The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

When Lin Zhichao woke up, he found that it was already New Year's Day in 1958. Another year had passed and a new year was ushering in.

He couldn't help but think back on his experiences in the past 11 and a half years, which were simply dreamlike experiences. This often gave him the illusion, is all this real?

From a poor boy who almost lived on the streets, he has now become a world-class rich man with a net worth of more than one billion Hong Kong dollars. From coming to Hong Kong alone to work hard, he has now become the founder of the "Lin Family" with as many as ten family members. above name.

Compared with the wasted ten years after another in the previous life, it is really a huge difference.

No longer sighing, Lin Zhichao stood up from the bed, and then covered Tang Caiyun's bed. The beauty is still the same beauty, and the traces of time on her face are not obvious, even though Tang Caiyun is already a mother of four children.

Tang Caiyun lazily opened her eyes and saw Lin Zhichao putting on his clothes. A smile appeared on her lips, but she then closed her eyes and continued to sleep; because she knew that this time should be just before six o'clock.

Energetic man, but she needs her beauty sleep.

Lin Zhichao, wearing a crocodile shirt suit and leather shoes, walked downstairs.

When he went downstairs, he held his hands on the imported Burmese wood railings, which were smooth and thick in texture. Looking down, he saw that the design style of the entire staircase suited his wishes. The antique yellow lights reflected the calligraphy and paintings on the wall and the Western-style decorations. Standing guard at both ends of the stairs, the entire design is a combination of Chinese and Western styles.

"Good morning, Lin Sheng!"

"Aunt Fang, morning! What's for breakfast today?"

Lin Zhichao responded normally when he met his aunt who was preparing breakfast.

The Lin family has a large population, so there are only two servants who cook. The two servants can cook a home-cooked meal. However, Lin Zhichao was not satisfied and asked the master to teach him how to cook some food. He will pay the tuition fee, and the servant will serve the Lin family after he learns it.

Therefore, if the two aunts who cook have caught up with each other for a few years, if they have the idea of ​​opening a restaurant, they will definitely be good at cooking, and their private kitchens will definitely cook well.

In fact, the rich chefs are very good at cooking, often handle high-end ingredients, and are knowledgeable; so these people have changed their destiny in this life, such as the former private chef Ho Tung who opened Fulinmen; or Lin Zhichao's family The chef chose to resign and open a private kitchen. With Lin Zhichao's reputation as a "private chef" and his good cooking skills, the business will definitely not worry.

Lin's two cooks each earn a monthly salary of HK$300. With the benefits and profit during holidays, they also have an income of NT$5,000 a year, and food and accommodation are included.

Aunt Fang said, "There are shrimp dumplings, fried beef, soup dumplings, steamed sweet potatoes, steamed corn, egg tarts, milk, and soy milk."

Lin Zhichao nodded, he just asked casually, he didn't care what he had for breakfast!

There are many varieties because everyone has different tastes and can choose freely.

Lin Zhichao does not necessarily have breakfast at home every day, sometimes he will drive outside to have morning tea with friends.

Every morning, Lin Zhichao does three things: read newspapers, exercise, and have breakfast. So this morning, Lin Zhichao planned to play golf at the 'Deep Water Bay Golf Course'.

This is the advantage of being close to the golf course. He lives not only close to the golf course, but also to Deep Water Bay, so he will go for winter swimming at noon on weekends.

At a quarter past six, Lin Zhichao came to the Deep Water Bay Golf Course and started playing alone.

He used to despise golf, but now he likes it. He comes to exercise three or four times a week in the morning, and once for 30-60 minutes.

A par-3 nine-hole course takes 30 to 40 minutes for one round. If you play well, you can play two laps in the morning, which is exactly one hour.

Today is New Year's Day, Lin Zhichao naturally played two laps before getting ready to go home.

Soon, after two laps, Lin Zhichao felt comfortable all over and was ready to go home for breakfast.

When arriving at the golf club.

"Huh"

"Lin Sheng, what's wrong?"

Hearing Lin Zhichao's voice, the caddy asked with concern. This is the God of Wealth. The caddies in the club want to be Lin Zhichao's morning caddy. If you are lucky, you can get a 100 tip. As long as Mr. Lin hits a birdie or eagle, even if he doesn't score that day, you can still do it. Get a tip of HKD20.

Lin Zhichao walked a few steps to a sewer, looked inside, and said, "I dropped a coin just now, and it rolled into it by accident!"

The caddy said without thinking, "Lin Sheng, let me help you find it!"

After speaking, the caddy turned over the slate and looked for clues of coins. When he saw it was a one Hong Kong dollar coin, he had two thoughts in his mind. The first was that he had finally found it, and the second was that Boss Lin might still care about this one Hong Kong dollar coin.

