Great warships

Chapter 404 Mingzhou Group Import and Export Trading Company

Wang Mazi hurried to Huating from Mingzhou. In the office of Mingzhou Group Air Transport Company, he kept asking Zhao Laosi: "Fourth Brother, President Qin called me over. Why?"

Wang Mazi was a little apprehensive.

"How do I know, just wait."

At the beginning, the four brothers went to Mingzhou Shipyard to steal scrap iron, and were caught by Qin Tao. Then, the four brothers stayed to work.There may have been various reasons at the beginning, but in the end, the four brothers followed Qin Tao wholeheartedly.

After going to the transportation company, when faced with troublesome people, Wang Mazi also stood up and wanted to fight those people.

After that, the four of them had different arrangements. Except for Wang Mazi, the other three were all the top leaders of a certain department.

Now, Qin Tao asked Wang Mazi to come to Huating, saying that he had a task for him, which made Wang Mazi a little excited.

What the hell is going on?

At this moment, footsteps came from outside.

Both of them quickly stood up and looked at the people coming outside.

"President Qin, President Qin!"

"Well, you're here?" Qin Tao looked at Wang Mazi: "Your three brothers are already managers. Do you want to be a manager too?"

Wang Mazi was overjoyed immediately: "Boss Qin, I am a revolutionary brick, so you can give orders wherever you need to move, and I will go wherever our group needs me."

"Our group has decided to set up an import and export company, and you will be the manager of this company. Your main task at present is to collect various light industrial products from China, and then prepare to sell them to the Rainbow Country."

Import and Export Company?A moment of hesitation flashed across Wang Mazi's face.

This requires dealing with foreigners. The key is that I don't know a foreign language.

"What, is there a problem?" Qin Tao looked at Wang Mazi.

"President Qin, we have a language barrier when dealing with foreigners!"

"You can learn if you don't understand the language." Qin Tao said to Wang Mazi: "As long as you live and learn, you need to learn English at least. This is an international language. Of course, your company is not just you, you can recruit someone The first batch of college students should preferably major in international trade.”

Originally, in the Mingzhou Group, Cong Ju had the most dealings with foreigners, but Cong Ju was a shipbuilder after all, and she could have an overview of the whole situation in Mingzhou, so Cong Ju was asked to come here as an import and export trading company The general manager is a bit overqualified.

After some thought, Qin Tao called Wang Mazi over.

Anyway, in the next trade, even fools can make money.

Put some pressure on Wang Mazi to learn a foreign language by himself, and then recruit a group of college students. In this way, the foreign trade company will be established.

Wang Mazi gritted his teeth and said, "Boss Qin, you are right, I have to study. Since you have entrusted me with this task, I have to complete it well. Kong Er can go abroad to do business, and I, Wang Mazi, don't need him .”

"Yes, work hard. Your future business will be bigger than Kong Laoer's. By the way, you haven't married a wife yet, have you?"

Wang Mazi nodded.

"Then you have to work harder. Kong Lao Er married a foreign wife, and you are fine."

Wang Mazi's face turned red.

"Business is not only about export, but also import. We have already negotiated with Pyramid Country. To import their long-staple cotton, you also have to contact domestic weaving manufacturers to sell this batch of long-staple cotton to them." Qin Tao's words just now were just a joke, but soon he talked about these serious matters.

Wang Mazi nodded, "En."

"The location of the company is in the Pudong New Area. The company has to rent a number of warehouses, or it can directly buy a warehouse..." After Qin Tao finished making arrangements, Wang Mazi thought of something, and said to Qin Tao: "Boss Qin, since our company is For overseas trade, do you need to have several cargo ships?"

A smile appeared on Qin Tao's face: "Well, I have an idea. Of course."

After the opening of the Rainbow Country market, many domestic businessmen flocked to it. Later, there were not enough cargo ships, and even ocean-going fishing boats were hired to go to the Rainbow Country with full loads.

If their import and export company wants to grow bigger and stronger, they really need to have their own transportation capabilities.

In this way, Wang Mazi can be regarded as returning to his old job: the transportation company.

Land transportation, air transportation, and sea transportation are all complete.

Moreover, they order ships from their own shipyards, so the price is cheaper, and they can increase the income of their own shipyards.

Most of the import and export companies are leather bag companies. This company of Mingzhou Group not only has its own office space, its own cargo yard, but also its own cargo ship. They will become a famous large-scale import and export company in China. !

Exporting to the rainbow country is just the beginning. Next, after joining the WTO, you can do business all over the world.As for whether it will be cheated?

