The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 245 [Small Trend Change]

Spring and sunshine.

On this day, the 'Iron Wave Island Yacht Club' was formally established, attracting hundreds of Lin Zhichao's friends to help out.

Iron Bozhou Yacht Club was originally intended to be called "Hong Kong Yacht Club", but it is only one word away from "Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club", which is easy to confuse.Therefore, Lin Zhichao simply named it "Yibozhou Yacht Club" to show that there is no other meaning in it. This yacht club is only for Lin Zhichao's circle of friends to play.

Iron Wave Island is an offshore island, located in the middle of Deep Water Bay and Repulse Bay, the area is not small, but it is not suitable for living; the overall investment of the yacht club is 400 million Hong Kong dollars, including investment in land, club buildings, yachts, etc. .

'Yibozhou Yacht Club' has a professional yacht repair and maintenance team, and all servants in the club provide catering, entertainment and other services; the membership fee is 3000 Hong Kong dollars, and the annual membership fee is [-] Hong Kong dollars.

The overall price is still very high, and it is not affordable for ordinary people.

On the day of the opening, hundreds of guests came to join us, all of whom were friends of Lin Zhichao’s acquaintance, including friends in the real estate, banking, industrial, shipping, and political circles. He also specially sent a meeting for his core executives Membership is also a very big benefit.

Lin Zhichao took everyone to visit the two-story clubhouse building and ten yachts belonging to the clubhouse. Everyone was very curious and visited with gusto.

Although there is a "Royal Yacht Club" in Hong Kong, it is actually mainly played by the British, and they all have a high proportion of sailing boats.

"Everyone, the yacht industry in Europe and the United States has developed rapidly since World War II. According to statistics, more than 1 yachts can be sold a year, with a total value of more than 2 million US dollars. About 70% of them are small motor boats and sailing boats with wooden structures, and a small amount of them are aluminum alloys. structural motorboat."

"That's why I introduced this yacht entertainment method to Hong Kong. It is definitely a new experience to drive a motor boat to open wine parties on the sea, go fishing, and play cards with friends."

After hearing Lin Zhichao's introduction, everyone had questions!
For example, Mo Yingji, a friend I made recently, asked with great interest: "Lin Sheng, how much does such a yacht cost? After buying it, will there be a yacht club to help take care of it and maintain it?"

He is a person who likes to enjoy himself very much. After the stock market closes at noon, he likes to enjoy delicious meals, massages, etc. He often invites friends to entertainment venues and private clubs in Wanchai.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "A yacht is only about 20 or more than [-] Hong Kong dollars. Since our place is called the Iron Wave Island Yacht Club, we naturally provide various services. If you are interested in yacht life later, you can consult the work The people, they are all professional."

Everyone was very excited, but Lin Zhichao didn't want to sell memberships or anything, lest some people don't want to do it and lose face.

In fact, even as his private club, Lin Zhichao can afford it.

But obviously, good things need to be shared.

Next, many people took advantage of the fact that they were all here, so they boarded the yachts in the clubhouse one after another and started strolling around.

Lin Zhichao bought ten yachts for the club, not including his own two large and small yachts.

These yachts can be used as an option for members to rent, and the price is actually very cheap. The main reason is that many members want to experience it first, or use it less, and provide services.

"Lin Sheng is worthy of being the king of boats, and the information channels are much ahead of us. We stay in Hong Kong, how do we know that yachting life is already popular in Europe and the United States." After experiencing it, someone praised it.

"Where is it? It's just that I often travel abroad and discovered it by accident!"

In fact, in the 60s in the previous life, yachts were also popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Today, Lin Zhichao is just introduced to the Chinese circle a few years in advance.

On that day, the person who applied for the membership scared Lin Zhichao, and sold a total of 92 memberships; together with the membership fee of the year, he collected more than 200 million funds.

In fact, everyone is really yearning for yacht life, not just for Lin Zhichao's face.After all, the guests who can come today are all people of status, and they will not easily pay a huge amount for the sake of face.

On the contrary, those who need to curry favor with Lin Zhichao are rarely invited today.

