The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 125 [Paid Escort] (Ask for a monthly ticket!)

At the end of June, Japan.

Lin Zhichao brought Gao Qiqiang to Yamaguchi Steamboat Co., Ltd., and under the leadership of its staff, he came to the office of its president Tatsuro Yamashita.

The reason why it went so smoothly was that Lin Zhichao directly handed over information about one Victory Ship, two Liberty Ships under his own company, and a brief introduction to global shipping to Nippon Shipping Company, Yamaguchi Kisen Company, etc., and then waited for news at the hotel.

In post-war Japan, there has always been a shortage of cargo ships, not to mention that Japan's economy has begun to develop this year, so it is bound to not turn a blind eye; more importantly, the war in the north has already begun, and the Yankees have also sent troops.

"Mr. Lin, Mr. Gao, I am Tatsuro Yamashita. I am very glad that you can come to our company to seek cooperation." Tatsuro Yamashita bowed his waist and saluted as soon as they met.

Naturally, Lin Zhichao didn't bow his waist, but stretched out his right hand in response, and nodded slightly.

"President Yamashita, I wonder if your company is interested in our ship?"

"Of course, please sit here, let's talk slowly!"

After the three sat down, Tatsuro Yamashita's secretary made tea for the three of them, and then the two sides also cut into the topic.

"Mr. Lin, your ships are very good, but do you have good seamen?"

Snob!
"Of course! The quality of our seamen is very good. They used to be seamen, and then they studied systematically at our Global Maritime Academy for three months, so please rest assured."

Tatsuro Yamashita nodded in satisfaction. In his opinion, Lin Zhichao was not a simple Chinese shipowner.Generally, Chinese shipowners seldom own such large-tonnage sea-going ships, and prefer to buy small and medium-sized sea-going ships, which makes it easier to start their business.

But now, the Chinese shipowner took the initiative to ask for a long-term lease, which has never happened before.Because the general shipowners in Hong Kong only accept one-way charter, the price is higher.

"How did you come up with the idea of ​​renting out the ship on a half-year lease? Wouldn't the price be cheaper? Could it be that the business can't keep up?" Tatsuro Yamashita said shrewdly.

Lin Zhichao quickly understood that Tatsuro Yamashita wanted to lower the price, but it was obviously not feasible in front of him.

"President Yamashita, we do not speak dark words. With the development of Japan's economy in the past six months, the demand for cargo transportation has become more and more strong. I have already felt the arrival of shipping spring in Xiangjiang. Two of the three ships originally I am running fixed lines, and the business has become saturated. Of course, these are very profitable, but I want to be more stable, hoping to get a letter of credit from the bank and get a loan to buy more ships. What's more, isn't there War in the North?"

Tatsuro Yamashita immediately became serious. He understood that Lin Zhichao was a shrewd businessman who had a good control of the situation.

The implication of Lin Zhichao's words was that his boat would not worry about business, and if the price he gave was too low, he would definitely not agree to lease it.

Later, Tatsuro Yamashita tentatively asked, "Assuming we rent all three boats, how much will it cost for half a year?"

He didn't propose a longer lease, because he didn't realize that shipping prices were going to skyrocket, skyrocket in the second half of the year.

"The total of the three ships is a half-year lease of 70 US dollars!"

In the first half of this year, the shipping situation has gradually increased, and the lease is half a year, so Lin Zhichao quoted a reasonable price.

Of course, although this kind of lease is signed for half a year, it is actually paid on a monthly basis.

The reason why the Japanese are willing to charter ships is because they feel that foreign exchange control is too strict. If they spend so much money all at once, they would definitely prefer to buy ships.

Tatsuro Yamashita immediately began to counter-offer 65 US dollars, and said: "This kind of lease is no more than a one-way lease. We need to bear the risk of idleness. The half-year period is about [-] to [-]% of the short-term price."

Lin Zhichao retorted: "Our boat is not an ordinary second-hand boat, and its performance is definitely beyond the reach of other second-hand boats. I think so, how about 68 US dollars."

In fact, he is not very satisfied with this price, but there is no way, he needs to gain the trust of the Japanese company first.

For a half-year rental of US$68, Lin Zhichao still needs to deduct fuel costs, insurance fees, labor costs, and maintenance costs, and it is estimated that he can earn US$40 to US$50.

The total price of his three ships is 155 million US dollars, but in fact, the total value of the ships should be around 170 million US dollars, because Lin Zhichao missed it.

After such a settlement, it takes almost two years to earn back the money of three old ships for this rent, which is still a good time for shipping.

Of course, if Yamaguchi Steamboat wants to renew the contract after half a year, it is basically impossible without double the price, which means at least 280 million US dollars a year.

