Lin Zhichao took Tang Caiyun's mother and daughter home from the hospital, and the whole family gathered around, looking curiously at Lin Huizhu, who had only been three days old.

Even several servants stepped forward to check and praise: "The eyes are big and bright, like Lin Sheng!" ”

Another servant chimed in: "There are many places like Lin Sheng, but there are also many places like Mrs. Caiyun!" ”

While everyone was talking, Wu Wenying also took out the prepared laisee, handed it to Lin Zhichao, and then sent it to everyone one by one; There were six live-in maids, two female bodyguards, and four male bodyguards on the doorman.

It's not much, after all, the Lin family has a large population, mainly because Lin Zhichao doesn't like to have too many servants and is too messy. If there are not too many children, four servants are enough.

The maid quickly stopped and returned to his job.

Lin Zhichao looked at it, good guy, the population of the Lin family is already so large. He already has four sons, two daughters, two wives, a mother, and a younger sister in the United States, and will have to return to Hong Kong to work next year.

There are many people, that is, it makes Lin Zhichao feel very warm and more satisfied; The only downside is that sometimes it feels a little noisy, but as a host, he has the privilege of not disturbing him if he needs to calm down.

"Hey, husband, did you buy a TV?" Tang Caiyun curiously pointed to the TV cabinet in the living room and said.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "At the end of this month, Li's call will be broadcast." I bought three TVs in advance and installed them in the living room on each floor. ”

finally has a TV station to watch, although Lin Zhichao may not have time to watch it, but the people at home are very needed. There is too little entertainment in this era, Tang Caiyun and Xu Caiying are not like other people's wives, they still like to play cards or something, they are the same as Lin Zhichao, they have no interest in playing cards. Their biggest hobby is to go out shopping because they can be considered 'career women' and have no time to waste at the table.

As for Wu Wenying, she occasionally goes to play mahjong with other wives, all of which are shuttled by car. At the same time, it is also more wins and fewer losses, and I don't know if I rely on real skills to win.

"Is there a Chinese station?"

"Yes, one Chinese and one English. However, the content of the British-run TV station may not be very good-looking, and it is okay to relieve fatigue occasionally. ”

Before there is no TV, Lin Zhichao often takes everyone to watch movies, which can be regarded as a pastime. As for installing a projector at home, Lin Zhichao felt that it was not necessary, and the previous house was not big enough.

At this time, Xu Caiying hugged Lin Huizhu and said excitedly: "Husband, let's take a family photo and celebrate the addition of another little princess!" ”

Lin Zhichao also likes to take pictures, and immediately said: "Okay, I'll move the equipment." ”

After a while, the female bodyguard Qin Li was called to take pictures of the Lin family.

In the middle two seats, Tang Caiyun is holding her youngest daughter Lin Huizhu, and Xu Caiying is holding her eldest daughter Lin Wanzhu;

In front of him stood the eldest son Lin Ruihuan and the second son Lin Ruijiang;

In the back, Lin Zhichao stood and picked up his third son Lin Ruihai, and Wu Wenying stood and picked up the fourth Lin Ruikai.

"Smile, young masters!" Qin Li commanded.

Lin Ruihuan and Lin Ruijiang squeezed out a smile, and Qin Li decisively pressed the shutter.

After some operation, the Lin family left another record.

"Qin Li, go to Changjiang Industry Group later to wash the photos back, remember not to leak them."

"No problem, boss!"

Lin Zhichao opened a photo studio in the Yangtze River Industry Group, which is dedicated to internal services, but in fact, it is also convenient for him to wash his own photos.

For dinner that day, Lin Zhichao took out a bottle of Moutai and drank it.

The packaging of Moutai in this era is a cylindrical three-section clay clay bottle, which is sealed with a wooden cork wrapped in oil paper, covered with pork urine skin, tied tightly with green linen silk, and then sealed with capping paper.

Will this packaging leak? Obviously there are some risks!

