Siheyuan: I am Jia Dongxu's cousin

"Okay! Okay!" When Pao Yue-kong heard that Zhang Weiguo agreed to invest in Global Shipping, his previous bad mood was swept away.

"Weiguo, since you agree, I will have someone prepare the contract now."

Hearing Pao Yue-kong's impatient words, Zhang Weiguo said with a wry smile: "Brother Pao, I won't run away, so there's no need to be so anxious."

"That won't work. What if you change your mind? It's better to settle this matter as soon as possible." Pao Yue-Kong said childishly.

"..." Zhang Weiguo shook his head helplessly and had to watch Bao Yugang go outside to make a phone call.

Twenty minutes later, a middle-aged lawyer in a blue suit and grey tie knocked on the door of the tea room, breathlessly.

Pao Yue-Kong quickly stood up and opened the door of the tea room, and said to the middle-aged lawyer at the door: "So, where is the contract?"

"The boss is here!" The middle-aged man named Weizhi quickly took out two hastily prepared contracts from his briefcase.

Logically speaking, something like adding new shareholders to Global Shipping cannot be done so hastily. At the very least, it should be done in a formal way, with a vote at the board meeting first and then the lawyers preparing a detailed contract.

But Pao Yu-kong had just been too urgent on the phone. If the middle-aged lawyer named Weizhi had not been familiar with Pao Yu-kong's voice, he would have almost thought it was a harassing call and hung up.

Not only does the Global Shipping share transfer contract have to be prepared within 20 minutes, but it also has to be delivered to the tea room. Isn't that too difficult?

Such an important contract must be carefully reviewed and discussed, and then the terms must be determined with the other party before it can be formulated.

But Pao Yue-Kong said, "You must prepare the transfer certificate of 20% of Global Shipping's shares for me within 100 minutes, and the payment is US$ million. It must be quick."

The middle-aged lawyer named Weizhi wanted to emphasize his professionalism, but under Pao Yue-Kong's strict request, he quickly drafted a contract, printed it out, and then asked someone to drive him to the teahouse.

Even after getting off the car, he quickly ran to the box location given by Pao Yue-Kong.

Bao Yugang quickly took the contract from Weizhi without looking at it carefully. He walked to Zhang Weiguo and handed him a contract. He said, "Weiguo, take a look. If there is no problem, sign it quickly."

Zhang Weiguo smiled bitterly at the hasty request for shares.

But he still picked up the contract and examined it carefully. When he saw that 100 million US dollars was exchanged for % of the shares, Zhang Weiguo knew that Pao Yue-kong was quite realistic.

According to the current share price of Global Shipping, I am still getting a small bargain.

After confirming that there was no problem with the contract, Zhang Weiguo quickly signed his name on it. Then he said to Bao Yugang with a wry smile: "Brother Bao, is this okay now?"

Pao Yue-Kong looked at the name Zhang Weiguo signed on the contract, and quickly took the contract, signed his own contract on it, and stamped the official seal of Global Shipping.

Then he gave one contract to Zhang Weiguo and took the other one for himself.

Since Zhang Weiguo invested in the shares in his personal name and did not follow the method of the Flower Planting Group, there is no need to stamp the official seal of the Flower Planting Group on it.

Zhang Weiguo took the contract handed over by Pao Yue-Kong and put it aside. Looking at Pao Yue-Kong with a happy face, he felt a little unhappy.

Although I got the upper hand in the contract, I still felt a little forced.

Perhaps it was because of Zhang Weiguo's investment in Global Shipping that Pao Yue-Kong felt very happy. He took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for Zhang Weiguo and said with a smile: "Come on, Weiguo, I'll serve you a cup of tea instead of wine."

"..." Zhang Weiguo picked up the tea poured by Bao Yugang, clinked his glasses with it, and drank it all in one gulp.

Huo Lao looked at the two people who were almost 80 years old in Calais and acted like two children, so he immediately smiled too.

Then, putting down the teacup, Pao Yue-Kong said, "Weiguo, since you are already a shareholder of Global Shipping, I will introduce the situation of Global Shipping to you in detail."

"Brother Bao, please speak." Zhang Weiguo pretended to listen carefully.

