Resource Tycoon Reborn

The Fang family's influence at home and abroad can be said to be increasing day by day. Although Fang Mingyuan rarely expresses his attitude publicly on political affairs, no one can deny that Fang Mingyuan's attitude towards many things can no longer be ignored.

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The companies under the Fang family have a lot of economic contacts with Japan. Fang Mingyuan also owns a large number of companies in Japan, and his total assets are quite astonishing. He also has cooperative relationships with well-known Japanese companies. Therefore, it is inevitable that some people think that Fang Mingyuan

On some major matters between China and Japan, the position may be tilted due to economic interests, which may not be in line with China's national interests. And Fang Mingyuan's huge influence in the country will affect a large number of people in the country.

People and businesses. As for some people's thoughts, Su Huandong always only replied with four words: "You are worrying too much!"

"Actually, Mitsui O.S. Lines Co., Ltd. is not willing to cooperate with us. It is just a helpless choice." Fang Mingyuan briefly told Su Aimin that Mitsui O.S. Lines Co., Ltd. currently has a transportation contract but does not have enough LNG ships for transportation. It faces the problem

poses a risk of default.

"To put it simply, Mitsui Lines Co., Ltd. currently has contracts but does not have enough ships. Kuok Shipping Group Co., Ltd. has no shortage of ships but does not have enough transportation contracts. For us, the LNG transportation market is still a

A newly entered market..." Fang Mingyuan sighed. If it weren't for his influence in the Middle East, many royal families in the Middle East would have noticed that he reminded the Iraqis that they might jump over the wall and ignite the Kuwait oil fields, thus avoiding the dangers in the Middle East.

For the sake of an ecological disaster in the region, Laguo Shipping Group Co., Ltd. just established a liquefied natural gas transportation business. Coupled with the good timing he chose, the demand for liquefied natural gas in the global energy market has increased significantly in recent years.

The LNG fleet of Kuok Shipping Group Co., Ltd. may have faced the dilemma of having no rice to cook from the beginning.

"So, the contracts obtained by Mitsui O.S. Lines Co., Ltd. for transporting liquefied natural gas from Australia to China and Japan, as well as transporting liquefied natural gas from the Sakhalin oil and gas field to Japan, were all given to Pearl Line Shipping Company?" Su Aimin asked, no wonder Guo

Guo's Shipping Group will agree to cooperate with Mitsui Lines Co., Ltd. to establish Pearl Line Shipping Company, which will be a great help for Kuok's Shipping Group to enter the international LNG transportation market!

"Not only these two contracts, according to the agreement between the two parties, all the LNG transportation business currently in the hands of Mitsui O.S. Lines Co., Ltd. and Kuok Shipping Group Co., Ltd. will be transferred to Pearl Line Shipping Company. Starting from 2006

After January 1, the liquefied natural gas transportation business signed by Mitsui Lines Co., Ltd. and Kuok Shipping Group Co., Ltd. can be operated by their respective LNG fleets. However, this clause is basically meaningless at present, because the two companies

All the company's current LNG ships will be transferred to the new company. Moreover, the LNG ship orders placed by Guo's Shipping Group Company at major shipyards in the past two years will also be taken over by the new company. In other words, considering

At present, the production capacity of the global shipbuilding industry is highly saturated. Within two years, neither Mitsui Lines Co., Ltd. nor Kuok Shipping Group Co., Ltd. will be able to build a new LNG fleet." Fang Mingyuan said.

Su Aimin suddenly realized. Mitsui O.S. Lines Co., Ltd. was also very cunning, taking advantage of this clause to limit the advantage of Kuok Shipping Group in rebuilding the LNG fleet. It must be said that when Kuok Shipping Group withdrew from global transportation of single-hull oil tankers

The risk-taking practice of placing orders from major shipbuilding companies during the serial period made a significant contribution to the development of Guo's Shipping Group Company, which has benefited Guo's Shipping Group Company to this day.

"By the way, Uncle Su. After you return to the capital, tell the old man that the development of the domestic shipbuilding industry must be controlled from disorderly development. Those who cannot master the technology of the shipbuilding industry, which is at least the world average, will not be able to reach a certain production scale.

It's better not to approve the shipyard." Fang Mingyuan said.

