In the face of the invitation of Xianke Oil Company to initiate cooperation, Global Shipping did not refuse, but did not agree to anything, but replied on the grounds that the oil tanker was still in the middle of the mission.

The implication is that cooperation can be considered, but it will have to wait for the ship to complete the transportation task.

In the face of the rhetoric of global shipping, Weilong is also skeptical, but now it is Xianke Oil Company that needs global shipping, so it can only look forward to the two sides entering into cooperation negotiations.

Meeting rooms for global shipping.

Lin Zhichao looked at the excited colleagues and said calmly: "Customers are the cornerstone of global shipping, so our fleet will continue to serve old customers." As for the price, it will continue to perform according to the current market price, and there is no need to take the initiative to raise the price. ”

Anyway, it is a one-way short-term rental, and it is estimated that after a week or two, it can rise to more than 4 times the market, so when encountering a ship that happens to arrive at the port, Japanese customers need to continue to lease, or they can continue to complete it at the current price.

The current price is about three times that of the usual.

Everyone agreed, after all, the customer base that was finally laid in Japan cannot be cracked because of small profits. The current situation is that even if they do not take the initiative to raise prices, the price of global shipping has skyrocketed.

And what global shipping needs to do is to go with the flow, others will raise prices, and the global industry will also increase prices.

"At present, we have a total of 68 cargo ships (one new tanker) and 14 oil tankers (four second-hand tankers), totaling 82 ships. Among them, 12 cargo ships are berthed in the port, 16 cargo ships carry out fixed routes, 3 oil tankers are berthed in the port in the last half month, and there are 16 ships that need to be contracted. ”

Lin Zhichao said: "The specific situation is reported to me in time!" Vice President Feng went to the United States and Europe to investigate, stayed there temporarily, understood the international shipping situation, and gave feedback to the headquarters. ”

You have to send a general to sit in Europe and the United States, Lin Zhichao is in Hong Kong, in the past two months, may have to sign contracts one after another, Lin Zhichao is still used to signing long-term contracts, higher efficiency, better management.

Lin Zhichao is not a 'greedy' person, for example, half a month later, the market is 'a new ship a year can earn back a new ship', then Lin Zhichao may seek a 'a new ship in three years to earn back two new ships' contract; as for the 'a new ship in five years to earn back three new ships' contract, I'm afraid customers don't dare to bet, but if Lin Zhichao asks for a contract with strong means, it is not impossible, after all, now there is a ship is God, but he can't do it.

Feng Yongfa immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave as soon as possible!" ”

He often follows his boss to Europe and the United States for inspection, and naturally understands what the boss means, so he has always been very strict with himself in terms of international vision.

As for the boss's international vision, it can only be described as a 'god'. The boss seized the ship shortage in the Far East of the 'Peninsula Campaign', and now he has seized the global ship shortage of the 'Suez Canal Crisis', which can be described as extremely powerful.

In fact, these events can be analyzed, but everyone can only be hindsight, and only the boss is really analyzed in advance. For example, the Suez Canal crisis, since the successful coup d'état of Egyptian President 'Nasser' and the overthrow of the Farouk dynasty, there have always been contradictions with Britain, France and the United States.

The Bao family.

Bao Zhaolong asked his son Bao Yugang: "Yugang, it is said that the freight of ocean-going ships has increased several times, which one of our ships?" ”

Bao Yugang smiled bitterly: "Father, the lease of our ship is two years, and now it is less than a year, how can it be possible to increase the freight, so the freight is still so much." ”

Bao Zhaolong suddenly showed a painful expression and said, "Why did you sign a two-year lease back then?" If you don't sign a contract for that long, now the freight rate has increased by three or four times, you can earn back two second-hand ships a year. ”

Although Bao Yugang also regretted it, he said seriously: "Who will know about unknown things!" Shipping is about stability, and even after the ship expires, I will continue to sign a contract for more than three years. ”

Thinking back to last year's events, he didn't think there was any problem, at that time, Lin Zhichao was also preparing to sign a contract for two years, and the picture was stable; So he signed for two years without hesitation.

