In the morning of No. 79 Deep Water Bay, there is a quiet atmosphere with the fragrance of birds and flowers, the eyes are full of green mountains, and the breath is the aura of the mountains.

Lin Zhichao finished playing golf and returned to the villa for breakfast. Two wives, seven children, a mother, a sister, a big family is really lively.

"It's so rich!" After washing his hands, Lin Zhichao sat in his place.

I saw that there were shrimp dumplings, barbecued pork buns, egg tarts, steamed sweet potatoes, steamed pork ribs, sweet potato crispy milk, soybean milk, West Lake Longjing, about a dozen kinds.

"I went to the tea restaurant to pack it and came back, and changed the taste!" Tang Caiyun said beside her.

Lin Zhichao picked up the chopsticks and said, "Not bad! Everyone's eating! ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone picked up their chopsticks and began to eat breakfast.

The family rules of the Lin family are not strict, but since everyone has decided to eat together, it is natural that everyone will not start until Lin Zhichao, the male host, moves chopsticks; If Lin Zhichao works overtime late, and it is time for dinner, everyone does not need to wait hard, and they are hungry.

"Grandma, I want to drink soda!"

Just after a few bites of breakfast, Lin Ruikai, who had just been approved to serve the table recently, made a request.

"You can't drink soda in the morning!" Lin Zhichao said directly.

Lin Ruikai is not yet five years old this year, and he is Tang Caiyun's third son, so he is more squeamish, and immediately refuted Lin Zhichao: "You can't drink it in the morning, you can't drink it at noon, and you still can't drink it at night, why?" ”

After all, he is a child, and he is not afraid of Lin Zhichao at all.

Fortunately, Lin Zhichao is not a feudal parent, and he will reason first: "Because soda is not in three meals, it must be drunk." So, whether you can drink it or not depends on whether your parents agree with you to drink it or not! ”

Tang Caiyun couldn't help but yell at Lin Ruikai, she was stricter than Lin Zhichao.

But now that Lin Zhichao is teaching, she will not stand up and yell at the child.

Lin Ruikai didn't seem to understand, he didn't know how to read his face at all, and he still didn't let go: "But I want to drink soda, and my brothers want to drink it too!" ”

Stinky boy, he also knows how to pull people in.

Lin Zhichao glanced at the three older children, and the three children immediately shook their heads, and then worked hard to eat.

This is not the right situation, how dare you unite!

"Drinking too much soda is not good for the body, because it is too sweet, and you can only drink it occasionally with the permission of adults! Also, you just lied and your brothers didn't want to drink soda; Therefore, I will punish you and ask you to go back to the place where you used to eat. When you can eat well, come back to this table when you can. ”

After speaking, immediately let the maid pull Lin Ruikai away!

There is also a dining room, which is reserved for children who cannot eat on their own, accompanied by a maid.

Lin Ruikai didn't expect that the soda didn't succeed, and he lost the new environment that he had just changed, and he was suddenly asked to leave by the maid in a puff.

A little family farce, it's out!

Lin Zhichao is not a feudal parent, and in the process of dealing with it just now, he was not angry.

Of course, if it is in an ordinary family, it is understandable that parents are angry, because it is enough to worry about life in ordinary times, and it is easy for children to be naughty and arouse anger.

In the Lin family, if the child is stubborn, he can get a better and more patient education.

Lin Zhichao did not forget to appease Tang Caiyun and said: "It's not a big problem, don't be angry!" ”

Tang Caiyun nodded, and her anger disappeared in an instant!

Lin Zhichao said to Lin Ruihuan, Lin Ruijiang, and Lin Ruihai: "This soda is easy to gain weight after drinking too much, and it is an unhealthy drink." Your dad is a very democratic person, and you are allowed to drink occasionally, which is no problem! ”

"Yes, Old Bean!"

The three children hurriedly agreed!

Lao Dou is not angry and arrogant, and his mother looks fierce, but in fact there is no big problem. Everyone can feel that you must not anger your father, because even your mother will be angry.

Keep eating.

During the banquet, Lin Xin'er smiled and said to her eldest nephew: "Ruihuan graduated from primary school this year, and he will be in middle school in the second half of the year, isn't it that he is only 20 years old after finishing college." Where do you put my face on my aunt! ”

Lin Ruihuan is ten years old, he has the strength to only study in kindergarten for one year, because of early wisdom, he went to the first grade of primary school at the age of four, so he was two years ahead of schedule. In fact, elementary school can skip grades, but Lin Zhichao is no longer allowed.

"Auntie, didn't you have no money to study before!" Lin Ruihuan flattered.

He seems to be sensible, and he doesn't mention how old Lin Xin'er graduated from college.

Sure enough, Lin Xin'er was suddenly coaxed into a smile.

