Chapter 150: Building several companies is just a way of scattering wealth

  A small coffee shop, Su Wen invited Beike and his two companions over.

  The three of them looked very embarrassed, they couldn't even lift their heads in front of Su Wen. If it were an ordinary matter, they would have called the consulate long ago, but encountering this kind of thing, they didn't dare to speak out, otherwise, once it spread back home, they would really be disgraced. After thinking for a long time, they realized that among the people in Jiangning, only Su Wen was relatively familiar with them, so under duress, they finally called Su Wen.

  "It's nothing much, anyway." Su Wen stopped smiling. "As it happens, I also have some business to discuss with you all, let's talk about the important stuff and just forget about these unpleasant things!"

  "Su Wen, our reputation after three years is entirely in your hands now. You must keep it confidential!" Suo Lun said straightforwardly.

  "That's right! As long as you don't tell anyone, we can discuss anything." Beck also chimed in.

  "Su Wen, if you have any trouble in the future, just look for me." Sa Ya Te was very straightforward.

  "Since you all say so, then I won't be polite. I want to buy some cargo ships, do you have any channels?" Su Wen's face was filled with a smile.

  "Cargo ship?"

  "Not bad, I plan to start a shipping company." Su Wen was also candid, "Recently poor, can only find some profitable business, heard that the prospects of shipping are very good, so decided to open a shipping company."

  "Is that so?" Bek looked at Sayatt, "Soren and I have a channel, but the Sayatt family has a shipyard. If you want to buy a cargo ship, I think it's best to find Sayatt. He will definitely give you a satisfactory price."

  Suoran immediately followed with: "Sayaate, your family's shipyard and your shares, since Suwen wants to buy a cargo ship, just give him the cost price and sell some to him."

  Sa Ya Te was extremely depressed, he knew this time he would definitely lose money.

  "Sayat, what do you think?" Su Wen picked up his coffee. "Don't worry, I don't want much, won't put you in a difficult position."

  Sa Ya Te knew he couldn't hide. He took a big sip of coffee and said, "I don't know what kind of business you want to do, how big a cargo ship are you planning to buy?"

  "Mainly in the energy business, cargo ships are naturally better the bigger they are, let's start with ten 100,000-ton ones!"

  "What did you say?" Sayatt's cup shattered. "Ten 100,000-ton freighters. You must be crazy. A normal shipping company would be lucky to have one or two 100,000-ton freighters, and you're asking for ten."

  "Really?" Su Wen didn't quite understand either, "Never mind. Just buy it first and use it later."

  "You really want to trap me, don't you!" Sayate cried with laughter. "Ten 100,000-ton ships are too many. I think this way, you can buy one 200,000-ton ship and then buy three or four tens of thousands of tons of ships, the rest can be bought in several thousand tons."

  "Does it work?"

  "Aren't you in the energy business or something? Sometimes tens of thousands of tons aren't even needed, a few thousand tons are enough."

  "Let me think about it." Su Wen fell into thought.

  He plans to set up a shipping company, maybe just a temporary interest, but since he wants to do shipping, he also hopes to make it big and strong. Plus, Yuki said that shipping is very promising now, and at least it won't lose money in the future. Now that we've finally caught Sayarte, this big fool, if we don't buy more, where will we have such a good opportunity in the future? Besides, even if we buy it and can't use it up, selling it to others can also make a lot of money.

  "Have you thought it through?"

  "Sayat, I still plan to buy more." Su Wen's voice was firm. "Since I'm going to set up a shipping company, I also hope it will grow and expand. Rather than waiting for the company to grow bigger before buying, why not buy more now? After all, you're giving me a cost price, aren't you?"

  Sa Ya Te smiled wryly: "Alright, state your requirements."

  "Two 200,000-ton ones, six 100,000-ton ones, ten 10,000-ton ones, twenty 5,000-ton ones, that's it for now."

  Sa Ya Te's jaw dropped in shock.

  It's crazy, it's really crazy!

  Baek and Soren didn't say a word but judging from their expressions they were equally shocked.

  "You're ruthless, I'm unlucky to have met you." Sayarte gritted his teeth. "Now I'll tell you the price: 200 million tons for $1 billion USD, 100 million tons for $500 million USD, 10 million tons for $200 million USD, 5 million tons for $100 million USD, a total of $9 billion USD."

  Su Wen was taken aback: "Is this the cost price?"

  Sa Ya nodded: "If it were someone else, at least 1.2 billion US dollars, only more and not less."

  Su Wen looked at Beck and Solren, they nodded, meaning what Sayat said was correct.

  $900 million, which is equivalent to 6 billion RMB. Hearing this number would normally scare people off, but only someone like Su Wen, who doesn't take money seriously, would dare place an order of such magnitude. However, the problem now arises that if he really comes up with $900 million, not only will he have to scrape together every penny, but he might even have to sell a significant portion of Ju Bao Zhai's assets.

