Hong Kong Will.

Soon after the meeting between Lin Zhichao and Hong Kong Governor Ge Lianghong, he was invited by the Director of Industry and Commerce, Shi Yizhi. He probably understood that it was Ge Lianghong's instruction to let Shi Yizhi listen to Lin Zhichao's views, which was conducive to the development of Hong Kong's industry and commerce.

As the director of the Industrial and Commercial Administration, Shi Yizhi can be said to be the 'immediate superior' of a Hong Kong businessman, but for a large consortium, it is difficult for him to handle it as a director of the Industrial and Commercial Commission; after all, the head of a large consortium can directly communicate with the Hong Kong Governor.

Of course, everyone will still give the Director of Industry and Commerce a lot of face, after all, he is also eating under his hands.

On the other hand, Shi Yizhi also marveled that Lin Zhichao was good at communicating, and even Hong Kong Governor Ge Lianghong relied on him very much, so that he, the director of the Department of Industry and Commerce, talked to Lin Zhichao more, ostensibly to listen to the public opinion of entrepreneurs.

In fact, I am afraid that Lin Zhichao has won the trust of the Hong Kong governor, after all, letting a director of the industrial and commercial department about a businessman is more or less downgrading.

However, Shi Yizhi didn't dare to disobey, he almost didn't gain Ge Lianghong's trust last year, and the process of being promoted from a second-level official student to a first-level official student was a bit tortuous.

Thinking of this, he sighed in his heart.

It has been 16 years since he entered Queen's College, Cambridge University, and was selected by the British Colonial Office for a year of further study, and arrived in Hong Kong as a second-class officer student to begin his career as a colonial official, so far it has been 16 years. The second-level officer student who has been in the second class for many years finally came out last year and became a first-class officer student.

However, many of the young administrative officers who joined the British Colonial Office as second-class officers and students in the same year were already first-class officers, and even some with special identities had become directorate-level students.

Therefore, his career is not excellent!

All this is not that he is not good enough, nor that he is not qualified enough, but because his wife is an Australian Aborigine.

Otherwise, even if the post-war meritorious deeds are not as rewarding as those who participated in the war, there is still a lot of hard work in the economy and government affairs of the British overseas colonies, and as a real Hong Kong expert, the post-war British Colonial Office once listed him as one of the nine core members of the Hong Kong Planning Group in 1944, responsible for formulating the British policy on Hong Kong's post-war governance, and preparing for Japan's defeat and surrender and Hong Kong's return to British governance. But in the end, because of his wife's status as an Australian aborigine, he was excluded and continued to stay in London, and he was unable to return to Hong Kong at the same time as the rest of the group to share the post-war credit and position.

If it weren't for the political differences between the new Governor Alexander Grantham and the previous Governor Yang Muqi, Shi Zhiyi, after carefully analyzing the situation in London and Hong Kong, publicly expressed his support for Grantham who had not yet officially taken office at that time.

Even so, he now has to put down his identity and go to communicate with a Chinese businessman, or even ask for advice.

"Hello, Director Shi!"

"Mr. Lin"

As soon as the two met, Shi Yizhi's tone was inevitably a little stiff.

Lin Zhichao pretended not to know the reason and took the initiative to communicate.

"Since Director Shi took office, he has spent a lot of energy on trade, industry and customs affairs, and I would like to express my gratitude on behalf of the business community." He said politely.

Shi Yizhi's mentality quickly returned to normal, and said: "Since I took office, it has been the most difficult time for Hong Kong industry and commerce, and it is natural to spend a lot of energy. It is a pity that some things are not the affairs of Hong Kong alone, and the international situation is the factor that really affects Hong Kong's industry and commerce. Mr. Lin, don't you say? ”

He was the director of the Hong Kong Department of Industry and Commerce, and his original duty was to consider Hong Kong industry and commerce, but he had to obey orders from above to crack down on smuggling. Of course, fortunately, the bosses, including the Hong Kong Governor, generally support the 'inconsistencies between the outside and the inside', or not rush to exterminate everything, otherwise Hong Kong's business will be completely paralyzed.

