The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

The next day.

Lin Zhichao was sitting in the office of Cheung Kong Holdings, thinking about things.

Yesterday, he had late-night snacks with Airship Tai (Huo) and got some real estate information.

For example, Li Kangjie is united with a company established by a group of businessmen from Hong Kong and Macao. He is the helmsman of this company. An important figure in this team is Aomen He Xian; although He Xian's shares are not large, I heard that they are. It is the guarantor of all loans, and the lending bank is Hang Seng Bank.

Something is going to happen! Once this company causes trouble, He Xian, the guarantor, will definitely be in big trouble.

Of course, these things have nothing to do with Lin Zhichao. If these people were not unlucky, how could Zheng Yutong, Li Shauji, and Guo Desheng be successful?

Today, it seems that there are about ten big real estate businessmen (with capital of tens of millions) active from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, including Lin Zhichao, Liao Baoshan, Feiping Tai, Zhang Yujie, Chen Detai, Li Kangjie, Ma Jincan, Li Gaofu, and Peng Guozhen.

Impressive!

In fact, even if Li Kangjie, Chen Detai, etc. fell in the first wave, they would only be seriously injured; even if Liao Baoshan was scared to death, she would still leave a lot of wealth to her children and become a wealthy family with billions in future generations. ; and Peng Guozhen seemed to be successful until the early 1980s, but was affected by the Sino-British negotiation incident, liquidated the company, and died.

Along the way, there are so many opportunities and crises!

None of the big real estate developers in the 1950s became a major trend in the previous life. After the 1960s, Taipei was suppressed and the Zhang Yuliang family was worried about liquidation. In the end, only the second and third-rate real estate developers and the top ten real estate companies in Hong Kong survived. None of them have a share.

Fortunately, Lin Zhichao understood the future market situation, otherwise he would definitely have suffered a setback.

However, this time he came into contact with so many unlucky people, and Lin Zhichao also calmed down and thought about the problem seriously. He decided to postpone the purchase of large quantities of land, and at most buy one or two small pieces of land.

In this way, by the middle of next year, within one and a half years, 320,000 to 350,000 square feet of land will be developed, and there will still be 1 million square feet left (excluding commercial land in Central); and this 320,000 to 350,000 square feet The land (including the public Sifang Street) is expected to bring in profits of nearly 100 million.

very nice! This money is enough to build commercial buildings, buy low-priced real estate and land, and even purchase commercial land in Central.

After thinking about it, Lin Zhichao stretched and had a satisfied look on his face.

Planning the development direction for the company is a very important thing. After all, as a boss, the most important thing is to be a 'qualified commander' rather than 'charge into battle'.

But having said that, Lin Zhichao still came to Kimberly Road to inspect two real estate projects after lunch.

"Boss, the progress is normal. All three projects in Kowloon will be completed on time in the second half of the year." As the project chief engineer of the three projects, Lu Xiaopei accompanied Lin Zhichao during the inspection and reported the situation.

Lin Zhichao wore a safety helmet and learned about the situation at the first site of the construction site.

He is very satisfied with Lu Xiaopei. He is serious and meticulous in his work and strives for excellence. He is a very capable construction talent.

In order for talents like the Internet to work for him for a few more years, or even work for a long time, Lin Zhichao directly gave him a salary increase at the end of last year, with a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan, and a year-end bonus of more than 3 months' salary at the end of the year. After calculation, Lu Xiaopei's annual salary is already 30,000.

However, this salary level is much lower than that of core senior executives such as Huang Changhong and Hu Zhaoxu (40,000 to 50,000). Even Paul Li is higher than him.

In Poly Construction, in terms of level, Lin Zhichao feels that Paul Li is more talented, while Lu Xiaopei has more experience; in fact, these two were the bosses of only a few listed construction companies in Hong Kong in their previous lives, and now they are working for Lin Zhichao.

The salary given by Lin Zhichao is very high, and these people may not go out to work alone in the future. Therefore, Poly Construction will definitely be the number one construction company in Hong Kong and build countless famous buildings.

"Yes. The progress and quality must be guaranteed. These buildings may still be in use seventy years from now. We have to be responsible to the owners."

"no problem!"

One characteristic of Hong Kong's buildings is that there are a lot of steel bars. In fact, there are no particularly high requirements for earthquake resistance, but Hong Kong buildings have very high requirements for typhoon resistance. Therefore, the density of steel bars used in those high-rise commercial buildings later was really dense.

