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Chapter 117 Even dog shit can be sold (Subscribe please)
“Fishing boat business in Africa?”

Chen Jue became interested as soon as he heard it.

He never refuses any legal way to make money.

It just so happens that Cube Technology’s business is still in the process of preparation and establishment, and the main products for external sales have not yet been finalized.

If we could get suitable ship manufacturing and refurbishment orders in advance, the Rubik's Cube Factory would not be left idle so easily.

So after finishing dinner at the B&B, Chen Jue sat at the tea table placed in the open air and listened to Ji Yjiang chatting while he was making tea for the guests.

It turned out that his eldest son Ji Xian inherited part of the business of Minghua Shipyard. After the shipyard went bankrupt, he and a few friends went to Africa to make a living.

You know, Vancouver used to be a mountainous place, and transportation was extremely inconvenient, which led many Vancouverites to develop the habit of going abroad for adventure.

Not to mention Europe, America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, even in Africa, places where ordinary people would shake their heads in disgust, there are a lot of Vancouver businessmen investing and doing business there.

For example, Ji Yijiang’s son Ji Xian is one of these Wenzhou overseas Chinese businessmen who go abroad to do business.

He was currently in Namibia, a West African country that is one of the world's top ten fish producing countries, specializing in shipping business.

To put it bluntly, he is just the same as Manager Zhang of Hongyu Shipping. He is a middleman involved in ship business and a transnational ship intermediary.

We buy some old fishing boats at affordable prices in China and sell them to backward African countries such as Namibia where they continue to shine.

After all, the industry in Africa is very backward. Even by 2024, few African countries except Egypt and South Africa will have a complete shipbuilding system.

If you want to buy fishing boats, you basically look to Europe and Asia where manufacturing is concentrated.

Moreover, Africans cannot afford new ships that are too expensive! That is not cost-effective.

They had no choice but to target old ships that were on the verge of being scrapped.

According to Ji Yijiang, most domestic fishing boats are well maintained and their service life is not as long as in extremely poor countries like Africa and Bangladesh. A boat can be used for 100 years as long as the bottom of the boat is not rotten or rusted and can still float on the water.

As long as you repaint it with anti-rust and anti-corrosion paint, the old fishing boat can run safely on the sea for a few years without any major problems. If you tow it to Africa, it will be snapped up in minutes!
Listening to Old Ji's description of this familiar ship renovation business, Chen Jue, who was drinking tea, suddenly had an idea: "Old Ji, this business can be done! As long as the price is right, we at Cube Technology can definitely take it!"

Because Chen Jue had previously refurbished five 5-ton bulk carriers.

Recently, with the rapid development of soybean and timber businesses, the cash flow has become abundant. Red Star Trading has purchased several similar old ships and is currently shipping them back for refurbishment, with the intention of further increasing the soybean route capacity in the Far East.

Since the Magic Cube Factory has the technical strength and renovation experience, it is natural for it to take on some business of refurbishing fishing boats.

As long as they are not modified, with the iron golems' sleepless iron bodies and the cooperation of the newly arrived industrial mother machines, they can definitely burst out with incredible work efficiency!
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After chatting with Ji Yjiang, Chen Jue took a business card from him and added his eldest son Ji Xian’s WeChat across thousands of miles.

There is an old tradition in doing business in Vancouver, which is that when going out, fellow villagers bring fellow villagers, and relatives bring relatives.

If you don't have any experience, then bring your acquaintances with you and make money together by relying on the power of numbers.

Ji Xian, who was wandering far away in Africa, immediately became excited when he heard that his father had found a strong partner for him. He made a video call with Chen Jue across more than 10 time zones.

"Mr. Chen!"

"Thank you for taking over my family's shipyard. If you hadn't helped, my father would have been out of debt a long time ago." Ji Xian in the video looked greasy and dark, and it was obvious that he had been traveling to Africa a lot.

Most of those who work on ships all year round have this skin color, unless they are the first mate or captain who sits in the cabin, and they are rarely not exposed to wind and sun.

"a piece of cake!"

Chen Jue first made a few polite remarks and then asked about the second-hand fishing boat sales business in Namibia.

If the order quantity is too small or the amount involved is too small, he would be too lazy to take it.

