"Mr. William, long time no see!"

"Mr. Lin, it's a pleasure to see you again!"

William, a toy dealer he met at the British exhibition, came to the Yangtze River Toy Factory for inspection, and Lin Zhichao personally received his old friend.

After a while of greetings, the two inspected the production workshop.

Changjiang Toys is divided into two layers of factories: the first floor produces all kinds of toys such as clockwork, gears and trolleys; The first floor produces plastic doll toys.

In fact, all toys need plastic, so injection molding machines and other machines are purchased in large quantities, and they are all new machines.

William is a 50-year-old veteran toy manufacturer, and he was shocked that Lin Zhichao, who had a relationship with him at the time, had such a huge career, and OEM toys were only one of the small businesses. At the same time, he was shocked by the workshop of the Yangtze River Toy Factory, the clean and tidy environment, the uniform uniforms, and the brand-new machines, all of which shocked him.

He came to inspect the Hong Kong factory based on the idea of 'reducing costs', and he already had a preconceived impression in his heart that the factories in Hong Kong were 'dirty, messy' and 'old-fashioned equipment'.

Unexpectedly, the Yangtze River Toy Factory is not inferior to the management of European factories, and the equipment is also very good.

After picking up the samples and conducting various experiments, William asked, "Mr. Lin, your equipment looks like it has just been imported, presumably because of the embargo." But your superb technology and quality are not at all like new manufacturers, what is the reason for this? ”

Lin Zhichao said calmly: "Soon after the end of the inspection in London the year before last, we set up a toy department to develop popular toy technology in Europe and the United States. As soon as the embargo ended, we immediately procured all kinds of machines, and our technicians and management were already well prepared. Therefore, I contacted you as soon as possible and asked for cooperation. ”

William gave a thumbs up and said, "You're an amazing businessman. ”

Ke Yanping on the side showed an expression of honor.

At this time, the Yangtze River Toy Factory was still expanding, with more than 300 workers, but it is estimated that it may reach thousands in a year. At that time, the employees of the entire Yangtze River Industry will have to reach three or four thousand, and that will be called spectacular.

At the same time, Lin Zhichao is also considering adding more industrial buildings, anyway, the Yangtze River Industrial Park has land, which can probably build more than 1.5 million square feet of factories, and there is no need to build high-rise factories (more than five floors).

In the end, William had no problem with the strength of the Changjiang Toy Factory, so he said: "Mr. Lin, Manager Ke, I have great trust in the strength of the Changjiang Toy Factory, and I plan to sign an OEM contract with you to produce at least 50,000 pieces of various toys for us every month." I can sign tomorrow and I can take the opportunity to visit Hong Kong and see why so many Britons are here. ”

Although his words were a little unpleasant, Lin Zhichao still said with a smile: "Since Manager William is interested in Hong Kong, then give us a chance to be a landlord to entertain you." In this way, I may not be able to accompany you personally because of too much work, but let General Manager Ke entertain you, and you will definitely return satisfied. ”

Accompanying William to investigate, there is already the friendship of the year, otherwise Lin Zhichao would not have accompanied him personally. For Lin Zhichao, these industries are not core industries, so he fully delegates power to his subordinates.

Well done, then everyone is good, he does not hesitate to reward his subordinates with a high salary; If you do a bad job, you can only change people and generals, or even close the matter directly.

To put it bluntly, everyone is developing in the plan he planned, and the general direction is mastered, and if he can't do it well, his ability is really poor.

William said indifferently: "I know Manager Ke very well, Mr. Lin doesn't have to care." ”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said to Ke Yanping: "Treat Manager William well for me, everyone is an old friend." ”

"Okay, boss."

In terms of entertaining merchants, Changjiang Industry has a perfect system and guidance: generally the hotel eats, and the merchants do not have fun before going to entertainment venues. However, we will not take the initiative to seek special services, only customers will arrange for customers after making requests.

Generally speaking, merchants can still stop in moderation, and only a few customers will not be able to hold back. However, Lin Zhichao's subordinates strictly prohibit special services, especially the use of public funds to satisfy personal desires.

Following.

Lin Zhichao didn't have time to accompany William, so he took time to accompany Bourne Mechanical Gauss and his party and did warm hospitality.

In the factory of Yangtze River zipper, Gauss watched dozens of machines continuously produce high-quality zippers, and there was some pride in his heart.

Envy is that he does machinery, but was made of products 'acquisition'; proud is that all the equipment of the Yangtze River Zipper comes from Bourne Machinery, and it can even be said that Bourne Machinery has supported the Yangtze River Zipper.

