In the market that has fallen sharply in the past two months, many stocks have fallen by more than 60 percent from their highest prices this year, and some have even fallen by more than 80 percent. Such a sharp drop in the stock market will have an adverse impact on the normal activities of Hong Kong's industry and commerce and on the residents' economy. Therefore, it is necessary to take measures to resume 'full-time' trading in the stock market...... We are asking the Hong Kong government to take a portion of the large sterling reserves held in London and buy blue-chip stocks in Hong Kong as a long-term investment. As a result, Hong Kong's stock market will certainly turn from cold to hot, from falling to rising.

—Sing Tao Daily, May 7, 1973

In order to save the market, four exchanges announced the resumption of full-day trading from May 7, hoping to stimulate trading and reverse the decline by extending the trading hours. Later, the Commissioner of the Securities and Futures Commission, Sze Wai-yin, publicly stated that "Hong Kong's economic prospects are good, the public need not worry, and confidence in the stock market can be restored." ”

—Sing Tao Daily, May 7, 1973

From the reversal on March 9 to the close of trading on May 8, the stock market fell for two consecutive months. In these days of 'sun and moon', many investors suffered heavy losses and complained of hardship. In the absence of a solution, many investors are begging the government to intervene to stop the stock market from continuing to decline.

—Oriental Daily, May 9, 1973

In a high-end hotel in Wan Chai, Lin Zhichao, Yu Chengwan and Li Gaofu are having a small gathering, during which they are talking about the real estate market and the stock market, and everyone seems to be already from the same class.

At the beginning of this year, Yu Chengwan listed Wancheng Development and raised funds of 12.5 million Hong Kong dollars, with a market value of 148 million Hong Kong dollars in March.

Of course, the reason why the market value is so high is also the reason why Lin Zhichao and Li Gaofu participate in the shares; After the listing, Lin Zhichao held 15% of the shares, and Li Gaofu also held 10.85% of the shares, so this company is a proper star stock.

"Lin Sheng, Wancheng Development intends to acquire Taiwei Co., Ltd., the main asset of this enterprise is Zhonghui Building in Kwun Tong Commercial Building." Yu Chengwan said in high spirits.

Lin Zhichao and Li Gaofu, the two shareholders, joined as friends, in fact, Wancheng Development is the dominant family of Yu Chengwan, and his two daughters have joined it. The two of them also considered that Yu Chengwan would be calm and would go public to raise funds to purchase property and collect rent, and there would be no problems.

And Lin Zhichao is also based on a friend's investment of millions of Hong Kong dollars, and wait until the stock appreciates in the future, and then cash out, why not make money!

Lin Zhichao asked, "How much does it cost?" ”

Kwun Tong is an industrial area, of course, there are also commercial buildings, and the location is still good.

Yu Chengwan said: "15.9 million Hong Kong dollars, which is also the failure of its boss to speculate in stocks, and now he plans to deal with this company cheaply, so that we can pick up a bargain." I have calculated that after the acquisition, the rental profit can be 120~1.3 million Hong Kong dollars; And if the rent of the property does not fall, it is actually more than 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars. ”

Lin Zhichao nodded, such a building, in another four or five years, is possible with an annual rent of 5 million Hong Kong dollars. No matter how you do it, you won't lose, provided you can hold it.

This stock market crash will lead to financial problems for many companies, because they are involved in stock speculation, and eventually lead to the sale of properties and enterprises together.

"I remember that Lao Yu cashed out some properties at the beginning of the year, and there is no problem with this money Wancheng Development, which can be acquired!" Li Gaofu said with a smile at this time.

Yu Chengwan said proudly: "I also learned from Lin Sheng, he advised everyone not to speculate in stocks, indicating that real estate also has the possibility of falling, so he cashed out 5 million Hong Kong dollars of property, all of which are scattered properties, and this time they can be exchanged for the entire property!" ”

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "I am persuading everyone not to speculate in stocks, but I am just persuading everyone to do what they can." ”

The topic led to stock speculation, and everyone continued to discuss. Today, the Hang Seng Index is 680 points, down almost two-thirds.

Li Gaofu said: "I escaped a catastrophe this time, I gained a little in the stock market, and following Lin Sheng's side, it is really full of experience!" ”

In Lin Zhichao's view, Li Gaofu's level is still much worse, and after the listing, he will pick up the 40 million raised funds to buy the property, and the price is slightly higher; did not make full use of the stock market, issued a large number of new shares, and was too conservative; Unauthorized use of the company to speculate in stocks, although the amount is not large, but the method is wrong; The company does not have a lot of liquid cash and cannot participate in the subsequent dip (oil crisis).

