Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was April 15th, which was a sad day for many family heads in Xiangjiang.

In the morning, as soon as Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing went downstairs, He Jin reported to them: "Master, madam, I just received the news that Mr. Dong Haoyun died of a heart attack at about 2 o'clock this morning and died in the Sanatorium & Hospital. ”

Li Guangyu was very surprised, a few days ago Dong Haoyun also attended a meeting with him on the issue of shipping in the Xiangjiang River to discuss the development of future shipping, and he didn't see anything at that time, and his body looked very good, but he didn't expect such news to come suddenly.

Not only did Li Guangyu get up and get the news of Dong Haoyun's death, but all walks of life in Xiangjiang learned the news, and countless people sighed for Dong Haoyun's departure.

The world's seven major ship kings Xiangjiang occupies two, and Bao Yugang used to be higher than Dong Haoyun's Oriental Shipping in terms of total tonnage, but the vast majority of the assets of the Oriental Shipping Group belong to Dong Haoyun, and a large part of Bao Yugang's shares in the Global Shipping Group belong to HSBC. In terms of profit, Dong Haoyun is far higher than the king of charter ships.

And Dong Haoyun is more pure than Bao Yugang, his whole life has been devoted to shipping, and Bao Yugang was born halfway, and now he has abandoned ship and landed, which can be regarded as Bao Yugang prescient, but when it comes to the love for the shipping industry, no one in Xiangjiang can compare with Dong Haoyun.

Dong Haoyun left at this time, the blow to the Dong family is quite big, and now the shipping market is shrinking day by day, and the Oriental Shipping Group still maintains the world's largest fleet of private enterprises, and the successor of the Dong family is now facing the debt of more than 20 billion Hong Kong dollars of Oriental Shipping, which is not something that ordinary heirs can bear.

On the morning of the 18th, Li Guangyu came to the Xiangjiang Funeral Home on King's Road in North Point, today will be the funeral of Dong Haoyun, as a world-class ship king, more than 3,000 political and business personnel came to attend today, and US President Ronald Reagan and the president of Baodao also sent a special condolence call.

Today, Dong Haoyun's Fuling 12-man roster is quite luxurious, Bao Yugang, Li Ka-shing, Shen Bi, Prince of Morocco, Li Guangyu and Zhao Congyan and others.

The first person to rush to the mourning hall today is Bao Yugang, who has been fighting with Dong Haoyun for most of his life, and the two are both world-class ship kings who have been fighting for the top spot for decades, until Bao Yugang abandoned the ship and landed on the shore.

Seeing his old friend from the same township leave like this, Bao Yugang was sad. Although Global Shipping Group and Oriental Shipping Group have been fighting for their rankings in the past, they are both from Ningbo, and their private relationship is quite good.

After Pao Yugang, it was Lee Guangyu and MacLehose who walked into the scene and bowed to Dong Haoyun's coffin.

Behind are the princes of Morocco, the governor of Lisboa, the president of the Chinese News Agency, the president of the Xinhua News Agency, and the heads of the major families in Xiangjiang stepped into the scene one by one.

The grandeur of Dong Haoyun's funeral in Xiangjiang this time refreshed the funeral treatment of the death of the helmsman of the Xiangjiang Chinese family.

The major newspapers in Xiangjiang also carried out a systematic positive report on Dong Haoyun's body to show their respect for the deceased ship king.

At the same time, the three major TV stations in Xiangjiang also made a special report for Dong Haoyun to commemorate the king of Xiangjiang boats.

At this time, Dong Haoyun was also called by many media as the pioneer of modern shipping in China and one of the world's seven major ship kings, and was known as "modern Zheng He".

Some reporters even interviewed Bao Yugang on Dong Haoyun's evaluation, and the entanglement between the two can be said to have accompanied Dong Haoyun for the rest of his life.

Bao Yugang responded to the outside world: "I am just a follower of Hotwon, you all know, I was not engaged in the shipping industry at the beginning, it was the development of Hotwon that let me know that the shipping industry is promising, his achievements are called the pioneer of modern shipping in China, and his love for the shipping industry is incomparable to me." ”

A reporter asked Bao Yugang about the Eastern Shipping Group and the Global Shipping Group: "Bao Sheng, now many people think that Mr. Dong Haoyun is more qualified than you to be called the world's No. 1 ship king, and Mr. Dong Haoyun is better than you in the shipping industry, what do you think of the comparison?"

Pao Yugang doesn't value these names now, and he responded: "Since I started to reduce the number of ships in the 80s and turned to the Wharf side, Haoyun has been the most important in shipping. He is indeed more deserving of such a title than me, and I am indeed inferior to Hotwon in terms of shipping. ”

After Bao Yugang's words in an interview were reported, it increased Dong Haoyun's prestige and allowed more people to learn more about Dong Haoyun's life.

Zhao Xicheng of the American Fumao Group, his wife and eldest daughter Zhao Xiaolan also attended Dong Haoyun's funeral today.

Zhao Xicheng has today's development, in addition to his own efforts, it is also inseparable from Dong Haoyun's help to his family, and the Dong family can be described as the benefactor of their Zhao family.

After receiving the news of Dong Haoyun's death, Zhao Xicheng immediately rushed to Xiangjiang with his wife and his eldest daughter, firstly to pay tribute to Dong Haoyun, and secondly, to comfort Dong Haoyun's family and see if he could help.

After dealing with Dong Haoyun's funeral, Zhao Xicheng's family also discussed some matters with them in the Dong Mansion.

Zhao Xicheng said to Tung Chee-hwa: "You don't have to worry about the cooperation between our two groups, we will still maintain the same cooperation as you did when you were in your father's day." ”

Tung Chee-hwa began to take charge of some things of the group in 79 years, so he naturally had a better understanding of the group's business, and the cooperation between the Oriental Shipping Group and the Fumao Group could bring a lot of profits to the Eastern Shipping Group every year.

Tung Chee-hwa was very happy about Zhao Xicheng's willingness to continue the previous cooperation.

He said to him: "Uncle Zhao, thank you for continuing to cooperate with us at this time. ”

"You don't have to be polite to me, without Haoyun, there will be no me Zhao Xicheng today, if you have any difficulties in the future, you can contact me at any time, I can help, and I will definitely do my best to help you." Zhao Xicheng said.

Tung Chee-hwa also knew that the Fumao Group was not having a good time at this time, but this time it was the entire world's shipping industry that was affected, even the Fumao Group in the United States was still affected.

Dong Chee-hwa said: "Uncle Zhao, if you need it, I will ask you for help." ”

Zhao Xicheng thought of the current situation in Xiangjiang and the situation of the shipping industry, and he said to Tung Chee-hwa: "Jianhua, you are also aware of some of the current situation in the shipping industry, and I myself am not optimistic about the development of the shipping industry in the future. ”

How could Tung Chee-hwa not know the situation here, Li Guangyu, Bao Yugang, and Cao Wenjin are constantly selling off their ships and turning to the real estate industry, sending a signal to the outside world that they are not optimistic about the future development of shipping.

It's just that his father is full of confidence in the future shipping industry, not only does he not mean to downsize, but instead increases the purchase of ships, resulting in the group's current high debt.

He is also very confused about the future development of shipping, and he does not know whether he should stick to Daddy's view and continue to maintain the current fleet, or follow in the footsteps of Li Guangyu and others and sell his ships to a fire sale.

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