In Hong Kong, we build a global business empire

Chapter 143: Intercepting Top Talents
In Hong Kong, a city where prosperity and undercurrents coexist, there exists a marginalized gray industry that focuses on collecting and providing basic-level intelligence information.

Lin Haoran also learned about it from his father.

The social bottom of Hong Kong is made up of an intricate network of associations. These associations are like the capillaries of the city, quietly controlling massive and trivial basic data and information sources.

Although they have difficulty accessing highly confidential and complex intelligence, they are incredibly efficient and accurate in basic tasks such as finding the whereabouts of people.

Lin Haoran just needs to find someone, and these gray industries are enough to provide the intelligence information he needs.

However, if one wants to investigate more complex intelligence information, it is obviously difficult to do so relying on these gray industries.

In this case, they can only set up their own intelligence department. Generally, top forces rarely share their intelligence resources with others unless the benefits are great enough.

Of course, it is obvious that even if Lin Haoran starts to set up an intelligence department immediately, it will not be of any help in this matter.

Building a strong intelligence agency is not something that can be done overnight. It requires time, resources and careful planning.

If he really wanted to have spies all over Hong Kong so that every corner of Hong Kong could not escape his insight, it would definitely be a high-cost project.

Moreover, building his own intelligence agency is a matter for the future, and Lin Haoran is not in a hurry about it now.

Lin Haoran’s current target is Huo Jianning, the “working emperor” who will become famous in Hong Kong in the future.

The life of this legendary figure is like a magnificent workplace epic, and he can be regarded as one of the top professional managers in the Chinese world.

According to Lin Haoran's understanding of Huo Jianning in his previous life, he had just returned from studying abroad in the United States and should not have joined the Cheung Kong Group yet.

Now is the best time to intercept him.

After all, Huo Jianning had used his entire life to prove his talent in Lin Haoran's previous life.

This is a talent that is very worth attracting.

If Lin Haoran did not interfere in his life, this future working emperor would join Cheung Kong Group and become the accounting director of Cheung Kong.

Afterwards, he quickly became an important subordinate of Li Jiacheng, and even his most relied-on right-hand man. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was Li Jiacheng's military advisor, just like Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei!
It would be a real shame if such an outstanding future legendary business assistant was not snatched away before Li Ka-shing appreciated him and before he joined Cheung Kong Group.

Lin Haoran doesn't know much about Huo Jianning. He only knows that he is from Hong Kong and went to the United States to study after graduating from the University of Hong Kong. After graduating from the United States, he returned directly to Hong Kong. He is 27 years old this year.

With only this information, it seems difficult to find him among the nearly five million people in Hong Kong. But in fact, it is not difficult at all for these professional intelligence agencies.

Because, just the little information provided by Lin Haoran has already expanded a lot of information.

For example, those who can go to study in the United States must have very good family conditions.

This alone can eliminate more than 80% of Hong Kong families.

In addition, the most important information is that he graduated from Hong Kong University, and the year is confirmed, which makes it even simpler.

In the 1970s, there were not many students in each class at Hong Kong University. It was not difficult to simply investigate a student's basic information. By bribing the people in the archives management office, one could easily obtain the student's personal information.

So, in just two days, Lin Haoran got the information he needed, and in order to obtain this information, he spent 2 Hong Kong dollars.

However, for Lin Haoran, the 2 Hong Kong dollars was well worth it.

In the past two days, the matters at Qingzhou Yingni Company were also settled.

The trial of Maka, the former financial director of Qingzhou Yingni, will be held at a later date. The funds he embezzled have been recovered through normal procedures.

According to Burton, Macca will be sentenced to at least seven years in prison this time, and his life is ruined.

As for Aigo, the dividends had already arrived a day ago.

Just as he thought, after discussing with Liu Luanxiong, it was decided to take out 80 million Hong Kong dollars as dividends, 40 million Hong Kong dollars per person.

In addition, Liu Luanxiong also returned the one million Hong Kong dollars he borrowed to Lin Haoran.

At this point, Lin Haoran had an additional 41 million Hong Kong dollars in funds available.

At the end of last year, Lin Haoran invested a total of HK$1.2 million in Aigo.

More than half a year later, his return had reached 40 million Hong Kong dollars.

Moreover, the dividends will only increase in the future.

It can be said that it is not a problem for him to make a hundred times profit from this business in a year.

On the morning of July 7, Lin Haoran brought the two brothers Li Weiguo and Li Weidong to a residential area in Yau Ma Tei.

This residential area was obviously a place that only wealthy families could afford to live in. Although it was not a villa environment, it was quiet and comfortable. However, there was no property management, and no security guards stopped him to ask questions, which made it easy for him to find Huo Jianning's house.

According to the information obtained, Huo Jianning just returned from the United States half a month ago and is currently unemployed at home.

Lin Haoran came to a house number 301 and knocked on the door.

After a while, the door opened.

The person who opened the door was an aunt in her fifties. When she saw Lin Haoran and the two brothers Li Weidong and Li Weiguo following behind him, a puzzled expression immediately appeared on her face.