At this time, some members who were playing morning golf saw that Lin Zhichao had lost something and the caddy was looking for it for him, and they immediately gathered around him out of curiosity.

"Lin Sheng, is it a one Hong Kong dollar coin?"

Lin Zhichao said happily: "Yes, yes, Agui, have you found it?"

The caddy Agui raised the coin in his hand and said: "It should be this one, because there is only one in here!"

Lin Zhichao was about to get it, but Agui quickly took it back and said, "Lin Sheng, let me wash it for you. The water down here is dirty!"

Agui quickly ran to a faucet, washed the coins, and then quickly handed them to Lin Zhichao.

But what followed was that Lin Zhichao handed Agui a 100 Hong Kong dollar note.

"Agui, this is my tip. Thank you for helping me find this coin!"

"Lin Sheng, this coin is one dollar!"

Agui was confused. He was looking for a one-dollar coin, but Lin Sheng gave him a 100 Hong Kong dollar bill. Was this calculation wrong?

Members who were watching the excitement also said: "Lin Sheng, you are in a big business. Did you calculate the accounts of this small business wrong?"

Someone else echoed: "Maybe Lin Sheng is generous to these caddies. No wonder everyone looks forward to caddying for Lin Sheng every time."

Lin Zhichao responded with a smile: "Everyone, I picked up this coin because I was afraid that it would roll into the sewer, disappear and be wasted, and the world would lose one dollar of wealth. The reason why I gave Agui, a young man, 100 yuan as hard work fee is He can use it. It is not easy for young people to make money, and this money will not disappear in the world. I think money can be used, but it cannot be wasted. Let everyone laugh!"

The expressions of those who came to watch suddenly froze, and it took a few seconds for them to respond.

"A very philosophical statement!"

"That makes sense."

Afterwards, Lin Zhichao said goodbye to everyone, leaving only a group of people still thinking about the "master's" style.

Agui held the money in his hand, and for the first time he felt that he had learned very useful knowledge. He was thinking that Mr. Lin was so rich that he still cared about that dollar, but he could give himself 100 tips, which could be worth his basic salary for a month. He worked as a caddy in a club and knew English, so he earned a lot, with an income of four to five hundred per month. However, he never cherished the money he earned and always liked to go out with his friends to have fun.

"Am I going to be a caddy for the rest of my life?"

"I don't want it. I will work hard to save money now, so that one day I can start a business, open a factory, and become a rich man like Lin Sheng."

Agui unconsciously grasped the money in his hand tightly.

Lin Zhichao didn't know that his actions not only became a good talk, but also made a young man awaken and achieve certain achievements in the future.

In fact, he always likes to give advice to people around him. For example, he suggested that bodyguards buy houses in installments, and he even did not hesitate to withdraw their wages in advance and then deduct them every month.

When he got home, Lin Zhichao ordered a fried beef river.

The so-called "fried beef river" is fried beef and river noodles. Lin Zhichao's breakfast is more meaty, mainly because he consumes a lot and has a strong metabolism.

"Xin'er, will you be returning to Hong Kong in six months?" Xu Caiying asked with concern as she ate her corn slowly.

Tang Caiyun, Xu Caiying, and Lin Xiner are not real sisters, but they are better than real sisters; of course, this is mainly because Lin Zhichao is the hub.

"Well, I will return to Hong Kong after graduation and work in the family business! I am twenty-five years old. It would be great if I could bring back a boyfriend!" After Lin Zhichao finished speaking, he couldn't help but feel sad.

He made a special call to tell Lin Xiner that if she had the chance, she could find a boyfriend who could return to Hong Kong, as long as her knowledge and character were fine. To put it bluntly, Lin Zhichao didn't dislike the fact that the other party's family was poor.

As an elder brother, he still hopes that she will have a good home, because an elder brother is like a father, especially Lin Zhichao also has two daughters.

Tang Caiyun smiled and said, "You were not in a hurry before!"

Lin Zhichao said: "This is the mentality of a father. If his daughter is young, he will naturally be reluctant to let her talk about a boyfriend and get married. When the daughter gets older, there is no need for parents to be anxious."

Tang Caiyun said again: "You are so demanding, and Xin'er listens to you so much, how can it be easy to find!"

Lin Zhichao said: "Marriage is a lifelong matter. If you don't have the same views, mismatched knowledge, and bad character, you won't be able to get old. I am demanding and just to wake her up. If she really finds someone she likes, I won't Really be evil.”

Only then did Tang Caiyun and Xu Caiying realize that Lin Zhichao had good intentions.

Xu Caiying asked curiously again: "Then what dowry is your brother going to give her?"

