Chapter 113 [Give me freedom or die]

Author: Ren Zhufei

Chapter 113 [Give me freedom or die]

Lam Tin Garden.

In the evening, Lin Zhichao was having dinner with his family, a mother, a wife, a sister, and a son. It was a happy family, and there was a servant to serve them.

"This Sunday, I'm going to Europe to buy a ship. It may take half a month this time." Lin Zhichao suddenly said during the meal.

There is no way. In this era, only a one-way trip takes three days, and a round trip takes six or seven days. As for this ship purchase, Lin Zhichao still went to England to try his luck. There was no intermediary, and he was a little untrustworthy.

Shipping agency in Hong Kong.

Why not go to the United States to buy a boat?

You must know that after World War II, the United States had 38 million tons of merchant ships, while the United Kingdom only had 18 million tons of merchant ships; the third-place France had only 2 million tons, and the Soviet Union, Italy, and Japan only had more than one million tons.

It is normal for Lin Zhichao not to seek opportunities in the United States, because once he purchases a ship in the United States, it will definitely leave a record; once the Peninsula Campaign begins, his fleet will be monitored and may even cause trouble.

Of course, Lin Zhichao would definitely not risk being sanctioned, but he was still worried about these things.

What's more, if you want to make a living in the British colonies, you will naturally need to do more business with London, and the pound has just depreciated, so the prices of goods will naturally be reduced.

"So long?" Tang Caiyun said reluctantly.

She knew that she definitely couldn't follow him because she had to take care of her son at home.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said: "Well, this time we are mainly looking for ships, which will take a long time. Maybe even half a month may not be enough."

Seeing what he said, Tang Caiyun immediately changed her attitude and said, "Okay, you can rest assured that my mother-in-law and I are at home."

Although the family is reluctant and worried, they also understand that Lin Zhichao's decision cannot be changed; what's more, Lin Zhichao attaches great importance to his career.

After eating dinner and washing up, Lin Zhichao and Tang Caiyun returned to the bedroom. As for Lin Ruihuan, they both shared a room with their grandma.

Lying on the bed, hugging his wife, Lin Zhichao talked about something for the first time.

"Every time I go abroad, I will leave a document with my personal lawyer, and it is the same this time. From now on, Caiyun, please learn more about the family business and sit firmly behind me."

Tang Caiyun understood what it meant, and immediately held Lin Zhichao's arm nervously. She seemed to be a little resistant to this aspect, but she didn't dare to say it for fear of being unlucky.

Lin Zhichao patted her shoulder and said, "This is a normal procedure. Don't worry too much."

Tang Caiyun calmed down and then said: "Okay! I won't worry about it!"

Lin Zhichao said with satisfaction:

"Well, that's right! Especially now that I have Lin Ruihuan, I will be more prepared for these things. Today I will tell you what assets I have: Changjiang Real Estate: This company currently has no liabilities and has three net assets.

Properties worth more than one million include a 212,000-square-foot warehouse on Paterson Street, a six-storey property in Lam Tin Court and Telford Gardens. Remember, Hong Kong’s properties will continue to rise, and any decline is just

For a while, it will rise again sooner or later. Because land is rights."

Tang Caiyun immediately asked: "How do you plan to develop the land on Paterson Street?"

Lin Zhichao smiled. This was a good question. Of course he would share it with the person he sleeps with.

"It's very simple! In the next five years, Hong Kong will undergo an industrialization process. After all, we have inherited so much capital and technology. As Hong Kong's population increases, sooner or later the Hong Kong government will encourage real estate development, such as allowing the construction of high-rise buildings. By then,

If you turn this land into eight or nine commercial and residential buildings, you can get thousands of residential units and a large number of commercial rent-collecting properties. It doesn't matter if you don't have money to invest. As long as you sell off-the-plan properties, you can immediately use other people's money to develop. You probably know

Just get off!"

Tang Caiyun nodded and said, "Well, I feel like there are a lot of problems here."

Real estate is not that simple! Lin Zhichao also learns by doing.

When Tai was working in real estate in his previous life, he didn't even know how to open a bank account or get a bank loan. He was completely clueless. As a result, he quickly became a real estate tycoon. Because things would force him to think of ways to develop.

"The second asset: Cheung Kong Holdings. At present, it has achieved simultaneous production in Hong Kong and Sing Tao, and its products are exported to Europe, America and Asia. There are currently two debts - Bank of East Asia 1.5 million principal and interest, and Westbourne Machinery 800,000 follow-up

Equipment payment. There are sufficient funds in the account. Even if I withdraw 3 million Hong Kong dollars, our net debt this year will actually be more than 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars. A mere 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars in net debt is nothing. Only the land and factories owned by Cheung Kong Holdings

It’s much higher than this amount.”

Tang Caiyun asked curiously: "You set aside 3 million Hong Kong dollars to develop shipping?"

Lin Zhichao said: "Yes! Our family's third asset is Global Shipping, which was just established. It contains almost more than 1.6 million US dollars and a full 9.2 million Hong Kong dollars. I have deposited this money in HSBC as a ship purchase.

of money.”

Tang Caiyun suddenly felt incredible. It was the first time she knew that Lin Zhichao was so rich.

A pair of beautiful big eyes, staring at her husband.

In fact, no one knows that Lin Zhichao is a multi-millionaire. It is estimated that Jian Dongpu cannot count him. After all, he has no idea how much Lin Zhichao earned from gold speculation. As for the U.S. dollar speculation, Jian Dongpu only knows about Cheung Kong Holdings.

"Husband, since you are so profitable, how about we have more children?" Tang Caiyun took the initiative.

