The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 233 [Difficult Choice]

Lin Zhichao came to Hong Kong Governor's Mansion and met with Ge Lianghong, who was still half a year away from his post.

His tenure as governor of Hong Kong is second only to that of the later MacLehose. He has served as governor of Hong Kong since 1947, and now he has served as governor of Hong Kong for a full ten years.

When he came to the Governor's Office, Lin Zhichao quickly said bluntly: "Your Excellency, British Overseas Airlines and Jardine Matheson took turns to dominate Hong Kong Airlines. Over the years, the competitiveness has been very weak. Many people would rather be a foreign airline. flight."

Hong Kong Airlines has only two DC-3 passenger planes, and two Viscount passenger planes purchased in 1954, with a total of five passenger planes; and the opened routes are: Hong Kong-Tokyo, Hong Kong-Taiwan Island, Hong Kong-Seoul, Hong Kong-Manila.

Ge Lianghong was a little surprised. He didn't expect Lin Zhichao to come up with the idea of ​​"Hong Kong Airlines". This was a bit different from Lin Zhichao's usual low-key style.

"Mr. Lin, how about Hong Kong Airlines, don't jump to conclusions. I appreciate your ambition in the aviation industry, but it is impossible for Hong Kong Airlines to be sold to Hong Kong Chinese."

Lin Zhichao had been prepared for this kind of mentality, and immediately said: "Hong Kong Airlines is a local airline, I am a Hong Kong businessman, and Hong Kong is the Commonwealth of Hong Kong. Your Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong said so. Doesn't it mean that the administration is interfering in business? This is somewhat different from the policy that the Hong Kong government has been pursuing. !"

In fact, the governors of Hong Kong before MacLehose all actively implemented a policy of non-intervention, that is, the welfare of local citizens, social security, etc., and they all had a mentality of "we will hand over Hong Kong sooner or later, so there is no need to control too much" .

After MacLehose took office, he implemented a large number of social welfare policies, involving housing, cleanliness, education, medical care, welfare, infrastructure, transportation, economy and society, ten-year housing plan, development of new towns, and establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. , Nine-year free education, the construction of underground railways and local administrative reforms and other important policies and constructions were launched during his tenure.

Faced with Lin Zhichao's protest, Ge Lianghong said with a smile: "Mr. Lin, don't be excited! What I want to say is that this airline is originally in the hands of us British, and the major shareholder is British Overseas Airways. They will not sell it to you. Yes, they started the airline after all."

Lin Zhichao said: "Not necessarily! Hong Kong Airlines has become a drag, and BOAC may not want to get rid of this burden. Jardine Matheson once dominated this airline, and it must not be willing to continue to operate. If I can take over at a suitable price , why don't they?"

Ge Lianghong looked at Lin Zhichao and saw that he was so determined, so he planned to show him the way.

He said: "They can be sold to Taikoo Matheson. After all, Taikoo Matheson has aviation experience and has an advantage over you. Of course, if you can join our British citizenship, I believe at least you can get a fair competition."

Lin Zhichao has already entered the attention of London politicians, a "ship king" with a million-ton fleet, and this time he seized the opportunity of the "Suez Canal Crisis". Such a businessman, the top London officials very much hope to become a British citizen.

"This... I'll go back and think about it first!" Lin Zhichao said hesitantly.

He was already mentally prepared to encounter discrimination.

Not only that, he even predicted that if Global Shipping built a large number of 1959-ton oil tankers from 1961 to [-] and wanted to enter European business in large quantities, it might be inconvenient.

If you want to become the world's ship king, you must first break into the European and American circles; as a Greek, Onassis still needs

After Lin Zhichao left, Ge Lianghong looked at his back and thought slowly.

In Ge Lianghong's view, Lin Zhichao's greatest influence lies in Hong Kong's industry and world shipping:
In terms of Hong Kong's industry, Lin Zhichao introduced and created two large-scale industries for Hong Kong-wigs and plastic flowers, which benefited more than 2 workers; moreover, the Yangtze River Industry Group under Lin Zhichao is a huge factory with thousands of people. Zippers, toys, plastic flowers, wigs, trolley cases, instant noodles, etc.

In terms of world shipping, Lin Zhichao controls a fleet with a deadweight of more than one million tons, and his business has spread all over Europe, America and Japan; the important thing is that in this Suez Canal crisis, it is said that Lin Zhichao has made a lot of profits and made a lot of money .

The huge influence of the two aspects, coupled with the fact that Lin Zhichao is only 30 years old (less than), the future is limitless.

night.

Lin Zhichao was pacing back and forth in the yard of Villa No. 79 in Deep Water Bay, thinking all the time in his mind.

The evening breeze is gentle, even in the hot summer, living in the middle of the mountain is relatively cool.The flowers and trees under the moon are so pleasing to the eye, but Lin Zhichao didn't care to appreciate them at this time; after walking around for a few times, Lin Zhichao still couldn't make up his mind, looked at the gazebo, and then walked in the opposite direction.

Lin Zhichao walked outside.

When passing the gate, the security guard quickly opened the iron gate and arranged for two people to follow behind quietly.