So the quality is really hard to say!

Later, Lin Zhichao said: "Next year we will build a first-class commercial building. You and Manager Li are both elite construction talents. Then it will be a new challenge!"

Lu Xiaopei said excitedly: "I have also built high-rise commercial buildings in Shanghai. It will definitely be possible!"

Lin Zhichao patted him on the shoulder and said: "Okay, the company will build a lot of commercial buildings in the future, but they will have more modern designs; when you perform well, you can rest assured that your salary will definitely increase every year, and we will not give those people the chance to poach you." ."

Lu Xiaopei suddenly became embarrassed. He likes to change jobs. In the past, after a project ended, his boss would already hire him, so he would change jobs. Once he changes jobs, his salary will increase, so he feels there is nothing wrong with it. Anyway, he is the project Manager, the task has been completed when this project is over.

However, after joining Poly Construction, he found something different. Backed by Yangtze River Enterprises, he had many large projects to supervise. Since last year, he has been the chief engineer of three real estate projects.

The salary is indeed high. Before joining Cheung Kong Holdings, his annual salary was only a little over 15,000 Hong Kong dollars.

After inspecting the construction details again, Lin Zhichao left the construction site and rushed towards Tsuen Wan.

Lin Zhichao must have kept these two construction talents, Paul Li and Lu Xiaopei, to work for him for a long time. The only thing left to do was to increase their salary. Lin Zhichao has always been very generous in this kind of thing. Therefore, perhaps being a ‘working emperor’ is more tempting than being a boss.

Next year, Lin Zhichao plans to build No. 10 Xuechang Street, which is the first commercial building he has prepared.

In the conference room of Yangtze River Industrial Group, there were gathered the senior executives of the headquarters and the trolley case R\u0026D team headed by Hong Yunhao.

At this time, a suitcase made of steel frame, hard cloth, leather, copper nails, metal wheels, aluminum alloy pull rods and other materials gave Lin Zhichao the overall impression that it was a bit heavy.

In fact, in the 1970s, the first generation of wheeled suitcases had four wheels and were pulled by ropes; it was not until the 1990s that aluminum alloy pull rods appeared.

Generally speaking, technology is not a big problem, but the opportunity for research and development has not appeared.

"How much heavier is it than a normal suitcase?" Lin Zhichao directly picked up the suitcase and felt it.

Hong Yunhao immediately said: "The addition of wheels and tie rods adds a total weight of 1,550 grams. In terms of experience, I think it will be loved by passengers."

Lin Zhichao nodded, and others also admired the masterpiece of this product and showed surprise.

If such a suitcase is launched on the market, it will definitely become popular in the market.

"Why not use four wheels?" a senior executive asked.

Hong Yunhao immediately took the suitcase over, demonstrated it in the conference room, and explained: "Four iron wheels will increase the weight, and two wheels are matched with pull rods, so that it can be pulled diagonally, which is very labor-saving and convenient. If we can use special Instead of metal wheels, we can consider four wheels, which will be a development direction in the future.”

In fact, the research and development of trolley cases is not difficult. In the past life, a captain could develop it, let alone a team specializing in research and development. The reason why it took a year was that in addition to experimentation, it also required mastering the technology of the box itself.

However, Lin Zhichao was still in no hurry and said: "I decided to set up the 'Travelpro' brand luggage, specializing in providing luggage for global travelers. Next, I established a formal company and registered the patent while selling the luggage. Understand the technology thoroughly, adopt the most optimized box, and then promote it.”

Everyone concentrated their attention. Yangtze Industrial Group relied on "innovative products" and was not comparable to those copycat factories.

Wang Liang nodded and said: "Okay, then we will form a new company - Travelpro immediately!"

Lin Zhichao said: "Let Yunhao be the general manager!"

None of the senior management of the group raised any objection!

Hong Yunhao was overjoyed and said quickly: "Thank you, boss, for your cultivation, and thank you for your colleagues' trust."

He thought that since he was a technical talent, he had no chance to become the general manager!

Lin Zhichao said: "Changjiang Industrial Group is a huge product empire. The general manager of each product or brand has great independence, but the group company also has great supervision and evaluation rights. I hope everyone will do their own thing well." work and contribute to the development of the group.”

"Yes, boss!"

