Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 318 The Beginning of the Shipping King’s Plan

"Mr. Zhang, the main reason I came here today is to discuss something with you," Ren Zhong certainly wouldn't come to the Magic City for no reason.

In fact, he had a very important matter to discuss with the Zhang family today. He had communicated with the Zhang family in advance, but the final decision was on Mr. Zhang. The old man was old and it was not convenient for him to travel far, so Ren Zhong came to visit.

"Mr. Ren, please tell me in detail!" said Mr. Zhang with a smile on his face.

"Post-war reconstruction will require a large amount of materials to be transported internationally. We do not have a strong force to show for this market. I hope that the Zhang family can take advantage of their extensive overseas relationships, take the lead, and start a shipping company focusing on international transportation based in Hong Kong." Ren Zhong did not give a long speech, but went straight to the point.

"We provide two ways to cooperate with Zhangjia. First, we provide large roll-on/roll-off vessels for Zhangjia's shipping and help Zhangjia build its own fleet."

"The second option is that we will jointly operate certain routes with the Zhang family. We will provide the transport ships, and the Zhang family will be responsible for personnel recruitment and operation. The profits will be split 50-50."

In the historical time and space of the main world, the revival of Asian shipping created several shipping kings.

At this time and space, Ren Zhong certainly would not miss this great opportunity, but he knew very well that this business could only be done outside. This business was different from televisions. It was not technology-driven but driven by personal connections, so Ren Zhong had to find an agent.

The Zhang family has been engaged in trade for many years and has been doing business overseas since the previous dynasty. They have a wide range of friends and many connections overseas, which is perfect for the development of international shipping business.

Ren Zhong hopes to get a piece of the shipping recovery, not just in shipbuilding but shipping as well.

But Ren Zhong can't do this by himself.

In fact, it is difficult for official or semi-official organizations in the mainland to do it, let alone the opportunity to grow big and strong to the level of No. 1 in Asia.

In terms of international trade, it is now very difficult for the mainland to intervene. How can those capitalists outside feel at ease to put such important things as transportation under the official background?

If the Zhang family takes the initiative to set up a shipping company in Hong Kong, all problems will be solved.

However, this is a big business with huge investment. Although there are many young people in the Zhang family who dare to take risks and advocate going out, they are still far from being in a high position of power. Therefore, Ren Zhong will know the result of this matter after discussing it with Old Master Zhang alone.

"Mr. Ren, we all agree with what you said," Old Master Zhang was also unambiguous. In fact, he had been waiting for this opportunity today for decades.

"We are not just in Hong Kong. I think we can also open a shipping company in Temasek, from Southeast Asia to Asia, from Southeast Asia to Africa and Europe. With the post-war reconstruction, the routes to these places will also become busy. As long as we seize the freight market in Asia and abroad, the future of this company will be limitless."

"However, the Zhang family is weak and cannot afford to open two companies at the same time. So in this regard, I wonder if Mr. Ren can mediate and facilitate our cooperation with Mr. Chen."

Old Master Zhang is indeed an experienced man. Not only has he seized the leading position in Asian maritime transportation, he also wants Mr. Chen to endorse him.

In this way, development in the Nanyang region will naturally be more effective.

Moreover, the two locations he chose are both very good dock locations. Of course, they are still deserted now, and it requires investment to develop docks and warehouses. These are not things that can be done overnight or by individual households.

So Old Master Zhang had to find a tall guy to keep an eye on and walk in front to block the bullets!
"Of course, no problem. In fact, the shipping industry is a big business that cannot be eaten by one family alone."

Once the intentions of both parties are determined, the next details will naturally be discussed in detail.

For Ren Zhong, his mission is accomplished at this point. The most mature 3000-ton ro-ro transport ship of Dalyan Shipyard can be transported in Asia without any problems.
But the long-distance crossings of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean are not enough.

Therefore, after completing the 3000-ton RoRo transport ship, Dalyan Shipyard then started research on the 5000-ton RoRo transport ship, which will soon evolve into a -ton RoRo transport ship.

By then, 10,000-ton roll-on/roll-off ships will be the main players of these two shipping companies.

Ren Zhong came personally to finalize this matter. In addition to firmly placing the dominance of Asian shipping in his own hands, he could also take over Asia's shipbuilding industry in one fell swoop. After the establishment of these two companies, relying on their foreign sales of transport ships, wouldn't this complete the road of the Japanese and Korean shipbuilding industries ahead of time?

Ren Zhong's expectations for Dallion and Jiangnan Factory are obviously not just to build Jianghai-class destroyers, but also to intervene heavily in civilian shipping, so that the huge cost of developing the navy can be recovered through civilian transportation.

Otherwise, even if dozens of Jianghai-class ships are cheap, each ship will cost tens of millions, at least 30 million. If you really want to build dozens of ships, the expense will not be a small amount!
Entering the shipbuilding and shipping industries means making money through the industry and then feeding back to improve the profession. This is the sustainable way forward.

With the ship in hand, it was not difficult to reach a deal with the Zhang family.

Although he didn't know whether a new shipping king would be created in this new time and space, for Ren Zhong, having such a big family to cooperate with made the next things much easier.

Now is the golden age for the development of shipping. The three major shipping tycoons in Hong Kong, Zhao, Bao and Dong, are still struggling. Shipping King Zhao will not start buying his first ship until next year. Bao is even worse off. He doesn't even have the money to buy a ship and needs to borrow money to rent a ship. The Dong family is better off, but they only have one ship to start with.

After the new company was established in Hong Kong and Temasek, the Zhang family and Mr. Chen used their connections in Southeast Asia and Asia, and the freight representative offices set up in these places quickly attracted the first batch of business.

The main containers of the current 3000-ton Dawn-class roll-on/roll-off transport ship are 20-foot small containers, and it is designed to transport just 500 containers.

If a 40-foot container is used, only 200 pieces can be transported.

Although containers are not yet widely used in the world, Ren Zhong has applied for a patent overseas for the huge advantages of containers. In the future, if others want to use this design, they must pay a patent fee. If they do not, then no one can shake the advantage of containers in shipping.

In conjunction with this container, Ren Zhong's machinery factory not only researched cranes installed on ships for loading and unloading and trucks specifically for pulling containers, but also began to promote it on trains. In the future, containers will also be an important product for supporting logistics sales.

What Ren Zhong is doing now is to take over both the upstream and downstream of an industrial chain!
According to the prior plan, the routes to be run first will mainly be within Asia, with only one route crossing the Pacific Ocean.

Direct route from Bangkok to Hong Kong and Kobe Port.

Sumatra-Temasek-Hong Kong-Malaysia-Yokohama Port route.

Hong Kong - San Francisco route.

Surabaya-Luzon-Pusan-Yokohama route.

The first batch of four Dawn-class ro-ro vessels started operation on four routes. With this convenient ro-ro vessel, container trucks can be directly unloaded.

In this process, the efficiency of transshipment has been more than ten times improved compared to those old cargo ships before!
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