Legend of Xiangjiang Tycoon

In 1919, the First World War ended. The Swarias family sent Swarias IV Sjock to the Far East, and took Xiangjiang as the base to manage the Far East business.

Prior to this, the Taipan of Xiangjiang Taikoo was all held by members outside the family. The fact that Prince Shi is stationed in Xiangjiang means that the family attaches great importance to Xiangjiang.

A few years later, Shiyock was promoted to the Taipan, becoming the first member of the Shihuaiya family to serve as Taikoo Taipan in Xiangjiang. From then on, the Taipan of Xiangjiang Taikoo Foreign Firm will be held by family members. new

After Schjock took office, he carried out drastic reforms. He moved the head office from Shanghai to Xiangjiang, but the holding company of Xiangjiang Dagu is a family company in the UK.

Schjock believes that although Shanghai is the largest city in the Far East, it is not a British colony after all. The political situation in mainland China is changing, and it is still safe to use Xiangjiang as the base camp. Swire Pacific in Shanghai is mainly engaged in trade and shipping, even if it is abandoned, it is only a property such as a commercial hall and warehouse.

It is not uncommon for women to enter companies as employees in the UK. In Xiangjiang, women can only engage in "inferior occupations" such as service industries.

Schjock advocated respect for women and equality between men and women. He hired Ms. Wu, a British citizen, as his secretary to break the prejudice of many foreign businessmen that it is not appropriate to employ women as staff in Xiangjiang.

Shiyock also believes that since it is a British colony, the treatment of employees should be in line with that in China. The annual salary of the management of Swire Pacific is from £400 to £1,800, which is the highest in the annual salary of Xiangjiang Taiyang.

Shiyock's high salary system makes people who go to Swire Pacific Co., Ltd. flock to it, and Shiyock has also recruited many business and technical elites.

Shiyock advocated that no matter the English or the Chinese, they should be treated equally. His proposition was initially implemented among white-collar workers.

But when it is implemented in the blue-collar class, it is found that it is not so easy, and the company cannot afford the huge salary expenditure. Even so, the salaries of industrial workers in Swire Pacific are still higher than those in other foreign firms.

Schjörk is the most outstanding Dapan of the Swire family. He lived a long life, and in the 1970s not long ago, he was still in charge of Swire Pacific. It is because of his unremitting efforts over the long years that Swire & Co., which was initially unknown, has become a super business empire that is now well-known in the port.

On December 8, 1941, the Pacific War broke out. On the same day, the Japanese army invaded Xiangjiang, and Britain declared war on Japan. The properties of Swire Pacific in Shanghai and Xiangjiang were seized by the Japanese army, and the employees of Swire Pacific evacuated one after another, either returning to China or going to other British colonies.

The war caused immeasurable losses to Swire Pacific. Due to the sudden outbreak of the war, it was too late to withdraw the mobile assets—the fleet. Most of the ships were either destroyed by bombing or requisitioned by the Japanese army.

At the end of the war, the first task facing Swire Pacific is to resume business in the Far East as soon as possible.

In October 1945, at the London International Airport, the Hercules aircraft made a deafening roar and fluttered out of the dense fog in London.

In the cabin, there were more than 20 passengers who were going to the Far East, and one of them was Shiyok Sweiyar, the executive of Swire Pacific.

Schjock came to Xiangjiang in 1919 and was the first Taipan of the family at Xiangjiang Swire. Time flies, Shiyock is fifty-two years old, his sparse wrinkles contain the vicissitudes of time, his eyes are piercing, revealing fortitude, courage and melancholy.

What worries him most now is what happened to Swire Pacific?

Shiyock graduated from the famous Oxford University Law Department. His classmates either held important positions in the political and military circles, or became justices and barristers. Shiyock and a few classmates took another path.

Swire & Co. has achieved remarkable results, but now it has to start from scratch. Schjörk was determined to return, and traveled by plane again, breaking his promise.

Those who have flown often talk with pride about the adventures of air travel. Shiyock is working at a company in Shanghai and has to go to the southern capital for business.

In the Occidental Club, a German is talking about his plans to fly around the world. Shiyock said to John Scott, the director of the company sitting next to him, "Tomorrow we will fly to Nandu."

They took an MB twin-engine plane produced by the American Wright-Martin Company, and the pilots and co-pilots were all Americans. There are 6 passengers in the cabin, and there is another special passenger—a romantic American girl. She is crowded in the cockpit, and she seems to be the girlfriend of the pilot. It was morning and the airport was covered in fog.

The plane started, and the loud noise made the eardrums hurt. After the plane takes off, drive smoothly. The girl was sitting on the pilot's lap, laughing wildly, fiddling with buttons, and asked the pilot to put her hand on the steering column to control the plane.

