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Published at 25th of December 2023 05:21:28 AM


Chapter 159: [Who is the ship king of Hong Kong Island? 】

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Chapter 159 [Who is the ship king of Hong Kong Island? 】

Six 10,000-ton giant ships flying the Pozi flag, sailing into the Victoria port, Wu Guangyao led the Global Shipping team into a carnival!

Too spectacular!

Because Wu Guangyao asked the other party to clean and paint the exterior, these ships seem to be 70% new.

Now the staff at the port are all surprised. This is a used ship of which Ocean Company, which is too powerful!

The six freighters have a carrying capacity of up to 80,000 tons, which is definitely not something Chinese businessmen can have!

Then, the facts gave these people a big slap in the face!

Because a group of people in global shipping overalls are in a carnival and are preparing to receive freighters!

After the ship has stopped steadily, it is followed by inspection and acceptance, and then the port is registered and included under the banner of Global Shipping.

There is an episode in this. The Hong Kong government stipulates that all ships entering the port must undergo annual inspections.

And each ship usually takes two weeks from inspection to repair.

Wu Guangyao has always liked to plan carefully, so naturally he wants to shorten the time on this.

Therefore, every time a global shipping vessel arrives at the port, it will request the seller or the global shipping party to maintain the vessel in advance.

In this way, Wu Guangyao used maintenance and repairs as an excuse and then bargained with the person in charge of the port.

The annual inspection cycle is shortened to half, which saves one week of time compared with peers, which is equivalent to making more money.

The staff at the port here also knew about this situation and formed a common practice.

Any ships that ship around the world, they all know that they have gone through maintenance and maintenance. They only need to arrange a stop for a week for a simple inspection.

Global shipping added 6 10,000-ton giant ships at one time, and they soon blown across the entire Hong Kong Island like the wind.

Many newspapers have already been notified by informants to come to the Victoria Harbour to guard in order to obtain first-hand information!

The next day, many newspapers reported the matter one after another.

"Hong Kong's first-generation ship king-Wu Guangyao" This is the most exaggerated news, from the "Sing Tao Daily", the newspaper's usual trick is the headline party.

"Wu Guangyao and Xu Aizhou, who is the real ship king on Hong Kong Island?" This is a news from the "China and Foreign News", which provides a straightforward comparison of the strengths of Wu Guangyao and Xu Aizhou.

Dong Yunhao is in a low career period, so naturally he will not compare with the two!

There are many other newspapers that have raised this topic, including of course the "Oriental Daily" under Wu Guangyao's own.

Knowing that everyone will report anyway, Shen Baoxing also directly joined the team.

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Someone said: "In terms of carrying capacity alone, Wu Guangyao is the well-deserved'Hong Kong Island Ship King'. The freighters of global shipping are mostly 10,000-ton ships, which is not comparable to Xu Aizhou's thousands of tons of bulk carriers. Moreover, Wu Guangyao is back. Relying on the huge mountain of HSBC, the distance from Xu Aizhou will only become wider and wider in the future."

Someone retorted: "No! I heard that after the Global Shipping ships were bought back, they immediately leased them to Dongying merchants. Basically, they leased them to Dongying customers for a long time at a low price, so the profit was extremely low; Xu Aizhou was different, he The ships in operation have opened up their own trade routes, and the single-trip charges are extremely high. Therefore, in terms of profit, Xu Aizhou is the well-deserved "ship king" on Hong Kong Island."

For a time, there are endless arguments and endless discussions.

These words will inevitably reach the ears of the two parties.

Xu Aizhou smiled and said to a friend: “It’s just a different management method, so what is the difference between good and bad!”

The friend seemed to be a little uncut to Wu Guangyao, and said with a sneer: "Global Shipping has empty cargo ships, but has signed a long-term contract with Dongying. And they seem to have a special liking for Dongying. As soon as there is a ship, they will drive to Dongying, and then long. Rent to someone else."

Xu Aizhou said sternly: "This is the cleverness of others. It is difficult for Chinese businessmen to obtain loans from HSBC. Not to mention that it is unprecedented for HSBC to invest in shipping. Then why can others obtain HSBC Bank? It’s because HSBC thinks this method of operation is safe. And I heard that Wu Guangyao got the LC bank letter of credit which is the hardest for Dongying Banking to get. Therefore, he is better than me!"

