Extraordinary Genius

“Von, Lee, you should understand that this time we will concede and allow you to invest in our ports because we need to provide more jobs for us Americans. ”

“Port modification requires workers, port loading and unloading, etc., but if you use a lot of intelligent mechanical equipment, then this port modification will not only not provide more jobs, but you will have to lay off, right? ”

Feng Yu looked at Li Zezhu, and Li Zezhu made a big point and admitted it.

Higher efficiency and higher efficiency of machinery will ensure higher trans-shipment rates in their ports, so that more cargo ships can be loaded and unloaded at the same time, no cargo ships will be willing to park empty at the port to pay, they will leave the cargo at the first time after loading and unloading, so that many berths can earn more money.

And because of the efficiency, more carriers will choose to stop at their berths, especially some fresh cargo, which is extremely time-consuming. Once upon a time, there were congestion in ports, difficulties in stopping cargo ships and delays of more than a day at sea, resulting in the destruction of fresh cargo and huge losses for both carriers and cargo owners.

So the more efficient the port, the more favored it will be by the cargo owners and carriers. If the ancillary stacking yards are large and there are enough warehouses, there is absolutely no shortage of business in a country like the United States, which has the world's largest import and export trade.

Even because of the efficiency, they can raise the price a little bit, and many cargo owners will choose to park here, so that their margins will be higher.

But there is a huge problem involved, at least very serious for Obama, and that is the problem of hiring workers.

Trade union organizations in Europe and the United States are very strong and, to some extent, can influence the economy of the United States. Without the union's constant demands for salary increases and various welfare benefits, shared cars would never apply for bankruptcy protection and would eventually fall to the altar.

There are too many cases in the US and Europe, such as Thomson, the top electronics and appliance manufacturer in Europe, and now it's not depressing.

The main reason is that costs are rising too fast to keep up with profits. The largest part of the cost is the cost of employment.

In the Asia-Europe region, ports are moving towards modernity. All kinds of machinery and equipment require very little labor. But the port of the United States is very backward.

It is not that the US cannot afford advanced equipment, nor that they cannot design R&D similar equipment, but rather that they have been sniped by trade unions to prevent them from using too much automated equipment.

The Digital Revolution ~ first appeared in Seattle and San Francisco, one of the most technologically advanced regions of the U.S. and an important port city on the West Coast.

Isn't it ironic that a receipt study shows that the automation and robotics of US ports lag behind Asia-Europe ports for more than fifteen years, that the polarized US is the world's largest import-export country and the most technologically advanced country?

There is a wharf union on the east and west coasts of the United States, and they all feel that digitization poses a serious threat to their employment, as most of the workers on this side have lower secondary education.

The high school entrance rate in the United States is close to 100 per cent, because it is mainly recommended for enrolment, and most schools are under-represented, not to mention the large number of private schools in the United States.

That is why the United States recruits students internationally, fills in the shortage of students in their schools and, by the way, promotes them as the best countries in science and culture in the world and attracts foreigners to become citizens of the United States and create wealth for the United States.

US high school students chose to continue their university education, currently only in the early 60s, while Huaxia is more than 95%, but Huaxia's admission rate, including three undergraduates, colleges, etc., is only 75%.

The graduation rate of US university students is much lower than that of Huaxia, and it is also the penultimate in developed countries, with many opting to drop out of school and many others likely to graduate for more than a decade or even decades.

But collectively, Huaxia is more willing to go to college, and the proportion of the uncultivated population in the US is actually higher.

You said people like that couldn't find jobs in those offices. What could they do? It is only possible to choose those who are manual labourers, who are fortunate enough to be industrially developed in the US to require a large number of workers.

For example, cars, docks, train stations, etc., all require a large number of workers. And the wages of these workers are actually not low, and the benefits are very good.

The benefits were actually not very high, but under these unions, wages, medical care, old-age pension and other welfare benefits have all improved considerably and become very heavy.

Technological innovations are under way on the eastern coast of the United States in the hope of introducing modern equipment and improving efficiency. But this has led to massive unemployment among dock workers, and much more vigilant on the West Coast side.

There is also a saying that the reason why Dubai Global Port was said to endanger national security ~ security, an important article is that Global Port is going to modify the port, to introduce fully automated operations, even cranes, are unmanned, so that workers at that dock will be laid off more than 95 percent.

So if Feng Yu were to introduce the port into highly automated machinery equipment, Obal would never dare to agree, which would make the West Coast workers more unemployed, which might trigger a strike protest by the overall dock workers, causing immeasurable losses, and also a heavy blow to his political ~ political career.

Feng Yu didn't expect this, Li Zechu also felt very difficult. If the big berth is modified to dock larger cargo ships, then the big cargo ships will arrive, or the semi-automated + worker loading and unloading mode, the efficiency is still very low, the profit is too low, the investment will not be as good.

In particular, Feng Yu had the lowest profits because he was required to register a subsidiary in the United States and pay taxes locally. The port is important, but there are no profitable investments, so why should Feng Yu do it?

“Reed, in the future we will hire more people who know how to operate computers to supervise the loading and unloading of equipment in control centers that are not exposed to wind and sun, without such high security risks. ”

“This is the future trend of ports around the world, do you want to keep them behind? Think about that car union in the United States, because what do they look like today, sharing cars and Chrysler? Even Footer sells half his business to survive. Do you have to repeat your mistakes at the harbor docks? ”

Feng Yu used the automobile trade union as an example. After compromising on that trade union, he could only drag the original enterprise into the abyss. It's important how you choose.

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