The plane went up and down, shaking from side to side. Sitting in front of Shiyock and John was the wife of the director of Huaxia Civil Aviation. She screamed in fright, and after a while she vomited.

Schjock recalled in his diary: "She couldn't resist the shaking of the fuselage and vomited. Although the filth was vomited on the newspaper, it was splashed in the wind and flew on the faces and bodies of me and John Scott. The sour smell is nauseating and unbearable."

Passengers protested to the pilot one after another. The plane did not have a noise reduction device, and the airtightness was poor, and the sound was drowned in the loud noise of the engine. The pilot and his girlfriend exchanged champagne.

After a while, the pilot turned his face, which was as red as a cooked shrimp, and said, "I'm sorry, please don't worry, it's safer than walking."

The clouds were getting thicker and thicker, and it was impossible to see anything clearly. The passengers didn't make a sound, the plane bumped even more, and everyone felt terrified, as if the plane was falling into the abyss of death.

The plane rushed out of the thick fog, and the pilot still hugged and kissed his girlfriend. The plane kept shaking, Nanducheng gradually appeared, and the passengers stopped cursing.

The plane taxied to the runway, bounced a few times and gradually stopped. The passenger showed a lucky smile, as if he had saved his life.

Every time Shiyock thinks of this, he still has lingering fears in his heart. He vowed never to risk his life again. But because of the urgency, I still took several planes.

Schjock held a prejudice against romantic and uninhibited American pilots, so he knew everything about this voyage.

The plane belonged to British Imperial Airways, the crew were all British nationals, and the model was an American Douglas DC-3. This kind of aircraft showed great power and power in World War II. It was used for air transportation of the Allied forces and was known as Hercules.

The Hercules that Shiyock took was a modified civil airliner with a spacious cabin and comfortable seats, and there was an aisle in the middle for the stewardess to walk back and forth.

The noise reduction effect of the aircraft is very good, and passengers can talk normally, unlike in the past when they had to speak loudly to hear each other clearly. The stewardess is beautiful and thoughtful, and her smile will make passengers forget their fear.

Schjork had a good impression of the air travel. He came up with an idea: After the war, in the era of peace, international exchanges will be more frequent, and the aircraft has reached such an advanced level that people must be willing to take it.

Civil aviation will have an astonishing development, and the large military aircraft eliminated after the war have laid a good foundation for this development.

The plane landed at Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon, and Schjock took a ferry across Victoria Harbour. There are still Japanese fortifications along the coast, the damaged buildings have not been repaired, and there are ruins everywhere.

A large number of war refugees returned to Xiangjiang by boat, and the homeless begged and slept in the streets.

The plane landed at Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon, and Schjock took a ferry across Victoria Harbour. There are still Japanese fortifications along the coast, the damaged buildings have not been repaired, and there are ruins everywhere.

A large number of war refugees returned to Xiangjiang by boat, and the homeless begged and slept in the streets.

How long will it take Xiangjiang to recover? Schjock pondered the question in his mind. The employees of the company who stayed in the Far East stated in a letter to the London headquarters that Shanghai suffered less damage. Many directors at the headquarters advocated that the focus of the Far East should be on Shanghai.

The Taikoo Dockyard, Taikoo Sugar Factory, and Taikoo Machinery Factory were bombed by Japanese aircraft when Xiangjiang fell. The ruins are covered with grass, and the machinery is rusty.

Accompanied by staff, Schjork inspected the damage. Many industries were owned by Shiyock in Xiangjiang before the war. Shiyock was in a heavy heart. He stood at the dock, looking at the blue sea, and remained silent for a long time.

Schjock then went to the Hong Kong government. The car passes through Causeway Bay, and the two sides of Hennessy Road are still bustling, restaurants are full of diners, and high-end shops are full of goods.

Schjock remembered a sentence his classmate, Conservative MP Clement said: "Whether in wartime or in peacetime, the world will always be dominated by the rich."

Shiyock is a pure businessman, he is not interested in ZZ, but with the sensitivity of a businessman, he knows that the large number of poor people in Xiangjiang who are worried about food and clothing will bring him new business opportunities.

Swire Pacific received a shipping contract from the government to transport relief food, fuel, and daily necessities for the government. Half of the Swire Pacific fleet survived the damage and immediately put into busy shipping. Other destroyed ships have also been put into intense maintenance.

Shiyock wrote in his recalled article: "The shipping contract with the Hong Kong government brought Swire the first start-up capital. But soon, the Hong Kong government's demand for shipping dropped sharply, and the Hong Kong government handed over the market to businessmen. We switched to delivering materials for merchants. In addition, all the original passenger flights have been restored. The changes in Xiangjiang are amazing. What was originally planned to be completed in three or four years was realized in one year. The population of Xiangjiang quickly recovered to The level before the war, and it is still increasing. According to previous experience, the increase in the population of Xiangjiang is a sign of economic prosperity. Therefore, we decided not to move closer to Shanghai.

