Chapter 256 The first formation of the dock and the plastic bags came out
“It’s not military training, but it’s also physical training.” Bao Yugang explained: “If you want to be a sailor, you need to know more than just knowledge about the ocean. , good physical fitness is also a must;
There will be swimming training and dizziness training later. Only after passing these can you formally learn how to be a sailor.”
“Then they still have it now. Not enrolled in school?" Yang Wendong asked again.
Bao Yugang said: "Yes, but normal people can pass these trainings, unless they are those who can't endure hardship. It's better for such people to be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise they won't be able to endure hardship when they become sailors in the future. That’s a waste of everyone’s time.”
"Sheng Bao is still thoughtful." Yang Wendong praised.
"Haha, Yang Sheng has won the award. Anyone with a little bit of maritime experience can actually think of it." Bao Yugang said again: "It was Yang Sheng's newspaper publicity that allowed our college to grow in such a short period of time. Within a short period of time, we have recruited so many students.
Congratulations to Yang Sheng for taking another step forward in his career. Being able to start a newspaper will be helpful to many businesses. ”
"Thank you." Yang Wendong smiled.
At this time, a man about 50 years old came over and said: "Bao Sheng, Yang Sheng."
Bao Yugang introduced: "Yang Sheng, this is Dean Yin of our Maritime Academy. He was also the captain I trusted most. However, due to physical reasons, he can no longer sail far, so I asked him to teach."
"Hello, Dean Yin." Yang Wendong also said politely.
Dean Yin said: "Yang Sheng, this is your first time here, let me introduce it to you?"
"Okay." Yang Wendong naturally agreed.
Afterwards, Dean Yin took a few people around the college. There are two teaching buildings, a dormitory building, a giant swimming pool and a small library.
Dean Yin added: "Yang Sheng, this is just a place for students to learn theory. For practice, they still have to get on the ship. By then, many students will still have to go to your shipyard and repair the captain."
"Okay, you just have to discuss it with the people over there." Yang Wendong nodded and asked: "How long will it take for the students to graduate?"
Dean Yin replied: "If you are an ordinary seaman, you can go to the ship for internship after studying for 2-3 months. Maintenance personnel need to go to the ship repair yard for a period of internship before going to sea;
And if you have a high degree of education It takes half a year to a year to train a person to be a talented person in navigation."
"It doesn't take long." Yang Wendong nodded.
Bao Yugang said with a smile: "In two months, I have actually been able to learn a lot of knowledge. Now the normal training of seafarers is basically that some shipping companies select people in good health and go directly to the ship. They can only learn some simple things."
We can do this. Learning more in advance is the best way to cultivate talents. Compared with letting newcomers learn knowledge systematically, two months can be compared to two years."
"Yes, I understand, generally. The old master is not willing to bring in new people." Yang Wendong also understands this truth.
Everyone in a high-paying position like a seafarer has a sense of self-preservation. After teaching the apprentice, the master will starve to death. Everyone knows this truth. As long as there are few people who know how to do it, they can maintain a high income.
It’s just that this is obviously not in the interest of Hong Kong’s maritime capitalists. Only with more talents can we drive the development of Hong Kong’s maritime industry. Only Pao Yugang has such foresight.
Bao Yugang said: "Yes, in fact, this is a problem that exists in many industries. Yang Sheng has many industries, and we need to consider this issue. Otherwise, if we want to expand, talent will become a constraint."
"It's not that easy." Yang Wendong shook his head and said: "Navigation is easy to say, a person can learn it quickly, and even if he is not good at it, he can do chores on the ship. This has direct economic benefits;
< br>As for my industry, which is mainly industry, this thing is too complicated and involves too many disciplines, so it cannot be systematically popularized."
Bao Yugang nodded: "That's true. Yes, we can only rely on normal universities. With Yang Sheng’s status, he can actually call on the Hong Kong government to invest more in education.”
“We have this plan.” Yang Wendong said: "I am going to first sponsor some poor people with excellent academic performance to go to school with scholarships, and then they will join my company after graduation. It will be similar to the way this maritime academy operates."
"This is a good method, but it takes a long time." Bao Yugang said.
