In 2005, Lin Baixin, a billionaire with the title of "King of Africa", died at the age of 9 1.

Lim Por Yen

Lin Baixin's family is very complicated. His wife has four rooms, and his four wives have given birth to seven children (three sons and four daughters).

In addition, Lin Baixin adopted david james, the son of his late eldest brother.

David James

No matter how close a nephew is, he cannot kiss his son. Even though david james was adopted by his uncle Lin Baixin, there is still a gap compared with Lin Baixin's own son.

But in fact, if it weren't for a wedding, Lin Baixin's tens of billions of fortune would really be inherited by his adopted son david james. What happened?

Why did david james, the "adopted son of a wealthy family", finally miss out on billions of dollars?

David James

David james was born in 1967, and his father is Lin Baixin's own eldest brother.

Lin Baixin was born in 19 14. Uncle and nephew are 53 years apart. In terms of age, Lin Baixin may be his grandfather.

My uncles are all 53 years older than him, and my father is naturally older. Therefore, david james belongs to the "old son", and he may even be born in his father's outer room or concubine room.

Lin Baixin and david james.

As early as their ancestors were in Lin Baixin, the Lins were already very developed. Although david james's father is not famous, he certainly won't leave his hometown.

But he didn't live long enough. His son david james died shortly after he was born.

Lin Baixin and his brother have always had deep feelings. He was very distressed that his younger brother's little son was left unattended, so he adopted him.

Lim Por Yen

However, Lin Baixin has four wives. Lai, Yu and Gu Ruiying have a son and a daughter. Only Cai's fourth wife has not given birth to a son.

Lin Baixin adopted his nephew david james, and he will definitely choose one of his four wives as his adoptive mother. However, he chose Lai, a big house with a son, instead of Cai, a four-bedroom house without children.

Lin Baixin's family dining table

This move was considered "very meaningful" by the outside world, which also laid the groundwork for david james to almost inherit his uncle's tens of billions of property.

Because Lai is the original match, her son, whether biological or adopted, is a "son".

Lin Baixin and the former Lai Fangyuan

Being adopted by Lai means that he has surpassed his second and third brothers from the beginning, because although they are old, they are just "illegitimate children".

However, the traditional "official separation" is not suitable for the family, because his second wife Yu is particularly strong and sometimes openly disrespects Lai.

Heyu

The mother's strength will naturally make her son's status rise. Therefore, among Lin Baixin's four sons, the order of succession should be the eldest son Lin Jianming, the second son Lin Jianyue, the second son david james (adopted son) and the third son Lin Weijun.

According to this order, it seems that there is little hope for david james to inherit the property, but the reality is developing in a dramatic direction: Lin Jianming and Lin Jianyue lost their inheritance rights for various reasons.

Lin Jianming was born in 1937. As the eldest son, he is Lin Baixin's worthy heir.

Meg Lam

But he lacks the ability to do business and his personality is not liked by his father. Later, because she was addicted to women, she was blackmailed by a "small video".

Because of this, he was directly ignored by his father Lin Baixin. His wealth is tens of billions, which naturally has nothing to do with him.

Meg Lam

Big room Lin Jianming fell out of favor, and the next superior, nature is fannie and Freddie Lin Jianyue.

However, Lin Jianyue was unlucky and bought furama hotel at a high price before the 1998 financial crisis. Results After the financial crisis broke out, the direct loss of family property exceeded 654.38 billion yuan, accounting for almost half of the family property in Lin Baixin at that time.

Peter Lin

Haven't officially took over, you lose half of the property, such an heir, Lin Baixin is certainly not, so Lin Jianyue naturally excluded from the heir.

Neither the eldest son nor the second son can. The only people left are adopted son david james and third son Lin Weijun.

At that time, david james had just turned 30. With the fall of his second brother Lin Jianyue, he realized that the opportunity was just around the corner.

However, he studied law and knew nothing about business. In order to prepare in advance, david james began to learn business skills, and intentionally or unintentionally imitated his uncle Lin Baixin's investment personality and habits.

