MTL - Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat-Chapter 12 buy a boat
Chapter 12 Buying a Ship
"Are you serious about buying another ship for transportation yourself? The current route is very dangerous. The German submarines are elusive. If there is no fleet escort, they will be sunk easily." Brigadier General Jackson heard Fang Lang think Surprised at the idea of buying a transport ship myself.
"My plan is to move my transport ship with the **** fleet. It will be safer. I don't know if Uncle Jackson has a suitable ship to sell to me now." Fang Lang knew that it was not impossible to buy ships outside, but Buying captured ships from Commodore Jackson would definitely be cheaper than buying them directly on the market.
"Now we do have a few transport ships captured from the enemy's hands, but the tonnage is not as large as the free ship, and the maximum load is only 5,000 tons. If you are sure to buy, I will let the following give Check it out, let me choose a suitable ship for you. But the price of the ship is not cheap! At least 50,000 US dollars will do." Brigadier General Jackson naturally had nothing to do with Fang Lang's purchase of the transport ship in the hands of the US military No, because the crew of the US military is relatively tense, some transport ships are idle.
The U.S. military did not dare to use Italian sailors. First, they were afraid that spies would sneak into the fleet to convey information about the fleet to the Germans. Second, the Italians were resistant to participating in fleets for military purposes.
"Uncle Jackson is so kind, can I buy one for 50,000 dollars? Then I want three ships first, and I will pay 55,000 dollars for each ship, 50,000 of which I will pay to the US Navy Department, The other 5,000 will be paid to Mrs. Jackson’s personal account by my Global Trade Import and Export Co., Ltd. in the United States in the form of consulting fees.” Although a second-hand cargo ship worth 50,000 US dollars is not particularly cheap, it can be purchased through Fang Lang would not give up such a good opportunity to buy a freighter to further deepen his relationship with Commodore Jackson.
Brigadier General Jackson obviously didn't expect that Fang Lang would have such a showy operation, and he obviously didn't know how to respond for a while. After a long while, I took a deep look at Fang Lang and said: "If you buy three ships, it will really help us reduce a lot of burdens, so let's do it! I will lower the price to 45,000 U.S. dollars for the 5,000-ton class ship."
"Thank you, Uncle Jackson, for taking care of my nephew. In this case, I will pay US$45,000 to the US Navy for each ship, and Mrs. Jackson's consulting fee will be US$10,000. I don't know if Uncle Jackson thinks it is appropriate. !" When Fang Lang heard Brigadier General Jackson's answer, he obviously approved of his idea, which was much simpler, as long as Brigadier Jackson charged the consulting fee this time. Then, many things will be easy to solve in the future.
"The consulting fee of 10,000 US dollars is too high, let's use 5,000! You can't let you suffer too much. It's not easy for young people to start a business. I will arrange the navy to select the latest and best three ships. It will be delivered to you, and your ship will be overhauled in all aspects, and it will be handed over to you after it is filled with fuel." Commodore Jackson is obviously a good partner who can do things with money, and he is extremely considerate. Anyway, he doesn't need to pay for these things, and the US government will pay for them.
"I'm really grateful to Uncle Jackson. I wonder if my nephew can have a warehouse of my own in the Navy Warehouse. My nephew needs to store some goods, but I am worried that it will be unsafe to store them outside, so I want to rent a room in the Navy Warehouse. Warehouse, to store the goods."
This kind of trivial matter is nothing to Commodore Jackson, so he arranged for Fang Lang directly: "I will notify our naval logistics to allocate an additional warehouse for your Brazilian expeditionary force later, but this warehouse will not notify you of Brazil Expeditionary Force, you personally sign for the Brazilian Expeditionary Force Navy, understand?"
"Uncle Jackson, I also hope that you can continue to help my nephew keep an eye on some high-quality ships. You can rest assured that my nephew will pay for each ship at the current price. In addition, I wonder if uncle can provide five passes for our convenience. Vehicles enter and leave the barracks and carry goods." Fang Lang's demand for ships is naturally as many as possible. After the end of World War II, the economy will recover quickly, and the United States will soon start the Marshall Plan for Europe to help Europe rebuild its economic order.
Having a large-scale fleet in hand at this time will make Fang Lang a fortune. In this way, Fang Lang quickly reached a strategic partnership with Brigadier General Jackson. After leaving the office, Fang Lang went directly to the logistics storage area and received a warehouse that belonged to the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in name but actually belonged to him. More than a thousand square meters, plus the height of the warehouse is more than ten meters.
Waiting for Fang Lang and the crew of the Charles Joss, when they moved all the goods into the warehouse, they failed to fill a quarter of the warehouse. When Boyan Gambino and others drove five trucks and followed Fang Lang into the military restricted area, the shock in their hearts was even more unintentional, and they did not dare to have any bad thoughts.
After completing the transaction, the Gambino family directly deposited one million dollars into Fang Lang's account at the Bank of America. The predecessor of the Bank of America was the Bank of Italy in 1904. It was renamed the Bank of America in 1929 after merging with the Bank of America in California. Therefore, it is very convenient to carry out deposit and withdrawal business in the United States and Italy.
The remaining US$375,000 was delivered in cash to Fang Lang. When Fang Lang put more than 150,000 US dollars in front of the crew of the Charles Jose, the impact on the crew was unprecedented, especially the captains of several other ships invited by Captain Cross .
The atmosphere reached a climax when Fang Lang returned three times the income to the crew according to the crew list and the investment amount of each one.
"Brothers, thank you for your support in this business. We have achieved a complete victory. Because I have finished the assessment with the ship, I will not be able to go through life and death on the same boat with you in the future. But I will not forget the friendship with you. Friendship, and I will never forget everyone's help to me, so I decided to share this rich channel with everyone. I don't know if you want it or not." After Fang Lang finished dividing the profits, he started an exciting speech, of course , The purpose is to allow the crew to continue to use cigarettes for themselves.
"I want, I want." Everyone yelled in unison, and the voices almost broke the deck.
Fang Lang quickly pressed down with both hands, signaling everyone to keep a low profile.
After everyone's voices quieted down, he said: "I know everyone is very excited and wants to make a fortune, but I still want to make it clear to everyone. First of all, we are transporting the goods to Italy for sale through private entrainment, so Everyone should keep a low profile, and don't attract the attention of the military police and the big bosses of the Navy Department. Second, because this kind of cargo needs to be carried at your own risk, just like this time, you all pay for it yourself. After the Italian branch of Import and Export Co., Ltd. has received the delivery certificate, it will go to the New York port office at the headquarters of New York Global Trade Import and Export Co., Ltd. to pick up the goods. All the goods will be stored in Italy, and after the inspection by Global Trading Company in the warehouse in the dock storage area, you can directly get the payment of three times the price of the goods. Do you understand?"
"Understood! But we don't know where these two companies are! Our time is very tight, but we don't have much time to search for the addresses of these two companies!" Someone spoke soon.
"This time! I will help you send the bill of lading of the Italian branch to the pier later. As for the pier office in New York, it is also easy to find. You can see it more than a hundred meters after you come out of the pier. Of course, if you If you don’t even want to look for more than a hundred meters, then you can only say that you should watch your brothers get rich! Money has nothing to do with you.”
Everyone laughed.
Now Fang Lang only needs to register a branch in Italy, and recruit good personnel, even if he has established a cigarette import and export channel from the United States to Italy.
After the own fleet grows later, the company will take off rapidly.
(end of this chapter)
