The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

Lin Zhichao took Tang Caiyun and his daughter home from the hospital. The whole family gathered around them and curiously looked at Lin Huizhu, who was only three days old.

Even several servants came forward to check it out and praised her: "The eyes are big and bright, just like Lin Sheng!"

Another servant echoed: "Most of them look like Lin Sheng, but there are also many places like Mrs. Caiyun!"

While everyone was talking, Wu Wenying also took out the red chips he had prepared, handed them to Lin Zhichao, and distributed them to everyone one by one; there were six live-in maids, two female bodyguards, and four male bodyguards on the doorstep of the villa.

It's not too much. After all, the Lin family has a large population. The main reason is that Lin Zhichao doesn't like too many servants and it's too cluttered. If there are not too many children, four servants will be enough.

The servants soon had enough and returned to their jobs.

Lin Zhichao took a look and said, "Hey guys, the Lin family has so many people." He already has four sons, two daughters, two wives, a mother, and a sister in the United States in Hong Kong. He will have to return to Hong Kong to work next year.

There are advantages to having more people, that is, it makes Lin Zhichao feel very warm and more motivated to fight; the only disadvantage is that sometimes it feels a bit noisy, but as the male host, he has privileges, and if he needs to calm down, he will not It disturbed him.

"Hey, hubby, have you bought a TV?" Tang Caiyun said curiously, pointing to the TV cabinet in the living room.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said: "At the end of this month, Li's Voice will be broadcast. I bought three TVs in advance and installed them in the living rooms on each floor."

There is finally a TV station that you can watch. Although Lin Zhichao may not have time to watch it, his family members are in great need. There is too little entertainment in this era. Tang Caiyun and Xu Caiying are not like other wives who like to play cards or something. Like Lin Zhichao, they have no interest in playing cards. Their biggest hobby is to go shopping, because they can be regarded as 'career women' and have no time to waste at the card table.

As for Wu Wenying, she occasionally goes to play mahjong with her other wives, and they are always picked up and dropped off by a special car. At the same time, I won more and lost less. I don’t know if I won with my true skills.

"Is there a Chinese station?"

"Yes, there is a Chinese channel and an English channel. However, the content of a British-run TV station may not be very good. It is okay to relieve fatigue once in a while."

Before there was television, Lin Zhichao often took everyone to watch movies, which was considered a pastime. As for installing a projector at home, Lin Zhichao felt it was unnecessary because his previous house was not big enough.

At this time, Xu Caiying hugged Lin Huizhu and said excitedly: "Husband, let's take a family photo to celebrate the addition of a little princess!"

Lin Zhichao also liked taking pictures and immediately said, "Okay, I'll move the equipment."

After a while, the female bodyguard Qin Li was called to take pictures of the Lin family.

In the two middle seats, Tang Caiyun is holding her youngest daughter Lin Huizhu, and Xu Caiying is holding her eldest daughter Lin Wanzhu;

Standing in front are the eldest son Lin Ruihuan and the second son Lin Ruijiang;

In the back, Lin Zhichao stood and picked up his third son, Lin Ruihai, and Wu Wenying stood and picked up his fourth son, Lin Ruikai.

"Smile, young masters!" Qin Li commanded.

Lin Ruihuan and Lin Ruijiang squeezed out smiles, and Qin Li pressed the shutter decisively.

After some operations, the Lin family left another record.

"Qin Li, go to Changjiang Industrial Group to develop the photos later, and remember not to leak them."

"No problem, boss!"

Lin Zhichao opened a photo studio in Changjiang Industrial Group, which is dedicated to internal services, but in fact it is also convenient for himself to develop photos.

At dinner that day, Lin Zhichao took out a bottle of Moutai and had a drink.

The packaging of Maotai liquor in this era was a cylindrical three-section earthenware bottle, which was sealed with a cork wrapped in oil paper, pig urine skin on the outside, tied tightly with green linen silk, and then sealed with cover paper.

