The beginning of June, Hong Kong.
In the morning, Lin Zhichao came to No. 77 Des Voeux Road Central and looked at the completed 'Global Building', and suddenly a heroic mood wandered in his heart. Such a building should be worth about the same as a 100,000-ton oil tanker (40 to 50 million Hong Kong dollars); but for some reason, Lin Zhichao has a special love for real estate.
However, if you think about it carefully, it is normal. The future value of such a building is 10 billion, not including the rental during the period; and a 100,000-ton oil tanker can operate for a maximum of 25 years and normally earn back four oil tankers. The total value is only HK$200 million.
Moreover, most properties in Hong Kong have 99-year use rights. After expiration, you only need to pay a certain amount of funds. They still belong to you and are permanent assets. The use rights of a small number of properties, such as Wharf, are even longer than 999 years.
"Boss, why don't you go up and take a look? The office is almost ready!" Huang Changhong suggested.
Lin Zhichao waved his hand and said: "Let's officially go up in early July, stay tuned!"
Global Shipping and Cheung Kong Holdings, both companies will move into the 'Global Building', each using a three-story office building. As for this relocation, Cheung Kong Holdings will not move office buildings for at least ten years; as for Global Shipping, it will almost never move, because This building is called 'Global Building'.
Although the ownership of the building belongs to 'Changjiang Real Estate', it does not affect anything. Anyway, it is the private property of Lin Zhichao's family.
Huang Changhong nodded, and then took Lin Zhichao into the "Midea Building" site at No. 71 Des Voeux Road Central next door to inspect the construction site. After the Midea Building is completed, it will replace the Poly Building as the tallest building in Hong Kong. The height record of 32 floors can only be broken by Lin Zhichao's own work.
At this time, Lin Zhichao’s family’s fixed income already included:
4 valuable office buildings in Central are for rent, 1 shopping mall is renting, 1 five-star hotel is profit-sharing, and 1 department store center is profit-sharing. The net rental income alone can reach more than 25 million Hong Kong dollars a year, which can be described as a full business Real estate overlord; Land's rents cannot match it, because Land's buildings are all less than ten floors and there has not been a wave of reconstruction.
Moreover, two more buildings in Causeway Bay will be completed this year (Walden Building and Xintiandi Building), which will increase new rental income; as for the Midea Building, it will be completed in 1963.
There are also those scattered shops, needless to say!
Inspecting the completion site, Lin Zhichao came to No. 2 Hysan Road, Causeway Bay - Huaxin Building. The building here is a high-rise residential building developed in 1955. It was the land sold to Lin Zhichao by Liz Ming in the early years.
There are shops on the first floor and residential buildings above, with a total height of 17 floors. After arriving, Lin Zhichao carried a lunch box in his hand and came to a residential unit on the seventeenth floor.
"Dong dong. It's me!"
The person who opened the door was Sakurai Hinako. She had just resigned from Hong Kong Airlines and was temporarily placed here by Lin Zhichao.
"Mr. Lin, you are here!" Sakurai Hinako said happily when she saw Lin Zhichao.
She was wearing a cheongsam, which showed off her figure to the fullest. The temptation of the S-curve made Lin Zhichao swallow his saliva. And those long legs are simply stunning.
This woman is really good at causing trouble.
After placing the lunch box on the table, Lin Zhichao came to Sakurai Hinako and gently felt the charm of the cheongsam. In this era, Hong Kong women almost always wear cheongsam or skirts modified from cheongsam, which are equally beautiful.
"Mr. Lin, why don't you eat first and I'll wait for you!"
Seeing Lin Zhichao's eyes and actions, Sakurai Hinako knew what the man needed most at this time.
Then, she invited Lin Zhichao to sit on a chair, opened the lunch box gently and carefully, and brought it to Lin Zhichao.
Lin Zhichao started eating Yung Kee's barbecued pork rice. It tasted very good. His regular lunch was so simple.
Afterwards.
