The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

In early January, Japan's first 150,000-ton oil tanker was launched, setting a new world record; of course, this ship was not built by Lin Zhichao, but by Japan's Sanko Shipping.

Several major shipping companies in Japan not only rent ships, but also build ships. After all, Japan has so many merchant ships, how could they all be rented? In fact, only a small part is leased.

After Sasebo Heavy Industries' 150,000-ton oil tanker was launched, Lin Zhichao received an invitation from Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard. They said they had mastered the technology of the 200,000-ton oil tanker and had already obtained an order.

Therefore, Lin Zhichao accepted the invitation and came to Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard. Its president Kenji Aikawa warmly received Lin Zhichao.

Lin Zhichao's inspection is not an ordinary inspection. He usually stays at the shipyard for two or three days, asking the engineers for relevant parameters and techniques. He has never shied away from the fact that he is here to learn.

Of course, the major Japanese shipyards were not prepared for him. After all, in their view, Lin Zhichao was just a professional shipowner; if they did not understand the technology and parameters of the ship, it would be impossible to trust them.

"Mr. Lin, I have read some reports that you gave a new name to oil tankers of more than 200,000 tons - VLCC at the World Tanker Conference. Now our Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard has implemented this technology and has won the construction of 2 ships. Contract." Kenji Aikawa said proudly.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "Yes, VLCC was named by me, and it is also the oil tanker I have always wanted to operate. Of course, I need to make a careful inspection and formulate a shipbuilding plan. Theoretically, the shipbuilding will be in the second half of the year."

It is expected that in July, he will build 10 VLCC ships. Once these ships are in the water, they can have high-priced long-term contracts; this is because in June next year (1967), the Suez Canal will be closed for eight years, and the business will increase as the routes increase. , the price will also increase.

Of course, as the tonnage of the world's merchant ships has increased and the transportation capacity has increased, there will no longer be several times the increase of 1956; however, I believe there will be at least an increase of about 100%. Of course, it is a short-term surge, but it will also be a big increase in the future. up because Suez will be closed for eight years.

Naturally, Aikawa Kenji would not doubt Lin Zhichao's words. He has built dozens of large oil tankers in Japan and is the largest customer of Japanese shipyards. Even Japan's local shipping companies are not as big as them. It can even be said that there is a big gap in individual comparisons.

"No problem, during your inspection, we will arrange someone to accompany you, and we can solve any problems."

Lin Zhichao nodded, and then asked: "What are the parameters of the VLCC ship?"

Aikawa Kenji immediately replied: "It is 344.28 meters long, 48.84 meters wide, and has a maximum draft of 17.685 meters. The total tonnage is 209,400 tons."

The draft can no longer pass through the Suez Canal, but in fact, almost no oil tanker with a weight of more than 100,000 tons will pass through the Suez Canal when fully loaded, because it is too dangerous.

Moreover, as the tonnage increases, it does not want to pass through Suez and does not rely on the Suez Canal.

In previous lives, as oil tankers became larger, the Egyptian government also began a canal expansion project in 1976. The first phase of the project was completed in 1980. The canal's navigation area was expanded from 1,800 square meters to 3,600 meters (that is, the part of the canal's cross section suitable for navigation); the draft of navigable ships was increased to 17.9 meters, and 150,000-ton fully loaded cargo ships could pass. The second phase of the project was completed in 1983. The navigation area was expanded to 5,000 square meters, and the draft of navigation ships was increased to 21.98 meters, which will allow cargo ships with a load capacity of 250,000 tons to pass.

When the ship is empty, you can take the Suez Canal to save time.

"Well, this parameter is very good!"

Lin Zhichao replied casually.

He needs to carefully examine and think about the specific details. He hopes to increase it to 220,000 tons in six months.

Moreover, the order for 10 220,000-ton oil tankers is not an order from one Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard, but may be from two or three companies. Fortunately, Japan's shipbuilding technology comes from government support, and the technology is in the hands of some relevant institutions. , one family can make, and the rest can basically be made.

Two days later, the streets of Ginza, Tokyo.

