Chapter 405 Mingzhou Group Import and Export Trading Company

Wang Mazi hurried from Mingzhou to Huating. In the office of Mingzhou Group Air Transport Company, he kept asking Zhao Laosi: "Fourth brother, why did Mr. Qin call me here?"

Wang Mazi was a little uneasy.

 “How do I know? Just wait.”

At first, the four brothers went to Mingzhou Shipyard to steal scrap metal and were caught by Qin Tao. Then, the four brothers stayed to work. There may have been various reasons at the beginning, but in the end, the four brothers followed Qin Tao wholeheartedly.

After going to the transportation company, when faced with someone making trouble, Wang Mazi once stood up and wanted to fight with those people.

 After that, the four people all had different arrangements. Except for Wang Mazi, the other three were all leaders of a certain department.

Now, Qin Tao asked Wang Mazi to come to Huating, saying that he had a task for him, which made Wang Mazi a little excited.

 What is it?

At this moment, footsteps came from outside.

Both of them quickly stood up and looked at the person coming outside.

 “Mr. Qin, Mr. Qin!”

"Well, you're here?" Qin Tao looked at Wang Mazi: "Your three brothers are already managers. Do you want to be a manager too?"

Wang Mazi was immediately overjoyed: "President Qin, I am a brick of the revolution. Wherever it needs to be moved, just give the order. Wherever our group needs me, I will go."

“Our group has decided to set up an import and export company, and you will be the manager of this company. Your main task now is to collect various light industrial products from the country and prepare to sell them to the Rainbow Country.”

Import and Export Company? A moment of hesitation flashed across Wang Mazi's face.

 You have to deal with foreigners. The key is that you don’t know foreign languages.

 “What, are you having difficulty?” Qin Tao looked at Wang Mazi.

“Mr. Qin, when we are dealing with foreigners, we don’t understand the language!”

"If you don't understand the language, you can learn it." Qin Tao said to Wang Mazi: "Live and learn until you are old. You need to at least learn English. This is an international language. Of course, your company is not just you, you can recruit someone For the first batch of college students, it is best to major in international trade.”

Originally, in Mingzhou Group, Cong Ju had the most dealings with foreigners, but Cong Ju was a shipbuilder after all, and he could also have an overview of the overall situation in Mingzhou, so Cong Ju came here to work as an import and export trading company. The general manager is somewhat overqualified.

 After some thinking, Qin Tao called Wang Mazi over.

  Anyway, even a fool can make money in the following trade.

Put some pressure on Wang Mazi, let him learn a foreign language by himself, and then recruit a group of college students. In this way, this foreign trade company will be launched.

Wang Mazi gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. Qin, you are right, I have to learn. Since you have given me this task, I have to complete it well. Kong Laoer can go abroad to do business, and I, Wang Mazi, don't have to do it. .”

"Yes, work hard. Your future business will be bigger than Kong Laoer's. By the way, you haven't married a wife yet, right?"

 Wang Mazi nodded.

"Then you have to work harder. Kong Lao'er has married a foreign wife, and you have no problem."

Wang Mazi’s face was a little red.

"The business is not only export, but also import. We have reached an agreement with the Pyramid Country to import their long-staple cotton. You also have to contact domestic weaving manufacturers to sell this batch of long-staple cotton to them." What Tao just said was just a joke, and he soon started talking about these serious matters.

Wang Mazi nodded: "Yeah."

"The company is located in Pudong New Area. The company has to rent a batch of warehouses, or it can directly buy a goods yard..." After Qin Tao finished making arrangements, Wang Mazi thought of something and said to Qin Tao: "Mr. Qin, since our company is If you are engaged in overseas trade, do you need to have several cargo ships?"

A smile appeared on Qin Tao's face: "Well, I have an idea. Of course."

After the Rainbow Country market was opened, many domestic merchants flocked there. Later, there were not enough cargo ships, and even ocean-going fishing boats were hired to go to the Rainbow Country full of goods.

 As an import and export company, if they want to become bigger and stronger, they really need to have their own transportation capabilities.

 In this way, Wang Mazi can be regarded as returning to his old profession: transportation company.

 Land transportation, air transportation, and sea transportation are all complete.

Moreover, they order ships from their own shipyards, which is cheaper and can also increase their shipyards’ income, killing two birds with one stone.

Most import and export companies are leather goods companies. This company of Mingzhou Group not only has its own office, its own cargo yard, but also its own cargo ships. They will become a well-known large-scale import and export company in the country. !

 Exporting to the Rainbow Country is just the beginning. Next, after joining the WTO, you can do business all over the world. As for whether he will be cheated?

