The next morning.
Lin Zhichao told Sakurai Hinako: "Submit a formal resignation report and wait for the company's approval. Then, I will arrange it for you. But one thing, what I give you is yours, don't be greedy. Money is a small matter, but There are some things I hope you understand and don’t think about them, otherwise you will be the one who gets hurt in the end!”
Sakurai Hinako instantly understood that what this man meant was not to destroy his family, otherwise she would suffer.
She didn't think too much, she just wanted to live a superior life, so she immediately promised: "I will be an obedient woman, please don't worry."
Lin Zhichao nodded, it would be better to be sensible.
If he really encounters that kind of troublesome woman, he will definitely not mess with her. Family is what he values most, and whoever wants to destroy his family will definitely have to pay the price.
In the morning, Sakurai Hinako finally arrived at her flight on time. Although she felt a little painful, she was very excited. She finally got her wish, and everything was so unexpected and satisfying.
"Pusher, what are you so happy about?"
"Yes, why didn't you go back to the dormitory yesterday? Did you have a boyfriend?"
The subordinates became curious. These flight attendants were Japanese and Hong Kong nationals, and they communicated in English.
Sakurai Hinako said with a smile: "What are you guessing about? I just took the time to spend one night with my family, and get to work quickly!"
She would keep it a secret to avoid getting the man into trouble with her.
Thinking of the trouble, she couldn't help but tremble, and then she smiled happily.
Yesterday, the man guessed a lot. She once had a boyfriend in college, and they were very affectionate. Later, she chose to be a flight attendant, and her boyfriend was a company employee. Faced with many invitations from rich men, she abided by the quality of self-love; She just didn't expect that two years ago, her boyfriend told her that he wanted to marry his boss's daughter.
At that moment, Sakurai Hinako asked loudly: "Why?"
Her boyfriend said guiltily: "Hinaizi, as long as I agree to marry her, I can get a promotion, a raise, and advancement. I have no choice, so please forget about me!"
Sakurai Hinako suddenly realized that she was so naive. Throwing the things she held on to, the things she could get more easily, to her boyfriend would be like a dog seeing a bone.
From then on, Sakurai Hinako decided that she would either not choose or choose the best one.
Because of this, she finally chose her boss as her goal six months later. She remembered that her boss, led by the president, visited the crew and was so handsome and personable. He communicated with the captain in fluent English and with her in fluent English. He is so talented at communicating in Japanese.
At that moment, she made up her mind and would not give up if she failed to achieve her goal, so every time Lin Zhichao took advantage of the opportunity, she would find an opportunity to be courteous and show off herself.
At one point, she almost gave up. This man was too difficult to deal with.
But now, she finally succeeded!
"Hello, welcome to Hong Kong Airlines!"
On this day, she looked so pleased with everyone!
A year ago it was called 'Sasebo Shipbuilding', but now it has been changed to 'Sasebo Heavy Industries'.
"President Kato, do you have the technical understanding of this 130,000-ton oil tanker?" Lin Zhichao asked again and again.
Kato Ken immediately and seriously assured: "Mr. Lin, you have cooperated with our Japanese shipbuilding industry for these years, and you know the credibility of our shipbuilding industry. Whenever there is a problem with our ships, we will definitely rush to the scene as soon as possible to find out the cause. If it is a technical problem of ours, we will fully support it and we will never damage the brand name of Japan’s shipbuilding industry.”
Lin Zhichao was right. Although the Japanese shipbuilding industry is still a little behind Europe and the United States in terms of welding, it has only taken the past two years to catch up. Importantly, some minor flaws don't matter.
In terms of after-sales service, the Japanese shipbuilding industry is definitely the best. If something goes wrong with their ships, they will not shirk the price no matter how high the price is.
This is because the Japanese government regards the shipbuilding industry as a key development of 'heavy industry' and will never destroy its brand.
"Okay, this time I came to Japan, I planned to build ten large oil tankers, and I planned to build them in three shipyards. And in your Sasebo Heavy Industries, you plan to build four oil tankers, two 100,000-ton oil tankers, and two 130,000-ton oil tankers. ton tanker.”
