The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 262 [New Group]

After Momofuku Ando returned to Japan, he immediately successfully established the 'Japan Ramen Industry Association' and became the president.The first batch of 21 member units are relatively acceptable to the patent fee of [-] US dollars.

At the same time, Momofuku Ando is also thinking about cooperation with Lin Zhichao.He understood that to be friends with a person like Lin Zhichao was indeed his privilege.

However, the two cooperations proposed by Lin Zhichao need to consider whether they will affect the development of 'Nissin Ramen'. After all, the 'instant noodle' business is the main force.

Since Nissin Ramen was launched two and a half years ago, it has earned about 300 million US dollars, half of which was used to expand the factory and production, and 150 million US dollars has been lying in the account.As for the shareholders of both parties, they are not so keen on dividends. After all, the first task is to occupy the market in Japan.

"Currently, the annual sales volume of Nissin ramen is still 6000 million bags. As soon as the tonkotsu ramen comes out, it will definitely rise to 1 million bags again."

Thinking of this, Momofuku Ando suddenly felt that the doll noodle is very powerful, if it is not restricted by the small and small Hong Kong market, there is no room for him to use it.

As soon as tonkotsu ramen comes out, the profits of Nissin ramen can rise in a straight line, because price wars can be avoided; after all, it is the only product in the market, and price wars can be avoided completely.

At present, there are many 25 yen ramen in the market, which are not profitable at all. These companies are more likely to drag down other ramen companies.

"Ajisen Ramen, this is a very good idea. To be the 'KFC' in the ramen industry. After becoming famous, it will open up franchise development and adopt a half-self-operated, half-franchised model. This industry can be done, and the initial investment is 20. Dollars are enough."

"Investing in securities seems to be very reasonable. As the 'ship king', Lin Zhichao is very sensitive to the economy. Panasonic, Sony."

After careful consideration, Ando Momofuku decided to adopt Lin Zhichao's opinion, and he also understood that if he could cooperate these two times, he could cooperate more with Lin Zhichao in the future and become true friends.

And to cooperate with a "tycoon" like Lin Zhichao, of course he couldn't wish for it.

"Come out with a plan and meet Lin Zhichao again, the relationship will get better and better!"

Momofuku Ando suddenly felt that he should firmly grasp Lin Zhichao's relationship.

Of course, the so-called interpersonal relationship is mutual use.But it happened that he knew that Lin Zhichao wanted to get involved in the Japanese business and needed him as a Japanese; and he also hoped to be supported by a big chaebol, even if it was a foreign chaebol.

Kwun Tong.

A [-]-storey industrial building rises from the ground, each floor has an area of ​​more than [-] square feet, which is very majestic in this area.On the outer wall of the building, there are seven characters of "Uniqlo Industrial Building" pasted on it. This is the production factory of Uniqlo Garment Company.

On the opening day of the UNIQLO building, Lin Zhichao did not invite friends. After all, it is just an industrial building, so there is no need to make a big fuss.The guests who came to participate were only the second uncle Lin Yunchu, cousin Li Gaofu, father-in-law Tang Zhongyuan and others.

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Lin Zhichao took everyone to inspect the interior of the building.

At present, the crocodile shirt factory and the traveler's suitcase have used a total of four floors, more than 8 square feet, and a lot of space has been reserved; as for the remaining eight floors, they are all leased to garment factories and shoe factories. Reached 98%, the supply exceeds the demand.

During the visit, Li Gaofu said with a smile: "Investing in industrial buildings seems to be more rewarding than investing in residential buildings!"

In the last wave of real estate crisis, he didn't make much money from the last three real estate projects, which was regarded as a kind of "loss". Therefore, he didn't buy land immediately after the real estate market recovered.

Of course, Li Gaofu is playing steadily, which is a style that Lin Zhichao admires.

Lin Zhichao said: "If you want to invest, do it. An industrial building is nothing to you!"

At the same time, he said it in a joking tone, and the people around him suddenly laughed.Everyone knows that Li Gaofu was supported by Lin Zhichao, and the two have a close relationship.

Li Gaofu shook his head and said, "I still don't want to invest anymore. The plastic flower factory has been shut down by me. It's embarrassing."

The plastic flower factory he invested in, after being named by the Changjiang Plastic Factory several times for substandard product quality, Li Gaofu simply closed down, and even sold the equipment to the Changjiang Plastic Factory at a low price.