"There has always been a big disagreement on whether the headquarters should be transferred to Shanghai or not. At that time, no one expected such a big change in Mainland China... I don't have the ability to predict changes in the political situation. It's just that when I came to the Far East when I was young, I was in Hong Kong. Development, I have a feeling of reluctance for Xiangjiang, and I am also optimistic about the prospects of Xiangjiang.

Of course, I was under a lot of pressure. In order to convince the people in the London headquarters, I can only be convincing if I have achieved results in Xiangjiang. "

Before the war, Swire Pacific had always been the best paid among all foreign firms. In order to alleviate the contradiction of lack of funds, Schjöck took the lead in cutting wages and then implemented them throughout the company.

Shiyock ordered the company's office building not to buy luxury items within two years, and he also went to high-end entertainment venues as little as possible. Everything Shiyoke pursued was naturally for the Shi Huaiya family, but objectively it played a leading role.

Schjock is the most distinguished and longest-serving taipan of the Swire family.

In 1947, the first phase of the reconstruction project of Taikoo Dockyard was completed and put into use immediately. The dockyard mainly focuses on ship repairing, supplemented by shipbuilding. After the war, the world's shipping industry flourished, and the business of the dock was very busy.

With the support of HSBC, the dock immediately went into a comprehensive rebuilding and expansion project. By 1949, there were more than 4,000 workers in the dock industry. It was one of the two major civil docks in Xiangjiang, and the other was Huangpu Dock.

Taikoo Sugar Factory resumed production in 1946. Since then, the scale has continued to expand and become the largest sugar industry base in Xiangjiang.

Sugar industry, docks, and shipping are the pillar industries of Swire. Their recovery has enabled Swire to rise from the ruins and brought huge profits to the Swire family.

From today's point of view, Schjock's greatest contribution to Swire is not in these three traditional industries, but in setting foot in and monopolizing Xiangjiang's aviation industry.

Before describing Schjöck's investment in the aviation industry, it is necessary to make a brief review of Xiangjiang's aviation industry.

In 1918, Chinese businessmen Ho and Au Tak reclaimed the sea in Kowloon Bay. The first phase of the project was completed in 1924, and the newly reclaimed land near the sea was opened as Kai Tak Airport.

After the airport was taken over by the Hong Kong government, the reclamation project continued. The original airport was a mixed civil and military airport. In the early 1930s, the military airport was moved to Shek Kong, New Territories, and Kai Tak Airport was changed to civilian use.

The original commercial aircraft had no scheduled flights and the range was very short. On March 14, 1936, the twin-engine civil aircraft of British Imperial Airways made its maiden flight to Xiangjiang from Singapore, and Xiangjiang was connected with the route from Singapore to London.

In the same year, on October 23, the seaplane of Pan American Airlines crossed the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco and arrived in Xiangjiang, and then opened a regular flight.

The following year, Huaxia Airlines launched regular flights from Yangcheng-Xiangjiang-Shanghai. Afterwards, British Imperial Airways, British Overseas Airways, Pan Am, Air France, AVIC's branches in cooperation with the United States, etc., opened up a number of regular flight routes connecting important cities in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. Hong Kong became an important airport in the Far East.

Yang Muqi came to Hong Kong as the governor and announced that Kai Tak Airport will be changed to Xiangjiang Second Military Airport. Soon, the Pacific War broke out. Japanese planes raided Xiangjiang, and Kai Tak Airport was the first to bear the brunt. All civil and military aircraft were blown into wreckage.

During the Japanese Occupation, Kai Tak Airport was converted into a military airport, and Xiangjiang's civil aviation business came to a standstill.

After Xiangjiang was regained, there were only three airlines that flew regularly to and from Xiangjiang: British Imperial Airways, Huaxia Civil Aviation Company, and Pan American Airlines.

Schjock flew to Xiangjiang on a British Imperial Airways flight, and from this he came up with the idea of ​​investing in the aviation industry.

Shiyock is very unfamiliar with the aviation industry, and his idea has not yet become a formal conception, and he was immediately diluted by the tragedy of Swire Industries. Shiyock was busy restoring Taikoo's business, and when time and financial resources were a little loose, he thought about getting involved in the aviation industry.

Schjock was a step behind. In 1946, there was already an airline company registered in Hong Kong - Cathay Pacific Airways. Schjock is not afraid of competition, but has no possibility of competition. The Hong Kong government has formed a law that only allows one locally registered airline company to conduct patented operations; and implements patented management for foreign airlines to open up Hong Kong flights.

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