Kato Ken was immediately surprised. Lin Zhichao built a million-ton oil tanker at one time and was an absolute major customer of the Japanese shipbuilding industry.
In fact, this is nothing. In his previous life, Dong Yunhao also built six 226,000-ton oil tankers in 1966.
But this was 1961 after all, and it was still the off-season for world shipping.
"Mr. Lin, I don't know if you need a loan. But we in Japan can provide extremely low interest rates to foreign businessmen?"
Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "It is not needed for the time being, but it may be needed for shipbuilding next year."
Takeru Kato said: "Hi!"
Afterwards, everyone came to the conference room and started signing the shipbuilding contract.
Accompanying Lin Zhichao is still Feng Yongfa, the deputy general manager. As for the other vice president, Bobby Blair, he is more responsible for 'external', while Feng Yongfa is responsible for 'internal', which is of course not absolute.
In short, since having two vice presidents, Lin Zhichao's burden has become easier.
Although he is still doing things like building ships, leasing and signing contracts himself, in fact he is just going through the motions; everything has been prepared beforehand.
After this shipbuilding, the load capacity of global shipping changed again.
Global shipping: 16 new oil tankers of 100,000 tons, 2 of 70,000 tons, 4 of 56,000 tons, and 2 of 36,000 tons, totaling 2.02 million tons; 8 second-hand oil tankers, totaling 150,000 tons; 12 new cargo ships ships, with a total of 230,000 tons; old freighters are 64, with a total of 660,000 tons; the total tonnage is 3.06 million tons.
World Shipping: 2 130,000-ton tankers, 8 100,000-ton tankers, and 4 56,000-ton tankers, totaling 1.32 million tons.
China Star Shipping: 12 second-hand ships (old), with a total tonnage of 100,000 tons.
Asia Shipping: 15 newer cargo ships with a gross tonnage of 120,000 tons.
Four shipping companies, with a total carrying capacity of 4.6 million tons, he has surpassed Onassis, which is about twice its carrying capacity.
Moreover, Global Shipping has almost no debt and expects to be able to repay all funds, including unbuilt ships, by the end of the year. Starting in 1962, Worldwide Shipping would use loans to build ships.
In fact, even if Global Shipping does not need loans, it should be able to expand to 6 million tons by 1967.
However, considering that Lin Zhichao's goal is 8 to 10 million tons, and 800,000 tons of old ships will have to be phased out during this period, it is necessary to make full use of the loan.
On the last day of his inspection in Japan, Lin Zhichao came to Nissin Company, and Chen Ping, the general manager of Doll Noodles, accompanied him.
In fact, Chen Ping still serves as a director of Nissin Company and will conduct accounting audits; after all, Doll Noodles currently accounts for 49% of Nissin Ramen.
Momofuku Ando welcomed the two of them in the office.
"Mr. Lin, the 'Ajisen Ramen' brand you suggested last year has now opened three flagship stores, and the business is very good. We also plan to double the store this year."
Lin Zhichao doesn’t really care about this brand, but if Momofuku Ando does it well, it will naturally be good for the company.
Therefore, he praised: "President An Teng is very smart in his management. I just provided an idea. I didn't expect you to produce results so quickly. It's amazing!"
Momofuku Ando quickly became humble. He did not dare to compare himself to Lin Zhichao compared to doing business. A self-made billionaire entrepreneur at a young age, his career spans industry, real estate, and shipping, especially shipping. He is a legend in the Japanese shipping and shipbuilding circles.
"Often an idea is the key to success! Just like when your company developed instant noodles, it solved the problem of food shortage in Asian countries. It was a world-class invention."
Instant noodles are really good news for Japan. No wonder the Japanese government and legal circles also take great care of the "copyright" of doll noodles. Of course, doll noodles are not greedy and put forward harsh conditions.
Then, Lin Zhichao asked with concern: "Tonkotsu Ramen has been on the market for more than half a year. I wonder how the situation of Nissin Ramen is?"
Momofuku Ando immediately said: "It's very good! A bag of tonkotsu ramen currently costs 35 yen, and the sales volume in the first half of the year has exceeded 35 million bags. At the same time, the price of Nissin chicken noodle soup has also risen to 30 yen, and the sales volume in the half year has also reached 2,500 yen. Bags. It is expected that Nissin Ramen can once again exceed 120 million bags of bagged ramen this year, occupy more than 25% of the Japanese ramen market, and generate profits of more than 3 million US dollars."
