Chapter 44: If you want to make it die, make it mad
In the face of Chen Mingcheng's bluff, Gu Kun very cooperatively put on a panicked look of "I was actually seen through by you".
It's very much in line with the mentality of young people who are rocketing up.
Chen Mingcheng thought he had a plan and felt that he had guessed everything.
He proudly continued to attack: "Don't think that those small actions can be concealed for a long time! I have already found out that the price of oil in Huaxia is still 1 yuan and 2 yuan a liter. This price, a few months ago, was really not advantageous, and it was more expensive than the goods taken from Brunei.
But after the RMB exchange rate plummeted, they were able to hold on to this price and hold on for so long, which I didn't expect - so, young people, don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, if you don't cooperate with me again, I can completely get rid of you and go it alone. β
Gu Kun's acting skills sighed earnestly: "This business will not be done for a long time, so I will try my best to do it day by day, I know that this day will come sooner or later." β
As everyone knows, he just wanted to lure Chen Mingcheng into the trap today.
However, if Chen Mingcheng is allowed to get everything he wants to know too easily, he will instead wonder if there is some conspiracy and trickery in it.
Therefore, Gu Kun pretended to be reluctant to act for so long, making the process not seem so smooth.
Now, the drama of "being forced to be helpless" has finally been played enough.
Gu Kun put on a sad expression of "there is no other way" and pretended to be soft.
If you change people and give in to this step, it will still be too fake, but who made Gu Kun young.
A 17-year-old nouveau riche can't hold his breath is very in line with the personality. It should be a tailwind situation that is high-spirited, and a headwind situation that encounters occasional setbacks will instantly collapse the mentality.
Chen Mingcheng's "halo of mental retardation" is not "halo of mental retardation", but "halo of underestimating enemies", which is very reasonable.
After a few more verbal exchanges between the two sides, Gu Kun asked: "Boss Chen, since you said that you know everything, then what do you want to cooperate with me? β
Chen Mingcheng immediately changed his face and changed his expression of encouragement: "Young people, don't be presumptuous, this business was the first to be started by you, and the process is familiar, I need you to take my people on a trip and let my people observe from the sidelines."
Teach them how to dot and dredge the joints when buying from China. Then, in the future, I can share the profits from selling Huaxia Petroleum to you...... Ishin, as a consultation fee for leading the way. β
Chen Mingcheng never thought that any country's oil business could be done by anyone.
If the scale of the goods he needs to import is measured in 100,000 barrels, then he must need to get some leaders of the provincial branch of the China Petroleum Corporation, right?
It is also necessary to set up a name to whitewash the use of oil products, disperse accounts, and hide people's eyes......
It is precisely because Chen Mingcheng knows all this in the oil business that he feels that Gu Kun still has value.
At least Gu Kun has been doing it for a month or two, and he has already familiarized himself with the contacts here.
Gu Kun thought for a while, and performed a greedy and regretful expression: "Only one percent......"
"I don't have big ambitions! I'm still counting money!" Chen Mingcheng became more and more disdainful in his heart.
He further speculated: "How difficult and irreplaceable do you think it is to run a relationship? I can win all the friends you can make!
I have calculated the cost of diesel production for the Chinese people, and the current low oil prices are definitely operating at a loss. It is beyond my expectation that PetroChina has been able to survive at a loss until now, and I estimate that sooner or later they will have to raise prices and come back. If it weren't for the rush for time, you wouldn't even be qualified to get 10%, and I would have been able to do it all myself!"
"What? You even know this?" Gu Kun looked shocked, "I promise! I'll show you the way! You are really too accurate, the last time I drank with Mr. Hu, he said that there are documents inside, maybe after May Day, the head office will issue a document asking for the national oil price to rise, at least 1 yuan 5 a liter, or even 1 yuan 6." β
Of course, the name of Mr. Hu mentioned by Gu Kun will not be wrong, he should be a leader of the East Guangdong Branch of Huayou Corporation. But in fact, people don't have much friendship with Gu Kun, Gu Kun just wants to make his news appear to be from a reliable source, and he casually clings to it.
The real source of his perception of the rhythm of Huaxia Petroleum's re-rising price is actually because of the historical events he knew before his rebirth - as a perennial sea-runner, it is common sense to know which year the oil is cheap and which year the oil is expensive in the surrounding countries, so it is normal to remember it in his mind.
"Sure enough, I guessed it! Huaxia Petroleum will not be able to hold it sooner or later!" Hearing the truth confided by the other party in a panic, Chen Mingcheng was surprised and regretful.
To his surprise, Gu Kun was completely impressed by him and accepted the groveling status of cooperation.
It's a pity that it came so quickly! It's going to rise back in May?
It was already mid-April, and although he had already sent his first fleet out in advance, and was already at sea, on the voyage to China to buy goods, and could reach the port of Canton in two or three days, even if he was so full, he would be able to carry two or three low-cost oil business at most.
(Chen Mingcheng had already expected that he would be able to convince Gu Kun, and he also guessed that Gu Kun's oil was imported from Huaxia, so before Gu Kun came back, he took a gamble and let his fleet set off early)
It's a pity, such a good business opportunity, because it was discovered late, so I can only take two or three handfuls, and it will be over!