Lin Zhichao nodded, and then said: "But now that the war is nearing its end, and neither side has a way to achieve 'victory', I think there is great hope for peace talks." Therefore, Hong Kong's industrial and commercial circles are very concerned about the tight supply of raw materials, the impact of the war on Hong Kong's entrepot trade, and the trade deficit between Hong Kong and Japan. ”

When it comes to formal work, Shi Yizhi is very serious and replied: "After the end of the war, these are all problems that our Industry and Commerce Department urgently solves, please rest assured Mr. Lin." Then he said: "Mr. Lin is an industrialist, I don't know if there is any good advice for us, I am willing to listen to it?" ”

Lin Zhichao said: "I really can't think of a good way, but I will invest heavily in industry after the war, and I am optimistic about Hong Kong's industrial development, textiles, garments, plastics, toys. These industries will become a good direction for 'contract processing'. Hong Kong's economic take-off depends only on the processing industry, and it also depends on the processing industry to earn foreign exchange for Hong Kong. ”

Shi Yizhi said: "Your analysis is very reasonable, if Hong Kong's capital is as confident as Mr. Lin, I believe that the rapid development of Hong Kong's industry after the war is not a problem." ”

The two then discussed some details, and Lin Zhichao even said: "For example, in the hippie movement in Europe and the United States, young men wore women's long hair to swagger through the market, and they wore wigs on their heads. Wigs are not real wigs, but made of real hair, the current global wigs are mainly produced in France, this line of entry is not high, if Hong Kong obtains the secret of modern production, then it will become a global wig base. ”

Shi Yizhi suddenly said excitedly: "Mr. Lin is worthy of being an industrialist, and his idea is very high. After calming down a bit, he added: "The premise now is that the war is over before Hong Kong products can enter the American market." However, the war will always end, so Mr. Lin should invest in the wig industry. ”

In Shi Yizhi's view, as long as Lin Zhichao invests in this industry, some people will follow suit, and the whole of Hong Kong has never owned this industry.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Of course." I will not only invest in this industry, but also bring people who are willing to do this industry to do it in the future. ”

Shi Yizhi immediately admired and said: "Mr. Lin's selfless dedication is admirable!" He didn't think Lin Zhichao would tell a lie, because there was no need to say it in front of him.

Lin Zhichao said calmly: "After all, this industry belongs to light industry, and the technical content is not high. ”

For example, if he can produce, there will be a second one within three months, and within a year, there will be many wigs in Hong Kong, forming an industrial chain.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao decided that whether it was a wig or a plastic flower, as long as he learned it, he would not hide his secrets. Someone who is willing to visit the factory can agree.

Then, Lin Zhichao established an association and served as the president of the chamber of commerce to give industry guidance.

Making money is not an end, the purpose is to increase the prestige of society.

After all, plastic flowers and wigs can provide him with millions of profits a year, which is simply sprinkled with water.

Shi Yizhi then chatted with Lin Zhichao enthusiastically, he felt that this trip was not wronged at all, but a very useful party.

At the end of the day, Lin Zhichao said: "Director Shi, I have recently been preparing a charity organization - Mrs. Glamulian of Oxfam am am the chairman of the council, I heard that Mrs. Shek is from the Anglican Church and is a hydrologist, I wonder if she has joined Oxfam to become a council member and participate in this charity. ”

Shi Yizhi was overjoyed in his heart, but his expression was calm and said, "This is a good thing, but I have to ask my wife's opinion." ”

"Of course"

The director of the Department of Industry and Commerce is also a personal connection for Lin Zhichao.

In his previous life, some people criticized Lee Ka-shing, and many of the Hong Kong legislators were his 'doormen' at one time, and it was not until Fei Peng, the governor of Hong Kong, took office that those 'Lee legislators' were removed.

Being friends with government officials in Hong Kong is not necessarily 'bribery', but at least it is beneficial.

And Lin Zhichao, as a ship king and industrialist, naturally needs to have connections in this area, not only in Hong Kong, but also in the world in the future.

Shi Yizhi, who returned home, informed Mrs. Bess of Lin Zhichao's proposal.

"Really, dear? This is a very good thing, if I can really join this Oxfam and become one of the founders, then I can become colleagues with Lady Gramulian, and I can also use this Oxfam to wash away the 'shame' that it has brought you, and those London aristocrats will no longer call it 'Aboriginal Australia'." Mrs. Bess has become incoherent.

She knows that because she was born in Australia, she has had a negative impact on her husband's career. The aristocrats in London are even looked down upon by Americans, let alone an Australian aborigine.

"Madam, don't care what those people think, no matter what happens, I will support you!" Shi Yizhi said affectionately.

Once upon a time, he was also the pride of the sky. When he left Oxford University after receiving his degree, three political organizations invited him to join him as an assistant secretary. He entered Queen's College, Cambridge University, but within a year, he was asked by a colonial office official to go overseas to administer the colony for the queen.

