While Monica was touring Laputa City with Guan Xiaofei and Su Qianqian, Jiang Cheng returned to his villa looking quite bedraggled.
There was nothing he could do; he found it too difficult to handle this kind of situation, so he pretended not to have seen anything.
Back at the villa, Jiang Cheng immediately immersed himself in work.
It could be said that Jade Island had now fully entered a state of normal development.
And at this time, Jiang Cheng finally had the leisure to think about other matters.
That is, developing other industries on Jade Island.
Jiang Cheng had always been contemplating the industrial development of Jade Island. The current transgender Flying Car industry can be considered the starting industry for Jade Island. It is imaginable that an entire industry chain will be incubated from this, eventually even controlling the global automotive ecosystem.
However, such a thing cannot be accomplished overnight, so he must be patient.
Taking advantage of this gap, Jiang Cheng felt it necessary to develop his shipping industry.
The shipping industry.
Jiang Cheng was not unfamiliar with the shipping industry at all.
In fact, it was one of the three main pillars of Jiang Group, and Old Mr. Jiang had built his fortune through the shipping industry.
With such a solid foundation, it was inevitable for Jiang Cheng to develop the shipping industry and thereby expand the entire Jiang Group.
Moreover, based on what he learned from Mr. Li, as Jade Island had been gradually rising in recent days, the Philippines and surrounding forces began to implement more stringent encirclement plans against Jiang Group.
And the ones who acted most ruthlessly against them were the Wu Group, another Chinese family like the Jiang Family.
Jiang Cheng had some understanding of the Wu Group. It seemed that they gained a foothold in the Philippines with Old Mr. Jiang’s help, and their industry had many intersections with Jiang Group’s.
Previously, this group could only survive under the pressure of Jiang Group, but because of the situation with Jade Island, Jiang Group had suffered repeated setbacks in recent years.
Therefore, seeing this opportunity, Wu Group simply added insult to injury, annexing many Jiang Family industries, worsening the blow to Jiang Group.
Due to this, Old Mr. Jiang, currently in the Philippines, was also struggling to hold on.
Realizing this, Jiang Cheng became anxious.
It could be said that Jade Island is the core of all problems.
Owning such an island, Jiang Cheng was absolutely not going to give it up, so the only path left for him was to continuously and relentlessly grow Jade Island, allowing Jiang Group to experience a rebirth through Jade Island!
This was his only choice.
For this, Jiang Cheng naturally felt immense pressure!
It was precisely because of this that Jiang Cheng had the intention of developing the shipping industry.
Jiang Shipping is an important industry for Jiang Group, supporting the entire group’s operations. If the shipping industry suffered a blow, other industries would inevitably be greatly affected as well.
Moreover, Jiang Cheng, equipped with the Black Technology System, possessed extremely strong shipbuilding capabilities, which would greatly aid in developing the shipping industry.
Finally, Jade Island is surrounded by the sea, inherently demanding a robust shipping industry. Whether for exporting Flying Cars or other products in the future, the support of the shipping industry would be indispensable.
So, from whichever perspective, the development of the shipping industry was a necessary path at present.
Since developing the shipping industry was imperative, it was necessary to understand the current state of Jiang Group’s shipping industry. Therefore, Jiang Cheng wasted no time and directly sought out Mr. Li to discuss his ideas in detail.
Clearly, Mr. Li greatly supported Jiang Cheng’s ideas and introduced the current situation of Jiang Shipping to Jiang Cheng in detail.
Upon hearing Mr. Li’s introduction, Jiang Cheng was slightly taken aback.
Because the current state of Jiang Shipping was indeed disastrous.
Jiang Shipping primarily handled business in the Southeast Asia region before, owning as many as 260 container vessels, having offices in multiple countries and regions in Southeast Asia, employing up to 20,000 people, and covering more than 400 ports worldwide, making it the largest shipping giant in Southeast Asia.
However, due to the covert operations of the Philippines government and other surrounding forces, Jiang Shipping suffered heavy losses in recent years.
Nearly all its business in Southeast Asia was taken over by the Wu Group, and most of its container vessels now lay idle at ports.
As for the reasons for being outcompeted, according to Mr. Li, the main reason was outdated vessels.
In recent years, with the rapid emergence of the shipbuilding industry, large-tonnage, high-speed cargo ships have gradually become the mainstream transport vessels.
These vessels not only have high speeds but also a high capacity per trip, making them highly sought after by major shipping enterprises.
It could be said that the essence of competition in the shipping industry is about whose vessels are bigger and faster.
However, since the technology for such shipbuilding was in the hands of some developed countries, procuring such transport vessels became extremely difficult.
Jiang Shipping was in such a predicament.
Due to the Jade Island situation, Jiang Shipping was directly blacklisted by major shipyards.
Trying to procure the most advanced transport ships? No way!
Precisely because it lacked the most advanced transport ships, Jiang Shipping has gradually become obsolete, as it could no longer provide the fastest services.
Old Mr. Jiang was deeply troubled by this, but there was nothing he could do.
Upon hearing this news, Jiang Cheng nodded slightly, a trace of grave expression flashing in his eyes.
Jiang Shipping not only concerned the future of Jiang Group but even impacted the future of Jade Island.
He could almost imagine that if Jiang Shipping were lost, Jade Island’s future might also be cloaked in shadow.
Given the typical bandit-like ways of these strong surrounding forces, they would inevitably implement embargoes against Jade Island if necessary, even carrying out more severe military actions. At that time, he, as the Great Island Master, would truly cry out in distress.
Without its own shipbuilding industry, the island would eventually become isolated and helpless, lacking even the slightest ability to protect itself.
Furthermore, developing a shipbuilding industry should not just involve building transport ships, freighters, oil tankers, and other civilian and commercial vessels, but also constructing more powerful, advanced warships, battleships, and submarines!
Only in this way could Jade Island and himself be genuinely protected.
Therefore, developing Jade Island’s own shipbuilding industry was the fundamental issue. With a shipbuilding industry, not only could Jiang Shipping be expanded, but it would also fundamentally safeguard all the island’s rights and interests.
From this perspective, establishing a shipyard on Jade Island had become imperative!