The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

Time flies and golden autumn arrives in a blink of an eye.

Recently, Lin Zhichao has been busy with global shipping matters. He is very busy launching oil tankers, meeting with dignitaries, signing contracts with tenants, and performing tasks.

The launch of a large number of large oil tankers by Global Shipping also made Lin Zhichao's influence in the shipping industry even greater. After all, the number of 100,000-ton oil tankers that have been launched has reached 16.

It has been just over two years since the first 100,000-ton oil tanker was launched in 1959. No country in the world has 16 100,000-ton oil tankers.

Very proud!

In the office of Global Shipping, Lin Zhichao is sitting in his office of more than 700 square feet.

Because this office may be used for decades, Lin Zhichao did not pretend to be pretentious and designed the office to be larger, with a lounge and bathroom, as well as an office area, a reception area, and a conference area. Although it is still a little small, it can be considered as a sparrow with all the internal organs even though it is small.

He was thinking about the problem at this time - there were too many ships shipping around the world, there were already more than a hundred ships, and it was not convenient to manage at all. Therefore, he plans to sell a large number of second-hand ships next year, more than 90 second-hand ships, at least half of which will be sold.

Although many second-hand cargo ships will be eliminated, Global Shipping has also built many new cargo ships, so the impact will not be big; moreover, second-hand cargo ships are expected to increase insurance premiums in the next two years, and it is not cost-effective to operate too many.

By the end of this year, Global Shipping has almost no debt, and the funds for the ships under construction are also ready; and if the new ships being built are included, then Global Shipping is a company with 3.6 million tons of new ships (3.3 million tons of oil tankers), 100 A fleet of 10,000-ton old ships (150,000-ton oil tankers), and the total value of this fleet is 350 to 400 million US dollars.

This is 1961!

In his previous life, Bao Yugang only reached 3.5 million tons at the end of 1968, with a total value of 300 million US dollars.

Moreover, Bao Yugang must have had a lot of loans at that time, but now Lin Zhichao hardly has many loans.

At the same time, Global Shipping's profits in 1962 are expected to reach more than 45 million US dollars.

Of course, starting next year, Global Shipping will use loans to build ships, and the number of new ships built every year will be no less than 1 million tons.

"boss"

Feng Yongfa came to Lin Zhichao's office.

Lin Zhichao raised his head and said: "That's it. Many of our second-hand ships will expire in July or August next year. You must be prepared to replace them with new ships; of the 66 second-hand cargo ships owned by Universal Group, we will try to keep less than 50 ships as much as possible." "Those second-hand ships of China Star Shipping will all be sold to others or sent for disassembly in the first half of next year. The same is true for the eight second-hand oil tankers. Once the contract expires, they will be replaced with new small oil tankers."

Although Feng Yongfa felt sad, after all, many ships were regarded as money-making tools in the eyes of other shipowners. However, Global Shipping has recently been building several new cargo ships every year, as well as a small number of small tankers.

The number of new cargo ships, including those under construction, is almost 300,000 tons, totaling 18 ships. Four oil tankers of 20,000 to 30,000 tons have also been ordered.

"Well, I will definitely do a good job in upgrading new and old ships. However, some of the ships eliminated by Universal Group can be used by China Star Line to continue operating for a few years." Feng Yongfa is accustomed to careful calculation and suggested.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "What I want is the effect of replacing old ships with new ones. If you do this, your left hand will be replaced by your right hand. If the old ones don't go, the new ones won't come. China Star Shipping may develop container business in the future. If it doesn’t work, you can still buy a ship that is less than 15 years old.”

He was very satisfied with Feng Yongfa's careful calculation and he was a good housekeeper. In fact, the two vice presidents each have their own strengths and abilities, and under the leadership of Lin Zhichao, they have exerted a strong leadership effect.

Feng Yongfa is good at internal management, Bobby Blair is good at external communication, and Lin Zhichao takes care of both and slowly delegates power to everyone.

Feng Yongfa immediately said: "Okay, I understand! In this way, by the end of next year, we will only have less than 50 second-hand ships left, all of which are cargo ships."

This move is equivalent to eliminating more than 40 second-hand ships, including 8 second-hand oil tankers, which Lin Zhichao has long been worried about.

Lin Zhichao said: "That's right! If ships want to develop in a 'big' direction in the future, it will not only facilitate management, but also save operating costs."

