A New Year Comes (1966).

After New Year's Day, Lin Zhichao took Huang Changhong, Li Paul and other management in the construction field to the land of the Navy Dockyard.

This land is indeed very large, but it is very difficult to plan, because the Hong Kong government also has requirements and planning for roads. Therefore, the communication time between the two sides may take several years, but fortunately, Lin Zhichao originally planned to delay it for a few years.

Hong Kong's economic take-off was in the 70s, and the 50s and 60s can only be said to have laid a solid foundation, so the construction time of the entire naval dockyard was set at 15~20 years.

"This piece of land (formerly the Far East Financial Center) is going to be built into a five-star luxury hotel, designed as a sailing ship. Don't use steel structure steel beams as a whole, the cost is too expensive, just design the top of the building into the shape of a curved sail. Lin Zhichao incarnated as a professional designer and commanded.

At this time, Lin Zhichao has not yet found a cooperative architectural designer, and Lin Zhichao plans to invite world-renowned designers to cooperate through the situation of bidding; Of course, Lin Zhichao will give a rough framework.

Huang Changhong looked at the land and reminded: "Boss, there should be a small road in this east-west direction, which is what the Hong Kong Government Planning Department means!" ”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "I know!" Therefore, there is no hope of merging these two plots of land (one for the Far East Financial Center and one for Lippo), but the road can be moved diagonally to the south, and the north-south road on this side can also be moved a little northeast, and about 40,000 square feet of space can be reserved for the Burj Al Arab, which can easily solve the Hong Kong government's requirements for roads. ”

Huang Changhong, Li Paul and others have agreed, so that 40,000 square feet can definitely build a first-class hotel building.

What is the concept of a 40,000-square-foot site?

For example, the skyscrapers in Hong Kong in later generations almost did not exceed 20,000 square feet per floor, but more only 10,000 or more square feet per floor.

"In this way, this hotel can be built with about 50 floors, with an area of about 1.5~18,000 square feet per floor; A two- or three-storey annex building will be built next to it for the hotel lobby and restaurant. ”

In fact, it is to expand and expand the financial center of the Far East in the previous life, squeezing out part of the territory of the 'Lippo Center AB Tower', but in fact, it is not much; it is mainly the overall expansion to the east, and the land of this part of the naval dockyard belongs to the long territory in the east-west direction.

"What about this side?" Huang Changhong pointed to the site of the former Lippo Center.

Lin Zhichao looked at it and remembered that in the previous life, Lippo Center Block AB (Twin Towers) was rated as the 24 ugliest buildings in the United States, and thought to himself; It's too modern, and to put it bluntly, it's too blunt.

"The floor area of this site has actually been transferred to the Burj Al Arab, but it is still possible to build an office building, which can reach a height of more than 40 floors, and the shape can be rectangular, and the property area is about 12,000 square feet per floor."

In fact, the 'floor area' of Lippo Center Block AB and Far East Financial Center in the previous life was reversed, and the total floor area of the Lippo Center Twin Towers in the previous life was almost 880,000 square feet, and the Far East Center was 480,000 square feet.

The Burj Al Arab is about 800,000 square feet, which is a first-class and beautiful land near the sea in Admiralty, Central, and if Lin Zhichao successfully builds the Navy Dockyard, the value of the entire site will not lose to the value of all the buildings in the heart of Hongkong Land, or even higher.

Of course, the cost must be very high, and it is estimated that the construction cost will be more than 2 billion, which is still in the seventies.

"The owner is very beautiful in this design! It not only highlights the prestige of the Burj Al Arab, but also does not waste the land behind it. In this way, it will be located in a prominent location on Cotton Tree Road and Connaught Road, and will become the most beautiful landmark. Huang Changhong said excitedly.

This conspicuous location is very close to Hongkong Land's location in the heart of Central, which is about the distance of a building, Chater Gardens and the Court of Final Appeal.

Eyeing Land!

Next, everyone moved towards the east.

In fact, it is very well planned, in the case of considering economic interests, in fact, this area is the area of five buildings (six in the previous life, two twin buildings), a shopping center (Admiralty Corridor), of course, half of this area has not been developed, but it is already close to Wan Chai, so Lin Zhichao plans to reserve it, part of it will be used as a summer garden, and part of it will be sold to the Hong Kong government as a JC headquarters in the future.

