In early October, Fei Peng threw out a 'political reform' plan, which caused a thousand waves.

One of the most controversial points was the arrangement for the 1995 Legislative Council election. According to Fei Peng's proposal, the 1995 Legislative Council seats would be abolished from 9 functional constituencies and 10 seats on the Election Committee. To fill these seats, Fei Peng proposed that the vast majority of Hong Kong's working population be divided into nine sectors, so that each sector could elect representatives from each functional group on a one-person-one-vote basis. In addition, Phetti proposed that the Election Committee should be formed by the directly elected District Council members and that they should elect the 10 seats originally elected by the Election Committee.

This kind of plan, of course, has won the support of some people in Hong Kong, after all, this is the embodiment of the 'people's Z'. But don't forget, Hong Kong has been under British governance for more than 100 years, why did you come up with 'MinZ' at this time?

This is the British digging a pit, anyway, I will not be in charge in the future, I only manage the public opinion, who cares about the flood behind me.

If the British had implemented this program twenty or thirty years ago, there would have been no problem, and it would have been carried out smoothly.

In fact, Yang Muqi, the first governor of Hong Kong after World War II, once proposed a plan of 'Chinese in power', and as a result, London directly removed Yang Muqi's position. Obviously, at that time, the British did not want the Chinese to really take power, and at most cultivated some 'Chinese leading the way' and then pushed them to the position of parliamentarians.

After Fei Peng's plan was thrown, it was immediately refuted by mainland officials, and their attitude was quite resolute, and they even threatened to start a new stove - arrange their own parliamentary seats in 1995 to welcome 1997.

For a time, the relationship between the two sides dropped sharply!

At a meeting of the New Airport Committee, mainland officials rejected the proposal to use the land fund to inject the new airport into the project, and the construction of the new airport suddenly became difficult.

In the following days, the storm rose again - for Container Terminal 9, the Hong Kong government's practice of directly awarding the joint consortium of Jardine Matheson and Sun Hung Kai without bidding also began to be criticized by a large number of media and celebrities.

Compared with the monopolistic behavior of the Lin Zhichao family, the Hong Kong government's direct and private method of giving and receiving is untenable in any region of the world, and there is no fairness at all.

For example, government officials can channel benefits directly to interested companies and individuals.

Under this kind of public opinion, the mainland officials have also publicly announced that the new government after '97 will not recognize the ownership of Container Terminal 9. The reason is simple: such a large project arrangement, according to the agreement signed by the two sides in 1984, needs to be notified to the mainland authorities and be officially recognized.

Under the blow of the two forces, the Hong Kong government announced: The No. 9 container terminal plan is temporarily shelved!

Late.

Lin Zhichao returned to Hong Kong from the mainland, and something happened that made him more embarrassed.

Ma Shimin was interviewed by the British "Guardian" because he was "ignorant of current affairs", and Xuancheng resolutely stood on the side of Fei Peng and claimed that Fei Peng was the hero in his heart. He also said that many Chinese businessmen and even British businessmen obviously think this way in their hearts, but in order to continue to do business with the mainland and Hong Kong, they say things like that, and even pretend to be dumb!

This 'horse boy' immediately embarrassed Lin Zhichao, after all, he had just talked about a lot of projects in the mainland.

At this time, most of the businessmen in Hong Kong chose to remain silent, and they were really forced to express their hope for a smooth transition and hope for Hong Kong's prosperity and stability. And Lin Zhichao can also keep a distance from Fei Peng, and has not made any statements in this regard.

When he came to Hutchison Whampoa's office, Lin Zhichao called Ma Shimin to the office.

"Simon, I'd like to talk to you about a personal topic!"

Ma Shimin nodded and said, "Okay, no matter what Sir Lin says, you are still a hero in my heart!" ”

The two may have different views in the political field, but Ma Shimin has always regarded Lin Zhichao as a hero in the business world.

Lin Zhichao ignored Ma Shimin's topic, but said: "In the British era of Hong Kong, did Hong Kong have a real people? ”

Ma Shimin shook his head, and then said, "But now is the time to change this situation."

Lin Zhichao said: "It is undeniable that I have seen his persistence and strategy from Fei Peng, and I also see that this matter may finally come true. But in the end, the excessive people's Z is equivalent to planting a huge thunder for Hong Kong, and sooner or later, Hong Kong will be detonated by this thunder."

Ma Shimin listened carefully to Lin Zhichao's analysis, or prediction, everything seemed to be so real.

"Sir Lam is worried that one day, things will be as you predicted, Hong Kong's economic status."

