Two days later, Lin Zhichao officially accepted the Queen's award at Buckingham Palace, and the award ceremony was more grand than the last time, and many London nobles and dignitaries came.

And the person who was awarded the medal that day was only Lin Zhichao, which shows that Lin Zhichao's influence today is extraordinary.

He is the 'World Ship King', the 'Chairman of the International Tankers Association', the 'Hong Kong Industrial King', the 'Hong Kong Real Estate King', and the 'Founder of Oxfam Hong Kong'; of course, the one who really has influence in the world may be the 'World Ship King', a person who owns millions of tons of oil tankers and is related to the development of the world economy.

If you find it in detail, Lin Zhichao is still the owner of invention companies such as trolley boxes, instant noodles, Rubik's cubes, and plastic flowers, which is also a world-renowned factor.

The 37-year-old Queen, although still charming, is, as Kennedy's wife Jacqueline said, a boring middle-aged woman; Of course, this is the Queen's duty, and she needs to maintain the image of the monarch of the Commonwealth state system, and naturally she cannot be 'out of line'.

The queen wore an oval medal with red and yellow edges on Lin Zhichao's neck, and then sorted out the medal, and then exchanged briefly.

"Sir Lam, thank you for your contribution to Hong Kong's economy and for your outstanding contribution to the public welfare!"

"Your Majesty, this is what I should do, we Chinese have an old saying - it is called poor and good, and good is good for the world, which means that what I do is nothing, I will continue to do it, and do better!"

The queen didn't expect that Lin Zhichao was so talkative, and his temperament was extraordinary!

"It's been more than seven years since I last awarded you a medal, and I find you still very young!"

The queen asked the question in her heart without changing her face.

In fact, she was really curious about Lin Zhichao's appearance. As far as she knows, Lin Zhichao is 35 years old, but from a distance, Lin Zhichao looks like a thirty-year-old person, but after getting closer, she found that Lin Zhichao is very young, just like a twenty-year-old.

On the contrary, she is two years older than Lin Zhi, but she no longer looks like she is in her twenties.

Lin Zhichao said seriously: "Maybe I don't have too many worries and maintain an optimistic attitude towards life, which I think is very important." ”

The queen asked, "Don't you have any troubles?" ”

Lin Zhichao said: "It seems that there is not, I am convinced that there will be a way to solve things well, worrying about things will not help, and maintaining a healthy attitude can better find solutions to problems." ”

The queen smiled and said, "Very good remarks! ”

"You've won a prize!"

After a brief conversation, the ceremony was over, and the queen was busy with her work, so she took Philip with her; And Lin Zhichao also has an official business and a drinking party to attend, and he is still gradually eating in London.

While a root cause – having money, at least a significant advantage.

The next day, Lin Zhichao and the butler Ramsey attended the meeting of the London antiques dealer H. Ramsey. R. Norton's Sotheby's. The reason why Audrey Hepburn was not brought was that she was still too ostentatious, and second, Audrey might be able to participate in the auction for him in person in the future.

At this time, Lin Zhichao was already full of interest in collecting antiques, and decided to auction the treasures belonging to China in major auctions around the world. Of course, it is rare for him to participate in the auction, after all, the work is absolutely first. Therefore, he can only find someone to auction for him.

It would also be a good choice to let Audrey Hepburn and Ramsey complete this task for him.

"Sir Lin, there are a few compatriots like you, it seems that there are a lot of Chinese antiques today, so everyone heard about it!" Ramsey reminded in a whisper.

Lin Zhichao nodded, and said indifferently: "Ramsey housekeeper, to be honest, I don't know much about antiques and collecting, but I know how to do business." The more people bid for something, the more valuable it is in the eyes of connoisseurs; The more expensive something is, the greater the potential for appreciation. So, when I ask you to raise your cards, you can raise your cards, don't hesitate. ”

This old man is not a professional either, but he has some knowledge. However, Lin Zhichao doesn't need much knowledge, anyway, there are no fakes from Sotheby's. Since there are no fakes, if Lin Zhichao doesn't need to take care of it, just sweep it directly.

At this time, the national treasure-level Chinese antiques (similar to Sanxi Ti) are only a few hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars, and they will not exceed one million Hong Kong dollars, which is really like buying cabbage for Lin Zhichao.

"Okay, Sir Lin!"

Ramsey also understood Lin Zhichao's style at this time, that is, he was really rich.

Soon after, the auction officially began.

