readx; At seven o'clock in the morning, Mr. Takamura personally drove to the hotel early and warmly accompanied the two to breakfast. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Like last night's "coarse tea and light rice", the breakfast served at the hotel is also small and varied. In a wooden breakfast tray there is a raw egg, a small piece of fish in soy sauce, two slices of smoked round legs, two shrimps, two slices of seaweed, a little pickle, a plum, half a small bowl of soup and a little white rice.

Although there is not much soup, there are a lot of things in it, including red sausages, powdered skin, and chicken hairy vegetables. What made it difficult for the two of them to get used to it was that they had to break the raw eggs and mix them with white rice, and then cover the rice with seaweed, and eat all the side dishes. It's a little fishy, a little cool, and even a little disgusting. But in order not to be rude, the two had to bite the bullet and finish this breakfast that they never wanted to eat again.

Not to mention the color, aroma and taste, just in terms of nutritional value, it is indeed impeccable. After getting into the car, Chief Engineer Wu couldn't help but ask Mr. Gao Cun if the breakfast of this ordinary family is also so rich, Gao Cun smiled, nodded and said, "It's basically the same." ”

The Yusen Building is located in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, about half a minute drive from the hotel. It was rush hour, and it was very congested everywhere I went. Despite this, there is not a single traffic policeman in sight, all of whom are traffic light conductors.

The cars are lined up for a long time, and there is no situation where the horn is ringing like in China. The road in front is clogged, and the car behind will naturally stop in the stop line when the light is green, and only follow when the car in front moves out of a parking space. In case the car in front of you has not yet moved forward, the traffic light will turn red again, causing traffic jams in other directions.

When a pedestrian passed, Mr. Takamura stopped to let the pedestrian go first, and the pedestrian bowed and nodded in thanks. There are also many pedestrians who let the car pass first, and Mr. Takamura always raises his hand to express his gratitude. This left Tian Wenjian with the impression that although it was crowded, it was very orderly.

At 8:20, the three of them arrived at the ship building on time. Two staff, a man and a woman, have been waiting in front of this Fortune 500 company with a history of 120 years. Mr. Takamura hurriedly greeted the two of them, bowed, and introduced them with a smile on his face.

Under Li Ran's repeated reminders yesterday, Tian Wenjian immediately took out the greeting gift from the paper bag...... The packaging is beautiful, but it is very cheap, a small bag of snacks, and it is served with polite hands.

Vice President Fujita, who is in his fifties, was very happy, and with a flattered look, he took it with both hands and thanked him vigorously, except for "I'm sorry" or "I'm sorry for the trouble."

Walking into the hall, the staff were polite, bowing with smiles on their faces, and greeting the foreign friends. Probably due to trade confidentiality, Vice President Fujita did not take them into the office department. Instead, the reception location was placed in a reception room on the twelfth floor.

Seeing that Mr. Takamura didn't follow up, Tian Wenjian realized that he had to rely on himself now. Hurriedly under the translation of Chief Engineer Wu, he politely presented it with both hands one by one. Vice President Fujita, Minister Kawaguchi, and Section Chief Yamano also took out their business cards one after another and politely exchanged them.

Red tape is really not ordinary, and in the past 20 hours or so in Tokyo, Tian Wenjian feels that he has finished all the kind words of the year.

“…… Mr. Tian and Mr. Wu, the two of them have already communicated with us. As a shipping company, we really need a partner like you. Here, on behalf of NYK, I would like to extend my warmest welcome to both of you, and thank you for your kindness. ”

The old man's words were not covered, and he immediately translated them in a low voice, which surprised the middle-aged man behind Chief Yamano, and couldn't help but whisper a few words in Vice President Fujita's ear.

"It's been our long-standing wish to come to your company, and I'm sorry to thank Vice President Fujita, Minister Kawaguchi, Section Manager Yamano, and other friends of NYK for taking time out of their busy schedules to receive us and disturb you."

Tian Wenjian stood up and bowed deeply to the people on the other side of the conference table again. After Wu Huabin finished translating his words, he also bowed.

