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An Xiaobin accompanied Wu Huabin to the Starten Island wharf early in the morning to inspect the actual ship, Tian Wenjian made a long-distance phone call with China all night, first to inform Secretary Le, Director Lu and others of the good news, and then instructed them to quickly dig sewage canals, asbestos collection pits and oil sludge storage ponds.

At the same time, three technicians, including the potter, and Professor Liu, an environmental protection expert from Jiangcheng University, were invited to immediately apply for passports and visas, and rush to New York as soon as possible to join the Wu trade union, so as to make use of the precious time when the tanker returned to China to formulate a dismantling and environmental protection plan on board.

The success of the transaction does not mean that the ship can come back, the shipyard does not have the right to import and export, and must operate through the city foreign trade company. Customs, quarantine departments are indispensable, these messy procedures Tian Wenjian did not have time to run, simply entrusted the Standing Committee of the Longjiang Municipal Party Committee, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Ren Ran to handle it with full authority, after all, dismantling the scrap ship is also economic construction, not only will pay profits and taxes to the development zone, but also provide nearly 1,000 jobs.

At this point, there is no need to continue to keep secrets. Secretary Tian also took time out of his busy schedule to make two phone calls to Boss Zhao and Secretary Chang, and proudly reported the exciting news. Long distances are too expensive, and the problem is solved in a few words, and it is unknown what they think.

As soon as An Xiaobin and Wu Gong set off, Tian Wenjian went to Chinatown with Xiao Ling to meet the Chinese shipowners in Southeast Asia with black smoke rings.

"Sister Ling, don't fight the black workers in the future. It's not easy for the two of you to get to this point, how unjust it would be if you were really sent back by the immigration bureau! ”

Xiao Ling glanced back at him, leaned on the steering wheel and asked with a smile, "Worried about me?" ”

"Nonsense, I'm just a friend of you and Anzi, can you not worry?"

Tian Wenjian put down the newspaper in his hand, looked at the scenery on both sides of the Hudson River outside the window, and continued: "There is a lot of handling fee for the Success, and I will settle with you after I go back, and it's not that I can't get by, so why take that risk again?" ”

"Isn't that cheapening you?"

Tian Wenjian looked back and said with emotion: "The auction information was provided by you, strictly speaking, I took advantage of you." This is still a business matter, let alone a private matter. ”

To have such a friend in your life, what is not satisfied? Xiao Ling sighed secretly and said with emotion: "Actually, it's not that we can't get by, we just don't want to spend any more money on An's family." ”

"I understand." Tian Wenjian nodded, and then asked thoughtfully, "The house is settled, right?" ”

"Well, it's his second uncle's. Other people's houses live awkwardly, and Anzi has always wanted to move out, but it's ......"

Seeing that Xiao Ling was stuck when he said this, Tian Wenjian reacted, and couldn't help laughing: "Just collect two more boats, but you have to give me some time." After all, funds are limited, and if you don't sell all the broken copper and iron that you have dismantled, you can't afford to buy a third or fourth. ”

Speaking of work, Xiao Ling suddenly came to his senses, brushed the hair around his ears, and asked curiously: "The auction the day before yesterday was so smooth, it stands to reason that the scrap ship should not be difficult to collect, why can't you collect it in China?" ”

After such a long time of study, Tian Wenjian is about to become a ship expert. Seeing that Xiao Ling asked, he said with a wry smile: "To purchase domestic scrap ships, we can only issue ordinary invoices to sellers like waste materials recycling companies, but we can't issue VAT invoices." This means that it cannot be deducted, and it cannot enjoy the tax refund policy of levying first and making up later.

17%! How much money does it take to dismantle a scrap ship in total? Therefore, there is a strange thing that domestic scrap ships are sold abroad, and domestic shipbreaking yards go abroad to buy scrap ships.

In addition, the international scrap ship transaction is generally carried out through the scrap brokerage, which is very secretive, and the people have already sold out when you receive the news. Auctions like the day before yesterday are rare and unattainable.

At the same time, there are regional and seasonal factors in the scrap ship trade, with high prices in Asia and low prices in Europe and the United States. March to May is the peak season, and the price of scrap ships is high. Typhoons are frequent in July and August, and Europe and the United States are in the holiday season, so prices are low. Christmas will be in a few days, and the New Year will be coming up for Lao Mei, so the price will naturally not be high. ”

"So that's what happened, I said how did it go so well."

