High-profit industry

Alberto felt heartbroken when he mentioned the company's losses.

How much profit can the South American route bring now?

The freight is basically equivalent to the cost of the ship!

The cost of a Liberty Ship is 2 million US dollars, while the freight from Chile to the west coast of the United States is as high as more than 2.3 million US dollars. The profit is more than enough to build a Liberty Ship.

The profit is so high because before the European War, shipping in South American countries was monopolized by European companies such as Britain and the United States. After the outbreak of the war, British and American companies withdrew their ships back to their home countries, resulting in an extreme shortage of merchant ships in South America and other places. The shortage of shipping capacity caused a surge in freight rates.

Many goods in South American countries have been piled up in ports due to insufficient shipping capacity in the past few years, and then rotted and decayed. George's shipping company happened to enter the South American market at this time, and we made a lot of money.

George's merchant fleet has even brought the company nine-digit profits in the past six months.

The 32 Liberty Ships were not delivered in a hurry, which is a loss for the company!

"Now the war situation in Europe is becoming increasingly clear. When the war ends, the shipping routes will be safe, and everyone will start to rush to buy merchant ships, which will inevitably lead to an increase in the price of merchant ships and a decrease in freight rates. At that time, the company's profits will definitely drop significantly. In order to ensure our profits, we must urge the US to deliver merchant ships as soon as possible."

When George heard that the US did not deliver the merchant ships in a hurry, he nodded and smiled indifferently:

"I will go to Washington recently and contact the top leaders in person. This matter should be handled well."

This is not a big deal at all! Roosevelt will be sworn in soon, and Truman will also be the vice president. With the vice president coming forward, is the matter of dozens of ships a big deal?

This place, Damei, seems to be different from other places, and there seems to be no human feelings. In fact, there is no difference between here and other places. Human feelings are everywhere.

"Alberto, how many ships do we have now!"

"We now have a total of 82 cargo ships, totaling 413,000 tons, of which 64 ships with a tonnage of 287,000 tons are old ships purchased from Italy, and there are 18 free ships, totaling 126,000 tons. Currently, except for 8 ships used for India and North Africa routes, the other merchant ships are on the South American Pacific route. Currently, the route from Chile to North America is the safest and most profitable route in the world. The company's monthly profit has exceeded 15 million US dollars!"

When mentioning the company's profits, thinking of his generous salary and the embarrassing living conditions of his relatives and friends in Italy, Mr. Alberto couldn't help but sigh in his heart. If it weren't for the coincidence that the boss bought those rusty merchant ships parked in the harbor and hired himself, maybe his family would be struggling with hunger now!

Thinking of this, he was naturally more grateful to the boss. After all, the boss was really the benefactor who saved their family from the sea of ​​suffering!

Because of this, he would work for his boss wholeheartedly. After all, not everyone has such an opportunity.

"The profit is indeed very lucrative, but..."

A competent businessman will never be satisfied with the immediate profit, and George is the same. He said:

"We can't just be satisfied with shipping goods. We have to focus on the entire market, such as Europe. Now Europe, including Italy, is in a state of extreme shortage of supplies. They have a great demand for food, and South America was an important exporter of grain and meat before the war. We can purchase supplies ourselves and ship them to Europe for sale."

"Go to Europe? What about German submarines?"

Alberto was surprised.

"Germany will soon..."

George immediately realized that he had spoken too quickly and almost revealed history, so he quickly changed the subject and said:

"Germany will surrender soon. After all, under the powerful offensive of the Allies, the Germans can't hold out for long. After the war in Europe, the most scarce things on the European continent should be various daily necessities including food. In this war, merchant ships in European countries suffered serious losses. We must make good use of our shipping capacity advantages and the information advantages of multinational companies to dispatch and circulate scarce materials between countries at any time. In this way, our profits will definitely be more substantial."

With the end of the war, Europe will enter the post-war reconstruction. In this process, what is the most important thing?

Suddenly, George was stunned and didn't continue to talk, but frowned and thought...