145 Detroit
Liu Yu was still unaware of the hustle and bustle in China, and after driving for three hours in a row, the car finally arrived at the port of Detroit, the east coast of the United States.
The urban area is full of high-rise buildings, but it is a little deserted, and there are many shops along the way, only pedestrians passing by occasionally, and the depression is really enough.
It's hard to imagine that this is the United States, a once glorious metropolis that gave birth to the American automobile industry.
A large number of factories have closed and the population has plummeted, crushing Detroit's economy, allowing the high crime rate to continue to climb and law and order chaos.
The city, which is 80 percent black, has lost the jobs they need to live on, what else can they do? Smuggling, drug trafficking, robbery and theft have become commonplace.
When Liu Yu was a child, he listened to his teacher boast: the United States does not build walls, there are no anti-theft doors, and the relationship between people is harmonious and the society is harmonious.
He naively thought that the United States was a great place!
When he grew up, Liu Yu found out that he had been fooled......
You can't buy a security door in the United States, and there are no high walls around the house, because the Americans know - it's useless, the gangsters have guns!
According to my estimate: they are all holding the mind, living one day at a time, and ready to die at any time, hehe~
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Just kidding, Detroit still has some economic support, such as Combo Software and port shipping, which are very active and have a wide impact.
The two cars passed through the city and arrived at the seaside, where they were all cargo ships and passenger ships at a glance, without a single small boat, and obviously belonged to a commercial shipping port.
The maximum draft of access is 8 meters, and there are docks such as Clark, Rouge, and Nicholson. The Hongyun HNA freighter contacted by Cirrus Company docked at Clark Wharf.
"Chairman Liu, the white one in front is the freighter of Hongyun Hainan Airlines." The assistant sent by Cirrus Logistics pointed to one of the ships and introduced them to the two.
"Hmm~ let's go over and have a look!"
The 10,000-ton freighter, not too big, is just the same as the average, the ship is empty, and the side is painted with the Hongyun HNA - Yonghe, which is said to be a ship in Guangzhou.
The group got out of the car and walked to the dock, and the other party soon came to greet them, and the assistant introduced them on the side: "Two bosses, this is Captain Zhou, and his crew."
"Hey~ Chairman Liu, hello! I've admired my name for a long time, and I didn't think I could see you in the United States, what a great honor! ”
There were more than a dozen people on the other side, all of them Chinese, looking at Liu Yu's elation, just like the star chaser, enthusiastic and took turns to shake hands.
Liu Yu and Ning Xue glanced at each other, having a bad premonition, and he asked suspiciously, "Captain Zhou, have you heard of me?"
The first mate grinned, and replied in a thick Fujian accent: "Eh~ Chairman Liu, it's not a machine!" The root is famous for wax..."
Damn~ I didn't understand at all, Sao Nian looked at the captain in confusion, and the latter explained: "Liu Dong, you can take a look on the Internet yourself, and you will know it right away~"
Miss Ning had already started the search, and soon she smiled weirdly, and glanced at Liu Yu, with a promising expression on her face.
**Celebrities walk the red carpet~
Datang Airlines acquires Cirrus~
The most NB speech of the 21st century~
Exclusive exposure of Chairman Liu's private life~
The top four on the browser hot search list are all about Liu Yu, with tens of millions of clicks and nearly one million forwards, as long as the news related to him is all popular.
Some female celebrities even admitted that she was Dong Liu's first girlfriend; However, she was sprayed into a dog, and when she said it, Liu Yu was still in junior high school, and he was less than 15 years old!
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"Hey~ Damn, how is this good?"
Ning Xue became a prophecy (chen), Sao Nian is really popular this time, and it is a waste of resources not to participate in the entertainment industry!
"Children of the rivers and lakes, don't care about these details."
Liu Yu glanced at Miss Ning, standing and talking without backache, fortunately there were no negative remarks, just a more neutral and objective evaluation, otherwise it would be really embarrassing.
"Ahem~ Captain Zhou, let's talk about business first!" It's not a way to be stunned here, it's important to do business right now.
"Oh~ yes, yes, everyone, please~ Let's go to the boat and talk slowly!" Lao Zhou hurriedly invited and took a group of people from the trestle to visit the freighter.
This freighter, as it should be called: Ro-Ro freighter, which is usually used to transport automobiles, is a fairly common type in the port of Detroit.
Unlike container ships, RoRo ships have higher hulls and a deck divided into many tiers, with lifts and ramps between each deck to facilitate the loading of cars.
The stern gangplank is also very unique, it is a self-contained trestle that is towed by steel cables and can be retracted, so that large cars and even tanks can be used without problems.
In addition to this, RoRo ships can also transport other cargo, especially special cargo that cannot be loaded in containers; For example, large industrial equipment has a complex and irregular shape and weight that exceeds the load of the box.
Yonghe Ro-Ro freighter, with 4 decks inside; The top open-air deck can also stack containers, with a maximum load of 9,900 tons.
Cirrus and Hongyun Hainan Airlines have been cooperating for a long time, and the shipping price fluctuation is not large, and the gap between the two parties' demands is also very small.
From the port of Detroit to the port of Guangzhou, the transportation cost of 10,000-ton cargo ships is about 5 million to 6 million US dollars; If you choose to consolidate giant freighters, it will be cheaper.
After a short negotiation, Liu Yu chartered the Yonghe at a price of 5 million US dollars and made a special trip.
The boss of Hongyun HNA, after knowing that it was Liu Yu's goods, generously gave the lowest price, saying that he supported the development of national industry, and the ghost knows what he thought.
The two sides agreed that the loading would begin the day after tomorrow, and as long as the US government did not look for trouble, it would leave after the loading was completed, so as not to cause complications; Besides, it will take two months on the road, and it will be delivered to China in October!
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After leaving the Yonghe, night had fallen, and the group went to the nearest seaside hotel, opened four luxury suites, and prepared to have dinner together.
Liu Yu and Ning Xue, with four tall and burly white bodyguards and a polite assistant, look like the elite of high society.
However, the seven people actually sat down to eat together, which made the waiter very curious, the United States prides itself on democracy, equality and freedom, but in fact it pays great attention to status and hierarchy, and it is impossible for the boss to eat with his subordinates.
Liu Yu is obviously different, he has no such concept, and discussed with several people about the specific situation of social security in Detroit, mainly gangsters and smuggling organizations.
The four bodyguards, all of whom had served in the Marine Corps, still knew something about the Detroit gangsters, and they rushed to introduce them, and they had a good impression of Liu Yu, so they knew everything and said everything.
After the translation of Ning Xue and the logistics assistant, Detroit's huge and complex underground organization was basically presented, and the scale was amazing!
… To be continued...