"You should consider a new yacht, director Shi," said Song TIANYAO, standing on the wharf of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club in Gillette with a cigarette in his mouth, looking at Shi Zhiyi standing in front of the berth and touching the body of a wooden sail boat affectionately and gently.


    Shi Zhiyi is wearing sportswear today. His expression is very relaxed. It seems that it is one of the happiest things in his life to come to the sea and drive a yacht on the weekend.


    "Replace it? No, I know you think it may be a little outdated, like a useless old guy." when hearing song TIANYAO tell him to replace the yacht, Shi Zhiyi still touched the hull with one hand and half turned to look at Song TIANYAO: "This is a vintage classic model produced by Plymouth Co., Ltd. in 1942. It took me a lot of time to ship it to Hong Kong from a kind-hearted seller willing to transfer in Australia. This classic model is very rare. I replaced many parts inside, but perfectly retained its vintage shape. On the surface, it is a wooden steam sail boat, but In fact, it is not inferior to the wooden motor sail boat of other new yachts. It has full horsepower. Many members of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club coveted it and wanted to collect it, but I refused. Therefore, it is impossible for me to replace it, but I can consider buying another one. "


    Song TIANYAO smiled: "in fact, after a while, when my business stabilizes, I will also consider buying a new yacht, but my enthusiasm for yachts may only last for a short time. Maybe, I mean, you can consider collecting the yachts that have lost their enthusiasm since I bought them."


    "Ha ~" Shi Zhiyi smiled happily: "of course, come on, I''ll take you aboard and take a trip out of the sea."


    He took song TIANYAO aboard the 22 meter long wooden sail boat. After the six Australian crew members and three waiters of the yacht club were in place, Shi Zhiyi personally drove the yacht out of the wharf of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club on Gillette island.


    Song TIANYAO stood on the deck with a cigarette in his mouth and blew the sea breeze. After Shi Zhiyi enjoyed the pleasure of driving the yacht and handed over the driving right to the crew, the two men prepared their fishing gear by the waiter on the boat and began to sit on the deck and fish. Shi Zhiyi looked at the calm sea and asked song TIANYAO:


    "Japan? As you said to me on the phone, it''s more frequent than Hongkong''s trade with Chinese mainland."


    Song TIANYAO helped a fishing hook hang the bait: Chinese mainland Chinese mainland trade has stopped, but Japan''s trade with China has no influence. In the name of Nanyang businessmen, I visited many factories with overlapping Japanese and Hongkong types and some Japanese ports, and could purchase raw materials from Chinese mainland and cheap materials. Japan did not consider buying from countries like Britain, Canada and other countries. "Hongkong" No matter whether the raw materials are on the list of embargo, it seems that the embargo order is just for Hongkong. But the most trade is grain. Japan is now rapidly spreading its industrialization. The farmers in the countryside are brought to the factory by Japanese chaebol factory owners. So they exchange grain with Chinese mainland with gum, plastic and aluminum. But recently, the mainland seems to have already made it. Reduced food trade. "


    "Damn Yankees." Shi Zhiyi listened to song TIANYAO''s words and nodded with hatred: "The shrimp that they picked up in Hongkong were all slandered to communism by them, and they were not allowed to do even a dollar business with Hongkong, but their Asian allies were selling the banned goods to the Chinese mainland for food. This is damn Americans. The Americans had hurt the British from the debtor countries before World War II to the debtor countries. Those Americans already had no white Europeans. Spirit is a group of flies chasing interests and selfishness. "


    "But this fly is a big Mac." song TIANYAO picked up a grape in the fruit tray sent by the waiter, threw it into his mouth, looked sideways at Shi Zhiyi and said.


    Shi Zhiyi also turned his face and stared at Song TIANYAO: "you must do that after the whole thing is over, those order numbers can only rise, not fall."


    "My factory warehouse has stocked up enough raw materials for seven years. Even if it is divided equally among the eleven factories, it is enough for each factory to support production for one year, and the raw materials are still coming in from India." song TIANYAO spit out the grape seeds and said positively to Shi Zhiyi.


    "You are full of confidence in your girlfriend." seeing song TIANYAO''s appearance, Shi Zhiyi grinned: "well, I will investigate this matter."


    After that, he couldn''t help adding: "damn Yankee."


    "I''m not confident in women, but I''m confident in Britain. I can''t believe that the British government can''t even do such a small thing when the evidence is full." song TIANYAO said and threw the hook far into the sea.


    ……


    "Mr. Lin, Mr. Du Shiwei and Mr. LV Jiansheng have come and are waiting for you in the living room." Cui Xing, an old servant of the Lin family, is sitting in the backyard, wearing a casual dress and sawing wood with a hand saw. Lin Xiaoze with a smile said.


