The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 127 [Involuntary]

weekend.

Deep Water Bay Golf Course belongs to the 'Royal Hong Kong Golf Club', which was established in 1889 (the 15th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty).The club was originally located in Happy Valley, and later moved to Deep Water Bay to build a 9-hole golf course. It settled in Fanling in 1911 and built an 18-hole old course. Bei Lu, who served as the governor of Hong Kong from 1930 to 1935, liked golf and horse riding, so he built a holiday villa near the famous Fanling Stadium.

Lin Zhichao would occasionally come to Deep Water Bay and Repulse Bay to check the properties here. Since he had snatched the luck of Li Jiacheng and the charter king, he naturally wanted to snatch away the feng shui treasure house at Deep Water Bay No. 79; as for Deep Water Bay 78 Lin Zhichao felt that the Bao family's mansion on No. 80 was not considered to be very good in geomantic omen, so he dared not make a move; on the contrary, the Xu family's No. [-] Deep Water Bay should not be missed if there is an opportunity.

The reason why he greedily wanted two houses in Deep Water Bay was because Lin Zhichao was going to marry a bungalow, so he would naturally leave a feng shui house for the bungalow.

The deep water bay mansions that will cost billions in future generations are only a few hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars at this time. However, considering various factors (economic development, public security environment), Lin Zhichao intends to seek acquisitions in the mid-50s.The owners of these properties are mostly British military officers. Originally, they were just passing through Hong Kong, so they would naturally sell them for money.

Lin Zhichao walked into the Deep Water Bay Golf Course, and under the leadership of the staff, he and Sandas completed the meeting.For this appointment, Lin Zhichao deliberately learned the rules of golf in a simple way, so he saved time. After the coach gave a brief introduction, he had already played waves with Sandas.

Of course, fighting waves is not the goal, but talking about things is the goal.

After swinging a shot, Sanders said, "How are you going to take out the loan?"

Lin Zhichao knew that Sundas decided to participate, so he said: "A loan of 50 US dollars, use the charter contract in our hands as a credit guarantee, and mortgage the 'Jinyinhao' to HSBC Bank. Because it is the first cooperation, I did not I want to get too much, and I want to cooperate with HSBC once more.”

After finishing speaking, he also swung a shot, and he didn't hit the air, on the contrary, he looked pretty good.

Sundas observed Lin Zhichao and found that this young man was very commendable. He knew about the appointment and specially understood the rules of golf. In this way, time wasted was saved and the two of them communicated more smoothly.

Afterwards, Sanders and Lin Zhichao concentrated on playing the first hole. Naturally, Sanders won by four strokes, but Lin Zhichao could barely be considered an entry.

"With a loan of $50, do you want to continue buying a boat?"

"Yes, I would like to buy another ship to open up a regular route between Hong Kong and Yokohama. Yokohama began to rebuild this year, and this route is just an opportunity for me."

After the war, Yokohama has been a US military base and has not been rebuilt; according to the survey of Global Shipping, Yokohama has started rebuilding in the first half of the year, but now there is no fixed route from Hong Kong to Yokohama, which is just an opportunity.

Japan is deficient in resources, and in developing its economy, imports of overseas resources are indispensable, and Hong Kong is a trade transit point.

Sanders couldn't help being amazed. Lin Zhichao's information was so fast. Although he didn't know the specific situation in Yokohama, he felt that there was a lot to be done just because of the reconstruction and no fixed route.

However, if the loan is only 50 US dollars, he believes that Lin Zhichao's strength will not be so troublesome.

So, Sanders asked again: "The contract for your three ships is to be completed early next year (1951), what is your next plan?"

Lin Zhichao immediately said: "According to the current shipping situation, it is inevitable that the price and business will increase greatly at the end of the year, so I plan to seek a long-term contract of 2 to 3 years, and it is naturally better to sign a five-year contract. As for the renewal of such a long-term contract, although It was much cheaper than the one-way trip at that time, but the price was much higher than now. Therefore, I wanted to take advantage of the long-term contract at that time, continue to ask HSBC for a loan, and immediately purchase a large number of freighters to expand my fleet. "

Sanders stopped right and said: "These are just your guesses, so I won't comment. But right now, I can act as an intermediary for you for a loan of 50 US dollars. Next Tuesday, you come to my office and I will take you to see Project Manager Charlie."