Based on these problems, Li Gaofu is destined to become a billionaire who barely passes. Whether or not it can become one of the top 20 real estate companies in the future depends on its creation, and it is certainly not enough to rely on rent alone, but also to work the development of real estate (residential and factory sales) and the stock market.

Of course, if his son fights, he may not lose to the Luo Yingshi family of the Eagle Monarch, after all, Fuhe Real Estate is still a little larger than the Eagle Monarch.

Yu Cheng's heart was moved, and he asked: "Lin Sheng, what do you think of the follow-up development of the stock market now?" ”

Lin Zhichao shook his head, he never predicted the future, at most persuaded people; However, he knew that Yu Chengwan did not have the habit of speculating in stocks, so he said with a smile: "I don't pay attention to the stock market, where do I know the follow-up!" ”

Yu Chengwan asked again: "What about the prospects of Hong Kong's economy?" ”

Lin Zhichao said: "There is no need to question this, what is the problem with Hong Kong's economy, MacLehose is a good governor of Hong Kong, and Hong Kong will be more developed." ”

Yu Chengwan nodded and said: "Yes, the stock market has fallen, in fact, the real estate is slightly affected, and the factory has not had much impact." ”

Li Gaofu said with a smile: "Lao Yu, now that the girls of your two houses have joined Wancheng Development, your sons can share your worries for you, and you don't have to worry about anything!" ”

Li Gaofu's son, who also graduated from university last year, joined Fu and Development, and he has a deep understanding.

Yu Chengwan replied: "They're all focused on fighting. Hey, every family has an unforgettable scripture. Of course, Lin Sheng does not have these problems, "pouring bitter water."

Lin Zhichao will not participate in this kind of topic, let alone participate in other people's family infighting. Although Wu Bing did everything possible to curry favor with Wu Wenying, he found Lin Zhichao as a backer, so that Lin Zhichao could speak for their second room in front of Yu Chengwan. In fact, for so many years, Lin Zhichao has never said a word about their two rooms.

To put it bluntly, Yu Chengwan is just his younger brother in business, and he doesn't bother to pay attention to P big things.

Wancheng development.

Yu Chengwan's eldest son, Yu Huancai, came to his office.

"Dad, the Hang Seng Index has rebounded to more than 700 points, and if you don't enter the market, it won't be considered a bottom! Now many people outside are saying that Hong Kong's economic prospects are good, and the stock market will not fall again. ”

It turned out that Yu Chengwan had a very good relationship with his original wife Kuang Qionghua, so after he developed, he still balanced the relationship between the two houses and let the girls of the two houses join Wancheng Development.

And Yu Huancai, as the eldest son, is even more reused.

Then Yu Huancai naturally hopes to make achievements for the company, so as to please his father, and finally achieve the goal of controlling the development of Wancheng. So he remembered the matter of stock speculation and bottoming, after all, many people think that it is absolutely safe to buy the bottom below 800 points.

Yu Chengwan said hesitantly: "If we take out 10 million Hong Kong dollars to speculate in stocks, it means that we have to pay 10 million Hong Kong dollars in debt, which is the company's two-year profit!" ”

The current market value of Wancheng Development has fallen to 50 million Hong Kong dollars, and the annual profit is 5 million Hong Kong dollars, which is still added to the newly acquired properties.

Yu Huancai immediately said: "Now 10 million to buy the bottom, it will soon become 15 million, and then we will withdraw the funds and repay the rest of the property payment." ”

It turned out that Wancheng Development had a cash flow of about 18 million, and the value of the property purchased this time was 16 million Hong Kong dollars, and they planned to pay half of it first, and the rest would be paid in installments. The remaining 10 million cash flow in his hand was encouraged by Yu Huancai to buy the bottom of the stock market.

Yu Chengwan was quickly persuaded by his eldest son, because everyone was saying that Hong Kong's economy was fine, and now that the stock market had fallen by two-thirds, it was a good opportunity to buy the bottom.

You know, his friend Lin Zhichao is not a good hand at buying the bottom, everyone is rumoring that Lin Zhichao bought a lot of wealth from real estate and the stock market in 1967, and then it grew to one billion.

"No problem! Let's go, let's go to the brokerage house. ”

"Yes, Dad!"

