The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 164 [A Big Net]

Hong Kong Club.

Not long after Lin Zhichao met with Hong Kong Governor Ge Lianghong, he was invited by Shi Yizhi, Director of the Industrial and Commercial Administration.He probably understood that it was Ge Lianghong's instruction to let Shi Yizhi listen to Lin Zhichao's views, which was conducive to the development of Hong Kong's industry and commerce.

Shi Yizhi, as the director of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, can be said to be the "direct boss" of Hong Kong businessmen, but for large consortiums, it is difficult for him to be the director of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau; after all, the head of a large consortium can directly communicate with the Governor of Hong Kong.

Of course, everyone will still give the director of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau a lot of face, after all, he is also working under his hands.

On the other hand, Shi Yizhi also marveled at Lin Zhichao's good communication skills, even Hong Kong governor Ge Lianghong relied on him so much, and asked him, the director of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, to talk to Lin Zhichao more, apparently to listen to the opinions of entrepreneurs.

In fact, I am afraid that Lin Zhichao has won the trust of the Governor of Hong Kong. After all, asking a director of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to invite a businessman will somewhat lower his status.

However, Shi Yizhi dared not refuse. Last year, he almost failed to gain Ge Lianghong's trust. The process of upgrading from a second-level official student to a first-level official student was a bit tortuous.

Thinking of these, he sighed in his heart.

It has been 16 years since he was selected and specially hired by the British Colonial Department after he entered Queen's College, Cambridge University, and arrived in Hong Kong as a second-level official student to start his career as a colonial official. Founded a Huaxia Tong who can speak Cantonese, Chongqing dialect, and Shanghai dialect proficiently with Chinese people. From the beginning, he was a second-level official student as a political officer. After the entire World War II, his official career has been in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Chongqing, Guangdong, and London. , and eventually returned to Hong Kong.The second-level official student for many years finally survived last year and became a first-level official student.

However, many of the young political officers who joined the British Colonial Ministry as second-level official students in the same year were already first-level official students, and some even had special status as chief officer students.

Therefore, his official career is not outstanding!

All this is not because he is not good enough, nor is he not qualified enough, but because his wife is an Australian Aboriginal.

Otherwise, even if the meritorious deeds after the war are not as good as those of the colleagues who participated in the war, they have worked hard in the economic and political affairs of the British overseas colonies. He was listed as one of the nine core members of the Hong Kong planning team, responsible for formulating the British post-war governance policy for Hong Kong, making preparations for Japan's defeat and surrender and Hong Kong's return to British governance. His old boss before the war, Mai Dao Gao personally proposed to include him among the core members, but in the end, because of his wife’s identity as an Australian aborigine, he was excluded and continued to stay in London. He failed to return to Hong Kong at the same time as the rest of the group to share the credit and positions after the war .

If it wasn't for the fact that the new Governor Ge Lianghong and the former Governor Yang Muqi had different political views, after Shi Zhiyi's careful analysis of the situation in London and Hong Kong, he publicly expressed his support for Ge Lianghong, who had not officially taken office at the time, and first made this move to show Ge Lianghong's goodwill. , I'm afraid that even the director of the industrial and commercial bureau can't be seated now.

Even so, he now has to let go of his identity and go to communicate with a Chinese businessman, and it can even be said to ask for advice.

"Director Shi, hello!"

"Mr. Lin"

When the two met, Shi Yizhi's tone was inevitably a little stiff.

Lin Zhichao pretended not to know the reason, and took the initiative to communicate.

"Since Director Shi took office, he has spent a lot of energy on trade, industry, and customs affairs. On behalf of the business community, I would like to express my gratitude." He said politely.

Shi Yizhi's mentality quickly returned to normal, and said: "Since I took office, it was the most difficult time for Hong Kong's industry and commerce. It is only natural to spend a lot of energy. It is a pity that some things are not local to Hong Kong. The international situation is the real influence." The factors of Hong Kong’s business and industry. Mr. Lin, don’t you think so?”

He is the Director of the Industrial and Commercial Department of Hong Kong. His original duty was to consider Hong Kong's industrial and commercial affairs, but he had to follow orders from above to crack down on smuggling.Of course, fortunately, the bosses, including the Governor of Hong Kong, generally support "duplicity between the outside and the inside". It is better not to kill them all, otherwise Hong Kong's business will be completely paralyzed.

