The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

Since mid-January, Lin Zhichao has been preparing an "investment fund" in New York and is preparing to use it as a flagship for investing in U.S. stocks. The first phase of funding is US$20 million (HK$120 million), and investment stocks include Texas Instruments, Coca-Cola, and Disney.

In an office building in Manhattan, Lin Zhichao was sitting in his office, enjoying the atmosphere of 'Wall Street'.

"Boss, Mr. Chris is here!"

"Please come in"

The first person to come in was a Chinese accountant named Zhang Zhaonan. He had studied in the United States and had been working in the United States. Zhang Zhaonan is a native of Taiwan and previously worked in the American Sales Department of Yangtze River Industrial Group.

Now that he has been transferred to a new company, Zhang Zhaonan feels like he has been promoted, so he is very happy recently and works extremely seriously.

After a while, Zhang Zhaonan walked in with a white American, who was the Wall Street financial talent introduced by Rich to Lin Zhichao. I guess he is not an elite, just a financial talent with several years of working experience on Wall Street.

"Chris, please sit down!"

After everyone sat down together, including Zhang Zhaonan also sat on the sofa.

Chris took the initiative to hand over a resume to Lin Zhichao.

"Worked at a securities company at the University of Chicago for three years."

After looking at it for a while, Lin Zhichao said: "Is there anything you want to know about us?"

Chris is meticulously dressed and is a very energetic man. He is thirty years old and full of vitality.

Just by looking at his face, Lin Zhichao felt that he was very good!

"I heard that this is an overseas private investment company. Can you tell me its specific nature?" Chris asked.

He was introduced by Rich, the president of Audrey Toy Company, but he didn't know much about the specifics of the new company. I just know that it is a private investment company and the boss is Chinese.

He wasn't an elite Wall Street player with a solid track record, so naturally he'd be more than happy to do the job if the salary was higher.

Lin Zhichao said: "I own an industrial group in Hong Kong, and last year's profit was more than 15 million U.S. dollars, so I plan to use most of the company's liquidity to invest in American stocks. Moreover, I have already selected the stocks. , and it is a long-term value investment. Therefore, your job is very simple, just to carry out my orders."

Chris said: "Doesn't it mean that my job is very easy!"

Lin Zhichao leaned back on the sofa, raised Erlang's legs, and said relaxedly: "In this world, making money depends on brains. Wall Street is originally a place that relies on 'robbery' to prosper."

Seeing Lin Zhichao's confidence, Chris was a little surprised. Does a Chinese shipping expert and industrialist know much about the Wall Street stock market?

He was soon impressed by Lin Zhichao's confidence and said: "I am willing to join Mr. Lin's investment company!"

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "It's a very smart choice, then arrange to come to work as soon as possible!"

Chris left the office building full of joy. After all, the capital is tens of millions of dollars. Although he did not directly operate it, it also shows that the strength of this investment company is very large.

The normal salary has also increased by more than 20% than before, and the boss promised to give everyone bonuses if the income is good that year.

On the whole, Chris felt that he valued the identity of this Chinese boss more. It is said that he is a big shipowner like Onassis, and even a big factory owner; such a rich boss is simply an opportunity for him.

Ten days later, the Lin family gathered at their villa on Long Island, New York, to celebrate the Spring Festival.

This is a villa located on the seaside of Long Island, with an area of ​​15,000 square feet, a large lawn and a yacht dock, and six bedrooms. The price is only US$280,000, which is surprisingly cheap.

Of course, there is no shortage of luxury villas in the United States, so the prices will not be that high. Maybe you call it a 'luxury villa', but others may only be able to afford it if they are middle class people.

"Today is the "New Year's Eve" of our Chinese, which is the last day of the year. Of course, the year here refers to the Chinese calendar. Our Chinese is a civilization with a history of 5,000 years. Although now in order to integrate into the world, we also use the world calendar. , but in our Chinese minds, whether it is "holidays", "birthdays", etc., we are used to the Chinese New Year. Tonight is also called "New Year's Eve". The meaning of night, also known as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, etc., is the last night at the end of the year. After tonight, tomorrow will usher in our Chinese New Year, and our Chinese zodiac is ranked first. Year of the Rat."

In the morning, Lin Zhichao used breakfast time to talk about traditional culture to all his children. The children listened very intently.