These people who started from the bottom are only for cheating others. How could they be cheated? If they were cheated, Wang Mazi would definitely dare to go there with a knife and chase each other to the ends of the world.

"For our kind of foreign trade transportation, it is most suitable to use containers, so our cargo ships are mainly container cargo ships." Qin Tao said.

The loading and unloading efficiency of containers is high and the transportation is convenient. Therefore, the current maritime trade is mainly based on this method.Even car smugglers are used to hiding cars in containers.

Now, Qin Tao proposed this type of ship.

"En." Wang Mazi nodded.

Zhao Laosi suddenly thought of something: "Boss Qin, in the Huating East Shipyard, there are two abandoned ships belonging to the owner of Oriental Pearl, which should be container ships."

Huating East Shipyard, abandon ship?Qin Tao also became curious: "Fourth brother, tell me, what exactly is going on?"

"Two or three years ago, the owner of the Oriental Pearl Tower ordered two container ships at the Huating East Shipyard. The displacement seemed to be 2.7 tons. Just this summer, the two ships were almost completed, but the owner went bankrupt. !" Zhao Laosi said: "A few days ago, I had dinner with a few people, and I heard from them that Huating East Shipyard was looking for buyers for these two ships, but there has been no result. The loss of their shipyard Tens of millions, even hundreds of millions!"

This hundreds of millions is of course RMB, but this is still a very high number. For them, this loss is huge.

Qin Tao nodded: "We are all in the shipbuilding industry. We can't see our brother in trouble and not help. Come, Wang Mazi, let's go and have a look!"

Huating East Shipyard also has a long history. For a long time, they have been building frigates for the navy, but after that, the order for frigates was snatched by Mingzhou Shipyard, except for a few frigates for export. , they are left to build civilian ships.

In the field of civilian ships, the loss of two ships abandoned by the shipowner at one time is huge.

When Qin Tao came to Huating East Shipyard, he was a little surprised by what he saw.

There are no arc sparks on the berth, no noisy and lively production scenes, and the sea breeze is whistling. On the distant outfitting pier, a few lonely figures look a little thin there.

They looked at the two rusty ships on the pier with mixed emotions.

"Director Wang, we must sell these two ships, otherwise, our shipyard may close down!" said one person.

"Yes, our factory's working capital has been completely exhausted. The factory can't even pay the employees' wages, and hasn't received any new orders. We are really at the end of our rope." Wang Hongmin's tone was full of emotion.

"It's all the Mingzhou Group's fault. They stole our business!" Another person said.

"Damn the Mingzhou Group? How did they harm us?" Wang Hongmin looked at this person: "When we were in trouble, they helped us sell the frigate to the old bus. Without them, we would have closed down two or three years ago. Yes! Because of the strength of the Mingzhou Group, they robbed us of our jobs? Why don’t we think about it, why are we so weak?”

It’s already the 90s, and there are still people who are thinking about the planned economy in the past, let alone ordinary workers, and the senior leaders of the factory are also thinking about it!Wang Hongmin felt a little sad in his heart.

"Yes, this is a market economy. We should learn from Mingzhou Group." The first person said: "Director Wang, can we also take this opportunity to transform the factory into a joint-stock system and allow employees to buy shares, so as to gather A sum of money?"

Some time ago, Mingzhou Group also had a crisis of broken capital chain, but they solved it very quickly. They directly carried out the shareholding reform of the company, allotted shares to employees, quickly accumulated a large amount of funds, and immediately revived the company up.

This incident was well-known in the whole circle.

"Employee shares? Do our employees have money?" Wang Hongmin said with emotion: "Think about it, how much is the monthly salary of the workers of Mingzhou Group, and how much is the monthly salary of our workers? Moreover, our workers live and board in Huating! Their expenses are higher than that of Mingzhou Group. Now, who can come up with 1 yuan in the hands of our workers? Who can come up with 10 yuan for us leaders?"

If you want to raise funds, you have to have money in your subordinates!

"Director Wang, Mr. Qin is here."

Hearing the words, Wang Hongmin's face was full of excitement: "What is he doing here?"

"He said to come and see our two ships, and if it's suitable, buy them."

buy it!

Everyone became excited. If they bought the two ships at the original price, they would earn [-] million!With this money, their factory will come back to life.

"Quick, go and meet!"

"No, I'm already here."

Qin Tao's voice sounded far away.

"President Qin, welcome to our Huating East Shipyard." Wang Hongmin stepped forward and held Qin Tao's hand tightly.

Although the two sides had a competitive relationship in the past, they got along very harmoniously afterwards. Wang Hongmin admired Qin Tao and envied Mingzhou Group.

