(.) Zhou Liwen looked at Situ with puzzled eyes, seven ships, which is not a small amount for a shipping company, even if these seven are offshore container ships that are more than 2 years old, it is also a huge wealth.

"Sounds surprising, doesn't it? It's the same if it were me. Situ smiled slightly bitterly: "I just said that I am not as majestic as outsiders imagine in the Zhao family. That's right, the bloodline of the Zhao family has given me a lot, but it has also made me lose a lot, in this family, I am basically an outsider outside the core, except for owning some shares left to me by my nominal father, it can be said that the Zhao family and I have not much to do with it at all. ”

Speaking of this, Situ's expression showed a hint of helplessness, and he shook his head and said, "What's more, I'm afraid you also know a thing or two about the farce of the Zhao family, right?" ”

"Heard, supposedly for the legacy?" Zhou Liwen nodded.

"Yes, to put it bluntly, it's money." Situ sighed: "The entire Zhao family, after the old man left, the people below, whether they were brothers and sisters or cousins, even went to court in order to divide the wealth of the Zhao family, which became a joke for the entire Xiangjiang." If it weren't for the fact that my titular father went early and walked ahead of the old man, I wouldn't have been able to figure out the shares in my hands and become the target of their attention. But even so, the current Zhao family is not as good as before, and last year the company almost went bankrupt because of these lawsuits, and the business situation is even worse. In this case, do you think I can still pin my trust on the Zhao family? If you don't plan for yourself earlier, maybe you will even be dragged down by these idiots in the future. ”

Listening to Situ's words, Zhou Liwen sighed secretly. Although he didn't know the specifics of the inside story about these things that Situ said, it was indeed a fact that the Zhao family fought for property, and the fight between brothers and sisters and the second and third generations was inextricably linked. As a member of the Zhao family, if Situ has a sober mind, it is natural for him to make up his mind and get out of the Zhao family decisively.

"If you want to sell your shares or break away from the Zhao family, you shouldn't have to be difficult, right?" But Zhou Liwen still wondered why Situ found him and asked to cooperate with Guo.

"It's not hard to do this, but I can get a lot of money without shares, but what's the use? Is it impossible to sit and eat nothing? Situ shook his head and asked.

"Then you didn't consider cooperating with the Bao family or the Dong family? After all, the four major ship king families are all wealthy families in Xiangjiang, and joining other people's fleets should be the most appropriate for business reasons, right? What's more, you are all in Xiangjiang, and it is easier from the point of view of integration operation. ”

"I considered this plan, but in the end I rejected it." Situ said: "There are three main reasons, first, although the four ship kings are famous in Xiangjiang, and the four families often have contacts on the surface, but in fact, for so many years, whether it is when the old man is there or in recent years, the open and secret battles between everyone have never stopped. And do you think that the ups and downs of the Zhao family in the past few years, there are no other ones who have acted and instigated? ”

"You mean that the other families want the Zhao family to be finished?"

"Of course" Situ sneered: "Not to mention the Dong family, just the son-in-law of the Bao family, in the Zhao family's lawsuit, there is no less tossing, weakening the Zhao family, and even finding an opportunity to annex the Zhao family's property, this is their real purpose." These fools of the Zhao family can't even understand this, there are tigers and wolves eyeing each other outside, and they are not united inside, and they are making trouble for the sake of small profits, what future does such a Zhao family have, and what hope does it have? ”

After a pause, Situ said again: "There is another reason, even if I take refuge in other families, won't they deliberately lower the price in this case?" Or even put forward some excessive conditions? In that case, wouldn't I suffer a great loss? ”

"Hehe, I admire Brother Situ's frankness, but aren't you afraid that I will also press your price when you tell me like this? You must know that I am also a businessman, whether it is the Bao family or the Dong family, why can I do what they can do? ”

Looking at the smiling Zhou Liwen, Situ shook his head with a smile: "Of course there is this possibility, but in comparison, we have no use of the conflict, and I have also learned about the situation of Guo's logistics, according to the current development of Guo's, it is a matter of time before we set up our own fleet." Although I don't have many ships, but if it is a new shipping company's single route demand, it can still be afforded, according to the mainland, this is called a win-win situation, even if it suffers a little loss, it is better than cooperating with the Bao family and the Dong family, right? Besides, with the financial resources of BAVC, will I really suffer in this regard? ”

Zhou Liwen suddenly laughed, this Situ looks honest, but in fact, he has a lot of eyes, and saying such things in front of him is equivalent to taking his own army.

"Isn't your relationship with Richard, why don't you ask him for help?"

"He can't, his strengths are in real estate and capital operation, and all the business has nothing to do with shipping. Even if his father Li Chaoren ate Hutchison back then, his purpose was mainly on the land for real estate development. ”

Zhou Liwen nodded slightly, Situ had done his homework on this, and judging from what he said, his Guo family seemed to be indeed his best choice. With the increasing development of the Kwok Group, it is no longer suitable for its shipping company to continue to operate as an agency at the beginning. If you want to develop further, then it is an inevitable trend to start your own shipping business, that is, fleet transportation. What's more, Situ, who was born in the Zhao family, is a professional in this area, and his joining the Guo family is also a worthy cooperation.

