The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 229 [Innovative Measures]

Lin Zhichao took Tang Caiyun's mother and daughter home from the hospital, and the whole family gathered around, looking curiously at Lin Huizhu, who was only three days old.

Even several servants stepped forward to check it out, and praised: "The eyes are big and bright, like Lin Sheng!"

Another servant echoed: "Most like Lin Sheng, but there are also many places like Madam Caiyun!"

While everyone was discussing, Wu Wenying also took out the prepared lai see, handed it to Lin Zhichao, and distributed it to everyone one by one; there were six live-in maids in the villa, two female bodyguards, and four male bodyguards on the doorman.

Not too many, after all, the Lin family has a large population, mainly because Lin Zhichao doesn't like too many servants, too messy.If there were not too many children, four servants would be enough.

The servant quickly stopped and returned to his job.

Lin Zhichao took a look, good guy, the population of the Lin family is already so large.In Hong Kong, he has four sons, two daughters, two wives, one mother, and a younger sister in the United States. He will also have to return to Hong Kong to work next year.

There are benefits to having more people, that is, it makes Lin Zhichao feel very warm and more motivated; the only disadvantage is that sometimes he feels a little noisy, but as the host, he has privileges, and if he needs to calm down, he will not bother him.

"Hey, husband, have you bought a TV?" Tang Caiyun pointed to the living room TV cabinet curiously.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "At the end of this month, Li's Voice will start broadcasting. I bought three TVs in advance and installed them in the living room on each floor."

Finally, there is a TV station to watch. Although Lin Zhichao may not have time to watch it, his family needs it very much.There is too little entertainment in this era. Unlike other wives, Tang Caiyun and Xu Caiying like to play cards. Like Lin Zhichao, they have no interest in playing cards.Their biggest hobby is going shopping, because they can be regarded as "career women" and have no time to waste at the poker table.

As for Wu Wenying, she occasionally goes to play mahjong with other wives, and they are always picked up by a special car.At the same time, he wins more and loses less. I don't know if he won by real skills.

"Is there a Chinese station?"

"Yes, there is a Chinese channel and an English channel. However, the content of the TV station run by the British may not be very good, and it is okay to relieve fatigue occasionally."

Before there was no TV, Lin Zhichao often took everyone to the movies, which was considered a pastime.As for installing a projector at home, Lin Zhichao felt that it was unnecessary, and the previous house was not big enough.

At this time, Xu Caiying hugged Lin Huizhu and said excitedly: "Husband, let's take a family portrait and celebrate the addition of a little princess!"

Lin Zhichao also likes to take pictures, and immediately said: "Okay, I will move the equipment."

After a while, Qin Li, the female bodyguard, was called to take pictures for the Lin family.

In the middle two seats, Tang Caiyun is holding her youngest daughter Lin Huizhu, and Xu Caiying is holding her eldest daughter Lin Wanzhu;

In front stood the eldest son Lin Ruihuan and the second son Lin Ruijiang;
Behind Lin Zhichao stood and picked up the third son Lin Ruihai, and Wu Wenying stood and picked up the fourth son Lin Ruikai.

"Smile, young masters!" Qin Li directed.

Lin Ruihuan and Lin Ruijiang squeezed out smiles, and Qin Li decisively pressed the shutter.

After some operations, the Lin family left another record.

"Qin Li, go to Changjiang Industrial Group to develop the photos later, and remember not to leak them."

"No problem, boss!"

Lin Zhichao opened a photo studio in Changjiang Industrial Group, which is dedicated to internal services, but in fact it is also convenient for himself to develop photos.

At dinner that day, Lin Zhichao took out a bottle of Moutai and had a drink.

The packaging of Moutai in this era is a cylindrical three-section earthenware bottle, which is sealed with a wooden cork wrapped in oiled paper, and pig urine skin is wrapped around it, tied tightly with green hemp silk, and then sealed with a capping paper.

