Feelings come for this.

Xie Kai was speechless, he knew that the other party would not be impressed by the high transportation price he offered.

Although there are no Dongfang companies like the Dong family, which has the world's largest carrying capacity of the Sea Giant, which has a carrying capacity of 566,000 tons and can carry 4.1 million barrels of crude oil at a time, the tonnage of other oil tankers will not be too small.

At least more than 50,000 tons.

If the tonnage is too small, the cost of transporting crude oil will be too high to be cost-effective.

"I'm sorry, Sir Bao, this is our secret. If you are interested in this shipping business, we are very welcome. If all 21 of your tankers are used to transport our crude oil, I don't care how much Petro gives us for transportation, we give us $1.5 for a barrel of crude oil. Xie Kai said calmly.

Selling a barrel for $36 looks like a profit of $23 per barrel, but aside from the cost of stimulating transportation companies to mobilize more tankers, and the cost of $1 per barrel for Tan Lin to come out as a shield, Xie Kai basically maintains a profit of about $20 per barrel.

The total tonnage of 2.7 million tons is 7.35 barrels a ton, 19.845 million barrels, less than 20 million barrels.

"Can you really make sure that nothing goes wrong?" the ship king looked at Xie Kai, this young man didn't seem to have any city government, but in fact it wasn't like that.

Who is it represented?

"Not sure. Otherwise, we wouldn't have subsidized the freight after the oil company gave the freight. Xie Kai does not guarantee it.

I can't say anything about it.

I can't explain it, is it all over the world shouting that I have a good relationship with the Persians, I have an arms deal with the Iraqis, and none of them dare to blow up Lao Tzu's ship.

"So, how do you keep it safe?"

"Mercenaries. The River Crab Mercenary Group, you know, they have fighter planes, they can escort them!" Xie Kai said calmly, "They are also very interested in this business. ”

Although he hasn't talked to Liao Dong, Xie Kai himself is the boss behind the river crab mercenary group.

"Can a mercenary group work?" Bao Yugang obviously didn't believe Xie Kai.

"I don't know, that's why there is such a high freight subsidy. ”

Even if standing opposite him was the world's No. 1 ship king who was knighted by the Queen of England, Xie Kai was reluctant to reveal too much.

There are many things that there is no way to say.

He had to watch the contract sign as soon as possible and then go to the Middle East.

"Let's think about it. Seeing that Xie Kai was unwilling to reveal more, the ship king stopped pestering, got up and left.

Tan Lin watched the ship king leave, then looked at Xie Kai, and said with a wry smile, "There is a global transportation demand, but you are the only one who treats the ship king like this." ”

"What? If he is not profitable, he will come back to us on his own initiative? Although he is the world's number one ship, he will not be able to provide us with all the tankers at once. Xie Kai respects the king of the ship, that is because he admires such a legendary figure who has no golden finger and relies on his own efforts to reach the throne of the world's first ship king, and the kings of several countries have awarded medals, which is worthy of respect.

Respect is one thing.

Business cooperation, that's another matter.

All Tan Lin's thoughts, some of Xie Kai's thoughts, and some behaviors made him feel that this young man was becoming more and more incomprehensible.

It is not unreasonable to be allowed to be so permissive by that unit.

"Do you need to meet with someone from the Oriental Company?" Tan Lin asked, "They only sent a business manager and his assistant. ”

"See. Xie Kai did not hesitate, "If the Oriental Company can provide another transportation volume similar to that of the world, this time the matter will be completed." ”

Lin Yiyang didn't expect that the other party was so young.

He wasn't sure that the other party was really willing to offer such a high price.

"The cost of shipping is determined by how many merchant ships you can provide. Before that, we just talked to Sir Pao of Universal. Xie Kai looked at Lin Yiyang, not caring about the doubt on his face.

Universal is different from Oriental.

From the very beginning, when Universal Company was established and there was only one shipowner, it adopted a different mode of operation from other shipowners - long-term lease.

This way you charge less, but your business is more stable.

Moreover, the rule of the ship king is to make less money than take risks.

The Oriental Company is different, after the acquisition of the unfinished Sea Giant ordered by the bankrupt Greek shipping boss in 79 years, the Oriental Company continued to order large-tonnage giant cargo ships and oil tankers under the condition that the old chairman was overly optimistic about the world's shipping business, which caused the entire Oriental Company to owe up to 20 billion Hong Kong dollars in foreign debt.

Now that international shipping competition is fierce, the merchant tonnage of the Universal Company has increased significantly, and the Oriental Company has less business.

Therefore, after knowing this business, Lin Yiyang, the business manager, was all entrusted by the company to deal with this matter.

Even the Sea Giant was transferred here, because the voyage from the Middle East to Asia was shorter, not to mention the situation in the Persian Gulf made the freight here higher.

Lin Yiyang didn't expect that the old boss of the world would come over in person.

Tens of millions of dollars, will the other party come in person?

