The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 128 [Tianhu Start]

mid-August.

The British Hong Kong government accepted the order of the London government and announced an unprecedented large list of prohibited export materials, including metal machines, steel products, non-ferrous metals, petroleum, petroleum equipment, transportation equipment, chemical raw materials, chemical instruments, electronic appliances, transportation equipment, food wait.

At the same time, along the coast of China, U.S. warships and Taiwanese warships are cruising around, attacking merchant ships trading with the mainland; Taiwan Island has also deployed many mines in the strait (originally to prevent recovery), and once the merchant ships encounter it, it is almost a ship. Destruction.

For a time, shipping prices skyrocketed.

Japan's economy has also begun to rise rapidly. There are a large number of goods waiting to be shipped, and the business demand has increased, which has driven the shipping price to rise again.

Therefore, some people in Hong Kong described it as having a boat and printing money.

Of course, Lin Zhichao knows that the shipping price will rise this year, but he still chooses to sign a long-term lease for half a year. Why?

There are three reasons:

First, the rise in shipping prices is a process, and it must reach a peak at the end of the year;

Second, we need a process of mutual trust with Japanese customers, and this half year is just right;
Third, with the skyrocketing shipping prices and mutual trust, Japanese customers will take the initiative to sign high-priced long-term contracts (refer to the first ship of Charter King).

For these reasons, he leased all 3.5-ton cargo ships (two Liberty ships and one Victory ship) to Yamaguchi Steamship.At the same time, there are two fixed routes for global shipping, namely the 8600-ton Jinyin (Tokyo-Hong Kong-Southeast Asia-Australia) and the 7800-ton Venus (Yokohama-Hong Kong, under preparation).

Once the Venus goes into operation in early September, money will roll in.Global Shipping can repay all loans this year, including 50 US dollars from HSBC Bank, and the final payment of 20 US dollars from London Shipping Company for the purchase of the ship, and its interest.

In this way, it is equivalent to Lin Zhichao having a complete fleet of 5.14 tons of deadweight this year.

"dong dong"

"Come in"

After Feng Yongfa walked in, he said immediately: "Boss, I found a floor for rent in an office building near HSBC Bank in Queen's Road Central. It was left by a US-funded company just evacuated. The area is 5800 square feet and the monthly rent is 5000. , the annual rent is 6 Hong Kong dollars."

With the issuance of the ban, it is inevitable that some US-funded companies will withdraw from Hong Kong one after another, because they originally wanted to do business in the mainland.

"What building is it called?"

"Qiuyi Building"

Lin Zhichao immediately understood that he was almost familiar with most commercial buildings in Hong Kong, and even many properties.This building is not far from HSBC Bank, next door to the next door. Later generations rebuilt the No. [-] Queen's Road Central Building through the Guangdong East Bank Building next to the building.

"Okay, just rent it. After you rent it, you arrange for someone to clean it up and choose a good day to move in."

For global shipping with deep pockets, although renting the next floor requires an annual rent of 6 Hong Kong dollars, it is just a sprinkle of water.

"Good! After renting out such a large area, a special radio wave room will be set up, so that all ship information can be collected to the headquarters in the future."

Although the distance of radio waves is only a few hundred kilometers, the ships of the global shipping are mobile. Assuming that the global shipping has dozens or even hundreds of ships, they can easily communicate on a global scale.

For example, news from Japan is transmitted to a ship in the South China Sea. After receiving the news, the ship can wait until it gets close to Hong Kong and then send radio waves (communication can usually be reached within 300 kilometers), or it can be sent to a ship that is closer to Hong Kong. On the ship (everyone is on the same channel, as long as the distance is long enough, they can communicate).

In short, the ship is like a mobile base station, and the global shipping headquarters is like a command system.

"Well, this matter needs to be well prepared, and the information is very important."

"Okay, I'll start preparing right away."

Recently, Global Shipping has begun to recruit shipping talents and management talents, which can be described as rapid development.

Not only that, around October, the Global Maritime Academy will recruit at least 120 seafarer students for systematic learning.

Because at the beginning of next year, the global shipping fleet will be doubled.

"Boss, there is a wealthy businessman named Tan who wants to meet you and said that he wants to entrust us to transport a batch of goods!" A staff member walked in and said.

Lin Zhichao immediately understood that this was the transportation of 'contraband goods'. He first said calmly: "Next time a stranger asks me out, don't say that I am in the company. After asking for instructions, we will talk about whether we have met or not."

The clerk immediately blushed. He knew that he had made a mistake, because if the boss refused now, it would be an offense.

