The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 274 [Xiao He just showed her sharp corners]

Summer is hot and hot.

In the conference room of Changjiang Industrial, the air conditioner was turned on and the temperature was cool.

At this time, the high-level executives came in one after another, and found an eleven or twelve-year-old child sitting inside. Seeing them walk in, the child got up quickly.

"Hey, Ruihuan, why are you here!" Many senior executives said with a smile.

Many high-level executives had met Lin Ruihuan, but Lin Ruihuan was sitting alone in the office at this time, without a boss or wife, obviously a little surprised.

Although Lin Ruihuan was a little unfamiliar, but fortunately, she was calm and polite, and said hello, "Hello, Uncle Huang, my dad asked me to come and hear how you have a meeting."

Huang Changhong said with a smile: "Okay, Ruihuan is very smart, and she will be in the second year of middle school soon. In nine years, maybe we will all be colleagues. It would be good to get to know the company earlier."

Others agreed that the tiger father had no dogs, and the boss started his business as a real estate developer at the age of 19, which created a miracle.Now the boss's son is 11 years old to attend the meeting, what's so strange about it!
Lin Ruihuan immediately explained: "My dad said that he just let me experience it. It's not easy to make money. My uncles think highly of me!"

Everyone suddenly realized that the boss is so young, so there is no reason to rush to arrange for his son to come to the company to get acquainted; now arranging Lin Ruihuan to come to the company for a meeting may be just a simple education.

Afterwards, the high-level executives who came to the conference room chatted with Lin Ruihuan one after another, and then sat down and waited for the meeting time.And Lin Ruihuan's generous performance quickly won the hearts of all the high-level people.

After a while, Tang Caiyun and Lin Zhichao came in one after another, and seeing Lin Ruihuan sitting alone on the edge of the conference table, she didn't say anything.Just pretend it doesn't exist and get ready for a meeting.

The content of the meeting is very much, because Cheung Kong's business is too extensive, far more complicated than other real estate companies.

Recently, when Lin Zhichao was in private, after much deliberation, he felt that when Cheung Kong Industrial Group went public, it would still include Miramar Hotel (including shopping malls), Poly Construction, quarry business, plus 10 real estate projects, and other assets (department stores, doll noodles) etc.), packaged and listed well.

One of the most fundamental reasons is that the current management headed by Huang Changhong, Zhou Fuzhao, and Hu Zhaoxu is already accustomed to managing comprehensive business.If it is listed separately, Lin Zhichao's energy will be wasted a lot.

Therefore, it was packaged into a real estate giant and listed.Although it is not as good as Landmark, it is estimated that it can also be the sum of the five tigers of Huazi Real Estate.

As for Uniqlo Clothing Company, they couldn't find a reason to go public, so they decided not to go public at all, or waited until the early 80s for further consideration.

"Jason, how are the preparations for the Miramar Hotel going?"

Lin Zhichao named the only high-level foreigner, Jason, the general manager of Miramar Hotel.

Originally, I wanted to use Chinese management. After all, there was "American Western Hotel Group" as a management consultant, who paid a full 4% of the turnover every year. If the management is not good, you can definitely find them.

However, even though Western hotels in the United States introduced several foreign managements, Lin Zhichao also agreed with the hotel management model of half foreigners and half Chinese.

Jason reported in English: "The recruitment of all management and staff has been completed, and systematic training is underway. The food and beverage department has also been prepared. Both the Chinese and Western restaurants are the sauna department of the celebrity chef team."

Lin Zhichao listened very carefully, asking questions from time to time, and Jason immediately answered him with satisfactory answers.

Of course, everyone in the conference room can understand English, but naturally everyone will not accommodate Jason and hold meetings in English; only when there is content related to the Miramar Hotel, everyone will use English.

After the whole meeting, the content of the meeting was involved in all aspects, even the matter of the leasing department, Lin Zhichao had to sort it out clearly, and he must not let the company suffer.

This kind of meeting is held once a week. Lin Zhichao is not in Hong Kong, and Huang Changhong chairs it. The time varies from 1 to 2 hours.