When he met his wife in the Episcopal Church in London, socialized, and proposed to his wife in the presence of the parishioners, the other party cried tears with joy and smiled. He affirmed to his wife that no matter what happens, he will change her life in the future.

Now, how could he blame his wife's 'Australian' identity!

Compared with Governor Ge Lianghong, it is his own bad luck that he cannot be the governor, otherwise his wife will not be able to integrate into the circle of officials and wives of the Hong Kong Association.

"Honey, I know! But now that the opportunity has come, I naturally want to fight for you and for me. This Oxfam Club was Lin Zhichao's idea, and it seems that it is to please Mrs. Mullian or the Governor of Hong Kong, but Mulling does not want to do it herself. If I can do more work at Oxfam, then I can become good friends with her, and we will have more status in Hong Kong in the future. ”

Shi Yizhi nodded and said, "This Oxfam meeting is being organized by Lin Zhichao, if he recommends you to become the vice chairman, then Mrs. Ge Mulian will not object." As long as you love this job, I am willing to pull down your identity and go to Lin Zhichao to say. ”

Mrs. Bess said: "Of course, our husband and wife invited Lin Zhichao and his wife to have dinner together, and they took the opportunity of taking my love for public welfare to take the initiative to promote themselves." ”

Shi Yizhi thought about it, and it was indeed so.

"Good"

With the preparation of Oxfam, more and more Hong Kong celebrities have joined, and even the Bishop of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, Mr Ho Wah-ming, joined it and became one of the preparatory committees. At the same time, it is also supported by the 'Oxford Committee for Famine Relief' in London, although the two operate independently and are not connected in the slightest.

Hui Choi Ying is one of the two vice-chairmen (the other is Mrs. Bass), and Lam Chee Chao is naturally committed to helping his wife to start a charity cause, and donated HK$1 million as the start-up capital of Oxfam.

What is the concept of 1 million Hong Kong dollars, last year there was a fire in Dongtou Village, Kowloon City, and only more than 200,000 Hong Kong dollars were donated by the society. With a donation of HK$1 million, you can run for the chairmanship of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and Po Leung Kuk.

Although Lin Zhichao does not hold a specific position in Oxfam, he intends to take care of it to the end, and when the time is ripe, he will hand over a well-established 'Oxfam' to the community. Including the members of the council, they are no longer celebrities and aristocrats, but have truly become a social welfare organization.

He waved his sleeve and didn't take any clouds with him.

After all, the Lin family has the 'Lin Zhichao Foundation' to do.

In one of the Anglican houses, the main representatives of Oxfam Hong Kong attended a formal meeting, which was attended by the founders of Lin Zhichao, Hui Choiying, Ge Mulin, Bes, Ho Wah Ming and Jian Yueqiang.

Jian Yueqiang is the son of Jian Dongpu, a barrister in Hong Kong, and he is also very close to Lin Zhichao, so he was naturally brought by Lin Zhichao to represent him as a lawyer.

As an Anglican bishop, Ho Wah Ming has very good connections, especially Oxfam intends to do its best to save 'operating costs', so it is not necessary to work in it to make money.

Of course, some jobs are paid, and many more are 'volunteers'.

As the chairman of Oxfam, Ge Mulian can be said to be in the limelight, especially Lin Zhichao's donation of 1 million Hong Kong dollars, she is even more confident.

"I have read Oxfam's programme carefully in the past few days and I am very moved," she said. We believe that everyone has the right to be respected and cared for, and to enjoy the fundamental rights of food, shelter, employment opportunities, education and health care, and to build a fair world in sustainable development. ”

This is Oxfam's motto, which Lim was involved in customizing, and is based on the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief in London.

Subsequently, everyone expressed their recognition of this career, and so did Lin Zhichao as a consultant.

Lim, as the initiator and patron, said: "Oxfam's organisation is structured as a 'Board of Directors' – the President – the Administration and Finance Department, the Policy and Public Education Department, and the Fundraising Department. Our first president was Mr. Du Ming Song, a member of the Anglican Church who has a kind heart, loves charity and is willing to help others. We welcome with a round of applause! ”

Because of the support of Bishop Ho Wah-ming of the Hong Kong Anglican Church, many of the preliminary work can be improved as soon as possible. At the same time, Lin Zhichao still raised the status of the board of directors, after all, he was worried that he would do bad things with good intentions, so he still had to interfere at the beginning.

