Volume 1 Chapter 11 The Lin Family of Chaozhou
In the mid-1980s, when the Tsing Yi Bridge, the only bridge connecting Tsing Yi and the New Territories, was no longer sufficient, and was often congested, and in the event of an accident, the traffic of the whole Tsing Yi Island was paralyzed, and the Hong Kong Government built a second vehicular bridge further north of the Rambler Channel, which was later named Tsing Tsuen Kiu.
Completed at the beginning of this year, the Tsing Tsuen Bridge is larger than the Tsing Yi Bridge and is directly connected to the Tsuen Tsing Interchange, which can be accessed via Tsuen Wan Road to Kowloon or Texaco Road to Shing Mun Tunnel to Sha Tin.
The car slowly crossed the brand-new Qingquan Bridge, and Lin Xiaozhi withdrew his gaze from the tempting bridge lights outside the car window and looked at the old man sitting next to him.
This is an old man whose beard and hair have completely turned silvery-white, and the past years have left too many marks on his body, and his eyes, which should have been clear, have become cloudy and no longer flexible. Those powerful hands that used to personally lay down the billions of industries of the Lin family in Kowloon, but now they are unable to hold the crutches, this is not the first time Lin Xiaozhi has seen him, but it is the first time he has looked at him seriously since returning to the Lin family.
This old man is his grandfather Lin Jili, who was born in 1910, the most magnificent year in modern times, and is 78 years old this year.
"What's wrong, Achi?"
Feeling the gaze from the side, Lin Jili turned his face and asked. He is very paternalistic, and he has always been unsmiling at home, which has caused his son and several grandchildren to be afraid of him. Regarding the change of Lin Xiaozhi's unsuccessful grandson during this time, to be honest, he couldn't help but have more expectations for himself who had given up on him, he was in his twilight years, and his children and grandchildren should have gathered together in the joy of family life. Whenever he heard Fu Bo, who had been with him for many years, mention the topic of his grandson being coquettish with him when he went home to visit relatives, he was always envious in his heart.
“…… Master, I think Young Master Sun should really want to find something to do this time, you and Young Master might as well be more tolerant of him...... Young Master Sun wants to invest in movies and aren't you worried that he will be deceived, go to visit the Ninth Master tonight, you might as well bring Young Master Sun with you. I also saw the indescribable look on Young Master Sun's face when he read the news in the newspaper about Jiu Ye's acquisition of ATV. Even if you don't get close to each other, the Ninth Master and you are brothers after all. In the evening, you might as well discuss with the Ninth Master and ask him to arrange an identity for Young Master Sun, so that he can enter the ATV to hone and hone his ......"
It suddenly occurred to his mind what Fauber had said when he got up in the morning, and he had gossiped with him. Lin Xiaozhi's usual performance seems to him to be a bastard, but after all, blood is thicker than water, and his grandson wants to learn well, and he is still very happy as a grandfather. This is also the reason why he finally brought Lin Xiaozhi with him despite Lin Jiannian's opposition for such an important matter. Of course, he did not arrange the two fathers and sons in the same car, he and Lin Xiaozhi were in the same car, and Lin Jiannian and Lin Xiaoyi were in another car.
"No, old man. I'm thinking, why don't I have an impression of that ninth uncle? ”
Leaning his head on the back seat, Lin Xiaozhi squinted his eyes and casually found an excuse to prevaricate.
The only thing he is interested in now is that this Kowloon Lin family actually knows Lin Baixin, who was among the top ten richest people in Hong Kong last year, and even has some relatives.
Lin Jili's hand holding the cane tightened slightly, and the car was quiet for a while before he heard him say slowly: "...... Actually, it's nothing, after so many years, I still can't get through that knot, but it seems too petty. Ah Zhi, do you know the origin of our Lin family? ”
Lin Xiaozhi's heart moved, and a piece of past history about the Lin family appeared in his head.
The Lin family was originally a branch of a large Chaozhou family, and it was just an ordinary dilapidated family until the end of the Qing Dynasty. It was not until the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China that Lin Xiaozhi's great-grandfather Lin Xianzhi began to make money and quotation marks, and the Lin family began to gradually prosper. Lin Xianzhi has a total of thirteen children, his father Lin Jili is the fourth, and Lin Baixin is the ninth. The two were not born to the same mother, so the relationship is not good when they are young. Especially in the Chaoshan culture, which attaches importance to the "eldest son of the long house", Lin Jili, who was born in the long house, inherited a lot of family property from his father when he became an adult, but Lin Baixin, who was born in the house, received very little family property. This kind of differential treatment between the concubine and the concubine also intensified the contradictions between the brothers of the Lin family.
When Lin Jili relied on inheriting the inheritance and living a luxurious life with several other concubines. Lin Baixin and a few other concubines were not allowed to come out to work hard because they couldn't share any family property, and naturally there were few brothers who got close.
After all, Lin Baixin's current net worth is completely based on hard work and simplicity.
This information quickly turned in Lin Xiaozhi's head before he replied: "I heard the old man mention that our ancestors originated in Chaozhou, and they are a big family with a name and a surname in the local area!" ”
Lin Jili nodded, but his eyes were a little gloomy. When he lived a rich life with his share of the family property, Lin Baixin was still struggling for a full meal. When he was worth tens of millions, Lin Baixin was still running orders everywhere. Decades have passed in a blink of an eye, and no one would have thought that the poor brothers in the past would now be able to enter the ranks of the top ten richest people in Hong Kong with a family asset of more than 30 billion.
