The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

After dinner, Lin Zhichao went back to his bedroom to read some books. He bought a large number of books on shipping and ships, and kept reading them all the time; Always come on board to inspect the cargo ship and communicate with the mechanics.

There is a saying in Cantonese called "If you don't have strength, you can't make money". Its meaning is nothing more than a warning that there will never be pies falling from the sky. If you want to succeed and make a fortune, you have to work hard and do it yourself.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao seems to be engaged in many industries, but he actually conducts research and study.

Of course, Lin Zhichao only learned a little bit about garment factories and plastic factories, but did not understand them in depth.

Lin Zhichao mainly studies: real estate, shipping, and machinery.

The 'mechanical' knowledge does not mean that Lin Zhichao wants to develop machinery, but that he believes that this knowledge will help him carry out industrial activities. To put it simply, no matter what kind of factory you open, machinery must be the most important thing. If Lin Zhichao has knowledge and insight in this area, he can propose improvements and improvements, which will help the cooperative machinery factory's research and development.

After watching it for less than half an hour, the bedroom door was pushed open, and a furious voice sounded:

"Brother-in-law, are you really going to buy a house in Mid-Levels this year?"

Lin Zhichao immediately put down the book and turned around. After all, this was home, and he would not value study as more important than his family.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao would not take his work home and would rather work overtime at the company.

Seeing Tang Caiying barging in, followed by Tang Caiyun, Lin Zhichao suddenly felt that it was time to make things clear.

"If there is a suitable target, I will do it this year! After all"

Lin Zhichao looked at Tang Caiying with a smile and deliberately said half a sentence!

Tang Caiying's character is not able to listen to half of the words, and she immediately blurts out: "What on earth is that?"

After saying that, he came directly to Lin Zhichao, the curious expression on his face was very cute!

Tang Caiyun said first: "What else can it be! When the time comes, I will reserve a room for you! Anyway, you like to come to our house every day, so you will naturally live in this house in the future."

Tang Caiying immediately blushed. Her sister obviously meant something different when she said this.

"elder sister!"

After Lin Zhichao watched the two sisters joking, he expressed his thoughts, and it was a natural success.

He intends to divide the current business into two systems - Yangtze River and Global. The Yangtze River system develops land businesses such as industries and real estate, and the Global system develops shipping. In the future, it will extend to ports, logistics, and aircraft leasing.

Of course, in the future, Universal can also purchase some commercial properties around the world as fixed assets, and there is no absolute limit.

Tang Caiyun and Tang Caiying listened to Lin Zhichao's grand idea and immediately fell into it. This man is always so confident.

Tang Caiying asked: "It seems that Global Shipping's assets are higher now. Doesn't my sister have any objections?"

Tang Caiyun immediately said: "You girl, you don't even have a single horoscope, why are you calculating all this!"

Lin Zhichao said: "In terms of prospects, of course, the development of the Yangtze River System is more far-reaching. Assets on land, you have seen humans on the sea, and there are more humans on the land. Therefore, global shipping will not only do sea business, but also in the future. Go ashore. Anyway, I know what’s going on.”

It’s too early to say this, but what is certain is that even if Global Island comes ashore, it will still be far inferior to the Yangtze River System. At this point, Lin Zhichao needs to make his thoughts clear. Tang Caiyun has already paid enough for him.

Of course, Lin Zhichao is so young and has such a good body, talking about these things may be deceptive. In the future, the best way to inherit the family is to set up a 'family fund' and include most of the shares in it.

In the office of Wheelock Shipping, Old Madden listened to the work report of his subordinates. He is particularly concerned about one thing, that is, a route of Global Lines and a route of Wheelock overlap, and the two flights are very close in time, which can be regarded as a relationship of direct competition.

Originally, this kind of thing is also normal, especially for popular routes. But now Lao Ma Deng remembers Lin Zhichao's bold words and ambitions, and he couldn't help but want to step on his feet.

"What is the name of the ship that sails around the world on the line from Hong Kong to Tokyo?"

“Golden Alphas”

"How is their sales performance?"

"It's less than half of the cargo, the ship is too big, and it's a new shipping company, so it can only operate with difficulty."

"I remember their first flight, it was only a third of the cargo?"

"Yes, there has been some growth."

Old Madden immediately laughed. If Global Shipping had been operating poorly, he wouldn't want to step on it and waste his shoes. But now that there has been some growth, Lin Zhichao must be a little complacent!

That being the case, he felt that it was necessary to teach this novice shipping a lesson and let him understand that it is impossible for an Eastern captain to achieve success without the support of Westerners!

