Rebirth of the Financial Overlord

Heron City.

A Sukhoi Super 100 aircraft was getting lower and bigger in the sky. The shadow cast by the fuselage and the loud roar caused some people to subconsciously glance up at the sky. However, for people who live near Takasaki, they are already used to the plane passing overhead, and they don't feel much reaction except for the huge size of the plane.

It's more common than strange.

Soon, the plane slowly landed on the runway of Gaoqi International Airport. An Huihaoji, who had been waiting at the airport for a long time, looked at the time in his hand and hurriedly greeted him.

The plane gradually stopped.

When the cabin door opened, Shen Jiannan walked out of the cabin and stretched on the hanging ladder.

"Mr. Qiu Shan has worked hard all the way!"

Isn't that right, the bumpy, bumpy, and back-and-forth journey is so tiring.

But there is no need to tell An Huihaoer about these things, Shen Jiannan greeted Lu Xinyue and Shen Yimei who were left behind to take care of them, and exchanged pleasantries with An Huihaoer.

"An Huisang has been working hard recently, you should pay more attention to your health!"

An Huihaoji's eyes were bloodshot, his temples seemed to have a lot more gray hair than before, his complexion was haggard, and he looked like he hadn't had a good rest for a long time.

But this guy, when he heard Shen Jiannan's words, suddenly felt like he had been beaten with chicken blood, and his spirit was lifted up all of a sudden.

"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Qiushan. It's not hard work. I have fully understood the organizational framework of Ludao Shipyard. Whether it is geographical location, staffing or site planning, it is very suitable for our requirements."

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Southeast Province is located in the coastal area, with the topography of "eight mountains, one water and one field". The rivers are short, the plains are scarce, and the mountainous area accounts for about 90% of the total land area. The remaining land that can be cultivated is not enough. Red soil and red red soil suitable for planting crops.

Since ancient times, the agricultural development in this area has been unfavorable and the economy has been backward. For a long period of history, the local area was very poor and desolate, and many people lived a life of starvation.

But as the saying goes, when God closes a door, it will open another window. The narrow and tortuous coastline makes the sea transportation here convenient and extending in all directions, so many people are in the situation of unfavorable local development. Choose to pack your bags and go to Nanyang to find a way out.

But in ancient times, there was no developed navigation technology, and it was a very risky thing to cross the ocean to make a living elsewhere. I don’t know how many people rushed to the distant and unknown sea with fishing boats, and died in the sea. into the vast sea.

Culture is always inherited and brilliant in life.

In the middle of the Song Dynasty, generations of people spent their lives at sea and developed large ships that could resist huge waves at sea.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, as the Sanbao eunuch built ships in the southeast and went to the South China Sea to show off his power and earn a lot of money, the Huaxia shipbuilding industry also emerged and developed rapidly in the developed maritime trade.

In the late Ming Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong built iron-clad ships with artillery here. With the help of his younger brother Tagawa Qizaemon, he went east to Taiwan to fight against the Dutch colonists. If you have to define it, this shipyard can be said to be The first shipbuilder to own a naval fleet in modern Chinese history.

In the Qing Dynasty, especially after the five-port trade was established, the shipbuilding industry prospered with the active fishing industry and the needs of economic development.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, because the Qing government was unable to resist the invasion of foreigners, it had to open the two sides of the coast to trade with the above. The British took a fancy to the geographical location of Lucheng, and established a new Ludao Shipyard here in 1858, creating the first shipyard in modern times. A steel freighter.

It has the first 1,000-ton granite dry dock in Huaguo, and it is one of the birthplaces of modern industry in Huaguo.

British writer Martin once called it "the first seedling of Huaguo's machine industry".

In 1983, Ludao Shipyard took the lead in moving from the military product market to the international ship market, and produced the first batch of various ship cargo ships exported to Hong Kong and Peru.

It can be said that due to its special geographical location, Ludao Shipyard has witnessed many firsts in China's shipbuilding industry.

Ludao Shipyard, in the precipitation of history, has gradually abandoned its technology after several mergers, and the obsolete military ships mainly focus on maritime trade bulk carriers. Relying on overseas export orders and orders for maritime trade ships, Ludao was once the No. 1 heavy industry taxpayer in Ludao name.

But no matter how glorious history is, it cannot stand the scour of time.

With the end of the Gulf War, the coalition forces withdrew from Iraq, and various oil-producing countries in the Middle East increased the supply of crude oil. The crazy production and supply had a sharp impact on crude oil prices in just one year. The barrel fell to eleven dollars a barrel.

