Chapter 277 They thought they had found their Achilles' heel [Request full order]

Chapter 277 They thought they had found their Achilles' heel [Request full order]

In fact, Wang Haoran doesn’t need to worry too much about the Pangu Award.

Driven by the huge prize money, scientists, artists and writers from all over the world flocked to it.

In order to win the award, they all began to write papers or reviews in Chinese and submit them to academic journals in Longguo.

For a time, there was a craze for learning Chinese around the world.

More foreigners began to apply for visas to Dragon Country.

There were long queues of people waiting for interviews outside the embassies and consulates of various countries.

Many times, the queues waiting for interviews are several kilometers long, and even the agency business of applying for Longguo visas has become a business.

Before this, there were actually very few elites from various countries coming to Dragon Country.

Because they have all been badly influenced by the Lizard Party’s propaganda!
But no matter how much the Western media smears him, the glory of the dragon cannot be concealed.

The elites all want to know more about Dragon Country.

The visa application process in Longguo is actually quite simple.

As long as you are an elite, you can basically get a visa quickly after submitting your documents.

Major cities and scenic spots in Dragon Country are flooded with foreign tourists.

After these foreign elites arrived in Longguo, they were greatly shocked when they saw the thriving scene.

At this time, after seven or eight years of development, Long has transformed greatly, and even the rural areas are undergoing a new look.

Most of the farmers' old houses have been renovated.

In the rural areas of wealthy areas, almost every family lives in small Western-style buildings, and the villages are no worse than the wealthy communities abroad.

This is shocking.

In the past seven or eight years, with the increase of national strength, infrastructure construction has also been accelerated. Not only have the roads in the cities become wider and more beautiful, but even county-level highways have become smooth asphalt roads.

In the city, tall buildings rise from the ground and stand in rows.

At night, neon lights flicker, creating a prosperous scene.

The current situation is no worse than that of the Lizard Country.

In fact, it looks neater and more beautiful than the Lizard City.

In particular, Longguo pays great attention to greening in its urban construction, and the streets and alleys are full of roadside trees and other green plants and flowers.

This is even more beautiful than foreign cities, which are like gardens.

Here is a special note: in the cities of Lizard, there are basically few planned roadside trees and green plants. The places with trees and plants are basically rich communities.

Even on the streets of the metropolitan city of Tokyo, it is rare to see green trees.

Paying attention to urban greening is one of the characteristics of Longguo.

All the Lizard Kingdom elites who had been to Dragon Country were shocked.

Only then did they realize how ridiculous their prejudice against the Dragon Kingdom was.

Although Dragon's per capita GDP and income are not as good as those of most countries in Lizard Country, the quality of life of its people is still quite high, prices are very cheap, and the purchasing power of its currency is much stronger than that of Lizard Country.

It turns out that the rise of dragons and their rapid development are all true...

Of course, although the dragon has developed rapidly and achieved amazing achievements in the industrial field, it still has many shortcomings.

For example, the biggest shortcoming should be the shipbuilding industry. They seem unable to independently manufacture large ships and merchant ships.

Gerard is a small shareholder of a shipping company in Yasa and he is also a director of the shipping company.

In fact, he himself had not thought of traveling to Longguo at first.

But at the end of January 1984, he happened to be going to South Korea to check the progress of his own shipbuilding orders, so he came to South Korea first.

After staying in Bangzi for a few days, he always heard people talking about Longguo, saying how powerful and beautiful Longguo is now.

Moreover, at a time when the competition between the Pangu Prize and the Nobel Prize was at its peak, Gerard was full of curiosity about the Dragon Kingdom.

So, he finally decided to go to Longguo to take a look.

However, it is not realistic for him to go directly to Dragon Country from Korea.

Because there is no direct relationship between the two yet.

He had to go to the foot basin again.

At the foot basin, Gerard heard a piece of news: the squid people can go directly to the Dragon Country and get a visa on arrival there, which can basically be passed very quickly. Even the foot basin enjoys this treatment.

He thought, then I'll just fly over there.

Just then, his good friend, Jiro Kono, the head of Mitsubishi Shipyard's business, came to visit and receive him.

The two had lunch together and chatted while they were at it.

Jiro Kono complained bitterly, saying that the industry was being badly suppressed by the dragon and that many of its advantageous industries were being gradually lost.

Even in the automobile industry, Longdu is now making efforts.

Gerard frowned and said, "Don't they have any disadvantages?"

Kono Jiro smiled bitterly and said: "They are indeed still lagging behind in some areas."

“But they are developing very quickly.”

