The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

In a private room of the Miramar Hotel, Lin Zhichao invited Zhou Xinian to dinner. Both of them are "Jazz", but it is obvious that Zhou Xinian has completely lost power in recent years and rarely appears in public.

The reason for this is that Zhou Xinian, once the most influential figure in Chinese politics, actually stood on the wrong team in 1967; he did not side with Zuo Lengchan's faction, nor did he choose the British Hong Kong government, but went to Taiwan and During the critical meeting, news spread that he intended to immigrate to Taiwan.

This makes Hong Kong government officials think - you are not optimistic that we can keep Hong Kong, but you are the former chief member of the Legislative Council; because of this - Zhou Xinian misjudged the situation, causing him to lose power in politics, so he devoted himself to In business, that is, the chairman of the board of directors of the milk company.

During the dinner, Lin Zhichao said 'accidentally': "Sir Zhou, the real estate industry in Hong Kong is booming now. You have abundant land capital. If you show your talents in this area, you will definitely be majestic!"

Zhou Xinian was stunned and then understood something - what Lin Zhichao meant was that the milk company owned large tracts of land in Causeway Bay and Pok Fu Lam. If it developed the real estate industry, it would be very profitable. Neither he nor the dairy company are good at real estate, so it is naturally impossible for them to develop independently. The implication is that you can find Cheung Kong Group to cooperate!

He quickly declined: "Sir Lin, the milk company has more than 2,000 employees, and I am responsible for them. If we develop real estate, what will be our future?"

Lin Zhichao immediately understood that Zhou Xinian was a bit stubborn. Of course the milk company could go to the New Territories to raise cows, so why waste the natural resources?

The two once collaborated on a site in Kowloon, when Hong Kong real estate had just allowed high-rise development, and both parties were very happy about that cooperation. Because of this, Lin Zhichao took the initiative to come to see Zhou Xinian's attitude this time, but he was unexpectedly disappointed.

Zhou Xinian was on guard against him!

No wonder, in his previous life, Zhou Xi did not seek cooperation with the Five Real Estate Tigers to defeat the enemy. Instead, he found a rural real estate company, Chinachem. No wonder he was ridiculed. Needless to say, Zhou Xinian didn't want to give up his interests at all.

Precisely because he lost power in officialdom, he regarded the interests of the business as very important.

"Causeway Bay has become a prosperous city, and Pok Fu Lam is about to be developed. Land prices and property prices are soaring. It is really not cost-effective to raise dairy cows. This is from the company's perspective. The New Territories is large enough, and it can definitely complete the task of relocating dairy farms and milk factories. Sir Zhou, I just want to remind you that I can see this, and some people can see this. After all, I am a Chinese investor, and I cannot compete with you for the milk company out of moral reasons. But if Land is interested in the milk company, you may not be able to keep it. After all, you only own less than 20% of the shares, right?"

Lin Zhichao once thought about taking possession of the milk company, but he recently found it difficult:

First, his status no longer allows him to maliciously acquire Chinese companies, especially a prestigious Chinese like Zhou Xinian. Only when his opponent maliciously provokes Lin Zhichao can he attack. This is also the reason why people like Li Jiacheng, Li Zhaoji, and Zheng Yutong in their previous lives did not learn from the styles of the younger generation such as Liu Luanxiong and Luo Xurui.

Second, if Land acquires a milk company, if Zhou Xinian does not take the initiative to ask him for help, Lin Zhichao is not standing on the moral ground, so it is inconvenient to intervene. Moreover, the Land Company exchanged its shares for the shares of the Dairy Company. It is obviously not cost-effective for Lin Zhichao to spend a lot of cash to buy the Dairy Company, which has been speculated to have much higher prices. Although the assets of the dairy company are substantial, they are not necessary.

Third, Zhou Xinian was wary of powerful real estate companies, fearing that others would bully the weak.

