September.

Kowloon, Kimberley Road.

Lin Zhichao accompanied the Governor of Hong Kong, Ge Lianghong and others, to participate in the 'new house occupancy' ceremony of the Champagne Building.

When everyone came downstairs, there were already many people watching the excitement, not only to see Ge Lianghong, Lin Zhichao and others, but also to see the Champagne Building.

"Your Excellency the Governor, Champagne House is 12 storeys high, making it the tallest completed building in Kowloon and the first completed residential building in Hong Kong. ”

Ge Lianghong nodded his head repeatedly, he knew that Hong Kong's real estate had undergone amazing changes, and this young rich man had made a very significant contribution.

"Housing in Hong Kong has been moving towards higher heights, which can really alleviate the scarcity of housing in Hong Kong. I just don't know if all aspects of this problem have been solved! Ge Lianghong said in an official tone.

Lin Zhichao motioned for Ge Lianghong to walk towards the interior of the Champagne Mansion and said, "Why don't we visit the tenants here and hear their experiences?" ”

Ge Lianghong nodded and said, "Yes, listen to their feelings, and everything will be known." ”

Then, a group of people walked towards the building, and there was a security guard at the door, that is, the watchman. Looking at this formation, I was already frightened and overwhelmed.

Or Lin Zhichao introduced: "In a building like this, there are people who watch the watch, and they take turns to watch the watch 24 hours a day. ”

Ge Lianghong asked: "What about the cost, is it everyone's expense?" ”

Lin Zhichao explained the 'public housing deed' and the property management fee, and Ge Lianghong suddenly realized.

In fact, it is one thing for the Hong Kong government to allow the construction of high-rises, but many problems need to be solved by the private sector. As far as the Hong Kong government is concerned, the 'tiered sales' that I now admit are only made up by the legal profession, and the Hong Kong government is tacit. As for all kinds of possible problems, the Hong Kong government has an even more 'what's my business' attitude.

Because of this, the people brainstorm and contribute the best way, after all, if you want to sell the house, you have to find a way to solve all kinds of problems.

Everyone took the elevator and went directly to the twelfth floor and knocked on a house.

The door was opened by a woman in her thirties, who was looking at everyone with a wary face.

After some introduction, the woman hurriedly invited everyone in, but she did not expect that it alarmed His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong.

"Ma'am, how does it feel to live here?" Ge Lianghong asked in English.

Lin Zhichao became a translator.

"It feels very good! We used to live in a rented house with a family of seven living in a 300 sq ft rental house, and now we have three bedrooms. ”

"What about cooking?"

When everyone came to the kitchen, the hostess said, "We use a gas stove, which is very convenient, but it is a little expensive; It is a little inconvenient to use water, and the water flow on the upper floors is very small during peak hours, but we have buckets of water. ”

These are all small problems, and everyone can intuitively feel the advantages of high-rise buildings.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Although the gas stove is expensive, it is also much cleaner. It is inconvenient to use water, so the upper floors are cheaper. ”

The woman echoed and said, "Mr. Lin is right! My husband is a government official and has limited financial resources, so he purchased this unit in installments. ”

Subsequently, Ge Lianghong said: "So it seems! Government officials, teachers and other groups have also reached the age of affordable housing, which is a good thing! ”

Everyone nodded in agreement!

The salaries of Hong Kong government officials are not low, at least about 600 Hong Kong dollars at present, plus the borrowing point, it is not a problem to buy a unit.

To Lin Zhichao's surprise, the owners of the Champagne Mansion actually had these people, after all, many of them were businessmen who came to grab them, and there were several sets at once, and they were sold out in the morning alone.

After visiting the three companies, Ge Lianghong and other government officials were also very satisfied, and the harvest was not shallow.

After all, practice is the last word.

During the period, an official asked: "Mr. Lin, the market is crazy now, and many real estate developers only need to pay 10% of the land fee to complete the project through the sale of real estate." What do you think is the danger in this? ”

Lin Zhichao was stunned, but he didn't expect the Hong Kong government to be paying attention to this issue.

"This is not very clear, our Changjiang Real Estate land is wholly owned, so no matter what, this project can be successfully completed, and there will be no problems in terms of funds."

