Chapter 3539: Your Own Pier
At this moment, Lin Feng has returned to Shanghai and urged several shipyards to deliver goods quickly. Because Gaddafi also urged him. He hopes that the first order reached with Russia will be delivered quickly to help him consolidate his regime.
For this order, Russia has already loaded it and is waiting for the transport ship to arrive. Originally, Putin said that he could also provide a cargo ship, but Lin Feng did not agree, but waited for his own cargo ship. Because Lin Feng has to go to Somalia during the transportation and bring some guns and ammunition to Somalia.
Although Major Dashir and the other six tribes in Somalia have reached a ceasefire agreement and the two sides have divided the land, Somalia is currently in a state of disrepair and everything needs investment. Somalia itself has extremely scarce resources, and everything depends on Lin Feng to operate. Although Lin Feng is rich enough to rival a country, it is not easy to operate a country completely. At least it takes time. And Dashir wants to maintain his regime, not by any law, but by the barrel of a gun.
Therefore, all the guns and ammunition used in Somalia are currently imported. At present, Somalia does not have an air force, but only an army and a small navy. The army currently has 10,000 people. All the guns and ammunition of these 10,000 people come from the supply of "Langya". But "Langya" has only so many people, although it can buy from "Russia" continuously.
However, you can't buy the share of tens of thousands of people with the amount of thousands of people. It's okay to buy once or twice. But if you always buy like this, there will be problems. So this time, while Gaddafi was looking for Russia to buy arms, Lin Feng also opened several times more at one time. To transport these arms, naturally, you can't rely on outside companies, but only on your own people.
Therefore, Lin Feng kept urging the top ten shipyards to deliver the goods. But the answer was that they had to wait at least a month. There was no way, they received the order less than a week ago. Even if the rough production was done, it would take time. The factory's overtime hours were not enough, they were not Doraemon!
"Boss, you don't have to be so anxious. And now the company has only temporarily established a large framework, and there is actually a lot of work to be done. In my opinion, we can officially start operations when the Shanghai Shipyard delivers the goods in a month." Bao Peili saw that Lin Feng was anxious and thought that he wanted to get the 'Fengshen Ocean Company' on the right track as soon as possible and compete with the 'Global Shipping Group'. That's why he was so anxious, so she comforted him.
Lin Feng shook his head. If he waited another month, Gaddafi would probably blow up his phone. That guy is impatient. He wants everything to be quick. He is so anxious that this gunpowder has not been delivered. He is so anxious that he urges every day. Of course. Somalia is the same. Lin Feng also wants to transport some more food. That poor country has nothing. If he doesn't transport food, Major General Dashier wants to develop Somalia, that's a dream.
All these are waiting, how can Lin Feng not be anxious!
"By the way, Boss, if you have money, I think we can invest in building a wharf dedicated to our fleet in Shanghai. As China's financial center, Shanghai will play an important role in Asia in the future, and the cargo throughput of the port here will become more and more amazing. Since we want to become the world's largest shipping company, it is necessary to have our own wharf." Bao Peili suggested.
Own wharf! Lin Feng's eyes lit up. This is a good suggestion.
He is building a real estate project called "Taohua Island" in Shanghai. It is a super villa community built specifically for those truly top rich people. In fact, it should be called "Inner Island". Lin Feng directly introduced seawater to surround it. Let it form an inner island separated from the land and surrounded by seawater on the land.
The idea of this "Taohua Island". It was also inspired by the "World Island" in Dubai.
However, compared with the "World Island" directly creating an island out of thin air on the sea, Lin Feng's plan to build an artificial canal and build an artificial island is simpler, faster, and more economical.
This itself requires finding a dock on the sea so that the cruise ships of the rich can go up the river. In this process, for safety reasons, locks are naturally required. The best solution is to build a dock and control it. It was just that it was considered too wasteful, and the investment cost was too high and the rate of return was too low, so it was temporarily shelved.
Now that we have our own shipyard, it is a very good proposal to build a dock of our own. Of course, this requires consultation with government departments. However, with the good relationship between Lin Feng and the Shanghai government, I believe it is not difficult to build a dock. At most, let the government send relevant departments to be stationed here. But no matter how to station, given Lin Feng's status and identity in Shanghai, I believe those departments will not really come to search every batch of goods. And it is very convenient for Lin Feng to transport some very private things appropriately. This is much more convenient than at the public dock.