"Take cars as an example. Some time ago, their Hongqi sedans crushed Fengtian's luxury car sub-brand Lexus."

"However, they are still relatively backward in the field of shipbuilding."

"At present, they can only build some bulk carriers, and for warships, they can only build ships of one to two thousand tons."

Gerard hurriedly wrote down the information.

He said: "It seems that we can restrict the other side in the shipbuilding industry."

"As long as their shipbuilding industry is not good, then their navy will definitely be backward."

"And if the navy lags behind, they can't protect their own shipping lanes."

Kono Jiro sighed and said, "They also have aircraft carriers now."

"However, the aircraft carrier and several large destroyers were traded from the Great Bear."

"However, its strength should not be underestimated."

Gerard said nonchalantly: "As long as they can't build it themselves, they can't build a strong navy by purchasing it from abroad."

"Yes! When I return, I must make a suggestion to the higher-ups to strictly block their shipbuilding technology!"

"Anyone who violates this will be severely punished!"

In addition to being a small boss in the shipping industry, Gerard is also a member of parliament.

He has the right to propose motions.

This is also the main reason why Kono Jiro came to make friends. In fact, after Gerrard came to the foot basin, many foot basin elites immediately came to please him and chat with him.

Jiro Kono hopes to use Gerard's power to ask Squidward to show mercy and not deprive the foot basin of its shipbuilding capabilities.

He didn't expect that he would end up making things worse.

If Yusa issues an order to ban this, the foot basin will probably be the first to be affected.

Oh! That's so tragic.

Gerard stayed in the foot basin for more than a day, then he flew to Long.

Sure enough, he got a visa on arrival and entered the territory of Longguo smoothly.

He found that what others said was true and that Dragon Country's development had already reached an extremely high level.

In seven or eight years, they have basically built a well-connected infrastructure of roads, and the city has become very modern and beautiful.

And the Dragon people on the street can be seen wearing colorful clothes that are neat and fashionable.

They also have great skin tones, the girls are pretty, and the guys are confident.

Everyone has a positive energy.

At first, Gerard thought he was in the wrong place and that those were actors deliberately shown to foreigners.

But then he randomly went to several places and found that they were exactly the same as the first time he went. He was still a little unconvinced.

He thought it must be because this was their capital.

As it was the capital's capital, it must be improved, so he went to a small city in Beihe Province to observe.

As a result, this small city has developed quite well. The people on the streets are well-dressed and well-nourished. The city roads are smooth, the greenery is very good, and many new buildings have been built. Moreover, like the capital, there are construction sites everywhere.

This is a typical manifestation of rapid economic development!
Gerard felt a little sour.

Because, compared with the dragon, Squid already looks a little old and gloomy.

Gerard thought, the situation is very dangerous!

The dragon has indeed now fully developed.

Maybe it's really as what that guy Jiro Kono said, maybe it's only the shipbuilding sector that they haven't developed yet.

So, we must start from this aspect and severely block them so that they cannot obtain advanced shipbuilding technology. In this way, they cannot have large merchant ships, giant oil tankers and LNG ships, and they cannot form a large merchant fleet.

In this way, their trade will be blocked by us.

In addition, they will not be able to develop a powerful fleet, and their shipping routes will be controlled by us.

That way, we can control their trade.

Because Gerard had something on his mind, he didn't stay in Dragon Country for too long.

After he flew back to Squidward, he proposed a bill to severely block all access of dragons to advanced shipbuilding technology.

He also published an article in the New York Times, advocating his own idea: as long as the Dragon people cannot obtain shipbuilding technology and as long as their shipbuilding technology cannot be developed, they will not be able to protect the waterway, and the Squid will ultimately win by controlling the waterway.

At this point, he also called out to Big Bear, hoping that they could act together.

"That won't do you any good, only harm! So, let's do it together!"

The incident caused by Gerrard caused quite a stir.

Of course Big Bear noticed it too.

However, Osterlund, the leader of the bear group, would naturally ignore it.

Ostlund is a man of understanding.

He knew that the most dangerous thing now was the eagle, and it would remain so for the foreseeable future.

At Pangu Technology Company, Wang Haoran was flipping through a faxed copy of the New York Times.

Xiao Lijuan was right next to him, helping him type a document.

When Wang Haoran saw the long article written by Gerard in the New York Times, he shook his head in disdain and said, "These guys really don't have any wisdom at all."

"They actually think that the electronics and home appliance industries we developed in the past were all technologies obtained from the Lizard Side."

"They believe that our technology has developed because we exploited their loopholes."

"I don't know whether to say they are confident or stupid."

