Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it comes to the golden autumn.

Recently, Lin Zhichao has been busy with global shipping, launching oil tankers, meeting with dignitaries, signing contracts with tenants, and performing tasks.

The launch of a large number of large oil tankers in Global Shipping has also made Lin Zhichao's influence in the shipping industry greater. After all, the 100,000-ton oil tankers that have been launched have reached 16.

The 100,000-ton oil tanker was launched from the first one in 1959, and now only two years later, there are no 16 100,000-ton oil tankers in any country in the world.

It's very proud!

In the office of Global Shipping, Lin Zhichao is sitting in his office of more than 700 square feet.

Because this office may be used for decades, Lin Zhichao is not pretentious, and designed the office to be larger, with a lounge and toilets, as well as an office area, a reception area, and a meeting area. Although it is still a little small, it can already be regarded as a sparrow, although it is small, and it has all five organs.

He was thinking about the problem at this time - there were too many ships in the world, and there were already more than a hundred ships, which was not convenient to manage at all. Therefore, he plans to sell a large number of second-hand ships next year, more than ninety second-hand ships, at least half of which will be sold.

Although many second-hand freighters will be eliminated, Global Shipping has also built many new freighters, which will have little impact; Moreover, second-hand freighters are expected to increase insurance premiums in the next two years, and it is not cost-effective to operate too much.

By the end of this year, the debt of the global shipping was almost non-existent, and the ships under construction were ready to be funded; If you connect the new ships under construction, then Global Shipping is a fleet of 3.6 million tons of new ships (3.3 million tons of oil tankers) and 1 million tons of old ships (150,000 tons of oil tankers), and the total value of this fleet is 350 million ~ 400 million US dollars.

This is 1961!

In his previous life, Bao Yugang only reached 3.5 million tons at the end of 1968, with a total value of 300 million US dollars.

Moreover, Bao Yugang must have had a lot of loans at that time, and now Lin Zhichao almost does not have too many loans.

At the same time, the profitability of world shipping in 1962 was expected to reach more than $45 million.

Of course, starting next year, Global Shipping will use loans to build ships, and the new ships built every year will not be less than 1 million tons.

"Boss"

Feng Yongfa came to Lin Zhichao's office.

Lin Zhichao raised his head and said: "That's the case, many of our second-hand ships will expire in July and August next year, and you should be ready to replace them with new ones; Of the 66 second-hand freighters under the Universal Group, only 50 are left as far as possible; All the second-hand ships of Huaxing Shipping will be sold to others or sent for dismantling in the first half of next year. The same is true of the eight second-hand tankers, which are replaced with new small tankers as soon as the contract expires. ”

Although Feng Yongfa's flesh hurts, after all, many ships are money-making tools in the eyes of other shipowners. However, Global Shipping has recently built several new freighters every year, as well as a small number of small tankers.

The new freighters, including those under construction, are almost 300,000 tons, with a total of 18 ships. 2~30,000 tons of oil tankers, also ordered 4 ships.

"Well, I'll do a good job of replacing the old and new ships. However, some of the ships eliminated by the global group can continue to operate for a few years for Huaxing Shipping. Feng Yongfa is used to being careful and advised.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "What I want is the effect of replacing the old ship with a new one, and if you do this, in fact, the left hand is down to the right hand." The old one does not go, the new one does not come, Huaxing Shipping may have to develop the container business in the later stage, and no matter how bad it is, it is also possible to buy a ship that is within 15 years old. ”

He was very satisfied with Feng Yongfa's careful calculation, which was a good housekeeper. In fact, the two vice presidents have their own advantages and skills, and under the leadership of Lin Zhichao, they have played a strong leader.

Feng Yongfa is good at internal management, Bobby Blair is good at external communication, and Lin Zhichao is good at both, and will slowly delegate power to everyone.

Feng Yongfa immediately said: "Okay, I understand! As a result, by the end of next year, we will only have less than 50 second-hand ships left, all of which are freighters. ”

This move is equivalent to eliminating more than 40 second-hand ships, including 8 second-hand oil tankers, which Lin Zhichao has long been worried about.

Lin Zhichao said: "Not bad! In the future, if the ship wants to develop in the direction of 'big', it will not only be convenient to manage, but also save operating costs. ”

"I see!"

