1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2415
Liang Liping has never left Hainan Island in the past few years, so she lacks an intuitive understanding of the development process of overseas colonial areas. Most of the information she knows comes from rumors from internal references, newspapers, and other channels. She frankly explained to her the executive committee's plan for the Miaoli region, but it was still difficult for her to estimate the freight demand of the Miaoli region through such dictation.

In fact, Liang Liping also wanted to go on a business trip to investigate the actual situation in the local area, but to go to such a distant place by sailing boat, even if he took a direct local official ship, it would take at least half a month to come and go. Including the stay in the local area, I am afraid it will take two to thirty days to complete the task.Considering her family and other jobs at hand, she must give up such a plan.

Schneider also saw Liang Liping's hesitation, so he persuaded him: "Otherwise, the ships you bought must be delivered in batches anyway, and then you can arrange one or two ships to enter this route first, and according to the actual shipping volume Need to adjust again.”

This seems to be the most reasonable arrangement at the moment. If the situation in Miaoli is not ideal, it can at least avoid the loss caused by too much investment once.Of course, there are disadvantages in doing so. If other shipping companies are also eyeing the development prospects of Miaoli, and the initial investment is larger than Liang Liping’s shipping company, then there will be a greater opportunity to seize the local shipping market.

The advantage of Liang Liping in the initial stage is that she can also obtain more information than other private shipping companies through the internal relationship of the Ministry of Commerce, which helps to make a more accurate judgment on the trend of the situation.

After the shipbuilding contract and the bank loan were finalized, Liang Liping did not rest there. The next day, she and Yu Feng went to the Sanya River to inspect a piece of land that had been scouted before.

The place Liang Liping chose was on a hillside near the Sanya River. The couple arrived at the foot of the nearby mountain in a carriage, then got out of the carriage and walked along a narrow path to a flat land on the hillside.The straight-line distance from this place to the Sanya Port area is actually less than one mile, but because the terrain is relatively high, no one has built houses in this place yet.

Liang Liping said: "Look, the terrain here is open, you can have a panoramic view of the Sanya River and Sanya Port, and the environment is also quiet. We will build a yard here in the future, and we can move our family here!"

Yu Feng nodded in agreement with her opinion: "The scenery is really good...but this place is a little bit out of the way, if you want to move here, it's too far away for me to go to work!"

Liang Liping glared at her puzzled husband: "Isn't it okay to come here for a day or two on weekends?"

"Okay, of course!" Yu Feng realized that what he said had offended his wife, so he quickly changed his attitude, and then took the initiative to change the topic: "How did you find such a good place?"

Liang Liping said quite complacently: "The Ministry of Commerce originally planned to build a few large billboards here, but I got the news by chance, so I came to see the environment here. I think the office building of the shipping company will be built here. It should be very good, you can easily notice this place when you look at the ships entering and leaving the port, and there are currently no buildings around here, and there is enough room for expansion in the future."

Yu Feng checked the distance between this place and the port with his eyes, and said again: "Then it won't work if you make this house small. If you want to notice it on the boat, you probably have to build a building here. .”

Liang Liping nodded and said: "I went to the Ministry of Construction to talk to someone, and I plan to build a five-story office building in the old space-time style, with a reinforced concrete structure, and a large advertising sign on the roof. It should be able to meet expectations. It works."

"A five-story building?" Yu Feng almost choked on his own saliva when he heard this: "Build such a big stall? You have to know that it is not easy to build a building on this slope."

Liang Liping replied: "It's really not easy, so we have to build a road to get here first, otherwise the building materials will not be lucky..."

Yu Feng quickly stopped: "Wait a minute... My wife, are you sure this is the office of the shipping company, not a vacation palace? Why do I feel that this is a big project!"

Liang Liping said: "The external image of a company can indirectly reflect the strength of the company, and a landmark building will play a great role in enhancing the brand image of the company. You can imagine that when businessmen entering and leaving the port see our ship How would it feel to be an office building of a service company?"

