Spurred by various 'bailout' measures, the Hong Kong stock market finally rebounded from the low of May 9 (686.03 points) and rose to 762.45 points on May 14, while Hong Kong Governor MacLehose's public statement on May 18 that the Hong Kong stock market had returned to normal made the stock market rise further to 861.54 points on May 21.

However, this short-lived rebound lasted less than two weeks, and on May 22, the stock market fell back under the influence of the "big market makers" taking advantage of the rebound momentum to "ship aggressively".

In response to the situation that during the sharp decline in the stock market, shareholders successively 'took advantage of the dip' but later 'got trapped' and became 'hairy crabs' (trapped holders), "Sing Tao Daily" humorously divided these 'hairy crabs' into four levels, and then explained the predicament they faced.

The hairy crabs in the stock market can be divided into several levels: those purchased at more than 1,700 points in the Hang Seng Index are called the first level; If the index has fallen by 1,500 points, it is called the second level; When the index falls to about 1,000 points, it is considered safe to buy, which is called the third level; If it falls below 800 points, it is believed that it is an opportunity to 'close the stock' and do not hesitate to buy it, which is the fourth level.

Since this decline seems to be endless, those first-level 'kidnappers' are certainly unskilled and determined to lose, and many second-level buyers also see that the situation is not good and abandon their armor...... As for the third and fourth level victims, they were originally 'righteous people' who supported the stock market in the 'big market' and believed that they would never 'lose their hands and feet' by investing in this index, and they even thought that if they held this 'line of defense' firmly, they would gradually attract the interest of other buyers, forming a kind of 'carrying force' and reversing the downward trend. Unexpectedly, they were also caught by mistake, which made people feel even more chilling, and they regarded the stock market as a trap of 'no one should approach', and the stock market could not afford to sink, and many stocks fell below the floor price.

—Sing Tao Daily, May 28, 1973

In the conference room of the Global Group, Lin Zhichao is holding a meeting with the senior management.

In the past two years, Global Group has brought Lin Zhichao a profit of 2.4 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Among them, 1.8 billion yuan was purchased for gold (cost $60 per ounce), and Lin Zhichao plans to wait for gold to sell at $180 per ounce (currently $110 per ounce), which is about the end of next year (1974), after US inflation eases. As for the remaining 600 million Hong Kong dollars in profits, they are all stored in the account.

In the next five years, there will be a profit of 10~1.2 billion yuan every year, and a profit of 50~6 billion yuan in five years.

Lin Zhichao asked: "At present, how many oil tankers can we mobilize?" ”

Feng Yongfa immediately said: "At present, we have 36 100,000-ton oil tankers, which are in the state of maintenance, port call, and one-way short-term charter, and all of them will be arranged in two months at the latest. ”

This is something arranged by the boss, and he naturally does it.

Lin Zhichao nodded, and asked Bobby Blair again: "Is the communication with the Middle East good?" ”

"Well, in the name of a joint venture refinery in Singapore, we negotiated to buy 26 million barrels of crude oil at a unit price of $3 a barrel, which is slightly more expensive than other oil companies, but can import crude oil for us at any time," Bobby Blair said. ”

A ton of oil is seven barrels, and the price of a barrel of oil is less than $3, and Bobby Blair must have given Middle Eastern officials a favor, so it costs $3 a barrel.

As for buying in the name of a Singapore refinery, that's just a trick.

Lin Zhichao said: "Okay, this time Vice President Bobby is in charge, after filling these 36 oil tankers for me, I will find a port to dock for me to wait for the price of oil to rise." Remember, the seafarers of each oil tanker are not allowed to leave the port of call to consider the costs and risks."

Bobby Blair said tentatively: "Boss, even if the price of oil rises, it will only increase by 1~2 US dollars per barrel at most, and this gamble does not seem to be cost-effective at all." If our oil tankers are chartered for a long time, they will have a profit of at least 100~1.2 million US dollars per year. ”

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Don't worry, we will definitely make more than $1 per barrel, wait and see!" ”

Although Bobby Blair was curious, he did not continue to ask, the situation in the Middle East is indeed unstable this year, but he can't understand whether the oil-producing countries in the Middle East dare to double the price?

In the past, a barrel of oil was 1.7~2 US dollars, but since the 70s, Middle Eastern oil producers have asked for price increases, which has risen to 2.8 US dollars per barrel.

So, Bobby Blair still didn't dare to think too much.

Lin Zhichao has calculated that crude oil will soar to more than $11 in November this year, so he can earn $8 per barrel of oil and $56 per ton of oil. And he is now more than 3.6 million tons, even after deducting port and operating costs, he can earn 180 million US dollars.