This has revealed some information, that is, if the sales price goes on like this, there may be problems with the funds of the real estate company.

For example, although a real estate company has earned 10 million or 20 million yuan this year, they have no reserve land, and now the average price of residential land in Hong Kong and Kowloon urban areas is 150 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, and that money is only enough to buy the land of a few small real estate. If the real estate company invests more and more, and the house suddenly can't be sold, then everything starts to fall apart.

The official didn't dwell on it any longer, and he also understood the meaning of Lin Zhichao's words.

Subsequently, the official event ended, but Lin Zhichao did not leave Campari Road.

Although the Hong Kong government is concerned about the issue of unsold properties, it does not mean that legal restrictions will be introduced immediately, which may be more than half a year or a year; Of course, it has no impact on Lin Zhichao, he is very well-funded.

Lin Zhichao came to the Miramar Hotel, after he took over this hotel, although there are still only dozens of rooms, it has made a name for itself here and has become a good hotel in Kowloon.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao plans to start rebuilding next year, using the 'Miramar Hotel' as a signboard, to build a five-star hotel, and strive to open in the early 60s.

Miramar Hotel, this sign may seem tacky, but in this era it is indeed a feature of high-end Chinese hotels; For example, the 'Furama Hotel' opened in the 70s in the previous life, others named it so cheesy in Central, for the sake of Chinese characteristics.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao's idea is to invest in a five-star hotel to test the water first.

After accumulating some experience, he went to Singapore to build a huge 'Shangri-La Hotel', and in the early 70s, he returned to Central on Hong Kong Island to build a first-class Shangri-La Hotel.

In the future, the Lin family's hotel industry will develop 'Shangri-La Hotel' and 'Miramar Hotel', the former with five stars and the latter with four or five stars.

At the official land auction, Lin Zhichao once again 'failed', which made many people very proud. They are afraid that they are thinking in their hearts, 'I defeated Lin Zhichao again today', 'What if Lin Zhichao is rich, I heard that the front is too long and there is a shortage of money', there should be several people with such thoughts.

As everyone knows, Lin Zhichao just came to watch the battle, and he was not tempted at all. Even if it was a commercial land in Tsim Sha Tsui, he had no intention of auctioning it.

Airship Tai came to Lin Zhichao and greeted: "Lin Sheng, I heard that you have recently made great achievements in shipping and have made a lot of gains!" ”

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Could it be that you, a son of the sea, want to return to your old business and also want to develop shipping!" ”

During the period when the two were doing real estate, they had a relationship, they happened to be friends, and they usually moved around, so it was normal to make a joke.

Airship Tai immediately shook his head, and said resolutely: "We are engaged in offshore water, how can you do an ocean-going business, to put it bluntly, I am a boat owner." Moreover, I think it is safer to be on the shore, make more money in real estate, and everyone is rushing to invest! ”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "It's just that the land is a little too expensive!" ”

Airship Tai said indifferently: "Although the land is expensive, the property has also grown, so there is still a very good profit." Lin Sheng must have cheaply purchased land in his hands, so he feels that the land in the auction house is a bit expensive now. In fact, the more expensive the land is, the more interested everyone is, which means that the real estate situation is better. ”

When it comes to real estate, Airship Tai seems to be very talkative and colorful.

Lin Zhichao nodded, and didn't say much, Airship Tai was the first real estate developer to enter the 'sales project', and was half a year ahead of Guan Qiming, Li Kangjie, Chen Detai, Liao Baoshan and others. In addition, Airship Thai is not considered to be 'advancing by leaps and bounds', so next year's wave of crisis will not have a great impact on Airship Tai.

"By the way, the commercial land you bought today is very good!"

Airship Tai today auctioned a commercial land on Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui for HK$6.2 million, with a total unit price of HK$250 per square foot, which impressed Lin Zhichao.

You must know that after the end of the Battle of the Peninsula, his net worth was only four or five million, and it seems that he has accumulated a net worth of one or two million in real estate in the past two years; Such expensive commercial land can be won.

