Lin Zhichao came to the Hong Kong Governor's Office and met with Ge Lianghong, who was about to leave office in half a year.
His term of office as Governor of Hong Kong was second only to that of the later MacLehose. He had been Governor of Hong Kong since 1947, and it has now been ten years. In February next year, Grant-Hung will officially step down from office, and his successor will be Governor Robert B. Robertson of Sing Tao.
Arriving at the Governor's office, Lin Chi-chao quickly said bluntly: "Your Excellency, Governor, British Overseas Airways and Jardine Matheson have taken turns to dominate Hong Kong Airlines. Over the years, the competitiveness has been very weak. Many people would rather be foreign airlines. flight."
Hong Kong Airlines only has two DC-3 passenger aircraft and two Jazz aircraft purchased in 1954, for a total of five passenger aircraft. The routes opened are: Hong Kong-Tokyo, Hong Kong-Taiwan Island, Hong Kong-Seoul, and Hong Kong-Manila.
Ge Lianghong was a little surprised. He did not expect that Lin Zhichao would actually come up with the idea of 'Hong Kong Airlines'. This was somewhat different from Lin Zhichao's always low-key style.
"Mr. Lin, please don't jump to conclusions about Hong Kong Airlines. I appreciate your ambition in the aviation industry, but it is impossible for Hong Kong Airlines to be sold to Hong Kong Chinese."
Lin Zhichao had been mentally prepared for this for a long time and immediately said: "Hong Kong Airlines is a local airline, I am a Hong Kong businessman, and Hong Kong is a Commonwealth. Your Excellency, the Governor of Hong Kong said this. Doesn't it mean that the administration is interfering in business? This is somewhat different from the policy that the Hong Kong government has always pursued. !”
In fact, the Hong Kong governors before MacLehose actively implemented a policy of non-intervention, that is, the welfare of local citizens, social security, etc., and they all had a mentality of 'we will hand over Hong Kong sooner or later, so there is no need to control too much' .
Until MacLehose took office, he implemented a large number of social welfare policies, involving housing, integrity, education, medical care, welfare, infrastructure, transportation, economy and social aspects, including the ten-year housing construction plan, the development of new towns, and the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. , nine-year free education, construction of underground railways and local administrative reforms and other important policies and constructions were launched during his tenure.
Facing Lin Zhichao's protest, Ge Lianghong said with a smile: "Mr. Lin, don't be excited! What I want to say is that this airline is originally in the hands of us British, and the major shareholder is British Overseas Airlines, and they will not sell it to you. Yes, after all, they founded this airline."
Lin Zhichao said: "Not necessarily! Hong Kong Airlines has become a drag, and British Overseas Airlines may not want to get rid of this burden. Jardine Matheson once dominated this airline, and it must not be willing to continue operating. If I can take over at the right price , why wouldn’t they?”
Ge Lianghong looked at Lin Zhichao and saw that he was so determined, so he planned to give him a clear path.
He said: "They can sell it to Swire & Company. After all, Swire & Company has aviation experience and has an advantage over you. Of course, if you can join us as a British citizen, I believe you can at least get a fair competition."
Lin Zhichao has come into the sight of London politicians. He is a 'shipping king' with a fleet of millions of tons. This time he has seized the opportunity of the 'Suez Canal Crisis'. For such a businessman, senior officials in London very much hope to become a British citizen.
"I'll go back and think about this first!" Lin Zhichao said hesitantly.
He was mentally prepared to encounter discrimination.
Not only that, he even predicted that if Global Shipping built a large number of 100,000-ton oil tankers from 1959 to 1961 and wanted to enter the European business in large numbers, it would be inconvenient.
If you want to be the world's shipping king, you must first break into the European and American circles; as a Greek, Onassis still needs
After Lin Zhichao left, Ge Lianghong looked at his leaving figure and slowly began to think.
In Ge Lianghong’s view, Lin Zhichao’s greatest influence lies in: Hong Kong industry and world shipping:
In terms of Hong Kong industry, Lin Zhichao introduced and created two large-scale industries for Hong Kong - wigs and plastic flowers, which benefited more than 20,000 workers. Moreover, Lin Zhichao's Cheung Kong Industrial Group is a huge factory with thousands of people, involving Zippers, toys, plastic flowers, wigs, trolley cases, instant noodles, etc.
In terms of world shipping, Lin Zhichao controls a fleet with a carrying capacity of more than one million tons, and his business has spread all over Europe, the United States and Japan; importantly, during the Suez Canal crisis, it is said that Lin Zhichao made a lot of profits and made a lot of money. .
With huge influence in both aspects, and the fact that Lin Zhichao is only thirty years old (less than), his future is limitless.
night.
Lin Zhichao was pacing back and forth in the courtyard of Villa No. 79 in Deep Water Bay, thinking all the time.
The evening breeze is gentle, and even in the hot summer, it is relatively cool to live in the middle of the mountain. The flowers and trees under the moon were so pleasing to the eye, but Lin Zhichao had no intention of admiring them at this time. After walking around for a few times, Lin Zhichao still couldn't make up his mind. He looked at the pavilion and then walked in the opposite direction.
