On Sunday, December 7, it is advisable to break ground.

The foundation stone of Shangri-La Hotel (Hong Kong), which has been in preparation for many years, has finally been officially laid, and Lin Zhichao has also invited many celebrities and politicians from Hong Kong and overseas to attend the 'groundbreaking ceremony'.

In Hong Kong, there are government officials such as Tai Lintoe, European and American consulate officials, and heads of major foreign banks and Chinese-funded enterprises in the business community. Overseas celebrities include retired politicians and businessmen from Europe, the United States and Japan, and the scale is huge.

Shangri-La Hotel (Hong Kong) Tower is a total of 50 floors, with a total cost of HK$300 million (including decoration and other costs), providing 700,000 square feet of floor space; The hotel has 820 rooms, including 186 suites, 36 presidential suites and 9 exclusive presidential suites.

"Mr. Lin, your investment in such an ultra-luxury hotel shows that you are very optimistic about the prospects of Hong Kong's economy, am I right?" Youra Eguchi, president of the Industrial Bank of Japan, asked in the tone of a friend at the scene.

Global Shipping, with Industrial Bank of Japan, HSBC, and recently formed a consortium to invest in shipping; Each of the three parties invested US$10 million in the development of the shipping industry.

Of course, it is the global shipping that dominates the operation, and the two banks are only investors.

After owning 50 VLCCs and ULCCs (not all completed), the total tonnage is about 19.5 million tons. It does not include shipping companies invested by three parties, nor does it include the assets of two listed companies.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao is equivalent to having completed the goal and will no longer pursue shipbuilding on the sole proprietorship (including Universal Shipping, which cooperates with HSBC).

At this time, if Lin Zhichao still wants to develop shipping, he can join forces with others to invest together. You can not only cooperate for a win-win situation, but also meet more friends.

Lin Zhichao was surrounded by many people, all curious about how he answered this question!

In fact, people hardly understand this kind of investment, Hong Kong is just a relatively prosperous city in Asia after all; But at the world level, it is far less prosperous than the economy of Europe and the United States.

And this ultra-luxury hotel is generally only found in the world's top cities such as New York and London, and even in Tokyo, Japan.

That's an easy answer! I myself am a Hong Kong native, and I am indeed very optimistic about the trend of Hong Kong's economic development. Hong Kong, the Pearl of the Orient, will surely shine in the 70s, and industry, tourism, finance, and trade will become the calling card of Hong Kong's economy. Investing in this hotel is the best proof of my opinion! ”

Some people doubted, some recognized, and some proud, and their attitudes were not the same. British officials such as Dai Lintoe are naturally very proud, and in their opinion, it is the British who have built such a city.

Eguchi Yopo was more serious and said, "What do you think of Tokyo, and how is it compared to Hong Kong?" ”

Lin Zhichao replied seriously: "New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, I think it will be like this in the future!" ”

He didn't say anything about the concept of 'Port Nurem', after all, Hong Kong's financial development had only just begun, and he could have shouted such a slogan in the late seventies.

But the answer of 'New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong' still shocked the people around me. It is really ridiculous that some people compare Hong Kong with New York and London.

However, it was Lin Zhichao who put forward this statement; So even if someone thinks it's wrong, it's just a kind smile, after all, Lin Zhichao is the 'world ship king' and a very discerning 'world businessman'.

Eguchi Yopo seemed to be very serious, and said: "What do you say about the same or the advantages of Hong Kong compared to Tokyo? ”

Everyone can see that the relationship between the two is still good, but they are just seriously discussing.

"Hong Kong is a free economic port that will attract a lot of wealth to Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a place where Chinese and Western cultures and logistics meet, and the port trade is incomparable to Tokyo; Hong Kong has the potential to become a financial city and we already have a second securities trading venue that will open soon. These are my personal words, maybe because I am from Hong Kong, so I am a little optimistic, and I hope that President Eguchi will not laugh! ”

Eguchi Yangpu immediately said: "I think Mr. Lin has a certain point, at least Hong Kong is a very promising and attractive city. ”

Everyone listened carefully to the conversation between the two, and they already believed in Lin Zhichao's words.

As a matter of fact!