The younger brother Bao Yuxing on the side hurriedly said: "Then go and buy a boat now, can you earn more?" ”

Bao Yugang looked at a layman, and could only patiently explain: "Now the price of second-hand ships that can go to the ocean has risen very expensive, and the price of old ships in their twenties has nearly doubled when they are sold for seven or eight percent of new ships; The important thing is that no one is willing to sell. Because, we all know that shipping is easy to make. ”

Truly.

In his previous life, although Bao Yugang changed from one boat to seven boats, because one of his boats was renewed by a Japanese charterer at several times the price, he also got a deposit; But he bought six second-hand boats after the reopening of the Suez Canal, when many people had already made a lot of money and began to sell them. Moreover, to buy six second-hand ships, presumably Bao Yugang also borrowed a lot of funds at that time, and it is unknown whether he had an HSBC loan.

"Missed it!" Bao Yuxing said regretfully: "I heard that Lin Zhichao owns a lot of oil tankers close to 60,000 tons, becoming one of the shipowners with the most large oil tankers in the world, so how much does he have to earn?" ”

Bao Zhaolong gasped, no matter how layman he was, he knew what a 60,000-ton oil tanker meant, that is, a moving mountain of gold.

Bao Yugang was also very shocked, he has always admired and admired Lin Zhichao's business style, and now Lin Zhichao's strength is even more of a five-body throw that he admires.

"If his ship does not sign a long-term contract, according to this market, he can earn back a new ship a year, and one becomes two! However, he likes to sign long-term contracts, and not all ships will be able to catch up with the good time. ”

"Oh my God, doesn't a ship make millions of dollars a year!"

Bao Yugang nodded!

In the end, he still said calmly: "How much money he makes has nothing to do with us!" However, I have already figured out that as long as there is a reasonable price for second-hand ships, I will do my best to increase the number of ships, and then continue to charter them to Japanese customers for a long time. It is important that I also get a loan from HSBC, and only through the bank can the fleet expand quickly. ”

Bao Zhaolong said: "What about the risk? ”

Bao Yugang said confidently: "I have already leased the ship to a Japanese customer for a long time, which is a strong guarantee, and Lin Zhichao did the same back then." It's just that he was lucky and had a good time. But I believe that there is a better market ahead. ”

At this point, Bao Zhaolong can only fully support his son.

After a year of operation, he sees his son's growth, and this business is suitable for him.

In his previous life, Bao Yugang could buy six ships in the first half of 1957, but in this life, it is already the limit to be able to buy three ships, and I am afraid that he can only afford the price of two second-hand ships, and he has to borrow money everywhere.

This is also Lin Zhichao's 'yang conspiracy' last year, but no one else knows. Even in Bao Yugang's eyes, Lin Zhichao is regarded as the 'leader' of entering this industry, and he usually takes the initiative to contact and say hello.

Even if he missed the good time now, Bao Yugang didn't have any idea, after all, Lin Zhichao was not an immortal, and he could still calculate that the Suez Canal crisis would break out a year later; It is impossible to think that Lin Zhichao also knew that he Bao Yugang should be the future world ship king.

Global shipping became famous in the world, and Lin Zhichao also began to appear on the world stage; Many Western media began to report on global shipping, and also began to search for news about Lin Zhichao, and even some reporters came to Hong Kong to interview Lin Zhichao.

Although Global Shipping only has a carrying capacity of 580,000 tons of oil tankers, it has attracted much attention because there are eight large oil tankers of 56,000 tons.

On this day, Lin Zhichao met with a reporter and accepted an exclusive interview with Shipping Magazine. The interviewer who interviewed him was a male reporter Walker, who was a little different from Lin Zhichao's imagination, but of course he did not have any displeasure.

Under the leadership of the staff, Walker first inspected the headquarters of Global Shipping, and then came to Lin Zhichao's office.

Somewhat different from what was expected, the headquarters of Global Shipping is a little shabby, and it doesn't want to be a large enterprise at all. However, when I think of the general environment in Hong Kong, such an office environment can also be said to be good.

Lin Zhichao smiled and invited Walker to sit on the sofa, and the other staff immediately set up the machine, they were very serious, after all, there were many people who wanted to interview Lin Zhichao, but only they were invited. Because they are professional shipping magazines, Lin Zhichao chose them.

