The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

Lin Zhichao, who returned to Hong Kong, came to Hong Kong Airlines and participated in the high-level meeting.

In less than half a year, Lin Zhichao used "super means" to intervene in the management business of Hong Kong Airlines, and he is quite proud. If someone else were the boss, they would never be able to break into the management so easily, unless they intervened forcefully at all costs, but the result might be that Hong Kong Airlines continues to decline until it is in dismal business.

And Lin Zhichao's method is to provide suggestions at first, and to establish his identity by making Hong Kong Airlines develop better. As a result, the management was convinced and the company developed well.

Taking advantage of such a good situation, Lin Zhichao began to further participate in the affairs of Hong Kong Airlines, still not to seize power, but to strengthen his identity and role.

In the conference room, Lin Zhichao changed his previous low profile and proactively said: "I have persuaded HSBC Bank to provide low-interest loans and plan to order two Boeing 707s from Boeing Company in the United States."

It’s not that Hong Kong Airlines is unprofitable, it’s just that if you calculate the loss and damage of the aircraft, it will take many years to recover the capital. To put it bluntly, it is struggling to ‘recover the capital’.

President Hill immediately said: "The Boeing 707 has not yet made its first commercial flight. Is it very risky to follow in the footsteps of the 'comet'?"

Lin Zhichao said confidently: "Although the Boeing 707 did not have its first commercial flight, it had already achieved its first flight in 1955, and Pan Am has ordered 20 aircraft. The news I have received is that the Boeing 707 will make its first commercial flight this year. Success, there may be a lot of orders, and we may not be able to place the order immediately. Whether it is successful or not, everyone can rest assured that as a 100% shareholder, Worldwide will never affect the development of Hong Kong Airlines."

The implication is that this aircraft was ordered by 100% shareholders.

In fact, the two Boeing 707s are worth US$10 million, which is more than ten times Hong Kong Airlines' profit last year.

Very adventurous!

However, Lin Zhichao persuaded HSBC, and it is naturally inevitable.

If you don't have a good plane, no matter how good your service is, you will get a 50% discount. Hong Kong Airlines only has two Jazz aircraft, which are considered good aircraft. The other three DC-3s (improved models, manufactured in the mid-1940s) are simply antique aircraft.

Although he invested US$10 million to purchase the aircraft, Lin Zhichao believed that the profits of Hong Kong Airlines in the 1960s could be doubled.

Seeing that Lin Zhichao was resolute, Hill had no choice but to give up. In fact, subconsciously, he did not want Lin Zhichao, the boss, to further 'seize power' through this method.

It seems that Lin Zhichao is only planning to buy the plane. In fact, Lin Zhichao's step is to directly control the financial power of Hong Kong Airlines. The reason could not be simpler. In order to purchase the aircraft, the financial power in the future will no longer belong to the original management, but to Lin Zhichao.

Taking power step by step, Lin Zhichao will soon be able to directly control Hong Kong Airlines. Of course, he does not want to fall out with the current management and will continue to cooperate, provided that Hill and other management understand the interest.

Next, Lin Zhichao made arrangements. This month (September), Hill accompanied Lin Zhichao to Boeing to inspect and place an order.

Hill naturally agreed, and he also asked: "If it is delivered, how does the boss plan to arrange the plane?"

The other managers were shocked and thought that Hill had called Lin Zhichao 'boss'. It seemed that he had taken the lead in compromising and keeping his position as president. They were a little unhappy, after all, this was not discussed, but they were ready to compromise and submit to the new boss.

Lin Zhichao said: "Tokyo and Taiwan will definitely use Boeing 707s first, and Manila will use Viscount aircraft. There is also a Viscount aircraft that can still fly to Tokyo or Osaka. As for Seoul, DC-3 is enough, and there is not much passenger flow there." "

The largest number of people coming to Hong Kong for tourism and business are definitely Japanese, followed by Taiwan, then the Philippines, and finally South Korea.

Everyone began to discuss this issue, and their opinions were almost the same as those of Lin Zhichao. The situation quickly improved towards Lin Zhichao's side again.

