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The layout of Liu Wendi is just a casual whim, as long as the route is designed, there will naturally be others responsible for implementation and supervision, Tang Huan does not need to take it too seriously.

After all, it's a long-term investment — it will take six to seven years for Wendi Liu to finish college in the United States and enter the workforce.

I don't know if this version of Wendi Liu can be created, if it really can't be done, then it can only be regarded as a kind help.

Therefore, Tang Huan did not put this plan in a crucial position, and his mentality was very relaxed, and after explaining to Weng Jingjing, he turned his attention to business.

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Boss Huo was very interested in OOCL's affairs, and after learning that Tang Huan was in Xiangjiang, he asked Dong Jianhua, the current manager of OOCL, to meet with him for a talk.

Tang Huan has already learned about the current situation of OOCL from his own channels, and combined with the information of the original time and space, he found that it is indeed a project worthy of copying, and one of the main reasons is that the level of dedication to OOCL by both the founder Dong Haoyun and the successor Dong Jianhua is not understandable to ordinary people.

To put it bluntly, even if the Dong family loses its controlling stake in OOCL and becomes the boss, it will still be a very competent senior manager, which naturally makes Tang Huan feel a lot more at ease.

In fact, to some extent, it was the Dong family's dedication to OOCL that formed a special influence that made the maritime shipping giant unaware of the cruelty of the industry's harsh winter, and finally fell into the quagmire step by step.

Dong Haoyun, who ranks among the world's kings and is known as the "Onassis" of the East, has a characteristic in style, that is, he is accustomed to creating a "big".

To give an example, Dong Haoyun, who attaches great importance to education, is trying to build a university that moves by sea. So, in 1971, he spent US$3.2 million on the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship, and planned to spend HK$12 million to convert it into a mobile university for educational purposes, named "Maritime Academy".

You know, the Queen Elizabeth was the world's largest and most luxurious cruise ship in the late 1930s and early 1970s, with a total length of 1,031 feet and a displacement of 83,600 tons.

Unfortunately, in 1972, when the refit of the Queen Elizabeth was nearing completion, a fire broke out and eventually burned down completely, and the "Maritime Academy" project fell short.

The ninth installment in the James Bond film series, "The Man withtheGolden Gun", "The Golden Gunman", released in 1974, even turned the wreckage of the Queen Elizabeth into the underwater headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service.

In addition, at the end of the 1970s, when the crisis in the world shipping industry first appeared, Dong Haoyun built the world's largest crude oil carrier - the Sea Giant.

The sea giant was built in December 1976 at Sumitomo Heavy Machinery Industries' Obihama Shipbuilding in Yokosuka, Japan, and was originally ordered by a Greek shipping company, but it was sold to Dong Haoyun three years later, before the ship was completed, due to bankruptcy.

After taking over the Sea Giant, Dong Haoyun asked the shipyard to change the design specifications and lengthen it by several meters, which in turn increased the water level from the original 480,000 tons to 564763 tons.

Finally, in 1981, the Sea Giant was completed and launched, and with a total carrying weight of up to 825614 tons, it officially became the largest ship in the world at this stage.

To put it more figuratively, the Sea Giant is the world's longest ship and artificially created floating debris at over 458 meters long, longer than the Eiffel Tower in Paris, which lies on its side.

Obviously, OOCL's vast transportation capacity is in stark contrast to the current Great Depression in the world's shipping industry.

Of course, if Dong Haoyun, who was not yet 70 years old, had not passed away in 1982, perhaps OOCL would have survived because he had a solid network and strong connections with the United States and Baodao to be able to secure orders and generate profits from OOCL's vast transportation capacity.

After reaching the pinnacle of their careers, many people often deliberately ignore the special and important role played by the in-law relationship at key nodes, and embellish this achievement as a result of personal struggle, and then peddle success.

Although this is human nature, it is easy to understand, but the facts are facts after all, it is not so simple for the bottom of the society to want to leap into the dragon gate, and it is not so simple to look at the old bottom of the rich people in Xiangjiang, and look at the father-in-law they are looking for.

