The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Lin Zhichao came to the Yangtze River Industrial Park. He likes to go directly to the production workshop to inspect and learn. Although he has many careers, he is absolutely professional in the production process and craftsmanship of each product.

For example, let him suddenly "go out on his own" to develop, he can immediately pull up a team to produce plastic flowers, and only need to recruit a few plastic technicians, even if they have no contact with plastic flower products, they can produce plastic flowers in the first place.

Walking into the workshop of Changjiang Plastic Factory, Lin Zhichao didn't disturb the management, but started to visit the factory by himself.

Spotting a technician biting plastic pellets with his teeth, Lin Zhichao asked, "Fang, are you trying to distinguish between soft and hard?"

The technician named Afang was not very surprised by Lin Zhichao's sudden visit, but said in a normal way: "Well, boss. There is no better way to identify the plastic materials used to make plastic flowers, so I can only bite them with my teeth." , the hard ones are used as branches, and the soft ones are used as leaves, this is how we have always determined material issues.”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "The group doesn't have chemical talents? Is there a better way to ask for advice!"

A Fang said: "This is not very clear!"

After finishing speaking, I was afraid that the boss would stare at this matter and work hard.

Although his subordinates were so prevaricated to prepare for the past, Lin Zhichao was thinking about this issue in his mind.Although Hong Kong's plastics industry is well developed and ranks among the "three major industries", in fact there are not enough chemical talents to study materials, materials and other issues.

To put it bluntly, Hong Kong is a processing industry that eats 'cheap labor'.

Japan, for example, was engaged in light industry at the beginning, but others are now able to produce aluminum alloys, plastic granules, etc., and even zipper machinery, injection molding machines, etc. This is the difference between a country and a colony. The country can build a complete industrial chain. But Hong Kong obviously can't do it.

Lin Zhichao was thinking about the problem in his mind while inspecting the workshop.

Even if Hong Kong's plastics industry only develops "contract processing", at least it must continue to develop healthily and scientifically.

Tao Derong came to Lin Zhichao's side to report: "Boss, signed a long-term supply contract with a wholesaler in Europe. This wholesaler's sales channels are all over Western Europe and Northern Europe. It is estimated that they can purchase plastic flowers worth several million dollars a year. "

Lin Zhichao showed a smile and said, "Not bad! How did you sign the contract, and what is the situation of this company?"

Tao Derong immediately reported the facts, especially when he said: "When I took him to the Tuzhi Building to inspect our family partner's house, Joey couldn't help but praise him again and again. He was also very interested in the history of the Tuzhi Building. .”

Lin Zhichao immediately admired his foresight, and he reminded him well of many details.Today, Changjiang Plastic Factory, relying on a large number of sales channels in Europe and the United States and a large-scale production capacity, has become the plastic flower manufacturer with the largest market share in the world, and it accounts for a large proportion.

This level is far from what Li Jiacheng in his 'previous life' can compare to. After all, although he introduced plastic flowers in his previous life, he was limited by his financial strength. Only earn more than 100 million in one year, and only a few million profits in the next year.In this life, Li Jiacheng's factory is afraid that it will not be able to break through the 'million-year profit' in its lifetime, and its strength will be greatly reduced.

Today, the first-year profit of Changjiang Plastic Factory should be more than 800 million Hong Kong dollars; and in this life, Plastic Flower does not have too many things in Italy.

"By the way, I think Changjiang Plastics Factory needs a consultant who understands chemistry. You can apply for a job in the newspaper. It can be an outsourced cooperative consultant, or you can join our company. In short, you must solve professional problems in the plastics industry—for example: To scientifically identify the material of plastic particles, provide technical data and market intelligence must be Chinese, and have a professional university level."

Tao Derong nodded and said, "Well, I understand what the boss means."

The technicians of Changjiang Plastic Factory are only professionals in production, not high-achieving students majoring in chemistry.Even in the field of injection molding machines, everyone is not particularly professional.

At the same time, Tao Derong also understands that the boss also hopes that the entire plastics industry in Hong Kong can develop healthily.After all, Hong Kong's plastics industry is expected to become one of the 'three major industries' because the applications of plastics are so wide.

Later, Lin Zhichao quickly learned about the specific situation of the plastic flower industry.

Currently, Changjiang Plastics Factory has enough orders to feed 1500 workers, but in fact, Changjiang Plastics Factory only has 1000 workers; and the other orders are not to work overtime to produce, after all, Lin Zhichao knows that it is easy to have product quality problems.

Therefore, the remaining orders are handed over to other factories for production.The cooperative factories must meet several conditions: first, factories from Shunde are preferred, but not absolute; second, product quality and factory management can keep up; third, accept the inspection and guidance of Changjiang Plastic Factory, and seriously rectify .