Based on these three considerations, Lin Zhichao used the name of 'reminding Zhou Xinian' this time to see if there was any benefit.

Sure enough, after Zhou Xinian heard Lin Zhichao's last words, he immediately said nervously: "Sir Lin, how did you know that Landmark was eyeing the dairy company?"

Lin Zhichao said: "This is just an analysis! The Dairy Farm's land in Causeway Bay can be used to build high-end residential buildings and office buildings, and the land in Pok Fu Lam can be used to build large-scale private housing estates. In Hong Kong, the Dairy Company's enterprises can be acquired, except for the Yangtze River Industrial groups, and Land. What's more, Henry Keswick, the chief executive of the Jardine Matheson Group, has attached great importance to Hong Kong's real estate development after taking office. Suppose Land acquires the milk company, Sir Zhou, what can you do to resist? "

Zhou Xinian's family is not considered extremely wealthy, at most it can only be considered as the Zheng Z family. He probably owns about 15% of the equity, which is what he has achieved over the years. His wealth cannot afford to fight a takeover war.

The history of the Milk Company can be traced back to 1844:

The beginning was the Ice Factory (Ice Making) Company, an ice-making factory in Causeway Bay. Because Westerners like to eat ice and not drink hot, the ice-making business was very profitable in the early years. There are two large-scale ice factories in Hong Kong. One uses ice cubes transported from North America, and the other uses machines to make ice cubes. The two sides were at loggerheads. In the end, the two companies saw that this was not going to work and neither of them was making any money. In addition, one of the masterminds wanted to return to China, so the two ice-making factories merged into one - the Hong Kong Ice-Making Company.

The milk company had no direct relationship with the ice factory at the beginning. It was a British doctor named "Winson" who decided to raise dairy cows in Causeway Bay because of medical needs for milk, and the business was booming. The Milk Company also merged with the Hong Kong Ice Company and became the current Milk Company.

Because the popularity of refrigerators in the middle of this century caused the ice-making business to shrink, the company completely became a milk company.

So how did a British-owned company become Zhou Xinian's Chinese-owned company?

It turned out that Zhou Xinian was once the chief councilor of the two bureaus and had a very high reputation. Many large companies made him a director. It was much easier for Zhou to make money in business than for someone with a rough background. Dairy companies also made him a director. After Zhou became a director of the Milk Company, he focused on buying the shares of the Milk Company, and then naturally became the chairman of the board of directors.

There are many publicly listed companies in Hong Kong, and they are gradually being acquired by family-owned companies. For example, Wharf has acquired companies such as the Star Ferry and Hong Kong Tramways in recent years.

Zhou Xinian's face was unpredictable. He somewhat suspected that Lin Zhichao was defrauding him, and his ultimate goal was to get his hands on the milk company's land. This method is very advanced, and in the end it is unfair to obtain benefits, and it also occupies great righteousness.

So, he said: "I will go back and think about this matter carefully. Thank you Sir Lin for informing me!"

Lin Zhichao sighed in his heart and said: "In that case, Sir Zhou thinks that my worries are unfounded!"

"It's serious. Sir Lin kindly reminds me that I will definitely take more precautions!"

"Well, back then Sir Zhou took the initiative to approach me for real estate cooperation. I have always remembered this favor."

After chatting some polite words, the two of them separated with their own concerns.

Lin Zhichao holds about 5% of the Dairy Milk Company's shares, and the Dairy Milk Company's market value is 350 million, with a market value of HK$102 per share (the total share capital is about 3.5 million shares). Such old foreign companies have a small number of shares because they operate conservatively and rarely issue new shares.

Seeing Zhou Xinian's attitude today, Lin Zhichao has given up the idea of ​​getting involved in the milk company and just wants to make a lot of money from it.

His power could have crushed the Land and Dairy Company, but besides not wanting to lose his morality, more importantly, he did not want to alert the enemy.