My friend was taken aback, and he was kind enough to complain about his friend. A 20-year-old young man who dares to compare with someone who has been in shipping for 50 years is a little bit ignorant!

Seeing Xu Aizhou admiring Wu Guangyao so much, his friend could only shut his mouth in a jealous manner!

Wu Guangyao also saw these news in the Global Building, but he didn't care about these false names!

"Do you know what a really powerful businessman looks like?" Wu Guangyao said to He Yuanzhang on the sofa.

"Xu Aizhou like that?" He Yuanzhang said cautiously.

Wu Guangyao nodded, and then asked: "Then what do you think is his greatest strength?"

He Yuanzhang talked about his love for weekly shipping methods, but Wu Guangyao shook his head!

"Everything is wrong. What Xu Aizhou is really good about is that he invested all the money he earned from shipping to invest in real estate. He has been in real estate since the 1920s and was the first Chinese businessman on Hong Kong Island to get involved in real estate development. As far as I know, Xu Aizhou is optimistic about the economy of Hong Kong Island for a long time and pursues the investment strategy of "buy on dips". He has purchased a large number of property units and prime land parcels in important areas such as Queen's Road and Central. Most of them are developed into commercial buildings. The benefit of land appreciation."

Wu Guangyao is right. Xu Aizhou uses the shipping industry as the source of profit, and real estate investment as the follow-up guarantee. The two are mutually antagonistic: the shipping industry has frequent cash flows, and the difficulty of operation increases with the upgrade of scale. The real estate industry has poor liquidity and low management difficulty. It serves as a "capital reservoir", complementing each other's strengths, and family wealth has grown rapidly.

And Xu Aizhou himself was rich for the second generation, plus the later generations Wu Guangyao knew, the Xu family was rich for 200 years.

Especially the family fund, the monthly living expenses of 2 million Hong Kong dollars, will ensure that the Xu family will continue to become wealthy.

Many people say that the wealth is not more than three generations. In fact, if it is not for the change of the Z game, it is difficult to reshuffle the wealth!

Even in the future, even if the Z game changes, the rich will be able to get very chic in foreign countries!

Wealthy people, who doesn’t have three caves with cunning rabbits!

In Wu Guangyao’s cognition, if a family wants to be prosperous, the most important thing is of course education. Educating the offspring well, so that the family will not only not lose, but even rise;

Secondly, the establishment of a family fund will not only make family members close, but also make them prosperous forever.

Ignoring the discussion outside, Wu Guangyao was ready to get up and go to Dongying.

This time I will go to Dongying, and we will open a global shipping office there, and will send elite soldiers to station at Dongying.

After all, in the future, Dongying’s business will occupy an absolute share of global shipping.

In Wu Guangyao’s plan, the global shipping in the 1950s will focus on Dongying’s operations, focusing on Dongying’s customers.

In the 1960s, it was necessary to expand business to Europe and the United States, because at that time European and American oil demand was very strong, and their own ships would have enough freighters to open up the European and American markets.

In the 1970s, it could not expand too much. At the end of the 1970s, it was even necessary to greatly reduce freighters and liabilities to survive the shipping trough in the early 1980s.

After the trough period, the shipping industry in the mainland should also rise. Then its own global shipping advantage is not obvious, and it can only be a small industry.

Of course, these are just some general guidelines. Wu Guangyao will adjust the small details according to the actual situation.

Currently, Wu Guangyao owns 99% of the shares of Global Shipping, while He Yuanzhang only has 1% (Wu Guangyao increases capital, and He Yuanzhang’s 2% shares can only be diluted.).

This kind of shareholding is only temporary. Wu Guangyao intends to invite HSBC to buy shares in Global Shipping in a few years to strengthen the relationship between the two parties.

The advantage of this is that Wu Guangyao can invest funds in other industries.

Currently, global shipping is simply Wu Guangyao’s gold swallowing beast. Even though it is only a 30% down payment, it is still a huge amount, which prevents oneself from being distracted to invest in other industries.

(End of this chapter)




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