Shangri-La Hotel.

Lin Zhichao invited some wealthy people in Shunde to gather, mainly to discuss giving back to their hometown. Of course, everything is in the spirit of volunteering, and he himself will donate a lot, and the reason why he invites everyone is more to show solidarity.

On the contrary, if he doesn't invite everyone, it's not good.

At the banquet, Hu Zhaochi said: "Lin Sheng, I heard that you went back to Shunde, how about your hometown?" ”

Lin Zhichao said with a solemn expression: "Old Hu, our Shunde is unimaginably poor, of course, although Shunde is poor, there is a good county magistrate, he is enterprising and open-minded. The people in my hometown are very welcoming, and the feeling that blood is thicker than water is shocking"

He told about his hometown, and Lin Zhichao was probably the first rich man in Shunde to go back, so everyone listened very carefully.

After listening to this, Hu Zhaochi said with a sigh: "I didn't expect that my old bones would have the opportunity to return to Shunde in my lifetime." Listening to Lin Sheng's words, I am going to go back this year to see if I can do something. ”

He is the same era as Lin Zhichao's father-in-law, and they are all in their seventies, so they are the richest people in Shunde of the older generation.

And Lin Zhichao, Zheng Yutong, Lee Shau-kee, Hu Baoxing, etc., are all people in the twenties, and now they are in the prime of their careers.

Lin Zhichao said: "My team has been communicating with the Shunde government recently, and I personally plan to donate the basic primary and secondary school teaching buildings and basic facilities for primary and secondary schools in the county. In addition to this, I plan to donate to a hospital and a middle school. Finally, there is also a plan to cooperate with the Shunde government to invest in a three-star hotel. Invite everyone to come, the first is to hope that you will have time to go back to Shunde to see, the second is to see if you are willing to invest in this three-star hotel, of course, this hotel is not to make money, is to recover the cost and hand it over to the local government. ”

Since he returned to Hong Kong in Shunde, he has invited several retired and semi-retired Shunde 'veterans' to take care of this matter for him. All the donated projects are entrusted to them to supervise in person, and the 'Lin Zhichao Teaching Building' is all designed by the team, including hospitals, middle schools, and hotels, and Lin Zhichao's team will be responsible for the design and supervision.

Lee Shau Kee said: "This is a good thing, I am willing to invest 3 million Hong Kong dollars in this hotel, and Lin Sheng is the master for me." In addition, I plan to go back to Shunde later and consider donating a middle school. ”

Zheng Yutong also said: "Lin Sheng has spoken, of course I can't lag behind, it's time to contact the mainland."

For a while, everyone said that they would return to Shunde and make some contributions to their hometown. Hu Zhaochi even directly said that he would leave next month and donate a vocational middle school.

Lin Zhichao finally said happily: "Okay, we always organize Shunde Friendship Association and Shunde Chamber of Commerce overseas. These are all longing for and obedience to home. Now that the motherland has opened its doors to welcome us, and the people in our hometown are looking forward to our return, we really can't back down, abandon the prejudices of the past, and return to our hometown within the scope of our ability. ”

Everyone nodded one after another, and there are Luo Dingbang, Wu Yisun, Liang Jiaju, etc., who are also considered to have some net worth. Now that Lin Zhichao is taking the lead, how can everyone not give face.

In fact, everyone also admires Lin Zhichao's generosity, which covers the county's primary and secondary school teaching buildings and related facilities, a county hospital, and a middle school in one go, which is simply many times more than them.

Of course, everyone also understands that Lin Zhichao is a super-rich man integrating shipping, industry, and real estate, and they can only be 'little brothers'.

In fact, these people may not know that Lin Zhichao is only a preliminary donation this year.

In terms of follow-up, we will continue to support Shunde, and of course we will also come to Foshan to support together.

For example, if he wants to donate a university, of course, it is more suitable to choose Foshan, after all, Shunde is a big site.

In this summer vacation, Lin Zhichao's two sons and one daughter joined the family business at the same time, and the youngest daughter Lin Huizhu (the seventh) joined the Shangri-La Hotel and followed her aunt Lin Xin'er to do things; Lin Ruicheng (the eighth child) joined the Global Group and engaged in shipping-related work; Lin Ruinan (Lao Jiu) joined Audrey Investment and temporarily engaged in financial work to accumulate experience.

In fact, Lin Zhichao's nine children have always had no say in what professions they are engaged in, and everything is arranged by Lin Zhichao. Fortunately, everyone was united, and there were no complaints, after all, this is also what their mother meant.

Cheung Kong Group.

Lin Zhichao called the 'old minister' Zhou Fuzhao and said: "This Huo Jianning has a bachelor's degree in literature, that is, he has the qualification of a professional accountant, and he should have more advantages than others. You call him and ask him to come to work in Cheung Kong Group, first in the accounting department. ”

He didn't expect that he would actually snar a 'big fish', and Huo Jianning would actually come to Cheung Kong Group to apply for a job, instead of Li Jiacheng's 'Cheung He Real Estate' at this time. You must know that although Huo Jianning is a returnee student, the institution he graduated from is not a famous university, and Cheung Kong Group, as a large group with a market value of nearly 10 billion, has no shortage of international students from famous universities, and of course does not mind graduates from ordinary universities.

