The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

In the morning at No. 79, Deep Water Bay, the tranquility is accompanied by the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers. What you see is the green mountains, and what you breathe is the aura of the mountains. Living in such an environment, there is no reason to feel bad.

After Lin Zhichao finished playing golf, he returned to the villa to have breakfast. Two wives, seven children, a mother, and a sister, the family is really lively.

"So rich!" After washing his hands, Lin Zhichao sat in his seat.

I saw on the dining table: shrimp dumplings, barbecued pork buns, egg tarts, steamed sweet potatoes, steamed pork ribs, sweet potato crispy milk, soy milk, West Lake Longjing, probably more than a dozen kinds.

"I brought it back from a tea restaurant to change the taste!" Tang Caiyun said from the side.

Lin Zhichao picked up his chopsticks and said, "Not bad! Let's eat!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone picked up their chopsticks and started eating breakfast.

The family rules of the Lin family are not strict, but since everyone is determined to eat together, they naturally have to wait for Lin Zhichao, the male host, to use his chopsticks before everyone starts. If Lin Zhichao is late from working overtime and it is meal time, everyone does not have to wait. , and hungry.

"Grandma, I want a soda!"

Just after taking a few bites of breakfast, Lin Ruikai, who had recently been approved to serve, made a request.

"You can't drink soda in the morning!" Lin Zhichao said directly.

Lin Ruikai is not yet five years old this year. He is Tang Caiyun’s third son, so he is quite squeamish. He immediately retorted to Lin Zhichao: “You can’t drink it in the morning, you can’t drink it at noon, and you still can’t drink it in the evening. Why?”

After all, he is a child, so he is not afraid of Lin Zhichao at all.

Fortunately, Lin Zhichao is not a feudal parent. He will reason first: "Because soda is not a must-have in three meals. Therefore, whether you can drink it or not depends on whether your parents agree with you to drink it!"

Tang Caiyun couldn't help but yell at Lin Ruikai. She was more strict than Lin Zhichao.

But now Lin Zhichao is teaching, and she will not stand up and yell at the child.

Lin Ruikai seemed to understand but didn't understand at all. He still said reluctantly: "But I want to drink soda, and my brothers want to drink too!"

Brat, he also knows how to recruit people into his gang.

Lin Zhichao glanced at the three older children, who immediately shook their heads and tried to eat.

This situation seems wrong. How dare we unite!

"Drinking too much soda is not good for your health, because it's too sweet, you can only drink it occasionally with the permission of adults! Also, you just lied, your brothers didn't want to drink soda; so, I want to punish you , please go back to the place where you originally ate. Whenever you can have a good meal, come to this table again."

After saying that, he immediately asked the servant to take Lin Ruikai away!

There is also a dining room, which is only for children who cannot eat independently and eat accompanied by servants.

Lin Ruikai didn't expect that the soda drink would not be successful, and that he would lose the new environment he had finally changed into. He was immediately asked to leave by the servant in anger.

A little family farce was extinguished!

Lin Zhichao was not considered a feudal parent, and he was not furious when he just dealt with it.

Of course, if it is in an ordinary family, it is understandable for the parents to be furious, because it is enough to worry about life, and the naughty children can easily arouse anger.

In the Lin family, children who are naughty can get better and more patient education.

Lin Zhichao did not forget to comfort Tang Caiyun and said: "The problem is not big, don't get angry!"

Tang Caiyun nodded, and her anger disappeared instantly!

Lin Zhichao said to Lin Ruihuan, Lin Ruijiang, and Lin Ruihai again: "Drinking too much of this soda will make you fat, and it is an unhealthy drink. Your father is very democratic. He allows you to drink it occasionally. There is no problem!"

"Yes, Dad!"

The three children quickly agreed!

My father is not angry but he is self-defeating, and my mother looks fierce, but in fact it is not a big problem. Everyone can feel that you must not anger your father, because even your mother will be angry.

Keep eating.

During the dinner, Lin Xiner smiled and said to her eldest nephew: "Rui Huan graduated from elementary school this year, and will start middle school in the second half of the year. Isn't she only 20 years old after finishing college? You make me, an aunt, where will you put my face on! "

Lin Ruihuan is ten years old. He has the ability to attend kindergarten for only one year. Because he is precocious, he entered the first grade of elementary school at the age of four, so he is two years ahead of schedule. In fact, it is possible to skip a grade in elementary school, but Lin Zhichao no longer allows it.

"Aunt, didn't you have no money to study before?" Lin Ruihuan flattered her.

He seemed to be sensible, and he didn't even mention how old Lin Xiner was when she graduated from college.

As expected, Lin Xiner was immediately coaxed into a smile.

The family had a lot of fun eating. Although there were also "bad things", they were very happy overall.

morning.