Lin Zhichao really saw Huaxia porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, so he couldn't help but let Ramsey take a photo, but it was some Chinese jade or something, he was not very interested. "The collection photographed below is a 15th-century Chinese blue and white plum vase with an original lid. The starting price is £4,000, and each price increase is not less than £50! ”

When the auctioneer finished speaking, Lin Zhichao couldn't help but look at a blue and white plum vase on the rostrum, and immediately liked it!

Although this thing is from the Ming Dynasty, the value of the Chenghua official kiln in the future is definitely not low!

The starting price is 4,000 pounds, which is only 64,000 Hong Kong dollars!

It's so cheap!

"I'll bid on this!" Lin Zhichao whispered to Ramsey.

He has already auctioned three collections for Lin Zhichao, which has become the target of the auction house, and it is not appropriate to auction it again. Although Lin Zhichao doesn't care about tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, he still doesn't want to be wronged.

"Good!" Ramsey said.

Lin then began bidding, and eventually took turns bidding with a Chinese man, and the price of the 15th-century blue-and-white plum vase soon soared to £8,000.

Even if Lin Zhichao doesn't understand the antique market, he knows that this price has broken the world record at this time (the world auction record for Chinese porcelain).

However, he did not flinch at all, and calmly raised his hand to increase the price, which made the auctioneer overjoyed.

And Lin Zhichao's competitor is a balding middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, with a pair of sword eyebrows and a big mouth, and he looks like a Chinese.

Of course, he doesn't care who his opponent is, he is going to decide this blue and white plum vase!

"£8,600!" Lin Zhichao shouted an astronomical number.

Everyone present couldn't help but applaud, which seemed to have the effect of stimulating the two.

It's a pity that Lin Zhichao's competitors directly chose to give up.

In the end, this blue and white plum vase was auctioned by Lin Zhichao, and the price was almost 138,000 Hong Kong dollars.

It is indeed a bit expensive, the blue and white porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, in Lin Zhichao's view, will be millions or tens of millions in the future, and the appreciation is only a hundred times, and it seems that there is no great potential for the appreciation of houses in Hong Kong.

Lin Zhichao doesn't understand the market, this blue and white plum vase of the Ming Dynasty, well-preserved and with the original lid, and it is the official kiln of Chenghua, which was auctioned at a sky-high price of 150 million Hong Kong dollars in 2006 in the previous life.

The appreciation is 1,000 times, which is more than the value of a house in Hong Kong (at present, it is almost about 500 times).

After the auction, Lin Zhichao and Ramsey got up to go to the handover, and the middle-aged man who had just competed with him walked towards the two.

"This gentleman, are you Chinese?"

Lin Zhichao said suspiciously: "Yes, Hong Kong people!" You are? ”

"Hong Kong people! I am also Chinese, my name is Dai Runzhai, my ancestral home is Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, I moved to Hong Kong in '49, and then to the United States in '50, and now I am an antique dealer in New York. ”

Uh, isn't that scared away by the other side!

Of course, Lin Zhichao didn't mean to look down on him, he said calmly: "It turns out that I am also a compatriot, my surname is Lin, and I am doing business in Hong Kong." ”

But he didn't go on!

Dai Runzhai handed out his business card very politely and said: "I entered the antique industry at a very young age, and now I have a New York art gallery, which is committed to building an unparalleled collection for people with abundant financial resources and aspiring to collect. I think you must be a great businessman. ”

Nonsense, just like the sign just now, even when the Queen of England comes, she has to raise her hand and surrender.

Lin Zhichao looked at the business card and immediately became interested, it turned out that he was still a collector. If you can have an extra collector friend, it is also a good choice.

However, we must also beware of this kind of person, because they may use fakes to fool Lin Zhichao's 'big water pipe'. Therefore, Lin Zhichao still prefers the collections at Sotheby's and Christie's auctions, which must be appraised before they can be put up for auction.

However, since this Dai Runzhai serves the rich, it means that he also has some treasures in his hands?

If you have time, you can check out New York!

When Lin Zhichao left, Dai Runzhai muttered: "The Hong Kong businessman surnamed Lin is Lin Zhichao?" ”

He has lived in Hong Kong for more than a year, and naturally knows that there is a businessman named Lin Zhichao in Hong Kong, who at that time was a businessman who innovated 'stratification' and 'installment'; now he has also learned from the American media that there is a world king in Hong Kong, also called Lin Zhichao, who is undoubtedly a person.

People who are so rich are potential high-quality customers!

In addition to collecting antiques, his current job is to serve those who have financial resources and are committed to collecting, of course, it is generally foreign customers, and he uses his knowledge of Chinese antiques to provide consulting services for foreigners to collect Chinese antiques, as well as sell antiques directly.