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Thank you, I believe this is a win-win situation!"

Win-win is Lin Zhichao's attitude.

As for flattery, that's completely unnecessary.

Throughout the morning, the two had a great time playing waves, and Sanders did not forget to teach Lin Zhichao skills.

A new week begins.

Under the recommendation of Sandas, Global Shipping finally obtained a loan of 50 US dollars from HSBC Bank.

The loan was hard-won, and in the end it was up to Sanders to plead with Charlie, the project manager, to make an exception for HSBC.Of course, the hard power of Global Shipping and Lin Zhichao is the foundation of everything, otherwise it would be useless to talk about it.

Back to Global Shipping, Lin Zhichao recruited Feng Yongfa and said: "HSBC Bank has agreed to the loan, you immediately ask Global Maritime Academy to recruit another batch of students, about 20 is enough."

Feng Yongfa immediately said happily: "Okay, I'll arrange it right away!"

This is a very gratifying thing. Although it is only a loan of 50 US dollars, it is less than a quarter of the assets of more than 200 million US dollars in Global Shipping; but the meaning is obviously different, because it represents Global Shipping Already contacted HSBC.

After a while, Gao Qiqiang also came to Lin Zhichao's office.

"I want to open up a fixed route between Hong Kong and Yokohama. You personally take someone to Yokohama for investigation and preparation, and report to me if there is any situation."

Gao Qiqiang understands that the boss has obtained the loan commitment from HSBC Bank, so the company has the boat to open up this fixed route.

"Okay, I'll leave as soon as possible."

Lin Zhichao was worried that Gao Qiqiang did not understand the importance of this route, so he said: "Yokohama will start rebuilding this year, and the materials needed are huge, so we opened this route. good."

Gao Qiqiang nodded seriously, and said, "Well, the boss will definitely not be disappointed."

Although he hadn't visited the site yet, Gao Qiqiang felt that the boss was so confident that it was true.Japan is narrow and lacks resources. Once a certain place is rebuilt, the materials needed are massive, and Hong Kong, a trading port, cannot be bypassed.

Next, Lin Zhichao arranged for his senior executives one after another, and soon the entire global shipping began to operate at a higher speed.Even Lin Zhichao has decided to set off for London and seek to buy ships again.

Before that, he can make an overseas call to Willis and ask him to prepare the information. After all, Lin Zhichao will only stay in London for less than a week.

evening.

The Lin and Tang families had dinner at the Hong Kong Hotel (Peder Street).

This hotel is actually the first five-star hotel in Hong Kong. It was also the tallest building (6 floors) in Hong Kong when it was built. The furniture inside has always been European style, which is very popular among Hong Kong people. It is a very good choice for dinner parties.

"Next week, I have to go to London to buy a ship of about [-] tons."

Tang Caiying's eyes lit up, and she immediately said, "I want to go too!"

Then, I felt a little embarrassed.

Song Qiaoling immediately said: "What are you going to do, Zhichao bought a boat and ran around, why is he still taking you to play?"

Tang Caiying didn't say a word for a moment, she just stared at Lin Zhichao, as if to say - it's up to him.

Lin Zhichao went to London this time and had a date with Audrey Hepburn, so he really couldn't take her with him.

So he adopted a roundabout tactic, promising to travel to Europe next year before the end.

Later, Tang Zhongyuan asked: "Global shipping has obtained new funds so quickly?"

Lin Zhichao nodded and told about the loan from HSBC.

Tang Zhongyuan looked at Lin Zhichao in disbelief, and then said happily: "Okay! If the bank helps you, your shipping industry will go up."

Lin Zhichao said modestly: "It was just a bank loan that was very difficult to get. Everything in the future is unknown. However, overall it is a good start."

Anyway, Tang Zhongyuan understood that Lin Zhichao must have a great future in the shipping industry.

On the way back from the dinner party, Tang Caiying said unhappily: "Brother Zhichao, why didn't you mention taking me to London, do you not want to take me there?"

Lin Zhichao explained: "I ran here and there, I was really afraid that you might make a mistake! And this time I'm going to go back quickly, I really don't have time to play with you."

After finishing speaking, he did not forget to appease the little girl.

Tang Caiying laughed suddenly, and then said: "Look at how nervous you are, and I'm not self-willed, so I won't go if I don't go!"

