The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

Lin Zhichao came to the "Gold and Silver Trade Fair" at No. 12 Masha Street in Sheung Wan, intending to go in with Liao Baoshan to experience the development of Hong Kong's financial industry.

Masha Street and Bonham Street East are both in the central part of Hong Kong Island. These two streets are famous golden streets. On Bonham East Street, there are twenty or thirty gold and silver shops, specializing in gold trading, foreign currency change, exchange and other businesses.

When we arrived at the 'Gold and Silver Trade Center', the building was not very conspicuous, but the two tall, heavily armed British Indian policemen standing at the door were particularly conspicuous.

"Brother Lin"

"Brother Liao"

Lin Zhichao and Liao Baoshan formed a rendezvous. After all, if Lin Zhichao came alone, he would need an invitation because the 'Gold and Silver Trade Center' was not open to the public.

As for the relationship between the two of them, Lin Zhishenshan would not have a heart-to-heart relationship with Liao Baoshan. He would keep a close eye on any friends who came to meet him; and if he took the initiative to meet friends and elders, he would be more at ease in dating.

These are just his personal opinions.

The Indian police spoke fluent Cantonese and asked for admission tickets. Fortunately, Liao Baoshan was the owner of "Liao Chuangxing Bank" and was familiar with the exchange, so Lin Zhichao was let in by the Indian police.

As soon as you enter, the noise of 'gold speculation' in the hall is like a heat wave blowing from the desert.

"Let's go to the second floor so we can see more clearly what's going on inside!"

"good"

After arriving on the second floor, I leaned against the railing and had an unobstructed view of the place below.

Below is a 2,000-square-foot patio. More than a hundred gold traders wearing yellow waistcoat uniforms, like Spanish matadors, are wandering in the hall, searching for their prey. On the walls surrounding the patio, there are numerous telephones.

Liao Baoshan introduced: "Those phones can continuously report the on-site gold price to the boss of the bank; at the same time, the boss of the gold bank can convey instructions to the traders on the floor through the phone."

Lin Zhichao nodded and said: "In this way, the boss determines the order to buy and sell gold based on various factors outside the market and the gold price on the market. Brilliant!"

Although Liao Baoshan didn't talk too much about the elements of gold speculation, Lin Zhichao was self-taught. In this gold and silver trading field, 'information' is the most critical, even the life of the owner of the gold bank; a slight negligence can be fatal. threats.

As far as Lin Zhichao knows, Chen Bichen of Thailand's Pangu Bank often comes to Hong Kong to speculate in gold. He even has a set of the most advanced equipment - Chen Bichen uses the shortwave station set up by the Chaozhou people in Hong Kong to connect to the smuggling ship at sea, and then to Thailand. Command center. At the same time, since Chen Bichen is in charge of the channels for Southeast Asian expatriates to send money to relatives in the mainland, he often uses the three days of these funds to stay in Hong Kong to speculate in gold.

Mu Ranjian.

A trader standing in the middle of the patio raised his right hand, but several of his fingers were bent outwards and made a few gestures; then a dozen traders immediately rushed towards him and grabbed him tightly; he had quick eyesight and quick hands among them. Each of the five traders tapped him on the shoulder, and the crowd quickly dispersed.

Liao Baoshan introduced: "When speculating on gold in the trading market, 100 taels are used as a unit of calculation, commonly known as 'one hand'. Curling your fingers outwards means selling; bending your fingers inwards means buying. The price is also determined by gestures. , only the two mantissas after the price are marked. The seller taps the buyer on the shoulder, which is considered a deal, and then both parties write down the transaction amount in their notebooks. When the market is closed for lunch and afternoon, both parties go to the calculation department of the trade market to register. Just registration. , instead of trading gold on the spot, it will be officially traded three days later. So during these three days, if you sell the gold in your hand to others at a higher price, or absorb other people's gold at a lower price, then you will make a profit."

Lin Zhichao has great understanding and said: "I understand! This is really a financial paradise. But will the people here default on their debts?"

Liao Baoshan said decisively: "I generally don't dare. What matters here is the word 'faith', not to mention the supervision and statistics of market people, as well as the guarantee deposit."

then.

Liao Baoshan said with a smile: "If I want to speculate in gold, I have to open a bank account or a gold shop, and then apply for membership at the trading center, and I need to pay a deposit. However, the membership of the trading center is basically fixed, and there is a chance that they will be disqualified. Only then will there be a chance for a substitute. Of course, if you want to speculate, you can also pay a small commission through other gold and silver shops."

