The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

Faced with the invitation to cooperate from the Oil Company, Global Shipping did not refuse, but it also did not agree to anything. Instead, it responded by saying that the oil tanker was still performing its mission.

The implication is that cooperation can be considered, but we have to wait until the ship completes its transportation mission before talking.

Faced with the rhetoric of global shipping, Weilong was also skeptical. However, now it is the Oil Company that needs global shipping, so we can only hope that the two parties will enter cooperation negotiations.

World Shipping's conference room.

Lin Zhichao looked at his excited colleagues and said calmly: "Customers are the cornerstone of global shipping, so our fleet must continue to serve old customers. As for the price, we will continue to perform the contract according to the current market price, and there is no need to take the initiative to raise prices. .”

Anyway, it is a one-way short-term rental. It is estimated that the market price will increase to more than 4 times in a week or two. Therefore, when a ship arrives at the port, Japanese customers need to continue renting, or they can continue to complete the rental at the current price.

The current price is probably close to three times the usual price.

Everyone agreed. After all, the customer base that was finally built in Japan cannot be cracked because of petty profits. The current situation is that even if they do not take the initiative to raise prices, global shipping prices are already soaring.

What Global Shipping needs to do is to follow the trend. If others increase their prices, the global industry will also increase their prices.

Feng Yongfa said: "Currently, we have a total of 68 cargo ships (one new cargo ship), 14 oil tankers (4 second-hand oil tankers), and a total of 82 ships. Among them, 12 cargo ships are moored at the port and 16 cargo ships are on fixed routes. Three oil tankers have been anchored at the port in the past half month, and there are 16 ships that need to be signed. Depending on the situation, partners will soon come to us to confirm our willingness to lease."

Lin Zhichao said: "Report the specific situation to me in time! Vice President Feng went to the United States and Europe for inspections and stayed there temporarily to understand the international shipping situation and provide feedback to the headquarters."

A general has to be sent to Europe and the United States, and Lin Zhichao is in Hong Kong. In the past two months, contracts may have to be signed one after another. Lin Zhichao is still used to signing long-term contracts, which is more efficient and easier to manage.

Lin Zhichao is not a greedy person. For example, half a month later, the market price is that "one new ship can earn one new ship a year." Then Lin Zhichao may seek a "one new ship can earn two new ships in three years." ship's contract; as for the contract of 'one new ship earns three new ships in five years', I'm afraid customers don't dare to bet, but if Lin Zhichao uses strong methods to demand a contract, it is not impossible. After all, there are now ships That's God, but He couldn't have done that.

Feng Yongfa nodded immediately and said, "Okay, I'll set off as soon as possible!"

He often follows his boss to Europe and the United States for inspections, and naturally understands what his boss means, so he has always been very strict with himself in terms of international vision.

As for the boss’s international vision, it can only be described as ‘god’. The boss seized on the shipping shortage in the Far East caused by the "Peninsula War", and now he has seized on the global shipping shortage caused by the "Suez Canal Crisis", which is extremely powerful.

In fact, these events can all be analyzed, but everyone can only think about it after the fact, and only the boss can truly analyze it in advance. For example, the Suez Canal crisis has been in conflict with Britain, France and the United States since Egypt's President Nasser succeeded in his coup and overthrew the Farouk dynasty.

Bao family.

Bao Zhaolong asked his son Bao Yugang: "Yugang, it is said outside that the freight rate of ocean-going ships has increased several times. Which ship is ours?"

Bao Yugang smiled bitterly and said: "Father, the lease of our ship was for two years, and now it is less than one year. How can it be possible to increase the freight, so the freight is still so high."

Bao Zhaolong suddenly showed a pained expression and said: "Why did you sign a two-year lease back then? If the contract had not been so long, and now the freight has increased three or four times, you can earn back two second-hand ships in a year. "

Although Bao Yugang was also regretful, he said seriously: "Who knows about unknown things! What I want in shipping is stability. Even after this ship expires, I will continue to sign the contract for more than three years."

Recalling what happened last year, he didn't think there was any problem. At that time, Lin Zhichao was also planning to sign a two-year contract for stability; so after he took over, he signed the contract for two years without hesitation.

