Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 701: Gourmet Navigation

"Regarding the contract you initially signed with South Korea, I'm not responsible for how you terminate it. However, I can guarantee that the business and contracts you're discussing with domestic shipyards will have fixed pricing, preventing the need for price hikes halfway through execution like in South Korea."

Faced with Chen Yiyang's words, Lawrence understood that Chen Yiyang was aware of the complexities behind this deal.

Thus, he straightforwardly said, "In fact, we've practically agreed with South Korea. We can terminate the contract by compensating the South Korean shipyard with about one billion New Zealand dollars."

"That much?" Chen Yiyang was somewhat surprised.

Although New Zealand and South Korea had already signed the contract, South Korea has yet to deliver any vessels or build the dock up to this point.

New Zealand hasn't gained anything yet now needs to pay out a billion.

"We don't want conflicts to escalate too much with South Korea," Lawrence told Chen Yiyang, "The reason for this large compensation is primarily to cover the loan interest for the South Korean shipyard."

Shipyards are capital-intensive heavy industries.

Many shipyards go bankrupt mainly because they receive customers' advance payments, and the construction is halfway through when the customer decides to abandon the ship, disrupting the shipyard's financial chain.

That's because constructing a ship often costs billions, but customers usually only pay a few million in advance.

The shipyard must cover this difference by borrowing from banks.

After all, although customers may refuse payment, the shipyard must pay its workers' wages and material costs.

Due to these risks, banks generally charge high loan interest to shipyards.

Lawrence was being truthful when he said this money is primarily for paying South Korea's interest.

One could say New Zealanders conduct business quite properly. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Previously, when Chen Yiyang ordered roll-on/roll-off ships for Yiyang Automobile, he had already met some management at domestic shipyards.

Connecting Lawrence with domestic shipyards was a simple matter for him.

After introducing Lawrence to shipyards, Lawrence quickly discussed contract issues with them before coming to Chen Yiyang.

"I consider the terms offered by Huaxia shipyards reasonable, but to ensure this contract proceeds smoothly, I need you to act as an intermediary to ensure Huaxia shipyards don't raise prices for unreasonable reasons after the contract is signed.

"That's no problem," Chen Yiyang nodded, "If there are any items that neither party agrees upon, I'm responsible for those costs."

"Thank you very much," Lawrence approached Chen Yiyang, acknowledging Chen Yiyang's substantial background.

"There's another issue." Lawrence was somewhat embarrassed, hesitating before eventually expressing it to Chen Yiyang.

The gist was that, according to regular procedures, Lawrence would usually pay Chen Yiyang a commission of a few million.

But, the National Party's current overturning of the previous Labour Party contracts questions the previous contract's legitimacy.

Now that contracts need to be re-signed, all financial expenditures must withstand inquiries from others.

So, unfortunately, they can't provide Chen Yiyang with this commission.

"I'm not in need of money," Chen Yiyang wasn't doing this for financial gain, so he told Lawrence, "But I am interested in investing and selling some products in New Zealand. For this, I need local influential partners in New Zealand."

"No problem," Lawrence readily agreed upon hearing Chen Yiyang's request.

As long as it doesn't involve monetary issues, other matters are trivial.

The party backing him is currently in power, and they only need to offer slight advantages in various fields to satisfy Chen Yiyang.

"Here's an idea." Lawrence contemplated, then continued, "A local New Zealand family will be celebrating a wedding soon, with many attendees. If convenient, you're invited to attend, and I'll introduce you to some people."

"Sure," Lawrence's words were enough.

Chen Yiyang wasn't seeking special privileges in New Zealand; he just wants to conduct business normally without senseless discriminatory practices.

After finishing his conversation with Lawrence, Chen Yiyang didn't need to stay any longer in Imperial Capital, so he informed Schaefer and headed back to Lin'an.

"Boss." Zhang Changyun, recently promoted by Chen Yiyang, currently in charge of Yiyang Navigation, promptly came after hearing Chen Yiyang returned to Lin'an.

Yiyang Navigation refers to the Kaidi Navigation Chen Yiyang purchased earlier.

However, after acquiring the company, he immediately changed its name. The original Kaidi Navigation brand barely held any value.

Currently, Yiyang Navigation not only continues producing car navigation devices but also supports Yiyang Flash Sale with culinary navigation.

"Regarding your previous instructions for Yiyang Navigation to develop a culinary navigation feature to help customers identify takeout vendors.

This service has already expanded to some first and second-tier cities, but we've encountered some issues."

"What issues?" Chen Yiyang knew Zhang Changyun brought this problem up because it wasn't just a technical issue.

"During offline street inspections, we found that many takeout vendors labeled as having dine-in and physical stores on other platforms were, in fact, deceptive.

These vendors rented residential spaces as kitchens, mainly offering takeout. If platform representatives come to inspect, they either offer bribes or take them to collaborators with dine-in options to pass verification.

Even after we've clearly labeled them as non-dine-in vendors, they instead counterattack, accusing us of slander.

These vendors not only continue marking themselves as dine-in vendors on other platforms but also complained to the regional head of Yiyang Flash Sale."

"Wait, you're saying they also logged onto Yiyang Flash Sale?" Chen Yiyang asked.

"Yes." Zhang Changyun nodded in confirmation.

"But if I recall correctly, Yiyang Flash Sale explicitly doesn't accept non-dine-in takeout vendors?"

"Indeed," Zhang Changyun replied helplessly, "But according to our investigation, Yiyang Flash Sale doesn't accept non-dine-in vendors.

After our investigation report was submitted, Flash Sale sent their people for verification, but their conclusion was there are dine-in options, and it's our errors in reporting."

"I can't possibly drag the regional head around for each vendor for an onsite verification, showing them whether these vendors have dine-in options," he said.