At the same time, Changjiang Plastic Factory is also gradually expanding production, because orders are also increasing, and the global demand for plastic flowers is also increasing, which is only just popular at present.

Tao Derong suddenly said: "Boss, the plastic merchants from Chaoshan seem to want to challenge the position of merchants from Shunde in the field of plastic flowers. Everyone has the intention of forming an alliance in private. This is what I heard in private from a Chaoshan businessman. Of course, there are us. With the support, plastic merchants from Shunde are firmly in the leading position in this field.”

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "We are the leader in the plastics industry. We don't care about Chaoshan and Shunde. I place orders with Shunde merchants because I care about fellow villagers. It doesn't mean that I want Shunde merchants to be in the plastics industry and Chaozhou. Plastic merchants compete with each other, or suppress others. There is no need for us to participate in these matters. The Hong Kong Plastics Chamber of Commerce will be established next year. We will treat everyone equally, cooperate sincerely, and work hard for the prospects of Hong Kong’s plastic flower industry.”

Although I have those thoughts in my heart, I can't directly divide the lines.

What's more, when I first visited Changjiang Plastic Factory, there were three or four plastic merchants from Chaozhou and Shantou.

Tao Derong nodded again and again, and said: "I understand, we can't be confined to these small circles, we must take a long-term view. After all, we are industry leaders and we must maintain unity."

"Yes, when you deal with the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce in the future, don't bring in the division of regions. Otherwise, I might as well establish the 'Shunde Overseas Chinese Plastic Chamber of Commerce', why should I establish the 'Hong Kong Plastic Chamber of Commerce'?"

"Ok"

In fact, there are too many businessmen from Chaoshan. After all, Shunde is a county-level city or district, and it cannot be compared with Chaoshan.

Therefore, in the field of plastic flowers, if the Yangtze River Plastic Factory is not counted in the future, maybe the plastic flower merchants from Chaoshan can catch up later, and it is possible to have an equal share with the plastic flower merchants from Shunde.

Of course, Lin Zhichao's cultivation of so many plastic flower merchants from Shunde can also play a big role, so that he will not be left behind.

next.Lin Zhichao inspected all the subsidiaries of Changjiang Industry before returning to the office satisfied.

The wig industry in Hong Kong is still growing, but the performance of Changjiang Wigs this year can only be said to be flat (profit 700 million Hong Kong dollars), and it is expected to decline in another year; the global demand for wigs is increasing, but the Hong Kong wig factory is still As it continues to increase, the cake will naturally be divided.

In terms of the toy industry, Billie Lily and Barbie dolls have achieved good results, so this year it is expected to make a profit of about 700 million Hong Kong dollars, and Barbie dolls will contribute half (including the profit share of the cooperative toy company).

In terms of the zipper industry, the annual profit has reached about 2000 million, but the rival YKK zipper has already surpassed the scale of the Yangtze River zipper and is developing more rapidly.At the same time, the global demand for zippers is also soaring every year, and the prospects are immeasurable.

The entire Yangtze River Industry Group has become a huge factory empire, with an annual profit of more than 4000 million Hong Kong dollars (estimated data in 1955).

On the weekend, Lin Zhichao took his two wives to villa 79 in Deep Water Bay to check the progress.

At this time, the appearance of Deep Water Bay No. 79 took shape impressively, and many media privately inquired about it. Of course, they were not allowed to enter the villa, and they could only secretly take photos from a distance.

The car is driving on Deep Water Bay Road and comes to a fork of a private road. It is about a few meters away from the private road, and there is a thick iron gate with 24-hour security guards. 6 square meters space for 8~20 people.

This sentry box is where the male bodyguards or drivers stay. Generally, they will not enter the villa. After all, there are female bodyguards.The male bodyguards changed their guards after get off work, went to the dormitory to rest, and would not rest in the villa.

Then, drive more than 20 meters on the private road before reaching the yard of the villa.This yard can be called the front yard of the podium. There is nothing special about it. It is just a square where you can park your car, and it is usually empty.

"Is the decoration almost ready?" Xu Caiying shouted happily to Lin Zhichao.

Indeed, it has been four years since the official construction, and it has entered the decoration stage in the middle of this year.

"It is estimated that the renovation project will be completed in the middle of next year, and we can move in during the Spring Festival of [-]." Lin Zhichao said.

The land was purchased in 1951, and the construction period was considered long, mainly because there was no rush for work during the period.

Moreover, Lin Zhichao didn't like the interior to be too luxuriously decorated. He didn't think it was necessary to compare it to the imperial palace or the palace, which would cost him some money; so the entire interior decoration project can only be said to be in line with his status as a rich man.

