When the government unveiled plans for the development of the Eastern Galicia region, it caused quite a stir. Many people have seen a business opportunity, and Hock Sard in Constanta is one of them.

As a smuggler who relied on the government to make a lot of money during the war, Hawke Seed is now a man of his word in the shipping industry. The number of ships under its name has reached 13, and the total tonnage is about 100,000 tons.

Of course, this tonnage is not famous in the world, but with the ships of his friends and partners, he has gradually revealed his reputation in the world shipping industry, and now ships running the Black Sea have not heard of his name. It's just that the Black Sea route is not in the world's mainstream shipping routes, but its proportion is increasing year by year. In the near future, when Romania's economy develops, it is believed that more ships will run the Black Sea route, and his reputation will resound throughout the shipping industry.

But at the moment, Hawker Seed is worrisome with the sharp decline in orders that the shipping industry faces after the end of the war. It is true that after the end of the war, the volume of shipping in various countries did not decrease much immediately, but a large number of government transport ships were pushed to the market. This time, in the face of the surge in merchant ships, orders are insufficient. As an industry-wide problem, Hawke is certainly not immune.

No, Hawke, who saw that all shipping companies were in trouble, immediately convened a meeting to discuss the way out for everyone in the current difficult situation. So on Wrayford Street, where his shipping company is located, all kinds of luxury vehicles gather here.

As the host, Hawke brought in friends and partners, most of whom were well-known figures in the Romanian shipping industry, and their combined energy was enough to influence Romanian shipping.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the main reason for bringing everyone together this time is that I believe everyone can guess. That is, the current competition in shipping is too fierce to do business, and we have to find a way out of this. ”

After gathering the people, Hawke Seed was the first to state the purpose of the meeting. And his words immediately resonated with everyone present, and everyone immediately poured out their own suffering.

"yes, it's too hard to do business right now."

"No, many of my previous orders have been robbed by the British and French shipping companies that have poured in. Damn, when I inquired later, the price was 20% lower than mine, isn't this planning to do business at a loss? ”

"Isn't that right, I've been robbed by many of these foreign shipping companies. Now both boats are empty, and the crew is now unsettled. ”

"You're doing okay. I wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to expand the size of the fleet and bought three new boats. Who would have thought that my old customer, the steel mill, canceled my order, saying that my shipping costs were too high, and now the fleet has basically stopped. If there are no more orders, my crew will run out. ”

Everyone poured out their predicament. Don't look at them all well-dressed, there are drivers driving luxury cars when they go out, but there are no hundreds of people who follow them to eat. This is not enough orders to make a profit, and anyone can be eaten bankrupt.

Hawke listened to their complaints, and when they had finished, he said, "Actually, everyone's situation is similar. The only difference may be that some people are slightly better off and some people are worse. However, I would like to say that the current slump in shipping will not be improved in the short term. ”

When Hawke said this, someone couldn't help but interject and interrupt him and asked. "Why?"

Hawke, who was questioned, took out a document that had been prepared a long time ago and said: "This is the information I paid someone to investigate, and these are all the current preserved volumes of existing merchant ships. The annual shipping order situation, as well as the mainstream shipping prices. ”

Everyone immediately focused on the information in his hand, and after seeing everyone's thoughts, Hawke immediately took out many copies of the same information: "If you are interested, take it and study it, it can be regarded as a small favor for my friends." ”

Hawke's voice fell, and his friends and partners were not polite, and they all picked up the information in their hands and looked at it. In fact, there are also people who have commissioned others to investigate, but there is no detailed investigation by the Hoctor people, which not only writes the tonnage of the ships of each shipping company, but also the annual throughput of major ports, and even predicts the growth of shipping orders and merchant ships in the next few years.

With these detailed information, it can be seen that Hawke spends more money and energy than others, which can also explain why he is the leader.

After everyone had seen it, Hawke said, "Everyone has seen it." ”

"Hmm"

"Hmm"

After receiving the response, Hawke continued: "Now that everyone has seen it, I believe that the most familiar thing about it is in the shipping price. ”

"yes, these foreign shipping companies are really amazing. can actually do 100 kilometers 0.6 lei a ton, this price in exchange for me to die. ”

"It's the same for me, 0.7 lei per ton and 100 kilometers per ton is the limit of what I can do, and that's when I don't make money."

After listening to their speeches, Hawke continued: "Actually, our problem is mainly in the management cost. Before the war, because Romania's import and export volume was not large, and the shipping industry was very prosperous at that time, we were able to live in it. However, now there are too many merchant ships and the volume of traffic has been greatly reduced, and in this case, everyone needs to reduce costs. For example, maintenance costs, as well as the number of crew members, must also be extreme, and we must also achieve extreme in terms of freshness and office costs. In this way, we can reduce our costs and compete with these foreign shipping companies. ”

Everyone knows what Hawke said, but it's not so easy to cut those expenses. Not to mention the others, they are all people they are familiar with, and others have been busy for the company for more than ten years, so it is reasonable to kick him in one shot, which is a little unreasonable.

This shows the shortcomings of Hawke and others, who are bound by family and hometown ties, are slow to adjust and have too much pressure on costs in the face of a recession in the industry and competition from modern foreign companies. The shipping company present didn't start with the running ship at the beginning. It's just that it was inconvenient to worry too much about reputation before, and now it's not okay to care.

And Hawke's words told them, but now that they are facing life and death, some of their previous friendships are completely incomprehensible, otherwise they will die together.

"And what are you going to do?"

"We all listen to you."

Hearing these two words, Hawke said calmly that he had thought of a solution.

"Now there are two ways."