In particular, he will oversee the influence of the Anglican Church in Oxfam, and will purge it later. After all, in the early stage, he was the father of the gold owner and had supreme rights.

Du Mingsong said happily: "I am very happy to join such a selfless charity as Oxfam, and I will also live up to Oxfam's program and purpose, and I will be strict with myself and thank you." ”

The crowd gave applause and encouragement.

Next, we discussed how Oxfam can open up the situation, although we have money now, we must also open up the reputation of Oxfam. After all, if you are not famous, how will you raise donations in the future? How do you gain the trust of fundraisers?

At this time, the pre-arranged drama is staged.

I saw Mrs. Bess take out a stack of English reports, handed them to everyone, and said: "This is an investigation report on the hydrology and water problems in Hong Kong, I found that roundworms have seriously affected children in Hong Kong, and the insecticide drugs on the market are expensive, and ordinary families are reluctant to buy them."

However, after discussions between Lin Zhichao and Mrs. Bes, the two decided that Oxfam's first charity was to "donate free drugs for the treatment of parasitic diseases".

Mrs. Bess is a top student majoring in hydrological sciences at the University of Melbourne in Australia, and now she is in the limelight of Hong Kong's upper-class foreign women, the Aborigines of Australia, and she urgently needs to do something to increase her fame and befriend Murray.

After all, if she does a good job, it is equivalent to giving Ge Mulian a long face, and her benefits are indispensable.

In Hong Kong in this era, the water quality of Hong Kong's public water system is worrying due to financial and other problems, so many people have parasites in their stomachs. In recent years, the anthelmintic drug has been hyped very high by agents such as Zhangjia, and ordinary people are reluctant to buy it.

"Well, I didn't expect Mrs. Bess to be so professional, this is a good entry point for us to make Oxfam famous." Gram Lien quickly applauded.

Simply giving away rice and oil does not have this kind of news effect.

Mrs. Bess was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "Actually, this question was also thrown by Mr. Lin, and I was just doing my due diligence and planning. ”

Ge Mulian's favor for Mrs. Beth has increased a little more, and she doesn't take credit, it's good to be such a subordinate!

Next, we discussed that when the anthelmintic medicine was ready, we would invite celebrities to hold an inaugural meeting of Oxfam, publicly announce it, and take the opportunity to organize the first charity event.

On the car back, Lin Zhichao was concerned about Xu Caiying and said, "How is it, are you tired?" ”

Xu Caiying shook her head, leaned on Lin Zhichao's shoulder, and said, "I'm not tired, but I feel a heavy responsibility, and I'm afraid that I won't do well and cause trouble for you." ”

Lin Zhichao smiled: "When will you learn from your sister?" ”

The implication is that you're still that heartless elf!

Xu Caiying immediately sat up straight and said, "It's different! Charity is a good thing, but if you are afraid that a good thing will become a bad thing, then the problem is more than the thing itself. ”

Lin Zhichao understood what she meant, assuming that Oxfam would not do well, Lin Zhichao would definitely be dissatisfied by Ge Mulian and others, and would also be ridiculed by other business friends, and would also attract gossip from the society.

Charity is a double-edged sword!

In his previous life, Bill Gates donated so much money, but he couldn't stop netizens; Li Jiacheng, as the person who donated the most among the Chinese, still left a lot of infamy.

Human beings are more complex, and the thinking of the poor is even more incomprehensible.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao is no longer named in Oxfam, but only as an exercise of the 'Lin Zhichao Foundation'.

"It's not a big problem, we're well prepared, and when the time comes, we'll just leave."

"Hmm"

In fact, Lin Zhichao's motive for establishing 'Oxfam' is also impure, that is, to praise Ge Mulian and have a closer relationship with Ge Lianghong. As for Mrs. Bes, on the contrary, she is somewhat promoted, and of course Shi Yizhi is also very useful to Lin Zhichao.

Although the motive is not pure, his own charity is very pure, so Lin Zhichao has a clear conscience.

Lin Zhichao and Du Songming, President of Oxfam, came to Zhu Xing Hong to prepare for the wholesale of 'Shan Du Lian Western Medicine'.

It is the raw material of anthelmintic medicine, and the pharmaceutical factory and the medicine store buy it back to make it into 'Fu Ji San', which is very popular in the market.

Zhang Yujie, the eldest of Zhang Zhushan's family, saw that Western medicine was very popular, but there was a great shortage of Western medicine in Hong Kong and the mainland, so he actively contacted foreign businessmen, and finally obtained the agency rights of Sandulian of the British Gallerion Pharmaceutical Company in the Far East.