In late July, Lin Zhichao arranged for Cheung Kong to take out 7 million Hong Kong dollars of its working capital, and then import copper and aluminum alloys from the United States.For the sake of safety, we communicated with the supplier specially.

Fortunately, Hong Kong has not been listed as a no-trade zone yet, so these raw materials can be obtained only by stating the purpose.But Lin Zhichao knows that the trade ban will become more and more severe. It is estimated that Hong Kong will be strictly controlled after November.

The atmosphere in Hong Kong at this time can already be seen. The other side is rushing to buy various materials, and the port is extremely busy; supplies.

In this way, naturally, the ship owners in Hong Kong can also receive high-cost shipping routes.There is a shortage of ocean-going ships in the mainland, so shipping relies on chartering in Hong Kong, causing coastal shipping prices to rise.For example, the goods from the Shanghai stock market to Beihai (Xiguang) once reached 150 Hong Kong dollars per ton in the previous life; it is even more expensive to ship to the north, after all, there is an important place for US warships, and a meal can be as high as 750 Hong Kong dollars.

All the supplies needed ocean-going ships, and there were only a few ocean-going ships on the opposite side, and almost all of them relied on entrusting others to lease ships.

Of course, these prices fluctuate wildly, but on the whole, shipping costs have definitely skyrocketed.There is a saying in Hong Kong that in the peninsula war, having a ship means printing money.

After arranging the affairs of Cheung Kong, Lin Zhichao bid farewell to his family and flew towards London.The round trip of six or seven days made Lin Zhichao a little painful, but the technology of jet civil aircraft is not yet mature, and the Boeing 707 is estimated to be put into operation in the late 50s.

Although the voyage was long, the thought of going on a date with Audrey Hepburn was obviously in a good mood.Of course, his purpose is to buy a ship, adding a ship is to increase a lot of profits.

When Lin Zhichao arrived in London, Hepburn came to the airport to greet him. The two wanted to hug each other very much, but they tacitly stopped this idea.At this moment, Lin Zhichao already felt the pressure that the two of them had to face. If Hepburn became famous, the relationship between the two would come to an abrupt end.

Fortunately, Lin Zhichao is a very chic man without too many fetters.

Sitting in the taxi, Hepburn said, "Lin, why did you come to London again so soon?"

There seemed to be a little more strangeness between the two of them, and Hepburn's tone was serious, which reminded Lin Zhichao of the last scene of "Roman Holiday".

When Lin Zhichao was in a daze, Hepburn suddenly took his arm and laughed again.

"Why, are you scared?"

Lin Zhichao smiled, it turned out to be a prank, and then responded with a smile: "No! It's just a momentary feeling that you have the aristocratic temperament!"

Audrey Hepburn was originally a descendant of aristocrats, and of course there are too many descendants of such European nobles.

The acting is very noble, in fact, even if she won the Oscar for the leading actress, she can still only be an actor, and an actress at that.

If Lin Zhichao is not married, it can be said that marrying her is more than enough. Even if the news is released by the media at that time, as Lin Zhichao's status as the "Oriental Ship King" (a fleet of hundreds of thousands of tons), there will never be much criticism.

Of course, taking a concubine is another matter, I am afraid that I will be scolded by the whole world immediately.Of course, if it's just a lover's scandal, it's another matter, such as Monroe's scandal, true or false is nothing.

Hepburn said happily: "Really?"

Lin Zhichao nodded, then took out a camera from his bag, and said: "In this trip to London, apart from buying a boat, I hope to spend the rest of the time traveling in London with Miss Hepburn, and use this camera to capture the time. , as a souvenir."

Hepburn nodded, and then leaned on Lin Zhichao's shoulder.

When the two returned to the rented place, Hepburn did not let her mother move in, presumably because of worry.

However, Lin Zhichao didn't care too much, but the two hugged each other, and then began to devote themselves crazily.

At this time, he felt that the unattainable 'Her Royal Highness' was nothing special. She was poor and her work was not going well. She had needs and liked talented men.

"Lin, if you marry me now, I will definitely promise you!"

Suddenly, Hepburn suddenly uttered such a sentence, which scared Lin Zhichao almost to the point of depression.

"Audrey, life is always involuntary, isn't it?"

Hearing this sentence, Hepburn was slightly disappointed at first, and then became more active, and the two showed a strong affection.

afterwards.

