Chapter 1536 Division of Interests

The local transportation operators present include ordinary businessmen, spokespersons like He Li who run errands for big figures in the officialdom, and there are also senior military attachés like the commander of the guard station. But in general, those who can receive Haihan's invitation

Everyone sitting here participating in the negotiations all has an official background, either overt or covert. Naturally, a considerable part of the profits they earned from the transportation industry flowed into the pockets of people in the officialdom, so Shi Diwen

This is a joke, but it is not a random joke, but it appropriately reflects the current situation of this industry.

Haihan's business operations in the Ming Dynasty were never a one-man operation. Instead, he would take the initiative to bring local officials together to make a fortune - to put it harshly, it actually meant dragging them into the water. Of course, after tasting the sweetness, the local officials

Officials do not think that Haihan has any malicious intent in doing this, but they think that Haihan's approach of making money together is very sensible. Therefore, regarding the industry integration led by Haihan this time, the people behind the various businesses

After officials were promised that profits would only increase in the future, they gave the green light and acquiesced to Haihan's radical business methods.

The transportation industry is the most basic link in Haihan's business system, and it is also an industry that is relatively easier to integrate, because Haihan has already supported a group of merchants with strength, background and willingness to cooperate through several investment promotion activities before.

Designated carrier. It can be said that Haihan has been making layout in the transportation industry for a long time before this meeting. By this time, there are no big obstacles in proposing to integrate the industry.

Most of the matters have been negotiated long ago, and today's meeting is actually about gathering everyone to share the cake. Haihan's two main ports on the coast of Zhejiang, Shipu Port and Zhoushan Dinghai Port, are both in Ningbo Prefecture.

Under the rule of the government, that is to say, no matter how Haihan integrates the transportation industry in the coastal state capital of Zhejiang, the local practitioners in Ningbo will definitely get the biggest piece of the pie. Therefore, during the meeting, the atmosphere was quite pleasant.

No one expressed opposition to the plan proposed by Haihan.

The meeting lasted until noon. After Shi Diwen invited everyone to have a simple meal in the courtyard, he continued to discuss the details. The connection and scheduling between the merchants were undoubtedly the most difficult technical problems to solve. Haihan developed a special set of rules for this purpose.

Operational details to ensure good connection and efficient operation between merchants.

This is also designed to address the issue of industry standardization. For example, the weighing, loading, unloading and pricing methods of dry bulk cargoes must be standardized among all merchants. For goods that need to be packed and transported, the size of the container will also be based on the international standards.

Chinese-made container sizes will be promoted and implemented so that various local businesses in the industry can unify standards more easily. Businesses in this era may not be aware of the significance of mastering the formulation of standards for an industry, but Haihan will definitely

Make full use of this opportunity and firmly grasp this special power in your own hands.

"Mencius said that without rules, there can be no square shape. This kind of industry standardization proposed by our country is also to facilitate everyone's business. In the future, it will be gradually promoted in the Ming Dynasty. The more places that adopt this set of standards, the benefits will gradually increase.

It shows." Shi Diwen also has a deep understanding of this set of operating techniques, and spared no effort to introduce to the audience what industry standardization is all about. Of course, how much you can understand and absorb depends on your luck.

Those who can really understand what Shi Diwen said will naturally understand where this benefit comes from. If they can implement it faster in their own business, they will be able to take advantage of the market opportunities.

By dinner time, many issues regarding the transportation industry had already been discussed. Shi Diwen asked someone to present the printed text of the agreement for everyone to read and then sign. This was considered to be the completion of the meeting.

Seeing everyone signing their names on the text, Shi Diwen also breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that the first step of his mission was finally taken. Logically speaking, this kind of errand should have been done by someone like Schneider.

It would be appropriate for officials in charge of commerce and trade to come forward, but the Ministry of Commerce has recently been busy formulating a series of trade agreements for the South China Sea Commercial Alliance. Schneider is touring various countries in the South China Sea and cannot get away to come to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Shi Diwen can only take over this job temporarily.

Fortunately, Shi Diwen has been involved in the military, government and business affairs for more than a year, and has dealt with all aspects of affairs, so he is basically qualified for this task.

