Chapter 63 Maritime Transport
Throughout the morning, I saw a total of four office buildings.
After going around a circle, Chen Linzhi found that the first incense company to see today is the most suitable for both size and interior decoration, and the disadvantage is that it is more expensive.
The benefits of the new building, both in terms of the interior environment and the scenery outside the window, are far beyond the other three places.
Chen Linzhi simply stopped being entangled, and immediately signed a contract and paid the first amount of the commission to the real estate brokerage company.
It is estimated that the owner of the incense agency did not expect that he would be able to find the next family to take over the lease so quickly, which was very refreshing, and the agreement would be moved out within five days, and office supplies such as chairs, benches, copiers, etc., would naturally be taken away.
After all, it's just a change of place, and it's not going out of business, this incense agency can still be used in the future.
Chen Linzhi took advantage of a little bit and told them to leave a few desks at that time, especially the one in the boss's office, as well as bookshelves and green plants, etc., and leave everything that can be left.
He paid an extra $600 for this, which should be considered a great value for money.
Eat pizza at noon.
In the afternoon, together with Yin Yu, I went to find an advertising company to customize the signboard, so that people could see it as soon as they got out of the elevator.
Immediately afterwards, he rushed to the human resources introduction company and told the other party the recruitment requirements, one must be able to know Chinese, preferably Mandarin, and the other must have experience in foreign trade.
It can be said that it is the first time to start a business, and it is not until today that it has officially started, and it is finally necessary to have a company.
After all this, it was only half past three in the afternoon.
There was no one at home guarding the phone, Chen Linzhi was not at ease, for fear of missing important news, and asked Yin Yu to go back first.
Chen Linzhi drove the car alone and set off to the white gang's lair where he had been last time, planning to talk to Miss Yu about shipping with a cheeky face.
Unexpectedly, this woman went to Palm Springs for a vacation, and her life was really chic.
Chen Linzhi, who had a closed door, could only rush to the dock and find other ways.
San Francisco is a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides, and there are many large and small ports nearby, such as the Port of Richmond, the Port of Oakland, the Port of San Francisco, and the Port of Sequoia City.
The last time he went to the port of San Francisco to inquire about the freight price, this time he went to the car to familiarize himself with the road, specifically from the gas station to inquire which shipping company is the largest and the most reliable service, after knowing in his heart, Chen Linzhi found the contact station set up by Maersk (Maersk) in the port.
Come straight to the point.
After Chen Linzhi found a window and sat down, he asked the receptionist: "I have two or three containers of goods, which need to be transported from the port city to Los Angeles as soon as possible.
He was received by an ordinary-looking white red-haired woman, who was unfamiliar with the business, and immediately picked up the phone and said, "Please wait, sir." ”
Computers have not yet become widespread, and the mainstream method of communication is still telephone.
Like Zhao Bailu's girls' school, starting to work on the school's official website now is a very fashionable novelty in this era, but how long it takes for the photos to load and how high the definition can be need to be put into question.
Microsoft's Windows 1.0 version is still in the pipeline, and Apple has just launched a Macintosh computer, with a pitiful small screen.
The female receptionist talked to the other end of the phone, covered the receiver and asked, "Sir, how many containers do you need for your goods?"
Chen Linzhi was stumped by this question, he really didn't know how many were needed, and he had no idea after thinking about it for a while, so he replied: "It depends on how big the container is, you ask the time first, and then talk about the rest later." ”
The receptionist continued to ask him, "So what kind of goods, furniture, clothes?"
“...... Stockings, women's stockings, the kind that reaches the thighs, almost 1.2 million pairs. ”
Chen Linzhi was embarrassed and added: "When I pull the goods to the dock, I can give as many containers as I want, it's just a trivial matter, I need to find the fastest ship in the shortest time." ”
The other party didn't seem to listen to what he said, just continued to talk to the other end of the phone, nodded carelessly, and was about to get off work after a busy day, and his expression was relaxed.
Soon.
Putting down the phone, the female receptionist told Chen Linzhi: "The ship from Port City to San Francisco will set sail at 6 p.m. local time on February 20, and at least 12 hours before that, the goods will be transported to the terminal for handover and packing, if you need to clear customs, you will calculate the time yourself, and I will communicate with the headquarters when you are sure, and the whole voyage will take about 18 to 20 days." ”
Today is only February 10th, February 10th in the United States.
Calculating the time difference, the port city should be February 11, which means that it will be nine days before departing from the port city.
I always feel that the date of the 20th is a bit familiar, Chen Linzhi thought about it and found that it was just the Spring Festival?
Lao Mei is not the Lunar New Year, but it is difficult to ensure that the dock workers do not have a holiday, in case of a small accident, it is difficult to ensure that he will not miss the handover date, and then he needs to pay liquidated damages to Wal-Mart, calculated on a daily basis, and then it will be double the deposit.
Although it may not be really compensated, since the contract has been signed, it is best not to let people seize the handle, not afraid of 10,000 just in case, Mr. Dempsey's right to speak alone cannot affect the decisions of other departments of Wal-Mart.
What's more, the first cooperation must be done beautifully.
I didn't feel it before, but after I came to ask, I felt that my eyebrows were burning, and I was full of urgency.
There are many dock boats.
Looking carefully, Chen Linzhi can always find a freighter that sets sail on the right date.
However, he didn't have any contact with Gao Boxue today, and he didn't know how many days the process of exporting goods on the other side of the strait would be delayed, and the goods had to be transported to the port city for transit, leaving him with little time to prepare.
At this time, he asked the receptionist, "Twenty, right, there is no earlier ship?"
"Nope. ”
“...... I understood, I'll give you an answer tomorrow morning. ”
Chen Linzhi came out of the Maersk Cargo Company liaison station and went directly to the Hapag-Lloyd Shipping Company liaison station next to it, and only asked what the departure time was.
Hapag-Lloyd was even more unreliable, and a ship set sail on the 12th in the port city.
Judging from the time, it will definitely be too late for Gao Erudite.
It is necessary to contact Gao Boxue again to see how well he is prepared.
Chen Linzhi was not stranded at the wharf, and compared to the cost of a container, he only cares about whether he can make time in time.
Because there is still an alternative to air transportation, it is a big deal that the profit is less, so Chen Linzhi began to be nervous, but he was not too nervous.
As long as Gao Erudite doesn't make mistakes and thinks about ways carefully, he can always solve it.
returned to Song Yuewen's house.
Yin Yu was watching TV, and when he saw Chen Linzhi coming back, he told: "I didn't even dare to eat dinner, for fear of missing an important call, and I don't even have a fart until now, have you found the boat?"
Chen Linzhi hadn't eaten dinner yet, so he put the key on the dining table casually, and said while taking off his coat: "The ship has always been there, but now the problem is a bit tricky, I have to urge Boss Gao to hurry up, in case of delay, my loss will be as high as tens of thousands of US dollars......"