Thinking of this, Zhou Liwen asked Situ about the seven ships he owned, according to the general introduction, one of the seven ships he owned was a 25,000-ton bulk carrier, the other two were container ships with 26te space, and the remaining four were Panamax container ships with 06te space. Two of the container ships with slightly smaller berths are about 2 years old, and the other four Panamax ships are between 05 years old, and the age of bulk carriers is the smallest, only B years, these seven ships are in good condition, and they are currently mainly running Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand routes.

"How do you want to work together?" Zhou Liwen is still quite satisfied with the few ships owned by Situ, at least they can still play a big role in the shipping company's own new routes. He thought about it and asked, and when he heard this, Situ's face was suddenly happy, knowing that Zhou Liwen had agreed to his proposal in principle.

"Shareholding...... Or the United Shipping Company? You see......? Situ asked tentatively.

Zhou Liwen thought for a moment and said: "It's better to buy shares, if you engage in a coalition, there may be equity troubles in the future." However, I have to declare one thing first, even if you take a stake in Kwok's, your shareholding ratio cannot be too high, and even if you invest in the valuation of the ship, Kwok's side will also increase its capital. ”

Zhou Liwen's words made Situ frown slightly, he thought for a while and asked, "What about the operation of the shipping company?" Who is in control? ”

"The shipping company under the Kwok family is, of course, controlled by the board of directors of the Kwok family." Zhou Liwen blocked his back road with a sentence unceremoniously, but he still followed a sentence: "For specific business management, this has to be decided by the board of directors, I am no longer the chairman, so when you join the board of directors after the completion of your shareholding, you can apply to the board of directors, if the board of directors agrees, it is not impossible for you to be responsible for the operation of the shipping company, after all, you have experience in this area."

"What if you think about it?" Situ asked.

Zhou Liwen smiled: "I won't object, but in the end, it depends on the results." ”

Situ understood the meaning of Zhou Liwen's words, and after thinking about it, he asked, "How much do you think my investment can account for Guo's shares?" ”

"Let the accountant calculate it, but according to the current Guo's asset estimate, about 0% should be a reasonable number." Zhou Liwen replied noncommittally that the current cost of Panamax container ships is about 760,000 US dollars, 26TE container ships are about 7.5 million US dollars each, and the price of bulk carriers is about 060,000 US dollars. Of course, this is the price of new ships, the latest of the seven ships of Situ is also B years old, as for the oldest ships are even more than 2 years old, of course, the price of the ship has plummeted, even if it is not calculated according to the price of recycling and dismantling the old ship, it is only worth more than 660,000 US dollars.

The 0 proposed by Zhou Liwen is roughly equal to this price, and even if there are some discrepancies, there will not be too many discrepancies. Situ had already learned about the Guo Group in advance, so when Zhou Liwen reported this number, he was not too surprised, but nodded.

"Tomorrow my sister's wedding, Brother Situ can come and sit if he has time, and Mr. Guo will also be present at that time, I will introduce you to each other, and you can talk about it in detail."

Situ agreed with a smile, at this time Zhou Liwen's car had already arrived at the place, Situ politely said thank you, and then got out of the car and left.

The next day, it was the wedding of Zhou Bei and Li Junhao, this wedding was the largest wedding in Xiangjiang in recent years, and the people who attended were not rich or noble, not only the business friends of the Li family in Xiangjiang and the mainland, but also some of Zhou Liwen's friends, and even the provincial and municipal leaders of Huacheng in the mainland sent people to congratulate.

Perhaps it was Zhou Liwen's face, Softbank's Masayoshi Son and Cisco actually sent people to send gifts to congratulate, and the American consul and his wife also came to attend the wedding banquet in person, which surprised some wealthy people in Hong Kong who did not know much about the Zhou family.

As Zhou Liwen's elder brother, Guo Tao is of course among them. Huacheng is not far from Xiangjiang, they set off in the morning, arrived in Xiangjiang at noon, greeted Zhou Liwen happily, and gave the bride and groom carefully prepared gifts.

After Situ came, Zhou Liwen introduced Guo Tao to Situ. Since Zhou Liwen had already explained the matter to Guo Tao on the phone last night, the two chatted quickly after they met.

When my sister got married, Zhou Liwen, the eldest brother, couldn't be idle, he was busy entertaining guests and something almost non-stop, and at the end of the day, he was a little more tired than when he got married.

"Brother Zhou, congratulations"

"Why are you here?" Just as Zhou Liwen was beckoning the guests to enter the table one by one, a familiar voice sounded behind him, and when he looked back, Zhou Liwen was surprised and delighted.

"Why can't I come? If Xiaobei hadn't sent me an invitation, wouldn't you kid be calling me? Brother Jun asked with a smile, today he wore a navy blue suit, tied with a silk knot, and looked chic and calm, and there was a tall and beautiful female companion by his side, Zhou Liwen recognized it at first sight, isn't this who has been very popular in domestic talent shows recently.

