My autobiography is definitely not a tragedy!-Chapter 757 - 460 A Late Encounter_3

"Yes, I would like to ask for your help in placing a shipbuilding order with the local shipbuilding companies in the province,"

"A shipbuilding order?" Hu Yonghua looked puzzled at Gao Yuan, then suddenly realized.

She probably tasted sweet success with those 8 large oil tankers not long ago, and now she wants to strike again? freёnovelkiss-com

"But I remember your company just recently acquired 49% of Bin City Shipyard’s shares, didn’t it?

If you want to build new ships, why not just give the orders to your own company?" Hu Yonghua couldn’t understand.

After all, it’s better not to let the profits flow into others’ fields, right?

"Hehe! For this order, we’re dealing with a rather large quantity and need them quite urgently. Bin City Shipyard alone probably can’t handle it all at once," Gao Yuan chuckled.

"Ah?" Hu Yonghua was taken aback.

He was previously in charge of helping Bin City Shipyard out of a tight spot and had some understanding of its production capacity.

As far as he knew, Bin City Shipyard had a total of 8 large dry docks and could build 8 large freighters at the same time.

Moreover, the last distressing order had just ended and the market wasn’t booming, so there should still be quite a few vacant docks.

A rather large quantity?

No matter how much, for a high-tech firm like yours, aren’t the many docks enough to take on the challenge?

Could it be that she intends to build some kind of special-purpose vessels?

"What kind of ships are you looking to order?" Hu Yonghua asked.

"Mainly we’re looking to buy some roll-on/roll-off car carriers, container ships, LNG vessels, and fishery vessels. The total number is around 30, and we might place additional orders later if funds allow," she replied.

"Wha... what?"

Hu Yonghua gasped sharply.

3... 30 ships?

And possibly more to follow?

You’ve got to be joking!

These are 30 large ships we’re talking about, not 30 little rowboats!

Even without a clear understanding of shipbuilding costs, discounting that somewhat odd fishery vessel, the others are all large freighters and even include specialized types like LNG carriers. A conservative estimate would put the total cost of 30 ships well over 3 billion...

I’m talking US dollars!

That’s over 20 billion RMB in a massive order!

If it were one of the international ocean shipping giants, that would be one thing. But isn’t your core business in technology?

Instead of focusing on technology, are you preparing to form an ocean-going fleet and set out to sea?

Not to mention, given the company’s current size, it’s questionable whether they have that much cash flow...

Such heavy assets would definitely impact the company’s development, wouldn’t they?!

"Chairman Gao, you’re not joking with me, are you?"

"Of course, I wouldn’t joke about such a matter. Our company truly has needs in this area.

Of course, we also have the strength to fulfill them," Gao Yuan said with a light smile.

Hu Yonghua’s estimate wasn’t far off – roll-on/roll-off car carriers currently cost around 50 million RMB, container ships 500 million, LNG vessels 1 billion... By the current market price, the total cost of this order does indeed comfortably exceed 20 billion RMB.

But total cost is one thing, and the cash necessary upfront is another.

These large vessels take anywhere from half a year to a year to build, providing ample time for Gao Yuan to gather the final payments.

By convention, the initial payment for shipbuilding orders is usually 20%, which amounts to 4 billion RMB.

Moreover, the ships Gao Yuan ordered this time were international standard freighters, unlike the previous Bin City Shipyard order that had special construction requirements, making them harder to resell.

Even if a customer cancels, the shipyard can still protect itself from losses by reselling.

For standard orders like these, the initial payment ratio could be further reduced.

With a large-scale, concentrated order of 30 vessels, negotiations could bring that initial percentage even lower, and it would not be impossible to place the order with a minimal 10% prepaid...

In other words, Gao Yuan would only need to come up with 2 billion to leverage this astronomical super-order!

That’s a leverage of 10 times.

To most people, this implies incredibly high risk, but for the prescient Meng Lang, he only wishes for this lever to be as long as possible, long enough to leverage the future of Earth...

As for that 2 billion initial payment...