When things got to this point, Lin Zhichao's combination punches were finished and the power was taken. In the later period, Hong Kong Airlines was bound to have smooth sailing, and it completely exploded in the 1980s and 1990s.

At 10:30 in the morning, Lin Zhichao arrived at the Yangtze River Industrial Park.

As his career becomes bigger and bigger, even if Lin Zhichao's brain is far beyond that of ordinary people, he still needs to arrange his work schedule well. At present, under normal circumstances, he will choose the 'three-day cycle'. On the first and second days, he will work at Global Shipping and Cheung Kong Industries. Anyway, the two companies are also in the same office building. During these two days, Lin Zhichao does not Lin Zhihui came to the Yangtze River Industrial Park until the third day, when Lin Zhihui finished a technical meeting at Global Shipping and then came to the Yangtze River Industrial Park to start work.

In fact, global shipping is still the core of Lin Zhichao's work, firstly because it is the most profitable, and secondly because operating oil tankers requires extra caution.

Operating an oil tanker is a very risky business; if an accident occurs in the United States, oil pollution compensation can easily cost millions of dollars. Therefore, ordinary shipowners only dare to operate 30,000 to 50,000 tons of manufactured product oil tankers; as for large oil tankers, they must be careful because it means a larger oil pollution area and more compensation.

Of course, it is unrealistic to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation in this era, but tens of millions of dollars is possible if a large oil tanker leaks in U.S. waters.

In the conference room of Yangtze River Industry.

Lin Zhichao held a plan, which was given to him by Ke Yanping, the general manager of the Yangtze Toy Factory. It was about the OEM and production of "battery-powered cars and model trains."

"In order to ensure the source and quality of parts, you propose to establish a 'Jingda Metal Electronics Company' to specialize in the production of micro motors?" Lin Zhichao asked.

Ke Yanping nodded and said, "Yes. The technical content of micro motors is not high, but there are no manufacturers in Hong Kong to provide them, so we can only build them ourselves."

Lin Zhichao put down the plan and said, "Okay! This kind of toy was a best-seller in the 1960s, and there is no shortage of orders. Then you should implement it as soon as possible! While you are working for others, you also have to develop your own products. Both of them are Can’t be left behind.”

Ke Yanping immediately said: "Yes, boss!"

At present, the core business of Changjiang Toy Factory is the OEM of "Barbie dolls". Lin Zhichao has never given up pursuing more toy products.

Rubik's Cube, this thing is not popular yet!

Wind-up gear toys have been popular for many years, and toys with electric motors will replace this popularity.

Next, Lin Zhichao and the general managers of each subsidiary conducted a question and answer session to learn about the latest situation.

Although the Yangtze River Industrial Group has many subsidiaries and products, they are all industrial products, so management is not very complicated. Moreover, the top management of the group is not a decoration, on the contrary, it has a lot of supervision and guidance power.

After the meeting.

Lin Zhichao returned to the office for lunch, which was roast goose rice packed by Yung Kee. This year, the later-known "Yu Kee Roasted Goose" also opened, which is different from Yung Kee.

After Lin Zhichao took a bite, he immediately felt that the skin was no longer crispy, and it was better to eat freshly baked ones. But since it's a working meal, it's fine to eat as much as you can. It's better than eating factory food, which is really not as good as future generations of pigs.

But Lin Zhichao is not ashamed. Compared with the treatment of other factories in what era and what he does, Changjiang Industry is already much better.

Dip a little sauce and put the roasted goose into your mouth. The aroma of lychee wood instantly lingers on your taste buds. The taste is just right, fat and thin, oily but not greasy. Eat a big mouthful of rice, not to mention how delicious it is.

Lin Zhichao's brain is also working while chewing delicious food.

In March this year, Sony Japan and Wu Xiaoqing of Hong Kong set up two production lines in a residential unit, using transistor radio kits imported from Japan for assembly. This is more like a family workshop. The factory assembles the TR-510 and TR-623, and can install 4,000 units a month before sending them to Europe, Australia, Canada and other Commonwealth countries.