Lin Zhichao came to the Crocodile Shirt Building and walked into the office building of Cheung Kong Industrial.

"Boss, the plans of the three real estates are all out!" Huang Changhong walked in immediately and handed some plans.

Lin Zhichao nodded. Naturally, he was very familiar with every real estate project of Cheung Kong, and he personally reviewed the drawings. After all, this is just developing, if they are all lazy, it is too unreasonable.

Cheung Kong's "off-plan sales" this year are three buildings, that is, three sites, located in North Point, Sham Shui Po, and Mong Kok. The unit price of the land does not exceed 100 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, and the profit of each property is around 3 million, which is still very optimistic.

"How's the situation outside?"

"Very good, the transaction is active, and the residential area in Hong Kong and Kowloon is also rising. At present, almost every unit is more than 25,000, and it is expected to increase to more than 30,000 in the second half of the year."

It picks up quickly!

At the worst time, a unit did not cost HKD 20,000; before the crash, a unit cost HKD 40,000 easily.

Therefore, it has indeed plummeted by more than 50%. The situation in urban areas is slightly better, and in remote places it is 70% possible.

"What about Causeway Bay?"

“Thirty thousand is about the same for one residential unit!”

Lin Zhichao nodded. Causeway Bay is more expensive than other places, and is on the same level as Sheung Wan and Western District.

After exchanging market information, Huang Changhong left the office. Yangtze River Industries has entered a period of rapid development, and there are too many projects that require his deputy general manager to be busy.

While Lin Zhichao was looking at the drawings, he was also thinking in his mind.

In the 1960s, Cheung Kong did not need much to develop real estate projects because profits were still too low (100%).

Because Lin Zhichao understands "cycles", there is no need to insist on "goods rotate". Development should be stopped at low times and sales can be increased at peak times.

Maximize profits!

Lin Zhichao came to HSBC and went directly to Sandus's office. He is now a director of HSBC, so many employees know Lin Zhichao and are greeted along the way.

And Sanders has also been promoted again, promoted to general manager and executive director, and has almost been appointed as the next "HSBC chairman" by default. It is expected to take office in the early 1960s, and there are still three or four years to go.

"In the second half of this year, World Shipping is preparing to build two more 100,000-ton oil tankers and put them into operation next year!"

Sandus said: "Have you found the charterers for the two 100,000-ton ships?"

Although he knew that Lin Zhichao was very good at sales, Sundarshi still asked as usual.

Huanyu Shipping is currently operating four 56,000-ton oil tankers, but in the past three years, it has made a profit of 55 million. After spending 14 million US dollars to acquire Hong Kong Shipping, it still has more than 40 million US dollars in its account.

The two 100,000-ton oil tankers built last year were also built with World Shipping. We have almost enough funds to build two more ships this year.

Of course, when the contract expires in August this year, the profit of the four 56,000-ton vessels will be reduced by 75% for one year, and the annual profit will be only about US$5 million.

"It's rented out! Exxon Oil and Yamaguchi Steamship each rented one. The price is about 15 to 16% return rate, and the lease period is three years."

Lin Zhichao often communicates with Sundashi regarding matters related to World Shipping, and they can be regarded as getting along with each other.

Sanders said happily: "You can rent out the oil tanker before it is launched at this time. You really have a good network. But if you build two oil tankers this year, will the shipping conditions be worse next year?"

Lin Zhichao said: "The market is bad, so let's rent it out for three years at a low price. There is always a 15% return rate. If you can't rent it out, it will be a burden on assets; moreover, the shipping market after three years will definitely be good!"

His idea is simple. This year, Universal Group has built a total of six 100,000-ton oil tankers, two of which were built by its subsidiary World Shipping.

As a result, World Shipping has spent 38 million U.S. dollars, and the remaining few million cannot build new tankers. However, by the second half of next year, World Shipping will be able to earn more than 8 million yuan and have tens of millions in its account. There will be no problem in building two more 100,000-ton ships by then.

Universal Shipping adopted a conservative expansion approach and was able to have a deadweight of more than 800,000 tons in 1961, which was 10 oil tankers. Before 1967, there was no problem growing to 2 million tons.

"The return rate of 15% is already very good! Of course, oil tankers are also a risky business, so high profits are normal." Sandus said.

The risks he mentioned are risks such as oil tankers running aground, and the cost of cleaning up oil pollution is very high.

After talking about work, Sandus talked about an "irrelevant" thing: "Do you know how many ships Yugang Pao owns now?"

Because Bao Yugang and Lin Zhichao had an intersection - selling boats, he talked about this matter.

Lin Zhichao shook his head and said: "I'm not sure. But I think there are only six or seven second-hand ships!"

