Rebirth of the Tech Madman

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Not to mention that Young Master Dong was upset, even Tang Huan could hear the sonorous meaning of "seeking wealth and wealth in danger" in Boss Huo's tone. The content of his proposal can almost be said to be ready to come out-where can the oil tanker go now if it wants to expand its work? Obviously, it is the Middle East region where the war is raging.

He couldn't help but admire it secretly. Gein, like Boss Huo, Charter Ship King, and Daheng Shao, were all already terminally ill and took money to extend their lives. But they still hadn't lost the enterprising spirit of the old man, far from it. The kind of drunken dreams just for the pursuit of luxury can be compared to the dead.

Sure enough, I only heard boss Huo answer: "Due to the impact of the Iran-Iraq War, the oil transportation in the Middle East has been under tension. I have some long-term orders here, which are suitable for OOCL to undertake."

Dong Jianhua hesitated a little, his family and Huo boss had been in contact for a long time.

For example, in the late 1960s, the Hong Kong government launched four containers at Kwai Tsing Container Terminal No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 on both sides of the Rambler Strait in Kwai Tsing District, Hong Kong New Territories. As a result, Boss Huo Individuals vote for the largest pier alone.

Seeing this situation, the Hong Kong government naturally quit, and went to the stumbling block without telling any truth, asking Boss Huo to make a guarantee that at least 200,000 containers must be parked at the terminal every year.

You know, the total number of containers in Hong Kong at that time was not 200,000.

To this end, Boss Huo specifically went to discuss with "Ship King" Dong Haoyun.

Although they thought they were not sure, the cooperation finally fell through-they had to give up Pier 1 and gave up the golden rice bowl to Swire Group Modern Terminals Co., Ltd., one of the four largest British-owned companies, but the relationship between the two can also be seen. .

It was based on this origin that Dong Jianhua suddenly guessed where the long-term orders that Boss Huo said came from.

In fact, Boss Huo's business covers a wide range.

After busying with the intense shipping during the Korean War, he founded Fok Hing Ye Tang Real Estate Co., Ltd. in 1953, and then established Sino Real Estate Co., Ltd. and You Rong Co., Ltd. to enter the real estate field and develop residential buildings in Wan Chai and Causeway Bay. Including Toad Palace Building, Hong Kong Building, Haicheng Building and so on.

More famously, Mr. Huo pioneered the "off-the-plan" system, which allows buyers to pre-order before the building is completed.

Although this trick aroused public suspicion at the time, it made the property market apparently active, and other real estate developers followed suit. It continues to this day and it can be said to have an impact.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Boss Huo began to fade out of the real estate industry and moved to the petroleum product market. After the world energy crisis, he ran the Oriental Petroleum Company in Xiangjiang to sell petroleum products produced in China.

Therefore, Mr. Huo’s repeated opinions on OOCL’s future are not abrupt at all. After all, the oil business is one of his businesses, but the background is a little sensitive.

The bankruptcy crisis of OOCL has made Dong Jianhua no longer care about boss Huo’s politically sensitive factors. He is worried about another issue. "But I heard that since the Iran-Iraq War hit, both sides have red eyes. , The means are omnipotent, even starting to attack merchant ships entering and leaving the Persian Gulf."

Having said this, Dong Jianhua turned his eyes to Tang Huan, "I wonder if Mr. Tang has heard of this situation?"

"I understand." Tang Huan nodded slightly, "Iran and Iraq do have this trend."

The Iran-Iraq War reached its fifth year, that is, last year, when it reached a deadlock and turned into a long-term war of attrition. The warring parties have offensive and defensive forces in the border areas, and the ground front remains basically unchanged.

In order to weaken Iran’s economic strength and break through the current deadlock, Iraq began to use its increasingly powerful air force to launch an attack on ships. That is, actively attacking Iranian oil tankers and freighters; the Iranian side naturally also quickly returned the color.

The earliest was on March 27, 1984, when the Iraqi Air Force used flying fish missiles to attack a Panamanian tanker near Khark Island; the Iranian Air Force immediately retaliated the next day and attacked a Kuwaiti tanker.

Since then, Iraq and Iran have started to attack each other and the tankers of neutral countries entering and leaving each other’s ports as targets, thereby weakening each other’s economic strength. The main attack method is aircraft launching missiles.

