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Chapter 73: Davai, cheers! (Subscription requested)

"That's right! Everyone who comes from our company is a talent."

"Without some skills, they wouldn't be noticed by our boss."

Chen Shang revealed a subtle expression.

Staring at the churning waves from the stern's propeller, he continued to find fault and bargain with Manager Zhang of Hongyu Shipbuilding on the deck.

By the time Chen Jue brought Tie Laoliu out of the engine room, Manager Zhang, who had been acting like a seller and calling Chen Shang 'brother,' was now completely dumbfounded by this [cunning merchant villager].

Especially the rusty parts of the hull and the outdated cabin instruments, Chen Shang photographed and documented every unsatisfactory detail on a list.

So, in this awkward atmosphere, after test driving and getting off the ship, the group went straight to Hongyu Shipbuilding's office to get down to business.

However, once they were at the negotiating table, the essence of a cunning merchant began to emerge.

After a round of bargaining, Hongyu Shipbuilding's original asking price of 8.6 million per ship was manipulated by Chen Shang, who used the on-site inspection list as leverage.

Finally, the price was slashed to a super-low price of 5.13 million in one go.

"Brother Shang! I can't go any lower!"

"This bulk carrier weighs more than 4,000 tons. Even if I scrap it, I'd still have to pay 1,000 yuan per ton."

"Selling it as scrap steel wouldn't even be this cheap!"

Zhang Haiyuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling a little parched.

He didn't know if the air conditioning in the office wasn't cold enough, or if the atmosphere at the negotiating table had completely overwhelmed him.

In short, sitting in front of this Brother Shang, he felt that he had wasted all these years as a ship broker, and inexplicably felt a sense of unease.

He was afraid of losing this deal and made all kinds of concessions.

"It's a 21-year-old ship, it's been soaking in the water for so long, what's the difference between it and scrap steel?"

"Knock off the change, 5.1 million and we'll sign the contract directly. If our company needs this kind of large-tonnage old bulk carrier in the future, we'll leave it all to you."

The strategist slashed out the final cut to the other party, and then turned back to Chen Jue, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the show, with a look of confidence and flattery: 'Leave it to me! Boss, you can rest assured!'

Zhang Haiyuan, who was feeling a little weak from the haggling, finally pursed his dry lips and nodded: "Okay... alright! 5.1 million it is! Let's just say that Hongyu Shipbuilding is making friends with Brother Shang and President Chen!"

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After finalizing the price for buying the ship in full, Chen Jue squeezed out more than five million yuan from the company account. The rest was to handle the transfer手续.

Zhang Haiyuan had worked as an agent in Xiangshan for so many years, so he was very clear about these errands and procedures.

After a few phone calls and WeChat messages, all the procedures for this 10,000-ton bulk carrier were quickly registered under the name of 'Tiehan Logistics.'

Since the previously obtained license did not involve international shipping, Chen Jue specifically asked those financial companies to add the business scope of Tiehan Logistics.

By the time the procedures were completed, it was already the next day. Chen Jue, on the grounds that the old ship needed to be renovated, asked Hongyu Shipbuilding to find a tugboat to tow the 10,000-ton bulk carrier all the way from Xiangshan, more than 300 kilometers south, to Fangkuai Technology's shipyard in Ruixian.

He remotely directed the Tie brothers to use the [iron plates] cut from MC [Iron Blocks] to renovate the outer shell of the old ship, and then sprayed it with new anti-corrosion paint.

He himself took the strategist and two iron golems and drove straight to Chunhui City in Northeast China.

The reason for coming to this remote border city was also because Chunhui City is adjacent to the Hassan District of Greater Russia, and various border trades are very developed.

In addition, in recent years, the two sides have increased cooperation and vigorously developed infrastructure and trade cooperation in the Far East.

In addition to the hardworking Chinese who go to Greater Russia through the port of Chunhui to do business, there are also many blond, blue-eyed, pot-bellied Russians who come here to set up trading companies and liaison offices.

Although Chen Jue doesn't speak Russian and can't personally deal with these Russians,

He quickly found an office in Chunhui City that specializes in trading between the two countries, the Greater Russia Hassan District Office.

Chen Shang was asked to come forward, speaking Russian with a thick Moscow accent, and entrusted Alexey, the Russian manager of this office, to go to the customs port of the Hassan District to prepare a customs declaration material that only had procedures and no physical objects.

This kind of gray industry intermediary that wanders around border ports was very common in these Far Eastern border cities in the past.

After all, China's economy has taken off, but Greater Russia is still in deep water.

Years of military conflicts and more than 10,000 US and Western economic sanctions have kept the bottom people of Russia in a state of poverty and subsistence for a long time.

Especially in the Far Eastern regions such as the Hassan District, due to backward economic development and sparse population, agricultural technology is extremely underdeveloped.

As long as there is a fertile black soil, it is all contracted and leased to grain merchants from all over the world and China to grow crops needed by various countries. It is really guarding a gold mine and begging for food.

Alexey is a typical Russian in the Hassan District who can't make a living locally, but has some connections.

These Russians don't have any great skills, and they don't have the capital to be farm owners, so they like to run to these border port cities in China to be middlemen and make a living.

But when he saw that the goods to be declared were actually 100,000 tons of soybeans, Alexey's face showed a bit of embarrassment: "Old Shang ~ 100,000 tons is too much! You also need a certificate of origin, the entire Hassan District doesn't grow that many soybeans!"

Chen Shang smiled slightly, revealing an expression of grasping the other party, and took out 20 bundles of red tickets from his backpack and placed them on the table: "Davai! Is 100,000 tons a lot? I think it's too little, why not add another 100,000 tons?"

"Anyway, for your customs personnel, it's just a matter of tapping on the keyboard and adding a few more numbers and punctuation marks to the document."

"Think about it, just a few stamped A4 printed papers can be exchanged for these banknotes. Such a simple business, if you don't do it, many of your compatriots will want to do it."

"If this cooperation is successful, there will be long-term cooperation in the future. This 200,000 is just a deposit! After the matter is completed, I will give you another 300,000."

Alexey swallowed, looking at the bundles of RMB on the table, and listened to the bewitching voices like demons in his ears. Finally, he dispelled his hesitation and nodded: "Okay, Old Shang! You convinced me, I will try my best to handle it! I still have some acquaintances at the customs."

The strategist laughed loudly, took out a bottle of vodka bought from a Greater Russia import store on the roadside and pressed it on the pile of red tickets: "Don't have any psychological burden, Davai, this is not business, it is for the deep friendship between the two countries!"

When Alexey saw this water of life that the Russians loved the most, his eyes lit up and he laughed: "Yes, for friendship!"

"Davai, cheers!"

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