Chapter 276

Buying Haite shipyard is probably a crazy idea, Lorraine told herself.

Because this will be a big deal. The real big deal is not the gamble of smuggling arms, but a pure business, which may be worth tens of thousands or even 100000 pounds.

Land, equipment, materials, design, talents, debts and subsequent inputs and outputs

Lorraine was not sure how much money he needed to prepare for it. Maybe it was too much or too little. Everything needed to be tested before he could know.

And the board of directors has to open first.

Because business is business, buying a shipyard is the business behavior of the General Chamber of Commerce. If the resolution is passed, the cost should be borne by the chamber of Commerce rather than Lorraine.

However, the chamber of Commerce has only 10000 pounds of undistributed funds on its books, which means that the money for M & A is likely to be paid in advance by Lorraine, and then drawn back from the future smuggling profits in installments or at one time.

This concerns everyone's interests and should be recognized by every seafarer.

Lorraine took a deep breath at the thought.

"Today, I visited Haite shipyard in an all-round way. It is a small but highly standard ship manufacturing base, with a total of one office building, three independent water tanks and four composite docks. The docks include two six level docks, one four level shipyard and one level-1 shipyard."

This content is a professional statement. Although Lorraine said it seriously, there are really limited sailors who can understand its gold content. Of course, Karen must be one of them.

The world-class boatman was so excited that he trembled: "Captain, it's really a class I compound dock? Boston actually has a class I dock? What's the use of Americans building this kind of thing? Even if they give them the drawings of the victory, can they build a real class I ship?"

Continuous rhetorical questions.

Karen's strange performance attracted Carmen's attention. As Lorraine's negotiating partner, she desperately needed to supplement strange knowledge.

"Karen, first class dock... What's special?"

"What's special is not the dock itself, but its construction cost and function." Karen solemnly said, "in short, there are no more than five private first-class docks along the coast of England, except for several anchorages of the Royal Navy. This is not because the civil engineering technology is not up to standard, but because it is unnecessary."

"The first-class dock is used to build the first-class ship. From the length and width of the dry and wet two-class dock to the height of the corresponding water tank, to supporting facilities, such as material flow, processing and storage sites, we should meet the needs of the first-class ship."

"There is also the steam engine. As a new thing, this machine can make the splicing of ship materials more accurate and stable, greatly promote the speed of shipbuilding, and is also conducive to the improvement of quality. It is an indispensable configuration for the first-class dock."

Karen rarely entered a fanatical posture in front of his comrades in arms, dancing and spitting.

"However, while the first-class dock is advanced, it is also synonymous with expensive and wasteful. It is a tool, a huge tool. If there is no need for the construction and maintenance of first-class or second-class ships, it is far less practical than the lower class dock, because tools should not be more expensive than products."

"Because of this, most of the first-class docks in the world are owned by the royal family or the Navy, and only they have class I and class II giant ships to maintain. The remaining few are basically the world's top private shipyards, have the technology to independently manufacture the top warships, and have accepted orders for class I and class II ships."

"In shipbuilding, the first-class dock is a medal!"

Carmen was stunned. He vaguely felt that it was wrong. Vaguely... He also felt that experts said that there should be no mistake.

"So this Haite shipyard is the world's top shipyard? From equipment to technology?"

Lorraine coughed awkwardly.

"Haite's situation is a little special. He expanded the dock for the purpose of the previous Navy revitalization plan of the United States. The technical team is not top-notch. At least he has not undertaken orders for warships above class III. HMM... and he is going bankrupt."

Many faces are confused

Karen's passionate speech just now successfully set up a model of the world's top shipyard in everyone's mind. Lorraine directly overturned everything and pushed it clean and completely.

Karen grabbed her hair with a broken face.

"What is this revitalization plan? Do Americans also want to build class I ships?"

"They don't even have experience in building a two-story gun cabin, three stories..."

"If they don't build a first-class ship, what first-class dock do they want!"

"Well... The shipbuilders in the new world always have fantastic ideas. They also have many innovations in the Navy, such as a 62 meter long destroyer."

"62 meter destroyer? 40 door class?"

Lorraine nodded: "44 single-layer gun cabin Galen ships, 24 pounds of main gun firepower and 13 knots."

This time, all the banter on his face disappeared.

Karen was still full of solemnity: "Captain, did they succeed?"

"The design of the Galen ship is still on paper because of the problem of funds. But when the funds were abundant, they tried to build an experimental ship, a 53 meter long barg, with a maximum speed of 16 knots, and had passed the sea trial."

Lorraine's crew looked at each other in horror.

In this era of paying attention to reputation and skills, passing the sea trial is the best recognition.

Every stroke on that thin report is bound to the integrity of the experimenter. As long as it is published data, there is little possibility of fraud.

This means that Haite shipyard is a creative and advanced nerve knife. It may not be suitable for the Navy, but it is probably... The most suitable choice for pirates and businessmen in the world.

When everyone learned this, Lorraine knew that the conditions were ripe.

He closed his eyes. "Gentlemen and ladies, this will be a big deal. I need your answer whether to buy Boston Haite shipyard."

Sailors, look at me, I look at you. Finally, Carmen, who is bound to participate in the acquisition negotiations, was elected.

The beautiful Carmen's eyes moved: "Captain, I need to know your psychological price."

"The base price is 40000 pounds, including all the infrastructure of the shipyard, the completed and unfinished hull in the dock, the materials in the warehouse, and the service contract of the original operator and design team for at least ten years."

"What about the premium?"

"The maximum can't exceed 60000." Lorraine pondered for a moment. "This shipyard is trapped in huge economic problems, and it is impossible to make a profit in a short time. Since we are destined to be in debt, we can't pay too much at the beginning."

"I find you will be a good capitalist," Carmen laughed. "I see. I agree with you on the acquisition of shipyards."

"Yes," Karen raised his hands.

"Yes," bell and acharin shrugged indifferently.

"Abstain." this is Daniel and Wang Ye.

"Yes." Noah and Katrina looked at each other.

The only people who didn't say anything were Hannah and pierce.

The bad boy grinning into puberty showed his beautiful big white teeth.

"Brother, I suddenly remembered that the resolution of the board of directors was judged according to the number of shares?"

"But the ship is a whole, pierce. Being hateful will only drag everyone to death. You should also remember that."

"That's what I need to consider when I become a captain." pierce smiled. "Yes, Mr. chairman."

Finally, only Hannah was left, because everyone knew that Lorraine's decision she never objected, and this time was no exception.

"Yes," she said naturally.