Lin Zhichao walked outside.
When passing the gate post, the security guard quickly opened the iron gate and arranged for two people to follow quietly.
Walking to the hillside of Deep Water Bay, I saw the hazy outline of the bay in front of me, and the sound of the tide stirred in Lin Zhichao's chest.
Lin Zhichao seemed to see how huge and magnificent the business empire he had built in the world was.
He is eager for challenges and is willing to take them on, but he is afraid that he will not even get a chance.
Although even without some career, he can still become the richest man in the world and build the richest family.
However, although the money earned from the stock market, gold, oil, foreign exchange and other finances is easy and huge, it cannot bring him "power".
It won’t work if you have money but no power!
Therefore, he must learn to make choices and discard the old thinking in his mind.
Return to the villa.
Tang Caiyun and Xu Caiying were in the courtyard, and they were happy when they saw Lin Zhichao coming back. My husband felt a little restless when he came home today. This is something that has never happened before. My man never takes work matters home to deal with, let alone shows his work worries in front of his family.
"husband"
"Well, it's okay. I'm just thinking about buying a castle in London!"
Tang Caiyun and Xu Caiying breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Lin Zhichao's relaxed expression. As for what their husbands said, they also knew that it was not that simple. After all, just buying a castle manor would put no pressure on the Lin family.
"Husband, your dream is to become a 'world businessman' and 'the greatest businessman,' so why worry about those things!" Tang Caiyun said understandingly.
"Husband, we will always support your decision!" Xu Caiying also said firmly.
Both women understood what was going on, but did not say it directly.
Lin Zhichao felt even more comfortable. He held the hands of the two women and said at the same time: "Let's continue to create people! As long as there are people, we will be the largest diversified investment."
Rothschild has five sons, of course Lin Zhichao cannot lose to him!
Although Lin Zhichao already has five sons, that includes the son Hepburn gave birth to. Tang Caiyun and Xu Caiying gave birth to four sons and two daughters for him, so this time, he hoped that Xu Caiying would give birth to another son.
Hearing this, Xu Caiying immediately approached Lin Zhichao and said, "You haven't been swimming yet?"
In the hot summer, members of the Lin family all like to swim. Children usually swim indoors and are taught and supervised by female bodyguards. As for the outdoor swimming pool, it is a place that Lin Zhichao and the women often enjoy.
"It's still early, let's go to the swimming pool!" Lin Zhichao said happily.
This year, there were floods in Hong Kong and the other side in May. More than 20 people died in Hong Kong, but I don’t know about the other side. However, there didn’t seem to be much food harvest, and many people ran to Hong Kong.
Of course, greater difficulties lie ahead, catching up with Britain and the United States. These goals are somewhat ambitious.
When Lin Zhichao arrived at the Yangtze River Industrial Park, an eight-story industrial building suddenly stood in the factory area. As Hong Kong's industrial leader, Cheung Kong Industries has created many precedents. For example, the first industrial building in Hong Kong was this eight-story industrial building.
In fact, when Lin Zhichao was developing industry, almost all factories in Hong Kong were one or two floors, and three floors were relatively rare. Cheung Kong Industries was the first to develop five-story industrial factories and the first to develop eight-story industrial buildings.
Today, Yangtze Industries has a factory building of 700,000 square feet, which can be called an industrial empire.
Lin Zhichao personally drove this open-top jeep through the Yangtze River Industrial Park and inspected various factories.
At present: the wig factory has developed to a bottleneck, employing 500 people and occupying the first floor of the factory building (30,000 square feet); the plastic factory has also developed to the expected goal, employing 2,500 people and occupying the third floor of the factory building (90,000 square feet).
Lin Zhichao no longer needs to pay attention to these two industries, leaving them to the supervision and guidance of the group management and the full responsibility of the general manager of the subsidiary.
The development of the Yangtze Toy Factory is very gratifying. With Barbie and Belle Lily becoming popular in Europe and the United States at the same time, the Yangtze Toy Factory has been receiving a steady stream of orders. Now it has grown to 2,000 workers and is still expanding.
"Boss, you're here!" Ke Yanping, general manager of Changjiang Toy Factory, came up to greet him.
Ke Yanping is not only the general manager of the Yangtze River Toy Factory, he is also in charge of joint ventures in Germany and the United States, and often visits these two countries for inspections.
Although the American 'Audrey Toy Company' is handed over to a team of professional managers, the Yangtze Toy Factory is a shareholder and has the right to supervise; what's more, the two companies are still partners, and the Yangtze Toy Factory provides OEM services for Audrey Toys. , requires frequent communication.
In the previous life, Barbie was produced in Japan, but in this life it was produced in Hong Kong; on the other hand, Beer Lily in the previous life was produced in Hong Kong.
"Well, what's going on?" Lin Zhichao walked towards the production workshop and asked.
Ke Yanping followed Lin Zhichao and said: "The team led by Rich, the president of Audrey Toy Company in the United States, is very powerful and has completed the sales of two million Barbie dolls. Therefore, our orders are very sufficient and we have been expanding the production system. On the contrary Beale Lilly was influenced by Barbie, and its sales were declining day by day, only one-tenth of Barbie's. So Richie suggested that Audrey Toys Company acquire German Beer Lilly."
