Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 69: Chapter 69: 100,000-ton Commercial Shipyard!

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Over Octopus Island.

Jiang Cheng, using both hands and feet, steadily controlled Hai and landed on an open space at the center of the island.

Opening the car door, Jiang Cheng stepped out of the flying car and slowly began to stroll around the small island.

It’s one thing to observe from the sky, but coming down to walk it personally is entirely different.

Although according to system calculations, Octopus Island’s area is only 0.3 square kilometers, essentially a tiny spot, its actual extended coverage far exceeds that, reaching over 3 square kilometers!

Such coverage area is sufficient for it to serve a greater purpose.

And this is good news for the upcoming shipyard construction.

Currently, the construction of the factory can’t be completed in one fell swoop, it must be done gradually and perfected continuously.

According to Jiang Cheng’s plan, the main purpose of this shipyard construction is to produce the first batch of its own ships to participate in the upcoming Leicestershire exhibition, establishing Jade Island’s reputation.

So, to save time, he can only strive to produce a batch of currently mainstream transport ships worldwide and apply the ”super cavitation” black technology in practice.

Once Jade Island’s reputation is truly established, further expansion will be based on this foundation to continuously increase production capacity.

For now, Octopus Island can fully meet the needs for future expansion.

Jiang Cheng inspected Octopus Island while nodding with satisfaction in his heart.

This personal inspection allowed him to roughly understand the construction plan for the current and future period, making this journey worthwhile.

Without further delay, Jiang Cheng directly drove Hai back to the villa at Baisha Bay.

Upon returning to the villa, Jiang Cheng immediately opened his phone, pulled up the system’s construction module, and selected the shipyard buildings.

Instantly, various types of shipyards appeared in front of Jiang Cheng, causing him to be dazzled.

After carefully screening and creatively combining elements, a 3D model of a fully automated high-tech shipyard emerged before Jiang Cheng.

[Name]: 10-ton Commercial Shipyard

[Parameters]: Hull Processing Workshop X1, Assembly Workshop X1, Fitting-Out Workshop X1, Painting Workshop X1, Open Slideways X2, Floating Dock X6, Fitting-Out Wharf X1, Other Supporting Underwater Facilities X1

[Area]: Land 0.8 square kilometers, Water 3.6 square kilometers

[Cost]: 450 million USD

[Duration]: 20 days

[Products]: Ocean Liners, Dry Cargo Ships, Liquid Cargo Ships, Container Ships, Refrigerated Ships, LNG Ships

Looking at the parameters of this 10-ton commercial shipyard, Jiang Cheng’s eyes flickered brightly.

10-ton level!

Among the world’s current shipyards, it may not be the largest, but it’s sufficient to be among the upper ranks. Moreover, this is only his first shipyard; there’s significant room for future advancement.

As Jiang Cheng knows, the largest tonnage transport ship presently is a floating liquid natural gas ship, known as an FLNG, with an astounding tonnage of 640,000 tons!

It’s truly a mobile sea giant!

FLNG represents construction challenges beyond LNG ships, a pinnacle of high-tech shipbuilding that few shipyards globally can construct, where its tonnage easily breaks 300,000 tons.

Hence, whether in construction complexity or scale, FLNG ships can be deemed the crown products of the shipbuilding industry.

Apart from that, there’s also a super tanker exceeding 600,000 tons - the Seawise Giant!

Seawise Giant is a super tanker transporting oil, able to carry nearly 580,000 tons of oil in one trip, enough to meet the monthly needs of a city with a population of 20 million!

This indicates that the development direction of the world’s shipbuilding industry is towards larger tonnage and faster speed, leaving ample room for Jiang Cheng to explore.

From 10-ton to 600,000-ton, it’s an enormous challenge.

Nonetheless, Jiang Cheng is willing to accept this challenge!

Shaking his head, Jiang Cheng temporarily set aside this challenge and turned his attention to the shipyard model before him.

It’s undeniable that large products like ships require more raw materials, leading to a sharp increase in shipyard construction costs.

However, Jiang Cheng can manage this.

With the Transformer flying car successfully commercialized, more countries and regions began engaging in discussions to introduce flying cars, incorporating them into future urban transportation planning.

This prompted a rapid increase in flying car orders for Jade Island. If not for concerns about rapid scaling causing technology leaks, Jiang Cheng would have built a second flying car manufacturing plant.

The surge in orders directly benefited Jiang Cheng financially.

Thus, the shipyard’s cost of 450 million USD doesn’t trouble Jiang Cheng.

Seeing the grand shipyard model before him, Jiang Cheng’s eyes flashed, and he decisively pressed the ”Build” button.

”Ding! Please select the construction site...”

As the system prompt sounded, a 2D plane model of Octopus Island appeared in Jiang Cheng’s vision.

Slowly scanning over the 2D plane model, Jiang Cheng finally stopped his gaze at a bay he had focused on during previous on-site inspections.

Hippo Bay!

Located in the heart of Octopus Island, Hippo Bay faces the Pacific Ocean directly, with calm winds, level terrain, and a deep-water trench along the coast suitable for building a shipyard and other facilities.

This is the place!

”Confirm!”

With Jiang Cheng’s order, the commercial shipyard bearing Jiang Cheng’s great expectations finally entered the construction phase.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Cheng took a long breath, showing a relieved expression.

This period of time has truly exhausted him.

Every day, he leaves early and returns late, barely having time to eat, and his usual daily massage and entertainment activities have been temporarily halted.

His shoulders are sore!

Jiang Cheng rubbed his shoulders, feeling a wave of soreness.

Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng picked up his phone and dialed a familiar number.

”Dear Island Master, how may I serve you?”

Listening to the soft and sweet female voice on the other end, Jiang Cheng felt a stir in his heart. Then, his eyes gleamed with passion, and with an undeniable tone, he said:

”Nika, bring Tina along. I need your authentic French massage!”

After saying this, Jiang Cheng walked out of the villa, stripped off his clothes, and plunged into the blue infinity pool...