Chapter 2568 The Crisis in the Shipping Industry!

After the Greek debt crisis broke out completely, the whole of Greece fell into panic.

But if you want to say that the Greek government is stupid and has not thought of any way to save itself, that is also not true.

On the second day after the "News of the World" revealed the financial crisis, that is, on September 1, Greece officially promulgated an emergency decree. Aiming at Greece's long coastline, all port facilities will be closed from now on. Fees are halved, and if you sign a long-term contract, you will get a substantial discount.

At the same time, the various tax conditions of Greek ports have also been greatly reduced. Although it is not likely to be zero tariffs, it has suddenly dropped to the point where it is close to no payment.

When the three major rating agencies fell into trouble, Greece found that its strategy was not so effective, so it had a new trick.

On the morning of September 6, the second day after Greece’s fourth largest bank restricted withdrawals, the Greek government announced again that all 8.5 million tonnage trading vessels owned by the Greek government’s state-owned enterprises would be auctioned. , while still in operation, they will use zero profit to attract major traders.

Immediately afterwards, the Greek government reported its own price list, which directly took a breath of air from all the people in the shipping industry.

Greece is going to pull everyone to the end together!

Such a low price is definitely the rhythm of not making money, and it is good not to lose money!

Thinking about it carefully, the Greek government has supported as many as tens of thousands of employees through fleet transportation, and through unloading at Greek ports, etc., it has also supported so many people in the port.

If the fleet of the Greek government does not make money, the port loading and unloading fees are cheap, and there are almost no taxes, then everyone is willing to hand over the goods to them for transportation, loading and unloading there... Who would not want to save money?

In this way, at least the Greek fleet will have jobs, and the port personnel will be busy going back and forth. As well as related facilities and service personnel, there are also jobs. Family life is no problem at all!

The shipping industry is a pillar industry in Greece, accounting for 15% of Greece's gross national product, employing more than 200,000 people, and accounting for 3.8% of Greece's total population.

If the lives of hundreds of thousands of workers and millions of people can be solved, then what does it matter if the Greek government does not make money?

The Greek government can also drive more industries based on these businesses, so as to get rid of more financial burdens!

From this point of view. There are benefits to not making money!

Having figured this out, the same port countries in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland, also announced the same policy as Greece.

Port fees are halved, long-term contracts are cheaper, and fleet operating costs are greatly reduced...

After learning such a set of methods, Greece did not taste the benefits, and was immediately forced to enjoy the benefits that these policies will bring with these four countries.

They are still good, and they can find a way out of the desperate situation, but all the shipping companies in the world are dumbfounded by this.

How do people do business?

Can we still have a happy and win-win cooperation?

You play like this. What should we do?

The shipping industry under the national government does not need to make money, but instead depends on starting work to support the workers. And people in related industries, but shipping companies can't do it!

Shipping companies are all about profit. They are all going to distribute dividends to shareholders, and there is no actual profit. Why do they support so many crew members and staff? They are not state agencies, and they have no obligation to support these people!

You said that you want to put pressure on these countries, which is even more impossible!

Greece didn’t even listen to the words of the European Union before, so why listen to the words of industry giants like you? Can you find a better way to feed their people than this? If not, stop chirping and quacking here!

There are also countries such as Italy, the situation is probably not much better than that of Greece, and this problem has not yet come out, and they have already learned from Greece's policies. It can be seen how worried they are.

Such a country, do you still want to persuade them?

Do not make jokes!

therefore. Shipping companies around the world are in panic.

Among them are the Philippine shipping giant Zhengli Shipping, which has just bought a 1 million-ton cargo ship, and the Indonesian shipping giant Dajiama, which also bought a 1 million-ton cargo ship.

The two companies have one thing in common, that is, they both bought ships of so many tonnages at a low price.

These ships are about 70% new and well-maintained, but the price is only two-thirds of the market price, which is a big sale.

Both Zhengli Shipping and Dajiamar have strong backgrounds and are ambitious to do a good job in shipping, especially in European and American routes.

They were overjoyed at being able to buy so many good-quality cargo ships at such a cheap price, and secretly laughed at Gu Cang En for being so old-fashioned, and they wouldn't sell them so cheaply if they wanted to change careers!

That's right.

They bought these cargo ships from the king of shipping in Asia, the Malaysian billionaire Gran Cang En, with a tonnage of 2 million cargo ships, accounting for half of Gu's fleet.

It can be said that with the loss of half of the tonnage, the Gu family can only be regarded as the Malaysian shipping king at best, and cannot even be ranked in the top ten in Asia!