Therefore, Lin Zhichao used a variety of methods to store Moutai in 1953~1956; Some are poured into special vats, and some are put into special vats with packaging bottles, and all of them are put into special wine cellars.

Of course, these are not for collection and appreciation, but purely in the future, they can drink the foreign trade Moutai of the early to mid-fifties.

After all, if it comes to collecting and appreciating, Lin Zhichao doesn't even have time to collect calligraphy, paintings, and antiques, let alone a bottle of wine. He originally wanted to collect calligraphy and painting antiques, but later found that it was too draining, probably because he was worried about the playthings.

Therefore, antique collection cannot be done specifically, and there will be opportunities and opportunities to buy. In the seventies and eighties, when the auction house entered Hong Kong, Lin Zhichao might as well buy directly from the auction house to add some heritage to the family.

Xu Caiying poured a glass of wine for Lin Zhichao, and then sniffed it herself, and then couldn't help but take a sip.

"Ahem, it smells of wine!"

Lin Zhichao took the wine glass and said with a smile: "Baijiu is not so delicious!" ”

Xu Caiying relieved herself and said, "Then you still drink liquor?" ”

Lin Zhichao said: "It's just a drink! Just to add to the fun! ”

The family knows that Lin Zhichao has the habit of collecting wine, has a lot of imported wine, and now collects liquor from the mainland. But when it comes to drinking, Lin Zhichao stops in moderation and doesn't drink much.

Changhe Plastic Factory.

Li Shulin hurriedly came to the factory and said to Li Jiacheng: "Brother Cheng, there are several factories on the market that can produce two-color plastic flowers, and suddenly they appeared!" ”

Li Jiacheng was suddenly shocked, thinking that with the second mastery of this technology, Changhe Plastic Factory could stand out from other factories. Unexpectedly, this technology appeared so quickly in the third and fourth

"Could it be that the Yangtze River Plastic Factory has mastered the technology by us, so it simply passed the technology to some plastic flower factories that cooperate with them?"

He wouldn't have thought that Lin Zhichao was specifically targeting him, because it was illogical; The two have no grievances and no hatred, and the last time they met, they were favored by Lin Zhichao, how could he be targeted?

So he thought that maybe the Yangtze River Plastic Factory saw that the technology had been deciphered and simply taught it, so that it could also win the respect of the industry.

Li Shulin said: "It's possible! The Yangtze River Plastic Factory likes to do 'good things', the last time it sold plastic particles at a low price to the Hong Kong plastic flower factory, and now there is a technology to teach, I don't understand why Lin Zhichao likes fame so much! "At the end of the day, there were some complaints.

Li Jiacheng immediately said: "You can't talk about others like this, we also took advantage of the last time we bought cheap plastic particles." Lin Zhichao has done so much in his career, and he must like to do something to gain fame. ”

Subsequently, Li Jiacheng said: "No matter! It's better to master than not to master, and our orders have risen by 40% in the last month, and these are good things. ”

He also quickly adjusted his mood, after all, compared with the miserable operation a few years ago, now Changhe Plastic Factory has completely gotten rid of the danger, and the annual profit can already exceed 300,000 Hong Kong dollars, and it can even exceed 500,000 Hong Kong dollars this year.

Speaking of which, he felt that he should also thank Lin Zhichao, who was invented by someone else, and he fearlessly did not take the patent to embarrass everyone.

Li Shulin was also very happy, he and his father also accounted for 15% of the shares, and they were the second shareholders under his cousin.

"By the way, Brother Cheng, when will you marry Miss Zhuang?"

Li Jiacheng's face was slightly red, and he could see that his cousin was joking, but he quickly returned to normal and said: "Not in the past few years, my uncle's career is getting bigger and bigger, and he still can't look down on my net worth and industry." If our factory can make a profit of one million a year, I believe my uncle will see my efforts and success! ”

He wants to make a profit of one million Hong Kong dollars a year, and he wants to build a factory of his own, but these are so difficult.