Lin Zhichao said: "I don't know if it will happen, but I believe that a strong China will never allow a split to appear." And in the end, it is still Hong Kong that is injured, I am not like you, I can go back to the UK to live, what does Hong Kong have to do with me; On the contrary, I have a deeper affection for Hong Kong than anyone else, so I am desperately developing the cultural industry and the technology industry, adding a little bit of foundation to Hong Kong, hoping that Hong Kong will still have a strong foundation to support the economy in the future danger. ”

The two can be regarded as teachers and friends, Ma Shimin has been in Hutchison Whampoa for ten years, and has won the trust of Lin Zhichao. Lin Zhichao only grasped some large-scale projects and general directions, while Ma Shimin talked about hundreds of projects for Hutchison Whampoa and HK Electric, and his business spread all over the world.

Ma Shimin has large and small meetings every day, which is completely like a working machine, which is what Lin Zhichao values the most, after all, as a boss, who doesn't want to get such subordinates.

And Lin Zhichao did not treat him badly, Ma Shimin's annual salary is 12 million Hong Kong dollars, ranking No.1 in Hong Kong; Ma Shimin at the end of 1989 got the opportunity to buy Hutchison Whampoa shares at a low price of 10 yuan (the opportunity to subscribe for equity, can be exchanged for shares at any time, and the price will not change), a total of 8 million shares, and the current Hutchison Whampoa stock price has risen to 30 yuan per share, if Ma Shimin chooses to subscribe, he can make a profit of 160 million Hong Kong dollars.

Stock options are the real income of top management!

Of course, after the senior management gets this 'subscription right', they will also work hard to develop the enterprise, because the income of the enterprise is really related to his income.

Ma Shimin said: "Sir Lam, it's not that I don't believe your prediction, but now that the facts are at present, Fei Peng's plan is conducive to the development of Hong Kong. Although I don't have as much affection for Hong Kong as you, I also love Hong Kong very much. ”

The guy who doesn't get in the oil and salt!

What Lin Zhichao means is that since it has happened, we as businessmen should not get involved. If you mix in, you may not get some commercial projects.

He still attaches great importance to Ma Shimin, even if he has done a few loss-making businesses, but the overall is still very good. Ma Shimin's skills can be qualified to be the top executives of the world's top ten banks.

Just when Lin Zhichao was helpless, Ma Shimin took the initiative to say: "Sir Lin, I have been here to Hutchison Whampoa for ten years, and I am the longest one in the foreign company class I know. David (Swire) has been there for five years, and Jardine Neuter has been gone for seven years, and I am very grateful for your trust and support, and now I want to do something else as well. Plus Canning (Huo Jianning) has grown up, so I want to propose to you to resign! ”

Lin Zhichao kept saying: "nowaynowaynoway!" ”

Ma Shimin hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Sir Lin, I can give Hutchison Whampoa a buffer time to achieve a perfect handover!" ”

Lin Zhichao frowned, and then said helplessly: "I know your ability, you can be qualified for the top level in a large global enterprise, but you may not be treated as a leader; The unfamiliar environment may not be able to adapt quickly! ”

Ma Shimin said: "I know. Sir Lim knows me and I am a person who loves a challenge! ”

Lin Zhichao still insisted: "Your resignation is too sudden, first, the world's big companies don't have time to recruit you; Second, Hutchison Whampoa can't lose you right away. In this way, let's take a long-term view. OK？ ”

Ma Shimin could only nod and said, "Okay, that's to talk later!" ”

Looking at the back of Ma Shimin leaving, Lin Zhichao couldn't help but shake his head. Ma Shimin's performance in Hong Kong, Lin Zhichao will not take him to the mainland at most, after all, Ma Shimin is just a president, and he also represents the view of Cheung Kong.

So Ma Shimin left immediately, Lin Zhichao was still reluctant, after all, this kind of 'beating worker' is the favorite of every boss.

But the matter has come to this, Ma Shimin is afraid that he will stay in office for one year at most, and maybe half a year, Lin Zhichao will also have to make arrangements.

Fortunately, Fok has grown up, and Hutchison Whampoa has added a lot of local senior staff in the past year, and its overseas business has also developed.

Media Building.

In the office, Lin Zhichao communicated with Lin Ruikai for a while about the operation experience of 'Hong Kong Stream Culture', and informed him of my idea of "My Sassy Girlfriend", so that he could shoot a high-level Hong Kong stream film.

At this time, "Blue Life and Death Love" and "Full House of Romance" have achieved great success, and they have been bought by major Asian TV stations to broadcast the copyrights, and Hong Kong streams have begun to invade Asian countries; plus "My Sassy Girlfriend", which happens to collect three types of Hong Kong dramas.

Of course, the media group has now filmed a lot of Hong Kong dramas, all of which have achieved great success, and Hong Kong has begun to sweep Asia.

In terms of Hong Kong stream music, SM Entertainment has debuted four groups at present, and all of them have entered the overseas market.