However, Lin Zhichao showed that everything was detailed, and his thinking was clear, and he could also raise key points. His subordinates have become accustomed to it.

On the contrary, Lin Ruihuan couldn't help admiring his father even more. He felt that the pace of the meeting was so fast, his father was quick in thinking, and the high-level executives were professional and proficient, and they cooperated very well.If it were him, he would feel very tired and hard, and his father still manages several companies like this. No wonder my mother kept saying that my father was great.

After the meeting, Lin Zhichao didn't ask Lin Ruihuan how he felt, and asked him to go home and come back for the next meeting.

"Dad, you worked hard!"

"You study hard, but it's worth it. Go back!"

There is no need to talk too much about this kind of education. After all, you have personally participated in it, and you should understand your own intentions.

In the office of Global Shipping, Lin Zhichao was flipping through the financial statements in a normal mood.

Since the "high-priced long-term contracts" expired one after another in July last year, the profit of global shipping has plummeted, and the total profit in the past year was only 2850 million US dollars.

In the case of an increase of more than 30 tons of load, the profit dropped sharply by about two-thirds from the peak.

Among the profits of 2850 million US dollars, the profits of oil tankers accounted for more than 60% of the profits.It shows that oil tankers are still the most profitable, because their proportion in merchant ships is also increasing, indicating that demand is increasing.

With the launch of six 10-ton oil tankers this year, next year's "fiscal year" profit should increase by more than 900 million US dollars. After all, this oil tanker can make a profit of more than 150 million US dollars a year.

At the same time, Lin Zhichao found that several second-hand freighters were idle, all of which were 20-ton class freighters, and he felt distressed immediately.For a [-]-ton second-hand cargo ship, the annual profit must be more than [-] US dollars, which is justified.

So, he got up and came to the office of the business department, and found that Gao Qiqiang was about to go out.

"boss"

"Well, are you going to the airport?"

"Yes, go to the airport to get business. The company's second-hand cargo ships are vacant. Recently, we have been squatting at the airport every day."

Lin Zhichao is personally responsible for most of the global shipping business, such as large oil tankers and cargo ships, as well as maintaining relationships with major customers.And Gao Qiqiang usually acts as Lin Zhichao's business deputy, and most of the time he is to attract those scattered customers.

"Then let's go together! I haven't run a business for a long time, I don't know if I can save face." Lin Zhichao said with a smile.

He has always claimed to be a businessman, and he never shy away from being a newspaper seller and an intermediary. It was an important stage in his life; because in those six months, Lin Zhichao developed many good habits, which had nothing to do with his previous life experience. , but under the trend of confidence, cultivate a variety of advantages such as learning, sales, and communication.

Gao Qiqiang nodded and said, "Okay, then let's set off right away!"

Afterwards, Lin Zhichao followed everyone and rushed towards Kai Tak Airport.

Kai Tak Airport is building a new passenger terminal, which is expected to be put into operation in 1962 until 1998 when Kai Tak Airport was closed.

However, runway 13/31 of Kai Tak Airport has been recognized by many international organizations as one of the most dangerous runways in the world. Shear is frequent, too many lights nearby at night and the runway is too busy, etc. The unique environment of runway 31/13 makes it a training material for major airlines in the world, and is recognized as the best challenge for pilots.

There is a special feature of the plane landing at Kai Tak Airport. When the pilot sees the checkered hill (the airport put checkered tiles on a small hill, and the eye-catching sign reminds the pilot), he needs to make a sharp right turn and then fly parallel to the runway.

In this regard, it is different from most airports in the world, because Kai Tak Airport is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is not enough space for you to parallel the runway in advance.

At Kai Tak Airport, it happened that Bao Yugang and Zhao Congyan also came to the airport to run business, so everyone naturally wanted to say hello.Although it is a competitor, it is natural to be more generous in face.

"Lin Sheng, are you here to run business in person?" Zhao Congyan had a surprised expression.

In the past one and a half years, Huaguang Shipping has finally improved its development, that is, buying second-hand ships from major ports in the world, allowing him to own 13 freighters, and a surge of 10 freighters with a capacity of about 10 tons.And the price is naturally very low. It can be said that the profit from shipbreaking here, with a little subsidy, is enough to buy [-] second-hand ships.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "A large number of ships are idle, and I am so anxious that I will come and see for myself. It turns out that I met Bao Sheng and Zhao Sheng."