Will this packaging leak? Obviously there are some risks!

Therefore, Lin Zhichao used a variety of methods to store Maotai liquor from 1953 to 1956; some were poured into special vats, some even packed bottles were put into special vats, and all were put into special wine cellars.

Of course, these are not for collection or appreciation, but purely for the sake of drinking the foreign-trade Moutai in the early and mid-1950s in the future.

After all, when it comes to collection and appreciation, Lin Zhichao doesn't even have time to collect calligraphy, paintings and antiques, let alone a mere bottle of wine. He originally wanted to collect calligraphy and painting antiques, but later found that it was too energy-consuming, probably because he was worried that he would lose his mind by playing with things.

Therefore, antique collection cannot be done exclusively, only when there is an opportunity and opportunity to buy. When the auction house entered Hong Kong in the 1970s and 1980s, Lin Zhichao might as well buy it directly from the auction house to add some heritage to the family.

Xu Caiying poured a glass of wine for Lin Zhichao, first smelled it herself, and couldn't help but take a sip.

"Ahem, it smells so strong of alcohol!"

Lin Zhichao took the wine glass and said with a smile: "Baijiu is not so delicious!"

Xu Caiying regained her composure and said, "Then you still drink liquor?"

Lin Zhichao said: "It's just a drink! It's just for fun!"

Everyone in his family knows that Lin Zhichao has a habit of collecting wine. He has a lot of imported wine, and now he also collects mainland baijiu. But when it comes to drinking, Lin Zhichao always drinks in moderation and doesn't drink too much.

Cheung Wo Plastic Factory.

Li Shulin hurried to the factory and said to Li Jiacheng: "Brother Cheng, there are several factories on the market that can produce two-color plastic flowers, and they suddenly appeared!"

Li Jiacheng was shocked and paled. He thought that Changhe Plastic Factory could stand out from other factories by mastering this technology for the second time. Unexpectedly, the third and fourth companies of this technology appeared so quickly

"Could it be that Yangtze Plastic Factory has already mastered the technology and simply passed it on to some plastic flower factories that cooperate with them?"

He would not have thought that Lin Zhichao was specifically targeting him, because it was illogical; the two of them had no grievances, and Lin Zhichao was interested in them last time they met, so how could he be targeted?

So he thought that maybe the Yangtze Plastic Factory saw that the technology had been deciphered and simply taught it to him. This would also win the respect of the industry.

Li Shulin said: "It's possible! Yangtze Plastic Factory likes to do 'good deeds'. Last time, it sold plastic pellets at a low price to all plastic flower factories in Hong Kong. Now it has taught the technology again. I don't understand why Lin Zhichao likes fame so much!" Finally, some complaints started.

Li Jiacheng immediately said: "You can't say that to others. Last time we bought cheap plastic pellets, we also took advantage. Lin Zhichao has done so much in his career, so he must like to do things to gain fame."

Later, Li Jiacheng said: "No matter! It's better to have it than not to have it. In the past month, our orders have increased by 40%. These are good things."

He also quickly adjusted his emotions. After all, compared with the miserable operation a few years ago, Cheung Hutch Plastic Factory is now completely out of danger. Its annual profit has exceeded 300,000 Hong Kong dollars, and this year it can even exceed 500,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Speaking of which, he felt that he should also thank Lin Zhichao. It was someone else who invented the plastic flower, and he was fearless and did not embarrass everyone with the patent.

Li Shulin was also very happy immediately. He and his father also held 15% of the shares, making them the second shareholders after his cousin.

"By the way, Brother Cheng, when will you marry Miss Zhuang?"

Li Jiacheng blushed slightly. He could tell that his cousin was joking, but he quickly returned to normal and said: "It's not working in the past few years. My uncle's career is getting bigger and bigger. He still doesn't like my wealth and industry. If Our factory can make millions every year, I believe my uncle will see my hard work and success!"

He wants to make a million Hong Kong dollars a year, and he wants to build a factory of his own, but these are very difficult.

