The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Time flies, and it is a new year in a blink of an eye.

Monday, May 1.

In the morning, Lin Zhichao first came to work in Global Shipping.

He does not have a fixed work arrangement, and it is more like a mobile support for the three group companies.But in any case, Lin Zhichao works about nine hours a day, six days a week, and is considered a hardworking boss.

If he went abroad, he would have to miss work for 15 days at a time. Fortunately, Audrey Hepburn can bring her children to Hong Kong, which saved Lin Zhichao a certain amount of time. He only needs to go abroad three or four times a year.

"Boss, this is the half-year contract that six ships have just signed!" Feng Yongfa walked in and handed over a stack of contract materials.

At present, the boss has entrusted him with many things, such as signing the lease of the freighter; this makes Feng Yongfa very excited, and he is very cautious and hardworking, because he knows that the boss is different from ordinary bosses, and his boss belongs to the "professional level" ', demanding a lot in all aspects.

Lin Zhichao nodded and quickly browsed through the six contracts.The five-year contracts signed successively in January and February 1951 for these six ships have now expired, so naturally the contracts must be renewed.

"For the half-year contract, has the lessor expressed dissatisfaction!"

Feng Yongfa said: "They want to continue to sign a lease for more than three years, but we are only willing to sign a lease for half a year, but we offer them an extremely favorable rent, so we have no dissatisfaction. Anyway, compared to those who would rather park the ship When we go to the port, we can’t blame the high-priced shipowners for our actions.”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Well, at least they really got a bargain!"

To be honest, now that Bao Yu has just been "baited" by Lin Zhichao, there is no longer a "long-term renter" in this world, so Lin Zhichao is not worried that the Japanese shipping company will be dissatisfied.Because almost all shipowners around the world follow the one-way short-term lease method.

For example, Dong Haoyun in his previous life 'ridiculed' Bao Yugang--'What kind of shipowner is he? ', the implication is that Bao Yugang leases the captain to the shipping company, and rarely runs fixed routes and one-way short-term leases by himself.

Although it is easier to gain the trust of the bank through the long-term lease, it is undoubtedly far less technical than the self-management of the shipowner, so Dong Haoyun ridiculed this.

Today's Lin Zhichao does not insist on all long-term rental models, but chooses the most favorable business model.To be honest, even without HSBC, he seemed to be able to grow into a 70 million-ton "world ship king" in the late 2000s because of his solid foundation and precise grasp of the cycle.

Feng Yongfa said: "Yes, they are completely used to cooperating with us, and they know the quality of our fleet. Coupled with the cheap price, they will not want to cooperate."

As everyone knows, Lin Zhichao is "boiling" high prices.

More than 90% of the load capacity of global shipping will be free in July and August; 100% of the load capacity will be able to enjoy this wave of bonuses.

In the morning, Sundas came to visit Global Shipping, and Lin Zhichao took him to visit Global Shipping's "Global Technology Conference", which immediately made the foreigner feel noble.

The entire technical meeting lasted about an hour. The captain who happened to report something truthfully, and the technical staff at the headquarters recorded it in a record, and finally summarized it into bits and pieces of experience.

Global shipping has been in operation for six years, and there has never been an accident that lost millions of dollars (large-scale accidents such as bottoming out and capsizing). US dollars; other small accidents - seafarer injuries, mechanical failures, port congestion, etc., are also much lower than other shipping companies in Hong Kong as a whole.

Walking out of the information technology headquarters, Sundas sighed: "Mr. Lin is really good at shipping and has a good vision. In my opinion, your equipment is almost the most advanced in the world, and you have invested a lot of money in this area. "

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Communication equipment is a small investment with big returns; including many auxiliary equipment on the cargo ship, we strive to be the most advanced at present, so as to avoid small losses."

Sandas nodded, and the two came to Lin Zhichao's office.

"Mr. Lin, the first large oil tanker will be launched in February. How do you plan to operate it? Is it a long-term lease or a short-term lease?"