Bao Yugang immediately said: "Lin Sheng has a lot of boats, so there are some vacant boats. We don't have many boats, and there are many vacant boats. I'm more anxious than you!"

In fact, Bao Yugang developed much more smoothly than Zhao Congyan by virtue of this wave of opportunities.At the beginning of 1959, he owned 8 ships with a load capacity of nearly 10 tons; in the last year and a half, he bought 12 second-hand freighters in major ports around the world through loans and other means, and now owns 20 freighters, nearly 20 tons. [-] tons of load capacity.

And by imitating Lin Zhichao's business model, 12 of the 7 newly purchased second-hand freighters have signed three-year long-term contracts.Because these second-hand freighters are cheap enough, the price of 18-ton freighters is less than half of the previous price, so even if the market is poor, it only takes [-] months to pay back.

Everyone is being modest, but they are actually confusing their opponents.

Of course, Lin Zhichao no longer regards Bao Yugang as an opponent. He can't surpass Lin Zhichao anyway, because big customers and banks are all on Lin Zhichao's side.

At this time, Zhao Congyan said with some personal emotions: "Lin Sheng, you are a big oil tanker that goes into the water every day, and you also operate second-hand cargo ships. It's a big fortune and a small fortune!"

With Lin Zhichao, the 'ship king', it is difficult for these 'Shanghai-style' ship owners to develop, just like a mountain.

Lin Zhichao explained easily: "The second-hand freighter was bought in the past, and it cannot be thrown away casually. In a few years, it may be replaced with a new freighter. Haha!"

The implication is that I not only want to develop in the field of oil tankers, but also cargo ships will not give up.

The atmosphere was slightly awkward, but Bao Yugang said: "Under Lin Sheng's leadership, Hong Kong's shipping industry is expected to grow to become as famous as the Greek shipping industry. We small ship owners have to learn from Lin Sheng."

Hearing these words made Lin Zhichao very comfortable, and he said immediately: "Bao Sheng is right, everyone making progress together is the blessing of Hong Kong Shipping. Let's talk about it later!"

Bao Yugang naturally agreed!
The next day.

Lin Zhichao was sitting in the office thinking, his big boss went to the airport to solicit business, it would be fine if he went there once in a while, but if he went there often, not only would he not have enough energy, but he would also feel somewhat 'overqualified'.

However, Lin Zhichao always likes to pay attention to details in his work. Yesterday he went to solicit business, and he also set an example for his subordinates.

But this can't be done often, Gao Qiqiang is still a good business expert, let him continue!

In this cold winter season of shipping, it is a matter of course that several freighters are occasionally empty.What's more, there are too many second-hand freighters in global shipping.

In a coffee shop in London, Lin Zhichao and a 40-year-old British man sat drinking coffee and looked at each other.

It turned out that the Englishman was called Bobby Blair, who was originally an executive of a British shipping company; but now, he is plotting to quit.

"Mr. Bobby, Willis has already introduced you to me about your work history and other situations. I have a good impression of you. Today, while drinking coffee, we can get to know each other better and see if we are satisfied with each other. What do you think? What about it?" Lin Zhichao said gracefully.

Bobby Blair also said in a gentlemanly manner: "Of course, I have always been very curious about Mr. Lin. I heard that you are a ship tycoon comparable to Onassis, but you are very low-key, so you are not as famous as Onassis. But I believe that you must have strength not inferior to him."

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Our business model is somewhat different from Onassis. Our main mode of operation is to carry out long-term lease contracts, usually for three to four years, or even longer."

Bobby then said: "This model has advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it is easy to obtain banker loans and customer trust. The disadvantage is that the profit is low. However, considering that your company is a Hong Kong shipping company, you need to face a big shipping country like Greece. Competition, Mr. Lin's method is indeed easier to get business."