And these 36 100,000-ton oil tankers, because they are 'small tonnage' oil tankers and 10-year-old second-hand ships, will earn 1.2 million US dollars a year. Now when you come to speculate on crude oil, you can earn more than $5 million a year, which must be very cost-effective. Moreover, he can also earn shipping costs.

When this batch of crude oil is sold out and the oil crisis is almost over (more than half a year), these 36 ships will continue to be leased for five years, and they can still earn 100~1.2 million US dollars per year.

26 million barrels of oil is about the same as the world's current daily production, that is, 30 million barrels of oil are produced a day, but only 3 dollars a barrel is sold; These countries in the Middle East have been squeezed miserably by Western countries in the past 100 years.

Lin Zhichao is not greedy, after all, the main business of the global group is shipping, and he can't be too keen on spot speculation. Therefore, one of the 50 VLCCs/ULCCs of Universal Group has not been moved, and all of them are long-term leases to several important customers; There are also 15 oil tankers of 10~150,000 tons, which are also leased to old customers.

Lin Zhichao came to the Golden Harvest Film Administration Department in Kowloon, in addition, Golden Harvest Film also has two studios in Kowloon and the New Territories, a total of five studios; Among them, the New Territories studio is leased to the land of the Hong Kong government, which expires in 20 years, while the Kowloon studio is the original Cathay Pacific 'Wing Wah Studio', which owns its land ownership.

In addition, the Hong Kong government is negotiating a 650,000-square-foot plot of land in Siu Chi Sha, Tseung Kwan O. The Hong Kong government meant that it could be leased to Golden Harvest Films as a headquarters studio, but Lin Zhichao insisted on buying the land.

The Hong Kong government's consideration is that Tseung Kwan O may be developed in the future, and the sale of such a large plot of land at a low price is not conducive to future interests. What's more, the Hong Kong government has already suffered a loss in the naval dockyard - selling too much land.

Golden Harvest Films, on the other hand, has made outstanding contributions to Hong Kong's cultural industry by building the Hollywood of Asia and bringing huge dividends to Hong Kong's tourism industry. Therefore, it is necessary to invest in Golden Harvest Cinema in all aspects.

In the face of Golden Harvest's reasoning, the Hong Kong government quickly changed its view and believed that 'Oriental Hollywood' was very necessary. After half a year of negotiations, the Hong Kong government finally decided to sell the land for 12 million Hong Kong dollars to locate the industrial land.

"Boss"

Zou Wenhuai and Qiao Shan greeted Lin Zhichao together, after all, he rarely came here, and he might only visit once or twice a year. More often than not, Zou Wenhuai and Qiao Shan went to the Media Building to report to work.

"Well, let's go to the office and talk first!"

Subsequently, the three of them came to the office.

Lin Zhichao asked with concern: "How is Bruce Lee's physical condition?" ”

Bruce Lee is now the cash cow of Golden Harvest movies, and has cooperated with six movies, all of which are making a lot of money, and maintaining Golden Harvest does not hesitate to arrange full-time positions such as beautiful assistants and drivers. As for his physical condition, as early as 1972, I heard that Zou Wenhuai had headaches and other symptoms on the set.

Zou Wenhuai understands that the boss is not worried about Bruce Lee's body, but about whether this cash cow is at risk.

He said, "It's a waste of a lot of energy, let him go to the United States for a check-up. Then some medicines were prepared. Now, the script for the sixth film is being thought of, and there is already a preliminary draft. ”

To be honest, a cash cow like Bruce Lee, even if it is Zou Wenhuai's inseparable protection, is worth it. Bruce Lee makes a movie, the Hong Kong box office is second, and the most important is the overseas box office, and the revenue is dozens of times that of Hong Kong.

Lin Zhichao said: "After the filming of this movie, we don't want to rush him, the reason why these two or three films are urging him is because he urgently needs to prove himself in Hollywood and stabilize his position." ”

Zou Wenhuai said: "Yes! Now Hollywood has a place for him, which can be regarded as the pride of our Chinese. ”

In this life, Bruce Lee's influence is much higher than in his previous life, and there are already two more movies, so let's see if there can be a third movie. After all, the accident occurred in the previous life next month, and this life should change a little, after all, Bruce Lee, under the urging of Zou Wenhuai, underwent an examination in the United States and prescribed some drugs.