“…… We have something to ask for tonight, so Ah Zhi, no matter what unpleasant words you hear, don't contradict your ninth uncle, do you know the way? ”
"I know, old man!"
Chaozhou Lin family in Hong Kong can be regarded as a top wealthy family, just because the Lin family has produced a remarkable figure - Lin Baixin, self-made for 50 years, laid a huge world, 87 years under the name of Lai Sun Group listed, although this year in the stock market crash, but under the helm of Lin Baixin, Lai Sun Group not only was hit hard by the stock market crash, but with a large amount of cash cashed out before the stock market crash, after the stock market crash to buy low-priced high-quality assets, listed only one year, the company bucked the trend and soared to more than 40 billion Hong Kong dollars, Lin Baixin has become one of the top ten richest people in Hong Kong. In the whole of Hong Kong, there are few that can be richer than the Chaozhou Lin family.
Like most of Hong Kong's wealthy, Lam bought a mansion in Deep Water Bay and added properties in many places in Hong Kong. At the beginning of this year, due to the expansion of the mansion in Deep Water Bay, Lin Baixin's family temporarily moved to a villa on Tsing Yi Island.
“…… Old Bean, I don't even know what you think. Are we still close to the others? If I want to say that I will simply cut off contact, how did they treat us before, when we had the last meal and didn't have the next meal, a few of them thought of approaching us. Now one by one, they are all gathered around like stinky flies that smell fish, and it's not because our family is rich now......"
In a villa in the luxury villa area near Cuiyi Garden on Tsing Yi Island, a man who was wide and fat, not tall, and looked to be about thirty years old sat in the living room on the first floor of the villa, and said with a dissatisfied face. His name is Lin Jianle, and he is the youngest son of Lin Baixin, the owner of Lai Sun Group and one of the ten richest people in Hong Kong.
Lin Jianle's eyebrows raised from time to time, and if he looked carefully on his face, he could clearly see the trace of rebelliousness that could not be concealed. He is so confident, although he has always disliked his studies, not long after he was sent to Canada to study in middle school at the age of 13, he caused a lot of trouble because of a fight with local students, Lin Baixin spent a lot of effort to get him into the University of Oregon in the United States to study business for two years, and barely spent money to buy a diploma. But after being recalled to Hong Kong from abroad by his father a few years ago, Lin Jianle soon began to take over Lin Baixin's business strongly, and now he has obtained the status of a director of Lai Sun Group, which shows that Lin Baixin loves him.
There are many rights and wrongs in wealthy families, and as soon as Lin Jianle is so favored, some people will naturally be unhappy.
For example, there was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties sitting on his right hand at this time!
If you are familiar with "83 Edition of the Condor Shooting", I am afraid that after seeing him for the first time, you will cover your mouth and exclaim: "The fourth prince of Mongolia, Torrey? "Yes, this middle-aged man has a face that is indistinguishable from the TVB male artist Dai Zhiwei who played the Mongolian death Torre in "83 Edition of Condor Shooting", and he is Lin Baixin's eldest son - Lin Jianming.
Lin Jianming sat on the right hand side of his younger brother Lin Jianle, and it seemed that he had a warm smile on his face all the time, but the gaze that fell on his younger brother from time to time was cold. Not only did he have a faint hostility towards Lin Jianle, but his cold gaze also fell on the sofa opposite, holding a bowl of ginseng stewed chicken soup, and the woman who was feeding Lin Baixin to drink. The woman who looked only a few years older than him was Lin Baixin's second room, his second mother, and Lin Jianle's biological mother.
Yes, the reason why the age difference between Lin Jianming and Lin Jianle is nearly 20 years is entirely because they are two half-brothers.
In ancient China, there was a habit of having a group of wives and concubines, and this custom was especially common in wealthy families. Lin Baixin was born in a Teochew silver family, and his father Lin Xianzhi also has a wife and four concubines, many porters, and polygamy was not prohibited in Hong Kong before the 70s, so he is not exempt from vulgarity.
Lin Baixin Yuen and Lai Yuanfang are the best girls, and their grandfather is Lai Jixi, the founder of the Department of Chinese at the University of Hong Kong. Lai Yuanfang and Lin Baixin were in the same year, the two got married at the age of 20, and gave birth to their eldest son Lin Jianming and eldest daughter Lin Shuying. However, this wife, who shared his joys and sorrows, was not able to share his wealth and prosperity.
As Lin Baixin's business became bigger and bigger, he gradually began to get bored with Lai, so in the early fifties, he married a house, which was Yu Baozhu, the daughter of Hong Kong's veteran textile king Yu Qing'an, and inherited several garment factories and a large number of industries from Yu Qing'an through marriage, and Yu Baozhu was familiar with it, and helped Lin a lot in business, so since she passed the door, Lin Baixin doted on her in every way, and finally led to Lai Yuanfang and him in the early 60s, which was nearly 30 years.
Lin Jianle is the son of Yu Baozhu and Lin Baixin, born in 57, although he has studied abroad for many years, but everyone who knows him knows that it is just that Lin Baixin spent money to send him abroad to be gilded, and the air is plated with a layer of gold powder, but I don't necessarily have much talent, at least in terms of company management, Lin Jianming, who has been studying with Lin Baixin since the 50s, is much smarter than him-
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