Lin Zhichao responded immediately, but said: "Don't rush, let's take our time, have one every two years, four or five will be enough!"

Tang Caiyun was pinned down by Lin Zhichao, and she said softly: "Are you still thinking about Caiying?"

Judging from the recent performances of Lin Zhichao and Tang Caiying, Tang Caiyun understands that everything is developing towards this man's idea. Tang Caiying likes it, her parents don't stop her, and she has already let go.

Lin Zhichao smiled and said: "Isn't this great! The children of you two sisters will have a land career and a maritime career in the future."

Tang Caiyun immediately pretended to be angry and said: "This Caiying, she hasn't even entered the door yet, but she's already in love with me, but I won't let her do this!"

Tang Caiying, who was downstairs, suddenly sneezed and didn't know why.

Lin Zhichao smiled and said nothing. How will the two sisters get along in the future?

"Smile! Husband, your plot has succeeded! But you are not allowed to miss her now!" Tang Caiyun hugged Lin Zhichao from behind and tightened her grip.

Soon, the two of them rolled up the sheets.

After Lin Zhichao arrived in London at the end of December, he quickly obtained various information from major shipping managers, but he still did not take action.

On this day, a shipping manager named Willis saw that after he introduced information about many ships, Lin Zhichao still showed no enthusiasm, so he said: "Mr. Lin, I have introduced you to so many excellent second-hand ships.

You are not interested at all. Could it be that you are interested in Williamson's Liberty Ship? This ship is cheap, but it was built in a hurry in the United States during World War II. It has slow speed and short life. We shipping managers are not willing to sell them."

As soon as Lin Zhichao heard "Freewheel" and "Williamson Company", he immediately wrote it down, and then said sheepishly: "Mr. Willis, I will go back and think about it carefully and give you an answer as soon as possible!"

Upon hearing this, Willis did not doubt that he was there, so he politely stood up to see him off!

"Stay!"

Lin Zhichao walked out of the office building. It was already dark. In this winter in London, the smog is quite serious. No wonder 12,000 people will die from the smog in two years. Of course, these people themselves also have serious respiratory diseases, heart disease, etc.

At this time, his mind began to think about Willis's last words.

Freewheel, he is familiar with it!

During World War II, Germany launched "unrestricted" submarine warfare in order to cut off Britain's overseas supplies (from the United States). To this end, Germany equipped an unimaginable number of thousands of submarines and cruised around the Atlantic Ocean. Regardless of whether they were military or civilian ships, as long as they were

If they are not from the Axis powers and appear in the Atlantic, Germany will use submarines lurking everywhere to sink them. This will prevent the British and European battlefields from receiving weapons and other supplies, and force them to surrender, so that Germany can win the entire war.

Europe wins the world war.

Then Britain asked the United States for help, and American mathematicians gave the government a plan: the United States must build ships faster than the speed at which German submarines could sink them.

Although this was not a scientific research conclusion, the United States took it seriously, and the Freewheel Project was born.

A Liberty Ship only took 30 days from keel laying to sea trial. By 1943, this process was shortened to 24 days, and dozens of Liberty Ships were built at the same time. Later, the construction became faster and faster, with the fastest taking more than three days.

, the steps from laying the keel to launching the water are completed, because Ford assembly line operation is adopted.

"Liberty Ship" is not a small ship, but a very sturdy transport ship that can cross rough oceans. It has a total length of 135 meters, a displacement of 15,000 tons, and a cargo load of 5,000 to 9,000 tons. From 1941 to 1944, the United States built a total of 2,710 ships.

On average, 3 boats are launched every day.

In order to speed up the construction, simplified technology is used wherever possible, especially when assembling the hull, more advanced and faster welding technology is used to replace riveting, which performs slightly better than traditional transport ships in terms of reliability and durability.

A little worse.

What Shipping Manager Willis means is that since the design life of the freewheel is five years, those ships have almost reached the end of their life (theoretically), so many shipowners dare not start at this time.

The cost of building a Liberty Ship was 1.8 million U.S. dollars. During the war, the cost could be recouped with just one shipment, because the cargo on the ship was worth 2 million U.S. dollars. After the war, these Liberty Ships were sold to countries around the world by an American Steamship Commission.

Greece alone bought 600 ships; the Z Commercial Bureau of the Republic of China also bought ten ships, totaling 5.5 million US dollars. The United Kingdom took away more than 180 ships, and the Soviet Union refused to return 43 ships.

Others may be worried about the quality of free ships, but Lin Zhichao is more confident because these ships can be used until the 1970s; even in the late 1960s, in the previous life in the mainland, a batch of these dilapidated ships was purchased for 30,000 to 40,000 pounds.

The free wheel was not used until the 1980s.

Therefore, if Lin Zhichao can buy a free ship, it will theoretically last for at least 20 years; one free ship can earn him ten new ships of the same tonnage within ten years.

Not long after leaving the office building, Lin Zhichao was preparing to take a taxi back to the hotel.

Suddenly, he found a foreign girl not far away who was swaying, as if she was drunk or sick. Just as he was considering whether to step forward to help, the girl then sat by the flower stand and fell down again.

symptom.

Once he fell down, he might be injured. Seeing this, Lin Zhichao decided not to hesitate.

"Madam, do you need me to take you to the hospital?" Lin Zhichao stepped forward and asked.

When the girl with her head hanging down heard that she was sent to the hospital, she quickly raised her head and said, "No! Thank you, I'll just sit down and be fine!"

At this time, Lin Zhichao was shocked when he saw the girl's face!
To be continued...