Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

For Yang Chen's foray into shipping, the charter king was not surprised.

As for why, the reason is very simple. It starts with the Carrefour in Yang Chen's hands. Now Carrefour has been recruiting employees for training.

Especially for middle-level employees, the scale of training has far exceeded the needs of Xiangjiang's retail industry, but just like this, Carrefour is still recruiting employees for training.

Obviously, the other party wants to develop outward. Because of Xiangjiang's special geographical location, it is difficult for outside companies to enter and the pressure of competition is huge, but it is quite easy to go out.

Carrefour is not an ordinary company. There are too many things behind it, and its every move attracts the attention of passers-by.

Especially a lot of commodities, the amount of daily necessities needed by millions of people in a city is definitely not a small amount.

According to the news revealed to him by Tai Pan Wang, it seems that Carrefour will soon expand to the surrounding areas. With the expansion of Carrefour, the demand for products will definitely increase day by day.

At this time, commodity transportation has become very important. As the hub of Asia, Xiangjiang has very developed shipping.

Once Yang Chen wants to expand Carrefour, having a fleet and not having a fleet are two different things.

If Yang Chen had a fleet in hand, then in terms of transportation, he would save a lot of money, and at the same time, he could ensure the stable delivery of goods.

It was precisely because he thought of this that he decided that Yang Chen's contact with the Zhao family was to attract the attention of the Zhao family's fleet.

After all, the price of second-hand boats can really be described as cheap now.

Since the outbreak of the oil crisis, the price of oil has risen, and the oil demand of importing countries has decreased, and the world shipping has suffered a huge blow.

The shipping market has entered a long period of recession and sluggishness. Although there was a short-term recovery and recovery during the period, the trend of recession has not been substantially alleviated.

Freight costs are higher than transportation costs, and the cost of fuel is only enough for one trip, and the ships need to be repaired frequently, so there is no profit. People prefer to leave the ships idle in the port.

The high idle rate of ships coincides with the fact that Japan and South Korea are constantly building new ships in order to develop their own shipbuilding industries.

Over the past few years, not only the price of new ships has continued to fall, but also the price of second-hand old ships has fallen terribly.

Even though the Chartered Ship King is now half a foot ashore and Universal Group has made sufficient preparations in advance, life is still very sad.

"Uncle Bao, to tell you the truth, the boy does have the idea of ​​entering the shipping industry, and the reason why he chose Huaguang Group is mainly because Zhao Chuanwang approached Uncle Xue himself last time.

In the early years, Uncle Xue owed Zhao Chuanwang a favor, and Uncle Bao also knew that Uncle Xue had always treated me like his own son all these years. "

"I have the ability to pay back the favor that Uncle Xue owes."

Speaking of this, Yang Chen paused for a moment, and continued: "Actually, at first Zhao Chuanwang wanted me to become a shareholder of Huaguang Group, but in my opinion, the depression in the shipping industry will last for a long time, in a short time I’m afraid there’s no end in sight, so I declined.”

Chapter 285 Winning Face, Losing Money

Speaking of before eating, Yang Chen might not be clear about the purpose of chartering the king, so now he can more or less guess.

The world only knows that the charter king abandons his ship and docks, but as a world ship king, it is not easy to really dock.

The reason why the charter kings of later generations did not follow in the footsteps of the Dong and Zhao families was because he had made sufficient preparations in advance to dispose of some old ships at low prices in advance, and what remained were large and relatively new ships.

Under normal circumstances, there is absolutely nothing to say about the charter king's move, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as retreating from the whole body.

It's just that the slump in world shipping this time has lasted longer than anyone imagined.

In the last few years of the shipping crisis, as Xiangjiang real estate continued to boom, the charter king sold the ship to land, and invested most of the funds in real estate, thus achieving the title of the second son-in-law charterer.