"Great!" Xu Caiying said happily.

Lin Zhichao deliberately said: "What's the matter? Could it be that the garden house on Cande Road is not worthy of Miss Tang Er, and you have been wronged?"

Xu Caiying stepped forward and took Lin Zhichao's arm, and said coquettishly: "There is a better villa here!"

"Ha ha"

Lin Zhichao and Tang Caiyun laughed, they both knew that Xu Caiying loved to enjoy.

Of course, Lin Zhichao also likes to enjoy it very much, after all, isn't making money for better enjoyment!
Now Lin Zhichao's career has entered a situation of "surplus money". The Yangtze River Industries Group can provide him with a large amount of funds every year for enjoyment and overseas investment.

As for global shipping, it can only be said that there will be no embarrassment of "no money" to expand the shipowner, but the money earned is basically to continue to invest in shipping; this is why the Dong Haoyun family and Zhao Congyan family in the previous life were on the verge of bankruptcy in the 80s , It is because shipping needs to invest all the time, and the investment is getting bigger and bigger, coupled with the bankruptcy of partners, a lot of bad debts are generated.

Of course, nothing will happen to global shipping in this life. After all, it is estimated that global shipping has reached its peak in the early 70s; while Bao Yugang, Dong Yunhao and others in the previous life reached their peak in the late 70s and early 80s.Therefore, Lin Zhichao has plenty of time to consider the transformation of the round-the-world flight.

The three of them strolled around the garden first, but the green plants hadn't been planted yet, so they could only tell that it was a Chinese-style garden, with small bridges, flowing water, and Chinese-style pavilions.

Then, he walked into the podium building, which was a high-end two-story building, which contained an indoor gymnasium, swimming pool, garage, garage, and servants' quarters, which was quite large.After all, the so-called podium is equivalent to a large base, and above the podium is the real villa area. There are three-story European-style villas, outdoor swimming pools, lawns, and yards, just like castles in the air.

Bringing the two girls to the basement under the podium, Lin Zhichao smiled and said, "This basement is very interesting, surrounded by thick steel plates and granite, no one wants to drill a hole in the ground." After he finished speaking, he was a little proud.

Xu Caiying immediately asked: "That is to say, this is our family's treasure house? But as far as I know, you don't have the habit of collecting, and you think it's just playthings!"

This is true, Lin Zhichao has neither antiques nor gems, and his father-in-law Tang Zhongyuan sometimes asks him to appreciate it, but Lin Zhichao has no interest at all.

"One moment, another moment! What's more, I feel that collecting those will consume a lot of my energy to study antique calligraphy and paintings, otherwise it will be difficult to distinguish the authenticity. But now, I have more money, and I regard the collection as an investment. , so I decided to get involved in this industry. I think that the appreciation space of a calligraphy and painting will not lose to the appreciation of property, so it can still be collected. As for energy, learn a little bit, and then make friends with collectors, naturally there will be no problem .”

The Changjiang Industrial Group earns so little money every year, and it is necessary to use some money to buy some collections and increase the family heritage; in the previous life, Zhao Congyan's shipping company was on the verge of bankruptcy, so he sold antiques and raised [-] million Hong Kong dollars to avoid liquidation Woolen cloth!Of course, it does not mean that Huaguang Shipping only lost [-] million yuan, in fact, it lost more than one billion yuan; but with [-] million yuan of funds, it can give the company a chance to kick interest.Otherwise, there is no chance of reorganization.

At this time, Tang Caiyun also became concerned and said, "What do you plan to collect?"

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Calligraphy and painting have the largest appreciation space, followed by antiques. Then open up a treasure house for collecting gems and ancient coins."

When the two women heard about the gems, they were really happy!

Calligraphy and painting in this era are "worthless", and the national treasure-level calligraphy and painting "Erxitu" is only 18 to 20 Hong Kong dollars. In the future, a painting may cost [-] to [-] yuan, and the appreciation space is thousands of times.

Compared with Hong Kong's house price appreciation, it is not bad!
In the afternoon, Lin Zhichao took his two wives, the eldest son and the second son, to the deck of a large ship for vacation.

The big ship is a cargo ship for global shipping, but it has no mission for the time being, and it is pulled out as a yacht.

Lin Zhichao plans to build a yacht club on Iron Wave Island in Deep Water Bay.In case he doesn't even have a place to dock after he buys a yacht.

It’s not that there are no yacht clubs in Hong Kong. Indeed, there was a Royal Yacht (Sailing) Club in the last century, but it’s mainly inconvenient. (end of this chapter)