On the afternoon of March 16th, Miao Mingkun hurriedly took a group of senior executives from the branch to the port because he had received notification that the 10,000-ton freighter "Liuhe Lane" from the mainland had arrived.
Off the coast of Xinnan Port, preparations are being made to enter the port under the guidance of port ships.
When Miao Mingkun and others rushed to the port, the Liuhe Lane had just been moored at the pier.
The ship had just docked, and Miao Mingkun couldn't wait to bring people on board. He wanted to inspect the equipment directly on the ship.
It is said that there were people from several other companies on board the ship with Miao Mingkun!
The South China Mining Company was not the only one to apply for the use of machinery and equipment in the Americas. In the first batch, the senior officials of the Datang Empire approved Yonglai Machinery Trading Company to sell agricultural machinery and other civilian machinery in North America, and approved the South China Mining Company.
The company used mechanical equipment to mine a coal mine in the Americas, and also approved the American Mining Company to use mechanical equipment to mine a gold mine in the Americas.
Then it also approved the port machinery and equipment attached to the New Nangang Terminal Service Company, so that in the future New Nangang will not need to use backward original equipment as before, nor will it need to borrow the machinery and equipment of the Navy Pier.
A total of more than 20 companies from all walks of life have obtained approval from different industries.
Most of the machinery and equipment purchased by these companies and transported to North America are transported by the 10,000-ton freighter Liuhexiang.
So when he arrived at the port, he found many familiar faces, all of whom were senior officials from large enterprises directly under the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises.
Many of them, like Miao Mingkun, boarded the ship to check it out as soon as it docked.
If the list says there are ten pieces of equipment and they only get nine, that one missing piece will become a big problem.
In order to avoid any potential trouble, they must not count one side directly on the ship, but also count one side when they get off the ship to ensure that they receive neither too much nor too little equipment.
After all, every piece of equipment and even every component is registered, and missing any one of them is a big trouble.
After hurriedly boarding the ship for inspection, Miao Mingkun felt relieved.
All equipment is correct!
However, he was still worried. When he and several senior officials from other companies were going to visit the officials who were escorting the goods, he personally ordered a few of his close confidants to guard these goods 24 hours a day from now on, lest they avoid danger.
Something unexpected happened.
After meeting the officials escorting the goods and watching the navy soldiers operating the port crane to unload all the equipment, and finally loading one after another onto multiple inland river freight barges, Miao Mingkun breathed a sigh of relief.
He then personally followed the fleet to escort this batch of equipment through the Xinnan River and Xinnan Canal to Wuhu Province.
Compared to Miao Mingkun who was extremely nervous, the others were relatively normal. Although they paid attention to it, they were not as nervous as Miao Mingkun.
after all!
Not everyone is like Miao Mingkun, who made hundreds of thousands in cash within a few years of being a director and is afraid of being targeted by any law enforcement agencies.
The Yong Lai Machinery Trading Company representative just made it so much easier!
After waiting for so long, the second batch of goods finally arrived at the port!
He had already been overwhelmed by the huge orders before. The seven subordinate offices in the seven provinces of America were constantly accepting various machinery orders, and then applied for supply of goods to the Americas head office.
But Yonglai Machinery Trading Company has so many sources of goods!
Apart from notifying the local head office to organize more supplies, they can do nothing.
"This time we arrived with a hundred steam tractors, as well as some threshing machines and other equipment. Alas, it's just a drop in the bucket!"
"What can be done about this? The production capacity of major machinery companies is only so large, and steam tractors are Class A control equipment. It is very troublesome in all aspects. It would be great if 100 units can be delivered this month!"
"However, a telegram has been sent from the head office, saying that the head office has reached purchase agreements with several major local machinery companies and has obtained the approval of the National Defense and Safety Supervision Commission. In the second half of the year, priority will be given to our company.
We will supply 1,000 steam tractors and 5,000 other types of machinery. With this batch of goods, we can somewhat quell the dissatisfaction of the market!"
“As for more, I’m afraid we’ll have to wait until next year!”
While these people from Yonglai Company were talking in low voices, people from Yongmei Machinery Trading Company next to them were also talking about similar topics.
"Most of the supplies we organized this time are port equipment and public service equipment that are urgently needed in the North American market. Although there are not many, if divided equally, it can somewhat meet the needs of several major port cities!"
"The next step is to gradually supply goods to some small and medium-sized port cities!"
"The current North American market is too big, and it can't be satisfied even for a while. We still need to keep in good contact with the local head office and organize more supply sources!"
While these people were talking, the captain and a business manager of Feng Shipping Company on the Liuhe Lane were talking about their own affairs.
This time they were responsible for transporting this batch of mechanical equipment and other military supplies, and the profits were quite generous.
After the goods arrive, the next thing will naturally have nothing to do with their Feng Shipping Company.
After a few days, when the Liuhe Lane arrives at the ship repair yard at the Xinnangang Military Base for some maintenance, it will be replenished with supplies such as coal and fresh water, and then loaded and returned to the country.
When we came here, we were transporting machinery and equipment. Now when we go back, the materials shipped are much simpler, and they are all wheat.
This time they will transport at least 10,000 tons of high-quality wheat back home.
This batch of wheat is the goods of Datang Grain Corporation. They don't make much profit by shipping the wheat back, so the shipping price is also low.
Therefore, the return voyage of Feng Shipping Company was actually not very profitable.
This is also a characteristic of Datang's current ocean freight industry, that is, the freight is relatively high when transporting industrial products or other products from the mainland to overseas, but the freight is relatively cheap when transporting goods from overseas territories back to the mainland.
After all, all products shipped from China to overseas are high value-added products. Even tea and the like, which are still among the agricultural products, are also high value-added products.
Most of the goods in overseas territories are crops, and their added value is not high.
Many trading companies organize overseas agricultural products to be shipped back to the mainland for sale. The profits are not high, so the freight charges are naturally not high.
However, the Liuhe Lane ship is big enough. Even if the freight per meal is relatively low, it cannot handle tens of thousands of tons of goods!
Although the profits from this trip to North America are not as good as those of those ocean-going luxury liners, they are still pretty good.