Now the charter king's intention to find him is very clear. Since Yang Chen intends to get involved in the shipping industry, he has a lot of ships in his hands. Whether it's selling or renting, he can satisfy Yang Chen.

Compared with the Zhao family, Bao Yugang has a much closer relationship with Yang Chen. As the saying goes, "Fat and water don't flow into outsiders' fields", courtesy is reciprocated, he helped Yang Chen before, and now it is only natural for Yang Chen to help him.

However, when Yang Chen told about Father Xue's debt to Zhao Chuan Wang, the Chartered Ship King couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Due to the slump in the shipping industry, Chuanwang Zhao finally met Yang Chen, the receiver. Bao Yugang believed that Chuanwang Zhao would not let go of this opportunity even if he cut his flesh.

Didn't say anything more, the charter king laughed a few times, and then greeted Yang Chen to continue eating. Obviously, this matter did not affect the mood of the charter king.

Global shipping, as long as Bao Yugang is there, there will be no problems. This is the confidence of a world shipping tycoon, and it is also the confidence of his charter king.

Seeing that the charter king didn't feel any displeasure, Yang Chen heaved a sigh of relief. It's not that he was afraid of the charter king, it was just because the other party had supported him before. Although he didn't say it was an obvious rejection, it was actually pretty much the same. up.

This made him somewhat embarrassed.

However, it's really no wonder that Yang Chen, the four major ship kings in Xiangjiang, each has a different direction of attack. Most of the ships in the hands of the charter king are oil tankers, and each one is a giant ship with a weight of up to [-] tons.

He entered the shipping industry, nothing more than to open up transportation channels for his own retail business, fortunately, he will not be restrained by others.

The huge ship in the hands of the charter king is not suitable for him at all.

Asia is such a big place, and the bigger the ship is, the more things can be loaded. In a place like Xiangjiang, which extends in all directions, it is inconvenient to use a big ship for transportation, and it is a waste of time.

In comparison, the bulk carrier in the hands of the Zhao family is very much in line with Yang Chen's current needs.

In business talk business, buying a boat is not the same price as buying clothes. Clothes can be returned or exchanged if they don’t fit.

But for things like ships, each of which is tens of millions or even hundreds of millions in size, you have to lose money if you don’t use it.

Digging a hole and burying himself, unless he was stupid, he would never be able to do this kind of thing.

After the meal, the charter king didn't let Yang Chen leave, but left him to drink tea.

Bao Compensation was not interested in this, so he dragged Chen Yulian upstairs.

The charter king didn't like his daughters to be involved in business, and after his death, he handed over all the family business to his four sons-in-law.

To be honest, the other party's boldness is really not something that ordinary people can learn.

Of course, the Chartered Ship King himself may feel helpless.

In Chinese thinking, the son inherits the father's career, which has long been entrenched.

Several daughters don't like business, and he is not willing to let his daughters be exposed to business. Finally, it is an inevitable choice to hand over the family business to the sons-in-law who value him.

"Ah Chen, your actions have been getting bigger and bigger recently, even the Kowloon bus was taken down by you."

"Amazing." Bao Yugang gave a thumbs up while making tea.

Yang Chen waved his hands and said modestly: "Uncle Bao, don't make fun of me, I was just playing around. Compared with you, Uncle Bao, this little nephew is not worth mentioning."

Regarding the previous battle of Wharf, Yang Chen didn't mention it, because although the Chartered Ship King won that battle, but because Jardine was reluctant to cut his flesh, he laid a big hole, so that the Chartered Ship King won the face in the end. lose money.

In the Hong Kong stock market, tender offer is an important means to compete for control of listed companies.

But in the tender offer, there are many opportunities and traps. Sometimes the control is obtained by relying on wealth and wealth, and most of them lose face and lose money.

The Wharf War is one of the most classic cases.

Since the charter ship king was eager to go ashore, facing this rich and powerful world ship king, although Jardine had deep roots, he did not want to confront him head-on.