Now that Lin Zhichao has come to design, except for the Burj Al Arab Hotel to replace the Lippo Center (the location is also reversed), other changes are not very big.

"On the side of the sea, two more first-class office buildings will be built; To the south, a four-storey shopping mall and a state-of-the-art office tower will be built to connect the two buildings (Landmark Plaza). The planning is almost complete here, and the vacant land over there will be left alone," Lin Zhichao explained the planning outline while gesturing.

Five towers (including a hotel building) and a shopping mall are the general plans for this area.

At the same time, it seems that the location of the exit of the Admiralty subway station in the previous life has been occupied. But don't worry about the 80s, because the Admiralty MRT station can be located in the reserved vacant lot, or next to the shopping mall.

The entrance of the subway station does not need to be big at all, but the development right of the property above the ground in Admiralty of the Hong Kong Metro is gone. The Navy Yard is almost the entire Admiralty, so the MTR can only choose to export on Cheung Kong's territory.

"Where's the big shopping mall to the south?"

Lin Zhichao then concretely stated the idea of Pacific Place in the future, which is probably two bases (shopping malls), connected from the basement floor, to form a huge shopping mall; On top of the two bases, there are two skyscrapers each, two of which bring in a five-star luxury hotel and high-end apartments with hotel-style services, and the other two are office buildings.

"This site is roughly planned first, and the real construction may have to be in the late 70s, and after the project over there is over, we will come here again."

"Good"

It was a design sketch at the beginning, and today it is actually repeated, but in detail. This year, to tender a team of architects, Cheung Kong's idea is the key.

The past year (1965) was a relatively unfriendly year for CK Industries. The Yangtze River Plastic Factory 'closed', the Yangtze River Wig Factory 'closed down', the profits of zippers and steel fell, and only the Yangtze River Toy Factory grew against the trend.

in the conference room.

Lin Zhichao held the annual meeting with the senior management as usual, but his expression was not sad, and he faced it very calmly.

Last year, Changjiang Industrial Group also created a profit of 96 million yuan, excluding the expenditure part, and the balance was 80 million Hong Kong dollars.

Cheung Kong's cash flow has reached HK$400 million; He still did not choose to use it, but deposited interest in major banks.

Because the U.S. stock market has risen a lot at this time, Lin Zhichao is worried that he will not make any money if he goes in, and there may be a short-term decline this year.

After all, Lin Zhichao only understands long-term investment, and now he is only two years away from being ready to cash out and leave the market.

Stability is important!

"The zipper industry, the 70s must be the beginning of glory! So if short-term profits fall, you can ignore it. The important thing is that we strengthen technology R&D and quality assurance, and in the new year, we can increase the investment in R&D departments in Europe, America, and Asia, and increase the proportion of R&D and quality investment to 25% of profits. ”

To be honest, Lin Zhichao is already very satisfied with the Yangtze River zipper, and he has made a lot of money for him over the years. This alone is a shame for Hong Kong industrialists, because no factory outside is likely to surpass it in terms of profits.

The Yangtze River zipper is still one of the biggest competitors of YKK zipper, YKK zipper has lost the opportunity to break the Yangtze zipper, and the Yangtze River zipper may not be able to catch up with YKK zipper in the future.

At this time, the Yangtze River zipper has factories in Southeast Asia and Europe, three R&D headquarters in Europe, America and Asia, and companies with shares in Taiwan and Germany. In short, a huge industrial chain has been formed.

The old minister Bao Chunlai hurriedly replied: "Okay, I will definitely come up with a plan and submit it to the group for review. Our Yangtze River zipper has insisted on long-term investment in R&D and equipment, and the gap between YKK zipper and the opponent YKK zipper is not large, and there will be a chance to catch up and surpass in the future. ”

Yangtze River Zipper invests 20% of its profits in technology research and development and equipment replacement every year, in order to ensure that the quality will never lag behind YKK Zipper.

