Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 398 Old Factory Director_1

Chapter 398: Chapter 398 Old Factory Director_1

Just as Manager Makarov was busy with a group of people, his cell phone rang.

"Manager, the guests are at the gate!"

This was a call from the office director whom Makarov had sent to the gate to welcome the guests.

After receiving the call, Makarov immediately put down his work, called several other executives, and went downstairs to prepare to welcome the arrival of the big clients.

No sooner had they reached the ground floor than a long convoy of cars came into sight from afar.

All were white Land Cruisers, as many as a dozen!

Before the convoy stopped, Makarov wore a smile on his face and walked briskly to greet them.

It’s early January, the coldest time of the year.

Although the Black Sea Shipyard is near the sea and the temperature isn’t as cold as in other parts of Russia and Ukraine, it is still below zero by about ten degrees or so.

Moreover, heavy snow was falling from the sky. Just after waiting for two to three minutes downstairs, Makarov and the others already had a layer of white snow on their heads and shoulders.

When the convoy came to a halt, you could hear the "bang bang bang" sound of car doors opening and closing.

Among the people who got down, Makarov only recognized Petrov. However, his gaze was fixed on the young man next to Petrov.

Clearly, judging by the fact that Petrov was always a step behind the young man and the submissive manner of others around him, if Makarov couldn’t figure out who the boss was, he would’ve been managing his factory in vain for all these years!

And sure enough, Petrov introduced to the approaching Makarov, "Manager Makarov, this is our boss at Wagner Company, Mr. Mikhail! Boss, this is Manager Makarov. He has been the manager of the Black Sea Shipyard for nearly 20 years, and he has a high prestige in the factory!"

Wang Ye took a look at Makarov. In his early sixties, of average build, slightly overweight, graying hair, wearing glasses, and with ruddy cheeks, he looked quite amiable.

The two men gripped each other’s right hand firmly, and Makarov also sized up this young man called Mikhail.

The Black Sea Shipyard is just a factory tucked away in a corner, quite disconnected from the outside world. Given the poor conditions of the factory, the old manager spent all day worrying about how to get money to feed the workers in the factory, so naturally, he was not concerned about political news in Russia.

So he wasn’t aware of Mikhail, the Duma Member who had recently been making big waves.

But there are some things Makarov knew, such as this Wagner Security Company, which definitely has a military background!

Because when Petrov first came to talk about buying the Ulan cruiser, some Ukrainian military bigwigs had given Makarov a heads-up, saying that this company has a reliable Russian military background, and it’s safe to sell the warship to them.

This is only normal, as this is a cruiser after all!

If Makarov didn’t know the buyer’s background, he would dare not sell recklessly. If he sold to the wrong person, he would have to take the blame in the future...

So according to the information Makarov had, his impression of Mikhail was: powerful background, deep relations with the Russian military, strong financial backing, and generous!

Of course, seeing how young Mikhail was, Makarov naturally took him for the second generation of some big shot...

But regardless of who Mikhail is, Makarov only knew one thing: as long as he was willing to pay for his ships, he was a good man!

......

After some small talk, Makarov warmly invited Wang Ye and his entourage into the office building.

Under his guidance, Wang Ye briefly toured the headquarters building of the Black Sea Shipyard. The important departments of the factory were generally concentrated in this building.

The most important place to visit was, of course, the showroom.

In this large room, models of various large warships built by the Black Sea Shipyard were on display.

The most conspicuous position was naturally occupied by the aircraft carriers built by the Black Sea Shipyard!

Makarov introduced with a proud tone:

"Our shipyard has a major innovation, which is the streamlining of aircraft carrier construction based on large scale section construction method.

Alongside the refitted hull, a separate platform was built, covering more than 18,000 square meters, with a load capacity equivalent to that of the shipyard.

While the first aircraft carrier was being constructed in the shipyard, the total assembly of the second aircraft carrier was carried out in parallel on this platform. When the previous aircraft carrier completed the assembly and was set afloat for fitting out, the sections to be assembled for the next aircraft carrier had already been assembled on the platform and were lifted onto the just vacated shipyard.

This method greatly improved the mass production efficiency of aircraft carriers, and this new method was first applied to the construction of the last two ships of the Kiev-class aircraft carriers in the 1970s.

In 1978, when Novorossiysk completed assembly and was launched, Baku also completed the assembly of its sections, and lifting was carried out on the shipyard vacated by Novorossiysk. By 1982, when Novorossiysk had completed its sea trials, Baku had also been completed and launched, with an average of two and a half years being spent for each ship from the start of construction to its launch.

At our peak, we could build one aircraft carrier every three years!

..."

Actually, without him introducing, Wang Ye also knew that the Black Sea Shipyard once enjoyed its glory days.

Unfortunately, it’s now in decline, due to poverty...

As for the aircraft carrier, Wang Ye still has no plans just yet. Actually, if he wanted, he could really get it!

But the problem is, what to do with it if he got it?

There’s no need to mention the high maintenance cost of an aircraft carrier, which most smaller countries can’t afford!

Plus, having an aircraft carrier alone is completely useless. You need to equip it with fighter jets, which comes with a hefty price tag!

Besides, the technical personnel who can operate aircraft carriers and the pilots who can fly shipborne aircraft are top talents in any country. Even in Russia, it’s probably quite difficult to find suitable personnel.

Therefore, having a small fleet composed of a ten thousand-ton cruiser, some frigates, destroyers and the like is the best plan that Wang Ye can afford right now.

After the visit, everyone sat down in the conference room.

Makarov gave a welcome speech, and then asked eagerly, "May I ask Mr. Mikhail, do you have a purchase target for this visit? As long as it’s a warship we currently have or that we can build, you can propose it! Of course, with our shipyard’s capability, from frigates and transport ships to aircraft carriers and cruisers, we can build them all!"

He was obviously bragging...

Perhaps the shipyard once had the capability, but not now... Never mind anything else, it’s impossible to build an aircraft carrier now.

Too many skilled workers and technical personnel have left the factory...