As one of the world's top 500 companies, NYK has received dozens of visits from Chinese political axes and business delegations. Some were brought by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accompanied by diplomats from the Economic and Commercial Counsellor's Office of the Chinese Embassy in China, and some were organized by industry associations...... Its scale and level are far from being comparable to Tian Wenjian, and can even be described as cold. But at the same time, it also left a deep impression on Fujita and others, after all, they were real business visits, not like the Chinese before them, either on a casual visit, or trying to use political influence to obtain HYK's shipbuilding orders.

On top of that, they are just a small ship dismantling company, they don't have any reputation in the industry, and they haven't even dismantled a single ship.

Mr. Takamura's face could not be denied, Fujita pondered for a moment and then raised his head and said apologetically: "Mr. Tian and Mr. Wu, although the two of you are the first Chinese shipbreaking company to visit our company, I still have to apologize to tell you that we have reached an agreement with the dismantling yard of Alain, India, for the three freighters that have just been decommissioned, so I am really sorry to let you two run for nothing." ”

As expected, Tian Wenjian was not surprised, but said with a smile: "As a shipbreaking company, it is impossible for us to dismantle only three scrap ships a year; As one of the world's largest shipping companies, it is certainly not possible for your company to retire only three ships. We in China have a saying called Fang Chang, and I believe that there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future. ”

Without waiting for Wu Huabin to translate, the middle-aged man behind Section Chief Yamano translated Tian Wenjian's words into Chinese. Despite this, Wu Huabin translated it word for word.

Translation comes and goes, and the two sides communicate with each other very hard. And it's all scene talk, kind words, without any construction surname. Just when Tian Wenjian was almost impatient, Minister Kawaguchi whispered a few words in the ear of Vice President Fujita, and asked thoughtfully, "Mr. Tian, can you tell us about your company and your company's business philosophy?" ”

It's nothing to introduce the company, but Tian Wenjian was stumped by this business philosophy. But on this occasion, it is not okay to say nothing, Secretary Tian Da pondered for a moment, immediately stood up, and said eloquently: "Honorable Vice President Fujita, Honorable Minister Kawaguchi, Honorable Chief Yamano, and other friends of NYK, our company is a shipbuilding enterprise with a long history, but due to long-term poor management, as well as technical and financial reasons, it is far behind other peers in shipbuilding.

It is obviously unrealistic to want to develop in a short period of time. In order to survive the company, we chose the low-tech industry of ship breaking, and hoped to complete the company's transformation.

Different from the beaching and dismantling of shipbreaking enterprises in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, we have perfect dock equipment and dock slipways, as well as relatively complete machinery and equipment, and have received strong support from local governments in our country. All in all, we have no advantage in shipbuilding, but we do not have any problems in ship dismantling. ”

It's not that they haven't been in contact with the Chinese, and they even have a branch in China. In their opinion, the Chinese are particularly good-looking, how can they not believe that there is such a person who blew himself up, Tian Wenjian's introduction surprised them, Secretary Tian Da didn't care so much, Chief Engineer Wu just finished translating, then continued: "If Columbus set out from Spain today and crossed the Atlantic to find his original destination India, he would never have been able to arrive smoothly. Along the way, you will encounter a new continent known as the 'Pacific Garbage Plate', which is often referred to as the 'Seventh Continent'.

With a thickness of more than 30 meters and a total area six times the size of France, millions of tons of plastic waste accumulated by the sea and the clockwise flow of the sea form a powerful vortex that allows the garbage to spin and never stop.

If you're all in the shipping industry, you certainly know better than I do how harmful pollution is to the oceans. And our company's business philosophy is environmental protection, after all, ship dismantling is an industry that cannot avoid pollution. ”

Tian Wenjian paused, and after Chief Engineer Wu finished translating, he continued while staring at everyone: "In this regard, your country has done better than us. Especially when she was a guest at Mr. Takamura's house last night, Mrs. Takamura carefully sorted the used napkins, empty milk cartons, finished drink bottles and food wrappers into separate categories. I was very touched by the series of garbage sorting measures that all the milk cartons were cut, washed and dried, and the beverage bottles and caps were placed separately.

