Chapter 1558 Airlines

Before the Spring Festival, Mr. Huo went to the mainland.

When he came back and went to find Yin Jun, the young man thought he was going to talk about the incident on the high seas.

As a result, Mr. Huo was not talking about this, but about the preparations for an airline.

At present, there is only one airline in Hong Kong, called Cathay Pacific, which covers all local business in Hong Kong.

Before 1958, there was actually a Hong Kong Airlines in Hong Kong, but it was acquired and merged by Cathay Pacific in 1958. Cathay Pacific became the aviation monopoly giant in Hong Kong.

Cathay Pacific is an unlisted company belonging to Swire Group and HSBC. Both are British-owned companies and are not so friendly to the mainland.

In the past few years, although the exchanges between Hong Kong and the mainland have continued to increase, Cathay Pacific has still been so slow to open mainland routes, making it very inconvenient for Hong Kong to go to the mainland. In many cases, it can only take foreign airlines. Go by plane.

The Chinese in Hong Kong have been thinking about opening an airline of their own.

If nothing else, at least it should be more convenient for Chinese people to travel, right?

Wouldn't it be more convenient when doing business with the mainland?

This idea was not brought up by Mr. Huo, but was thought up by two fellow Lingbo people, Cao Guangbiao and Bao Yugang.

The world doesn’t know about Cao Guangbiao, but he was a famous textile king in the 20th century.

When he was in the mainland, he was second to none in the textile industry. When he arrived in Hong Kong, he took it to a higher level and expanded his business to the whole world.

In the 1980s, the company had more than 10,000 employees worldwide, including more than 6,000 in Hong Kong!

Cao Guangbiao is not only engaged in the physical textile business, he is also engaged in many businesses that can be done like other smart Lingbo people.

As long as he can make money, he will go to camp first.

This business in the aviation industry was something he figured out and then approached his fellow countryman Bao Yugang.

Bao Yugang actually had this idea, and Cao Guangbiao was a very reliable fellow countryman and old friend, so naturally he was willing to take a stake.

The two of them discussed it and decided that the third person they were looking for was Mr. Huo.

If you want to develop this airline well, support from the mainland is absolutely essential, and Mr. Huo's status in the mainland is higher than the two of them combined, so this business must have Mr. Huo join, even if it is A symbolic investment is also fine.

Mr. Huo is naturally very supportive of this.

He has long been dissatisfied with Cathay Pacific, but the situation in the past few years has forced him to keep a low profile and not act in a high-profile manner.

Nowadays, not only is the external situation excellent, but China is unexpectedly strong, which greatly shocked this group of British people, and Mr. Huo also has a very powerful hardcore helper.

This helper is Yin Jun.

Three years ago, Mr. Huo was only optimistic about the young man Yin Jun. After knowing that his heart was inward, he decided to take care of him as much as he could.

The result was unexpected - even Mr. Huo did not expect that Yin Jun would rise so quickly. He broke out of Xiangjiang in three years and took root deeply in the United States.

Today's relationship between the United States and mainland China can be said to be very good. After all, they want China to contain the polar bear, and they can't do it without giving things and sincerity.

So even if the Americans know that Yin Jun is sitting in mainland China, they don't care.

Now they only want to kill the polar bear, and everything else can come second.

Americans don't care about Yin Jun's position, so Yin Jun's huge industry in the United States makes him a person that the U.S. government must protect.

Once Yin Jun is made things difficult by the British in Xiangjiang, how will the Americans take action, what kind of disturbance will it cause, and whether the British will lose face... These are all issues that the British government will consider.

This is especially true for the Xiangjiang government. Yin Jun has more than 60,000 workers and employees, and affects more than 500,000 Xiangjiang residents. If nothing goes wrong on his side, the entire Xiangjiang may be in great turmoil.

If you are too fearful, you will naturally not dare to target him.

Yin Jun is in such a situation now, so although the British don't like many of the things he does, they can't do anything about him.

Therefore, what Mr. Huo did not dare to do before, Yin Jun did without any scruples, but nothing happened.

For example, Yin Jun opened a music tape factory and a cassette player factory in the mainland, as well as a large-scale instant noodle factory... these were simply unthinkable before.

Mr. Huo lamented that times have changed, and fortunately, an outstanding genius like Yin Jun was born, who can bring such hope like a spring breeze to the motherland that has suffered for hundreds of years in this unprecedented change.

So when Cao Guangbiao came to the door, Mr. Huo thought of Yin Jun first and pulled him in.