For a time, Hong Kong entertainment presented a situation of 'a hundred schools of thought singing together', and the emergence of Hong Kong culture also forced the original Hong Kong entertainment culture to make progress together; in this way, other Asian countries can be miserable, their own cultural markets have been invaded by Hong Kong culture, and Hong Kong stars have more and more fans overseas.

The first stage of the layout of the cultural industry has been declared victorious.

"Dad, Asia Satellite TV officially broadcast from the end of 1990, up to now (1992.11), a total of 450 million US dollars in advertising costs, advertisers including Coca-ca, McDonald's, Nestle, Sony, Chase, Cathay, Hong Kong Airlines, etc., are our large customers, we are also very satisfied with our influence At present, the audience of Asia Satellite TV has exceeded 50 million people, distributed in 39 countries around the world. Asia Satellite TV's copyright income has also begun to increase gradually, and the expenditure on purchasing programs has begun to decrease; The copyright of "Got Talent" alone has been sold to three countries, with a total income of $50 million."

"At present, the annual cost of leasing satellite channels for Asia Satellite TV is 80 million US dollars (excluding the initial investment), the production fee and operating fee are about 1~120 million US dollars, and the annual net profit has reached 0.5~070 million US dollars, exceeding the normal net profit of Asia TV (about 400 million Hong Kong dollars)."

The reason why Asia Satellite TV makes money: first, because of its wide range of dissemination and large audience base; The second is that since its inception, Asia Satellite TV has been supported by the entire media group, and it has been very polished in program production.

The annual profit of the media group has almost reached about 1.8 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is an out-and-out large consortium.

After listening to this, Lin Zhichao said with satisfaction: "I don't have much to teach you about the media group. Next year, I will give you the chairman of the media group. ”

Lin Ruikai suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly said: "Dad, you have a group chairman, and our brothers also have a full backing for doing things." I know you want to take it easy, there is no problem with this, our brother will do everything, you just need to come to the company occasionally to have a look, and if there are any problems, just point them out! ”

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "What your brother thinks, how can I, as a father, not know." I always believe that even if I step down as chairman of the board, you will still listen to what I have to say, so why bother with a false name? What's more, it's an 'eventful time', and I have too many group chairmanships, giving people the impression of 'dominating Hong Kong'. So just 'completely split up' and show outsiders that my son is also a giant in the business world without me. ”

Lin Ruikai still felt a little disappointed, but his father said so, and he couldn't refute it, so he said in a roundabout way: "Dad, such a big thing, or we will be at home later, let's talk about it together!" ”

Lin Zhichao said: "This is nature! Next year, I intend to resign as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Media Group, Cheung Kong Industries Group, Global Group and Wharf Group. ”

Lin Ruikai understood that this matter had become a foregone conclusion, and he was still a little at a loss. It's not that I'm worried that things won't be done well, but the weight of the word 'separation' is too great, and he didn't dare to say anything alone for a while.

Their brothers and sisters, respect and worship for their father are very engraved in the bone marrow. The thing that everyone hates the most is that the media always mentions 'Lin's separation'.

But now, what my father means is that the Lin family is too large to really 'split'.

In fact, the equity of these companies is under the 'Father and Son Trust', so Lin Zhichao still enjoys 50% of the equity. But if you hand over the post of chairman of the board of directors, you will actually give all the power of the company to your sons.

Of course, Lin Zhichao is also very confident, and the 'Lin Seven Tigers' are his most trusted sons.

And Lin Zhichao suddenly handed over the chairman of the board of directors so early, and another is that Hong Kong is too small, giving people the impression of 'Lin Jiacheng'. Therefore, simply the Lin family is completely 'separated'.

The next day, it happened to be the weekend.

Lin Zhichao gathered his five sons and two wives to the study to discuss matters.

He first shared his thoughts and thoughts, and then waited for everyone's reaction.

As expected, several sons persuaded Lin Zhichao to take back his life, not wanting to grasp the real power of the company too early.

And Lin Zhichao lobbied again, and finally everyone finally understood his hard work.

"Regardless of whether my father is the chairman of the company or not, our brothers will definitely listen to my father's words!" The boss Lin Ruihuan set an example.

Then, the other four brothers nodded seriously.

Lin Zhichao said with satisfaction: "I have more 'tricks' than you, so if you can listen to me in the future, you will naturally benefit." Now I retain the chairman of the board of directors of Cheung Kong, not only Cheung Kong also has the potential for development, your enterprises have prospects, as long as we do not have too much debt, low debt, you can sit firmly in the Diaoyutai, encounter a good project, you have money to invest. ”

"Yes, we listen to our father." The brothers said in unison.

This matter has finally been decided, and I believe that next year Lin Zhichao will announce his resignation from the post of chairman of Wharf, and the media will also catch an obvious signal. After all, handing over the chairman of the board of directors of a listed company is a real retirement.

(End of chapter)