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Published at 25th of December 2023 05:15:40 AM


Chapter 366: [The era of container shipping is coming! 】

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Chapter 366 [The era of container shipping is coming! 】

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Wu Guangyao's motorcade departed from Barker Road Villa, passing Barker Road and Majixian Gorge Road, and then slowly headed to Central for work.

Barker Road belongs to the road on the top of the mountain, and you can see the villas from a distance, and there are British people living inside;

Many big-name ghosts such as the Chief Secretary for Administration, HSBC Taipan, Jardine Taipan, etc.;

But from now on, Wu Guangyao’s motorcade will often pass by these people’s doors.

When passing by the Department of Justice, the car was honked once by the driver for some reason (there may be a small animal in front), which attracted the attention of the guards of the Department of Justice.

"Whose team is that?"

"If I am not mistaken, it should be the team of the richest Chinese man!"

"Oh! Then he honked the horn on purpose, remind us?"

"Remind you? Do you live in Barka Road?"

"Forehead"

This is a dialogue between two Gurkha guards. For them, Wu Guangyao is also their unattainable myth.

At this time, the Secretary of Justice was just about to go to work, when he heard the sound of a horn outside, he frowned and asked his assistant;

The assistant quickly got the answer from the guard and passed it to the Secretary of Justice, who no longer took the matter in his mind.

The assistant also got an answer from the Secretary of Justice's face, that is, the strength of the Hong Kong Island Chinese leader is so great that the Governor of Hong Kong should pay attention to it. Naturally, the Secretary of Justice will not offend him.

After passing a section of Baijia Road, the convoy drove into Majixian Gorge Road;

Majixian Gorge Road is the main road in the mid-levels of the island and the top of the mountain. It is the only way to go from the central ring to the top of the mountain;

Maguisian Gap Road is mostly a winding ramp, built on the hill, and the lowest point on the west, connecting Garden Road and Robinson Road.

Wu Guangyao also has a piece of land in the Mid-Levels. He has not built a villa yet, but it is only a matter of time.

Get off the Victoria Peak, pass the Government House (Governor's House), HSBC, and finally come to the Global Building.

On the east side of   Global Building, there may be the future Exchange Square Phase I, II and III, and Connaught Building (Jane Wo Building). These are the Central Buildings closest to the Central Ferry Terminal and Victoria Harbour.

Thinking of Kang Le Mansion, Wu Guangyao has already decided to intercept the auction of Hu Yihe Foreign Company at the Hong Kong government’s auction house in 1970;

This kind of good position is naturally for the virtuous (rich) people!

At this moment, the Universal Building is like Dinghai Shenzhen, overlooking Hong Kong Island.

The convoy drove into the ground parking lot of the Universal Building and steadily parked in the dedicated parking space.

The bodyguard opened the doors on both sides, Wu Guangyao and Lin Yueru then walked down and entered the Global Building.

"Let's go, let's inspect the company together!" Wu Guangyao said to Lin Yueru.

Lin Yueru immediately took Wu Guangyao's arm and was happy!

Lin Yueru does not like to be in the limelight, but likes to be in the limelight with Wu Guangyao.

Baiyou Group, Oriental Media Group, and Global Group three group companies, occupying the entire 46th floor of the Global Building;

Naturally, the two of them will not go around each floor stupidly, mainly to inspect the floor where the group headquarters is located.

The appearance of the two people received warm greetings from everyone, and their eyes were full of admiration;

Want to come, Hong Kong Island Tycoon is everyone’s dream!

Standing in front of the office window on the 46th floor of the Global Building, opposite the Kowloon area, like a stripped girl, appeared in front of Wu Guangyao.

The most eye-catching building in Kowloon is naturally still the center of the Yangtze River commercial complex;

Turning his gaze to Wharf, Wu Guangyao's heart is hot, and he just hates that the time is not yet up!

For a long time, Wu Guangyao felt it and said: "Only by standing tall can we see far!"

With such a vision, even a beggar can give birth to a bit of pride, not to mention Wu Guangyao, a Hong Kong island tycoon!

After a while, He Yuanzhang, President of Global Group, came to Wu Guangyao's office.

He Yuanzhang sat on the leather sofa imported from Idali, sitting in an upright posture, after thanking the staff who handed over tea, he started the topic.

"The Hong Kong government intends to establish a semi-official organization, the "Container Committee", to study new shipping trends and Hong Kong's countermeasures." He Yuanzhang looked serious and seriously reported to Wu Guangyaohui.

"Oh!"

Wu Guangyao suddenly knew that what should have come is finally here!

In recent years, the business of Kwai Chung 123 Wharf has greatly increased, becoming the world's largest container terminal in business;

At the same time, global container shipping is booming, and European and American countries have begun to attach importance to container shipping;

These naturally attracted the attention of the Hong Kong government.

In the area of ​​Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi, there will be nine container terminals for later generations.

However, according to history, this semi-official committee should have been established in 1966, which is now more than a year earlier;

In 1969, three European container companies took the lead to form a modern container terminal company on Hong Kong Island;

Four local firms, namely Swire, HSBC, Hutchison, Kadoorie, and Jebsen joined, but Jardine Matheson refused to join;

This is one thing that Jardine Matheson regretted later!

"It seems that the Hong Kong government is jealous! When the Hong Kong government establishes this committee later, I will recommend you to go in and watch it for you!"

"Well, boss, please rest assured!"

He Yuanzhang thought for a while and said, "Boss, if the Hong Kong government wants to open a container terminal again, and Hong Kong Island has a full set of container terminal technology, only our global terminal company; but the Hong Kong government should not want our global group to win the container bid. At the terminal, foreign companies may come in at that time."

Wu Guangyao asked, "Do you have a plan to deal with it?"

He Yuanzhang said: "For the current plan, we can only improve our own container terminal strength and increase competitiveness; there is another way, even if the latter container terminal, we can not vote alone, but we can take the lead in forming a local alliance, so It should be possible to win a container terminal."

Wu Guangyao asked: "What do you think should be united with?"

He Yuanzhang replied: "HSBC, Hutchison, Swire, Dong Yunhao"

Allowing these local British-funded foreign firms to join in can indeed share the pressure of the Hong Kong government;

However, I was afraid of foreign firms such as Hutchison and Taikoo, and were unwilling to cooperate with Wu Guangyao.

At that time, it will depend on HSBC's ability!

Wu Guangyao nodded and said, "Well, you can think about it then! But in the future, it is a general trend for the United States, Europe, and Dongying to join the Kwai Chung Container Terminal. There are also major political factors that we cannot control. However, as long as We are strong enough and good service. Those container ships will still choose us! Besides, we have our own container company and are not afraid of challenges!"

Europe and the United States can extend the power of container shipping to Hong Kong Island. Naturally, it is easy. Who said that Hong Kong Island is still a British colony at this time!

However, the terminals of Universal Group have spread all over the world, and there are container terminals of Universal Group even in the north and south of the United States. This is an amazing thing!

Being able to own a container terminal in the United States, Universal Group has also gone through very large efforts;

If the United States had not launched the battle against Vietnam and needed container terminals on Hong Kong Island, it would be difficult for Universal Group to break into the US terminals.

Of course, there is another very important factor, that is, Universal Group is the creator of container terminals, a major participant in the container size standard, and a powerful group company in the world;

Many countries are willing to use this reputation to develop their own country’s container shipping.

Wu Guangyao has already thought about it. By the end of the 1970s, he will keep as many container ships as possible and reduce the number of oil tankers.

(End of this chapter)




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