"In this way, since there is competition with us, then we have to welcome it! You let the shipping department collect as much cargo as possible, and at the same time reduce the shipping fee by 10% per ton, so as to grab the business of the global shipping."

In Madden's view, Global Shipping was already in a miserable state, and if he added fuel to the fire, it would become even more miserable.

"Okay, I understand, I'll do it right away!"

His subordinates also understood that the boss was deliberately targeting Global Shipping.

Of course, this move also offended other shipowners, but Wheelock was British-owned and would not be afraid of those Chinese shipowners.

What's more, a 10% price reduction is understandable and does not count as a malicious price reduction.

"Remember, price reduction is secondary. The main thing is to proactively solicit goods and let the business department work harder!" Old Madden still warned.

"Um"

After his men left, Old Madden showed an arrogant smile. Although there were many Chinese shipowners, he didn't take it to heart at all. They were all small boats and not worth mentioning.

Moreover, he believed that there would be no real big shipowners among the Chinese. Without the Far East, they would be nothing.

Even now Xu Aizhou, although the tonnage of its fleet is close to that of Wheelock, Swire, and Jardine (200,000 to 300,000 tons), its business is mostly traveling around the coast of China, and there are not many ocean-going cargo ships.

Although Lin Zhichao now has two 10,000-ton ships at his disposal, although he seems to be very powerful, Old Madden is still not optimistic.

"Little guy, I hope you can persevere!"

As Wheelock Shipping reduced prices on Hong Kong-Tokyo flights, it was quickly caught by Global Shipping, and of course other shipping companies also learned about the situation.

For a time, it obviously caused public outrage!

"Wheelock is so fucking shameless. It suppresses small ship owners like us and cuts prices by 10% without authorization."

"That's right. It's a bully thing that disrupts the market. I'm going to file a complaint."

In fact, since Wheelock dared to do it, it is naturally not afraid of these people making trouble and complaining.

After all, a 10% price reduction is within a reasonable range.

soon.

Gao Qiqiang, the business manager of Global Shipping, also learned of this information and reported it to Lin Zhichao.

"Boss, Wheelock's price reduction of 10% freight, the biggest impact is our global shipping. We have just started, and we did not expect to be lowered by Wheelock."

After Lin Zhichao listened to the report, he already understood that Old Madden was putting eye drops on himself and shaming him.

But just this kind of attack method is too small to look down on people!

Of course, if Lin Zhichao didn't know the future shipping trend, he might be in a hurry.

"We're not the only ones affected, right?"

The liner from Hong Kong to Tokyo is a popular route. Several shipping companies are running fixed routes, and some small ships are running non-fixed routes.

"Well, many shipowners scolded Wheelock for oppressing people and engaging in unfair competition. Some shipowners even threatened to complain to Wheelock." Gao Qiqiang also said with righteous indignation.

The shipping conditions at this time are not very good, and certainly not bad. Everyone is working hard to maintain the price, and the business can be 70% to 80% full, which is not much.

When Lin Zhichao thought about it, it must be the old Madden's opinion that Wheelock could make this move, so he echoed his defiant and arrogant character.

For a moment, he had a good idea.

He remembered an allusion: In the 1910s and 20s, the "Ning Shao Lun" company initiated by Ningbo people competed with Swire, Jardine, and China Merchants for passenger transport on the Bund. In the case of the price strategy, Ning Shaolun played the 'hometown card' and the 'public opinion card', just like the 'you are not a Chinese if you don't buy it' in later generations.

Through this strategy, and the establishment of a "navigation industry maintenance association" by fellow villagers as a subsidy, Ning Shaolun finally survived. Of course, businessmen are businessmen. Later, Ning Shaolin, like Swire and Jardine, colluded to raise the price of the ship, and the passengers were the ones who suffered.

Through this allusion, Lin Zhichao quickly formulated a strategy.

"Manager Gao, this move by Wheelock will surely offend many shipowners, you go to contact them. Many of the merchants who transport the goods are our Chinese merchants, so we can use public opinion to encourage them to support our Chinese fleet; the Chinese fleet Hire more Chinese sailors, now that there are so many refugees in Hong Kong, we Chinese businessmen should support our own fleet and stabilize the jobs of workers. As soon as the cards of nostalgia and public opinion are played out, we can cope with the 10% price drop of Wheelock."

Gao Qiqiang's eyes lit up, and he immediately thought that this plan was very good.

"Okay, boss, I'll contact everyone and make sure to give Wheelock an effective response."