Although nowadays, due to the rapid development of the global economy, especially the development of the Chinese economy, the transportation of commodities, especially the transportation of bulk commodities, has hit a record high, causing the global shipping market that has been in the doldrums for many years to recover rapidly and show a

With unprecedented prosperity, the current shipping capacity of major shipping companies around the world can no longer meet the strong demand of the market. The freight rate index is rising steadily, requiring more new ships to join to increase shipping capacity. The huge profits also make shipowners willing to invest heavily.

An investment to buy a new boat.

Moreover, due to the downturn in the global shipping market in the past few years, many shipping companies have suffered from meager profits, which has left companies with insufficient motivation to eliminate old ships and buy new ones. This has also caused a large number of ships that are close to being scrapped to withdraw from shipping in the past two years.

market, shipping companies need more new ships to fill the capacity vacancies caused by the withdrawal of these ships from the shipping market. This is one of the reasons why the development momentum of Guo's Shipping Group Co., Ltd. in recent years is very gratifying. Fang Mingyuan has already completed large-scale shipping in advance.

Some of the old ships have been scrapped or transferred out, and there are a large number of orders in hand. It can be said that the shipping capacity of Guo's Shipping Group has been growing.

The strong demand in the shipping market has brought the global shipbuilding industry into a period of prosperity. The number of new ship orders has increased significantly. The orders in the hands of world-renowned shipbuilding companies can often be scheduled five or six years later.

"What do you mean..." Su Aimin couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Although he was from the Ministry of Agriculture, he also knew a little about the current situation of the domestic shipbuilding industry. The past two years can be said to be the golden period for domestic shipbuilding companies, both in terms of completion volume and

Both on-hand orders and new orders have hit a record high, and exports have earned more than 3.6 billion US dollars. Many well-known shipyards have orders that have been scheduled for several years. A while ago, relevant domestic experts asserted that this time the international ship market will be booming.

Strong demand will be rare in the next 20 to 30 years. The domestic shipbuilding industry must seize this opportunity and impact its status as the world's largest shipbuilding country. Therefore, all coastal provinces are launching new shipbuilding projects.

factories, while those old shipyards are increasing investment in building or expanding shipyards and replacing old facilities in the shipyards to increase their ability to compete for orders.

"The great prosperity will be followed by the great recession. When the tide recedes, people will know who is swimming naked." Fang Mingyuan sighed. A new financial crisis is actually not far away. The international shipping market will definitely

Under the impact, the disorderly expansion of mid-range or even low-end shipbuilding production capacity will only be shattered and miserable. Compared with mid-range and low-end ships, the demand for high-end ship products is not much.

They are so big, but so profitable. Only shipyards like this can withstand the impact of the financial crisis and wait for the next boom cycle of the shipbuilding industry.

"Second uncle, there are actually many reasons why you say this. Generally speaking, the construction cost of an ordinary ship is mainly in the marine steel plate! The shipbuilding industry is a large user of steel, and more than 60% of the cost is actually

Everyone is buying marine steel plates. In recent years, due to the booming steel product sales market, the selling price of marine steel plates has also been rising. Last year, the market price of marine steel plates more than doubled compared to previous years.

. This will naturally greatly reduce the profits of shipbuilding companies. Many shipyards now have orders but no profit..." Fang Mingyuan said. He also thought of this occasionally, but since Su Aimin was interested, he didn't mind saying a few more words.

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In recent years, although the shipbuilding industry has had a large number of orders, to be honest, the profits of most shipbuilding companies can only be said to be slightly better than in previous years. This is because the selling price of marine steel plates has increased significantly, and shipbuilding companies have experienced a downturn in the past few years.

He received a lot of low-price orders. Fang Mingyuan paid attention to the profits of China's steel industry and shipbuilding industry announced last year. The steel industry made a profit of almost 80 billion yuan. It can be said to have skyrocketed, while the shipbuilding industry only had a profit of less than 80 billion yuan.

to 1.9 billion yuan. And of this money, almost two-thirds were created by large enterprises such as Xiangjiang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd. that can build super tankers and LNG ships. Although such a simple comparison is not

It can’t explain anything, but it can also prove that the profits of the shipbuilding industry are meager. Fang Mingyuan resolutely entered the shipbuilding industry, on the one hand because it was Guo Tianyu’s dream, and on the other hand because he believed that having his own shipyard would be a great opportunity for him as a shipping company.

