The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

The superyacht "Rising Sun" is like a warship, docked in the waters south of Hong Kong. Lin Zhichao is lying on the deck chair, relaxing alone and contentedly.

On the super yacht, there were Wu Guofang, Li Jiaming, and Li Jiaxin, mother and daughter. They were as curious as "Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden" and curious about everything on this yacht.

Lin Zhichao didn't bother to ask the waiter to show the three girls around.

His method of wooing Li Jiaxin is very simple, that is, he first gives them a boost in the world, but does not give them any benefits. This is called fishing; when they are almost done, the fish will naturally take the bait, so there is no need to worry.

This method is relatively vulgar, just like some rich people in the bar in the past life - you can eat and drink from me, but you just can't take advantage of it. Then everything you eat and drink goes into your stomach, which means you still haven't caught anything, and women have to obediently come in, just like a cat smelling fish.

"Miss, are all the red wines in this wine cabinet drinkable?" Inside the yacht, Wu Guofang and her two daughters stepped in front of a red wine cabinet and asked curiously.

"Of course, if Miss Wu likes any one, just take it and I'll open a drink for you! Lin Sheng has told me that you are VIPs on the ship today, so you're welcome." The waitress said politely.

As the waiters around them, they are naturally very familiar with the romantic affairs of the male host, Mr. Lin Zhichao. The most exaggerated thing is that he took three real ladies and three lovers on a boat for vacation.

Of course, they have all undergone strict training and signed confidentiality agreements about what happened on the ship. If they reveal it, they may face huge compensation.

Wu Guofang randomly took out a bottle of red wine and asked, "How about this bottle? Is it expensive?"

She couldn't help but be curious and asked the last question.

The waiter took the red wine and said: "This bottle is a relatively mid-range red wine, it is Lafite in 1982, but this year's vintage is very good, and its current value is only a few thousand mosquitoes. There is a 1966 Romani in it." Emperor Kan."

The three women secretly smacked their tongues and pretended to be calm, making the waiter feel a little funny inside.

But soon the waiter stopped laughing, and she remembered one thing - none of the waiters on the ship wanted to sleep with Lin Sheng, but no one had succeeded. What's more, there was a clear rule that if anyone dared to openly seduce Lin Sheng, then You will lose your job. But even so, everyone still hopes that Lin Sheng will take a fancy to themselves, and then the sparrow will turn into a phoenix. But now, when Lin Sheng invited these three women to go on the boat, he obviously took a fancy to this younger girl. What right did they, the waiters, have to laugh at others?

According to their understanding, Lin Sheng was not that kind of romantic and romantic man, but he was romantic and not obscene. As long as a girl really got on Lin Sheng's boat, it was equivalent to a long-term ticket instead of just throwing it away just for fun.

Wu Guofang and the other three women were not in the mood to care about the waiter's thoughts. They ordered a bottle of red wine worth tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars and then walked towards the owner.

"Lin Sheng, you are usually very busy at work, so you must rarely have such a pleasant rest, right?" Wu Guofang greeted with his two daughters.

Lin Zhichao looked at the sea in the distance and said relaxedly: "I'm not busy. I'm semi-retired now and hope to enjoy life more! As for the company's affairs, I just have to grasp the general direction!"

Wu Guofang said flatteringly: "That's really awesome. This way, the company can often get great development and big news!"

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "Haha. It's all my colleagues who are working hard. As the saying goes - one hero has three gangs. Now I have a gang of 300 heroes, so naturally I can relax a lot. By the way, don't worry about me, just play as you like. , if you have any questions, just call the waiter. After all, if you stay with me, you will definitely feel restrained, right? "

He turned sideways and looked at the three women who were very new and specially dressed with interest.

In Li Jiaxin's view, Lin Zhichao was completely approachable at this time and did not put any pressure on them at all.

Li Jiaxin reacted quickly and said: "No! Lin Sheng, you are so humorous. You are not like the richest man on TV at all."

