Wolf of Xiangjiang

The next day, Lin Zhengjie, Zhao Yazhi and their two sons went out to sea on a private yacht.

Considering the safety line, the bodyguards rented two escort boats and followed on the sea. It was not that Lin Zhengjie was cautious. Knowing him, he knew that this kind of thing had happened before. For example, in the previous life, the British "Bill Gates" Mike Lynch and his family of four were assassinated by the American consortium "HP". The reason was that Mike Lynch had sold his company to HP at a high price and made tens of billions of dollars. As a result, in the second year after HP acquired it, the performance dropped sharply. HP accused him of financial fraud, etc. The two sides went to court, and the key point was that Mike Lynch won the lawsuit.

Therefore, if you dare to defeat the Americans, you must take risks. Whether it is a French energy company or Bill Gates in the UK, the Americans have done it.

Lin Zhengjie made a lot of money in the United States. Of course, his investment in U.S. stocks was almost well hidden. At least it was difficult for the outside world to know how much he had invested, because the funds were all in offshore companies and distributed in hundreds of accounts.

Now, he has given the four stocks of Microsoft, Apple, Google and Amazon to his dozen women for investment, which further reduces the risk.

Of course, Lin Zhengjie was not so easy to assassinate. Not to mention that his security guards were all diehards, he himself was also a peerless macho. It was almost impossible to surprise him without anyone noticing.

More importantly, his sons are now working one after another, which has become the foundation of the Lin family.

This is an Almudz superyacht of more than 30 meters, with a very modern appearance and interior, so that Lin Zhengjie will not feel "shabby".

In fact, a yacht of more than 30 meters is already a super yacht with a very large space. The sunbathing platform on the third deck (flying bridge hardtop extension) is more than 20 square meters.

Zhao Yazhi wore a sexy bikini and a gauze dress. Her two sons were tactful enough not to come to the sunbathing deck, but to go fishing at the other end of the sea.

"Do you still remember when you participated in the Miss Hong Kong pageant?"

Lin Zhengjie lay on the recliner, admiring Zhao Yazhi's graceful figure. She really looked like a young girl!

"I remember a little bit, but didn't you say that I was a cucumber back then? And you also said that I became good-looking after I played Feng Chengcheng?"

It was only after the age of twenty-six or twenty-seven that Zhao Yazhi began to look good.

To be more precise, Zhao Yazhi already looked good when she played Su Rongrong.

"That's true"

Zhao Yazhi was very interested in this topic. She came to Lin Zhengjie and stood in front of him and said, "It's a pity, though. If you were born a few years earlier and saw me participating in the Miss Hong Kong pageant, would you have taken me into your room right away?"

"Yes, definitely. I have good taste and I like to cultivate beautiful women the most."

"I know how old Jiahui, Jiaxin, and Zuxian were when they met you. If I had been trained by you when I was elected Miss Hong Kong, would I have been more favored?"

Lin Zhengjie tilted his head back, and Zhao Yazhi's long legs were right above him.

He started to pinch her thighs and said seriously, "I always love you guys the same way!"

Zhao Yazhi smiled and said, "Of course I know, but if I had been with you during the Miss Hong Kong period, I would definitely look younger now. Look at Jiahui, Zuxian, and Jiaxin, they look like young girls, which makes me really envious."

If you follow him at the age of 15 or 20, it is normal to be to years younger than your actual age; if you follow him before the age of , then you are more than years younger, of course, it also depends on a certain age group.

For example, Guan Jiahui is 47 years old this year, but she looks only or years old. However, she may still look younger than after she turns . There is no way, she has been nourished early.

"Don't be greedy. You guys are acting like goblins all the time. It would be strange if others didn't feel weird."

In fact, it is not that strange. After all, in real life, there are people who put on makeup and look thirty years old when they are fifty. It is very normal.

"Hehe, I'm not that greedy. It's no problem for me to serve you for another ten years!"

Zhao Yazhi was very happy.

But in recent years, it is obvious that they have been alone together less often, about once a month, or even eight or ten times a year. This time, they were alone together for three days and two nights, but there might be no chance for the next two months. This man is also very careful in this regard.

There were few who were alone, but the situation of the four sisters was somewhat guaranteed.

Lin Zhengjie then hugged Zhao Yazhi in his arms. Of course, it was just simple tenderness. Sometimes it was not necessarily X, because everyone had a good relationship. Sometimes when Lin Zhengjie was with them, he felt like a peaceful harbor.

These women gave birth to his children and raised them well, which was a great contribution. This was why Lin Zhengjie had been working hard to maintain the balance of the family over the years, trying to take care of everyone.

Although the children are now sensible and working, they still feel sad for their mother, so family harmony must still be maintained.