In the 70s of this life, Hong Kong must have been much more developed than in the previous life!

Because of the appearance of Lin Zhichao, many things have changed.

After the groundbreaking ceremony, the construction of the Burj Al Arab Hotel officially began, and various machines entered the site.

It was expected to be officially opened in the second half of 1974, a few months earlier than expected in 1975.

Shortly after the opening, the 'oil crisis' officially ended.

The other side.

The people of the Fu Laorong family gathered together to discuss.

Fu Laorong died of illness in 1960, and his children gradually moved their assets from Aomen to Hong Kong, after all, Aomen also lost his gambling license and happened to develop in Hong Kong.

Fu Yinzhao, the eldest son of Fu Laorong, said: "We just found a solution to the problem of spinning, but we didn't expect to open another hotel in Kannao Road, and it is also a top luxury hotel with a huge investment. Let's talk about it, should we open a hotel, or do we change it to an office building? ”

Connaught Road already had the Mandarin Hotel, which opened in 1963, and now the Fu Lao Rong family is preparing a five-star hotel in the early sixties, but because the Dadong Telegraph Office does not allow its piling sound to affect the signal, it has been seeking 'silent piling', until recently a British construction company said that there was no problem with the technology, and they finally began to prepare for the 'Furama Hotel'.

But unexpectedly, the 'Burj Al Arab Hong Kong' has already begun to break ground!

"Big brother, don't worry about these problems! It is precisely because the tourism industry is becoming more and more vigorous that Lin Zhichao is willing to invest in such a luxurious hotel, which shows that the opening of a hotel is very promising. As for the three five-star hotels gathering on Connaught Road, it is not next to each other, it is the same as Des Voeux Road and Bank Street in Queen's Road. ”

"Indeed, and the British construction company told us that the main building could be completed in 30 months, and we renovated it again so that it could open in 1973. At that time, it will open before the Burj Al Arab. ”

Everyone said that they would continue to build the hotel.

Fu Yinzhao nodded and said, "In that case, then we recently signed a contract with a British construction company (the predecessor of Golden Gate Construction) to invest in a five-star hotel. ”

In fact, as the eldest of the people, he just routinely recruited his younger brothers to discuss.

This piece of land is only a part of the assets of the 'Fu Laorong' family, and it is far less than one-fifth, and it is already worth sixty or seventy million.

With three hotels gathered in Connaught Road, who will be the king in the end?

The answer has long been predestined.

Since mid-December, Lin Zhichao has started a trip abroad.

He first ordered 5 VLCCs and 5 ULCCs in Japan, which was the last large-scale oil tanker built by Global Shipping; Deliveries of this batch of tankers will begin in mid-1971, and with the launch of the tanker, the total number of VLCCs will reach 50.

The total tonnage of these 50 VLCCs has reached 12 million tons. This batch of ships will not be among the "reduced ships" in 1973~1974.

After all, the tonnage is large and the operating cost is low, Lin Zhichao must find a way to avoid the impact of the oil crisis through a long-term contract. No matter how bad it is, Lin Zhichao directly used this kind of oil tanker to buy a large amount of oil before the oil crisis, and he could make a lot of money in the oil spot business.

However, in the first half of 1973, the sale of some small oil tankers (less than 100,000 tons and some ships of 100,000 tons) will still be considered, and the tonnage of production reduction will not exceed 2 million tons.

The real ideal time to reduce the ship began in mid-1977.

After finishing his official duties, Lin Zhichao came to a villa in Tokyo to stay for two days, which was regarded as a vacation.

Sayuri Yoshinaga had already prepared everything for his arrival.

But in fact, Lin Zhichao plans to end this relationship slowly, after all, the seventies are coming soon, and Hong Kong and Taiwan stars are still waiting for his favor. Compared to those beauties, Sayuri Yoshinaga is still a little worse.

"Mr. Lin, my screen image after graduation has changed from a girl to a mature woman, what do you think?" In the villa, Sayuri Yoshinaga knelt under Lin Zhichao with an expression of adoration and admiration on her face.

The two did not communicate and communicate, just got along and chatted normally.