Lin Zhichao and Sayuri Yoshinaga were walking together and shopping.

Sayuri Yoshinaga looked at the elegant man beside her, his temperament was so noble and elegant, and then recalled that the two had 'date' alone three times. She didn't know what this man meant, because every time he came to Tokyo, he would ask her out to play. , but there is no other indication.

Of course she knew that Lin Zhichao must be married, and she didn't think much about it at first, but after getting together two or three times, she found that she thought about it more.

She was not satisfied with the status quo, she couldn't help but get close to Lin Zhichao, and finally she mustered up the courage to hold Lin Zhichao's arm.

"I didn't refuse! I'm so happy!" Sayuri Yoshinaga's heart was beating wildly.

Lin Zhichao on the other side couldn't help but smile a little like Nike, wondering how a little girl could match his patience. Every time he comes to Tokyo, it's just a drop-in. After making an appointment with Sayuri Yoshinaga during the day, he goes to see Hinaiko and Marina in the evening, which takes no time at all.

He said nothing and accepted Sayuri Yoshinaga's arm naturally.

Ginza in Japan, like Hong Kong's Central, has buildings built close together; the difference is that the buildings here are generally no more than 10 stories high, and there are more buildings of seven or eight stories.

The buildings of this era are actually very modern, and many buildings with glass curtain walls have appeared. On the exterior walls of the building, many large billboards are very conspicuous.

As for the people on the street, almost all the men wore suits or windbreakers, while the women wore thick knee-length skirts and flesh-colored stockings on their legs, or had bare legs.

Walking here, the modern atmosphere is stronger, far more than in Hong Kong. It also indirectly shows that at this time, Hong Kong was still far from being comparable to Tokyo. It was probably only from the 1970s and 1980s that Hong Kong became more modern and gradually caught up with Tokyo.

Although Lin Zhichao was shopping, he was actually inspecting the local customs. Since 1963, Ginza's land and housing prices have begun to rise, and it has begun to shine in the world.

"Sayuri, you also filmed while you were studying and occasionally skipped classes. Will you fail the cultural class and not get your diploma in the future?" Lin Zhichao joked with a smile.

Sayuri Yoshinaga blushed slightly, she skipped class.

"No way! Our teacher knows that I am filming. After returning to school, he will make up for the cultural classes. It is very simple. How can I not graduate!"

There was a girlish sweetness and coquettishness in her tone, which made Lin Zhichao wonder if he hadn't had fresh blood for a long time, so his mentality was a bit aging; the twenty-year-old Sayuri Yoshinaga instantly made him feel better.

Sayuri Yoshinaga has a gentle, pure, girlish style. Even if she gets older in the future, her acting career will only be that of a gentle, reserved, classically elegant woman.

"So you're smart!"

"Well, what do you think of me?"

"very beautiful!"

"It's annoying, I'm asking you if I'm smart or not?"

"Not sure, I'll test you later!"

"Why not now?"

Like a little girl, Sayuri Yoshinaga circled around Lin Zhichao, sometimes looking at Lin Zhichao with big watery eyes.

Lin Zhichao, on the other hand, was doing two things, visiting Ginza and chatting with the girls around him.

The girl has already taken the bait, and he plans to close the net.

In the previous few times, he deliberately showed a gentleman's side in order to remove the girl's psychological defense. Because if you state your motives from the beginning, it is easy for girls to think that you are already married and you are here to pick up girls; so in the past few times, Lin Zhichao treated Sayuri Yoshinaga as a friend.

The effect of this is that Yoshinaga Sayuri quickly fell into the trap and took the bait on her own initiative.

Now that he has taken the bait, Lin Zhichao will start to tear apart the gentleman's hypocrisy and launch a final attack on girls.

Shopping!

Lin Zhichao's first advantage was his wealth of billions.

Shopping is also selective. In the beginning, it was Sayuri Yoshinaga's own choice. Finally, it was Lin Zhichao's trump card. He went to a jewelry store to choose a sapphire necklace for Sayuri Yoshinaga.

"Mr. Lin, this is too precious!" Sayuri Yoshinaga liked this elegant and noble sapphire necklace very much, but she still preached like this.