There is a world hegemon in the plastic flower industry in Hong Kong, and the peers in Hong Kong are also very powerful, especially those factories that cooperate with the Yangtze River Plastic Factory. They are all very powerful.

"Brother Cheng, don't worry. You are very good at business. You can lead the company to make a million dollars a year. You can definitely achieve it in two or three years!"

In Li Shulin's opinion, his cousin's production management, technology development, sales, etc. are all very good. Such a businessman will definitely be very successful.

"Okay, let's get to work. I recently reached a loan agreement with the bank and plan to expand the scale of plastic flower production! If we don't take the opportunity to expand production, plastic flowers may not be popular in five years, and it will be even more difficult by then. "

He plans to give it a go and expand production, aiming to double or triple the output value in one year.

The reason why he dared to take this gamble was because he felt that plastic flowers had only been popular in Europe and the United States for less than three years, and there must be market potential.

Not to be missed.

"good"

In early May, Lin Zhichao came to Japan to inspect shipyards.

The shipyard gave a high-level reception, and President Kazuo Kondo personally received Lin Zhichao. Generally, people who build ships are "demanding" shipyards because they have no money and hope that the shipyards can pay for them in installments. Even if a wealthy shipowner builds a ship, it is enough to send one representative.

However, like Lin Zhichao, he built 8 large oil tankers in Germany at one time and still has great influence in the industry. It can be said that with that large order, Germany not only solved many jobs, but also laid a solid foundation for building larger ships in the future.

However, the cost of shipbuilding in Germany is still much higher than that in Japan, so now Lin Zhichao plans to build ships in Japan. Of course, it is not ruled out that a small number of ships will be built in Britain, France and Germany. After all, Lin Zhichao still has business in Europe.

As for the US shipbuilding industry, almost all of it has been relocated and there is no need to consider it.

"Mr. Lin, please come this way!" Kondo Kazuo Kondo took Lin Zhichao to the shipyard for a tour.

Lin Zhichao nodded, and then began to examine it carefully.

During this period, he asked: "Chairman Kondo, I heard that you can already build a 70,000-ton oil tanker. Is the technology guaranteed?"

Kondo Kazuo said: "The technology is absolutely guaranteed! We use the segmented casting method, which not only allows us to build larger tankers, but also makes it more precise - hull balance, load capacity, and navigation stability."

Lin Zhichao knew that the segmented casting method would be one of the magic weapons for the rise of Japan's shipbuilding industry. Later generations of China learned to build large ships from the Japanese segmented casting method.

"Is it possible to save shipbuilding time and reduce costs?"

Kondo Kazuo knew that the biggest reason why Lin Zhichao chose Japanese shipbuilding was that it was cheap.

"Of course! We can give you US$7.5 million to build a 70,000-ton oil tanker."

Lin Zhichao was delighted. It was indeed cheaper than in Europe. A 56,000-ton ship in Europe costs US$7.4 million.

"What about the cargo ship of about 50,000 tons?"

"Probably around 5 million US dollars!"

Cheap indeed!

Building a 12,000-ton cargo ship in the UK costs US$2 million.

Moreover, Lin Zhichao speculated that shipbuilding between 1959 and 1961 might have been cheaper.

After an inspection, Lin Zhichao had a good idea and said: "President Kondo, I plan to order two 70,000-ton oil tankers and two 50,000-ton cargo ships. But before that, I plan to contact several of our Japanese customers in the hope that They can rent it for a long time. In this way, I hope to only pay 25% of the shipbuilding funds, and the rest of the funds will be repaid to you with their rent!"

It's good that he has money, but this shipbuilding itself is to maintain relations with the Japanese shipbuilding industry, and it is unplanned shipbuilding.

Therefore, he must find Japanese customers who are willing to rent for a long time and then use the rent to repay the loan.

After thinking for a while, Kondo Kazuo said: "I think this plan is good. With Mr. Lin's credibility, we are willing to accept this plan and are willing to convince the Japanese shipping company for you."

