The members of the Hong Kong Wig Association are holding a meeting, and Lin Zhichao attended the meeting as the president.

At present, Hong Kong exports more than 250,000 wigs a year, with an output value of about 150 million yuan (more than 500 export prices for high-quality wigs), accounting for about 4% of Hong Kong's GDP; There are 5,000 employed workers, accounting for 4% of registered workers (there are more than 110,000 registered workers in Hong Kong, and family factories are not counted, so wigs are a high value-added product, at least for now).

At the beginning of the meeting, Lin Zhichao motioned to Secretary-General Chen Linyuan to preside over the meeting, and others naturally did not have any opinions; For them, Lin Zhichao is high, but he has more contact with Chen Linyuan.

Chen Linyuan said: "The Indian Zhenfa buyers jointly raised the price by 70%, so today's meeting is to discuss the issue of Zhenfa raw materials. As you know, we are all openly speaking, we are acting as an agent for raw materials to earn 2~3 Hong Kong dollars, and we also encourage everyone to find their own channels. ”

Vice President Liu Qingshan said for the first time: "It is natural to make money, not to mention that we are also used to getting raw materials in Hong Kong, and we go to Indonesia and India to import raw materials, and we must not know how much higher." ”

He was the sycophant of the Yangtze River Wig Factory, because he had the most profits and annexed a wig factory, which was the reason for worshipping the Yangtze River Wig Factory.

Other members have echoed it, and it is open and transparent about the Yangtze River wig earning raw materials and making agent wigs; You can choose to do it yourself, but you are used to opening a factory without worrying.

Chen Linyuan said: "However, this time the Indian buyer raised the price too much, and we couldn't bear to raise the price, but we couldn't sell the raw materials to everyone at a loss." Therefore, this meeting is to discuss how to import raw materials for wigs in the mainland. ”

Some people immediately worried: "We are not unacceptable to the price increase of a few Hong Kong dollars for the Indian acquisition." But if it's a large purchase of real hair from the mainland, I'm worried that the U.S. Department of Commerce will pay attention to this issue. ”

Everyone quickly agreed: "Yes, you can't lose a big one because of a small one, the profit of the wig is there after all!" ”

This is what Lin Zhichao said before, but the members of the Hong Kong Wig Association are all holy decrees, thinking that this is a very terrible thing, after all, once the U.S. Department of Commerce pays attention, it will bring a devastating blow to Hong Kong wigs, because the wig market accounts for nearly half of the United States.

Lin Zhichao said at this time: "It's not to give up the import channels of Indonesia and India, but to have one more channel to obtain raw materials." Even if the mainland provides 30% of the volume, it can not only combat the arrogance of Indian buyers, but also stabilize the raw material market. In this way, the U.S. Department of Commerce will not be so easy to detect, and even if it is found, we only need to say that it is an isolated phenomenon, and it will not be restricted. ”

As soon as this point of view came out, the style of painting immediately changed, and everyone echoed this point of view one after another.

Liu Qingshan reacted immediately and said, "Yes! This is called true and false, false and real, and there is definitely no problem. And, as we all know, Hong Kong wigs account for nearly 90% of the world's supply, and we have one of the biggest advantages, and that is the price advantage. U.S. wholesalers enjoy a lot of profit margins, and they won't be willing to give up their Hong Kong factories. ”

Lee Shau Kee also rarely spoke: "After all, the wig industry is small, and the chance of being targeted is still very small. ”

For a while, everyone quickly decided to open up a third raw material market.

Lin Zhichao said at this time: "There are no private enterprises in the mainland now, only public-private joint ventures, and the right to foreign trade is only owned by a few official enterprises. My idea is to send someone to talk to the Aomen Nam Kwong Company, and they will purchase the raw materials in a unified manner, and then everyone will go to Macao to buy the goods. ”

"I agree"

"I also agree"

In this way, it is also fascinating to trade with Omen, rather than directly with the mainland.

Chen Linyuan then said: "We will unify with Aomen Nam Guang Company, and will formulate a supply of 15~200,000 handfuls per year to stabilize the healthy structure of raw materials." ”

"Yes, lest everyone swarm."