"Mr. Lin, is it okay?"

"Of course!"

Walker then went into a professional state, with a pen in his hand and a notebook on his lap, which is the standard for interviews in this era.

Walker: "Mr. Lin, you are younger than we thought, can you reveal your real age?" ”

Lin Zhichao: "I'm almost thirty years old!" Because I came out to work early, I've been in business for about 10 years. ”

Walker thought to himself, he was still young, but he saw that Lin Zhichao cared about this matter, so he decided to stop in moderation.

Walker: "I heard that Mr. Lin is self-made, and it is obviously very remarkable to be able to achieve today's achievements!" ”

Lin Zhichao: "Actually, it's not self-made, my father left me a valuable inheritance, and I have benefited a lot!" ”

Walker: "Spiritual, or wealthy?" ”

Lin Zhichao: "Both!" ”

Walker: "Can you give me an example?" ”

Lin Zhichao: "My father has always taught me to be honest, if people have no faith, they will not stand, if they have no faith, they will not prosper, and if their families have no faith, they will not be harmonious. That's why I value 'integrity' very much, you have to be honest in business, otherwise you can only make money from customers once, and if a businessman doesn't have integrity, you will have a bad reputation in the whole circle. ”

After a while.

Walker: "Mr. Lin, how did you come up with the idea of ordering a large number of large tankers?" Before that, everyone was chasing small tankers, fast. ”

Lin Zhichao: "Large oil tankers have many advantages, such as low operating costs to do shipping must analyze the international situation, with the economic development of Western countries, the demand for oil is more and more dependent, the traditional small oil tanker advantage will be weakened more and more, large oil tankers are the future development direction of shipyards." ”

Walker: "So, if you're optimistic about big tankers, will tankers develop bigger?" ”

Lin Zhichao: "Yes, after this crisis, I believe that many countries will see that only large oil tankers can meet the needs of shipping companies." ”

Walker: "Last question, Mr. Lin, how many ships do you have?" ”

Lin Zhichao: "Maybe it's worse than the 'Greek shipowner' Onassis!" ”

Walker: "Oh my God, you're a super owner, allow me to show you respect." ”

In the end, it was obviously a climax, and no one thought that Lin Zhichao's ship might have a load of millions of tons.

In fact, Lin Zhichao manages a fleet of nearly 1.3 million tons of deadweight. Of course, 710,000 tons are second-hand ships, but Lin Zhichao has never admitted that his ship is a second-hand ship, so he will not explain it, and he is also taboo for others to say that his is a second-hand ship.

At this time, the total tonnage of Onassis should only be about 100~1.5 million tons.

After the interview.

HSBC's team also came to Global Shipping, led directly by HSBC Chairman Douglas, and Sandas was among them. The interests are moving, and HSBC has also seen that the two cooperative shipping companies have become a money-making tool.

Lin Zhichao entertained everyone in the conference room, which can be regarded as discussing the business strategy of Huanyu Shipping in the future.

Douglas said with concern: "Mr. Lin, the four large oil tankers we cooperate with are not long-term leases, right?" ”

Ask while knowing the answer!

Lin Zhichao still smiled and said, "Of course not! If it's a long-term rent, it's not a loss of a lot of rent. But then, I'm looking for a three-year long-term lease and the price is definitely ideal. ”

Douglas and the others smiled, they were all bankers, of course they knew Lin Zhichao's thoughts. After all, during the 'Peninsula Campaign', such leases had already proven their superiority.

Sandas asked curiously: "If the three-year lease is a three-year lease, wouldn't the customer have to bear a three-year high lease, even if it is seventy or eighty percent of the short-term lease, they will feel risky!" ”

Lin Zhichao said: "The problem now is that having a boat is the right to control the discourse. Moreover, no one knows how long the Suez Canal will be closed, but there is a risk of war in that place, and it doesn't matter how long it will be fought, as long as it is hostile, the crisis of the Suez Canal will always exist. ”

Where there is such a good solution to international affairs, I am afraid that if the two sides do not fight, they will continue to confront each other in that place, and the ship will still not be able to cross.