Will this packaging leak?Obviously there are some risks!

Therefore, Lin Zhichao used a variety of methods to store Moutai from 1953 to 1956; some were poured into special vats, some were packed in special vats, and all were put into special wine cellars.

Of course, these are not for collection and appreciation, but purely for the sake of drinking foreign trade-type Moutai in the early and mid-50s in the future.

After all, when it comes to collection and appreciation, Lin Zhichao doesn't even have time to collect calligraphy, paintings and antiques, let alone a mere bottle of wine.He originally wanted to collect calligraphy and painting antiques, but later found that it was too energy-consuming, probably because he was worried that he would lose his mind by playing with things.

Therefore, antique collection cannot be done exclusively, only when there is an opportunity and opportunity to buy.When the auction house entered Hong Kong in the 80s, Lin Zhichao might as well buy it directly from the auction house to add some heritage to the family.

Xu Caiying poured a glass of wine for Lin Zhichao, first smelled it herself, and couldn't help but take a sip.

"Ahem, what a strong alcohol smell!"

Lin Zhichao took the wine glass and said with a smile: "Baijiu is not so delicious!"

Xu Caiying regained her composure and said, "Then you still drink liquor?"

Lin Zhichao said: "It's just a drink! It's just for fun!"

Everyone in his family knows that Lin Zhichao has a habit of collecting wine. He has a lot of imported wine, and now he also collects mainland baijiu.But when it comes to drinking, Lin Zhichao always drinks in moderation and doesn't drink too much.

Changhe Plastic Factory.

Li Shulin came to the factory in a hurry and said to Li Jiacheng: "Brother Cheng, there are several factories that can produce two-color plastic flowers on the market, and they popped up all of a sudden!"

Li Jiacheng was shocked and paled. He thought that Changhe Plastic Factory could stand out from other factories by mastering this technology for the second time.Unexpectedly, this technology appeared so quickly the third and fourth companies
"Could it be that the Yangtze River Plastic Factory has already mastered the technology, so they simply passed it on to some plastic flower factories that cooperate with them?"

He would not have thought that Lin Zhichao was specifically targeting him, because it was illogical; the two had no grievances, and Lin Zhichao had taken a fancy to him when they met last time, so how could he be targeted?
So he thought, maybe the Yangtze River Plastic Factory saw that the technology had been deciphered, so they simply passed it on, so that they could win the respect of the industry.

Li Shulin said: "It's possible! Changjiang Plastic Factory likes to do 'good things'. Last time it sold plastic pellets at a low price to all plastic flower factories in Hong Kong. Now it is teaching technology. I don't understand why Lin Zhichao likes fame so much!" Speaking of Finally, some complained.

Li Jiacheng immediately said: "You can't say that about others. Last time we bought cheap plastic pellets, we also took advantage. Lin Zhichao has done so many careers, so he must like to do things to gain fame."

Later, Li Jiacheng said: "It doesn't matter! It's better to have a grasp than not to have a grasp. Our orders have increased by 40% in the past month. These are good things."

He also quickly adjusted his emotions. After all, compared with the miserable operation a few years ago, Changhe Plastic Factory is now completely out of danger, and its annual profit can exceed 30 Hong Kong dollars, and this year it can even exceed 50 Hong Kong dollars.

Speaking of it, he felt that he should also thank Lin Zhichao for inventing the plastic flower, and for not embarrassing everyone with the patent.

Li Shulin was also very happy immediately, he and his father also accounted for 15% of the shares, and were the second shareholders under his cousin.

"By the way, Brother Cheng, when will you marry Miss Zhuang?"

Li Jiacheng blushed slightly, and he could see that his cousin was joking, but he quickly returned to normal and said: "It's not good in the past few years, my uncle's career is getting bigger and bigger, and he still doesn't like my wealth and business. If Our factory can make a million dollars a year, and I believe my uncle will see my hard work and success!"