Lin Zhichao said with satisfaction: "We are very happy to cooperate with Nissin Ramen. President Ando works with integrity and credibility. I hope we can continue to cooperate."
The implication is that it is impossible for Doll Noodles to sell shares, and supervision of Nissin Ramen must be strengthened.
After hearing this, Momofuku Ando said: "This is natural. If Mr. Lin had not chosen me but chosen others to cooperate, I believe there would be no Nissin today."
Although sometimes I think about it, other ramen brands paid up to 50,000 US dollars in patent fees, while Nissin paid a full 49% of the shares; however, as the first Japanese ramen maker, Nissin Ramen occupies a large share The advantages.
Not only that, in the subsequent cooperation, the ideas of 'Ajisen Ramen' and 'Tonkotsu Ramen' all came from doll noodles. Even investing in a stock, after listening to Lin Zhichao's advice, he made nearly half a million US dollars.
Therefore, Momofuku Ando has no complaints in his heart. On the contrary, he attaches great importance to his relationship with Lin Zhichao.
Later, Lin Zhichao asked about the follow-up development plan of Nissin Ramen. Overall, Momofuku Ando planned well, and bagged ramen and Ajisen Ramen were developed at the same time.
"In the past year, we have not been able to distribute dividends to shareholders for the time being. I hope Mr. Lin will understand!"
"Haha, I just hope that Nissin Ramen will develop even more, so there is no rush to pay dividends."
Investment in factories, headquarters, and the expansion of Ajisen Ramen all require funds. In addition, there is still some debt ahead, so it is unrealistic to pay dividends in a short period of time.
Lin Zhichao envied the Japanese market, but he knew that the development of doll noodles in Japan would definitely not be a favor, and it would overlap too much with Nissin Ramen. Only by developing cup noodles in two or three years can we take the development of doll noodles to the next level.
While the three of them were chatting, the office door opened and a staff member came in to report: "President, Korean Jeon Joong-yun is outside and wants to see you!"
Momofuku Ando then explained to Lin Zhichao: "This Korean wants to introduce ramen technology and equipment to develop in South Korea. It is said that he has visited some companies, but no agreement has been reached. Is Mr. Lin interested in meeting? If not, I am now Tell him to leave."
Lin Zhichao said: "It's okay to meet!"
The patented technology is just doll-like, but instead of going to Hong Kong to seek cooperation, it came to Japan to seek cooperation. Moreover, some Japanese instant noodle companies want to cooperate with this Korean, but the conditions are very harsh.
It seems that everyone knows that South Korea will not value your Hong Kong patents.
Koreans can indeed ignore patents, but equipment and technology need to come to Japan to seek cooperation. At this time, Japan-South Korea relations are not bad; on the contrary, Koreans should hate the Chinese even more, after all, they have only been beaten for almost ten years.
Therefore, Lin Zhichao has already thought in his mind that if cooperation is possible, he should authorize Nissin Ramen to cooperate with Koreans.
After a while, a slightly fat Korean with a slicked back hair walked in.
Lin Zhichao and Chen Ping did not get up, and neither did Momofuku Ando, as if Quan Zhongyun was a beggar.
Hearing that the boss of the instant noodle invention company was here, Quan Zhongyun's expression suddenly changed slightly, because this meant the matter of 'patent fees'.
Lin Zhichao leaned on the sofa and said: "You can just say it, as long as you convince us, we can cooperate with you without your patent fees."
When Quan Zhongrun saw this, he immediately became emotional.
"Mr. Lin, Mr. An Teng, and Mr. Chen. I have seen many long lines at the market for a bowl of leftover rice porridge (made with leftovers from the US military stationed at the base) for 5 Korean won. Traditionally, japonica rice is the staple food. In fact, Korean people are not used to eating the food sent by Americans. I inspected ramen in Japan and solved similar problems, so I hope to introduce ramen to be produced in Korea."
Quan Zhongyun played the emotional card. He was wearing a gray suit and leather shoes. He was short and stood in front of the three of them, as if he was begging.