Lin Zhichao laughed "haha" and said: "That's good, otherwise it would be really difficult for me to make friends with new people!"

Seeing this, Wu Guofang said: "Well Jiaxin, you and Lin Sheng can chat, and Jiaming and I will hang out again!"

Li Jiaxin said eagerly: "Yeah."

Immediately, only Li Jiaxin was left on the deck, and Lin Zhichao also sat up and started chatting with her.

After chatting for a while, Li Jiaxin said: "Lin Sheng, your skin is really good and very healthy. People can't believe that you have been in the mall for more than 30 years!"

Lin Zhichao was surprised, this woman was quite good at talking!

But it may be due to her status. The biggest rich people she came into contact with in her previous life were second-rate rich people and second-generation rich people such as Liu Luanxiong and Xu Jinheng. In addition, she was already a Hong Kong sister at the time, which gave her some confidence. Today's Lin Zhichao is the king of Hong Kong and the richest Chinese in the world. In fact, he is also the richest man in the world.

He jokingly said: "Is it really that good? Why don't you take a closer look and don't be fooled!"

Li Jiaxin blushed, but she still moved closer curiously. After all, he is a 57-year-old man. How can he really be so young?

After taking a closer look, she found that Lin Zhichao had almost no wrinkles on his body and his skin was tight. Just by looking at it, she knew it contained strength. Li Jiaxin suddenly couldn't help but tap Lin Zhichao's arm, and she couldn't help but blush.

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "It doesn't matter! It's understandable for girls to love beauty. But you are so young, you don't have these worries!"

Li Jiaxin quickly returned to her seat and said, "Why not? I want to dress beautifully every day, and I will check whether there are any flaws in my dress."

She seems to be opening up her heart, telling the concepts she has been exposed to since she was a child, and she seems to be showing off that she is not an ordinary child from a poor family, but a girl with pursuits.

Lin Zhichao smiled, and his young thoughts hit his hopeful young heart.

However, he did not throw out bait. A girl like Li Jiaxin must be well prepared. Although Lin Zhichao is very confident, no girl of any kind can make a big splash in front of him.

What's more, Li Jiaxin's character is not as 'bad' as in her previous life and is very malleable.

On that day, Lin Zhichao treated Li Jiaxin's three daughters like a gentleman, and finally sent someone to take them home.

The three women came empty-handed, so they naturally went home empty-handed. After all, everything on the ship required their meeting.

After returning to the small 'slum house', Wu Guofang said: "My good daughter, Lin Sheng is interested in you, and does not want to recognize you as his goddaughter! What should we do?"

She was reluctant to give up the wealth and wealth at her fingertips, but she couldn't let her daughter commit herself to a man older than her.

Li Jiaxin blushed and said, "No way, Lin Sheng just admires me. I don't want to be his goddaughter!"

Wu Guofang just sighed and said, "Next time we meet, I have to be there!"

"oh"

At this time, Li Jiaming said: "It would be great if I could live in a big house sometime! My dear, our consumption on the ship today must be hundreds of thousands!"

Li Jiaxin immediately said: "As long as the ship is launched, it will cost hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars."

The two daughters joined the discussion one after another, and Wu Guofang suddenly had no choice. She had taken this step with her daughter, and now she might not be able to regret it. After all, after a wonderful day like today, who would want to live like this again in the future.

Lin Zhichao and his eldest son Lin Ruihuan came to the family office and met with CEO Charles Fleming and head of the investment and financial management department John Smith, and listened to their work reports.

Lin Zhichao’s family office has invested a total of US$500 million in capital, and now it has a wealth of over US$2 billion, with a wealth appreciation of about 20% every year. The main investment history includes investing in oil and related stocks in the late 1970s, and starting to invest in automobile stocks in the early 1980s. It also mainly invests in newly listed companies in the United States (stocks such as Apple, Nike, KFC, Home Depot, Best Buy, etc.) , to participate in investment in the UK stock market.

