The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

September.

Kowloon, Kimberley Road.

Lin Zhichao accompanied Hong Kong Governor Ge Lianghong and others to participate in the "new house check-in" ceremony of the Champagne Building.

When everyone came downstairs, many people were already watching the excitement, including Ge Lianghong, Lin Zhichao and others, as well as the Champagne Building.

Lin Zhichao introduced: "His Excellency, the Governor of Hong Kong, the Champagne Building has a total of [-] floors. It is currently the tallest completed building in Kowloon and the first completed residential building in Hong Kong."

Ge Lianghong nodded again and again, he knew that Hong Kong real estate has undergone amazing changes, and this young rich man has made a great contribution.

"Households in Hong Kong have been developed towards high altitudes, which can indeed alleviate the scarcity of housing in Hong Kong. I just don't know if the various problems in it have been resolved!" Ge Lianghong said in an official tone.

Lin Zhichao motioned for Ge Lianghong to go inside the Champagne Building, and said, "Why don't we visit the residents here and listen to their experiences?"

Ge Lianghong nodded and said, "Yes, listen to their feelings, and you will know everything."

Afterwards, a group of people walked towards the building, and there was a security guard at the door, who was watching the watch.Looking at this battle, I was already frightened and at a loss.

It was Lin Zhichao who introduced: "In a building like this, there are people watching the update, and they take turns to watch the update 24 hours a day."

Ge Lianghong asked: "As for the cost, is it paid by everyone?"

Lin Zhichao explained the 'public housing lease' and the property management fee, and Ge Lianghong suddenly realized.

In fact, it is one thing for the Hong Kong government to allow the construction of high-rise buildings, but many problems need to be solved by the people.As far as the Hong Kong government is concerned, the "layered sales" that I recognize now, the sub-units are only created by the legal profession, and the Hong Kong government is the default.As for various possible problems, the Hong Kong government has an attitude of 'it's none of my business'.

Because of this, the folks are brainstorming and contributing the best solution. After all, if you want to sell the house, you have to find a way to solve various problems.

Everyone took the elevator, went directly to the No.12 floor, and knocked on a house.

The person who opened the door was a woman in her 30s, looking at everyone with a vigilant expression.

After some introductions, the woman hurriedly invited everyone in, but she didn't expect to alarm His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong.

"Ma'am, how does it feel to live here?" Ge Lianghong asked in English.

Lin Zhichao acted as an interpreter.

"It feels very good! We used to live in a rented house. Seven people lived in a [-]-square-foot rental house. Now we have three bedrooms."

"Cooking?"

When everyone came to the kitchen, the hostess said: "We use a gas stove, which is very convenient, but it is a little expensive; water is a little inconvenient, and the water flow at the upper floors is very small during peak hours, but we have prepared buckets."

They are all small problems, and everyone can intuitively feel the various advantages of high-rise buildings.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Although gas stoves are a little expensive, they are also much cleaner. Water is inconvenient, so higher floors are cheaper."

The woman agreed, "Mr. Lin is right! My husband is a government official with limited financial resources, so he bought this unit in installments."

Afterwards, Ge Lianghong said: "From this point of view! Government officials, teachers and other groups have also reached the era when they can afford housing. This is a good thing!"

Everyone nodded in agreement!

The salaries of public servants in the Hong Kong government are not low, at least around 600 Hong Kong dollars at present. With the addition of borrowing points, it is not a problem to buy a unit.

What surprised Lin Zhichao was that there were such people as the owners of the Champagne Building. After all, many of them were bought by businessmen at the beginning. There were several sets at once, and they were all sold out in the morning.

After visiting the three houses, Ge Lianghong and other government officials were also very satisfied, and this time they gained a lot.

After all, practice is the last word.

During the period, an official asked: "Mr. Lin, the market is crazy now. Many real estate developers only need to pay 10% of the land fee to complete the project through the sale of uncompleted properties. What do you think is the harm in this?"

Lin Zhichao was taken aback for a moment, but he did not expect that the Hong Kong government was already paying attention to this issue.