The family has a lot of fun eating, although there are also 'bad things', but the whole is very happy.

Morning.

Lin Zhichao came to the Crocodile Shirt Building and walked into the office building of Cheung Kong Industrial.

"Boss, the plans of the three real estate projects are out!" Huang Changhong walked in as soon as possible and handed some plans.

Lin Zhichao nodded, he was naturally very familiar with every real estate project of Cheung Kong Industrial, and he also reviewed the drawings personally. After all, this has just developed, and if you are lazy, it will be too much to say.

Cheung Kong's 'sales plan' this year is three buildings, that is, three sites, located in North Point, Sham Shui Po and Mong Kok. The unit price of the land does not exceed 100 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, and the profit of each real estate is about 3 million, which is still very optimistic.

"What's the market going out there?"

"Very good, the transaction is active, and the residential area in Hong Kong and Kowloon is also rising, almost all of them are more than 25,000 units at present, and it is expected to increase to more than 30,000 in the second half of the year."

The recovery is very fast!

At worst, a unit doesn't cost 20,000 Hong Kong dollars; And before the crash, 40,000 units was a breeze.

So, it did plummet by more than 50%, the situation was slightly better in urban areas, and 70% was possible in remote places.

"Where's Causeway Bay?"

"30,000 residential units is about the same!"

Lin Zhichao nodded, Causeway Bay is more expensive than other places, and it is the same level as Sheung Wan and West Wan.

After exchanging the market, Huang Changhong left the office. Cheung Kong has entered a period of rapid development, and there are too many projects that need to be busy with him, the deputy general manager.

And Lin Zhichao was looking at the drawings and thinking in his mind.

In the sixties, Cheung Kong didn't need much to develop real estate projects because the profit was still too low (100%).

Because Lin Zhichao understands the 'cycle', there is no need to insist on 'goods are like wheels', the development should be stopped at the trough, and the sales can be increased at the peak.

Maximize profits!

Lin Zhichao came to HSBC and went directly to Sundash's office. He is now a director of HSBC, so many staff members also know Lin Zhichao, and he is greeted all the way.

And Sandas has been promoted again, to general manager, managing director, and has almost been appointed as the next 'chairman of HSBC', which is expected to be in the early sixties, with three or four years to go.

"In the second half of this year, Huanyu Shipping is ready to build two more 100,000-ton oil tankers and launch them for operation next year!"

Sandas said: "Have you found the two 100,000-ton charterers?" ”

Although he knew that Lin Zhichao was very good at sales, Sandas still asked as usual.

Universal Shipping currently operates four 56,000-ton oil tankers, but in the last three years it has made a profit of up to 55 million, and after spending $14 million to acquire Hong Kong Shipping, it still has more than $40 million on its books.

The two 100,000-ton oil tankers built last year were also built by Universal Shipping. Two more ships will be built this year, and in fact the funds are almost enough.

Of course, when the contract expires in August this year, the profit of the four ships of 56,000 tons will be reduced by 75% a year, and the profit will only be about 5 million US dollars a year.

"Rented out! Exxon Petroleum and Yamaguchi Steamer each lease one, the price is about 15~16% of the rate of return, and the lease period is three years. ”

In the matter of Universal Shipping, Lin Zhichao often has to communicate with Sundash, which can be regarded as a relationship.

Sandas said happily: "At this time, you can rent out the oil tanker before it is launched, and you really have a good connection." However, if two oil tankers are built this year, will the shipping market be worse next year? ”

Lin Zhichao said: "If the market is poor, it will be rented out cheaply for three years, and there will always be a 15% rate of return. Moreover, the shipping market in three years will definitely be good! ”

His idea is simple: this year, Universal Group will build a total of six 100,000-ton oil tankers, two of which are built by its subsidiary Universal Shipping.

As a result, Universal Shipping has spent $38 million, and the remaining millions have not been able to build new tankers. However, as of the second half of next year, Huanyu Shipping can make a profit of more than 8 million, and it can also be tens of millions on the account, and there will be no problem in building two more 100,000 tons.

Universal Shipping adopted a conservative expansion approach, and in 1961 it was able to have a deadweight of more than 800,000 tons, or 10 oil tankers. Before 1967, there was no problem with growing to 2 million tons.

"A 15% return is already pretty good! Of course, oil tankers are also a risky operation, and it is normal for profits to be high. Sandas said.

The risk he said is that the risk of oil tanker hitting the reef is very expensive.

After talking about the work, Sandas said something 'unrelated': "Do you know how many boats Bao Yugang has now? ”

Because Bao Yugang and Lin Zhichao had an intersection - selling boats, he talked about this matter.

Lin Zhichao shook his head and said, "I don't know." But I think there should be only six or seven second-hand ships! ”

After all, HSBC could not fully support him, and the major Japanese shipping companies would not give him priority for cooperation. Without these two conditions, Bao Yugang's growth is already limited!

