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Published at 25th of December 2023 05:17:27 AM


Chapter 307: [Business experience at the reception!]

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Chapter 307 [Business Experience at the Cocktail Party!]

Wu Guangyao and the two women took a shower, put on clean clothes, and went to the large restaurant on the second floor of the castle.

"Good Sir Wu, good ladies!" A group of maids stood in two rows and all bowed to salute.

"Hello everyone, everyone has worked hard!" Wu Guangyao casually said, and soon discovered that it seemed a bit different!

"Hello everyone!" The two ladies simply responded.

The three people came to one end of a long table and slowly sat down. This table was large enough to accommodate thirty to forty people for dinner, and this hall could hold a cocktail party for more than one hundred people.

After instructing the servants to serve, Wells stood beside Wu Guangyao and the others and said: "Sir Wu, the two ladies, Inviting Moon Castle has hired 16 maids on long-term contracts and 12 workers on temporary contracts. The maids you met just now are all long-term contracts."

Wu Guangyao was taken aback, this castle is a butler and 16 maids?

Isn’t it that the castle became the housekeeper’s harem when he was away;

Too ridiculous. Fortunately, I have brought four men and two women bodyguards. The future responsibility of these bodyguards is to protect all the property of the manor.

Actually, Wu Guangyao knew that the idea of ​​recruiting these young maids was ordered by Kayla;

Of course not to enrich Wu Guangyao's harem, but Wu Guangyao's women know that Wu Guangyao doesn't like to have other men at home besides the necessary bodyguards.

The three maids served the first dish, and Wu Guangyao knew it was caviar at a glance.

"This is the appetizer of the Sir and Madame-caviar produced in the Soviet Union!" the butler introduced.

Tear, Wu Guangyao took a deep breath, how much money did Kayla give?

There was not much caviar. After a few bites, the three maids brought another plate of foie gras.

"This is the first dish-French foie gras!" The butler introduced the three of them while pouring red wine.

By this time, Wu Guangyao had lost his patience and said, "I am a Chinese, and the dining etiquette has changed a little. I will serve all the dishes next, so I don't have to wait for the food to be served almost again. Family. Meal is about communication, allowing time to stop and enjoy a warm moment; this way of serving meals is a bit like urging us to eat."

The butler heard that there was no discoloration on his face, and he was quite a gentleman bowing to salute, and then said: "Yes, Sir! It's because I didn't think about it well, I will write down your request."

"Well, if there are guests, we will continue as usual!"

Next, various feasts were brought to the table, such as American Boston lobster, Wellington steak, Norwegian salmon, seafood soup

How much money was spent on the arrangement of this meal, Wu Guangyao couldn't help but think!

Fortunately, I don’t have much time on vacation, otherwise I should have eaten myself poorly.

The manor life of the villa is nostalgic. The next day Wu Guangyao and Kaila’s two sons and a daughter also came to the manor;

As for why he didn’t bring his three sons and one daughter to London, it was because Wu Guangyao was afraid of an air crash.

In ancient times, father and son talked about different boats, so Wu Guangyao naturally also thought that father and son had different mechanisms!

It doesn’t matter if you have an accident, but you have to leave your children to inherit their huge wealth.

Three days later, Wu Guangyao held a private reception at the manor;

said it was a private reception, but in fact, it was more of the upper-class people in London who had business dealings with Wu Guangyao.

These people came to Yueyue Manor, all of them were full of envy, except of course Princess Margot;

After all, the royal family’s Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace are even more exaggerated.

Sixty or seventy high-ranking Londoners came to the reception. After all, Wu Guangyao is a world-class chaebol. Needless to say, his connections are.

"Mr. Brown, thank you for your support to our global shipping!" Wu Guangyao walked to the side of BP President Brown and raised his glass to indicate.

The support that Wu Guangyao said is not true support;

British Petroleum has often kept down the freight rates of Global Shipping in recent years, and Global Shipping can only be forced to accept it. Who calls it a large European customer?