"I see!"

Lin Zhichao came to inspect the Lychee Garden. After he bought the Lychee Garden last year, he proposed to the Hong Kong government to build a new playground for the entire Hong Kong to enjoy.

Unexpectedly, the Hong Kong government was very supportive of this proposal and directly leased all the land in the later Jiuhua Keng Village to Cheung Kong Holdings. It also hoped that Lin Zhichao would increase investment and build a "lychee garden" with a total area of ​​1.6 million square feet. A total of 266 acres of land, equivalent to close to a Taikoo City, is eight times larger than Lin Zhichao expected.

The land leased by the Hong Kong government is all hilly land, and the price is very low. You only need to pay 300,000 Hong Kong dollars per year, the lease term is 20 years, and you have priority in leasing.

After acquiring such a large piece of land, Changjiang Industrial immediately established a professional design team and even hired consultants from the United States.

Of course, Lin Zhichao would not be so stupid as to close the business, but would carry out zoning renovation while running the business. The first is to introduce various amusement equipment and an elephant from Myanmar, named ‘Tinnu’, for Hong Kong people to visit.

In less than half a year, the operation of the Lychee Garden has greatly improved and it has begun to generate stable profits.

Looking at the crowds, Lin Zhichao said to Wang Yingcheng, the general manager of Lizhiyuan Amusement Park beside him: "The number of passengers has increased rapidly, but why does it feel chaotic? There are a lot of fights, money throwing, quarrels, complaints, etc. here, right?"

He knows the urine nature of Hong Kong in this era, and there are many gangsters. Although citizens are accustomed to it and will not have a bad impact on the litchi garden due to a few incidents, Lin Zhichao's territory must be a pure land.

Wang Yingcheng was sweating immediately, and the boss's eyes were sharp, and he saw these problems at a glance, and said quickly: "After the traffic has increased recently, this situation has indeed occurred, and we are making improvements."

Lin Zhichao did not blame his subordinates. These things were inevitable, and it all depends on how to improve them in the future.

"There must be signs and rules at the entrance of each amusement facility, and staff should be added to maintain order; at the same time, the entire park must expand security forces, carry out patrols, communicate with the police, and increase complaint windows to do these things. Lay a good management foundation for the 'Song City', Ferris wheel, pirate ship and other areas at the back."

If you are just a little bastard, just add security!

As for those associations, they don't dare to come here to collect protection fees. At most, they bully small businessmen and hawkers.

"Okay, I'll make rectifications immediately!"

Later, Lin Zhichao visited the entire litchi garden with the drawings in hand.

Already considered big!

It is almost a quarter of the later Ocean Park. The entire 266-acre site is roughly divided into three areas-Song City, Zoo, and Amusement Park. There are many specific projects.

All construction will be completed within four years, and the longest construction period is Songcheng. After all, the buildings must be imitated in the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".

When Lin Zhichao led the team to inspect, an interesting scene was happening at the gate of the litchi garden.

Lin Zhichao's second son Lin Ruijiang and five or six classmates came to the gate of the Lychee Garden and lined up to enter.

"Ruijiang, aren't you the young master of Lychee Garden? Why are we still waiting in line?"

"That's right. Since your dad is the boss here, we can just go in."

Lin Ruijiang looked like a leader, and immediately signaled his classmates to boo, and then said: "We have to queue up, so many people here will scold us if they see us not queuing! But don't worry, I will take you in, and I will definitely not pay for the entrance fee And when I play bumper cars later, I will know which one is the fastest!"

At the rear of the bumper car, there is an antenna connected to the ceiling. Whether the contact point is good or not will affect the speed of the car. Lin Ruijiang is very smart, and he remembered these after a few visits.

"So awesome! Doesn't that mean you are the best every time!"

"That's awesome. If I play with you from now on, won't we become a privileged class!"

After all, Lin Ruijiang was a young man, and he was flattered by his classmates, and he was a little proud at once, and he showed off here: "It's more than that, some sports have height requirements, as long as I tell you, you can still play."

[Privilege] This is an existence that makes people awesome, and children also understand this. As for Lin Ruijiang's insistence on lining up, it was just because of his tutoring.

After a while, we arrived at the ticket gate.

Lin Ruijiang immediately said: "Aunt Gao, I will bring my classmates to play!"

