Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 1035: Furious Onads
International shipping actually only accounts for 20 to 30 percent of Chu Xiangqian's business.

Ajos and Onads already had their own business before they started working in the shipping industry.

But the real way to get rich was through shipping.

With more money, he invested in other industries.

But compared with the success of shipping, other businesses are not so satisfactory.

Chu Xiangqian, on the other hand, was successful in all aspects, so his wealth was greater than the sum of the two of them.

However, those engaged in shipping have never lacked funds, and they have never lacked banks to lend them money.

It can even be said that most shipping giants have become giants because they have powerful enough banks supporting them.

Not to mention taking over the ships and shipping business that Chu Xiangqian planned to sell.

Even if they wanted to buy the international shipping company as a whole, the two of them wouldn't have to work together, as they could basically take it over completely.

However, Chu Xiangqian still said the same thing, not only will the company not be sold as a whole, but the terminal actually does not belong to the shipping company.

It is a separate independent company.

Onades has always been more radical than Ajos, ​​which is why he entered the shipping business nearly ten years later than Ajos.

In the end, it grew faster and bigger than Ajos.

Similarly, it was also because of Onads' decisive and adventurous character.

That's why he did it so desperately, and after three years, he finally married Tina.

And Tina was only 17 years old at the time, while Onads was 41 years old.

Chu Xiangqian didn't believe it was love at first sight. It was more likely that he was attracted by Tina's father's achievements and connections in shipping.

So even though Chu Xiangqian explicitly refused to sell the dock, Onads hesitated for only a moment before directly offering a price of 'US$10 billion'.

Acquire 200 ocean-going ships from Chu Xiangqian, as well as international shipping and most of the shipping business in Japan and Australia.

Once these ships and businesses are acquired, Chu Xiangqian will drop from the top three shipping giants to outside the top 10.

It would be impossible to catch up again in five or ten years.

Even if you have money, it will take at least two to three years to build a giant ship of 50,000, 80,000 or 100,000 tons.

Moreover, there are not many countries and companies in the world that can build giant ships.

Basically every shipyard has a construction plan, and it may take more than ten years to make up for the shortfall of 200 ships.

Therefore, even the Japanese themselves, who occupied more than half of the shipbuilding industry at that time, could not make up for the huge lack of shipping capacity in a short period of time.

Moreover, most of Chu Xiangqian’s ships are new ships that have been continuously eliminated and built over the past decade.

Although Chu Xiangqian only sells ships that have been used for more than 8 years, most of them are old ships with a tonnage of tons or tons.

But this kind of second-hand ship is also cheap, less than a quarter of the original cost.

Moreover, an eight-year-old ship is already very new compared to those ships that have been used for twenty or thirty years and are still in use.

Onads also saw that Chu Xiangqian's quote for the ship was indeed cheap, which was why he made such a decisive decision.

Of course, he valued Chu Xiangqian's international shipping business more.

It can be said that in recent years, Chu Xiangqian has always occupied more than 25% of the market share in many shipping businesses between Australia and Neon.

For Orandes, these businesses were the best opportunities to expand his business into East Asia.

Not to mention Ajos, ​​the Japanese people who didn't leave, and the management of Universal were all stunned by the offer.

The highest price the Japanese could offer was actually 10 billion, but Onads' offer reached their bottom line.

If you want to make this deal, it may be impossible without 1.4 billion or 1.5 billion.

But this is definitely a good thing for Chu Xiangqian.

Chu Xiangqian even considered that as long as Onads paid enough money, it would be possible to sell it to him.

After all, no matter how rich Chu Xiangqian is, he can't go against money.

So after Chu Xiangqian confirmed that Onads was not joking, he really, very formally invited him to visit the ranch.

Onads was overjoyed. As long as he stayed with Chu Xiangqian long enough, he would be able to obtain a lot of information that he didn't know before from the conversation.

And Chu Xiangqian's determination to sell the shipping business.

We can even know from his tone, attitude and other expressions what he thinks about the future of the shipping industry.

Onads had thought that the shipping business would go downhill, but ever since the polar bears invaded the Afghan deputy.

The prices of many raw materials in the international market have increased.

Trade between countries has also shown an upward trend.
The concern is that the polar bear will capture the Afghan Khan in a short period of time and then continue to move south to gain access to the Indian Ocean.