After all, HSBC has a huge investment, and it is impossible not to care about operations.

Lin Zhichao said: "These ships are temporarily leased for short-term. After they are on the right track, I will seek long-term leases. It will take about a few months until they are all delivered. After all, European and American oil companies are also wary of long-term leases. There’s a certain amount of trust that needs to be built.”

It's all a lie. Once Suez is closed in July (firstly, ships from non-friendly countries are prohibited from passing, naturally including ships registered in Western countries such as Britain, France, and the United States), the freight rate will immediately skyrocket several times, and Lin Zhichao's idea is—to seek three One-year long-term lease; because it is only closed for one year, the rent will definitely drop greatly in the next two years, and the combination of long-term lease for three years is definitely the most cost-effective.

As for those European and American oil companies, they were begging to charter ships at that time, and they dare not bet that Suez will be opened soon. After all, unless Egypt is destroyed and Britain and France occupy Suez again; and even so, it will take a long time to clean up the sunken ship.

Therefore, there is absolutely no problem signing a three-year lease.

Sanders asked curiously: "Didn't Global Shipping have already chartered four tankers to American oil companies, and they also gave them high recognition?"

Lin Zhichao said: "This time it is a new ship, and it is a large-tonnage ship. I also want to have a good run-in with the team."

Sanders didn't ask any more questions, after all, Lin Zhichao is a professional.

Afterwards, Lin Zhichao took out a gift box from the cabinet and put it on the coffee table in front of Sandas.

"What is this?" Sanders' heart skipped a beat.

Lin Zhichao smiled without saying a word, motioning for him to open it.

Hearing this, Sandas carefully opened it, and it turned out that there was a yellow golden monkey with charming eyes.

"The monkey is one of our Chinese zodiac signs, and the upcoming Chinese year will be the year of the monkey, so I will give you a commemorative gift. We have twelve zodiac signs in China, so I naturally hope to give you all of them To commemorate, and it is getting bigger and bigger every year. You see, the size of this monkey is bigger than the golden lion that was given to you back then, but the lion is not a sign of the Chinese zodiac.”

Sanders took it for a while, and instantly felt heavy, and couldn't lift it immediately, about 1500 ounces (70 catties, 42000 grams).

"Is this too expensive?" Sandas said hesitantly.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Thank you very much for your hard work for the global shipping in those years. Otherwise, I am afraid that half of the achievements of the global shipping today may not be achieved. The annual profit is already a hundred times that of it. And you know me, I'm not looking for risky or illegal deals, so this is just a souvenir."

He ate meat, how could he not give soup to Sandas; what's more, Bao Yugang also entered this industry, he also needs to be careful; HSBC can support multiple shipowners, but it must focus on supporting him. OK.

Without hesitation, Sandas closed the suitcase and accepted it.After all, it was worth more than 2 pounds, which was already several times his annual salary, so he was naturally moved.He also doesn't need to consider risks, because the business between HSBC and Global is a very normal cooperation.

"Okay, I like this gift very much. I know your style of doing things, and I am optimistic about your development in the shipping industry."

"Thank you"

Nonsense, in July this year, the whole company of HSBC Bank has to be optimistic about Lin Zhichao.

Of course, Lin Zhichao will still only win over Sanders, whoever has the best relationship with him, and Sanders can still aspire to the top class, at least he can escort Lin Zhichao until the mid-70s.

As for Shen Bi coming to power, regardless of whether he takes care of Lin Zhichao or not, HSBC's interests are already tied to him (partnership company), so it is impossible to fall out with Lin Zhichao.

And by that time, Lin Zhichao may already be the "Chinese Governor" of Hong Kong, even if it is under the British rule, he will grab it if he should.

When Sanders left, Lin Zhichao asked someone to carry the box for him. After all, it was more than 80 catties from the mainland!

He was in his office, thinking.