After Chen Mingcheng secretly choked his wrist for a while, he forced himself to calm down and look forward.
He continued to ask: "It seems that you are doing quite well, and even the internal documents of PetroChina's management have been spied on, so let's do it, I think your use value is okay, do it with me wholeheartedly, and I will give you a benefit of five percentββ
I hope you recognize the situation, you only have this value to be used. Moreover, the size of my fleet is much larger than yours, and the total profit of one trip, even if it is only one or five, is higher than that of your own small boats of several hundred tons. β
"I know how to choose, thank you Mr. Chen for ignoring the past suspicions, I will definitely tell you all the joints and secret precautions I know. Gu Kun's acting skills pretended to be completely convinced.
Then, that night, he told all the details of how to go to the north to sell diesel.
Starting the next day, Chen Mingcheng started work at full speed.
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If God wants to destroy man, he must first make him mad.
Therefore, Chen Mingcheng thought that in the first two weeks after subduing Gu Kun, everything was really going well.
After all, when the fish eats the first bite of bait, it only feels delicious at first, and the hook is the next thing.
Chen Mingcheng has been in the diesel business since his bank, so his ship often starts at 5,000 tons, and it is still a professional oil tanker, which is equivalent to the capacity of 40,000 barrels of oil.
As an oil tanker, 5,000 tons is not a big deal at all.
It's not that Chen Mingcheng can't afford to use bigger ships, but the total fuel consumption of Lanfang every month is more than 200,000 barrels (gasoline and diesel together), and if you change to a larger ship, the transportation capacity may be idle.
Second, it is also because the various needs of Lanfang are small, so the port is also small, and the largest berth in Lanfang Port can only accommodate ships of about 5,000 tons. Therefore, Chen Mingcheng has a total of two 5,000-ton ships under his name.
On April 23, Chen Mingcheng's first ship of oil was shipped back to Lanfang, earning a price difference of 200 yuan per ton, and 5,000 tons directly became a net of one million!
On April 29, his second boat also sailed back, earning another million a month. The first ship, which has been on its way for five days, is about to arrive in Guangdong again.
He estimates that if this business can continue for a long time and the unit profit does not decline, he can earn him 1.5 million yuan every month for almost every boat! Two boats will earn more than 3 million yuan a month! This is equivalent to RM1.2 million!
His entire family property is RM15 million, which means that if such a business runs at full capacity for a year, his net worth can be directly doubled!
It took him more than ten years to save his current family business!
Now, there is a chance to DOUBLE in a year, how can he not be sorry, excited, and crazy.
"It's a pity! Huaxia Petroleum is about to rise back! Such a good business, only three or four million yuan of wool is about to end? No! I am not reconciled! I must make a big deal in the end!"
However, how to do a big vote?
One day at the end of April, in Chen Mingcheng's villa on the main island of Lanfang, he drank stuffy wine and gathered his henchmen to think of a way together.
Gu Kun, who had fully won his trust, put on a posture of pleasing the big guy and took the initiative to "offer advice", trying to make Chen Mingcheng feel relieved:
"Boss, I don't think you need to worry too much. Even if the price of Huaxia Petroleum rises, there are still business opportunities. People don't just raise the price by a dime or two and smooth out the difference.
People directly want to increase by four cents, but after the increase, it will be more than two cents more expensive than Brunei diesel. Aren't you an exporter of Shell, when the time comes, you can make the difference in price when you export Brunei oil to China. Just hopefully...... Don't forget my little brother when the time comes, I'm still useful. β
Chen Mingcheng looked at Gu Kun's "flattering" face, and felt a burst of disdain in his heart, secretly thinking: When Lao Tzu doesn't need to buy goods from Huaxia, the first one will get rid of you, who is sitting back and enjoying his success! This month, Lao Tzu earned 3 million, and 400,000 yuan was taken away by you for nothing! Are you embarrassed to continue to rely on it?
In Chen Mingcheng's view, Gu Kun's use value is gone.
Because Gu Kun needs to know the relevant management of PetroChina and the people of the customs when he buys the goods...... He already knew it all, too.
However, when he turned his attention back to savoring Gu Kun's words, he suddenly found a new opportunity.
"Before the price increase of Huaxia Petroleum, we were doing business of selling oil from Huaxia to foreign countries...... After the price of Huaxia Petroleum increased, Gu Kun suggested that I do business selling oil to Huaxia......
Then why should I bother to do this? I should now directly buy a batch of diesel and gasoline in Huaxia, and if I don't get lucky, I will directly find an oil depot in Guangdong and stock it there! Then, when the price rises, I will sell it again, and it will be double the profit!
Moreover, this kind of business does not need transportation, does not need to consider the scale of transportation capacity, as long as I have enough purchase capital, I can buy as much as I want!
Chen Mingcheng instantly thought of a business strategy to multiply all his assets by 30% overnight!
No, it's not accurate to say that, it should be said that the total amount of money he can leverage will increase by 30% overnight!
If he pledges all his wealth to HSBC, and then buys it double, or even more......
The picture is so beautiful, Chen Mingcheng's eyes are already blood-red, and he doesn't dare to think about it anymore.