Chapter 852 Heading to Hudong

The large-scale experimental equipment that Chang Haonan wanted, especially the two electron microscopes, were not only expensive, but the equipment itself also had to be specially adjusted according to the usage environment.

Therefore, the format cannot be the same as the small-scale purchases that Li Yabo had made before, where he would make a product list to check the models and configurations, and then directly pay a deposit and place an order.

Instead, it is closer to the arms trade that Chang Haonan is familiar with.

The buyer needs to send a delegation, or at least several representatives, to communicate with the other party and determine all the details from production to transportation to installation and after-sales before signing the contract.

If it were in China in the past, buying this kind of high-end equipment would most likely come with a lot of restrictions on usage, making negotiations more complicated.

In addition, Tang Lintian is planning to raise some funds through multi-party co-construction, so the process will be even more complicated.

Even though Chang Haonan was a popular figure at the moment, all approvals were basically green-lighted, but it still took two rounds of feasibility studies, totaling more than a month, to form a delegation to Europe to purchase equipment.

This way, you can inspect equipment of different brands and models while going through the subsequent funding allocation process.

Once the money is approved, place the order as soon as possible.

As a representative recognized by both Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Torch Group, and with rich experience in trade negotiations with many countries in the past, Professor Yang Huimei naturally became the deputy head of the delegation who actually presided over the work of the delegation.

After many twists and turns, by the time the delegation set off, it was already late August.

The Torch Laboratory gradually became lively.

Among the first batch of students in the laboratory, except Li Yabo who was taught by Chang Haonan himself, all of them came from other schools.

There is definitely no way I can join the group before graduating in June.

As for the summer vacation...

The four teachers, including Chang Haonan, had just finished their student careers and were not evil at all.

There is no mandatory requirement to join the group in advance.

So several people reported to Beijing Airlines one after another after August.

Among them, the person Yao Mengna finally officially selected as her first disciple was still Wan Chuanqing.

She was the girl from the Department of Physics at Jinling University who had attended the interview with Li Yabo before.

Liu Fangping also chose another person from that interview, a student from Hunan University named Tan Ruifan.

Although he and Lei Zhixing did not attend the interview in person, Chang Haonan later sorted out the interview situation and handed it to them, allowing the two to decide on the candidates for admission.

The latter did not choose from the list, but recruited a junior from Qinghua University.

It seems that the two should have known each other long before Lei Zhixing graduated and joined the Torch Laboratory.

In addition to the three master's students, there is also a doctoral student under the name of Chang Haonan.

Wang Jie.

He received his master's degree from the research group of Professor Li Zhihong of Bingcheng University of Technology.

Originally, he could have continued his doctoral studies in the original group.

However, he had indirectly come into contact with the bearing project headed by Chang Haonan when he was in his first year of master's degree.

Of course, at that time, Chang Haonan was only in the first year of his doctoral program.

So Wang Jie didn’t have any idea about it.

But two years later, when the latter was about to graduate, he accidentally saw a piece of news.

A piece of news from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Only then did I realize that Chang Haonan, who graduated in the same year as me, had become a professor!

He is also a second-level professor.

He was even one level higher than his then mentor, Professor Li Zhihong.

Therefore, his mind became active again.

Fortunately, Teacher Li Zhihong is also a reasonable person and did not create any obstacles to graduation because of this incident.

In short, Wang Jie went from Bingcheng Industry to Beijing Airlines.

For these students from other schools, especially master's students, in addition to intensive classes in the first semester, they also need to familiarize themselves with their own topics and laboratory conditions. It is actually difficult to spare any time to actually conduct scientific research.

So even though there were 5 graduate students at once, only Li Yabo and Wang Jie could start working immediately.

Originally, according to Chang Haonan's idea, the nine of us, as the founding members of the Torch Laboratory, should find a time when everyone is free to go out for a meal or something.

But the plans couldn't keep up with the changes.

On August 8, the day after the new students reported, Liu Fangping and Lei Zhixing had new work.

China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation has approved the feasibility study of the proposal submitted by Hudong Shipyard.

The LNG carrier using Gas-Transport liquid cargo tanks and boil-off gas full reliquefaction system has officially entered the project development process.

Among them, the overall structural calculation of the ship and the coordination between the reliquefaction system and other subsystems will be completed by the Torch Group and the Torch Laboratory.

Therefore, the two men, who had just returned to Beijing Airlines a few days ago, had to go to Shanghai again.

Considering that this time it is a formal cooperation between the two parties.

Therefore, Chang Haonan, who is also the head of the group and the laboratory, naturally had to go over and sign.

The dinner party had to be put on hold for the time being.

……

When the plane was about to land, Lei Zhixing began to introduce the general situation of Hudong Shipyard to Chang Haonan.

After all, he and Liu Fangping had been there on and off for almost seven or eight months.

According to their understanding, Chang Haonan's only visit to Shanghai was to attend the successful certification ceremony of the C808 aircraft at the beginning of the year.

Haven't been to any other place.

Apart from Cai Honggui, he probably had no direct contact with the comrades there.

As a result, after the plane landed, Chang Haonan began to communicate enthusiastically with the comrades who came to receive him, as if he was familiar with the place.

Lei Zhixing and Liu Fangping were stunned.

The two of them stayed at the cabin door and even forgot to go down the gangway for a moment.

"Before we returned to Jinghang last month, didn't the people in Hudong say that they were not familiar with Professor Chang?"

Lei Zhixing moved a little closer to Liu Fangping and asked in a low voice.

"That's exactly what he said."

The latter answer stands out for its brevity.

However, Lei Zhixing had long been accustomed to his old friend's way of speaking, so he didn't care. Instead, he sighed and shook his head.

"Our boss's connections are simply unfathomable..."

In fact, Chang Haonan didn’t really know anyone at Hudong Shipyard.

Even Cai Honggui had only met him twice.

But during the National Day last year, he made an appointment with Lin Qing of the 701 Institute that he would take time to visit and observe the new domestically-made frigate under construction.

But later on he was always busy and it wasn't worth it for him to make a special trip to Hudong just for this matter.

So it’s been postponed until now.

The person chatting and laughing with Chang Haonan on the tarmac of Dachang Airport was Lin Qing.

and a deputy general manager of the Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, Wu Wentao.

The latter and Chang Haonan had met once at the Millennium Gala at the end of last year.

In fact, after the split of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, the 701 Institute and Hudong Shipyard have been affiliated to the Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Group and the Shipbuilding Industry Group respectively.

However, this kind of inter-integration situation is very common within the ship system. In addition, China's two main frigate-producing shipyards, Hudong and Huangpu, are both under the Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, so the separation has hardly affected the cooperation between the two parties.

Including Lin Qing and Wu Wentao, they are old acquaintances.

After some greetings, Chang Haonan and his group got on several minibuses.

"Boss Chang, our contract signing ceremony for the LNG carrier is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. So today, let's follow Comrade Lin Qing's arrangement and take you to the frigate to have a look?"

After the car started, Wu Wentao, who was sitting on the other side of the aisle, turned sideways to ask Chang Haonan for his opinion on the itinerary.

"As for me...the guest follows the host's wishes."

Chang Haonan had never seen what a shipyard looked like in his entire life, so he would have no objection no matter how it was arranged.

"Well."

Wu Wentao nodded, and then instructed a staff member sitting in front:

"Go to Dock #2."