Chapter 131 [Recruiting troops] (Please vote for me!)

Author: Ren Zhufei

Chapter 131 [Recruiting troops] (Please vote for me!)

In mid-October, the impact of the embargo has reached the lives of Hong Kong citizens. What is more obvious is that the number of unemployed people has begun to increase, because many companies have been relying on trade with the mainland for a living. Now, although the 'smuggling' industry has spun out,

After all, not everyone has the channels and courage.

The chance of finding a job was originally small, but now coupled with the increase in the number of unemployed people, many people's lives have become even more difficult.

The only good thing is that a large number of overseas charity funds have poured into Hong Kong, which is more than the expenditure of the Hong Kong government. Together with the donations from local wealthy people, many relief stations have been formed.

Not hungry to death, but not full either!

Under this situation, Global Shipping began to recruit 120 seafarers, which caused a huge sensation in Hong Kong. On the day of application, there was a sea of ​​people outside the entire Yangtze River Industry. Thousands of people heard the news and came early.

In order to avoid an accident, Global Shipping Lines made a special call to ask the police to come over and maintain order. But when a dozen JCs arrived at the scene, they suddenly felt too insignificant.

The place is still noisy!

"Who the hell are you, joining our team?"

"You don't care who I am, is this your family's territory?"

Soon, there were all kinds of contradictions, which gave JC a big headache.

"Don't fight!"

"Believe it or not, I will put you in a cell and starve you for three days!"

Some people suddenly became contemptuous when they saw just one or two policemen coming forward, even policemen in military uniforms.

“It turns out he’s a playboy who didn’t rob me!”

"That's right, what's the use of light and evil!"

Seeing that the situation was about to become chaotic, suddenly a group of uniformed personnel, led by a foreigner, ran in neatly, shouting slogans.

"Maintain order"

"Those who make trouble will be beaten with wooden sticks!"

William shouted in English, which the students couldn't understand, but Global Security provided William with a translator. What's more, when William waved the stick, the students already understood.

The next question is simple. This group of students has been through devil training in the past month. They have no place to vent their worries. When they encounter anyone who is unruly or causing trouble, the male students will hit them with wooden sticks.

For a time, order was quickly maintained.

"Who are you? Why are you beating people?" someone protested.

"Get in line, don't make trouble on site, and get out if you don't want to apply!" The male students ignored him.

It's rare to find a place to vent, and he doesn't have to be powerful.

Many of them have served as soldiers, or practiced martial arts, or are tall and powerful, so naturally they are not afraid of these rabble.

The troublemakers suddenly didn't dare to say anything. This group of people were as angry as if they were on gunpowder.

A policeman stepped forward and asked: "Brother, from that team, your camouflage uniforms are very impressive!"

When the male practitioner saw that he was a police officer, his expression softened and he immediately said: "He is from the Global Shipping Convoy."

The policeman looked confused and asked blankly: "Isn't it JC?"

"Have you ever seen a Hong Kong JC wearing something like this?"

After the male student finished speaking, he stopped talking to these frivolous boys.

In his opinion, as long as they pass the devil's training, these police officers may not be able to match their salary.

Not envious!

Soon, the news that Global Shipping had a fleet of dozens of people was known to all the young men present.

"Why does a ship operator have so many security guards? Should he go to sea to fight against pirates?"

"They're rich! Don't even look at who their boss is!"

After having forty-five bodyguard trainees to maintain order, the order of the entire scene suddenly improved a lot.

The recruiters are all from the management of Global Shipping Lines. If you ask a few questions, Zhongyi will give you a form and no more bread;

Those selected on the first day will have to use this form to apply for the second time the next day.

Global shipping is also placing higher and higher demands on seafarers, after all, money and energy have to be spent on training them.

Ever since Wheelock's old Madden had an unpleasant meeting with Lin Zhichao, he was very disdainful and thought that Lin Zhichao was just a bragging Chinese shipowner.

But in fact, Lin Zhichao's ambitious statement of "surpassing Wheelock within ten years" has always been lingering in the old Madden's head. From time to time, he would always inquire about the situation of Global Shipping to understand this potential

Competitors.

What's more, the last time he took the initiative and cut prices by 10%, not only did he not take away the business of Global Shipping, but he also caused joint protests from Chinese and British businessmen, which can be said to have caused trouble.

Since then, he has been paying attention to global shipping.

