1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 389: Dump Cabinet
As one of the three old industrial areas in Qilu, you may be able to easily see the hazy sunset in Dezhou, but under normal circumstances, you will definitely not be able to see the stars at night.

“Ah~~Ah~Ah~~!!!”

A series of hysterical screams rang out from a rather shabby bungalow dormitory in Dahua Industrial Park, adding a touch of horror to the silent night sky that was stained with urine yellow.

The disturbed neighbor subconsciously stood up from the stool, tilted his head in the direction, and found that the sound came from the dormitory on the left side of the alley. He twitched his mouth strangely, then sat down again as usual and went about his business...

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“Ah~Ah~Ah~!!!!”

“Can we still watch this crappy TV show?!”

"The day before yesterday, Xiao Long Nu was defiled by that beast Yin Zhiping, and today, Yang Guo had his hand chopped off... Who is this bastard director? I want to chop him up with a knife!!"

Classmate Tugou was hysterically gesturing at a supporting actress on TV with a fruit knife, as if as long as he found the right position, he could give Miss Guo Fu a hard knife through the TV.

Looking at the pear in Tugou's hand, which had been peeled off with 1/3 of its flesh in anger, Yang Mo's eyes twitched, and then he moved his body to the right calmly: "Girl, actually... this pear can be eaten with the skin, no need to peel it."

Tugou, who was still in a state of great anger, turned his head viciously and stared at someone for a long time before he threw the half-peeled pear in his hand into his hand: "I'm so pissed! What is this crappy TV showing!?"

Seeing Lu Yingying angrily turning off the TV and then sitting on the bamboo bench with her cheek propped up and sulking, Yang Mo couldn't help laughing.

For many fans of the novel, among the various versions of The Return of the Condor Heroes, the most classic Yang Guo is none other than Principal Gu, the most classic Guo Xiang is also played by Li Qihong in the same version, and even the most classic Li Mochou is also played by Xue Li in the 95 version; but the actress who best fits the image of Little Dragon Girl in the book is not Li Ruotong, nor Liu Tianxian...but Chen Yulian in the 83 version.

It can be said that only this beauty, who once made Chow Yun-fat commit suicide by taking poison and was regarded as the dream lover by King Liu, could truly perform the ethereal feeling of being as pure as a chrysanthemum and as if she were not a thing of this world.

Of course, classmate Tugou, who has never liked reading novels, has never read the original novel, so he is extremely unfamiliar with the plot of this TV series, which is relatively faithful to the original novel and was filmed several years ago but was only introduced to Qilu now... After seeing these two plots that made countless people send knives, it is understandable that this tiger girl went into a state of rampage.

"Yang Shidan, tell me, has this Texas TV station lost its mind? We finally have some free time in the evening, but you show us this annoying TV series... Aren't you deliberately trying to make things difficult for us!?"

As if he was still angry, Tugou complained angrily to the guy who came to his dormitory to seek peace and quiet, as if he wanted to call the TV station to protest... The male lead was so handsome, how could he bear to chop off his arm! ?
Yang Mo, who had just returned from the drilling company in the afternoon, smiled when he heard this: "I think it's good. It's a classic, and it can only be called a classic if there are regrets. If it's all about smooth sailing and family reunions, wouldn't it just be a thing for people to have fun?"

Upon hearing this, Tugou rolled his eyes and said, "I didn't say that we can't leave regrets. Which of those Taiwanese TV series that are being broadcast nowadays is not full of regrets and makes you cry? It's regrettable, but it can't be filmed so badly... The woman was insulted, and the man was hacked to a cripple. Isn't this just malicious abuse of the audience? This is too rubbish!"

Thinking of the regret he felt when he first read this novel in his previous life, Yang Mo sighed quietly: "Perhaps you will have a different feeling when you read these plots again in a few years... Maybe Mr. Zha Liangyong just wants to tell us some cruel truths, and there is no question of whether he has any malicious intent or not."

Tugou curled his lips and said, "It's just a martial arts drama, Yangshidan. Are you suffering from a literary youth disease? Are you always trying to make it more profound?"