Lin Zhichao nodded, and then said: "But now the war is coming to an end, and neither side can achieve 'victory'. I think there is great hope for peace talks. Therefore, the Hong Kong business community is concerned about the shortage of raw materials and the impact of the war on Hong Kong's entrepot trade. , the trade deficit between Hong Kong and Japan, and other issues, and expressed great concern.”

When it comes to official work, Shi Yizhi is very serious, and replied: "The war is over, these are the urgent problems that our industrial and commercial bureau should solve, please rest assured Mr. Lin." Then he said: "Mr. Lin is an industrialist, I don't know if there are any good ones. Suggest to us, I am willing to listen to you?"

Lin Zhichao said: "I really can't think of a good way, but I will invest a lot in industry after the war. I am optimistic about the development of Hong Kong's industries. Textiles, garments, plastics, toys... These industries will all become good directions for 'processing with supplied materials'. Hong Kong's economic growth can only rely on the processing industry, and it must rely on the processing industry to earn foreign exchange for Hong Kong."

Shi Yizhi said: "Your analysis is very reasonable. If Hong Kong's capital is as confident as Mr. Lin, I believe that the rapid industrial development of Hong Kong after the war will not be a problem."

The two then discussed some details. Lin Zhichao even said: "For example, in the hippie movement in Europe and the United States, young men wore women's long hair to parade in the market, and they wore wigs on their heads. Wigs are not real wigs, but wigs. It is made of real hair. At present, the world’s wigs are mainly produced in France, and the entry threshold for this industry is not high. If Hong Kong obtains the secret of modern production, it will become a global wig base.”

Shi Yizhi immediately said excitedly: "Mr. Lin is worthy of being an industrialist. You have a very high idea." After calming down a little, he added: "The premise now is that the war is over before Hong Kong products can enter the US market. But the war The general meeting is over, so Mr. Lim should invest in the wig industry."

In Shi Yizhi's view, as long as Lin Zhichao invested in this industry, others would follow suit, and Hong Kong has never owned this industry.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Of course. I not only want to invest in this industry, but I will also attract people who are willing to do this industry to do it together."

Shi Yizhi immediately said in admiration: "Mr. Lin's selfless dedication is admirable!" He didn't think Lin Zhichao would tell lies, because there was no need to tell lies in front of him.

Lin Zhichao said frankly: "After all, this kind of industry is a light industry with low technical content. Rather than treating it as a treasure, it is better to share it with everyone."

For example, if he can produce, there will be a second factory within three months, and many factories in Hong Kong will produce wigs within a year, forming an industrial chain.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao decided that no matter whether it is a wig or a plastic flower, as long as he learns it, he will not hide his secrets.If someone is willing to come to the factory for inspection, it can be agreed.

Then, Lin Zhichao established an association and served as the chairman of the chamber of commerce to give industry guidance.

Making money is not the purpose, the purpose is to enhance the prestige of the society.

After all, plastic flowers and wigs can provide him with millions of profits a year, which is like sprinkling water.

Shi Yizhi then enthusiastically chatted with Lin Zhichao. He felt that this trip was not wronged at all, but it was a very useful gathering.

At almost the end, Lin Zhichao said: "Director Shi, I am currently preparing for a charitable organization - Oxfam Mrs. Gomulin is the chairman of the council. I heard that Mrs. Shi is from the Anglican Church and is a hydrologist. Know if she has entered Oxfam to become a director and participate in this charity."

Shi Yizhi was overjoyed, but said calmly: "This is a good thing, but I have to ask my wife for her opinion."

"certainly"

For Lin Zhichao, the director of the industrial and commercial bureau is also considered a personal connection.

In the previous life, people criticized Li Jiacheng. Many Hong Kong councilors were his "followers". It was not until Fei Peng, the governor of Hong Kong, took office that those "Lee councilors" were removed.

Being friends with government officials in Hong Kong does not necessarily mean 'bribing', but at least it is beneficial.

As a ship king and industrialist, Lin Zhichao naturally needs to have contacts in this area, not only in Hong Kong, but also in the world in the future.

Shi Yizhi, who returned home, told his wife Beth about Lin Zhichao's proposal.

"Honey, really? This is a very good thing. If I can really join this Oxfam Society and become one of the founders, then I can become colleagues with Mrs. Gomulin, and I can also rely on this Shi will wash away the 'shame' brought to you, and those London nobles will no longer call them 'Australian Aboriginals'." Mrs. Bess has been incoherent.

She knew that because she was born in Australia, it had a negative impact on her husband's career.Those aristocrats in London look down on even Americans, let alone an Australian aborigine.

"Ma'am, don't care what those people think, no matter what happens, I will support you!" Shi Yizhi said affectionately.

