Chapter 104: The First Clues
"Third child, is there any news of Liang Jingyue?" Liu Hui still couldn't help but ask, Mei Peng and Liu Lin's affection reminded him of Liang Jingyue, and Liang Jingyue didn't have any news for so long, which made him very worried.
"Boss, although we have stepped up our efforts to track down Liang Jingyue's family, we still haven't gotten any news. Liang Jingyue's family seemed to have disappeared, and they couldn't find any useful information. Zhou Tengyun shook his head and said.
"You say, is there such a possibility. Guo Jia secretly controlled Liang Jingyue's family, and then put them under house arrest so that they could bargain with us in the future. Liu Hui asked.
"I also thought about this possibility before, so I dispatched a large number of people to investigate Guo Jia, only to find that Guo Jia was also using people to find the whereabouts of Liang Jingyue's family. Judging from the information I got, Guo Jia doesn't seem to control Liang Jingyue's family. Zhou Tengyun said.
"Could these be smoke bombs set off by Guo Jia to confuse our vision?" Liu Hui asked again.
"Boss, this possibility is basically none, Guo Jia often lost his temper because he couldn't find Liang Jingyue's family during this time, as if the central boss was putting pressure on him. I've also seen for myself that he doesn't behave like a pretend. That's why I concluded that Liang Jingyue's family was really missing, and no one knew where they went. Zhou Tengyun said affirmatively.
"I don't know where Jingyue is now? Is she still doing well? Liu Hui was saddened.
"Boss, just relax, Liang Jingyue and the others will definitely be fine. They can disappear under Guo Jia's nose, and no matter what, they can't find their whereabouts, maybe there is some mysterious force behind them to help them, maybe it won't be long before you can imagine it! Zhou Tengyun comforted.
"I hope so." Liu Hui said helplessly.
The next day, Liu Hui called Yin Shunli, the CEO of Star Logistics Company, to his office and asked him about the logistics company.
With the continuous hot sale of "Star Myopia Spirit", the Star Group now has $15 billion in cash on its account. Liu Hui began to calculate his own property, and he did not know whether his company's products would be accepted by the market, so his "free land plan" was temporarily shelved. Now that the product is selling well, Liu Hui has money, and he is destined to have a lot of money, so he must start his plan immediately, so as not to be in a hurry and delay time. He called Yin Shunli over today for this purpose.
"Boss, because of the timely arrival of funds, our Star Logistics Company has been established and has begun to operate. It's just that the predecessor of our Star Logistics Company is Hong Kong Island Logistics, the scale of the company is small, so the business type of Star Logistics is relatively narrow, and its influence in the industry is not large. Yin Shunli reported succinctly.
"Mr. Yin, I am very satisfied with the establishment of the logistics company in such a short period of time and the start of operation, which shows that I am not looking at the wrong person. Although the logistics company has not made a profit for the time being, this cannot be blamed on you, after all, the time is too short, and I value the future of the logistics company more. Some time ago, our group company has been focusing on the group's product "Star Myopia", and now the sales of this product are very successful, so my next energy will be on your star logistics company. I called you here today to talk about some things about how to expand the scale and business of Star Logistics. Liu Hui said.
"Boss, have you really decided to expand the scale and business of the logistics company?" Yin Shunli was overjoyed. Taiwan's Evergreen Group, where he used to work, was engaged in logistics, and the logistics scale of Evergreen Group is very huge, even in Asia. The current Star Logistics Company is too small and its business is too narrow, and it has not been able to allow him to fully display his talents. However, some time ago, the focus of the group company was on the "starry sky myopia spirit", and Yin Shunli was also a reasonable person, so he had to wait silently, but he didn't expect to wait for a huge surprise today.
"Yes, our company's products are selling well, and we still have some spare money in our accounts. Therefore, I am ready to increase the investment of 5 billion US dollars in Star Logistics Company for the logistics company to expand the scale and scope of business. You can use the money to buy logistics tools such as vans, freighters, and even several cargo planes if there are suitable ones. Liu Hui smiled.
