The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 88 [Expensive bride price]

The cargo ship slowly sailed into Hong Kong's West Ring Pier. Li Gaofu and Huang Tinggui stood at the bow and looked towards the shore.Partners of Fuhexing Li Fubing, Yang Zhiqiang and several employees, as well as Li Gaofu's family and Huang Tinggui's family, all waved excitedly at the pier.

Since the ship has a wireless telegraph, once it is hundreds of kilometers away from Hong Kong, it can send a safe message to the telegraph office by telegraph, and the telegraph office will print it out and send it to the company.In this way, it is equivalent to getting the news one day in advance, which is convenient for the company to arrange and arrange unloading.

Of course, this requires the shipowner to be willing to pay the cost.

Huang Tinggui smiled and said, "Brother Gao Fu, how is it? Is there a feeling of returning with honor, or returning safely?"

Li Gaofu shook his head and said, "Some, but not all! Brother Tinggui, do you know what I really think?"

During these 35 days, the two established a more trusting relationship, and their relationship became much deeper.Of course, it was also because everything went smoothly that the two not only did not have a rift, but strengthened their relationship.

Huang Tinggui thought for a while and said, "I guess, you don't think it's enough, and you want to buy the goods right away and set off again."

Li Gaofu laughed 'haha', and said, "Brother Tinggui is the one who knows me!" He changed the subject and added, "But next time you will take Brother Fubing to run, and Brother Zhiqiang and I will stay at home. Because, I have an important banquet to attend!"

Huang Tinggui immediately said generously: "No problem! Two people will run two more times, and then each will run once alone. If it takes a year, I'm afraid I will have to earn this amount!" After finishing speaking, he excitedly compared a finger .

Li Gaofu smiled and did not answer. He seems to remember that the boss said that the opportunity is rare, which means that this trade will not last long.Of course, according to the current situation, there is no problem in running five times, and you can always earn 80 million.

Although the steel on the ship has not been sold, it is impossible to calculate the specific profit, but Li Gaofu roughly estimated that this trip should have earned about 15 Hong Kong dollars.

This made him even more grateful to his cousin Lin Zhichao. After all, his cousin knew that this business was very profitable, so he could give himself a commission. Li Gaofu absolutely agreed to take the risk and follow the boat.

It was equivalent to his cousin giving him hundreds of thousands of gifts.

Of course, there are always risks at sea.

When he was about to arrive at the case, Huang Tinggui asked curiously again: "Brother Gao Fu, what important banquet are you talking about?"

"Oh, Lin Sheng is getting married, so I have to attend."

"No wonder!"

Although Huang Tinggui didn't go on, he understood that Li Gaofu's nobleman was Lin Zhichao, otherwise a senior executive would not be able to spend [-] Hong Kong dollars to do business.

The boat stopped not far from the pier, and then they docked with a small boat, because there was also a queue for unloading, and they had to be inspected by the British, so naturally the benefits were also given.

After arriving at the favorite pier, a crowd of people gathered around, mainly relatives.

Chen Shufang had tears in her eyes, she didn't know whether she should make money because of Li Gaofu or because of Li Gaofu's safe return, there may be two reasons.

"It's good to be back safely!"

Li Gaofu said with a smile: "The sea is not so risky, so why worry about it! Everything is going well!"

After speaking, he picked up his son, led his daughter, and said hello to his parents.

Whenever a ship docks, there must be family members waiting on the shore, and the family members of some employees will notify them. This is the shipping and trading company's support.Ordinary routes are fine, especially if it is a dangerous route.

Soon, the four partners got together.

As the 'boss', Li Gaofu immediately asked, "Have you contacted the buyers of the steel?"

Li Fubing immediately said: "I have contacted three companies, and I have asked the staff to notify them to inspect the goods. The price is very good, and the real estate market is very good recently."

Li Gaofu nodded, satisfied with his partners.

At the same time, according to Lin Zhichao's reminder, he trained some good employees and relatives, so that he would not have to follow the ship himself in the future.

evening.

When Lin Zhichao came home, he found Li Gaofu and his wife visiting, and looked at the piles of gifts at home, he smiled.

Of course, it's not that this little gift can make him laugh, but that the trade channels he pointed out can really make money.After all, he hadn't done it before, so naturally it was just talk on paper.

"It looks like I've made a lot of money. It's a bribe to bribe me!" Lin Zhichao joked with a smile while enjoying Lin Xiner's "home delivery service".

As the head of the family, without a mistress for the time being, Lin Xiner, the younger sister, has become the one who finds slippers and bags for him.Girls in this era are more sensible, and they won't feel wronged by "going home" to the boss.What's more, Lin Zhichao, a big brother, can be regarded as Lin Xiner's 'elder brother is like a father', helping her to study and supporting her, so she is not wronged.

When Li Gaofu and his wife saw Lin Zhichao coming back, they quickly stood up from the sofa.

"I made a lot of money. It is estimated that this trip will be at least 15 Hong Kong dollars. If you didn't give us your advice and let us know, we would have a chance there, so a small heart."