Sandas said with a smile: "There are already 8 cargo ships with a total tonnage of 70,000 tons, of course, all second-hand ships. ”

The strength is so poor, it is really unexpected by Lin Zhichao.

As everyone knows, this is very reasonable, in May 1957, Bao Yugang also did everything possible to raise money for the purchase of two ships, expanding the fleet to three; Now, in less than two years, it has expanded to 8 ships, which is naturally reasonable.

Lin Zhichao said deliberately: "Could it be that HSBC is now starting to invest heavily in shipping, or is it fully supporting Bao Yugang?" ”

Sandas said: "HSBC has now given up on black books and has indeed started lending to a number of shipowners, which is certainly not as convenient as you were back then. As for Bao Yugang, after all, he is 'your way', but we are not very optimistic about him, after all, Japanese customers have already built a solid relationship with you. So on the loan, it is the same as other shipowners. ”

He also had the implication that we were already partners, so how could we fully support another shipowner. If Lin Zhichao had not partnered with HSBC, then HSBC would have stepped up its efforts to support Bao Yugang, at least not as it is at present – the loan will be withheld.

Lin Zhi responded generously: "It is very wise for HSBC to give up the black book, after all, the shipping industry is too big, if you give up, you will lose a big cake." ”

After chatting for a while, Lin Zhichao left.

There is still something to gain today, and after Lin Zhichao heard about Bao Yugang's situation, his mood suddenly brightened.

At the same time, Lin Zhichao feels that it is a little too ruthless to steal the opportunity of others?

Whether it is Li Jiacheng or Bao Yugang, no matter how powerful they are now, they will not achieve half of the achievements in their previous lives.

may rely on their strength, after losing the opportunity, they may reach thirty percent of their previous life; For example, Li Jiacheng, with a little effort, should be able to squeeze into the top ten real estate developers in Hong Kong; For example, Bao Yugang, with a little effort, could have a load capacity of three or four million tons in the early 80s.

In this way, Lin Zhichao can no longer calculate others in the future!

Even, if the situation allows, he will be a good person in the future, support the two of them, and make friends with everyone.

After all, Lin Zhichao has now stepped out of Hong Kong and embraced the world, and he should no longer be petty, but should establish a 'glorious image'.

The other side.

Bao Yugang also discovered the 'New World' and immediately discussed it with his father and younger brother. In fact, in his shipping company, his father, younger brother, and even other relatives and friends all have shares.

From the moment he started shipping, he fully mobilized the power of these people. At present, Bao Yuxing is also following his brother to do shipping, and he also plans to run a shipping business alone in the future.

"Recently, Hong Kong's ship recycling industry has suddenly become busy!" Bao Yugang said as soon as he sold Guan Zi.

Bao Zhaolong frowned and said: "Yugang, your shipping business is running well, why do you want to do other industries?" In front of his father, Bao Yugang has always been very obedient, and quickly explained: "It's not that I want to run the shipbreaking industry, but I found that the shipbreaking industry in Hong Kong has begun to get busy. Where did these ships come from, and why did they suddenly appear in large numbers? Plus now the world shipping is in the off-season. So my guess is that the major ports should be full of second-hand ships waiting to be dismantled, and the prices must be very cheap, and there are many merchant ships that can still be operated. ”

Now everyone understands!

Hong Kong shipowners do not dislike aging vessels, and some are still in operation after more than 40 years of construction. But Europe and the United States are different, ships in their twenties are already in tatters for them, and the key is that seafarers will protest against the working conditions on board, and shipowners will be complained by the union.

Bao Yuxing immediately said: "We also go to major ports to select ships, dismantle and sell scrap steel if they can't operate, and continue to expand shipowners if they can't operate." If the price is cheap enough, maybe you can pay for it in a year. ”

For a while, the Bao father and son decided to take action!

In fact.

Whether it is Zhao Congyan or Bao Yugang, if they go to the port of the Gulf of Aden now, they can only pick up the leftovers of global shipping; Due to the fact that the surveyors at Global Shipping are very good, many good ships have been bought.

Of course, it is not excluded that new scrapped ships will join the port later.

But in any case, Lin Zhichao's move is indeed 'stingy' again, not only making money from the 'shipbreaking yard', but also eating up the profits from operating 'to be scrapped' second-hand ships.

Even, there are at least seven or eight ships, for Bao Yugang and Zhao Congyan, they can still operate for a few years, but they were pulled and dismantled by Global Shipping. Because from the beginning, Lin Zhichao felt that if these ships fell into the hands of others, it was better to dismantle them, so as not to become enemies.

Of course, at least this time there is no calculation of people, and it is his business whether he dismantles it or not.

(End of chapter)