"What about this and that, it's too late for me to be happy when you come." Zhou Liwen said with a smile, today is his sister Zhou Bei's marriage, and it is not himself, what is the invitation and the arrangement of the guests are all prepared by them, except for Son Masayoshi and Cisco, who heard the news and sent people to send gifts, the rest of the guests Zhou Liwen didn't pay attention to the invitation, so he didn't expect Brother Jun to come.

But it's normal to think about it carefully, Brother Jun is now the number one person in the domestic entertainment industry, coupled with Zhou Liwen's relationship, he and Zhou Bei are also familiar with each other, usually Zhou Bei's foundation and Brother Jun's entertainment company, film and television company often engage in cooperation or something, so it is normal to invite Brother Jun to the wedding.

Zhou Liwen and Brother Jun haven't seen each other for nearly half a year, but they didn't expect to meet on this occasion, and they were very happy. At this time, the guests were basically about the same, Zhou Liwen explained to the people on the side, and personally took the military brother inside.

"Wow, isn't this Superman Lee? My God, this is Guo Tycoon and Boss Huo....... Entering the huge main hall, the girl next to Brother Jun's eyes suddenly widened, because she actually saw those famous characters on TV here. The top ten richest people in Xiangjiang are basically more than half, and the stars in Xiangjiang are even more present, but compared with these rich people, in addition to a few famous big stars, other first-line and second-tier stars are obviously invited to cheer, on this occasion, this girl's face is incredible.

"Well, my brother is good enough, right?" Brother Jun smiled happily on the side, stretched out his hand and pointed at a middle-aged foreigner: "See, this is the American consul, if it weren't for my brother's face, it would be impossible to attend such an occasion." ”

As Brother Jun's female companion, of course this girl knows some of Brother Jun's background, and she hasn't been following Brother Jun for a day or two, and she has also met some of Brother Jun's friends. But she never thought that it would be unexpectedly scary to follow Brother Jun to attend this wedding banquet today, whether it is the identity or fame of the people who attended, a little star like her is simply out of reach, but she didn't expect that she would sit on the same occasion with these people.

In this regard, she couldn't help but glance at Zhou Liwen and guessed what Zhou Liwen's identity would be. But after watching it for a long time, except that I felt that Zhou Liwen was just a relatively handsome man and a very elegant and funny man when talking and laughing, I couldn't see anything else.

"Don't look at it, don't think about my brother, they have been married a long time ago, and they even have a son." Brother Jun slapped the girl's buttocks and joked

The girl whispered softly, and then said very resentfully: "People don't have this idea, it's just curiosity." ”

"Okay, I'll talk to you slowly in the future, you can go shopping by yourself, and I'll talk to my brother for a few words."

"Uh-huh......." Girls have no objection to this proposal, there are so many big names here, and there are also kings and queens in the entertainment industry, if you can take the opportunity to deal with them, it will be good for your own development in the future. Of course, she attaches more importance to her relationship with Brother Jun, and today's scene made her firm that she must seize the treasure of Brother Jun. Thinking of this, she got up, nodded apologetically to Zhou Liwen, and then walked to the side of a few big stars in Xiangjiang who were chatting.

"You guy, the old cow eats tender grass, this girl seems to be only 8 years old, right?" Zhou Liwen glanced at the back of the girl leaving, and joked with a smile.

"That's the way it is in the entertainment industry, if I don't touch them, I'll find them myself, besides, why should the people under my own command be cheaper than others?" Brother Jun said very chicly.

Zhou Liwen shook his head with a smile, this guy's mentality has been very different from before recently, maybe as he said, the entertainment industry is like this, after being in this circle for a long time, Wen Qing will also become a hooligan

Relying on the talent show in the past two years, coupled with the huge profits from or mobile phones, Brother Jun's entertainment company and film and television company are becoming more and more famous. It can be said that almost all the newcomers who have come out of the hottest talent shows in the past two years are people under Brother Jun, and he also invested in several scripts that were destined to sell well in his previous life under the advice of Zhou Liwen, and he made a reputation for film and television companies in one fell swoop.

I found a slightly quiet place, asked the waiter to make a pot of tea, and the two sat down and lit a cigarette, drinking tea and chatting.

They are all old friends, and there is nothing polite between Zhou Liwen and Brother Jun, and they talked about their recent situations. After chatting for a while, we talked about Zhou Liwen's real estate project in Heijiang, that is, the renovation of the old city.

"That incident helped Brother Jian a lot, he knew that I came to Xiangjiang this time, and specially asked me to say thank you to you."

"Why be so polite, I told Brother Jian when I first started this project that this is a win-win situation. By the way, I heard that Brother Jian might make a move? What, do you have any news here? ”

Brother Jun smiled and nodded: "You are well-informed, you even know this?" That's right, there is a rumor above, he has been really good in Heijiang Yu in the past few years, plus the relationship with his family, next year, maybe the end of this year, is likely to move. However, the specific arrangement is not yet known, but Brother Jian's idea is to go directly to the province, if you change to another province, the foundation just laid will lose the advantage, and then he takes into account that your project is still continuing in the local area, in case this trip may also be variable. ”

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