The younger brother Bao Yuxing on the side said quickly: "Can I make more money by buying a boat now?"

Bao Yugang looked at a layman and could only explain patiently: "The price of second-hand ships that can go to sea has become very expensive now. The price of a 20-year-old ship that is 70% to 80% new is nearly doubled." "The important thing is that no one may be willing to sell it. Because everyone knows that shipping is easy to make money."

really.

Although Bao Yugang in his previous life had changed from one boat to seven boats, because one of his boats was renewed by a Japanese charterer at several times the price, he also received a deposit; but the time when he purchased six second-hand boats was indeed After the Suez Canal reopened, many people had already made a lot of money and started selling ships. Moreover, to purchase six second-hand ships, Bao Yugang must have raised and borrowed a lot of funds at that time. It is unknown whether he had a loan from HSBC Bank.

"I missed it!" Bao Yuxing said regretfully: "I heard that Lin Zhichao owns many oil tankers close to 60,000 tons, making him one of the shipowners with the largest number of large oil tankers in the world. How much does he have to earn?"

Bao Zhaolong gasped. No matter how layman he was, he still knew what a 60,000-ton oil tanker meant. It was a moving golden mountain.

Bao Yugang was also very shocked. He has always admired and admired Lin Zhichao's management style, and now the strength Lin Zhichao has shown is even more admirable.

"If his ship does not sign a long-term contract, according to the current market situation, he can earn a new ship a year, and one ship becomes two ships! However, he likes to sign long-term contracts, and not all ships may catch up with the good times."

"Oh my God, a ship can make more than millions of dollars a year!"

Bao Yugang nodded!

In the end, he calmly said: "How much money he makes has nothing to do with us! But I have already thought about it. As long as there are second-hand ships at reasonable prices, I will do my best to add more ships, and then still lease them to Japanese customers on a long-term basis. Important What’s more, I also need to get a loan from HSBC. Only through the bank can the fleet expand rapidly.”

Bao Zhaolong said, "What about the risk?"

Bao Yugang said confidently: "I have long-term leased the ship to a Japanese customer, which is a strong guarantee. Lin Zhichao also did the same back then. It's just that he was very lucky and came across a good time. But I believe that there will be more in the future There are better things going on.”

Having said this, Bao Zhaolong could only fully support his son.

After a year of operation, he saw his son's growth and decided that this business was suitable for him.

In Bao Yugang's previous life, he could buy six ships in the first half of 1957, but in this life, he could only buy three ships. He was afraid that he could only afford the price of two second-hand ships and had to borrow money from everywhere.

This was also Lin Zhichao's "conspiracy" last year, but no one else knew about it. Even in Bao Yugang's eyes, Lin Zhichao is regarded as the "leader" in entering this industry, and he usually takes the initiative to contact him to say hello.

Even if he has missed the good opportunity now, Bao Yugang has no idea. After all, Lin Zhichao is not a god. He can also predict that the Suez Canal crisis will break out a year later. It is even more impossible to imagine that Lin Zhichao also knows that he, Bao Yugang, is supposed to be the future. The world's shipping king.

Global Shipping became famous in the world, and Lin Zhichao also began to appear on the world stage. Many Western media began to report on Global Shipping and began to search for news about Lin Zhichao. Some reporters even came to Hong Kong, hoping to interview Lin Zhichao.

Although Global Shipping only has an oil tanker capacity of 580,000 tons, it has attracted much attention because eight of its oil tankers are 56,000 tons. Everyone believes that Lin Zhichao is a very visionary 'big ship owner'. Other shipping companies The company pursued fast small tankers, while Global Shipping built eight large tankers in one go, becoming a far-sighted enterprise.

On this day, Lin Zhichao met with a reporter and accepted an exclusive interview with a shipping magazine. He was interviewed by a male reporter, Walker, who was somewhat different from Lin Zhichao's imagination, but of course he was not displeased.

Under the leadership of the staff, Walker first inspected the global shipping headquarters, and then came to Lin Zhichao's office.

Contrary to expectations, the headquarters of Global Shipping is a bit shabby, and it doesn't look like a large enterprise at all. However, considering the general environment in Hong Kong, such an office environment can also be said to be good.