"I'm not sure about this. The land of Changjiang Real Estate is fully purchased, so no matter what, the project can be successfully completed, and there will be no problem with funding."

These words have already revealed some information, that is, if the sale of uncompleted properties continues like this, there may be problems with the funds of the real estate company.

For example, although a certain real estate company earned 2000 million this year, they do not have land reserves under their umbrella. Now, the average price of residential land in the urban areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon is 150 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, and that amount is only enough to buy a few small houses. The land of the real estate.If the real estate company invests more and more, and the house suddenly cannot be sold, then everything starts to collapse.

The official didn't bother anymore, and he also understood the meaning revealed in Lin Zhichao's words.

Subsequently, the official event ended, but Lin Zhichao did not leave Kimberley Road.

Although the Hong Kong government is concerned about the sale of uncompleted properties, it does not mean that legal restrictions will be introduced immediately. It may be more than half a year, or a year; of course, it will not affect Lin Zhichao, as he has sufficient funds.

Lin Zhichao came to the Miramar Hotel. After he took over the hotel, although it still only had dozens of rooms, it made a name for itself and became a good hotel in Kowloon.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao plans to start rebuilding next year, using the 'Miramar Hotel' as a signboard to build a five-star hotel, and strive to open it in the early 60s.

Miramar Hotel, this sign may seem tacky, but it is indeed a feature of high-end Chinese hotels in this era; for example, the "Furama Hotel" that opened in the 70s, was named so tacky as others in Central, for the sake of Chinese characteristics.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao's idea is to invest in a five-star hotel first to test the waters.

After accumulating a certain amount of experience, he went to Singapore to build a huge "Shangri-La Hotel". In the early 70s, he returned to Central, Hong Kong Island and built a first-class Shangri-La Hotel.

In the future, the hotel industry of the Lin family will develop 'Shangri-La Hotel' and 'Miramar Hotel', the former is five-star and the latter is four-five star; The map expands.

At the official land auction, Lin Zhichao "failed and returned" again, which made many people very proud.They were probably thinking in their hearts, 'I defeated Lin Zhichao again today', 'So what if Lin Zhichao is rich, I heard that the battle line is too long, and he is short of money', there must be quite a few of them holding such thoughts.

As everyone knows, Lin Zhichao just came to watch the battle, and he was not tempted at all.Even if it was a commercial land in Tsim Sha Tsui, he did not plan to take it.

Airship Tai came to Lin Zhichao and said hello: "Lin Sheng, I heard that you have made great achievements in shipping recently and made a lot of money!"

Lin Zhichao smiled and said, "Could it be that you, a son of the sea, want to resume your old business and develop shipping!"

During their real estate business, the two had a relationship, and they happened to be friends, and they usually walked around, so it was normal to make a joke.

Airship Tai immediately shook his head and said resolutely: "We are engaged in offshore business, unlike your ocean-going business. To put it bluntly, I am a boat operator. Moreover, I think it is safer to do real estate on the shore and make more money. Everyone They are all rushing to invest!"

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "It's just that the land is too expensive!"

Airship Tai said indifferently: "Although the land is expensive, the property has also improved, so there is still a very good profit. Lin Sheng must have bought cheap land in his hand, so he feels that the land in the auction site is a bit expensive now. In fact, Now the more expensive the land, the more people are interested in it, which means the better the real estate situation.”

When it comes to real estate, Haitian is very talkative and vivid.

Lin Zhichao nodded, and didn't say much. Airship Tai was the first real estate developer to enter the "off-plan sales", half a year ahead of Guan Qiming, Li Kangjie, Chen Detai, Liao Baoshan and others.In addition, Airship Thailand is not considered to be "advancing by leaps and bounds", so next year's wave of crisis will not have a great impact on Airship Thailand.

"By the way, the commercial land you bought today is very good!"

Airship Thai bought a piece of commercial land on Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui for 620 million Hong Kong dollars today, with a total unit price of 250 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, which impressed Lin Zhichao.

You know, after the peninsula campaign ended, his net worth was only 500 million. It seems that he has accumulated a net worth of 2000 million in the past two years in real estate; such an expensive commercial land is saved.