After all, his layout of Wharf cannot make Jardine Group wary. At this time, Jardine Matheson's shareholding in the Wharf Group was still relatively high (35~45%). However, because the Wharf Group wanted to develop Harbor City, it required huge financial support (a total of more than 2 billion, with a cycle of more than ten years). Therefore, we can only continue to issue new shares to raise funds, and issue bonds to raise funds.

The Jardine Matheson Group does not want to invest too heavily in Hong Kong, so it is unlikely to subscribe for too many new shares issued by the Wharf Group. Therefore, its shareholding will gradually be diluted in the past few years.

Once Lin Zhichao alerts the snake and makes Jardine Matheson Group suspicious, they will definitely strengthen their holdings in Wharf.

Therefore, it is impossible for Lin Zhichao to lose the watermelon and pick up the sesame seeds. The dairy company's land in Causeway Bay and Pok Fu Lam was not enough to tempt him.

Lin Zhichao took Zhao Yazhi to Tower B of Far East Financial Center, pushed open an office building, and then closed the door.

Zhao Yazhi asked curiously: "Brother Chao, why did you bring me here?"

Lin Zhichao said: "This will be your company's office from now on. You can get the office equipment yourself later."

"my company?"

"Yes, I support you to become the boss of a securities and real estate investment company. This is your benefit as my woman."

This woman is very nice!

At this time, Zhao Yazhi was at the age where he could be made into something. Lin Zhichao planned to develop it and become a long-term lover. After all, this woman is inherently anti-aging, and with her secret weapon - the Holy Spirit, the shelf life must be very long.

In this case, naturally she cannot live too shabbily, otherwise she will be the one who disgraces Lin Zhichao. Giving too much money directly is not as good as teaching women to invest, so Lin Zhichao came up with this idea.

As for a woman betraying him with money, Lin Zhichao never thought about it; even if this happened, he would be happy to see someone clearly with the least amount of money.

Of course, Lin Zhichao is still very confident in himself. What's more, would a woman who has seen an eagle fall in love with a rooster on the ground?

the answer is negative!

In the past life, there was always a saying on the Internet - Find an honest man to marry. In fact, such opportunities are very rare. Honest men line up to get married, but that kind of woman will not compromise.

Zhao Yazhi happily held Lin Zhichao's arm and said worriedly: "It's just that I'm not very good at it!"

Lin Zhichao said: "It doesn't matter, as long as you can serve me!"

"I hate it!"

Zhao Yazhi shyly avoided it and immediately started touring the office building.

This office building is located on the 20th floor of Tower B of the Far East Financial Center in Central. It is a dream office area for many companies. Although it is only more than 600 square feet, the monthly rent is as high as more than HK$2,500. In other words, the rent of Grade A office buildings in Central has now risen to more than HK$4 per square foot per month, and is still rising.

After a while, Zhao Yazhi came to the window and exclaimed: "Victoria Harbor, Tsim Sha Tsui, it's so beautiful here!"

What a fuss!

At this time, Tower AB of the Far East Financial Center was considered to be close to the sea, so the windows were sea view office buildings. Of course, in the future, the government may build high-rise buildings on reclaimed land, which will block part of the sea view.

Lin Zhichao hugged Zhao Ya from behind. After all, who doesn’t love a young body?

Zhao Yazhi was quite shy at first, but later she took the initiative to cooperate.

afterwards.

Lin Zhichao was satisfied, but Zhao Yazhi was unsteady on his feet.

"You just know how to mess around. If someone finds out, I wonder what you, Tycoon Lin, will do!" Zhao Yazhi said weakly.

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "This is private property, why would anyone come?"

It must be safe before Lin Zhichao dares to take action. After all, he also has to take care of girls.

"This will not be allowed in the future!"

"That's not okay, I opened a company for you just to make this happen!"

Zhao Ya was so anxious that she almost cried, and said, "I'm just being fucked by you like this."

Lin Zhichao immediately sent out a love message, and soon the girl figured it out.