A wig requires more than one real hair, and 250,000 wigs may require 60~700,000 wigs.

The meeting went very smoothly, mainly because of the leadership of the Yangtze River Wig Factory in this industry, and everyone made money, so they naturally recognized the 'father of wigs'.

After that, Lin Zhichao arranged for Chen Linyuan and Liu Qingshan to lead the team to Aomen to talk, and he would also ask Airship Tai to go to Aomen to act as an intermediary.

Nam Kwong Company will definitely be very happy to agree, in the mainland to buy Zhenfa, one Hong Kong dollar is enough, plus the cost of the middle, they can net 3~4 Hong Kong dollars. In a year, it can earn millions, which is a relatively high foreign exchange income for Nanguang.

Lin Zhichao's affairs have been completed, and the rest is the affairs of his subordinates. Although this matter is not big, he doesn't need to worry about it, but after all, he is sitting in the position of president, and he still has to care about the development of the industry occasionally.

Assuming that the U.S. Department of Commerce really has opinions on the fact that the raw materials for Hong Kong wigs come from the mainland, Lin Zhichao, as the president, will also go to the United States to explain in person to eliminate the 'misunderstanding'.

That's the responsibility!

In the same way, in 1973, there will be an oil crisis, and the raw materials of plastic flowers will increase several times; As the president of the Plastic Flower Chamber of Commerce, Lin Zhichao may have imported a large number of plastic particles in advance, and will sell them to his peers at a low price. This is one of the things that Li Jiacheng bought people's hearts in his previous life, Lin Zhi did a better job than him, after all, he only took out a few tons of materials, but it was just a show!

Tuesday, February 21.

After the New Year, Lin Zhichao and Xu Caiying came to the port of Hamburg, Germany.

Today is the launching ceremony of the first new oil tanker "Yangtze River" of Global Shipping, and the Hamburg shipyard held a grand ceremony, inviting the German Minister of Economy "Ludwig Erhard" and his wife "Alice" to attend, and many people who participated, such as the former president of the German National Bank and Minister of Economy Almar Schacht, were invited to come to help.

Because Lin Zhichao has built eight large oil tankers, even German Chancellor Adenauer will receive Lin Zhichao and his wife later; It can be said that Lin Zhichao has made outstanding contributions to the shipbuilding industry in Germany.

At present, none of the world's large shipowners have a 'strong desire' to build large oil tankers, that is, Onassis's fleet, almost all of them are oil tankers of 230,000 or 40,000 tons, and there are only two or three oil tankers of 50,000 tons.

After all, it was only after the Suez Canal crisis in July that the world's shipowners learned about the benefits of large tankers.

The huge 'Yangtze River' stopped at the dock, and Lin Zhichao was proud, and the Chinese could also control the world's largest oil tanker, and they could also command the always huge oil tanker fleet.

Before the ceremony.

"Mr. Lin, I have a presumptuous question for you!" Minister Ludwig earnestly asked.

"Mr. Minister, please speak, and I will answer truthfully." Lin Zhichao said gracefully.

Everyone looked at the two of them, and everyone was curious about the 'question'.

Ludwig then asked: "You have built eight oil tankers in our Germany in one go, which is comparable to Onassis." But Onassis is very famous in the West, and you are so low-key, why is that? ”

The implication is that Lin Zhichao is not famous, but his strength is so strong, it's hard to believe!

Lin Zhichao smiled: "Onassis has a legendary experience, his Mediterranean pride, and he often changes stunning female companions, so he is a favorite interview for journalists." And I operate second-hand freighters, mainly on long-term charter to shipping companies, so there is still a big gap with Mr. Onassis. ”

Gap, not necessarily! Onassis's oil tanker is estimated to be only one million tons, and the freighter is hundreds of thousands of tons, which is not much worse.

At this time, Almar Shacht immediately asked, "Mr. Nalin must have inherited the wealth and career of his father's generation?" ”

He was familiar with Onassis, and was once invited to persuade the Saudi royal family to agree to cooperate with Onassis and that his syndicate could provide loans.