On the contrary, Victoria Harbor Investment is more keen on investing in the 'Nifty 50'. Of course, it will also invest in some potential stocks that Lin Zhichao is familiar with in order to enjoy high annual dividends and make long-term investments. At the same time, in recent years, it has invested in a large number of Japanese stocks, Investments in Japanese real estate, Hong Kong stock market and real estate.

"What is the foreign exchange situation of the US dollar against the Japanese yen?" Lin Zhichao asked.

John immediately said: "Currently, the profit has doubled to about 50 million U.S. dollars, and the net capital value is 1.05 billion U.S. dollars!"

Lin Zhichao nodded with satisfaction. The exchange rate of the US dollar against the Japanese yen at the beginning of the year was 262 points. He immediately arranged for Victoria Harbor Investment and the family office to each spend US$50 million to speculate in foreign exchange with 10 times leverage.

Today, the exchange rate of the US dollar against the Japanese yen fluctuates around 249 points, so the profits are huge.

Of course, what Lin Zhichao really wants is to enter the market in early September, when they will add an additional US$100 million each with the same 20x leverage. In this way, he entered the market with the equivalent of US$300 million, and the amount of capital leveraged was US$6 billion.

In addition to foreign exchange, Victoria Harbor Investment and family offices will also be shorting oil futures at the end of the year. After all, the price has dropped from 30 US dollars per barrel to 10 US dollars per barrel. The profit in the middle is enough to make a lot of money.

Lin Zhichao now has one hand in finance and one hand in industry, earning a lot of wealth. After all, there will be no such good opportunities in the future!

"Before the end of August, you sell some British and US stocks to prepare a cash flow of US$200 million, and then I am going to continue to speculate in foreign exchange between the US dollar and the Japanese yen!"

Only US$100 million is used, and the other US$100 million is temporarily used as a ‘margin’, which can be used to cover positions at any time. Once the yen appreciates by about 10%, this capital will no longer be needed because it has stabilized and you can invest additional principal.

Charles immediately said: "Boss, it is better for the family office to invest in prudent investments as much as possible. The US stocks and British stocks you directed to invest are both stocks with great development potential. On the contrary, they are US dollars, Japanese yen and foreign exchange, which are very risky, especially You want to invest with leverage.”

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "That's why I only invest about 10% of my total assets, so that it is not a risk for my investment level. What's more, I am firmly optimistic about the appreciation of the yen, so you can rest assured!"

In a family office, the investment team cannot invest in high-risk projects, but Lin Zhichao can.

Charles stopped talking. After all, this boss is very good at investing. He personally directs 90% of the family office's investments, and the remaining 10% is the "free investment" of the investment department, but the rate of return is of course the boss's. The portion is much higher.

After discussing the details, Charles and John left first.

Lin Zhichao immediately lamented to his eldest son Lin Ruihuan: "My approach is based on my having enough confidence. Although it seems to everyone to be a wrong and risky investment, I personally don't think so. But no matter what, in essence, This kind of investment is 'wrong', so I keep telling you not to invest in high-risk projects. After the 1990s, I plan to stop investing, so you can bear witness to me."

Lin Ruihuan said: "Actually, my father's confidence is very contagious, making us all think that we are sure of victory. But as my father said, these are indeed high-risk investments. It is right to invest less or not at all."

He has always insisted on investing in industries, and he even feels that Changshi Group should not invest in financial products.

Lin Zhichao nodded and pretended to listen to his son.

In fact, after the 1990s, of course he would invest in high-risk products such as foreign exchange and futures, but he planned to create wealth for his illegitimate children.

Anyway, as long as he remembers it, he will take part in it.

Lin Zhichao's companies have invested heavily in Japan, which was quickly reported and commented on by the media. He himself frequently appears in Japanese news media and meets with Japanese officials and business executives.

Various actions have caused uneasiness in Hong Kong's business community, wondering whether Lin Zhichao may be following the example of Jardine Matheson - making money in Hong Kong and investing overseas.

