Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 531 Shipping Industry Part

"You have come from afar, and I think you are sincere in your intention to make a deal. So I won't waste any more words, and let's get straight to the point.

A complete set of ship maintenance equipment, the bidding price is 3 yuan. The upper limit of the bidding is 6 yuan.

A complete set of small steam shipbuilding equipment, machinery, docks, etc. with a displacement of 200 to 500 tons, the bidding price is 15 yuan. The upper limit of the bidding is 30 yuan.

A complete set of medium-sized steam shipbuilding equipment, machinery, docks, etc. with a displacement of 1000 to 2000 tons, with a bidding price of 80 Han Yuan and a maximum bidding price of 160 million Han Yuan.

The starting price for a newly launched 3000-ton steam ship is 9 yuan, and the upper limit is 18 yuan.

The starting price of a 50-ton semi-finished steamship with a keel installed and a construction progress of more than 3000% is 3.5 yuan, and the upper limit is 7 yuan.

In a hall in the shipyard area, Chen Shen sat in the main seat, looked at the representatives of the shipping companies, and said, "There are a total of 18 sets of ship maintenance equipment approved for sale and auction, including 11 sets of small steam shipyard equipment and docks, 7 sets of medium-sized steam shipyard equipment and docks, 3000 newly launched 12-ton steamships, and 3000 17-ton semi-finished steamships. All of these equipment have been disassembled and can be shipped away as soon as the auction is completed."

"I would like to remind you that the total amount of machinery and equipment to be relocated in the occupied area is huge, and the transportation capacity is tight. After the auction is completed, the owners will need to contact the transportation company to transport the equipment back."

Niu Shangzhou added.

"Don't worry, Director Niu. We will solve the problem of equipment transportation by ourselves and ensure that the equipment transportation is completed before the imperial army withdraws."

Merchants participating in the auction all expressed their agreement with the self-transportation plan.

"The Empire's shipping industry is developing rapidly and has broad market prospects. Immigration and overseas commodity trade are both inseparable from the shipping industry. It is expected that the Empire's demand for ocean shipping will continue to grow in the next ten to twenty years. It is a wise choice to join the shipping industry now, and it is also a long-term career with stable income.

The Empire is determined to encourage the development of the shipping industry. Although the dismantled shipyard machinery, equipment and docks are auctioned, the purpose of the Imperial Government is not to compete with you for profit and make more money, but to ensure that the sales are fair and just. You can also see that the auction reserve price is far lower than the normal market price, and the auction ceiling price is also 30% to 50% lower than the normal price.

As long as the auction is successful, you will all gain benefits, and your efforts will definitely not be in vain."

"What Director Chen said is true. The imperial government always takes us, the common people, into consideration. We will do our utmost to develop industry and practice the concept of strengthening the country through industry."

"It's rare that you masters are so understanding, so let's not talk too much and start the bidding."

After exchanging greetings with everyone, Chen Shen instructed several government officials to conduct the auction.

As the bidding process progressed, the ship maintenance equipment was sold at prices ranging from 5 to 6 yuan.

18套小型蒸汽轮船机器、设备、船坞，除了4套以25至28万区间价格拍出，剩下14套都以竞价上限价格成交。

"A set of 1300-ton medium-sized steam shipyard equipment, the starting price is 80 Han Yuan!"

"One million Han Yuan.", "100 million Han Yuan.", "120 million Han Yuan." When the activity reached the auction of medium-sized shipyard equipment, the bidding competition suddenly became fierce.

"Congratulations to Guanglong Shipping Company for winning a set of 1300-ton medium-sized steam shipyard equipment at a price of 160 million Chinese Yuan."

"Boss Wu has good vision and courage. He raised the price to 160 million right away. I admire him."

Several representatives of shipping companies who were sitting next to Wu Shoukang, chairman of Guanglong Shipping Company, and participating in the auction, bowed and congratulated him, with envy and jealousy in their eyes.

"Unlike Taichang Company, which received the 5000-ton civilian shipbuilding technology transferred from Xinghe Shipyard, Guanglong Shipping Company lacks the foundation and needs to expand its scale and strengthen its technical reserves. We have no choice but to compete with you all, please forgive us."

"Boss Wu, you are too polite. In business competition, everyone relies on their own abilities. Next time, if we come across the right machines and equipment, we will not hold back."

"Then Mr. Wu must act sooner rather than later. If he acts too late, the good equipment will be bought by Mr. Zhou, and Guanglong Shipping Company will suffer a great loss."