Subsequently, Lin Zhichao asked Zou Wenhuai about a person: "It should also be a martial artist, what is his name?" ”

Zou Wenhuai immediately said: "He, it seems to be the martial artist of the Hong family class, what is his name Jack Cheng, and he also made a stand-in for Bruce Lee, I remember!" ”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said: "The image is good, you can secretly cultivate him for two years in the later stage, and then consider praising him." ”

You must know that in his previous life, 1974 or 1975, Jack Cheng had already gone to Australia to work as a chef, and he was called back by Luo Wei to train and recognize him as a deed.

Zou Wenhuai didn't think much about it, the boss didn't seem to care about the production business of Golden Harvest Films, but in fact, many directors, actors, and screenwriters were familiar with it, and they should be secretly paying attention.

"No problem, boss, your vision must be right!"

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "It's not that I have a good vision, it's important to formulate a good movie theme for every star." Bruce Lee's acting path is still narrow, and I am afraid that he will be aesthetically fatigued in the future; Xu Guanwen is a nonsensical comedian, and he has his own opinions; Sammo Hung is a star, even if he can't become Wang Yu's first-class star, but there is also a box office market, and after two years of training, you can try to cultivate him into a humorous kung fu action style, which is a very promising style. ”

Zou Wenhuai said admiringly: "Okay, I have it in mind, boss." ”

How powerful is Golden Harvest Movies at this time?

In his previous life, Shaw Brothers also had Li Hanxiang and Xu Guanwen's collaboration trilogy, as well as Li Hanxiang's Fengyue films, as well as Chu Yuan's "Seventy-two Tenants" and other high-grossing movies; And in this life, these movies are all Golden Harvest movies.

Chu was originally from Dianmao Pictures, and after Lin Zhichao moved into Dianmao, he would naturally reassure these people, including Chu Yuan.

"When was "Seventy-Two Tenants" released?"

"Next Month (July)"

Subsequently, Lin Zhichao, accompanied by Zou Wenhuai and Qiao Shan, visited the administrative department of Golden Harvest Film, which can be regarded as a declaration that he is the boss of this company, otherwise many people don't know.

"Boss, this is Mr. Guan Shan!"

happened to meet Guan Shan, who came to him, and Zou Wenhuai understood and introduced.

Lin Zhichao immediately smiled: "Of course I know, Mr. Guan is one of the most famous male stars in the sixties, I have seen a lot of your movies?" ”

Guan Shan is indeed handsome, he is still an elegant handsome guy at the age of 40, no wonder he can give birth to such a beautiful daughter.

At this time, Guan Shan was suddenly flattered, he didn't expect to meet this great god today, and hurriedly stretched out his hand and said respectfully: "Sir Lin, hello!" ”

"Just call me Lin Sheng, no one in the company calls me this!"

"Well, Lin Sheng!"

Immediately, Lin Zhichao and Guan Shan had a brief chat, and learned that now Guan Shan has opened a film company, and Lin Zhichao said that Golden Harvest Films would cooperate.

Guan Shan immediately smiled and said: "Thanks to Jiahe's care, I am cooperating, and Jiahe also invited me to film." ”

Lin Zhichao said: "That's good! Our Golden Harvest Film Company is like a satellite parent company, and it also has many satellite subsidiaries, which is beneficial to everyone. ”

Guan Shan immediately praised the advanced model of Golden Harvest films!

Lin Zhichao was full of interest, Zou Wenhuai took the opportunity to invite everyone to drink tea together, he thought that Lin Zhichao admired Guan Shan very much, so he planned to pull the strings. As everyone knows, Lin Zhichao is a wolf with ambition and scheming.

A few people went to the office to drink tea and talked happily, and at the end Lin Zhichao asked for a business card from Guanshan.

After Guan Shan left, Zou Wenhuai said: "Boss, do you want to focus on supporting him, you appreciate him so much!" ”

Lin Zhichao said without hesitation: "Our company is based on the ability to speak, I can't appreciate him, you just look at it, don't take special care." Of course, if it's just filming and acting, you might as well give him some roles, I think he can participate in the role of costume films in a blink of an eye, which can be regarded as expanding a variety of styles, of course, I'm definitely not talking about the protagonist, after all, he is so old."

What are you kidding, if you really support Guan Shan to be a big boss, wouldn't it be bad for your own plan, so you should be cautious about investing in movies; However, Golden Harvest Movies can find Guan Shan to film and make a living for some small roles.

Zou Wenhuai immediately said: "I understand what the boss meant!" ”

He believes that Lin Zhichao is very principled, work is work, and personal relations are personal friends, and they are clearly divided.

When Lin Zhichao was about to leave, Zou Wenhuai couldn't help asking: "Boss, what is the prospect of the stock market, how about buying the bottom of Jiahe stock now?" ”

It turned out that in late February, Lin Zhichao allowed these subordinates to cash out at a high rate and improve their quality of life.