 These people who started out as gangsters only have the job of cheating others. How could they be cheated? If they were cheated, Wang Mazi would definitely dare to go there with a knife and chase them to the ends of the earth.

“Containers are the most suitable for our kind of foreign trade transportation, so our cargo ships are mainly container ships.” Qin Tao said.

 Container loading and unloading efficiency is high and transportation is convenient. Therefore, current maritime trade is mainly based on this method. Even car smugglers are used to hiding cars in containers.

Now, Qin Tao has proposed this type of ship.

 “Yeah.” Wang Mazi nodded.

Zhao Laosi suddenly thought of something: "Mr. Qin, in the Huatingdong Shipyard, there are two abandoned ships owned by the owners of the Oriental Pearl. They should be container ships."

Huatingdong Shipyard, abandon ship? Qin Tao also became curious: "Fourth, tell me, what exactly is going on?"

"Two or three years ago, the shipowner of Oriental Pearl ordered two container ships at Huatingdong Shipyard. The displacement seemed to be 27,000 tons. Just this summer, the two ships were almost completed. However, the shipowner went bankrupt. !" Zhao Laosi said: "A few days ago, I had dinner with a few people, and I heard from them that Huatingdong Shipyard was looking for buyers for these two ships, but there was no result. Their shipyard's losses Tens of millions, even hundreds of millions!”

 This hundreds of millions is of course RMB, but it is still a very high number. For them, this loss is huge.

Qin Tao nodded: "We are all in the shipbuilding industry. We can't watch our brothers in trouble without helping. Come on, Wang Mazi, let's go over and take a look!"

Huatingdong Shipyard has a long history. For a long time, they have been building frigates for the navy. However, later, the orders for frigates were taken away by Mingzhou Shipyard, except for a few frigates for export. , they were left to build civilian ships.

 In the field of civilian ships, if two ships are abandoned by shipowners at one time, the loss is huge.

When Qin Tao arrived at Huatingdong Shipyard, what he saw surprised him.

There are no arc sparks on the slipway, no noisy and lively production scenes, the sea breeze is blowing, and a few lonely figures on the outfitting dock in the distance look a bit thin there.

 They looked at the two rusty ships on the pier with mixed emotions.

“Director Wang, we must sell these two ships, otherwise, our shipyard may go bankrupt!” said one person.

“Yes, our factory’s working capital has been completely exhausted. We can’t even pay our employees’ wages, and we haven’t received any new orders. We are really at the end of our rope.” Wang Hongmin said with emotion in his tone.

“It’s all the fault of the Mingzhou Group. They stole our business!” another person said.

"Did the Mingzhou Group harm us? How did they harm us?" Wang Hongmin looked at this person: "When we were in trouble, they helped us sell the frigate to Lao Ba. Without them, we would have gone bankrupt two or three years ago. Yes! Because the Mingzhou Group is so powerful, it has taken away our jobs? Why don’t we think about it, why are we so weak? "

This is already the 1990s, and there are still people who are still thinking about the planned economy in the past. Forget about ordinary workers, the senior leaders in the factory also hold this idea! Wang Hongmin felt a little sad in his heart.

"Yes, this is the market economy. We should learn from Mingzhou Group." The first person said: "Director Wang, can we also take this opportunity to transform the factory into a joint-stock system and let employees become shareholders, so as to gather A fund?"

Some time ago, Mingzhou Group also experienced a crisis of funds being cut off, but they solved it very quickly. They directly transformed the company into a joint-stock system, allotted shares to employees, quickly accumulated a large amount of funds, and immediately revived the company. .

This matter has spread very well in the entire circle.

"Employee shares? Are our employees rich?" Wang Hongmin sighed: "Think about it, how much does the workers of Mingzhou Group earn per month, and how much does our workers earn per month? Moreover, our workers live and eat in Huating! Their expenses are larger than those of the Mingzhou Group. Now, among our workers, who can come up with 10,000 yuan? Who among us leaders can come up with 100,000 yuan?"

 If you want to raise funds, you have to have people who have money!

“Director Wang, Mr. Qin is here.”

Hearing the words, Wang Hongmin's face was filled with excitement: "What is he here for?"

“He said he would take a look at our two ships and buy them if they are suitable.”

 Buy it!

 Everyone is excited. If they buy these two ships at the original price, they can earn 100 million! With this money, their factory can survive.

 “Hurry, go and greet us!”

 “No need, I’m already here.”

 Qin Tao's voice sounded far away.

“Mr. Qin, welcome to our Huatingdong Shipyard.” Wang Hongmin stepped forward and held Qin Tao’s hand tightly.

Although the two sides had a competitive relationship in the past, they still got along very harmoniously afterwards. Wang Hongmin admired Qin Tao and envied Mingzhou Group.

