Chapter 1559: Hold on to the Future

Mr. Huo and Yin Jun were not surprised.

Seeing that the young man just nodded and said nothing more, he smiled unconsciously and said, "What, do you have a plan, or are you unwilling to wade into this muddy water?"

"How can this be called muddy water?" Yin Jun shook his head and said, "Things like airlines can radiate in too many areas. Just say that our place in Xiangjiang is responsible for the important task of the transfer window for exchanges between the country and the outside world. This will not change within ten to twenty years, so Hong Kong’s aviation industry has great potential.”

"Why is it so promising?" Mr. Huo said, "When Mr. Cao mentioned it before, he said that we should do one or two lines first and stabilize the position. I think it is very stable."

"Being prudent is prudent, but it is also easy to miss opportunities." Yin Jun said, "This time period is very sensitive. If we can seize the opportunity and follow the mainland to ask the Hong Kong government to make more concessions, it will be a great thing. ! If you miss the present, I’m afraid it won’t be that easy to open the gap again.”

Mr. Huo was stunned for a moment and immediately began to think about it.

Yin Jun thought of Dragonair. With his current perspective and experience, he naturally understood why it was so difficult when it was first established.

The most important reason is not that no one takes their plane, nor that they have insufficient funds, but the restrictions placed on them by the Hong Kong government.

The aviation industry has very high entry barriers, even in foreign countries.

Not everyone can open an aircraft company.

Even if you open an aircraft company, how many routes you can apply for, whether you can apply for popular routes, and occupy the best time slots are all the main factors for the survival of an airline.

Give a simple example.

The most important business cities in China are Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

If an airline has these routes, and the flight and landing times are all between 10:00 and 20:00, then it is a very powerful airline, and there will be many business people taking their flights.

In fact, the service quality and standards of the low-cost airlines in the future are not bad. Why can't they be compared with those large airlines?

Isn't the reason because their flights usually only take off and land late at night?

If it is not for the purpose of saving money, those who are in a hurry and are particular about time will naturally not choose these flights, and they will also consider these flights to be low-end.

Once there is such an understanding, the brand value effect of the entire airline will also be reduced.

Dragonair is restricted by the Hong Kong government. They are not allowed to fly routes in many popular cities, forcing them to only fly two or three flights to Malaysia per week for two years. Of course, this cannot be done. Fame and even power are of no use.

Considering that when Dragonair was established, the Sino-British negotiations were completed and Hong Kong confirmed that it would return to China, this attitude is obvious.

Anyway, if we don't get it, then we will deliberately embarrass and disgust your people and company!

With such a mentality, it is expected that Dragonair will be embarrassed.

But if Dragonair is established in advance, what about negotiating with the Hong Kong government at this most critical time of negotiation?

Worried about gains and losses, and under pressure from the mainland, the Hong Kong government might give in and grant the right to open more routes.

Even if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter. Anyway, at best, one or two can be opened in Southeast Asia, right?

Mr. Huo doesn't have as many ideas as Yin Jun, but he is also a very smart person and knows what it means to fish in troubled waters.

In any case, in this situation, it is indeed easiest to obtain more preferential conditions.

How can a business person dislike the large discounts given to him?

But before that, Mr. Huo still needs to find out what Yin Jun is thinking about, or what Yin Jun wants.

"I want the rights to a few more routes, especially popular routes." Yin Jun said straightforwardly.

"I'm afraid this won't work? Xiangjiang is pursuing the 'one route, one airline' strategy." Mr. Huo said.

"That was before. There used to be only one company, Cathay Pacific. Now there is one more airline company like ours? Why can't we make some changes? Which country or city in the world has such weird regulations?" Yin Jun said eloquently, "It won't hurt if we all unite and let the mainland cooperate with us and try our best."

"That's right." Mr. Huo nodded seriously, but then said, "Tell me more specifically, what step do you want to achieve?"

Yin Jun explained the six routes he had just thought of. Each route was analyzed in detail, and Mr. Huo couldn't help but nod his head in agreement.

"These lines are very good. If they can be completed, it will of course be a great benefit to the airlines." Mr. Huo stretched out two fingers, "But I have two questions."

"Please tell me!"

"First, why don't you include flights from the mainland in your plan? You know, there are a lot of people from the mainland going to all over the world through Xiangjiang." Mr. Huo said, "Don't say it's me, even Lao Bao, or... It would be easy for you to ask them to open flights between Beijing and Shanghai, right? This is very profitable! This is also the retreat prepared by Mr. Cao! Once our business here fails, we will open inland routes immediately! "

"Mr. Huo, have you forgotten? Several airlines in the mainland have just been established in the past few years, and they are preparing to open new routes. This route to and from Xiangjiang has been coveted by them for a long time." Yin Jundao . "Once our airlines compete with them, what do you want them to think? Isn't this a job grab?"