Lin Zhichao smiled: "Then you stand up and let me take a good look, so I can come to this conclusion!" ”

Sayuri Yoshinaga immediately got up, and then showed herself in front of Lin Zhichao.

The upper body is a white shirt embellished with small flowers, and a knee-length hip-hugging overalls skirt is tightly inserted, and the graceful figure is visible at a glance.

Indeed, it is no longer suitable to play a girl!

After all, Japan has always been a girl in high school, and it's too late for college.

"Mature! I'm afraid I'll have to think about getting married in a few years! Lin Zhichao said with feelings.

Sayuri Yoshinaga suddenly had a tense expression, and then came to Lin Zhichao and said nervously: "I want to follow Mr. Lin for the rest of my life!" ”

Lin Zhichao stroked the face of Sayuri kneeling in front of him, and said in a calm tone: "This is not the best ending!" What would your parents think? And it's not good for your future life! You know, I'm an amorous person, and soon there will be new girls, and there won't be so much energy for you, and then you'll be hurt even more."

When the words came out, Sayuri Yoshinaga was already in tears, just shaking her head, it seemed that her feelings were very deep.

This is why Lin Zhichao doesn't look for too many women, many girls are not so easy to get rid of.

Seeing Sayuri Yoshinaga's sad appearance, Lin Zhichao was even more resolute, but he decided to slowly end the relationship through a complicated emotional experience, so as not to make the girl unbearable.

"Okay, I'm not breaking up with you, I'm just letting you and me have time to think about how this relationship will end and face it calmly. Good, don't cry."

After a few words of coaxing, Sayuri Yoshinaga gradually recovered emotionally.

What I want is this effect, which is equivalent to a preventive shot, and the rest of the situation will be relatively better.

"Let's go shopping together, I'll stay in Tokyo for two days, I don't have any work schedule, I'll play with you!"

"Really?"

After Sayuri Yoshinaga cried, she was in a little moody.

"It's true! Let's go, we go out, today we shop, eat one-stop, and then go home in the evening to enjoy a pleasant exchange. ”

"Well, that's great!"

What's more, looking at Sayuri Yoshinaga's appearance, Lin Zhichao plans to teach her a lesson today.

Subsequently, just as Lin Zhichao promised, he put down all his work and accompanied the girl to go shopping.

Coming to a place in Ginza, Lin Zhichao pointed to an adult store and whispered in Sayuri Yoshinaga's ear.

Suddenly, Sayuri Yoshinaga blushed, but still walked in without hesitation.

After a while, she shyly came out with her bag.

The New York branch of Victoria Harbour Investments.

Harbour Investment, a 'private investment company' established by Lin Zhichao since the second half of 1968, was established based on the original 'Changjiang Investment Fund' with an initial capital of US$418 million.

The current Asian, European and American investment division of Harbour Investments is headquartered in the top floor office of the International Building in Hong Kong.

"Boss, you have once again predicted the US stock market, you are the real Wall Street stock god! The U.S. stock market began to stagnate in the second half of 1968, and in the second half of this year, it began to plummet, and the 'Pretty 50' fell sharply. Chris said adoringly.

The beautiful 50 is the Dow Jones 50 constituent stocks.

Lin Zhichao began to let Chris gradually clear his warehouse in early 1968, and all of them were cleared in March. Since mid-1968, the U.S. stock market has begun to stagflate, that is, it has a sideways mode of neither rising nor falling; And in June of this year (1969), the Dow Jones and the S&P began to plummet.

It fully proves that Lin Zhichao has once again won a perfect victory.

However, it is more than 400 million US dollars, and it can only be put on the account to eat interest.

However, in the Japanese stock market, I invested a small amount of money, so I can familiarize myself with it in advance.

"I don't want to be a stock god, so we'd better keep a low profile, after all, it's a private company. The next time we enter the market, we will use offshore and diversified investment channels to try not to attract the attention of your Wall Street. Lin Zhichao said.

Chris has been with him for almost a decade and is absolutely loyal. Of course, the so-called loyalty is mutual, and his salary is also high in Wall Street financial companies, not including the 'Wall Street geniuses' who dominate the fund, because they receive a large dividend.

Chris himself understands that he is more of a loyal executor, buying and selling stocks as his boss tells him; And almost all the money earned by the part of the fund he led 'free stock trading' was paid by the boss as a salary and bonus.