"Boss, have you really decided to invest five billion dollars?" Yin Shunli really couldn't believe his ears, Taiwan's Evergreen Group probably didn't buy as much as $5 billion in trucks, ships, airplanes and other means of transport, and for a while he wondered if he had heard it wrong.
"Yes, I'm talking about five billion dollars, but this is only the first time I've scaled up. In three months, I'll invest another $5 billion in a large number of cargo ships. If these investments are effective, I will continue to increase them. I hope that in the near future, our Star Logistics company will become the most powerful logistics company in the world, with the strongest transportation capacity. Liu Hui didn't wait for Yin Shunli to digest the shock of five billion US dollars, and then released an incomparably huge bomb, which shocked Yin Shunli completely.
Yin Shunli set off a monstrous wave in his heart, it seems that his choice is not wrong, he is really with the right boss, the boss actually chose to make Star Logistics Company the world's largest logistics company, and he also chose to actually do it himself. Even when he was still in Taiwan's Evergreen Group, he never thought that he would one day become the CEO of the world's largest logistics company.
"Boss, I see what you mean. You can rest assured, I will make Star Logistics the world's largest logistics company in the shortest possible time. Yin Shunli patted his chest and reassured.
"If you have this confidence, I'm relieved. I'm a layman when it comes to logistics, so I won't point fingers, and I'll leave this to you. Liu Hui said.
"Boss, I have a question, I don't know whether to ask it or not." Yin Shunli said suddenly.
"You ask, right?"
"Boss, in fact, now with the rising price of oil, which has led to the rising cost of transportation, doing logistics is no longer as profitable as before, why do you still invest so much money in the logistics industry? And to make it the best in the world? Yin Shunli couldn't help but ask.
"We at Star Group have a big thing to do in the near future, and I need to have strong cargo capacity myself. And your logistics company is my biggest reliance. So, even if the logistics company burns money again, I have to invest in it, you know what I mean? Liu Hui said.
"I see, boss, I think I know what to do." Yin Shunli is a clever person, and immediately nodded and said.
"It's important to me that you start paying attention now to buy as many large ocean-going vessels as possible, and the bigger the tonnage, the better." Liu Hui emphasized.
"I know, I'll do it right away." Yin Shunli said.
"I've got five billion dollars in cash ready, you go down and contact the finance department and ask them to transfer the money to your logistics company's account immediately." Liu Hui said.
Yin Shunli immediately agreed, and then went out happily.
"Boss, are you looking for me?" A middle-aged man pushed the door open and walked in.
"Mr. Wang, you are here, please take a seat." Liu Hui smiled and beckoned the new boss to sit down.
"Boss, I've been in the newly established Star Group Asset Management Company for several days, and I still have nothing to do, and everyone is panicking. Are you going to give me a job today? The middle-aged man named Mr. Wang said.
This Mr. Wang's name is Wang Yilang, and he was poached from another company by Mr. Hou's headhunting company. Wang Yilang is very good at capital operation, especially at acquisitions, mergers and asset restructuring, and has rich work experience. As soon as he came to apply, Liu Hui took a fancy to him, so he hired him as the general manager of the Star Group Asset Management Company, and enjoyed the same treatment as other CEOs.
"Yes, I have a job for you to do now." Liu Hui said with a smile.
"Boss, you just command, I can't wait." Wang Yilang was a little impatient.
"From today onwards, you need to keep an eye on shipbuilding companies all over the world. As long as they build cargo ships and passenger ships, they must find ways to invest in them. But if it's related to the military industry, you shouldn't get involved. Liu Hui said.
"Boss, do you want the shipyard that builds submarines?" Although Wang Yilang was surprised by Liu Hui's work arrangement, he didn't ask more, but asked about the details in detail.
"Submarines? This is supposed to be for military use, right? Liu Hui asked.
"Submarines also have scientific research submarines, which can have nothing to do with military use." Wang Yilang explained.
"Why did you suddenly say that the submarine went up?"