Airship Tai said with a wry smile: "I never thought that the land in the Tsim Sha Tsui business district would rise so fast. I remember that at the end of 1954, it was only 130-140 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, which was an increase of 50% a year. I have no plans to sell this land. I plan to keep it for rent in the future, and this squeezed a lot of my funds."

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Sell two or three off-plan properties, and then come back."

If there is no accident, the land that Airship Tai bought today is the Wenxun Building in his previous life; Airship Tai took in a second room two years ago. Son, but already pregnant again.

"It's difficult. Recently, there have been fewer official land auctions. The land in the market has gone up, and everyone is robbing it. Chen Detai went to North Point to grab the land, and Li Kangjie and others were very dissatisfied; Liao Baoshan is in Xihuan. He has the backing of a bank, so no one dares to go. Try to be sharp. Those of us can only grab land at high prices in other places. There are profits, but the land is really hard to get."

The two chatted about real estate in the parking lot, and they got along very well.

Lin Zhichao also came to a conclusion that because of the early intervention of Cheung Kong Properties, the price of Hong Kong real estate has been raised a lot in advance, which is bound to make some people fall even worse.

Moreover, market saturation may be advanced in the first half of next year, when there will be insufficient buyers.

Of course, if there is only a shortage of buyers, some real estate developers can still delay. If the Hong Kong government enacts the "conditional sales of uncompleted properties" regulations, it will make matters worse and will soon lead to landslides.

Cheung Kong Property's four projects next year are all scheduled to be sold in the first quarter, which is also to avoid the situation of "not sold out" to the greatest extent.

Although Changjiang Real Estate has enough funds to cover up the 'property', it is obvious that since it is under development, it is natural to hope that it will be sold out as soon as possible.

Back at Cheung Kong, Lin Zhichao immediately called a meeting of the top management.

"I plan to roll out the remaining four buildings of 'Wenhua New Village' in late September, and you should prepare immediately." Lin Zhichao suddenly changed his mind.

The reason is that he remembered that there will be a "Double Ten Chaos" in October, and he doesn't know whether it will affect the sales situation at that time, so he simply moved ahead.

Hu Zhaoxu immediately said: "Okay! The market is still very hot now, and there is no problem with the average price of the remaining four buildings reaching 4 Hong Kong dollars."

That is to say, those who purchased the uncompleted properties of 'Wenhua New Village' in May have earned nearly 20%.

Originally, the price of the lot in Wenhua New Village was not worth the price. Cheung Kong Real Estate sold it more expensive than the same lot; but the price of "private housing estates" is naturally a little more expensive, of course only a little. The purpose of Changjiang Real Estate It is sold out quickly, so it must be tempting.

As a result, the value of the entire 'Mandarin Village' is already 7000 million Hong Kong dollars.The land fee was only less than 400 million Hong Kong dollars, and the construction cost was less than 1500 million Hong Kong dollars, making a net profit of 5000 million Hong Kong dollars.

Intuit earned!If it is changed to the current price, the land price alone is close to 2500 million, plus construction costs and other expenses, it is a cost of 4000 million, but there is also a profit of 3000 million.

The important thing is that there is no land with more than 10 square feet in the market for development by real estate companies.Therefore, we have no chance at all to develop another private housing estate.

After all, the development of real estate is now concentrated in the urban areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon, how can it be so easy to have a large amount of land!

While everyone was immersed in the joy of selling uncompleted properties, in mid-September, there was a rumor in the market that the airship was smuggled during the Thai war, and the Hong Kong government wanted to deport him.

Accompanied by such rumors are 'Don't buy Airship Tai's building, he will take your money and run away', 'Airship Tai uses sand washing boats to do smuggling business'.
For a while, there was a lot of noise.

After Lin Zhichao heard the news, he couldn't help but feel a little lost. This Airship Tai is no longer the No. 1 real estate company, and someone still messed with him; logically speaking, if he wanted to do it, he would also be messing with Lin Zhichao, the "prestige guy".

Of course, based on Lin Zhichao's relationship with the Hong Kong government and HSBC, it is also difficult to spread rumors.

