229: Just poach people! Stop pretending, Dragon Steel has money!

Chapter 229: Directly Poaching People! No More Pretending, Julong Steel Has Money!

Professor Wang explained, “Don’t you all think about how old we five old men are?”

“We’ll all be sixty by the end of the year, how many more years can we work?”

“Julong Steel currently lacks talent in the shipbuilding field, so when you two come, you’ll be this!” Professor Wang gave a thumbs up.

“Besides, with us helping you two, are you afraid of not being able to secure your positions once you’re here?”

Although the matter of poaching people was something Zhou Cun had communicated with Professor Wang and the others in advance, people are inherently selfish.

Professor Wang was no exception; Xiao Liu and Xiao Zheng were both brought up by him personally.

They respected their teacher and always visited his home during holidays; how could he not give such an opportunity to them, but instead to ungrateful people?

“Don’t you two feel too much pressure, it’s just a 600,000 annual salary, it’s not much.” Professor Wang said casually.

Liu Zheng’s eyes widened: “How much did you say? 600,000?”

“Old Wang, did you misremember? There are quite a few subsidies, how could it only be 600,000?” Professor Huang interjected.

More than 600,000?

This…

Liu Zheng’s breathing quickened, and Zheng Zichang muttered, “But Teacher, can General Manager Jiang let people go?”

It’s all about building ships for the country, so where does it matter where they’re built?

“Director Lu is offering a 600,000 annual salary, plus a car and a house. Only a fool wouldn’t come.”

Hearing Zheng Zichang’s question, Professor Wang and the others smiled.

“You’re the smart one, Xiao Liu? What are you still thinking about?”

Liu Buming chuckled, “I’m thinking about when to move my family over.”

“Hahaha!”

“Xiao Jiang has some influence, but he’s nothing in front of Director Lu.”

“Do you know the weight of a three-military friendly cooperation unit? Do you understand the power of a Level 1 classified unit? Anyone who underestimates Director Lu will suffer greatly.” Professor Wang said with a chuckle.

Zheng Zichang made up his mind: “Since you’ve said so, if I still don’t know how to choose, then I’m a total idiot!”

“Drink!”

Clink!

As they raised their glasses in celebration, Lu Shenwei and Zhou Cun pushed open the door and entered.

“What are you so happy about?”

“Director Lu, while you were out making a phone call, we five old codgers helped you recruit new blood!”

“Really? Did the two Deputy Chief Engineers agree to join Julong Steel?”

“Is that fake? Drink this glass and I’ll tell you all about it.”

Lu Shenwei raised his glass with a chuckle, and everyone enjoyed themselves until the party ended.

The next day, Jiang Guoqing received an application from the two Deputy Chief Engineers for an extension of their business trip.

“Extension? I’ll approve you for three days at most. Come back quickly; with you gone, the shipyard will only have four Deputy Chief Engineers left.”

“General Manager Jiang, those four can also complete the task, right? Director Lu has a lot of problems here, what do you think?”

Jiang Guoqing thought it over carefully, “Alright, I’ll give you three more days. You must be back after three days.”

Jiang Guoqing had no idea that this time it was like throwing a meat bun to a dog—it went out and never came back.

Qin Chuan Julong Steel Factory Artificial Lake.

The Dragon Shark Unmanned Boat slowly sailed out of the dry dock under the traction of a small boat.

The surrounding workers from various departments watching were greatly surprised.

“I heard early on that Vice Factory Director Zhou was leading people to build a big ship, but I didn’t expect it to look like this.”

“What do you know? I heard that this unmanned boat is even more difficult to build than a manned one.”

“Really? But why is this boat so small?”

“You’re inexperienced, aren’t you? It’s built to scale; the real ship will definitely be bigger than this.”

“We don’t understand, but we’re greatly shocked!”

“I can only quietly say: Holy cow!”

The Dragon Shark Unmanned Boat officially launched, and then within two hours, it successively completed high-difficulty operations such as rapid acceleration, encountering giant waves, and submerged mode.

“This boat can also dive?”

