Chapter 1710 Nothing Is Impossible (Part 1)

Although I don't know why the boss didn't take nearly one billion dollars into his eyes, the project director still asked the second question.

"Gas turbine. Boss!" The project manager said helplessly: "Rolls-Royce's MT30 marine gas turbine is the latest product, and it is the most suitable in terms of power, but you know, boss, this latest type Gas turbines are specially designed for military ships, and their blockade of China, it is estimated that it will be very difficult to use this gas turbine."

"This is indeed a trouble." Guo Tailai nodded while touching his chin.

The MT30, which will be officially finalized this year, will be the driving force of many warships in the future. It is not so easy for Huaxia to use the latest technology. Guo Tailai just mentioned this before, because the latest marine gas turbines collected by the intelligence collection team contained semi-public information about MT30, so Guo Tailai also thought it was appropriate, so he proposed to use this, but he thought the problem was too simple.

"We have an alternative, boss!" Seeing that the boss agreed with him, the project director immediately proposed a remedy. As a designer, of course, you must have the ability to help your boss solve problems, not only to find problems, but also to solve them.

"What plan?" Guo Tailai asked back.

"General Dynamics' LM2500+ gas turbine, finalized in 1998, has a power of 40,500 horsepower, which is close to 30 megawatts. Although the power is smaller than MT30, it should be sufficient." The project director quickly said: "The LM2500 series gas turbines are used in a wide range of applications. , and are often used on civilian ships, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to buy.”

It can be seen that the project team has put in a lot of hard work for this. They not only have the design scheme of MT30, but also the design scheme of LM2500, and even helped Guo Tailai consider the difficulty of obtaining it, and the consideration is quite perfect.

Guo Tailai was very satisfied with this approach of the project team, and designed according to the requirements, but he found an alternative solution actively when he felt that there were difficulties, and gave full play to his subjective initiative, which is very good!

"Good job!" Guo Tailai gave a thumbs up to the project manager, and then asked jokingly, "Is there a solution to reduce costs? Well, the solution to the first problem just now."

"Yes!" To Guo Tailai's surprise, the project director nodded in affirmation: "Replace the super aluminum and carbon fiber with ordinary marine steel, and keep other materials unchanged, although the overall tonnage will increase by several thousand tons. , but the size and luxury level will not change, but the cost can be reduced on a large scale. According to our calculations, removing these materials can effectively reduce the cost by 100 million to 150 million US dollars."

"Increasing the tonnage will also obviously reduce the top speed, right?" Guo Tailai asked immediately after hearing the words.

"Yes, boss!" The project manager shrugged helplessly. There is no way, he is not a god, so he can only admit with a little regret: "No way, the power will decrease but the tonnage will increase, which will definitely reduce the maximum speed. And daily cruising fuel consumption will be relatively large.”

The top speed is reduced, but the $100 million to $150 million cost reduction is real. Just saving so much money is enough to build a few yachts of about 100 meters.

"So, what is your choice?" Guo Tailai asked the project director with a smile: "If it were you, which plan would you use?"

"From the perspective of me as a designer, of course I like the most perfect and most expensive plan." The project director was not polite when he heard the boss ask about his choice, and he directly expressed his thoughts: "But my Opinions are not important, the yacht belongs to the owner, and your opinion is the most important."

"Hahaha!" Guo Tailai also laughed when he heard it: "Mr. Mi, I like him! Smart man!"

Mi Feifei also nodded, the project director is very clear, he knows his identity, and he also sticks to his duty, very smart.

"However, boss, which one do you plan to choose?" Mi Feifei was also curious about Guo Tailai's choice. She was not worried about the money issue, but for the engine, would Guo Tailai choose the second-tier engine?

"I have to ask!" Guo Tailai was not sure that he could get MT30, so he had to ask specifically.

Picking up the phone and about to make a call, he suddenly realized that it might still be three o'clock in the middle of the night in London, so Guo Tailai decided to wait. If you want to find someone to help, you can't harass others in the middle of the night.

But Guo Tailai still made another call first. The first is to confirm whether the orders for super aluminum and carbon fiber can be completed. These materials are all domestic manufacturers, and they are all related to Guo Tailai, just ask Zhao Xiangbei directly.

"Six thousand tons of super aluminum? And one thousand tons of T700 carbon fiber?" Zhao Xiangbei was surprised when he received the call: "When will you want it?"

After learning that it was half a year later, Zhao Xiangbei made it clear that there was no problem. Carbon fiber is okay. Although super aluminum has excellent performance, the military will only order a small number of samples for experiments in a short period of time, and there will be no large orders. Although Guo Tailai's order is not large, it just happens to be considered opening.

We had lunch in the middle, and in the afternoon, Guo Tailai made several suggestions for amendments, the most important of which was to change the theater into a giant screen. This involves changes in the theater room, which will also affect the surrounding design, so it will take a while to make changes. This is impossible. When Guo Tailai placed the order before, the theaters were not detailed. The designers designed them according to ordinary theaters. Now that Guo Tailai requests to support the IMAX giant screen, there must be some changes.

There are not many other modifications, the most important thing is the structural design, which can ensure sufficient safety and withstand the high speed of such a large ship, and the difficulty is quite high.

It wasn't until five o'clock in the afternoon that Guo Tailai called the London side.

"Charles!" Guo Tailai's acquaintances in London must be looking for Charles. Although Rolls-Royce also has acquaintances, it seems that Rolls-Royce, which produces cars, and Rolls-Royce, which produces aero-engines, have separated. Talkable, but not as good as Charles.

"I designed the largest yacht in the world, you should know about it." Guo Tailai didn't show politeness to Charles, and directly expressed his thoughts: "My yacht wants to use Rolls-Royce's latest MT30 marine gas turbine. "

Guo Tailai didn't ask if it was okay, he just said that he wanted to use it. Whether it is possible or not is up to Charles to choose.

"Are you kidding?" Charles couldn't help being speechless when he heard Guo Tailai's words: "That's Luo Luo's latest gas turbine, which is used on warships."

"Believe me, a 15,000-ton super yacht, with high speed, is the largest in the world." Guo Tailai seduced him seriously: "Is there any better advertising effect than this? Think about it. It is a civilian vessel and has no military use."

"I'll ask Luo Luo's side for their thoughts." Charles didn't directly refuse, and seemed to be moved by the effect of the advertisement.