In fact, Lin Zhichao has already thought of a good way to promote Travelpro suitcases, which is to cooperate with Cathay Pacific and overseas airlines in the future; he will even use Hollywood movies to promote it.

Of course, as long as an international patent is registered, all brands producing trolley cases around the world will have to pay a patent fee to Travelpro. Even if it is produced in Hong Kong, patent fees must be paid.

In this way, Hong Kong may become a hub for suitcase production. Unknowingly, Lin Zhichao has made a contribution to Hong Kong's economy.

What a great feeling!

If you achieve great things, you can help the world!

Years ago, Lin Zhichao came to his second uncle Lin Yunchu's factory in Sham Shui Po.

Today, Lin Yunchu owns two factories in Sham Shui Po, engaged in the production of wigs and plastic flowers, and employs hundreds of workers.

"Second uncle, how much money did you make last year?" Lin Zhichao asked with a smile.

Because they are their second uncle, and because this second uncle has also become more prosperous, the relationship between the two families is much deeper than before. A very simple truth is that no matter how rich Lin Zhichao's nephew is, his second uncle is just an ordinary office worker, so Lin Zhichao does not want to have too close contact with this second uncle, because he is worried that the second uncle's family will be unbalanced and do things that will harm his family. things.

Human nature is like this. It is not that rich people look down on their poor relatives, but they are worried that their poor relatives will have an unbalanced mentality. At that time, they may hate their rich relatives more than passers-by. Rich people can help poor relatives, but they cannot invite them to their homes. This is also to protect the dignity and family of poor relatives.

Lin Yunchu said excitedly: "I made 700,000 yuan." After saying that, he did not forget to add: "As a factory owner, I rely entirely on the support of Yangtze River Industry. The support of raw materials, sales channels, and technology really takes a lot of advantage."

Lin Zhichao said nonchalantly: "What's the matter? You are my second uncle." He changed the topic and added: "But if you are good at one line of work, you should learn more about the industry and analyze the industry prospects. If possible If so, we will naturally expand the scale and strive for more independent operations.”

Lin Yunchu naturally wouldn't think there was anything wrong with being a nephew. After all, if that were the case, wouldn't it be self-proving that he was incompetent.

He said sincerely: "You are right! I have always been aware of the trends in the industry, especially the wig industry and the plastic flower industry, which are facing increasing competition. It is always beneficial to learn more."

Lin Zhichao said with satisfaction: "You are right! Whether it is a wig or a plastic flower, the competition will become more and more fierce. I heard recently that the cost of wigs has increased again?"

Lin Yunchu hesitated for a moment and said: "It is true that the cost has increased a bit, not to mention workers' wages, but the cost of wig raw materials has increased very quickly. Everyone asked about the Yangtze River trade and said that some Indian businessmen united to raise the price, so This has led to an increase in wig raw materials. On the other hand, fierce competition has also led European and American wholesalers to lower prices in Hong Kong. But in any case, the profit margin is still very high."

Lin Zhichao wanted to understand the situation of the wig industry through Lin Yunchu's views, so he asked: "Second uncle, how do you think we should formulate some targeted measures?"

Lin Yunchu said: "There is still a mainland market for wig raw materials, but the Chamber of Commerce recommends that for the long-term development of the industry, try not to use mainland wigs to avoid attracting the attention of the U.S. Department of Commerce, so the vast majority of factory owners are complying. But now Indian businessmen and Indonesian businessmen It's really a bit disgusting. They jointly raised the price. It is said that the price in ports in Indonesia and India has reached 78 Hong Kong dollars per handful."

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Yes, I understand. We will have a meeting to discuss the solution then."

As the president of the Wig Chamber of Commerce, naturally he cannot ignore everything and let his subordinates do it. He must make contributions and convince the members of the chamber of commerce.

Now that Hong Kong wigs have a history of more than two years, it is time to open up a new raw material market.

When Lin Zhichao was about to leave, Lin Yunchu asked: "Zhichao, the price of houses has increased significantly recently. Do you think it has investment value?"

He smiled and said: "Second uncle has money and wants to speculate in real estate?" There was ridicule in his words.

Lin Yunchu said honestly: "I don't want to speculate in real estate, but I have made money. I always feel that it is not so real and practical. Sometimes when I dream, I feel that everything is just a dream. It has developed so fast that your second aunt is almost floating!" "

Lin Zhichao smiled, and Lin Yunchu's situation was understandable. Their family might have accepted their fate. The nephew would only support his cousins ​​in studying and living, and would not let the two of them become rich. However, they had not had any illusions for a long time. At that time, Lin Zhichao suddenly supported their family. In just two years, they easily became millionaires.

