Chapter 401 [Contest with Monaco! 】
In Hong Kong Island in March, something closely related to Global Group happened, that is, the Hong Kong government decided to bid for three container terminals at one time in the Kwai Chung area, namely the No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 container terminals.
The No. 4 container terminal was invested by the Modern Container Terminal. The Modern Container Terminal was rejected by three European ship companies, Swire Foreign Company, Hutchison Foreign Company, HSBC, Jetsen Foreign Company, Kadori Family, and Jardines Foreign Company refused to join.
The No. 5 container terminal was won by Japan's Oyama Shipping Company, and the No. 6 container terminal was won by the US Land-Sea Transportation Company.
What's wrong with Global Group!
It is understandable that after all, Global Group already has three container terminals, and people with jealous rank from Asia to Europe and America.
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In April, Wu Guangyao took off from Hong Kong Island and transferred to the Principality of Monaco via London Airport.
"Mr. Wu, I haven't seen you for a long time!" Onassis greeted warmly.
"Mr. Onassis, I often see your news, and it seems that I feel like I'm meeting you every day." Wu Guangyao joked.
Onassis naturally knew what Wu Guangyao meant, but he didn't deny that he just liked to be high-profile!
So much so that the owner of the Hong Kong Island ship has more ships than his own, and the Western media instead called him "Onassis of the East", which made Onassis feel a sense of satisfaction from his heart.
After they were kind enough, they came to the restaurant and planned to have a meal while chatting.
After a few chats, Onassis couldn't help complaining: "Prince Lanier has no integrity. If we hadn't saved the economy of the Principal of Monaco, the Principal of Monaco would have been in poverty at this time. Now it has turned its back on its face and it is hard to accept the sea bathing ground!"
Onassis's words mean the truth. When the two of them accepted the sea bath, their business was deserted and the sea bath was on the verge of bankruptcy. The finances of the Principal of Monaco were also very unoptimistic.
Since the two took over the sea bath, they have made additional investments to improve the hardware facilities of the sea bath and redeveloped software facilities.
Today, sea baths can make a profit of more than US$50 million per year, and pay US$30 million in taxes to the Principal of Monaco every year, accounting for 25% of Monaco's GDP.
And the sea baths have no such influence, and have also driven the tourism industry of the entire Principal of Monaco. It is said that it is half of Monaco.
However, the two got a lot!
Over the years, Wu Guangyao has earned $160 million from the sea baths, while Onassis has earned $240 million.
"So what if we can't accept it? Prince Lanier believes that he can get rid of us and gain economic autonomy. We either get a decent compensation and leave this place of right and wrong; or we wait for the head of a sovereign state to issue an announcement on the nationalization of foreign enterprises, and then be expelled." Wu Guangyao calmly analyzed to Onassis.
After hearing this, Onassis immediately calmed down. He had been dealing with politicians for many years, so how could he not know the power of a leader of a country?
"Then what do you mean is we just leaving in shame?" Onassis was a little unhappy.
"Actually, think about it yourself. The money you have earned from the sea baths over the years is enough to be considered a very powerful investment; and not only have you gained wealth, you also rely on the sea baths to be like a fish in the upper class in Europe." Wu Guangyao explained.
Sure enough, when Onassis heard Wu Guangyao's analysis, he immediately had no psychological imbalance.
"Okay! We won't argue with Prince Lanier tomorrow," said Onassis.
Onassis had calmed his anger, but Wu Guangyao's next words made Onassis excited again.
"If I say, I have a way to retain a part of the shares!"
"What, impossible! Prince Lanier could not agree to any conditions!"
Wu Guangyao quietly said a few words to Onassis. After hearing this, Onassis was silent for three seconds, and immediately couldn't help but pat the table and said ok!
Wu Guangyao said relaxedly: "Since you agree with this plan, you will negotiate with Prince Lanier tomorrow."
Onassis said dissatisfiedly: "Why am I here to negotiate?"
Wu Guangyao didn't say anything, staring at Onassis, and finally Onassis moved his eyes to each other.
"I have to admit that every year you have reasons to let me take risks for you!"