In order to make more money, the Zhang family changed the packaging to 1 ounce per small bottle, and the bottle was labeled with the 'money brand' trademark, and the price of each bottle was 100 Hong Kong dollars, which was 3.5 times more profitable than the original packaging.

Not only that, the Zhang family was not satisfied with such high profits, they themselves obtained the agency rights through the 'European Coast Company', and as a result, they set up Zhu Xingxing Bank to raise prices by 10% wholesale, and make another profit.

Zhu Xing Hong also wholesaled to 'Cheung Kum Kee Pharmacy' and other pharmaceutical factories and medicine stores, among which Cheung Kum Kee Pharmacy was the property of Cheung Chuk Shan's family, and made another profit.

Therefore, the insecticides on the market are ridiculously expensive!

Originally, Du Songming wanted to wholesale from a pharmaceutical factory, but because the price was too expensive, he reported the situation to Lin Zhichao.

After Lin Zhichao heard about it, he thought of a way to seek a pharmacy OEM, and they would provide raw materials for Sandulian, which could greatly reduce costs. The cooperative medicine store is also very willing to do charity, and only receives a small profit as a reward, which can be regarded as supporting this good deed.

Although Lin Zhichao is not short of money, but now that 'Oxfam' is running, of course he will not use his own money to post it again, not to mention that he also has to make a demonstration to reduce operating costs as much as possible.

"You're Lin Sheng, you're so young!" Zhang Yuliang greeted with a personable face.

"You are?" Lin Zhichao didn't know how old he was.

"I am Zhang Yuliang, the fourth elder of the Zhang family, my eldest brother went abroad, and the third brother is managing the European coast, so Zhu Xingxing is temporarily under my care." Zhang Yuliang said.

Lin Zhichao said: "The brothers of the Zhang family, as expected, are all the characters who are in charge of one party, but it's a pity that your second brother is mourning!" ”

Zhang Yuliang said generously: "Thank you Mr. Lin for your stability, my second brother is indeed, don't say it, please inside!" ”

Lin Zhichao naturally didn't believe Zhang Yuliang's performance, but in order to divide the family property, he could invite all the barristers in Hong Kong, and he would not give the second room millions of tens of millions of property, he was already worth tens of billions in his previous life.

But anyway, now it's about business.

After the two sides sat down, Lin Zhichao made his intentions clear, and said that he was doing charity, hoping that Zhang Yuliang would be cheaper.

He did this, in fact, to show Du Songming and asked him to control the cost.

Zhang Yuliang readily agreed to Lin Zhichao and said: "It is said that Lin Sheng likes to do charity, and he is already a Justice of the Peace at a young age, so I admire him." It just so happens that we have a batch of goods in our warehouse, and I am willing to sell it to you in its original packaging, which only costs 3,000 Hong Kong dollars a pack and weighs 35 ounces. ”

Lin Zhichao thought to himself that Zhang Yuliang would not dare to sell fake drugs to himself, after all, he would not be so stupid.

The Zhang family sells counterfeit drugs in a batch of half-truths, and then calls other pharmacists, tells you that they are half-truths, and then quotes; And other medicine stores bought this batch of goods and traded them to the other side.

In this way, the direct wicked people are done by other medicine stores, and they don't care about those when they make money anyway; Although the Zhang family sells fakes, it does not affect their reputation of Cheung Kum Kee Pharmacy and Zhu Xingxing.

After all, if you sell fakes directly, it's too low!

Lin Zhichao still bargained, after all, he had a large amount and almost had to buy 400,000 Hong Kong dollars of raw materials. One ounce of Sandulian can make dozens of anthelmintic drugs (about 60 copies), after all, the medicinal properties are large.

"Zhang Sheng, we are a newly established charitable organization, if I personally buy it commercially, forget it, after all, this price is about the same as the market price. However, you see that 2,500 Hong Kong dollars per bag is not feasible, you can make less money in this business, and you can come back if you have a large amount. ”

Zhang Yuliang hesitated a few times, and then agreed!

This made Lin Zhichao a little suspicious, he couldn't eat the leopard's guts, and he dared to pit himself?

Anyway, Lin Zhichao still took out 400,000 Hong Kong dollars and was ready to buy it.

When Lin Zhichao and the others left, Zhang Yuliang showed a complicated smile, and it seemed that he had eaten Lin Zhichao!

I don't know where he came from, even Lin Zhichao dares to provoke!

(End of chapter)