Dong Haoyun's strong network background is also reflected in the relationship between in-laws. When he was young, he worked in the company of Gu Zongrui, a shipping giant in the Republic of China, because of his outstanding performance, he was appreciated, and finally got a beauty and married the boss's daughter Gu Lizhen.

In 1946, Gu Zongrui founded Taichangxiang Steamship Company in Shanghai, with 13 new ships, operating shipping in Shanghai, Tianjin, Wuhan and other places, becoming a leader in the domestic shipping industry at that time.

With the situation in turmoil. Gu Zongrui moved TCC to Hong Kong and continued to pursue development in the shipping industry, which resulted in the rapid development of the world's shipping industry, and the company has made great strides and established branches around the world, including Japan, the United States, and Singapore.

Although Gu Zongrui passed away in 1972, his family, his three sons, Gu Guomin, Gu Guohua and Gu Guohe, still have a status that cannot be ignored in the shipping industry of Hong Kong.

This is the power of Dong Haoyun's father-in-law's lineage, if his career has not received funding from this side, is it possible?

OOCL was founded by Dong Haoyun in 1969, and earlier in 1940, he founded China Shipping in Shanghai, which later became a public enterprise of the Kuomintang.

The husband of Gu Rongzhen, the second sister of Dong Haoyun's wife Gu Lizhen, that is, his brother-in-law Zhu Shiqing, has served as the manager, deputy general manager, director, and supervisor of China Shipping Company.

In 1950, Zhu Shiqing became the general manager of the China Shipping Company and served as the director and supervisor of the First Life Insurance Company of Baodao.

In 1963, Zhu Shiqing founded Yishou Aviation Company and served as the managing director and general manager himself.

In the following years, Yishou Shipping Co., Ltd. issued shares in Baodao, creating a precedent for Baodao transportation stocks, becoming the first shipping company in Baodao to enter the securities trading market, and he also became a giant of public enterprises in Baodao and the king of Baodao ship.

In addition, Dong Haoyun himself also found a powerful in-law - Peng Mengji, a bigwig-level figure in Baodao, whose controversy in the historical events of Baodao is not discussed, but only said that it is trusted and reused by Mr. Jiang and Mr. Jiang.

His son Peng Yingang married Dong Haoyun's daughter, Dong Jianhua's sister Dong Xiaoping, who also belonged to the shipping king of Baodao and controlled the Chinese shipping company.

Although Dong Jianhua is no longer able to independently save OOCL, which is currently on the verge of bankruptcy, the network resources left by his father Dong Haoyun are still quite impressive.

This is also the heritage of the old family, even if Tang Huan wants to imitate, he can't do it immediately, because his little ones haven't grown up yet.

I believe that Boss Huo's investment in OOCL, in addition to considering the value of the company itself, also took a fancy to the special status of the Dong family, there is no need to repeat the mystery in this, Tang Huan only needs Xiao Gui Cao Sui, after all, the center of gravity of the fleet operation of the female ship king Christina is not in Asia, and he also has to find an international transport captain for Funan.

No matter how backward the country is, it is also a water tank-level existence, as long as China and Funan pour a little water from the bottom of the tank into the cup of OOCL, it is enough to fill it to the full, which shows how careful Boss Huo is strategizing and cooperating.

After seeing Dong Jianhua, who is not yet fifty years old this year, Tang Huan looked at the other party carefully, and the most direct reaction was that the years were really a pig-killing knife.

Boss Huo went straight to the point and said, "Mr. Dong is preparing for the restructuring of OOCL, and even if I have no less than 100 million US dollars in capital injection, the gap is still very large. As a result, he is approaching several Japanese banks, including the Bank of Tokyo, to raise around $250 million. It is not impossible for the Japanese to come in, but if Mr. Tang wants to participate, a more balanced situation can be achieved. I believe that Mr. Dong does not want to see one party too dominant. ”

Dong Jianhua nodded, "If Mr. Tang can become a shareholder of OOCL, it will be great, and the company's business volume will definitely benefit from it." ”

The time had come to mid-December 1985, and the international exchange rate of the yen against the US dollar had indeed appreciated by 20 percent.

