Rebirth of the great hero of Hong Kong

Chapter 387: War Is Opportunity
"This is the charm of money!"

Seeing Dani walking away with three steps, Richard said with emotion.

Lin Huaile also nodded in agreement.

The emotions of the big bosses were unknown to the subordinates. Situ Haonan glanced at his watch, walked up to Will and the two of them, and said in broken English, "You two, it's time, please!".

Will glanced at Farak, warned the big mouth, mind himself, straightened his tie, and walked quickly towards Lin Huaile.

Farak shrugged, knowing that business was the most important thing, he followed Will with his head down, and walked over.

"Hello, Mr. Lin."

"Hello, Mr. Richard."

"Mr. Doyle is attending the Cannes Film Festival. He is the vice chairman of the jury this time. He really can't leave. I can only let my colleague Farak and I greet the two gentlemen."

Will stood at the table and greeted respectfully.

"Are you going to sell the scrap iron on the sea?"

There were too many things to talk about today, Lin Huaile really didn't have any strength at all, he just wanted to finish the business quickly.

Seeing that the business was hopeful, Will's eyes lit up immediately, and he quickly took out his quotation from the briefcase, and said quickly, "Of course, Doyle Manufacturing Company has been working on a weight-loss plan for the past five years."

"It's just that the process is not very smooth."

"After all, the shipbuilding industries of West Germany and Japan are too threatening, and now South Korea has also joined the competition. Together, Japan and South Korea have more than 100 shipyards, and the price is [-]% cheaper than European ships."

Speaking of this, Will has a bit of a headache. The orders of Doyle Manufacturing Company and the four production shipyards are dropping sharply.

Many old customers even chose to default and lost their orders to shipyards in Japan and South Korea.

Richard felt deeply about the situation Will mentioned.

For orders of the same tonnage, the quotations given by Japan and South Korea will be [-]% cheaper than those of European and American shipyards.

The [-]% of the profit is the so-called labor cost. A technical apprentice in a European and American shipyard earns [-] pounds a week.

Engineers in Japan and South Korea can only get fifteen pounds a week, and mature technical workers can only get ten pounds a week.

If labor protection and medical insurance are added, the possibility of competition will be completely lost.

This is also the main reason why European and American countries are so anxious to start the relocation of labor-intensive industries and the upgrading of industrial technology.

Because of the cost, they are really not the opponents of Japan and South Korea.

The war in the Middle East has only stopped for a few years. Whether the Suez Canal is safe or not is a big question mark in everyone's mind.

Even if there is peace, the cargo ships with the British, the Commonwealth, and the colonies are still on the Egyptian government's non-friendly blacklist, and the customs clearance price is at least [-]% higher.

Who made every Middle East war be fought by Britain and France? The Egyptian government hates these colonists to the core.

The inability to pass through the Suez Canal means that merchant ships can only take the Cape of Good Hope route and circumnavigate the entire Africa.

Detours represent a sharp increase in freight charges.

A large oil tanker of more than [-] tons sailed from the Middle East to Europe, with a single income of over one million US dollars.

If the state of war in the Suez Canal continues for a few years, the freight rate will soar to a terrible figure.

To transport oil from the Persian Gulf to the United Kingdom, it must go through the Strait of Hormuz—the Gulf of Aden—the Mandeb Strait—the Red Sea—the Suez Canal—the Strait of Gibraltar before reaching the mainland of the United Kingdom.

If any one of these links is broken, the cost will soar.

The low-priced oil in Bahrain and Kuwait, Dai Ying is desperately trying to bring it back to the mainland.

However, there is not a single [-]-ton ship in Douglas Harbor, and there are only a handful of thousand-ton ships, and most of them are small cargo ships of [-] tons.

Smaller tonnage means less profit.

But when doing business, you must take a long-term view, and you should not stick to petty profits. Take advantage of the battle between the Shipping Chamber of Commerce and the Shipping Chamber of Commerce to get more business.

"The price is a bit high, and it seems that your company has little sincerity."

Lin Huaile glanced at Doyle's quotation. A 30-ton small freighter launched ten years ago cost 300 pounds, and Hong Kong paper [-] million.

At this price, it is enough to go to Tokyo to buy a thousand-ton freighter. It makes no sense to buy these products that are destined to be eliminated.

As for the fifteen thousand-ton class and the three 200-ton class freighters, the prices were sky-high, 600 million pounds for the thousand-ton class, and [-] million pounds for the [-]-ton class.

Of course Will knew that his quotation was slightly higher, but it is impossible to do business without haggling, leaving room for everyone to discuss.

"Mr. Lin, Doyle will provide follow-up services, and Douglas' shipyard will run at full capacity to refurbish the broken iron in front of you and install the engine in the warehouse."

"The shipping business is booming now. The faster you move, the more money will pour into your account. The shipyard under Doyle dares to indicate in the contract that a ship can be launched in seven days and sail independently, as long as there are enough captains and crews , it will be open for business."

"Even if it is a shipyard in Japan and South Korea, they will not give priority to guaranteeing your time requirements, after all, orders come and go."

Only by knowing the pain points of customers can we negotiate business better.

For this pile of scrap iron, high-quality assets have been negotiated, but if the negotiation is not good, the loss is not big.

Will analyzed the business distribution of the Gulf Group and found that Lin Huaile was streamlining the business line, but no matter how streamlined, he did not cut off the originally dispensable logistics business department.

That being the case, why not take a gamble? He drew up a new quotation overnight and gave it to the big boss in Cannes to convince him to agree to his gamble.

Hearing that a boat can be launched in seven days, Lin Huaile became interested.

Japan and South Korea will indeed not put their orders to the highest priority. After all, the orders are too small and the schedule is too tight.

For the modification of the Oriental Princess, Superman used his personal ability to let Mitsui Shipyard set up a special working group, and only then could it be launched in three months.

"Seven days into the water? Doyle Shipyard doesn't have an order?"

Lin Huaile also found the weakness of Doyle's manufacturing. If the production capacity can be guaranteed, it means that the workshop is not running well.

Otherwise, the scrap iron on the sea would not be unsalable for more than ten years.

Will was a little embarrassed, because Lin Huaile got to the point, but he still wanted to defend himself, but was stopped by Lin Huaile's words.

"Mr. Will, I may be the most sincere person to discuss cooperation with in the past few years. In your situation, as the old Chinese saying goes, you have passed this village, and there is absolutely no such store!"

"Put away your small thoughts of profiting for Mr. Doyle, and conduct a sincere business negotiation."

"I want all the cargo ships with a cargo capacity of more than [-] tons on your sea, but the price will be very low!".

Everything above the thousand-ton class is required!
Will looked excitedly at the scrap iron that hadn't completely sunk on the sea, and shouted fine in his heart.

This time Doyle's vice president of manufacturing must belong to him.

　Working hard, there will be more later!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)