Among them, the Iraqi Air Force mainly uses Mirage and Super Hornet helicopters to carry Flying Fish missiles; Iran mainly uses F4 fighters to carry Mavericks missiles. Of course, both sides have used relatively cheap rockets and bomb attacks.

Although weapons such as missiles are quite bluffing, in reality, the effects of these attacks on the vast sea were not fatal at the beginning, and most ships were simply injured or stranded.

However, in 1985, on February 14 this year, the first ship sunk in the raid finally appeared. It was a Liberian oil tanker sunk by the Iraqi Air Force.

Because Iraq’s oil output mostly relies on pipelines, and the Iraqi Air Force’s combat power at this stage is stronger than that of the Iranian Air Force, its losses in this attack on ships are less than its opponents.

Of course, Iran will not suffer from this kind of loss, so it will naturally upgrade the target of the attack to other Gulf countries that support Iraq.

Generally speaking, due to concerns about the expansion of the Islamic revolution in Iran, most Arab countries support Iraq politically and economically, such as Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. In particular, the two countries loaned tens of billions of dollars to Iraq during the war to purchase weapons and equipment.

Although these Arab countries did not provide Iraq with troops or weapons, most of the Soviet weapons purchased by Iraq were transferred through them. Even in the early days of the war, in order to avoid Iranian air strikes, Iraq moved domestic aircraft to airports near Arab countries.

But there are also a few Arab countries that support Iran. Such as Syria and Libya.

Outside the Arab world, Western countries support Iraq; Israel, Argentina, South Africa, North Korea and other countries support Iran.

As for the big powers, it doesn't matter what their position is. It is too busy to sell weapons to both sides. In essence, this also shows that the two developing countries, Iraq and Iran, can drag the border war to the present for six years, and it has nothing to do with the support and manipulation of world powers.

It is precisely because of this complicated international relationship that Iran and Iraq have not lost their minds. In the ship attack so far, apart from the Arab countries that are implicated with their opponents, they are Panama and Liberia. A small country, a neutral country with a deeper heel still dare not move.

Tang Huan truthfully explained the nuances to Dong Jianhua. The reason why he knew so clearly was because he paid attention to collecting the dynamics of these oil-producing countries in the Middle East. He also listened to the complaints of close relations with Kuwait. The opponent in the conflict has not eaten Iranian sap, and is trying to apply for **** protection from members of the UN Security Council.

"Iraq and Iran's'attack war', if it affects the interests of non-belligerent countries, to an intolerable degree, the United States will definitely come forward." Tang Huan gave a certain judgment.

The implication was that he also quite agreed with Boss Huo's idea. Gein did not mention the political factors. The oil business alone is worth the risk. The construction of Wang Yongqing's oil refinery in Funan has entered a substantive stage. Otherwise, Orient Overseas, which is heavily indebted and has a debt of more than 20 billion Hong Kong dollars, how can it get capital injection?

Seeing that the two major shareholders agreed clearly and secretly to go to the Middle East to "seeking wealth and wealth", Dong Jianhua also gave up. It is better to be sunk by war than to sell scrap iron. So he immediately asked about the details. The details of the operation.

The experienced Boss Huo continued: "Since there is a risk of being attacked, the chance to run safely every time is extremely rare, so it is suitable to find some ships with a large capacity. For example, the world's largest Happy Giant. At present, crude oil is being transported in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, right? It’s not very interesting. It’s better to go to the Persian Gulf."

Tang Huan took over and said: "In the past few years, through the Fisher Marine Salvage Company and many port businesses, my it company has mastered a complete set of highly automated design and computer-aided technology. If it can be applied to the Happy Giant. It should be possible to drastically reduce the crew required for smooth sailing to 35 to 40, thereby further reducing risks."

Boss Huo touched his palm and laughed, "I have always considered Mr. Tang's role in OOCL in terms of funds and contacts, but I forgot that he still holds high technology in his hands. Yes, yes, with fewer crews, the losses are more controllable. After all, talent is the most important thing."