If it works, that’s good!

"In the next two days, you go to a securities brokerage company to open an account, and then I will give you 2 million Hong Kong dollars to trade in stocks. I will tell you the specific stocks to buy later!"

The first move was 2 million Hong Kong dollars, which shocked Zhao Yazhi.

"So much, what should I do if I lose money?"

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "If you lose, it's mine, if you win, it's yours!"

The reason why he was generous was because he was already generous to women, not to mention that Zhao Yazhi was a long-term lover, so the two million was a permanent investment.

Now he enters the market with two million. By the beginning of 1973, Lin Zhichao can make his stock rise steadily to 10 million. He only needs to buy two or three stocks.

The other side.

As expected, Zhou Xinian had nothing to do, and Lin Zhichao no longer paid attention to the dairy company. He held 175,000 shares of the dairy company and about 3% of Land shares (the market value of Land was 2.6 billion); these stocks were all planned to wait until the 'Niu War' 'Sell it out and buy the stocks of other real estate companies.

One day in September, Lin Zhichao came to Tiebozhou Yacht Club.

Tiebozhou Yacht Club is a club founded by Lin Zhichao. It has become the favorite yacht club of Hong Kong Chinese millionaires, keeping pace with the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club founded by the British. The biggest contribution here is naturally Lin Zhichao’s influence.

"Lao Yu, you look good lately!"

"Lin Sheng, you are getting younger as you live!"

Lin Zhichao and Yu Chengwan greeted each other friendly. He had supported many people, but Yu Chengwan was the most special. After all, when we met, Yu Chengwan was a 'chicken general', and he was being targeted and his life was in danger.

Just because Lin Zhichao admired the generals of the Anti-Japanese War, he decided to help Yu Chengwan avoid disaster and helped him become a multi-millionaire today.

Yes, today Yu Chengwan is a real multi-millionaire. In recent years, relying on his relationship with Lin Zhichao, he has many conveniences and information channels in speculating and investing in properties. Today, Yu Chengwan owns many shops, offices, and residences, all of which are packaged in a real estate company.

"Sister-in-law, is this Hua Fang?" Lin Zhichao greeted Wu Bing again.

"Hello Uncle Lin!"

Next to Wu Bing was a woman of eighteen or nineteen years old, who was Yu Chengwan and Wu Bing's youngest daughter, Yu Huafang. Lin Zhichao had met her several times before.

Lin Zhichao sighed: "Your words, Uncle Lin, made me remember that I have been friends with Lao Yu for seventeen or eighteen years."

Yu Chengwan suddenly became emotional. Lin Zhichao had "life-saving grace" for him and had made a fortune for many years. He immediately said: "Seventeen years, without Lin giving birth to you, I would not be where I am today!"

Lin Zhichao patted Yu Chengwan on the shoulder and said, "I won't talk about anything, just talk about it!"

In fact, at that time, Lin Zhichao was fascinated by the stories of the Anti-Japanese War. Every time he met Yu Chengwan, he most liked to hear stories about fighting Japanese invaders, as well as some experiences and stories about the Republic of China. Sometimes it feels like I was born twenty or thirty years earlier and have returned to that era.

Gradually, the friendship between Lin Zhichao and Yu Chengwan became stronger. He arranged for Yu Chengwan to be the agent of Cheung Kong Holdings, giving him a 5% discount on every real estate project. Yu Chengwan often bought dozens of units, and then Release it at a high price and make a lot of profit. The profits he made were invested in shops, office buildings, etc. to collect rents.

Of course there are risks, but when he interacts with Lin Zhichao, he can sometimes get some information. If he feels the risk, he will invest less. From Lin Zhichao, he also learned the theory of not investing with too much debt, so his wealth has been growing steadily.

He has probably become one of the few multi-millionaires among the G Army, and even the only multi-millionaire who earned his fortune on his own.

