When I got back to the hotel, it was already night. However, by some surprise, William actually appeared in front of Jing Jian again, and brought a German named Hoffmann to wait in the lobby of the hotel.

The Hoffman was in his early thirties, with a standard Nordic appearance, tall, blonde hair, and a serious, cool demeanor reminiscent of the SS.

"Sir, when I heard that you were coming, Mr. Hoffman insisted on coming. Knowing that Jing Jian needed jet lag, William's expression was somewhat embarrassed.

"Hello, Mr. Bramble. I'm sorry to bother. ”

"Hello, Mr. Hoffmann. The visitor was a guest, and Jing Jian also shook hands with him politely, "Then let's find a place to sit?"

"I don't dare to bother you too much, if it's convenient, just the café here, right?"

"Then please. ”

And Qin Zi took the packaged food, gestured to Jing Jian a few times, and went upstairs back to the room first.

Several people came to the café and ordered a cup of coffee each. William introduced Jing Jian: "Mr. Hoffmann is a Director and Marketing Manager of Ringier Shipping & Transportation. ”

"Uh-huh, fortunately. Jing Jian was a little puzzled. Even if you want to cooperate with a local shipping company in the Port of Hamburg, you don't need to be in such a hurry, there is no need to visit overnight?

Hoffmann also began the company introduction: "Mr. Bramble, we are the ...... of Ringier Shipping"

In the introduction, Jing Jian learned that this Jungian shipping company is medium-sized in Hamburg and belongs to the Jung family. Of course, Hoffmann was also a member of the Jung family.

In Europe, there are many such long-standing families, with deep heritage, and the accumulated wealth is certainly not less. However, as the number of family members grows, such families will certainly make new investments. And that Jung shipping is one of the new investments of the Jung family.

The original West German port was state-owned and not open to private individuals at all, but with the new law of 1971, a gradual privatization process began. In the 80s, the pace of privatization accelerated dramatically. Without going into detail about the specific policies of West Germany, it can be summarized as follows: West Germany's ports are still state-owned, and the wharves and sites in the ports are fully leased to private companies. Private companies are also encouraged to participate in the construction and operation of ports.

As natives, the Jung family was of course aware of the past glory of the Port of Hamburg and was therefore informed of the privatization and immediately signed a lease contract for the 99-year lease. A very tongue-twisting name. But the content is actually quite simple, leasing a wharf for 99 years, but the top is a "light board", and the equipment, yards, warehouses and factories required for operation are privately funded and built by the Jung family. At the end of the lease, the port paid 66% of the net asset value to the Jung family. Of course, if all goes well, this will be a hundred years from now.

And this kind of investment, although the profit may not be considered a huge profit, but it can also be regarded as a drought and flood income, which is one of the investments that the inheritance family likes very much. Therefore, after signing the lease contract, the Jung family invested a lot of money in that bare board pier.

In fact, when introduced here, you can see how huge the power of those big companies, big capitalists and inheritance big families in Europe is. The huge amount of infrastructure construction in the port is borne by the state, and it only costs a few lease fees to get private operation.

What's more interesting is that only look at "strength" and not "money". What does this mean? You can think about it, the port is just a few terminals, and you don't need to pay for the lease contract first, it's just a relationship. So, in Europe, the difficulty of starting from scratch is quite great, and the rigidity of the class is quite serious, and it is these hidden restrictions and injustices. In the United States, on the other hand, this is much better.

Don't go far. Anyway, the Jung family got the lease contract, and with their connections and influence, it was still a rare 99-year inheritable lease contract. However, if you succeed in leasing or failing, the rent will definitely be relatively high. And the port of Hamburg has been half-dead. So the Jungian family invested a lot of money, but instead fell into an embarrassing situation of losing money every year.

"Uh-huh. Jing Jian kept playing haha, but he was a little inexplicable in his heart. This Mr. Hoffmann is too "naïve", isn't he? He actually told all the bad management of his family company, and told him to his own life?

In order to successfully dump the Soviet and Eastern European markets in the future, it is indeed necessary to have a local shipping company in Hamburg. But that's just a relationship between one party paying money and the other party serving, and it's a pure cooperation of interests, so there's no need to talk about this nonsense. And I didn't even have a single word, and I didn't even reach that time.

Perhaps seeing the doubts in Jing Jian's heart, Hoffman smiled slightly: "Mr. Bramble, the reason why he took the liberty of disturbing is not because of a few containers or a few ships. Instead, we at Ringier would like to establish a deeper cooperation with your company. ”

"Oh?" Jing Jian also smiled, he hadn't worked together yet, where did he come from?" ”

"For example, we at Ringier Shipping have brought in strategic investors. Another example is the equity exchange ......"

Jing Jian suddenly understood what Hoffman meant, and it turned out that he wanted to invest himself? However, there is some interest in strategic investment. "If the conditions are good, and the funds occupied are not very large, Jing Jian has no problem listening to the conditions.

"It was a pleasure to talk to you, so I won't bother tonight. Hearing Jing Jian's intention, Hoffman smiled and handed over an invitation, and got up to take his leave, "On behalf of my father, Baron Jung, I would like to extend a formal invitation to you and Miss Mussa to come to my house on the weekend. ”

"It's a great honor, and it will be there when the time comes. I would also like to extend my best regards to His Excellency the Baron. ”

"Thank you!"

Today's visit is nothing more than an informal temptation. And the invitation on the weekend, that's the real negotiation. I have to say that both the Jung family and this Hoffman know the rules very well.

……

Back in the room, before Jing Jian could fully digest the matter of Jung's shipping, Kent called from Los Angeles: "Boss, there is an urgent matter." Someone sent out an inquiry, asking if White Lotus had any intention of selling. ”

"Huh?" Jing Jian was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. There are strange things every year, especially today. Hoffman here just wanted to invest himself, and there were people over there who wanted to buy his own White Lotus?

"What price are they willing to offer, and are there any conditions?" In any case, Jing Jian was still quite curious about the market value of the White Lotus he had tossed.