Now, Bourne Machinery was acquired 50% of the equity by Changjiang Zipper, and the cooperation between the two will be closer, and Bourne Machinery has set up a R&D center in Hong Kong, which is located in Changjiang Industrial Park.

The R&D center is mainly based on the production of Yangtze River zippers to provide information on mechanical research and deepen communication and exchanges between the two sides; Therefore, the five staff members of the office are all engineers, and they are equipped with English and German language translators.

"Manager Gauss, we plan to eliminate the automatic rice rower for more than three years, and this will be the case in the future; At the same time, it is expected that at least 25 automatic zipper machines will be purchased every year. Lin Zhichao said confidently.

With the popularization of Western-style clothing, the reduction of the cost of aluminum alloy and copper raw materials, and the opening of the market to Hong Kong in the United States, the Yangtze River zipper is now ushering in a great development opportunity, and the annual growth is expected to be more than 50%.

Gauss was surprised and said, "The growth is so powerful? ”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said: "The global demand for zippers is growing very fast, and zippers are popularized in clothes, bags, boots and other aspects. Therefore, while the market increases, our Yangtze River zipper can also usher in explosive growth by virtue of its heritage. ”

At present, the Yangtze River zipper and YKK zipper should be equal opponents, and the two are relatively peaceful, dumping products around the world. This year's Yangtze River zipper, the profit is expected to exceed 11 million Hong Kong dollars, and next year is expected to exceed 16 million Hong Kong dollars.

In the case of such a large growth, we can only increase investment, and the annual purchase of equipment is not less than 5 million Hong Kong dollars, and the research and development expenses are also about 2 million Hong Kong dollars; The R&D team of Yangtze River Zipper has been carried out to more than 30 people, specializing in zipper-related research.

Gauss said happily: "This is very good news, we will also give the Yangtze River zipper the greatest support in the field of zipper machinery, and develop all kinds of zipper machinery." ”

What you want is this result, otherwise Lin Zhichao would not have spent $1.2 million to invest in Bourne Machinery, which basically used most of the savings in front of the Yangtze River zipper.

Bourne Machinery also began to research and develop in the field of 'injection molding machine', Gauss is following Lin Zhichao's advice, after all, plastic products are a new industry, and the opportunity is greater.

The competition for traditional textile machinery is too fierce.

After inspecting the zipper factory, Lin Zhichao brought Gauss, toy designers and marketing planning staff and other people from cooperative toy companies to the Yangtze River Toy Factory.

After the workshop was inspected, they sat in the conference room for a meeting.

Gauss said with a smile: "Mr. Lin, I have to say that your requirements are very high and your preparation is very thorough!" ”

The German designer I knew handed Lin Zhichao several copies of the design drawings of 'Bier Lily', and he also looked at it seriously.

"It's a good thing to be demanding, and if you have a product that's not perfect, I'm sure you'll feel like it's not going to work!"

Gauss nodded and said, "Yes! I also think it's necessary to strive for perfection in the design of Belle Lily. Especially with her outfits, it really kept me focused. ”

To put it bluntly, Bier Lily is a hard rubber play, and her appearance refers to the previous adult dolls in Germany, so the shape is very important. The hairstyle with blonde hair and all kinds of clothing are the real gimmicks.

A Bier doll has many sets of costumes and shapes, so customers will be asked to buy a lot of the same Bier doll, some wear princess dresses, some wear lace underwear, some wear jeans with white shirts and bags, some wear evening dresses and so on. At the beginning, Bier Lily had four looks, and she also needed to be matched with various meat jokes for marketing.

And so on - in the future, Barbie dolls will even need to cooperate with clothing companies to design styles.

At present, it is still very difficult to master the production technology of hard rubber dolls, so Changjiang Toy Factory is leading with this technology, and there is no need to worry about competitors in Hong Kong or even overseas. What's more, Changjiang Toy Factory is also pursuing a 'brand', and its 'Barbie', 'Bi'er Lili', and 'Bond' all belong to toy brands.

After communicating with everyone for a long time, Lin Zhichao finally finalized the final complete plan of Bier Lily, and then registered the patent first, then organized production, and planned the marketing plan.

Because the cooperative toy company is far away in Germany, Lin Zhichao can only give carte blanche to Gauss to manage the company, and he only sent two English-speaking staff to Germany, otherwise it is really far away from the emperor of the mountain, and he does not know if he is sold.