"I will supervise the two children to get married and have children, and carry forward the Lin family. The moment I met you, I was also a member of the Lin family, and I will always be one until I die."

Zhao Yazhi knew what this man wanted, and she was going to do that.

"Of course they are from my Lin family, but one thing is for the children to integrate into Australia. This is their country. They just need to remember that they are Chinese."

"Well, I taught them this a long time ago."

On that day, the family of four not only went out to sea, but also visited Sydney after returning.

The next afternoon, Lin Zhengjie took a private plane back to Hong Kong, ending his trip.

Starting from January 1, international gold began to rebound.

Subsequently, economic data released by Europe and the United States continued to deteriorate, the banking industry in developed economies was fragile, and the credit crisis in Eastern Europe emerged, all of which showed that the world economy was in deep recession. Market panic continued to spread, and safe-haven demand pushed the dollar and gold up together.

On February 2, the price of gold hit $20 per ounce for the first time this year. Although it failed to break last year's high of $1005.4 per ounce, the price of gold denominated in pounds, euros or Indian rupees all hit record highs.

During this bull market, Hengjin Investment Development started to close its positions at $1000 per ounce and eventually made a huge profit of $6 million, becoming the big winner. Originally, they only wanted to turn around $ to $ million, but ended up making $ million.

And the market is not over yet, because Lin Zhengjie plans to wait for gold to fall back to around US$900 before continuing to go long.

He did not choose to short sell, because this kind of investment is "opportunistic" and "easy" to make money, and if he short sells, it will become gambling, because Lin Zhengjie is not sure that there will be a callback. He just closed the position first and waited for the opportunity.

On the contrary, starting in late February, Hengjin Investment began to invest in crude oil futures, as well as European and American stock index futures, because they had almost bottomed out!

In early March, Forbes published a list of the world's richest people, and Lin Zhengjie once again won the title of "World's Richest Man".

The report pointed out that the current market value of Taifook Group is still HK$8000 billion, and Lam Ching-kit personally holds 49% of the shares (Kathy Kwan and Kathy Lam each hold 1%), which means his wealth is US$500 billion (Taifook Infrastructure Group and Wheelock Holdings Group are not under his personal control, so his wealth is not included); in addition, the market value of Everbright Bank is HK$900 billion (1700 billion at its peak), and Everbright Group (individual) owns 70% of the shares, which is US$78 billion.

Adding some of the wealth that has already been disclosed, Lin Zhengjie's final wealth value is 615 billion US dollars.

The second richest person in the world is Bill Gates, whose wealth is only 400 billion US dollars, which is a huge difference. To be honest, the market value of Taifook Group is greatly underestimated, after all, the cash flow is almost 4000 billion Hong Kong dollars. However, in the case of the global stock market crash, it is inevitable that the market value is far lower than the net asset value, just like Cheung Kong's 1600 billion assets in the past, but the market value is only more than billion.

As soon as the Forbes rich list came out, public opinion in Hong Kong was once again aroused.

"Hong Kong is a city of 700 million people, but it gave birth to the world's richest man. It has to be said that the gap between the rich and the poor is huge."

"Brother, can you please do some research? At least 70% of Taifook Group's assets are overseas and in mainland China. They make money all over the world!"

"I think you didn't do your homework. Without the money earned in Hong Kong, how could Lin Zhengjie do business in the world? Where would the capital come from?"

"That's better than those who only make money in Hong Kong. Their company distributes HK$400 billion in dividends to shareholders in one year, and at least half of it goes to other investors."

"You are crazy. Lin Zhengjie made money but he didn't let you spend it?"

"I work for him and I'm also a shareholder of his company. Why doesn't he let me spend the money he earns?"

Public opinion is both good and bad, but overall more than 80% is good and less than 20% is bad.

This situation is still very good.

About 80% of Lin Zhengjie's company's profits come from overseas and the mainland, with only 20% coming from the local market. In addition, there are hundreds of thousands of people working for him in Hong Kong, and behind them are many families and populations.

In the past two years, Taifook Group and Wheelock Holdings Group have both distributed high dividends, distributing up to HK$400 to HK$500 billion (the total of the two companies) to shareholders each year, which is also a dividend for many citizens.

On this day, Lin Zhengjie attended the annual report meeting of Taifook Group as usual, which is the favorite event for the media in Hong Kong and even the world to attend.

In the conference room, Lin Zhengjie first announced the profit situation in 2008: "Taifu Group's recurring profit is 510 billion, and the non-recurring profit is 110 billion, with a total profit of 620 billion."

这个盈利较去年2007年跌了一半不止，因为2007年有2500亿的盈利，比汇丰的1360亿都多了近1200亿。

This is mainly because Taifook Group had more non-recurring profits in 2007, namely the profits generated from the sale of assets (selling price - purchase price).