Yang Mo sneered, "Have you ever thought about this question... Why in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Huang Rong was still fine even though she was subdued by the lecherous villain Ouyang Ke; while in The Return of the Condor Heroes, the subdued Xiao Long Nu was only accidentally touched by the disciple of a famous and upright sect, but was humiliated?"

"Why is it that in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Yang Kang, the villain, was captured, but no matter how uncooperative he was, and no matter how angry those people were, they didn't hurt him at all; but in The Return of the Condor Heroes, Yang Guo, who did a good deed, had his arm chopped off just because of a few words?"

Tugou was dumbfounded for a moment. He wanted to blurt out the answer, but when he saw the gloom between Yang Mo's brows, he suddenly swallowed it back.

After a long silence, she said quietly, "That's right... In the end, this world still depends on strength and background."

"How can a disciple of the Tomb Clan, who is only a few kittens, be compared with the daughter of the East Evil Huang Yaoshi?"

"And why would a son of an old friend who has no parents need to be as cautious as he was when facing the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Jin?"

"Ugh……!"

A hint of loneliness suddenly appeared on Lu Yingying's face, and her eyes became a little scattered.

Somehow, she suddenly thought of Mu Nianci in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and a sense of inexplicable melancholy arose in her heart.

Yang Mo's mouth showed a hint of sarcasm: "So, if you don't have a background, you have to make yourself a background... Didn't you see that after Yang Guo became a one-armed hero, not only did Huang Rong have to respectfully call him "Western Madman" when she saw him, but even the culprit Miss Guo fell in love with him out of hatred?"

Hearing the meaning behind Yang Mo's words and glancing at the lingering gloom between his brows, Lu Yingying hesitated for a moment: "Yang Shidan, today...did something happen to make you unhappy?"

Yang Mo pretended to be stupid and laughed, avoiding the topic.

To him, classmate Tugou was different from everyone else in this world, and he absolutely did not want to see this girl lose the divine light in her eyes like in later generations... If possible, he hoped that this girl would live her whole life like this without any conscience.

Therefore, there were some things he didn't want the girl to know, nor did he want the girl to worry about him.

After thinking for a while, Yang Mo suddenly asked, "You have been coordinating foreign trade with your sister Mu a lot recently. Given your relationship with Yaer, I'm sure she wouldn't hide some things from you... So, what is the specific situation of foreign trade now?"

As mentioned before, after Tugou was transferred to Texas, he held positions in many satellite companies...and among them, there were naturally units related to foreign trade business.

Everyone could naturally see what Yang Mo meant by this arrangement, so they told Tugou everything they knew to the unit where he was assigned to work; even Miss Mu, unless it was some confidential matters, she was open with him... Although she was wary of Tugou in some private matters, they were sisters after all, and Tugou was also Yang Mo's most valued childhood friend, so it was impossible for her to hide anything.

As a result, this created a very interesting phenomenon.

Due to some concerns, Yang Mo never paid much attention to the affairs of Miss Mu, so he did not know much about the specific situation of foreign trade.

For the backbones such as Yan Laoxi and Qin Xin who are mainly responsible for domestic projects, since they do not have much intersection with Miss Mu's Foreign Trade Department in their daily work, they only know the general situation of foreign trade;

Only classmate Tugou not only knows all the domestic projects of Yang Mo's department, but also has a clear understanding of the foreign trade business status of Miss Mu. He can definitely be regarded as the only know-it-all in Yang Mo's department.

Hearing Yang Mo avoid talking about her question but suddenly asking this, Lu Yingying looked at him strangely at first, then pondered for a while, and then gave her own opinion: "Overall, Sister Mu's foreign trade business is still going well."

"But Yang Shidan, you also know that the foreign trade business is greatly affected by international environmental factors. Therefore, although the overall scale of Sister Mu's foreign trade is the same as the first half of last year, in my opinion, the overall situation is not so optimistic."

As he spoke, Tugou gave him a deep look and said, "You also know that the economic deterioration of the Bear Country this year is much more serious than last year. This is a great benefit to Sister Mu's foreign trade business... But even so, Sister Mu's total foreign trade scale and revenue are only the same as the first half of last year. You can imagine how troublesome the problem is."