"President Qin, are you here to see our two ships?" The person on the side said, "If you can buy them, it will help our factory come back to life."

"Yes, we originally planned to build it ourselves, but we came here after hearing about the difficulties of our brothers." Qin Tao said: "However, our group has just come back to life after all, so if the price is too high, Our group may not be able to bear it."

What Qin Tao said is reasonable and well-founded. We can build ships ourselves, but we only came here because we heard about the difficulties of our brothers. If you want to sell them at the original price, we can't accept it.

"The order price of these two ships is 20.00 million. The owner paid a 2000% deposit, which is 8000 million. There is still 200 million in the final payment. If they can be sold, our factory can get about 800 million. Mr. Qin, if you act righteously, then the two ships can be won for [-] million yuan." Wang Hongmin said.

Qin Tao couldn't help feeling, how can such a real person adapt to the fierce market competition?Said all the hole cards!

"Your orders of 200 million, you only earn [-] million?" Xu Zhengyang, who was by Qin Tao's side, couldn't help but said: "Is this too little? If there is any fluctuation, you may do it for nothing, or even Losing money!"

In the international market, at least 5.00% of the profit must be set aside to build a ship. A profit of 500 million is not too much. In case of exchange rate changes, delays in the construction period, etc., you may lose money. [-]% Profit, that is simply unthinkable, I would rather not make it than accept this kind of order.

Moreover, the owner of the goods only gave a 20.00% deposit, and the rest of the money was the money they earned from building and exporting warships, and a batch of raw materials were on credit. Originally, their factory was not at this level, but all the money was paid. Smashed in, and finally the shipowner didn't want it, and they didn't pay the final payment, and they fell into crisis.

"It's difficult for us. When we received the order for these two ships, we got it through bidding with more than a dozen shipyards."

Qin Tao is also extremely emotional: "Without core competitiveness, we can only fight price wars. In this way, when the international shipbuilding market is booming, it is almost the same. When catching up with the downturn, the shipyard may close down. In fact, seven thousand The price of 800 million is still high for us. If we build it ourselves, even the labor and materials will not exceed 7000 million. However, you are all mixed up like this, and we have to give you a hand. Then 800 [-] million, we want these two boats!"

Qin Tao did not lie. The shipbuilding cost of Mingzhou Group is not high. After all, the steel factory is its own, and all kinds of ship steel can be obtained at a low price, and the efficiency of the workers is also very high.

However, they build it by themselves, it takes time, and they can't start until the dock and slipway are vacant.

Come here to order, it is the finished product directly.

"Thank you, Mr. Qin." Wang Hongmin almost burst into tears.

"Well, what are you going to do when you get the money?" Qin Tao asked.

What do you do with the money?Pay off the arrears, pay the workers, and then?
This really stopped Wang Hongmin from asking.

"The last time we went to the Asian Defense Exhibition, we planned to sell frigates, but we didn't have a single order. Now, we don't have any new ideas. I'm afraid we still can't make money by building such ordinary ships."

"Do you know Huating Shipyard? They have already started to take orders for natural gas ships." Qin Tao said: "Do you want to try? To build this kind of ship, the order price is high and the profit is also large. One ship is worth ten of these ships. .”

Wang Hongmin's eyes showed anticipation, but soon dimmed: "Mr. Qin, to build this kind of ship, we must first train a large number of welders!"

"If you sell these two ships, don't you have money? Take out 1000 million, and our Mingzhou Group will help train welders. As long as you can get back an order for a natural gas ship, the factory will be completely revived."

Only by selling these two ships, their shipyard can't be regarded as a real life. There is no project at hand, and sooner or later they will have to sit and eat.

Now, Qin Tao pointed out the way out for them: natural gas ship!

It is cheaper to obtain patents from Mingzhou Group than from France. Mingzhou Group can also train them welders and provide them with raw materials such as Invar steel. Anyway, Qin Tao is doing his best. If these people have no courage, then Qin Tao will not say anything more.

If it's Adou who can't afford it, then Qin Tao doesn't need to be Zhuge Liang.

"Okay, Mr. Qin, we are willing to give it a try and build a high-value natural gas ship to make a way out of the international market!" Wang Hongmin made up his mind.

"President Qin, your Mingzhou Group is building natural gas ships, and Huating Shipyard is also building natural gas ships. Now, our Huating East Shipyard is also building natural gas ships. In this way, will there be too many units building natural gas ships? In the end, we will build natural gas ships. Starting to compete internally again?"