"Mr. Qin, are you here to see our two ships?" The person on the side said: "If you can buy them, you can help our factory come back to life."

"Yes, we originally planned to build it ourselves, but after hearing about the difficulties of our brother units, we came here." Qin Tao said: "However, after all, our group has just come back to life, so if the price is too high, Our group may not be able to bear it.”

What Qin Tao said is reasonable and well-founded. We can build ships ourselves. We only came here because we heard about the difficulties of our brother units. If you want to sell them at the original price, we cannot accept it.

"The order price for these two ships is 100 million. The owner of the cargo has paid a 20% deposit, which is 20 million. There is still a balance of 80 million that has not been settled. If they can be sold, our factory can After getting a profit of about two million, Mr. Qin, if you act righteously, you can win these two ships for 78 million," Wang Hongmin said.

Qin Tao couldn't help but sigh, how could such a down-to-earth person adapt to the fierce market competition? All the trump cards have been revealed!

"You only made two million from your 100 million order?" Xu Zhengyang, who was following Qin Tao, couldn't help but said: "Isn't this too little? If there is a slight fluctuation, your work may be in vain, or even You will lose money!”

In the international market, when building a ship, you must set aside at least 5% of the profit. Five million in profit is not much. If the exchange rate changes, the construction period is delayed, etc., you may lose money. The profit of 2% is simply unimaginable. I would rather not make it than accept such an order.

Moreover, the owner of the cargo only gave a 20% deposit. The remaining money was the money they earned from building export warships. There was also a batch of raw materials on credit. Originally, their factory was not at this level, but after all the All the money was poured into it, but in the end the shipowner gave up and refused to pay the balance, and they were in crisis.

“It’s difficult for us. When we received the order for these two ships, we had to bid together with more than a dozen shipyards.”

Qin Tao was also extremely emotional: "Without core competitiveness, we can only engage in price wars. This will be almost the same when the international shipbuilding market is prosperous, but in the recession, the shipyard may go bankrupt. In fact, seven thousand The price of 8 million is still too high for us. If we make it ourselves, even with the materials, it will not exceed 70 million. However, you are all mixed up like this, and we have to give you a hand. Then Seventy-eight million, we want these two ships!”

 Qin Tao didn't lie. The shipbuilding cost of their Mingzhou Group is not high. After all, they own the steel plant. All kinds of ship steel can be obtained at low prices, and the workers are also very efficient.

 However, if they build it themselves, it will take time. They cannot start construction until the dock and slipway are vacated. In this case, it is estimated that they will be out in a year or two.

 When you order here, you get the finished product directly.

 “Thank you, Mr. Qin.” Wang Hongmin was almost in tears.

“Well, what are you going to do after you get the money?” Qin Tao asked.

 What do you do with the money? After paying off the debt and paying the workers, what next?

This really confused Wang Hongmin.

“Last time we went to the Asian Defense Exhibition, we planned to sell frigates, but we didn’t get any orders. Now, we don’t have any new ideas. I’m afraid we still won’t make any money building such ordinary ships.”

"Do you know Huating Shipyard? They have started to take orders for natural gas ships." Qin Tao said: "Do you want to try it? Building this kind of ship, the order price is high and the profit is huge. One ship is worth ten of these ships. .”

Wang Hongmin's eyes showed expectancy, but soon dimmed: "Mr. Qin, to build this kind of ship, you must first train a large number of welders!"

"Wouldn't you make money after selling these two ships? Spend 10 million and let our Mingzhou Group help train welders. As long as you can get an order for a natural gas ship, the factory can be completely revived. "

Only by selling these two ships, their shipyard cannot truly survive. There are no projects on hand, and sooner or later they will have to settle for nothing.

 Now, Qin Tao shows them the way out: natural gas ship!

It is cheaper to obtain patents from Mingzhou Group than from France. Mingzhou Group can also train them welders and provide them with raw materials such as Yinwa steel. Anyway, Qin Tao is benevolent and righteous. If these people don't have the courage, then Qin Tao would not say anything more.

If it's Adou who can't be helped, then Qin Tao doesn't need to be Zhuge Liang.

“Okay, Mr. Qin, we are willing to give it a try and build high-value natural gas ships to carve a way out of the international market!” Wang Hongmin made up his mind.

"Mr. Qin, your Mingzhou Group is building natural gas ships, and Huating Shipyard is also building natural gas ships. Now, our Huatingdong Shipyard is also building natural gas ships. In this way, will there be too many units building natural gas ships? In the end, we Are you starting to compete internally again?”

