The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

Lin Zhichao took Huang Changhong, Li Yeguang and others to the Far East Securities Trading Center in the Chinese People's Bank of China Building.

"Sir Lin, please!"

Li Fuzhao invited Lin Zhichao and others to the conference table.

The other brokerage directors of the Far East Club were already sitting aside, looking at Lin Zhichao and others as if they were looking at a 'fat sheep'. It turns out that if a company wants to be listed on the stock exchange, it has to sell a certain number of shares at a low price to their knowledgeable broker.

It's not like in "The Great Era" where shares were given directly to people at the Securities Exchange. After all, this was too obvious a direct bribe, and everyone wasn't that stupid. Buying stocks at low prices is the most 'legal' way. After all, as long as the stock market is strong, new stocks can rise by more than 30% on the day they are listed, and sales can be doubled very quickly.

After Lin Zhichao and others sat down, Li Fuzhao said with a smile: "We have carefully read and discussed the listing application of Yangtze River Industrial Group, and we feel that this is an honor for our Far East Stock Exchange. However, there is something that needs to be mentioned and discussed with Sir Lin. If the Yangtze River Industrial Group wants to be listed on our exchange, it needs to allocate shares to our brokers. This is the practice of the exchange."

Lin Zhichao was not surprised. This is how it is in this era. Early in the year before last, a piece of high-quality land in Hong Kong was sold. The owner was a British-owned foreign company. Lin Zhichao appointed Hu Zhaoxu to negotiate in London. As a result, other executives secretly asked for a bribe.

High-quality land is relatively rare, and as long as you give the executive a bribe, the price will not exceed the market price, which is equivalent to just giving part of the price difference to the executive personally. In this kind of matter, Lin Zhichao would not insist on "getting out of the mud without getting stained", but just chose a more secretive way to complete the deal.

"Since it is a common practice, there is no problem! You can discuss this matter with our team, and lawyer Li Yeguang will be responsible for it."

Li Yeguang is a barrister in Hong Kong. This time Lin Zhichao specially invited him to assist the listing of Cheung Kong Holdings. If the cooperation is successful, he will be one of Lin Zhichao's think tanks in the future.

The so-called think tank does not necessarily mean a subordinate, it can also be a cooperative relationship or a friend relationship. For example, an advertising company will become one of the think tanks as long as they can come up with a very good plan.

When Li Fuzhao saw Li Yeguang, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous and said, "Okay, let's talk in detail with Lawyer Li later."

Unlike other listed companies, the listing of Cheung Kong Holdings led by Lin Zhichao is the scale of a real estate company listing. Both the listing team and public opinion are top-notch.

Later, Li Fuzhao said: "The total share capital of Cheung Kong Industrial Group is 50 million shares, with a face value of HK$10 per share. At what price are you planning to sell it?"

Lin Zhichao said: "40 Hong Kong dollars"

Li Fuzhao and other Far East Club managers all took a breath. This Sir Lin's tone was quite serious.

"No problem, we are willing to help your company achieve it. 40 Hong Kong dollars is not too high. The listed assets of Cheung Kong Holdings are rich assets. Coupled with Sir Lin's influence, investors will definitely flock to it." Li Fuzhao quickly agreed.

Lin Zhichao laughed. This Li Fuzhao still has some abilities. If he were an ordinary person, he really wouldn't dare to guarantee it.

The par value of the stock of HK$10 is only for reference and is not important at all. However, the sale price of 40 Hong Kong dollars per share is equivalent to the market value of Cheung Kong Group when it was listed as high as 2 billion.

This is still very impressive. After the listing of Hehe in the previous life, it increased six times, which was almost released in August. The Yangtze River Industrial Group was listed in June this year, so this is a big challenge.

The reason why Li Fuzhao dared to agree was naturally because of the rich assets of Cheung Kong Industrial Group: Miramar Hotel + Shopping Center, Raffles City (Singapore), Poly Construction, Anderson Daya and other assets are actually sufficient to be listed separately, and Become a major fundraiser in the industry.