In view of this public opinion, Lin Zhichao explained the public opinion at a press conference.

"Investing in Japan is just because the yen has the potential to appreciate. Japan's political and economic stability is too small. Hong Kong's territory is too small. For the rights and interests of all shareholders, we can only lead companies to expand investment channels. In the future, overseas investment will generally occupy a proportion of the investment of its affiliated companies. Chengdu, the highest is no more than 35%.”

"Cheung Kong Group has a history of successful overseas investments. Nowadays, the industries it invests in Japan are mainly commercial real estate. I believe the return rate is better than the interest rate."

A reporter immediately asked: "Mr. Lin, you always say that Hong Kong is too small. This is the fundamental reason why you choose to invest overseas? Isn't it?"

Many reporters burst into laughter. This reporter's question was a bit offensive. Hong Kong is too small, but it contributed most of the profits of the Cheung Kong Group.

Everyone is waiting for Lin Zhichao's answer.

Lin Zhichao also smiled and said: "I am not exaggerating when I say Hong Kong is too small! As for the Cheung Kong Group, when everyone was in difficulty in 1983, the Cheung Kong Group held US$1.5 billion, which was Tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars, and the debt ratio is extremely low. We promptly converted these funds into investments in Hong Kong. Now that the real estate industry has recovered, these assets have appreciated again. Our current debt ratio is less than 10%, but what about investment projects in Hong Kong? ?The 25 billion new airport plan proposed by our private consortium some time ago was rejected by the Hong Kong government. Now we really can’t find enough projects in Hong Kong.”

The scene was in an uproar!

In 1983, when others were going bankrupt or on the verge of bankruptcy, Changshi today has tens of billions of cash flows, which is simply a dimensionality reduction blow.

Lin Zhichao then added: "So, our confidence in Hong Kong is definitely the strongest. However, we have to consider shareholders. The appreciation of corporate assets and the surge in stocks are the things that we entrepreneurs should consider most. Here, Let me once again promote our long-term investment strategy and long-term investment in our stocks will definitely allow investors to reap a generous pension."

"Haha" the reporters laughed one after another.

In fact, Lin Zhichao also cheated Leechi of a sum of money in 1981, raising 2 billion at that time. Soon after, the market value of Cheung Kong Group fell to a minimum of HK$16.5 billion, a drop of 25%. Of course, this is something other companies in Hong Kong look up to.

At that time, Cheung Kong Group claimed to have a cash flow of 100. Even if the stock fell again, how far could it fall?

Since September last year, the market value of Cheung Kong Group has increased by nearly 60%, and is now approaching HK$28 billion.

The next day, Lin Zhichao's domineering remarks quickly spread throughout Hong Kong and even overseas.

Cheung Kong's large-scale investment in Japan also attracted the attention of many Hong Kong investors, so more funds flowed into Japan.

Cheung Kong invested in Japan through commercial real estate and did not invest in financial products such as the stock market.

"Lin Sheng is so domineering! It's not that I don't want to invest in Hong Kong, but that Hong Kong is too small. I accept this statement! The market value of Cheung Kong's real estate companies combined is as high as that of several real estate companies. If they all invest in Hong Kong, I am afraid that other real estate companies will have no living space." there is none left."

"That's right, if you don't invest overseas, you won't be able to develop at all! I just don't know if investing in Japan is the right channel?"

"Don't worry about this. Lin Zhichao is known as the 'God of Investment'. When has he ever suffered a loss in investment?"

"That makes sense!"

Soon, public opinion reversed!

It became 'It's not that Cheung Kong Group is unwilling to invest in Hong Kong, but that the big projects have almost been invested, and they have to provide soup to their friends, so they can only invest overseas.' For a time, Cheung Kong Group's stock continued to rise. Heading towards a market value of 28 billion.

Along with Lin Zhichao's other companies, the stocks have begun to rise, causing many investors to pursue these stocks.