"I want to know, is the cooperation long-term or just this time?" Lin Yiyang weighed it and lowered his posture. "If it's a long-term partnership, we can mobilize more tankers. ”

"Only this time. "Although it seems like two months, all the oil must be transported out of the Oman Sea within 36 days, and there is only about a month including the preliminary time." ”

There is no nonsense that it is a long-term cooperation in order to get the other side to mobilize more ships.

If there is no problem this time, it will be considered to have found a good business for the river crab mercenary group later.

After all, the Soviet Union has not yet collapsed, and European and American countries must avoid excessively stimulating the mood of the Soviet Union.

Otherwise, Xie Kai would really not be able to pull the river crab mercenary group in.

Even, mercenary groups can lease a base in the Middle East.

The whole thing is for that huge plan that follows.

"Is safety really guaranteed?" Lin Yiyang frowned.

Xie Kai shook his head, "There are accidents in everything." Although, we have signed an escort contract with the river crab mercenary group, as long as the flag of the mercenary group is hung, and the Persians dare to attack, they will be killed, and no one can guarantee that there will be no accidents......"

"Don't you want to sign a contract?" Tan Lin was a little anxious.

Lin Yiyang did not believe that the mercenary group was capable of completing the escort work.

"There is a risk, which is why there are such high shipping costs. ”

"We can supply tankers of about 1.5 million tons. Lin Yiyang thought for a while, and did not say that he would mobilize oil tankers in the entire Southeast Asian region.

Xie Kai calculated in his heart that 1.5 million tons is only about 11 million barrels.

There is still a shortfall of nearly 5 million barrels before all crude oil is fully transported.

This would require several tankers of more than 100,000 tons.

"2.25 million tons of gross tonnage, a freight subsidy of $2 per barrel. Since the other party is short of money, Xie Kai doesn't mind using money to smash it.

At 7.35 barrels per tonne, the freight rate reaches $14.7 per tonne, and that's just an additional subsidy.

"All shipping costs, cash settlement. Xie Kai once again made a condition that Lin Yiyang couldn't refuse, "If you agree, you can sign the contract immediately." ”

The freight in the oil company already has some profit.

The transportation business of 2.25 million tons can bring an additional $33 million in net profit to Dongfang.

In the case of the poor financial situation of the whole company, how can Lin Yiyang refuse?

So, after weighing it repeatedly, Lin Yiyang directly signed a contract with Tan Lin.

When it was almost evening, Zhao Linchen took the initiative to ask Xie Kai to have dinner together, and the banquet was very luxurious, but Xie Kai did not have the heart to seriously taste the level of the top chef of Singapore's five-star hotel, but wondered whether the other party would sign a contract.

"I don't know what you plan to do with the advance payment?" During the dinner, Zhao Linchen still didn't hold back.

Use the advance payment to test Xie Kai if they are real.

To this day, he always feels that this is not a small problem.

"There is no need for any upfront payment, just the signing of the contract and at the same time, the mobilization of the transport fleet to the Sea of Oman. "Every time an oil tanker leaves the Sea of Oman, it is settled according to the amount of crude oil on board the tanker. ”

"You're not afraid that we won't settle the settlement?" Zhao Linchen didn't know why, and suddenly asked.

"Don't be afraid. Xie Kai said calmly, "Every oil tanker, during the passage through the Persian Gulf, will have mercenaries. As long as you don't give money, this oil can't be moved. I like people who speak with integrity. ”

The corners of Zhao Linchen's mouth twitched.

I asked a lot more questions, and in the end, I took out the prepared contract directly from my pocket.

Xie Kai didn't look at the contract, but asked Zheng Yucheng and the personnel they arranged to look at the contract above, there was no problem, it was settled at the $36 per barrel he requested, and the payee was the account of Tan Lin's leather bag company, and it was Tan Lin who signed the contract.

"It was a pleasure to work with. After the two sides signed the contract, Xie Kai took the initiative to reach out.

Zhao Linchen smiled bitterly, "This is the first time I have signed such a contract that is like child's play in more than 20 years, but the total amount is as high as more than one billion US dollars!"

Isn't it?

This contract was signed too quickly.

Not only is the contract signed like child's play, but even the payment method is also a bit child's play.

"You want oil, we want money, both sides don't waste time, it's best to be simple. Xie Kai said calmly.

"Hopefully we won't have a problem gambling this time. After Zhao Linchen came out, he took a deep breath and spit out the turbid air in his chest.

Until now, even with the contract in his hands, he does not believe that it is real.

If it weren't for the fact that the other party's price was low enough and didn't seem to have any benefits, and even if he learned that the other party had signed a supplementary transportation agreement with Dongfang Company, paying up to $2 per barrel of crude oil, he would not have signed the contract so easily.

Under such circumstances, PetroSingapore actually signed a contract with the Eastern Shipping Company for the transportation of up to 2.25 million tons of crude oil at a price of 50 cents per barrel.

"Now it's up to the king of the world to decide. If we can do it, we'll have to go to the Middle East. "Xie Kai wants to get everything done in one day and start shipping oil out now.