Dong Jianhua said in deep thought: "The Sea Giant can hold nearly 4.1 million barrels, or nearly 650,000 cubic meters of crude oil, and its draught after being fully loaded exceeds 24 meters, making it impossible to pass through the shallower waters of the world’s major waterways, such as the Suez Canal and the English Channel. , Even unable to enter most of the world’s major ports, only through special connection facilities to directly unload crude oil in the open sea."

"As long as the crude oil is shipped from the Persian Gulf, this little trouble is not a problem." Boss Huo smiled slightly.

Thinking about it, Dong Jianhua nodded happily and agreed. In this way, driven by two major shareholders with profound backgrounds, the world's largest oil tanker owned by OOCL is ready to run the Persian Gulf route.

This decision is also a keynote. The next three people began to focus on the topic of OOCL's emergence from the frequent bankruptcy dilemma. They became more pragmatic and flexible, and Dong Jianhua's confidence increased as never before.

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Boss Huo took to Tang Huan to take care of this matter. It took a lot of energy. After he was finished, it was late December. Christmas in the West is just around the corner. Relying on the historical background of the Three Kingdoms, "The Phantom of the Tomb: Eight Formations" "To be released in full.

Not surprisingly, such a heavyweight production must hold a grand premiere.

Although due to the special investment background and complex cooperation methods, "The Phantom of the Tomb" did not apply to enter the Xiangjiang Academy Awards selection unit to join in the fun and grab someone else's job. After all, the competition stage it aims at is a big scene like Hollywood, but this It does not prevent Hong Kong's film industry from treating it as its own work, and it is also a Hong Kong film with a global box office of more than 100 million U.S. dollars. It is a rare representative of the eye-catching. Naturally, it should not be allowed to slip away and become a label for others.

Ever since, during the premiere, the industry, the media, movie fans and other groups were crowded with people and crowded the Shin Kong Theater.

A big production like the "Phantom of the Tomb" series can be completed in more than a year, far exceeding the speed of "007", "Indiana Jones" and other series of movies, except for Tang Huan’s big technical bug , Is also closely related to the efficient operation of the entire project. There are only a few directors, executive directors, and so on.

This kind of team configuration makes it easy to deal with the current scene, and the crew can be divided into groups to resist each other.

Tang Huan sat in the audience and looked at this lively scene with a smile. Cheng Long next to him looked with some envy at Li Lianjie, who played Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong in the movie, and offered to ask: "Tang Sheng, the next "Phantom of the Tomb", let me also have a cameo role."

Tang Huan, who saw through the other party’s thoughts, smiled and said: "Your schedule is so tight~www.wuxiahere.com~ There is no need to join in the fun. In fact, in "The Phantom of the Tomb", no one gets special care, everything is based on the work. Starting from the overall situation. And if you use "Police Story" to successfully declare that your style has taken shape, I'm afraid there will be conflicts."

"Police Story" is obviously competing with the Hollywood director "Victorious Detective", which is also starring by Cheng Long. It broke through 30 million Hong Kong dollars at the Hong Kong box office, more than double the latter. △≧miào.*bi(.*)gé△≧，

The huge commercial success of this film naturally first benefited from the Xiangjiang Cinemas Group, which inevitably gave priority to its film plan.

Of course, the excellence of "Police Story" itself is beyond doubt.

The achievements achieved by the two complement each other, let Jiahe taste the sweetness again, Zou Wenhuai was too happy to keep his mouth shut. Now whoever dares to say bad things about the Xiangjiang Cinemas, he must be the first to rush up with his old fists.

"Anyway, "The Phantom of the Tomb" has both ancient costumes and modern dramas. No matter how small the role is, it can always give me a place to play." Cheng Long came sternly.

At this time, a burst of cheers broke out in the theater, interrupting the conversation between the two. It turned out that before the film was officially released, the crew distributed a number of small souvenirs, of which the little gossip toy was the most popular.

This small object is not an evil-shielding object like in various Hong Kong ghost films, but a carefully designed jigsaw puzzle based on the relationship of gossip and mutual restraint. It has a cute appearance and is more like a holiday mascot.

This just reflects that after several rounds of internal screenings, everyone agrees that "The Phantom of the Tomb: Eight Formations" will not only increase the popularity of the Three Kingdoms theme, but also bring the gossip to the public.