The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

Park Avenue, Citibank headquarters.

Lin Zhichao took his two sons to the securities department of Citibank and was warmly welcomed by its president Haider.

"Mr. Lin, I didn't expect you to be so young in real life. You can't tell from your age at all. You are the father of the two Mr. Lin, but you look like their eldest brother." Hyde said in surprise.

Lin Zhichao is also 47 years old in terms of age, but at this time he looks like he is in his thirties and does not even look like he is forty years old.

“A lot of people say that, and it’s something that makes me happy!”

"Haha, Mr. Lin must be in such a good mood because he is younger."

After some polite exchanges, the two parties sat down in the office.

This meeting was to discuss issues related to 'marketable securities' worth 350 million. Of course, the discussion was limited to preliminary discussions. In the later stage, the team must be formally contacted, and there must be a team of lawyers, accountants, and finance to ensure that there will be no mistakes.

"Mr. Lin's investment in Manhattan office buildings this time can be said to have made a unique decision. Under the influence of the oil crisis, the European and American economies experienced stagnation, and Manhattan office buildings were also in decline. To be honest, you are investing against the market trend!" Hyde spoke seriously about the risks.

As the world's shipping king, Lin Zhichao's influence is very great, because this world's shipping king is too powerful. It is said that in the early 1970s, he had a fleet of more than 15 million tons. This is a terrifying statistic.

This investment matter was a signal proactively released by Lin Zhichao. Citibank's investment department was very happy to cooperate, but the risks that should be warned were also raised, which was a sign of goodwill and trust.

Lin Zhichao said calmly: "Anyone who knows me knows that most of my wealth comes from bargain hunting. For example, when shipping was at a low point, I must have been working hard to build ships. This time I invested in Manhattan office buildings. I saw it was at a low point. As for the stagflation in the European and American economies, I think it will only take a few years to digest it, and technology will be the new driving force for the U.S. economy to rise again, so Manhattan office buildings must be very popular with them."

Haide was immediately impressed. He saw the confidence and domineering in Lin Zhichao's face. This domineering was not a superficial temperament, but domineering deep in his bones.

"Okay, Mr. Lin is so confident. Of course we at Citibank should provide all necessary help to our customers."

Next, everyone communicated about the general demands for cooperation.

Citibank's investment department is the 'financial advisor' this time. If the transaction is completed, they can get a generous commission; Citibank's commercial bank will provide a loan of 150 million US dollars, and the collateral is worth 350 million US dollars. Securities.

In other words, Amazon Commercial Real Estate will spend US$200 million to complete this transaction.

This Amazon Commercial Real Estate Company is a joint venture between Global Group and Cheung Kong Group, and may serve as a flagship for investment in European and American commercial real estate in the future. In the later stage, the company will of course operate independently, hiring foreign management, and the two groups will only participate as shareholders. In fact, it will be a jointly operated company between Dafang and Second Fang, which will not be listed on the market.

Afterwards, Hyde also took Lin Zhichao to inspect Citibank’s headquarters, No. 399 Garden Avenue. This 170-year-old headquarters is like a historical heritage.

Citibank was originally called the City Bank of New York. It was founded by the Stillman family in 1812 and operated financial services related to Latin American trade. Citibank has three stages: Citibank, Citigroup, and Citigroup; during the Citibank period, various businesses were run together; during the Citigroup period, the government did not allow commercial banks to operate investment businesses, so Citibank established a holding company—Citigroup company, and Citibank is 90% of the assets of Citigroup; Citigroup should be a thing in the future.

Behind Citibank, in addition to the Stillman family, there is also a famous family - the Rockefeller family. In the late 19th century, Citibank served as the financial dispatch center for the Mobil oil system. The predecessor of Mobil Oil was Standard Oil, the giant economy that monopolized 85% of the refining oil and 90% of the pipeline oil business in the United States. It was the pioneer of the word "monopoly", first Standard Oil, and then 'Monopoly' vocabulary.

When inspecting the headquarters of Citibank, Lin Zhichao was also considering whether the ‘Lin Family’ would become something like the ‘Rockefeller Family’. Soon, he completely denied it.

The Chinese tradition is to keep a low profile. He didn't want the family to be divided, so he let the children of each lineage control a group; by the third generation, they would be further dispersed.