Yu Huancai is overjoyed, as long as he makes money for the company, then why should Yu Huanying, who is in the second room in the future, fight with himself!

Lin Zhichao's mother, Wu Wenying, is sixty-five years old this year, and her health is very good, and she has always been regarded by Lin Zhichao as the biggest 'baby' in the family, and naturally there are many people around her who befriend her. In addition, she likes to play mahjong, so there are usually a lot of mahjong friends around, Wu Bing is one of them, and there are also Li Gaofu's original partner Chen Shufang and Zheng Yutong's wife Zhou Cuiying. and many other wealthy wives in this circle.

And Wu Bing was purely scrambled with Wu Wenying, so he reluctantly entered this circle.

As for Lin Zhichao's two wives, they don't like this aging circle, and Tang Caiyun is a career-oriented woman, so their communication circle is higher.

On this day, Wu Bing was at the poker table, flattering Wu Wenying again and deliberately releasing cards.

Chen Shufang said quickly: "Ah Bing, it's useless for you to please my aunt, Hua Fang is just a person who has not studied in college, it is impossible to marry into the Lin family." My nephews and nieces are all as smart as them, handsome and beautiful. ”

Yu Huafang, who was accompanying her, was suddenly ashamed, and she was a little embarrassed, she had poor grades since she was a child, so she didn't go to school again after finishing high school.

Wu Bing said curtly: "I didn't mean that, Mrs. Li, you misunderstood me, Hua Fang has not studied well since she was a child, and she is angry with me and her old son." ”

At this time, she was very anxious, Dafang began to grasp more and more rights in Wancheng Development, especially the eldest son Yu Huancai was recently entrusted with an important task, otherwise to develop the securities business.

Therefore, Wu Bing also hopes to find a foreign aid, she knows that Lin Zhichao has the greatest influence on her husband, even if she only needs one sentence, maybe the second room can overwhelm the big house; And if the youngest daughter can be related to the Lin family, then everything will be fine.

Wu Wenying didn't open her mouth, she pretended to ignore this matter, although her son and daughter-in-law respected him very much, but when it came to her grandson's marriage, she didn't want her son and daughter-in-law to be difficult.

Chen Shufang continued to smile: "Of course, it's best if you don't, so as not to be sad in the end. Hua Fang, come over and I'll take a look. Tsk, the peach blossom eyes of the mesmerizing people, the seductive pouting lips, the young bewitching body, your conditions are good, but I still don't talk about it, so as not to hurt the peace! ”

She has a knife mouth, but she doesn't have a tofu heart, in fact, Yu Huafang is a fox embryo, who wants to marry a girl like this in the big family!

Yu Huafang was suddenly ashamed, she was still young and didn't understand the deep meaning of Chen Shufang's words, so she just thought she was praising herself for being beautiful.

"Thank you, Aunt Shufang, for the compliment!"

Chen Shufang was stunned for a moment, and then said: "You girl, no wonder it's not material for reading!" ”

Wu Bing was a young lady from a rich family in Suzhou back then, so she naturally understood the meaning of Chen Shufang's words, but she couldn't refute it. Among their group of wives, she is only a second room, not to mention that her husband has the smallest career, so he can only be reduced to the last place.

Although Yu Chengwan was a general of the Anti-Japanese War back then, Hong Kong is a capitalist society, and no one values the achievements in that regard. However, Sir Lin took a fancy to it, and it was already a blessing for his husband.

"Old Madam Lin, Lin Sheng said that he would pick you up later, and now you are on the way!" Li Gaofu's nanny walked in and said respectfully.

Suddenly, it attracted the sycophants of several wives.

"Aunt Ying, Zhichao really cares about you, and he came to pick you up in person so late!"

"That is, Sir Lin is really filial!"

Wu Wenying said with a smile: "He is worried that I will stay up late playing mahjong and hurt my body, this is to remind me!" Okay, okay, let's play again, and it's almost time to drink tea. ”

In fact, Wu Wenying has been Lin Zhichao's headache all these years, and as he gets older, his temper has also come up; This is still a trivial matter, Lin Zhichao hopes that she will play mahjong properly and live more outdoors, and sometimes she is scolded by Wu Wenying.

No matter how much she is a mother, Lin Zhichao is scolded, and he has to think about his mother's health, and remind her from time to time not to be obsessed with 'gambling'.

If there is an old man in the family, Lin Zhichao also hopes that Wu Wenying can live a long life and live to the 21st century.

After a while.