And Lin Zhichao is just waiting for the "Far East ship shortage" half a year later!
After negotiations between Tatsuro Yamashita and Zhichao Lin, they finally reached a half-year lease at a price of 68 US dollars.

For this result, Tatsuro Yamashita was very happy and invited Lin Zhichao and Gao Qiqiang to the business dinner.

The Japanese like to conduct business entertainment in geisha parlors.This habit makes many foreign businessmen find it novel, interesting and unique.

Lin Zhichao readily agreed that he is not an old-fashioned businessman, and of course he will abide by the final bottom line.If he hadn't strictly demanded himself on that kind of thing, he might have fallen in Hong Kong alone.

as predicted.

In the evening, Lin Zhichao and Gao Qiqiang came to a geisha management as agreed, and after entering a wooden room, Tatsuro Yamashita led the executives to greet them.

After the greeting, I saw Tatsuro Yamashita clapping his hands, and a large number of women in kimonos rushed out, twice as many as the guests.

"Mr. Lin and Mr. Gao, this is a characteristic of our country. In order to show respect to the guests, please ask them to serve you meals. You can choose the girl you like and sit with you." Tatsuro Yamashita said politely.

He was very optimistic about Lin Zhichao, the owner of the ship. The first move was three [-]-ton giant ships, and the Yamaguchi steamship was short of capacity.Moreover, Lin Zhichao is also the first Chinese shipowner who agrees to a long-term charter, which is a good sign.

Lin Zhichao said politely, "I'll do whatever I want!"

Tatsuro Yamashita saw that although Lin Zhichao did not refuse this kind of banquet, he was very honest and gentleman, and he immediately became more fond of Lin Zhichao.Because such a geisha hall is more about appreciating Japanese culture than providing some kind of colored services.

Of course, if the customer wants, the geisha hall can also provide it.

Afterwards, ten women in kimonos sat on both sides of the five men, and the room filled up for a while.

After a while, another group of women in kimonos came out. It turned out that they were from the performance group.Five women in black kimonos sing harmony, and a woman in colorful kimono performs a fan dance.

The style of music is indescribable!

"Mr. Lin, how many ships do you have around the world?" Tatsuro Yamashita asked curiously.

"There is only one 8600-ton cargo ship left, which is used to run a fixed route. Could it be that, President Yamashita, you still lack ships?" Lin Zhichao immediately asked.

Tatsuro Yamashita said shrewdly: "If you still have it, we can naturally rent it."

You can't tell Lin Zhichao directly about the lack of ships, which will easily affect the market.Of course, he may not know that there will be a ship shortage in the Far East soon. Once the mighty army appears, the war will not end immediately.

Later, Tatsuro Yamashita asked again: "I heard from Mr. Lin that if you want to get a letter of credit from the bank, will you soon have to buy a ship?"

Lin Zhichao had an idea, and thought of a future event, he said: "Yes! Our global shipping company requires to more than double the transportation capacity next year, and then I will ask President Yamashita to take care of it."

Tatsuro Yamashita was immediately surprised. According to the current global shipping capacity of 4.36 tons, if the expansion is more than doubled, it may be [-] tons.

Such a ship owner is already considered powerful!

Thinking of this, he immediately became more enthusiastic.

"Of course, as long as Mr. Lin's shipowner can complete the task perfectly and we have a happy cooperation, Yamaguchi Steamboat will definitely consider you."

Lin Zhichao raised his wine glass, and everyone cooperated happily.

Lin Zhichao also attaches great importance to Tatsuro Yamashita's solicitation. The price is determined by the market, and the negotiation between the two parties is only in a small area, and it is impossible to break away from the big market.And Lin Zhichao also hopes to get support from Japanese maintenance factories and banks through Tatsuro Yamashita in the future.

Of course, the basis of these is that his fleet is an excellent fleet.

Next, everyone enjoyed it, the women in kimonos on both sides poured wine and picked up vegetables, and the men almost didn't even have to use their hands to eat.In the end, Tatsuro Yamashita took the initiative to let Hua girl follow Lin Zhichao and others back to the hotel.

Of course, Lin Zhichao refused the paid escort because it was 'illegal'!
Gao Qiqiang naturally wouldn't accept it either.

When the old Madden of Wheelock Shipping learned that Global Lines added two more [-]-ton large freighters, he finally looked squarely at the small shipowner who had shown his ambitions in front of him.

After all, it has only been less than a year since entering shipping, and Global Shipping already has a load capacity of 4.36 tons, and Global Shipping cannot get support from banks, so the funds are Lin Zhichao's own funds, or borrowed from fellow villagers, relatives and friends .

But in any case, such a large amount of money really shocked old Madden.

"A layman, it's just a layman! Buy all the [-]-ton large freighters, does he think he can still have such good luck, and the business can grow quickly?"

