Invest in a shipping company for joint operation?

Hardy was slightly surprised when he saw Victor's telegram. When he saw the name 'Tung Hao-Yun', he searched his memory. After his rebirth, his brain was very useful, and everything he had seen in his previous life was imprinted in his mind.

Tung Chao-Yen, one of the future "Seven Great Shipping Kings of the World", later had a shipping company with 150 ships and a total cargo capacity of over 10 million tons.

cooperate.

Hardy thinks it's totally fine.

He has more than 500 Liberty and Victory ships in his possession. The most important thing now is to have someone to operate them. Only by putting them into shipping can these abandoned ships docked in the harbor realize their greatest value.

Hardy called back immediately.

Hadi Shipping Company is willing to invest 300,000 tons of carrying capacity and cooperate with Dongjia Global Shipping. Hadi Group holds a 70% stake. In the future, both parties can enjoy each other's resources in operations, including ports, docks, routes, cargo information, etc.

It is even possible to transform the nature of a cargo ship and fly the flag of an appropriate country.

After Victor received a call back from Hardy, he thought that Tung Chao Yung was really lucky. The investment from his boss was a complete support. Tung Chao Yung's shipping company could suddenly become one of the world's largest shipping companies.

When Tung Chao Yung received the notice that the Hardy Group had replied, he rushed over immediately, feeling very nervous on the way.

He has been considering whether the other party would agree these days.

Victor smiled and looked at Dong Haoyun, "Mr. Dong, congratulations. Our boss, Mr. Jon Hardy, is willing to cooperate with you on this project."

"That's great." Tung Hao-Yun was pleasantly surprised.

"Our boss called back and said that your company has a transportation capacity of 100,000 tons, and we are willing to invest 300,000 tons of transportation capacity and hold a 70% stake," said Victor.

A simple calculation by Dong Haoyun showed that the other party had already provided an additional 50,000 tons of transportation capacity, which was to balance their own operating rights.

"I agree, but when can we sign the contract?" asked Tung Hao Yung.

"I will send accountants and lawyers to your company to calculate the situation of your company. Once the situation is true, we can sign the contract at any time." Victor said.

"Okay, I will cooperate." Dong Haoyun quickly agreed.

"By the way, for this 300,000-ton carrying capacity, what kind of ship do you want? A 15,000-ton Victory or a 7,000-ton Liberty?" Victor asked.

"Well, can I go back and calculate it? A 7,000-ton ship is more suitable for near-shore applications, and a Victory ship is more suitable for long-distance operations. I want to see which places are suitable for development, so that I can figure out what kind of cargo ship I need." Dong Haoyun said.

"No problem. It takes time to settle the accounts anyway."

A few days later, everything was calculated clearly. Dong Haoyun's global shipping business was in good condition. Hardy Company agreed to inject capital. Dong Haoyun asked for 10 Victory ships and 21 Liberty ships. With the addition of these ships, his total carrying capacity suddenly increased to 400,000 tons.

And Jon Hardy suddenly became a major shareholder of Hong Kong Global Shipping.

Gradually, people outside learned about this situation, and many people envied Tung Hao-Yun for his smartness, as he was able to acquire 31 ships without spending a penny.

One young man in his 20s was particularly envious of Tung Chao Yung. He also had a boat, but it was just a small barge. A barge was responsible for unloading cargo from a large ship and directly putting it onto a small boat, which then sent the cargo to various docks.

The workers were unloading the cargo. He stood on the deck and looked up at the big ship above him. This ship was the Victory.

"It would be great if I could have a ship like this. I could start shipping directly and earn enough to buy a second ship in less than one or two years."

"Boss Dong is really good at this. He was able to get 31 boats just by cheating people. If I, Huo Qingdong, had his wealth, I would definitely get more boats than him."

"Qingdong, the goods have been loaded, let's ship them away. This batch of goods includes medicines, glass syringes, sterile cotton, and medical equipment. They are very expensive. You must be extremely careful when sailing. Nothing must happen. If something does happen, the hall master will find you even if you run to the ends of the earth." A middle-aged man warned.

"Don't worry, big brother, nothing will go wrong."

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Time enters April.

Los Angeles has a pleasant climate.