At the end of February, the first 5.6-ton oil tanker built for him by Germany will be launched. At that time, senior officials at the ministerial level and their wives will be arranged to participate.

Especially when the Suez Canal crisis broke out in July, Lin Zhichao has a new oil tanker of 52 tons and a freighter of 70 tons, which will make Lin Zhichao the "Onassis" of the East.

Of course, Lin Zhichao definitely doesn't like this title. What is Onassis? At present, there is only a fleet of more than 100 million tons of deadweight. Lin Zhichao believes that he will surpass Onassis in the early 60s.

I can't keep low-key anymore, it's time to be high-key!

Today, although the shipping companies in Greece and Japan are emerging forces in the world, the shipping in these two places will only be a flash in the pan, because artificial wages will become the resistance to their development.

Cheung Kong Industries.

The Three Musketeers came to Lin Zhichao's office together, and Tang Caiyun happened to be there, so they also listened.

Huang Changhonghui reported: "The project of 'Public Square Street' in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, the plot ratio approved by the Hong Kong government is 9.8, and the buildable building area is 166.6 million square feet. The preliminary plan is eight 8-storey residential buildings. More than 17 units”

Lin Zhichao calculated that more than 1800 residential units can be sold for more than 6000 million Hong Kong dollars.If the cost of construction fees, taxes, etc. is 1500 million, it is equivalent to a net profit of more than 4000 million Hong Kong dollars, because the original land price was only about 400 million.

And the value of this land is now 1700 million, so the actual investment is more than 3000 million, which is still double the profit.

So much money!

It’s no wonder that in the previous life to the early 60s, Liao Baoshan announced that her assets exceeded 60 million yuan, which she earned from real estate in the past few years; including Zhang Yujie’s family, they also had assets worth hundreds of millions of yuan in the early [-]s, but this life is a bit hanging because the land on Paterson Street was taken by Lin Zhichao If there is no prosperous land, the profit will be greatly reduced.

In the previous life, although Huo Yingdong took the lead in selling uncompleted properties, he certainly did not earn as much as Liao Baoshan, Zhang Yujie and others, but his net worth was about 5000 million.

It looks very profitable, but such a big project can easily bankrupt the average person.

First of all, the land is expensive, and it will not be reserved in advance like Lin Zhichao;

Secondly, it requires a lot of interest expenses. It is difficult for ordinary people to use tens of millions to buy land, so generally installment payments and loans require millions of interest;
Finally, if it happened during the slump in 1957~1958, then the sales would need to drop by 40% to 50%, and more importantly, it might not be sold, and the other side would have to press the account, then it could only be liquidated.

Shaking off the thoughts in his mind, Lin Zhichao said: "Design the 8 residential buildings as a 'housing concept', open up a public space in the middle, with tennis courts, rest gardens and other facilities. Then sell them in two phases, and sell three in the first half of the year." Three buildings will be sold in the second half of the year."

Huang Changhong nodded and said, "Okay, we will show you the blueprint as soon as possible!"

The design drawing is relatively simple. After all, it is not considered a large-scale housing estate. It is actually a circle of eight residential buildings. However, this land is facing the street on three sides, so there must be shops facing the street downstairs.

For this project alone, the goal for this year is already almost reached, and of course some small buildings still need to be developed.

Last year, Cheung Kong completed the sales of four real estate projects, two of which were in cooperation with others, earning about 350 million Hong Kong dollars; two of them were their own real estate projects, earning 700 million; In Hong Kong dollars, I also earned two floors of shops, two floors of ground floor shops, and two floors of office buildings.

Profiteering!
Fortunately, Lin Zhichao is used to making a lot of money, so he is not shocked!
To the outside world, Lin Zhichao said that a building can only earn more than 100 million yuan, so he cut it in half.

Hong Kong businessmen like to hide their wealth!
Then, Hu Zhaoxu said: "Boss, in the middle of this month, another official land auction was held in Hong Kong. I heard that there is a residential land in Kowloon of nearly [-] square feet."

