The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

Hong Kong Association.

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 beneficial to the development of Hong Kong's industry and commerce.

As the Director of the Industrial and Commercial Department, Shi Yizhi can be said to be the 'direct superior' of Hong Kong businessmen. However, for large consortiums, it is difficult for him to be the Director of the Industrial and Commercial Department; after all, the heads of large consortiums can communicate directly with the Hong Kong Governor.

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 heavily on him and asked him, the Director of the Industrial and Commercial Department, to talk to Lin Zhichao more often, ostensibly 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 did not dare to disobey him. He almost failed to gain Ge Lianghong's trust last year. The process of upgrading from a second-level officer student to a first-level officer student was somewhat tortuous.

Thinking of this, he sighed inwardly.

It has been sixteen years since he entered Queen's College, Cambridge University, and was selected by the British Colonial Department for a year of further study. He arrived in Hong Kong as a second-level officer student and began his career as a colonial official. It has been sixteen years since he was a handsome British young man. He became a Huaxia expert who could converse with Chinese people in Cantonese, Chongqing dialect, and Shanghainese dialect. He was a political affairs officer as a second-level officer student from the beginning. After the entire World War II, his official career took him to Hong Kong, Malaysia, Chongqing, and Guangdong. London and eventually back 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 Office as second-level officer students in the same year were already first-level officer students, and some with special status had even become director-level officer students.

Therefore, his career is not considered 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 post-war merit-based rewards are not as good as the military merits of those colleagues who participated in the war, they have still done a lot of hard work in the economic and political affairs of the British overseas colonies, and as a true Hong Kong expert, the post-war British Colonial Office once He was listed as one of the nine core members of the Hong Kong planning team, responsible for formulating Britain's post-war governance policy for Hong Kong and preparing for Japan's defeat and surrender and Hong Kong's return to British rule. 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 was unable to return to Hong Kong at the same time as the rest of the group to divide the post-war credits and positions. .

If it were not for the political disagreement between the new Governor-General Grantham and the former Governor-General Yang Muqi, Shi Zhiyi carefully analyzed the situation in London and Hong Kong and publicly expressed his support for Grantham who had not yet officially taken office at the time, and made this move to show his goodwill to Grantham. , I am afraid that even the Director of the Industrial and Commercial Administration cannot 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.

"Director Shi has spent a lot of energy on trade, industry, and customs affairs since he took office. 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 has been the most difficult time for Hong Kong's industry and commerce, so it is natural to spend a lot of energy. Unfortunately, some things are not unique to Hong Kong. The international situation is the real impact. Factors related to Hong Kong's industry and commerce. Mr. Lin, do you think so?"

He is the Director of the Industrial and Commercial Department of Hong Kong. His original duty is to consider Hong Kong's industry and commerce, but he has to obey orders from above and crack down on smuggling. Of course, fortunately, our superiors, including the Governor of Hong Kong, generally support the "difference of appearance and duplicity" and should not kill them all, otherwise Hong Kong's business will be completely paralyzed.

Lin Zhichao nodded, and then said: "But now that the war is coming to an end, both sides have no way to achieve 'victory'. I think there is great hope for peace talks. Therefore, the Hong Kong business community is concerned about the tight supply of raw materials and the impact of the war on Hong Kong's re-export trade. , Hong Kong-Japan trade deficit and other issues, they all expressed great concern."

When it came to formal work, Shi Yizhi was very serious and replied: "The war is over. These are urgent problems that our Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau needs to solve. Please rest assured, Mr. Lin." Then he added: "Mr. Lin is an industrialist. I don't know if there are any good ones." Give us some advice, I’m all ears?”

