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Chapter 117: Even Dog Sh*t Can Be Sold (Seeking Subscriptions)

"African fishing boat business?"

Chen Jue's interest was immediately piqued upon hearing this.

He never refused legitimate avenues for making money.

It just so happened that Fangkuai Technology's operations were still in the preparatory stages, and the main products for external sales had not yet been finalized.

If he could secure suitable ship manufacturing and refurbishment orders in advance, the Magic Cube Factory wouldn't be so easily left idle.

So, after finishing dinner at the guesthouse, Chen Jue listened to Ji Yijiang, who was brewing tea for the guests, at the tea table set up in the open-air patio.

It turned out that his eldest son, Ji Xian, had inherited part of the Minghua Shipyard's business.

After the shipyard went bankrupt, he and a few friends went to Africa to seek their fortune.

You should know that Wenshi used to be extremely inconvenient for transportation due to its mountainous terrain, which led many Wenshi people to develop a habit of going abroad to venture and take risks.

Europe, America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East go without saying, even in places like Africa, which ordinary people would shake their heads and dislike, there are many Wenshi businessmen investing and doing business.

Ji Yijiang's son, Ji Xian, is one of these overseas Chinese Wenshi businessmen who went abroad to do business.

He is currently in Namibia, a West African country that is one of the world's top ten fish-producing countries, specializing in shipping business.

To put it bluntly, he is actually the same as Manager Zhang from Hongyu Shipping, engaged in the business of second-hand dealers involving ships, a transnational ship broker.

He purchases some affordable, older fishing boats from China and sells them to backward African countries like Namibia to continue their service.

After all, Africa's industry is very backward. Even in 2024, few African countries other than Egypt and South Africa have a complete shipbuilding system.

If they want to buy fishing boats, they basically aim at Europe, Asia, and other manufacturing-intensive areas.

Moreover, Africans can't afford too expensive new ships! That would be too cost-ineffective.

So, they have to focus on those old ships that are high in age and on the verge of being scrapped.

According to Ji Yijiang, most of the fishing boats in China are well maintained, and the service life is not as lenient as in extremely poor countries such as Africa and Bangladesh.

A ship can be used for 100 years as long as the bottom of the ship is not rotten and rusted through and it is still floating on the water.

As long as it is repainted with anti-rust and anti-corrosion paint, the old fishing boat can run stably at sea for a few years without any major problems.

Bringing it to Africa will be snatched up in minutes!

Listening to Old Ji's description of this familiar ship refurbishment business, Chen Jue, who was drinking tea, suddenly had his eyes lit up: "Old Ji, this business can be done! As long as the price is right, Fangkuai Technology can completely take it on!"

Because Chen Jue had previously refurbished 5 10,000-ton bulk carriers.

Recently, with the vigorous development of the soybean and timber business, the cash flow on hand has begun to be abundant, and Hongxing Trading has purchased several similar old ships that are being transported back for refurbishment and modification, intending to continue to increase the soybean shipping capacity in the Far East route.

Since the Magic Cube Factory has the technical strength and refurbishment experience, it is natural to take on some refurbishment fishing boat business.

As long as no magic modification is carried out, with the tireless iron bodies of the Iron Golems and the newly arrived industrial machine tools, it will definitely be able to burst out with incredible work efficiency!

… …

After chatting with Ji Yijiang, Chen Jue took a business card from him and added his eldest son, Ji Xian, on WeChat, even though they were thousands of miles apart.

There is an old tradition in Wenshi for doing business, that is, fellow villagers bring fellow villagers, and relatives bring relatives when going out.

If they are not related, they will bring acquaintances, relying on the power of many people to make a fortune together.

Ji Xian, who was wandering in Africa, was immediately energized when he heard that his father had found him a strong partner, and he first made a video call with Chen Jue across more than 10 time zones.

"President Chen!"

"First of all, thank you for taking over my family's shipyard. If it weren't for your help, my father's debts would have exploded."

Ji Xian in the video looked a little oily and dark, and it was obvious that he had been running around in Africa a lot.

Most of the people who run ships outside all year round have this skin color characteristic, unless they are the chief mate or captain sitting in the cabin, few are not exposed to the wind and sun.

"It's a small matter!"

Chen Jue first exchanged a few polite words, and then asked about the second-hand fishing boat sales business in Namibia.

If the order volume is too small and the amount involved is too small, then he would be too lazy to take it on.