Generally speaking, what Hong Kong people are most afraid of is not going to jail, but "deportation", which is more terrifying than going to jail.This is the Hong Kong government's trump card move against some people.

Since the promulgation of the "Deportation of Undesirable Elements Regulations", the Hong Kong government has deported hundreds of people in just three to four years.

Among the more sensational ones are: Lou Songping, vice chairman of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Textile Industry Union, Lu Dong, the principal of Xiangdao Middle School, Liu Fa, chairman of the tram trade union, and Li Wenhai and Zhi Zhanyun, vice chairman of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Federation of Trade Unions and Naval Dock Industry Hua. Chairman of the Staff Union Mak Yiu-chuen, film workers Ma Wensen, Liu Qiong, Di Fan, Qi Kaishao, Comfort, Yang Hua, Ma Guoliang, Shen Dun, Hong Kong and Kowloon Textile and Dyeing Federation Kowloon branch director Xian Peiling, secretary Yao Jian. These people's congresses Some were taken in the early hours of the morning and then deported.

If a businessman like Airship Tai is really deported, it will be of a different nature. After all, it is one thing for him in Hong Kong, and another for him in other places.

Of course, this rumor is very false. It is impossible for the Hong Kong government to do this. Lin Zhichao is very sure.

People who are deported are generally not businessmen.

Huo's mother found Airship Tai and said in a panic, "Son, the news of 'deporting you' is all over the city now. Is this really true?"

Tay was shocked to hear rumors that he was about to be deported.

In the first few days, Tai believed that "rumors stop at the wise", so he ignored the rumors.

Unexpectedly, the rumors not only did not disappear, but spread more and more widely, and many people believed them to be true, causing storms all over the city for a while.

Rumors haunt Ty, as well as his family.His mother thought it was just a rumor at first and didn't take it seriously, but when the rumor spread throughout the city, she became restless and even believed that the rumor was true.

Airship Tai said: "It can't be true!"

Although the rumors made others panic, he still comforted his old mother Liu San.

Liu San is also a businessman, not an ordinary old lady, so he said: "Since it is a rumor, then you should deal with it quickly, and don't wait for the rumor to spread more and more."

Airship Tai was still afraid of his mother, so he said, "Okay, I'll deal with it right away! Don't worry!"

Liu San said angrily: "I don't worry about it! You've been a troublemaker all your life, so it's no wonder I don't worry about it!"

It turned out that Airship Tai found a lot of jobs back then, and he couldn't do each job for a long time, so he caused disasters, which made Liu San very worried:
The first job was a marine engineer. He shoveled coal for two months and still had no strength, so he was fired;

The second job was a rivet worker in the Taikoo Dockyard during the Japanese occupation, but he was not clever and did not cooperate well with the master. The master was so angry that he was driven to other jobs.As a result, the foreman was so angry that he slapped him, but couldn't stand him, so he was fired directly.

The fourth job, driving a truck without authorization, had an accident, and he, a maintenance worker, was fired immediately;
In the fifth job, I did a chemical experiment without authorization, an explosion occurred, and I was almost executed by the Japanese army. Fortunately, the Japanese chemist was a good man. He lied that the instrument was malfunctioning, so he sent the gendarmerie away. However, Airship Tai also lost his job because of his frizz. Impatient, it's outrageous to do things.

The sixth job was to weigh the coolies, but he was scolded every day and became more and more flustered.

Fortunately, Liu San recalled his son in time to work for himself.

Therefore, it is not wrong to say that Airship Tai is a reckless hero.

After talking with his mother, Yatai also knew that things had to be resolved.But he remembered that Lin Zhichao had always had a good relationship with the Hong Kong government, so he planned to get some better information from Lin Zhichao.

On the wide sea, Lin Zhichao and Airship Tai gathered on a yacht.

Recently, Lin Zhichao has become obsessed with the sea, and will take some family members to play on the yacht on weekends; occasionally entertaining friends, he also goes to the yacht.

Although yachts in this era have only one floor and no wide decks, you can still feel the beauty of the sea comfortably.

