The Hong Kong government held a grand donation ceremony for the 'Mrs. Ge Lianghong Health Centre' in the auditorium, and hundreds of foreigners and Chinese celebrities came to hear about it, and some reporters also reported on the scene.

'Mrs. Ge Lianghong's Health Center' seems to be Ge Mulian's signboard, but in fact it is also the signboard of Hong Kong Governor Ge Lianghong, so as Hong Kong's 'soil emperor', it is natural that no matter whether it is a British businessman or a Chinese businessman, they are all moved by the wind.

Of course, the protagonists of this donation ceremony are not only Ge Lianghong and his wife, but also Lin Zhichao, the main donor, after all, it is a donation of 800,000 Hong Kong dollars, which can only exist once or twice a year in the Hong Kong charity circle.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao's signature is side by side with Ge Lianghong and his wife, with different positions.

At the beginning of the donation ceremony, Ge Lianghong and Ge Mulian gave speeches successively.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to today's donation ceremony of the 'Lady Ge Leung Hung Health Centre' Tsuen Wan has a population of more than 100,000 and is currently facing the dilemma of not having medical facilities, so my wife, Ms. Gram Lam, is very worried, but fortunately there are many generous people who have come to help, and the first person to help is Mr. Lim Chi Chi Chi. He's an amazing businessman."

In his speech, Ge Lianghong deliberately praised Lin Zhichao, which attracted the attention of many people in the audience.

Some people even speculate that Ge Lianghong mentioned Lin Zhichao so much, but Lin Zhichao has won the favor of the Hong Kong Governor; After all, although the donation of 80 Hong Kong dollars is a lot, it is not unheard of every year.

Of course, the donations from the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and Po Leung Kuk will not bring foreigners to play. Even if a foreigner wants to intervene, it is impossible, and it is impossible to name the name of the foreigner, which is generally named after the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and Po Leung Kuk. As for those who donate a lot, they are appointed to the post of prime minister, and if there are about two or three people, they still need to run for election; The same is true for the Chairmen of Po Leung Kuk and the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.

When Ge Lianghong spoke, Sir He Dong said to Lin Zhichao next to him: "Very good! ”

This time, he is also a donor, but he only donated 50,000 Hong Kong dollars to deal with Ge Lianghong and his wife; He attended this donation ceremony more to give Lin Zhichao face, and of course his name is also after Lin Zhichao.

"You've won a prize!" Lin Zhichao responded politely.

He knew why He Dong admired him, probably because he didn't expect Ge Lianghong and his wife to give Lin Zhichao face so much, and mentioned it many times in his speech.

In fact, everyone doesn't know that Gram Mullian, a money-hungry American woman, is selling her country for profit.

Lin Zhichao suddenly had a 'bold' idea - since Ge Mulian has been on the ship, don't the wives of the director of the industrial and commercial department and the chief superintendent of police want to get rich in the future?

This idea suddenly made Lin Zhichao feel very interesting!

But in this case, let's let Ge Mulian taste the sweetness first.

There was another person in the audience, who was very surprised, and that was Deng Zhaojian, who was originally the main donor. He was the founder of the 'Kowloon Bus Bus' and had always been a philanthropist, although his inner thoughts were probably to get more honours, especially the English Honours. He attaches great importance to this donation because it can have a closer relationship with the Governor and his wife.

However, just when he thought it was his own scenery, Gram declined his donation.

He's been cut off!

When he learned that it was Lin Zhichao, Deng Zhaojian also had no idea, because although Lin Zhichao was young, he was very well connected.

"Could it be that Ge Lianghong is ready to canonize Lin Zhichao as a 'Justice of the Peace'? It's too young, I'm 28 years old to get this award. Deng Zhaojian thought incredulously.

You must know that although he was awarded the 'Justice of the Peace' at the age of 28, he was already very young, but at that time his father was a Justice of the Peace and had the influence of the family. And now, Lin Zhichao has no family background, he is completely self-made, and he won it at the age of twenty-three or four, which can be described as a real glory.

Of course, compared with the achievements of the business world, Deng Zhaojian is not as good as Lin Zhichao, with a fleet of only tens of thousands of tons, which is worth tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

The third person to speak on stage was Lin Zhichao.

He gave a completely off-script speech, but he seemed very thoughtful, and he seemed low-key, and he did not dominate the crowd.

"Hearing the sorrow of the Governor and his wife, and the charity of more than 100,000 people in Tsuen Wan, my businessmen naturally took action as a matter of course. I uphold the wealth rule of 'take from Hong Kong, use for Hong Kong', and hope to have the opportunity to help Hong Kong develop more. Thank you! ”

Thunderous applause!