After all, HSBC cannot fully support him, and major Japanese shipping companies will not give priority to him for cooperation. Without these two conditions, Bao Yugang's growth has been limited!

Sandus smiled and said: "There are already eight cargo ships with a total tonnage of 70,000 tons. Of course, they are all second-hand ships."

Lin Zhichao was really surprised that his strength was so poor.

As everyone knows, this is very reasonable. In May 1957, Bao Yugang tried his best to raise money to buy two ships and expand the fleet to three ships; Makes sense.

Lin Zhichao said deliberately: "Is it possible that HSBC is now investing heavily in shipping, or is it fully supporting Bao Yugang?"

Sanders said: "HSBC Bank has now given up on Black Book and has indeed begun to provide loans to multiple shipowners. Of course, it is by no means as convenient as you were back then. As for Bao Yugang, he followed 'your way' after all, but We are not very optimistic about him, after all, you have already established a strong relationship with Japanese customers. So in terms of loans, it is the same as other shipowners."

The implication of his words is that we are already partners, how can we fully support another ship owner. If Lin Zhichao hadn't partnered with HSBC, then HSBC might step up efforts to support Bao Yugang, at least not like the current situation - the loan will be withheld.

Lin Zhichao responded generously: "It is very wise for HSBC to give up Black Book. After all, the shipping industry is too big. If you give up, you will lose a big cake."

After chatting for a while, Lin Zhichao left.

There was still something rewarding today. After hearing about Bao Yugang's situation, Lin Zhichao suddenly brightened up.

At the same time, Lin Zhichao felt that it was too cruel to take away other people's opportunities?

No matter whether it is Li Jiacheng or Bao Yugang, no matter how powerful they are now, they will not achieve half of the achievements in their previous lives.

Maybe relying on their strength, after losing the opportunity, they may reach 30% of the previous life; for example, Li Jiacheng, if he works hard, he should be able to squeeze into the top ten real estate developers in Hong Kong; Load capacity of 10,000 tons.

In this way, Lin Zhichao can no longer scheme against others!

Even, if circumstances permit, he will be a good person in the future, support the two of them, and make them friends.

After all, Lin Zhichao has now left Hong Kong and embraced the world. He should no longer be petty, but should establish a "glorious image."

The other side.

Bao Yugang also discovered the ‘New World’ and immediately discussed it with his father and younger brother. In fact, his father, brother, and even other relatives and friends all have shares in his shipping company.

From the moment he started shipping, he fully mobilized the power of these people. Currently, Bao Yuxing is also following his brother in the shipping business, and plans to run the shipping business alone in the future.

"Recently, Hong Kong's ship-breaking industry has suddenly become busy!" Bao Yugang said with caution.

Bao Zhaolong frowned and said: "Yugang, your shipping business is running well, why do you think of doing other industries again?" In front of his father, Bao Yugang has always been very obedient and quickly explained: "It's not that I want to run shipbreaking business. Instead, I found that the shipbreaking industry in Hong Kong was starting to get busy. I went to take a look. There were many commercial ships parked in drunken bay, Ngau Tau Kok and other places, waiting to be dismantled. Where did these ships come from, and why did they suddenly appear in large numbers? What? In addition, world shipping is now in the off-season. So I guess that major ports should be full of second-hand ships waiting to be dismantled. The prices must be very cheap, and many of them are commercial ships that can still operate."

Now everyone understands!

Hong Kong shipowners will not look down on old ships. Some of them have been built for more than 40 years and are still in operation. But Europe and the United States are different. Ships that are twenty years old are already shabby to them. The key is that seafarers will protest the working environment on the ship, and the shipowner will be complained by the union.

Bao Yuxing immediately said: "We also go to major ports to select ships. If they can't be operated, they will be dismantled and sold for scrap. If they can be operated, we will continue to expand shipowners. If the price is cheap enough, maybe we can make back the investment within a year."

For a moment, the Bao family and his son decided to take action!

actually.

Whether it is Zhao Congyan or Bao Yugang, if they go to the port in the Gulf of Aden now, they can only pick up the leftovers of Global Shipping Lines; because Global Shipping's surveyors are very good, many good ships have been bought .

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that new scrapped ships will join the port later.

But in any case, Lin Zhichao's move was indeed "stingy" again. Not only did he make money from the "ship breaking yard", he also ate most of the profits from operating second-hand ships "to be scrapped".

In fact, at least seven or eight ships, for Bao Yugang and Zhao Congyan, could still operate for a few years, but they were pulled by Global Shipping to be dismantled. Because from the beginning, Lin Zhichao felt that if these ships fell into the hands of others, it would be better to dismantle them, lest they endanger the enemy.

Of course, at least there is no scheming person this time, and it is up to him whether he dismantles it or not.