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Chapter 140 Loyalty plummets

After the villa issue was confirmed, Lin Haoran didn't have to do anything, as the land acquisition procedures would be handled for him.

The next day, after paying a principal of 400 million yuan and tens of thousands of yuan in agency commission and stamp duty, the villa was officially transferred to Lin Haoran's name.

For this agency, this transaction may be the fastest and most satisfying one they have ever made.

After the transfer of ownership, Lin Haoran brought the best house designer of Wan'an Group to the villa and asked the designer to redesign the villa according to Lin Haoran's ideas.

Once he is satisfied with the design, he will ask the construction team to redecorate the villa.

The villa does not require major changes, just a slight change in the overall layout, but the interior decoration style also needs to be changed, so it will take at least two months to complete.

For Lin Haoran, two months is not a long time.

After arranging matters at the villa, he no longer had to worry about things there.

Time quickly entered July.

Wan'an Group does not have much business volume. Apart from the two large projects, North Point Commercial Building and Shangri-La Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, the rest are small projects, so there is not much to pay attention to.

In fact, the group has a lot of land. If Wan'an Group wants to develop it, there is plenty of work to do. However, Lin Haoran has no plans to develop it because there is no need.

He hoarded these plots of land with the intention of selling them directly in early 1981, so there was no need to develop them.

On the other hand, the performance of Qingzhou Yingni Company is getting better every month.

For example, the supply of cement in Hong Kong in June increased by 6% compared with May, and it is obvious that the demand for cement in July is still increasing.

The overseas supply of cement increased by 40% in just one month.

However, there are differences in the markets of the two.

Our market share in Hong Kong remains the same. We have not developed many new customers, but the demand from old customers has increased mainly.

In the past, a medium-sized real estate company might only have two projects to develop, but now it has become four. Surely the demand for cement will not increase!
The overseas market is different. It is not because the demand from old customers has increased, but simply because new markets are constantly being opened up and new customers are constantly being added, thereby increasing supply.

This shows how terrible the current development of Hong Kong's real estate industry is. There are construction sites everywhere and it is overdeveloped.

However, Lin Haoran doesn't care about all this. The more prosperous the real estate industry in Hong Kong is, the better it will be for Qingzhou Yingni.

As demand increases, profits will naturally increase.

Two years later, even though the demand for cement in Hong Kong dropped significantly due to the real estate crisis, Lin Haoran did not have to worry about the affairs of Qingzhou Cement.

After all, we have successfully opened up overseas markets, and the share of overseas markets has surpassed that of the Hong Kong market. In the future, as the business in overseas markets gets better and better, the share of the Hong Kong market will be less important.

By then, even if the supply of cement in Hong Kong is greatly reduced, the impact on Qingzhou Cement Company will not be too great.

Moreover, Hong Kong's real estate crisis will not last long. After more than two years of lows, it will usher in a new round of increases again.

And this rise will last for a very long time.

July 7th, it’s a new week again.

In the morning, Lin Haoran did not go to the Wan'an Group Building first, but came to Qingzhou Yingni Company.

He planned to deal with some important decisions of the Ching Chau Cement Company that required his approval, and then go to the Kwun Tong Aigo Company.

Since May, the rate at which Aigo's orders have skyrocketed has been terrifying.

In the United States, Canada, and even in Europe, with the arrival of summer, the demand for fans has greatly increased, especially the antique-style ceiling fans produced by Aimego, which have become the best-selling ceiling fan products. Every time dealers place an order, they are basically sold out in no time.

Therefore, now the dealers in the United States are all begging to place orders with Aigo Company with money in hand.

Aimego's orders in June more than doubled compared to May.

And judging from the current order volume in early July, it is not a problem to double the order volume based on June.

Although Lin Haoran did not visit Aigo Company often, Liu Luanxiong would report to him regularly about the company's affairs.

Occasionally, when there are things that Liu Luanxiong cannot handle because of his own connections, he will turn to Lin Haoran for help.

Therefore, although Lin Haoran seems to have nothing to do in Aigo Company, he actually has to make some contributions.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Lin Haoran had already appeared in the office of Qingzhou Building.

"To build a new Cement Plant in Johor, Malaysia, with an estimated capital requirement of between 100 million and 150 million, to meet the rapidly growing demand in Malaysia and Singapore?" This was the proposal submitted by Burton.

The plan also mentioned that the Qingzhou Cement Plant in Manila, Luzon Island is no longer sufficient. In addition, the transportation distance to Singapore, Malaysia and other places is long and the transportation costs are high, so the construction of a new factory is imminent.

