This really was an integrated process.
Director Wu Yu and the others all had an expression of "I really didn't see wrong?"
Before they came, they were still talking on the road, saying that this little boss was not honest, using only one day to weld their anti-smuggling boat.
Standard ship steel is a flat surface, if you want to weld it to the bottom of the anti-smuggling boat, you have to first cut it to the right size, then use a machine to bend it.
This process is very simple, there is no technical difficulty, but it takes time.
And this kind of shiny silver metal style hull, no matter how you look at it, doesn't look like ordinary ship steel.
And the beautiful police badge on the bow, it needs a laser engraving machine to carve it, right?
How did this factory do it?
"What kind of steel is this?" Director Wu Yu quietly nudged the subordinate next to him, hoping that he would hurry up and answer, don't make him look uncultured.
"Could it be stainless steel …" The several anti-smuggling police looked at each other, I looked at you, I looked at you, they all had a feeling of joy as if they found a treasure.
"It can't be, I heard that stainless steel is very difficult to process, how much would it cost to make a hull?"
Regardless of what kind of steel it is, just this water droplet like beautiful hull, dignified and beautiful badge, and the blade like ram, is enough to arouse all of their desire.
The yearning for beautiful things, is a common hobby of people regardless of age.
"This is our company's newest product, nickel-titanium memory alloy, not only does it have anti-corrosion and anti-rust characteristics, it can also restore itself after being hit." Ye Qing brought a master artisan, walked over from behind, and explained to the several dumbfounded guys.
"Nickel-titanium memory alloy?" Director Wu Yu was a bit confused: "Last month my son was clamoring to buy a bicycle online, he didn't want to buy a cheap one, he wanted to buy a five thousand dollar titanium alloy frame bicycle."
"You said this hull, is also made of titanium alloy?"
"It is nickel-titanium memory alloy, it has a strong anti-corrosion and anti-rust ability, it can avoid any maintenance process."
"After it is hit, it can restore itself?" Director Wu Yu grasped the key point, if this anti-smuggling boat really can restore itself after being hit, then …
Their anti-smuggling boat, on average, has to go to the dock five times a year to repair the hull.
There were countless scratches and bumps, and the cost of repainting the boat alone was a huge sum of money.
If the money could be saved, Director Wu Yu would be very happy. However, he couldn't just believe whatever Ye Qing said. Whether or not he could recover by himself, he had to see it with his own eyes.
A 1.85 meters tall, burly anti-smuggling police officer borrowed a sledgehammer from Ye Qing and walked to the side of the anti-smuggling boat. He spat into the palm of his hand and then used all of his strength to smash the silver hull of the boat.
"Clang!" The loud sound of the collision continued for a long time. The Anti-Smuggling Police officer was thrown to the ground by the huge rebound force. When he got up, he held his hands and jumped around.
"Little Zhou, are you alright?" Chief Wu Yu asked with concern.
The Anti-Smuggling Police officer jumped for a long time before finally opening his palm. His palm was actually red from the recoil.
"Hiss …" Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air, but it wasn't because they were concerned about the insignificant injury of this Anti-Smuggling Police officer. Instead, the part of the hull that had been hit by the sledgehammer was not damaged at all.
That smash just now actually couldn't even make a dent.
Without a dent, how could they verify if the hull had a spring-like self-recovery ability?
This was simple. Ye Qing called over the peon and asked him to take the sledgehammer and test it.
The bull-like peon came over. Chief Wu Yu looked at this burly man expectantly.
"Boom!" "Crack!"
The thunderous roar made everyone cover their ears at the same time. This sledgehammer bought from the hardware store, with a handle as thick as a baby's arm, actually broke.
The force of this hammer was more than 500 kilograms, but the hull of the anti-smuggling boat was not damaged at all.
It wasn't an exaggeration to say that if this hammer had hit the original anti-smuggling boat, it would have definitely ended up with a hole.
At this point, there was no need to test further. Even if it didn't have a self-recovery ability, the silver hull in front of them was still a top class hull that they desperately wanted.
But the price …
A titanium alloy bicycle cost four to five thousand. How much would this hull cost?
Chief Wu Yu suddenly felt that his mouth was dry. He shouldn't have come here to repair the boat.
"Two million." Ye Qing raised two fingers and reported a price that made the chief stare.
"Quality guarantee for ten years. If there are cracks in ten years, a new hull will be replaced for free." Ye Qing shrugged and said somewhat indifferently, "Of course, if you think this price is too high, I can also take it down and replace it with an ordinary steel hull. The market price is only 100,000."