"Boss, I understand, it will definitely not be like this next time."

"Okay, let him come in, let him come in!"

After a while, a middle-aged man came to Lin Zhichao's office, and when they met, he reported his family name: "Mr. Lin, my name is Tan Xiyu."

Lin Zhichao looked at Tan Xiyu, and when he heard that the name was fake, it seemed that he was from the local group.

"Tan Sheng saw me?"

Tan Xiyu saw that Lin Zhichao looked at him like an eagle, and he was three points weaker if he didn't come. He didn't know why Lin Zhichao could have such arrogance at such a young age.

"I purchased 3700 tons of rubber in Singapore and would like to entrust you."

The voice just finished speaking.

Lin Zhichao then said, "Sorry, we don't have any boats to rent right now."

be honest!

Tan Xiyu was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect this person to be so decisive, and then he said: "The price is 50 US dollars per ton, as long as you meet Yuedong."

After speaking, he held great confidence.

Lin Zhichao said with a helpless smile on purpose: "Don't say $50 a ton, even if it's $500 a ton, I can't get a boat to make this money, because our boats are basically long-term leases. Once we break the contract, we won't be caught. All right."

Tan Xiyu said without giving up: "Mr. Lin, this is"

A lot of truth.

Lin Zhichao shook his head and said, "I am a serious descendant of Juren, if I were still in the mainland! Of course, these are not the main reasons, because my boat has a loan from HSBC Bank. If something happens, I will not be able to bear it." There will be consequences, after all, the whole family has to be raised."

Tan Xiyu's face turned red immediately, he didn't expect this person to speak so sharply that he was speechless.The so-called different ways do not conspire with each other, and the attitude of others is very clear.

"OK then!"

After Tan Xiyu left, Lin Zhichao breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he knew that he couldn't escape these encounters, he didn't expect to be approached so soon.Rejection is inevitable, he is just a businessman, and it is inevitable to consider risks.

He remembered reading Dong Haoyun's record in his previous life. Dong Haoyun leased foreign ships and planned to transport thousands of tons of rubber to eastern Guangdong.As a result, he was detected by a British warship, so Dong Haoyun was also banned from entering Singapore for an unknown period.

Obviously, if Lin Zhichao agreed, the risk would be huge.

He is short of 10,000+ dollars!
Originally, he wanted to introduce Li Gaofu to Tan Xiyu, but Lin Zhichao decided to ignore these things completely. His career is advancing by leaps and bounds now, so don't worry about it.

His shipping career has almost started off in Tianhu, and even Dong Haoyun can't compare with him at all.It can be said that Lin Zhi surpassed Xinshou Village, and the four major ship lords in his previous life began to find the village chief to take on the task.

The next day.

Lin Zhichao came to Changjiang Industrial and recruited Wang Liang, the deputy general manager.

"Have the raw materials been put into storage?"

Wang Liang said immediately: "It's in storage. The raw materials with a total value of 450 million Hong Kong dollars are already lying in the warehouse."

After saying this, Wang Liang couldn't help admiring the boss's foresight, because the expansion of the embargo had already made many keen businessmen feel abnormal.And his own boss, as early as May, had already started to make arrangements.

Lin Zhichao said with satisfaction: "From now on, all imported raw materials will be imported through the company in Singapore, and the raw materials in Hong Kong will be used as strategic materials and will not be used until next year."

Wang Liang once again felt the boss's far-sightedness. Now that there is a Xingdao factory, Cheung Kong is simply covered by the biggest insurance.

"oh, I understand now!"

Later, Wang Liang took the initiative to say: "Boss, do you want to slowly hoard Hong Kong's plastic raw materials, so that we can advance and retreat well with only plastic raw materials; if we advance, we can push up the price of raw materials and carry out low-absorbing Sell ​​high; return, you can use these raw materials for yourself, and our price is more advantageous for the same product.”

Profiteer!

"Yes! You can arrange the people from Changjiang Trading to do it. Use all the profits of Changjiang Plastic Factory to buy raw materials in the Hong Kong market, and slowly absorb them! When the time is right, Cheung Kong will support some funds to absorb a large amount of raw materials from the market. "

"Well, this trick can avoid alerting the market. Now the Changjiang Plastic Factory can also make a monthly profit of nearly 2 Hong Kong dollars, which can absorb a lot of raw materials."

Yes, plastic products are quite profitable, of course, some small factories are struggling.After all, for large-scale plastic projects like Changjiang Plastic Factory, the main suppliers are wholesalers with large quantities.