Of course, if you want to build your own private dock now, you have to be far away from the city center, and you need to build a brand new highway. This investment is a lot of money.
Lin Feng calculated and wondered whether to invest.
"Boss, I know this investment will be huge. But once the company becomes the world's largest shipping company, this terminal will bring in endless profits. Moreover, Shanghai is the outlet of the Yangtze River, so many inland freight can be shipped abroad by sea from here. In the short term, the financial pressure will definitely be great, but in the long run, it is very cost-effective." Bao Peili lobbied.
If you want to surpass the ‘Global Shipping Group’, you must not start slowly. No one knows the Global Shipping Group better than Bao Peili. Global Shipping was created by Pao Yue-Kong, and Pao Yue-Kong believed in stability all his life. He has always been honest, sincere, and down-to-earth in doing things. Therefore, the foundation of Global Shipping is very solid, and it is difficult for others to surpass it. This is just like, after Pao Yue-Kong passed away, the outside world once rumored that Global Shipping was going to collapse and fall into internal friction.
But in the end, it didn't, but under the leadership of Su Haiwen, it got better and better. Of course, this is also related to the concessions of Bao Peili and others. But there are naturally sacrifices and efforts made by those old employees. Therefore, if you want to surpass ‘Global Shipping’ now, you don’t have to make great strides at the beginning, otherwise it won’t work. As for the risks involved, Bao Peili also knows that her great strides forward can easily put the company into a situation where its assets are not enough to cover its debts.
But since the boss is Lin Feng, Bao Peili has absolute confidence in this company. With Lin Feng's connections, there is no need to worry about the lack of supply. With the supply, there is no need to worry about making great strides.
"You have confidence in me!" Lin Feng smiled and shook his head. But what Bao Peili said was right. As long as she is there and has a good relationship with the upper level, there is no need to worry about the supply. Don't forget that China is now the world's largest energy importer and also the largest importer of some types of grain. Generally speaking, China is now the world's largest importer. With such a big sign, Lin Feng is not worried about the supply.
What's more, China is also the world's third largest exporter. Therefore, Lin Feng is not afraid of not having a source of goods for transportation.
"Okay, invest in building a wharf! You decide on this. How much money, you apply to the accounting department, and I will approve it." Lin Feng ordered.
Bao Peili was delighted. Once it has its own wharf, the company will be out of the category of a shell company. It is a posture of doing big things. You have to know that when Pao Yugang first started running a ship, it was a shell company. There was nothing, not even a ship. It just received the source of goods first, and then went to find a ship. After that, it was gradually formalized. Now Lin Feng's starting point is much higher than that of Bao Yugang.
Lin Feng smiled. Bao Peili is so motivated, that's a good thing. Will I spend more money soon? I'm not afraid of that. Although I still owe 100 million US dollars in foreign debt, as long as the world enters a food crisis by the middle of next year, I can make it back. The price of food has increased several times, and I have invested hundreds of billions in it, which is enough for me to repay all debts and make a lot of money, and I can also do a big favor in Africa.
Bao Peili is very efficient. On the same day, she submitted an application for funds to build the wharf to the Finance Department. Although Lin Feng does not manage the company, Bao Peili has the final say, but Lin Feng is in control of the Finance Department. The financial staff is directly appointed by Lin Feng. Lin Feng will review all bills every month. Therefore, Lin Feng is not afraid of what the company's last name will be!
Bao Peili applied for funds for the construction of the wharf as high as 100 million RMB, close to 100 million US dollars. This is a huge number, but according to Bao Peili's plan, once completed, it will become the largest bulk cargo terminal in Shanghai. It has several berths for 10,000-ton cargo ships, more than ten ton berths, and fully mechanized automatic equipment. Its annual throughput is designed to be 10,000 tons. Of course, this plan is only the first phase of the project. During the construction, space for the second phase of future upgrades and renovations is reserved.
Lin Feng did not look closely at this plan. He did not understand it very well, but Bao Peili did. Since he agreed, then the construction was done. Of course, Lin Feng also added a clause to his plan, that is, to open the ship lock at the outlet of "Taohua Island" within the scope of the dock. While ensuring the safety of the rich, it also ensures its security.
Bao Peili had no objection to this. This proposal did not even require modifying the plan, but only needed to add a ship lock and a few guards on the side.
With high efficiency, Bao Peili received the funds that night and began the intensive dock construction project. At this time, a mysterious guest arrived. His arrival surprised Lin Feng greatly.