"Old Huo, the sea is so beautiful, why didn't you think of doing shipping instead of real estate?"

Airship Tai looked at the sea, and then said: "Lin Sheng, the sea is beautiful to you, but it is a nightmare to me. Our family was born in a boat family, and my father, uncle, and elder brother all died in the sea. Although Nian also relies on the sea to make a living, and also relies on the sea to make a fortune, you should understand the risks, being chased by the marine police, and being held on the head by Da Tianer. So, when I made money, the first thing I thought of was going ashore. Unlike you, You have conquered the sea, and if you fall into the water in every corner of the world, your fleet will be able to save you immediately!"

In the end, he was joking, meaning that Lin Zhichao's boats are all over the world.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "I see, it seems that you don't plan to eat seafood in this life!"

At this time, the airship Tai has not yet dug the sand, so Lin Zhichao said so.

Airship Tai nodded and said, "Almost, the business on the shore is easy to do. But does Lin Sheng know about the rumors about me recently?"

Lin Zhichao said: "I know, the rumors spread all over the city, and I don't know who is messing with you!"

But Airship Tai said: "I was thinking, the opponents don't have this strength, it shouldn't be someone who wants to mess with me!"

Lin Zhichao joked: "What if it was me?"

Airship Tai said without hesitation: "You may be capable enough, but you won't do this, because you are the boss of the real estate industry. Moreover, I know your personality, it is impossible to use this trick."

That's wrong, Lin Zhichao really knows how to use this trick, but the target is Zhang Yujie.Of course, the reason is that Zhang Yujie sold 'fake medicine' to himself, so he used this trick.In fact, as long as Zhang Yuliang didn't sell fake medicines to Lin Zhichao, he wouldn't have used this trick back then.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Okay! You took the initiative to ask me out, you must want to ask me what I think?"

Airship Tai nodded and said, "You have a good relationship with the Hong Kong government. Although I know this is a rumor, I hope to get some news from you!"

Lin Zhichao immediately said: "Although I have a good relationship with the Hong Kong government, the Hong Kong government will definitely not tell me about this kind of thing. But what is certain is that this is a rumor. It is impossible for the Hong Kong government to do such a thing. You are a businessman. It is not a team. Moreover, although the Hong Kong British government is a colonial government, it also pays attention to the law, generally does not interfere in such matters, and also pursues a free port mentality of non-interference in dealing with affairs."

Airship Tai suddenly felt that it made sense. In fact, he also planned to build a good relationship with the Hong Kong government, such as accepting some municipal projects, not asking for a lot of money, but mainly to build a good relationship. After all, he wants to live in Hong Kong.

"Xie Linsheng solves the confusion!"

"Where, you actually understand these principles!"

Knowing is one thing, but once the rumor spreads, it will obviously make people feel guilty and scared.

Finally, Lin Zhichao suddenly asked: "Have you had contact with some trade unions or organizations opposite?"

Airship Tai thought for a while, and said: "I have little contact, but in the past two years, they took the initiative to come to the door, so I just got in touch with it a little bit, as a friend or something."

Lin Zhichao nodded, and then said seriously: "Today I will tell you a piece of news, if you want to pass it on."

Airship Tai nodded and said, "Well, tell me!"

Lin Zhichao said: "I got a piece of news! 10K is going to do something during the Double [-] of 'China D', and it may target some factories and trade unions with opposite backgrounds, especially in Tsuen Wan, where JC is weak. You You can ask them to be on guard, the trade union will have a holiday during that time, especially women and so on. Of course, don’t say that I said this, I will not admit it.”

Airship Tai was shocked, and quickly promised his loyalty, saying, "No problem!"

Lin Zhichao nodded, he didn't want to mess with those things, so he said it casually.

For Airship Tai, he would not think that Lin Zhichao would have any difficulty knowing this information, after all, he has a lot of energy.

As everyone knows, Lin Zhichao also relies on memory.

As for 11 years later, there is nothing Lin Zhichao can do. After all, it is a frenzy. At that time, he will arrange his family to go overseas for temporary shelter. (end of this chapter)