Chapter 732 Global Procurement
This time, Ekebi came to Liwu Island for inspection. Many people knew that the inspection of Liwu Island was fake. The real purpose was to have private negotiations with Liwu Island owner Zhuang Haiyang and the new rich man on Merina Airlines.
But in the eyes of many people, if Zhuang Haiyang really decides to set up an airline, it is unlikely that this negotiation will achieve a good result. Merina Airlines has suffered losses for many years, which is well known.
Moreover, those who know about this acquisition know that this matter has nothing to do with Zhuang Haiyang. It’s just that Zhuang Haiyang inadvertently said earlier that Liwu Island began to receive tourists from various countries, so corresponding air transport capacity must be increased.
With the current strength of Merina Airlines, I am afraid that many international tourists will feel a lot of pressure when they board the plane. This is why Zhuang Haiyang specially purchased a passenger plane to pick up and drop off tourists from home.
However, considering Merina's aviation strength, there are indeed great problems. In order to ensure the safety of tourists from all over the world, Zhuang Haiyang still feels that setting up a new airline should make tourists who board the plane feel safer.
But Zhuang Haiyang didn't expect that he didn't want to start so early, but because the news reached Antov's ears, he was more active than himself. The reason why Antov was active was naturally because he wanted to order more passenger planes.
The previous two planes made the Gaul country very happy. Ruozhuang Ocean can complete the acquisition of Merina Airlines, and I believe it will also order more new passenger planes. Before, Merina Airlines actually wanted to buy them.
The problem is, the Merina authorities cannot afford the money at all, and are it possible to rely on the Gaulian loan?
Since these people seem so active, wouldn’t Zhuang Haiyang seem too unprofessional if he doesn’t control it?
When President Ekeby left, many accompanying officials also curiously said: "Mr. President, I don't know what's going on with the airline? How much is he willing to pay? What about the acquisition of our airline?"
"I'll talk about this matter when I go back! If you are involved in such a acquisition case, you have to give him some time!"
In fact, Zhuang Haiyang also directly stated that when it comes to an airline acquisition case, he would entrust the corresponding law firm to negotiate with the negotiator and the Merina authorities. If the negotiation is successful, the acquisition will be acquired. If the negotiation fails, a new company will be formed.
This also means that there are not many choices left to the Merina authorities. Do you really have to break the relationship? I am afraid that it will not benefit anyone. Those who want to make a profit through the acquisition will probably make the wrong plan this time.
As Mr. President said, after a few phone calls, the extremely professional lawyers and negotiators soon started negotiations with the Merina authorities. What surprised all the negotiators involved in the negotiations? The negotiation conditions seemed a bit harsh.
The negotiator can present the airline's property report and said: "According to the situation we have investigated, your airlines lose tens of millions of dollars every year. And this loss? It's increasing every year.
In addition? Perhaps those employees are truly valuable to the airline? There are also airport buildings under the name of the airline. But in fact, this company has many problems, and many people are not even working, but they lead a lot of companies.
Also? The so-called property reports you provide are quite slim in prices. Those planes that have been transferred in unknown ways? Do you think our boss will need them? Even if they sell this kind of plane at a discount, who dares to sell it?"
With the first negotiation? The two sides announced the suspension because of too much division. Antof and others who were concerned about the acquisition were naturally active. However, they saw the evidence presented by the negotiating delegation, and Ekeby also blushed.
The reason is that airlines spend every year on maintaining aircraft, which accounts for the vast majority of the company's profits. The most helpless thing is that the real problem of airlines is that there are no tourists at all, and the planes are flying at a loss.
If an airline wants to make money, it is only possible to have sufficient passengers every round trip. Merina itself is not very famous. Only a few people in need can airlines perform round trips.
Moreover, Merina Airlines, the airports where aircraft can be docked are all nearby countries. To put it simply, countries with too far distances may not be able to fly at all with Merina's flight mileage.