The ceremony was successfully completed.

A bald-headed, fifty-year-old man wearing a long gown came to Lin Zhichao and said, "Lin Sheng just doesn't make a sound, it's a blockbuster!" ”

There is something unfriendly in the words, or a sour taste.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Deng Sheng, I have only been in business for a few years, how dare I compete with you." Of course, doing charity is a good thing, not a comparison, so if I have this idea, I will do it. I'm really happy to be able to help others! ”

Deng Zhaojian was speechless for a moment, but he didn't expect to be caught off guard by Lin Zhichao, and the people next to him couldn't help but look at him strangely.

Lin Zhichao's words revealed a noble and selfless style, saying that he had not been in business for a few years, so naturally there was no such thing as 'no hit'; as for 'a blockbuster', Lin Zhichao meant that there was no idea of comparison, and he was sincerely doing charity.

Invisibly, Deng Zhaojian came to find a boring one!

"Lin Sheng is so young, he has this noble style, which is admirable!" Deng Zhaojian knew that at this time, he should show his admiration for Lin Zhichao, otherwise he would be gossiped about by the people in the circle.

"It's not worth mentioning." Lin Zhichao then said modestly.

The two did not speculate, and then separated.

Regarding Deng Zhaojian's style, Lin Zhichao disagrees, a person who is not even good to his family, how can he be said to be a 'philanthropic person'?

Unworthy!

It turned out that Deng Zhaojian was more superstitious, because he trusted the words of a feng shui gentleman and said that his son was a knot, so he sent his son to London, and he was strict and stingy with his family, and he was more lustful.

is this kind of person, no matter how much good deeds he does, Lin Zhichao looks down on him.

In Lin Zhichao's heart, family is always the first, if the fortune teller dares to arrange his children like this, he can let the fortune teller ruin the family. Look at the fortune teller, can you calculate your own calamity.

Lin Zhichao did not focus on the donation of the 'Lady Grantham Health Center', although he is still the director of this health center, but in fact it is only in name.

Although Lin Zhichao can make a lot of money a year, he doesn't plan to be too 'charitable', but just do a little charity in this area, so as not to be gossiped about.

For example, he is now donating 1 million a year, which is already an astronomical amount for other wealthy people in Hong Kong; But for his wealth, it's just a sprinkling.

However, Lin Zhichao does not plan to donate more, because he has his own understanding of charity.

His philanthropy is to be good to his employees, at least to be the best in the industry.

For example, if he has thousands of seafarers in the future, then Lin Zhichao will make the salaries and benefits of these seafarers must be the best among Hong Kong seafarers.

Back at Global Shipping, Lin Zhichao made an inspection and chatted with his subordinates about some work.

At present, there are a total of 12 large cargo ships in Global Shipping, with 8 cargo ships of 10,000 tons and above, and 4 cargo ships of 7 or 8,000 tons. Every freighter is equipped with wireless telegraphy, and Global Shipping has multiple offices overseas, such as Japan, Sing Tao, South Africa, Europe, etc.

The role of these offices is very large, collecting weather conditions in the local area and nearby areas, and transmitting them to the passing ships through the radio; And the freighter is transmitting out, and the global communication is realized in turn.

Of course, the Group's radio room is the information hub, which analyzes the cargo ship in a timely manner as it passes through the bad weather area, and makes dispatch and command assistance.

At this time, Lin Zhichao felt the charm of shipping!

Back in the office, Deputy General Manager Feng Yongfa walked in together.

After Lin Zhichao sat down, he immediately said: "Global Shipping needs to recruit a group of captains, first officers, second officers, chief engineers and other important positions, all of whom are Chinese, and then carry out at least half a year of training, especially actual combat training. Tentatively set the quota of eight boats, after recruiting, sign a contract, the company trains them for half a year to a year, after the official post, you need to sign a three-year contract, and then come and go freely. ”

Among the 12 ships of the global shipping, more than 60% of them are European captains, first and second officers, and chief engineers; Because of the important positions of Chinese captains, first officers and second officers, they are relatively unfamiliar with the ocean, let alone 10,000-ton ships. Even if it was the previous G-Navy rout, there were not a few suitable ones.

And these Europeans have a very poor sense of belonging to global shipping, and they may leave when their contracts expire. Importantly, their salaries and benefits are simply too high.