That would cost tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars. At present, the average price of residential land in urban areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon has exceeded 100 Hong Kong dollars per square foot.If this trend continues, the average price of residential land in Hong Kong and Kowloon will reach more than 150 Hong Kong dollars per square foot by the end of the year.

Generally speaking, the more surfaces facing the street, the more valuable the land is, because the land area is relatively high.For example, the land of the public Sifang Street is facing the street on three sides, and the plot ratio is directly given to 9.8.Of course, the larger the area, the smaller the plot ratio, because the buildings are too dense.

Zhou Fuzhao immediately said: "The company's funds can only be used to buy smaller properties. After all, a lot of funds have not been collected yet, and we can only raise 300 million Hong Kong dollars."

The implication is - no money!

After pondering for a while, Lin Zhichao said: "I will embezzle 1000 million yuan from Changjiang Industry, and I will buy land in the first half of the year!"

Changjiang Industry earns 4500 million yuan a year, and keeps half of it for its own development. There is no problem in taking out 2000 million yuan.

Everyone no longer has any doubts, anyway, the boss has plenty of money!

After the Three Musketeers left, Tang Caiyun asked a question: "How much will the sales of more than 2000 residential units a year account for in the overall supply chain?"

Lin Zhichao said directly: "About 15%! In fact, this wave of Hong Kong should be able to accommodate 2 residential units, but it is possible that more than 3 residential units will be built in the past two years. So I speculate that there will be more than [-] residential units in the second half of next year. Supply exceeds demand!"

Tang Caiyun quickly asked: "How serious are the consequences?"

Lin Zhichao said: "I don't know, but as long as we are not in debt, there is no problem."

Tang Caiyun said: "Cheung Kong has no debts. Many real estate developers outside only need to pay 10% of the land, and they will use it to develop real estate."

Crazy, many owners of land and old buildings allow buyers to pay 10% to 20% of the funds, and then they can give you the land, and you can pay in installments later.

As a result, many real estate developers in Hong Kong developed real estate one after another, and then made a lot of money.

The consequences, we will know in the second half of next year.

After all, if you pay 10% of the payment, as long as your sales are frozen, the real estate company will soon be in big trouble; the land is bought at a high price, and the house price will fall again. Important law firms and banks will freeze your funds, and the crisis will be unsolvable in an instant. .

Generally speaking, when banks deal with this kind of thing, they will "order" or "auction" real estate, and then the real estate company will have to peel off its skin even if it does not die.

In mid-January, Lin Zhichao and Hu Zhaoxu participated in the auction, which immediately attracted the attention of the audience.

In the last six months of auctions, Cheung Kong Properties was naturally the most handsome boy, followed by Liao Baoshan. In short, everyone was very enthusiastic.

Soon, Chen Detai walked up to Lin Zhichao and said: "Lin Sheng, Liao Sheng has agreed to eat cakes, it would be great if you can agree. After all, every time the price is high, everyone loses a lot. government."

There were many people who followed, and everyone was waiting for Lin Zhichao to speak.

Of course, they are not pressurizing, and they dare not exert pressure.

Seeing this, Lin Zhichao was embarrassed for a while before he said: "Okay! Since everyone is like this, I agree to discuss it."

Everyone was overjoyed, and then sat back to their seats as if nothing had happened.

Lin Zhichao returned to his seat and sneered in his heart. What these people didn't know was that in the first half of the year, Lin Zhichao bought a maximum of 20 square feet of land, so he stopped participating because the land was too high.

And because of Lin Zhichao's joining, the land price in this era will definitely be higher than in the previous life, and many people will suffer even worse; then in 1958, Lin Zhichao can take the opportunity to buy some "auctioned" real estate at a low price.

Picking up leaks is king.

Soon, the auction will start. The goal of Cheung Kong this time is very simple, that is to auction a large piece of land; therefore, the other small pieces of land have not been bid for a single price, and naturally they will not "eat cakes".