After listening, Lin Ruidong, a mixed-race son who was less than six years old, raised his hand and asked: "Why is the rat so annoying, and it also becomes the first of the twelve zodiac animals?"

Lin Zhichao said: "In our Chinese mythology: Emperor Xuanyuan wanted to choose twelve animals as palace guards. The other animals originally pushed the cow as the leader, but the mouse jumped on the cow's back, so the mouse ranked first and is still in our Chinese. There are twelve hours, and the relationship between the twelve earthly branches and animals. The rat is active at night, so it is a child rat."

A profound traditional culture lesson was vividly told in Lin Zhichao's dictation. It is combined with fairy tales and the children will listen to it with gusto.

After breakfast, Lin Zhichao led everyone to write Spring Festival couplets, hang lanterns and other activities. After all, it is his own villa and will not affect the neighbors.

The arrangements for this Spring Festival are very meaningful. I spent New Year’s Eve and the first day of the new year in a villa on Long Island, and the second day of the second day went to live in a duplex apartment next to Central Park in Manhattan, and went shopping and shopping in New York.

Around the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, everyone left New York in batches.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, which was also Monday, Lin Zhichao came to his office in Manhattan.

After nearly a month of preparation, the investment fund of the Yangtze River Industries Group has finally been established, with external law firms and accounting firms as consultants and a team of five.

In the conference room, Lin Zhichao sat at the main seat and officially announced: "Our initial capital is 20 million US dollars, which is already in the account of Citibank (Citigroup), which means that we can enter the market at any time."

Everyone was surprised. The fund size of 20 million US dollars was not small, and it was still a private fund.

As the team leader, Chris said: "Excuse me, BOSS, which stocks should I buy?"

Others are a little curious, can't you decide which stocks to buy?

Lin Zhichao said: "The ratio of Texas Instruments, Disney, and Coca-Cola is 3:1:1 respectively. Considering that the stock market was in a correction at the beginning of the year, I suggest buying gradually within a month to spread the cost."

Chris nodded and said, "No problem!"

Lin Zhichao made another arrangement: "After buying these stocks, we only need to enjoy their dividends and do not need to trade. I suggest that you usually pay more attention to the stock market and analyze it. If you have the opportunity to give me feedback on this information. I will consider it later. I will use dividends or some additional funds for your team's operations. But my funds are for long-term value investment, so they will not be touched."

Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that there would be funds available for operation, which meant that after finishing this work, they no longer had to worry about losing their jobs.

After the meeting, Lin Zhichao, Chris and others went to the New York Stock Exchange, and saw that the buildings here were so tall that even Hong Kong of later generations would lose its color here, because these buildings are not only tall, but also large in scale.

Buildings in Hong Kong generally have a small floor area on each floor due to the scarcity of land.

On the top of the gate of the New York Stock Exchange is a group of reliefs with gods engaged in industry, agriculture and trade, representing all aspects of the economic field.

After a brief visit, Lin Zhichao was no longer interested. He was not good at stock trading before, but now he is engaged in long-term value investing, so it is not considered stock trading.

That night, Lin Zhichao returned to his duplex apartment in Central Park, Manhattan.

"Mom, Xin'er, Rui Huan, and Rui Jiang have all boarded the plane successfully!"

This morning, the first wave of members of the Lin family began to return to Hong Kong.

Tang Caiyun nodded and said, "It's going well, and I expect to arrive in Hong Kong the day after tomorrow! After sending them on the plane, we visited New York again. I should bring Rui Hai, Rui Kai, and Wanzhu back to Hong Kong tomorrow."

The seven children were brought back in three waves, and Lin Zhichao returned to Hong Kong alone.

Audrey Hepburn also immediately said: "Tomorrow I will take Ruidong and Ruinan to Los Angeles!"

There was a bit of reluctance on everyone's face. This Spring Festival is very meaningful, especially the elements of the 'Lin Family' that Lin Zhichao values ​​​​are fully reflected.

Seeing everyone's performance, Lin Zhichao also felt the importance of family gatherings, especially to allow his children to fully feel the unity of the big family.

So, he said: "In the future, every winter and summer vacation, we will organize family gatherings, mainly in Hong Kong, and we can go skiing in Switzerland in the future. Normally, Audrey can also come to Hong Kong at any time."

Everyone readily agreed.