"This is the last time you participated in my celebration, and you deserve the reward. Be good, be obedient!" At the end, there was an undeniable majesty in his tone.

Saiduri Yoshinaga suddenly let out a 'huh', feeling very happy in her heart, and couldn't put it down to the necklace on her neck.

Her family is actually very privileged, her father is an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and her mother is also a piano teacher; of course, this can only be an ordinary family, and her income is far from enough to buy this necklace.

Under the warm gift from the shop assistant, Sayuri Yoshinaga took Lin Zhichao's arm and left happily.

"Xiao Baihe, you should be my girlfriend now, right?" Lin Zhichao looked at the jade hand holding his and said with a smile.

"Hmm," Sayuri Yoshinaga didn't even think about it, she replied shyly in a low voice.

It was she who took the initiative, this is a fact!

She knew that this man was already married, but after getting along with him a few times, she couldn't control herself and wanted to confess.

Although her confession was very subtle - holding hands, there is no way this man didn't know the truth and immediately made the matter public. From the moment she gave the sapphire necklace, Sayuri Yoshinaga knew that she had done something right today. Otherwise, this man may always be so gentlemanly and charming, but he won't take the initiative to explain.

However, what Sayuri Yoshinaga doesn't know is that Lin Zhichao usually doesn't take the initiative, but he is not a human being who takes the initiative.

Soon, after shopping, the two, led by Lin Zhichao, drove to Tokyo Okura Hotel in a taxi.

This hotel is a luxury hotel built for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. It is located in a quiet area among the bustle, especially the traditional Japanese aesthetics that entertain the world. This hotel has many celebrity fans in later generations, such as Nixon, Diana, Obama, Jobs, etc. When Obama visited Japan, according to the national ceremony, he should stay at the Ambassador Hotel, but he chose the Okura Hotel willfully; There was Steve Jobs, a vegetarian, who broke his fast at the Taicang Hotel and ate meat.

As soon as we entered the hotel, we saw service staff in kimonos.

In fact, Yoshinaga Sayuri is also wearing a kimono today, which is Lin Zhichao's favorite style.

The restaurant has Japanese-style screens, lanterns and other features. Although there are many people dining, the impression is that it is not noisy at all.

Lin Zhichao likes to visit luxury hotels around the world and learn what he wants. Shangri-La Hotel is his hard work, and he is very involved. He just wants to create a hotel brand that belongs to Hong Kong and the Lin family.

In Lin Zhichao's view, the future of Hong Kong's hotel industry should be to integrate all the characteristics into one and come up with its own style. That is to follow the local customs and features, retain some local traditional architecture and culture, and then integrate modern architecture, equipment, management, etc., into a new hotel model.

The path taken by Lin Zhichao will be a model for Hong Kong's hotel industry in the future.

"Is this your first time coming to this hotel?" Sayuri Yoshinaga asked curiously when she saw Lin Zhichao always looking around.

From what she knew about Lin Zhichao, he belonged to the world's shipping king and should have stayed in many hotels.

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "No, I have been here more than five times. I know what you are thinking. In fact, I am trying to learn from others' best, because I also happened to invest in a five-star company in Xingdao. Star Hotels."

Saiduri Yoshinaga suddenly understood.

Afterwards, the two chatted and enjoyed the food.

After dinner, Lin Zhichao invited: "Let's go sit in the room?"

Of course, Yoshinaga Sayuri didn't know Lin Zhichao's true thoughts. She just thought it was a relationship between lovers, so she nodded shyly.

So the two held hands and walked into the luxurious suite upstairs.

“Let’s take a tour!”

"OK"

After a while, Sayuri Yoshinaga said in surprise: "There is actually a piano!"

Lin Zhichao gestured with his hand and said, "Why don't you play for me?"

Sayuri Yoshinaga said nervously: "Yeah, but my level is not high!"

Lin Zhichao said: "What a coincidence, my level of appreciation is also very limited!"

Sayuri Yoshinaga gave Lin Zhichao a beautiful look, then slowly sat down at the piano, and then started playing after thinking for a while.

