Siheyuan: If I marry Qin Huairu, I will become stronger by showing off.

The entire first floor is divided into three areas.

These three areas are about the same size, about 120 square meters.

It covers multiple departments, including finance, logistics, surveying and supervision, transportation, accounting, etc.

Small but complete.

After a round,

Wu Youde was surprised to find that the "Eastern Times" company already had fifty employees.

He also noticed a phenomenon that these employees looked very young, and some of them might not even be over 30 years old.

"What's on the second floor?"

"It's on the second floor. I'll take you up there."

Dayuer then took Wu Youde to the second floor again. The scene upstairs was completely different from that downstairs. It was very busy and lively downstairs.

It was very quiet upstairs, not even a soul was there.

Several groups of sofas formed a reception area, and there were several rooms not far away.

There are nameplates at the door, which read Secretary's Office, President's Office, Toilet, etc.

It seems that Chen Xueru usually works here.

When she reached the door of the president's office, Dayuer took out a key from her pocket and opened the door readily.

Step in,

Wu Youde was unable to see that beautiful, charming face, as Chen Xueru was indeed not there.

"Where's your lady?"

"Ah? Uncle, don't you know?"

"I……"

Wu Youde opened his mouth, touched his nose, and was about to explain himself when he heard Dayuer say, "Ah! Son-in-law, you really don't know?! Son-in-law, you don't even know where the young lady has gone, do you?

How could you not know, uncle?

Miss, I miss you every day, and even mention your name before sleeping..."

Wu Youde: "..."

He discovered another characteristic of this girl, which was that she was a chatterbox.

Too broken!

"Mr. Wu, Mr. Chen is still in Europe handling the acquisition matters. He will not come back until things are done." At this time, Xu Huizhen spoke up.

"Where in Europe? Which company to acquire?"

Wu Youde was very curious. He didn't expect that Chen Xueru had found a target so quickly and had already started the acquisition process. This was a bit beyond his expectations.

Xu Huizhen said: "Denmark is a shipping company called Maersk."

Maersk???

Wu Youde was startled, and then stunned.

Maersk...Denmark...

Isn’t this the one that later became the world’s leading shipping company and ranked among the Fortune 500?

Wu Youde was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Are you going to acquire Maersk? Or are you going to acquire Maersk's industries?"

"The lady wanted to acquire Maersk directly, but that bearded man disagreed. He really didn't know what was good for him. The price the lady offered was very high..."

Dayuer interrupted at this time and said indignantly: "Big Beard is only willing to sell part of the assets. He wants to play the game of cutting off one's own arm."

"Please elaborate on this and give us some details."

Wu Youde became interested, sat down on the sofa and said.

Dayuer also sat down on the other side and started talking...

After listening for a while, Wu Youde finally understood what was going on.

original,

As the entire Denmark fell during World War II, the Maersk Shipping Company, headquartered in Denmark, was naturally affected.

First, the local cargo ships were seized and confiscated, and then the business was simply suspended.

After several years of hard work,

Maersk's fleet suffered heavy losses in the war, and the remaining ships requisitioned by the warring countries were mostly destroyed, greatly shrinking the company's strength.

In addition, the Shipping Committee's requirements regarding responsible sailing also make it difficult for Maersk Line to resume its business immediately.

Now it is facing many difficulties, the situation is very bad, and the days are getting worse day by day!

Grantham knew the purpose of Chen Xueru and Grantham returning to the mainland of Eagle Country. After all, he had just approved Chen Xueru's "Eastern Times" to acquire a piece of land in Victoria Harbour.

He had heard from Chen Xueru about the purpose of the land and its future development.

therefore,

After arriving in Eagle Country, Grantham used his personal connections to find a number of shipping companies with high-quality assets that were worth acquiring for Chen Xueru.

For example, the Cunard Shipping Company of the United States and Maersk of Denmark.

After some field investigation and negotiations with many parties, Chen Xueru finally set her sights on Maersk and wanted to directly acquire this large shipping company which was founded in 1904 and now has a 50-year history.

the idea is good,

However, AP Muller, the helmsman of Maersk, is unwilling to give up the shipping empire that his father spent half a century to build, and only wants to sell assets in the United States, France and Kenya.

The two sides held many negotiations and consultations on this issue and also conducted on-site inspections.

Eventually, the acquisition was completed.

Chen Xueru bought three docks located in Felixstowe Port in the United States, Le Havre Port in France, and Mombasa Port in Kenya for five million pounds.

Total cargo throughput was 3.6 million tonnes.

At these three terminals, Maersk owns various types of ships and a variety of land-based facilities including warehouses, oil depots, trucks, trailers, cranes, buildings, etc.

The functions are complete and perfect, and you can use it as soon as you buy it.

Of course, as a shipping company, the most important thing is naturally cargo ships.

There are fifteen Maersk cargo ships berthed at these three terminals, including three with a deadweight of 100,000 tons, seven with a deadweight of 50,000 tons, and the remaining five with a deadweight of 10,000 tons each.

Other than that,

Dayuer also said that Chen Xueru has found a company in Germany that researches and produces lifting equipment, and has already negotiated the acquisition. The company is now preparing to move to Kowloon.

The acquisition didn't cost much, only 500,000 pounds.

……

After listening,

Wu Youde was in a good mood. In his opinion, although the two acquisitions cost a lot of money, they were indeed worth it.

Take the acquisition of three Maersk terminal assets as an example.

Five million pounds were spent to buy fifteen cargo ships with a total carrying capacity of 700,000 tons. Among these fifteen ships, the longest service time was only ten years, and the shortest service time was a 100,000-ton oil tanker, only three years.

Just for these fifteen ships, this deal is worth it!

Don't think that the ship is small because it has a carrying capacity of only 100,000 tons.

In fact, this is not the case. In the 1950s, the global tanker capacity was around 100,000 tons, and basically a 100,000-ton tanker was considered a behemoth.

Until October 1956,

Israel fought with Egypt for the right of passage through the Suez Canal and the Strait of Tiran, which led to the outbreak of the Second Middle East War, and the Suez Canal fell into crisis.

Oil tankers can no longer enter the Mediterranean Sea to Europe through the Suez Canal, and can only take a detour via the Cape of Good Hope, the "Cape of Storms" where rough waves are common all year round.