Hearing this question, Qin Tao smiled: "Internal competition? How is it possible? Have you investigated it? The demand for natural gas ships in the world has always been increasing! Shipyards that are capable of manufacturing natural gas ships now, Even at full capacity, there is simply not enough supply. There is no competition within us, the most we can do is compete with shipyards in other countries.”

"Our domestic shipyards, whether it is China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation or our Mingzhou Group, are all integrated. We are twisted together to make money from foreigners." Qin Tao said: "We don't just want to build ordinary ships. Cargo ships, we also need to manufacture high-value cargo ships, so as to make more profits."

"That's right, Boss Qin is right!" Wang Hongmin made up his mind: "Follow Boss Qin, we'll have meat to eat. Let's take advantage of Mingzhou Group and try to build natural gas ships!"

"In the future, the navy will need more frigates. If we can't build them, we will subcontract them to the Huating East Shipyard. Therefore, some people who have opinions about us should calm down."

Hearing what Qin Tao said, several people present blushed.

Of course they know that since it is market competition now, it is normal for Mingzhou Group to steal their business. Who made their plan not as good as Mingzhou Group's?And now, Qin Tao also said that if there are more orders in the future, they will be distributed to them.What else are they dissatisfied with?
"Boss Qin, I'm sorry."

"I also said that we are a family. In the future, we will earn money from foreigners together!"

"That's right, earn money from foreigners!"

"Wang Mazi, let's go, let's go up and have a look. From now on, these two boats will belong to your company."

"Yeah." Wang Mazi was so excited. The newly established company can immediately own two ocean-going cargo ships. It's not easy. Think about their transportation company. When they first started, they used those second-hand Maz!It has to be repaired before it can be opened.

"Boss Qin, did you buy these two cargo ships for your own company?" At this moment, Wang Hongmin remembered Qin Tao's reason for coming.

Mingzhou Group is a shipbuilder. What is the purpose of buying a ship from them?
"Yes, our group decided to open a specialized import and export cargo company, and by the way, we just happened to build an ocean shipping fleet." Qin Tao said.

Everyone was amazed for a while, just look at the Mingzhou Group, they are so bold!

In fact, these two ships cannot be sold, and some people in their shipyard have also imagined whether they can keep these two ships for their own use and transport them on the sea, but no one dared to stand up and pat their chests and say I will come!
The risk of sea transportation is also very high. Although they are shipbuilders, they have never gone to sea, so they don't know how to start.

The Mingzhou Group is different, they are a group of vigorous young people, and they will also forge ahead with determination!
"President Qin, I really envy you Mingzhou Group." Wang Hongmin said with emotion.

Qin Tao smiled and did not speak. At this time, Xu Zhengyang who had just finished answering the phone came over: "Mr. Qin, Mingzhou just called. Our first deep-diving lifeboat has been completed!"

Finished?
This progress is really fast enough!
A smile appeared on Qin Tao's face: "Tell them, let's go back and have a look soon!"

So far, Mingzhou Group has not started the manufacture of ordinary submarines, but the appearance of this deep-diving lifeboat will break this gap. This is the first submarine they built themselves!

Although it is small in size, the actual performance of this submarine is extremely powerful.

In terms of diving depth, it will be unmatched, so that if the submarine has an accident, it can quickly go to the rescue.

At the beginning, Lao Maozi's submarine experts were recruited to help design the deep-diving lifeboat. They also bought a lot of titanium alloy processing equipment and so on, and hired special workers.

After that, Qin Tao didn't take much care of it. The last time he took the Pyramid people to investigate, Qin Tao didn't ask about this project. Unexpectedly, it has already been built!
After all, this thing is a small submersible with only tens of tons, so it should not be difficult to build. As long as the supporting equipment is in place, it will only take a month or two.

After completing the agreement with Huating East Shipyard, Qin Tao embarked on the road to Mingzhou. He suddenly found that it was really inconvenient to have both work and life, and he came back in a hurry this time to stay at home. If you don't enter, it is comparable to Dayu's water control.

However, after Qin Tao came back, a large group of enthusiastic spectators had already rushed over, especially the officers of the navy submarine.

Wu Shengli was also among them.

"Jiaolong is happy all day long, and the vortex returns to the shore. I think our deep-submersible lifeboat can be named Jiaolong!" Wu Shengli said.

Jiaolong?This has a name?

Wait, the navy hasn't paid for it yet. Now this deep-submersible lifeboat is still the property of our Mingzhou Group. Why did you name it?However, Qin Tao did not dare to speak out.

"Jiaolong, what a nice name!" Qin Tao patted the father-in-law's ass and walked in.

(End of this chapter)