Walking to the hillside of Deep Water Bay, you can see the hazy outline of the bay in front of your eyes, and the sound of the tide is stirring in Lin Zhichao's chest.

Lin Zhichao seemed to see the huge and magnificent business empire he built in the world.

He longs for a challenge and is willing to take on it, but he fears that he won't even have a chance.

Even if he doesn't have some career, he can still become the richest person in the world, and he can also build the richest family.

However, although the money earned from financial sources such as the stock market, gold, oil, and foreign exchange is easy and huge, it cannot bring him "momentum".

If you have money but no power, that is not acceptable!

Therefore, he must learn to choose, and the old thinking in his mind should also be discarded.

Back to the villa.

Tang Caiyun and Xu Caiying were in the courtyard, and when they saw Lin Zhichao came back, they were overjoyed.After the husband came home today, he was a little distracted, which has never happened before.My man has never brought work matters home to deal with, let alone show his troubles at work to his family.

"husband"

"Well, it's okay, just thinking about buying a castle manor in London!"

Seeing Lin Zhichao's relaxed expression, Tang Caiyun and Xu Caiying breathed a sigh of relief.As for what her husband said, they also know that it is not that simple. After all, just buying a castle manor is no pressure for the Lin family.

"Husband, your dream is to become a 'world businessman' and 'the greatest businessman', so why worry about those things!" Tang Caiyun said empathetically.

"Honey, we will always support your decision!" Xu Caiying also said firmly.

Both women understood something, but didn't say it directly.

Lin Zhichao felt more comfortable, held the hands of the two women, and said at the same time: "Let's go, let's continue to create people! As long as there are people, we will be the biggest diversification of investment."

Rothschild has five sons, of course Lin Zhichao cannot lose to him!
Although Lin Zhichao already has five sons, that includes the son Hepburn gave birth to him.But Tang Caiyun and Xu Caiying gave birth to four sons and two daughters for him, so this time, I hope Xu Caiying will give birth to another son.

When Xu Caiying heard this, she immediately approached Lin Zhichao and said, "Haven't you been swimming yet?"

In the scorching summer, members of the Lin family like to swim, and the children usually swim indoors and let the female bodyguards teach and watch over them.As for the outdoor swimming pool, it is a place that Lin Zhichao and the women often enjoy.

"It's still early, let's go, let's go to the swimming pool!" Lin Zhichao said in good spirits.

This year, there was a flood in Hong Kong and the opposite side in May, and more than 20 people died in Hong Kong, but the other side did not know; however, it seems that there is not much food harvested, and many people have fled to Hong Kong.

Of course, greater difficulties lie ahead, catching up with Britain and the United States, these goals are a bit big.

When Lin Zhichao came to the Yangtze River Industrial Park, an eight-story industrial building suddenly stood in the factory area.As an industrial leader in Hong Kong, Cheung Kong Industries has created many precedents. For example, the first industrial building in Hong Kong is this eight-storey industrial building.

In fact, when Lin Zhichao developed industries, almost all factories in Hong Kong were one or two floors, and three floors were relatively rare; while Cheung Kong Industry was the first to develop five-story industrial factories and the first to develop eight-story industrial buildings.

Today, Changjiang Industry has a factory building of 70 square feet, which can be called an industrial empire.

Lin Zhichao personally drove this convertible jeep in the Yangtze River Industrial Park and inspected various factories.

At present: the wig factory has developed to the bottleneck, employing 500 people, occupying the first floor of the factory building (3 square feet); the plastic factory has also developed to the expected target, employing 2500 people, occupying the third floor of the factory building (9 square feet).

Lin Zhichao no longer needs to pay attention to these two industries, and leave them to the supervision and guidance of the group management and the general manager of the subsidiary company to take full responsibility.

However, the development of Changjiang Toy Factory is very gratifying. With Barbie dolls and Beer Lily becoming popular in Europe and the United States at the same time, orders for Changjiang Toy Factory have continued to flow. Now it has grown to 2000 workers and is still expanding.

"Boss, you're here!" Ke Yanping, the general manager of Changjiang Toy Factory, greeted him.

Ke Yanping is not only the general manager of Changjiang Toy Factory, he is also in charge of joint ventures in Germany and the United States, and often visits these two countries.

Although the "Audrey Toys Company" in the United States is handed over to a team of professional managers, Changjiang Toys Factory is a shareholder and has the right to supervise; what's more, the two companies are still partners, and Changjiang Toys Factory does OEM for Audrey Toys , requires frequent communication.

In the previous life, Barbie dolls were produced in Japan, but in this life they were produced in Hong Kong; but Billy Lily in the previous life was produced in Hong Kong later.

"Well, what's the situation?" Lin Zhichao walked towards the production workshop and asked.

Ke Yanping followed Lin Zhichao, and said: "The team led by the president of Audrey Toys, Rich, is very powerful. They have already completed the sales of 200 million Barbie dolls. So our orders are very sufficient, and we have been expanding the production system. But Bi Affected by Barbie dolls, the sales volume of Beer Lily is declining day by day, only one tenth of that of Barbie dolls. Therefore, Rich suggested that Audrey Toys Company acquire Beer Lily of Germany.”