Lin Zhichao said to Sakurai Hinako who was lying on the sofa weakly: "Take a few days to rest, and then go to work at the Japanese 'Nissin Ramen' company. Their boss is my friend, and I am also a shareholder of this company. After you go, you will give If you arrange a casual position, you can feel the joy of being a white-collar worker in the company, and I can summon you to serve you at any time, which is more flexible."
Sakurai Hinako was lying lazily on the sofa. She wanted to get up and help Lin Zhichao dress, but the man said it was okay, so she stopped pushing herself up.
"Am I going to live in Japan in the future?"
"Yes, when I miss you, I will ask you to come over, or I will ask you to take care of me when I am on a business trip to Japan. I will bring you 200,000 US dollars today. After you go to Tokyo, you can buy a big house and a luxury car. Cars. Anyway, listen to me, there are plenty of these!”
After saying that, he threw a few wads of dollars and hit Sakurai Hinako on her body.
Vulgar, obscene?
Haha, do you think upper-class people are gentlemen in private?
Little do they know that upper-class people are just gentlemen on the surface, hiding countless obscene things; if it weren't for the Internet age, how would ordinary people know about the darkness of South Korea's chaebols?
What Lin Zhichao did did not harm society, so it was not considered obscene, but vulgar at best.
Sakurai Hinako didn't care about being showered with money. This was what she wanted. She even had the idea of becoming Lin Zhichao's slave and surrendering.
"Well, I listen to you!"
"That's good! I won't come over tonight. You can have a good time in Hong Kong for a few days, and then report back to Japan. Anyway, you understand English, so it won't be a big problem in Hong Kong."
After a few simple exchanges, Lin Zhichao went to work.
Very comfortable feeling.
In the afternoon, the office of Cheung Kong Holdings.
"boss"
Financial manager Zhou Fuzhao walked into the office and gently reminded Lin Zhichao who was reading the information.
"Sit down first and wait for me for a few minutes!"
"good"
Lin Zhichao is reviewing the company's accounts at super speed. His brain is extremely developed, he has almost a photographic memory, and he can draw inferences from one instance to another. With this ability, he is even more powerful in company management.
"How is the subscription situation for Jardine Matheson's listed shares outside?"
"It's very popular. Many subscription outlets have long queues. I heard from securities brokers that the subscription may exceed the quota by dozens of times."
Lin Zhichao put down the information and said: "The listing price of Jardine Matheson is 16 Hong Kong dollars per share, and 25% of the shares are listed, totaling 900,000 lots; each lot is 30 shares, which is equivalent to 27 million public shares, which can raise 430 million Hong Kong dollars. "
The number of shares in one lot of Hong Kong stocks is different for each listed company. It is decided by the listed company. There is no stipulation that one lot is 100 shares like in the Mainland. At this time, it is normal for Hong Kong stocks to have only a few dozen shares in one lot.
Zhou Fuzhao nodded and said: "Yes, the initial valuation is more than 1.7 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is worthy of being an established company. If it is listed, the Jardine Group will have three listed companies, with Land and Wharf as the two wings for comprehensive development."
Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Although Jardine Matheson is listed in Hong Kong, it may not seriously develop in Hong Kong. They are more optimistic about overseas development."
Zhou Fuzhao did not agree with this point. How could he know these things?
Later, Lin Zhichao said: "The listing of Kowloon Bus last month was also over-subscribed; the listing of Jardine Matheson this month was over-subscribed again. These are enough to prove that the Hong Kong stock market is hot."
Zhou Fuzhao nodded and said: "Yes, the securities we invested 10 million Hong Kong dollars are currently worth over 20 million, and the annual return rate is more than 25%."
Lin Zhichao immediately said: "This is what I'm talking about. Next week, after Jardine Matheson is listed, you ask Mo Yingji to clear out all the stocks in one week."
Zhou Fuzhao was stunned for a moment, and then said tentatively: "Is the boss worried about a callback?"
Lin Zhichao said: "The crazier the market is, the more we need to calm down. The more pessimistic the market is, the more excited we are. This is my experience in real estate and the stock market. What's more, stock trading is not the core of our company. In business, you must know when enough is enough.”