Zhou Fuzhao said with a smile: "The boss is really discerning, this young man was personally recruited by me, and his performance in all aspects is very good, and I also have the intention of recruiting him." ”

The boss said in May this year that he would recruit several accountants with study abroad experience, and he also issued a recruitment at that time, and there were many applicants during the period, and one has been recruited. This Huo Jianning, as a newly graduated international student, was recruited by Cheung Kong, and his luck was really good.

"The specific situation, it depends on the work, but education is also a stepping stone, Cheung Kong Group is transforming, and it will also need highly educated talents to join in the future, which is the trend."

"Yes, the times are different, not everyone used to have the money to go to college, but now everyone has the opportunity to go to college. Therefore, to be able to go to university, first of all, is the quality of this person's willingness to work hard. Although academic qualifications are not absolute, they will be given priority to large enterprises in the future. ”

Zhou Fuzhao and Zhou Huaian, father and son, were both sent overseas by Lin Zhichao to study. Zhou Fuzhao graduated from middle school that year, then joined the bank to work, and was recruited by Lin Zhichao to Changjiang Real Estate; In the early fifties, Cheung Kong Real Estate did not have any real estate projects in his hands, so he was sponsored by Lin Zhichao to go to London, spend three years studying, and obtained the qualification of professional accountant.

As for Zhou Fuzhao's son Zhou Huai'an, he was favored by Lin Zhichao in middle school, just because he was a good material for reading, and later under Lin Zhichao's personal care, he went to Oxford to study, and immediately joined Cheung Kong Group after completing his studies.

After chatting for a while, Zhou Fuzhao went to inform Huo Jianning to come to work in Cheung Kong Group.

Before he walked out of the office, he saw his son Zhou Huai'an report to the boss's office, and immediately smiled with relief. Being able to report to the boss is already stepping into the core circle of Cheung Kong Group, and of course, his son is now also a core executive.

Zhou Huai'an simply greeted 'Manager Zhou' and walked towards the boss's office.

"Boss, the asset value of Midland has been calculated, with a total value of 1 billion Hong Kong dollars, a total of nine redevelopment properties. It is expected to be fully sold next year. ”

The United Land Company, a joint venture with Real Estate Trust and Kam Hing Land, has acquired nine redevelopment properties of the Wheelock Group, which will be developed by Cheung Kong Asset Group.

The contract was signed as early as April, and now it has entered the construction stage.

"We must have a good relationship with friends and businessmen, and there should be no contradictions. Secondly, it is right to move faster, and now is the time when house prices are high, and you can both settle for your pocket and sell at a high price. ”

"I understand"

Why should Lin Zhichao pay attention to the cooperation with Wheelock?

The reason is simple, Wheelock Group still has a lot of projects to rebuild, such as Wheelock Building and Madden Building in Central, which need to be rebuilt, and a large number of redeveloped properties with a total value of not less than 2 billion Hong Kong dollars.

This kind of cooperation does not require Cheung Kong Group to consume its own land reserves, and it can reap a lot of profits in a short time, which of course needs to be sought.

In the industrial building in Kwun Tong, Lin Zhichao is visiting the fan production workshop, and a large number of workers are busy with production.

"Father, since April this year, our production of classical fans and ceiling fans has been extremely popular in North America, all because of the impact of the oil crisis, Europe and the United States are calling for energy conservation." Lin Ruijiang reported.

He had to admire his father's vision, Midea began to specialize in the North American market in February, and began to increase sales in April, showing explosive growth. Midea has always produced fans, but this time it is a strategy of focusing on North American sales, as well as the design of classical fans, plus Midea has always had a wide range of sales channels in North America, and it is impossible to think of underdevelopment.

Lin Zhichao was also a little surprised, he originally thought that it would not sell so quickly, but the facts were a little different.

This year, in fact, starting in February, Iran stopped producing oil; Last month (June), the sharp decline in international oil supply and the sharp rise in oil prices were all unexpected by Lin Zhichao, because everything came too quickly.

Although Lin Zhichao knew about the 'first oil crisis', he thought it was something that happened in the two years of 1979~1980, but he didn't know that things were developing so urgently, and the current international crude oil was more than 30 US dollars a barrel.

"The production capacity can keep up, right?" Lin Zhichao said casually.

This can be regarded as seizing the opportunity, after all, although there are many manufacturers of electric fans in Hong Kong, not all of them can seize the opportunity. First of all, they can't imagine that electric fans can be sold in the United States, because the United States is so developed, don't they all use air conditioners, this is their opinion; Secondly, what styles are more popular in the United States, as elements such as the Beatles fade, the classical traditional ways return to American life.