Lin Zhichao nodded, but then said: "After all, we are new to shipping. Don't take the lead in this kind of thing. Naturally, someone is willing to do it."

In the current market, it is not global shipping that jumps the highest, but those small ship owners.

Gao Qiqiang understood that the boss still did not want to directly confront Wheelock Shipping, so he resorted to "killing with a borrowed knife." But he thought for a while and said, "Boss, although Chinese merchants occupy a large share of merchants, there are still many non-Chinese merchants. So, should we lower the price by 10% to stabilize the business."

After Lin Zhichao thought for a while, he said: "If there are Chinese shipowners following, we will naturally follow suit."

"Okay, I understand!"

The matter quickly escalated. After a large number of Chinese shipowners put up signs of "Support Chinese Shipping", such calls broke out at various terminals in Hong Kong.

Chinese shipowners have said that if they support the Chinese shipping industry, they will reduce the increase in refugees and avoid more Chinese unemployment.

For a time, it received strong support from many merchants, who all chose Chinese ships to transport goods.

"Boss, the situation is not good for us. Some of our original Chinese merchants have also begun to choose other Chinese ships. Moreover, this incident has aroused the public anger of all Chinese shipowners. By then, even other British capitals will blame us. The price was reduced!" The subordinates realized the seriousness of the matter and immediately reported it to Old Madden.

Old Madden's face turned a little red. He never expected that such a small price cut would cause such a big backlash. This matter, as if someone was promoting it, quickly formed a climate.

"No, how much backbone do you think the Chinese can have? If they reduce their holdings for a while at most, they will consider our British fleet, because it is more secure." Old Madden said quibly, unwilling to admit his failure. .

The subordinates could only breathe out, hoping that what the boss said was true.

After he left, Old Madden immediately muttered: "Things reacted so quickly and public opinion was so fierce. Could it be that someone is pushing it? Who is this person?"

"Could it be that young man?"

"Impossible, he is a novice ship owner, how can he have such strength!"

"Hmph, no matter who it is, in the face of absolute strength, everything is in vain."

However.

The impact of the matter is getting bigger and bigger, because some interested people have also intervened in this public opinion, some British capitals couldn't sit still, and hurriedly asked the Hong Kong government for help. Naturally, the Hong Kong government did not want ethnic forces to rise up, and hastily dispatched an investigation team.

This investigation led to the origin of the matter.

Although the matter itself is fermenting, the shipowners have not violated any laws and regulations, so the Hong Kong government can only intervene and order Wheelock, the initiator of the matter, to immediately restore freight prices and not disrupt the market.

Upon seeing this, shipowners in Hong Kong also said they would no longer conduct similar advertising. The Hong Kong government took the opportunity to find out some instigators of the seamen's union and deport them.

Things have developed here and finally come to an end.

Worldwide shipping.

After listening to Gao Qiqiang's report, Lin Zhichao thought that luckily Global Shipping was not the one causing the most trouble this time. Although it was Gao Qiqiang's idea, the ones who jumped the most were not Global Shipping, but the small shipowners.

"Boss, this time we transported 5,000 tons of goods, and the growth is gratifying!" Gao Qiqiang said happily.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Our ships are new after all, and the quality of the seafarers is high. It is inevitable that our business will get better and better."

Then, he added: "Next month, I will go to London to buy two ships, and you are under great pressure again!"

Gao Qiqiang immediately said confidently: "Only under pressure can we push out our potential. Don't worry, boss, we will definitely work hard to do a good job in business."

Although he was really determined and confident when he said this, in fact, he thought in his heart that the boss seemed to have other plans, because he had never seen the boss worrying about the business, and he had never seen the boss scolding him for the business. People in their department.

If other bosses saw the boat so empty, they would have scolded their subordinates.

Therefore, Gao Qiqiang believes that either the boss believes that Global Shipping's business will inevitably rise, or the boss has other plans, otherwise it will be impossible to sit firmly on Diaoyutai.

Earn more than two years on an old boat, which failed in the shipping listing!

Wheelock Shipping.

Old Madden was in a very bad mood. He was besieged by his British colleagues and warned by the Hong Kong government. This happened just because he reduced the price by 10% to solicit goods, thus destroying the business environment and causing Chinese shipowners to unite. .

"SHIT, these rubes!"

He knew that his 10% price reduction was neither illegal nor illegal, but it just hit the knife edge of this matter.

"Could it be that brat playing tricks? He's so cunning, could it be him?"

For a moment, Old Madden became suspicious of Lin Zhichao.

Of course, everyone is confronting each other in the air, so it is naturally unknown.