"Who are you looking for?" Auntie asked directly.

"Hello, Auntie. Is this Huo Jianning's home? I'm his friend and I have something to discuss with him." Lin Haoran asked politely with a very gentle attitude.

Looking inside through the crack in the door, you can see a piano and a very large hall. It is obvious that this family is very well off. Although they are not wealthy, they are at least a well-off family.

Seeing that Lin Haoran didn't look like a bad person, the aunt seemed relieved.

"Wait a minute, Jianning is reading in the room. I'll go call him." Auntie replied, but did not invite Lin Haoran and others in. Instead, she closed the door.

After all, although Lin Haoran looks kind and not a bad guy, there are two muscular men following him.

Soon, a young man walked out. It was the Huo Jianning in Lin Haoran's impression, except that Huo Jianning this time was a younger version of Huo Jianning.

"Who are you? Do we know each other?" Huo Jianning came out of the room when he heard a friend coming to see him, but he found that he did not know the other person.

"Let me introduce myself. I'm Lin Haoran, chairman of Qingzhou Yingni Company. This is my business card. I'm sorry to bother you with my visit." Lin Haoran handed a business card to Huo Jianning with a smile.

"The chairman of the board of directors of Qingzhou Cement Company. Oh, I remember. He is the pride of us Hong Kong people. He is the first Chinese to acquire a British listed company. There were reports in newspapers and on TV half a year ago. The young chairman seems to look like this."

Before Huo Jianning could say anything, the aunt started talking.

Originally, when the aunt heard her son Huo Jianning say that he didn't know Lin Haoran and others, she wanted to chase them away. But when she heard what Lin Haoran said, she adjusted her glasses and looked at Lin Haoran carefully while speaking.

After getting his mother's confirmation, Huo Jianning's attitude changed: "Mr. Lin, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Huo Jianning had just returned from the United States, so naturally he didn't know anything about Qingzhou Yingni Company, but he still knew this company.

Ching Chau Cement Company is a well-known brand in Hong Kong and one of the most common brands. After all, Ching Chau Cement is almost always used in building houses. This brand with a 90-year history has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of Hong Kong people.

"There are indeed some things I want to talk to you about." Lin Haoran nodded.

"Mr. Lin, please come in and sit down. We can chat in the hall." Huo Jianning made a gesture of invitation and invited Lin Haoran to come in.

"Sorry to bother you." Lin Haoran smiled and walked into the house.

"Please sit down. I'll make you some tea." Auntie pointed at the sofa and said as she was about to walk towards the kitchen.

"No need to trouble you, Auntie. I'm just coming over to chat with Mr. Huo. I have things to do later and won't disturb you for too long." Lin Haoran hurriedly stopped her.

With a look of doubt on his face, Huo Jianning sat on the sofa with Lin Haoran.

"Mr. Lin, please tell us the purpose of your visit this time." Huo Jianning asked directly.

"Then I'll be frank, Mr. Huo, I would like to invite you to join Qingzhou Yingni Company and become the financial director of our Qingzhou Yingni Company." Lin Haoran said directly.

With Huo Jianning's talents, he is actually more suitable to be the chief accounting officer. However, Qingzhou Yingni does not have a separate accounting department. All accounting matters belong to the finance department, so Lin Haoran plans to let him directly serve as the chief financial officer.

For Lin Haoran, this is just a position for Huo Jianning to gain experience. In the future, Lin Haoran will give him a bigger position. It is only a matter of time for him to manage a group and become the general manager of the group.

Qingzhou Yingni's business is simple and it is not a diversified enterprise. Therefore, starting his career in this enterprise with simple business can be regarded as an opportunity for Huo Jianning to grow rapidly.

Huo's mother, who was standing by, was already extremely surprised. She did not expect that the chairman of Qingzhou Yingni Company would personally come to invite her son to join their company and directly take up an important position.

It has been half a month since Huo Jianning came back, and he once told her that he didn't know which company to work for for the time being.

"Mr. Lin, I wonder how you know me? And I am just an international student who just returned from studying abroad. Isn't Mr. Lin's decision a bit hasty?" However, Huo Jianning was not surprised, but asked curiously.

"Mr. Huo, I was also introduced by someone. The former financial director of Qingzhou Yingni Company no longer holds this position for some reasons, so this position has become vacant. I happened to hear him talk about your current situation and your educational background.

I heard that you not only have an accounting certificate from the United States, but are also a talented negotiator and debater. I think you are very suitable for the position of financial director of Qingzhou Yingni Company, so I decided to invite you to join Qingzhou Yingni Company.

As for who the other party is, I can only say that he is a good friend of yours. He didn't let me tell you his name. He said that your talent is definitely qualified for the position of financial director, so he recommended you. I believe in his vision!" Lin Haoran said vaguely, which also stopped Huo Jianning's questioning.

After all, he couldn't possibly say that he had known Huo Jianning in his previous life.

(End of this chapter)