Gauss is an outsider after all, and there is no choice to cooperate with him, but fortunately, Bier Lily is just a small brand.

And the patent of 'Barbie' belongs to Lin Zhichao and Audrey Hepburn, and when Hepburn finishes filming this movie, Lin Zhichao will have to sow seeds to her, so even if Hepburn changes his mind in the future, it will at least belong to his children.

On a weekend evening, Lin Zhichao and his family went to the Hong Kong Hotel on Pedder Street for dinner. At present, the business here is not as good as before, after all, there have been more high-end restaurants in recent years.

And every time Lin Zhichao comes to the Hong Kong Hotel, he thinks about its land.

You must know that the land of the Hong Kong Hotel is a first-class prosperous land, and it was later built by the Hui Ai Zhou family as the 'Central Building', becoming one of the representative buildings of the Chinese entering the core area of Central.

The site is surrounded by Lane Crawford's headquarters, Glouce Castle Building, Royal House, including the Bank of East Asia, and 10 Ice House Street, which is owned by Lam. Later, Lane Crawford's headquarters was exchanged for the 'Jardine Building' across Pedder Street, so the area was built into the famous Landmark Plaza (shopping mall + first-class building).

Lin Zhi's supernatural eye is hot on the land's property, but if a beautiful building can be installed around the heart of the land, it is obviously very good.

At the same time, after the lease was collected in November, the cash flow on the books has reached $4.7 million, which is the amount after deducting operating costs. At this rate, it will end the year with $6.8 million in disposable cash flow.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao is thinking that he should take the current ownership of the Hong Kong Hotel (Pedder Street) to avoid rising several times in the future.

The land area of Hong Kong Hotel is about 2.5~26,000 square feet, if it is based on the current market price, I am afraid that it will be 800~10 million Hong Kong dollars, that is, 300~400 per square foot.

The key problem is that the Kadoorie family may not be willing to sell, firstly, because the hotel will continue to make money, and secondly, many people are now predicting that land prices in Hong Kong will rise, after all, the war is over.

In any case, Lin Zhichao felt that he could accept trying to contact the Kadoorie family, even if the price was a little higher; Use money to smash it, and strive to smash it down in the next year or two.

After all, according to Lin Zhichao's speculation, the average annual increase in land prices in recent years will reach 50%; The price of residential property will not rise too much, and it will still only fluctuate in the range of 20~50 Hong Kong dollars per square foot.

There are many reasons for the fact that expensive buildings are still the norm, first of all, the 'development to high-rises' in the year after tomorrow, and the development of concentrated development in the urban areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon.

In this way, if the land of the Hong Kong Hotel had been purchased in the mid-to-late fifties, the price might have been 30 million Hong Kong dollars. No wonder it is called 'the king of the ship ashore (Xu Aizhou)', plus the construction cost of 40 million a building, and Xu Aizhou is after 1957, he has invested in several buildings in a row, and the capital ashore is afraid of 70 or 80 million Hong Kong dollars.

Lin Zhichao didn't know about other properties, and he didn't envy them, but he really wanted to win the land of 'Zhongjian Building', which was the heart of Central. It is better than Lin Zhichao's plot at 77 Des Voeux Road, and the area is larger, which is a rare treasure.

"What are you thinking?" Tang Caiyun beside her reminded Lin Zhichao.

Lin Zhichao came back to his senses and looked at his whole family, two wives, a mother, a younger sister, three sons, plus the five-month-old child in Tang Caiyun's belly, there were already nine people.

It can be called the 'Lin Zhichao family'!

Because of this, Lin Zhichao now also asks Tang Caiyun to intervene in the real estate development of Cheung Kong Industrial, and communicate with his subordinates about how its industries will develop in the future.

It's called being prepared!

Rent-collecting properties is one of the magic weapons that can ensure the longevity of the family.

"I'm wondering if it's time for me to replace the owner of this hotel." Lin Zhichao said with a smile.

Everyone looked at them with concern, and Tang Caiyun immediately said: "Will the Kadoorie family sell the hotel to you, isn't this cultivating a competitor?" ”

She thought that Lin Zhichao was going to open a hotel, after all, the Miramar Hotel had recently opened, although there were only fifty rooms in total.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "It's not about opening a hotel, but about buying it, building a high-rise building and renting out an office building in the future." ”

"Oh"

Subsequently, Lin Zhichao said to Xu Caiying: "Go to the global company to make a name, do some light work, and attend some meetings." From next year, there will be more overseas business, and you need to be a symbol of the Lin family in the company. ”

Now that they have raised their sons, Xu Caiying can't be lazy anymore, and soon Xu Caiying also interned in Oxfam for a long time.

