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Published at 25th of December 2023 05:17:03 AM


Chapter 318: [It's time to keep a low profile! 】

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Chapter 318【It's time to keep a low profile! 】

Before the Chinese New Year, Wu Guangyao took Island Airlines' Boeing 707 flight to Tokyo.

Boeing 707 can carry 195 people, which belongs to the large aircraft of this era;

Moreover, Boeing 707 is also a jet aircraft, and the air comfort is much more comfortable than that of a propeller aircraft;

In terms of speed, the Boeing 707 shortened the voyage from Hong Kong Island to Dongying by one and a half hours, and now it only takes four and a half hours to arrive.

Currently, Island Airlines has 2 Boeing 707s, 3 Grand Jets, and 3 Douglas C-3s;

Just last year, Island Airlines ordered two more Boeing 707s.

Douglas c-3 aircraft is one of the most popular propeller aircraft from the 1940s and 1950s;

But the passenger capacity can only be more than 20 people, so it belongs to the old antique class airliner and will face elimination.

The   Viscount airliner can carry up to 70 passengers, which is considered a relatively large propeller aircraft;

Although the Viscount airliner is a propeller plane, its first flight was in 1946;

The Viscount airliner of Global Shipping has only been in use for six or seven years, so it is a new airliner.

After the delivery of two Boeing 707s next year, three Douglas planes will be laid off honorably!

At that time, Hong Kong Island Airlines has a total of 4 Boeing 707 and 3 Jazz jets, and the strength is also considered to be a very strong local airline.

The reason why Island Airlines dares to purchase aircraft on such a large scale is due to the busy routes between Hong Kong Island and Dongying; Dongying people like to travel to Hong Kong Island, and Hong Kong Island businessmen often go to Dongying for business, so this route allows Cathay Pacific Airways I am envious.

And Hong Kong Island, as a local company on Hong Kong Island, has the care of the Hong Kong government on its routes, which naturally has a greater advantage than European and American aviation.

It can be said that when Wu Guangyao mastered Island Airlines, he cut off one of Swire's hands!

Sitting in the position, Wu Guangyao’s eyes were looking around, and the flight attendants were no surprise;

The boss is not looking at himself, but checking work.

Observed for a while, and found nothing unsatisfactory, Wu Guangyao fell asleep

Global Shipping intends to carry out its shipbuilding in a low-key manner, which means that Wu Guangyao intends to hide some of his strength!

The current reputation of Global Shipping is big enough, and there is no need to further improve its reputation;

It is to let the media or industry professionals in the world not know their true strength.

Think about it, during the closure of the Suez Canal from 1967 to 1975, Global Shipping had 15 to 20 million tons of deadweight vessels, and how cool it was to quietly make a fortune!

Before 1967, Wu Guangyao predicted that Global Shipping would have a deadweight of 15 million tons, and Global Shipping may have very few loans;

Then in the next eight years, Wu Guangyao can start reaping profits.

At that time, it was Wu Guangyao who had been in shipping for 18 years before he started to see money back;

It is conceivable that if you are not a traverser, you will not be able to not take a penny from the company for 18 years, and you have been paying back money from other industries;

You must know that from the beginning, most of the profit of the zipper was invested in global shipping!

The first stop of Wu Guangyao and his party is still Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, because the price is favorable and the quality is guaranteed;

There are many large shipyards in Japan. Just last year, the total deadweight of ships launched in Japan accounted for 22% of the world's total load, second only to the United States, and surpassed the established powers of Britain, France and Germany.

This time the shipbuilding still chose a 100,000-ton tanker, and the cargo ship chose a 50,000-ton tanker; therefore, Global Shipping plans to build 15 100,000-ton tankers and 10 50,000-ton cargo ships.

Ichiro Aikawa did not expect that Global Shipping would come to order tankers so soon, but after receiving an appointment from Global Shipping, Aikawa Ichiro was very happy. This is a big customer!

"Mr. Aikawa, I am a regular customer of Dongying Shipyard, you can get some discount!" Wu Guangyao said first.

Aikawa Ichiro has a deep understanding of Wu Guangyao's bargaining, but this time he said with a wry smile: "Mr. Wu, you should also know that Dongying's labor wages have increased by as much as 30% in the past two years, and the price of steel has also risen. For a 100,000-ton tanker, our lowest price can only reach 12 million U.S. dollars, and we can’t bargain anymore; Global Shipping is our old customer and our future long-term customer. We will never The lion has a big mouth."

Naturally, Wu Guangyao knew the situation of the shipbuilding industry, and he was more appreciative of the price, so he nodded and agreed; the counter-offer was obviously a bit disgusting.

"Mr. Aikawa is refreshing. The price is only US$12 million. Those of us need to book 12 100,000-ton tankers. But our shipbuilding information, you Mitsubishi must keep it confidential. This time we want to keep a low profile."