Threatens the security of shipping in the Indian Ocean.

So Chu Xiangqian’s selling of the boat now was indeed his last chance, as he said.

Wait another year or two and the polar bear will fall into the quagmire of Afghan.

In addition, in order to combat polar bears, the United States has begun to continuously lower crude oil prices, and the cost of shipping seems to have become lower.

But don't forget that the cost of air freight will also be lower.

By the way, a large amount of capital began to enter the civil aviation field.

In addition to freight, passenger transport also accounts for a large proportion of shipping companies' profits.

As flying becomes cheaper, a large number of passengers will prefer to travel by plane rather than by ship.

International air transport business only really flourished in the 1980s.

Although Pan Am had many troubles in the 1980s, its market value once became the world's most valuable airline.

This is because the proportion of freight is constantly increasing.

In the past, sea transport accounted for 90% or even more than 95% of international trade.

After the 1980s, it dropped to 80%.

Even though it was only a drop of more than 10%, it forced the major shipping giants to start a price war to compete for more business.

In addition, the international crude oil price has remained at a low level for a long time, which has made the bosses and management of many shipping giants somewhat blindly confident.

Invest funds in giant ships with a tonnage of more than 10 tons.

The investment is huge and it will take several years to see results. Once there is a problem with funding, a chain reaction will occur.

Of course, shipping has only entered a trough period, and there are still opportunities to make money.

Chu Xiangqian planned to focus on the Celestial Empire and India.

The export trade of these two Asian giants has been surging year after year since the 1980s.

The demand for shipping is naturally greater.

Orissa itself has been a major trading province in India for hundreds of years and has a natural deep-water port.

Most of the export goods from several neighboring states also converge in Odisha.

Not to mention China. Even though it was not profitable or even suffered losses in the past few years, Chu Xiangqian was able to take over China's freight business.

If possible, we can build a wharf through a joint venture.

As for whether it will affect Hong Kong Island, Chu Xiangqian doesn't care.

Besides, even if he does nothing, Hong Kong will slowly lose a large amount of shipping and foreign trade business in the future.

This is not something Chu Xiangqian can change.

If you can't change it, join it.

Moreover, although the port business will decrease, the price of the large amount of land owned by the port will continue to rise year by year.

With the inflow and outflow, the land price has actually increased even more.
-
The Japanese saw Chu Xiangqian formally inviting Onads to visit his ranch in Los Angeles. How could they stay still?

And Ajos also didn't want Onads to surpass him. In his mind, the best outcome was that the Japanese bought Chu Xiangqian's ship and business.

If that doesn't work, then Onads and I will each take half.

If you focus on one thing, anyone can surpass you, except Onads.

Moreover, Tina is now Ajos' wife. It is impossible for her not to have some hatred towards her ex-husband Onads.

Without any instigation from others, Tina would firmly stand on Ajos' side and support him in competing with his ex-husband.

Seeing Ajos, ​​Yuutarou Ueda took the initiative to suggest that he also wanted to visit Chu Xiangqian's ranch.

Without hesitation, he stepped forward with a smile and said, "Mr. Chu, if possible, we would like to go and have a look too."

Now it was Chu Xiangqian's turn to hesitate.

These three guys have been together for a long time, and they might reach some agreement and work together to lower the price against me.

However, he is also a decisive person.

Since Onads had already offered $10 billion, it was a little lower than his expected $12 billion.

But it was also 8 million more than his minimum expected amount of 2 million US dollars.

It can even be said that as long as the Japanese are willing to offer 10 billion, Chu Xiangqian will agree without hesitation.

If Onads changes his mind, he will be the first to be eliminated.

According to Chu Xiangqian's estimation, the chances of this guy going back on his word are slim.

However, this is not safe.

So Chu Xiangqian lowered his head and thought for a moment, and suddenly something moved in his heart.

Since Hong Kong's terminal business will gradually shrink with the rise of China's export business and terminal construction.

It would be better to lease one or two of the container terminals, Chai Wan Pier and Sheung Wan Pier, to Onads for a long term.

Even if the price is 1% or % lower than the current price, it will seem like you have lost money in five years.

But after 10 or 20 years, you will definitely have made a profit.