After all, just by selling roast chicken and mung bean smoothies, Chen Jue has more than 2 million in cash coming in every day.

Not to mention the two big businesses of soybeans and timber, whose future accounts receivable have exceeded several billion.

If dragging a second-hand fishing boat to Africa can only earn a profit of ten thousand or eight thousand at most, then this kind of small order that is not enough to fill the teeth is better not to do for Chen Jue.

Unexpectedly, when Ji Xian heard Chen Jue's Versailles tone with his eyes on the top of his head, he immediately patted his chest and guaranteed: "President Chen, you can rest assured! I have been in Walvis Bay for more than ten years and know many chiefs of the tribe, as well as relatives of several presidents and prime ministers."

"As long as the ship is dragged from China, there is no way it can't be sold!"

"To put it jokingly, I can even help you sell a ship of dog sh*t as fertilizer in Africa!"

In order to dispel Chen Jue's doubts, the other party even sent a transaction photo of himself and the local snake, including photos and videos of the fish port and wharf in Walvis Bay, Namibia.

The dense scene of 10,000 ships docked is no less than the scale of thousands of ships leaving the port after the end of the fishing moratorium in China.

"Is the network so extensive?"

Chen Jue flipped through the transaction photos sent by the other party.

Some of the second-hand thousand-ton fishing boats had rusted through the hull, and the hull was floating on the water crookedly.

It would be a blessing to be able to return to the port safely after going out to sea.

With such a garbage ship condition, it can still be sold for more than 1 million RMB.

This Ji Xian is indeed a tyrant in Walvis Bay, and his network is so extensive that it is a bit unreasonable.

However, Chen Jue likes to deal with people with such extensive networks!

Because his network is also extremely rough!

… …

After enthusiastically communicating with Ji Xian, the two like-minded people were just short of chopping a chicken head and becoming sworn brothers across the air.

After agreeing that the other party would return to China for further cooperation talks, Chen Jue hung up the video call.

It was already past 9 o'clock in the evening, and Zheng Bocheng, who was packing up his night fishing gear, saw him holding his mobile phone and asked curiously, "Did you get another business? Don't you take us to play with the way to make a fortune?"

Guo Sen and Li Te, who came to vacation together, also clamored: "That's right, Chen Jue! Making a fortune secretly behind the brothers' backs, that's not right of you!"

Chen Jue scolded with a smile when he saw this: "Get out of here! Who was it who joked that they looked down on street vendors at the beginning? It's already giving you a lot of face to take you out sea fishing for free.

If you want to make a fortune, you can go to work at our Chen Ji branch. I will subsidize you if it is less than 10,000 a month."

When Li Te heard this, he immediately lifted his vest, revealing the strong muscles of a physical education teacher: "You want to send us away with 10,000 a month? Chen Jue, you kid are really floating! Brothers, beat him up!"

After joking and playing with his buddies for a while, Chen Jue couldn't resist Li Te's strong man locking him, so he made a satellite phone call at the Xiwang Pier.

There are many people going out sea fishing at night, because the sun is too strong during the day, and the fish are hiding in the deep water area with lower water temperatures.

The harvest is generally good when going out for night fishing, so that several fishing boats that have been started are waiting to leave the port at Xiwang Pier.

The old-fashioned diesel engine was rumbling, and a bonfire was lit in an iron bucket at the pier, igniting the atmosphere in the air.

Many neatly dressed anglers and tourists were carrying fishing gear, chatting with friends, admiring the sea view under the moon, and bragging about the harvest of the last sea fishing trip.

It's just that while chatting, the eyes of these tourists suddenly straightened up and stared at the sea in the distance.

I saw a streamlined fishing yacht with a length of more than 30 meters and a metallic gray color speeding from the sea at a speed of more than 30 knots.

As soon as it entered Xiwang Pier, the cool and modern ship shape, as well as the several tall and strong sailors standing on the ship, immediately turned those old fishing boats that were about to leave the port into scum!

That scene is like a latest Lamborghini parked in the middle of a pile of Wuling Hongguang that has run 200,000 kilometers and the car doors are almost unable to close, which is extremely visually impactful.

So that when Chen Jue greeted his buddies to board the ship, many middle-aged tourists who planned to go to the pier for night fishing silently took out a cigarette and lit it, and some said with sour teeth: "Rich people just like to show off!"

"With such a good boat, without that fishing skills, shouldn't the air force still be the air force?"

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