Yu Feng knew that he was not as professional as his wife in marketing, so he didn't intend to argue with her about the pros and cons of this measure, but he still couldn't help worrying that such a large project would drag down the shipping company's finances.Although he is not a major in construction, when he was building a machinery factory in Tiandu, he stared at the construction site every day. He also knew a little about the construction process and cost of construction projects. Naturally, he could roughly imagine the scale of the project that Liang Liping said. .

But the problem of funds is actually okay. After all, the couple already have some wealth, and the cost of building the ship has been settled through bank loans. To build such an office building, patchwork should be able to solve the problem of funds, and the worst is to borrow Just a few.Apart from funds, what Yu Feng is more worried about is whether such a slightly ostentatious business method will cause unnecessary troubles for the unopened shipping company.

"Wife, I think this matter should be more cautious. It is too ostentatious for fear of bad influence. Think about it, even the office of the executive committee is not so ostentatious, and I have never heard of any department's office. It’s so rich, let alone a non-governmental business organization..." Yu Feng cautiously persuaded Liang Liping: "Besides, the shipping company may only have two or three routes in the initial stage, so how many businesses need to be handled, and such a big place is not needed! "

He is happy to let his wife start a business and give full play to her professional skills. Even though the shipping company has huge initial investment and has to bear certain operating risks, he is still willing to support his wife's business.However, after listening to Liang Liping's design of the office location, Yu Feng couldn't help but feel that his wife's steps were too big.

Liang Liping said: "It may not be possible to use such a large office space in the early stage, but it also depends on considering the long-term development! After three, five or even ten years, the company's business scale will become larger and larger. Do you expand the office building every year? As for the taboo issue, I have discussed it with Schneider before. He believes that building a landmark building will not have any negative impact, and the executive committee will not be unhappy because of this kind of thing. And the related construction The craftsmanship is actually very mature, and the construction period and construction costs may not be as troublesome as you think."

Liang Liping had reasons and evidence, but these words did not make Yu Feng agree with the office building construction plan.He tried to make Liang Liping realize how big the stall was: "Well, let me ask you, isn't the shipping company just building such an office building? It also needs to have warehouses and storage yards, and if it is too far away from the office building It will definitely be a lot of inconvenience, so are you planning to build it yourself, or rent a site from the port area?"

Liang Liping had made up her mind about this a long time ago, and she answered her questions immediately: "I plan to enclose a piece of land near the foot of this hillside as the company's freight yard, but there are already some buildings at the foot of the hill, so the land acquisition may take some work. In addition, the freight yard is in close contact with the train. For the distance between the station and the port, I have consulted with the Port Area Management Committee, and it is possible to lay tracks and use small trains, but the construction costs need to be borne by us.”

Yu Feng spread his hands helplessly: "It seems that the project is getting bigger and bigger! Then how much investment will be required for this series of projects, do you have an idea now?"

Liang Liping nodded, and reported a number. Even though Yu Feng was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but gasp when he heard the number.This amount not only far exceeds the cost of purchasing eight cargo sailboats, but also means that the couple's income savings for the past ten years or so after crossing basically have to be invested.

"There's no need for us to burn the boat on this project, right?" Yu Feng smiled wryly, "Instead of doing this, we might as well use the money to buy a few more boats, at least we can get back the cost faster."

Liang Liping glared at Yu Feng and said, "Do you not trust me?"

Yu Feng has been married for many years, and he knows that some things cannot be reasoned with women one-fifth, and trying to persuade women by rational analysis is tantamount to asking for trouble, so he quickly explained: "I don't know your professional ability. If I can't trust you, how can I support you to resign and start a shipping company... But even if we can make a steady profit in this business in the future, we have to plan to come, right? You see, the next step at my machinery factory I also plan to trial-produce a diesel engine. If it succeeds, a series of new products such as welding machines, engines, and generators will receive orders. At that time, a large amount of start-up capital will be needed. I can't ask for a bank loan again. ? As far as I know, among our group of people, there are not many people who ask the bank for such a large mortgage loan."

