Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 334: Annexation and Crisis

Lu Shaohua's arrangement seemed a bit unbelievable. After all, Pao Yue-Kong was known as the world's shipping king. It would be extremely difficult to take over his shipping company. But times are different now. Since the death of the "Shipping King" last year, the power of the group was handed over to his son-in-law. I don't know if his son-in-law was not good at management or what, the business began to decline, and the entire group is on the verge of collapse.

It was precisely because the group of the "Shipping King" began to decline that Lu Shaohua planned to swallow up this aircraft carrier on the sea. Lu Shaohua did not want to see the hard work that Pao Yue-Kong, the shipping king, had put in his life disappear on the stage of history with his death.

Of course, to outsiders, it seems like a righteous excuse, but in fact, Phoenix Group is annexing the industry under the charter king. Yes, to outsiders, it is such an excuse, but in fact, is it Lu Shaohua who wants to annex it?

This is a question without an answer. Even Lu Shaohua himself does not dare to say with confidence, "I do not want to swallow up the ship charter king's industry, but I do not want it to disappear from the stage of history." Since he does not dare to say it with confidence, does that mean he has the answer?

No! Lu Shaohua felt a little guilty. He couldn't say no, nor could he say yes, so there was only one neutral answer, which was both. But it didn't matter anymore. What mattered was that Lu Shaohua needed ready-made ships and a certain basic business to enrich the entire Phoenix Shipping.

Lu Shaohua wanted to acquire the shipping company under the King of Charter, so the next step was for Qin Sichen, the executive president of Phoenix Group. Qin Sichen did not disappoint Lu Shaohua, and after receiving the plan, he began to prepare.

Baochuan Wang was very famous in Hong Kong, so it was effortless for him to collect information. In less than two days, all the documents from Baochuan Wang's establishment of the shipping company to the current business operations were sorted out and placed in front of Qin Sichen's desk.

After reviewing the documents one by one, Qin Sichen already had a basic idea in his mind. The next step was to start the acquisition. With the current strength of Phoenix Group, it was completely possible to acquire stocks from the stock market to achieve the goal, but Lu Shaohua did not issue such an order. Instead, he asked Qin Sichen to reach an agreement privately through negotiation.

To put it bluntly, negotiation is about price. Due to poor management, the business has begun to go downhill. The son-in-law of the ship charter king has no choice but to sell his holdings in exchange for cash. Otherwise, if he delays for a while, the stocks in his hands will shrink again, and then it will be too late to regret.

Phoenix Group, one of the most powerful companies in Hong Kong, who doesn't know it? The son-in-law of the charter king certainly knows about this group. Oh! It shouldn't be said that he knows about this group, but it is more appropriate to say that he is quite familiar with Phoenix Group, because he is also a member of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and the mysterious chairman of Phoenix Group is even more respected by the Chamber of Commerce.

Furthermore, Phoenix Group once bought shares of a bank from the charter king. As the charter king's son-in-law, he naturally knew about this.

It is true that Phoenix Group is a huge company in Hong Kong, and it once had a deal with the charter king. Phoenix Group suddenly became the preferred negotiation partner in the mind of the charter king's son-in-law. Therefore, after Qin Sichen expressed his intention to acquire, the charter king's son-in-law responded and said that he would negotiate with Phoenix Group as soon as possible.

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There is no wall that is impenetrable. It didn't take long for the media to learn about Phoenix Group's plan to acquire the shipping company, which was widely reported. Soon, the outside world knew about the information, especially in the Hong Kong business community, where it caused an uproar.

Phoenix Group's involvement in the shipping field may not seem like a big deal to unrelated companies, but it is a different story for companies doing shipping business. After all, the strength of Phoenix Group as a giant is self-evident, and it has been extremely successful in finance, real estate and entertainment.

With the precedent of success, will it be successful to get involved in shipping? No time is needed to prove it. People in the business world know that the answer is that it will definitely succeed and will expand this industry.

For a time, shipping companies were worried that Phoenix Group would snatch their business. Even the Huo family had the same feeling, but because of the relationship between the two families, they did not seem to react on the surface, but they had certain thoughts in their hearts.

Lu Shaohua also knew that the establishment of Phoenix Shipping would make the outside world aware of the crisis, but he still had to do it because the establishment of a shipping company was necessary and would help the development of Phoenix Group.

Lu Shaohua didn't care what others thought, but he cared more about the Huo family. When Qin Sichen represented the Phoenix Group in negotiations with the son-in-law of the charter king, Lu Shaohua brought Li Shangkui and others to the Huo family villa.

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The hall of the Huo family villa.

"Grandpa Huo! I came to visit you today not for anything else but about shipping." Lu Shaohua went straight to the point.

"Haha!" Huo Yingdong laughed, his expression very calm, and then said half-jokingly, "I almost had a heart attack when you founded Phoenix Shipping."