Lin Zhichao responded: "Thank you Brother Liao for your advice. I will definitely give it a try if I have the opportunity in the future. But I am a poor person now, I am afraid I will make people laugh."

Liao Baoshan nodded and said: "Development is a very quick thing for you. Once you complete that project, you won't make a fortune."

Thinking of this, he actually felt a little sad, and then thought to himself, Lin Zhichao, you'd better lose everything here.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Thank you, brother, for accepting the offer! But I don't necessarily have to have big projects to do real estate. If you have a few small projects, you can still make a lot of money."

Liao Baoshan patted Lin Zhichao on the shoulder and said generously: "Real estate is just a small business, your brother plans to show off his skills here."

"Then congratulations in advance, brother, for killing everyone and making a lot of money!"

"Haha, I appreciate your good words."

Liao Baoshan brought Lin Zhichao to the gold and silver market. Although he had no good intentions, at least he was dating Lin Zhichao.

Therefore, apart from not completely trusting Liao Baoshan, Lin Zhichao actually became friends with him.

Of course, Lin Zhichao also believed that there was no one who could deceive him.

Essentially speaking, Lin Zhichao has a hand in all his business. As long as he survives, he can turn around quickly.

Now, he is equivalent to two more hands of cards, one is real estate (worth millions), and the other is gold (worth about 600,000). After receiving a windfall in January, Lin Zhichao's net worth has more than doubled, and it has only been five months.

Business wizard!

When Lin Zhichao returned to the company, his mood did not fluctuate. He knew that the best time to speculate in gold was 1948.

Similarly, he will not get involved in gold speculation before he has the strength. If he had the strength, he would be able to make big moves and kill in all directions.

At present, Lin Zhichao's real estate business is doing very well, with a total investment of about 280,000 Hong Kong dollars (16 small yellow croakers); and by next year, the three real estate projects currently invested will reach a net asset value of 1.1 million Hong Kong dollars, and the asset value will increase to four times.

Therefore, he will continue to do a good job in the real estate business and lay out the zipper industry.

He has analyzed the market and found that the current zipper markets in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and RB are either dominated by European and American monopolies (high prices), or Asian handmade products (poor quality).

If he takes the lead in introducing automatic zipper machines, he can quickly open up the market in these three markets with low price and high quality, and then sell it to Europe and the United States.

As for the rise of RB's zipper industry, Lin Zhichao doesn't care. Both parties have their own advantages in competition. Lin Zhichao can also set up an improved machine team to develop automatic punches, and then cooperate with German machinery factories, which may not necessarily result in losing to the RB zipper industry. On the contrary, Hong Kong's labor is cheap, materials are cheap (taxes are low), exporting is convenient, etc. These are all advantages.

"Boss, I found a factory building in Sai Wan, with more than 2,800 square feet, annual rent of HK$6,600, and a top-up fee of 2,000." Li Gaofu walked into his office and reported.

When Lin Zhichao heard this, he couldn't help but said: "So expensive?"

Li Gaofu said: "Factory buildings in Hong Kong are not in short supply now. Many mainland factory owners have come to Hong Kong to open branch factories, so the owners are very proud to raise prices on the ground."

The thoughts in Lin Zhichao's mind changed, and then he said: "Well, let's go take a look tomorrow morning and rent it if it suits us. There are also factories for rent in these places, which obviously means that the peak period has not yet arrived. It is expected that there will be more in the next year. Factory, move to Hong Kong, or open a branch factory. So if you want to recruit zipper skilled workers, recruiting them in Hong Kong should be enough, or you can ask someone from Magic City to act as an intermediary, go to Magic City to recruit, and give them an agency fee. After all, you are from Guangdong Province. , no one will trust you if you go there. About 20 skilled workers are enough."

"Ok, I see!"

Li Gaofu was even more happy when he saw Lin Zhichao arranging things for him, which meant that he had received a heavy responsibility.

After Li Gaofu left, Lin Zhichao called Finance Zhou Fuzhao and Marketing Department Hu Zhaoxu.

"I will inject another 500,000 Hong Kong dollars into Changjiang Real Estate. This fund will be used to continue to develop new real estate projects. You should make financial preparations and search for land and old buildings."

The two of them were immediately surprised. Where did their boss get 500,000 Hong Kong dollars? It was incredible.

"Okay," the two said excitedly after being surprised.

Cheung Kong Real Estate has become the leader in real estate in Hong Kong, and they are naturally rising with the tide.