Codename Doctor, Moved to Hong Kong

Chapter 94: Greed is enough and the snake swallows the elephant

Zhang Chaoyang chatted with Angus for a while, and Angus's son Derian rushed to Angus's office.

"Hey, Angus, why did you call me over so urgently?" Derian asked as soon as he entered the door.

Then he saw Zhang Chaoyang and shouted in surprise: "Oh, God! Dear Zhang, it turns out you are here!"

"Hello, Adrian!" Zhang Chaoyang walked up and gave him a big hug.

"Zhang, welcome to London!" Derian welcomed warmly.

"Derrian, Zhang wants to buy cargo ships. He plans to buy twenty Victory or Liberty ships."

"Dear Zhang, thank you for taking care of my business as soon as you came!

Twenty Victory and Liberty ships, I don’t have any of them at the moment!

At my dock, there were only five Victory ships and twelve Liberty ships, which were consigned by a customer.

In addition, I can help you contact other shipping companies. Recently, many Victory and Liberty ships are being sold in London."

"why?
As far as I know, the Victory and Liberty ships are in good condition and can run for another ten years without any problems." Zhang Chaoyang asked doubtfully.

"Dear Zhang, Great Britain is different from your China, those ships have exceeded their service life.

Although they can continue to sail on the sea, insurance companies are unwilling to continue insuring them, or their premiums will become very high.

Therefore, many shipping companies have put their ships up for sale and replaced them with new, larger and faster cargo ships," Derian explained.

Zhang Chaoyang then understood that ships also need to purchase insurance, but if your ship exceeds the service life marked by the shipyard, the insurance company will naturally refuse to insure or increase the premium in order to avoid risks.

The insurance premium for ships is very high and accounts for a large proportion of the revenue of shipping companies.

Although ship insurance premiums are high, it is an important means to avoid risks and ensure operational safety.

Therefore, in order to reduce insurance premium costs, shipping companies usually choose to replace ships within a certain number of years to keep the fleet young and operating efficiently.

However, Zhang Chaoyang doesn't care about this. What he needs is to use limited money to buy more ships and greater shipping capacity.

Zhang Chaoyang doesn’t care whether the premium is high or not, and he doesn’t even have insurance for his boat.

If it is a normally operating ship, it is definitely not possible. When the cargo owner chooses the cargo ship, if you do not have insurance, the cargo owner will not give the goods to you for transportation.

Because the safety of the goods is not guaranteed.

However, Zhang Chaoyang does not have to worry about this because the cargo transported by his ship is all his own.

He only needs to buy appropriate insurance for the crew.

That's why Zhang Chaoyang chose old ships like Victory and Liberty. He was not worried about the insurance premiums at all.

Even if he has to buy insurance in the future and the premium is a little higher, he can accept it.

What he wants now is more transportation capacity.

It is already February, and May is the deadline. Before then he has to transport as much supplies as possible into the country.

After May, it will not be so easy to transport supplies so easily.

"Derrian, then I'm leaving it to you. I now need twenty ships to transport the goods your father provided me." Zhang Chaoyang said to Derian with a smile.

"No problem, the owners of the Liberty and Victory are the same company.

They wanted to sell the Liberty for £140,000, and the Triumph for £300,000," said Derian, smiling.

Zhang Chaoyang asked: "Is there any room for negotiation on this price?"

Compared with the conditions offered by Walker Company before, the current price is indeed quite affordable, but it is still a certain distance from the ideal price in Zhang Chaoyang's mind.

Adrian responded readily, "Of course, I will go talk to the ship owners. After all, these ships have been docked here, and they have to pay a considerable amount of berthing fees every day.

Therefore, there should be room for price reduction.”

Zhang Chaoyang quickly thanked him: "Thank you for your help!
After all the ships are purchased, I plan to arrange for comprehensive inspections, repairs and daily maintenance to ensure that each ship can sail safely out to sea."

Derian smiled and promised: "Don't worry about that. Our company is engaged in inspection and maintenance. I am a professional in this area!"

Zhang Chaoyang no longer has to worry about purchasing the cargo ship by handing it over to Derian, the local tyrant.

At noon, Angus treated Zhang Chaoyang to a meal of British cuisine.

To be honest, apart from the precious ingredients, the cooking skills are just so-so.

After eating Western food for a while, Zhang Chaoyang discovered a problem: high-end ingredients often only require the simplest cooking methods.

This is perfectly demonstrated in Western cuisine.

High-end Western cuisine pursues the original flavor of the ingredients.

After dinner, Zhang Chaoyang also invited Angus and Adrian to visit his cruise ship in the evening.

After some more polite exchanges, Zhang Chaoyang and Angus and his son said goodbye.

We took the car arranged by Angus and returned to the Crystal Palace cruise ship.

"Sir, a man called Beckas Walker is here to visit you."

"Please ask him to go to the reception room." Zhang Chaoyang said.

The entire top floor was occupied by him, and one of the cabins was used as a reception room.

"Mr. Zhang, it's nice to see you again!" When she saw Zhang Chaoyang again, Beckas Walker had completely lost her arrogance and reserve in the morning and greeted Zhang Chaoyang enthusiastically.

When he saw the Crystal Palace, Beckas Walker realized that he had underestimated Zhang Chaoyang, a Chinese.

How could an average person possibly buy such a big toy?

"Mr. Walker, please take a seat!

I just went out to visit an old friend. Sorry to have kept you waiting!" Zhang Chaoyang said politely and asked Beckas Walker to sit on the sofa.

"Tea or coffee, Mr. Walker?"

"Black tea is fine, thank you!"

"Mary, please make a cup of black tea for Mr. Walker." Zhang Chaoyang said to Mary with a smile.

"Mr. Zhang, I contacted the ship owner and he is willing to lower the price.

The Victory is only 320,000 pounds, and the Liberty is 14,500 to 15,000 pounds, it can't be any cheaper." Beckas Walker said to Zhang Chaoyang at this time.

Zhang Chaoyang frowned slightly.

He had already learned the ship owner's offer from Derian.

As a result, this Beckas Walker actually gave him a false price.

You know, if this deal is done, the ship owner will have to pay him an additional agency fee. He has already earned the money he deserves, but he is still greedy.

Want to earn the difference.

I have already blacklisted Beckas Walker in my heart.

(End of this chapter)