1 billion Titanic Rusty Project yellow? Investors: The money is very, very tight

The Paper's reporter Yue Huairang

Recently, Sichuan Daying's 1 billion reconstruction "Titanic" project has once again attracted social attention.

According to media reports, on August 9, on the banks of the Yin River in Daying County, Suining City, Sichuan Province, a 1:1 reconstruction of the "Titanic" lay quietly in the dock, the hull was rusty, and the construction process was slow. The total investment of the project is more than 1 billion yuan, as early as May 2014, the "Titanic" construction project was officially started, originally scheduled for October 1, 2017 "first voyage", now 7 years later, there is still only one hull, far from the "first voyage".

From the beginning of this project, The Paper has reported the progress of the incident many times.

At noon on August 12, Su Shaojun, chairman of the project investor Qixing Energy Investment Group, said in an interview with the surging news reporter, "At present, the project is still under construction, and the rust in the pictures (online transmission) is no way, shipbuilding is like this." It rusted after two days of rain during construction. That picture looks like it's rusty, but it's not like that, and it's not rusty to look at the side. The top of the hull will rust off basically without rust removal for a week, because there is no rust inhibitor on it, and it will rust when it rains. ”

Su Shaojun stressed, "(Hull rust) does not affect the construction, in the future to be unified rust removal, rust removal is completed and then painted." Now we build open-air shipbuilding, if it rains a little acid rain is more likely to rust, if in the workshop (construction) there will be no problem. ”

As early as December 2016, the surging news reported that the private company Seven Star Energy Investment Group would invest about 1 billion yuan in the north of Daying County on the banks of the Li River, 1:1 to imitate the famous "Titanic" cruise ship in history, which became one of the most important tourism projects in the local area. In the company's vision, tourists can use high-tech to experience the Titanic's original "dream" voyage, but in reality, the main body of the ship is still not complete.

For various controversies in the outside world, Su Shaojun told the surging news reporter on the 12th, "The project attention is very high, to be honest, the budget is also far more than our budget." The epidemic has affected, so the construction progress of the entire ship has also been affected. ”

So after 7 years, how far has the project progressed?

Su Shaojun told the surging news reporter: "Now (expected to use) 23,000 tons of steel plates, we have completed 18,000 tons, basically completed 85% of the hull." Steel prices have risen so much lately, so our money is really, very tight. We expect to complete the construction of the entire hull by the end of this year. We have been in contact with steel mills to ensure that the steel is in place in the later stages. ”

The huge controversy caused by the project is mainly that a county town more than 100 kilometers away from Chengdu has introduced a huge amount of "foreign antiques", which many netizens believe is "a waste of money" and "meaningless". In fact, the landing of this project in Daying is inseparable from the invitation of Xie Daiyin, then secretary of the Daying County Party Committee.

According to a previous report by the surging news, Xie Daiyin, then secretary of the Daying County Party Committee, had invited the project to be selected in Daying. On February 15, 2015, Xie Daiyin was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes. At present, Xie Daiyin has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and confiscated 2 million yuan of personal property for the crime of accepting bribes, and is serving a sentence.

However, as early as 2016, Su Shaojun said in an interview with the surging news, "Our project has nothing to do with Xie Daiyin, we have not sent him money, he fell, our project has not been affected, this is a project that the province attaches great importance to, and there has been no suspension of work because of Xie Daiyin." Some people who are not clear about the situation may get other projects wrong with our projects, and those who say that our projects are affected by Xie Daiyin are spreading false rumors. ”

Editor-in-Charge: Jiang Chenrui