He wants to make millions of Hong Kong dollars a year, and he wants to build a factory of his own, but these are very difficult.

There is a world leader in the plastic flower industry in Hong Kong, and the counterparts in Hong Kong are also very powerful, especially those factories that have cooperated with the Yangtze River Plastic Factory. They are all very powerful.

"Brother Cheng, don't worry, you are very good at business, leading the company to make a million dollars a year, and you will definitely be able to achieve it in two or three years!"

In Li Shulin's view, cousin's production management, technology development, sales, etc. are all very powerful.Such a businessman must be very successful.

"Okay, let's work. I recently reached a loan with the bank to expand the production of plastic flowers! If we don't take the opportunity to expand production, plastic flowers may not be popular in five years, and it will be even more difficult by then. "

He plans to give it a go, expand production, and strive to increase the output value by 2 to 3 times in one year.

The reason why he dared to take this bet is because he felt that plastic flowers have only been popular in Europe and America for less than three years, and there must be market potential.

Not to be missed.

"it is good"

In early May, Lin Zhichao visited a shipyard in Japan.

The shipyard gave a high-standard reception, and the president Kazuo Kondo personally received Lin Zhichao.Generally, man-made ships are "demanding" shipyards, because they have no money, and hope that the shipyards can install them in installments.Even if a rich shipowner builds a ship, it is enough to send a representative.

However, like Lin Zhichao, he built 8 large oil tankers in Germany at one go, and now he still has great influence in the industry.It can be said that with that big order, Germany not only solved many jobs, but also laid a solid foundation for building larger ships in the future.

However, the cost of shipbuilding in Germany is still much higher than that in Japan, so now Lin Zhichao plans to build ships in Japan.Of course, it is not ruled out that a small number of ships will be built in Britain, France and Germany. After all, Lin Zhichao still wants to do business in Europe.

As for the US shipbuilding industry, almost all have been relocated, and there is no need to consider it.

"Mr. Lin, this way please!" Kazuo Kondo Kondo brought Lin Zhichao to the shipyard and started to visit.

Lin Zhichao nodded, and then began to investigate seriously.

During the period, he asked: "Chairman Kondo, I heard that you can already build a 7-ton oil tanker. Is the technology guaranteed?"

Kazuo Kondo said: "The technology can definitely be guaranteed! We use the segmental casting method, which can not only make larger tankers, but also be more precise-hull balance, load capacity, and navigation stability."

Lin Zhichao knew that the segmental casting method would be one of the magic weapons for the rise of the Japanese shipbuilding industry. Later generations of China learned from the Japanese segmental casting method to build large ships.

"Is it possible to save shipbuilding time and reduce costs?"

Kazuo Kondo knew that one of the biggest reasons why Lin Zhichao chose Japanese shipbuilding was—cheapness.

"Of course! To build a 7-ton tanker, we can give you $750 million."

Lin Zhichao was overjoyed that it was indeed cheaper than in Europe, where a 5.6-ton ship costs US$740 million.

"What about the 5-ton freighter?"

"Probably around 500 million dollars!"

Really cheap!

To build a 1.2-ton freighter in the UK costs $200 million.

Moreover, Lin Zhichao guessed that it might be cheaper to build ships between 1959 and 1961.

After some investigation, Lin Zhichao knew what to expect, and said, "Chairman Kondo, I plan to order two 5-ton oil tankers and two 25-ton freighters. But before that, I plan to contact several of our Japanese customers, hoping to They can lease for a long time. In this way, I hope to only pay [-]% of the shipbuilding funds, and use their rent to repay the rest to you!"

It is good that he has money, but this shipbuilding itself is to maintain the relationship with the Japanese shipbuilding industry, which is an unplanned shipbuilding.

Therefore, he must find customers in Japan who are willing to rent for a long time, and then use the rent to repay the loan.