Lin Haoran decisively signed his name.

With this kind of performance constantly rising, it is natural to support the increase of branch factories.

If the performance does not increase, setting up separate factories would be a pure waste.

Not long after signing the approval, Burton knocked on the door and walked in.

Lin Haoran then handed the approved plan to Burton.

"Boss, we have a senior management meeting in 20 minutes. Do you need to attend?" Burton asked as he took the plan document. "Senior management meeting? Sure, I'll go and listen, too." Lin Haoran nodded and agreed.

He had attended such meetings several times, and each time he just listened and rarely expressed his opinions.

Because Lin Haoran knew that he was not a genius in business management. In fact, he only had a vague understanding of the cement industry.

Therefore, he did not intend to interfere too much in the management of the company, so as to avoid making things worse.

Basically, he would agree with major company decision plans submitted by Burton. If he felt that the concept was different, he would consult his father Lin Wanan before making a decision.

Although Lin Wanan is stubborn and overly cautious, he still has rich experience.

An old person in the family is like a treasure. It's ok to give some advice, but it's not necessary for Mr. Lin to make the decision.

Twenty minutes later, Lin Haoran and Burton appeared in the company's conference room.

At this moment, more than twenty people have gathered in the conference room.

These people are exactly all the senior executives of Qingzhou Yingni Company.

Seeing the boss coming to participate in the meeting this time, all the senior executives greeted him one by one with a very respectful attitude.

Lin Haoran also responded with a smile.

Lin Haoran is still very satisfied with the current middle and senior management framework of Qingzhou Yingni Company.

For example, among the senior management, nearly half are new faces, all of whom were recruited through external headhunting companies, and there is absolutely no problem with their abilities.

In addition, there are also a small number of people who were promoted from middle management.

Today, the company has 26 senior management members, 15 of whom are Chinese and only 11 are foreigners.

Chinese senior management has surpassed foreign management in all aspects.

Of course, what Lin Haoran cares more about is whether they have talent. As long as the foreigners have talent, he will keep them.

Looking around, almost everyone's loyalty is above seventy-five, and several even reach over eighty.

However, the loyalty of a foreigner suddenly caught Lin Haoran's eyes and was particularly eye-catching.

If the loyalty level was only 70 or 80, Lin Haoran would not pay too much attention to it.

But his loyalty is only over thirty?

Lin Haoran thought he was dazzled.

Looking again, he was sure that he was not mistaken. The financial director's loyalty was only thirty-four, far below the passing line.

Lin Haoran still has a very clear memory of this foreigner.

Originally, he was the deputy financial director of Qingzhou Yingni Company. After the original financial director was forced to resign, he temporarily took over the position of director.

Later, Lin Haoran found that his loyalty had even increased to a certain extent, and as financial elites were in short supply at the time, he did not fire him.

However, the last time Lin Haoran saw him, his loyalty level was clearly 75, but this time, it was only 34?
There is something wrong with this CFO. There is definitely something wrong.

He already knew that loyalty could rise or fall, and it was not fixed.

The higher loyalty is naturally because he feels more belonging to the company or is more loyal to his boss.

But if loyalty becomes low, it is obvious that the person must have done something wrong to the company or even betrayed the company.

Before this, Lin Haoran had already learned about the qualifications of this financial director, and they were indeed good. Both his academic qualifications and work experience were enough to prove that he was a real talent in the field of finance.

Although he had always been a deputy before, that was because the former chairman's right-hand man had always occupied the position of financial director, which prevented him from being promoted to a full-time position.

Now, with the changes in Qingzhou Yingni Company, he has directly become the financial director, and his loyalty has gradually increased from over 60 to 75.

Originally, Lin Haoran thought that in the short term, there should be no problem with this financial director being responsible for the financial work of Qingzhou Yingni Company.

The last time Lin Haoran met him was probably a week ago.

Unexpectedly, after just one week of not seeing each other, loyalty dropped by more than half.

It seems that the original opportunity to give him to continue working can no longer be given.

When did Qingzhou Yingni Company change its financial director?

This position is too important for the company.

Just like the previous chairman, if it were not for the assistance of the financial director, he would have never been able to embezzle company funds.

While the senior management meeting was being held, Lin Haoran was already thinking about who would take over the position of Financial Director.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Haoran's eyes lit up and he thought of the best replacement for the CFO.

(End of this chapter)