Onads' shipping business in East Asia is relatively much smaller than that in Europe and the United States.

But he also has business in East Asia.

Once he gets a discount, he can rent one or two container terminals.

In the future, Onads' ships will inevitably dock more often in Hong Kong Island rather than in Taiwan or Singapore.

This will indirectly hit the port businesses in both places, and Chai Wan Pier and Sheung Wan Pier will become busier.

Maybe, even if shipping is at a low point, the port business is increasing instead of decreasing.

After all, there is an upper limit to the annual throughput of Chai Wan and Sheung Wan Piers.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiangqian no longer hesitated.

He ignored Yuutarou Ueda and Ajos, ​​stared at Onads, a 70-year-old man, and told him that he was planning to rent out one or two container terminals at the port.

Now, not only Onads' eyes lit up.

Yuutarou Ueda and Ajos were also excited.

Although it is just a rental, the overall loading and unloading and maintenance costs will definitely be lower after renting.

Now we have a stable loading and unloading dock, so we don’t have to worry about having to queue up for loading and unloading.

The time cost is lower, and there is no need to worry that for some reason, your ship has to stay at sea for several days or even more than ten days before it can enter the port.

Every extra day a giant ship sails at sea means a loss of tens of thousands of dollars.

The more ships there are, the greater the probability of such unexpected losses, and the more money and time lost.

That’s why it is said that a shipping company without a home port will never become a giant.

Onads glanced at Yuutarou Ueda and Ajos. He didn't care about the Japanese.

Anyway, this country is extremely dependent on import and export trade.

As long as you have a ship, you don't have to worry about them not cooperating with you.

Even if you offend the Japanese, the worst that can happen is that you'll earn less. There are plenty of Japanese companies rushing to do business with you.

But if Ajos wins this sentence, there is a high probability that he will suppress me for many years to come.

This was unacceptable to Onads.

So it only took a few minutes for Onads to grit his teeth and say, “13 billion, shipping business and 200 ships, still 10 billion US dollars.

$3 million to lease two container terminals for 2 years.”

Chu Xiangqian remained calm after hearing this, but he was actually ecstatic.

Although US$3 million to lease two container terminals for 10 years was a little lower than I expected, it was still acceptable.

After all, $3 million now is worth much more than it will be in 10 years.

If you just use it to buy a house, it’s easy for the price to increase by one or two times.

If you spend it in Tokyo, it will increase four or five times in four years.

Ten years later, eight to fifteen times.

Even with this US$3 million, it would be enough to buy several percent of Hong Kong Island Airlines' shares.

By then, we will have occupied a large share of the shipping, port and air transport businesses.

Whether it is Downing Street, the Hong Kong government, or the future Celestial Empire, they all have to beg themselves.

After all, in addition to trade and transportation capacity, a large number of jobs and employed employees also provide a layer of protection.

To be honest, if someone causes trouble, it may not be a bad thing for Chu Xiangqian.

Children who are too obedient are often not taken seriously.

Also, everything needs comparison to reflect one's own value and importance.

Therefore, Chu Xiangqian never cared about those Hong Kong media that favored Yingguo people.

Even when these media spoke harshly sometimes, Chu Xiangqian pretended not to see it.

I never even thought about finding someone to cause trouble for these newspapers and editors.

Of course, he is definitely firm in his stance.

But the pen is in other people's hands and the mouth is on other people's body, so you can't control that much.

Chu Xiangqian looked at Ajos. This guy was not as gambler as Onads.

Nodding to Chu Xiangqian, Ajos looked at Yuutarou Ueda and said.

"Mr. Ueda, are you interested in using 14 billion to take over this deal?"

As soon as these words came out, Onads immediately became furious.

After fighting for so many years, although there was an element of emotional impulse, Onads was able to become the shipping king. Anyone who said he was stupid was a real fool.

The reason why the Japanese have not produced an international shipping tycoon is because everyone has a tacit understanding.

Once the Japanese took control of a large amount of shipping business, competition became more intense and everyone earned less.

Even everyone has already reached a tacit agreement to raise the shipping price of Japan.

The most important thing is that according to the Japanese habit, once they take control of a business, they will take most of the profits into their own pockets.

That is, no one has time to play.

(End of this chapter)