After thinking about it for a while, Kazuo Kondo said, "I think this plan is good. With Mr. Lin's reputation, we are willing to accept this plan, and we are also willing to convince the Japanese shipping company for you."

He also understands that if a Japanese shipping company builds a ship, the interest rate will be higher than that of foreign customers; and if it is operated by a Hong Kong ship owner, the cost will be lower, because the salary of Hong Kong seafarers is only one-third of that of Japan, or even lower.

In this way, if a Japanese shipping company has an idea to build a ship, then Lin Zhichao's proposal is simply "killing three birds with one stone".

Lin Zhichao came to Yamaguchi Steam Turbine Company and met the president Tatsuro Yamashita.

When we met, Tatsuro Yamashita complained: "Mr. Lin, you are really shrewd. Those freighters signed with us for three years, but the Suez Canal was only affected for less than a year. Lost, lost!"

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "President Yamashita, the shipping costs outside are not low now, plus there is a big discount for the first year, you won't lose much. What's more, if the Suez Canal is closed for three years, you will also make money." .”

Tatsuro Yamashita did not continue to entangle. After all, under the circumstances at the time, signing a long-term contract was also his idea, and Lin Zhichao could not be blamed.

"Are you here this time?"

Lin Zhichao said relaxedly: "I'm here this time to ask you, do you want to rent a cheap new boat?"

Hearing that it was cheap, Tatsuro Yamashita immediately became interested. If it is cheap enough, it can just make up for the loss.

"What kind of ship?"

Lin Zhichao said: "I plan to build two 7-ton oil tankers and two 200-ton freighters in your shipyard. I hope Japanese shipping companies can lease them. My plan is this. If you have the opportunity to build ships, then This cooperation is very suitable for you. I can lease a [-]-ton oil tanker to you for [-] years, and the annual rent is only [-] million US dollars."

In this scenario, a new ship will take about 7 years to pay back.

For example, with an annual rent of US$200 million, the annual profit is about US$110 million, which is the profit after deducting all expenses such as shipbuilding interest, personnel expenses, fuel expenses, and maintenance expenses. Seven years is 7 million U.S. dollars, just to offset the shipbuilding costs, and there is a slight profit.

But for Japanese shipping companies, they will not be able to earn back a new ship in 7 years. Firstly, the shipbuilding interest is much higher, secondly, seafarers’ salaries, and finally, taxes.

Conservatively speaking, with the current market conditions, Japanese shipping companies will have about 9 to 10 years to recover their capital; what's more, there are various troubles - labor unions, taxes, etc., which are far less 'clean and easy' than chartering.

When Tatsuro Yamashita heard this condition, he was a little moved.

Because Yamaguchi Steamship was going to expand its fleet, shipbuilding was also planned.

"My colleagues and I will think about it and give you an answer as soon as possible!"

"no problem!"

Lin Zhichao is very confident that he is "taking advantage of loopholes", and it is definitely an innovative move in the history of shipping.

Because generally speaking, it is the bank that intervenes in the loan; but now Lin Zhichao has combined the shipyard, the charterer, the owner, and the three parties, which can be described as a surprise victory.

And yes, all three parties took advantage!

Of course, there are several key reasons for success:

The first is the "loopholes" of the Japanese shipbuilding industry and shipping companies, such as low interest rates for foreign shipbuilding and high wages for domestic seafarers who face salary increases at any time.

Second, Lin Zhichao and Global Shipping have a large enough reputation in the Japanese business community.

A week later.

Global Lines, Yamaguchi Steamship, and Mitsubishi Shipyard signed a tripartite agreement.

World Line built four ships, three of which were leased to Yamaguchi Steamship and one to another Japanese company.

In these two transactions, the return rate of global shipping is only about 15%, which is definitely a reasonable level.In this era, businesses with a profit margin of more than 20% abound.

"Pleasant to work with"

"Pleasant to work with"

"Pleasant to work with"

After signing the contract, everyone shook hands happily.

(End of this chapter)