    At the age of 47, Lin Xiao, who was thin and capable, put down the handsaw. Cui Xingyi next to him had just handed over the towel. Lin Xiao wiped the sweat on his face, looked at the unfinished achievements in front of him and said to Cui Xingyi: "Brother 1, when I''m finished, you don''t need gas to cook. When the weather is good, you can use sunlight. Ask them to drink tea first and I''ll change my clothes."


    Cui Xing looked at the wooden and aluminum strips spread out on the ground, smiled and shook his head and retreated first. Mr. Lin, when he was a teenager, wanted to be an engineer and did some small things to entertain himself all day. He also studied engineering when he went abroad in his youth. Even now he is the boss of seven or eight large companies, he still doesn''t change his hobby.


    When Lin Xiao walked into the living room, his casual dress had become a straight suit, and there was no relaxed freehand brushwork in the backyard when he worked as a carpenter. There was only a wooden expression left. His eyes scanned. When they were sitting waiting for him in the living room, they both hurried up and took the initiative to speak:


    "Mr. Lin."


    "Mr. Lin."


    "Sit down." Lin Xiaoze walked to the main seat of the sofa in the living room. He first looked at LV Jiansheng, Secretary of the board of directors of Xizhen real estate, and Du Shiwei, the ghost man in charge of Xizhen real estate''s stock: "the stock market is closed this weekend. Mr. Studwell, what''s the matter with you?"


    Du Shiwei, who is full-time responsible for stock issues for Xizhen real estate, got up and put a thick stack of materials prepared at hand on the tea table opposite Lin Xiaoze: "Mr. Lin, there are some things about the oil business, but before the business, there is a strange little thing to talk about. Since December 1951, the stock price of Xizhen real estate began to rise slightly, then stagnated, and then rose slightly again and continued. Now it is March 1952. The share price of Xizhen real estate has risen to HK $0.67 from HK $0.63 before December After my analysis during this period, 5% of Xizhen real estate''s shares were traded in the stock market during this period, with a trading volume of about HK $3 million to HK $4 million. "


    Lin Xiao picked up the stack of materials, looked at it expressionless, and asked:


    "In addition to Xizhen real estate''s shares?"


    "The shares of huidefeng, tram company, jiulongcang, land and other British companies also rose differently," Du Shiwei said to Lin Xiao.


    Lin Xiao gathered the data and looked at Du Shiwei: "since those stocks have increased, why do you think it strange that Xizhen real estate''s stocks have a slight increase?"


    "At the beginning of spring, these stocks rose differently, which may be related to the return of the warring sides of the Korean War from the stalemate to the negotiation table, but the first slight rise of Xizhen real estate made me a little strange before those old stocks... It may be fair to say that Mr. Lin, the rising stocks are all British funded, and only Xizhen real estate has a Chinese funded background." Du Shiwei said his consideration: "and there is no good news for Xizhen real estate recently."


    Lin Xiao took a sip of coffee and said, "do you want to say that British companies are going to buy Xizhen''s shares in the stock market, or do you want to say that some Chinese have absorbed Xizhen''s shares in the stock market? And in four months, they have absorbed only 5%?"


    "It''s impossible for British companies. With all due respect, Mr. Lin, Xizhen real estate doesn''t have the desire of several British companies to buy shares, and now British companies are still watching the outcome of the Korean War, so it''s likely that they are Chinese. However, if they are Chinese, those who still insist on optimistic about Hong Kong under the uncertain situation are the Chinese you know except you Businessmen, this is also what puzzles me. If they want to buy stocks, they can buy them openly through you, rather than quietly through retail investors in the stock market. "Du Shiwei looked at Lin Xiao and shrugged: "Of course, I know that five percent or even more will not affect you. As I said, this is just a slightly strange problem I mentioned before business."


    "Let''s talk about the next business." Lin Xiao put down the data in his hand and said to Du Shiwei and LV Jiansheng.


    China''s Chinese mainland get excited over a little thing. Du Shiwei, who has no doubt about the issue of stock raising, is not surprised when the stock market is increasing. Compared with other businessmen, the situation in Hongkong after the Korean War is different. Lin Xiao chose to look after Hongkong. After the Korean War, no war will break out. Even if the mainland China is in Hongkong, it will not erupt immediately, because China is unlikely to continue. Two wars were fought, not to mention the situation that Taiwan was eyeing around. Once the Korean War was cease-fire and the embargo was lifted, Hong Kong would immediately usher in an exaggerated outbreak of bottom rebound. Therefore, after the outbreak of the Korean War, he still tried to expand Lin''s business and extend his tentacles to many industries.


    Since he can be optimistic about the future of Hong Kong, what''s strange about the emergence of several other people who are more optimistic about the future of Hong Kong? Now he has noticed the expansion of the Lin family. The other party hoards some Lin family shares at low prices and makes a profit when the stock market rises. It''s normal. It''s a typical practice of speculators.