Lin Zhichao waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care about this opportunity, and then said, "I'm called Zhichao at home, and Lin Sheng outside, you don't look like someone who dares to take risks. As for this opportunity, it's not good for me. It's just that I don't want to take the risk; so if you don't do it, I won't do it either. Do you understand?"

"Um"

Needless to say what risk is, after all, if it is the risk of following the ship, Lin Zhichao can completely ask his subordinates to do it, and then give him a high salary or share, and many people are willing to take the risk.Of course, even if there is no risk, it is impossible for Lin Zhichao to follow the boat. He has no time to waste at sea.

The real risk is to offend the Jiang family. You must know that there are many secret agents of the G Army in Hong Kong. This time, he instructed the British Hong Kong government to favor Taiwan.

Of course, this matter is not so serious. Many businessmen were also threatened by G spies in previous lives, but how many people suffered?

To put it bluntly, Hong Kong is still the territory of the United Kingdom, and the British actually smuggle by default.

When everyone is doing this, no one can control it.

After that, Li Gaofu stayed for dinner.

During the meeting, Li Gaofu handed Lin Zhichao a piece of information, which was his diary with the ship, and the information obtained from the captain and crew, which Lin Zhichao specifically asked for.

Although he has no money to enter the shipping industry now, after all, the money is in gold; but the gold business will not last long, so he must enter the shipping industry; and during this time, he will learn about the shipping industry.

During the dinner, Li Gaofu said: "Run again, and I will be able to repay the loan!"

He thinks this is a matter of credit, and he can pay it back as early as possible, and he feels at ease.

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "You can do as you see, anyway, I'm not in a hurry. By the way, when you run this trade route, get to know more crew members and captains. In short, make more people who will be useful in the future. I When I still want to do shipping, I can get some convenience from it!"

Li Gaofu knew Lin Zhichao's thoughts for a long time, so he said: "Well, I specially asked Fuhexing to cooperate with several shipowners. Every time I have some connections, you can introduce some talents to you whenever you need them. .”

"Okay, I'm relieved!"

To do shipping, you need the captain, the crew, and those who need to collect and unload the cargo. In short, there are many ways in it.Fortunately, whether Lin Zhichao will enter for a while or not, he can take advantage of this time to study.

And even if he enters shipping, he will first buy a ship and operate it for a period of time before continuing to buy ships.In addition to running short-term leases and fixed routes, the rest lease customers as long as possible, which is conducive to obtaining a letter of credit from the bank.

At the same time, strive to open a Maritime Academy in October next year to attract those routs of the Republic of China Navy to join.

on the way back.

Chen Shufang sighed: "It's like a dream! You Zhichao supports you, our ancestral graves are really smoking!"

Although Li Gaofu knew that Lin Zhichao had scruples, he didn't do this business; but even so, he was borrowing money and pointing himself, the kindness was really great.

"How many rich people have made their fortunes because of someone's support. Only Zhichao, it can be said that he rose rapidly based on his real ability. Although there are also people who support him, it is more of an auxiliary role. My prosperity is almost entirely due to With Zhichao's support, this kindness will never be repaid in this lifetime."

Hearing what her husband said, Chen Shufang had some opinions instead: "Aren't you taking a risk too? I heard from others that there are G Navy and Eagle Sauce Navy over there. If they find out, they will directly bombard the smuggling ship."

Li Gaofu immediately said: "What do you know! There are many people who dare to take risks. There are more than a dozen people in our boat. Aren't they all taking risks, but they only get a few dollars?"

Chen Shufang suddenly had nothing to say, she could only hope that her husband would go well, and then she would become a rich wife.

The Lin family and the Tang family met for a dinner at a high-end restaurant in Central on weekends. The trip was very grand. There were three cars in total, carrying 15 people.

Lin Zhichao's family of three, Tang Zhongyuan's family of six, Lin Zhichao's family's two drivers (also part-time security), a bodyguard Xue Junshan, a maid Axia, Tang Zhongyuan's driver and maid.

Of course, Tang Caiyun will soon be a member of Lin Zhichao's family, and she still has a little life in her stomach.

In the private room of the restaurant, the two families were very satisfied with their current life, so there was a lot of laughter during the dinner.

After Tang Zhongyuan took a sip of the fine wine, he said happily: "Recently, I have occasionally gathered in teahouses and restaurants with friends and old friends from the Shanghai market. We chatted about the things opposite, and we felt a lot. We have worked so hard for several generations of wealth, Most of them were taken away by that gold coupon, and the gold smuggling incident broke out recently, and many people came to their senses——the Jiang family is doomed."

The three major battles have already started, and the first one has already ended, but a military defeat can't fully explain anything; and a failure in the financial battlefield is fatal, because the Jiang family originally represents the wealthy class, and losing the trust of these people, but One can imagine.

Therefore, almost all the wealthy people in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai are already preparing or have already come to Hong Kong. The worst thing is to send people from their families to take the lead.