The cycle of shipbuilding is generally about 12~18 months, and it is impossible to increase ships in a short time. Even after a year, assuming that many ships are built, the supply is still far from insufficient.

Therefore, it was originally a rent of $1 million a year, and now I give $700,000 a year, but I have to rent it for three years, which is still very convincing.

There is another very important reason, that is, Lin Zhichao's 8 large oil tankers are more cost-effective than small oil tanker leasing. Because the cost of a 56,000-ton oil tanker is about 7.4 million US dollars (made in Germany is much more expensive than in Japan), but the cost of two 28,000-ton oil tankers may be at least more than 9 million US dollars.

At this time, the bigger the boat, the more cost-effective the rent!

Sandas nodded and said, "Makes sense! And large oil tankers are now a sought-after cargo, far more popular than two oil tankers with the same load combined! ”

Subsequently, Lin Zhichao briefly explained the situation, and the HSBC delegation left satisfied.

If nothing else, the global shipping cooperation between the two sides may reach a profit of 18 million ~ 20 million US dollars in the next three years; With an annual return of more than 50%, how can they not be satisfied!

At this time, the relationship between Lin Zhichao and HSBC has officially entered the honeymoon period.

After the promotion of the magazine, Global Shipping has become a big star in the shipping industry, and Lin Zhichao is really famous in the world.

Lin Zhichao didn't have time to pay attention to this, he had already rushed to London in early August.

When I walked out of the London airport, I saw Audrey Hepburn's smaller body, her actual height was only 162 cm, which was indeed small under Lin Zhichao's height of nearly 1.8 meters.

And Lin Zhichao's height was not born, his height before crossing was only about 1.7 meters, but as a result, he developed a second time, and his body increased a lot in all aspects.

Seeing Lin Zhichao, Audrey Hepburn pounced without hesitation, and the two then walked down the parking lot. Fortunately, the paparazzi noses in this period are not smart, and they have not captured the dating scene of Lin Zhichao and Audrey Hepburn.

Of course, although no evidence was caught, after all, many people have seen the two together, so Audrey Hepburn has been dressed outside and has an Asian boyfriend.

Audrey Hepburn is not in the entertainment industry, so Hollywood did not fall into the trap to slander her. If she continues to be in the entertainment industry, she will definitely be left out in the cold.

But it is clear that Audrey Hepburn, who is not an actress, is more successful, and now Barbie dolls have become popular in the world.

In the car.

Audrey Hepburn said: "You asked me to buy $1.5 million in sugar futures (less than $500,000 in margin), is it related to the Suez Canal crisis?" ”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Of course!" You have the contract, and if it has not doubled by the time of delivery, then buy it again quickly. ”

"Double?"

"Of course, trust me!"

Lin Zhichao drove the car while explaining the possibility of sugar rising.

The rise in sugar is related to the chaos of transportation capacity, but it has not yet started, but Lin Zhichao believes that it will definitely rise. Therefore, even if the contract expires and has not yet been realized, then you can quickly buy it again.

"So, I could make $1.5 million!" Audrey Hepburn said in surprise.

"Yes!" Lin Zhichao said with a smile.

He rarely gave Audrey Hepburn a lot of money directly, but planned to invest it directly, which might make women feel more fulfilled and admire themselves more.

"Honey, you're amazing!" Sure enough, Audrey Hepburn kissed Lin Zhichao, who was driving.

Fortunately, it was the cheeks, otherwise he was really afraid that something would have happened.

Back at the apartment, Ella was taking Lin Ruidong with him, and the one-and-a-half-year-old Lin Ruidong pounced directly on him and called his father.

"Good, good son!"

Ella said with a smile: "The little guy with no conscience, in his heart, Baba, who rarely meets a few times a year, is more important than me, the grandmother who lives together. ”

Everyone laughed, in fact, Ella has a son, but she has always lived with Audrey Hepburn, so she has no intention of separating; What's more, today's Audrey Hepburn is so rich and can take care of her better.

They usually alternate between Los Angeles, London, and Switzerland, where they mainly have careers, while London is their hometown and Switzerland is a vacation place. (End of chapter)