林志超也不隐瞒鲍比，说道：“当船队的规模足够大时，哪怕是回报率只有15%，也足够厉害过对手。目前，我们大概拥有8艘十万吨的油船、2艘7万吨的油船、8艘5.6万吨的油船.正在或即将投入运营.年回报率都达到了16%以上。还有正在建造的8艘十万吨油船”

Bobby Blair was surprised, this strength has surpassed Onassis, and as far as he knows, Lin Zhichao still has a considerable number of second-hand ships in his hands, but today he didn't mention it at all.

Apparently, the shipping company is undergoing a change.

It is rumored that Lin Zhichao built a "large oil tanker" in Germany back then, betting on the good opportunity of "the closure of the Suez Canal" in one fell swoop, and took advantage of the opportunity to make a lot of money, so he grew rapidly.

Foresight, courage, and strength are Bobby Blair's evaluation.

He is the vice president of a shipping company in the UK. Although he is still interviewing the vice president, the strength of the two shipping companies is not the same.

"If I join your company, what will I be mainly responsible for?" Bobby asked seriously.

Since Lin Zhichao has already introduced the strength of Global Shipping, he also intends to recruit him.

Lin Zhichao said: "The position of vice president, like another Chinese vice president, is my assistant to help me expand the fleet. We will develop a deadweight capacity of 1000 million tons within ten years, with oil tankers as the mainstay and cargo ships as supplementary. At the same time, I need you to carry out activities in Europe and America all year round, maintain relationships with customers, pay attention to the shipping situation in Europe and America, and manage European and American branches.”

Bobby Blair said in surprise: "1000 million tons of deadweight?"

Lin Zhichao nodded with a smile, and said: "The deadweight of 1000 million tons is nothing. With the rapid development of the global economy, the demand for oil tankers has increased. In the later stage, an oil tanker may be around 15 tons, and dozens of ships are several million tons. "

When Bobby Blair thought about it, he quickly realized that Lin Zhichao was not bragging, and suddenly became a little excited.Joining such a promising shipping company may be the second peak of my career.

His original shipping company was regarded as a large European shipping company in the 50s and [-]s. However, due to competition from Greek and Japanese shipping companies in recent years, and because of labor unions and other issues, it gradually declined, so he found another way out.

He is just 40 years old this year, and he hopes to have a new career breakthrough.

"Mr. Lin, I have made up my mind. I hope to join your company and prove that I am qualified for the position of vice president."

Lin Zhichao immediately stretched out his hand and said, "You are the third person I interviewed, and the vice president candidate I am most satisfied with. Congratulations, we have become colleagues."

He did not openly recruit for the position of vice president, but entrusted a friend to introduce him. After all, he has many friends in the European and American shipping circles.It's just that I didn't expect that the successful introduction was actually Willis, a second-hand boat broker who had cooperated a lot in the beginning.

Willis became a millionaire with his global shipping business back then, and his business grew bigger and bigger. Now he has become the largest second-hand ship broker in Europe.The person he usually comes into contact with the most is the people of the shipping company, so the Bobby he found this time really won Lin Zhichao's satisfaction.

It is said that when Bobby was 30 years old, he had already become the absolute core executive of the British shipping company, but later the shipping company went downhill due to the general environment, so Bobby was unable to recover.

"Thank you BOSS for your appreciation! But I need to hand over my work here, and it will take about a month before I can come to work in the company."

"It's okay! After your side is better, contact us, then come to Hong Kong to get to know colleagues and the company, and then go to the two branches in Europe and America to conduct inspections and rectification. In the future, work will need to travel around the world. I hope you can communicate with your family, but we have holiday."

"No problem, I'll take care of these things."

Lin Zhichao nodded. These are trivial matters. After all, at Bobby's level of career, men pay more attention to career than family.

After Bobby took office, Lin Zhichao will also seize the time to absorb foreign management from Europe and the United States, and enter the headquarters to take up positions; Global Shipping will eventually become a global enterprise, and Lin Zhichao is more optimistic about the reasonable combination of Huayang management.

After all, Global Shipping will not only be a shipping company, but will gradually develop into a group company whose business includes shipping, aviation, logistics, terminals, real estate and other businesses.

(End of this chapter)