Aikawa Ichiro was stunned. He didn’t expect that he always liked high-profile global shipping. He wanted to keep a low profile. You know, when global shipping used to sign the contract at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries had to invite reporters and government departments from Toyo to come and report. When the new ship is launched, Dongying’s female celebrities will come to cut the ribbon.

This one, how did you change your mind?

Waving away the thoughts in his head, Aikawa Ichiro quickly realized that the customer is God, not to mention such a simple request.

"Of course, we will follow Mr. Wu's request. Mr. Wu, are you free tonight? I want to invite you to a banquet."

"Well, I'm free! I like to make friends!"

Generally, after this kind of cooperation is reached, as a landlord, a banquet is usually held.

The evening banquet gave Wu Guangyao a little surprise. It was not that Aikawa Ichiro introduced some beautiful women to Wu Guangyao, but introduced several potential customers to Wu Guangyao.

This made Wu Guangyao admire Aikawa Ichiro, and he was on the road!

After Wu Guangyao handed out his business card, Aikawa Ichiro said, "Mr. Wu, these are our Mitsubishi Heavy Industries customers, but they prefer to rent ships on Hong Kong Island, so I introduce them to you!"

Aikawa Ichiro’s words are a little bit helpless, some shipping companies in the East will choose to lease ships on Hong Kong Island;

Because Dongying’s policy is like this, if the shipyard sells the ship to foreigners, it will get some subsidies;

And Dongying people buy ships in Dongying, they pay a higher tax rate;

In addition, due to artificial reasons, some shipping companies in Dongying simply lease a large number of ships on Hong Kong Island.

The biggest customers of Bao Yugang in later generations are Dongying’s Yamaguchi Steamship and Dongying Steamship, and these two companies are shipping companies; Bao Yugang leased his own ships to these two companies for a long time at a low price.

So, it seems that Bao Yugang had a deadweight of 21 million tons at the peak of 1980 (HSBC shares accounted for more than 40%); in fact, Bao Yugang did not earn much, and his net worth at the time was more than 2 billion US dollars.

Wu Guangyao was different. He started six years earlier than Bao Yugang, and his starting capital was dozens of times that of Bao Yugang. In addition, eight years before Suez was shut down, the global shipping fleet could reach 15 million tons; and later Bao Yu In 1967, it only had a deadweight of more than 3.5 million tons.

Therefore, it is not difficult for Global Shipping to create a profit of 10 billion U.S. dollars for Wu Guangyao.

"Mr. Wu thinking about long-term renting?" asked a customer introduced by Aikawa Ichiro.

"Of course, there is no problem at the right price!"

"Really? I work with a Hong Kong Island shipowner called Bao Yugang, I wonder if you have heard of it!"

"Well, I have heard of it! Did Mr. Kishimoto want to say that the rent he gave you is very low?" Wu Guangyao guessed. He didn't expect to meet Bao Yugang so soon.

Bao Yugang’s long-term rental and low-price stable policy can obtain him a large amount of bank loans to quickly expand the fleet, but it is difficult to bring him a large amount of profit.

Fortunately, in this life, he will never be a big shipowner of 3.5 million tons in 1967, and he will die of 2 million tons;

At this time, he is the owner of an old ship with only 300,000 tons, so the threat to Wu Guangyao is not particularly great!

"Well, can Mr. Wu get that price?"

Wu Guangyao shook his head and explained earnestly: "Mr. Kishimoto, maybe not! Because our fleet as a whole is much newer than his fleet, and our seafarers are more professional. Of course, we will try our best to offer everyone a preferential price. If you have a need, you can call the phone number on the business card, and we will definitely give the utmost sincerity."

Wu Guangyao would not take too low a price in order to compete with Bao Yugang for customers; would he not fall into vicious competition with Bao Yugang and make Dongying people in vain?

Wu Guangyao didn't believe it anymore. Without the strong support of HSBC and the fact that Global Shipping took the lead in seizing the source of customers, Bao Yugang could grow to that point.

Has half of his achievements, Wu Guangyao took him even more admiringly.

A few people saw Wu Guangyao's unwillingness to join the bidding session, and couldn't help but feel disappointed. It's a pity that a boat owner on Hong Kong Island did not pose a threat to him.

If the freight rate in Dongying drops, then Dongying’s shipping situation will change. One can imagine the strength of global shipping.

Global Shipping has invested 2 million tons of deadweight in Dongying, which can be said to provide strong support for Dongying’s industrial construction.

"Well, then! We trust Mr. Wu's sincerity. We will definitely consider global shipping later."

"Okay, the reputation of our global shipping is well-known throughout Dongying and even the whole world. I hope we can cooperate!"

(End of this chapter)




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