Chapter 601 Drink Soup and Eat Meat

Integration of Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

This has been discussed in Hong Kong and Shenzhen for several years.

The pros and cons have been clearly analyzed.

However, it is still difficult to truly realize the integration of Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

It is not about ideology or culture, but the economic gap between the two sides is too big.

At this time, if you want to promote the integration of Hong Kong and Shenzhen, it is undoubtedly equivalent to forcing a rich and beautiful woman to marry a poor loser.

The poor loser marries a rich and beautiful woman. This plot is very cool, but the world is so big, how many examples have appeared in reality?

If there is, it will be ten years later, and the eldest princess of Samsung will marry a security guard!

Liu Tao is not in a hurry to force the integration of Hong Kong and Shenzhen at this time. He has time and patience to promote this matter.

If it doesn't work now, it will be next year, and if it doesn't work next year, it will be the year after next!

One day, everything will be ready, and only the east wind is missing!

Everything will come naturally.

Besides, Hong Kong is just a corner of China!

He still has a lot to do, and there are still many places waiting for Chinese people to farm.

He would not have any bad feelings towards those Hong Kong businessmen. After all, everyone has their own ideas and interests.

Hong Kong is not only a transit station for the export of Chinese goods, but also a bridgehead for foreign countries to enter China. There are many forces here, and the situation is very complicated.

Even Liu Tao, who knows something, will find it very complicated.

In Hong Kong, there are both the remaining forces of the British and the forces of the Americans. Similarly, Japan also has a considerable force in Hong Kong.

In addition to foreign forces, there are many forces of different factions in China itself. Many people fled the mainland in disgrace. It is simply nonsense to say that they are patriotic.

This afternoon, after having lunch with other shareholders, Liu Tao met Dong Jianhua in the tea room of the hotel, the current leader of the Dong family.

A few years ago, the Dong family had a debt of more than 25 billion and almost went bankrupt. It was still Huo Yingdong who came forward to help the Dong family through the difficulties.

Liu Tao still has a good impression of this man who is currently a proud person in the Mesozoic era, because his position is still relatively firm and his vision is relatively large.

"Mr. Liu!" Dong Jianhua saw Liu Tao coming in and hurriedly stood up to greet him.

Liu Tao nodded with a smile, "Mr. Dong!"

Afternoon tea is simple, some desserts, and then there is tea.

After the two exchanged greetings, Dong Jianhua talked about the purpose of this visit.

Currently in the Persian Gulf, the number of Asian fleets sunk is the largest, followed by European and American fleets.

This makes everyone full of worries about going to the Persian Gulf.

Even if the United States now announces that it will send warships to the Persian Gulf for escort, it has not been able to dispel everyone's concerns.

After all, even American warships will attack Iraq and Iran, not to mention warships from other countries.

Now in the market, the price of crude oil transportation in the Persian Gulf has risen to US$1.2 per barrel, which means that the freight for a 100,000-ton tanker to go there is as high as US$880,000.

Coupled with the added insurance and the high international crude oil FOB price, it is conceivable how terrifyingly high the international crude oil CIF price will be now.

This is why people in various countries are now very sensitive to the price of oil, that is, they can no longer afford to refuel.

The profit is so high, but it still makes shipping companies full of worries.

A large oil tanker costs tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars at any time. Not many shipping companies are willing to take the risk of being sunk and losing all their money for a transportation fee of hundreds of thousands of dollars or millions of dollars.

Unless there is a warship escort.

But now, the United States is shouting that it will send an escort fleet, and other European countries are also saying that they will send an escort fleet. The problem is that no one has a clear idea of ​​what effect it can achieve.

Dong Jianhua also covets the profits of shipping to the Persian Gulf, but the problem is that he dare not take such a big risk.

So he hopes to earn transportation fees through Liu Tao's channels while the route is safe.

OOCL has 40 tankers with a capacity of 5 million tons. As long as they can make a safe trip, the freight alone can reach 44 million US dollars.

In a month, at least two trips can be made, which means that the freight can reach 88 million US dollars.

It only takes one year to earn 1.056 billion US dollars just by transporting oil.

This is very important for OOCL Group!

Liu Tao pondered for a moment, then smiled and nodded, "No problem, I will send someone to follow your ship so that your ship can enter and exit the Persian Gulf safely!"

His shipping company and the shipping company under Ho Ying-tung have limited tankers, which are only enough to transport oil from Persia and Iraq.

But you have to know that in addition to Persia and Iraq, there are also Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman in the Persian Gulf, all of which have rich oil reserves and are oil-producing countries.

Although Saudi Arabia can transport through the Red Sea, it also has a large number of oil wells in the Persian Gulf.

Now Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other countries are beginning to be dissatisfied with Iraq because the Iran-Iraq conflict has seriously affected their oil sales.

Now that the Dong family has more shipping capacity, more oil can be shipped from the Persian Gulf.

The Dong family can make some money and have a share of the profits, but he is the one who makes the most money.

Dong Jianhua was relieved when he saw Liu Tao agreed.

"Thank you, Mr. Liu!" Dong Jianhua said quickly.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "I just hope that the Huo family will consider domestic shipyards when they order cargo ships in the future. Domestic shipyards are still very powerful now."

"Sure, sure!" Dong Jianhua said quickly.

After talking about the business, the two talked about other things.

At about 2:30, Liu Tao's secretary came in to remind him that it was almost time for a meeting.

Liu Tao left then.

Dong Jianhua personally sent him to the door and watched him leave.

Dong Jianhua had a bright smile on his face. This time the goal was achieved, and it can be said that the Dong family will make a lot of money.

Shipping is hard-earned money, because shipping prices are relatively low, especially the first oil crisis in 1973, which made the world economy not very prosperous. The United States and Europe were greatly dragged down. Although there are also countries like Japan that are developing rapidly, they cannot make up for the demand in the United States and Europe. Therefore, shipping prices are very low, and it is normal for the fleet to be vacant.

If everything goes well now, the profit earned from transporting oil in just one year will be much greater than what was earned in the whole year before.

Merchant ships are often used for decades after they are bought, and the cost recovery period will be relatively long.

For example, the freight for transporting oil from the Persian Gulf can reach 1.2 US dollars per barrel, which is the highest record in history.

Now that they have taken advantage of the situation, the Dong family can live a better life.

Although the Dong family has survived the bankruptcy crisis in recent years, it is not as glorious as before, and the status of the Dong family has declined a lot.

As the head of the Dong family, Dong Jianhua is under great pressure, fearing that his father will hand over the Dong family to him and he will bankrupt the Dong family.