Airship Tai smiled bitterly: "How could I have thought that the land in the Tsim Sha Tsui business district would rise so fast, I remember that at the end of 1954, it was only 130~140 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, which was a 50% increase in a year." I didn't plan to sell this site, I planned to keep it for rent in the future, which squeezed out a lot of my money. ”

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Sell two or three pre-sale real estate projects, and you'll come back." ”

If nothing else, the land that Airship Tai photographed today is the Vincent Building in the previous life; Airship Thailand took a second room two years ago, although there was no big banquet, but it is also a thing known in the circle, the woman also has a son in her second marriage, but she is already pregnant again.

"It's difficult, there have been fewer official land auctions recently, and the land in the market has risen, so everyone will grab the same. Chen Detai ran to North Point to grab the land, and Li Kangjie and others were very dissatisfied; Liao Baoshan is in Xihuan, he has the backing of the bank, and no one dares to try the edge. Those of us can only grab land at a high price in other places, and the profit is there, but the land is really difficult to manage. ”

The two chatted about real estate in the parking lot, and they chatted very well.

Lin Zhichao also came to a conclusion that because of the early intervention of Changjiang Real Estate, the price of Hong Kong real estate has increased a lot in advance, which is bound to make some people fall even worse.

Moreover, market saturation may be brought forward in the first half of next year, when there will be a shortage of buyers.

Of course, if there is only a shortage of buyers, some real estate developers can still delay, if the Hong Kong government formulates the 'conditional sales of real estate' regulations, it will be worse, and it will soon cause real estate collapse.

Changjiang Real Estate's four real estate projects next year are all scheduled to be sold in the first quarter, which is also to avoid the situation of 'not sold out' to the greatest extent.

Although Changjiang Real Estate's funds are enough to cover the 'property', it is obvious that since it is being developed, it naturally hopes to sell out as soon as possible.

Back at Cheung Kong Industrial, Lin Zhichao immediately convened a meeting of the senior management.

"I plan to push out the remaining four buildings of 'Wenhua New Village' in late September, and you can prepare them immediately." Lin Zhichao suddenly changed his hexagram.

The reason is that he remembered that there was a 'double ten chaos' in October, and he didn't know if it would have an impact on sales at that time, so he simply moved forward.

Hu Zhaoxu immediately said: "Okay! Now the market is still very hot, and there is no problem with the average price of the remaining four buildings reaching 40,000 Hong Kong dollars. ”

In other words, the people who bought the pre-sale property of 'Wenhua New Village' in May have earned nearly 20%.

Originally, the price of the location of Wenhua New Village was not worth this price, and Changjiang Real Estate was more expensive than the same location; However, the price of 'private estates' is naturally a little more expensive, of course, only a little, and the purpose of Cheung Kong Real Estate is to sell out quickly, so it is naturally tempting.

As a result, the value of the entire 'Mandarin New Village' is already 70 million Hong Kong dollars. The land cost is less than 4 million Hong Kong dollars, and the construction cost is less than 15 million Hong Kong dollars, making a net profit of 50 million Hong Kong dollars.

Earned! If it is replaced by the current one, the land price alone is close to 25 million, plus the construction cost and other expenses, it is the cost of 40 million, and there is also a profit of 30 million.

Importantly, there is no land of more than 100,000 square feet in the market for development by real estate companies. Therefore, there is no chance for everyone to develop another private estate.

After all, now that the development of real estate is concentrated in the urban area of Hong Kong and Kowloon, how can it be so easy to have a large amount of land!

Just when everyone was immersed in the joy of selling real estate properties, in mid-September, there was a rumor in the market that the airship was smuggled during the Thai war, and the Hong Kong government wanted to deport him.

Along with this rumor are 'don't buy the airship Tai's building, he will run away with your money', 'The airship Tai uses the sand panning boat to do smuggling business'.

For a while, there was a lot of commotion.

After Lin Zhichao learned the news, he couldn't help but lose his mind, this airship is not the first person in real estate, and there are still people who mess with him; According to reason, if you want to engage in Lin Zhichao, a 'mighty water guy'.

Of course, with Lin Zhichao's relationship with the Hong Kong government and HSBC, it is also difficult to spread rumors.