Not only the two major companies are making fun of the Gu family, but even the richest people in Malaysia are muttering that Gu Cang'en has really played a dirty trick.

Although the sale of the cargo ship earned more than 5 billion US dollars in cash, although the current shipping business is not very prosperous, it is not easy to do any business. In the industry I am familiar with, I can continue to operate even with a small profit. I am waiting for it. If things get better, won't they be able to make money again?

Automatically reducing the tonnage of the fleet by half, isn't this indirectly reducing one's own advantages?

You don't have enough cargo ships, how can you compete with others?

You must know that the more cargo ships can rotate quickly, the faster they can be maintained, and the lower operating costs can be achieved!

But what everyone didn't expect was that less than a month after the purchase of the two companies, they encountered such a bolt from the blue!

The five Mediterranean countries in Europe actually resorted to such a despicable trick, which is exactly the rhythm of the bankruptcy of the shipping company!

The wind direction of public opinion suddenly shifted direction.

"As expected, Mr. Gu!"

"Let me just say, Mr. Gu has been smart all his life, how could he make such a mistake?"

"Ginger is still old and spicy, now those two companies know how powerful they are?"

"Yeah, I thought I picked up a big deal, but I ended up picking up a huge trouble."

"Now the shipping in Asia should be directly overwhelmed by Europe, right? Mr. Gu's move from the bottom up not only reduces the burden, but also has a cash flow of more than 5 billion US dollars, which is definitely the best way to deal with the crisis. The situation is over!"

"So, the old man's wisdom is really far-reaching!"

"..."

Such remarks are circulating in the business circles of Southeast Asia.

Zhengli Shipbuilding and Dajiama Company were so angry that they almost fainted, but their money had already been paid to the Gu family, and there was nothing wrong with the business itself, so they had no choice but to make trouble.

In addition, the Gu family, who has been widely praised by everyone, is naturally extremely proud, sweeping away the uneasiness and doubts of the past, and raised their eyebrows in a high-profile manner.

The two people who really knew the inside story, Gu Cangen and Gu Pinghao, looked at each other face to face, and Gu Pinghao was even more speechless with a long sigh.

The two of them were unwilling to believe what Xiao Qi said, and they didn't want to sell the cargo ship in their hands.

But when he transferred to Hong Kong and returned to Malaysia, Gu Cang En and Li Chaoren met. Although Li Chaoren didn't know what Gu Cang En and Xiao Qi talked about, he knew that his old friend was hesitating when he saw Gu Cang En's confused look.

"Xiao Qi is a miraculous young man. If he gives you advice, you'd better listen to it if it doesn't involve the root of the family!" Li Chaoren said to his old friend.

With Li Chaoren's reminder, Gu Cang'en returned home and called up his own think tank to discuss with them, but none of them came to the conclusion that the Maritime Games would shrink significantly.

In fact, the current shipping is not as good as it was in the 1980s and 1990s. No matter how bad it is, can it be worse than it is now? Don’t you need shipping?

But the more Gu Cangen thought about it, the more he felt a little uneasy, and finally decided to trust Xiao Qi once and sell half of his cargo ship tonnage.

In Gu Pinghao's view, Dad is a little too risky, but he is not easy to stop him.

After all, he couldn't find the reason why Xiao Qi wanted to harm the Gu family, so naturally he couldn't say that Xiao Qi was talking nonsense.

Now that he decided to sell the cargo ship, Gu Cang'en did not hesitate. After just two months of negotiations, he finally sold his 2 million-ton cargo ship at a price much lower than the market price.

Then Gu Cangen was ridiculed by many people, both openly and secretly.

Even Gu Pinghao felt that Xiao Qi was too much of a joke, and wanted to ask his father to ask him, but Gu Cangen didn't make any move.

Next, the Greek debt crisis broke out, Greece announced this extremely sinister plan, and Italy and other four countries followed suit...

Not only Gu Pinghao was dumbfounded, but Gu Cangen also didn't expect such a change in the situation!

If you don't listen to Xiao Qi's words, such a shipping company with more than 10 billion US dollars really doesn't know what to do!

Throwing it away is absolutely impossible, but keeping it in your hands is a hot potato, an absolute dilemma.

But now, after listening to Xiao Qi's words, the Gu family sold half of the tonnage in advance, and the burden was greatly reduced. Even if it is a short-distance and small-profit Asian transportation route, it will not be at the end of the rope.

What's more, there are more than 5 billion US dollars in cash flow in hand, what problems can't be dealt with?

And to live such a good life today, isn't it because of Xiao Qi's wonderful fingers?

The genius boy really deserved his reputation!

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