The meaning of Yu Feng's nonsense is to let Liang Liping understand that all the family's money cannot be invested in the shipping company project.In other words, she had to control the initial investment scale of the shipping company, and she couldn't follow her temperament completely.

Liang Liping was no longer a wayward girl, so she would naturally weigh the pros and cons after listening to her husband's words. After she gradually calmed down, she also felt that her husband's words were not unreasonable.Economically speaking, the couple can indeed bear all the expenses of setting up a shipping company, but they will indeed be wiped out quickly by this huge sum of expenses.In addition to the shipping company, Yu Feng's business also needs a large sum of money to open up new businesses. Ask yourself, the main income of the family in these years after time travel, apart from the status bonuses of the two, is the machinery factory run by Yu Feng. Most of the start-up capital of the shipping company came from Yu Feng.How to use the money, if Liang Liping is too arbitrary, I will feel sorry for her husband.

"If not, let's find the construction company of the Ministry of Construction to calculate the construction cost to see which parts must be completed in one step in the early stage and which parts can be constructed in stages, so that part of the funds can be saved." Although Liang Liping is still not satisfied Ken abandoned his plan, but still made certain concessions.

Yu Feng also secretly heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. If Liang Liping continued to insist, he might not be able to hold back, and he would have to bow his head to the other party in the end.But since Liang Liping is willing to make concessions, it means that there is still room for maneuver in this matter. After calculating the cost, I will slowly persuade her to modify the design plan of this office building.

Of course Yu Feng also wanted to build the shipping company's office building more decently, but his idea was more pragmatic. He didn't think it was necessary to build this building bigger than the port building and more impressive than Haihan Bank.Doing a few conspicuous big signboards on the hillside can also achieve the effect of attracting attention.It will not be too late to consider expanding the office building when the shipping company really starts to make a profit.

"By the way, when are you planning to meet with the people from the Ministry of Construction?" Yu Feng asked casually as he descended the mountain, so that he could arrange his own working hours in advance.

Liang Liping said: "I made an appointment with Liu Shanxia to meet him in his office today. Let's go after dinner later."

Yu Feng thought in his heart that your schedule is really tight, but he didn't object. Anyway, today he set aside a day to accompany Liang Liping to handle these affairs, which happened to be used to meet with these various people.

Liu Shanxia is now the deputy minister of the Ministry of Construction, but Tao Donglai, who is also the minister, has always been busy with affairs, so the Ministry of Construction actually has the final say most of the time.A few days ago, Liang Liping came to him to contact him about the design and construction plan. Although Liu Shanxia didn't have time to do it himself, he still sent his most capable engineers to do the terrain survey, and spent several days to formulate the construction plan.Today I made an appointment with Liang Liping to discuss some details of the plan with her.

Liu Shanxia didn't have much personal relationship with Yu Feng and his wife, but they had also dealt with Yu Feng. The machinery factory that Yu Feng was running now was built by Liu Shanxia.Seeing the two couples coming hand in hand, Liu Shanxia didn't think it was strange, so he invited them to sit down and asked the secretary to make hot tea.

"About the construction plan for the place you chose, it has already been made, please take a look first." Liu Shanxia quickly took out a kraft paper bag from the pile of documents on the table and handed it to them: "This is the preliminary plan. If there are no major changes, the next step is to prepare materials and send construction teams into the site.”

Liu Shanxia paused at this point, and then added: "The cost of land acquisition for the land on the mountain is very low, but the freight yard selected at the foot of the mountain will definitely incur some costs because it involves demolition. In addition, I suggest you build materials. Solve it, contracting labor and materials is definitely not that cost-effective. I have two suppliers here, supplying river sand and gravel respectively, and you can negotiate the specific price by yourself at that time."

(End of this chapter)