BP’s chartered vessel in Global Shipping has a deadweight of up to 500,000 tons; calculated on the basis of eight trips a year, it is 4 million tons of deadweight; but the price is only $11 a ton, and the normal price outside is 13 To about 15 US dollars.

Of course, it is not only Global Shipping that is under pressure; shipowners all over the world have been liquidated by oil companies since a few years ago; in return for their revenge when the Suez Canal closed.

It seems that the annual turnover of the 500,000-ton tanker of Global Shipping can reach US$44 million, but the net profit is only about US$25 million; this is because the costs of shipping began to increase and the net profit margin began to decrease.

Calculated in this way, the cost of an oil tanker will take four years to pay back. This is only realistic when there are no surprises.

This is the case for global shipping. Other shipowners in Europe and the United States can imagine that the labor cost is more than ten times and the tax is also high; the European and American shipowners are afraid that it will take six years to pay back for a new ship.

At this time, it has entered the 1960s. Although the shipping business in Europe and the United States has begun to be busy, the prices have fluctuated up and down in the mutual competition between shipowners and employers.

"Mr. Wu, if your company's freight rates can be cheaper, we at BP are willing to lease more ships." Brown's eyes are all shrewd.

As a high-level business person, Brown naturally found that European and American industries have begun to flourish, so the demand for oil tankers will naturally increase; even he says more leasing is just empty talk, but he wants to lower prices even more.

"Mr. Brown, the European and American industries are booming, and the oil tanker business has begun to become better; take our company's oil tanker business as an example. From 70% in 1958 to 75% in 59, this year it is even as high as 85%. I believe this kind of market will last for ten to twenty years." Wu Guangyao said a statistic. The implication is that the tankers of Global Shipping are not rented by anyone. Your price is too low, and Global Shipping is not without retreat.

"Mr. Wu, you are so optimistic! I also tell you a piece of data. After the Second Middle East War, the orders of shipyards all over the world have exploded; in other words, you big ship owners will face the challenge of emerging ship owners. Regarding this, you I should have a lot of experience on Hong Kong Island; as far as I know, there are ship owners on Hong Kong Island who have reached more than 300,000 tons, and they seem to be called Dong." Brown is tit-for-tat.

Brown did speak of the idea. The 1960s was the time period when the world-renowned ship kings really grew up; but in this life Wu Guangyao took the lead in the rise, Bao Yugang and Dong Yunhao will definitely be greatly affected; Wu Guangyao predicts that the two will be greatly affected. By the end of the 1960s, four million tons of carrying capacity would be considered acceptable.

Because Wu Guangyao robbed their business in Europe and the United States, the funds for the ships they could borrow to buy would be reduced.

Banks lend to shipowners. Generally, it depends on the number of business contracts you have signed before deciding how much to lend to you.

"It seems that both of us have great self-confidence in this! But I am not an insatiable person, so our company is discussing signing long-term contracts with major customers and old customers; so that you can save money, We can also use the contract to make loans to purchase new ships."

After careful calculation, Wu Guangyao has calculated that if about 60% of the ships are contracted for a three-year period, and then leased for a three-year contract; this will be six years, and after six years will be the end of 1966, then Global Shipping No longer lease long-term, but wait for the Suez Canal to be closed again in 1967.

This level is 8 years, and the cost will increase by at least 80%. After the eight years, the time has come to 1975, and I am slowly preparing to go ashore.

Moreover, Global Shipping began to lease some vessels for a long period of time, and it is bound to be sought after by European and American oil companies. Then there is no need to worry about the trouble of being often held down by them in the past six years.

Wu Guangyao’s words made Brown very happy!

A long-term contract allows the oil company to pay only 75% to 85% of the lease fee, which is a considerable one-to-one discount.

"If your company is willing to lease a long-term contract, we, BP, are willing to sign the 500,000-tonne deadweight vessel currently leased, and promise to increase business in the future, and will give priority to your global shipping vessels." Brown finally showed his happiest at this time. Smile.

"I will send a business delegation to your company for specific negotiations!"

"Waiting for a big drive at any time!"

(End of this chapter)




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