Lin Zhichao said: "Hong Kong is definitely a good place, we can sit back and relax and 'look at the north', so it was definitely a wise decision for Uncle Tang to bring his family to Hong Kong."

Immediately, Tang Zhongyuan became very proud of this flattery, and said: "I have been to Hong Kong for a short stay very early, and I always feel that the environment here is very good."

Compared to this, he has been stealing the limelight in front of those old friends recently.When everyone first arrived in Hong Kong, they didn't even have a stable place to stay, and it was impossible to talk about their careers, so everyone praised him for his vision and courage.

Such a thing had never happened in the Shanghai stock market before. At that time, he was more like a supporting role of the Tang family.

After a while, Wu Wenying, as Lin Zhichao's parent, said, "My in-laws, Zhichao is busy with his career, and we haven't talked about the bride price yet. Why don't we talk about it today!"

Lin Zhichao handed over all the preparations for the wedding to Li Gaofu. Anyway, he has returned to Hong Kong now, and it will not affect his work.

Tang Zhongyuan immediately said: "The current general environment, and the two of us have just settled down, Qiaoling and I have the opinion that it is enough to make a point. Didn't Zhichao say that the gift money for this wedding is He intends to donate to charity."

This time, Lin Zhichao did not hold a big wedding. There were more than 30 tables of guests. The Chamber of Commerce in Shunde, the Chaozhou merchants he knew, the banking industry, the real estate industry, his management, and Tang Zhongyuan’s friends and relatives .

Banquets are the main thing, there is no ostentation (low-key), after all, in the current environment, it is easy to be jealous.At the same time, the proceeds will be donated to Po Leung Kuk and Tung Wah Group of Hospitals for resettlement of refugees.

Wu Wenying said hesitantly: "This" she is a woman after all, and does not control the main wealth of the family, so she looked at Lin Zhichao.

Lin Zhichao grabbed Tang Caiyun's hand, eyes full of doting, and then said: "The bride price is easy to talk about, but I have a suggestion: as far as I know, the textile industry as a whole is divided into 'spinning (wool spinning, cotton spinning), weaving and so on. (knitting, woven), printing and dyeing (finishing), and garments' four major links, not as good as this, and our two garment factories are the proof of this marriage."

To be honest, he doesn't like any of these four links.Even the most promising ready-to-wear garments are ultimately just the fate of quota speculation and OEM.

What Lin Zhichao really cares about in the ready-made garment industry is to create a 'brand', but he knows that if he wants to create a 'brand', he must use the textile industry.

But Tang Zhongyuan's eyes lit up, and he felt that Lin Zhichao's suggestion was very good.At present, there are actually only two steps in Oriental Textiles - spinning, weaving, and the 'printing and dyeing' step is all external processing.He also thought about the development of the entire industrial chain, but his strength is not enough; printing and dyeing is okay, he has done it before, and it belongs to the follow-up link of textiles.

Only for ready-to-wear, Tang Zhongyuan feels that he is "unfamiliar with the place of birth", and Hong Kong's ready-to-wear industry mostly serves local services, as well as the Southeast Asian market, he has not yet had the strength.The son-in-law in front of him undoubtedly has a 'smart trick' in everything and is the best partner.

Thinking of this, Tang Zhongyuan immediately said: "Okay! But since it's your idea, how about using the name 'Yangtze River Clothing'? In terms of shares, I can hold 3%."

He had thought that he still had to concentrate on spinning, weaving, and printing and dyeing, and let his son-in-law preside over the 'made-to-wear', and he could just participate.

Lin Zhichao said bluntly: "Yes, we can call it Changjiang Garments. But 3% of the shares are my dowry, and I don't need Uncle Tang to pay a penny."

Garment factories in this era, to put it bluntly, are small-scale factories. It is estimated that an investment of 10 Hong Kong dollars can have hundreds of workers and buy some sewing machines produced in Shanghai.If this kind of factory wants to stand out and get 60s, Hong Kong's garment industry will surpass the textile industry.

Tang Zhongyuan immediately said: "How can this work, I can still contribute capital."

Lin Zhichao said, "This is a bride price! Besides, Uncle Tang has to be the general manager of this factory, and I can just be the chairman. After all, I am good at making suggestions and developing markets, and Uncle Tang is good at production management and technology."

He made a good calculation, and when the time is right, he will take 2% of the shares as a dowry gift, to see if Tang Zhongyuan is not tempted.

Of course, Lin Zhichao also has a development plan, that is, he plans to win the crocodile shirt brand (in the hands of the Hong Kong government) next year, so that Changjiang Garment also has a big customer.However, since it is a mid-to-high-end ready-to-wear brand, the fabrics must be imported from Europe and the United States.

Tang Zhongyuan immediately agreed: "Okay, now that you have said that, I will accept this gift."

The couple knew that this bride price was still very expensive, and what was expensive was not its own value, but the prospect of doing business with Lin Zhichao in partnership.As for the return of the dowry, it can only be considered according to the current amount of clothing investment.

The two families had a happy meal together, and then went shopping in the department store before returning home satisfied.

(End of this chapter)