Everyone quickly responded "yes".

This is a strategy of Lin Zhichao, to cultivate the autonomy of the management of his companies and free up his own energy. After all, Lin Zhichao will probably have several group companies in the future.

In Lin Zhichao's view, instead of dividing the family like Li Chaoren did in his previous life, it would be better to set up several large groups from the beginning, and his son would directly take charge of them in the future.

Shipping, real estate, and industry are the three major group companies. Each group company can be involved in many industries and can even cross borders.

Early November.

The crisis on Hong Kong Island still hangs over every citizen, and land prices have plummeted by 70%.

Of course, although land prices have plummeted by 70%, the Hong Kong government has definitely stopped auctioning land.

As for the land on the market that is eager to cash out, although there are some, but the quality varies, Lin Zhichao did not take a fancy to it for a while, after all, he has time to choose. If this land is cheap, but the future development is limited, he

It will obviously be seriously considered.

Location is also very important!

But on this day, when Lin Zhichao took Hu Siu-hsu through Paterson Street in Causeway Bay, his eyes suddenly lit up.

I saw that there were all warehouses here, but they felt a little deserted, or piled with junk; it was obvious that the warehouses here were not valued by the original owners.

At the same time, Lin Zhichao also knew that Paterson Street would later become a shopping street in Causeway Bay. The famous Daimaru Department Store from Japan had first landed in Hong Kong here. In the early 1960s, its opening attracted tens of thousands of people to shop and go shopping.

The shopping street of later generations is still a warehouse. If it is concentrated on this street, it can be planned to be developed into a street with residential, commercial retail, office buildings, etc.

In Hong Kong, or in this era, commercial and residential buildings can be developed in one building. The lower one is a shopping mall, and the upper one is residential and even office areas. Some people even move factories into it (family workshops).

As a result, a lot of conflicts have arisen, with factories disturbing residents and dazzling neon lights in shops, etc., resulting in different prices for different floors and units.

Because of this complexity, later generations of people like Tai invented the "communal stall". However, his public stall was completely different from that in India. What Tai invented was actually called a "public contract", which mainly solved the problem of each householder being responsible for a certain amount of management fees.

In the future, if this building is demolished or collapsed, each unit will have a certain amount of land and be divided into multiple parts. This can be divided according to the price when buying the building. The underground shops are more expensive and account for a larger proportion, but the management fee will also be more expensive.

; As soon as a buyer purchases a property, he or she must sign a public contract and bear joint responsibilities and expenses.

Later, this "public contract" was developed by India into a clever way of "reducing area". It is really better than the previous one.

"Manager Hu, from now on, you will lead your team to focus on conquering the warehouses and other properties on Paterson Street, and acquire as many as possible, but the price must be reasonable."

Hu Zhaoxu immediately said: "Boss, the warehouse on Paterson Street is basically owned by Bu Nei Men Co., Ltd. Its headquarters is in London, and it mainly deals in soda ash and fertilizers. It has many sales channels in the mainland."

Lin Zhichao nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that Hu Zhaoxu had been carefully investigating properties and land on Hong Kong Island in recent years.

"That's just right. Bu Nei Men Co., Ltd. has lost its market in the mainland, and these warehouses in Hong Kong are gradually being eliminated, so they will sell it. However, we can't show that we have to buy it. I can tell you that within three or four years,

, Hong Kong will be in this current situation. So, you should slowly communicate with them, the price must be reasonable, and communicate with me if there is any situation."

"Okay, I will definitely do my best!"

Since Daimaru Department Store in Hong Kong opened in the late 1960s and early 1960s, the previous owners should have been the Cheung Yu-liang family in Hong Kong. It is said that their family purchased a large amount of land on Paterson Street and developed many commercial and residential buildings. It can be deduced that,

This family made a lot of money selling medicines during the Peninsular War, and it is said that they sold some medicines of unknown origin.

Now that Lin Zhichao has taken a fancy to it, he will spend several million Hong Kong dollars to clear out a large number of warehouses in Bu Nei Men, and let him plan the development of this street.

Lin Zhichao estimated that one side of Paterson Street would have about 200,000 square feet (Patrick Street is shorter). If it were to be taken over entirely, it would cost about HK$3 to 4 million (land prices have plummeted by 50 to 70%).

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Assuming that the Zhang Yuliang family in the previous life purchased it in the mid-1950s, it would have cost an estimated 7 to 8 million Hong Kong dollars, which shows the strength of the Zhang family.

Returning to the office building in Central, Lin Zhichao came to an office room listed as "Global Shipping", with a total of 800 square feet and an annual rent of 12,000.

"boss"

Several management and staff members inside greeted him one after another.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Are you ready?"

A gentle man in his thirties immediately said: "When you are ready, we can start establishing the Global Maritime School and recruiting."

He is the deputy general manager of Global Shipping recruited by Lin Zhichao. His name is Feng Yongfa, but he is a native of Ningbo. He has studied in college and worked as an executive in a mainland government-run shipping company. The only pity is that he is an executive in an inland waterway shipping company.

But it doesn’t matter, we all learn and make progress together. What’s interesting is that the management and staff of Global Shipping are mostly from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. Even Lin Zhichao speaks Wu dialect (generally referring to the language of Jiangnan).

Using magic to defeat magic, Lin Zhichao is the son-in-law of the Shanghai style in this enterprise, and plans to compete with the four shipping kings of the sea. Of course, he started at the level of Ship King Dong, maybe even higher. After all, Dong Shipwang’s three 10,000-ton ships

, two of them were confiscated by the Yankees and did not return until the Peninsula Campaign. They were used to help the United States escort supplies or transport troops to Taiwan.

"Well, let's recruit seafarers and ship maintenance workers on the second floor of the Cheung Kong Industrial Building in Tsuen Wan. After three to six months of systematic training, once my ship arrives at the port, it will be shipped immediately."

"Well, let me show you the recruitment standards and requirements." Feng Yongfa took out a piece of paper seriously.

1. Priority will be given to those who have been sailors or navy soldiers.

Second, priority will be given to those who know how to repair ships.

3. Those who have been captain, first mate and second mate. Priority is given.

The recruitment requirements were one after another, and in the end, only 80 places were available.

"Well, that's about it! Try to recruit all the people in November, and I will buy a ship as soon as possible."

"Okay, let's take action immediately!"

People in the office were very motivated. Although the boss was from Guangdong Province, he claimed to be a son-in-law from Shanghai to win over everyone. At the same time, when they first arrived in Hong Kong, they met such a powerful boss. It was really good luck.

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Open a global maritime school, recruit academies, recruit professional maritime elites to teach students, and even provide lectures for foreign captains and maintenance engineers.

At the same time, the boss also said that Global Shipping will purchase three 8,000 to 10,000-ton cargo ships within six months.

It's a big investment, almost 8 to 10 million yuan.

really!

Lin Zhichao divided the US$1.71 million from Yangtze Real Estate into two parts: US$610,000 (approximately HK$3.4 million) was reserved for Changjiang Properties to purchase reserve land; US$1.1 million (approximately HK$6.2 million) was used to purchase two large ships.

At the same time, Cheung Kong invested another 3 million Hong Kong dollars to purchase a ship.
Chapter completed!