People from many countries want to come to Merina, and sometimes they can only choose to transfer flights. Even domestic airlines only started to dispatch planes after investing in Zhuang Haiyang, and performed corresponding round-trip flight missions from time to time.
Sometimes, aircraft carrying out such flight missions have to switch to other international airports, and take another group of passengers, and indeed the plane can fly back to China in full capacity. Otherwise, there will always be insufficient passengers, which airline is willing to fly this route?
As many people expected, the Merina authorities could provide too few negotiation conditions. Even the lawyer representing Zhuang Haiyang's negotiations said bluntly: "Apart from our agents, are there anyone who is willing to accept your burden?"
That’s right! In the eyes of the attorney in charge of this negotiation, this acquisition is purely to help Merina solve the burden. If we continue to operate like this, the Merina authorities will have to subsidize a lot of money to the company every year, let alone make money.
After Zhuang Haiyang acquired it, the company was still under the name of the Merina authorities, but it changed from state-owned to private. Those who had just paid money but didn't work would naturally be cleared out. The government only took a little supervision shares.
After nearly a month of negotiations, the old king finally came forward and led several senior management executives of the airline to meet with Zhuang Haiyang in person. Zhuang Haiyang took a step back and implemented the acquisition.
In a word, the debts owed by the airline before can be paid on behalf of Zhuang Haiyang after the acquisition. The aircraft currently owned by the company and the corresponding terminals will become privately owned by Zhuang Haiyang.
Overall, the Merina authorities have also lost this burden by earning hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue by selling the airline. Zhuang Haiyang is not too much of a loss, but he still has the ownership of the airline.
For the purpose of supervision, the Merina authorities also enjoy 10% of the airline's shares. The remaining 90% of the shares are naturally owned by Zhuang Haiyang. This state-owned airline that has existed for many years has completely changed its surname to Zhuang.
The acquisition case was signed, and Zhuang Haiyang was as refreshing as ever. The airline owed the country's loans for many years and also paid them back in one go. Seeing this money, the minister in charge of the banking department was undoubtedly the happiest.
The bank had never thought of a chance to recover such bad loans. Everyone knew that the previous airline was a bottomless pit, but the Merina authorities could not close it. All airlines were grounded, so how could others come to Merina?
After completing the acquisition, when he saw representatives of Sam and Gaul Airlines who came to visit him one after another, Zhuang Haiyang also said directly: "I naturally agree with the quality of your country's aircraft. However, I need to see the plane!"
Since the acquisition has been completed, Zhuang Haiyang also hopes to replace the airline's aircraft as soon as possible. In addition, in Europe and Sam and other countries, apply for corresponding flight routes. And two routes will also be opened in China.
These two routes are naturally one in the south and one in the north, which also facilitates more domestic passengers to fly to Merina and visit Riu Island. After all, whether the airline can make a profit depends on whether Riu Island can be recognized.
As soon as the news came out, other airlines with existing aircraft soon joined the ranks of order grabbing. In addition to requiring good aircraft to be manufactured, price and safety are also very important.
Consuls from various countries in Merina who had contacted Zhuang Haiyang earlier also began to join the bidding. The one who really benefited was naturally Zhuang Haiyang. The one who was equally happy was the airline staff.
In order to repay the company's foreign debts owed before, Zhuang Haiyang invested another $300 million to carry out airport repairs and expansions, and to improve the welfare benefits of the company's employees. Correspondingly, if the company's employees want to get a job, they also need training before taking up their jobs.
The previous attitude of being absent-minded will definitely not be approved by the company in the future. Even at the construction site of Liwu Island, a group of young women who had studied Chinese began to be called wrong by the management.
Although these young women have poor academic qualifications, they are all pretty. When they learned that the management planned to recommend them to the airline as flight attendants, these young women were naturally happy. In the future, they will have the opportunity to go to China to perform flight missions.
