I Want To Be a Rich Man on Hong Kong Island

  Chapter 659 [New World Ship King]

  China Everbright Bank,

  Wu Guangyao met Dong Yunhao and his eldest son in his office.

  Wu Guangyao can probably guess Dong Yunhao’s intention;

  So it’s a bit of a dilemma, but it doesn’t show up.

  Sure enough, after a few conversations, Dong Yunhao said: “Guangyao, OOCL wants to borrow 300 million Hong Kong dollars from China Everbright Bank to pay for the ship!”

   Hearing about 300 million Hong Kong dollars, Wu Guangyao relaxed a little, and he was still able to accept it!

  Wu Guangyao remembers that the previous OOCL owed a full debt of 7 billion Hong Kong dollars during the Great Depression of World Shipping from 1982 to 1983;

  When Dong Yunhao made an appointment with himself, Wu Guangyao deliberately learned about it from Hang Seng Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, and China Everbright Bank;

  Finally, according to statistics, Dong's Orient Overseas owed a total of 500 million Hong Kong dollars to these three banks.

  If you agree to the 300 million Hong Kong dollar loan, it means that the three banks have 800 million Hong Kong dollars that need to be vacant for about 10 years, and at least 500 million Hong Kong dollars (interest) have been lost.

   Wu Guangyao said: "Brother, the total tonnage of your OOCL is probably 10 million tons!"

  Dong Yunhao was talked about ‘contribution’, and his face suddenly brightened;

   "The gross tonnage of 10.5 million tons! Although there is still a certain distance from your peak of 20 million tons; but now, OOCL is indeed the largest individual fleet in the world."

Wu Guangyao had long persuaded Dong Yunhao, but Dong Yunhao retorted: "The shipping industry is sluggish and ship prices have plummeted. It is a good time to expand the fleet! The veteran world ship king Onassis bought a batch during the world economic crisis. It is regarded as a sea tomb of scrap iron. A few years later, the shipping industry has become prosperous, and the sea tomb has become a gold mine on the sea. Even Shining You, always build ships before the outbreak of shipping; two years after the outbreak of shipping Just make back the cost of a new ship."

  Wu Guangyao who retorted was speechless, and could not tell him that the shipping winter was ten years long;

  The important thing is that the shipping industry will never break out again!

  Before 1980, the freight price of grains transported from the United States to Japan was US$38 per ton;

After   , the freight rate plummeted all the way, and in 1995, it was only US$20 a ton;

  The starting and ending loss is the price difference of US$18 per ton, and labor costs and fuel costs have increased accordingly.

  At the same time, in 1980, a 250,000-ton tanker cost about 60 million US dollars;

  But by 1985, it was only worth 3 million US dollars.

  Wu Guangyao sighed: "To quote a sentence from The Times, OOCL is no longer a sea dragon, but now it is a sea dinosaur!"

  Dong Yunhao's face showed joy. It is a great honor to be praised by the former World Ship King!

   Then, Wu Guangyao's next sentence made Dong Yunhao's face black.

   "It's never a good thing that the dinosaurs are huge and without friends! Although you have taken over Japanese business, you also need to know that a large number of European and American ships have been anchored in the port!"

  Wu Guangyao is not afraid to offend Dong Yunhao today, anyway, according to history, he still has a life span of less than one year;

  I said this to his eldest son, let’s not say that my uncle never persuaded your father.

Dong Yunhao said dissatisfied: "In the first half of this year, OOCL's profit is expected to be 100 million Hong Kong dollars; this is what you call the cold winter of shipping. Then, as long as I wait for a few years, OOCL will usher in a sharp increase in profits. "

  Wu Guangyao laughed bitterly. I am afraid that Dong Yunhao didn’t know until he died, he left a mess for his son;

   Even to his death, he still thought that his decision was right!

  This kind of person lives very happily!

   Seeing people do not listen to persuasion, Wu Guangyao can only express helplessness!

  No more than 300 million Hong Kong dollars in loans, I still have to borrow;

  Whether it was Dong Yunhao’s support in those years, or he made good friends with the family, 300 million Hong Kong dollars can be spent!

  The important thing is that the money is not impossible to get back, but some interest will be lost.

   "Well, I can't tell you! I believe you also understand that this loan cannot be granted in principle, but I personally decide and grant it to you!"

   "Thank you! Don't worry, the reputation of the Dong family is still trustworthy!"

  Send away Dong Yunhao, Wu Guangyao shook his head helplessly, and it turned out that he was a damned person with good words.