"Okay, let's finalize the preliminary details. I will let the team communicate with everyone about the specific listing. If this listing goes well, I believe more Chinese real estate companies will choose to list after the Far East Securities transaction." Lin Zhichao said domineeringly .

The implication is that you are not qualified to negotiate terms with yourself, you are only qualified to negotiate with your own team; and if you have successfully completed the listing of Yangtze River Industrial Group, other Chinese real estate companies will consider listing here, because Yangtze River Group The group is the representative of Chinese real estate, and Lin Zhichao is the president of the Real Estate Chamber of Commerce.

"No problem, our Far East Club will do our best to help the company go public. Sir Lin, please rest assured."

Lin Zhichao nodded, stood up, shook hands with Li Fuzhao, and then led the team to leave.

When walking out of the building, Lin Zhichao said: "Let's walk!"

"good"

On the way, Lin Zhichao said to Li Yeguang: "Lawyer Li, this time the Yangtze River Industrial Group is listed, you must pay attention to Li Fuzhao and don't let him take advantage of the loopholes. Money is a small matter, and the important thing is that there should be no violations of laws and regulations."

Lawyer Li nodded and said, "Well, there is no problem with this. I will definitely check it."

Lin Zhichao said with satisfaction: "The listing of the Yangtze River Industrial Group can be regarded as an important Chinese-owned real estate listing in Hong Kong. There will be many Chinese-owned real estate companies listed in the future. Lawyer Li, you can consider focusing on this business. After all, Hong Kong There are over 40 to 50 real estate companies that are eligible to go public. And raising funds to go public can quickly develop and expand real estate companies, so this business is very huge, and there will be subsequent issuance of new shares."

Li Yeguang was stunned. He came to work for Sir Lin, but he didn't expect Sir Lin to give him guidance. But he quickly said excitedly: "Xie Linsheng's advice, this information is very useful to me!"

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "Advice is not a big deal. You are a barrister. Don't have too many people looking for you."

Barristers, especially Chinese barristers, are the perfect friends of the rich and powerful.

Li Yeguang said modestly: "Lin Sheng deserves the award. Please give me some guidance in advance so that we can do better."

Media Group.

Lin Zhichao looked at Zhao Yazhi in his work uniform and nodded with satisfaction. In his previous life, Zhao Yazhi played a secretary in his first movie.

The media group is more formal, so the female employees all wear work clothes, certainly not hip-covering skirts. Lin Zhichao doesn't want the company to be full of hormones. Instead, wear long black trousers with a white floral collared shirt, and add a black women's jacket in winter. The overall look is smart and refreshing.

"Very good, a bit like a working woman. She deserves to be a flight attendant. She has a good image and temperament!" Lin Zhichao praised generously.

Zhao Yazhi was brewing a cup of tea and suddenly showed a hint of shyness when she heard the unabashed praise.

Bringing the tea to Lin Zhichao, she said: "Boss, I have been at work for four days before I saw you for the first time. I heard from my colleagues that you only come to the media group once a week, so don't I come to the media group every week?" Just one day at work?”

Lin Zhichao said: "It can't be said like this. As an entrepreneur, even if I only work for half a day, I can't use an assistant. Wouldn't it be inconvenient? If you think about it, your monthly salary is only 1,000 Hong Kong dollars, so even if it is only a year Once it comes in handy, I'd be happy to take the job."

Zhao Ya was stunned and instantly understood what her boss meant. She immediately said with a slightly aggrieved tone: "That's the reason. It's just that I quit my job as a stewardess."

Suddenly, she felt regretful. If she only worked half a day or one day a week, wouldn't it be very boring for her? She would clean up the office every morning and then have nothing to do.

Lin Zhichao interrupted: "So you have to grasp this job even more. You can no longer be a flight attendant. So now, you call Vice President Li to come in for me."

Zhao Yazhi immediately panicked and prepared to walk out the door!

"The phone!"

Lin Zhichao quickly reminded her that there was a phone on the desk.

Zhao Yazhi said "Ah", turned around and came to the phone again, and then stopped talking. He didn't memorize the phone number.