On the surface, Huo Yingdong seemed to be joking, but in fact, it was true. When Huo Yingdong learned that Lu Shaohua had established Phoenix Shipping, he really realized the crisis. Others may not know how powerful Lu Shaohua is, but Huo Yingdong knew that Lu Shaohua had made more than 420 billion US dollars during the Japanese stock market crash, according to the information he got from Deng Lao.

What is the concept of more than 420 billion US dollars? Huo Yingdong deeply knew that with more than 420 billion US dollars in Lu Shaohua's hands, he would succeed in everything he wanted to do, and there would be no failure, and the same was true for shipping.

But now, Lu Shaohua came to visit him in person, and it was about setting up a shipping company. Huo Yingdong's heart was finally at ease, because he knew that Lu Shaohua came personally just to solve this matter.

"Haha!" Lu Shaohua also laughed, but his laugh was a mixture of tears and laughter. "Mr. Huo, I was forced to do this."

After finishing speaking, Lu Shaohua glanced at Huo Yingdong and continued, "You have also seen that my Phoenix Sales is consolidating the Southeast Asian market and will soon enter the European and American markets. Once we enter the European and American markets, the products must be shipped to Europe and the United States. The cost of air transportation is too high, so I can only choose shipping."

Hearing this, Huo Yingdong smiled a little. He knew that Lu Shaohua did not deliberately interfere in shipping, but was forced to do so. He nodded in understanding, sighed, and asked, "Can you maintain the status quo and not expand the original business?"

Ho Ying-tung's meaning was very clear, that is, he hoped Lu Shaohua would maintain the business after the acquisition and not expand the business further.

Lu Shaohua did not rush to speak, but smiled and looked at Huo Yingdong. After a long time, his face straightened and he said, "The acquisition of the charter king's industry is to enrich my Phoenix Shipping and form a transportation line as soon as possible, not for its original business."

After a pause, Lu Shaohua continued, "After the acquisition, I will not expand the business externally. On the contrary, I will give up some of the business."

As Lu Shaohua himself said, he would not expand the business, but would give up some of the business. This is what Lu Shaohua really thinks, because the real purpose of Lu Shaohua's acquisition of the shipping company under the charter king is to enrich his fleet as soon as possible so that it can operate quickly.

According to Lu Shaohua's plan, accepting the fleet is the primary goal, and receiving business is the secondary goal. However, judging from the current situation, the operating condition of Charter King's company is not good, and accepting business is actually a trouble.

Since it is a trouble, why doesn't Lu Shaohua give up part of the business, solve some of the troubles, and quickly integrate into the Phoenix Group and become a true part of the Phoenix Group.

"Really?" Huo Yingdong was a little unconvinced. In his opinion, Lu Shaohua acquired the shipping company for the profit of shipping, but what Lu Shaohua said now was the opposite of his guess. How could he believe it? But he thought again, it seemed that Lu Shaohua had no need to lie to him, so he smiled awkwardly and said, "It's not that I believe you, but the shipping industry has a lot of profit in it."

Lu Shaohua nodded, and continued Huo Yingdong's words, asking, "Mr. Huo, do you think my money is still insufficient? Do you still care about the profits of this branch?"

Huo Yingdong had always believed in Lu Shaohua's words, but he had doubts about them because he treated them from the perspective of a businessman. Now that Lu Shaohua's words were so transparent, Huo Yingdong no longer thought about anything else.

"Hey!" Huo Yingdong sighed and continued, "You said you want to give up part of the business? Oh, what I mean is this, can the business you give up be taken over by my company?"

Lu Shaohua smiled. That was what he meant. He nodded and said, "No problem, but I have to make it clear that I will not give up any big business. The business I will give up will only be small business."

"Haha!" Huo Yingdong laughed and said, "I am just a rag collector."

At this point, the whole thing underwent a qualitative change from being serious at the beginning. Ho Ying-tung began to smile, and Lu Shaohua also breathed a sigh of relief.

Ho Ying-tung smiled because Lu Shaohua brought him the business, and Lu Shaohua breathed a sigh of relief because it was solved.

"By the way, Mr. Huo, I have another thing I would like to ask you for help with?" Lu Shaohua said.

"Oh?" Huo Yingdong looked at him meaningfully, then laughed and said jokingly, "I knew you were not that simple. You gave me a part of the business for no reason. I guess you wanted to use it as a bargaining chip to make a deal."

"Haha!" Lu Shaohua also laughed.

"You guessed it, you guessed it." When Huo Yingdong saw Lu Shaohua laughing, he thought that Lu Shaohua was feeling guilty.

To be honest, Lu Shaohua really meant this, using business in exchange for Ho Ying-tung's help.

"Okay, okay, I admit it!" After a pause, Lu Shaohua changed the subject and continued, "Are you going to help or not?"

"Haha! Tell me what I can do to help."

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