“Uh, it’s quite fancy.”

“Vice Factory Director Zhou really has ideas; look at what old Director Ma only knows how to make: traditional big, clumsy, and black stuff.”

“Speaking of which, I haven’t seen old Director Ma for several days. I saw him leading people to grind rebar a while ago.”

“What the hell is grinding rebar? That’s for a new project.”

“New project? What?”

“Did you forget our factory’s confidentiality regulations? Don’t inquire about other project departments’ matters.”

The Dragon Shark Unmanned Boat submerged for a full half an hour before surfacing. Zheng Zichang said happily, “Director Lu, your design idea is truly amazing.” “Unmanned submersion completely eliminates the need to consider the psychological issues of shipborne personnel. As long as the submarine material can withstand the pressure, diving hundreds of meters is absolutely no problem.”

“The artificial lake we dug was too shallow, only about thirty meters deep.”

A water depth of thirty meters could not test the Dragon Shark’s ultimate diving depth; they would have to wait until it was transported to the open sea for testing.

“Director Lu, I think the water test is fine, but it needs to soak in the water for a few more days to see the situation. If there’s no problem, we can invite the Fisheries Administration and Coast Guard over.” Zheng Zichang pondered.

The Fisheries Administration has a great demand for unmanned boats, but their technical requirements are not high.

Large quantity, sufficient, and durable is enough.

Equip it with a water cannon and spray whoever it catches!

The Coast Guard, on the other hand, has higher requirements for unmanned boats, such as automatic patrol in certain areas, performing alert duties, and forcibly expelling illegal vessels, and so on.

In Lu Shenwei’s opinion, the equipment configuration should at least start with heavy machine guns, and ideally be equipped with high-performance Longying Drones, the kind with bomb-dropping modules.

Lu Shenwei nodded: “I’ll contact them tomorrow.”

A few days ago, the leaders of the Fisheries Administration and the Coast Guard had told him they wanted to come and see.

But Lu Shenwei politely declined, saying the unmanned boat was still in the final testing phase. Now that the water test was basically successful, it was time to invite them to see it.

Binhai, Naval Port.

After Gu Ming heard Lu Shenwei’s report that the unmanned boat’s development was successfully completed and the water test was also fine, he immediately called the Coast Guard and the Fisheries Administration.

“What did you say? The unmanned boat has been developed?”

“Absolutely do not notify the Coast Guard! Our Fisheries Administration leader will be there immediately!”

“Yes, yes, yes, absolutely cannot notify the Coast Guard!”

Listening to Director Feng’s plea, Gu Ming almost burst out laughing.

The entanglement between the Coast Guard and the Fisheries Administration was not a one or two-year affair. As early as thirty years ago, the Coast Guard was under the interim management of the Navy, so decommissioned warships were prioritized for the Coast Guard’s use.

Later, the Coast Guard became independent and was managed by the Dragon Xia Coast Guard Bureau.

The Fisheries Administration, on the other hand, supervises fishing operations and is managed by the rural agricultural department.

The nearshore Fisheries Administration wanted a large ship, but could only wait for the Coast Guard’s third-hand decommissioned warships. The Fisheries Administration leader complained about not having human rights.

They had repeatedly reported it to higher-ups, but the Coast Guard was originally subordinate to the Navy, so the higher-ups had no solution.

They couldn’t just build a 5,000-ton Fisheries Administration vessel, could they?

The Fisheries Administration leader had been frustrated for many years, so this time, upon hearing that someone had developed an unmanned patrol vessel, he immediately requested to be the first to purchase it.

“Director Feng, I can’t favor one over the other. The Coast Guard has already been notified.”

“Ah? Why didn’t you say so earlier? Why didn’t you say so earlier!”

Director Feng hung up the phone after speaking and immediately contacted his leader to fly directly to Qin Chuan that day!

And the Coast Guard leader was not idle either; he also flew to Qin Chuan on a special plane that same afternoon.

As soon as the two groups landed, they started arguing at Qin Chuan Airport, attracting many curious travelers.