Lin Zhichao immediately said: "Write down the phone numbers of important senior executives of xxxxxx when you have time."

Zhao Yazhi blushed. In the past few days, the people in the office had taught her about cleaning, but not this.

"Um"

After a while, Li Ziduo came to the office and was polite when he saw Zhao Yazhi. As far as he knew, the boss had no habit of using female assistants or secretaries, and this was the first one.

After Zhao Yazhi made tea, she exited the office.

"How is the sales situation of "Manke World"?" Lin Zhichao asked.

At the beginning of the year, the price of "Manke World" was adjusted to 1.2 yuan per copy.

Li Ziduo said happily: "Maybe it's because the plot of "Fist of the North Star" has entered the chapter of Storm, Dragon and Tiger. After adjusting the price, the sales volume has not decreased but increased. It has exceeded 100,000 copies and reached a sales volume of about 105,000 copies."

Lin Zhichao nodded. This is because he has accumulated more and more fans, and sales will naturally increase.

"It seems that new Hong Kong comics are becoming more and more popular and gradually occupy the mainstream of the market."

Li Ziduo said: "Well, we occupy 80% of the Hong Kong comics market. More importantly, our comics have already found markets in Taiwan, Southeast Asia and overseas Chinese areas."

Hong Kong's comics market cannot be as glorious as it was in its previous life. You must know that Huang Yulang's Yulang Books in the previous life once had an annual profit of HK$50 million. It was only in the mid-1980s. A large part of the market is supplied by Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and even Europe and the United States.

In recent years, Oriental Publishing House has also been committed to exporting comics overseas and has made great progress.

Next, Lin Zhichao and Li Zi talked about the concept of "Mobile Suit Gundam" for a while. Overall, seven years have passed since 1966, and the innovative thinking pursued by Oriental Publishing House has been imprinted on the entire creative team. In the bones. What's more, the outline and concept of "Mobile Suit Gundam" have almost been described. Compared with the previous Japanese version, it is a little worse, but it will not affect the overall strength.

When Lin Zhichao left the media group that day, Zhao Yazhi ran out of ideas. Only then did she realize that she was not qualified for the job she came to do as an assistant, and she needed to be reminded by her boss at every turn. In this way, she thought that even if she only had to work one day a week, she would still study hard.

As for Lin Zhichao, he had no further thoughts at all. It was already in his bowl and would soon be in his mouth.

Time flies and the end of May soon comes. .

Taking advantage of the raging stock market, Cheung Kong Holdings took the lead in going public, issuing 12.5 million new shares with a share capital of 10 yuan and a public offering worth 40 Hong Kong dollars.

Several registration offices in Central were crowded and buzzing with people.

"I wonder if the stock of Cheung Kong Holdings Group can rise by 30% on the day of listing?"

"It's too low! You must know that the boss of Cheung Kong Holdings is Sir Lin Zhichao. I still need to tell his legendary story. Therefore, Cheung Kong's shares will definitely not lose to the popularity of Jardine Matheson back then."

"Wouldn't it mean that as long as you win the lottery, your income will immediately increase by more than 30%?"

"Do you know anything about stocks? Cheung Kong Group's stocks are something you can just hold in your hands. You don't need to think about it until it doubles!"

"Thanks for the advice, brother, let's have a cigarette!"

Speeches like this abound, without exception. Everyone is very optimistic about the prospects of the Yangtze River Industrial Group. Of course, Lin Zhichao's personal influence accounts for more than 30% of the relationship.

In June, in addition to the listing of Cheung Kong Holdings, another company's listing also attracted much attention, and that was Hang Seng Bank. Because it was the first bank stock to be listed after the war, and because Hang Seng Bank has grown rapidly in recent years with the support of HSBC, its scale has already distanced itself from other Chinese banks.

The first day of registration before the listing of Cheung Kong Holdings attracted the attention of all Hong Kong citizens, and the media also reported on it. In short, the situation can only add fuel to the fire, and the entire stock market was driven up.