Feng Yongfa then said: "Well, the development of global shipping is getting bigger and bigger, and we should train these important positions for our Chinese. I will definitely prepare well and pay attention to this link. ”

Lin Zhichao nodded, Hong Kong's seafarer industry is in chaos, and Hong Kong people call working on ocean-going ships 'sailing'. Sailing is risky, and there is little time to reunite with family, and people will not choose to sail unless they have to. As a result, most of the Hong Kong seafarers who sail are uneducated and unable to find their dream jobs.

These people went out to sail because they were neither interested nor ambitious, just asking for three meals and one night. These people are not very capable and have no expertise, so they are at the lowest level of work. Most of the positions from the third officer to the captain and the work from the third officer to the engineer were mostly held by Europeans. These officers from Europe are well paid and paid, and even live on board with their families, which is extremely expensive. But these people do not have a sense of belonging to the company, and once the contract expires, they will leave without making the slightest concession.

Compared to these European officers, Hong Kong seafarers are much less paid and more tiring to work, which can easily breed dissatisfaction and frustration.

Of course, Global Shipping has been working to change this from the very beginning, and most of the seafarers on board are professionally trained, even low-level ones; Coupled with the social environment at this time, there are many unemployed people and more experienced people, so the current quality of seafarers in Global Shipping is relatively high, which is incomparable with the seafarers of other shipowners.

Lin Zhichao has only been in the shipping industry for more than two years, and he can only improve and improve his management methods step by step, and build a high-quality and professional Chinese fleet step by step.

"That's right! Seafarers on board can also have promotion channels, you let each important position on the ship, by recommending the following seafarers, come to the Global Maritime Academy for further study, and after completing the training, then assign important positions. ”

You can't let people's wills go idle, otherwise they will become more and more salty.

Feng Yongfa said with admiration: "The boss is clever in this move, people go to high places, if there is a promotion channel, they will be more diligent." Of course, global shipping also has to make this 'recommendation system' fair and just. ”

"You're right, make good rules and regulations, so that good things don't turn bad."

"Okay"

Lin Zhichao is most afraid of man-made accidents, such as the high-level of a ship, before leaving the port, he can't even understand the weather in the surrounding area, so he drives rashly; Once stranded and flipped on its side, it is a loss-making business.

The insurance company's money is only enough to compensate for the loss of the cargo, and the value of a ship is very high, and the loss will be very heavy.

Therefore, from the time of the first ship of global shipping, Lin Zhichao paid special attention to the supervision and reminder in this regard.

For general risks, such as accidents on board, Global Shipping can send elite maintenance personnel to the ship for maintenance, which is at most delayed for a few days, which is not a major accident.

Therefore, for the training of this important position, Lin Zhichao should personally participate in it, and take actual combat as the course.

After some arrangements, Lin Zhichao did not relax his shipping business. In addition to internal management, as a boss or manager, you should go overseas to investigate and study more to understand the overseas market dynamics.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao is destined to be a trapeze artist in the future.

A British club, Lin Zhichao once again took Xu Caiying and Li Gaofu to Ge Mulian's appointment.

Ge Mulian is very keen on smuggling to make money, and has repeatedly sent messages to Lin Zhichao through Xu Caiying to arrange it as soon as possible. As everyone knows, Li Gaofu also needs to buy a smuggling boat, and it also takes time.

In addition, after the smuggling boat is purchased, it is necessary to install weapons such as artillery fire and recruit manpower, and the firepower is mainly to deal with the 'Great Tenji' at sea (not referring to a certain person, many islands have a signboard of the Great Tenji).

"Mrs. Gregory, this is my friend Mr. Li Gaofu, he is very professional in the transportation industry, cautious, stable, and very trustworthy!"

Ge Mulian said happily: "Mr. Li is good! ”

Although Li Gaofu has never seen a real big man, he is calm in his heart, because Lin Zhichao is there, so he said calmly: "Hello Mrs. Hong Kong Governor! ”

After the two sides introduced, Ge Mulian immediately inquired about the specific situation of 'smuggling'.

Li Gaofu carefully introduced the situation of 'smuggling' and expressed it very clearly.

"The deposit for a shipment of 100 tons of black iron sheet is 100,000 yuan, and the honorarium is 20,000 yuan. However, the 20,000 yuan needs to be dotted up and down, and the crew needs to be rewarded in the form of shares, so that it can be smooth and unimpeded. Therefore, the final profit may only be 12,000 yuan, and the investment of 300,000 Hong Kong dollars will only take two or three months to return to the capital. ”

Hearing this, Ge Mulian was in a hot mood, and after returning to the capital in two or three months, is there still such a profitable business in the world?