There is a world hegemon in the plastic flower industry in Hong Kong, and the counterparts in Hong Kong are also very powerful, especially those factories that cooperate with the Yangtze River Plastic Factory, they are very powerful.

"Brother Cheng, don't worry, you are very good at business, and you will definitely be able to achieve a profit of one million a year by leading the company to make a profit of one million years in two or three years!"

In Li Shulin's view, his cousin's production management, technology development, sales, etc., are all very powerful. Such a businessman will definitely be very successful.

"Okay, let's get to work, I recently reached a loan with the bank to expand the scale of plastic flower production! If we don't take the opportunity to expand production, plastic flowers may not be popular in five years, and it will be even more difficult at that time. ”

He plans to give it a go, expand production, and strive to expand the output value by 2~3 times after a year.

The reason why he dared to bet on this one was because he felt that plastic flowers had only been popular in Europe and the United States for less than three years, and there must be market potential.

Don't miss the opportunity, and never miss it.

"Good"

In early May, Lin Zhichao came to Japan's shipyard for inspection.

The shipyard gave a high-standard reception, and Chairman Kazuo Kondo personally received Lin Zhichao. Ordinary people build ships, and they are 'demanding' shipyards, because they have no money, and they hope that the shipyard can be installed. Even if it is a wealthy shipowner, it is enough to send a representative.

However, like Lin Zhichao, he built 8 large oil tankers in Germany in one go, and now the industry still has a great influence. It can be said that with that large order, Germany not only solved many jobs, but also laid a solid foundation for building larger ships in the future.

However, the cost of shipbuilding in Germany is still much higher than that in Japan, so now Lin Zhichao plans to build ships in Japan. Of course, it is not ruled out that a small number of ships will be built in Britain, France and Germany, after all, Lin Zhichao still has to do business in Europe.

As for the American shipbuilding industry, almost all of them have already been relocated, and there is no need to think about it.

"Mr. Lin, please come here!" Kazuo Kondo took Lin Zhichao to the shipyard and toured it.

Lin Zhichao nodded, and then investigated it carefully.

During this time, he asked, "Chairman Kondo, I heard that you can already build a 70,000-ton oil tanker, is the technology already guaranteed?" ”

Kazuo Kondo said, "Technology can definitely be guaranteed! By using the segmented casting method, we can not only build larger tankers, but also be more precise – hull balance, load capacity, sailing stability."

Lin Zhichao knew that the segmented casting method would be one of the magic weapons for the rise of the Japanese shipbuilding industry, and later generations of Huaxia learned to build large ships from the Japanese segmented casting method.

"Isn't it also possible to save time and reduce costs in shipbuilding?"

Kazuo Kondo knows that one of the biggest reasons why Lin Zhichao chose Japanese shipbuilding must be cheap - cheap.

"Of course! To build a 70,000-ton tanker, we can give you $7.5 million for one. ”

Lin Zhichao was happy in his heart, it is indeed cheaper than Europe, and a 56,000-ton ship in Europe costs 7.4 million US dollars.

"What about a 50,000-ton freighter?"

"It's about $5 million!"

Cheap indeed!

The price of building a 12,000-ton cargo ship in the UK is $2 million.

Moreover, Lin Zhichao guessed that shipbuilding in 1959~1961 may be cheaper.

After some inspection, Lin Zhichao knew what to expect, so he said: "President Kondo, I plan to order two 70,000-ton oil tankers and two 50,000-ton cargo ships. Before I do that, though, I'm going to reach out to a few of our Japanese clients and hope they can stay for a long time. In this way, I want to pay only 25% of the shipbuilding funds, and the rest of the funds will be repaid to you with their rent! ”

It's good that he has money, but this time the shipbuilding itself is maintaining a relationship with the Japanese shipbuilding industry, and it is an unplanned shipbuilding.

So, he had to find customers in Japan who were willing to rent for a long time, and then use the rent to repay the loan.