Lin Zhichao asked: "What did Mr. Gauss say?"
In this complex triangular relationship, Ke Yanping is Lin Zhichao's spokesperson. He not only has to manage Hong Kong's production system and the 'Bond Toys' brand, but also needs to deal with the relationships between toy companies in the United States, Germany, and Hong Kong.
Ke Yanping said: "He agreed, but the purchase price was 300,000 US dollars. Gauss has always been dissatisfied with the ownership of this patent. He believed that Barbie was an infringement of Bill Lily, but it was because of your shares in the two companies. So I didn’t say anything. So the purchase price of US$300,000 this time is a bit high.”
Gauss only invested tens of thousands of dollars that year. If he sells it for 300,000 dollars, he can make a net profit of hundreds of thousands of dollars. In addition, the dividends brought to him by Bierlili over the years have also amounted to 300,000 to 400,000 dollars.
That’s a lot!
What's more, after Lin Zhichao became a shareholder, Bourne Machinery has developed extremely fast, especially in the field of injection molding machines. It has become a leading manufacturer in the world, and is more popular than injection molding machines in Japan and the United States.
Logically speaking, Gauss should be grateful to Lin Zhichao for guessing correctly.
However, who can say for sure when it comes to business?
In Gauss's view, Lin Zhichao was prepared with both hands on Beer Lily, which was somewhat uncomfortable.
"I think it's feasible! Then you can be the middleman and let them negotiate on their own. Remember to watch our money!"
"OK, I see!"
This winter, Lin Zhichao and Audrey Hepburn will also fulfill the 10% incentive equity they originally promised to Richie's team; and Lin Zhichao's next goal is to go public. He plans to let Richie list Audrey Toy Company. , thoroughly Americanized.
Currently, as the owner of Audrey Toy Company, Audrey Hepburn is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States. Their next child is planned to be born in the United States.
Unexpectedly, the Lin family gradually became 'impure'!
"Boss, there's one more thing. I found out that someone in Hong Kong is producing Beer Lily and then sending it to the United States for sale!"
Lin Zhichao's expression became serious. Bea Lily and Barbie are both patented products. Not only are their images patented, but also their 'joint technology'.
Because in the past, plastic dolls were usually made of soft plastic, and the whole body was held together. It was the Yangtze Toy Factory that first developed a doll with hard plastic and movable joints, so it registered a patent for "joint technology" in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
"Only toys produced by factories in Hong Kong cannot be sold in the United States! Therefore, there must be American toy merchants involved."
Ke Yanping nodded and said: "I have investigated clearly. It is the American toy king Louis Max who is infringing the copyright. His toy factory is mainly famous for producing wind-up Popeye and metal mechanical toys. At the same time, Max is also a counterfeit master."
Afterwards, Ke Yanping introduced Max seriously.
This Max dropped out of school at the age of 15 and became a millionaire at the age of 26. He was once a guest of US President Eisen Howell. He spent a lot of money and liked beautiful women. The company was full of beautiful beauties who were 1.78 meters tall. To work in a club; Max also likes to interact with dignitaries and celebrities from all walks of life.
I just didn’t expect that Max would even be able to spot Bea Lily’s counterfeit. I guess I was just tempted by the popularity of Barbie dolls.
"Max, let Rich's team acquire Bierlili and then deal with the infringement issue. As for what are the names of the people in Hong Kong?"
Ke Yanping said: "There is just a small plastic factory in Hong Kong called Fuhe Plastic Factory. The boss is called Lin Liang. He also copied the little yellow duck back then and claimed that he invented the little yellow duck. In fact, he has nothing at all. With my strength, I used to work for others, but it wasn’t until the past two years that I opened a company.”
Lin Zhichao couldn't help but said: "In that case, how did an American toy king and a small Hong Kong plastic businessman get together?"
Ke Yanping shook his head and said: "I'm not sure about the details, but Max is interested in the treasure land of Hong Kong and is planning to invest and build a factory here. Maybe he met it."
Lin Zhichao nodded, thought for a moment and then said: "I never like to kill all my compatriots. You should first warn Lin Liang, and then ask him not to produce for Max, but to do the manufacturing for us. Of course, the quality must be up to standard. If there is insufficient funds, we can provide some loans, but in short, let’s just support an OEM factory.”
Ke Yanping said: "Isn't it a bit advantageous to him? Although the Hong Kong copycat factory is not a crime, it is a bit to find him to do the work."
Lin Zhichao said: "Don't you think this kind of person is also a talent? He can actually produce Beer Lily with quality recognized by the American toy king. This shows that others are good at research in the plastic field, and I guess his machine must be very good. Bad. This is a talent, and he should be taken care of. As for the issue you mentioned, I think it’s okay. Hong Kong is a place where copycat factories are concentrated, and everyone is like this."
In fact, Lin Zhichao knew this Lin Liang, who was also a toy tycoon in Hong Kong in his previous life.
In this case, give me a helping hand and form a good relationship.
After all, talent is rare!
"Okay, I understand!"
(End of chapter)