Once upon a time, he was also the proud son of heaven.When he got his degree and walked out of Oxford University, three political organizations invited him to join him as an assistant secretary. Travel overseas to manage colonies.

I met my wife in the Anglican Church in London, dated, and proposed to my wife under the witness of the church members, the other party cried with joy and smiled with tears.He expressed affirmatively to his wife that no matter what happened, he would change her future life.

Now, how could he blame his wife's 'Australian' status!
Compared with Governor Ge Lianghong, he himself was out of luck and could not become a governor, otherwise his wife would not be able to integrate into the circle of officials and wives of the Hong Kong Association for a long time.

"Honey, I know! But now that the opportunity has come, I naturally want to fight for you and me. This Oxfam is Lin Zhichao's idea. It seems that it is to please Mrs. Ge Mulian or the Governor of Hong Kong, but Ge Mulian certainly does not want to do it herself. .If I can do more work in this Oxfam Club, then I can become good friends with her, and we will have more status in Hong Kong in the future.”

Shi Yizhi nodded and said: "Lin Zhichao is organizing this Oxfam. If he recommends you to be the vice chairman, then Mrs. Ge Mulian will not object. As long as you love this job, I am willing to let you go to Lin Zhichao Say there."

Mrs. Beth said: "Of course our husband and wife invited Lin Zhichao and his wife to have dinner together, and they took the opportunity of my love for public welfare to actively promote themselves."

Shi Yizhi thought about it, and it was true.

"it is good"

With the preparation of Oxfam, more and more celebrities from Hong Kong have joined, even Ho Wah-ming, bishop of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Diocese, has joined as one of the organizing committee members; at the same time, he has also won the great support of London's 'Oxford Committee for Famine Relief' Support, of course, the two run independently and have no connection at all.

Xu Caiying is one of the two vice-chairmen (the other is Mrs. Beth). Lin Zhichao naturally does his best to help his wife start charity, and donates 100 million Hong Kong dollars as the start-up fund of Oxfam.

What is the concept of 100 million Hong Kong dollars? Last year, a fire broke out in Tung Tau Village, Kowloon City, and the donations from the society were only more than 20 Hong Kong dollars. A donation of 100 million Hong Kong dollars can be used to run for the chairman of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and Po Leung Kuk.

Although Lin Zhichao does not hold a specific position in Oxfam, he intends to manage it to the end, and when the time is ripe, he will hand over a well-established 'Oxfam' to the public.Including the members of the council, they are no longer celebrities and aristocrats, but have truly become a social welfare organization.

He waved his sleeves without taking away any clouds.

After all, the Lin family has the 'Lin Zhichao Foundation' to do it.

In a room of the Anglican Church, the main representatives of Oxfam Hong Kong attended one after another and held a formal meeting. The participants included Lin Zhichao, Xu Caiying, Ge Mulian, Bei Si, He Huaming, Jian Yueqiang and other promoters.

Jian Yueqiang is the son of Jian Dongpu, a barrister in Hong Kong, and he is very close to Lin Zhichao, so he was naturally drawn by Lin Zhichao to be the lawyer's representative.

As the bishop of the Anglican Church, He Huaming has very good connections, especially the 'Oxfam' intends to save 'operating costs' as much as possible, so those who come to work there cannot be for the purpose of making money.

Of course, some jobs are paid and many more are 'volunteer'.

As the chairman of "Oxfam", Ge Mulian felt that she was in the limelight, especially Lin Zhichao donated 100 million Hong Kong dollars, she was even more confident.

She said: "I have read Oxfam's platform carefully in the past few days, and I feel very touched. We believe that everyone has the right to be respected and cared for, and to enjoy basic rights such as food, housing, employment opportunities, education and medical care. , to build a fair world in sustainable development."

This is the purpose of Oxfam. Lin Zhichao participated in the customization, and also referred to the program of the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief in London.

Afterwards, everyone expressed their approval of this career, and Lin Zhichao as a consultant did the same.

Next, Lin Zhichao, as the initiator and sponsor, said: "Oxfam's organizational structure is the 'Board of Directors'-President-Administration and Finance Department, Policy and Public Education Department, and Fundraising Department. Our first president is Mr. Du Mingsong, he is a member of the Anglican Church, has a kind heart, loves charity, and is willing to help others. We welcome with applause!"

Thanks to the support of Ho Huaming, bishop of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, a lot of work in the early stage was completed immediately.At the same time, Lin Zhichao still raised the status of board members. After all, he was worried about doing bad things with good intentions, so he still had to intervene at the beginning.

