The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 119 [Controversy over routes]

After dinner, Lin Zhichao went back to his bedroom to read some books. He bought a large number of books on shipping and ships, and kept reading them all the time; Always come on board, inspect the cargo ship and communicate with the mechanic.

There is a saying in Cantonese called "we can't make money without strength", which means nothing more than a warning that there will never be pies falling from the sky. If you want to succeed and get rich, you have to work hard and do it yourself.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao seems to have done a lot of industries, but he has actually done research and study.

Of course, Lin Zhichao only learned a little about the garment factory and the plastic factory, but didn't have a deep understanding.

Lin Zhichao mainly studied: real estate, shipping, and machinery.

Among them, the knowledge of "machinery" does not mean that Lin Zhichao is going to develop machinery, but he believes that this knowledge will help him start industrial activities.To put it simply, machinery must be the most important thing in any factory.If Lin Zhichao has the knowledge and insights in this area, he can propose improvements and improvements, which will help the research and development of the cooperative machinery factory.

After watching for less than half an hour, the bedroom door was pushed open, and a hurried voice sounded:

"Brother-in-law, are you really going to buy a property in Mid-Levels this year?"

Lin Zhichao immediately put down his book and turned around. After all, this is his family, and he would not regard studies as more important than his family.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao will not bring work home, and would rather work overtime in the company.

Seeing Tang Caiying barging in, followed by Tang Caiyun, Lin Zhichao suddenly felt that the matter should be clarified.

"If there is a suitable target, it will be done this year! After all"

Lin Zhichao looked at Tang Caiying with a smile, deliberately half-talking!

With Tang Caiying's character, she couldn't listen to half of the words at all, and immediately blurted out: "What is it after all?"

After finishing speaking, he came directly to Lin Zhichao, with a curious expression on his face, very cute!
Tang Caiyun said first: "What else can it be! When the time comes, I will reserve a room for you! Anyway, you like to come to our house every day, so you will naturally live in this house in the future."

Tang Caiying blushed suddenly. What her sister said obviously had a different meaning.

"elder sister!"

After seeing the two sisters joking, Lin Zhichao expressed his thoughts, and it was a success of course.

He intends to divide the current business into two systems - Yangtze River and Global. The Yangtze River system develops land businesses such as industries and real estate, and the Global system develops shipping. In the future, it will extend to ports, logistics, and aircraft leasing.

Of course, in the future, Universal can also purchase some commercial real estate around the world as fixed assets, and there is no absolute limit.

Tang Caiyun and Tang Caiying listened to Lin Zhichao's grand idea, and immediately fell into it. This man is always so confident.

Tang Caiying asked: "It seems that Global Shipping's assets are higher now, does my sister have any objections?"

Tang Caiyun immediately said: "You girl, you don't have a single word, why do you calculate these things!"

Lin Zhichao said: "In terms of prospects, of course, the development of the Yangtze River System is more far-reaching. Assets on land, you have seen humans on the sea, and there are more humans on the land. Therefore, global shipping will not only do sea business, but also in the future. Go ashore. Anyway, I know what to do."

It’s still too early to say these things, but what is certain is that even if Universal goes ashore, it’s still far behind the Yangtze River system.At this point, Lin Zhichao needs to clarify his thoughts, and Tang Caiyun has already paid enough for him.

Of course, Lin Zhichao is so young and has such a good body, talking about these things may be deceptive.In the future, the best way to inherit the family is to set up a 'family fund' and include most of the shares in it.

In the office of Wheelock Shipping, Old Madden listened to the work report of his subordinates.He is particularly concerned about one thing, that is, a route of Global Shipping and a route of Wheelock overlap, and the two flights are very close in time, which can be regarded as a relationship of direct competition.

Originally, this kind of thing is also normal, especially for popular routes.But now Lao Ma Deng remembers Lin Zhichao's bold words and ambitions, and he couldn't help but want to step on his feet.

"What is the name of the ship that sails around the world on the line from Hong Kong to Tokyo?"

"Golden Alphas"

"How is their collection?"

"It's less than half of the cargo, the ship is too big, and it's a new shipping company, so it can only operate with difficulty."

"I remember their first flight, it was only a third of the cargo?"

"Yes, there has been some growth."

Old Madden laughed immediately. If Global Shipping continued to operate poorly, he didn't want to step on his feet and waste his shoes.But now that there is a bit of growth, then that Lin Zhichao must be a little complacent!

That being the case, he felt that it was necessary to teach this novice shipping a lesson and let him understand that it is impossible for an Eastern captain to achieve success without the support of Westerners!
"In this way, since there is competition with us, then we have to welcome it! You let the shipping department collect as much cargo as possible, and at the same time reduce the shipping fee by [-]% per ton, so as to grab the business of the global shipping."