"I still don't have the capital!"

Thinking of the auction the day before yesterday, there was still a 120,000-ton container ship that was auctioned, Tian Wenjian said with a depressed face: "If I have money, I have to auction three ships back." Alas......! It's fucking uncomfortable to have money in front of you but you can't make it. ”

Seeing Tian Wenjian burst out foul language, Xiao Ling smiled and said: "A good start is half the success, come to Fang Chang, there will be opportunities in the future." ”

Talking and laughing, the road was also short, and before they knew it, the two arrived in Chinatown.

Chinatown is located in Lower Manhattan, just south of the World Trade Center. Many countries in the world have Chinatowns, but the two most famous in the United States are the most famous. One is San Francisco's Chinatown, which is the largest; The other is from New York, which should be the aftermath of New York City.

The English name of Chinatown is Chinatown, and some translate it into Chinatown, but Tian Wenjian still feels that the three words of Chinatown are the most appropriate and expressive, revealing a sense of pride, secretly thinking how powerful we were at that time, and all countries paid tribute!

There are four major happy events in China, one of which is "meeting the old man in a foreign country". Indeed, when you are in a foreign country, if you can meet a Chinese, you will invisibly have a sense of intimacy, and you will involuntarily step forward to talk a few words in Chinese.

But not in Chinatown!

Because walking into Chinatown is no different from returning to China. There are Chinese on the road signs, there are Chinese on the streets, the shops are all Chinese, the restaurants are all Chinese restaurants, and the Chinese is spoken in various accents. Suffice it to say, even if you don't know a word of English, you can still survive in Chinatown without any inconvenience, because there is basically no need for English here.

It is worth mentioning that the Chinese language here does not refer to Mandarin. People only recognize Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, or Shanghainese, and basically do not regard Mandarin as a Chinese language.

It was early, and Xiao Ling took him around in a circle. Chinatown is not big, and there are only a few main streets. Everything is sold very cheaply, especially Chinese goods, everything.

But there's one place that's not so good, it's too Chinese.

The stalls of the shops stretched all the way down the road, and in many places on the streets, sewage flowed and hawkers shouted loudly...... You can also see the flags hanging upstairs, with socks, underwear, and pants, and many old beauties are very disgusted by this.

There is a Confucius Building near the center of Chinatown, and there is a statue of Confucius in front of it, which is said to have been built during the Cultural Revolution, due to the destruction of the four old in China, and the overseas Chinese were angry.

The meeting place was arranged not far from the statue of Confucius in a lavishly decorated Chinese restaurant, where "Yanjing People in New York" is said to have been filmed. Perhaps the two Chinese shipowners were regular customers here, and the hotel owner was very enthusiastic about their arrival. First, I accompanied them to see the stills on the wall, and then took them into the private room that the owners had already booked.

Carved beams and painted columns, red lanterns, antique sandalwood furniture, and several ink paintings with far-reaching artistic conception are hung on the wall, which are more like China than China, and more Chinese than China.

"Excellent Tieguanyin, please use it slowly."

The owner's ancestral home is Fujian Province, he is an old New Yorker who is like a fake, and the "Chinese" sounds very laborious, but his tea art is very good, and the tea set is even more exquisite. It's a pity that he secretly invested in Mingzhu, Secretary Tian Da didn't know anything about tea, and he was not used to such a small cup of tea, but liked to drink in front of the big tea jar.

Looking at the time on his watch, Tian Wenjian put down the cup and said with a smile: "Don't be so polite, you can be busy, just wait." ”

It was almost time for dinner, and Boss Chen really didn't have time to continue to accompany them, so he stood up and said a few more kind words before walking out of the box with an apologetic face.

While studying the exquisite tea set, Xiao Ling said with emotion: "He is a serious millionaire, but he still greets guests in the lobby in black like a waiter, and he has been doing it for decades. It's not easy to make a career in New York. ”

"The service industry is like this, who will come when the shelf is big?" Tian Wenjian smiled, took out a newspaper from the newspaper shelf and read it.

The World News is a well-known Chinese newspaper in New York that costs 50 cents a copy. There are probably dozens of editions, a thick stack. Except for news, most of them are advertisements. Moreover, the number of advertisements, the wide range, and the details of the classification are unimaginable in China.