What makes Lin Zhichao frown is that these people are so greedy that even a 2-square-foot piece of land would eat cakes.It could have been auctioned for more than 200 million yuan, but it was sold at 160 million yuan.

Needless to say, there was a full profit of 50 yuan, which was eaten up by several companies.

For a while, the atmosphere has become bad.

If the Hong Kong government discovers this problem, it is afraid that it will issue regulations, and may even threaten to arrest people.Of course, it's just a threat. After all, this is not illegal, and there are no regulations to follow.

"The following blessed land, with an area of ​​9.6 square feet, is located in Argyle Street, Yau Ma Tei. The starting price is 500 million, and the price increase for each lot is not less than 5000. Let's start!"

The auctioneer frowned a little, and the people below were always whispering, but they didn't know they were 'eating cakes'.

This piece of land was exactly what Lin Zhichao wanted, and he also started bidding.

After 10 minutes of bidding, the price has reached 780 million, which was finally taken by Lin Zhichao.But this piece of land still has to compete privately with the three companies.

evening.

Lin Zhichao, Liantai, Chen Detai, Liao Baoshan, Li Kangjie and others gathered together and began to eat cakes.

In one wave, Airship Tai, Chen Detai, and Li Kangjie were sold at 950 million yuan, and the five companies shared a profit of 130 million yuan; then, Liao Baoshan and Lin Zhichao bid again, and the result did not come out until 1100 million yuan. Of course, Lin Zhichao won.

In fact, Lin Zhichao only spent a little over 1000 million Hong Kong dollars, and saved more than 50 Hong Kong dollars.

Just as Lin Zhichao was about to leave, Li Kangjie, who had never been in contact with each other, said to Lin Zhichao: "Lin Sheng, are you interested in forming a big alliance, and we will form a company together and invest in real estate. You can pay as much as you want, and the most important thing is to participate?"

Lin Zhichao asked with a smile: "Are there those people?"

Li Kangjie was overjoyed and thought that Lin Zhichao was interested, so he said: "There are a lot of people, including Omen's He Xian and He Hongsheng Tai also participated!"

At this time, Airship Tai quickly said: "Lin Sheng, I just participated in a small amount of shares!"

The implication is that I am not optimistic about this great alliance.

Lin Zhichao said: "I'm afraid I won't be able to participate! There are so many things in the company, enough to do!"

Li Kangjie's face changed suddenly, and he could only leave unhappily.He said a lot of 'big shots' just now, thinking that Lin Zhichao would save face and participate!
This big alliance is guaranteed by Aomen He Xian, with a steady stream of loans from Hang Seng Bank. Many of the partners are "smugglers" in the past few years, and even Li Gaofu is involved in it. I don't know if the shares are heavy or not.

Airship Tai stayed until the end, and said to Lin Zhichao: "Lin Sheng, you still see clearly and act decisively. You don't know, I was not optimistic about this big alliance from the beginning, and Li Kangjie and I are not familiar, so he came to say I made a lot of money, everyone played together, I really couldn’t refuse, so I invested a little bit, but I was really not optimistic about it.”

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "It seems that the heroes see the same thing. To be honest, I am not optimistic about a person from the Shanghai stock market who can engage in real estate."

Airship Tai was taken aback, this is too straightforward, and then echoed: "It's a bit true, Li Kangjie saw other people making money, so he recruited a large group of people to participate, and when there were too many people, the opinions were not unified. Fortunately, I voted well." If there is less, it doesn’t matter if the loss is over.”

Jiang Zeitai specially reminded himself today, and Lin Zhichao also wanted to get along with each other, so he said, "Why don't we go have supper together?"

"If Lin Sheng invites you, I will definitely invite you. I know there is one."

Afterwards, the two met for the first time to have dinner together, after all, they were nodding acquaintances at the auction before. (end of this chapter)