As shipbreakers, we have a huge social responsibility. In addition to making money, the environmental impact of ship recycling must be taken into account. After all, the sky and the sea belong to everyone, and no one can escape from the list of perpetrators of environmental pollution. We can't, and neither can you; And in the list of victims of environmental degradation, no one is immune!

Therefore, each of us is not only a victim of environmental pollution, but also a producer of environmental pollution, and should be a ruler of environmental pollution. ”

Ship dismantling will pollute the ocean, which has long been a consensus between the political axes of various countries and major shipping companies, otherwise there will be no Basel Convention, let alone a strict ban on the transboundary transfer of hazardous waste products in various countries.

Fujita and the others nodded approvingly, and asked curiously, "Then has your company formulated a specific environmental protection plan?" ”

"I would like to ask Mr. Wu to answer this question, he is the highly respected chief engineer of our company."

He said that his attitude towards people is very serious, his work efficiency is high, and his attitude towards work is very rigorous. Wu Huabin sorted out his thoughts and was about to speak, but everyone, including Vice President Fujita, took out a pen and paper in unison.

Wu Huabin still knows about them, since they take the preparation record seriously, then they will check the things that have been said one by one to see if you have done it. If you make them think that you have a problem with your credibility, it will be difficult to cooperate for a long time in the future.

At this time, you can't talk about it. After pondering for a moment, Chief Engineer Wu said: "Since our company is next to the largest hazardous waste disposal center in Province J, we have a unique advantage over other peers in pollution control.

Safety first, prevention first; Protecting the environment and preventing pollution is our working policy for shipbreaking production. Before dismantling a scrapped ship, it is necessary to formulate a comprehensive environmental protection plan and call workers to learn about the dismantling plan and environmental protection knowledge.

The waste oil and wastewater from the bottom of the ship will be pumped to the oily sewage tank, and the oil and water will be separated through three-stage sedimentation treatment; The cleaned oil sludge will be transported to a professional company designated by the maritime department for disposal; Oily waste is transported to a hazardous waste disposal center where it is heated in a high-temperature incinerator.

Our site has been hard-bottomed, the roads are cemented, and six sewers are planned to be excavated to prevent the sewage from the dismantling site from flowing into the river and then into the sea. We also plan to build an asbestos storage pond and then bury it deep once a certain amount has been collected. ”

It doesn't sound like much, but it's really a small thing compared to the extremely fine garbage classification. But for a shipbreaking company, this is not an easy task. Because doing so will undoubtedly increase the cost of dismantling, and even lead to unprofitable.

After thinking about it, Vice President Fujita put down the pen and paper, stared at the gray-haired Wu Huabin, and said sincerely: "Mr. Wu, although there is still a big gap between your company's environmental protection measures and my country, I still admire it very much. After all, as far as your country's shipbreaking industry is concerned, it is rare to be able to do this. ”

"Nothing, that's what we're supposed to do."

Chief Engineer Wu sighed lightly and continued with a wry smile: "Because of this, our purchase price may be lower than that of our counterparts in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, which is also the biggest problem restricting our development. ”

Although it is also a sale of ships, the degree of attention paid to environmental protection issues by shipping companies and shipping companies is different. Some small shipowners don't care about this, the more expensive it is for them, the better. However, large companies such as NYK, British BP, Dutch P&O Shipping, and Shell Oil have taken environmental issues into account as much as possible, and can even make big concessions on sales prices.

Vice President Fujita nodded slightly, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Mr. Tian, Mr. Wu, I will have a trip to your country in two months, if you don't mind, I want to visit your company by the way, I don't know what you think?" ”

Chief Engineer Wu's translation made Tian Wenjian ecstatic, and hurriedly said enthusiastically: "It's great to have friends from afar, it's too late for us to welcome a distinguished guest like you, how can you mind?" ”

"I'm sorry to cause trouble to the two of you."

"Mr. Fujita, we are actually old friends."

Tian Wenjian would not let go of the good opportunity to close the distance, so he smiled and said: "As early as 1916, your company helped Mr. Liang Qichao, a famous political activist, enlightenment thinker, educator, historian and family in China.