  After Dong Yunhao and his eldest son got in the car, they smiled bitterly and said to their son: "This is how it is to ask for help. After we succeed, what should they think?"

  Tsim Sha Tsui East

  Today's Jiandong has been fully developed, and there is no more land.

  And the coastal area of ​​Tsim Sha Tsui East, from west to east are the Yangtze River Center Complex, Tsim Sha Tsui Center, Empire Center, New World Millennium Hotel, and Harbour View Hotel;

  Among them, the Yangtze River Center Complex, Tsim Sha Tsui Center, and Millennium New World are the properties of Cheung Kong Holdings under the Wu family;

  The Empire Center and Seaview Hotel are properties under the Bao family.

  In a box of the Jingjia Hotel, Bao Yugang, together with his son-in-law, Wu Guangyao and Wu Xianshuo, are having a banquet.

Seaview Hotel is a five-star hotel. Its brand management is temporarily managed by Xingyao Hotel. It signed a ten-year contract; it can be said that it is completely helping the Bao family to incubate a hotel brand and teach management techniques. .

  In the private room, everyone is in a happy mood;

  The brand-new decoration environment, thoughtful service concept, and delicious food, none of them can make the Bao family very satisfied.

  Bao Yugang raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "I heard that Old Dong went to ask you to borrow money?"

Wu Guangyao felt depressed when he heard the words, tasted a sip of wine, and slowly said, "Well! The heads of several banks rejected him, so he approached me; you know, I'm unlikely to refuse this. Kind of thing!"

  Bao Yugang nodded and commented: "You are a enthusiastic person! Otherwise, I wouldn't go ashore so easily!"

  This is the truth. Without Wu Guangyao’s help, even if Bao Yugang wanted to go ashore in this life, it would be difficult to find a place to stay;

  Because almost all British companies were taken by Wu Guangyao, even a lot of land was in the hands of the Wu family.

  Of course, if Bao’s casually buy a pass, its value is far less than it is now;

  Currently, Cheung Kong Holdings has handed over 50% of the equity of the joint venture Huaxin Real Estate Company to the Bao family;

  At the same time, the Bao family also received several high-quality real estate projects: Empire Center, Seaview Hotel, Central Xinlijing Building, Wanchai Huanyu Building;

  In addition to these high-quality properties, Bao Yugang also separately purchased a lot of properties and assets on shore, which can be said to have landed smoothly.

  It can be said that Wu Guangyao has supported the Bao family to a real estate giant.

  Wu Guangyao asked: "Lao Zhao, have you persuaded?"

Bao Yugang shook his head and said seriously: "I just mentioned a few words euphemistically, but didn't directly persuade him! I think if our prediction is not accurate, won't everyone become enemies by then. And you know, Lao Zhao This person likes to put money on the ship (buying a ship), and thinks that this is the most flexible and can be transferred out of Hong Kong at any time."

  Wu Guangyao nodded, Bao Yugang’s worries are very reasonable;

  He bluntly persuaded Dong Yunhao, he didn’t know what to say about himself behind his back?

   And Zhao Congyan has always distrusted the mainland and is not sure about Hong Kong’s prospects, so he only invests in antiques and ships, calling it ‘ships are movable assets’;

  The same is true for antiques, which can be easily carried.

  And real estate?

  Naturally, it is very difficult to take away. Once there is a sudden incident, everyone is selling the property, which is very difficult to take away.

  In his previous life, Zhao Congyan did an even more exaggerated thing. In the cold shipping winter of 1983, he spent 700 million Hong Kong dollars to buy six large ships;

  For a time, the shipping people were stunned!

  And Huaguang Shipping finally discovered in 1985 that the world shipping industry saw no glimmer of light;

  At that time, everything was too late!

  The Zhao family can only sell antiques and ships to tide over the difficulties!

  Wu Guangyao nodded, and said, "Everyone will do their best!"

  During the meal, Bao Yugang said to Wu Guangzheng: "Guangzheng! You are a newcomer in real estate, and you should study with Xianshuo! A few days ago, Xianshuo Zhidou Land was a good story on Hong Kong Island!"

  Wu Xianshuo said modestly: "Uncle Bao has passed the award. They are all small tricks, so I can't get on the stage!"

  Bao Yugang smiled and said, “This is not a small trick. I expect to save at least 500 million Hong Kong dollars by your move!”

  This is true!

  (End of this chapter)