The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 288 [Son of Weishui]

Time flies, and the golden autumn comes in a blink of an eye.

Recently, Lin Zhichao has been busy with global shipping, launching oil tankers, meeting with dignitaries, signing contracts with tenants, performing tasks, etc., he is extremely busy.

The launch of a large number of large oil tankers in global shipping also made Lin Zhichao more influential in the shipping industry.After all, the number of 16-ton oil tankers that have been launched has reached [-].

The first 1959-ton oil tanker was launched in 16, and now it has only been more than two years. No country in the world has [-] [-]-ton oil tankers.

Very proud!

In the office of Global Shipping, Lin Zhichao is sitting in his more than 700 square feet office.

Because this office may be used for decades, Lin Zhichao is not pretentious. He designed the office to be larger, with a lounge and toilet, as well as an office area, a meeting area, and a meeting area.Although it is still a little small, it can already be regarded as a small sparrow with all internal organs.

He was thinking about the problem at this time - there were too many ships shipping around the world, there were already more than 100 ships, and it was not convenient to manage at all.Therefore, he plans to sell a large number of second-hand boats next year, more than 90 second-hand boats, at least half of which will be sold.

Although many second-hand freighters will be eliminated, Global Shipping has also built a lot of new freighters, which will have little impact; moreover, second-hand freighters are expected to increase insurance premiums in the past two years, and it is not cost-effective to operate too many.

By the end of this year, Global Shipping has almost no debt, and the funds for the ships under construction are ready; and if the new ships under construction are included, then Global Shipping is a new ship with 360 million tons (330 million tons for oil tankers), 100 million A fleet of 15-ton old ships (3.5 tons of oil tankers), and the total value of this fleet is 4-[-] million US dollars.

This is 1961!
Bao Yugang in his previous life reached 1968 million tons at the end of 350, with a total value of 3 million US dollars.

Moreover, Bao Yugang must have taken a lot of loans at the time, but now Lin Zhichao hardly has too many loans.

At the same time, the profit of global shipping in 1962 is expected to reach more than 4500 million US dollars.

Of course, starting next year, Global Shipping will use loans to build ships, and the annual construction of new ships will not be less than 100 million tons.

"boss"

Feng Yongfa came to Lin Zhichao's office.

Lin Zhichao raised his head and said, "It's like this. Many of our second-hand ships expire in July and August next year. You have to be prepared to replace them with new ones; for the 66 second-hand freighters under the Universal Group, try to keep less than 50 ships. All the second-hand ships of Huaxing Shipping will be sold to others or sent for dismantling in the first half of next year. The same is true for the eight second-hand oil tankers. Once the contract expires, new small oil tankers will be used to make up for it."

Although Feng Yongfa is heartbroken, in the eyes of other shipowners, many ships are money-making tools.However, Global Shipping has recently built several new freighters every year, as well as a small number of small oil tankers.

The new cargo ships, including those under construction, have almost 30 tons, a total of 18 ships. 2 to 3 tons of oil tankers have also ordered 4 ships.

"Well, I will definitely do a good job in the replacement of old and new ships. However, some of the ships eliminated by the Universal Group can be used by Huaxing Shipping for a few years." Feng Yongfa, who is used to careful planning, suggested.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "What I want is the effect of replacing the old ship with a new one. If you do this, you will be left handed and right handed. If the old one does not go, the new one will not come. Huaxing Shipping may develop the container business in the later stage. No problem, it is also possible to buy ships that are less than 15 years old.”

He is very satisfied with Feng Yongfa's careful planning, he is a very good housekeeper.In fact, the two vice presidents each have their own advantages and abilities. Under the leadership of Lin Zhichao, they have played a strong leading role.

Feng Yongfa is good at internal management, Bobby Blair is good at external communication, and Lin Zhichao is good at both, and will slowly delegate power to everyone.

Feng Yongfa said immediately: "Okay, I understand! In this way, by the end of next year, we will only have less than 50 second-hand ships left, all of which are freighters."

This move is equivalent to eliminating more than 40 second-hand ships, including 8 second-hand oil tankers, which Lin Zhichao has long worried about.

Lin Zhichao said: "Not bad! In the future, if the ship wants to develop in a 'big' direction, it will not only facilitate management, but also save operating costs."

"I understand!"