New York, Olympic Hotel.

Lin Zhichao and Onassis were sitting on the sofa, chatting, with Christina holding a one-year-old baby boy beside them.

"Mr. Onassis, your health seems to be improving a lot?" Lin Zhichao said with a smile.

Of course he would not call Onassis his father-in-law. He and Tina were just temporary lovers. What surprised him was that Onassis, who was supposed to die in March this year, actually lived for nine more months.

Onassis said with some enthusiasm: "It was Pericles Onassis who brought me luck! Of course, I am also very grateful to Mr. Lin for bringing us Pericles Onassis."

Lin Zhichao said: "Pericles is a celebrity and consul in Greece. You give him this name."

The implication is that you are flattering and killing your own grandson.

Onassis said nonchalantly: "In order to hope that I would succeed, my parents named me 'Aristotle' and 'Socrates', two Greek celebrities. It is because of them that I am successful today." The luck that brings me.”

Lucky P, the curse of Onassis, and the "Kennedy family curse" are equally famous in the West.

Although Lin Zhichao was dissatisfied with the name of his "illegitimate son", he thought that he did not want to take too much responsibility, so he said no more. Moreover, he has always believed that he is the 'Son of Heaven' and the 'Son of God', and anyone who is related to him or has blood ties will definitely enjoy his luck.

Therefore, Pericles Onassis should have grown up successfully.

"Mr. Lin, although I am in good condition now, I know that my body may not have a few years left." Onassis looked at his daughter and grandson, and then said affectionately to Lin Zhichao.

Lin Zhichao immediately comforted him: "Pericles Onassis is the lucky man of the Onassis family. I believe he will bring you luck. Mr. Onassis does not need to be pessimistic."

Onassis then said with a smile: "Thank you Mr. Lin for your comfort! But anyway, as the father of my child and an entrepreneur with legendary experience, I hope to communicate with you today. If I die, Onassis How to distribute Si’s property.”

Lin Zhichao frowned and said, "Mr. Onassis, you don't need to communicate with me about this. I respect any choice you make. If Christina needs help, I will also provide the necessary help."

Onassis saw that Lin Zhichao was very evasive, so he no longer insisted on telling Lin Zhichao. He went to Hong Kong for inspection and was also engaged in shipping. He knew that Lin Zhichao's wealth was more than twice that of. He has a wealth of US$7.8 billion, so Lin Zhichao has a wealth of at least US$1.5 billion.

Currently, the Onassis family owns a fleet of 3.5 million tons of oil tankers (7 million tons in the previous life) and a wealth worth nearly US$500 million.

"Mr. Lin, in addition to bringing a lucky child to our Onassis family, you have also changed Christina. She is finally willing to study business seriously. Over the past year or so, I have seen her hard work."

Lin Zhichao was a little annoyed. I'll help you, and you can enjoy it secretly! Don't keep mentioning it all the time.

"She is very smart and should be sensible by now!" Lin Zhichao taught Christina completely with the mentality of an elder.

There is nothing wrong with this. In terms of age, he is 22 years older than the 25-year-old Christina!

Onassis then said: "Okay, leave Pericles to the nanny, Tina, please talk to Mr. Lin more, I'm a little sleepy too!"

Tina couldn't hold it any longer and handed the child over to the servant.

After a while, everyone was gone, and only Lin Zhichao and Christina were left in the room.

To be honest, Lin Zhichao felt quite embarrassed.

It was Christina who took the initiative and said: "Dad left all the family assets to me and Pericles, and handed over the fleet to the board of directors. As for the super yacht, he plans to donate it to the Greek government."

Lin Zhichao said "Oh" and then said: "Work hard and don't let your father down."

Christina immediately threw herself into Lin Zhichao's arms and said, "I don't want to disappoint you either!"

Soon, the two used actions to resolve the embarrassment, and their intense behavior made the room temperature rise. Lin Zhichao doesn't have anything else, but he still has plenty of energy.

Moreover, Lin Zhichao showed no mercy towards Christina and just worked hard to achieve miracles. This woman kind of likes this.

The media in the United States have reported on the news about Cabbage Patch Dolls and Atari 2600. Especially the Atari 2600 console game was rushed by the market as soon as it came out and became a crazy product.