As soon as Xu Caiying heard Lin Zhichao's tone, she knew that it was not okay to be lazy, now that the family business was huge, this man was also anxious; And she, as Lin Zhichao's woman, should stand up, although she doesn't like tedious work.

"Well, I'll listen to your arrangement!"

Seeing that Xu Caiying gradually knew how to share worries for the family, Lin Zhichao also said with satisfaction: "Don't worry, the work is easy, I can take care of my family, and I still have time to socialize." ”

Xu Caiying said: "I don't want to be with those foreign ladies either, it's just too boring, it's really uncomfortable for the nobles and nobles every day." ”

Lin Zhichao smiled, there are no nobles in Hong Kong, it's just those foreign ladies who are self-righteous. Fortunately, Xu Caiying is a friend of Ge Mulian, and she is not directly despised, not to mention that Lin Zhichao is also a top rich man.

At the beginning of the new week, in the management conference room of Global Shipping, Lin Zhichao announced the formation of a remuneration committee and appointed Xu Caiying as the chairman.

Xu Caiying suddenly felt a lot of pressure, because it turned out that the compensation committee had a lot of power - to evaluate the performance of managers, formulate and supervise managers' compensation plans, and make suggestions on the company's employee compensation plans.

In the future, there will also be income plans such as employee pensions (there are no official pensions in Hong Kong, but some companies will develop internal pension opportunities to encourage employees to contribute to old age).

And the management immediately attached importance to Xu Caiying, the boss's wife, and it was obvious that their future income and evaluation would be supervised by Xu Caiying.

Lin Zhichao saw everyone's expressions and understood everyone's thoughts, and said: "For the members of this remuneration committee, I will elect 4~6 management as a part-time job. Actually, because we are not a public company, this compensation committee is generally good for all employees, and the compensation committee is my direct management. ”

The management of Global Shipping was a little settled in their hearts, and they thought that the boss thought that the salary for everyone was too high, so they set up such a department.

Their salaries are indeed high, and the salaries of the core executives of Global Shipping are already one suite a year, that is, 2~30,000 Hong Kong dollars.

The management of Swire & Co. is on par with the British mainland, with an annual salary of 600 pounds ~ 3000 pounds, which is already the highest annual salary of a Hong Kong foreign company.

As a large shipping company, the annual salary of management and technical elites is also in the range of 400~2000 pounds (6400~32000 Hong Kong dollars); As a result, the global shipping network has a large number of operational and technical talents.

On the other hand, Swire & Co., Schyork originally advocated that both Chinese and British should be treated equally. But when his idea was implemented by white-collar workers, it was quite smooth; When it came time to roll out to the blue-collar class, Schyoke found that Swire could not afford the huge expenses and had to give up.

Global shipping does not have this problem, Lin Zhichao is good at the 'shipping cycle', like two companies with the same tonnage of ships, global shipping does not know how much money to make more, so salary expenditure, has not yet been found to have a great impact.

By the mid-eighties, Universal Shipping must have laid off most of its staff.

Feng Yongfa was the first to say: "It is indeed very good to have such a department, which is not only conducive to the enthusiasm of the company's management and employees, but also to systematically and long-term salary formulation." What's more, Global Shipping is committed to the development of modern large-scale shipping enterprises, of course, it must closely follow the excellent management system of the West. ”

Immediately, everyone expressed their support.

In fact, Lin Zhichao put Xu Caiying in this position to establish her power and influence.

Subsequently, Lin Zhichao arranged for Global Shipping to recruit an exclusive female assistant for Xu Caiying, and her company status was formalized.

After the meeting, Xu Caiying changed her previous liveliness and nervously followed Lin Zhichao to the office.

After no one was there, Xu Caiying said: "Husband, will I delay things, this remuneration committee has great responsibilities and rights, and I am not a businessman." ”

Lin Zhichao smiled and took her hand, still feeling nervous, and said: "You just regard yourself as my 'puppet', and the work of this remuneration committee is specifically involved in me." So, you don't have to be nervous at all. ”

Xu Caiying's face really changed, and she said happily: "Really? ”

Lin Zhichao said helplessly: "Really! However, you still have to study the management affairs of the company seriously, and people always have to find something to do. ”

Xu Caiying nodded and said, "Well, I understand this, I will definitely study hard." "With her own man watching, she has no pressure.

(End of chapter)