Hearing this question, Qin Tao smiled: "Internal competition? How is it possible? Have you investigated it? The demand for natural gas ships in the world is always increasing! Shipyards that are now capable of manufacturing natural gas ships, Even if we operate at full capacity, there is simply insufficient supply. It is impossible for us to compete internally. The most we can do is compete with shipyards in other countries."

"Our domestic shipyards, whether it is China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation or our Mingzhou Group, are all integrated. We are twisted together to make money from foreigners." Qin Tao said: "We not only want to build ordinary Cargo ships, we also need to build high-value cargo ships so that we can earn more profits."

"Yes, President Qin is right!" Wang Hongmin made up his mind: "If we follow President Qin, we will have meat to eat. Now let's take advantage of Mingzhou Group and try to build natural gas ships!"

"In the future, the navy will need more frigates than we can build, and we will subcontract them to Huatingdong Shipyard. Therefore, some people who have opinions about us should calm down."

Hearing what Qin Tao said, several people present blushed.

Of course they know that since it is market competition now, it is normal for Mingzhou Group to steal their business. Who makes their plan not as good as Mingzhou Group’s plan? And now, Qin Tao also said that if there are more orders in the future, he will distribute them to them. What else are they dissatisfied with?

“Mr. Qin, I’m sorry.”

“I also said that we are a family. From now on, we will make foreigners’ money together!”

 “That’s right, make money from foreigners!”

“Wang Mazi, let’s go up and take a look. From now on, these two boats will belong to your company.”

"Hmm." Wang Mazi was very excited. The company that had just been established could immediately own two ocean-going cargo ships. It was not easy. Think about the second-hand Maz when their transportation company just started! It still needs to be repaired before it can be opened.

“Mr. Qin, are you buying these two cargo ships for your company?” At this time, Wang Hongmin remembered Qin Tao’s purpose.

Mingzhou Group is a shipbuilder. What is the purpose of buying a ship from them?

“Yes, our group decided to open a specialized import and export cargo company, and by the way, it happened to set up an ocean transport fleet.” Qin Tao said.

Everyone was amazed. Look at Mingzhou Group, how courageous it is!

In fact, these two ships cannot be sold. Some people in their shipyard have also thought about keeping these two ships for their own use and running transportation on the sea. However, no one dared to stand up and pat their chests and say I will do it!

The risk of maritime transportation is also very high. Although they are shipbuilders, they have never been to the sea and have no idea how to get started.

 The Mingzhou Group is different. They are a group of energetic young people who are also determined to forge ahead!

“President Qin, I really envy your Mingzhou Group.” Wang Hongmin said with emotion.

 Qin Tao smiled and said nothing. At this time, Xu Zhengyang, who had just finished answering the phone, came over: "Mr. Qin, we just called from Mingzhou. Our first deep-diving lifeboat has been completed!"

 Is it finished?

This progress is really fast!

A smile appeared on Qin Tao's face: "Tell them that we will go back and have a look soon!"

So far, Mingzhou Group has not started manufacturing ordinary submarines, but the emergence of this deep-submersible lifeboat will break this gap. This is the first submarine they have built!

Although it is small in size, the actual performance of this submarine is extremely powerful.

 In terms of diving depth, it will be unmatched by anyone, so that if an accident occurs to the submarine, it can quickly go to the rescue.

At the beginning, we hired Lao Maozi's submarine experts to help design the deep-diving lifeboat. We also bought a lot of titanium alloy processing equipment and hired specialized workers.

Since then, Qin Tao has not cared much about it. The last time he took the people from the Pyramid Country to inspect, Qin Tao did not ask about this project. Unexpectedly, it had already been built!

This thing is, after all, a small submersible with only a few dozen tons, so it shouldn't be difficult to build. As long as the supporting equipment is in place, it will only take a month or two.

Qin Tao completed the agreement with Huatingdong Shipyard and embarked on the road to Mingzhou. He suddenly found that it was really inconvenient to have both work and life, and he came back in a hurry this time to play house. Without entering, it is comparable to Dayu's flood control.

However, after Qin Tao came back, a large group of enthusiastic spectators had already arrived, especially a large number of naval submarine officers.

Wu Shengli is also among them.

"The Jiaolong is happy, and it is circling and returning to the shore. I think our deep-diving lifeboat can be named Jiaolong!" Wu Shengli said.

Jiaolonghao? Does this have a name?

 Wait a minute, the Navy hasn’t paid for it yet. This deep-submersible lifeboat is still the property of our Mingzhou Group. Why did you name it? However, Qin Tao did not dare to say it.

“Jiaolonghao, the name is so nice!” Qin Tao flattered his father-in-law and walked in.

 (End of this chapter)