Yang Mo thought about it after hearing this: "Is the main problem with the Southeast Asian trade route or the northern trade route... or the North African trade route?"

With the support from the Dongying Command, Miss Mu naturally has a lot of foreign trade lines. Otherwise, she would not have been qualified to follow Yang Mo's lead and set up a Foreign Trade Promotion Association last year, and then summon hundreds of units to collect a special deposit from them.

To summarize, in addition to the semi-official northern trade line, Miss Mu also has the Northeast Asia trade line, the Southeast Asia trade line, the Middle East trade line and the North Africa trade line... a total of five lines.

However, it is different from what most people imagine. In terms of profits, the Northeast Asia trade line has the highest returns; but in terms of the quantity of traded goods, apart from the Northern trade line that exclusively goes to the Bear Country, the second place is the Southeast Asia trade line, followed by the Northeast Asia trade line, then the North Africa trade line, and finally the Middle East trade line.

Although I have no favorable impression of the two countries in Northeast Asia, it is undeniable that the island countries have one of the best reputations in the world when it comes to the fulfillment of foreign trade contracts; and although South Korea is only slightly better than India in this regard, the two countries are about to establish diplomatic relations, so we must pay attention to the impact at least in the short term.

That's why Yang Mo asked if there was a problem with the trade routes between Southeast Asia and North Africa.

Tugou glanced at him and nodded: "Actually, the North African route is fine at the moment. The main problem is still with the Southeast Asian route... I'm sure it's not hard for you to guess the reason."

Yang Mo naturally knew that in addition to what America said last year, there were some other reasons that could not be made public, so he hummed softly: "Where are the main hidden dangers?"

Tugou sighed: "In fact, there are still many overseas Chinese enterprises willing to actively cooperate with us, so there is no big problem with the internal driving force; the real problem lies in the port circulation link."

At this point, Lu Yingying thought about it carefully in her mind: "Yang Shidan, do you know that since February this year, the port damage rate in Southeast Asia has been rising sharply, especially the damage rate of food and electrical components... From the initial 2%, it has risen to the current 0.2%!"

"With the arrival of May, the trade volume in Southeast Asia has entered its peak period in the first half of the year. If my estimate is correct, the port damage rate of goods this month will probably exceed 2%, or even 3%!"

"If this continues, I'm afraid the situation will really get bad!"

What is the port damage rate of cargo?

Has it risen to 1.7%?
Yang Mo was a little surprised. Even though today's port operation level is far from comparable to that of later generations, this 1.7% port loss rate is still a very exaggerated number.

But don't forget that Miss Mu's main trade products with that place are not fresh fruits, but goods with a low natural loss rate such as canned food, clothes, shoes and hats, and electrical components.

Correspondingly, the products that Miss Mu imported from Southeast Asia were mainly raw materials such as palm oil, wood, wood boards, palm starch, and some electrical components needed domestically. No matter which one, they were not goods that could be naturally consumed in the short term.

So Yang Mo's expression became serious: "Which link exactly is the problem?"

Tugou did not hesitate: "The problem lies in the rate of container abandonment... In fact, since the second half of last year, the rate of container abandonment for our goods in Southeast Asia has gradually increased, but after February of this year, they have become more and more reckless."

Dump the cabinet?

Yang Mo frowned, feeling a little overwhelmed.

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As an eternal pain in the hearts of countless foreign trade people, "dumping cabinets" can be said to be one of the most hated terms by international trade practitioners.

The so-called "dropping a container" means that there are no problems with the goods in all aspects and they can be loaded on the ship in time; it is just due to unilateral reasons of the shipping company that the number of cabins is more than the actual number of cabins. When the warehouse is full, your goods will be unloaded after screening and you have to wait for the next ship. If you are lucky, you can get on the next ship after waiting for half a day, but if you are unlucky, you may have to wait for ten days or even half a month.

This is terrible. You have to know that in international trade, each batch of goods has a strict delivery date and arrival date. Once delayed, you will face huge liquidated damages and even lose a valuable customer. Even if you plan to arrive at the port early to avoid the risk of container abandonment, you will also be charged a considerable port storage fee.