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

Shi Yizhi said: "Your analysis is very reasonable. If Hong Kong's capital is as confident as Mr. Lin, I believe that the rapid development of Hong Kong's industry 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 and swaggered through the market. They wore wigs on their heads. Wigs are not real wigs, but It is made of real hair. At present, the world's wigs are mainly produced in France. The 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 suddenly said excitedly: "Mr. Lin is indeed an industrialist, and your idea is very high." After calming down for a while, he added: "The current premise is that the war is over, and Hong Kong products can enter the U.S. market. But the war It will end eventually, so Mr. Lin 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 the entire Hong Kong would never own this industry.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said: "Of course. Not only do I want to invest in this industry, I will also bring people who are willing to do this industry to do it together in the future."

Shi Yizhi immediately said with 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 calmly: "After all, this industry is a light industry with low technical content. Rather than treating it as a treasure, it is better for everyone to share it together."

For example, if he can produce wigs, there will be a second one within three months. Within a year, there will be many companies in Hong Kong producing wigs, forming an industry chain.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao decided that no matter whether it was a wig or a plastic flower, as long as he learned how to do it, he would not hide anything. If anyone is willing to come to the factory for inspection, you can agree.

Then, Lin Zhichao established an association and served as the president of the Chamber of Commerce to provide industry guidance.

Making money is not the purpose, the purpose is to enhance social prestige.

After all, plastic flowers and wigs can provide him with millions of profits a year, which is just a waste.

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

At almost the end, Lin Zhichao said: "Director Shi, I am currently preparing for a charity organization - Oxfam. Mrs. Mulin is the chairman of the board of directors. I heard that Mrs. Shi is from the Anglican Church and is a hydrologist. No. Do you know if she has joined Oxfam as a director and participated in this charity?"

Shi Yizhi was overjoyed, but said with a calm expression: "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 Department was also considered a personal connection.

In the previous life, people criticized Li Jiacheng. Many Hong Kong parliamentarians were his "clients" at one time. It was not until the Governor of Hong Kong, Fei Peng, took office that those "Li family members" were removed.

Being friends with government officials in Hong Kong is not necessarily a 'bribery', but at least it has benefits.

As a shipping king and industrialist, Lin Zhichao naturally needs to have connections in this area, not only in Hong Kong, but in the future he will also have to make friends with political figures around the world.

Shi Yizhi, who returned home, informed his wife Bess of Lin Zhichao's proposal.

"Dear, is it true? This is a very good thing. If I can really join Oxfam and become one of the founders, then I can become colleagues with Mrs. Gomullain, and I can also rely on this happiness to Charity will wash away the 'shame' brought to you, and those London aristocrats will no longer call you 'Australian Aboriginals'." Mrs. Bess was already incoherent.

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

"Madam, don't worry about what those people think, no matter what happens, I will support you!" Shi Yizhi said affectionately.

Once upon a time, he was also a proud man of heaven. When he walked out of Oxford University after receiving his degree, three political organizations invited him to join the high-spirited assistant secretary; he entered Queen's College, Cambridge University, for further study, but within a year he was eager for talents from the Colonial Office officials and invited him to work for the Queen's College. Go overseas to manage colonies.

I met and dated my wife at the Anglican Church in London. When I proposed to my wife in the presence of the church members, she was so happy that she burst into tears with a smile on her face. He assured his wife that no matter what happened, he would change her future life.

Now, how could he blame his wife's identity as an 'Australian'?

Compared with Governor Ge Lianghong, it was his own bad luck that prevented him from becoming the Governor, otherwise his wife would not have been able to integrate into the circle of official wives of the Hong Kong Society.

"Dear, I know! But now that the opportunity has come, I naturally have to fight for you and for me. This Oxfam Club was Lin Zhichao's idea. It seems to be to please Mrs. Ge Mulian or the Hong Kong Governor, but Ge Mulian definitely doesn't want to do it personally. . If I can do more work at Oxfam, then I can become good friends with her, and we will have more status in the Hong Kong Association in the future."

Shi Yizhi nodded and said: "This Oxfam Club is being organized by Lin Zhichao. If he recommends you to become the vice chairman, Mrs. Ge Mulian will not object. As long as you love this job, I am willing to step down your identity for you and go to Lin Zhichao." Say it there.”