Generally speaking, what Hong Kong people fear most is not jail time, but 'deportation', which is something more terrible than jail time. The Hong Kong government's trump card move against some people is this trick.

Since the promulgation of the "Expulsion Ordinance," the Hong Kong government has deported more than 100 people in just three or four years.

Among them, the more sensational are: Lou Songping, vice chairman of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Textile Industry Trade Union, Lu Dong, principal of Xiangdao Middle School, Liu Fa, chairman of the Tram Trade Union, and staff Li Wenhai and Zhi Zhanyun, vice chairman of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Trade Union and chairman of the Chinese Workers Union of the Navy Dockyard Industry, Mak Yiuquan, filmmakers Ma Wensen, Liu Qiong, Di Fan, Qi Kaishao, Shu Shu, Yang Hua, Ma Guoliang, Shen Dun, director of the Kowloon Branch of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Textile and Dyeing Industry Federation of Trade Unions, Xian Peiling, and secretary Yao Jian. Most of them were arrested in the early hours of the morning and immediately deported.

If a businessman like Airship Tai were to be deported, it would be different, for he was one thing in Hong Kong and another in other places.

Of course, this rumor is very false, and it is impossible for the Hong Kong government to do this, Lin Zhichao is very sure.

The deportee is generally not a businessman.

Huo Mu found Airship Tai, and said with a somewhat hurried face: "Son, now the whole city is the news of 'deporting you out of the country', is this thing true?" ”

Hearing the rumors that he would be deported, Airship Tai was shocked.

In the first few days, Airship Tai believes that "rumors stop at the wise", so he takes a blind attitude towards rumors.

Who knows, the rumors not only did not disappear, but spread more and more widely, and many people believed it to be true, and for a time it caused a storm in the city.

Rumors plague Airship Tai as well as his family. His mother initially thought it was just a rumor and didn't take it too seriously, but when the rumor spread throughout the city, she became restless and even believed it to be true.

Airship Tai said, "It can't be true! ”

Although the rumors also made others panic, he still comforted his old mother Liu San.

Liu San is also a businessman, not an ordinary old lady, so he said: "Since it is a rumor, then you should deal with it quickly, don't wait for the rumor to spread more and more." ”

Airship Tai was still afraid of his mother, so he said, "Okay, I'll deal with it immediately!" Don't worry! ”

Liu San said angrily: "I'm not worried about how to do it!" You've been a troublemaker all your life, so it's no wonder I'm not worried! ”

It turned out that Airship Tai had found a lot of jobs back then, and every job couldn't be done for a long time, so he caused trouble, which made Liu San very worried:

His first job was as a marine engineer, and he shoveled coal for two months and still had no strength, so he was fired;

The second job was in the Taikoo Dockyard during the Japanese occupation, working as a riveter, but he was not clever and did not cooperate well with the master, so he was so angry that the master yelled and drove him to do other jobs. As a result, the foreman was so angry that he slapped him, and he couldn't stand him anymore and was fired directly.

In the fourth job, he drove a cargo truck without authorization, and there was an accident, and he was immediately fired as a maintenance worker;

The fifth job, doing chemical experiments without authorization, exploded, and was almost executed by the Japanese army, fortunately, the Japanese chemist was a good gentleman, and he lied that the instrument was faulty, so he sent the gendarmerie, but the airship Tai also lost his job, because he was frizzy and did not do things like him.

In the sixth job, I worked too hard for coolies, but I was scolded every day, and I became more and more hurried.

Fortunately, Liu San recalled his son in time and worked for himself.

Therefore, it is not bad at all to say that Airship Tai is a reckless hero.

After talking to his mother, Airship Tai also knew that the matter had to be resolved. However, he remembered that Lin Zhichao had always had a good relationship with the Hong Kong government, so he planned to get some better information from Lin Zhichao.

On the wide sea, Lin Zhichao and Airship Tai gathered on the yacht.

Recently, Lin Zhichao has been fascinated by the sea, and he will take some of his family to the yacht to play on weekends; Entertain friends occasionally, but also to the yacht.

Although the yachts of this era only have one floor and do not have wide decks, you can still feel the beauty of the sea comfortably.