Lin Zhichao said: "If Xin'er can make a difference in the workplace, I won't mind giving him part of the equity in a hotel brand. She will also have a strong backer in this life. With other dowries, will I still treat my only sister badly?"

Tang Caiyun and Xu Caiying smiled, not only for their mother-in-law, but also for their husband, expressing that they have no objections.

In the morning, Lin Zhichao accompanied his children to learn calligraphy, ancient Chinese, and parent-child classes; in the afternoon, he took Tang Caiyun to go fishing in the sea on a yacht. The calm sea gave him an atmosphere of calm thinking.

The next day.

Cheung Kong Holdings.

After the formal meeting, Lin Zhichao said: "I plan to let the company's middle and senior management jointly develop real estate. If any of you are willing to invest, you can organize and count the amount of funds. If it is not enough to invest in one real estate, the company will participate in the equity; if it can invest in one, Half, the company also participates in shares. This is a voluntary investment, in short, I, the boss, will not let you lose money!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was surprised.

As close ministers of the boss, they certainly knew that it was a good time to buy the bottom at this time. Moreover, it is a real estate development, and it must be a steady profit - because the property price is cheap, and the land price is also cheap. As long as the land price is cheap, you can make more profits if you cover it up a little.

Huang Changhong, as the deputy general manager, immediately said: "Thank the boss for taking care of us, I will organize everyone well!"

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Remember, it's voluntary!"

Some middle-level managers don't have much money; what's more, Lin Zhichao mainly takes care of top-level managers.

In fact, the salary of the senior management of Cheung Kong Holdings is not low. The annual salary of senior staff is 40,000 to 60,000 Hong Kong dollars, the salary of mid-level staff is 20,000 to 30,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the salary of junior staff is 0.5 to 20,000 Hong Kong dollars.

That is to say, the most common employee has an annual salary of 5,000 yuan.

Of course, this is an employee, not a "site worker" working on the construction site, that is not an employee of Cheung Kong.

Huang Changhong said with a smile: "Of course! If there is such a good thing, everyone must be voluntary, and we will not force anyone."

Although no one will be forced to make money, we are all colleagues and will definitely persuade each other about this profitable business.

At present, the land of a real estate is only about 2 million yuan, and the management of Cheung Kong should be able to scrape together 500,000 to 1 million yuan.

Lin Zhichao added: "You can register a company. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will support everyone's partnership real estate."

"OK"

When the company goes public in the future, there will be no need to win over the management in this way. At that time, the senior management will be given a 'bonus' - the right to buy the company's shares at a low price.

After the meeting, Lin Zhichao called Zhou Fuzhao, the financial manager, to the office.

"Do you usually do any research on the stock market?"

Zhou Fuzhao immediately said: "I have a certain understanding, but I haven't done much research. I personally have invested, but I only have 20,000 to 30,000 capital."

Lin Zhichao said: "Well. I plan to let the company invest in some stocks. You recently compiled the information on Hong Kong listed companies and gave me your own ideas. Later, I will make my own decision and tell you which stocks to buy!"

Zhou Fuzhao nodded and said, "No problem!"

He secretly made up his mind that in the future, he should learn more financial knowledge, especially related to the stock market. There is no end to learning, this is what the boss often says. The important thing is that Cheung Kong is developing very fast. If you can't keep up with the pace, the boss will not continue to trust you.

The reason why Lin Zhichao invested in the stock market at this time was because he felt that the returns of the Hong Kong stock market from 1958 to 1961 must have been good, not lower than the rate of return in the West.

This is because Hong Kong's industry and economy are developing rapidly, and a large number of foreigners will come to Hong Kong to open branches and branches.

As for real estate, this era has no impact on the stocks on the market at all, because there is only one real estate-themed stock in the Hong Kong stock market in this era.

Listed companies probably include: Kowloon Warehouse, Hong Kong Electric, Peak Tram, Hong Kong Tramway, Qingzhou Yingni, Junyi warehouse, Watsons, Hong Kong Hotel, Bank of East Asia, Star Ferry, Dairy Milk Company, HSBC Bank, etc., almost all of them are old brands. British company.

If you invest 5 million to 10 million, you can earn more or less two to three million, which is considered as the company's business is diversified.

After Zhou Fuzhao left, Lin Zhichao was thinking about it in the office.

This year, Cheung Kong Holdings is still developing commercial projects. In the second half of the year, it will successively launch projects at 77 Des Voeux Road Central and the former site of the Hong Kong Hotel on Pedder Street. Both of these buildings will be first-class buildings.

As for the commercial and residential land in Causeway Bay, it was launched in 1959 and only began to be sold in the 1960s.

After this incident, Hong Kong citizens will definitely not buy real estate without groundbreaking, so in the future, Cheung Kong Holdings will also consider "selling off-the-plan" a few months after groundbreaking.