Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 634 It's not just the Three Kingdoms that are hot, but also gossip
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Not to mention that Mr. Dong felt uneasy, even Tang Huan could hear the sonorous meaning of "wealth and wealth are sought in danger" in Boss Huo's tone.The content of its proposal can almost be said to be ready to come out - where else can the oil tanker go now if it wants to expand the work?Obviously, it is the Middle East where wars are raging.

He couldn't help admiring secretly, Gein, the veteran Xiangjiang tycoons like Boss Huo, Chartered Ship King, Shao Daheng, etc., are all terminally ill at this time, and they are taking money to continue their lives, but they still haven't lost their enterprising spirit. It is comparable to those who are only in pursuit of luxury enjoyment.

Sure enough, Boss Huo replied: "Affected by the Iran-Iraq War, the oil transportation in the Middle East has been in a state of tension. I have some long-term orders here, which are just right for OOCL to undertake."

Dong Jianhua was a little hesitant, his family had contacts with Boss Huo for a long time.

For example, in the late 1960s, the Hong Kong government launched four containers at Kwai Tsing Container Terminal No. [-], No. [-], No. [-], and No. [-] on both sides of the Rambler Strait in Kwai Tsing District, Hong Kong New Territories. As a result, Boss Huo Pier [-] is the biggest single-handedly cast.

Seeing this situation, the Hong Kong government naturally quit, and without any reason, they stumbled and asked Boss Huo to make a guarantee that at least 20 containers would berth at the wharf every year.

You know, the total number of containers in Hong Kong at that time was not even 20.

For this reason, Boss Huo specifically consulted with "Ship King" Dong Haoyun.

Although they felt that they were not sure, the cooperation fell through in the end-they had to give up Pier No. [-] and handed over the golden job to the Swire Group Modern Terminals Co., Ltd., one of the four major British foreign firms, but the relationship between the two can also be seen .

It was based on this origin that Dong Jianhua immediately guessed where the long-term order that Boss Huo said came from.

In fact, Boss Huo's business covers a wide range.

After finishing the intense shipping work during the Korean War, he founded Fok Hing Yip Tong Real Estate Co., Ltd. in 1953, and then established CITIC Real Estate Co., Ltd. and Youwing Co., Ltd. to enter the real estate field and develop residential buildings in Wan Chai and Causeway Bay. Including Chan Palace Building, Hong Kong Building, Haicheng Building, etc.

More famously, Boss Huo pioneered the "off-plan" system, which allows buyers to pre-order the building before it is completed.

Although this tactic aroused public suspicion at the time, it made the real estate market visibly active, and other real estate developers followed suit. It has had a far-reaching impact to this day.

At the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, Boss Huo began to fade out of the real estate industry and moved to the oil product market. After the world energy crisis, he ran Dongfang Petroleum Company in Xiangjiang to sell oil products produced in China.

Therefore, Boss Huo's repeated comments on OOCL's future direction are not abrupt at all. After all, the oil business is one of his businesses, but the background is a little sensitive.

The bankruptcy crisis of OOCL has already made Dong Jianhua ignore Boss Huo's political sensitivities. He is worried about another issue, "But I heard that the Iran-Iraq War has been fought so far, and both sides have red eyes. , using all means, and even began to attack merchant ships entering and leaving the Persian Gulf."

Speaking of this, Dong Jianhua turned his gaze to Tang Huan, "I wonder if Mr. Tang has heard of this situation?"

"I understand." Tang Huan nodded slightly, "Iran and Iraq do have this trend."

In its fifth year, last year, the Iran-Iraq War reached a stalemate and turned into a long-term war of attrition.The two warring parties are attacking and defending each other in the border area, and the ground front remains basically unchanged.

In order to weaken Iran's economic strength and break through the impasse, Iraq began to use its increasingly powerful air force to launch a ship attack war.That is, to actively attack Iranian tankers and cargo ships; the Iranian side naturally responded quickly.

The earliest was on March 1984, 3, when the Iraqi Air Force used Exocet missiles to attack a Panamanian oil tanker near the island of Khark; the Iranian Air Force then retaliated the next day by attacking a Kuwaiti oil tanker.