Lin Zhichao came to Li Gaofu's mansion in Shouchen Mountain, Li Gaofu personally greeted him, and after a few words of greeting, Lin Zhichao came to Li's mahjong room.

Everyone greeted Lin Zhichao and praised Lin Zhichao for his filial piety, and Wu Wenying was also happy that he did not procrastinate, and did not blame his son for stopping him from staying up late to play mahjong.

"Lin Sheng, Hua Fang, she wants to work in your company, I don't know if it's suitable?" Wu Bing preached hard.

Lin Zhichao listened and looked at Yu Huafang, that is, Yu Sally in his previous life.

Yu Huafang hurriedly stood up and straightened her body.

A proper fox, a pair of peach blossom eyes that fascinate people, very seductive lips, and a youthful and invincible bewitching figure.

If you shoot Fengyue films and take the route of stars, you will definitely be able to explode.

Of course, Lin Zhichao waved away this idea, after all, Yu Chengwan is also the boss of a listed company, how could he let his daughter take this road.

He asked curiously, "Why don't you go to work in your father's company?" ”

Yu Huafang said: "Father only let my brothers enter the company, Uncle Lin!" ”

Lin Zhichao asked again, "What are you going to do?" ”

It's also a little niece, and I hugged it once when I was a child, so if it's just an ordinary job, it's not a big problem. But it is obviously impossible to give special care.

Yu Huafang hurriedly said: "Can you go to Golden Harvest Film Company to do things?" ”

Lin Zhichao said: "I'm afraid it won't work, Jiahe Company is an entertainment company, and you old bean is afraid that you have opinions." In this way, you go to the Miramar Hotel as a clerk, and if you want to go, you can go to my sister to arrange it. If you are quite a star, go talk to your old bean, and then go to Golden Harvest for an interview; If you want to go to work normally, go to the Miramar Hotel to learn from the regular staff. ”

Wu Bing accepted it when he saw it on the side, and immediately said: "That's really thanks to Lin Sheng, thank you!" ”

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Thank you, it's all trivial, but I'll talk about it first, there are no special people in my business, everything depends on skills!" ”

Wu Bing immediately said: "That's how it should be, how it should be!" ”

Subsequently, Lin Zhichao left with his mother.

On the way back, Wu Wenying sighed and said: "This Wu Bing has always had an attempt!" ”

Lin Zhichao smiled: "Mom, the relationship between friends is like this, you use me, I use you, I can't use it that day, and I can't do it." Wu Bing's performance is normal, if her daughter really comes to work in the company, it will not affect anything, even if she applies for the job normally, she can also be selected, don't think about it! ”

Wu Wenying said: "It's good if you don't make it difficult!" To tell the truth, this Wu Bing still wants to climb our family, and wants her daughter to be our son, I don't like it at a glance, I don't have culture, I look like a fox, I can't be a rich wife at a glance, not a prosperous husband. ”

Lin Zhichao smiled: "Mom, you can look at it, amazing!" ”

Wu Wenying said proudly: "Isn't it, you see how good Huijun is, knowledgeable and reasonable, virtuous and virtuous, my grandson married her, to ensure the peace of the family, harmony, and early birth of a noble son." ”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said: "Huijun is really good, I also fell in love with this daughter-in-law when I met, plus she and Ruihuan have had a stable relationship for many years, and it is time to consider getting married next year." This year is Ruihuan's natal year, and it's not good to get married! ”

Wu Wenying sighed: "My eldest grandson is 24 years old, and I am also old!" ”

Lin Zhichao took the opportunity to say: "You are not old, but you have to listen to me, usually do more health things, and we can still live together for five generations in the future!" ”

Wu Wenying gave birth to Lin Zhichao at the age of 20, and Lin Zhichao had Lin Ruihuan at the age of 21, Lin Ruihuan was about twenty-five or sixteen years old and had his first child, and it is entirely possible for the five generations to be in the same house.

"Okay, we want five generations to live together!"

Wu Wenying was overjoyed, and regardless of Lin Zhichao's persuading her to gamble less, she happily responded. What she wants now is to protect her body, and when her grandson has a son, she will have a great-grandson, and if her great-grandson gets married in the future, she will be in the same house for five generations.

Live to be 100 years old, and you can definitely achieve it.

That night, Lin Zhichao personally arranged for his mother to wash up, and did not say goodbye until she fell asleep. At his age, he cherished this kind of affection, after all, his mother was already sixty-five.

(End of chapter)