As soon as I saw the third version, two middle-aged people with short stature but extraordinary temperament pushed the door with a smile on their faces and walked in. Xiao Ling showed a faint smile and immediately got up to greet him.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I've kept you two waiting,"

"Where? It was us who arrived early. ”

Xiao Ling stretched out his fair and delicate right hand, pointed at Tian Wenjian and introduced with a smile: "Mr. Liu, Mr. Pan, this is Mr. Tian Wenjian, deputy secretary of the Working Committee of Longjiang Development Zone, director of Blue Sky Group, and general manager of Longjiang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. ”

Although he is very young, he does not see a trace of impetuousness. Liu Siqin nodded slightly, then stretched out his right hand, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, fortunately, Liu Siqin of Surabaya Far East Shipping." I really didn't expect Mr. Tian to be so young, what a hero out of a teenager. ”

Without waiting for Tian Wenjian to speak, the person next to him smiled and said, "Singapore Dadong Shipping Pan Cheng, Mr. Tian, it's a pleasure to see you." ”

To their surprise, Tian Wenjian did not immediately take their business cards, but bowed deeply to them and said solemnly: "As a political official, I am really embarrassed in the face of you, I'm sorry, Mr. Liu!" ”

Liu Siqin reacted, was stunned for a while, and then said lightly: "The past is over, don't mention it." ”

Tian Wenjian sighed, then turned around, clasped Pan Cheng's hands, and said sincerely: "Mr. Pan, if it weren't for the rescue of Singaporeans, I really don't know how serious the loss would be. ”

Talk about business, talk about business, why are you doing all this nonsense?

Xiao Ling's head was big, looked at Liu Siqin's uncertain face, and hurriedly said: "One of Mr. Tian's senior brothers got out of danger with the help of friends in Singapore. Mr. Tian has always been thinking about this, and he mentioned it when he saw people, which made the two of them laugh. ”

It was only two months ago that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed concern about Indonesia's Chinese exclusion. When officials stationed abroad saw the Chinese in Indonesia, they avoided this issue as much as possible. Tian Wenjian not only did not evade, but took the initiative to mention it, which surprised the two Southeast Asian Chinese bosses.

Liu Siqin pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked with a smile: "Mr. Tian, can you tell me whether you are an official or a businessman?" ”

This question is really difficult to answer, Tian Wenjian thought about it, and said with a wry smile: "I'm not afraid of the two of you laughing, I was a soldier a few months ago, and due to some messy reasons, I took off my military uniform in a daze, and became this nondescript official and businessman now." ”

"Mr. Tian participated in the flood fighting, worked on the dam for more than two months, and when he came down, he was almost insincere, so he was awarded a third-class meritorious service."

Xiao Ling's words surprised the two, and Pan Cheng stood up even more, with an incredible expression, and said: "Mr. Tian is still a hero of flood fighting, disrespectful, disrespectful!" ”

Tian Wenjian sighed and said heavily: "The responsibility is not enough to worry about. In fact, as a former soldier, I still hope that our military will not just say no to floods. ”

Looking at his unpretentious expression, the ordinary suit, and the cheap leather shoes, Liu Siqin nodded slightly, and said thoughtfully while beckoning him to sit down: "Mr. Tian, I think we can sit down and have a good talk." ”

"I can't ask for it!"

Tian Wenjian sat down, subconsciously took out a cigarette, and politely gave one to the two big bosses.

It's not China, it's not Yuxi, it's not an expensive Cuban cigar, it's a two-dollar pack of Marlboro. For the young man in front of him, Pan Cheng was even more curious. After all, for a person like him, the circle of shipping is small. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he couldn't have believed that a boss who spent a lot of money at Christie's auction house could be so shabby.

Pan Cheng took the cigarette, lit it, took a deep breath, spit out the light blue smoke, and asked curiously: "From the price point of view, the surname price ratio of the unsold Blueberry oil tanker is much higher than that of the Chenggong." Mr. Tian, you came all the way from China to buy a boat, why did you give up this good opportunity? ”

Tian Wenjian knocked on the cigarette ash and said with a wry smile: "As you said, from the point of view of the yield and light ton price, the purchase of blueberries is indeed much more suitable than the purchase of success. But our company has limited funds, and we will not be able to come up with so much money for a while and a half, so we can only settle for the next best thing and buy the Chenggong number with a slightly lower tonnage.