After thinking about it, Kazuo Kondo said: "I think this plan is good, with Mr. Hayashi's credibility, we are willing to accept this plan, and we are also willing to convince the Japanese shipping company for you." ”

He also understood that if it was a Japanese shipping company to build a ship, then the interest rate would be more expensive than that of a foreign customer; Add to that the cost of letting Hong Kong shipowners operate, because Hong Kong seafarers' salaries are only one-third of those in Japan, or even lower.

In this way, if a Japanese shipping company has the idea of shipbuilding, then Lin Zhichao's proposal is simply 'killing three birds with one stone'.

Lin Zhichao came to the Yamaguchi Steamboat Company and met the president, Yama Tatsuro.

As soon as they met, Yamashita complained and said: "Mr. Lin, you are really shrewd, that batch of freighters signed a contract with us for three years, but the Suez Canal only affected it for less than a year. Loss, loss! ”

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "President Yamashita, the outside shipping fee is not low now, plus there is a big discount in the first year, you can't lose much." What's more, if the Suez Canal is closed for three years, you will also earn it. ”

Yamashoro didn't dwell on it, after all, under the circumstances at that time, signing a long-term contract was also his idea, and Lin Zhichao couldn't be blamed.

"Are you here this time?"

Lin Zhichao said lightly: "I came here this time to ask you, do you want to rent a cheap new ship?" ”

Hearing that it was cheap, Yamashataro immediately became interested, if this side is cheap enough, it can just make up for the loss.

"What kind of ship?"

Lin Zhichao said: "I plan to build two 70,000-ton oil tankers and two 50,000-ton cargo ships in your shipyard, and I hope that Japanese shipping companies can lease them." Here's my scheme. If you had the opportunity to build a ship, this partnership would be perfect for you. I can lease a 70,000-ton oil tanker to you for seven years, and the annual rent is only $2 million."

In this scenario, it will take about 7 years for a new ship to pay for itself.

For example, the annual rent of 2 million US dollars makes a profit of about 1.1 million US dollars a year, which is the profit after deducting all expenses such as shipbuilding interest, personnel expenses, fuel costs, and maintenance costs. In 7 years, it is 7.7 million US dollars, which is just enough to deduct the cost of shipbuilding, and it is still slightly profitable.

But for Japanese shipping companies, it is impossible to earn back a new ship in 7 years, first of all, the interest rate on shipbuilding is much higher, secondly, the salary of seafarers, and finally there are taxes, etc.

Conservatively calculated, Japanese shipping companies with the current market, will have to pay back about 9~10 years; What's more, there are all kinds of troubles - unions, taxes, etc., which are far less 'clean and refreshing' than chartering a boat.

When Yamashataro heard this condition, he was immediately a little moved.

Because Yamaguchi steamers were supposed to expand the size of the fleet, shipbuilding was also planned.

"My colleagues and I will think about it and give you an answer as soon as possible!"

"No problem!"

Lin Zhichao is very confident that he is 'exploiting loopholes', and it is definitely an innovative measure in the history of shipping.

Because generally speaking, it is the banks that intervene in the loans; But now Lin Zhichao has made a joint alliance between the shipyard, the charterer, and the owner, which can be described as a surprising victory.

And yes, all three parties took advantage!

Of course, there are several key reasons for success:

First, there are the 'loopholes' of Japan's shipbuilding industry and shipping companies, such as low interest rates on foreign shipbuilding, high wages for domestic seafarers, and the possibility of salary increases at any time.

Second, Lin Zhichao and Global Shipping have a large enough reputation in the Japanese business community.

A week later.

Global Shipping, Yamaguchi Steamship, and Mitsubishi Shipyard signed a tripartite agreement.

Global Shipping built four ships, three of which were leased to Yamaguchi steamers and one to another Japanese company.

In these two transactions, the return rate of global shipping is only about 15%, which is definitely a reasonable level. In this era, businesses with profit margins of more than 20% abound.

"Happy to work with"

"Happy to work with"

"Happy to work with"

After signing the contract, everyone shook hands very happily.

(End of chapter)