As you can imagine, he has been rejected by many people!
Of course, Lin Zhichao doesn’t care about the problem of Koreans not having enough to eat. Our compatriots in Hong Kong still have enough to eat at this time!
However, this is business after all, a profitable thing.
In the previous life, Nissin Ramen cooperated with several instant noodles companies in Samyang, South Korea, and Taiwan, and the annual dividends were huge.
However, considering the political impact, Lin Zhichao said to Momofuku Ando: "President Itan, I can authorize Nissin Ramen to use our patent to cooperate with South Korea. We don't charge a penny for the patent fee."
Quan Zhongrun immediately said: "Thank you Mr. Lin, you are really an amazing entrepreneur."
Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "Mr. Quan, there is no need to thank me. I actually know about this patent. For South Korea, which cannot even eat enough to eat, the restrictions are too small, so I gave up my rights."
Quan Zhongyun was immediately embarrassed. He really had no intention of paying the patent fee. As long as a Japanese company is willing to transfer equipment and technology, it can start operations.
Momofuku Ando then said: "Mr. Chun Zhongyun, we at Nissin can purchase equipment and transfer technology for you. We only charge you for the equipment. However, we hope to occupy 49% of the shares."
Quan Zhongyun didn't have many choices, so he could only say without confidence: "I only raised US$50,000 in start-up capital. How much is the equipment fee?"
Momofuku Ando said: "We can provide you with equipment worth US$25,000 first, and the equipment fee will be paid in installments over one year after it can be put into production."
Playing the long game to catch big fish, Momofuku Ando learned from Lin Zhichao’s methods.
No matter how hard Koreans can afford to eat, the situation will get better sooner or later. As long as they get 49% of the shares, the dividends will be huge in the future.
In the end, Quan Zhongyun agreed to Momofuku Ando's request. After all, except for the unknown 49% equity, he had no other losses. Other Japanese manufacturers often make more excessive demands.
What Quan Zhongyun values most is the dominance of Nissin Ramen in Japan, especially its two flavors of instant noodles.
After Quan Zhongyun left, Lin Zhichao said: "The cooperation with South Korea is authorized to Nissin; the cooperation with Taiwan must be with us in Hong Kong."
Momofuku Ando immediately said: "This is natural!"
In fact, Lin Zhichao also saw that Momofuku Ando originally wanted to introduce Quan Zhongjun to the doll side, and he didn't want to take advantage of it.
From this point of view, Momofuku Ando’s character is not bad.
If they can cooperate in the future, Lin Zhichao is also willing to cooperate with Momofuku Ando, such as Cup Noodles.
It is almost impossible to make instant noodles global and big; after all, every country has its own taste. In the past, Asian countries such as Korea, China, Japan, Sing Tao, Thailand, and Malay all had their own tastes. is an instant noodle brand with a high market share; even the doll noodles in Hong Kong are doing very well.
Although we cannot be strong in every country, we can actually expand our business and develop in the mainland later.
Finally, Momofuku Ando said: "Mr. Lin, what do you think about stock investment?"
Lin Zhichao asked: "President Ando wants to make additional investment?"
Momofuku Ando said with a smile: "I am not very sure, so I personally will not decide to invest; if Mr. Lin has a high opinion, I am willing to listen to the wishes of the partners."
His words revealed his trust in Lin Zhichao. This Momofuku Ando is still very smart.
Lin Zhichao said: "I also think that additional investment should not be made. The Japanese stock market has risen from 1954 to this year, from more than 400 to more than 1,400. I think it is already amazing. At the end of the year, President Itan should consider selling out stocks and not moving for the time being. ”
He didn't understand the stocks at that time, but he knew a lot of things. For example, in the early 1990s, the Japanese stock market rose to 36,000 points, but now it is only 1,400 points, which is more than 20 times the market index.
However, due to the influence of the US stock market next year, the market should not be good, and the Japanese stock market will also need to adjust.
Since you don’t understand, then just don’t speculate.
Momofuku Ando immediately followed the imperial edict and said: "No problem, all will be cleared by the end of the year. Nissin Ramen still needs to focus on the development of ramen and Ajisen ramen."
Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "That's the truth!"
(End of chapter)