Although Miss Mu represents a state-owned enterprise, even if the delivery is delayed, the companies behind it will not claim compensation from her. However, since you have delayed their production operations and caused losses to them, you still have to pay the minimum compensation. Therefore, if the failure rate goes up, the accumulated compensation will not be a small amount.

However, the most disgusting thing is that even if the container abandonment phenomenon is caused by the shipping company, the shipping company, known as the "ship boss", has a disclaimer that it does not constitute a breach of contract and does not need to bear any responsibility - that is to say, once you encounter a shipping company abandoning the container, you have no choice but to swallow your anger!

Although in China, the phenomenon of abandoned cabinets by sea, rail and air is not common, or it is not common for state-owned enterprise customers, and some may not have encountered it even once;

But the problem is...

That’s Southeast Asia!
Singapore and Malaysia may be better, but whether it is Indonesia or the Philippines, or even Cambodia, which was once popular among Chinese people in later generations, the problem of abandoned containers is definitely a huge pit that every foreign trade company cannot avoid, even in later generations!
You know, let alone the 2020s, even in , the ports in most Southeast Asian countries cannot be considered modern.

It just so happens that these Southeast Asian countries, represented by Indonesia, are one of the most important commodity exporters in the world.

However, due to some reasons, China's exported goods may not arrive directly at the trading destination at this time. Instead, they will often clear customs in country A first and then be re-exported to country B.

This tortuous foreign trade route, coupled with a port with low operating efficiency and the huge local demand for bulk commodity exports, and then weighted with some hard-to-describe local practices...it would be strange if container abandonment did not occur frequently!
And what's even more terrible is...

Yang Mo knew very well that the sudden surge in the rate of rejection of containers was probably not simply because the trade there had reached its peak in the first half of the year.

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Thinking of this, Yang Mo asked, "Girl, do you have any ideas?"

Tugou hesitated for a moment: "I think, considering the current international situation, simply wanting to build good relations with shipping companies in Southeast Asia may not be the best approach;"

"So my idea is... can we try to have in-depth cooperation with the patriotic overseas Chinese there? Or we can also seek some cooperation and support in Hong Kong."

As he spoke, Tugou took a deep breath and said, "I believe that there should be no shortage of patriotic overseas Chinese like Mr. Lin in Southeast Asia, and the return of Hong Kong is a foregone conclusion. Mr. Huo must be more than just a patriotic businessman there... The foreign trade companies in Hong Kong are still quite influential to the shipping companies in Southeast Asia. We should be able to avoid many problems by entering through these two routes."

Yang Mo heard this and nodded.

At first glance, things like container abandonment may seem like a probabilistic event of "force majeure" caused by the shipping company's carelessness, but in fact, there are ways to avoid such bad things from happening.

Simply put, under normal circumstances, shipping companies do not follow the simple principle of "first come, first served" when selecting cargo to be shipped, but have other considerations.

First: As long as it is not a large-scale bulk commodity shipment, after the ship is overloaded, the heavier the weight of the goods in a single container, the more likely it is to be thrown out of the container.

This is easy to understand. Sea transportation is different from express delivery. No matter how heavy the goods are, the shipping company charges according to the number of boxes rather than the weight. Once there are more goods on the ship, the ship will face the problem of overweight.

In this case, after the warehouse is blown up, a container of 16 tons of cargo can be screened out and replaced with 2 containers of 8 tons of cargo to load on board. For the shipping company, this is naturally a great deal - after all, the shipping company's first priority is to make money.

From this point of view, the goods from China are not very popular with shipping companies... The official exchange rate of the RMB is fixed, so everyone knows how low the current value of Chinese goods is.

Second: The lower the freight rate of the goods, the easier it is to be thrown out of the container.

Again, the purpose of shipping companies is to make money. If the freight paid for the goods is low, in order to obtain higher and more stable freight income, shipping companies will certainly give priority to ensuring that the goods of more competitive large customers are loaded on board, and will put the goods with lower freight rates in the containers.