Coupled with the Asian economic turmoil caused by the bursting of the Japanese economic bubble, and the expansion of oil company production capacity caused by the split of the Soviet Union, crude oil is like a waterfall, and no one can guess how far it will fall.

When prices fall, no one can make money.

Under the economic transmission mechanism, the freight rates of bulk carriers and large cargo ships plummeted simultaneously, and the Baltic Sea Index also fell by 60%.

House seemingly endless rain.

The European currency crisis has led to turmoil in the European economy. The sales of automobiles and industrial equipment have dropped sharply. All walks of life have highlighted a huge industry crisis.

Bulk resources such as copper ore and iron ore have almost halved as a result.

This drop caused a problem.

Two years ago, Ludao Shipyard took over thirteen 5,000-ton bulk carriers from Anglo-American Mining Group.

Value, 180 million US dollars.

However, when the project was completed and delivered half a year ago, the Anglo-American owner chose to abandon the ship and breach the contract.

Because, according to industry rules, a 20% deposit is generally collected in advance for the construction of ships. However, due to the sharp drop in commodity prices in the international market and the rapid reduction in freight costs, the price of finished ships has also fallen simultaneously.

It is so low that if the market price is followed, only 50% of the original price can be used to order another ship.

As for the original capacity expansion, Anglo-American Union can only choose to stop work to reduce input costs in the face of a sharp drop in prices, and there is no need to add new ships for transportation.

In other words, if the shipowner purchases the pre-customized ship at the original price, it will directly incur a 30% loss, and the obtained ship will not be used for any purpose.

Therefore, the Anglo-American Mining Company chose to abandon the ship.

This abandonment is simply a huge nightmare for Ludao Shipyard.

Like most companies, Ludao Shipyard built the thirteen bulk carriers with most of the funds borrowed from banks.

Once the shipowner abandons the ship, it means that all the cargo falls into the hands of the shipyard itself.

Coupled with the continued downturn in the shipping market, Ludao Shipyard did not sell these ships even after another six months.

If you can't sell the boat, you can't exchange it for bank money.

Under the insolvency, Ludao Shipyard has only one way to go.

Waiting to go bankrupt.

But for Daiichi Industrial Co., Ltd., the meaning is completely different.

First Industry Co., Ltd. has cooperated with Kawasaki for many years. It is far ahead of Ludao Shipyard in the manufacture of shipbuilding and heavy industry supporting facilities. It has also acquired the Baltic Sea Shipyard. With the technology mastered by First Industry Co., Ltd., it is completely possible to build a brand new one. Ship heavy industry enterprises.

In order to choose an excellent site for the factory, An Huihaoji ran back and forth along the coast of Huaxia, and when he inquired about the preparations for the Ludao Shipyard, he was so excited that he didn't sleep well for several nights.

It's just like someone giving you a pillow when you're sleepy.

There is a complete site, complete dock facilities, and even materials and workers, everything is missing.

As long as you invest a certain amount of money, you can rejuvenate.

"I have visited the factory before. There are three docks in the factory, which can fully meet our needs. Most of the workers are young and middle-aged people under the age of 40. They are willing to endure hardships and work hard. Not high, but it can fully meet our needs for ordinary workers."

"Besides, the labor cost here is really too low. I really can't imagine that the salary level of a five-year-old welder is only 600 yuan."

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"I have also met their leaders. I found that they have already regarded this shipyard as a burden and can't wait to throw it away."

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"The general budget estimator has already calculated that we only need to invest a maximum of 15 million US dollars, and we can revitalize this shipyard."

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Shen Jiannan didn't know whether he should laugh or be helpless.

It is impossible for the price of crude oil to keep falling like this. Obviously, An Huihaoji also knows this.

After all, there is a limit to the decline of non-renewable resources. When the market price recovers, the dozen or so ships of Ludao Shipyard may be able to earn ten times the profit.

This is a super cheap.

The current Ludao Shipyard lacks only money.

But for a penny, it's hard for Hero Han. The dozen or so boats alone are worth more than one billion U.S. dollars, but now they can only be sold as scraps.

These guys are really prodigals.

"What does Ludao say?"

"Of course what they mean is that they want us to accept it as soon as possible. Now it depends on what adults mean."

"It's not urgent, you can continue to hang them, but don't agree, and don't agree."

"My lord! Ludao Shipyard is really very suitable for our requirements."

"I'll take you to see someone tomorrow, and you'll understand."