In particular, he will supervise the influence of the Anglican Church in Oxfam, and will clear the influence later.After all, in the early stage, he was the patron's father and had supreme rights.

Du Mingsong said happily: "I'm very glad to join Oxfam Hong Kong, a selfless charity organization. I will also fulfill the program and purpose of Oxfam Hong Kong and strictly demand myself. Thank you everyone."

The crowd gave applause and encouragement.

Next, everyone discussed how "Oxfam" can open up the situation. Although they have money now, they must also open up the reputation of "Oxfam".After all, there is no reputation, how to raise donations in the future?How to gain the trust of fundraisers?
At this time, the drama arranged in advance was staged.

I saw Mrs. Beth took out a stack of English reports, handed them to everyone, and said: "This is an investigation report on Hong Kong's hydrology and water source issues. I found that roundworms have seriously affected children in Hong Kong, and the insecticides on the market Drugs are expensive, and ordinary families are reluctant to buy them.”

However, after discussions between Lin Zhichao and Mrs. Beth, they decided that the first charity of Oxfam is to donate medicines for treating parasitic diseases for free.

Mrs. Bess is a top student in hydrology at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and now she is popular with Hong Kong's upper-class women-Australian aborigines. She urgently needs to do something to increase her reputation and make friends with Ge Mulian.

After all, if she does well, it is equivalent to giving Ge Mulian face, and her benefits are indispensable.

In Hong Kong in this era, due to various problems such as funding, the water quality of Hong Kong's public water system is worrying, so many people have parasites in their stomachs.In recent years, insect repellents have been highly hyped by the Zhang family and other agents, and ordinary people are reluctant to buy them.

"Okay, I didn't expect Mrs. Beth to be so professional. This is a good entry point, which can make our Oxfam Club famous." Ge Mulian quickly applauded.

Simply giving away rice and oil will not have this kind of news effect.

Mrs. Beth was overjoyed, and quickly said: "Actually, Mr. Lin also raised this question. I'm just doing my due diligence and planning."

Ge Mulian's affection for Mrs. Beisi has increased a little bit, and she doesn't take credit, such a subordinate is good!

Next, everyone discussed that after the deworming medicine was ready, they planned to invite social celebrities to hold an inaugural meeting of the 'Oxfam Society', make a public announcement, and take the opportunity to organize the first charity event.

On the car back, Lin Zhichao was concerned about Xu Caiying and said, "How are you doing, are you tired?"

Xu Caiying shook her head, leaned on Lin Zhichao's shoulder, and said, "I'm not tired, but I feel that the responsibility is heavy, and I'm afraid that if I don't do well, I will cause trouble for you."

Lin Zhichao smiled and said, "Since when did you learn from your sister?"

The implication is that you are still that heartless little elf!

Xu Caiying immediately sat up straight and said, "It's different! Charity is a good thing, but I'm afraid that a good thing will turn into a bad thing, and the problem is bigger than my own."

Lin Zhichao understands what she means. If Oxfam does not do well, Lin Zhichao will definitely be dissatisfied with Ge Mulian and others, and will also be ridiculed by other business friends, and will also cause gossip in the society.

Charity is a double-edged sword!

In his previous life, Bill Gates donated so much money, but he couldn't stop the mouths of netizens; Li Jiacheng, as the person who donated the most among Chinese, still left a lot of infamy.

People are more complicated, and the thinking of poor people is even more unreasonable.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao is no longer listed in Oxfam, but only as an exercise of the 'Lin Zhichao Foundation'.

"It's not a big problem, we're well prepared, and the time is right, we just leave."

"Um"

In fact, Lin Zhichao's motivation for establishing Oxfam is not pure, that is, to praise Ge Mulian and have a closer relationship with Ge Lianghong.As for Mrs. Beth, on the contrary, she supported her somewhat. Of course, Shi Yizhi was also very useful to Lin Zhichao.

Although the motivation is impure, his own charity is very pure, so Lin Zhichao has a clear conscience.

Lin Zhichao and Du Songming, the president of Oxfam, came to Zhu Xinghang to prepare for the wholesale of "Shan Du Lian Western Medicine".

Santolin western medicine is the raw material of anthelmintic medicine. It is bought by pharmaceutical factories and pharmacies and made into "Fujisan", which is very popular in the market.

Zhang Yujie, the eldest of Zhang Zhushan's family, saw that Western medicine was very popular, but there was a shortage of Western medicine in Hong Kong and the Mainland, so he actively contacted foreign businessmen, and finally obtained the agency right of Santoulin from the British Jializi Pharmaceutical Company in the Far East.