Zou Wenhuai alone cashed out tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars and became a rich man completely. However, he still wants to hold some Golden Harvest stocks, so he says it like this so as not to be misunderstood.

Of course, 75% of the shares of Golden Harvest Film are in the hands of Lin Zhichao, and it is impossible to misunderstand anything.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Golden Harvest Movies has fallen by half, which is a relatively resistant stock, mainly because of the high box office income of the movie. However, my suggestion is that the market is still unstable, coupled with the fact that Golden Harvest is about to invest in Tseung Kwan O Cinema and will not pay dividends, etc., it is expected that next year will be a good time to buy the bottom. Specifically, you decide for yourself, I support you to hold stocks, after all, in the future, the annual dividends, the appreciation of stocks, is definitely very considerable. ”

Zou Wenhuai immediately said sincerely: "Thank you for your advice!" ”

Lin Zhichao nodded, this subordinate was successfully subdued, and Zou Wenhuai didn't dare to go out independently, because he understood Lin Zhichao's terribleness, that is, his eyes were vicious; In addition, Golden Harvest is more domineering than when Shaw Brothers movies were at their peak.

Golden Harvest's listed market value is 200 million Hong Kong dollars, the peak was 750 million Hong Kong dollars, and there are still 400 million Hong Kong dollars. And the Hang Seng Index is still more than 700 points, and it is possible that Golden Harvest Movies will fall to 200 million next year.

Leeks would not have thought that Golden Harvest film stocks are so cheap, and they make tens of millions of profits every year, which is simply Chinese cabbage.

However, sometimes you sell Chinese cabbage and no one dares to buy it!

Guan Shan returned home, in fact, he is now separated from Zhang Bingqian, but after all, he has a two-year-old son who wants to see, so he occasionally takes a look.

At this time, Guan Shan had already derailed and been reported by the media, but in this era, a man's cheating is really not a big deal, and everyone blames Zhang Bingqian for not being able to keep her husband.

That's the reality!

"Dad" Guan Jiahui happily greeted him.

"Hmm"

Guan Shan replied coldly, and teased his son again, but even if it was his son, he teased him twice absent-mindedly, and he was not interested. At that time, he hoped to have a son, but he found that after his wife gave birth to a son, his life became more tired, and at the same time, he lost the halo of Shaw Brothers' top star, and was dissatisfied with the oppression of Shaw Brothers, so he started his own business.

"Is there any living allowance for us?" Zhang Bingqian said.

Guan Shan was immediately furious and shouted: "You know the money, the money, the money, and you will know that you want money when I come back."

Zhang Bingqian also said politely: "I don't want money, how can I feed two children, are they your children, you have money for that wild woman"

The relationship between the two has broken down, and it is a matter of time before they divorce.

After arguing for a while, Guan Shan threw 2,000 yuan to Zhang Bingqian, and prepared to leave angrily.

"That's it, you can't spend less outside and give us a little more living expenses."

Guan Shan pointed to the beautiful clothes on his daughter's body and said, "You can't save a little, what does Jiahui want to wear so well, I shouldn't be paid, how can I make money?" ”

Guan Jiahui was suddenly so aggrieved that tears fell, but unfortunately Guan Shan and Zhang Bingqian ignored it.

Zhang Bingqian said: "I'll dress her up beautifully, and I have to find a rich man to be my husband in the future, don't be like me, find you a useless man, don't be responsible!" ”

Guan Shan angrily wanted to slap Zhang Bingqian, but in the end, his conscience was still intact, and he stopped for the sake of the two children.

"Don't say it, today I know a big boss, he admires me very much, if I make money one day, I will divorce you!"

Deliberately humiliating!

Zhang Bingqian suddenly said angrily: "It's you! ”

Guan Shan ignored her and left.

Leave the third mother crying!

At the end of June, the market finally broke out that there was a problem of 'the company encountering financial difficulties' due to the sharp drop in the market value of the company, and the first company to suddenly report financial difficulties was a financial investment company specializing in buying and selling stocks on behalf of customers, called Hualilai Financial Investment Company. The company reportedly used clients' shares as collateral to cope with its insolvent financial crisis when the stock market crashed. When the customer lodged a complaint and the police came to investigate, the person in charge had already 'left the building empty and fled', which caused great public concern.

As investors were worried that companies would "burst" (financial difficulties) one after another, they did not dare to hold on to the stock (stock) for too long, and even sold it recklessly, causing the Hang Seng Index to fall further to 499.45 points on July 11, hitting a new low again. (End of chapter)