"Mr. Qin, there is a Western reporter who wants to interview you."

Listening to Xu Zhengyang's words, Qin Tao subconsciously wanted to wave his hand. Even if he didn't see this kind of person, the conversation might not be pleasant, and he might be digging holes for himself, and he might be trapped in it.

However, he still said casually: "What's your name?"

"Beaumont."

"full name?"

When Xu Zhengyang finished saying his full name, Qin Tao immediately nodded: "Invite her in!"

Soon, a Western woman in her thirties walked in: "Mr. Qin, I'm glad you can accept the interview. I come from France and want to report something that surprises us in the West. I hope I can be here with you.

Find the answer."

"What's up?"

"Why is the cost of producing aircraft carriers so low in the East? According to relevant analysis, the cost of building a Ford-class aircraft carrier in the United States can produce five 003 aircraft carriers here. How do you do it? Is it by squeezing labor?

"

"Our workers all work voluntarily, and their wages are also very high." Qin Tao said: "Zhengyang, go to the finance office and ask for a salary list for ordinary workers."

Xu Zhengyang was very curious, why was Mr. Qin so enthusiastic about such a foreign woman? He actually showed her such confidential information as salary?

However, since Mr. Qin wants it, he can just go and get it himself.

Soon, the salary table was displayed on the wall through the projector. Beaumont's eyes were filled with surprise: "An ordinary worker can earn more than 8,000 yuan a month!"

"Yes, I can guarantee that this salary schedule is indeed valid. Next, you can ask our front-line workers how much they earn per month."

Now, the minimum wage in the capital is only 700 to 800 yuan a month. Those who can earn more than 3,000 yuan belong to the white-collar class. Ordinary workers in Mingzhou Group can earn more than 8,000 yuan a month, which is definitely high-end.

income.

"Moreover, this is the actual amount left after paying insurance and pension. At the end of each year, we will give an extra two months' salary as a year-end bonus. Our ordinary workers should have no lower wages than those in the West."

"Yes, if converted, the income is about the same as that of workers in the West." Beaumont nodded.

"However, prices in the East are low, and the actual purchasing power of this money is far greater than that in the West."

Beaumont nodded again.

“If it’s not low wages, then what is it?”

"Thirty years ago, our country put forward the slogan that science and technology are the primary productive forces." Qin Tao said: "Our low costs are of course obtained by high technology."

"What kind of high technology is needed for shipbuilding?"

For Westerners who have never been to the East, it is indeed difficult to understand the level of science and technology in the East. Even in the impression of many Westerners, the East should be similar to Africa.

Now, Qin Tao wants to correct the other party's impression.

"Next, I'll take you to our shipyard and you'll understand. Zhengyang, make arrangements and let's go to Huating Second Shipyard."

"good."

Soon, a special plane took off from the capital and flew directly to Huating.

Sitting on the large sofa, Beaumont was very envious: "Mr. Qin, is this the life of the rich in the East?"

"No, I am not a rich man from the East, I am an entrepreneur from the East. I often need to travel between places. In order to avoid wasting time, I have this special plane." Qin Tao said: "You should know that for entrepreneurs, time is the most important factor.

The most important thing is that after I show you the equipment in the shipyard, you can come back in the evening."

"Mr. Qin, did I disrupt your schedule?"

"It doesn't matter, as long as you can objectively and fairly report everything you see in the East so that the world can better understand us in the East, that's enough."

"I certainly will."

The Mingzhou Shipyard is still building aircraft carriers, and the level of confidentiality is very high. Therefore, Qin Tao took Beaumont to the Huating Second Shipyard to have a look, and she should understand.

Cong Ju heard that Qin Tao was coming and was very curious. When she saw that Qin Tao brought a foreign reporter, she became even more curious.

So, just as Xu Zhengyang was walking in front with Bo Meng, Cong Ju spoke softly from behind.

"Mr. Qin, what is the identity of this reporter? Does he deserve your personal companionship?"

"Sister Cong Ju, this reporter can report our Dongfang fairly and objectively, and let the world know about our Dongfang and our Mingzhou Shipyard, so..."

Cong Ju nodded: "Okay, what do you want her to see?"

"Look at our production line."

"good."