Zhou Fuzhao nodded immediately. He had no doubts about his boss's vision. After all, when the real estate market plummeted from 1957 to 1958, the company escaped unscathed and succeeded in bargain hunting immediately.
"No problem, I'll communicate with Mo Sheng right away and make sure our funds arrive safely."
Next, Lin Zhichao said: "After this matter is settled, I hope that you will take the lead in establishing a financial company affiliated with Yangtze River Holdings. The main responsibility of this financial company is to provide installment payments for customers who purchase our residential units. We charge interest; secondly, it will be used as a stock trading department in the future."
Zhou Fuzhao suddenly became excited and said immediately: "Okay, I will note it down and report to you as soon as possible."
Lin Zhichao nodded. There was no need to question Zhou Fuzhao's loyalty. He worked in a bank in his early years, and after joining Changjiang Real Estate, he became a financial manager. From 1950 to 1954, he was sent to the UK to study by Lin Zhichao, and finally obtained a degree recognized by the Commonwealth. Accounting degree; in recent years, I have also studied securities.
Step by step, he became the executive and retainer trained by Lin Zhichao.
For example, among the senior executives of Li Jiacheng in his previous life, two of them had followed him since he opened a plastics factory, earning a monthly salary of HK$100. These two executives later joined Cheung Kong Holdings and became managing deputy general managers, responsible for real estate and finance.
Human abilities are not static, but the core of human beings is always strengthening.
After a few days of wild play, Lin Zhichao played with his two wives in the swimming pool on the weekend night.
Hong Kong is experiencing water shortage. Although it is not the most serious year yet, it has already begun to prepare to buy water from mainland reservoirs; and the transportation method is very troublesome. It is to use a boat to Pengcheng to bring it back to Hong Kong. Serial shipping has begun. Do this kind of business.
Of course, they are all bought with money.
Including fresh food from the mainland, all are paid.
In fact, the mainland's transportation of Hong Kong's fresh food is a very important source of foreign exchange earnings. If the mainland does not fill this market, Hong Kong's fresh food will soon be occupied by Japan, Taiwan and other regions. By then, the mainland's fresh food will not be able to fill the market. It will be troublesome to enter;
Because of this, the mainland attaches great importance to it and created the "Three Express Trains" to occupy Hong Kong's fresh food market.
As for water resources, there is no need to keep talking about Hong Kong people using water from the mainland as if it is a great favor.
First of all, Malaysia has always provided water to Singapore. They are still two countries because it is humanitarian and commercial in nature. Secondly, since we are all one family, don’t use those words to irritate us. Finally, they are all bought with money. , while Hong Kong has been mailing small bags of food to relatives in the mainland.
Generally speaking, if one family should not speak two different languages, and by helping Hong Kong, they are helping their compatriots.
It's better than going to vigorously aid the white-eyed wolf Albania.
In the swimming pool, Lin Zhichao dived and came to the bottom of the water with Tang Caiyun and Xu Caiying. The two pairs of long legs were not inferior to Sakurai Hinako, especially Xu Caiying, who was 1.7 meters tall and even surpassed Sakurai Hinako in long legs.
In terms of skin, not to mention, it is fair, delicate and smooth, with a physique like a little fairy.
Lin Zhichao looked for Sakurai Hinako purely because he was looking for a kind of porcelain skin. This kind of porcelain skin would end in a few years.
Stretching his hands on the two pairs of jade legs, he immediately surfaced and welcomed the soft fragrance of the two women into his arms.
"Bathing in mountain spring water is so comfortable!" Lin Zhichao said with a smile.
The water in the swimming pool comes from the mountain stream and has of course been dried during the day. If Hong Kong's water shortage becomes more serious, such as a drought the year after next, Lin Zhichan will also save money and not use the swimming pool.
At present, the situation in Hong Kong is not bad, so there is no need to suffer yourself.
Xu Caiying leaned in Lin Zhichao's arms, let Lin Zhichao's hand get in, and whispered: "Husband, you have been a little unusual in the past few days!"
Lin Zhichao said without changing his expression: "Why is it abnormal?"
