Chapter 1303

As soon as Ye Chen said this, the expressions of Old Master Song and Qin Gang became a bit excited.

They knew that Ye Chen was actually helping them bridge the gap.

The Ito family is now the strongest family in Japan, with an asset scale of trillions of RMB. The Song family has just entered the 100-billion club, and Qin Gang is still half a step away from the threshold of the 100-billion club.

Therefore, if they can cooperate with the Ito family, it is indeed climbing high for both of them. If the Ito family really cooperates with them, it will definitely bring them more growth opportunities!

Ito Takehiko naturally understood Ye Chen's intention, so he said almost without hesitation: "Since Mr. Ye has said so, our Ito family will naturally go all out to carry out more cooperation with Miss Song and President Qin!"

As he spoke, he looked at Song Wanting and said seriously: "Miss Song, aren't you already cooperating with Nippon Steel? After your new project is built and put into production, all our Ito family's real estate development projects will purchase products from the joint venture between the Song family and Nippon Steel. In addition, several shipyards under our banner will transfer all steel orders here!"

As soon as Song Wanting heard this, she was stunned!

The cooperation between the Song family and Nippon Steel focuses on special steel in the future. Ito Takehiko's words are equivalent to binding a solid, high-quality big customer for the Song family's steel industry.

In the real economy, the most important thing is to find high-quality customers. For an OEM company like Foxconn, being able to bind a company like Apple can create tens of billions of output value a year. Such customers are the most important resources for real industries.

Therefore, Song Wanting said with surprise and joy: "Mr. Ito, thank you so much!"

Ito Takehiko waved his hand and laughed: "Don't be so polite. In the future, just let Nanako connect with you for such cooperation. She will definitely output as many resources as possible to you, and everyone will cooperate for a win-win situation."

Ito Nanako took over the conversation, nodded and laughed: "Yes, Sister Wanting, we must strengthen cooperation in the future. If your Song Group wants to develop overseas, you are welcome to come to Japan for a visit. We can cooperate together then!"

Song Wanting put her hands together and said gratefully: "Thank you very much! It just so happens that you, Nanako, are staying in Jin Ling for many days this time. You can also take a look at some of the industrial plans of the Song family first to see if there are any projects worth cooperating on."

Ito Nanako nodded without hesitation and said: "No problem. It will be hard work for Sister Wanting to introduce the current situation of the Song Group to me in detail then!"

Ito Takehiko looked at Qin Gang at this time and said with a smile: "President Qin, I wonder what business the Qin family does besides the medicinal herb business?"

Qin Gang hurriedly said: "Actually, our business lines were quite mixed before. Besides medicinal herbs, we also do some retail and trade business, including antiques, automobiles, and some heavy industrial and mining equipment, etc."

Ito Takehiko nodded and laughed: "I don't know much about antiques, but if you do automobile trade and heavy industrial and mining equipment, if you need to import from Japan, you can contact me. I am very familiar with the bosses of Japanese automobile companies and many well-known heavy industry companies. If there is no cooperation, I can help you bridge the gap. If there is already cooperation, I can help you strive for better conditions."

As soon as Qin Gang heard this, he said excitedly: "Then thank you very much, Mr. Ito. To be honest, we do have several brands we want to cooperate with. If possible, please help us bridge the gap."

Ito Takehiko nodded and laughed: "President Qin, rest assured, I still have some face in this regard."

After saying this, Ito Takehiko looked at Ye Chen and said seriously: "Mr. Ye, the ocean shipping license of the Su family in Yanjing was recently revoked. This is absolutely a good opportunity to quickly enter this field. I wonder if you are interested?"

Ye Chen waved his hand and laughed: "I know nothing about ocean shipping, and I don't even have a single transport ship, so what's the point of talking about ocean shipping."

Ito Takehiko hurriedly said: "Mr. Ye, ships are actually not a problem. In fact, most of the cargo ships and oil tankers of ocean shipping companies around the world are rented, just as a large part of the aircraft of airlines are rented. Some companies are good at operations but not good at heavy asset management and fixed asset planning; while some companies are good at fixed asset investment but not good at operations. This is like many companies that open global retail chain stores, they generally don't choose to buy storefronts themselves, and those real estate developers who invest in shopping malls often only rent storefronts to merchants and collect rent themselves."

"A large number of ships and aircraft around the world are purchased by leasing companies. They generally place orders with manufacturers early. After the orders are delivered, they don't even handle the ships and aircraft themselves, but directly rent them out to start collecting rent and making money."

"Now a large number of Su family's cargo ships are idle, and many of them are rented by them. If they cannot return to normal operations in a short time, they will be unable to bear so much rent and are very likely to return the ships in batches. At that time, a large amount of cargo ship resources will be released in the market. You can completely buy them in on a large scale and take the opportunity to snatch the Su family's ocean shipping business!"

Old Master Song on the side heard this and couldn't help but sigh: "Ocean shipping is indeed a very, very profitable industry. Now the vast majority of international trade logistics rely on shipping, so as long as countries around the world are still conducting normal trade, the ocean shipping industry will continue to grow."

As he spoke, he looked at Ye Chen and added: "Master Ye, your Jiuxuan Pharmaceutical is now showing a trend of selling well all over the world. Why not take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build up ocean shipping? It will also be of great help to the global logistics and transportation of Jiuxuan Pharmaceutical in the future."

Qin Gang couldn't help but say: "Old Master Song, I don't mean to argue with you, but Master Ye's Jiuxuan Pharmaceutical produces medicines, which are small in volume and light in weight. If they are sold all over the world in the future, each shipment to a country will be at most two or three containers. But a cargo ship is often thousands of containers. This demand and supply are not equal..."

Old Master Song laughed: "Of course it's not equal if you only rely on Jiuxuan Pharmaceutical, but have you thought about it? Your import and export trade, your car import business, don't they all rely on shipping? And you only do imported cars. In our domestic market, imported cars are nothing more than a few origins. The closest is Japan, followed by Germany, France, and Italy, and the farthest is the United States. As far as I know, a standard container can only hold two imported luxury cars. This demand for ocean shipping is very large!"

Qin Gang slapped his thigh and laughed: "Old Master Song sees it thoroughly. I only thought of Master Ye's Jiuxuan Pharmaceutical and didn't think of including my own business!"

Old Master Song continued: "After our joint venture with Nippon Steel is built and put into production, our demand for iron ore will be very high. Iron ore is generally imported from Brazil or Australia, and one ship can carry hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of tons. The demand for ocean shipping is also very huge. If Master Ye operates ocean shipping, it is actually a good news for everyone!"

Ye Chen didn't speak, but he couldn't help but feel moved in his heart.

"Jiuxuan Pharmaceutical will definitely go global in the future, but relying on Jiuxuan Pharmaceutical alone, it is very difficult for me to surpass old-brand top families like the Ye family and the Su family."

"Right now, the Su family is at its weakest. Why don't I take the opportunity to snatch the Su family's business?"

"In this way, I can not only make my own asset strength more powerful, but also greatly weaken the Su family!"

"Moreover, didn't Grandpa Ye Zhongquan always want me to return to the Ye family? Since he has something to ask of me, I can demand that the Ye family cannot compete directly with me in the field of ocean shipping!"

"In this way, even if the Ye family wants to take the opportunity to swallow the Su family's share, they have to step aside for me!"

"This is not killing two birds with one stone, but killing three birds with one stone!"