It turned out that he was concentrating on real estate, and he was in the mood for plastic flowers.The reason why he was willing to invest at the beginning was because he was worried that the real estate would not be well done, so he had an additional funding channel; as a result, the real estate was so successful that he no longer looked down on the plastic flower business worth hundreds of thousands a year.

Tang Zhongyuan asked: "Gao Fu is still suitable for real estate, and the money is coming soon!"

Li Gaofu hurriedly said modestly: "Uncle Tang, don't laugh at me. I also lost a lot in the last real estate turmoil. The three real estate projects have been busy for more than two years."

Tang Zhongyuan is an elder, and even Lin Zhichao's father-in-law, so he naturally dare not trust him.

Lin Zhichao said: "If you don't lose money, you make money! There are many people who spit out profits; there are also many people who go bankrupt."

Li Gaofu nodded. After all, he had earned 2000 million before, and the last three real estates had the financial strength to "cover up"; the only pity is that he sold the three real estates after a slight recovery in the real estate market, earning a total of more than 100 yuan. Ten thousand.

The reason for this is: first, he seeks stability and firmly believes in what Lin Zhichao said back then that "goods are in rotation"; second, he seeks stability and is more interested in investing in commercial buildings.

"Recently, I am negotiating to build a central building at 20-20B Queen's Road Central, Central!"

Everyone was immediately attracted, but Li Gaofu had already been involved in the building in Central!
Lin Zhichao thought about it for a while, and immediately got the information of No. 20-20B, Queen's Road Central, and said, "The site area is not big, right?"

After the real estate boom, some sites in Central will be released, and Lin Zhichao will not deliberately pursue investment in this type of building; unless it has more than 2 square feet, and it is in the core business district of Central, such as Queen's Road Central and Des Voeux Road He will only make a move if there is a territory.

Li Gaofu nodded, and said: "There are more than 5000 square feet in total. The owner's asking price is 380 million, and the tenant needs to subsidize 50 to 60 yuan. The total cost is about 400 million yuan in site fees."

A total of 800 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, if before the slump in 1957, the unit price should be worth 1200 Hong Kong dollars per square foot.

Lin Zhichao said: "If you want to build a building, I'm afraid it will only have 12 floors, and the total rentable area will only be 5 square feet."

Li Gaofu said: "Well, it's very good. After the design is completed later, let Poly Construction undertake the construction!"

Lin Zhichao will not say any more, this kind of building is very normal, and merging buildings may not be feasible, and merging buildings depends on fate.

The site purchased by Li Gaofu was the "Taiping Paradise" in his previous life. The 12-storey building he built had not been merged until 2023.

Returning to the Crocodile Building, Lin Zhichao organized a meeting room attended by General Manager Zhao Mingyi of Crocodile, Hong Yunhao of Traveler's Suitcase, and other high-level executives of the two companies. Tang Caiyun also attended the meeting.

"The content of today's meeting is: I plan to merge crocodile shirts and traveler suitcases into a subsidiary of Uniqlo clothing company. Zhao Mingyi will serve as the deputy general manager of Uniqlo clothing company and concurrently serve as the general manager of crocodile shirts. Hong Yunhao will continue to be the traveler. As the general manager of the suitcase, I will be the general manager, and Tang Caiyun will be the assistant to the general manager."

Zhao Mingyi and Hong Yunhao were overjoyed. The boss suddenly made such an arrangement, indicating that Uniqlo will become an independent development enterprise.

In fact, although UNIQLO used to belong to Cheung Kong Industrial, it actually developed independently.Today's arrangement clearly clarifies this point.

Next, Lin Zhichao asked the heads of the two brands to report on the company and financial situation, so that everyone can get to know each other.

Zhao Mingyi immediately reported in earnest: "Crocodile shirts currently have 8 stores, including three in Central, one in Causeway Bay, two in Kowloon, and two in Sing Tao. Last year's annual profit was 155 million Hong Kong dollars. This year, an additional store is added, and the profit is expected to increase. 10% Crocodile has 88 employees and 460 skilled car and garment workers. The working capital in the account is 720 million Hong Kong dollars, and the fixed assets include the embassy building in Causeway Bay (worth more than 500 million) factory equipment, etc. "

In the ten years since its establishment, it has earned more than 1600 million assets, of which about 300 million are real estate appreciation.Of course, the brand value of crocodile shirts is already tens of millions, and it has great popularity in Hong Kong and Sing Tao.

