Back to 1980: Please Love Me Again

Chapter 173 The Rong Family Plans Wharf (3)

Xiangjiang area, Rong family villa.

"Okay, Mandarin Hotel, three o'clock in the afternoon."

"Oh, by the way, I will introduce a little friend to you tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Rong Ren looked at Zhao Wenmu:
"Ah Mu, are you interested in meeting Li Chaoren with me tomorrow?"

"Okay, I've heard Mr. Superman's name for a long time, and it's a rare opportunity to meet him, so it's naturally disrespectful."

Zhao Wenmu replied with a smile.

For a boss of this level, he could shake hands in his previous life, and he had no chance to get close, let alone have any personal friendship.

It would be nice to get in close contact with the glory of the Zhanrong boss in this life.

"Amu, what do you think of Niu Bijian?"

After the phone call with Li Chaoren, Rong Renyi was visibly happier, and Rong Zhenbang couldn't hide his excitement, and the three of them chatted more casually.

"Niu Bijian has little wisdom, but no great plans."

Zhao Wenmu shook his head and said.

"Oh, how do you say that?"

Rong Renyi actually looked down on Niu Bijian, because of his qualifications and reputation. Compared with him, Niu Bijian's rank is indeed a bit lower.

The light of rice grains dares to compete with the sun and the moon.

Although a bit exaggerated, it is also very appropriate.

But Niu Bijian, as the chairman of the board of directors of Jardine Matheson, can be said to be a big man who calls the wind and rain, and the successful one among the successful.

It is a little surprising that a young man from the mainland commented that he "has little wit but no great plan".

"Jardine Matheson under the leadership of Niu Bijian is too wary of the Chinese government, takes a pessimistic attitude towards the transition, and pursues the policy of "making money in Hong Kong and developing overseas."

"Xiangjiang is China's Xiangjiang. He miscalculated the mainland government's determination to maintain the prosperity and stability of Xiangjiang."

"This kind of behavior at both ends of the head and mouse will only make everything that Jardine Matheson seems to be prosperous, but nothing but rootless duckweed, which cannot withstand wind and rain."

"To say that Niu Bijian has a little wit is already flattering him."

Zhao Wenmu commented unceremoniously.

His words were very blunt. In fact, in this era, like Niu Bijian, there are not a few people who hold prejudices against the Chinese government.

Most of the British businessmen in Xiangjiang probably agree with him.

"Yes, Niu Bijian should go to the mainland to have a look."

Rong Ren nodded.

"Zhenbang, next time you go to the mainland with me."

Rong Zhenbang responded seriously when he heard the words. The conversation with Zhao Wenmu this time touched him deeply, and he couldn't wait to visit the mainland.

In his impression, the mainland is closed, poor, and backward, but Zhao Wenmu gave him too many surprises and surprises.

Xiangjiang, after all, is only a tiny place.

The mainland is the boundless sea.

Only the sea can accommodate Kunpeng.

"Anglo-Saxons put on suits, but the arrogance and prejudice in their bones will not change. Even if Niu Bijian goes to the mainland, he still will not change."

Zhao Wenmu shook his head and said.

"Hahahaha!"

Rong Renyi also shook his head and laughed.

He recognized Zhao Wenmu's words very much.

Rong Renyi has dealt with Ansa people all his life, and beneath the civilized and polite surface of Ansa people is full of hypocrisy, greed and arrogance.

"Amu, do you know why I reduced the boat to land?"

The ship king Rong Renyi landed in the 80s when the ship was reduced. His courage and boldness are admirable, and his foresight and acumen are jaw-dropping.

Zhao Wenmu predicts the future from the perspective of God of the reborn.

But the landing of the ship king and his son was entirely based on accurate logical reasoning.

In 1977, Rong Renyi entered the shipping industry just 20 years ago. At this time, he was already the world's largest shipping king, with more than 200 ships under his name, with a total tonnage of more than 1300 million tons.

And last year, that is, in 1980, this figure rose to 2100 million tons.

what is this concept?

The total tonnage of the national fleet of the USSR, the superpower at this time, our big brother, is no more than that.

One against the only superpower.

Horror!
However, just when the shipping business reached its peak, Rong Renyi made a major decision to reduce the number of ships to land.

That is to gradually shift the focus of business to land.

It was only the middle of 1981, and even many Xiangjiang bigwigs hadn't noticed that Rong Renyi was reducing the ship to land.

But just now Rong Renyi did not explain that he was reducing the ship to land, but directly asked Zhao Wenmu why he did this.

Obviously, in his mind, Zhao Wenmu knew this fact.

"Uncle Rong, your shipping business has benefited from oil. It is the extreme expansion of its demand that makes the world's shipping business unprecedentedly prosperous, and you rely on leverage to fully obtain the maximum benefit."

"Since this is the case, I think the biggest reason for the Rong family's decision to reduce the number of ships to land is oil."

"And shipping is an extremely cyclical industry. You predict that the Great Depression of the entire industry should be in the near future."

Zhao Wenmu spoke eloquently.

Rong Zhenyi and Zhao Jing, who were originally hiding and whispering, also sat around when Rong Zhenbang exclaimed "Hutchison Whampoa".

Now I am listening intently.

"Third brother, how do you know that Daddy started his business with leverage?"

Rong Zhenyi asked curiously.

Zhao Wenmu said he really wanted to roll his eyes.

You know what you read, how else do you know?

"Uh, after getting to know Uncle Rong, I paid special attention to Uncle Rong's entrepreneurial history, and I also inquired carefully when I came to Xiangjiang this time."

"Uncle Rong's road to entrepreneurship is not only the goal of Jing Xingxingzhi, but also a model for me to learn from."

Zhao Wenmu made up a reason, and patted a rainbow fart along the way.

"Haha, when you said this, you looked like a treacherous minister in ancient times."

Rong Zhenyi said with a smile.

Rong Zhenbang reached out and patted her on the head.

Rong Zhenyi stuck out her tongue, shrank her head and took two steps back.

Although these words have elements of flattery, they are also Zhao Wenmu's sincere words. Mr. Rong's entrepreneurial path is worth learning from.

Rong Ren just laughed when he finished listening.

"At that time, most shipping companies were keen to buy ships and charter them short-term to make a lot of money, because the profit margins were very high."

When Rong Ren first came to Xiangjiang and gained a foothold, it was the time when the global shipping industry began to develop crazily, and it was precisely for this reason that he chose to develop the shipping business.

At that time, it can basically be said that you can make money with a boat, and making money is almost the same as printing money.

Similar to the shipping industry in 2021 and 2022.

Sea dogs can earn hundreds of billions a year, and the sum of money earned in the previous 20 years may not be as much as a fraction of one of these years.

The shipping industry is so cyclical.

When making money, one year is worth ten years. In other years, you will make a profit and lose money. In the end, you may not make money at all.

"I scraped together $77, bought a cargo ship, and then leased it to an RB company. This decision was absolutely revolutionary for the shipping industry at that time."

Rong Ren lit a cigar and opened the window again.

The boss seems to be ready for a long talk.

(End of this chapter)