Lin Zhichao flew back to Hong Kong from London with four Chinese antiques.

At this time, the Hong Kong media had already reported the news that Lin Zhichao was named a 'knight' by the queen.

Many people were amazed that Lin Zhichao was only thirty-five years old, so he had to call him 'Sir Lin', which is obviously a very remarkable thing.

To give a simple example, Zhou Xinian served the Hong Kong government for so many years, and was once the highest Chinese position in the Hong Kong government, the chief member of the two bureaux, until his retirement (1960), when he was made 'knight' by the Queen of England.

Now Lin Zhichao is only 35 years old, and he has been upgraded to 'Sir Lin', and he is still a young man, and he is already in a high position. How high the status of knights in Hong Kong is, it can be explained that the general governor of Hong Kong is also a knight, and even when he first took office, he is not a knight, of course, some important officials are knights, such as the Financial Secretary Kwok Pak-wai, the president of the University of Hong Kong, Lai Lianshi, etc., all of which are important figures in Hong Kong.

After Lin Zhichao was promoted to 'Sir Lim,' he could chat with the Governor of Hong Kong about Hong Kong affairs at any time and put forward his own opinions.

In Villa 79 Deep Water Bay, Lin Zhichao took his two daughters to the basement, and then opened a door.

After entering the secret room, the inside suddenly opened up, this is a treasure room, the area is about 2,000 square feet, there are various display cabinets inside.

Lin Zhichao carefully put the four antiques he brought back into the glass exhibition case, and it is not surprising that these antiques will not appear on the market for at least 70 years.

"Husband, an antique is tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, and you are not a treasure connoisseur, can you be so careful!" Xu Caiying said with a smile.

She probably knows how rich her husband is, and the Global Shipping Group alone is worth 400 million US dollars!

That is, more than 2 billion Hong Kong dollars, so there are only tens of thousands of antiques, where do you need to be careful!

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Although it is tens of thousands of dollars now, it may be millions of Hong Kong dollars in the future, or even more than 100 million." What's more, the Lin family has a big business, so it is natural to invest in an all-round way. My level of appreciation will increase day by day, and in a few decades, I may become a master! ”

"Can it appreciate so much?" Xu Caiying and Tang Caiyun asked at the same time.

The two daughters were born in a merchant family, and their husbands were businessmen, so they were still very sensitive to money.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "The future is not necessarily!" But the antique thing, the appreciation is very fast, take this Ming Dynasty blue and white plum vase, for example, he sold for 150 pounds in the forties and only 25 pounds in the twenties. So you calculate the appreciation price here, this is still the era of slow economic development of human economy, and now, human technology and economy have entered a stage of rapid development, and the value of antiques will definitely appreciate very quickly. In the future, the price of this bottle may be tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, of course, we are all old at that time, and we can only say that it is just a family wealth inheritance. ”

In fact, Lin Zhichao's investment in these is just because he has a huge fortune, and it would be good to have investment.

"Wow, it turns out that there is such a big investment knowledge here!" Xu Caiying sighed: "But husband, why don't you keep it a secret from us, what if we sell your baby?" ”

Lin Zhichao spread his hands and said: "If my wife needs to sell antiques to raise money, then how failed I am to do it!" You can do whatever you want, what's mine is yours, I don't need to keep it a secret from you! In the future, I will make a gemstone collection, big diamonds, big gems, a lot of collections, you can wear them at any time if you like, take them away at any time! ”

He said very sincerely that if he was just a billionaire in the future, he might care about these things; But obviously, his wealth starts and ends in hundreds of billions, even trillions are underestimated, and trillions or even trillions are possible.

With such a huge wealth, why be stingy with your wife!

If his future daughter-in-law takes a fancy to any piece of jewelry and sends it out directly, how can it be like the Airship Tai family, which still needs to sign a loan agreement and need to repay it on time.

"Husband, you speak so nicely!"

The two women were suddenly full of happiness, wealth is secondary, it is the trust of this man, and of course there is also the domineering of this man.

The weather in Hong Kong was unusually hot in September this year, with the highest temperature reaching 35.2 degrees, the highest since 1884. Therefore, although there were thundershowers in July and August, Hong Kong's drought did not ease, and it still relied on fresh water from the mainland to tide over the difficulties.

All schools in Hong Kong have cancelled physical education classes to avoid excessive sweating and odors caused by bathing in no fresh water. Of course, there is still water for bathing, but the bath water has to be taken to continue washing clothes, and the rice water is used to wash dishes, in short, everyone saves water.

