This pirate attack resulted in a total of 135 crew members dead or injured, as well as 23 passengers dead or injured.
After repelling a wave of pirate attacks, Prince Steele immediately ordered the cruise ship to return to Walvis Bay overnight.
As the host here, Chen Chen simply booked the remaining empty rooms in all the hotels in Walvis Bay for the tourists who had escaped death to stay.
These pitiful people would not dare to take a ship for the rest of their lives.
The Namibian authorities also expressed great importance to this pirate attack case, stating that in the near future, cracking down on pirate forces would be one of the basic national policies.
On Chen Chen's side, the heirs of four financial families had died in his hands. Naturally, there would be a lot of things to deal with next. Fortunately, there were so many eyes in the casino, so there were no problems that could not be resolved.
Moreover, if their foolish son wanted to usurp the throne, he believed that as long as these fathers were not useless, they would not be oblivious to it.
Chen Chen was not interested in what happened next. He directly left the mess to Qian Wenhuan to deal with while he took the company's negotiation team and flew directly to Europe, Germany.
As one of the countries in the Earth Federation system, although Germany suffered a crushing defeat after World War II, when the five permanent members of the United Nations announced at the same time in 1992 that the United Nations was officially transformed into the Earth Federation, all the forces in the world began a violent reshuffle. Germany also successfully got rid of the label of a defeated country and gained the opportunity to rise.
With Little X's appointment, Chen Chen went directly to the Meyer Shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, to discuss the order of the cruise ship with the owner of the shipyard.
In the world, there were only four shipyards capable of building cruise ships above 200,000 tons. They were the Aker Shipyard in Finland, the Meyer Shipyard in Germany, the Atlantic Shipyard in France, and the Fincante Shipyard in Italy.
Among them, Germany's Meyer Shipyard was not the cheapest, but its construction speed was the fastest among all the shipyards.
The Meyer Shipyard was known as the "German Master". It was the largest and most modern shipyard in Germany. However, as soon as Chen Chen got off the plane, the manager of the Meyer Shipyard came to greet him.
After some small talk, everyone got into the car and drove to the headquarters of the Meyer Shipyard.
Next, Chen Chen visited the dock of the Meyer Shipyard, which was so far the largest indoor dock in the world.
The dock was 504 meters long, 125 meters wide, and 75 meters high. Being in it was like standing in a dragon's lair and humans were like bugs in a nest.
The person responsible for showing Chen Chen around the dock was a middle-aged man in his forties with slicked-back hair, full of maturity.
At this time, the man asked, the man asked, "Mr. of Chen, what kind of cruise ship you want?"
"Are there many types of cruise ships?" Chen Chen asked as he stared at a cruise ship under construction in the dock.
"No, but according to the degree of economy, cruise ships can be divided into economic cruise ships and commercial cruise ships. Other than that, there are also luxury cruise ships."
The man with the slicked-back hair continued to explain, "For example, the world's largest cruise line, the Ocean Cruise Line.
"The main feature of the luxury cruise is to highlight the passengers' travel experience. You should know that the size of the ocean cruise is enough to carry tens of thousands of passengers."
"However, in order to give the passengers a better experience, the cruise ship was actually only designed with more than 2,000 rooms, which can only accommodate 6,000 people. Most of the space has been turned into public facilities for services.
"Other than that, the facilities of the luxury cruise are also top-notch."
The man with the slicked-back hair pointed at a cruise ship that was under construction. "From every restaurant to the furniture in the guest rooms, it's all the same. It's just a cabin, but the interior decoration is equivalent to a five-star hotel. These are the hallmarks of a luxury cruise ship."
Chen Chen listened and nodded. "What about the power system?"
"Cruise ships have high requirements for the performance of the power system, noise, and other conditions. According to our company's statistical analysis of global cruise ships, most luxury cruise ships use the diesel-electric propulsion system, accounting for more than 70%."
"There are only 10 cruise ships using the 'diesel-gas' hybrid power system, 33 cruise ships using the diesel power system, and 1 luxury cruise ship using nuclear propulsion."
This time, without waiting for Chen Chen to ask further questions, the mustache man automatically explained, "The so-called 'diesel-electric' propulsion power is the use of diesel to generate electricity for the electric motor to drive the propeller. In terms of economy and performance, it's extremely suitable for luxury cruise ships."
"What about nuclear power?"
Chen Chen asked directly.
Hearing this, the mustache man's expression was a little strange, but he still said, "Although we humans have achieved nuclear power plants, I have to say that the power of cruise ships is very different from land devices. The reactor costs are high and maintenance is complicated. On a cruise ship, the investment of nuclear power is ten times that of ordinary power. It's not cost-effective."
"I see." Chen Chen nodded. "In that case, I'll follow the trend and use the diesel-electric system for my cruise ship."
"That's the most rational choice."
The mustache man agreed. "Are you planning to customize a cruise ship now? What are your requirements? We have a large number of ship designers who can help you solve them. "
"I want my cruise ship to be as big as possible."
Chen Chen thought for a moment. "About 500 meters in length and 100 meters in width. The higher the power system, the better. I heard that ships have more than one power system?"
"In general, cruise ships have one main power system and one backup power system." Hearing the size Chen Chen reported, the mustache man's eyes widened and he answered instinctively.
"In that case, I'll double it."
Chen Chen nodded. "I want to install two main power systems and two backup power systems on the cruise ship."
"..."
The mustache man was taken aback and then smiled bitterly. "Mr. Chen, I'm afraid you've misunderstood. A power system includes diesel generators, electric motors, and other equipment. These equipment are very large and extremely heavy. Four power systems are enough to take up the entire bottom of the hull, so there's no economic advantage..."
"That's not important." Chen Chen shook his head. "I'm not building a cruise ship for profit. I just want to build an offshore experimental base."
"An offshore experimental base?" The mustache man was even more confused.
Chen Chen nodded. "So, I can have entertainment facilities on my ship, but I don't need things like guest rooms. At most, I'll need some dormitories and laboratories, and the laboratories will need a large power system."
"I understand."
The mustache man finally understood and forced a smile. "In other words, you're not planning to build a cruise ship, but a work ship?"
"Yes, a work ship that can be docked in 'international waters' for experiments." Chen Chen stared at the middle-aged man in front of him and said word by word.
"Okay..."
The mustache man wiped the sweat from his forehead. "In that case, what power system do you plan to use? If your ship needs to be that big, we suggest you choose this Leroy-Sommer LSA62 generator, each with a power of 20,000 kilowatts. "
"Of course, I'll choose the one with the highest power," Chen Chen said matter-of-factly.
"That's definitely a wise choice." The mustache man nodded. "We have 12 units left here. If you want to install a few more as backup, how many units would you like to buy?"
Hearing this, Chen Chen stretched out his hand, placed it in front of the mustache man, and then grasped it tightly.
"I want all of them!"
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