Lin Zhichao came to the "Lychee Garden" for inspection. After he bought the Lychee Garden last year, he proposed to the Hong Kong government to build a new playground for the entire Xiangjiang River to play.

Unexpectedly, the Hong Kong government strongly supported this proposal and directly leased all the land in the future Jiuhuajing Village to Cheung Kong Industry, and hoped that Lin Zhichao would increase investment and build a "lychee garden" with a total area of ​​160 million square feet.A full 266 mu of land is equivalent to a Taikoo City, which is eight times larger than Lin Zhichao expected.

The land leased by the Hong Kong government is all hilly land, and the price is very low. You only need to pay 30 Hong Kong dollars per year.

Having obtained such a large piece of land, Cheung Kong immediately formed a professional design team and even hired consultants from the United States.

Of course, Lin Zhichao would not be so stupid to close the door, but to carry out zoning renovation while operating.The first is the introduction of various amusement equipment, as well as the introduction of an elephant from Myanmar, named 'Tinu', for Hong Kong people to visit.

In less than half a year, the operation of the Lychee Garden has been greatly improved as soon as possible, and it has begun to generate stable income.

Looking at the crowds, Lin Zhichao said to Wang Yingcheng, the general manager of Lizhiyuan Amusement Park beside him: "The number of passengers has increased rapidly, but why does it feel chaotic? There are a lot of fights, money throwing, quarrels, complaints, etc. here, right?"

He is aware of the pissing nature of Hong Kong in this era, and the punks are more likely to be bullies.Although the citizens are accustomed to it and will not have a bad impact on the Lychee Garden due to a very few incidents, Lin Zhichao's site must be a pure land.

Wang Yingcheng was sweating immediately. The boss's eyes were sharp, and he saw these problems at a glance, and said quickly: "After the traffic has increased recently, this situation has indeed occurred, and we are making improvements."

Lin Zhichao did not blame his subordinates, these things are inevitable, and it depends on how to improve in the future.

"There must be signs and rules at the entrance of each amusement facility, and staff should be added to maintain order; at the same time, the entire park must expand security forces, carry out patrols, communicate with the police, and increase complaint windows to do these things. For the 'Song City', Ferris Wheel, Pirate Ship and other areas behind, lay a good management foundation."

It's just a punk, that's just adding security!
As for those associations, they dare not come here to collect protection fees, and at most bully small businessmen.

"Okay, I'll make corrections right away!"

Later, Lin Zhichao visited the entire litchi garden with the blueprint in his hand.

Already considered big!
It is almost a quarter of the later Ocean Park. The entire 266-acre site is roughly divided into three areas-Song City, Zoo, and Amusement Park. There are many specific projects.

Within four years, all will be completed, and the longest construction period is Songcheng. After all, it is necessary to imitate the appearance of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".

When Lin Zhichao led the team to investigate, an interesting scene was happening at the gate of the litchi garden.

I saw Lin Zhichao's second son, Lin Ruijiang, and five or six classmates came to the gate of the litchi garden and lined up to enter.

"Ruijiang, aren't you the young owner of the Lychee Garden? Why do we have to line up!"

"That's right, since your dad is the boss here, we can just go in."

Lin Ruijiang looked like a leader, and immediately signaled his classmates to boo, and then said: "We have to queue up, so many people here will scold us if they see us not queuing! But don't worry, I will take you in, and I will definitely not pay for the entrance fee And, when it comes to bumper cars, I know which one is the fastest!"

At the rear of the bumper car, there is an antenna connected to the ceiling. Whether the contact point is good or not will affect the speed of the car. Lin Ruijiang is very smart, and he remembered these after a few visits.

"So awesome! Isn't it true that you are the best every time!"

"That's amazing. If we come to play with you in the future, don't we become a privileged class!"

After all, Lin Ruijiang was a young man, and he was flattered by his classmates, and he was a little proud at once, and he showed off here: "It's more than that, some sports have height requirements, as long as I tell you, you can still play."

[Privilege] This is an amazing existence, and children understand this.As for Lin Ruijiang's insistence on queuing, it was just because of his tutoring.

After a while, we arrived at the ticket gate.

Lin Ruijiang immediately said: "Aunt Gao, I will bring my classmates to play!"

A woman in her thirties, who checked the ticket, heard the word 'Aunt Gao', and she was elated immediately, and said, "Please come in quickly, and bring your classmates to play next time, Master Ruijiang!"