Mrs. Bess said: "Of course it was our husband and wife who invited Lin Zhichao and his wife to have dinner together. We took the opportunity of my love for public welfare to actively promote ourselves."

Shi Yizhi thought about it, and it was indeed the case.

"good"

With the preparations for Oxfam, more and more Hong Kong celebrities have joined, including the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong, Ho Wah-ming, as one of the preparatory committee members; at the same time, it has also received strong support from the 'Oxford Committee for Famine Relief' in London. Yes, 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. Bess). Lin Zhichao tried his best to help his wife launch charity and donated 1 million Hong Kong dollars as the start-up capital of Oxfam.

What is the concept of 1 million Hong Kong dollars? Last year, there was a fire in Tung Tau Estate, Kowloon City, and only more than 200,000 Hong Kong dollars were donated from the society. Donate HK$1 million to run for the chairmanship of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and Po Leung Kuk.

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

He waved his sleeves and took away no clouds.

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

In a house of the Anglican Church, the main representatives of Oxfam came to the scene and held a formal meeting. The participating members were Lin Zhichao, Xu Caiying, Ge Mulian, Bess, He Huaming, Jian Yueqiang and other founders.

Jian Yueqiang is the son of Jian Dongpu, a barrister in Hong Kong, and is very close to Lin Zhichao, so he is naturally attracted by Lin Zhichao to be his legal representative.

As the Anglican Bishop, He Huaming has very good connections, especially since Oxfam intends to save its 'operating costs' as much as possible, so people who come to work there cannot do it just to make money.

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

As the chairman of Oxfam, Karen Ko feels like she is stealing the show, especially since Lin Zhichao donated HK$1 million, she is even more confident.

She said: "I have read Oxfam's platform carefully these days and feel very moved. We believe that everyone has the right to be respected and cared for, and to enjoy basic rights such as food, shelter, employment opportunities, education and medical care. , and 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 founder and sponsor, said: "The organizational structure of Oxfam 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 am very happy to join Oxfam, a selfless charity organization. I will also adhere to Oxfam's program and purpose and strictly demand myself to thank everyone."

The crowd applauded and encouraged.

Next, everyone discussed how Oxfam can open up the situation. Although we have money now, we must also open up the reputation of Oxfam. After all, if you are not famous, how can you raise donations in the future? How to gain the trust of fundraisers?

At this time, the pre-arranged drama was staged.

I saw Mrs. Bess taking 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 problems. I found that roundworms have seriously affected children in Hong Kong, and the deworming methods on the market The medicine is so expensive that ordinary families are reluctant to buy it.”

However, after discussions between Lin Zhichao and Mrs. Bess, they decided that Oxfam’s first charity would be to “donate free drugs to treat parasitic diseases.”

Mrs. Bess is a top student majoring in hydrology at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Now she is also an Australian native who is favored by Hong Kong's upper-class foreign ladies. She urgently needs to do something to increase her reputation and make friends with 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, anti-parasitic drugs have been sold very highly by agents such as the Zhang family, and ordinary people are reluctant to buy them.

"Okay, I didn't expect Mrs. Bess to be so professional. This is a good entry point for us to make Oxfam famous." Ge Mulian quickly cheered.

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

Mrs. Bess was overjoyed and said quickly: "Actually, this question was also raised by Mr. Lin. I was just doing my due diligence in investigation and planning."

Ge Mulian's favorable impression of Mrs. Bess has increased a little. She doesn't take the credit. Such a good subordinate!

Next, everyone discussed and planned to invite celebrities to hold an ‘Oxfam’ founding meeting when the anthelmintics were ready, make a public announcement, and take the opportunity to organize the first charity event.

On the way back in the car, Lin Zhichao asked Xu Caiying with concern: "How are you? 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 it well, I'll get you into trouble."

