Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 771: Tempting People with Benefits
There is actually no need to talk about the price of coal. The charter king has been doing this business all the time. The price of coal from Tianzhu to Neon is basically fixed at US$6.84 per ton upon leaving the port.

After arriving in Neon, the landed price was US$8.2/ton.

But after Chu Xiangqian asked Qian Guotai to make a phone call to China, China quickly offered a price of US$6 per ton.

Chu Xiangqian didn't even have to call the capital to check. He just called Hader of the Civil Service Bureau and soon found out that one ton of coal in Nanguan, in the mainland, cost 1 Celestial Currency.

Calculated at the official exchange rate, it is equivalent to US$5.5 per ton. Of course, this is the price sold by the Nanguan Supply and Marketing Cooperative in the mainland to residents, and the coal exported to Hong Kong Island is US$6.3 at landed price.

If we purchase coal at this price and then ship it for export to Neon, with a tax rate of 18%, it is indeed a little more expensive than purchasing directly from India.

However, the shipping cost to purchase from Tianzhu is also expensive, so relatively speaking, the prices between the two are similar.

But if you buy coal from India, you don't have to worry about being investigated by the Magnesium people. For Hong Kong shipping companies, they would rather go to India than buy coal from the mainland.

Of course, if it is food, daily necessities and the like consumed by local residents of Hong Kong Island, the British will not care about the Taiwanese.

Otherwise, Hong Kong Island would not import more than HK$10 billion worth of various materials from the Mainland every year.

But if you export, and export to Japan, it will be tantamount to running directly into the hands of the Magnesium people.

Chu Xiangqian naturally wanted to help the Celestial Empire make some extra money, and the Celestial Empire still owed him $1.2 million in food payments.

Although since May last year, he has been using Bald Eagle watches, bicycles, radios, ordinary watches and sewing machines worth 5 million to repay the loan.

But since the end of last year, after we won the war with India, four kinds of light industrial products such as bicycles have become difficult to sell in India.

Adding the 12% annual interest rate promised by the superiors, the amount owed still exceeds 1 million as of the beginning of this year.

Therefore, Chu Xiangqian helped the Celestial Empire export coal, which was not only to help his superiors earn foreign exchange, but also to help himself get the money he was owed.

Moreover, the higher-ups hope to load the coal directly in Tianjin, which means at least three trips a month, compared to the Indian coal which takes two months to make a round trip.

This means that the speed of making money is 6 times faster. Even Chu Xiangqian is tempted by the benefits.

The only problem now is how to avoid the embargo imposed by the US on China.

Otherwise, no matter how cheap China's coal is, it cannot be sold to Japan.

After much deliberation, I decided to use Hong Kong Island as a transit point.

You can also use a company in Hong Kong to import coal from China, but then board the ship at Tianjin Port and go directly to Japan.

But this company definitely requires extremely strong connections, and it would be best if even the Taiwanese could be brought in to take a stake or share in the dividends.
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Since the early 60s, when the Japanese joined the Economic and Trade Organization, relatively cheap coal from Europe and the United States has continued to impact Japan's coal industry.

But although the coal in Europe and the United States is cheap, it is not as cheap as that in India.

Moreover, the landed price of US$8.2 per ton is still about US$1.8 to US$3 lower than the cost of Neon's own coal mining.

Before joining the Jinghe organization, people in Japan's coal industry would still cause trouble, but over the years, those who wanted to cause trouble had long been suppressed.

Therefore, companies in Japan such as power generation, steel, etc. that have extremely high demand for coal will naturally not refuse cheap ones and will insist on buying expensive ones.

Moreover, this time, several large financial institutions in Japan took the initiative to ask Standard Chartered to purchase basic raw materials on its behalf as a condition for exchanging foreign currency.

Behind these Japanese financial institutions stand the banks and conglomerates that have redeveloped after the war.

As long as the goods arrive at the port and there are no obvious errors or omissions in the procedures, there is no need to worry about selling them.

Chu Xiangqian thought about it and called Hader, and then called other people in the poker club.

The better. Playing golf at the East Longzhou Resort tomorrow.

Hader, Ge Bai, Bridge and others knew it must be a good thing as soon as they heard it.

Everyone was so enthusiastic that Bridge even suggested going to the resort to play cards, eat and spend the night.

Chu Xiangqian looked at his watch. It was still early, so he naturally had no objection.

Bridge hurriedly said that he would be responsible for notifying the others.

Chu Xiangqian agreed and started laughing after hanging up the phone.

It seems that Bridge had just bought those 10 Arabian horses and is now short of money, which is why he is so active.

Although this guy is just the executive director of the Jockey Club, he knows wealthy people all over Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea.

With the addition of Hader, the head of the Political Affairs Department, and Ge Bai, the head of the police force, it is possible that they can bring in a few bigwigs from the Magnesium garrison in Japan to join the game.