Lin Zhichao came to the 'Lychee Garden' to inspect, and after he bought the Lychee Garden last year, he proposed to the Hong Kong government to build a new playground for the whole of Hong Kong to enjoy.

Unexpectedly, the Hong Kong government was very supportive of this suggestion, and directly leased all the land in the later Jiuhuajing Village to Cheung Kong Industrial, and hoped that Lin Zhichao would increase investment to build a 'lychee orchard' with a total area of 1.6 million square feet. A full 266 acres of land, which is equivalent to nearly a Taigu City, is eight times more than Lin Zhichao expected.

The land leased by the Hong Kong government is all hill-type land, and the price is very low, only 300,000 Hong Kong dollars per year, the lease period is 20 years, and the right of first refusal is enjoyed.

With such a large plot of land, Cheung Kong immediately set up a professional design team and even hired consultants from the United States.

Of course, Lin Zhichao will not be so stupid and carry out the operation of closing the door, but while operating, he will carry out zoning transformation. The first is the introduction of various amusement equipment, as well as the introduction of an elephant from Myanmar, named 'Tiannu', for Hong Kong people to visit.

In less than half a year, the operation of Lychee Garden has been greatly improved as soon as possible, and it has begun to have stable income.

Looking at the crowds, Lin Zhichao said to Wang Yingcheng, the general manager of the Lychee Garden Playground next to him: "The passenger flow has increased rapidly, but how do you feel messy, there are a lot of fights, money, quarrels, complaints, etc., here, right?" ”

He knows the urine sex of Hong Kong in this era, and the gangsters are more into cow hair. Although the public is accustomed to it and will not have a bad impact on Lychee Garden due to rare incidents, Lin Zhichao's site must be pure land.

Wang Yingcheng suddenly sweated, the boss was like a torch, he saw these problems at a glance, and hurriedly said: "After the recent increase in the flow of people, this situation has indeed occurred, and we are improving it." ”

Lin Zhichao didn't blame his subordinates, these things are inevitable, it depends on how to improve them in the future.

"There should be signs and rules at the door of each amusement ride, and staff should be added to maintain order; At the same time, the entire park should expand the security force, carry out patrols, communicate with the police, and increase the complaint window to do this, that is, the 'Song City', Ferris wheel, pirate ship and other areas behind the park, and lay a good management foundation. ”

It's just a little gangster, just add security!

As for those associations, they don't dare to come here to collect protection money, and at most they bully small merchants and hawkers.

"Okay, I'll rectify it right away!"

Subsequently, Lin Zhichao held the drawings in his hand and visited the entire lychee garden.

It's already big!

It is almost a quarter of the future Ocean Park, and the entire 266 acres of land is roughly divided into three areas - Songcheng, a zoo, and a playground, and there are many specific projects.

Within four years, it will be completed, and the longest construction period is Songcheng, after all, it is necessary to imitate the appearance of the "Qingming Riverside Map" to imitate the building.

When Lin Zhichao led the team to investigate, an interesting scene was happening at the gate of the lychee garden.

I saw Lin Zhichao's second son, Lin Ruijiang, with five or six classmates coming to the gate of Lychee Garden to line up to enter.

"Ruijiang, aren't you the young owner of Lychee Garden, why do we still have to queue up!"

"That's right, since your dad is the boss here, let's just go in."

Lin Ruijiang looked like a leader, and immediately signaled to his classmates to boo, and then said: "It's time to line up, so many people here will scold us when they see us not lining up!" But don't worry, I'll take you in, and I won't need the ticket money. And, when I know how to play bumper cars, I know the fastest one in it! ”

At the back of the bumper car, there is an antenna connected to the ceiling, whether the contact point is good or not, it will affect whether the car is fast or not, Lin Ruijiang is very smart, and he remembered these after a few times.

"Such a cow! Isn't that the best of the best every time! ”

"It's too powerful, follow you to play in the future, won't we become a privileged class!"

After all, Lin Ruijiang has a youthful temperament, and when he was touted by his classmates, he was suddenly a little proud, and showed off here: "What's more, some projects have height requirements, as long as I say a word, you can still play." ”

This is a very good existence, and children understand this. As for Lin Ruijiang's insistence on queuing, it was just the same as the tutor he received.

After a while, we arrived at the ticket gate.