Although Zhang Weiguo already knew the general situation of Global Shipping, he was not very clear about the details. Now that Pao Yue-kong, the founder of Global Shipping, had personally introduced it, wouldn't it be more detailed than the records of this company or the previous life?

Seeing that Zhang Weiguo was listening attentively, Bao Yugang also sat up straight and began to introduce himself seriously.

"Weiguo, I founded Global Shipping in 1955. At that time, I was optimistic about the prospects of the world shipping industry. I was young at that time, so I spent 70 US dollars to buy a 27-year-old coal-fired ship with a load capacity of 8700 tons. I named it "Jin'an". It was from this "Jin'an" that Global Shipping began to grow and develop."

Pao Yue-Kong told Zhang Weiguo the history of global shipping with a nostalgic look on his face, as if he was recalling his past entrepreneurial experiences.

Pao Yue-Kong took a sip of tea and continued, "In 65, I took advantage of the closure of the Suez Canal and the sharp increase in Fuso's demand for oil tankers, and ordered several supertankers of 10 tons or more at one time."

Pao Yue-Kong paused for a moment and said to Zhang Weiguo: "Weiguo, you know, I was just gambling. I invested all my fortune in it, and I was determined to succeed or die."

Pao Yue-Kong suddenly laughed and said, "Haha, I made the right bet. God bless me. From that incident, I not only made a lot of money from Fuso, but also earned the title of "World Shipping King".

When Pao Yue-Kong said this, he looked at Zhang Weiguo deeply, and his meaning was very clear.

Boy, you made a fortune. My Pao Yue-Kong Global Shipping is also very powerful!

Hmm! Regardless of whether Pao Yue-kong meant this or not, Fang Zheng Zhang Weiguo thought so.

"Brother Bao, you're awesome!" Zhang Weiguo gave him a thumbs up in support.

Pao Yue-Kong joked: "It's not too late to regret now. Men shouldn't be so henpecked."

Seeing that Pao Yue-kong wanted to talk about getting married again, Zhang Weiguo quickly changed the subject and asked, "Brother Pao, how many of Global Shipping's ships are currently fueled by oil?"

If Zhang Weiguo remembers correctly, the economic crisis that broke out in 1973 was also accompanied by an oil crisis.

To put it in an inappropriate way, the two can be said to complement each other. But in fact, the two do affect each other. The economic crisis exacerbated the oil crisis, and the oil crisis also exacerbated the economic crisis.

According to the video I saw in my previous life, the main cause of the 1973 oil crisis was the outbreak of the Fourth Middle East War.

In order to combat ISL and its supporters, the major oil exporting countries (i.e. Arab member states) announced in December of that year that they would take back the right to set oil prices and raised the price of crude oil from US$12 to US$3.015 per barrel, causing the oil price to rise by more than three times, directly pushing the 10.751 economic crisis to a climax. It also became the most serious global economic crisis since World War II.

Moreover, the oil crisis lasted for three years before it was alleviated. It was during these three years that the economies of many developed countries were severely impacted. According to the video I saw on the previous life's website, America's industrial production fell by 14%, and Japan's industrial production fell by more than 20%. At the same time, the economic growth of all industrialized countries slowed down significantly.

Of course, these three years were also fatal to many companies. Take the four major trading companies in Hong Kong for example. After the outbreak of the economic crisis, the share prices of the four companies were at most 15 billion Hong Kong dollars. You must know that this is Hong Kong dollars, not US dollars.

But in fact, the value of the four major trading companies is far more than that. Even the weakest one, Wheelock, is worth over 10 billion.

In the past, it was this crisis that led to the rise of many Chinese companies, such as Li Ka-shing's acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa for free, and Pao Yue-kong's acquisition of Wharf Holdings with the support of HSBC...

It's all due to the economic crisis.

And Pao Yue-kong's acquisition of Wharf Holdings was an important step in shifting from offshore to land.

In fact, this was a last resort. The economic crisis at that time also made Pao Yue-Kong realize the shortcomings of his own global shipping and its heavy dependence on oil.

This time, Zhang Weiguo asked Pao Yue-kong about the number of his oil tankers, which was also like a warning to him.