From the old Madden's point of view, global shipping is already a dismal operation, and if he adds more fire, it will be even more dismal.

"Okay, I understand, I'll do it right away!"

The subordinates also understood that the boss was deliberately targeting Global Shipping.

Of course, after this trick was used, it also offended other shipowners, but Wheelock is a British capital, so it will not be afraid of those Chinese shipowners.

What's more, it is understandable to reduce the price by [-]%, and it is not considered a malicious price reduction.

"Remember, price reduction is secondary. The main thing is to take the initiative to solicit more goods and let the business department work harder!" Old Madden still urged.

"Um"

After his subordinates left, an arrogant smile appeared on the corner of Old Madden's mouth. Although there were many Chinese shipowners, he didn't take it to heart at all. They were all small boats, which was not worth mentioning.

Moreover, he believed that there would be no real big shipowners among the Chinese, and they would be nothing without the Far East.

Even the current Xu Aizhou, although the tonnage of its fleet is close to that of Wheelock, Taikoo, and Jardine (20 to 30 tons), its business is more in the coastal areas of China, and there are not many ocean-going cargo ships.

Now this Lin Zhichao, although there are two [-]-ton ships in one shot, and although he seems to be imposing, Old Madden is still not optimistic.

"Little guy, I hope you can persevere!"

With the price reduction of Wheelock Shipping's Hong Kong-Tokyo flight, it was quickly captured by Global Shipping, and of course other shipping companies also learned of the situation.

For a while, it obviously aroused public outrage!

"Wheelock is really shameless, suppressing us small ship owners and cutting prices by 10% without authorization."

"That's right. It's a bullying thing that disrupts the market. I'm going to complain."

In fact, since Wheelock dared to do it, it is naturally not afraid of these people making trouble and complaining.

After all, a 10% price reduction is also within a reasonable range.

soon.

Gao Qiqiang, the business manager of Global Shipping, also learned of this information and reported it to Lin Zhichao.

"Boss, Wheelock's price reduction of 10% freight, the biggest impact is our global shipping. We have just started, and we did not expect to be lowered by Wheelock."

After Lin Zhichao listened to the report, he already understood that Old Madden was putting eye drops on himself and shaming him.

But just this kind of attack means, it is too small to look down on people!
Of course, if Lin Zhichao didn't know the future shipping trend, he might be in a hurry.

"It's not just our family that is affected?"

The liner from Hong Kong to Tokyo is a popular route. Several shipping companies are running fixed routes, and some small ships are running non-fixed routes.

"Well, many shipowners scolded Wheelock for oppressing people and engaging in unfair competition. Some shipowners even threatened to complain to Wheelock." Gao Qiqiang also said with righteous indignation.

The shipping conditions at this time are not very good, and certainly not bad.Everyone is working hard to maintain the price, and the business can be [-]% to [-]% full, which is not much.

When Lin Zhichao thought about it, it must be the old Madden's opinion that Wheelock could make this move, so he echoed his defiant and arrogant character.

For a moment, he thought of a good idea.

He remembered an allusion: In the 20s and [-]s, the "Ning Shao Lun" company initiated by Ningbo people competed with Swire, Jardine, and China Merchants for Bund passenger transportation, and adopted low prices for foreign capital and government-owned enterprises (including foreign capital) In the case of strategy, Ning Shaolun played the 'hometown card' and 'public opinion card', just like the 'you are not a Chinese if you don't buy it' in later generations.

Through this strategy, and the establishment of a "navigation industry maintenance association" by fellow villagers as a subsidy, Ning Shaolun finally survived.Of course, businessmen are businessmen. Later, Ning Shaolin, like Swire and Jardine, colluded to raise the price of the ship, and the passengers were the ones who suffered.

Through this allusion, Lin Zhichao quickly formulated a strategy.

"Manager Gao, this move by Wheelock will surely offend many shipowners, you go to contact them. Many of the merchants who transport the goods are our Chinese merchants, so we can use public opinion to encourage them to support our Chinese fleet; the Chinese fleet Hire more Chinese sailors, now that there are so many refugees in Hong Kong, we Chinese businessmen should support our own fleet and stabilize the jobs of workers. As soon as the cards of nostalgia and public opinion are played out, we can cope with the 10% price drop of Wheelock."

Gao Qiqiang's eyes lit up, and he immediately thought that this plan was very good.

"Okay, boss, I'll contact everyone and make sure to give Wheelock an effective response."