This level is already very powerful!The important thing is that the employee benefits of crocodile shirts and the after-sales service of crocodile shirts are all very expensive.

Take the clothing industry of the Xialilila family as an example. After so many years, it only has a level of tens of millions.

Tang Zhongyuan's garment factory has 5000 workers, and its annual profit is only 900 million; his textile factory has more than 3000 people, and its annual profit is only 400 million.

It can be known how high the added value of crocodile shirts is!

Next, Hong Yunhao also reported: "Traveler's luggage has opened up the European and American markets, and last year's profit reached 85 Hong Kong dollars. At present, Traveler has collected patent fees of 280 million Hong Kong dollars, and the liquidity in the account has reached 350 million Hong Kong dollars."

Traveler luggage has just started. Because of the patent right of "trolley case", as long as there is a company producing it, it has to pay a patent fee of 3 to 8 US dollars. Of course, the patent fee is of a "transferable" nature, so it is a one-off .

However, there are more and more brands that can’t hold back. When they enter this industry, as long as they are discovered by the law firm entrusted by Traveler’s luggage company, they can immediately charge fees. After deducting 20% ​​of the law firm’s fee, the rest belongs to the traveler.

After the general managers of the two subsidiaries finished their reports, everyone discovered that Uniqlo's apparel business has become so powerful.

Lin Zhichao said: "Later, the group will set up financial and other related departments. Then, take out 800 million cash flow, add the embassy building in Causeway Bay, and add 500 million Hong Kong dollars in installments to exchange for the crocodile shirt building and Uniqlo under Cheung Kong Properties. The two properties of the industrial building. In other words, Uniqlo will operate independently in the future.”

The crocodile shirt building is worth 1500 million yuan, and the Uniqlo industrial building is worth 400 million yuan, both of which are normal valuations.

Zhao Mingyi immediately said: "It's best to install it in three years, after all, Uniqlo has to develop!"

Crocodile is already getting ready to open more branches, as there are many nice mansion floors to choose from.

Lin Zhichao said: "It's no problem, it's all from our own company."

After this exchange of assets, UNIQLO has officially developed independently, and will only be affiliated to "Cheung Kong Holdings (an unestablished holding company)" in the future.

The reason why Lin Zhichao did this is also to hope that he can develop a company alone, which can be used for his daughter's career choice in the future.Don't be too partial, the daughter is also his child!

Of course, the premise is that the daughter can become a talent. If she is not an entrepreneur, she naturally does not need to inherit the business, and she can be rich for a lifetime with cash and "family living expenses".

Throughout the meeting, Tang Caiyun did not speak, but she seemed to understand.She has three sons, Yangtze River Industries, Yangtze River Industries, and Uniqlo Enterprises. Could it be that her husband is building the third one?

She misunderstood, Lin Zhichao has not built a media group yet!

Moreover, the hotel group will also be independent from the Cheung Kong Industrial Group (excluding Miramar Hotel).

After the meeting, everyone was full of energy and went to their respective jobs.

As for crocodile shirts and traveler's suitcases, Lin Zhichao does not rarely manage them.He is good at corporate management and corporate culture, coupled with his foresight, it is enough for him to manage a company well in very little time.

For example, he visits crocodile shirts several times a year, and while buying clothes, he can see the problems of the entire store at a glance.As for the fabric, style, after-sales service and advertisement of the crocodile shirt, Lin Zhichao is also well aware of it.

As for the execution of the management and employees, what Lin Zhichao pursues is to increase their sense of belonging to the company, and implement a bonus system, welfare system, and transparent promotion channels.

In short, he only needs to formulate various excellent management systems, and the enterprise will naturally develop well.

Just the after-sales service (for a fee) of "replacing necklines and cuffs" that was proposed back then has left many loyal customers; and in advertising, Lin Zhichao has been persistently investing, and Gu's influence is growing.

The genuine leather shoes, wallets, and belts of crocodile shirts are also very popular in the market; travelers’ suitcases are also consigned at crocodile shirt stores, and of course they are mainly export suitcases.

It's autumn season again.

On weekends, Lin Zhichao took his 50-foot (16.6-meter) "Pearl of the Orient" yacht on vacation at sea, accompanied by his two wives.This yacht is about the same size as the "Mulian" yacht dedicated to the Governor of Hong Kong, and it already belongs to the category of large yachts in this era.