Hardy's career is going very smoothly and all his businesses are making money. The auditions for ABC TV's Super Idol talent show have ended and a total of 236 qualified contestants have been selected.

Hardy has read the information and has to say that many people of this era do have real talents and skills. There are a lot of handsome young men who are good at singing, and a lot of beautiful girls who are good at singing, and they are all natural.

It’s nothing like the later generations, where all the contestants selected are ugly and have bad singing skills, and the talent show has really become a garbage show.

After the auditions, there will be the qualifying round, which will be held two weeks later. The qualifying round is much stricter and more cruel than the auditions. This time, each person must prepare at least three songs and compete in the studio. The qualifying round is divided into three rounds.

This is when the mentor comes into play.

The first round will reduce the number of auditions to 120, the second round will reduce it to 60, and the third round will reduce it to 24.

Finally, these 24 people entered the finals.

Although Marilyn Monroe has already signed a contract, she still hopes to move forward. Her natural singing talent and the training she received from professional teachers in the company already give her an advantage over most people.

During this period, the ratings of ABC TV station continued to rise. Not only did it make a lot of money from advertising, but it also boosted TV sales a lot.

That day Hardy received another letter from Victor in the mail, and this time the content of the letter was even thicker than the last time.

Victor reported to Hadi:

A large amount of land was purchased, totaling more than 1,400 acres, which is definitely not a small number in Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong government has agreed to build an industrial zone. All the land in the industrial zone will be owned by the real estate company under the Hardy Group. The government will implement the "three connections and one leveling" policy for the industrial zone.

Now more than a dozen factories have signed cooperation contracts and are run by the Chinese. Victor has also set up an investment promotion company. If anyone wants to start a business, they can contact Hardy Company to discuss cooperation.

In fact, it is somewhat similar to Fengtou Company.

The Hadi Group will provide certain assistance and support these enterprises as much as possible.

Quite a few people came to collaborate with us. One of them was named Li. He said he wanted to start a plastic flower business and asked if the Hardy Group was willing to invest.

There are also dozens of companies that want to cooperate in building garment factories, electrical appliance factories, watch factories, toy factories, eyeglass companies, plastic pipe factories, button factories, and so on.

Then he talked about the situation of the batch of post-war supplies that were shipped. Some items sold well, while others did not. The Hongmen in Hong Kong took four batches of goods and paid a total of 2.31 million. About half of the goods have not been picked up, but the speed is obviously much slower.

Victor speculated that they were running out of money and were trying to raise it.

Then he talked about the situation of penicillin. 100,000 doses were shipped every month, and they were all sold out as soon as they arrived. There was no problem with selling it.

The pharmaceutical factory in cooperation with Mercy Pharmaceuticals is under construction, and engineers estimate that it will take at least half a year before production begins.

Finally, Victor talked about the antiques he had purchased. "Boss, during this period, I have collected 18 trucks of antiques from Mr. Kong, totaling more than 6,800 pieces, with a total value of US$1.28 million, all paid with Citibank checks."

"There are a lot of antiques piled up in the underground vault now. I don't know whether to transport them to the United States or keep them there."

Hardy flicked the letter. “Eighteen truckloads of antiques in two months. These guys are reselling antiques at an increasingly fast pace.”

Victor asked him what he should do with the antiques.

Ship to the United States?

Hardy thought this was not a good idea.

If these antiques are brought to the United States, they will become American property. It is easy to bring them in now, but in a few decades, it will not be so easy for Hardy to take these antiques away. You want to take them away, but no, they are American property and you need to pay taxes.

And the tax rate is very high.

Hadi thinks it would be better to put it in Hong Kong. In the future, Hong Kong will be a free trade port and offshore financial center with no transaction restrictions and transaction taxes. It will be countless times more convenient for him to sell or donate the items.

But in this way.

Hong Kong needs a place to store antiques.

Hadi picked up the phone and called Han Ye-jin, "Hello, Ye-jin, I need to talk to you about something."

"Are you busy this afternoon?" Han Ye-jin asked.

"What's wrong?"

"There is an art appreciation event this afternoon, and I plan to go and see if there are any good things. I don't know if you have time, so I didn't call you. If you have time, can you go with me?" Han Ye-jin asked.

"Ok, I'll go with you." said Hardy.