It turned out that Sony had run into headwinds in markets like the UK, where the government imposed high tariffs to protect the local electronics industry from cheap Japanese imports. Because Hong Kong was still part of the Commonwealth at that time, Akio Morita thought that assembling radios in Hong Kong would solve his problems, so he made 'Chambin Company' a subcontractor to assemble Sony radios in Hong Kong, which was Sony's first overseas production factory.

As everyone knows, Sony is "playing with fire and setting itself on fire" and underestimated Hong Kong's industrial level.

Once the radios are brought to Hong Kong for assembly, Hong Kong factory owners will soon be able to assemble the radios themselves and then go to the United States to seize Sony's market. Importantly, manufacturing in Hong Kong can be more competitive than manufacturing in Japan due to lower labor and management costs.

Since then, Hong Kong's electronics industry has been out of control, from employing 200 people in 1960 to 43,000 in 1970, and then to 95,000 in 1980; from the production of radios, transistors, electronic watches, fans, to printed circuits Boards, TV sets, telephones, etc.; Hong Kong's electronic product exports, the highest record is 25% of Hong Kong's product exports.

If wages and housing prices in Hong Kong did not rise too fast, Hong Kong's electronics industry would never stop developing.

It is said that Huaqiangbei of the later Shenzhou originated in Hong Kong, so there is absolutely no problem. It is precisely because of the transfer of Hong Kong's electronics industry to the mainland in the 1980s that Huaqiangbei came into existence.

"Import transistors from Japan, then assemble radios by ourselves, and finally export to the United States!"

"Although this industry can't make much money, it is an opportunity for me to enter the electronics industry."

"But don't worry, we'll talk about it next year!"

Lin Zhichao said to himself while eating roast goose rice.

It is impossible for him to invest in the electronics industry rashly. He needs to advance step by step, so starting with assembling electronic products is the best choice.

At 6:30 in the evening, Lin Zhichao returned to Deep Water Bay Villa, just when Tang Zhongyuan and his wife came to visit.

When we met, Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Father-in-law, I got tanned recently, could it be from Africa?"

Weng son-in-law has a good relationship, so it doesn't hurt to make a joke.

Tang Zhongyuan responded with a smile: "Hong Kong's posting, how can there be Hong Kong's posting in Africa."

Although the two have a good relationship, they each have their own careers, and sometimes it may not be possible to get together for a month. Lin Zhichao only knew that in August of this year, Tang Zhongyuan personally went to Nigeria for the first inspection.

After all, Tang Zhongyuan's family has a big business and it is impossible to go abroad easily, so although he was itchy in the first half of the year, he still only sent his capable men to inspect once. This summer, he called his eldest son Tang Xianqian back to Hong Kong to work as an intern in the factory for two months. Going to inspect in the month.

Afterwards, everyone sat at the dining table, and Mrs. Weng drank Moutai.

"What's the specific situation?" Lin Zhichao raised his glass to signal, and asked with concern.

Tang Zhongyuan took a sip of Maotai and said slowly: "What you said is true! But there is a fight for independence over there, and people are panicked, so I plan to conduct more inspections. I will make specific plans after the summer vacation next year. "

Lin Zhichao understood that Tang Zhongyuan was comprehensive, similar to Lin Zhichao. His eldest son Tang Xianqian will graduate from college next year and can work as an intern in the company when he returns to Hong Kong. With his son-in-law Lin Zhichao watching over him, he won't have much to worry about when he goes to open a factory there.

Of course, Tang Zhongyuan must first invest in a factory to test the waters, and there is no need to stay on either side all the time. Later, he can even switch with his son and take turns taking care of him in Nigeria.

After all, it is a huge market. If it is really successful, it is equivalent to a 100% expansion of the business.

Lin Zhichao said: "My father-in-law is right, step by step is the most reliable. Before independence, or before the Nigerian government shows goodwill, you cannot invest too much. Once the Nigerian government shows goodwill to you, you will also have connections there. Internet, we can be much ahead of others in Hong Kong.”

Tang Zhongyuan nodded and said: "I think so too! To be honest, even if Nigeria is independent, it still belongs to the Commonwealth. There will definitely be Chinese people eyeing this piece of fat in the future, so in the past few years, I will slowly lay the foundation there. .”