Since then, Iraq and Iran have been going back and forth to attack each other and target oil tankers of neutral countries entering and leaving each other's ports, thereby weakening the other's economic strength. The main attack method is to launch missiles from aircraft.

Among them, the Iraqi Air Force mainly uses Mirage and Super Hornet helicopters to carry Exocet missiles; Iran mainly uses F4 fighter jets to carry Maverick missiles.Of course, both sides also used relatively cheap rockets and bombs.

Don't look at weapons like missiles as bluffing, but in reality, the effects of these attacks on the vast sea at the beginning were not fatal, and most ships were only damaged or stranded.

However, in 1985, that is, on February 2 of this year, the first ship sunk in the ship raid finally appeared, which was a Liberian oil tanker sunk by the Iraqi Air Force.

Because most of Iraq's oil output relies on pipelines, and the Iraqi Air Force's combat power is stronger than that of the Iranian Air Force at this stage, its losses in this ship attack battle are smaller than those of its opponents.

Of course, Iran will not suffer this kind of loss, so it will naturally upgrade its attack targets to other Gulf countries that support Iraq.

Generally speaking, most Arab countries support Iraq politically and economically, such as Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, due to fear of the expansion of the Islamic revolution in Iran.Especially the latter two countries lent tens of billions of dollars to Iraq during the war for its purchase of weapons and equipment.

Although these Arab countries did not provide troops or weapons to Iraq, most of the Soviet weapons purchased by Iraq were transited through them.Even in the early days of the war, Iraq moved domestic aircraft to airports in neighboring Arab countries to avoid Iranian air strikes.

But there are also a few Arab countries that support Iran.such as Syria and Libya.

Outside the Arab world, Western countries support Iraq; Israel, Argentina, South Africa, North Korea and other countries support Iran.

As for the big powers, it doesn't matter what their positions are. They are too busy just to sell weapons to both sides.This essentially also shows that the two developing countries, Iraq and Iran, have been able to drag the border war to the present, as long as 6 years, and it has nothing to do with the support and manipulation of world powers.

It is precisely because of this intricate international relationship that Iran and Iraq have not lost their minds. In the ship attack wars so far, apart from the Arab countries involved with their respective opponents, the targets are Panama, Liberia, etc. Small countries, neutral countries with deeper heels still dare not move.

Tang Huan truthfully told Dong Chee-hwa the details. The reason why he knew so clearly was that he paid attention to collecting the developments of these oil-producing countries in the Middle East, and also often listened to Kuwait's complaints and involvement in conflicts. The other party has not suffered from Iran's sap, and is trying to apply for escort protection from members of the United Nations Security Council.

"If the 'ship attack' between Iraq and Iran affects the interests of non-belligerent countries to an intolerable level, the United States will definitely come forward." Tang Huan gave a firm judgment.

The implication is that he quite agrees with Boss Huo's idea.Without mentioning the political factors involved, the oil business alone is worth the risk. The construction of Wang Yongqing's oil refinery in Funan has entered a substantive stage.Otherwise, why would Orient Overseas, which is heavily in debt and as high as more than 200 billion Hong Kong dollars, get capital injection?
Seeing that the two major shareholders both explicitly and secretly agreed to go to the Middle East to "seek wealth and insurance", Dong Jianhua also risked it-it is easier to accept being sunk by war than selling scrap iron cheaply, so he immediately asked about the details. details of the operation.

The experienced Boss Huo continued: "Since there is a risk of being attacked, it is extremely rare to have a safe trip every time, so it is suitable to find some ships with a large carrying capacity. For example, the world's largest Sea Giant , Currently transporting crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea? It’s not very interesting, why not go to the Persian Gulf.”

Tang Huan took over the conversation and said: "Through the Fisher Salvage Company and many port businesses in the past few years, my IT company has mastered a set of highly automated design and computer-aided technology. If it can be applied to the Sea Giant On the whole, it should be possible to significantly reduce the number of crew required for a smooth sailing to 35 to 40, thereby further reducing the risk."