A woman in her thirties, who checked the ticket, was immediately elated when she heard the word "Aunt Gao", and said, "Please come in quickly, and bring your classmates to play next time, Master Ruijiang!"

Lin Ruijiang immediately said sweetly, "Thank you, Auntie Gao!" After saying that, he immediately motioned for a group of classmates to follow him.

"Thank you Aunt Gao"

"Hey, they are all good kids!"

Lin Ruijiang walked in with a group of classmates in a hurry, followed of course by a driver and bodyguard. After all, if you are alone with a group of children, you have to send an adult.

Lin Zhichao is not worried about someone kidnapping his son. First, no one in Hong Kong dared to touch his family before the birth of the Big Circle Gang. Second, even if someone dared to touch his family, it was nothing more than money. A few thieves made him open his mouth , and it costs less than a few dollars; thirdly, since he has so many sons, there is no need to be so delicate. If he really suffers a little hardship, it doesn't matter.

"Sister Gao, who was that just now? You gave him free tickets for so many people, so you're not afraid that the manager will fire you!" A new male employee asked curiously.

"The manager dares to fire me for this matter, and the general manager dares to fire the manager. Remember, that is the boss's young master. This litchi garden belongs to their family. If you let him buy tickets, you don't put them in your left pocket and right pocket." Well!"

The male employee quickly looked at Lin Ruijiang and then said: "It turns out he is the boss's son, so of course you don't want to buy a ticket!"

On this day, Lin Ruijiang took his classmates and immediately played in the amusement park. He was very smart and was already very familiar with this place after coming here a few times.

But today, he brought his classmates here, which immediately made him very powerful among his classmates!

In particular, he is very familiar with the staff here. Many employees are a little incredible. After only meeting him once or twice, this little boss can remember his last name, and his mouth is so sweet that people can't wait to serve these little ancestors right away.

"Ruijiang, it's so fun!"

"That's right, Ruijiang, you will be our boss from now on."

Several classmates shouted!

These children come from good families. After all, they all go to aristocratic schools. However, they could not enjoy various privileges at all, not to mention Lin Ruijiang's various proficiency, which immediately made everyone envious.

Moreover, if the parents bring it, can they have fun with their classmates?

Obviously, they are two completely different levels.

Lin Ruijiang was naturally very happy and felt a sense of pride. He then said: "This litchi garden has only opened 20% of its area, and more facilities are being added. For example, there is a skyscraper over there." wheels, and ancient Chinese buildings.”

This kid has probably read all the reconstruction drawings of the Lychee Garden, and truly wants to be the 'Prince' of the Lychee Garden.

After Lin Zhichao finished his work, he also heard that his second son was taking his classmates to play, so he couldn't help laughing. In this way, building this lychee garden makes me feel more fulfilled.

There is no problem for children to bring their classmates to play on weekends.

Lin Ruijiang is ten years old this year and is in the sixth grade of primary school. He graduated from primary school at the age of eleven, a year later than his brother. In terms of personality, she is more clever, very intelligent, and good at communication. Of course, she is too young to see the future.

On the other hand, the character of Lin Ruihuan, the eldest son, is almost visible now. He is more than twelve years old, already in the third grade of middle school, and will start high school in New York this year. He is very independent and steady in all aspects, and has the bearing of an eldest son.

Lin Zhichao himself did not deliberately cultivate anything, but his wives did.

It is suitable to open on Saturday, November 18th.

Daimaru Department Store in Causeway Bay opened on this day, attracting tens of thousands of people from all over Hong Kong to Hong Kong and becoming a topic of conversation in the whole city.

This is the second overseas store of a Japanese-funded department store, and the first is of course Sing Tao Daimaru Department Store, which is in cooperation with Cheung Kong Industrial.

Daimaru Department Store in Causeway Bay focuses on "internationalization is its theme", 60% of its products are global products, and only 40% are Japanese products. Daimaru department store has a supermarket, an international market, an Italian tea room and a Japanese restaurant, and its chef is specially invited from Japan.

The department store has a total of 500 local employees, all of whom are trained and managed by 15 Japanese managers in Japan.

On the day of the opening, Ryoichi Yamamoto, the president of Japan's Daimaru Department Store, also came from Japan to attend the opening ceremony. The two companies had a happy cooperation in Sing Tao, and Daimaru Department Store was more optimistic about the development of Hong Kong's department store industry, so it attached great importance to it.