Hepburn didn't even want to lift her eyelids, lying in Lin Zhichao's arms.

"Audrey, you will become the most beautiful superstar in Hollywood, stick to your dream, and I will support you behind your back!"

"Aren't you worried that one day, all the pressure will be on you?"

Hepburn raised her eyelids and asked a question.In the scene of the two at the airport today, they both felt the distance from the skin color.

Lin Zhichao smiled confidently: "No! I will never be under pressure, because my career has just started."

Audrey Hepburn thought of Lin Zhichao's dream, and immediately said kindly: "Yes, my Mr. Ship King!"

The two chatted close to each other like this, and then fell asleep.

The next day.

When Willis saw Lin Zhichao, he said happily: "Lin, I have prepared all the information on the cargo ship you need?" After that, he took out a lot of information.

At this time, he seems to have believed Lin Zhichao's words, this young man must be a great figure in the shipping industry in the future.Because of this, he wants to improve the relationship between the two.

Lin Zhichao flipped through the ship information and said, "Willis, is there any fluctuation in the price of second-hand ships in London?"

The price of second-hand ships in Europe and the United States will definitely increase in the past few years, of course, it must only increase slightly. For example, in his previous life, Bao Yugang bought a 1955-year-old 28-ton cargo ship in 8700, and the price was 20 pounds (the Hong Kong intermediary price was 22 million pounds, which he bought directly from the London Shipping Company).In this way, it can be inferred that second-hand ships will probably increase by 30-40% in the future.

There is only one real reason. The global economy has begun to recover after World War II, and the demand for ships has gradually increased.

Willis said: "There are no obvious signs yet, don't worry!"

Lin Zhichao nodded, and soon two boats he liked came into view.

Generally speaking, the construction period, shipyard, and ship parameters are all factors that need to be considered at first glance. Lin Zhichao is no longer what he used to be, and he already knows freighters very well.

As for falsification of parameters, ship brokers and shipping companies will not do this, because when signing the contract, these are the evidence presented by the lawyer.

Afterwards, Lin Zhichao selected a 7800-ton 18-year-old freighter with a price of 45 US dollars (16 pounds).The price of the ship depends not only on the tonnage, but also on the year and operation of the freighter.

Lin Zhichao doesn't like to buy ships that are too old. This will affect the reputation of global shipping, and he is said to only pick up broken ships.Of course, if the world falls apart and someone sells him a batch of old cargo ships at super cheap prices, Lin Zhichao will take them without saying a word.

Compared with making money, face is nothing!

"Do you need to pay in installments?" Willis asked eagerly.

Installment payments also have to pay interest, but the interest is lower.And Lin Zhichao is undoubtedly a powerful businessman with a very good reputation.

"No, the full amount can be paid at any time!" Lin Zhichao said firmly.

Installment payment, he only likes to use this method when building new ships in the future, and now he prefers to take loans from the bank.

"OK! But I'm curious, did you get a loan from the bank?" Willis asked a question.

"Yes, there is a bank willing to provide a little loan so that I can add a freighter." Lin Zhichao said.

Although he didn't say which bank it was, Willis also admired Lin Zhichao. His strength is strong, and now there is another bank willing to provide loans; it seems that he has to take this friend more seriously and strive for a long-term partnership.

Later, when he heard that Lin Zhichao was going to play with Hepburn in London for a few days, Willis immediately enthusiastically gave Lin Zhichao his car, and assigned a company employee as a driver. The service was warm and thoughtful.

Lin Zhichao did not refuse this kindness, just like they entertain overseas businessmen, the same is true.

Five days later.

Lin Zhichao was about to fly back to Hong Kong, but Audrey Hepburn was still at the airport to see him off. This time the two had no scruples at the airport, hugging and kissing.

It can be seen that Lin Zhichao's hard work has had a great effect in the past few days.

After talking about love, the two parted reluctantly, and Lin Zhichao boarded the plane.I'm afraid we will have to wait a long time for the next meeting.

Sitting on the plane, Lin Zhichao couldn't help but took out a thick envelope, which contained the photos he had taken.

He showed a smile, and these photos will be treasured, including Audrey Hepburn's naughty and lively look, Audrey Hepburn's sexy and charming look, and Audrey Hepburn's noble and temperamental look.

All in all, the two of them had a great time.

(End of this chapter)