  "Sayat, are you giving us a free pass?" Su Wen said with embarrassment.

  "What's 'dabaítiao'?" Sayat didn't understand.

  "In short, it's just borrowing first." Su Wen smiled and said, "I can pay you half first, owe half, and when your goods arrive, I'll pay the rest immediately." Su Wen laughed and said that this was also a relatively common phenomenon in Huaxia.

  "We don't have such a precedent!" Sayat smiled wryly, "What you want is spot goods. According to the regulations of our shipyard, spot goods must be paid in full and delivered immediately. Once the cargo ship leaves our shipyard, the transaction is considered complete. If you place an order now and pick up the goods three months later, I can make an exception and let you pay only 30% of the deposit."

  Su Wen shook his head: "Three months is too long, I don't have the patience for that. Sayat, I know you're capable, can you make an exception?"

  "The shipyard is a family affair, not just mine alone, I've already given you the best offer."

  "Really?"

  "I can swear to God."

  Su Wen fell silent, if he didn't reduce the number of cargo ships now, the only way was to think of a way to raise funds.

  "Suewen, I actually have an idea." Baker suddenly spoke up, somewhat hesitant.

  "Baek, we're all friends here, if you have any good ideas, just say it. Su Wen looked at Baek and said, "Of course, if you're willing to lend me a few billion dollars, I won't refuse either."

  "I don't have that much money to lend you, it's like this." Beck smiled, "You may not know some things about the shipyard, as far as I know, many shipyards have refurbished cargo ships, these refurbished cargo ships are not only cheap but also perform well, if you replace half of your cargo ships with refurbished ones, 500 million US dollars would be enough."

  Su Wen was taken aback: "Really new, can it be?"

  "Of course, a new cargo ship is always in demand, it's just that I'm afraid Sayat might not be willing to sell it to you."

  "Is Sayat like this?"

  "Okay, I admit that refurbished ships are not bad and the price has dropped a lot. For example, a 20-ton ship, a new one would cost $100 million, but a refurbished one would not exceed $60 million at most. It's just that there have been very few refurbished ships available all along, so ordinary people rarely get to buy them."

  "Xiaoye, in our relationship, am I just an ordinary person?"

  "This..."

  "Xiaoye, look over there, it's Jiangning Public Security Bureau."

  "Never mind, I agreed." Sayat's face changed color, he was afraid to hear the three words "Public Security Bureau", "500 million US dollars, half of which will be exchanged for new ones, it's settled."

  "Xie xie, hao ren ah!"

  "Give me money!"

  "I'll give you a moment, let's talk about how you guys solicit prostitutes."

  Three people fainted!

  Su Wen returned to the Jewelry Shop with a good mood.

  "Yi Xue, I spent five billion US dollars to buy two 200,000-ton, six 100,000-ton, ten 10,000-ton and twenty 5,000-ton cargo ships. How's that, impressive?"

  "Five hundred million dollars?"

  "That's right!"

  "How can it be so cheap?"

  "Xie Yatu is willing to be a scapegoat, so I'll let him be one. But half of this is just a rehash."

  "That's also worth it. Even if half of it is renovated, according to market prices, it won't be less than $800 million, and it may even sell for $1 billion."

  "That's why I said Saiyate is a good person, but he had to play the role of a scapegoat."

  "I don't know if Sayat is a scammer or not, I just want to ask you one thing, have you thought about where to purchase energy from after buying so many cargo ships? Have you thought about how many sailors to hire? And also, do you still have enough money to purchase energy?"

  Su Wen was stunned, as if he had never really thought about it.

  "Good-for-nothing!" Yi Xue muttered under her breath, unfortunately within Su Wen's earshot.

  "Yi Xue, how did I become a prodigal son?" Su Wen was very displeased. "I've thought it through, the problem is that I couldn't find any good business opportunities, so at worst, I'll just sell part of the cargo ship. This way, we can still make a profit of several hundred million US dollars. Of course, if we can find a profitable business, that would be best."

  Yi Xue was speechless, she had completely submitted to Su Wen.

  "This Yuxue..." Su Wen scratched his head, "Actually, I'm planning to set up a pharmaceutical company, do you have any good suggestions?"

  "Are you going to set up a pharmaceutical company again?"

  "Mainly engaged in drug research, inventing new drugs." Su Wen had a very innocent look on his face. "Others want to use Shenmu Dan to study new drugs. If they succeed, the profit will be tens of billions. This medicine is our own, rather than letting others study it, we might as well study it ourselves. If we succeed, all the money earned will be ours."

  Yi Xue's head suddenly became big: "Su Wen, can't you be less self-righteous?"

  "What's wrong?"

  "They want to use Shenmu Dan to research new medicine, that's because they already have a pharmaceutical company, do you?"

  "I don't have one, but we can build one!"

  Yi Xue looked at Meng Meng's Su Wen and sighed: "Alright, let's build our own. Anyway, you don't know where to use the money you earn, so building a few more companies is just like scattering wealth."