It is naturally a pleasure to increase welfare benefits. However, accordingly, the work pressure of the former company employees has naturally increased a lot. Those who cannot make ends meet will naturally have to seek other things. If you want to stay, you must change the corresponding work attitude.
What surprised all parties even more was that after Zhuang Haiyang picked up the mobile phone yard and the terminal, the first thing he changed was the airport's security checks. The local security personnel recruited by Merina earlier also took over the airport's security tasks.
As expected, the airport will become a truly safe place in the future. There are also relatively backward airport buildings such as the old waiting room, which have also been processed and renovated by a professional construction company in China.
Although the airplane ordering is not involved, Chinese companies seem to have not participated. But many people know that the airport renovation project also benefits a lot. Zhuang Haiyang's approach is also fair and it is also open to bidding.
The problem is that Huaguo Construction Company's quotation is lower and the project time is shorter. When other foreign companies participating in the bidding learned that Huaguo Company successfully won the repair contract, it seemed somewhat unbelievable.
But the representative of the China Construction Company who participated in the bidding also said directly: "You don't know that the title of China Construction Madman is not a boast, but a real one."
A large number of construction machinery and workers have entered the airport, and many people who are concerned about the airport maintenance and construction process can also see the high operating capabilities of the engineering team. Fortunately, the airlines themselves do not have many flight tasks every day.
In this case, the engineering team undoubtedly gave more time to work. When some Merina people who came back from abroad saw the airport that was obviously changed when they left the station, they said in surprise: "Is this really the airport I went abroad before?"
"That must be true! It's just that the airline has changed its boss and the state-owned enterprise has become a private enterprise."
"If the state-owned operation continues, airlines will sooner or later go bankrupt. It would be better to sell them to private individuals. Every time I go to a foreign airport and then return to our airport, I always feel it is too ugly."
People who have capital to go abroad often naturally know how big the gap between their own airlines and foreign airlines is. Now they are naturally happy to see a brand new airport. Airports are often also a face project of a country!
What makes these people most happy is that the airport's various facilities and service quality have been significantly improved. In addition, the airport has also opened domestic dedicated lines to perform some corresponding domestic flight missions.
In the past, many people wanted to go to other cities and had to choose to take a bus. As an island country, Merina did not build a railway at all. Even highways could not be compared with expressway companies in other countries.
The domestic routes now open, and the connection between the capital and other domestic cities has undoubtedly become more convenient. Just one month after Zhuang Haiyang took over the airline, four brand new large passenger planes quickly landed on the expanded apron.
The guests who came to book tickets were also surprised to see Merina launching direct flights to China, even important countries in Europe, North America and Africa. Although there are still not many arrivals, it is much more convenient than before.
But the person in charge of the airline hired was a little worried: "Boss, if you open routes in these countries, you will lose a lot of fuel consumption every time you travel back and forth! If you continue for a long time, the company will probably lose a lot."
"Don't worry! Let our crew members be familiar with these routes first. If there are fewer customers, it is just a cargo plane. During this period, many ingredients on the island have begun to supply these countries, and it can make money by selling goods."
Although they are all enterprises under Zhuang Haiyang's name, Liwu Island Management Group requires airlines to ship supplies and pay corresponding fees. For domestic buyers, they can also get fresher and timely ingredients.
Just when the first four large passenger planes officially settled at Merina International Airport, a flight from China was full. The travel company employees who had been trained for a long time will also officially start adaptive learning before trial operation.
These include receiving tourists from the airport and arranging tourists to Riwu Island by yacht or helicopter. The former takes a little longer, but is relatively affordable. The latter is faster, but it is undoubtedly more expensive.
But no matter what, Zhuang Haiyang gave more or less orders to the consuls of various countries who came to visit. From their country, he purchased the supplies needed for the resort's trial operation. He bought a helicopter in one go.
What puzzles many people is that the ten helicopters are not purchased in one country, and there are even several countries. However, these civilian helicopters are undoubtedly helicopters with better performance. Among them, there are even helicopters made from China.
Chapter completed!