Just like a dream!

Lin Zhichao thought for a while and said: "If you are buying a house, as long as you don't go into debt, you won't lose money if you hold it for a long time. After all, Hong Kong has such a large population, real estate has prospects. However, in this situation, Uncle Er should save money first. , buy a piece of land in a few years and build an industrial building. Keep one floor for your own use and use the rest for rent. In this way, your wealth will allow you to sleep well."

Lin Yunchu was overjoyed and said quickly: "How many floors does the industrial building have?"

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "Don't worry about that yet. Without two million, you can't even buy land! And for plastic flowers, you should also increase production capacity and don't stand still. Wigs are almost there, but plastic The global market for flowers has just begun.”

"Okay, I listen to you!"

"Well, you and I are my uncle and nephew. From now on, I will always take care of things in the factory building for you. Of course, you will pay for it."

"That's natural!"

If you casually give Lin Yunchu some guidance on his real estate development, he will naturally become a billionaire in the future.

At the port in India, several wig buyers gathered together. They are big buyers in various Indian states, and they also have many vendors. Through layers of purchases, they will bring real hair to the port city, and then there will be Wholesalers from Hong Kong come to trade regularly.

They earn $0.50 from a pair of real hair, which is at least tens of thousands of dollars in profit a year, because Hong Kong imports more than 100,000 wigs from India a year.

The leader was named Sanjie. He took the lead and said: "A wig is worth 200 US dollars in Europe and the United States, or even more; but now, Hong Kong traders are only willing to give 1.3 to 1.5 US dollars, not even 1%. I suggest, Raise the price again, at least 1.8 to 2 US dollars would be reasonable."

Some people worry: "If the price is raised so high, what if Hong Kong traders go to other channels to purchase?"

Sanjay immediately said confidently: "Our compatriot Harry in Hong Kong told us that Indian wig raw materials account for an important source in Hong Kong, with a very large share; and as long as our prices increase here, the prices in Indonesia will also increase. Harry also "Hong Kong's wig industry is very profitable and will definitely compromise with us."

After hearing what Sanjay said, someone immediately asked with concern: "But Harry from the Shalilila family, I heard that their clothing industry is very big."

Sanjay said: "Yes, it's them. This family has a very big business in Hong Kong and is a big businessman in Hong Kong! As an Indian living in Hong Kong, Harry is very concerned about our wig buyers and thinks we should get a higher salary." profit."

"Okay, I agree. We should join forces to strive for higher profits."

"Yes, Hong Kong people are so cunning, they actually bought our wigs so cheaply!"

Soon, everyone decided to increase the price, and the price was US$2 a piece (that is, just over 11 Hong Kong dollars a piece).

The other side.

Brothers Harry and George are also discussing about wigs in Hong Kong.

George said suspiciously: "Harry, you are trying to trick Indian wig buyers into raising prices. What good will this do to us?"

The Shalilila family is not a philanthropic family. It is very confusing for other members of the family to get involved in this kind of incident for no reason.

Harry said with a smile: "The good thing is that if what I plan is successful, then we may get the right to trade wigs from India, and then Hong Kong wig merchants will have to buy wigs from us."

When George heard this, he immediately became interested!

The rule of the Shalilila family is that whatever business makes money, it must be done. Diversified operations are conducive to the stability of the family business.

"Is the wig trade very profitable?"

Harry said: "Assuming that the import price from the Indian port is 10-11 Hong Kong dollars, and the cost of shipping it back to Hong Kong is only 15 Hong Kong dollars, we earn 3-5 Hong Kong dollars for a wig, and Hong Kong imports hundreds of thousands of wigs every year. , the profit is also hundreds of thousands, this cake is huge."

When George heard this, he immediately said: "Yes, yes, this trade should be done by us Indian businessmen, not the Chinese."

Harry nodded and added, "Besides, if I design it, the import price at the port may be only 7 to 8 Hong Kong dollars. By then, our profits will be even greater."

He wants to confuse the relationship between Indian wig buyers and Changjiang Trade. At that time, Changjiang Trade may go to Indonesia, and he will take over the blank market.

Why not do it!

If the relationship between the two families is not ruined, it will be difficult for the Shalilila family to do this trade. (End of chapter)