Lin Zhichao walked into Cheung Kong Industrial, and many employees looked at it a little differently, and finally an employee said: "Congratulations, Sir Lin!" ”

Lin Zhichao corrected with a smile: "What you called before, how you call it now!" ”

"Yes, boss!"

After Lin Zhichao walked into the office.

"Haha, let you pat yourself on the back! Sir Lin is majestic, but don't you know that our boss doesn't like to be in the limelight! ”

"The boss didn't say anything! What's so funny! ”

"Cut"

Someone whispered, "Sycophant! ”

Lin Zhichao doesn't know what is behind him, in the company, it is absolutely not allowed to call him Sir Lin, the company is the company, the company is the biggest, how can he need a sir to highlight himself!

In the morning, the senior management came to report on their work, but they did not 'make mistakes', and everyone knew that the boss did not necessarily like to do these things in the company.

When it was about to eat, Lu Xiaopei, deputy general manager of Poly Construction, came to Lin Zhichao's office.

"Boss, I want to resign!"

Lin Zhichao raised his head, not too surprised, and asked, "What are your plans?" ”

Lu Xiaopei was a little relieved when he saw Lin Zhichao's appearance, after all, the boss had the grace of knowing and treating him well, and he didn't want to have trouble with the boss because of his resignation.

So, he said: "I didn't think about it, but I found that the company has fewer projects, and the company has a lot of talents, and General Manager Li is in charge, so I want to go out and set up my own construction company." ”

Lin Zhichao said: "The side of Defu Garden has not been completed yet, right? ”

Seeing this, Lu Xiaopei hurriedly said: "I'll leave after I finish this project!" ”

Although there are only eight buildings, Telford Gardens is diamond-shaped, with nearly 400 households in one building, which is twice as many as a normal building. Because of this, the project will be constructed in phases and will be completed early next year.

Lin Zhichao also knows that people like Lu Xiaopei can't work all the time, even if he doesn't pay too high a salary, others can go out independently in the early sixties; Now, I have used it for a few more years.

"Okay, I approve it! Everyone and colleagues have a good time to get together and disperse, and maybe they can cooperate in the future! ”

Lu Xiaopei was immediately moved, the boss seemed to know him very well, and did not persuade him at all. There was no embarrassment or dissatisfaction, which was something he was very touched by.

Then, after chatting a few words, Lu Xiaopei left.

Lin Zhichao was in the office, thinking about Poly Construction, this enterprise originally had two architectural geniuses, but now one is gone; I don't know if Paul Li can stick to it, but fortunately, from the very beginning of Poly Construction, Lin Zhichao has paid attention to the cultivation of backbones, so no one will have much impact on it.

Paul Li still has a better chance of staying, and his experience is a little simpler than Lu Xiaopei's.

At night.

When Lu Xiaopei returned home, his wife immediately asked, "Have you talked to Boss Lin?" I don't think I'll resign or not, just follow Boss Lin. ”

Lu Xiaopei was in a good mood, and scolded with a smile: "Why are you half-hearted, you want to be the boss's wife for a while, and you don't want to be the boss's wife for a while." ”

The wife said: "The main reason is that Boss Lin is not thin on you, the salary is so high, and he has also taken you to invest in two real estate projects before." At the beginning, we only saved tens of thousands of yuan in so many years, and you followed Boss Lin for ten years and earned a net worth of six or seven hundred thousand, okay. ”

She has been thinking about it lately and thinks it's better to work!

Lu Xiaopei said: "It has been said that at the beginning of next year, Defu Garden will leave after the completion of the project, and the boss is very open-minded and does not talk about anything else." Although I am very happy to do it in Poly Construction and the salary is very high, I am always the second-in-command. And now that Cheung Kong has fewer projects, I'm also worried about what to do when I'm free? We go out and do it on our own, contracting a small project or something, it's no problem. Slowly developing, it will definitely be able to grow big in the future. ”

The wife was taken aback, but she was soon attracted by her husband's words!

Taking on a project of less than 1 million, there is no problem at all with her husband's skills, but it may be more difficult, after all, if you do it yourself, you don't have much money to hire a staff, and you have to worry about everything.

"Oh, that's good!"

With a nervous mood, the couple was not in the mood that day.

Even Lu Xiaopei was a little anxious later, how could the boss reduce the project for no reason?

After all, he has been with the boss for nearly ten years, and he knows that the boss is very accurate in seeing the situation, will there be a real estate slump in Hong Kong?

So with such worries, Lu Xiaopei later became anxious, after all, if the real estate situation is not good, his project will also be affected. The only good thing is that he already has enough financial resources to make a good life for his family.

(End of chapter)