If it weren't for your company, Yokohama Maruyu, who hid Mr. Liang Qichao in the bilge, then he would have been captured by the Hong Kong British political axe patrol commissioned by Yuan Shikai. Moreover, Mr. Liang happened to be suffering from an extremely dangerous fever at that time, thanks to the care of your seniors in the company. ”

When it comes to this mail ship, the most said is "nyk for a long time, basically doing business with us Chinese, and then developing to Southeast Asia, the Philippines, etc., at that time was the time of the fall of the Qing Dynasty, hey!" It hurts my feelings when I mention it......"

This may be a misunderstanding, as China is rarely mentioned in the history of NYK. In fact, its main markets are in the United States, South America, Europe and Australia. On the one hand, it may be that we are self-inflicted, and on the other hand, it can also be understood as the complex of "leaving Asia and entering Europe" in my heart.

Tian Wenjian told this unknown history, which surprised Fujita and others, and also added a little favor to this strange combination.

Next, Minister Kawaguchi introduced the decommissioning of ships in the past year, as well as the listing and trading process of scrap ships, and gave a lot of information and several phone numbers. This means that they have obtained an entry certificate to participate in procurement, and although things have not been done, Tian Wenjian and the others are still very excited.

The two-and-a-half-hour meeting ended in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. On behalf of NYK, Vice President Fujita once again thanked the guests of Longjiang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. for their visit and warmly invited them to visit the Yomoto Shipping Museum in Yokohama. Tian Wenjian didn't have time to stay in Yuben for a long time, and after thanking them, he politely declined their kindness, and hurried back to the hotel to pack his luggage without even eating lunch, preparing to fly to the United States in the afternoon to participate in the scrap ship auction.

What made the two of them feel more meaningful was that as soon as they arrived at the airport, the head of the mountain field chased after them. On behalf of NYK, he saw off the two and gave them a model of the cruise ship Kagawa Maru as a gift.

Li Ran was too busy to take care of them, and Mr. Takamura, who had been a driver and guide for most of the day, also took out two beautifully packaged scarves from the car, presented them with both hands, and said with a smile: "It's not a good thing, but it's causing you trouble." ”

His words sounded comfortable, and it didn't feel like a burden to accept their gifts. Although this is similar to the habits of Chinese, when Chinese give gifts to each other, they always have to tell people a message, "this is the best, very expensive", so that the recipient of the gift has a psychological burden, feel that such a valuable gift, how to return the gift.

Tian Wenjian sighed lightly, secretly thinking why not learn from himself in this regard? The gifts they give each other are just snacks, towels, and even soy sauce bought at ordinary stores, which are practical and simple, just to show that "I still think of you".

The plane took off, and the next stop was Alaska, looking at Tian Wenjian's thoughtful look, Chief Engineer Wu by the porthole, couldn't help but smile and said, "Xiao Tian, your position seems to be a bit problematic?" ”

Tian Wenjian looked up and looked around, and when he saw that there were few people, he leaned into his ear and laughed in a low voice: "I hate the political axe, but I don't hate the kind people, let alone their money!" When we are good, we can go back to the Tang Dynasty, and we can talk about the traditional friendship with a strip of water; When we turn our faces, we have to talk about the Ming Dynasty's Japanese invaders and militarist atrocities, which is the art of struggle. ”

"It's a shame you're not a diplomat."

Thinking that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed "concern" about Indonesia's anti-Chinese exclusion half a year ago a few days ago, Tian Wenjian said angrily: "Concern, strong concern, protest, strong protest, it is those few words over and over again." You look down on me too much, Yanque Anzhi Honghu Zhizhi, can I go to the profession that elementary school graduates can do? ”

"You kid, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recruited you to provoke you again?"

Seeing a few passengers looking this way, Tian Wenjian realized that he had lost his temper, and hurriedly looked through the information in his hand, and said lightly: "The presidential ship of the United States is going, and the auction of Exxon cannot be missed." Wu Lao ...... If the United States does not gain any more, then we will really have no shame to see Jiangdong's father. ”

Wu Huabin took off his reading glasses, massaged the bridge of his nose, and said: "Playing the environmental protection card with large groups and large companies, and negotiating prices with those small boat owners, in your words, is the art of struggle, I don't think we will return empty-handed." ”

(To be continued)