Xiao Lijuan continued typing and said with a smile: "What interesting things have you seen?"

Wang Haoran told her that the Squid wanted to completely cut off cooperation in shipbuilding and suffocate Dragon's shipbuilding industry in order to maintain their overwhelming power in the global ocean.

Xiao Lijuan stopped and said, "Aren't our 052D and aircraft carrier under construction?"

"Although the news is blocked, but, don't they know the slightest bit of information?"

"And isn't our Dalian Shipyard also building a 20-ton oil tanker?"

“I don’t understand what these people are thinking.”

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "We still made some disguises for those docks that are under construction."

"Their satellites can't even see it."

"Also, they used to be able to send high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft to spy on us, but in recent years, with the development of our advanced surface-to-air missiles, their aircraft no longer dare to poke their heads around."

"In short, they don't understand the extent of our shipbuilding capabilities at all."

Xiao Lijuan said: "They are really overestimating their own capabilities. They are clearly enjoying the output of our advanced technology products. We obviously have many more bottlenecks on them, but they dare to so blatantly announce that they want to strangle our shipbuilding industry. This is really bizarre."

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "What I want to say is, don't argue with fools."

"These guys always think that they are the only ones who can strike and we must never strike back. It's like they have a special privilege."

Xiao Lijuan sighed and said, "I feel a little angry and suffocated. Can't we fight back?"

Wang Haoran said: "The best counterattack is definitely our breakthrough in shipbuilding!"

"Don't worry, I estimate that we will soon hear good news one after another."

The Spring Festival in 1984 seemed more lively than ever before.

Because this year, there are more foreigners coming to experience the Dragon Country Spring Festival than in previous years.

On the morning of New Year's Eve, Wang Haoran presided over the launching ceremony of Longguo's first 20-ton oil tanker at the Dalian Shipyard.

As mentioned earlier, the technology used to manufacture giant oil tankers is extremely complex.

Therefore, there are only a few countries that can manufacture it.

Today, even Squidward himself no longer has the docks and technology to build giant oil tankers.

The oil tanker is a very important type of transport ship.

After all, energy can be said to be the industrial lifeline of a country.

The vast majority of countries in the world are oil-poor.

All of them need to import oil.

Like the Dragon Country today, it has quietly become a major oil importing country.

In the past few years, Longguo's oil imports have been growing rapidly year by year.

By last year, imported oil had surged to more than 10 million tons.

If you don't have your own giant oil tankers, you will need to rent oil tankers from other countries to import oil. Not only are the freight rates very high, but in many cases, they are not available for rent.

Because oil tankers suddenly became in short supply.

If you go to domestic shipping companies to buy oil tankers made in China or made in China, the prices they quote are very high and simply unacceptable.

But for the sake of energy security, you still have to hold your nose and place orders with them.

Now, Longguo has built its own giant oil tankers, and this bottleneck problem has been solved.

Feng Xiang, the head of Dalian Shipyard, stood beside Wang Haoran. He looked at the busy workers and could not hide his excitement.

"Comrade Haoran, it really feels like a dream!"

"I still can't believe that we can build such a large tanker ourselves."

He said to Wang Haoran.

Wang Haoran smiled and said: "In the future, we must not only master the manufacturing technology of oil tankers, but also the construction technology of LNG ships!"

"We have high-quality labor, accumulated technology, and cost advantages. As long as we master the technology, there will be no need for foot basins and sticks in the future."

"The shipbuilding industry is also quite large. As long as we can take half of the orders, we will become a shipbuilding power in the future. With the support of commercial shipbuilding, the cost of warship manufacturing can be rapidly reduced, forming a virtuous circle."

Feng Xiang nodded vigorously and said, "You are right."

"With your guidance, I find that our shipbuilding technology has really improved rapidly."

"The manufacturing of our first aircraft carrier is going smoothly. We expect the hull manufacturing to be completed in April this year, and outfitting will take several months. I think we should be able to start sea trials of our domestically-made aircraft carrier in October this year!"

Wang Haoran laughed and said, “Come on! Master Squid is waiting to see us make a fool of ourselves!”

"We have to make them stop being a joke! We have to make them start to doubt their lives!"

At this time, Wang Haoran was also in a rather uneasy mood. After all, the Squid people really thought that they could tie our hands and feet in terms of shipbuilding and leave us at a loss!
Then you must fight for your dignity!

As the two were talking, a commander at the scene of the launching of a giant ship ran over to ask Feng Xiang for instructions.

Feng Xiang waved his hand and said, "Then let's get in the water!" (End of this chapter)