Gao Yuan had just received 13.6 billion from Gao Sheng. After allocating funds for major projects like the automobile production line and the Guizhou Cloud Computing Center, there should be about 1.5 billion left.

Together with the 500 million that Hu Yonghua had just delivered, that would be just enough to round up the startup capital.

When initially reviewing the plan, Gao Yuan believed that it would take at least a few more months to wait, but she hadn’t expected that the fundraising would far exceed her expectations.

The plan could then start ahead of schedule...

She did not know on what basis Meng Lang was so certain about the subsequent market trends, but the investment in Bin City Shipyard had already confirmed Meng Lang’s ability to make accurate predictions.

Therefore, faced with this somewhat crazy "advanced version" of the shipbuilding plan, she chose to trust him unconditionally.

"Er... Chairman Gao, although it may be a bit offensive to say this, it was very fortunate that the previous eight oil tankers could be sold. Such a thing probably won’t happen again..."

Hu Yonghua could not help but swallow hard, finding it difficult to speak.

Middlemen profiting from price differences relied on information asymmetry, but such asymmetry could not always exist.

In his view, Gao Yuan was still too young, her mind clouded by a momentary victory, and was actually trying to gamble once more.

And this time, the stakes were even higher, almost betting all her capital!

Rumors from outside said that Chairman Gao liked to go all in, and that assessment was too damn accurate...

"Hehe! The reason we made such a decision, is not solely for reselling...

Anyway, you don’t need to worry, we naturally have our strategic investment plan.

You think, as a businessperson, I would not do something unprofitable, right?"

"This..." Hu Yonghua was unable to refute.

Although it seemed like Chairman Gao was taking huge risks throughout the process,

in the end, she always managed to obtain the most substantial rewards...

High risk, high return, as they say.

Perhaps this is the world of geniuses, where ordinary wisdom can only follow without fully comprehending?

After confirming that the other party was not joking, Hu Yonghua’s heart started thumping rapidly.

billion... that was an order of 20 billion US Dollars...

Not to mention a city, even if placed within the entire province, it could likely boost the GDP by one or two percentage points...

Political achievement! This is truly a mega political achievement!

"Chairman Gao, did you mean that you want me to take the lead in coordinating with several major shipyards in the province to digest this order?" Hu Yonghua’s voice was somewhat hoarse.

Country Hua has three major shipbuilding bases, one of which is centered around Shanghai in the Yangtze River Delta Region.

various types of large ships, and it seems there’s an urgency for them, with just the idle docks in Su City alone, it’s feared they can’t digest the order in time, and it’s certain that it would spill over to beyond the city.

The market, although showing some signs of warming up, still has shipowners in the final phase of waiting and watching, and shipyards are seriously in need of orders.

Once the news that I have an order for 30 ships to build gets out...

It’s feared that the several main state-operated shipbuilding enterprises in the province would all flock in.

This is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity to increase my influence and prestige...

"Indeed, we have the funds and the technology, but since we were established not long ago, we do not have many networking resources.

If the government could take the initiative in the overall arrangement, with you coordinating in the middle, I believe we can secure more favorable procurement conditions.

I hope Hu City can help with this," Gao Yuan said with a smile.

Look at that! Just observe her emotional intelligence.

It’s a big gift to oneself, yet she phrased it as asking for help.

No networking resources? With such a huge order, it’s not about you looking for connections; it’s about connections hurrying to find you!

I thought my opening gift was already substantial, but that was just a loan of 500 million plus an order of 20 million.

I hadn’t expected that she would return a gift of 20 billion directly.

The scale of difference... it’s more than tenfold!

I was repaying a peach by giving a plum, but she turned around and repaid a plum with a watermelon...

There’s simply no chance for me to return the favor!

Looking at Gao Yuan, Hu Yonghua tried to suppress the excitement in his heart, feeling incredibly vexed.

What’s there to worry about? What’s there to be reserved about?

Compared to 20 billion, what’s Hong Tianfang!

I should have come earlier...

Meeting too late, it’s truly a case of meeting too late!

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