Xu Caiying said: "You haven't slept with us for three days, and you still think it's normal?"
As soon as they finished speaking, both women looked at Lin Zhichao seriously.
Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "You used to think that I had too many demands, but after taking a break for these three days, you became suspicious. It seems that if you don't work hard tonight, you won't be able to do it!"
Tang Caiyun saw Lin Zhichao's appearance and immediately said: "Please pay attention to your health. We are not jealous if there are women outside. We are the most worried about your health."
Lin Zhichao was greatly moved. These lovely wives are very considerate, so he said: "Don't worry, it's not like you don't know about my body. Also, after introducing Audrey to the door, I have already closed the door of our Lin family. The door is open; and you should also know that neither Audrey nor her children can come to Hong Kong to compete for family property, she has her own career."
Xu Caiying also said considerately at this time: "We will not fight for family property, let alone encourage children to fight for family property. Only their fathers can take it if they are willing to give it. Husband, we will educate the children well!"
"Good wife!"
Lin Zhichao was greatly moved!
These women were deeply conquered by him, and they didn't have any of the bad things like other families.
"Ah, not here!"
"It's okay, just be gentle!"
Jardine Matheson went public and was oversubscribed 56 times, with 800 million Hong Kong dollars in frozen funds. What an astonishing figure.
At the same time, on the day Jardine Matheson went public, its market value was finally fixed at 3.125 billion, nearly double the market price.
This situation fully reflects the current boom in the stock market, and more importantly, the blind trust of Hong Kong people in British capital.
In later generations, Hutchison & Co. took full advantage of Hong Kong stockholders' trust in foreign companies, and then used the securities market to rapidly expand Hutchison & Co., first by annexing three long-established foreign companies, namely Watsons, Tak Hui & Co., and Taihe Matheson, and then further utilized the securities market. After annexing Huangpu Dockyard and Junyicang, in just seven or eight years, it developed into a large foreign company that rivaled Yihe and Taikoo.
In fact, the best performers in the Hong Kong stock market at this time were almost all British-owned companies and companies with franchises.
At noon that day, Lin Zhichao made an appointment with Mo Yingji for a working lunch.
He made good friends with Mo Yingji, not only because he planned to hire a royal agent, but also because Mo Yingji had a better character.
In the past two years of socializing, Lin Zhichao got to know Mo Yingji more or less, and he was a friend he could associate with.
Actually in later generations:
Mo Ying-kee became the chairman of the Hong Kong Association in the late 1970s. Compared with the chairman of the other three stock exchanges, Mo Ying-kee had a much better character.
Needless to say, Li Fuzhao had a very bad character, a feudal paternalistic figure. He was imprisoned in later generations, and was even alluded to by "Chen Manxian" in the TV series.
According to reports before the establishment of the Hong Kong Brokerage Association, when brokers visited the chairmen of four stock exchanges, Li Fook-siu banged the table and scolded the person. The other two chairmen of the securities associations also refused. Only Mo Ying-kee, the chairman of the Hong Kong Association, Not only did he provide support, but he also personally participated in the founding ceremony.
In Lin Zhichao's view, a truly strong person must maintain a humble heart.
"Lin Sheng, I really admire you for clearing your positions at this time. Everyone is rushing in to trade stocks, but you are starting to withdraw."
Lin Zhichao said while eating: "The company is planning to use funds for real estate development. Let's stop stock trading for a while and look at it again when we have the opportunity. Besides, the current stock price is so high that I personally feel it is not worth it."
Mo Yingji nodded and said: "The stock market has been hot in recent days, and someone happened to be raising the market price to facilitate selling."
Lin Zhichao said: "Then I'm sorry to trouble you! But don't consider the stock price, just divide it into five trading days, average each period, and sell. When this is done, I will celebrate Mo Sheng on the yacht! "
"Haha, then I will be disrespected!"
In fact, it is Lin Zhichao who speculates in stocks, he is just the executor.
However, Lin Zhichao is a generous boss. He doesn't ask for payment every time he treats guests to dinner. Unlike some foreign patrons, he actually gives gifts every year.
(End of chapter)