Yang Wendong said again: "Yes, there are ways to speed up the process. Our company will also set up special training classes within the company to allow people with good performance to learn professional knowledge. With practice, we will be able to do it in a short time. It can be useful. ”
Changxing Industrial began to teach literacy to the earliest old employees at a very early stage, which can be regarded as an initial training class.
As the company expands and its benefits are better, the people it recruits are basically literate and even some have low academic qualifications, and the training class has also been retained as a department. Specialize in cultivating deeper knowledge.
For example, data statistics, equipment maintenance, quality analysis, technical design and development, and even driving are considered skills.
This is also the norm for any large company. It has a long-term training plan for internal employees, otherwise the company's development will be affected. It is a basic principle of mutual benefit.
Bao Yugang praised: "Good method, no wonder Changxing Group can become so big."
"Haha, Bao Sheng's future achievements will not be low." Yang Wendong added Asked: "Sheng Bao, how have you considered the investment you mentioned before?"
Bao Yugandun After a pause, he said: "I'm sorry, Yang Sheng, Global Shipping is ready to accept HSBC's shareholding, so it's hard to introduce other shareholders."
"This is good news." Yang Wendong didn't think too much either. Concerned, he said: "With HSBC's investment, global shipping will definitely be able to develop rapidly."
Although I want to invest in Bao Yugang's Global Shipping, after all, it is still not as good as Wal-Mart's level. If you can invest in it, it's great. If you can't, it doesn't matter. If you have the money to invest in shipping, it's actually the same.
In the original history, it is said that HSBC took a stake in Global Shipping and then received comprehensive financing support. Coupled with Bao Yugang's efforts, it became the world's shipping king more than ten years later.
In this regard, Yang Wendong is definitely not as good as HSBC. Other banks can lend large amounts of depositors' funds, but it is impossible for him to do this.
Bao Yugang said with a smile: "HSBC is optimistic about the shipping market now. Yang Sheng, your current scale is larger than mine. In fact, you can also consider letting HSBC take a stake, so that the funding problem will not be a big problem."
"It may not work." Yang Wendong shook his head and said: "HSBC is interested in you, probably because of your long-term rental strategy and your own abilities. My side is still different."
Although its scale is larger, it is entirely supported by funds. Although HSBC gave it a loan, it was because of its huge profits from Changxing Industrial.
In the eyes of HSBC, its own expansion behavior has probably long been judged as a high-risk user, and banks seeking stability are unlikely to invest in themselves.
In fact, if he had not known about the future crisis in the Middle East and that there would be basically no major problems with shipping in the next 20 years, he would not have invested so aggressively.
"That's right." Bao Yugang didn't say anything more. Each company's business strategy is different, and he would not advise others to learn from him. Then he said: "Maybe one day I, Global Shipping, will be in Hong Kong When it goes public, I can introduce Yang Sheng's investment. "Okay, that's no problem." Yang Wendong said with a smile, "Bao Sheng, although we can't invest, we can still cooperate more in the future."
Competitors do not mean mortal enemies. Even if one day Bao Yugang surpasses him in shipping, he will not care. Instead, he will only admire him.
There are too many industries that you have to work in. If you regard your competitors as your enemies, it will be really low-key and self-inflicted. In an honest competition, even if you lose, you still have to lose. demeanor.
There are many rich people in Hong Kong, but not many have good character and can leave good stories in their previous lives. Pao Yugang is one of them.
No matter whether he did it deliberately for fame or not, a gentleman does not care about his heart but his deeds. If Yue Buqun pretends to be a gentleman all his life, he is still a gentleman.
Bao Yugang said with a smile: "Okay, Yang Sheng is so refreshing. There is a small restaurant nearby. It tastes good. How about we go have a meal?"
"Okay." Yang Wendong didn't care about this. He often went to stalls to eat delicious food.
After arriving at a nearby restaurant and ordering a few specialty dishes, Bao Yugang said again: "Yang Sheng, according to our previous agreement, we will distribute the students equally among the students in this college, right? "
"Yes, what's the problem?" Yang Wendong asked.
Bao Yugang said with a smile: "No problem, I just think that you can get more students in this period or the next few periods;
You just bought so many freighters, a lot The second-hand freighter should be sold soon, and it is also a time when there is a shortage of people.”