"Rest assured, boss, we have been preparing for more than a year, and we can enter in a low-key manner at any time, and we will not let your fame appear on Wall Street."

Chris thinks he understands the boss very well, and the boss has the humble and low-key spirit of Asians, although there is no problem in making money by trading stocks in the United States, the boss still chooses the safest and most low-key way.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "There is no rush to enter, after all, the 'beautiful 50' on the market is not cheap enough." On the contrary, we can study together who had more advantage in these 'beautiful 50s' in the early seventies. In the next wave, I'll listen to you and pick the 'pretty 50' stocks. ”

The next wave of the market is about 50% down in the beautiful 50, and Lin Zhichao is ready to enter; Approximate time, he thinks he should be able to enter in the second half of next year. And the time of the end, it must be the first half of 1973, it will have to be emptied, and even at the beginning of the year, it will have to be emptied; This is because the U.S. economy is stagflating and the oil crisis is coming one after another.

As for the specific stocks, Lin Zhichao is not very clear, so he can buy 'Pretty 50' directly, but McDonald's and Coca-Cola are what Lin Zhichao must buy.

"Good boss! We will definitely analyze it carefully for your reference. ”

"Hmm"

Then, Lin Zhichao said: "What I told you last time, suppose I want to invest in gold spot, what is your plan?" ”

"In the United States, people are not allowed to hold spot gold, but in London and Switzerland, they can be entrusted to banks to buy and sell and store it," Chris said. Hong Kong is also relatively good, this year the Hong Kong government has relaxed gold controls, the boss should have his own channels"

Lin Zhichao nodded and said: "The dollar is pegged to gold, which has led to a lot of gold being removed from the treasury of the US government, and I think this kind of 'Bretton Woods monetary system' will be canceled sooner or later, so I have the intention of investing in gold." But don't worry, I won't think about it for a while. ”

Chris nodded and said, "Okay! ”

In fact, Lin Zhichao knew that Hong Kong completely liberalized gold control in 1971, allowing gold to be bought and sold freely; At that time, the world's major gold dealers have come to Hong Kong to do business, and Hong Kong has gradually become the third largest gold trading center after London and New York.

At that time, Lin Zhichao preferred to keep gold in Hong Kong.

The price of gold probably began to rise from the 40s to the 60s in 1972, but the real surge did begin in 1973, and the first wave of the rally ended in late 1974, after the end of the oil crisis.

In this way, from about mid-1972, Lin Zhichao had to cash out a large number of U.S. stocks and buy gold with funds.

After finishing his work in the United States, Lin Zhichao and his family ushered in 1970 at Long Island Villa in New York.

All the families came here in batches for a week's vacation, which coincided with the winter break for the students, so we were able to gather everyone.

During the vacation, Lin Zhichao called his eldest son Lin Ruihuan to the study.

"In August of next year (1971), you will end your work here and go back to work at the Cheung Kong Asset Group in Hong Kong. The project in New York lasted for five years, but the project was too small to sort out the doorways. ”

Lin Ruihuan calculated in his heart that his girlfriend Luo Huijun had to graduate in 1972 and could only be separated for a year.

"Well, two years have given me a deep understanding of the project, and I can get training to deal with various problems."

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Your personal affairs, before you get married, I won't care about you." Hello for yourself! ”

Lin Ruihuan blushed and whispered: "It's enough to fall in love once!" ”

Lin Zhichao waved his hand and said, "You don't have to talk about this in front of me, anyway, I'm not qualified to talk about you." But if you marry into the door, you must get the consent of me and your mother, theoretically speaking, we don't value the other party's family background or something; As long as you are Chinese, there is no problem with the girl's morality, you can like it. ”

Lin Ruihuan immediately said: "Whatever your father does, it doesn't affect you being a good husband and father!" Matters of affection, I will definitely abide by your and mother's opinions. ”

The previous words were always spoken by my mother; The latter words are the 'family responsibility' that he has always been proud of.

Lin Zhiming said with satisfaction: "Go ahead!" ”

It's better that the wife is sensible, and there will be no family conflicts.

(End of chapter)