The Super Rich: Start from when the family business is about to go bankrupt!

Chapter 57 WPG0057: Higher prices and greater risks?

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, it was already three days later.

July 2nd, around ten o'clock in the morning.

An Wuyang was texting with Xia Yuqing when he received a call from Zhu Guanghao.

"Brother, do you have time now?" Zhu Guanghao asked.

An Wuyang answered affirmatively, "Of course there is time."

"We have already completed the preliminary preparations. Why don't we meet today to review them?" Zhu Guanghao suggested.

An Wuyang agreed, "Okay, I'll contact Wu Kefan and Zhou Xiang, and you can contact Kairui and Brother Haoran."

"We've chosen Tonghua Teahouse as our meeting place. I'll send you the exact address via WeChat right away," An Wuyang added.

Zhu Guanghao agreed, "No problem."

After the two parties ended the call, An Wuyang first sent the location information of Tonghua Teahouse to Zhu Guanghao, and then forwarded it to Wu Kefan and Zhou Xiang, and attached the information of meeting to discuss the matter.

It was just after eleven quarter in the morning.

Everyone has arrived at the Xiying box of the Tonghua Teahouse.

An Wuyang first looked at Xu Haoran, "Brother Haoran, did you get the import license?"

Xu Haoran is the son of Xu Dingsheng, the second-in-charge of Shengqing Checkpoint. The first problem to be solved this time when importing electronic waste containing gold from Bald Eagle is the import license.

"Of course!" Xu Haoran answered affirmatively, "Brother Wuyang, don't worry, this kind of small matter is easy for me to handle!"

Xu Haoran and An Wuyang are the same age and also took the college entrance examination this year. They call each other brother, which is obviously a manifestation of high emotional intelligence.

The guy who has no real ability but acts arrogantly when others call him brother is definitely a Sand Coin!
An Wuyang looked at Zhou Xiang again. He actually knew that Zhou Xiang had solved the funding problem.

In fact, as early as three days ago, on the evening when An Wuyang just proposed to build a cooperative alliance, Zhou Xiang had already determined the funding issue.

With such a high return on investment, if the Zhou family doesn’t act decisively, the upstream and downstream manufacturers of Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group will be unhappy, right?

"Brother Xiang, is there any problem with the funds?" An Wuyang asked knowingly in order to tell others that there was no problem with the funds.

Zhou Xiang answered affirmatively, "The $1000 million fund has been prepared. We will also advance the relevant travel expenses and living expenses."

An Wuyang nodded with satisfaction, "That's good!"

When An Wuyang finished speaking, before he could continue asking, Wu Kefan took the initiative to speak, "Brother Wuyang, we at Qimingxing are also ready. We have coordinated an express route in advance. The goods can be delivered to our territory in no more than 15 days at the latest."

In fact, the faster way of transportation is air transportation!

But the number of gold-containing CPUs in that batch was too large, with a total of nearly 500 million.

Even if we calculate based on an average weight of 25 grams per piece, and even if we only transport the CPU without any outer packaging, the final weight will be almost 125 tons.

What does it mean to airlift 125 tons of cargo from Bald Eagle to Xia Country?
First of all, it must be transported by cargo plane. Considering the weight of the cargo is as high as 125 tons, plus the outer packaging, it will take at least two large cargo planes to carry it.

If you choose the charter flight model, the air transportation cost of bald eagles to Xiaguo should be able to drop to about US$20 per kilogram.

Even if we ignore the outer packaging and only consider the weight of the 125 tons of CPU cargo, the final transportation cost will be as high as 250 million US dollars. After converting it according to the exchange rate of 1 to 6.8, the transportation fee will be 1700 million Xia Guoyuan.

Some people may be curious, why can the air freight prices be lower when using commercial channels, such as DHL or international express delivery such as UPS and GEG?
The answer is that there are a lot of profit margins in commercial channels, as well as various restrictions on terms and conditions. Take the famous Global Express Guaranteed as an example. If you mail electronic products from Bald Eagle Los Angels to Xiaguo Jianghai by air, the minimum price starts at $20, and the mailing weight cannot exceed 2 pounds, that is, no more than 908 grams.

However, the weight of many mailing parcels does not reach 908 grams. For example, if the weight is only 100 grams or 200 grams, there will be profit redundancy.

For example, if there are five 5-gram air freight orders, the total price is $200, but GEG can merge the five orders together to form a large order of 100 kg, and the final cost will not exceed $5.

These freight companies combine profit redundancies like these and utilize resources in a comprehensive manner, thus enabling them to provide air transport services at relatively low prices.

In addition, even if there is overweight, GEG will continue to charge an additional fee. And if the overweight is too great, such as transporting several hundred kilograms of goods at a time, there is even a risk of GEG notifying "Buddha Pineapple" for investigation.

In view of the high cost of air transport, Wu Kefan said that he had prepared sea transport routes.

For a mere 125 tons of cargo, even if we choose a safer method and divide it into seven standard containers and send it to Jianghai by sea, the final cost will be quite low.

After all, even with a fast route, the transportation cost of seven standard containers cannot exceed US$5 no matter how you calculate it, which is equivalent to one-fiftieth of the air freight cost.

So the shipping cost is very cost-effective!
Wu Kefan quickly explained the transportation costs and added, "If you think air transport is more suitable, we can also contact the relevant air transport companies to airfreight our goods back."

"What do you think?" An Wuyang asked.

Although air freight is too expensive, the delivery time is short, thus avoiding unnecessary troubles.

Although the cost of sea transportation is cheap, what if an accident happens when goods worth more than 300 million Xia Guoyuan are floating on the sea for half a month?

Don't talk about buying insurance services!
If insurance services are to be purchased for goods worth more than 300 million Xia Guoyuan, not to mention the price of insurance services, just announcing the value of this batch of goods would simply attract more bees and butterflies, wouldn't that?

So now this difficult problem is placed in front of everyone, but everyone looks at An Wuyang, as if waiting for An Wuyang to make a decision.

An Wuyang thought about it for a while before expressing his thoughts, "I actually prefer to go with the air transport channel."

"I believe everyone understands that the longer the night, the more trouble you will have," An Wuyang added.

"After all, there are pirates where the cargo ship goes!" An Wuyang complained.

It sounds outrageous that there are still pirates in 2021, right?

But it is true!
An Wuyang added, "But if we want to go through the air transport channel, we can try to contact Shunfeng Express and discuss chartering a plane."

Wu Kefan's eyes lit up, "Yes, yes, yes! I forgot about Shunfeng. If it's their company, I believe the air freight cost will definitely be reduced."

"I'll leave this matter to you. I hope to get a reply today." An Wuyang ordered.

"I will contact my dad right away and ask him to contact Shunfeng." Wu Kefan is also a man of action. He immediately took out his mobile phone and sent a message to his father.

"Let's ignore the transportation issue for now. Brother Guanghao, Kairui, how are the preparations going on your side?" An Wuyang asked.

Sun Kairui answered affirmatively, "We have already contacted a regular smelting manufacturer. After this batch of goods comes back, we can ask them to help us smelt it, or even sell it directly to them."

Zhu Guanghao seconded, "Don't worry about the price. The recycling price of upstream manufacturers is higher than that of gold recycling outside, and it is more convenient."

"There is no need to worry about the financial issue, but for this amount of money, we may have to refer to the occasional income tax to pay the relevant taxes," Zhu Guanghao explained.

Sun Kairui added, "Originally this amount of money was to be levied as individual income tax, but it was ultimately defined as incidental income."

That’s a huge savings!

(End of this chapter)