After he was done speaking, Yahiko looked at Charlie before he said seriously, "Mr. Wade, the Schulz family's ocean shipping license was recently revoked. So, it is definitely a good opportunity for you to quickly enter this industry at this time. I wonder if you are interested?"
Charlie waved his hand before he smiled and said, "I d o not know anything about ocean shipping transportation, plus I do not even own a transport ship of my own. So, why would I talk about entering the ocean shipping industry?" 4
Yahiko hurriedly replied, "Mr. Wade, the ship would not actually be a problem at all. In fact, most ocean shipping companies from all over the world would simply rent their freights and oil tankers, just like how most airplanes from most airlines are actually rented. Some companies are good at operations but are not that proficient at managing asset-heavy business modules and fixed asset planning, whereas some companies are good at managing asset-heavy business modules and fixed asset planning, but not good at operations. This is just like how many companies who open global chain retail stores would generally choose not to buy their own shops, but instead, those real estate developers who invested in
shopping malls, would rent the shops out to the merchants so that they could collect rent for themselves." 3
"A large part of the world's ships and airplanes are purchased by several leasing companies. They usually place orders with the manufacturers at a very early stage, and after the orders are delivered, they will not use the ships and airplanes as their own. Instead, they will simply rent it out and start collecting rental fees from it instead." 3
"At this point, a large number of the Schulz family's cargo ships are idle, and many of these cargo ships are leased. If they cannot resume normal operations within a short period of time, they will not be able to afford to pay so much rental for the cargo ships. So, it i s very likely that they will start canceling their leases i n batches. In that case, there will be a large number of cargo resources that will be released in the market. You will be able to take over all of it on a large scale before grabbing hold of the opportunity to take over the Schulz family's ocean shipping business!"
When Lord Moore heard this, he could not help but sigh as he said, "The ocean shipping business is indeed a very, very profitable industry. Now, a vast majority of international trade and logistics rely on ocean shipping, and as long as all of the countries in this world continue all operations and collaborations a s per usual, the ocean shipping industry will certainly continue to grow."
With that said, Lord Moore looked at Charlie before he said, "Master Wade, Apothecary Pharmaceutical has already gained the momentum to sell its product well all over the world. So, you might as well grab hold of this opportunity of a lifetime to start an ocean shipping business. It would certainly be of great help and importance to Apothecary Pharmaceutical's global transportation and logistics in the future."
At this time, Graham could not help but say, "Lord Moore, I have no intention of disagreeing with you, but Master Wade's Apothecary Pharmaceutical produces medicines. All of the medicines are small in size and light in weight. Even if it were to be sold globally in the future, it would be shipped out to one country at a time. Only two or three containers would be filled up, but there are thousands of containers in a freight. Therefore, the demand and supply would not be equal at all..."
Lord Moore laughed before he said, "Of course the demand and supply would not be justified if Master Wade were to simply rely on Apothecary Pharmaceutical. However, have you ever thought about the fact that your import and export trades and even your car import businesses would also be highly dependent on ocean shipping too? Moreover, your business focuses entirely on imported cars. In our domestic market, there are just a few origins for imported cars. The closest one is Japan, followed by Germany, France, Italy, and the furthest is the United States. As far as I know, a standard container would b e able to hold two cars at most. Therefore, the imported luxury cars industry actually has a huge
demand for ocean shipping and transportation!"
Graham agreed with his idea before he smiled and said, "Lord Moore, you have truly thought everything through! I was only thinking about Master Wade's Apothecary Pharmaceutical, I did not even think about including my own business!"
Lord Moore continued, "After our joint venture with Nippon Steel is completed and put into operation, we will also have a very high demand for iron ore at that time. Iron ore is generally imported from Brazil or Australia. A single cargo ship would be loaded with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of tons of iron ore. Therefore, our future demand for ocean shipping would also be very huge. If Master Wade were to run an ocean shipping business, that would actually be good news for all of us!"
Charlie had not said anything at all, but he could not help but feel a little tempted in his heart.
'Apothecary Pharmaceutical will certainly go global in the future. However, it will be very difficult for me to overtake the top and established Wade family and Schulz family simply by relying on Apothecary Pharmaceutical.'
'At this time, the Schulz family is actually at its weakest and most vulnerable. So, why shouldn’t I take advantage of this opportunity to snatch the Schulz family's business and industry?' 'In that case, I would not only be able to make my assets even stronger, but I will also be able to weaken and greatly reduce the strength of the Schulz family.’ 'Furthermore, hasn't my grandfather, Jeremiah Wade, always wanted to ask me to return to the Wade family? Since he wants me to go back to the Wade family, I can simply use this as the reason to ask the Wade family not to compete with me directly in the ocean shipping industry!'
'This way, even if the Wade family wants to take advantage of the Schulz family’s share, they would not be able to do so!'
'I would not just be killing two birds with one stone, but I would easily be killing three birds with one stone, then!' s
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