Time flies, and it's May in a blink of an eye.

On this day, the foundation stone laying ceremony of Yingzhi Building at No. [-] Zhaolong Street was held. Lin Zhichao invited some relatives and friends to attend, but he did not publicize it.

The final height of Yingzhi Building is designed to be 22 floors, similar to the Ginza Building. The area of ​​each floor of the base five floors is 1 square feet, and the area of ​​each floor above is only more than 8200 square feet.

At the same time, the basement and the three floors above ground are still designed as shops, changing the original idea.In the process of building design, new ideas are always born, so it is normal.

After the groundbreaking ceremony, a simple red wine party was held, and everyone congratulated Lin Zhichao for starting another commercial project.

During the period, Lee Shau Kee, who was invited, said humbly: "Lin Sheng, I also plan to enter the real estate industry in a joint venture with my friends recently!"

Although it wasn't a question, his eyes seemed to be asking for advice.

Lin Zhichao said calmly: "This is a good thing! Who are your partners?"

Lee Shau Kee actually mentioned the names of seven people in one breath, isn't this exactly the same experience as in his previous life?
In other words, Lee Shau Kee has been in the factory for so many years, and his net worth is about 500 million Hong Kong dollars, and the factory also provides continuous funds, with an annual income of nearly one million Hong Kong dollars.

Lin Zhichao said: "Brother Zhaoji, this is for stability! With your financial strength, it is not a problem to independently develop a project, is it?"

Lee Shau Kee said: "Yeah. But cooperating with friends can learn from each other's strengths and make up for our weaknesses. Moreover, this kind of cooperative company belongs to each project and cooperates independently. If there is a chance, I also plan to buy a site with sole proprietorship."

Lin Zhichao patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good idea!"

Needless to say, the Yongye Group of Eight has been formed, and the Sun Hung Kai Trio will also be formed later.Lin Zhichao didn't change many things, the most is that Li Shau Kee has the strength to buy a real estate alone.

In fact, Lin Zhichao has changed a lot.

For example, the real estate trough in the previous life was only one year, but in this life, it was half a year earlier, and the time will reach the trough of one and a half years (1957.6~1958.12).This has also led to the bankruptcy of many small and medium-sized property buyers, which is much more serious than in the previous life. Many people just bought their first real estate with a loan, but found that they could not sell off-plan properties, or could not sell them, and ended up losing money.

In order not to change too much real estate in Hong Kong, Lin Zhichao invested all his funds in commercial real estate developers. There is no residential project this year; even when real estate recovers next year (1959), Changjiang Properties only plans to sell two or three real estate projects. .

Take your time, don't let it go bad all at once, Lin Zhichao won't know how to play it anymore!

For example, if the 1.2 million funds of the Yangtze River Industry Group are allocated to the Yangtze River Industries, it will directly change the real estate industry.

Of course, what is changed is still the small trend, but the general trend cannot be changed.Because the general situation in Hong Kong can only be caused by political factors, international events and other reasons.

Hong Kong invests more than 7 million yuan in real estate a year, so even if Lin Zhichao injects 1.2 million yuan, there may not be much change.

Of course, in terms of real estate development, Lin Zhichao still reduces his investment, mainly investing in commercial real estate.

In the last wave of real estate, Changjiang Real Estate made a profit of 1 million yuan, plus the return of about 2000 million land, which is 1.2 million funds; while the cost of the four central buildings was more than 4500 million Hong Kong dollars, the Miramar Hotel (including shopping malls) and decoration costs) are less than 4000 million yuan, and the Sing Tao Department Store is less than 800 million yuan. Nearly six commercial projects already need to spend about 9500 million yuan in construction fees and taxes.

With the remaining 2500 million yuan, only ten sites can be bought.

Of course, the construction fee does not need to be paid out immediately, and the Yangtze River Industry Group can inject funds at any time, so there is no need to worry about the issue of funds.

As for the loan issue, since there is no listing and no urgently needed investment projects, Lin Zhichao has never thought about it.