Lin Zhichao nodded, but then said: "After all, we are new to shipping. Don't take the lead in this kind of thing. Naturally, someone is willing to do it."

In the current market, it is not global shipping that jumps the highest, but those small ship owners.

Gao Qiqiang understands that the boss still doesn't want to confront Wheelock Shipping directly, so he resorts to "killing with a borrowed knife".But he thought for a while and said, "Boss, although Chinese merchants occupy a large share of merchants, there are still many non-Chinese merchants. So, should we lower the price by 10% to stabilize the business."

After thinking about it, Lin Zhichao said, "If there are Chinese shipowners following, we will naturally follow."

"Okay, I understand!"

The matter quickly fermented. After a large number of Chinese shipowners put up the signboard of "supporting Chinese shipping", such voices broke out in various ports in Hong Kong.

Chinese shipowners have said that if they support the Chinese shipping industry, they will reduce the increase of refugees and prevent more Chinese from losing their jobs.

For a time, it got the full support of many merchants, and they chose Chinese ships to transport goods.

"Boss, the situation is not good for us. Some of our original Chinese merchants have also begun to choose other Chinese ships. Moreover, this incident has aroused the public anger of all Chinese shipowners. By then, even other British capitals will blame us. The price will be lowered!" The subordinates realized the seriousness of the matter and immediately reported it to Old Madden.

Old Madden's face turned a little red. He never expected that such a small price cut would cause such a big backlash.This matter, as if someone was promoting it, quickly formed a climate.

"No, how much backbone do you think the Chinese can have? At most, they will reduce their holdings for a while, and they will consider our British fleet, because it is more secure." Old Madden is unwilling to admit his failure, sophistry said .

The subordinates could only breathe out, hoping that what the boss said was true.

After he left, Old Madden murmured: "The matter reacted so quickly and the public opinion was so fierce. Could it be that someone is pushing it? Who is this person?"

"Could it be that young man?"

"Impossible, he is a novice ship owner, how can he have such strength!"

"Hmph, no matter who it is, in the face of absolute strength, everything is in vain."

however.

The impact of the matter is getting bigger and bigger, because some interested people have also intervened in this public opinion, some British capitals couldn't sit still, and hurriedly asked the Hong Kong government for help.Naturally, the Hong Kong government did not want ethnic forces to rise up, and hastily dispatched an investigation team.

This investigation has found the origin of the matter.

Although this incident itself was fermented, the shipowners did not violate the laws and regulations, so the Hong Kong government could only intervene and order the instigator of this incident - Wheelock, to immediately restore the freight price and not disturb the market.

Upon seeing this, the shipowners in Hong Kong also expressed that they would no longer conduct similar advertisements, and the Hong Kong government took the opportunity to find out some instigators of the seamen's union and deport them from the country.

Things have come to an end here.

Worldwide shipping.

After Lin Zhichao listened to Gao Qiqiang's report, he thought to himself that fortunately Global Shipping was not the most troublesome this time. Although it was Gao Qiqiang's method, it was not Global Shipping that jumped the most, but those small shipowners.

"Boss, this time we transported 5000 tons of goods, and the growth is gratifying!" Gao Qiqiang said happily.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Our ships are new after all, and the quality of the seafarers is high. It is inevitable that our business will get better and better."

Then, he added: "Next month, I will go to London to buy two ships, and you are under great pressure again!"

Gao Qiqiang immediately said confidently: "Only when there is pressure will we have the potential to push us out. Don't worry, the boss, we will definitely work hard to do a good job in business."

When he said this, although he was indeed expressing his determination, he was also full of confidence; but in fact, he thought in his heart that the boss seemed to have other plans, because he had never seen the boss worry about business, and he had never seen him scold for business. people in their department.

If other bosses saw the boat so empty, they would have scolded their subordinates.

Therefore, Gao Qiqiang believes that either the boss thinks that the business of Global Shipping is bound to rise, or the boss has other plans, otherwise how can he sit on the Diaoyutai.

Earn more than two years on an old boat, which failed in the shipping listing!
Wheelock Shipping.

Old Madden was in a bad mood. He was besieged by his British counterparts and warned by the Hong Kong government. It was only because he lowered the price by 10% to collect goods, which destroyed the business environment and led to the unity of Chinese shipowners. .

"SHIT, these rednecks!"

He knew that his 10% price reduction was neither illegal nor illegal, but it just hit the knife edge of this matter.

"Could it be that brat playing tricks? He's so cunning, could it be him?"

For a while, Ma Deng became suspicious of Lin Zhichao.

Of course, everyone is confronting each other in the air, so it is naturally unknown.

(End of this chapter)