This is a good thing for Guo's Shipping Group Company, and it is also under the premise that it has the ability to acquire high-tech ship manufacturing technology, and it has a steel group company and a shipping company below, so it can form a one-stop production

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In fact, if we did not consider not irritating other shipbuilding companies, Xiangjiang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd. would have no problem doubling its profits.

And at the same time, another important reason is the change in exchange rate. Starting from August 1 this year, China began to implement a managed floating exchange rate system based on market supply and demand and adjusted with reference to a basket of currencies. The domestic currency China

The Chinese Yuan is no longer pegged to a single U.S. dollar, thus forming a more flexible exchange rate system. Since the day of official implementation, the Chinese Yuan, which has jumped 2.34%, has begun a slow appreciation path. And domestic shipyards

Orders, exports and some domestically sold ocean-going ships are all priced in US dollars. The appreciation of the Chinese dollar relative to the US dollar will also eat up the original profits of shipbuilding companies! At this point, South Korea is the most typical and recent example.

The nearly 17% appreciation of the Korean won against the U.S. dollar in 2004 put the Korean shipbuilding industry into a dilemma of having many orders but being unprofitable, and forced the shipbuilding industry to move to China. This is why many Korean shipbuilding companies plan to

Important reasons for establishing joint ventures or wholly-owned enterprises in China.

"Don't look at these shipbuilding companies that seem to be very bullish now, but they are facing crises. Just think about the difficulties faced by the shipbuilding industries of Japan and South Korea during the last global economic crisis caused by the Southeast Asian financial crisis.

You can know how great the difficulties our country's shipbuilding industry will face in the future! It will only be more tragic than Japan and South Korea!" Fang Mingyuan said disdainfully, "Many shipbuilding companies cannot build high-tech, high value-added ships.

, the low-value-added ships that can be built not only have overcapacity, but also often have poor quality than their Japanese and Korean counterparts. The company's comprehensive management level, design level, production efficiency, product structure, ship construction cycle, pre-sales and after-sales services and many other aspects have to be improved.

It is not as good as its Japanese and Korean counterparts. Basically, it relies on low labor costs and low environmental protection costs, or even ignores the advantages of environmental protection to compete with its Japanese and Korean counterparts. It can win for a while, but it is impossible to win for a lifetime!"

Although Fang Mingyuan was not very involved in the shipbuilding industry in his previous life, he had a clear impression of the news that China's shipbuilding industry had overcapacity and that a large number of shipyards were facing bankruptcy. At that time, there was a detailed analysis of this matter on the Internet. As for

For him in this life, as long as it is clear that a subprime mortgage crisis will occur in the United States in the next few years, triggering a global economic crisis, and the Chinese shipbuilding industry will suffer from overcapacity, the causes and consequences will naturally be solved by a large number of professionals.

Analysis shows that with annual expenditures of hundreds of millions of dollars, a large number of analysts in major economic countries around the world are not unqualified, and they cannot make a living like they do in China. If they cannot come up with reasonable and accurate analysis, it will be a loss.

Job. And he only needs to find the possible reasons among the many analysis results and make targeted arrangements.

This is the advantage of having more money. At least so far, although there have been some deviations in this world compared with Fang Mingyuan's previous life, his decisions have still been basically correct.

Su Aimin couldn't help but smile bitterly. Who among the domestic shipbuilding companies can be like the Fang family, which can form a complete one-stop industry from iron ore mining to transportation to smelting to shipbuilding and shipping, thereby controlling costs to the lowest point?

, the ability to join forces to counter economic risks has been expanded to the maximum. Although state-owned enterprises under the control of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission can also complete the industrial chain, the management of each enterprise has its own thoughts, and the above regulations are both overriding and undermining.

, they swarm over things that are beneficial, and do everything possible to avoid things that are not beneficial or even disadvantageous. How can it be possible for companies like those under the Fang family to completely obey the orders of the top management.

"The topic is far off topic, I will bring it to you, but for the specific reasons, you should either get a piece of information and I will hand it over to you, or you can explain it to the old man in person." Su Aimin clapped his hands and said, "We

Let’s talk about the ban on fishing.” (To be continued.)

ps: ps: The two days at the end of the month are special circumstances. With the support of my wife, I have completely ignored my children and family affairs, so I will try my best to update every day in September. I will write more when I have time until my father-in-law's condition is completely stable.

Sorry. I'm sorry to you book friends, but there is nothing I can do.