Hardy came to Han Ye-jin's residence to pick her up. When Han Ye-jin walked out, Hardy's eyes lit up. She was wearing a pearl pink cheongsam embroidered with many floret patterns of the same color, which showed her luxury and high-end. The shawl was made into a short-sleeved shirt shape, giving a sense of a Western-style shawl.

Around her neck was a necklace, the one Hardy had given her for Christmas.

Her hair is slightly wavy and cleverly draped over her shoulders, her face has soft skin, and the woman exudes elegance, dignity and beauty everywhere.

“So beautiful~!”

Hardy exaggerates.

He bent down and kissed the woman on the lips.

The woman tilted her head back slightly and her eyes closed unconsciously.

"Get in the car~!"

Hardy opened the car door.

Han Ye-jin got into the car with a smile.

The car soon arrived in front of an art gallery in Los Angeles. The two got out and Han Ye-jin took out an invitation card from her bag. The standard of this event was higher and only those who were invited could enter. Most of the artworks on display today were famous.

Of course,

The main purpose is to find buyers for them. The purpose of the invitation card is to screen out the poor and invite those who have purchasing power to come.

Han Ye-jin walked into the exhibition hall holding Hardy's hand. Some people recognized Hardy and were surprised. They secretly said to their companions:

"Look, that young man is Jon Hardy. He is now the richest man in Los Angeles. I didn't expect him to come to this art exhibition."

"It is said that his net worth has now exceeded 1 billion US dollars."

"Oh my God, 1 billion." A blonde woman covered her mouth in surprise, then looked at Hardy, and then looked at the woman next to Hardy.

At this moment, a middle-aged man with a beard came over with a young girl. The middle-aged man was slightly stunned when he saw Hardy, and immediately led his companions and walked forward quickly.

"Mr. Hardy, I didn't expect to see you here." The middle-aged man greeted with a smile.

"Ah, it's Mr. An Ruisi. I'm here with my friend to take a look." He said and glanced at Han Yezhen.

The man looked at Han Ye-jin, greeted her with a smile and introduced himself. Han Ye-jin then realized that this middle-aged man was the general manager of Bank of America's Los Angeles branch.

After saying hello, the bearded man left with his female companion. The two of them walked around the exhibition hall and talked about a few paintings. Han Ye-jin then remembered that Hardy wanted to see her for something. "By the way, you said you wanted to see me for something. What is it?"

"Victor wrote to me saying that Hong Kong had collected more than 6,000 antiques and asked me if I wanted to ship them over. I thought about it and felt that shipping them over was not a good idea. I have an idea. Why don't we build a museum in Hong Kong, a large one. It won't be important for external exhibitions, but it will be mainly used as a treasure house. What do you think?" Hardy asked.

Han Ye-jin blinked and showed a little excitement. "Hadi, how about letting me build this museum?"

"You know, I studied architectural design, and my biggest hobby is antique art. When I was studying, my biggest wish was to build a large museum. For this reason, I also visited many museums, and even my graduation project was to build a museum."

Hadi smiled.

"Of course, no problem. If you want, you are responsible. Who told you that you are the boss of the auction company?"

Speaking of building a museum, Han Ye-jin lost interest in looking at artworks. "Come on, I'll take you to see my graduation design."

After saying that, he took Hardy and left.

The two came to Han Ye-jin's home, a small two-story villa. There was a room upstairs that was used to store her study things. They took a model down from the shelf and found a roll of drawings. They went to the bedroom and put the things on the bed to look at them.

Han Ye-jin explained to Hardy the museum's design concept, exhibition display area, security situation, underground treasure house, outdoor styling, lighting arrangement and so on.

Han Ye-jin became more and more excited as she spoke, "I never thought that one day, I would be able to fulfill my dream."

"Follow me, everything is possible." Hardy said with a smile.

Han Ye-jin looked at Hardy, moved closer and pecked him lightly on the mouth.

"A reward for you."

"That's not enough." Hardy grabbed the girl, held her head and kissed her hard. He accidentally lost control of his body's center of gravity and they both fell on the bed, pressed on the drawing paper.

"Wuwu~~Wait a minute, my drawings."

Han Ye-jin struggled hard, but she was no match for Hardy's strong arms.

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