Lin Zhichao smiled and said, "When did you imitate 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 if you are afraid that a good thing will turn into a bad thing, then the problem will be bigger than the problem itself."

Lin Zhichao understood what she meant. If Oxfam did not do well, Lin Zhichao would definitely be dissatisfied by Ge Mulian and others, and would also be ridiculed by other business friends, and would also attract rumors from 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 setting up the Oxfam Club is also impure, 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 his motives are impure, his 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 "Sandulite Western Medicine".

Sandulus western medicine is the raw material of anthelmintic medicine. Pharmaceutical factories and drug stores buy it and make it into "Fuji San", which is very popular in the market.

Zhang Yujie, the eldest son of the Zhang Zhushan family, saw that Western medicine was very popular, but there was a great shortage of Western medicine in Hong Kong and the Mainland, so he actively contacted foreign businessmen and finally obtained the agency rights of Sandurin from the British Gallic Pharmaceuticals Company in the Far East.

The original packaging of Sandurian had a net weight of 35 ounces (one ounce is equal to one ounce, about 28 grams). In order to make more money, the Zhang family changed the packaging to 1 ounce per small bottle, and put the "Qianpai" trademark on the bottle. Each bottle sells for HK$100, which is 3.5 times more profitable than the original packaging.

That's not all. The Zhang family was not satisfied with such high profits. They obtained the agency rights through the "European Coast Company"; as a result, they established Zhu Xingxing to increase the price by 10% for wholesale, making another profit.

Zhu Xingxing then wholesaled to "Cheung Kam Kee Pharmacy" and other pharmaceutical factories and drug stores. Among them, Cheung Kam Kee Pharmacy was the property of the Zhang Zhushan family, making another profit.

That’s why the insecticides on the market are ridiculously expensive!

Du Songming originally 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 find a pharmaceutical company to provide OEM raw materials for Sandulus, which could greatly reduce the cost. The cooperating drug stores are also very happy to do charity and only charge a small profit as a reward, which can be regarded as supporting this charity.

Although Lin Zhichao is not short of money, Oxfam is running the operation now. Of course he will not use his own money to make more donations, not to mention he also wants to set an example and reduce operating costs as much as possible.

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

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

"I am Zhang Yuliang, the fourth eldest brother of the Zhang family. My eldest brother is abroad and the 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: "The Zhang brothers are indeed unique figures. It's a pity that your second brother, my condolences!"

Zhang Yuliang said generously: "Thank you Mr. Lin for your safety. My second brother is sure. I won't say anything anymore. Please come in!"

Lin Zhishenshan didn't believe Zhang Yuliang's performance. In order to divide the family property, he could hire all the barristers in Hong Kong and not give his second wife millions and 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 his 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 and ask 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 you. We happen to have a batch of goods in our warehouse. I am willing to sell them to you in the original packaging. All you need is A pack costs HK$3,000 and weighs 35 ounces.”

Lin Zhichao thought that Zhang Yuliang didn't dare to sell fake medicine to him, after all, he wouldn't be that stupid.

The Zhang family usually sells a batch of fake medicines that are half-true and half-false, and then calls other drug dealers to tell you clearly that it is half-true and half-false, and then quotes a price; and other medicine shops buy this batch of goods and then trade them to the other side. .

In this way, the direct culprits are other drug stores, which do not care about making money anyway; and although the Zhang family sells fake products, it does not affect the reputation of their Cheung Kam Kee Pharmacy and Zhu Xing Hong.

After all, it would be too low to sell fake products directly!

Lin Zhichao still bargained a lot. After all, he had a large quantity and had to buy almost 400,000 Hong Kong dollars in raw materials. One ounce of Sandeurian can be used to make dozens of doses of anthelmintic medicine (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 2,500 Hong Kong dollars per bag is feasible. You can earn less unit price for this business. You can come back if the quantity is large.”

Zhang Yuliang hesitated for a few times, and 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 400,000 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!