Lin Zhichao shook his head and said, "It's not that I inherited wealth. I know what Mr. Almar Schacht is curious about, I must think that I have developed into a ship owner of dozens of ships through long-term chartering, right? ”

Yarma Shaht nodded and said, "Yes! ”

Lin Zhichao smiled: "You are a banker, if I have a five-year lease contract and the lessee's bank issues a letter of credit, will you lend me money?" ”

Yarma Shacht nodded again and said, "Yes, because these two contracts are enough to prove the wealth you can create in the future." ”

Lin Zhichao said: "So, with my bank contracts, with these three 'contracts', my fleet can develop very quickly." Because Japan's economy is taking off, I am again favored by Lady Luck. ”

Everyone listened to the 'legendary story' and was fascinated.

Ludwig praised: "I think every successful person must have merit." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Minister, for the compliment!"

It wasn't until the master of ceremonies reminded everyone that the launching ceremony officially began, and everyone was in place.

First there was a performance by a German acting troupe, followed by a silver axe wielded by the minister's wife 'Alice' and cutting a red rope.

Because the rope cutting relief of the general launching ceremony is done by inviting women, the reason is that in Western culture, it is a goddess who is in charge of navigation and maritime trade. Or, the men have gone sailing, and only the women are on the shore.

The huge 'Yangtze River' roared and began to move towards the sea.

Next, there are champagne throwing and other links, as well as reporters taking pictures, in short, the whole port is very lively.

A week later.

Lin Zhichao found a charterer for the 'Yangtze River' in New York, which was Exxon Oil Company.

The contract is a one-way short-term charter, and the chartering manager Niu Deng is interested in the price provided by Global Shipping, which is less than 9% of the Greek shipowner.

After the contract was signed, Lin Zhichao said: "Mr. Niu Deng, I don't know if your company needs to charter ships next month, and we have two 56,000-ton oil tankers launched around the world. ”

Niu Deng's eyes were directly enlarged, and he couldn't believe that a second-hand ship owner in front of him had launched three 50,000-ton oil tankers in two months.

This is an exaggeration!

"How many new tankers have you built?"

Lin Zhichao said calmly: "There are a total of eight 56,000-ton oil tankers, which will be launched in the next six months, all of which are built by the Hamburg shipyard in Germany. ”

He didn't lie because there was no need.

Niu Deng stood up directly and said in disbelief: "8? A 56,000-ton oil tanker? ”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Well, because of the HSBC partnership, they own 40% of the shares, and I put all my net worth on this." ”

Niu Deng calmed down, and then said: "There are so many oil tankers, we definitely don't need so many, after all, we have cooperative chartering companies." To be honest, this 56,000-ton oil tanker was temporarily added for the sake of everyone's happy cooperation. ”

He deliberately lowered the price, Exxon is also a big oil company, and the demand is a massive fleet; In addition, other lease contracts are one-way short-term rentals, which can be replaced at any time.

Lin Zhichao said directly: "It can be cheaper!" ”

After all, there are not many advantages, so the price advantage becomes the only advantage.

Niu Deng smiled and said, "In this case, I can think about it and see how to arrange two or three more leases for you." However, why don't you want to charter for a long time, I remember that many of your boats are long-term charters? ”

Lin Zhichao said: "Because we still need to run in this fleet, and the cooperation between our two sides also needs to be run-in, maybe I will make a long-term charter plan in the second half of the year, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory offer at that time." ”

Newden said, "Okay, I like your cheerfulness! ”

Subsequently, the two made a simple agreement, and Lin Zhichao gave a 20% discount offer, which immediately attracted Niu Deng, and he considered leasing 3 short-term leases.

The specific situation can only be discussed if there is a ship.

In this way, Lin Zhichao has calmed down, and there is no problem with the remaining 4+2 oil tankers even if they stop at the port for a period of time. Of course, if you can rent it for a short time, you have to rent it out for a short time, after all, one trip is hundreds of thousands of rents. (End of chapter)