In fact, Lin Zhichao has another purpose for supporting Tang Zhongyuan in this way, that is, there is also an opportunity for him to return to the mainland in the future.

The Tang family is one of the four major industrial families in the south of the Yangtze River. Tang Zhongyuan's cousin "Tang Zengyuan" (the same ancestor) later became a high-ranking official in Jiangsu Province. Many members of the Tang family remain in the mainland. In the previous life, the Rong family, Liu Guojun (son-in-law was Cha Jimin), and the Tang family all succeeded in betting on both ends. Needless to say, the Rong family, Cha Jimin also participated in the bill. Tang Bingyuan died too early, but his nephew Tang Xiangqian's However, his son became the Financial Secretary and once participated in the selection of Hong Kong's number one figure.

Of course, this level of relationship is just a 'reservation' and is not what Lin Zhichao relies on most.

What Lin Zhichao relies on most is his own influence. He will definitely be the Hong Kong businessman who needs to win over in the future, so he has never worried that he will not be able to rely on him in the future.

For example, Dong Haoyun in his previous life worked hard for Taiwan and the United States in the 1980s. Because he was friends with senior American officials such as Reagan, he was attracted by both parties.

From this, you can imagine how Lin Zhichao will become "popular" by then!

Of course, as a businessman, Lin Zhichao already admired him, so he didn't need to bother too much when the time came and he went to Beijing in seven or eight years.

This time and that time, he comes according to his own identity.

During the dinner, mother-in-law Song Qiaoling also asked with concern: "When will you start construction of No. 80 Deep Water Bay?"

In June, Lin Zhichao spent HK$880,000 to acquire the bungalow No. 80 in Deep Water Bay. This bungalow covers an area of ​​13,800 square feet, which is larger than No. 79 Deep Water Bay.

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "There's no rush! Construction will start almost next year. It may not be completed until the mid-1960s. There's no rush this time."

Song Qiaoling immediately said: "The children are now grown up, and this place does seem small again!"

Really living separately may have to be postponed for a few years, and it will depend on the situation.

There are advantages to being separated, as everyone has private space; there are also advantages to not being separated, as Lin Zhichao can save educational energy.

After dinner and a chat, Tang Zhongyuan and his wife wanted to go back to Mid-levels, so Lin Zhichao arranged for a bodyguard car to follow them.

In late September, Lin Zhichao started his overseas trip. He first went to Boeing Company with Hong Kong Airlines President Hill and others, and successfully ordered two Boeing 707s, which were expected to be delivered by the end of 1959.

Then Lin Zhichao came to Los Angeles non-stop and finally caught up with Audrey Hepburn giving birth. For his second mixed-race son, Lin Zhichao named him Lin Ruinan.

"Lin Ruidong, Lin Ruinan, what do these two names mean?" Audrey Hepburn asked curiously while lying on the hospital bed.

She has learned Chinese and can communicate in Chinese, so she asked about the origin of the Chinese names of her two sons.

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "I choose my name more casually. Lin is my surname, Rui is our Chinese seniority, and the last 'East' and 'South' are two of the four directions, but they are also what we Chinese prefer to choose." Word'. So, it doesn't mean much. I just hope that they grow up healthily, and I don't hope that they can be great or powerful or anything like that."

Audrey Hepburn immediately said: "That's right!" Then she changed the subject and said: "You really don't want them to become entrepreneurs like you?"

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "If they can succeed, that is of course the best. I will also support them and give them help. If they don't like doing business, then they can choose their own interests. Anyway, they have a lot of wealth."

Audrey Hepburn nodded, but still said: "I hope one of them can become an entrepreneur and take back the management rights of Audrey's toy company."

"Ha ha"

Lin Zhichao laughed and didn't say much!

If two mixed-race children become talented, they will naturally want to acquire large American companies or create a big company. After all, they have such a powerful father.

But he doesn't want to expect too much, lest he be disappointed in the future.

As for the other seven children in the family, the situation is different.

In the following week, Lin Zhichao accompanied Audrey Hepburn before returning to Hong Kong.