Lin Ruijiang immediately said sweetly, "Thank you, Aunt Gao!" After speaking, he immediately signaled a group of students to follow suit.

"Thank you Aunt Gao"

"Hey, they're all good kids!"

Lin Ruijiang walked in hurriedly with a group of classmates, and of course followed by a driver and bodyguard.After all, if a person takes a group of children with him, he must send an adult.

Lin Zhichao is not worried about someone kidnapping his son. First, no one in Hong Kong dared to touch his family before the birth of the Big Circle Gang. Second, even if someone dared to touch his family, it was nothing more than money. A few thieves made him open his mouth , and less than a few dollars; third, he has so many sons, there is no need to be so delicate, if he really suffers a little hardship, it doesn't matter.

"Sister Gao, who was that just now? You waived tickets for so many people, so you're not afraid that the manager will fire you!" A new male employee asked curiously.

"The manager dares to fire me for this matter, and the general manager dares to fire the manager. Remember, that is the boss's young master. This litchi garden belongs to their family. If you let him buy tickets, you don't put them in your left pocket and right pocket." Well!"

The male employee hurriedly looked at Lin Ruijiang, and then said, "So it's the boss's son, so of course don't buy a ticket!"

On this day, Lin Ruijiang took his classmates to have fun in the playground immediately. He is very smart, and after coming here a few times, he is already very familiar with it.

And bringing his classmates here today immediately made him very prestigious among the classmates!
In particular, he is very familiar with the staff here. Many employees are a little incredible. After only meeting him once or twice, this little boss can remember his last name, and his mouth is so sweet that people can't wait to serve these little ancestors right away.

"Rui Jiang, this is so much fun!"

"That's right, Rui Jiang, you will be our boss from now on."

Several classmates shouted one after another!

The families of these children are all good, after all, they all belong to noble schools.However, they couldn't enjoy all kinds of privileges at all, not to mention Lin Ruijiang's proficiency in all kinds of things immediately made everyone envious.

Moreover, if the parents bring it, can they have fun with their classmates?

Obviously, they are two completely different levels.

Lin Ruijiang was naturally also very happy, and gained a sense of pride, and then he did not forget to say: "This lychee garden has only opened less than 20% of the area, and more facilities are still being added, for example, there is a skyscraper over there. wheel, and the ancient buildings of Huaxia”

This kid, I am afraid that he has read all the drawings for the reconstruction of the Lychee Garden, and he really wants to be the 'Prince' of the Lychee Garden.

After Lin Zhichao finished his work, he also heard that his second son was taking his classmates to play, so he couldn't help laughing.In this way, building this lychee garden makes me feel more fulfilled.

There is no problem for children to bring their classmates to play on weekends.

Lin Ruijiang is ten years old this year and is in the sixth grade of elementary school. He graduated from elementary school at the age of 11, a year later than his brother.In terms of personality, she is more clever, very intelligent, and good at communication. Of course, she is too young to see the future.

However, the character of the eldest son, Lin Ruihuan, can be seen now. At the age of 12, he is already in the third grade of middle school. This year, he will start to study high school in New York. He is very independent and stable in all aspects, with the bearing of the eldest son.

Lin Zhichao himself did not deliberately cultivate anything, but his wives did.

Open for business on Saturday, March 11th.

Daimaru Department Store in Causeway Bay opened on this day, attracting tens of thousands of people from all over Hong Kong to Hong Kong and becoming a topic of conversation in the whole city.

This is the second overseas store of a Japanese-funded department store, and the first is of course Sing Tao Daimaru Department Store, which is in cooperation with Cheung Kong Industrial.

Daimaru Department Store in Causeway Bay focuses on 'internationalization is its theme', of which 60% of the products are global products, and only 40% are Japanese products.Daimaru department store has a supermarket, an international market, an Italian tea room and a Japanese restaurant, and its chef is specially invited from Japan.

The department store has a total of 500 local employees, all of whom are trained and managed by 15 Japanese managers in Japan.

On the opening day, Ryoichi Yamamoto, the president of Japan's Daimaru Department Store, also came from Japan to participate in the opening ceremony; the two had a happy cooperation in Sing Tao, and Daimaru Department Store is more optimistic about the development of the department store industry in Hong Kong, so it attaches great importance to it.