"Mutually," several businessmen were making witty remarks with smiles on their faces, but when one set of medium-sized steam shipbuilding equipment after another was put up for auction in batches, no one held back. In the later stages of the auction, all seven sets of medium-sized steam shipbuilding equipment were sold at the upper limit of the bidding price of 7 million Han Yuan. Because of the simultaneous bidding, several businessmen even had a collective fight in the hall. The guards on duty intervened and pulled them apart.

At 1800 pm, the auction came to an end. All the shipping-related machinery, equipment, newly launched ships and semi-finished ships approved for auction were sold. The total auction price was 400 million Han Yuan, million Han Yuan more than the expected auction price.

Among the nearly 2 shipping industry businessmen who participated in the auction, Guanglong Shipping Company bid for 2 sets of small steamship shipyard equipment, 3 sets of medium-sized shipyard equipment, and 3000 newly launched -ton steamships, making it the company with the largest total bid amount in the auction.

Next came medium-sized and larger private shipping companies such as Changshun, Yongfeng, and Guihe, which each bought one or several sets of shipyard equipment.

"Boss Wang, you are really a hidden talent. You bought a set of 1500-ton steam shipyard equipment for a total price of 160 million Han Yuan.
The four shipping companies, Guanglong, Changshun, Yongfeng and Guihe, all had their eyes on this equipment, but it was won by Boss Wang's Yongshun. With the 1500-ton steam shipbuilding equipment, Yongshun will have its own shipyard. In two or three years, when the shipyard is installed and starts normal production, Boss Wang's Yongshun Shipping Company will be far ahead of us."

"The machinery and equipment of this 1500-ton steam shipyard are all 4% new. According to Deputy Director Niu, the Brazilians imported this equipment less than four years ago. They had just imported it from the UK and installed it. After two years of normal production, it was occupied and dismantled by the imperial army. According to normal price estimates, the entire set of equipment cost at least 300 million Han yuan. Yongshun bought it for 160 million Han yuan, which was a windfall."

Taichang, Guanglong and Changshun were large companies with assets of more than 500 million Han Yuan and strong financial strength. Most of the merchants from small shipping companies recognized that they could not compete with them, so the bidding was mainly centered around small steam shipbuilding equipment and repair equipment.

However, Wang Baoshan's Yongshun Shipping Company was registered two and a half years ago, with a registered capital of 10 taels of silver (registered in Songkhla, Southeast Asia). Even though it had a good development momentum and its assets doubled in two and a half years, the company's total assets were only more than 20 taels of silver, which was less than 40 Han yuan in local currency. It could not even come up with 160 million Han yuan to purchase shipyard equipment.

Seeing the jealousy and doubts of his peers, Wang Baoshan was happy and said with a smile: "Last September, the Paraguayan war broke out. Wang speculated that the imperial army would definitely win, so he went back to his hometown in southern Fujian and found a group of business partners with whom he had cooperated before. He raised 9 million taels of silver and prepared to expand the scale of the industry. The funds arrived in November. At that time, I thought of using this money to purchase several ocean-going ships from Xinghe Shipyard, specializing in silk reeling, textiles, and printing and dyeing businesses from the mainland to Southeast Asia and from Southeast Asia to southern Fujian. After returning to the mainland, I heard that the imperial army was making good progress and had fought all the way to the capital of the Republic of Brazil, occupying a large area of ​​land and dismantling a large number of machines and equipment from the occupied area. I changed my mind temporarily. Since I was ready to make a name for myself in the shipping industry, I decided to do something big. I would not buy ocean-going ships, but equipment directly. Build a shipyard of my own!"

"Boss Wang is very ambitious and courageous. If it were me, Sun, I wouldn't dare to bet all my money on shipyard equipment."

"Raising funds for shareholding and equity changes need to be reported to the Empire. Although Yongshun Company is registered in Songkhla, it is doing business locally and must abide by the rules and regulations set by the Empire government."

A businessman seized the possible loophole in Wang Baoshan's words and said with ill intention.

"No need to worry about the shopkeeper, there are 27 shareholders in the southern Fujian region, and the personal information and investment amount of the shareholders were reported to the Ministry of Commerce of the Imperial Government in advance in January this year. It was approved on February 1. Yongshun Shipping Company's fundraising and share expansion behavior is completely compliant and legal."
(End of this chapter)