He also understands that if a Japanese shipping company builds the ship, the interest rate will be higher than that of foreign customers; in addition, if Hong Kong shipowners operate it, the cost will be lower, because the salary of Hong Kong seafarers is only one-third of that in Japan, or even lower.

In this way, if a Japanese shipping company has an idea to build a ship, then Lin Zhichao's plan is simply 'killing three birds with one stone'.

Lin Zhichao came to Yamaguchi Steamship Company and met the president Tatsuro Yamashita.

When they met, Yamashita Tatsuro complained: "Mr. Lin, you are really smart. Those cargo ships signed a contract with us for three years, but the Suez Canal only affected the Suez Canal for less than one year. What a loss, a loss!"

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "President Yamashita, the freight outside is not low now, plus there is a big discount in the first year, you won't lose much. What's more, if the Suez Canal is closed for three years, you will make money." .”

Yamashita Tatsuro did not dwell on it. After all, under the circumstances at the time, it was his idea to sign a long-term contract. Lin Zhichao could not be blamed.

"Why are you here this time?"

Lin Zhichao said easily: "I came here to ask you if you want to rent a cheap new boat?"

When he heard that it was cheap, Yamashita Tatsuro immediately became interested. If it was cheap enough, it could just make up for the losses.

"What kind of ship?"

Lin Zhichao said: "I plan to build two 70,000-ton oil tankers and two 50,000-ton cargo ships at your shipyard. I hope that Japanese shipping companies can lease them. My plan is this. If you have the opportunity to build ships, then This cooperation is very suitable for you. I can lease a 70,000-ton oil tanker to you for 7 years, and the annual rent is only US$2 million."

In this plan, it takes about 7 years for a new ship to pay back its investment.

For example, for an annual rent of 2 million U.S. dollars, the annual profit is about 1.1 million U.S. dollars. This is the profit after excluding all expenses such as shipbuilding interest, personnel expenses, fuel expenses, and maintenance fees. That's 7.7 million US dollars in 7 years, which can be used to offset the shipbuilding costs and still make a slight profit.

But for Japanese shipping companies, they cannot earn back a new ship in 7 years. First, the shipbuilding interest rate is much higher, secondly, there are seafarers’ salaries, and finally there are taxes.

Conservatively calculating, based on the current market conditions, it will take about 9 to 10 years for Japanese shipping companies to recover their capital; not to mention, there are still various troubles - labor unions, taxes, etc., which are far less "clean and refreshing" than chartering a ship.

When Yamashita Tatsuro heard this condition, he was immediately moved.

Because Yamaguchi Steamship had originally planned to expand its fleet, shipbuilding was also planned.

"My colleagues and I will consider it and give you an answer as soon as possible!"

"no problem!"

Lin Zhichao is very confident that he is "taking advantage of the loopholes" and it is definitely an innovative move in the history of shipping.

Because generally speaking, banks intervene in loans; but now Lin Zhichao has united the shipyard, charterer, and owner, which can be said to be a surprise victory.

Moreover, all three parties took advantage!

Of course, there are several key reasons for success:

The first is the "loopholes" of Japan's shipbuilding industry and shipping companies, such as low interest rates for foreign shipbuilding, high wages for domestic seafarers, and the possibility of salary increases at any time.

Second, Lin Zhichao and Global Shipping have sufficient credibility in the Japanese business community.

a week later.

Universal Shipping, Yamaguchi Steamship, and Mitsubishi Shipyard signed a tripartite agreement.

Universal Shipping built four ships, three of which were chartered to Yamaguchi Steamship and one to another Japanese company.

In these two transactions, Global Shipping's return rate was only about 15%, which is definitely considered a reasonable level. In this era, businesses with profit margins of more than 20% abound.

“A pleasure to work with”

“A pleasure to work with”

“A pleasure to work with”

After signing the contract, everyone shook hands very happily.