Of course, there are also large yachts in this era, some of which are more than 200 feet or even 400 feet; some are super yachts when they are built, and some warships are converted into super yachts. For example, the super yacht of Onassis is a warship. modified.

If Lin Zhichao likes high-profile, he would spend at most about US$300 million (second-hand) to acquire a 1000-foot superyacht; this is nothing but water for an owner who is about to own a fleet of more than US$3 million.

But Lin Zhichao obviously doesn't want to do this, at least not yet!
The "Pearl of the Orient" yacht has only one deck, with a roof on it, and there is a bedroom, a living room and a storage room; there are also front and rear decks with fences; the cockpit is on the second floor, which is the only one on the second floor space.

Because the "fly bridge system" has not yet appeared, the 16.6-meter yacht has about 40% less space than the same length yachts of later generations.The Pearl of the Orient is a combination of steel structure and Burmese wood, and the cost is about 30 US dollars.

It is driving around the coastline around Hong Kong and Kowloon. The pure white hull is very conspicuous under the blue sky and blue sea.There are also two female bodyguards standing on the front deck, and temporarily acting as maids on board.

Lin Zhichao, Tang Caiyun, and Xu Caiying stood by the fence on the rear deck, admiring the style of Hong Kong and Kowloon.

"Is that an aircraft carrier?" Xu Caiying asked curiously, pointing to the big ship docked on the coastline of Ngau Tau Cape.

"That's right, the aircraft carrier sent by the Americans will be dismantled by the Zhongtian Shipbreaking Yard! In the future, both the UK and the US will allow Hong Kong to dismantle warships and aircraft carriers."

During World War II, the United States had 155 aircraft carriers, and the United Kingdom also had 96 aircraft carriers (aided by the United States). These aircraft carriers will be gradually phased out and sent to shipbreaking yards for disassembly.Of course, these aircraft carriers cannot be compared with the aircraft carriers of later generations, generally only [-] to [-] tons.

At the beginning of this year, the ship breaking business in Hong Kong was detonated by the Zhongtian Ship Breaking Yard. At present, many well-informed people are engaged in the business of buying "second-hand ships" in major ports around the world.

At present, there are dozens of ship breaking yards and thousands of workers; it is expected that within the next two years, the number of ship breaking yards will break through to one or two hundred, and the number of workers who rely on ship breaking to collect scrap iron will reach several thousand.

Development is too fast!
Hong Kong people are well-informed and fast in doing things, which is famous in the world of later generations.

At this rate, the Zhongtian Iron and Steel Works will be closed by the end of next year. It is estimated that a total of 100 ships will be dismantled, including 10 aircraft carriers.

Of course, you can also earn tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars. After all, you are the first person to eat crabs, and the price of the boat you bought is very low.

"Aircraft carrier? Americans are not afraid of leaking technology?" Xu Caiying asked a layman.

"The weapons are all disassembled! What's more, what technology is there in these aircraft carriers? The Soviets don't like it. On the other side, they don't care about it. No one studies it when they send it. The aircraft carrier is right there. Some people go up and have a look. , and no one stopped him." Lin Zhichao laughed.

When the Americans sent the aircraft carrier, they didn't say anything except leaving a sentence of 'a lot of money'!

As for how much money?
Americans are willing to sell at any low price.

"That's it!" Xu Caiying was speechless.

Lin Zhichao took a look at the water quality in the surrounding sea area. There were some oil stains, but they were not serious.At the beginning of the year, Zhongtian Shipbreaking Yard submitted a document to the Hong Kong government, which can guide other shipbreaking yards and avoid it to some extent.

Of course, if there are one or two hundred shipbreaking yards in the later stage, it will inevitably be uneven.

Fortunately, the ship breaking business in Hong Kong lasted until 1961 at the most, because so many ship breaking yards went to major ports to buy ships, only the ship owners were not stupid, and the price would rise soon.Moreover, Southeast Asia will also join this ship breaking business, after all, the threshold is too low.

Ultimately, the shipbreaking business also became thinly profitable.

Therefore, after the "hot three years", it will disappear quickly, and the pollution will naturally disappear, after all, the sea water flows very fast.

But the economic contribution to Hong Kong may be in the hundreds of millions.

(End of this chapter)