Lin Zhichao smiled and invited Walker to sit on the sofa. The other staff immediately set up the machine. They were very serious. After all, there were many people who wanted to interview Lin Zhichao, but only they were invited. Because they are professional shipping magazines, Lin Zhichao chose them.

"Mr. Lin, are you okay?"

"certainly!"

Walker also immediately entered a professional state, with a pen in his hand and a notebook on his lap, which is the standard for interviews in this era.

Walker: "Mr. Lin, you are younger than we imagined, is it convenient to reveal your real age?"

Lin Zhichao: "It's almost thirty years old! Because I started working very early, I have been in business for about ten years."

Walker thought to himself, that is still young, but he saw that Lin Zhichao cared about this aspect, so he decided that enough is enough.

Walker: "I heard that Mr. Lin started from scratch, and it is obviously very remarkable to be able to achieve what he is today!"

Lin Zhichao: "In fact, it is not self-made. My father left me a precious inheritance, and I have benefited a lot!"

Walker: "Spiritual, or wealth?"

Lin Zhichao: "All of them!"

Walker: "Can you give me an example?"

Lin Zhichao: "My father has always taught me that a person must be honest. If a person is not trustworthy, he will not be established. Without trust, a career will not be prosperous. If there is no trust, the family will not be harmonious. So I attach great importance to 'integrity', and you must be honest in doing business. Otherwise you can only make money from a client once; moreover, if a businessman has no integrity, you will have a bad reputation in the whole circle.”

After a while.

Walker: "Mr. Lin, how did you come up with the idea of ​​ordering a large number of large oil tankers? Before that, everyone was pursuing small oil tankers with high speed."

Lin Zhichao: "Large oil tankers have many advantages, such as low operating costs. When doing shipping, you must analyze the international situation. With the economic development of Western countries and their increasing reliance on oil, the advantages of traditional small oil tankers will become increasingly weakened. Large oil tankers This is the future development direction of the shipyard.”

Walker: "So, if you are optimistic about big tankers, will tankers grow even bigger?"

Lin Zhichao: "Yes, after this crisis, I believe many countries will see that only large tankers can meet the needs of shipping companies."

Walker: "Last question, how many ships do you have, Mr. Lin?"

Lin Zhichao: “Perhaps worse than ‘Greek Shipowner’ Onassis!”

Walker: "Oh my god, it turns out you are a super big ship owner. Please allow me to show my respect to you."

It was obviously the climax in the end. No one thought that Lin Zhichao's ship might have a carrying capacity of millions of tons.

In fact, Lin Zhichao manages a fleet of nearly 1.3 million tons of deadweight. Of course, there are 710,000 tons of second-hand ships, but Lin Zhichao has never admitted that his ships are second-hand ships, so he will not explain them. He also refrains from being said that his ships are second-hand ships.

At this time, Onassis's total tonnage should only be about 1 million to 1.5 million tons.

After finishing the interview.

The HSBC team also came to Global Shipping, led directly by Douglas, the chairman of HSBC, and Sandus was also among them. The benefits are exciting, and HSBC has also seen that the two cooperative shipping companies have become a money-making tool.

Lin Zhichao hosted everyone in the conference room to discuss the next business strategy of World Shipping.

Douglas said with concern: "Mr. Lin, the four large oil tankers we cooperate with are not on long-term lease, right?"

Asking questions knowingly!

Lin Zhichao still smiled and said: "Of course not! If it's a long-term lease, wouldn't it be a huge loss of rent. But next, I will look for a three-year long-term lease contract. The price must be very ideal."

Douglas and others smiled. They were all bankers and of course they knew what Lin Zhichao was thinking. After all, this kind of lease had already proven its superiority during the Peninsular Campaign.

Sundas asked curiously: "With a three-year lease, wouldn't the client have to bear the three-year high lease, even if it is 70 to 80% of the short-term lease, they will feel that there is a risk!"

Lin Zhichao said: "The problem now is that the right to speak is only with ships. Moreover, no one knows how long the Suez Canal will be closed. There is a risk of war in that place. It doesn't matter how long it will be fought. As long as it is in a state of hostility, Suez Canal will be closed. The canal crisis is always there."

How can international events be so easy to solve? If the two sides continue to confront each other in that place, the ship will still not be able to pass.