In addition, we have to take into account the environmental aspects. After all, our conditions are limited, and if we buy the Blueberry, we can only rush to the beach and dismantle it like the shipbreaking yard in India, and environmental protection will not be guaranteed. ”

"So, you can only dismantle scrap ships under 50,000 tons at this stage?"

"To be exact, it should be less than 40,000 tons."

After Tian Wenjian paused, he continued: "Of course, this does not mean that it will always be like this, I will renovate the slipway after I go back, and strive to dismantle a cargo ship of less than 100,000 tons by March next year." ”

Liu Siqin snuffed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, then raised his head, stared at his eyes, and said with a smile: "Slipway dismantling can indeed control pollution, but in this way, the cost of dismantling will be much higher." ”

In business, who doesn't want to sell their scrap ship for a good price?

Tian Wenjian couldn't hear the meaning of his words, so he smiled and said: "The political axe has loosened the restrictions on scrap wheel procurement, and you can collect the import tax first and then make up the import tax." From the perspective of the general environment, the international shipping industry is in a trough, and the supply of scrap ships is much more than last year, or can I auction the Success at a price of $195 per light ton? ”

The price is beating around the bush, and it is really not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Liu Siqin was a little impressed by such a little bureaucrat, so he took out a stack of documents from his bag, handed him it, and asked with a smile: "This is the light ton certificate of the classification society, Mr. Tian, how much do you think the Huayang ro-ro wheel is worth?" ”

An Xiaobin doesn't understand, it doesn't mean that Tian Wenjian doesn't understand. Tian Wenjian is not refined, which does not mean that Chief Engineer Wu is not refined. The 32-year-old Huayang ro-ro wheel, which has a high degree of corrosion, was estimated by Chief Engineer Wu yesterday at an approximate price.

Despite this, Tian Wenjian still didn't say death, but said with a smile: "This can only be known after the actual ship survey by the ship experts, but in my opinion, the 29,000 light ton scrap ship is worth 40 million yuan, to say the least." ”

It's not too high and it's not too low, and the price is fair.

To Liu Siqin's surprise, Tian Wenjian suddenly changed his words, and then said: "But even if you offer 39 million, I won't buy it, because I am shy and can't afford it." ”

"Mr. Tian is really frank, he deserves to be a soldier."

If you don't speculate for more than half a sentence, there is no need to continue talking without money. Liu Siqin snorted, then stood up, opened the box door to greet the waiter, and said with a smile: "It's eleven o'clock, presumably the two of you are also hungry, let's talk while eating." ”

"yes, yes, talk while eating." Pan Cheng reacted, and while beckoning the two to sit at the table, he smiled casually: "The lobster here is well done, you two must try it." ”

smashed it before he could talk about it, Xiao Ling was depressed, but in order not to be rude, he still forced a laugh and said: "How embarrassing is it to let the two bosses have a treat?" Today, no matter what, let's do the east. ”

At this time, Tian Wenjian suddenly said: "If you can help Mr. Liu sell the Huayang for 42 million, then this meal really has to be treated by Mr. Liu." ”

Liu Siqin was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and asked with a meaningful smile: "Mr. Tian, is it possible that you have changed your career to sell ships?" ”

"Not really."

Tian Wenjian shook his head and smiled half-truthfully: "Give me the boat first, and then give the money after I finish dismantling, I don't know if Mr. Liu has the courage?" ”

The two of them immediately laughed, and Pan Cheng pointed to his nose and said with a smile: "Mr. Tian is so funny, there are not many young people like you." ”

If the wheel is scrapped again, it is also worth tens of millions of yuan. When you meet in Pingshui, who dares to give it to you?

Tian Wenjian's big nonsense made Xiao Ling cry and laugh, secretly thinking that it was not that there were not many young people who were so funny, but that there were not many people like him who were so brazen! Seeing that the waiter had already started to serve the food, it was definitely not appropriate to leave at this time, Xiao Ling had to bite the bill and sit down in embarrassment.

Business is not benevolent, food still has to be eaten. The wine is good wine, the food is a good dish, pushing the cup and changing the lamp, it is not lively, but the rice is tasteless.

(To be continued)