Lin Zhichao opened the prepared red wine and poured two glasses while listening to soothing music.

Tonight, he will open the bag for Sayuri.

Since this kind of woman can accept the fact that he is married, she is desperate, so she must be strong when it is time to be strong.

Holding two glasses of red wine, he leaned on the piano stand with an appreciative look in his eyes.

Hong Kong actresses in this era are really boring. They still bring the Shanghai style to Hong Kong, with their hair high or permed, wearing cheongsam clothes, occasionally holding a cigarette in their mouths, pretending, Thought it was the eldest lady. It's very vulgar, and it looks exactly like the chickens that were used in Shanghaitan back then. Of course, maybe the stars of this era were mostly singers and dancers, so they were rather tacky.

The real change should be that after Shaw Brothers produced martial arts comedy movies, and the female stars in Shanghai were getting older, Hong Kong female stars became more modern.

On the contrary, from Sayuri Yoshinaga, Lin Zhichao saw the delicate and gentle side of the girl.

At the end of the song, Lin Zhichao handed over the red wine glass and said: "It sounds very good, and it was played very carefully!"

"Really, you can't coax me!" Yoshinaga Sayuri was happy but also a little worried.

She hasn't practiced for a long time and is already rusty. If she had known about today's scene, she would have practiced for a while in advance.

"Would you like to play another song?" Lin Zhichao laughed.

"Yeah" Saiduri Yoshinaga was encouraged.

Next, things reversed.

When Sayuri Yoshinaga was playing the piano, Lin Zhichao hugged her from behind and then kissed her girlish neck. The delicate skin and the faint girl's fragrance all make Lin Zhichao, an 'old man', intoxicated.

Sayuri Yoshinaga also felt a mature and charming aura coming to her face. She liked such a man.

"Yes." Sayuri Yoshinaga turned around and felt her lips being bitten.

Next, there is the endless offensive.

After a long time, the division is completed.

"Mr. Lin, you hate me playing the piano!" Sayuri Yoshinaga was busy arranging her clothes. Two places were lost, and she had lost herself.

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "I heard that only by playing for your lover can you achieve the highest level and realm! Now, we have clearly established our relationship, so I believe that your next level will be even higher!"

Sayuri Yoshinaga was immediately eager to try, and her heart was filled with sweetness. She immediately put her hands on the piano to brew her emotions.

Next, a tender song filled the room.

Lin Zhichao did not interrupt this time, but held a red wine glass and enjoyed it in front of the piano.

Very good, she is multi-talented and she is rich and rich.

Well done, I will replace Hinaiko and Mariina from now on. He was tired of those sisters, especially after passing the last level, he felt that they had nothing to attract him, and it was time for them to find an honest man to marry. .

Generally speaking, women he does not intend to stay with for a long time cannot stay for more than five years, and especially not for more than ten years; because he is worried that these women will take his elixir of youth and be discovered by themselves. It's hard to explain.

As for not aging in five years, that is not easy to find, at least not incredible.

However, Lin Zhichao also has worries, that is, it is always difficult for him to get rid of his lover, just like it is difficult for most people to pursue women, it is also a difficulty.

Chasing women is too easy for Lin Zhichao. For example, Sayuri Yoshinaga only met five times, and she took the initiative; if Lin Zhichao took the initiative, he would have gotten in the car after three times.

After another song ended, Lin Zhichao put down his glass and applauded Sayuri Yoshinaga.

"It sounds good, play it for me more in the future!"

"Well, Mr. Lin!"

The two then drank and danced, and finally Lin Zhichao finally started to attack.

"Mr. Lin, don't want it." Yoshinaga Sayuri suddenly felt a little scared.

It's developing so fast!

Lin Zhichao was still a gentleman and stopped to signal her that it didn't matter.

"Weird, give me your hand, I won't hurt you!"

Lin Zhichao's words seemed to have magic power. Although Sayuri Yoshinaga was afraid, she stretched out her hand in anticipation.

Soon, Sayuri Yoshinaga's expression began to relax under Lin Zhichao's guidance.