In the previous life, YKK zippers occupied 80% of the zipper market in China, not because Huaxia zipper companies could not overcome technology, but because everyone was unwilling to invest; YKK zipper has long insisted on investing funds in technology research and development, equipment replacement, sewing machine outside for two years, they only use one year, this is the pursuit of quality.

The reason why YKK zippers are behind and surpass Yangtze zippers is that the Japanese market is huge, and the American market intends to take care of Japan; Otherwise, the two sides will not be able to reverse their strength.

In fact, in terms of the accumulation of technology, the Yangtze River zipper is more victorious.

Lin Zhichao said: "In the 70s, Hong Kong's ready-to-wear industry will become the world's first, and our zippers will definitely have a chance to catch up." Especially in the zipper of jeans, we must do a good job of strengthening technology and quality research and development. ”

You have to set goals for your subordinates, and you have to give them chicken blood.

Of course, Lin Zhichao is right, with the development of Hong Kong's garment industry, the Yangtze River zipper will also benefit. At present, the Yangtze River zipper has a small share in Japan, but the YKK zipper cannot be squeezed into Hong Kong.

Bao Chun said: "Well, the jeans trend is obvious. We can invest in copper mines and increase the production of copper smelting. ”

As the general manager of the Yangtze River zipper, he is naturally very familiar with the industrial chain, and he went to Taiwan to invest in a nylon factory and start a branch overseas, which he single-handedly promoted. Of course, General Manager Wang Liang will also be involved, but Lin Zhichao has always been just 'talking on paper' and has not worried about these things.

Changjiang Industrial Group has formed a real group management, and Lin Zhichao does not need to do a lot of things personally.

Lin Zhichao is also very interested in investing in copper mines, and Cheung Kong is a heavy industry enterprise in Hong Kong that can smelt steel and copper by itself at the smelting base in Tseung Kwan O.

"Okay, it is feasible to invest in copper mines, you can go to South America to find opportunities, Deputy General Manager Wang, you have to take the lead."

Wang Liang, as the deputy general manager of the group, is actually the spokesperson of Lin Zhichao.

"Okay, I'll discuss it with everyone later."

Then.

Lin Zhichao talked about the Yangtze River Toy Factory: "The development of Changjiang Toys is undoubtedly very smooth, but this is thanks to our partnership with Audrey Toys Company, remember to ensure quality. Next, we can appropriately strengthen the OEM business for other factories in Europe and the United States, and open branches of the 'Bond Toys' brand in Taiwan and Southeast Asia. ”

In the previous life, Hong Kong's toy exports surpassed Japan's in the 70s, and it is said that on the day the news was announced, the owner of a Japanese toy factory committed suicide.

In this life, Changjiang Toys robbed the OEM of Barbie dolls, which has actually formed a great weakening of Japanese toys.

Moreover, Lin Zhichao planned to use the Audrey Toy Company to plan the 'adoption system' of cabbage dolls in the 70s, and at that time, Cheung Kong would OEM cabbage dolls to increase profits. At the same time, Lin Zhichao plans to develop the comic industry, create an IP belonging to Hong Kong, and drive Hong Kong's patented toys.

Ke Yanping nodded seriously and said, "Yes, boss." There is no problem with the quality of the OEM that we can open a branch on Taiwan Island, and we have always adhered to a good management system and quality control."

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "I'm relieved!" ”

In the past, officials of the U.S. Department of Commerce wanted Audrey Toys to manufacture part of it in Japan, but of course it was vetoed by Richie; The first is that the two sides have cooperated for many years without problems; The second is that Richie knows that if he dares to do this, the boss Audrey will have to fire him the next day.

Audrey Toy Company, the real power is still in the hands of the founder, with 51% of the equity; And there is also a 9% stake, in the hands of the second shareholder, Changjiang Toys.

Of course, in recent years, officials of the US Department of Commerce have not had that kind of idea, after all, the Japanese economy no longer needs support.

Most importantly, the United States had completely changed its thinking about Hong Kong in the late fifties. In the 60s, Hong Kong even became a logistics base for the US army, Wan Chai was also a resting base for American GIs, and the Americans were also using Hong Kong.

Because of this, a large part of Hong Kong's industrial products are now exported to the United States.

Lin Zhichao also summarized other Midea electrical appliances and Zhongtian Iron and Steel, but did not emphasize too much.