At the beginning of the year, the Hang Seng Index was only 340 points. During this period, affected by Nixon's visit to China in February and Hong Kong's economic surge, it was already over 450 points by June. The listings of Cheung Kong Holdings and Hang Seng Bank are expected to soar to more than 500 points in June.

The popularity of the stock subscription of Cheung Kong Group has also attracted the attention and discussion of some Chinese real estate developers.

Sun Hung Kai Properties.

It is rare for the three giants to get together. Feng Jingxi had established Sun Hung Kai Securities as early as 1969, specializing in financial work; and Lee Shau Kee also had his own Henderson Land Company, which contained most of his assets.

Of course, in Sun Hung Kai Properties, Lee Shau Kee and Fung King Hei still have shares, but they are already smaller. The relationship between the three people has not actually broken down. After all, Lee Shau Kee still serves as the vice chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties.

Guo Desheng said: "The listing of Cheung Kong Holdings has set an example for our Chinese real estate companies. Sun Hung Kai will also go public this year to raise a large amount of funds to purchase new sites."

He did not drive the two brothers away, after all, he was already the majority shareholder.

But Lee Shau Kee still understood that the real separation of the three brothers had come, so he took the initiative and said: "After the listing, I will sell the stocks in my hands at the right opportunity and cash out the funds to earn the territory."

Feng Jingxi immediately echoed: "I think the same way!"

Guo Desheng 'sighed' and said: "We cooperate when we succeed, and we cooperate when we fail. I didn't expect that the three of us brothers would break up like this. Of course, my personal thought is also that everyone already has their own business. If the business is too concentrated, It is really difficult for everyone to take care of each other. First, securities and real estate were separated, and now they are further separated. Each of them seeks development, but I hope that everyone can be a family and share weal and woe."

The three brothers broke up, not because of conflicts, but because they would inevitably have conflicts if they continued to work together, so the three of them were smart people and took the initiative to separate.

Lee Shau Kee said: "Brother Sheng is right. Our three families are one family. Brother Xi is passionate about finance, and Brother Sheng and I are passionate about real estate. The two real estate companies come from the same line. We regard the development of real estate as a factory assembly line development. I hope everyone will have a better tomorrow." All better.”

After chatting for a while, everyone turned to the Changjiang Industrial Group.

Guo Desheng: "This time Cheung Kong Holdings Group raised HK$500 million. Do you think any other real estate company in Hong Kong can achieve half of this?"

Lee Shau Kee: "If these five companies, Dah Chong Properties, Hang Lung Properties, Sun Hung Kai Properties, Hopewell Properties, and New World Development, were to go public, they would have no problem raising hundreds of millions of dollars. Chen Detai's Dah Chong Properties has outstanding strength. It should be able to reach half of the level, right?"

Feng Jingxi: "It can only be at this level! You must know that Lin Zhichao has not listed all his real estate assets. Only the ground floor of the Navy Dockyard and the buildings in Central he owns are actually larger than Land. "

Guo Desheng ignited his fighting spirit and said: "There are still many phases of the naval dock project to be built. In addition, Lin Zhichao likes to invest in commercial real estate. I think Sun Hung Kai still hopes to surpass Cheung Kong Holdings in the future."

In his opinion, commercial real estate takes up too much money!

Feng Jingxi said nothing. This eldest brother was too confident. He could not surpass the financial strength of the world's shipping king, let alone others who were good at stock trading.

However, Lee Shau Kee's eyes lit up and he said, "Goods are coming around like a wheel!"

Guo Desheng said: "Yes, goods are turning around! So we don't have to be discouraged. If we make full use of the goods, we will catch up with the real estate companies in front of us."

We are all brothers, so there is no problem in sharing our experiences. What’s more, we are all from Sun Hung Kai and we all know this.

Li Shauji also ignited his fighting spirit. Although he knew that Lin Zhichao had strong financial strength, he also knew that Lin Zhichao had a wide investment scope. Maybe they could catch up?

The other side.

Li Jiacheng was also in the office of CK Hutchison Real Estate, thinking seriously about the problem.