Mr. Huo burst out laughing when he heard this, "You're right! I really didn't think it through properly! We'd better discuss this matter carefully before talking about it."

After a pause, he added, "Second point, your plan is so big, do you know how much it will cost? An airline route is more than just buying an airplane!"

"I don't understand these things. We can just ask professionals to calculate them when the time comes." Yin Jun said, "As long as the price is affordable, then we will do it! Mr. Huo, this business is very cost-effective. As long as we persist, it will definitely bring us benefits." Come and get a tenfold or a hundredfold return!”

"The profits of the aviation industry are so high?" Mr. Huo was surprised. "That's not right. I asked people. It's much lower than real estate!"

"The aviation industry is not just the current business. When the times develop in the future, it will have greater returns." The young man said with a smile, "You take good care of yourself, you can see that day!"

"I accept your good advice!" Mr. Huo also smiled, "According to your plan, the cost must be more than 2 billion Hong Kong dollars. It's not that we can't come up with this money, but we have invested it in this. It seems that It’s still a bit inappropriate... It just so happened that Mr. Cao and Lao Bao also found other people, namely CEFC and Derun from the Mainland. You know these two companies, right? They are very interested in this airline! "

Yin Jun frowned slightly.

Businessmen in Xiangjiang generally do not think about monopoly when doing business.

Take Li Chaoren, for example, for every subway property he builds, he cooperates with others.

The last time Hang Lung Real Estate teamed up with nine major real estate companies, they jointly placed a bid of such a large amount.

Therefore, in building this airline, everyone contributes money and efforts together, which is a very normal way of cooperation.

But this business involves the two giants from the mainland, which seems a bit bad.

Later, Dragonair and Cathay Pacific merged, with the shadow of these two groups behind them.

For them, it is much better to merge Xiangjiang Airlines into one and completely tie Cathay Pacific to Air China than two independent airlines.

Yin Jun felt that this was a losing move.

Because in the end, Cathay Pacific still went its own way and caused a lot of troubles, which disappointed the people in the mainland and also affected Air China.

Therefore, Yin Jun thought, why can't we work hard on our own to develop Dragonair into the number one airline in Hong Kong and then annex Cathay Pacific?

In this case, our mainland still controls the lifeblood of aviation in Xiangjiang, and it is much better than your crude controls.

After thinking about it, the young man said to Mr. Huo: "Mr. Huo, you are a senior and also my elder... I have some considerations and I don't know if it is right or not. Please give me more advice."

"Tell me." Mr. Huo saw that Yin Jun hadn't answered and knew that there was something on his mind, so he also wanted to hear it.

"My wish and yours are to see the country rise again, become a world power, and restore the glory of our ancestors. This will not change now or in the future." Yin Jun first gave him reassurance.

As expected, Mr. Huo smiled slightly and agreed with Yin Jun's statement.

"But in terms of methods, I think we can weigh it up." Yin Jun said, "For example, this airline, why can't we businessmen in Xiangjiang do it ourselves? Although those two companies are very rich and they are their own people, their government... The color is too strong, and in many cases it is easy for other things to interfere with the business.

I'm not saying that they can't do business well, but if we leave the aviation business to ourselves, we will have greater development! For example, in foreign countries, do they feel more confident about Xiangjiang's capital, or do they feel more confident about airlines that are mixed with mainland capital?

We all do it for the good of our motherland and Hong Kong, so doing a good job and expanding this industry is the best help. Instead of proactively giving up shares to them, many conflicts will arise due to different ideas and values. This is a kind of alienation, don't you think? "

Mr. Huo frowned when he heard this.

After a long time, he said softly, "Are you saying that if they join, the future of the airline will be in doubt?"

"According to my judgment, it will definitely not be able to beat Cathay Pacific." Yin Jun said seriously.

With Yin Jun's superhuman business sense, this sentence is a bit harsh.

Mr. Huo even understood that Yin Jun was not optimistic about cooperation with the two major companies at all.

"Perhaps I am a bit selfish." Yin Jun continued, "But the premise for us to help others must be to ensure that we can prosper and leave pride for future generations... Destroying families and relieving people in trouble is not the same in peace. era, it shouldn’t have happened.”

"How can you reach that level?" Mr. Huo shook his head.

After being silent for a while, he nodded and said: "I understand what you mean, and it makes sense to think about it this way. ... I'm going to find out what they say. If Mr. Cao and Lao Bao insist on them joining in, then you can Don’t buy shares, I’ll help you smooth over your words.”

"Okay!" Yin Jun said, "Thank you, Mr. Huo."

Mr. Huo is now taking responsibility for Yin Jun and will not let anyone blame Yin Jun.

If Dragonair fails, then Yin Jun will definitely attack Cathay Pacific in the future.

I just don’t know what their expressions will be like when they see Yin Jun acquire Dragonair in the future.