And I can also bring Philips and Norton along.

Even if he earns much less, he can take 6% of the export price of US$80 per ton as repayment from China.

Moreover, the landed price of US$8.2, minus the purchase price of US$6 from China, still has about US$0.5 per ton in shipping, labor and other costs.

On the surface, earning only $1.5 per ton does not seem like much.

But if the 30 Victory ships with a load capacity of 1.5 tons that are about to be acquired are all used to transport coal, each trip will be able to transport 45 tons.

45 times 1.5 equals 67.5 US dollars. Tianjin is not far from Neon, and the crew can have a few days of rest during the 10-day round trip.

Even if you only make two trips a month, you can make a profit of $135 million.

If there are three trips, it will be 202.5 million.

This profit is not small. No wonder the charter king could become one of the world's top seven shipping kings in just over a decade.

At the same time, he was the richest man in Hong Kong Island for many years.

The purchase price is $6, and if you take 8% of it, that's $4.8, which is $216 million per trip.

The remaining 2% ​​goes to China, which is 54.

Three trips a month, I get $648 million, and China gets $162 million.

This business brought in 7776 million US dollars in one year, and it would only take about a year and a half for China to pay off all its debts.

The purchase price of US$6 thereafter is China’s net income.

The Chinese government will definitely not let go of this business, and may even try every possible means to help me keep this business going.
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At around 5 pm, Chu Xiangqian drove his yacht to Donglongzhou.

As soon as I got off the boat, I saw Zheng Shufen, Zheng Baoyi and the resort staff waiting at the dock. Zheng Baoyi waited for Chu Xiangqian to get off the boat and immediately rushed over with a smile.

Chu leaned forward and hugged the little girl, kissed her on the forehead, and asked with a smile, "Have you missed your uncle these days?"

The little guy nodded hurriedly, and whispered to Chu Xiangqian for a long time, then he hugged Chu Xiangqian's neck and whispered, "Uncle, can you take me horseback riding tomorrow?"

Chu Xiangqian was stunned, and subconsciously asked with suspicion, "Why did you suddenly want to learn how to ride a horse?"

Zheng Baoyi pouted and after a somewhat unclear explanation, Chu Xiangqian finally understood.

A week had passed since the horse racing auction, and the whole of Hong Kong Island had long known about it through newspaper reports. Baoyi was a child in kindergarten, and she had heard a lot of conversations about it from her parents. In addition, children are naturally curious about animals such as cats, dogs, and horses.

Naturally, they would express envy and say that it would be great if they also had a horse.

Zheng Shufen also served as Xue Jinglan's assistant during the third auction the year before last, and together with Linda, who was in charge of security, assisted Xue Jinglan in participating in the auction.

So the little guy already knew that the horses at the horse racing auction and the Kowloon Racecourse belonged to Chu Xiangqian.

Chu Xiangqian felt relieved after listening to the little guy's explanation.

He smiled and said to Zheng Baoyi, "Riding a horse is no problem. If Baoyi listens to her mother, uncle will give you a pony, okay?"

Zheng Baoyi was so happy that she kissed Chu Xiangqian on the face several times. Zheng Shufen, who was standing by, wanted to help her daughter refuse. After all, the cheapest Arabian horse this time was sold for more than 20 US dollars.

In two years, when the foal grows up, if it is a purebred horse or a Arabian horse, the price will be tens or even millions of dollars.

But for Chu Xiangqian, the horses still belonged to the stable, and Zheng Baoyi only had the right to ride them.

So Chu Xiangqian not only gave Zheng Baoyi a pony, but also said to her before Zheng Shufen opened her mouth, "Tomorrow you will also go to the stable to choose a Ferghana horse.

This is a reward for your hard work in helping me run the farm and resort over the past few years. As for the foal for Baoyi, please don't bother. "

Zheng Shufen opened her mouth to say no, but when Chu Xiangqian looked at her, she nodded obediently.

But the joy on his face couldn't be hidden.

The staff behind Zheng Shufen were extremely envious of her.

This is a Arabian horse worth more than one million US dollars. One horse can buy a large villa halfway up the mountain. Even the little girl Zheng Baoyi has a foal, which shows how high the status of this mother and daughter is in the big boss's heart.

Before 6 o'clock in the evening, all the members of the card club came to the island and immediately surrounded Chu Xiangqian and kept giving him hints.

Chu Xiangqian, who was having dinner with Zheng Baoyi, rolled his eyes at Bridge, who was the most active, and said, "We are having dinner, can't you let my baby finish eating before talking about business?"

Zheng Baoyi was actually quite afraid of foreigners like Bridge. If Chu Xiangqian hadn't been sitting next to him, the little guy would definitely not dare to move his chopsticks.