After Wang Liang left, Lin Zhichao thought that after October, he would be able to hoard a large amount of plastic raw materials in Hong Kong.In fact, it is not considered hoarding. After all, as a big factory like Changjiang Plastic Factory, it is not surprising to buy in large quantities.

Shauqi Bay.

Li Jiacheng returned to his 'Changhe Plastic Factory' before eating at noon.He usually arrives at the factory very early in the morning, and then arranges for workers to produce. In the morning, he goes to do business in person, selling various plastic products such as guns, photo frames, and buckets produced by Changhe Plastic Factory.

"How is the production situation in the morning?" Li Jiacheng's first sentence was this when he returned to the company.

The reason is very simple, because the workers of Changhe Plastic Factory have just come out of the farmland and have no factory experience, let alone experience in the plastic industry.At the beginning, he was the one who taught everyone. Although everyone is ready to produce, after all, they are just a group of workers who have been in contact with them for less than 3 months.

Therefore, the products produced by Changhe Plastic Factory are not on the table. Li Chaoren can only go to those grandma and small grocery stores to sell the products.

Although the quality of the products of Changhe Plastic Factory is not good, the advantage is that the price is cheap, because the salary of this group of workers is only 35 Hong Kong dollars, and Li Jiacheng has multiple jobs-accountant, procurement, technician, salesman, etc., so the labor cost is very high. low.

"Many buckets have been produced, boss, look!" the foreman said immediately.Because his salary is 45 Hong Kong dollars.

Li Jiacheng looked at the results in the morning. Although the quality was as poor as ever, he didn't take it seriously; he was a little disappointed when he saw that the number of buckets was not too much.

"Okay, let's have dinner together. When the factory makes money, everyone's food will definitely be improved." Li Jiacheng controlled his emotions and gave the employees a cake to increase everyone's enthusiasm.

The working hours of Changhe Plastic Factory are very long. It will start production at 07:30 in the morning and work until [-]:[-] or [-]:[-] in the evening.Through this squeeze, Li Jiacheng felt that the factory could survive.

He doesn't worry about people's opinions, because there are hundreds of thousands of people out there who don't have jobs. As long as they have something to eat, they will rush to get a job.

In fact, recently the United Nations has started to assist Hong Kong refugees in large quantities. Various charities are like bamboo shoots after spring. People who come to Hong Kong will never starve to death.Overseas aid is much more than the Hong Kong government’s donations (refugees are not considered Hong Kong people). There are relief places in many places. It is impossible to starve to death. Far away, crowded with people to receive relief.

The food is almost broken rice, the vegetables are less oily, and there is a piece of salted fish at noon for a dozen workers to enjoy.In order to boost morale, the Li family naturally ate together.

He can endure hardships, but he is thinking about Changhe Plastic Factory while eating.

"Plastic raw materials are probably going to rise, but I don't have much money, so I can only save some." Li Jiacheng went to the market and naturally found that raw materials are rising, and it is already 450 Hong Kong dollars per pound (1.7G).

He understands that there must be merchants who will continue to purchase and hoard in large quantities.He also wanted to do the same, but Changhe Plastic Factory had less than 3000 Hong Kong dollars in funds, so he could only sigh.

Lin Zhichao came to Changjiang Plastic Factory again, and Tao Derong, the general manager, greeted him.

"Boss, you are here!"

Tao Derong knew that the boss didn't care much about the Changjiang Plastic Factory, but he had to be motivated, because doing well was beneficial to him.Therefore, since the establishment of the Changjiang Plastic Factory, he has worked hard to develop the Changjiang Plastic Factory fairly well, and it has become one of the few large-scale plastic factories.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Tell me, what is the current situation of Hong Kong's plastics industry? How is the Changjiang Plastics Factory doing?"

Tao Derong immediately began to report on the spot, and Lin Zhichao did not forget to visit the production process while listening to the report.

When he heard about the newly established "Changhe Plastic Factory", Lin Zhichao immediately asked: "Who is the owner of this Changhe Plastic Factory? How big is it?"

Hong Kong has a total of about 30 plastic factories with about 1000 workers, which are in the embryonic stage.

"Boss, this Changhe Plastic Factory was originally run by the general manager of Wanhe Plastic Factory. It seems that the surname is Li. The strength is very weak, and the investment amount is only about 5 Hong Kong dollars. I rented a dilapidated factory building with a thousand feet in Shauqiwan. .”

It really is Li Jiacheng!

It's a bit lingering, and it was named "Cheung Wo Plastic Factory". Then if I annexed Hutchison Whampoa in the future, wouldn't it be less "name"?
If I knew it earlier, I should have registered Changhe.