A week later, Queen Mary Hospital.

After more than an hour of hard work, Xu Caiying gave birth to a son without any risk.The reason why I was surprised was because this child was more than two weeks earlier than the expected date of delivery, and was the only child in the Lin family who arrived two weeks earlier.

Fortunately, everything went very smoothly. After all, Xu Caiying had already given birth to two children naturally, and there would be no major problems with the third one.

In the delivery room, Lin Zhichao touched Xu Caiying's hand, while Tang Caiyun took care of the child.

Every time one of the two sisters gives birth to a child, the other will take care of it wholeheartedly in the hospital, leaving Wu Wenying to look after the house; as for Lin Zhichao, he still focuses on work and making money.

"The task has been completed, thank you for your hard work!" Lin Zhichao said sincerely.

It's not that he must let Xu Caiying have a third child, but that the family business needs it.Global Shipping will be upgraded to "Global Group", and its business will also cover sea, land and air, including: shipping, aviation, logistics, ports, real estate, etc. It can be said that its future scale will be huge.

For example, Wharf will definitely be acquired in the name of Global Shipping in the future, which will immediately become a real estate giant, but it does not dabble in real estate development; in the field of commercial real estate, the world will always invest in some projects in the future, after all, there will be idle funds when it lands.

Moreover, the landing of global shipping does not mean giving up shipping, and will still maintain a "huge" fleet, but it may be reduced by half or two-thirds; when the cycle comes again, investment will be increased.

Therefore, with such a huge property, Xu Caiying only has one son and one daughter, which is really a bit thin.Now that another son is born, it is more ideal.

Hearing Lin Zhichao's gentle voice, Xu Caiying also felt less complaining about her youngest son. Today, she was troubled enough, and she was still worried.

"Well, as long as this kid is healthy, I'm so worried these two days!"

In this family, it would be a very bad thing to have an unhealthy child.

In fact, she was completely overwhelmed. It was normal for her to be born half a month early, not even premature (more than a week away).

Tang Caiyun said with a smile: "Worry about me, I'm in good health!"

Seeing her husband, sister, and youngest son, Xu Caiying smiled comfortably.

So far, Lin Zhichao's career finally has at least one heir.Why do you say this way?
such as:

Tang Caiyun has three sons and one daughter: Lin Ruihuan (1949), Lin Ruijiang (1951), Lin Ruikai (1954), and Lin Huizhu (1957).

among them:

Lin Ruihuan will be in charge of "Cheung Kong Industrial Group" in the future, including the acquired subsidiaries Hutchison Whampoa, Hongkong Electric and other businesses;

Lin Ruijiang will be in charge of the 'Changjiang Industry Group' in the future, and will be responsible for the development of industry and technology industry in the future;
Lin Ruikai will be in charge of the 'media group' in the future. Although there is no development yet, Lin Zhichao already has a plan;
Lin Huizhu can only take hotel shares, or clothing brands.

Xu Caiying has two sons and one daughter: Lin Ruihai (1952), Lin Wanzhu (1955), Lin Ruicheng (1958)

Lin Ruihai is in charge of shipping, aviation, logistics, and ports (only the port shares under Wharf);

Lin Wanzhu can only get hotel shares, or clothing brands.

Lin Ruicheng is responsible for the management of Wharf Group and the commercial real estate projects of Universal Group.

Probably it was planned like this, but in fact it still depends on whether the children are "successful". Even if they are capable, they can only come to be Lin Zhichao's assistant and gradually rise to the position; in fact, Lin Zhichao will also train his grandchildren.

In terms of shares, Lin Zhichao will adopt the model of "trust fund between father and son" for handover.

Of course, these are just the layout of the enterprise.In the future, the Lin family will also have a 'family office', 'family trust fund', etc. These are the wealth that Lin Zhichao managed until his death.These wealth include 'investment in global stocks', 'investment in antique calligraphy and painting', 'investment in mansion', 'investment in gold, jade and jewelry' and so on.

Generally speaking, the wealth of the Lin family will be dispersed because it is too large.

(End of this chapter)