The shipbuilding cycle is generally about 12 to 18 months, and it is impossible to add more ships in a short period of time. Even after one year, assuming many ships are built, the supply will still be far from insufficient.

So, the rent was originally 1 million US dollars per year, but now I am paying 700,000 US dollars per year, but it must be rented for three years, which is still very convincing.

There is another very important reason, that is, Lin Zhichao's eight large oil tankers are more cost-effective to rent than small oil tankers. Because the cost of a 56,000-ton oil tanker is about 7.4 million U.S. dollars (Germany is much more expensive than Japan), but the cost of two 28,000-ton oil tankers may be at least 9 million U.S. dollars.

At this time, the bigger the boat, the more cost-effective the rent!

Sandus nodded and said: "It makes sense! And large oil tankers are a hot commodity now, far more popular than two oil tankers with the same load combined!"

Afterwards, Lin Zhichao briefly explained the situation, and the HSBC bank group left with satisfaction.

If there is no accident, the cooperation between the two parties, Huanyu Shipping, in the next three years, the annual profit may reach 18-20 million US dollars; the annual return rate reaches more than 50%, how can they be dissatisfied!

At this time, the relationship between Lin Zhichao and HSBC has officially entered the honeymoon period.

After the magazine's publicity, Global Shipping became a big star in the shipping industry, and Lin Zhichao truly became famous in the world.

Lin Zhichao didn't have time to pay attention to this. He had already rushed to London in early August.

Walking out of the London airport, I saw Audrey Hepburn's relatively small body. Her actual height was only 162 centimeters, which was really small given Lin Zhichao's height of nearly 1.8 meters.

And Lin Zhichao's height was not born, he was only about 1.7 meters tall before crossing, but he suddenly developed a second wave, and his body increased a lot in all aspects.

Seeing Lin Zhichao, Audrey Hepburn rushed towards him without hesitation, and the two then walked out of the parking lot. Fortunately, the paparazzi of this period were not very smart and never captured the dating scene between Lin Zhichao and Audrey Hepburn.

Of course, although no evidence was found, after all, many people have seen the two together, so it has been rumored that Audrey Hepburn has an Asian boyfriend.

Audrey Hepburn was not in the entertainment industry, so Hollywood didn't try to slander her. If she continues in the entertainment industry, she will definitely be ignored.

But obviously, Audrey Hepburn, who is not an actress, is more successful. Now Barbie has become popular all over the world.

in the car.

Audrey Hepburn said: "You asked me to buy 1.5 million US dollars of sugar futures (less than 500,000 margin), is it related to the Suez Canal crisis?"

Lin Zhichao nodded and said: "Of course! You have got the contract. If it has not doubled by the time of delivery, then buy it quickly."

"Double?"

"Of course, trust me!"

Lin Zhichao was driving while explaining the possibility of rising sugar prices.

The rise in sugar is related to the chaos in transportation capacity, but it has not started yet, but Lin Zhichao believes that it will definitely rise. Therefore, even if the contract has not been realized when it expires and is delivered, you can quickly buy it again.

"So, I can earn 1.5 million US dollars!" Audrey Hepburn said in surprise.

"Yes!" Lin Zhichao laughed.

He seldom gave Audrey Hepburn a lot of money directly, but planned to invest directly, which might make women feel more fulfilled and admire themselves more.

"Honey, you are so awesome!" Sure enough, Audrey Hepburn kissed Lin Zhichao who was driving.

Fortunately it was his cheek, otherwise he would have been really afraid of something happening.

Back at the apartment, Ella was taking Lin Ruidong with her, and the one-and-a-half-year-old Lin Ruidong rushed up to call his father.

"Okay, good son!"

Ella said with a smile: "The heartless little guy, in his heart, Baba, whom he rarely sees a few times a year, is more important than me, the grandmother he lives with."

Everyone laughed. In fact, Ella has a son, but she has been living with Audrey Hepburn, so she has no plans to separate. What's more, Audrey Hepburn is so rich now and can take care of her better. she.

They usually take turns living in Los Angeles, London, and Switzerland. Los Angeles is mainly for their careers, London is their hometown, and Switzerland is their vacation place. (End of chapter)