At the same time, Lin Zhichao feels that it is necessary to weaken the strength of "potential competitors" to avoid further entanglement in the future.Of course, Li Jiacheng has the instinct to be successful, but if he loses some opportunities, he is a genius, at most he will have "limited achievements".

"Well, the barrier to entry in this industry is low, so everyone wants to get involved. I heard that the price of plastic raw materials has increased a bit, right?"

Tao Derong nodded and said, "That's right! Many merchants have started stockpiling goods, probably because they are worried that the United States will not import plastics, so after this kind of speculation, the price of plastic particles has increased by [-] cents per pound."

Lin Zhichao immediately said: "I have asked Changjiang Trading to join in the hoarding of plastic granules. The funds needed are the profits of the Changjiang Plastic Factory. At present, the price of plastic granules has risen, which is beneficial to our Changjiang Plastic Factory. Therefore, our product prices Don’t go up yet, take the market first, and it’s not too late to go up later.”

In the warehouse of Cheung Kong Industrial, there are more than 50 pounds of plastic raw materials (1 pound 450 grams), which is definitely enough for the Changjiang Plastic Factory to use in the next two to three years.

"Okay, I understand!" Tao Derong said.

He knows the boss's business style, which is ruthless, first sell at a low price to seize the market, and squeeze out a group of competitors; then consider raising the price, or reducing the cost, so as to obtain a large amount of profit.

Although there are more than 30 plastic factories in Hong Kong, they are all small workshops after all, and the rise in raw materials will be fatal.

Next, Lin Zhichao picked up the product and inspected it, and found that there were no major problems, so he was very satisfied.Now the Yangtze River Plastic Factory supports more than 100 people, which is considered a business, although the monthly profit is less than [-] Hong Kong dollars.

But Lin Zhichao believes that the profits of Changjiang Plastic Factory will rise in a straight line soon, and [-] Hong Kong dollars per month is also possible. After all, the cost of raw materials is low and the market is also expanding.

Tang family.

Tang Zhongyuan and Song Qiaoling came to Tang Caiying's room with serious expressions. They felt more and more pressure recently, so they wanted to talk to their daughter.

"Mom and Dad, why are you so serious?" Tang Caiying jumped to Song Qiaoling's side, and folded her arms coquettishly.

She was a little humble in her heart, because she and Lin Zhichao had almost no scruples recently.

Tang Zhongyuan said suddenly at this time: "Caiyin, there is something we haven't told you all this time. It just so happens that you already have too much, so let's tell it today!"

Tang Caiying immediately corrected: "Did you remember my birth date wrong?"

Tang Zhongyuan shook his head and said seriously: "Listen to me first! Actually, you are not our biological daughter."

Tang Caiying was stunned immediately!
Tang Zhongyuan continued: "When I was young, I had a good friend named Xu Wangcheng. That year he had to prepare to flee because he offended the local warlord, so he planned to flee Jiangnan Province with his wife and children. Later, because you were too young, you sent You entrusted me and said that you would not recognize each other in the future, so that I could treat you as my own daughter. Recently, through a friend's investigation, I found that your biological parents also came to Hong Kong, so I plan to let you return to Xu's family. "

Tang Caiying, who had always been eccentric, had lost her spirits at this time, and cried, "I don't! I don't want to admit it. You are my parents. I don't believe what you just said."

For a while, Tang Caiying couldn't accept this reality.

Although there were such gossips since she was a child, Tang Caiying didn't take it to heart, because every child would have such questions, and she later realized that people's words are scary.

Song Qiaoling took Tang Caiying's hand, and said lovingly, "We didn't intend to let you admit it! But now that you and Lin Zhichao are so close, we have already forced us to reveal the truth. Caiyin, you only have two choices, one is Keep a distance from Lin Zhichao and reject him; one is to recognize your own biological parents. But no matter what, our attitude towards you will never change."

Tang Caiying asked: "You are not lying to me, are you?"

Why is this such a coincidence?

Tang Zhongyuan said: "With your uncle testifying about this matter, it is impossible for us to find a biological parent for you. There will be no such deception in the world. What we tell you today is not to abandon you, but family law, forcing me to Confess the secret hidden in my heart. Chaeyoung, mom and dad love you, love you forever, this will not change."

Tang Caiying was still confused for a while, and suddenly thought of Lin Zhichao, and said immediately: "I want to discuss it with him before making a decision!"

Tang Zhongyuan shook his head and said with a helpless smile: "When you said this, you already had the answer! Since that's the case, let's talk about it openly!"

　Adjust the main line of emotion!
　　I know everything!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)