After all, Chen Jue earned more than 200 million yuan in cash every day just by selling roasted chicken and green bean smoothies, not to mention soybeans and timber, two big businesses whose future accounts receivable have exceeded billions.

If towing a second-hand fishing boat to Africa can only make a maximum profit of 18,000 yuan, then Chen Jue might as well not take such a small order.

Unexpectedly, when Ji Xian heard Chen Jue's Versailles tone, he immediately patted his chest and assured: "Boss Chen, don't worry! I have been in Walvis Bay for more than ten years and have met many tribal chiefs, as well as relatives of several presidents and prime ministers."

“As long as we tug it over from the country, there’s nothing we can’t sell!”

"Just kidding, if you send me a boatload of dog shit from Africa, I can help you sell it as fertilizer!"

In order to dispel Chen Jue's doubts, the other party even sent photos of himself and the local snake bosses doing transactions, including photos and videos of the fish port and dock in Walvis Bay, Namibia.

The scene of tens of thousands of ships docked there is no less impressive than the scene of thousands of ships leaving the port after the domestic fishing moratorium ends.

"Is the road so rough?"

Chen Jue flipped through the transaction photo sent by the other party.

Among them, there are some second-hand thousand-ton fishing boats whose hulls are rusted through and the hulls are crooked when floating on the water. We are thankful that they can return to the port safely after going out to sea.

Even though the ship was in such a terrible condition, it could still be sold for more than 100 million RMB.

Ji Xian is really the bully in Walvis Bay, his methods are rough and unreasonable.

But Chen Jue likes to deal with such rough people!

Because his ways are equally rough!

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After communicating enthusiastically with Ji Xian, the two like-minded people were just one step away from becoming sworn brothers.

After agreeing that the other party would return to China to further discuss cooperation, Chen Jue hung up the video call.

It was already past 9 p.m., and Zheng Bocheng, who was packing up his night fishing gear, saw that he had been holding his phone, so he came over and asked curiously, "Did you get another business? Why don't you try your luck with us?"

Guo Sen and Li Te, who were on vacation with us, also started to yell, "That's right, Chen Jue! You're making money secretly without telling your brothers, that's wrong!"

Seeing this, Chen Jue laughed and cursed, "Get lost! Who joked about looking down on street vendors? Inviting you to go sea fishing for free is already very respectful. If you want to get rich, you can come and work at our Chenji branch. If you make less than 1 a month, I will make up for it."

Upon hearing this, Li Te immediately lifted up his vest, revealing the muscular body of the physical education teacher: "You want to get rid of us with 1 yuan a month? Chen Jue, you are really arrogant! Brothers, beat him up!"

After laughing and joking with his buddies for a while, Chen Jue felt a little overwhelmed by Li Te's stronghold, so he made a satellite phone call from Xiwan Pier.

Many people go sea fishing at night because the sun is too strong during the day and the fish hide in deep water areas with lower water temperatures.

Night fishing at sea usually yields good results, so much so that there are several fishing boats waiting to leave the port at Xiwan Pier.

The old diesel engine was making a rattling sound, and a bonfire was lit in an iron barrel at the dock, igniting the atmosphere in the air.

Many neatly dressed fishermen and tourists, carrying fishing gear, chatted with friends, enjoying the sea view under the moon and boasting about their catches from the last night fishing trip.

But as they were chatting, the eyes of these tourists suddenly straightened up and stared at the sea in the distance.

I saw a streamlined fishing boat with a length of more than 30 meters and an iron-gray body, speeding across the sea at a speed of more than 30 knots.

As soon as you approach the Xiwan Wharf, you will see the cool modern ship shape and several tall and strong sailors standing on the ship, which will immediately turn those old fishing boats that are about to leave the port into pieces!
The scene was like a latest model Lamborghini parked among a bunch of Wuling Hongguang cars that had run 20 kilometers and whose doors could hardly close. It was extremely visually impactful.

So when Chen Jue called his buddies to get on the boat, many middle-aged tourists who were planning to go out to the pier for night fishing quietly took out a cigarette and lit it up, saying with some sourness: "Rich people just love to show off!"

"If you have such a good boat but don't have the fishing skills, you're just going to get nothing, right?"

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