Although there are many tricks involved, the freight cost of goods may not have any direct relationship with the value of the goods themselves;
But no matter what, in Indonesia, a country that mainly relies on the export of resource-based bulk commodities, a trading company like Dahua International Trade, which has no sense of existence, and the freight income brought to the shipping company by just 2,000 cubic meters of plywood, undoubtedly have no sense of existence.

Third: The lower the value of the goods themselves, the less obvious the self-destruction, or the longer the time away from the delivery date, the more likely they are to be judged as "unimportant goods" by the shipping company and thus be screened out and thrown out of the container.

From this perspective, items such as precision electronic equipment that are easily damaged by moisture, and seafood and fruits that are easily spoiled have natural advantages; while goods such as plywood, which are known for their toughness and durability, are simply at the bottom of the food chain!
Fourth: The quality of your cooperative relationship with the shipping company also largely determines whether your goods are likely to be dumped on the container.

If the goods themselves do not involve very sensitive effectiveness and self-destruction, and the freight and insurance limits are not outstanding, then the quality of your relationship with the shipping company will largely determine whether your goods will become one of the many "victims" when the cargo is overloaded.

In fact, the quality of a partnership in Europe and the United States might just be considered a T2 reference factor; but in Southeast Asia, especially in most Southeast Asian countries in the 90s, its priority was higher than the first three in most cases - the reason for this is not difficult to understand.

Now that we have a general understanding of the common reasons that affect cabinet dumping, the solution to the problem is very clear...

Shipping agency!

In order to avoid being abandoned as much as possible, it is best to find a freight forwarding company that has a good relationship with the shipping company for this order!

In other words, directly find forces that have good relations with domestic shipping companies, cooperate deeply with them, and set up a shipping agency company together!
Freight forwarding company is the abbreviation of "International Freight Transport Agency" - since international freight requires many processes and there are many extremely troublesome details in the middle, this third-party company that sounds a bit like an intermediary at first glance but actually plays an extremely important role has come into being.

Although there are not many real freight forwarding companies in China at present, some old freight forwarding companies abroad, especially in Southeast Asian countries, are very powerful. As long as they take action, the probability of container abandonment can be reduced to a very low level.

Therefore, if we can find one or two forces that have a good relationship with these old freight forwarding companies to cooperate deeply, or directly set up a new company with them under the name of the old freight forwarding company, then we can also effectively avoid the occurrence of container abandonment.

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However, in Southeast Asia...

After thinking for a while, Yang Mo asked, "Does the Mao Bear Country have any problems with the cabinets being dumped?"

Tugou hesitated for a moment: "Of course there are, and it's not low, but the situation over there is a little special..."

Before he could finish his words, Yang Mo raised his hand to stop him: "Don't say the rest, I know."

After lowering his head and thinking for a while, Yang Mo raised his head and said, "Well, I will talk to your sister Mu tomorrow and gradually transfer this part of the work to you."

“However, although the idea of ​​establishing a freight forwarding company with local companies is feasible, the focus of the first phase is not on Southeast Asia for the time being.”

Lu Yingying was surprised: "Why not start from Southeast Asia? But the rejection rate there is the highest!"

Yang Mo nodded: "That's right, for the time being, we should not focus on Southeast Asia, but on the Bear Country!"

As he spoke, Yang Mo smiled meaningfully: "Since we want to make ourselves the background, we can't just follow the routine... The value of opportunities in Southeast Asia is too low. Only by starting with the Bear Country can we raise our weight in a short period of time."

Of course, it would be even better if you could qualify as a cannibal.

Yang Mo thought silently, with a wicked smile on his face: "This is just right. Projects such as purple candy, vodka, whiskey, canned food, and sanitary napkins are trying to replace them there... Why not just use these projects as a stepping stone, form a partnership with the local forces there, and start a freight forwarding company along the way?"

"Don't worry too much about the shares. As long as we can open the joint venture there, it will be a victory... The light industrial manufacturing capacity of the Bear Country has almost been lost by 70% to 80%. As long as our substitute products can be smoothly circulated in their market, we don't have to worry about them playing tricks!"

Lu Yingying looked at Yang Mo, who had a sinister look in his eyes, and hesitated to speak. After thinking for a while, she finally nodded: "Okay..."

(End of this chapter)