"Besides, even if his fleet doubles in two years, it will only be [-] to [-] tons. If this continues, how can he catch up with Wheelock's fleet."

"To catch up with Wheelock within ten years, I think he is a dream come true!"

"Forget it, such a small person doesn't deserve my attention, he's too arrogant to bow his head."

In the end, Ma Deng no longer paid attention to Lin Zhichao.

He originally wanted to bring Lin Zhichao's ship to the management of his own company, and negotiated a cooperation for a year or two. After Lin Zhichao gained experience, it was okay for everyone to break up.

As a result, Lin Zhichao didn't know what was good and bad, so he refused straight away. Naturally, he was annoyed for a while, and he almost made a mess out of him.

When Lin Zhichao returned to Hong Kong, and one Victory Ship and two Liberty Ships had rushed to their destinations according to the instructions of Yamaguchi Steamboat, the lease agreement had officially come into effect.

The rent of 68 US dollars will be paid in six months, and the profit is expected to be 45 US dollars; and the profit of another 8600-ton cargo ship of 15 US dollars in the second half of the year should be similar (the market has started).

In this way, the second half of the year is almost a profit of 60 US dollars.

It needs to repay the final purchase price of 20 US dollars, so there will be a cash flow of about 40 US dollars at the end of the year.

Lin Zhichao invested a total of about 175 million US dollars to enter the shipping industry; he should have made a profit of 65 US dollars in the first year (the total price of the ship is 200 million US dollars); the annual profit rate is still very high, almost reaching more than 30%.

Why is such a lucrative industry not a big hit?
Because once shipping encounters a cold winter, not only cannot make money, but also lose money.

And in the event of an accident, it is also possible to lose everything.

Guo Song, the first Chinese "ship king", owned 1877 steamships in 13. He was an independent Chinese ship owner in Hong Kong in the early days and could compete with the general foreign fleet.But it disappeared later. Some people said that it was no match for the foreign fleet and was annexed by the foreigners. Some people said that the entire army was wiped out in a storm at sea.

In the hurricane disaster of 1874 alone, 35 ocean liners sank. In the era when radio transmission of marine weather forecasts was not realized, sea transportation depended on the sky.

In the 30s, the world's shipping was in a severe winter, and the ports were full of large cargo ships and oil tankers.A US$200 million oil tanker can be purchased for only US$2. With US$12, Onassis purchased six large oil tankers. 'Ship King'.

Wheelock's old Madden, also relying on the two large ocean liners purchased at that time, became one of the large foreign companies in Hong Kong in one fell swoop.You know, before the 30s, there was no record of Wheelock & Co. in either Hong Kong or Shanghai Stock Exchange, so it must have been a small and unknown firm.

Early December.

The sense of crisis lingering on the heads of Hong Kong citizens disappeared with the appearance of the 'Seventh Fleet'.Instead, the Hong Kong government promulgated the "Export Control Order of 1950", stipulating that 11 commodities, including coconut oil, copper, diamonds, aluminum, gasoline products, plastics, tin, silver, and copper oil, were prohibited from being exported to the mainland, Taiwan, and Taiwan. Omen.

Lin Zhichao knows that more severe bans are yet to come, probably in August. Of course, these bans are mainly aimed at China, Taiwan, and Austria.

At the same time, Lin Zhichao finally understood that the ban on Hong Kong may not officially start until December.

Obviously, it's good for him, like the zipper industry.

He can take advantage of this period of time and continue to use the funds in his account to import aluminum alloy and copper raw materials from the United States, hoping to be more stable.As of the end of June, Cheung Kong's cash flow on the account has reached 180 million Hong Kong dollars, and the current monthly profit can reach 45 to 50 Hong Kong dollars (including subsidiaries).

On the morning of the weekend, the door of Lin's house rang.

Lin Xiner opened the door, and then sweetly called out, "Hi sister-in-law!"

Coupled with the expression of suppressed laughter, it can be seen that they are mischievous. Although Caiying and Lin Zhichao have completed their life exchanges, they have not officially married after all.

Caiying immediately wanted to grab Lin Xiner's face, but Lin Xiner quickly dodged, and the two classmates, friends, and relatives immediately started fighting.

Seeing Lin Zhichao reading the newspaper on the sofa, Caiying immediately sat beside him unconvinced, and said, "You don't care about Lin Xiner at all!"

Lin Xiner stuck out her tongue immediately, and then sat down on the sofa opposite.

Lin Zhichao put down the newspaper and said, "Didn't she learn from you? Am I saying this is not good?"

Caiying was embarrassed for a moment, and then remembered how quiet Lin Xiner was before, but how could she admit it, instead she put her arm on Lin Zhichao's next door and said in a low voice: "If you take advantage of me, you won't spoil me anymore, or Don't help me!" After finishing speaking, his eyes were demonstrative.