This is not because Mr. Huo needs Yin Jun to be bold, but because Mr. Huo wants to create better conditions for Yin Jun so that he can get involved in more and more important industries.

The aviation industry will definitely be a very emerging industry in the future. Planning it in advance will be of huge benefit to Yin Jun's all-round development.

"I went to the mainland with Mr. Cao this time and talked about this matter." Mr. Huo said to Yin Jun, "They have seriously agreed to open more routes for us and provide support in other aspects. It even includes establishing a shipping base there."

"That's good."

Yin Jun nodded.

In its previous life, Dragonair, the airline founded by Cao Guangbiao, Mr. Fok and Charter King, also had a difficult time at the beginning. The Hong Kong government simply did not give it the authority to open popular routes.

In the end, it was the mainland government's strong support, opening routes to first-tier cities in the mainland, and pressure from the Hong Kong government that finally allowed Dragonair to slowly develop and own about 40% of Hong Kong Airlines' share.

However, Yin Jun also knew what happened next.

In 2006, Cathay Pacific directly acquired Dragonair just like it acquired Hong Kong Airlines 50 years ago, so they were the only one left in Hong Kong.

However, this acquisition is very complicated. Air China, the controlling shareholder of Cathay Pacific and Dragonair, reached a share swap and mutual control during the acquisition, and the two companies almost merged into one.

In this way, Cathay Pacific is actually an affiliate of Air China, and the state has increased its control over Hong Kong's aviation industry.

Otherwise, I'm afraid Dragonair will not be acquired by Cathay Pacific even if it kills it.

It is currently 1984. I had the impression that Dragonair would start operations in 1985, but their business would not really develop until three to five years later. In the first few years, they were purely losing money.

But that was also a previous life.

With Yin Jun in this life, many things will naturally be different.

Now that Mr. Huo has found him, Yin Jun naturally joins him.

The role that Yin Jun can play is huge.

First of all, Yin Jun can build relationships in the United States and allow Dragonair to obtain route charters to San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York.

Nowadays, when Chinese people and even people from Xiangjiang Island go to the United States, most of them go to these places.

Once these routes are available, one flight every day will not be a problem, and it may even be insufficient.

In addition, in tourist cities across Asia, Yin Jun also knows where the long-lasting tourist destinations are.

Bangkok, Thailand, must be one. Until 40 years later, the most famous tourist destination in Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, ranked in the top five, much higher than many cities in mainland China.

It is not only rich in tourism resources, but also the headquarters of Pangu Bank. Mr. Chen will definitely be able to help.

Then there is Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, South Korea.

Japan is similar to the United States. Nowadays, it has close relations with the mainland. In addition, Yin Jun has a lot of business dealings with Japan. The chartering king has more connections in Japanese banks and shipping industry. , so activation is not a problem.

Seoul, South Korea may be a little more troublesome, but with money to clear the way, and based on the influence of Hong Kong Chinese on South Korea, it won't be a big problem.

From the beginning, there are six routes, which is completely enough.

In the previous life, Dragonair had only one route to Sabah, Malaysia for more than a year in the beginning!

Being an airline is not an easy task.

Especially since there are so many routes at the beginning, the aircraft, crews, airport facilities, etc. you need to maintain are all very expensive.

In the first few years, Yin Jun was prepared for massive losses.

However, as long as we survive these ten or twenty years, after 2000, that will be the era when the aviation industry will truly explode.

Not only the passenger aviation itself, but also the transportation and express delivery industry associated with the aviation industry is a huge treasure.

Think about it.

After 2010, when Yin Jun wanted to run Taobao, JD.com and SF Express, his hundreds of domestic routes and warehouses near the airport were a huge advantage.

But if Yin Jun really does this, he may become the world's richest man based on his assets in the mainland alone.

And what excites Yin Jun the most is that this industry involves physical industries, not virtual websites, games, social tools, etc.

Together, these three industries will affect more than tens of millions of businesses and will affect the lives of at least 600 million people!

If Yin Jun really does this, the foundation of the Kirin Group in the mainland will not fail for a hundred years!

Therefore, even if Mr. Huo does not invite Yin Jun, Yin Jun will enter this industry by himself in the future.

Apart from anything else, is it difficult for Yin Jun to get the 30% of Cathay Pacific shares held by HSBC?

The businessman Shen Bi admires most now is Yin Jun. To him, these company shares other than bank entities are nothing at all!