This time, he got information that the Maritime Academy, a subsidiary of Global Shipping Lines, was actually recruiting 120 more seafarers.

This surprised old Madden so much that his jaw dropped.

You know, he guessed based on some information that Lin Zhichao already owns a fleet of 30,000 to 50,000 tons. This has made him incredible. After all, a shipping novice who has just been in the industry for a year actually has such strength?

After a while, he found Miller, a subordinate who was familiar with the dock business.

"Global Shipping, do you know how many tons of ships they have?"

Miller shook his head and said: "The details are not clear. At present, we only know that they have opened two fixed routes. The total tonnage is 16,000 tons. In addition, they also own two 10,000-ton free ships, but in recent years, they have

Months have disappeared. So, maybe it is less than 40,000 tons!”

Old Madden nodded, thinking this analysis should be reasonable.

A cargo ship with a capacity of 40,000 tons per year is also very powerful!

You know, Wheelock Shipping currently only has a total self-owned capacity of 200,000 tons, and manages many cargo ships (many) with a capacity of 50,000 tons.

Originally, 40,000 tons was enough, but Global Shipping now recruits 120 more seafarers, which is obviously extraordinary.

Could it be that Global Shipping will double its size in the next six months?

With this development going on, Old Madden is feeling the pressure.

Of course, it’s not that he is afraid of the rise of Global Shipping Lines, but he wants to create some competition and stumbling blocks for Global Shipping Lines and tell young people not to get carried away!

"Which new fixed route are they opening?"

Miller said: "It is a fixed route from Yokohama to Hong Kong."

Old Madden suddenly laughed, and then said: "Yokohama Port, isn't that the base of the US military? Would others still rent his ship?"

Miller reminded: "Yokohama has started reconstruction in the first half of the year, so there must be some freight orders!" He also speculated and did not know the specifics of this route.

Old Madden was suddenly embarrassed, feeling that he was lagging behind in news.

In order to alleviate the embarrassment, Old Madden immediately said: "Since Yokohama is being rebuilt, Japan's resource scarcity will definitely require a lot of imported materials from overseas. So, can we also open up a similar route and get a share of the pie?"

Miller thought for a while and said: "It should be possible! But boss, aren't the company's ships in Asia mainly for one-way charter and rarely run fixed routes?"

Wheelock has fixed routes from Hong Kong to Europe, but in Asia almost all flights are one-way charters, which are expensive.

Old Madden said: "Anyway, you should first investigate whether the route from Hong Kong to Yokohama is really busy. If it is busy, I will dispatch the ship to see if this route can make more money."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

In short, give that kid some color!

It can also be seen from this that Old Madden is narrow-minded and arrogant.

If he knew that HSBC had provided loans to Global Shipping, he would probably be so shocked that his teeth would fall out.

Lin Zhichao came to the "Qiuyi Building" in Queen's Road Central. Global Shipping officially moved into the fifth-floor office of Qiuyi Building, not far from HSBC Bank.

The Kiwi Building is located at No. 9 Queen's Road Central, in a triangle area, adjacent to Ice House Street and Des Voeux Road. The famous "Nine Queen's Road Central" in later generations is the Dutch bank that runs through Ice House Street, which is beneficial to banks.

Guangdong Bank on Des Voeux Road, Khoo Yee Building on Queen's Road.

In a situation like this, once three streets are opened up, the plot ratio can be increased a lot, and the value can also be increased a lot.

At present, many buildings in Hong Kong occupy an area of ​​less than 10,000 square feet, or more than 10,000 square feet; unlike the buildings of later generations, almost all occupy an area of ​​20,000 square feet, or even 30,000 square feet.

This is because in Hong Kong in this era, commercial buildings were not very high, almost only five or six floors, so the area was not large. Commercial buildings in later generations were almost twenty or thirty floors above, and the land was obviously too small.

It's impossible, so it can only be solved by merging buildings.

At present, Lin Zhichao's career is quite large, and he is thinking about owning a modern building in the late 1950s or early 1960s.

Building commercial buildings too early is, firstly, a waste and takes up funds, secondly, the Hong Kong government has not encouraged the development of buildings to the sky, and thirdly, the modernization of the buildings is insufficient.

When I walked into Global Shipping Lines, two front desk staff immediately stood up to greet me.

Lin Zhichao nodded and finally became a big company.

Starting next year, Global Shipping will have an annual profit of tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars. It is definitely considered a big company in Hong Kong.
To be continued...