After a while, Li Gaofu also came. The three of them had made an appointment today. They didn't choose to go out to sea, so they drank and talked in the private room of the club.

"Brother Gao Fu, when do you plan to go public?" Lin Zhichao asked with a smile.

In the previous life, there were 200 companies listed between 1972 and 1973, more than half of which were real estate companies, and about 50 companies raised more than 30 million yuan. It can be seen that Li Jiacheng in his previous life during this period was not a big deal. The Five Real Estate Tigers are the term of later generations.

"Probably at the end of October!" Li Gaofu said.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said: "There is no problem with the Hang Seng Index reaching 700 points at the end of the year (800 points). With the strength of Fuhe Real Estate, there is no problem in raising more than 30 million yuan."

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although Li Gaofu misjudged the situation back then, he was still strong. For example, his Fuhe Building is worth more than 60 million; and although he returned to Hong Kong at the end of 1968, he was still considered a bargain hunter. In addition, he was good at developing real estate, and he had made a lot of money in recent years.

Fuhe Real Estate is at least among the top 30 real estate companies in Hong Kong.

Li Gaofu said happily: "I hope so!"

Fuhe Real Estate was developing well. Lin Zhichao planned to exchange some new shares with it and then sell them in 1973.

At this time, Yu Chengwan said excitedly: "Lin Sheng, do you think my Wancheng Real Estate can be listed on the market?"

Lin Zhichao was stunned. He didn't expect that Yu Cheng Wanbao Dao was still young and wanted to use his remaining energy in the shopping mall!

"Do you have assets of 20 million Hong Kong dollars?"

"That's almost the number! I've also heard from others that a pig can be listed on the market, so I'm excited. If I can raise part of the funds and use it to acquire rental properties, wouldn't it be a good investment?"

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "You old man, you are really a precious sword!"

Yu Chengwan said: "What does it mean to be 70 years old? I still plan to work until I retire at the age of 90!"

According to Lin Zhichao's understanding, Yu Chengwan's second house was not to be dealt with, and Wu Bing's house later became favored. Naturally, Dafang was not willing to have his real estate business monopolized by a second house, so both women joined Wan Cheng Real Estate.

Lin Zhichao saw that Yu Chengwan had great ambitions, so he also made suggestions: "There is really no problem in going public, and it is easy to go public now. You can seriously consider it."

Yu Chengwan nodded and said, "Can I invite you two to become shareholders?"

Of course he knows how much it is, but if he can win over these two people, he will be safe.

Lin Zhichao said cheerfully: "No problem!"

They have been friends for many years, and Lin Zhichao doesn't mind hanging out with them.

Li Gaofu also readily agreed, and he also used the property to form a partnership between the three companies.

Of course, since Yu Chengwan holds the majority of the shares, no one will take the lead.

So far, Lin Zhichao has invested in New World Development, plus Yu Chengwan's Wancheng Real Estate.

In the early years, he also participated in Xu Aizhou's company. Later, Xu paid for his shares. Lin Zhichao took the initiative to withdraw, and of course the profit was huge.

After a while, Wu Bing came with his young daughter Yu Huafang to toast.

Yu Huafang is the Shaw Brothers porn star Yu Sally in her previous life. Her family was in decline at the time, so she ran for Miss Hong Kong in 1973. Her ranking was unclear, but she also entered the entertainment industry and was spotted by Li Hanxiang.

People's destiny has been changed. Now that she has become a rich lady, she is no longer burdened by life. Naturally, she cannot become a porn star. After all, Yu Chengwan is considered the number one person. Even if he is from the second house, he cannot afford to lose that person.

Wu Bing has been maintaining her relationship with Lin Zhichao's mother, Wu Wenying. In her opinion, with this relationship, their second wife will not be left behind by her first wife. Because she knew that Yu Chengwan was most grateful to Lin Zhichao.

Because of this, although the two houses are now fighting over Wancheng Real Estate, she still has the upper hand.