The promotion of Haihan in Ningbo is equivalent to a pilot project. The achievements and experiences gained here will be subsequently implemented in the entire Zhejiang region. By then, with Ningbo as a standard model, similar industry talks will be organized with other state capitals.

It is relatively easy. And when Haihan integrates the transportation industry in Zhejiang to a certain extent, his status as the industry standard setter is enough for Haihan to firmly sit in the position of controller.

However, this plan sounds simple, but there are still many specific problems that need to be solved slowly during implementation. Even if these operators are willing to comply with the industry standardization plan launched by Haihan, there will still be costs and time for actual implementation.

problem. And similar situations will probably appear in every industry that will be discussed next. This can be regarded as a series of tests for Shi Diwen.

That night, Shi Diwen held a banquet in this house to entertain everyone. Several chefs he specially brought from Zhoushan Island performed to a very high level, and the two banquet tables he arranged made everyone full of praise - of course, this must be

There was also an element of flattering him. However, Shi Diwen did not dare to drink more during the dinner, for fear of delaying the business of the next day.

After the banquet ended, the participants took their leave one after another knowingly. The last guest left was He Li, and the reason why he stayed was because of Shi Diwen's wishes.

"Boss He, I heard that you went to Liaodong some time ago and already bought property there. It seems you are very determined!" After Shi Diwen invited He Li to sit down in the study, he took the initiative to chat about Liaodong.

He Li responded quickly: "This is all taken care of by the leaders of your country. The villain just surrendered to two plantations in Liaodong. It is not a big business. General Shi laughed."

Shi Diwen waved his hand and said: "Boss He, you're welcome. The development of Liaodong requires the participation of bold and careful investors like you. The news coming back from Liaodong spoke highly of you, so I specially stayed here today.

You came down here to ask if you are interested in investing more energy in the shipping industry?"

He Li didn't know what he meant, so he quickly raised his hands and said: "You are stupid, I would like to hear the details and ask the general for advice."

Shi Diwen said: "When Boss He went to Liaodong before, we generally knew what the situation of the shipping company you ran was like. To be honest, with Boss He's current business scale, it would be a bit difficult to run a long-distance route from Zhejiang to Liaodong.

, but considering that you two brothers are relatively familiar with Mr. Qu, we still gave you the qualification to be a northern route carrier. If Boss He wants to operate well in this industry, then we will consider providing you with low-interest loans from our country.

Shipyards order large cargo sailing ships."

Of course, He Li knew that a large part of the reason why he was favored by the Haihan people in the first place was because his brother He Xiao was a close confidant around the prefect Qu Yutong. When the Haihan people handed over the carrier to him, they were actually paying tribute to Qu Yutong.

It shows a kind of mutual trust. After he went to Liaodong and saw Haihan's investment in the local area, he naturally realized that the few carrier fleets in Zhejiang alone were far from being able to satisfy Haihan's demand for passengers transported from the south to the local area.

Freight transportation capacity requirements. The freight rates Haihan offered for the carriers were really not low. Of course, he also thought about expanding the business scale of the shipping company and building several large-scale ships to specifically run the northern route. Unfortunately, he had limited funds on hand and invested in Liaodong.

Plantation, if you want to buy another boat, it is far from enough.

Shi Diwen obviously understood his situation very well and took the initiative to keep him here and made such a suggestion. Regarding low-interest loans, He Li knew a little bit about it. Haihan Bank is the official financial institution of Haihan State.

, will indeed issue low-interest loans to some of Haihan's business partners to help them overcome financial difficulties. However, He Li had never thought of borrowing money from Haihan to expand the business scale of the shipyard. Even then, He Li had never thought of borrowing money from Haihan before.

It was Shi Diwen who spoke in person, but he didn't agree immediately.

Shi Diwen continued: "If Boss He has any plans in this regard, then I can help him arrange this matter. As for the interest, it will be calculated based on five cents per year. You will not be able to find such a low interest in the market.

Is there any bank that can do this?"

He Lixin said goodbye to the 5-cent profit. Even if it doubled, no bank might be willing to lend the money. There was really nothing wrong with the interest rate Shi Diwen said. If you buy a few ships from Haihan at this interest rate, then at the current freight rate

Standard, it may take at most two years to earn back the principal with interest. As long as there is no shipwreck, it is basically a guaranteed profit without losing money. But he is not a brainless person, and of course he understands that Shi Diwen took the initiative to propose this kind of business.