As for wigs and plastic flowers, there are only some agency business and high-end product business left, so there is no need to pay attention to it.

At present, zippers and toys are still the pillar industries of Changjiang Industrial Group.

The closure of the Yangtze River Plastic Factory is not really a closure! If you stick to it, you can spend at least a year; But Lin Zhichao didn't want to dismiss the workers, he was worried that he would be hostile and provoked by others.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao could have raised 1,500 people, but Lin Zhichao simply canceled the production of plastic flowers; Many of these workers were introduced to cooperative companies, but their salaries were reduced a lot, and many of them were directly unemployed, and of course, the Changjiang Toy Factory also accepted some of them.

The Changjiang Plastic Factory still exists, mainly acting as an agent for Hong Kong plastic flower products and selling them to European and American wholesalers; In this way, there are still more than two million profits per year.

At the same time, Hong Kong plastic flowers are not in crisis, there are still more than 1,000 factories; This is because small factories are easy to survive and large factories are easy to go out of business.

For example, the Jewish Brothers Factory in the previous life also 'went bankrupt' in 1966 and sold the factory to others.

Large factories have better salaries, because if you don't pay attention, it is easy to cause strikes, so when the industry goes downhill, it is the first to 'go out of business'.

Factories with plastic flowers can generally be transformed to produce toys, which is the same.

Changhe Plastic Factory.

Li Jiacheng finished calculating last year's accounts in the office, showing a hint of joy.

Originally, he thought that the profit would fall a lot, but he didn't expect that together with the profit from the factory rent, it would be a total of 1.2 million Hong Kong dollars; You know, last year, the factory rent was also lowered, and the market for plastic flowers was very difficult, and it stands to reason that 1 million may not be earned.

"Thanks to the Changjiang Plastic Factory handing over a lot of business to our factory, this is almost 300,000 Hong Kong dollars more OEM fees!" Li Jiacheng suddenly showed a grateful look.

It turned out that the Yangtze River Plastic Factory shared at least 3 million Hong Kong dollars of plastic flower processing fees, and Lin Yunchu's factory shared more, about 20%, Li Jiacheng also shared 10%, and the rest were all Shunde fellow villagers.

Assigned to Li Jiacheng, it was Lin Zhichao who planned to promote him, after all, the current Li Jiacheng could not be his competitor, plus the quality of Li Jiacheng's factory was guaranteed.

"In this way, I have about 3 million Hong Kong dollars in my hands, and now the factory land in Kwun Tong only needs 40~50 Hong Kong dollars, and I want to invest in another factory building." Li Jiacheng pondered the problem.

Today, investing in a factory building may only cost more than 2 million. Lee Ka-shing is still optimistic about Hong Kong real estate and plans to invest in another industrial building.

Real estate is falling, and he feels that it is an opportunity!

Li Jiacheng also laid out the future plan, that is, to enter the real estate industry. Although his funds are expected to be only 1 million after the construction of two industrial buildings, after all, the factory and the building can still bring him stable profits.

And although he has predicted that plastic flowers will no longer be popular, his plastic factory is still producing toys and other plastic products.

Overall, it can provide him with a steady stream of profits.

In fact, Lin Zhichao has also been paying attention to Li Jiacheng, and when he learned about the scale of Li Jiacheng's factory, he could calculate how much profit he made, after all, they were all peers.

According to Lin Zhichao's idea, as of 1967, Li Jiacheng had at most two factory buildings and 1~2 small sites; With such a scale developed until 1972, I am afraid that it would be good to be listed.

And in the seventies, Lin Zhichao would also rob him of the opportunities of his previous life, such as the Huarenxing Building, Meigao Company (Hilton Hotel), Saixi Lake, etc., so he was not worried about his growth at all.

Lin Zhichao is like raising Li Jiacheng in captivity, allowing him to develop, but he will control it and cannot affect his layout.

This time, I handed over a lot of plastic flower OEM to him, and I also hope that he will not be depressed from now on, and he will not be seen in the top ten real estate developers in the future; Undoubtedly, that kind of Hong Kong is not what Lin Zhichao wants to see. (End of chapter)