, what you said during the Spring Festival is very good. It is true that our navy cannot stay in our own territorial waters all day long. Times have changed, and our country also has its own overseas interests. Our navy should go out to defend the life and property of the country and the people, your reminder to us is very pertinent."

"Don't laugh at me..." Lin Zhenhua pretended to be pitiful.Of course he knew that the other party no longer cared about his angry words. After all, there had been a lot of cooperation between the two parties. This kind of close relationship could not be destroyed by one or two excessive words.However, he always has to make a gesture of admitting his mistakes. If people don't care about it, it doesn't mean that he can be complacent. This is the basic common sense of life.

Liu Xianghai stepped forward, patted Lin Zhenhua on the shoulder as well, and said, "You little Lin, now you know you're wrong? Honestly admit, did you drink too much that day and talk nonsense after a little stimulation?"

"Dean Liu Shengming, I did drink a little too much that day." Lin Zhenhua followed Liu Xianghai's words and replied, but he hadn't drunk at all at the time, and his mood swings were entirely due to hearing the news of He Lan's injury.

Liu Xianghai was also aware of this, he deliberately said that Lin Zhenhua drank too much alcohol, naturally to excuse Lin Zhenhua on this occasion.After reprimanding Lin Zhenhua for a few words, he began to introduce to Lin Zhenhua the officers who came to the airport to greet him today.The lowest rank of these people is also a lieutenant colonel, and they are all officers of the fleet, captain, and political commissar. From this lineup, it can be seen that the courtesy given to Lin Zhenhua by the navy is indeed very high.

It's no wonder that the supply port is a very important part of the navy's going to the ocean.A supply port like the St. Goga Islands that allows naval garrison is, to put it bluntly, an overseas naval base. In the event of a war, it will be the most reliable rear support for the ocean-going fleet.Lin Zhenhua negotiated such a base for the navy, and it is not an exaggeration to call him a hero.

After the welcome ceremony at the airport, the next step is naturally the welcome banquet.Lin Zhenhua wanted to make amends to the navy for what happened before, so it was inevitable that he would be punished for drinking and the like. As a result, he was drunk and slept in the hotel until noon the next day.

"Good guy, how much wine did you drink yesterday?" Liu Xianghai accompanied Lin Zhenhua to order some light dishes in the hotel restaurant, and asked Lin Zhenhua while eating.

Lin Zhenhua smiled wryly and said, "Who knows, under normal circumstances, I have more than a catty of liquor. Last night, I guess it was at least double."

"The comrades in the army are all good at drinking, and with the wheel fighting, it's no wonder you don't fall." Liu Xianghai shook his head and said, "You sister Qin is still blaming me, saying that I shouldn't let you drink so much."

Lin Zhenhua said: "It's okay not to drink. After all, I'm wrong. How can I show my sincerity if I don't drink more."

Liu Xianghai understood Lin Zhenhua's thoughts. This is the wine culture with Chinese characteristics. If you want to resolve the grievances, you must get yourself drunk, otherwise it is useless to say anything.He sighed, and said, "Oh, that's fine. After drinking this, the matter of the Spring Festival will come to an end, and no one will mention it again. In fact, everyone's impression of you, Xiao Lin, is very Okay, but after all you said some serious things, it is impossible to say that people have no grudges in their hearts. If you can apologize with wine, everyone will have nothing to say."

Lin Zhenhua smiled and said, "If I had known this, I wouldn't have made such an effort in the St. Goga Islands. You see, I negotiated the supply port for you, and the drink still didn't escape."

Liu Xianghai said: "Drinking is drinking, and negotiation is negotiation. The former is a private matter, and the latter is a business matter. It cannot be generalized. Escorting in the Indian Ocean is only the first step for the navy to go to the ocean. In the future, we will also go to the South Pacific, the Atlantic, and the Mediterranean. , we still need more supply ports, and the development of these supply ports may require the assistance of your local comrades."

Lin Zhenhua said: "Why, you have tasted the sweetness, and you plan to rely on our private enterprises to stand for you?"

Liu Xianghai said: "Practice shows that this is a very good model, and the effect is much better than our direct negotiation in the name of the military."

Lin Zhenhua proudly said: "This is a different era. In today's world, the power of the economy has surpassed the power of the military. What we finally impressed on the government of the San Goga Islands is also to create income and employment opportunities for them. Just look at it." , One day, I will be able to rent a port in New York to serve as a supply port for our navy."

"I'm afraid this is a bit difficult." Liu Xianghai said with a chuckle. In his heart, he regarded this sentence as Lin Zhenhua's joke. How could he have imagined that Lin Zhenhua would really do it 10 years later.

After lunch, Liu Xianghai called a car, and together with Lin Zhenhua, went to the shipbuilding base on Chang-Xing Island to inspect the new navy ships being built there.

Chang-Xing Island is an island in the middle of the Yangtze River estuary, 7.5 kilometers north of Pu-dong.Chang-Xing Island is 34 kilometers long from east to west, 5 kilometers wide from north to south, and has a total area of ​​160 square kilometers. Its south bank has a deep-water coastline of nearly 20 kilometers, and the deepest water depth can reach 22 meters. It is very suitable for building docks and shipbuilding berths.

With the vigorous development of China's shipbuilding industry, the original space of the Jiangnan and Hudong shipyards has been far from meeting the needs. At the beginning of the century, these two shipyards moved to Chang-Xing Island at the same time to build new factories. Make Chang-Xing Island the largest shipbuilding industrial base in the Yangtze River Delta and even the whole country overnight.

Another special advantage of Chang-Xing Island as a shipbuilding base is that it is far away from the urban area, hanging alone at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and there are few idlers, so it is easy to keep secret.At present, the 10-ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier designed and built by Liu Xianghai himself is hidden in a super-large workshop at the Chang-Xing Island Shipbuilding Base, surrounded by a cordon, and there is even an anti-aircraft missile not far away. The battalion is on standby at all times, ready to meet uninvited guests.

The jeep that Liu Xianghai and Lin Zhenhua took traveled through the tunnel under the river to Chang-Xing Island, passed through several checkpoints, and finally entered the military port area.Liu Xianghai pulled Lin Zhenhua out of the car, and introduced to Lin Zhenhua like a treasure:
"Xiao Lin, look, there are two anti-aircraft destroyers being built over there, with a full load displacement of more than 9000 tons. Now military fans outside call them the Chinese Aegis, which is comparable to the American Aegis. The power on the ship is still your Hanhua gas turbine. Several destroyers built before use your gas turbine. The navy has reported that the performance is very good, and the maintenance is not difficult. Everyone said thank you very much.”

Lin Zhenhua smiled and said, "We are an enterprise, and you are customers. Logically speaking, we are right to thank you."

Liu Xianghai said: "Xiao Lin, others don't know, but I know that you have invested a lot in conquering the technology of gas turbines, which far exceeds the price we ordered from you. If it is another company, it may be difficult to choose to lose money like this. Developing equipment for the Navy."

Lin Zhenhua said: "Old Liu, I remember telling you many years ago that everyone has a dream of strengthening the country in their hearts. Although we are an enterprise, we are not mercenary. It is our honor to contribute a little bit to the country. Besides, we invested a lot of money in the development of gas turbines, and the return is also great. In addition to marine engines, we have also developed electric gas turbines and chemical process gas turbines based on this prototype, which are all high-profit products.”

(End of this chapter)