"Boss, here's the thing. I know the majority shareholder of a shipyard specializing in the manufacture of scientific expedition submarines, they are facing bankruptcy because of poor management, and now they are preparing to get rid of their hands and look for their next home, but no one is willing to take over, I saw that the boss wants to take a stake in the shipyard, so I asked more. Wang Yilang said.
"If it's not a submarine for military use, you can take it over, and the specific work will be handled by you. Investing in a shipyard is only part of your job, you also have to look at ore production companies and steel manufacturing companies all over the world, and try to find ways to invest in shares. I'm going to give you 10 billion dollars upfront to start this work. Liu Hui opened his mouth to 10 billion dollars.
Wang Yilang is also a person who has seen the world and was not frightened by this 10 billion dollars. He asked, "Boss, what is the purpose of our investment?" Is it a short-term hype to make money, or an outright acquisition, or something else? ”
"Our goal is to completely acquire and control these companies. As soon as I knew that the $10 billion acquisition wasn't going to be a decent business, I would continue to add a lot of money later. Therefore, in the process of making a business, you must first invest in the kind of companies that are easy to be completely acquired, and as for those that are difficult, you must first become shareholders and wait for our financial strength to be strong, and then talk about complete acquisitions. Liu Hui explained.
"Boss, with all due respect, your acquisition involves three industries: minerals, smelting, and ship manufacturing. And any of these three industries is a very money-intensive industry, I am afraid it will cost a very large amount of money to carry out this work, what if the capital chain is broken? Isn't it true that you're not going to make medicines, and you're going to switch to resources and freight? From the current point of view, the above three industries are far less profitable than the pharmaceutical industry! Wang Yilang asked puzzled.
"I want to do a big thing, so I need to have my own minerals, smelters, shipyards, so no matter how difficult it is, no matter how much it costs, we have to do it. And I won't give up in the pharmaceutical industry, you can help me handle the acquisition well. Liu Hui roughly explained that it was not yet time for his plan to be made public, after all, no one would believe it if he said it now......
"Boss, I understand what you mean, I'll organize manpower to conduct an inspection immediately." Wang Yilang nodded, and then went out.
As soon as Wang Yilang went out, Chen Changsheng came in.
"Old Chen, you're here, please take a seat." Liu Hui saw Chen Changsheng coming, and immediately gave up his seat.
"Boss, don't be polite to me. My current name is Chen Changsheng, and I am only the dean of your scientific research institute, and I am not old now. Chen Changsheng said with a smile.
"In that case, then I'll call you Dean Chen, by the way, you came to me today, is there anything wrong?" Liu Hui asked.
"Boss, that's the case, I secretly investigated. Some of my former colleagues have passed away, and most of the rest have retired. Some of my students are already senior academicians, but some have changed careers to business. I contacted them by letter, and some of my old colleagues had already written back to me, and they had not had a happy retirement, and they were willing to come to Hong Kong to make use of their spare energy. It's just that they can't figure it out, they are so old and physically inconvenient, how can there be scientific research institutions willing to invite them. Chen Changsheng said.
"Well, since someone is willing to come, then we have to do this thing well, and we can't leave people with tricks and loopholes. Well, if their families want to, we'll take all of their families to Star Group. With the high salary of our scientific research work, their families can live enough even if they don't work, and if they are willing to work, we at Star Group will be responsible for solving their work. And those whose families do not want to come to Hong Kong, we will not accept them for the time being, and we must keep our secrets. Liu Hui said.
"Boss, we all know about the secrecy. But we are all old people, and the knowledge we have learned has long been outdated, so why do you put so much effort into recruiting us? Even rejuvenate them. Chen Changsheng asked suspiciously.
"You are all very good scientists, although the knowledge you learn is a little outdated, but your old foundation is still there, as long as you are good at learning, you will soon be able to keep up with the pace of the times. And the most important thing is that you all have a lot of research experience that is invaluable to those young scientists. And for me, if I want to form a scientific research institute capable of conducting scientific research in a short period of time, you old people are my best choice. We at Star Group must have our own scientific research institutions. Liu Hui said with a smile.
(To be continued)