Last year, he changed the name of CK Hutchison Plastics to CK Hutchison Properties to express his determination to develop in real estate. In fact, he is very weak in real estate.

Today, CK Hutchison Properties owns five industrial buildings, as well as one owned site and one cooperative site. The total floor area of ​​the five industrial buildings is 320,000 square feet, and the annual rental profit can be about 2.5 million. As for the two development sites, he just bought them last year and has almost exhausted his funds.

"If CK Hutchison Properties is preparing to go public recently, I am afraid it will be difficult to raise more than HK$10 million. If we wait a little longer and the stock market becomes more robust, we will try to raise more than HK$10 million so that it can be used to acquire development sites." Li Jiacheng lamented the lack of funds. He is weak in strength, but his eyes exude determination. He wants to achieve greater results in real estate.

If Lin Zhichao knew what he was thinking, he would definitely not be able to help laughing. In his previous life, Li Jiacheng owned an industrial building area of ​​400,000 square feet when Cheung Kong Holdings was listed, and owned seven self-owned sites, four joint venture sites, and tens of millions of cash flows in his own hands.

But now, Li Jiacheng doesn't have much cash in hand, and all of it is used to develop real estate. Even so, CK Hutchison Real Estate's assets are very thin.

Tuesday, June 6th.

Cheung Kong Holdings was officially listed and had been oversubscribed dozens of times beforehand, creating a huge influence in Hong Kong. Therefore, on the day of listing, as soon as the stock market opened, the shares of Cheung Kong Holdings began to skyrocket, making investors smile and make everyone more determined that money could be made in the Hong Kong stock market.

"Boss, our market value has exceeded that of Land, exceeding 2.5 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the stock price is 50.5 Hong Kong dollars per share!" After the market closed in the morning, Zhou Fuzhao immediately reported the good news to Lin Zhichao.

This time the senior executives got some low-priced stocks, the cost was only HK$35, and now the stock price is HK$50.5, they have gained about 50%. Core executives like Zhou Fuzhao each purchased 50,000 shares, so they made huge gains.

Lin Zhichao said with satisfaction: "It should continue to rise in the afternoon, and may eventually reach a market value of more than 2.7 billion. Things in the stock market are considered stable. Next, we should consider how to quickly develop the Yangtze River Industrial Group, and later cooperate with independent accounting firms and The law firm will reserve land in Hong Kong and Kowloon for Victoria Harbor Real Estate; if funds are insufficient, new shares and loans can be issued."

Zhou Fuzhao nodded and then said: "Weigang Real Estate's Hong Kong and Kowloon land has a total area of ​​about 1.4 million square feet and is expected to be worth more than HK$700 million. However, a one-time purchase of a land bank worth HK$700 million may cause stock turmoil. After all, it requires Increase a lot of loans. I suggest you buy it in two batches, buy half first, and then wait for the remaining half to issue new shares when the stock market is higher, and then take out loans."

Lin Zhichao said cheerfully: "No need to bother, just pay me 500 million Hong Kong dollars first, and the remaining funds can be repaid in one year, and the interest will be waived."

In this regard, they must have taken care of the Yangtze River Industrial Group. After all, the cost of buying it now is slightly lower; plus the 200 million yuan can be interest-free for one year, which saves a lot of trouble.

Zhou Fuzhao said: "Well, there is no problem in this way, but the boss is at a disadvantage!"

Lin Zhichao waved his hand and said: "Not really, after all, I have a high shareholding! Buying it early can not only increase the assets of the listed company, thereby raising the stock price; it can also prevent the land from increasing in value, which will consume more funds."

Hong Kong's real estate still has at least a year of prosperity ahead of it, but the real plunge of 30% occurred during the oil crisis after 1974.

During this period, the Yangtze River Industrial Group will sell many development sites and accumulate a large amount of cash flow.

"Okay, I'll arrange the deal right away!"

"Well, all laws and regulations must be complied with. Listed companies are no better than the left hand and the right hand. I don't want my reputation to be affected."

"Yes, boss."