Now when he heard Chu Xiangqian say that he was his "baby", a bright smile appeared on his face.

He sneaked closer to Chu Xiangqian, then peeked at Bridge and the others, and saw that eight or nine foreigners were all looking at him.

The frightened little guy immediately grabbed Chu Xiangqian's clothes subconsciously.

Chu Xiangqian quickly reached out and hugged Zheng Baoyi to comfort her, "Baoyi, you and your uncle are the hosts of the banquet today, be brave."

Zheng Baoyi hesitated for a few seconds, looked up at Chu Xiangqian, and when he saw him nod affirmatively, he sat back down. When he looked at Bridge and the others, there was less fear in his eyes.

Seeing that Chu Xiangqian loved the girl so much, the foreigners like Hader naturally had to give Chu Xiangqian face.

They all smiled what they thought were kind and friendly smiles, which immediately frightened Baoyi so much that she didn't dare to look at them anymore.

Chu Xiangqian shook his head helplessly, but this was normal.

Not to mention that foreigners have a very low opinion in the minds of the people of Hong Kong Island, a 6-year-old girl would definitely be scared if she suddenly saw 9 strangers.

Chu Xiangqian simply picked up the bowl and spoon and fed Baoyi the remaining half bowl of rice.

Then he said to the little guy, "Uncle has something important to discuss with these foreign uncles. Baoyi can go play with mom, okay?"

Zheng Baoyi nodded hurriedly, while Ge Bai and others watched the little guy run to find Zheng Shufen, and were speechless at Chu Xiangqian's words "foreign uncle".

"Stark, you're going to teach the kids bad lessons!"

Chu Xiangqian shrugged. He had been with Ge Bai and others for more than three years and had long understood the personalities of these guys.

Although they are not considered bad people, and in fact they are just ordinary people except for their greed for money, they have also done many bad things to suppress Chinese people and for money.

Therefore, Chu Xiangqian tried to win them over, but at the same time he harbored deep hostility towards them.

Of course, Chu Xiangqian believed that once his relationship with London deteriorated, these guys would never be as friendly as they are now.

However, no matter how bad my situation is, it is definitely better than Mr. Huo's.

Mr. Huo is fine, so I am not afraid of the suppression from these foreigners.

He picked up the wine glass and took a few sips to sort out his thoughts, then told him about the 30 orders received by Victory Line and Standard Chartered.

It turns out that just from coal, there is a net profit of $202.5 million every month.

Among the nine foreigners, at least six or seven immediately ignored the embargo imposed by the Chinese on China.

To be honest, the British people in Hong Kong are often very annoyed and ignore the embargo provisions.

After all, Hong Kong Island is backed by the Celestial Empire and is in urgent need of food, vegetables, fruits and most daily necessities.

It is indeed possible to import from Southeast Asian countries, but faced with cheaper and easier to purchase Chinese materials, the British people who are greedy for money and want stability in Hong Kong will naturally not listen to everything the Chinese do.

Many British people sometimes deliberately go against the Taiwanese.

To put it bluntly, the British people, who were once the world's number one, have a love-hate relationship with the Magnesium country that pushed them out of the top spot.

So there are always people from Ying country who just don’t like Magnesium.

As for the police chief Ge Bai, due to his job, he has never had any good feelings towards the Chinese people who like to meddle in other people's affairs.

The two assistant directors, Lucas and Blair, were sometimes annoyed by the meddling of the Chinese.

With these three people's attitude, Chief Superintendent Charles, the Commissioner of Yau Ma Tei Police Station, Turner, the commander of the three police stations in Shau Kei Wan, Chai Wan and North Point in the Eastern District, and Hahn, the assistant of Ge Bai, naturally had the same attitude towards the magnesium countrymen as the three bosses of Ge Bai.

As for their true attitude in their hearts, that is another matter.

But if there is money to be made, only a fool would tip off the Magnesian guys.

Not to mention, according to Chu Xiangqian's idea, not only would he bring in a few big guys from the Neon Magnesium garrison, but he would also bring Philips and Norton.

Even if it's shared by so many people, no one would refuse an income of 1 million to 200 million dollars a year.

Not to mention, Chu Xiangqian plans to add 10 to 20 ships every year in the future.

Of course, his statement of adding 10 to 20 ships every year was a deliberate understatement.

But in the eyes of Ge Bai and others, it means that in a year and a half, the number of fleets will double and the income will also double.

Three years later, the income doubled again, reaching 300 to 600 million US dollars, which is several times more than what they made from Hong Kong Island every year.

Even Hader, Nelson of the Department of Land Management, and department heads like Bridge and Ge Bai may not make more than $600 million a year.

No, Ge Bai and Bridges definitely won’t get 600 million, maybe even less than 300 million.

(End of this chapter)