Chapter 733 Trip to Europe (3)

   "Squeak..."

The sharp and piercing sound became louder and louder, and the hull of the "Floating Harbor" also began to tilt slowly. After three seconds, it completely left the glideslope. The degree of inclination fell into the sea water.

"This…"

  Zhong Shi sucked in a breath of air. He had never seen a new boat launch before. The scene in front of him was far beyond his expectations, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat for the boat.

  The soaring waves splashed high, looking like a huge white flower blooming out of thin air from a high altitude, which is really beautiful. And the "Floating Harbor" located at the "flower stamen", after experiencing the initial tilt impact, began to quickly correct the hull under the action of buoyancy, and bounced towards the other side, like a huge pendulum, and then swayed from side to side several times After that, it finally stood firmly on the water.

   "Successful!"

   Uriah waved his fist excitedly, shouting involuntarily. Under the hanging tower, the workers who were scattered everywhere also ran out one after another, cheering around the "mobile harbor" that fell into the water.

"The procedures on our side are basically completed, and the rest is only small works such as tidying up the hull. In about a month or so, the ship will pass through the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, and South Pacific, and arrive at the designated delivery place in Hong Kong. The project will be completely over."

   "This is the second largest ship we have delivered this year, and the estimated profit can reach 30 million US dollars."

After the excitement, Uriah began to introduce to Zhong Shi again, "Generally speaking, the total displacement of our shipbuilding this year cannot be compared with last year, but this is also caused by the external environment, not a problem in our operation. From From the perspective of our sound management system and long-term business plan, the Hlenik Shipyard is definitely a project worthy of long-term investment.”

  He never forgets to sell his shipyard to Zhongshi.

  Although the process of entering the water was shocking, Zhong Shi was not dazzled by it. After hearing Uriah's words, he just smiled lightly and didn't say much.

   Uriah was very disappointed, but still had great hopes, at least the other party hadn't expressed a clear rejection.

  After taking a quick tour of the entire shipbuilding base, Zhong Shi and Jiang Shan were invited to a luxurious VIP room, where they will conduct further exchanges of intentions.

  Although the Hlenik Shipyard is currently facing a situation where it cannot make ends meet, in some respects they are at least quite luxurious. For example, this VIP room is beautifully decorated: carpets from Iran, oil paintings by Picasso, sofas worn by Henry, lamps by Borat, etc., all of which are the world’s top products, and these objects have been Carefully combined to create a noble atmosphere of elegance and luxury throughout the room.

   "It looks good here, it must have cost a lot of money?"

  As soon as Jiang Shan was seated, he clicked his tongue in amazement, "I have visited quite a few companies, but conference rooms of this level are really quite rare."

   "These are all arranged in good times!"

Uriah's face was a little stiff, and he naturally heard the teasing meaning in Jiang Shan's tone, and explained with a smile, "We just provide a good atmosphere for conversation, which is not as good as those big companies. Buying business jets specifically for presidents.”

   "Are you talking about American companies?"

  Jiangshan looked at Uriah with his head tilted, and blinked, "That's true. But they are also in trouble now, so it may not be realistic to want to have such a beautiful style."

   "Okay, don't say that some of these are gone!"

Zhong Shi waved his hand and stopped the two children from bickering, "Mr. Uriah, after a cursory look, I am cautiously optimistic about the situation of the Hlenik Shipyard. But you know, After all, I'm an outsider..."

   "What is Mr. Zhong's concern?"

  Uria has a lot of experience in dealing with Jiangshan, but when it comes to Zhongshi, he has to consider every word for a long time, after all, the other party is the real speaker.

"That's right. We're here just to have a look. After all, we don't know much about the specific details, market positioning, relevant competitors and other factors. But next time we come again, I'm afraid we will bring the M&A team with us. , and then please do a good job in the relevant reception work."

Zhong Shi said lightly, "However, after we go back, we will still discuss with the corresponding consultant company. It is still unknown whether this acquisition plan will be launched. So Mr. Uriah, at least so far, we have not made any promises." can be given."

"understand!"

Uriah replied with a smile, but he couldn't hide the disappointment in his eyes. He was still making the last effort, and delivered the stack of documents at hand to Zhong Shi, saying, "Mr. Zhong, this is our company's The information includes assets, liabilities, business plan, management, strategy, etc. I hope you can give us a satisfactory answer after reading this information."

   "It's natural!"