The net weight of the original packaging of Santolian is 35 oz (one oz is equal to one ounce, about 28 grams). In order to make more money, the Zhang family changed the packaging to 1 oz per small bottle, with the trademark "Money Brand" on the bottle. The price of each bottle is 100 Hong Kong dollars, which is 3.5 times more profitable than the original packaging.

This is more than that, the Zhang family is not satisfied with such a high profit, they themselves obtained the agency rights through the "European Coast Company"; as a result, they established Zhu Xinghang to increase the price by 10% and make another profit.

Zhu Xinghang also wholesales to 'Cheung Kam Kee Medicine' and other pharmaceutical factories and medicine stores. Among them, Cheung Kam Kee Medicine is the property of the Zhang Zhushan family, making another profit.

Therefore, the insecticides on the market are ridiculously expensive!

Originally, Du Songming wanted to wholesale from the pharmaceutical factory, but because the price was too expensive, he reported the situation to Lin Zhichao.

After Lin Zhichao heard about it, he thought of a way to seek an OEM from a pharmacy. They provided the raw materials of Sandulis, which can greatly reduce the cost.The cooperative drug store is also very willing to do charity, and only charges a small profit as a reward, which can be regarded as supporting this charity.

Although Lin Zhichao is not short of money, but now Oxfam is running the operation, of course he will not use his own money to post, not to mention that he also wants to set a demonstration to reduce operating costs as much as possible.

"You are Lin Sheng, you are so young!" Zhang Yuliang greeted in a personable manner.

"Are you?" Lin Zhichao didn't know who he was.

"I'm Zhang Yuliang, the fourth eldest of the Zhang family. My eldest brother is going abroad, and my third brother is managing the European coast, so I will take care of Zhu Xingxing for the time being." Zhang Yuliang said.

Lin Zhichao said: "Brothers of the Zhang family, indeed, they are all independent figures. It's a pity that your second brother is sorry!"

Zhang Yuliang said generously: "Thank you Mr. Lin for your stability, my second brother is indeed, let's not talk, please come inside!"

Naturally, Lin Zhichao didn't believe Zhang Yuliang's performance. In order to divide the family property, he could hire all the barristers in Hong Kong, and he didn't give Erfang tens of millions of property. At that time in his previous life, he was already worth tens of billions.

But anyway, it's business now.

After the two parties sat down, Lin Zhichao explained the purpose of coming, and said that he was doing charity, and hoped that Zhang Yuliang would be cheaper.

What he did was actually to show Du Songming, asking him to control costs.

Zhang Yuliang readily agreed to Lin Zhichao, and said: "It is said that Lin Sheng likes to do charity. He is already a justice of the peace at a young age. I admire it. It just so happens that we have a batch of goods in our warehouse. I am willing to sell them to you in the original packaging. 3000 Hong Kong dollars a pack, weighing 35 ounces."

Lin Zhichao thought that Zhang Yuliang would not dare to sell fake medicine to him, because he would not be so stupid after all.

The counterfeit medicines sold by the Zhang family are usually a batch of half-truths and half-fakes, and then call other drug dealers to tell you that they are half-truths and half-fakes, and then quote; .

In this way, the direct evildoers are other pharmacies, anyway, they don't care about making money; and although the Zhang family sells fake products, it doesn't affect the reputation of their Zhang Jinji pharmacy and Zhu Xinghang.

After all, it would be too LOW to sell fakes directly!
Lin Zhichao still bargained for a while. After all, he has a large quantity, and he needs to buy almost 40 Hong Kong dollars in raw materials.One ounce of Santolian can make dozens of anthelmintics (about 60 servings), after all, it has great medicinal properties.

"Zhang Sheng, we are a newly established charity organization. If I buy it personally, it's fine. After all, the price is similar to the market price. However, you can see if 2500 Hong Kong dollars per bag is feasible. You can earn less unit price for this business. You can come back if you have a large quantity.”

Zhang Yuliang hesitated a few times, then agreed!

This made Lin Zhichao a little suspicious. If he had eaten a leopard, he would dare to cheat himself?

In any case, Lin Zhichao still took out 40 Hong Kong dollars, ready to buy it.

When Lin Zhichao and others left, Zhang Yuliang showed a complicated smile, as if he was determined to accept Lin Zhichao!
I don't know where his confidence comes from, even Lin Zhichao dares to provoke him!

(End of this chapter)