The gifts that children want most this Christmas are Atari 2600 and Cabbage Patch Dolls. For a time, the Western branch of Lin Zhichao's family achieved unprecedented success.

In late December, a securities transaction worth US$350 million also caused a sensation in the New York capital market. This time, the world's shipping king became the 'biggest attacker' in the New York real estate market. More importantly, Lin Zhichao is an Asian investor and a Chinese, and now he has won the ownership and operation rights of nine buildings in Manhattan.

For a time, Lin Zhichao was on the news in major newspapers in the United States - the world's shipping king moved to New York and raided Manhattan office buildings.

Lin Zhichao's family is such a "movemaker" in the United States, and naturally it quickly attracted attention, so before he left the United States, he received a dinner invitation, and this inviter was the famous "Father of Venture Capital" on Wall Street - Lawrence Rockefeller. .

Lawrence Rockefeller was the third generation of the prestigious Rockefeller family and the fourth son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. (the leader of the second generation). He was an early representative of Wall Street venture capital.

Lin Zhihua will be wary of dealing with these families, so he has ordered Lin Ruihuan and his younger brother Lin Ruihai to return to Hong Kong, and he will handle the Amazon commercial real estate matter alone.

What is even more surprising is that Lawrence Rockefeller wanted Lin Zhichao to go with Audrey Hepburn and Lin Ruidong, and said that his personal invitation had been rejected by Audrey Hepburn.

Thinking of this, Lin Zhichao understood that his relationship with Audrey Hepburn was not a big secret in the hands of some thoughtful people. Of course, Lin Zhichao is not worried about these problems. Audrey and the two children are both Americans, so there is no problem. When he was dating Reagan, he did not shy away from his relationship with Audrey Hepburn.

In the future, when Lin Ruidong and Lin Ruinan dominate the business world, it will happen to be a period of world peace again. By the time the third generation of the Lin family came to power, the family had already become localized and controlled huge political and business power. As long as they were not traitors to the country, they would be the new senior American family.

Of course, there is still a long way to go before we can achieve this.

On this day, Lin Zhichao, Audrey Hepburn and Lin Ruidong went to a manor in New York.

In the car, Lin Zhichao said: "Although the Rockefeller family is powerful, if Ruidong works hard, you will at least achieve top achievements in one aspect. The world will continue to change in the future. The Rockefeller family will lose the influence of oil and lose the influence of Eckerton." The control of Mori Petroleum Company, even if it is the beginning of its decline, will be surpassed by the Morgan family.”

In the entire 20th century, the Rockefeller family only flourished for seventy years. In other words, after the 1970s, this family began to decline, and was surpassed by the Morgan family in the 1980s.

This is because the Rockefeller family is an 'oil family', but in the 1970s oil was controlled by Middle Eastern countries, and the Rockefeller family lost control of Exxon Oil. As economic power declined, so did status.

Moreover, because American consortiums infiltrate each other, large companies such as Exxon and large banks such as Chase Manhattan Bank, which belong to the Rockefeller consortium, will be penetrated by other consortiums and become jointly controlled enterprises.

Lin Ruidong asked curiously: "Father, do you also desire to build such a family?"

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "I don't hope! What I hope is that you seven brothers will unite as one and learn from the unity of the Rockefeller family. When you only have seven brothers, I hope you will unite as one; when our family has dozens of members, I hope More than 90% of the members can achieve something innovative if they work together.”

Lin Ruidong immediately said: "Father, don't worry, we brothers and sisters have always been united. The three mothers are the mothers of everyone!"

Lin Zhichao patted his son on the shoulder and hugged Audrey Hepburn.

In his previous life, he knew that the unity of the Rockefeller family was the most united among all big families: the characteristic of the Rockefeller family is that sons inherit their father's legacy from generation to generation. How can wealthy families stay united from generation to generation? The Rockefeller family has indeed set a good example - mainly relying on family gatherings and regular communication. If you have ever tried to gather 3 or 4 members of a large family to reach a consensus on a certain matter, then you will definitely marvel at the "feat of unity" of the Rockefeller family - among the 78 adult "Rockefellers", There are 73 people thinking in one place, working hard in one place, and working together to deal with Exxon. The Rockefeller family may be fading away from the business world, but in terms of "unity" and "determination," the family's influence is no less than in the past.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao is already preparing for a family office, and his seven sons will take the stage.