So he nodded very simply, "I can inject no less than 100 million dollars, it depends on everyone's opinion." However, there was a big premise that OOCL's finance department had to be reorganized. ”

Dong Jianhua nodded with a wry smile, and said in his heart: I don't even have a controlling stake, how can I still dominate the financial power.

Boss Huo groaned and suggested: "Then both of us will float up on the basis of 100 million US dollars, and squeeze the holdings of the Bank of Japan to the back." I believe that with this foundation, Mr. Dong can also advance and retreat much more freely when negotiating with the other party. ”

Although OOCL is currently heavily in debt, in Tang Huan's eyes, this pure money trouble is still far more worrying than the various conflicts caused by the control of British-funded enterprises, so he nodded without hesitation.

Once the big men have made a decision, they will naturally not drag their actions at all, and in a few words, they will set the general principles such as the amount of funds injected and the relative share ratio of each other.

Dong Jianhua and Boss Huo have been in contact with each other a lot and already know each other very well, but they still don't know what to do with Tang Huan, so they tentatively asked, "I wonder if Mr. Tang has any requirements for OOCL to get out of the current predicament?"

He really asked this, and Tang Huan, who had become a shareholder, was about to express his opinion on this. Although he made a lot of money, it was not easy, and he naturally couldn't tolerate the inexplicable factors.

"Within three years, OOCL will be able to stop losses, right?" Tang Huan asked with a smile.

Dong Jianhua didn't expect to provoke such a sharp rhetorical question, and seeing that Boss Huo was also listening with interest, he could only reply stubbornly: "I don't want to make unrealistic promises, I can only say that I will do my best and do my best." Otherwise, Mr. Tang also gave some advice on the selection of senior executives. ”

Hearing the other party's disguised temptation in terms of personnel appointments, Tang Huan laughed: "I believe that Mr. Dong is the most suitable candidate for management at OOCL, but he should also be taken seriously in the three-year period. ”

Boss Huo interjected and said, "Everyone hopes that OOCL can stop the loss as soon as possible, and I think the solution is nothing more than two major aspects, throttling and open source." ”

Seeing that its important partner, the Japan Steamship Company, was on the verge of bankruptcy in 1978 due to poor management, he looked down on the prospects of the global shipping industry and began to sell a large number of fleets at cheap prices, even at the expense of dismantling oil tankers for scrap iron for disposal. So far, Pao's fleet has shrunk to 65 ships with a deadweight of 8 million tons, only 40% of what it was in its heyday. ”

"Wheelock is a classic example of failure. It not only purchased a large fleet from Pao Yugang, but also further ordered new ships in Japan, Spain, Denmark and China, resulting in serious losses, and was then acquired by Pao Yugang in the internal strife between the two major shareholders. ”

Boss Huo coughed lightly, and then changed his words and said: "The reason why I have said so much, what I want to express is that if you really plan to stop the loss by selling the ship, the effect may not be good, and it is a waste of Dong Chuanwang's painstaking efforts." ”

Dong Jianhua, who attaches great importance to this family industry, nodded again and again, "Yes, everyone is selling ships at the moment, and it is really like selling scrap iron, and it hurts to see it." ”

"Then focus on open source. Boss Huo smiled confidently, "I strongly invited Mr. Tang to invest in OOCL, and I also took a fancy to his ability to 'take on work'. ”

Tang Huan said quietly: "It seems that Huo Lao already has a good idea. ”

"I don't know if you remember, but I actually started out in the shipping industry. "After the outbreak of the Korean War in the early 1950s, the Western world imposed an embargo on the mainland, shouting that 'everything that a soldier can use is not allowed to be shipped to China', from Japan to Baodao, and then to Southeast Asia, forming an encirclement, and Xiangjiang and Haojiang have become the last gap." At that time, it was common to see reports in the newspapers of Hong Kong that the British Navy "shot after smuggling ships". But under this kind of strict surveillance, I quietly bypassed the warships of the British Royal Navy in the middle of the night every day, sailed to the high seas, and transported supplies to the interior for three years. ”

Dong Jianhua adjusted his sitting posture a little uneasily, "What does Huo Lao mean is that there are similar business opportunities now, waiting for us to seize them?" )