Lin Ruijiang immediately said: "Aunt Gao, I'll bring my classmates to play!" ”

A woman in her thirties who was checking the ticket heard the word 'Aunt Gao', and her heart immediately burst into flames, and she said: "Please come in, bring more classmates to play next time, Master Ruijiang!" ”

Lin Ruijiang immediately said sweetly: "Thank you, Aunt Gao!" After speaking, he immediately motioned for a group of classmates to follow.

"Thank you, Aunt Gao"

"Hey, they're all good boys!"

Lin Ruijiang walked in with a group of classmates, of course, followed by a driver and bodyguard. After all, if a person with a group of children, he must send an adult.

Lin Zhichao is not worried that someone will kidnap his son, the first is that before the big circle gang was born, no one in Hong Kong dared to touch his family; second, even if someone dares to move, it is nothing more than money, and a few thieves let him open his mouth, and it will cost less than a few dollars; Third, he has so many sons, there is no need to be so delicate, if he really suffers a little tribulation, it doesn't matter.

"Sister Gao, who was it just now? You gave him so many people's free tickets, and you are not afraid that the manager will fire you for squid! A new male staff member asked curiously.

"If the manager dares to fire me for this matter, the general manager will dare to fire the manager. You remember, that's the boss's young master, this lychee garden belongs to theirs, you let him buy tickets, isn't the left pocket into the right pocket! ”

The male clerk hurriedly fried Lin Ruijiang and looked at it, and then said: "It turned out to be the boss's son, so of course don't buy tickets!" ”

On this day, Lin Ruijiang took his classmates and immediately played in the playground, he was very smart, and after coming here a few times, he was already very familiar with this place.

And today, he brought his classmates here, and suddenly made him very powerful among his classmates!

Especially he is very familiar with the staff here, many employees are a little incredible, only one or two meetings, this little boss remembers what his surname is, and his mouth is so sweet that people can't wait to serve these little ancestors immediately.

"Ruijiang, it's so fun!"

"That's it, Ruijiang, you will be our boss in the future."

Several classmates shouted!

The families of these children are good, after all, they are all aristocratic schools. However, all kinds of privileges are something they can't enjoy at all, not to mention Lin Ruijiang's various proficient skills, which suddenly made everyone envious.

Moreover, parents brought, can you have fun with your classmates?

Obviously, two completely different levels.

Lin Ruijiang was naturally very happy and gained a sense of pride, and then he did not forget to say: "This lychee garden has only opened 20% of the area, and more facilities are still being added, such as the Ferris wheel over there, as well as ancient buildings in China"

This kid has read all the renovation drawings of the lychee orchard, and he really wants to be the 'prince' of the lychee orchard.

When Lin Zhichao finished his work, he also heard that his second son was playing with his classmates, and he couldn't help laughing. In this way, the construction of this lychee orchard has made it more fulfilling.

Children take advantage of the weekend to bring their classmates to play, naturally there is no problem.

Lin Ruijiang is 10 years old and is in the sixth grade of primary school, and he graduated from primary school at the age of 11, a year later than his brother. In terms of personality, he is more clever, very intelligent, and good at communicating, of course, too young may not be able to see the future.

It is the character of the eldest son Lin Ruihuan, who is almost visible at present, he is more than twelve years old, he is in the third grade of middle school, and he is going to New York to study in high school this year, he is very independent and stable in all aspects, and has the bearing of an eldest son.

Lin Zhichao himself did not deliberately cultivate anything, but his wives did.

On Saturday, November 18th, it is advisable to open.

The opening of Daimaru Department Store in Causeway Bay on this day attracted tens of thousands of people from all over Hong Kong and became the talk of the town throughout the city.

This is the second store of a Japanese-funded department store overseas, and the first one is naturally Sing Tao Daimaru Department Store, which is in cooperation with Cheung Kong Industrial.

Causeway Bay Daimaru Department Store focuses on 'internationalization is its theme', with 60% of the products being global and only 40% being Japanese. Daimaru Department Store has a supermarket, an international market, an Italian tea room and a Japanese restaurant, and its chef is specially invited from Japan.

The department store has a total of 500 local employees, all of whom are trained and managed by 15 Japanese managers in Japan.

On the day of the opening, Ryoichi Yamamoto, the president of Daimaru Department Store in Japan, also came from Japan to participate in the opening ceremony; The two companies have a happy cooperation in Sing Tao, and Daimaru Department Store is more optimistic about the development of Hong Kong's department store industry, so it attaches great importance to it.