"Okay, thank you. You're welcome." Yang Wendong was also very cheerful. He had no reason to be pretentious when others gave him face.
Bao Yugang added: "I am planning to buy a new ship in the future, so the cycle will be slower; when I am short of people in the future, I will ask for more."
"Okay." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "It seems that with HSBC's investment, Mr. Bao can flex his muscles to his heart's content."
" "Yes." Bao Yugang nodded: "It's just that there are gains and losses. You have to ask HSBC for any investment in the future. I originally wanted to buy a 50,000-ton second-hand oil tanker, but Sanders was very opposed. He I am asked to only buy new ones.”
“The risk of oil tankers is too high, so it is better to buy new ships. I also support HSBC on this matter,” Yang Wendong said.
He will also buy oil tankers in the future. This ship has the highest profit, but the risk is also high. If there is an oil leakage, it will really cost him everything.
So buying a new ship is the safest thing. At least during the warranty period, if something goes wrong, you can bring the shipyard to bear the responsibility
"Yeah." Bao Yugang said: "That may be the case. I'm too greedy. That second-hand ship is cheaper."
"No matter how cheap it is, we can't take the risk. It's not worth it for us," Yang Wendong said with a smile.
Pao Yugang agreed: "Yes, now that our business has been established, there is really no need to take risks like when we first started our business. Anyway, if we continue to develop like this, we will definitely become the top Chinese family in Hong Kong. .”
"Family?" Yang Wendong suddenly thought of something, but still didn't say much.
With Bao Yugang's shrewdness, it is impossible not to consider the family's future. Since he doesn't want to, it will be difficult for outsiders to interfere.
After lunch, Bao Yugang and Yang Wendong went to the nearby dock again.
At this moment, there is a lot of people here, and a large number of mechanical equipment are running.
Bao Yugang asked: "Yang Sheng, the dock seems to be almost ready. When can the construction officially start?"
Yang Wendong replied: "We can wait until April, my people are already working overtime."
"The speed is indeed very fast." Bao Yugang nodded, looked at both sides of the dock again, and asked Said: "Construction is also starting on both sides of the dock. Isn't Yang Sheng planning to build two more docks?"
"Not for the time being." Yang Wendong smiled and said: "The main thing is the construction of this dock, the largest The time investment is the foundation and reclamation, so I will do the foundation first and then build the dock later. "
Bao Yugang said with a smile: "Yang Sheng is thinking about the future. Hong Kong has great confidence in shipping. "
"Of course, otherwise I would not invest in shipping," Yang Wendong said, "Maybe I will build a fourth or fifth one in the future."
I originally bought coastal land that could build five docks because the Hong Kong government could only sell so much.
Because official land needs to be for investment purposes, it is impossible to sell it to you and then not build it. Therefore, even if there is a certain relationship, more surrounding land is taken, and it is not said that you can buy half of it. Kwai Chung Bay.
However, there are other ways to make up for it. Changxing Real Estate has also directly purchased a lot of old land near Kwai Chung, which can be used to invest in real estate or build warehouses in the future.
"That would be great." Bao Yugang said with a smile: "Yang Sheng, don't forget to give me the discount."
"No problem, I'll bring you all your ships This is the absolute biggest discount I can give you." Yang Wendong agreed.
It is estimated that the maintenance business alone for the future tens of millions of tons of ship kings will be very amazing. However, by that time, Bao Yugang will most likely build his own shipyard.
This is also human nature, Yang Wendong would do the same thing.
"Okay." Bao Yugang didn't care.
After the two looked at each other for a while, they said goodbye to each other and went back to their homes.
The next morning, Yang Wendong came to Changxing Building normally.
Just before sitting on the hot stool, Wei Zetao and Liu Huayu appeared at the door together. Wei Zetao also had a large cardboard box in his hand.
"Come in." Yang Wendong asked curiously: "Why are you two here together?"
One is in charge of industry and the other is in charge of supermarkets. Although there is some business dealings, they basically ignore it. Forget it.
Wei Zetao smiled and said: 'Yang Sheng, Wanwan has made polyethylene film, and then we made the first batch of plastic bags here. ’
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