After the ceremony ended, Daimaru Department Store held a reception, more than 800 guests attended, of course, many of them were for Lin Zhichao's face.

At the reception, Ryoichi Yamamoto came to Lin Zhichao with a glass of wine, and said: "Mr. Lin, I have visited your Miramar Shopping Center, and the traffic is very high. Can you tell me about the two models of shopping malls and department stores? , who is better?"

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "The models are different, so it's hard for me to comment! But at present, it seems that the geographical advantages of Daimaru Department Store in Causeway Bay are more prominent, and the products are more internationalized. It should be even better."

Indeed, today he also visited Daimaru Department Store in Walden Building. It is a 10-story department store with more than 2 square feet on each floor. Overall, it is indeed better than Miramar Shopping Center in terms of commodities.

However, the Miramar Shopping Center excels in the innovation of the model and the layout of the building; moreover, now that the customer flow is high, the management will gradually drive away some local products and brands and replace them with overseas brands.

This is Lin Zhichao's plan to gradually 'internationalize' Miramar Shopping Center's products.

Ryoichi Yamamoto said with a little pride: "In my opinion, the products in the shopping center are not systematically arranged, it is difficult to achieve internationalization, and naturally it is less attractive. After all, you are renting the shops to many operators. Difficult to navigate. However, shopping malls have some advantages.”

Seeing this, Lin Zhichao was a little unhappy, and if I don't teach you a lesson, you really think my modesty is true.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao said: "Brands can be updated, and shopping centers have the potential for self-evolution. On the contrary, department stores belong to the traditional model and will be eliminated sooner or later. Let me ask, when European and American brands know the potential of Hong Kong's retail business, will they not I will choose to open a store by myself. So, President Yamamoto, don’t underestimate the shopping mall!”

Ryoichi Yamamoto was stunned and had nothing to say, he could only say: "Let's wait and see!"

This old guy, I hope you still have 20 years to live, there should be no problem, after all, you are only less than 50 years old this year.

Afterwards, the two toasted the guests together, and the atmosphere reached a climax.

On that day, the passenger flow of Daimaru Department Store in Causeway Bay reached about 3 people, which was simply crowded.

The next day.

Lin Zhichao summoned the senior management of Cheung Kong and said: "Xintiandi shopping center must hurry up to rent, and try to attract European and American brands, as well as local well-known brands."

Daimaru Department Store never imagined that Cheung Kong would open a seven-storey shopping center next door.Of course, it’s not that Daimaru doesn’t know about it. After all, the two buildings are still connected by a sky bridge, but they didn’t take it seriously, and they didn’t know that Lin Zhichao was planning to use the effect of Daimaru to lease the brand of Xintiandi Shopping Center.

At this time, Hong Kong is already enough to attract European and American brands to set up branches in Hong Kong, so it is no longer difficult to attract European and American brands; even Uniqlo clothing company has represented two first-class European and American clothing brands.

Liang Guangchang nodded and said, "Xintiandi Shopping Center still has seven months to prepare, which is enough to attract business and rent. Our retail business department has accumulated a lot of experience and is confident that it will be completed perfectly."

Cheung Kong’s retail strength has already begun to accumulate as early as the opening of the Crocodile Shirt Building; after that, Sing Tao Daimaru Department Store, Miramar Shopping Center, Poly Shopping Center, etc., gradually gained many channels and a group of excellent retail business talents .

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "After Xintiandi Shopping Center opens, we will start to upgrade the products in Miramar Shopping Center."

Liang Guangchang nodded and said, "Okay!"

Everyone is very familiar with these under the guidance of the boss.What makes everyone most confident is that the boss is very proficient in retail business.

After some layout, Lin Zhichao was full of confidence!
The retail business in Hong Kong and Kowloon has been wiped out by him. It is normal for Cheung Kong's rent, retail real estate, and hotel revenue to exceed 3000 million next year.

It's only the beginning of the 60s, and already has such strength, it's really a daunting existence.

In particular, Miramar Hotel and Miramar Shopping Center have been frequently inspected by Hong Kong Hotel and Wharf. I am afraid that the wharf of Wharf may also build Ocean Terminal and Hong Kong Hotel in advance (the cooperation between Grand Hotel and Wharf).

(End of this chapter)