Then, Lin Zhengjie continued to announce: ".In the first half of this year, we still decided to distribute high dividends, 1.51 yuan per share, involving funds of 155 billion."

一年派发两次股息（正常情况下），泰富集团在2007~2008年是各派发近400亿，会德丰则是派发150~200亿港币一年。

Profits in 2008 fell by more than 70%, so dividend distribution was reduced by approximately 2009 billion in the first half of 50.

But there are very few companies that can pay high dividends this year; there are not even many companies that pay dividends.

After all, profits plummeted in 2008, and more importantly, many companies have run into trouble.

By the time the reporter asked questions, the scene was already very lively.

Taifook Group’s performance is quite good!
A reporter immediately asked, "Mr. Lin, HSBC's reported profit this year (2008) is only 360 billion, while their profit last year was 1360 billion, which has dropped to a fraction. Taifook Group's profit last year was 2502 billion, and this year's profit is only 620 billion, which seems to be a bigger drop than HSBC. Can you tell me more?"

How can you ask such an idiotic question!
Lin Zhengjie smiled and said: "Last year, more than half of the profits we reported were non-recurring profits, so the extent of our decline is still much smaller. You can do the math. After all, the banking industry was the first to bear the brunt of the financial crisis."

如果以1200亿的正常盈利计算（2007），那么2008年的盈利就只是减少了50%；而汇丰，则足足减少了70%多。

Therefore, in terms of operations in 2008, Taifook Group was clearly victorious.

In fact, HSBC at that time was nothing in the Taifook Group. After all, if the profits of Taifook + Wheelock + Taifook Infrastructure were taken as the total, they basically beat the HSBC Group every year, and by a lot.

As early as ten years ago, the number one financial group in Hong Kong was no longer the HSBC Group, but the Taifook Group.

Of course, banks have an advantage, that is, they can make money all the time. But Taifook Group cannot do that. I wonder if it can still make money after more than ten years!

Reporter: "In the context of the global economic crisis, many companies have decided not to distribute dividends or to distribute less dividends. Why did Taifook Group decide to distribute high dividends? Is it because they have no investment channels and projects?"

Lin Zhengjie: "Not really, it's just that we made more money and should pay high dividends to shareholders!"

Everyone burst into laughter!

Reporter: "In the past five years, Taifook Group has distributed a total of more than 100 billion in dividends, and you personally received 60 to 70 billion Hong Kong dollars."

Lin Zhengjie: "I have donated all the money, not just the dividends from the recent few years, but also the dividends from the next few years. It can be said that all the dividends I have received since the establishment of Taifook Group have been donated. I have not spent the money."

There was an uproar at the scene, and some reporters were eager to check the total dividends of Taifook Group over the years.

But what is certain is that Lin Zhengjie did donate all of these to the 'Lin Zhengjie Foundation'.

Although this foundation is managed by Lin Zhengjie's family, they have no right to withdraw the money inside because it is supervised by a third party. This is not a trick.

Many people in later generations hate the rich, saying that the rich donating money is fake, thinking that it can avoid taxes. In fact, if you think about it, you will know that if the rich donate 1 million, it may reduce taxes by 2000 million, but who would donate 2000 million for the tax reduction of 1 million? Isn't this a fool!
Donations from wealthy people cannot be said to be "great", after all, the wealth donated does not affect their quality of life.

For example, Lin Zhengjie donated all the dividends (earned by him) from Taifook Group over the years because he did not rely on dividends to make a living.

Currently, these dividends have reached nearly hundreds of billions, all of which have been injected into the Lin Zhengjie Foundation.

The Lam Ching Kit Foundation has currently received donations of approximately HK$350 billion, with more than HK$700 billion remaining in its account.

Moreover, the Lin Zhengjie Foundation has begun investing in stocks, and the money will only grow more and more, so at some point in the future, Lin Zhengjie will not need to inject any more funds into it.

At last.

A reporter asked a private question: "Forbes has listed you as the world's richest man again. This is your ninth consecutive year as the world's richest man. In addition, you were the world's richest man for four years in the 9s. You have been the world's richest man for a total of 4 years."

Lin Zhengjie said directly: "I don't care about this. In fact, the wealth they counted is not accurate. You know I have other investments (laughter from the audience) But of course I hope Forbes will count less of my wealth. After all, we Chinese people believe in not showing off our wealth, right?"

The atmosphere at the scene was very good. The reason why everyone likes to attend Taifook's press conference every year is because of "heat", as Lin Zhengjie said.

The day.

Lin Zhengjie's video has gone viral on the Internet. For a while, I don't know how many people admire him and how many people secretly curse him. Anyway, everyone likes to watch it. (End of this chapter)