"Lao Huo, this sea is so beautiful, why didn't you think of doing shipping, but changing to real estate?"

Airship Tai looked at the sea, and then said: "Lin Sheng, the sea is beautiful to you, but it is a nightmare to me. Our family is from a boat household, my father, uncle, and brother all died in the sea, although I also relied on the sea to eat and make a fortune from the sea a few years ago, but you should understand the risk, being chased by the marine police, and being held by Da Tianer So, I made money, and the first thing that came to mind was to go ashore. Unlike you, who have conquered the seas and fallen into the water in every corner of the world, your fleet can save you as soon as possible! ”

In the end, he was joking, meaning that Lin Zhichao's ships are all over the world.

Lin Zhichao smiled: "I see, it seems that you don't plan to eat sea rice in your life!" ”

At this time, the airship Tai had not yet dug the sand, so Lin Zhichao said.

Airship Tai nodded and said, "Almost, business on the shore is easy to do." But the recent rumors about me, does Lin Sheng know? ”

Lin Zhichao said: "I know, the city is full of wind and rain, and I don't know which one is messing with you!" ”

Airship Tai said: "I'm thinking, the opponent doesn't have this strength, it shouldn't be who wants to mess with me!" ”

Lin Zhichao quipped: "What if it's me? ”

Airship Tai said without hesitation: "You may be strong enough, but you won't do it, because you are the boss of the real estate industry." Moreover, I understand that you are a person, and it is impossible for you to use this trick. ”

That's wrong, Lin Zhichao will really use this trick, but the object of use is Zhang Yujie. Of course, the reason is that Zhang Yujie sells 'fake medicine' to himself, so he uses this trick. In fact, as long as Zhang Yuliang did not sell Lin Zhichao's fake medicine, he would not have used this trick at the beginning.

Lin Zhichao smiled and said, "Okay! You took the initiative to ask me out, you must have wanted to ask me what I thought? ”

Airship Tai nodded and said, "You have a good relationship with the Hong Kong government, although I know this is a rumor, but I also hope to get some news from you!" ”

Lin Zhichao immediately said: "Although I have a good relationship with the Hong Kong government, I am sure that the Hong Kong government will not tell me this kind of thing." But what is certain is that this is a rumor, the Hong Kong government cannot do such a thing, you are a businessman, and you are not a team. Moreover, although the British government in Hong Kong is a colonial government, it also pays attention to the law and generally does not interfere in such matters, and also pursues a free port mentality of non-interference. ”

Airship Tai suddenly felt very reasonable, in fact, he also planned to have a good relationship with the Hong Kong government, such as taking on some municipal projects, not asking for much money, mainly to have a good relationship, after all, he wants to live in Hong Kong.

"Xie Linsheng solves the puzzle!"

"Where, in fact, you understand these truths!"

It's one thing to understand, but once the rumors spread, it's obvious that they will make people feel weak and scared.

Finally, Lin Zhichao suddenly asked: "Do you have any contact with some opposite trade unions or organizations?" ”

Airship Tai thought for a moment and said: "There is little contact, but in the past two years, they have taken the initiative to come to the door, and I will also get in touch with it a little, and I should make a friend or something." ”

Lin Zhichao nodded, and then said seriously: "I'll tell you a piece of news today, if you want to pass it on, just spread it." ”

Airship Tai nodded and said, "Well, you say! ”

Lin Zhichao said: "I got a message! 14K wants to do things during the 'National D' Double 10, it may target some factories and unions with opposite backgrounds, especially in Tsuen Wan, where the JC is weak, you can let them be vigilant, and the union will have a holiday or something during that time, especially women or something, of course, don't say that I said it, I won't admit it. ”

Airship Tai was shocked, and hurriedly assured with righteousness, saying, "No problem! ”

Lin Zhichao nodded, he didn't want to mess with those things, so he said it casually.

For Airship Tai, he wouldn't think that Lin Zhichao had any difficulty knowing this information, after all, he had a lot of energy.

As everyone knows, Lin Zhichao also relies on memory.

As for eleven years later, Lin Zhichao is powerless, after all, it is fanaticism, and when the time comes, he will arrange for his family to go overseas for temporary refuge. (End of chapter)