Boss Huo clapped his hands and laughed, "I have always considered Mr. Tang's role in OOCL in terms of funds and connections, but I forgot that he still has high technology in his hands. Yes, yes, with fewer crew members, the loss will be more controllable After all, talent is the most important thing.”

Dong Jianhua pondered: "Sea Giant can hold nearly 410 million barrels, or nearly 650000 cubic meters of crude oil, and the draft after full load exceeds 24 meters, so it cannot pass through the world's major waterways with shallow water depths, such as the Suez Canal and the English Channel. , and even cannot enter most of the major ports in the world, and can only unload crude oil directly in the open sea through special connection facilities."

"As long as the crude oil is transported out of the Persian Gulf, this little trouble is not a problem." Boss Huo smiled slightly.

Thinking about it, Dong Jianhua immediately nodded happily.In this way, under the impetus of two major shareholders with profound backgrounds, the world's largest oil tanker owned by OOCL is ready to sail the route of the Persian Gulf.

This decision is also a keynote. The next three people will focus on the topic of OOCL getting out of the imminent bankruptcy, and become more pragmatic and flexible. Dong Jianhua's confidence has also increased unprecedentedly.

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Boss Huo's work for Tang Huan took a lot of energy. After finishing the work, it was late December, and Christmas in the West was just around the corner. Based on the historical background of the Three Kingdoms, "Phantom of the Tomb: Eight Arrays " will also be released in full.

Not surprisingly, such a heavyweight production must have a grand premiere.

Although "Phantom of the Tomb" did not apply to enter the Hong Kong Film Awards selection unit due to its special investment background and complicated cooperation methods, to join in the fun and steal other people's jobs. It does not prevent Hong Kong's film industry from considering it as its own work, and it is also a Hong Kong film with a global box office of over [-] million US dollars.

As a result, during the premiere, industry insiders, media, movie fans and other groups were crowded, and the Shin Kong Theater was packed to the brim.

A large-scale production like the "Phantom of the Tomb" series can be completed in more than a year, far exceeding the speed of "007" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and other series of films. The reason is not only Tang Huan's big technical bug. , It is also closely related to the efficient operation of the entire project. There are several people in the positions of director, executive director and so on.

This kind of team configuration makes it easy to deal with the current scene. The crew members can be divided into groups to resist each other.

Tang Huan sat under the stage, watching this lively scene with a smile.Cheng Long next to him glanced enviously at Li Lianjie, who played the cameo role of Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong in the movie, and offered to ask Ying, "Tang Sheng, let me also play a cameo role in the next "Phantom of the Tomb".

Tang Huan, who could see through the other person's mind, laughed and said: "Your schedule is so tight, there is no need to join in the fun. In fact, in "Phantom of the Tomb", no one gets special care, everything is based on the overall situation of the work. And you passed "Police Story", to successfully announce the formation of my own style, I'm afraid there will be conflicts."

"Police Story" is obviously competing with "The Dragon Detective", which also stars Cheng Long, but is directed by Hollywood.

The huge commercial success of this film naturally benefited from the Xiangjiang Cinema Group, which inevitably took care of it in the film arrangement plan.

Of course, the excellence of "Police Story" itself is beyond doubt.

The achievements achieved by the two complementing each other made Jiahe taste the sweetness again, and Zou Wenhuai was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut.Now whoever dares to speak ill of Xiangjiang Cinemas, he will be the first to rush forward and give him a lot of punches.

"Anyway, "Phantom of the Tomb" has both costume dramas and modern dramas. No matter how small the role is, it can always give me a place to play." Cheng Long came with a strong voice.

At this time, cheers broke out in the theater, interrupting the conversation between the two. It turned out that before the movie was officially released, the crew distributed a batch of small souvenirs, among which the little gossip toy was the most popular.

This little object is not a ward off evil like in various Hong Kong ghost movies, but a well-designed jigsaw puzzle based on the relationship between gossip and gossip. Its cute shape is more like a festival mascot.

This just reflects that after several rounds of internal screenings, everyone agreed that "Phantom of the Tomb: Eight Diagrams" will not only make the theme of the Three Kingdoms more popular, but also successfully introduce gossip to the public.

(End of this chapter)