At the end of the celebration ceremony, Daimaru Department Store held a cocktail party. More than 800 guests attended. Of course, many of them did it for Lin Zhichao's sake.

At the cocktail party, Yamamoto Ryoichi came to Lin Zhichao with a glass of wine and said: "Mr. Lin, I visited your Miramar Shopping Center and the passenger flow is very high. Can you talk about the two models of shopping malls and department stores? , who is better?"

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "The models are all different, so it is difficult for me to evaluate! But at present, it seems that Daimaru Department Store in Causeway Bay has more prominent geographical advantages and more international products, so it should be better."

Indeed, today he also visited Daimaru Department Store in Walden Building. It is a 10-story department store with more than 20,000 square feet on each floor. Overall, in terms of merchandise, it is indeed better than Miramar Shopping Center.

However, the Miramar Shopping Center is better because of the innovation of its model and the layout of the building; moreover, now that the passenger flow is very high, the management will gradually drive away some local products and brands and replace them with overseas brands.

This is Lin Zhichao’s plan to gradually “internationalize” Miramar Shopping Center’s products.

Yamamoto Ryoichi said with a hint of pride: "In my opinion, the shopping mall's products do not have a systematic layout, which makes it difficult to be international and naturally less attractive. After all, you rent the shops to many business owners, which is very difficult. It’s hard to control. But shopping malls also have some advantages.”

Lin Zhichao was a little unhappy when he saw this. If I don't teach you a lesson, you really think I am being humble.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao said: "Brands can be updated, and shopping malls have the potential to evolve themselves. On the contrary, department stores are traditional models and will be eliminated sooner or later. When European and American brands learn about the potential of Hong Kong's retail business, will they? I will choose to open my own store. Therefore, President Yamamoto should not underestimate shopping malls!”

Yamamoto Ryo was speechless for a moment and could only say: "Then let's wait and see!"

This old guy, I hope you still have 20 years to live, so there shouldn't be any problem, after all, you're only less than 50 years old this year.

Afterwards, the two toasted to the guests together, and the atmosphere reached a climax.

On that day, the passenger flow of Daimaru Department Store in Causeway Bay reached about 30,000 people, which was absolutely crowded.

The next day.

Lin Zhichao summoned the senior executives of Cheung Kong Holdings and said: "Xintiandi Shopping Center must seize the time to recruit tenants and attract European and American brands as well as well-known local brands as much as possible."

Daimaru Department Store never imagined that Cheung Kong Holdings would open a seven-story shopping mall next door. Of course, Daimaru Department Store didn't know about it. After all, the two buildings were connected by a sky bridge, but they didn't take it seriously. They didn't know that Lin Zhichao was planning to use the effect of Daimaru Department Store to rent the Xintiandi Shopping Center brand.

At this time, Hong Kong has attracted enough European and American brands to open branches in Hong Kong, so it is no longer difficult to attract European and American brands; even Uniqlo clothing company represents two top European and American clothing brands.

Liang Guangchang nodded and said: "Xintiandi Shopping Center still has seven months of preparation time, which is enough to attract investors and tenants. Our retail business department has accumulated a lot of experience and is confident that it can be completed perfectly."

The retail strength of Cheung Kong Industries has begun to accumulate as early as the opening of Crocodile T-shirt Building; later, Sing Tao Daimaru Department Store, Miramar Shopping Center, Poly Shopping Center, etc. gradually gained many channels and a group of outstanding retail business talents. .

Lin Zhichao nodded and said: "When Xintiandi Shopping Center opens, we will start upgrading the products of Miramar Shopping Center."

Liang Guangchang nodded and said, "Okay!"

Everyone is very familiar with these under the guidance of the boss. What gives everyone the most confidence is that the boss is very proficient in retail business.

After some planning, Lin Zhichao was immediately confident!

He has wiped out all the retail businesses in Hong Kong and Kowloon. It is normal for Cheung Kong Holdings' revenue from rents, retail real estate, and hotels next year to exceed 30 million.

It was only the early 1960s, but it already had such strength, it was really a terrifying existence.

In particular, the Miramar Hotel and Miramar Shopping Center have been frequently inspected by Hong Kong Hotels and Wharf. It is feared that the Wharf Terminal may also build an Ocean Terminal and Hong Kong Hotel in advance (grand hotels and Wharf cooperate).