"Mr. Li, is your ship ready?"

Li Gaofu nodded and said: "The ship has been bought, a total of 280,000 Hong Kong dollars, this is the ship purchase contract." With that, he handed a contract to Gram Mulian.

Ge Mulian had Lin Zhichao as a guarantee, so she didn't show distrust, and then directly took out a money-making bag.

"This is 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, we each contribute half of the money, each of them accounts for 50% of the shares, what do you think?"

Although it only costs 280,000 Hong Kong dollars to buy a ship, you also need to pay a deposit and recruit a trusted crew. Of course, even if there is extra money, both parties only need to contribute as much money and then rush to the public account.

Li Gaofu said: "Thank you for your trust, don't worry, I promise to do a good job!" Then, you will be billed and settled every two months. ”

Gram nodded before getting up to leave.

"What's the matter, I'll contact you through Mrs. Lin!"

Subsequently, everyone said goodbye, Lin Zhichao, Xu Caiying, and Li Gaofu found a high-end tea restaurant.

Xu Caiying said: "I became a part-time worker! ”

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Let's make a transition first, and when we completely pull her into the water, she, the wife of the Hong Kong governor, must not be our accomplice." When the time comes, let her contact Brother Gao Fu herself. ”

Li Gaofu also said: "Yes. As long as she tastes some sweetness, she will be our inside line in the Hong Kong government in the future. My siblings worked hard for two months, and when the time came, I found a way to contact the assistant of the Governor's wife directly. It's a pity that my mother-in-law can't even learn English, really! ”

In fact, it is not hard, to put it bluntly, Xu Caiying was sometimes invited by Ge Mulian to participate in some upper-class women's socialization. If it is another woman, she is begging for this kind of good opportunity, but how can Lin Zhichao's woman be another woman, arrogant in her heart!

mainly knew that Ge Mulian wanted to use Xu Caiying, so Xu Caiying was a little disgusted.

"Actually, it's okay, Lady Gram is still very good to me!" Xu Caiying said with some embarrassment.

Lin Zhichao nodded, and then he said to Li Gaofu: "You have to make good use of this Ge Mulian and let her earn some sweetness." Recently, smuggling has not been strict, and it is estimated that it will be very strict in the second half of the year. When the time comes, let her win over the wife of the Commissioner of Commerce and Industry, the wife of the Chief Superintendent and the like, and let these ladies join the team. ”

Li Gaofu's eyes lit up, he didn't expect his cousin to see so far, if there were these ladies to provide some information, then naturally there would be no risk. Even if you are caught by the marine police, there is a way to get out without any punishment.

"Makes sense! Zhichao, you can rest assured that these shareholders will be satisfied. ”

Lin Zhichao nodded, and then said with a smile: "Originally, this woman took the initiative to find me, I wanted to refuse, but I just thought about it, this kind of person is a chicken rib for me, but it is a help for you." Therefore, if you have a good relationship with mainland companies, you can not only ship directly to Omen, but also go to Guangdong Province for trading. ”

Airship Thai is just one of them, and there are many people in Hong Kong who rely on this business.

To tell the truth, so many people do this business, and in later generations, only Airship Tai and He Xian were listed as 'friends', and it is said that only six were listed as 'not profiteers'.

Who is right and who is wrong in this, and who can tell clearly?

Maybe others earn a little more, and some people think you can't do it;

There may be a lot of people who sell fakes, and that's really not good!

I heard that Zhang Yuliang's family sells counterfeit medicines, which are half-truths and half-truths, or a small number of adulterations; They will not be stupid enough to sell fake drugs in person, they only need to sell a batch of half-truths and half-truths to other businessmen, and clearly tell them that they are half-truths and half-truths, and they can make this money by fake others.

After all, Zhang Yuliang has a signboard, and if he messes up, he will lose a lot. Assuming that Zhang Yuliang's family was assassinated, then half of the real medicine would not be available.

So there is right and wrong in this, Lin Zhichao doesn't want to participate at all. In any case, Li Gaofu, whom he supported, can be regarded as a contribution.

Li Gaofu nodded and said, "Well, doing this kind of business is more reassuring than driving the ship to the north." ”

In Lin Zhichao's view, it is impossible for Li Gaofu to become Airship Tai, and Airship Tai is really listed as a 'friendly class' by the other side, and it is more that he has been supporting it later, so he slowly gave a lot of honors.

And Li Gaofu is just a smuggler, working for money, and he still doesn't like it

(End of chapter)