"Huating Second Shipyard is a civilian ship production base. It currently mainly produces liquefied gas ships, which are also the flagship products of our Mingzhou Group." Qin Tao introduced: "Miss Beaumont, you should know that shipbuilding starts with cutting steel plates.

Right?"

"Um."

"Let's start by cutting the steel plate."

For Beaumont, this is definitely a whole new world!

As soon as she entered the factory, she saw several trucks transporting goods, pulling steel coils on them. However, these trucks only had a body, no front, and no cab!

"These cars..."

"At present, our smart driving is very mature. Some roads in Huating have opened smart driving test roads. As for our factory area, it has been fully popularized. All vehicles transporting goods are driverless."

"So, you saved the cost of the driver?"

"The driver profession will disappear in the future." Qin Tao said: "For our company, the demand for drivers is getting smaller and smaller. However, as long as we do not recruit new drivers, the old drivers will slowly retire or be transferred to other positions.

, as long as there is no fault, our Mingzhou Group will not fire workers."

Beaumont nodded.

"But how do you schedule so many cars?"

"Every vehicle is connected to the Internet and can be automatically dispatched through the program to know the status of each vehicle."

"oh."

Think about it, since it is intelligent driving, it must be connected to the Internet.

After the steel coils are transported to the destination, the next step is to uncoil and cut. You can see that there are only a few workers working on site, leisurely unloading the steel coils, uncoiling, and putting them into the machine. Then, everything is automatic again!

"Your technology is indeed the most advanced. In Europe, these are all manually operated, but here, they are all automated! No wonder your construction costs are so low. But..."

"But what?"

"The thickness of steel plates is different, and the equipment required is also different. During use, will some equipment be too busy and some equipment idle?"

"This situation does happen, so every one of our devices is connected to the Internet and we can know the running status of each device at any time." Qin Tao said: "We not only use it for ourselves, but can also open it to other brother units. If

If you want, you can check at any time to see which machine is available."

In shipyards, a lot of equipment is idle, such as plate bending machines. To bend steel plates of different thicknesses, different bending machines are needed. This will cause problems: some bending machines are too busy, and some bending machines are too busy.

The board is idle, what should I do at this time?

For European shipyards, just wait!

All of these have caused huge waste and increased costs, but in Mingzhou Group, these situations do not exist!

Beaumont walked over and was surprised to see that one of the bending machines was actually making a sculpture!

"This sculpture was planned to be erected by the Huating government in Zhangjiang. After completing the design, they came to us to find a machine. After checking it on the computer, I found that the No. 3 bending machine was free for half an hour today.

, so we scheduled production and took advantage of this free time to complete this outsourcing project." Cong Ju explained at the side.

Many municipal sculptures are also made of steel plates. Thin steel plates are bent into special shapes and then welded. In the past, these were done manually bit by bit, which was a waste of time and money. But now, everything has become automated!

The bending machine bends the thin steel plate into the corresponding shape, and then enters the following process, automatic welding. In half an hour, the municipal sculpture in the shape of a mountain and flowing water was made, and it was sprayed with a layer of primer!

The bending machine that completed this task began to continue manufacturing parts for ships.

Click, click!

Beaumont's camera kept taking pictures, and she felt a new door slowly opening.

"Every machine can be connected to the network, and every machine can check its usage on the computer. What kind of high technology is this?"

"Internet of Things." Qin Tao said with a smile: "In our future city, there is the concept of the Internet of Things. If you have entered this virtual future city, you should be able to have a deeper understanding of what the Internet of Things is."

Beaumont's face was full of doubts. Obviously, she didn't understand what the Internet of Things was at this time.

"I've finished reading here. Let's go to the office and sit for a while. Then you will know what the Internet of Things means."

If you just talk about concepts in an empty way, the reporter in front of you may not necessarily understand it. Just like big data, if you talk to ordinary people all day and night, he will not understand it. However, later, he will find that the prices of things he buys often increase, while others

It’s cheaper if you don’t buy it, then you realize that this is what big data is for!

The definition of the Internet of Things is very complicated. It takes a long paragraph, even if it can be summarized in one sentence, it means that all items are connected to the Internet through information sensing devices to exchange information, that is, things are related to each other, in order to achieve intelligence.

Identify and manage.

This won't make sense either.

Or experience it yourself.
To be continued...