The conditions must have a certain purpose. Otherwise, there are so many carriers on the northern route, and their capabilities are not bad. Why would they promote such a good thing to themselves?

As if he had guessed what He Li was thinking, Shi Diwen took the initiative and asked: "If Boss He has any doubts, you might as well ask directly. We are all our own people and there is no need to guess and play riddles."

After hearing what he said, He Li didn't want to ask too directly, so he thought of a more tactful way to ask: "I heard that Sanya Shipyard's order schedule is quite long, and it may take a year to order a ship.

Delivery can only be launched after half a load, so how should the interest rate be calculated during this period?"

What He Li meant by this was to imply to Shi Diwen that if he had to wait for a year and a half to receive the ship after placing the order, then the low-interest loan would be of little significance.

Shi Diwen responded: "You don't have to worry about this. The ship you ordered is a civilian ship. You don't need to wait for the ship date at the Sanya Victory Port Shipyard. Zhoushan can build it."

He Li said in astonishment: "Can Zhoushan Shipyard accept private orders?"

"It wasn't possible in the past, but it is possible now." Shi Diwen nodded and replied affirmatively.

In fact, soon after Haihan occupied the Zhoushan Islands, the shipyard project was carried out almost simultaneously with the port project of Dinghai Port. Zhang Qianxiang, the second son of Zhang Tiangui, senior engineer of the Ministry of Shipping and technical director of Sanya Shipyard, was appointed to Zhoushan Shipbuilding early

However, due to the limitations of technical strength and shipyard scale, and the fact that Haihan is the only large-scale shipyard in East China and North China coast, the maintenance and repair tasks shouldered by Zhoushan Shipyard are very heavy, and this "shipbuilding" aspect

I can no longer perform my official duties.

Currently, most of the maintenance and repair work for the Haihan Navy's dozens of warships in the East China Sea Fleet and the Northern Fleet can only be completed at the Zhoushan Shipyard, although a shipbuilding facility dedicated to serving the Northern Fleet is already being built at Port Arthur.

However, given that many infrastructure projects in the Liaodong region are in a situation of lack of manpower, it is estimated that the shipyard will be completed and put into use next year, and it is not expected for a while. The ships of the Northern Fleet can still only be replaced by guards every other month.

In the form, return to Zhoushan to complete more complex maintenance and repairs.

Under such circumstances, the two docks of Zhoushan Shipyard rarely have free time, and it is difficult for shipwrights to free up their hands to build new ships. They basically do not accept external orders for the construction of civilian ships, and only work intermittently for the military.

Fang built several warships. It was not until the first half of this year that the situation finally improved. Two new docks were completed and construction of cargo sailing ships began for the Ministry of Shipping.

Of course, Shi Diwen will not stop there. He hopes that the business scale and technical level of Zhoushan Shipyard can catch up with Sanya as soon as possible, so that the Navy can complete the construction of large warships in Zhoushan in the future without having to wait any longer.

The schedule for Victory Port is now up.

Of course, such a plan will definitely require increased investment and expansion of the shipyard. The executive committee has put forward more specific requirements to allow Zhoushan Shipyard to achieve profitability by receiving shipbuilding orders, and then consider additional expansion investment plans.

Of course, this kind of request did not trouble Shi Diwen. He quickly thought of a way. As long as he got Daming Shipping to place an order with Zhoushan Shipyard and proved that the shipyard was capable of taking care of its own profits and losses, the executive committee would have no reason to refuse additional investment.

.As for which maritime merchants are trustworthy and worthy of Haihan’s resources and support, they are of course the recently recruited northern route carriers.

Shi Diwen has also considered the strongest shipping companies, but he believes that these shipping companies are not so urgent to expand their business scale. Instead, they are small shipping companies headed by He Li that were built by several small shareholders.

There must be a more urgent need to increase shipping capacity. So he took this opportunity to stay with He Li and try to persuade him to accept Haihan's arrangement and use Haihan to provide low-interest loans to make a few investments at Zhoushan Shipyard.

The order for the ship allows the shipyard's new dock to be put into use immediately.
Chapter completed!