At the end of the ceremony, Daimaru Department Store held a cocktail party, which was attended by more than 800 guests, of course, many of them for Lin Zhichao's sake.

At the reception, Yamamoto Liang came to Lin Zhichao with a wine glass and said, "Mr. Lin, I have visited your Miramar Shopping Center, and the customer flow is very high. Can you talk about who is better in the two models, shopping malls and department stores? ”

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "The patterns are all different, it's hard for me to evaluate!" However, at present, it seems that the geographical advantages of Causeway Bay Daimaru Department Store are more prominent, and the products are more international, which should be better. ”

Indeed, today he also visited the Daimaru Department Store in Walden Building, which has a 10-storey department store, each floor is more than 20,000 square feet, and on the whole, in the field of goods, it is indeed better than Miramar Shopping Center.

However, Miramar Shopping Center is better than the innovation of the model and the layout of the building; Moreover, now that the customer flow is very high, the management will gradually drive away some local products and brands and replace them with overseas brands.

This is Lin Zhichao's abacus, and gradually internationalize the 'products' of Miramar Shopping Center.

Ryoichi Yamamoto said with a hint of pride: "In my opinion, the products of shopping malls are not systematically arranged, and it is difficult to achieve internationalization, and naturally it is less attractive. After all, you're renting out a lot of shops, and it's hard to control. However, there are some advantages to shopping malls."

Seeing this, Lin Zhichao was a little unhappy, and he didn't teach you a lesson, you really think I am modest.

As a result, Lin Zhichao said: "Brands can be renewed, and shopping malls have the potential for self-evolution. On the contrary, department stores belong to the traditional model and will be eliminated sooner or later. When European and American brands learn about the potential of Hong Kong's retail business, will they choose to open their own stores? So, President Yamamoto should not underestimate the shopping center! ”

Ryoichi Yamamoto was suddenly stunned and speechless, so he could only say: "Then let's wait and see!" ”

This old fellow, I hope you have 20 years to live, and there should be no problem, after all, you are not yet fifty years old this year.

Subsequently, the two wanted to toast the guests together, and the atmosphere reached a climax.

On the same day, the traffic of the Causeway Bay Daimaru Department Store also reached about 30,000 people, which was simply crowded.

Following.

Lin Zhichao convened the senior management of Cheung Kong and said: "Xintiandi Shopping Center must seize the time to rent and attract European and American brands as much as possible, as well as well-known local brands. ”

Daimaru could never have imagined that Cheung Kong would open a seven-storey shopping mall next door. Of course, Daimaru Department Store is not unaware, after all, the two buildings are still connected by a flyover, but they didn't take it seriously, and they didn't know that Lin Zhichao was going to use the effect of Daimaru Department Store to lease the brand of Xintiandi Shopping Center.

At this time, Hong Kong is enough to attract European and American brands to open branches in Hong Kong, so it is no longer difficult to attract European and American brands; Even Uniqlo clothing company has represented two first-class clothing brands in Europe and the United States.

Liang Guangchang nodded and said, "Xintiandi Shopping Center still has seven months to prepare, which is enough to attract investment and rent. We, in the retail and commercial department, have accumulated a lot of experience and are confident that it will be completed perfectly. ”

Cheung Kong's retail strength has begun to accumulate as early as the opening of the Crocodile Shirt Building; Later, Sing Tao Daimaru Department Store, Miramar Shopping Center, Poly Shopping Mall, etc., gradually had many channels and a group of excellent retail business talents.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "After the Xintiandi Shopping Center opens, we will start upgrading the goods of the Miramar Shopping Center." ”

Liang Guangchang nodded and said, "Okay! ”

These are all very familiar to everyone under the guidance of the boss. The most confident thing is that the boss is very proficient in retail business.

After some layout, Lin Zhichao was suddenly full of confidence!

The retail business in Hong Kong and Kowloon has been wiped out by him, and it is normal for Cheung Kong to earn more than 30 million yuan in rent, retail real estate, and hotels next year.

It's only the early sixties, and it already has such strength, which is really a terrifying existence.

In particular, the Miramar Hotel and Miramar Shopping Center have been frequently inspected by the Hong Kong Hotel and Wharf, and the Wharf of Wharf will also be possible to build a sea terminal in advance, and the Hong Kong Hotel (the cooperation between the hotel and Wharf).

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