Lin Zhichao asked, "What did Mr. Goss say?"

In this complex triangular relationship, Ke Yanping is Lin Zhichao's spokesperson. He not only has to manage the production system in Hong Kong and the "Bond Toys" brand, but also has to deal with the relationship between the US, Germany, and Hong Kong toy companies.

Ke Yanping said: "He agreed, but proposed a purchase price of 30 US dollars. Goss has always been dissatisfied with the ownership of this patent, thinking that Barbie dolls are infringing Bill Lily, but because of your shares in the two companies, So I didn’t say anything. So the purchase price of 30 US dollars is a bit high.”

Goss only invested tens of thousands of dollars back then, and if he sells for 30 dollars, he can make a net profit of 10,000+ dollars; in addition, Bill Lily has brought him 40 million dollars in dividends over the years.

There are already quite a few!
What's more, after Lin Zhichao became a shareholder, Bourne Machinery has developed extremely fast, especially in the field of injection molding machines, and has become a world-leading manufacturer, which is more popular than injection molding machines in Japan and the United States.

Logically speaking, Gauss should be grateful to Lin Zhichao for guessing right.

However, who knows what is going on in the business world!

From Gao Si's point of view, Lin Zhichao did two-handed preparations on Beer Lily, which was more or less uncomfortable.

"I think it's feasible! Then you can be the middleman and let them negotiate on their own. Remember to be optimistic about our money!"

"OK, I see!"

This winter, Lin Zhichao and Audrey Hepburn will also implement the 10% incentive equity they promised to Rich’s team at the beginning; and the next goal planned by Lin Zhichao is to go public, and he intends to let Rich to list Audrey Toys Company , thoroughly Americanized.

Currently, Audrey Hepburn, the owner of the Audrey Toy Company, is already a British-American dual citizen, and their next child is planned to be born in the United States.

Unexpectedly, the Lin family gradually became 'impure'!
"Boss, there is one more thing. I found out that someone in Hong Kong is producing Billy Lily, and then sending it to the United States for sale!"

Lin Zhichao's expression became serious, Beau Lily and Barbie dolls are both patented products, not only their images are patented, but also the 'joint technology' is also patented.

Because in the past, plastic dolls were generally made of soft glue, and the whole body was joined together; Changjiang Toy Factory first developed a doll with hard glue and movable joints, so it registered the patent of "joint technology" in both Britain and the United States.

"Only the factories in Hong Kong can produce toys, but they can't be sold in the United States! Therefore, there must be American toy merchants involved."

Ke Yanping nodded, and said: "I have already investigated clearly. It is the American toy king Louis Max who is infringing. His toy factory is mainly famous for producing wind-up Popeye and metal mechanical toys. At the same time, Max is still a counterfeit master."

Afterwards, Ke Yanping seriously introduced Max.

This Max dropped out of school at the age of 15 and became a millionaire at the age of 26. He was once a guest of US President Eisen Hower. Works at the club; Max also likes to mingle with dignitaries and celebrities of all walks of life.

It's just that he didn't expect that Max would even like the imitation of Beer Lily.It is estimated that I am afraid that I am tempted to see the best-selling Barbie dolls.

"Max's side, let Rich's team buy Bill Lily, and then deal with the infringement issue. As for the people in Hong Kong, what are they called?"

Ke Yanping said: "There is only a small plastic factory in Hong Kong called Fuhe Plastic Factory. The owner is called Lin Liang. He also copied the little yellow duck back then, claiming to be the little yellow duck he invented. In fact, he has nothing at all. In terms of strength, I used to work for others, and I didn’t start a company until these two years.”

Lin Zhichao couldn't help but said: "In this case, how did an American toy king and a small plastic businessman in Hong Kong get together?"

Ke Yanping shook his head and said, "I don't know the details, but this Max is interested in the treasure land of Hong Kong and plans to invest and build a factory here, maybe it happened."

Lin Zhichao nodded, and after thinking for a while, he said: "I don't like to kill my compatriots, you should warn Lin Liang first, and then tell him not to produce for Max, but to do it for us. Of course, the quality must be qualified. If the funds are insufficient, we can provide some loans, in short, we should support an OEM factory."

Ke Yanping said: "Isn't it a little cheap for him? Although Hong Kong's copycat factory is not a crime, it's a little bit to find him as an OEM."

Lin Zhichao said: "Don't you think this kind of person is also a talent? He can actually produce Billy Lily whose quality is recognized by the American toy king. This shows that others are good at researching in the field of plastics, and I guess, his machine must be very good. Poor. This is a talent, and one or two should be taken care of. As for the problem you mentioned, I don’t think it’s a problem. Hong Kong is originally a place where copycat factories are concentrated, and everyone is like this.”

In fact, Lin Zhichao knew this Lin Liang, and he was also a Hong Kong toy tycoon in his previous life.

That being the case, give support and make a good relationship.

After all, talent is rare!
"Okay, I understand!"

(End of this chapter)