"Ha ha!"
Wu Guangyao laughed, and Onassis finally told this fact over the years.
Wu Guangyao and Onassis cooperated three times, and each time Onassis made their debut, Wu Guangyao planned it later.
For the first time, the two collaborated on the ‘Jeddah Agreement’ signed with the Arab Kingdom, and Onassis was almost besieged by the whole world and doubted his life.
The second time, the two came to the Principality of Monaco and negotiated with Prince Lanier, and Onassis was also ahead.
The third time, of course, was this time when he negotiated with Prince Lanier of the Principal of Monaco, and Wu Guangyao was sure to leave 10% to 20% of the shares.
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The next day, the two met Prince Lanier and Princess Grace Kelly at the Palace of Monaco.
Grace Kelly's beauty is unquestionable and enjoys the reputation of the most beautiful princess in Europe.
Several of them are old acquaintances, and Wu Guangyao also served as the honorary consul of Monaco in Hong Kong, which of course is just a symbolic meaning.
"The two of them must have known the purpose of my invitation to you. I am really sorry! I cannot lose the property of the people of Monaco because of personal reasons. Therefore, we decided to take back the sea bath and run it ourselves!" said Prince Lanier.
Wu Guangyao took the lead in laughing and said, "What the prince said makes sense, the interests of the people are supreme!"
Onassis secretly cursed Wu Guangyao's little fox, and he had started to plot against Monaco a few years ago.
Onassis could only bite the bullet and said, "Your Highness, the prince, we can actually not compensate, but retain 20% of the shares; we can join forces to operate, after all, our team has more experience in operation, right?"
Prince Lanier was about to refuse angrily, and Princess Grace Kelly patted him gently, and Prince Lanier immediately calmed down.
Princess Grace Kelly smiled like a flower and said in a pleasant voice: "Both are famous ship kings in the world, with great knowledge and should be very clear that no sovereign state can hand over the things related to the fate of the country to foreigners. Besides, the two of them have been operating sea baths for so many years and have received the most ten times the profit. Are they still not satisfied?"
When Onassis heard Grace Kelly's personal persuasion, he immediately became three points shorter, which made Wu Guangyao anxious;
This romantic ship king cannot waste his careful preparations over the years!
Fortunately, Onassis reacted and said calmly: "Actually, we have something, which is worth 20% of the sea bath. Should the prince and the princess listen?"
Prince Lanier and Princess Grace Kelly saw Onassis and Wu Guangyao holding the victory, and their hearts were not shocked.
"Tell me?" said Prince Lanier.
Onassis said confidently:
"Over the years, sea baths have been famous all over the world and attract a large number of overseas wealthy tourists every year. There are reasons for this. Many people are not here to come.
That's because we have a public relations team all over the world, and they have a large part of the customer base of this sea bath. It can be said that these customer bases are fixed customers of this public relations team.
The addresses, phone numbers, family situations, financial situations, and personal hobbies of these customers are all in this public relations team.
I am not satisfied with the two. This part of the customer base is the top high-quality customers, which contributes more than 40% of the sales of the sea bath every year.
If the two of us insist on withdrawing, we will not be able to confront a sovereign state.
However, the PR team is not in Monaco, and we will not call it out."
We can definitely invest in a beach in another place!”
Onassis's words made Prince Lanier and his wife at a loss, and they were already full of confidence and became less confident.
The two hesitated for a while before Prince Lanier said, "How can we be sure if what you said is true or false?"
Onassis said: "Sea bath sovereignty is in your hands. Can't you regret it at any time?"
Onassis's rhetoric made the prince and his wife blush!
To put it bluntly, the sea bathing area is Monaco's power to suppress people.
Lanier said: "20% is impossible, too much! At most 10%, your team must cooperate with us in handover, and you must not deliberately fail to cooperate."
Then, Onassis and Lanier bargained, no different from the merchants.
Wu Guangyao took the time to look at Grace Kelly, and sighed in his heart that he was so beautiful. It seemed that he had to go to Hollywood to try his luck.
Chapter completed!