Lin Zhichao put his arms around her waist and said generously, "You will be Xin'er's sister-in-law sooner or later, why don't you just take care of her!"

Lin Xiner immediately cooperated with her brother, got up and stood in front of Caiying, and said, "Sister-in-law, I was wrong!"

Caiying said in a low voice: "You are still shouting! This matter has not been settled yet!"

After a fight, everyone came out of the room one after another.

Seeing Caiying coming, Wu Wenying immediately said happily: "Caiying, I have prepared your favorite snacks for breakfast today." There was joy in his eyes, which was the joy for his wife.

Caiying felt a little overwhelmed by this gaze, so she could only pretend to smile calmly and say, "Thank you, Aunt Ying!"

Tang Caiyun hugged her one-year-old son and said deliberately: "My daughter-in-law is about to fall out of favor!"

Wu Wenying said hastily: "Caiyun, how could you fall out of favor!"

Tang Caiyun smiled immediately and said, "Mom, I'm just kidding you!"

The women of the whole family are inevitably chattering.

Caiying could only lower her head immediately, and she also realized that she did not have as much freedom as in the future.

Of course, with her character, she couldn't last long.

Sure enough, when everyone was eating breakfast, Caiying said: "Brother-in-law, it's boring, take us out to play?"

There is really nothing fun in this era. Of course, everyone is more likely to be satisfied, such as shopping in Central, department stores, going to the Repulse Bay Bathing Beach, or going to the movies.

"Then let's go for a walk!"

Lin Zhichao also doesn't like to stay at home all the time, he likes to know the details of the market.

"yeah"

After a while, Lin Zhichao took the three daughters out, leaving Wu Wenying and Axia with Lin Ruihuan at home.One-year-old Lin Ruihuan already knew about the protest, but Lin Zhichao was not at ease when a large number of people went out.

Generally speaking, the whole family will be dispatched only when everyone goes out for dinner.At other times, Lin Zhichao took them out separately.

Lin Zhichao took the Tang sisters out, why did he have to take Lin Xiner?
Because they were all young girls, Lin Zhichao didn't want to treat this sister badly, so as not to leave any unfair impression in his heart.

In the car, Lin Zhichao drove the car himself, Tang Caiyun sat in the co-pilot, Caiying and Lin Xiner sat in the back row.There was a car behind, it was the driver and bodyguards, there were three of them.

Lin Zhichao said while driving: "Recently, Hong Kong has become more and more chaotic. Hundreds of local citizens have been beaten by the rout. This also reminds me. Therefore, I will set up a company in the nature of a security company recently. Under the Cheung Kong Industrial Group, externally, it is to train the security of the factory, in fact, it is to provide security for our family, and you will all be equipped with bodyguards in the future."

For a long time, Lin Zhichao has also recruited many bodyguards. In addition to the head of the bodyguard Xue Junshan, there are also three drivers and three bodyguards, that is, a car with a driver and a bodyguard, and the driver is also a bodyguard.

In fact, Lin Zhichao is not worried about his own safety, because he has a secret weapon, not to mention that the targets of kidnapping are basically rich and powerless people; and Lin Zhichao has certain influence in chambers of commerce, contacts, charities, etc. power, so there is little possibility of being listed as an object.

But the most fearful thing is that someone will stare at his family, then Lin Zhichao will be very annoyed, it is best to be prepared.

Caiying said: "I'm not used to male bodyguards, but the driver is better!"

Lin Zhichao immediately said: "Then train female bodyguards, each with a driver and a male bodyguard. After you enter the company to work, you will be assigned female assistants."

"Do we have to work too?" Chaeyoung replied as the heroine again.

"It's not a full-time job! You are not required to go to work every day, but you have to understand how the company operates, so you have to attend some meetings and occasionally go to the company to sit. If you are interested, you can be the management of the company's logistics department in the future " said Lin Zhichao.

"Understood!" Caiying didn't take it seriously.

Lin Zhichao could only shake his head helplessly, this girl is like an elf, she doesn't like being trapped by company affairs.On the contrary, Tang Caiyun was very happy to go to the company to share Lin Zhichao's worries.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao should make the organizational structure of the "Changjiang Department" into a "primary model" as soon as possible, and then let Tang Caiyun enter the company.

As for Lin Xiner, Lin Zhichao has high hopes. Her grades have improved a lot, and she is expected to be admitted to the pre-university course in 2 years. After two years of pre-university course and three years of university study, she is already 24 years old after graduation.At that time, Lin's family business has begun to take shape, and there are plenty of places for her to play.

At this time, Hong Kong has six years of primary school, three plus two plus two years of middle school, that is, seven years of middle school, and of course the last two years are called university preparatory courses. Currently, there is only one university in Hong Kong, and that is the University of Hong Kong.

(End of this chapter)