David james and his wife.

Facts have proved that opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared.

1999, Lin Baixin was suddenly involved in an economic lawsuit in Taiwan Province, and bail was not allowed.

When david james learned of this, he quickly dropped everything and rushed to Taiwan Province Province, where he solved one legal problem after another for Lin Baixin with his legal knowledge.

With the help of david james, Lin Baixin was released on bail, although the bail was as high as tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

After this incident, Lin Baixin looked at david james with new eyes and gradually trained him as a successor.

Because david james had already made full preparations, Lin Baixin successfully trained him, and after investing in several projects, Lin Baixin accidentally found that david james had his own style, so he was more optimistic and trusted.

Lim Por Yen

In 2000, 33-year-old david james became the second person in the Lixin Group of Lin Baixin family, second only to his uncle and adoptive father Lin Baixin.

This arrangement is widely regarded as an important signal that he is about to succeed Lin Baixin, but Lin Baixin is not shy about it, and even publicly stated that "david james is the most like him when he was young".

When choosing a prince, ancient emperors always tended to choose the son who was the most like themselves. Lin Baixin made such a statement, which fully shows that he should be ready for david james to take over tens of billions of dollars.

David james and his wife.

Unexpectedly, just a few months later, david james completely lost the right to inherit, and the fuse of the whole incident was a wedding.

From 1999 to the beginning of 2000, it was the best time in david james. At that time, he was only one step away from inheriting hundreds of millions of wealth, but this small step failed to cross.

Some people will not be defeated by setbacks, but by success. David james belongs to this kind of person.

Perhaps the successive defeats of the eldest brother and the second brother made him too relaxed, or perhaps the tens of billions of wealth he was about to get made him too excited, and david james became very adrift during that time.

In August, 2000, she married a young and beautiful Huang. In order to show his identity, he invited celebrities from all walks of life in the name of his uncle Lin Baixin.

David james and his wife.

Lin Baixin, known as the "King of Africa", has great influence in Hongkong. If he comes forward to invite, others will definitely give face.

So when david james got married, celebrities were everywhere, and the wedding was extremely grand and luxurious.

But all this, Lin Baixin didn't know in advance, until david james got married that day, he didn't know that his nephew invited guests in his own name.

Lin Baixin, who has always been thrifty and attached importance to his reputation, was very angry about this, but he was very cultured and didn't show it on the wedding day.

However, in his mind, Lin Baixin has put david james in limbo, which means that david james will follow in the footsteps of his two brothers and lose the right to inherit the family business.

David james and his wife.

Four sons, three lost their inheritance. Is it true that Lin Baixin's tens of billions of assets will eventually be inherited by Lin Weijun, a low-key son of three houses?

Of course not. Although Lin Weijun is Lin Baixin's own son, he is the most unloved, because the relationship between his mother and Lin Baixin is not very good, and mother and child are integrated, so Lin Weijun will naturally not be valued by his father.

Therefore, Lin Baixin's successor must choose from Lin Jianming and Lin Jianyue.

It happened at that time that Lin Jianyue invested in the film Infernal Affairs, which was a great success. Soon after, Hong Kong's real estate industry picked up again, and all the tens of billions of losses at the beginning rose back.

Peter Lin

It was through this turning point that Lin Jianyue won his father's approval again and finally got the inheritance right of the family business.

In 2004, at the age of 90, he transferred all his shares to his second wife Yu He and his second son. The ownership of this tens of billions of huge property has finally settled. Among the four brothers, Lin Jianyue has the last laugh.

In retrospect, if david james hadn't gotten so carried away, even with Lin Jianyue's comeback, I'm afraid it's unknown who the two of them will win in the end.

David james and his wife.

Therefore, david james, as a "adopted son of a wealthy family", missed the inheritance right of tens of billions of property, not because he was not close by blood, but simply because he didn't seize the opportunity.

For david james, the nephew, Lin Baixin is extremely forbearing, so even if he is worth tens of billions and doesn't leave his legacy to david james after his death, no one will say that he isn't.