"To keep up, our Cheung Kong Industries Group is definitely the fastest in Hong Kong to expand its production capacity. Now, we have two thousand workers, specializing in the production of fans, supplying the North American market. However, there is also a fan company called Aimeigao in the market, and they are also eyeing the North American market, with a scale of several hundred people, and they also produce classical fans. Lin Ruijiang reported.

He's now the vice president of Midea and is actually in charge of the overall work.

Lin Zhichao lost his mind slightly, and then said: "It's normal, there must be more than one person with vision, but there are not too many." ”

As long as Midea's company enters the market, the strength of Aimei in this life will be at least halved, or even reduced by seventy. After all, whether it is financial strength or technical quality, Aimeigao cannot compete with Midea's company.

Lin Ruijiang asked: "How long does my father think the impact of this oil crisis will be?" ”

Lin Zhichao said: "For a long time, it will be difficult for oil prices to fall again, and Iran and Iraq still have to fight. However, the dependence of countries around the world on oil had already been conceived during the first oil crisis (1973~1974), so the impact on the economies of each country was limited. ”

The reason why he did not retreat from U.S., Japanese, and British stocks is that he understands that the oil crisis has not had such a great impact on the global economy. Although prices have increased a lot, they are still not as impactful as the first oil crisis.

"I see!"

Lin Zhichao nodded, he didn't think much about it, anyway, Midea's company was handed over to Lin Ruijiang, and he only needed a little command to sit back and relax.

At this time, Midea's company has a lot of money-making products, and the game software of the 'Ninth City' alone will earn 70 or 80 million Hong Kong dollars a year, of which the representative games are, of course, "Hong Kong Cube", "Space Wars", and "Pac-Man"; Other money-making products include: Walkman, electronic watches, arcade machines, classical fans, and the profit of the entire Midea company in the first half of this year has been as high as 100 million, and it can be a top manufacturing enterprise in Hong Kong when it is spun off.

The entire Changjiang Industrial Group is a proper cash cow, with an annual profit of more than 600 million Hong Kong dollars. Even in Central, there are two first-class commercial buildings, which can be described as rich assets.

The joint venture of Lin Zhichao's family and Li Gaofu's family has become a topic of conversation in Hong Kong, and the wedding of Lin Ruikai and Li Bingqian was held at the Shangri-La Hotel, and many media came to interview them. When Lin's four sons got married, they didn't hide from the media, neither took the initiative to publicize it, nor did they hide their heads and tails, anyway, they were very generous.

Regarding the security of his family, Lin Zhichao will not deliberately protect it, and only arranges a driver and a bodyguard. Whether or not to be interviewed by the media is up to each other.

"Lin Sheng, you have had a lot of happy events in recent years!" Some guests joked with a smile.

That's true, since 1974, Lin Zhichao has held four wedding celebrations in Hong Kong.

"Thank you, thank you, it's just so busy that everyone is getting together together!" Lin Zhichao said with a smile.

At his level, he will not accept gifts, but his friends are very enthusiastic, if you don't accept gift money, they will give all kinds of gifts, which makes it difficult for Lin Zhichao to refuse. If you don't shout at everyone, and lose the number of courtesies, more importantly, everyone will know from various channels and will take the initiative to congratulate you.

Weddings in Hong Kong generally start officially after 8 o'clock, and there are too many activities to be carried out in front of performances, mahjong, games, etc.

This also has some advantages, some government officials and heads of large enterprises can finish their official business and then rush to the hotel, saving some of the activities in front of them.

At 9 p.m. that day, the first appetizer was served, and there were interactive activities on the podium.

Lin Zhichao's daughter-in-law did not attract Lin Ruikai with her appearance, her appearance can only be said to be beautiful, but the two have known each other since childhood, they are childhood sweethearts, and even when they were in college, the two often contacted by phone, and their feelings did not fall.

The two adults are acquiescing and letting things go on. Li Gaofu didn't need to curry favor with Lin Zhichao anymore, but he also knew that Lin Ruikai was definitely the dragon and phoenix among people, so he was more supportive.

"Lin Sheng, I heard that your five sons are already working, so it's a lot easier for you now!" Friends quipped.

"That's right! And it's not a lot easier, it's a lot easier, and I'm going to retire and let them work hard. Ha ha! Lin Zhichao smiled happily.

He Shanheng said: "Lin Sheng is so young and said that he wants to retire, how can we be embarrassed by these old bones!" ”

He is very envious of Lin Zhichao's five sons, each joining a division, isn't this the best successor!

On the contrary, his sons and daughters are not interested in Hengchang Enterprise, and there is a son in Hang Seng Bank, but HSBC does not like it, which means that he cannot take over.

The crowd laughed.

Only Lin Zhichao said in his heart, he is really playing, he plans to let his son gradually become the general manager of the company, and he will not need to worry about many things at that time.

As the chairman of the board, he can point out the right path in key places of the enterprise.

(End of chapter)