  Zhong Shi accepted the information with a smile, but he snorted coldly in his heart, fearing that Uriah would never see him again.

  …

   "Do you intend to acquire the Hlenik Shipyard?"

  Greek ship brokerage company.

  Their CEO, Bruno Murphy, is a tall, middle-aged man with deep blue eyes with Mediterranean characteristics, coupled with a tall nose bridge and blond hair, he looks like a handsome man.

   This is an ambitious person, otherwise it would be impossible to cover the entire brokerage business across the whole of Greece, and even have a small reputation on a global scale. But he still wanted to go further, so Zhong Shi was invited to him for further discussions.

   It's just that his face is full of surprise at this time, destroying the beauty that is naturally endowed to him. In the reception room of the Greek ship brokerage company, facing Zhong Shi and Jiang Shan, he kept shaking his head and said, "This is not a wise choice. Gentlemen, I am sure that it is definitely not a wise choice to acquire the Hlenik Shipyard .”

   "Oh, what do you know?"

Jiang Shan suddenly became curious, and asked, "We just came back from them. At least on the surface, the workers showed a busy scene. The keels of several ships are also being constructed, and the order is not a problem. Why? Isn't that a smart choice in your opinion?"

"Uh…"

Bruno hesitated for a while, and then said, "Actually, what you see is only the appearance. At least in the eyes of us experts, the decline of the Hlenik Shipyard is inevitable. Maybe you don't know, just a month ago, they still In the case of the strike, it was the government who finally gave orders to help them get out of the crisis."

"The keel structure you see may be the ship purchased by the Greek government. Although there is construction work now, it can only temporarily alleviate their plight, but it cannot fundamentally solve all this. The wages of workers are too high and competition The strength is completely inferior to the shipbuilding counterparts in Asia, the update of shipbuilding technology is too slow, the fleet’s demand for new ships continues to shrink, and the shipping industry will soon enter the cold winter. It is determined that this shipyard will not have a fundamental turnaround in the short term. .Among other things, just two years ago our government couldn't bear their long-term losses, which can be seen from the forced sale to the Germans."

"We have also learned about these situations, but the other party is the largest shipbuilding company in Greece after all. The accumulation and depth of technology are unmatched by Asian companies, especially in high-end shipbuilding. I am personally very optimistic about the future Within this year, the cruise industry in Asia will experience a rapid growth, and the business opportunities contained in it make me interested in cruise manufacturing.”

  Zhong Shi said lightly, "But if you can convince me, I may withdraw this decision, and maybe I will reconsider my investment in you because of this."

  Although this proposal was at the price of betraying his peers, Bruno was still moved in the face of real interests. His mood fluctuated obviously, and he said hastily: "No problem, I will explain in the shortest words."

"In addition to the problems I mentioned above, another point is that there are serious financial frauds inside the Helenik Shipyard, and the entire management team is involved in suspicion of corruption. Before that, the Greek government had nothing to do with them. The only way is to sell this company to the Germans. The Germans did not do due diligence in advance, and it was too late after they learned about the situation. Now they regret it and have thought about punishing this gang of corruption through legal means The guy, but the Greek government has nothing to do, and the Germans have nothing to do. They can’t drive out their management, and they can’t do anything about their corruption, so the Germans plan to sell the Helenik Shipyard again.”

"Don't underestimate Uriah. He has worked in the Hlenik Shipyard for more than 30 years. He is a member of everyone, and even has many friends in the political circle. In this case, the Germans can only choose to bear the pain. Cut it off, I think if you take over the Hlenik Shipyard, you shouldn’t move the entire shipbuilding base to Hong Kong, right? As long as you are still in Greece, you have to take a moral hazard.”

   "I think this reason is enough to dissuade you from entering the shipbuilding industry, no, is it the determination of the Hlenik Shipyard?"

After talking eloquently, Bruno finally revealed the deepest inside story. He spread his hands and said with a wry smile, "If you don't believe it, you can make an acquisition. I think the business rules prevailing all over the world , I’m afraid it won’t work here in Greece.”

   "It's so serious?"

  Zhong Shi and Jiang Shan looked at each other again, speechless for a while. After a long time, Zhong Shi said slowly, "It's really an eye-opener!"

   PS: I have a cold and a fever today, and I also have rhinitis along with it. Suppressing the dizziness, I coded 3000 words, after all, it is not easy to update. For the sake of being so diligent, book lovers, let’s get some monthly tickets, recommendation tickets and so on~

  

  

  (end of this chapter)