Chief Wu Yu called a few people to the side for a quiet meeting.
The content of the meeting was very simple. They analyzed whether it was worth buying.
They first went online to check the price of titanium alloy and found that the finished titanium alloy plates available online were about 150,000 per ton.
Two million could buy 13 tons of titanium alloy plates on the market. The hull of the anti-smuggling boat in front of them weighed about 10 tons. It was said that titanium alloy was difficult to process, and the main cost was the processing fee. This was also a memory alloy with a rebound function.
The asking price of two million wasn't expensive, and the annual maintenance cost of an anti-smuggling boat totaled more than 400,000.
Unfortunately, they didn't know that Ye Qing added 30% of ordinary steel into the alloy. This reduced the material's performance and reduced the cost by a lot.
If there was no maintenance, the cost of the hull could be recouped in five years. The most important thing was that with this hull, they could go head to head with those smuggling boats.
Yesterday's incident with the smuggling boat made them realize how important it was to have a ship with a strong hull.
This Little Boss must have determined that they were interested in this kind of alloy shell with strong performance through yesterday's chase.
After analyzing the pros and cons, Chief Wu Yu decided to buy it first to test the waters.
They couldn't always let the criminals upgrade their equipment. The Anti-Smuggling Bureau had to do the same.
If they could really come up with equipment that was more advanced than the criminals, it would also be a political achievement for Chief Wu Yu.
Of course, this money had to wait until they thoroughly tested the hull's performance before he could write a report and approve the budget.
Ye Qing didn't have any objections to this. They just had to sign a formal purchase contract.
Half an hour later, the flashy anti-smuggling boat with a new nickel-titanium memory alloy hull reentered the water. After starting the engine outside the boat, the anti-smuggling police couldn't wait to rush back to the Anti-Smuggling Bureau.
However, the Dragon Creek Beach was full of submerged reefs. Even if they had ten times the courage, they wouldn't dare to speed up.
Director Wu Yu is also sitting in the anti-smuggling boat. His heart is also very much looking forward to it. If this kind of shell is really like what Ye Qing described, then in the future when fighting against those smugglers, it is equivalent to having an excellent "weapon".
When the time came, those smuggling boats wouldn't be able to escape. They would all become the Anti-Smuggling Bureau's achievements.
The anti-smuggling boat was like a flexible swordfish, winding its way through the shadowy Dragon Creek Beach.
Only when they couldn't see the faintly visible reefs on the surface of the sea, the anti-smuggling police at the helm dared to increase the speed of the boat.
The speed of the boat increased to more than 20 knots and they left the reef-filled Dragon Creek Beach. These people relaxed and sat together to chat.
"Boom ~"
The anti-smuggling boat accelerated for less than half a minute. Suddenly, the anti-smuggling boat jerked up as if it was hit by a cannonball.
At the same time, the group of people were stunned. They could clearly hear the loud friction from below the boat and the sound of rocks shattering.
"Xiao Liu, are you blind? Driving the boat?" The older anti-smuggling police officer quickly supported the chief and angrily said to the officer at the helm: "Can't you see that the chief is also sitting on the boat? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"I, I … I'm sorry, chief …" The young officer's face was full of guilt: "I was too anxious. I wanted to get back to the bureau as soon as possible. I didn't look at the sea in front carefully."
"Quickly check if the cabin is damaged." Chief Wu Yu waved his hand to indicate that it was fine.
When they opened the storage cabin below the deck and went in to check the damage, they looked like they had seen a ghost. Their eyes were blank.
At the bottom of the V-shaped ship in the storage cabin, they searched a few times before they found a place that was slightly protruding.
The bulge wasn't big. It was only a few centimeters long.
They clearly heard the sound of the rocks shattering. But the bulge in front of them was only a few centimeters long.
How exaggerated was the strength of the structure?
This wasn't the reason why these people, who were used to seeing big waves and big storms, were dumbfounded. What made them fall into a daze was that this bulge was actually slowly … slowly shrinking …
Just like the surface of the sea, the bulge gradually disappeared. After that, there was no trace of its existence.
Chief Wu Yu stared at the spot where the bulge disappeared and didn't want to speak for a long time.
After more than ten seconds, he opened his mouth: "When we get back, I will write a report and ask the customs to approve the budget. We will change the hull of all the anti-smuggling boats."
The rest of the anti-smuggling police officers' eyes were like glue. They didn't look away for a long time.
Their thoughts had already flown to the vast sea. They were fantasizing about driving the nickel-titanium memory alloy anti-smuggling boats and going head-to-head with those smuggling boats.
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