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Chapter 144 Joining Qingzhou Cement Company
"Jianning, this is a good opportunity, and your major is suitable for this position. Why don't you thank Mr. Lin?" While Huo Jianning was still wondering why Lin Haoran would find an unknown person like him, his mother couldn't wait to agree on her son's behalf.

After all, this is a rare opportunity.

In Huo's mother's opinion, since her son had just returned from studying abroad and had no work experience, it would be good enough for him to work as an ordinary accountant in a large company.

However, at this moment, Huo Jianning's heart was full of confusion.

Two days ago, his classmate and good friend at Hong Kong University recommended him to join a real estate company, which is Cheung Kong Holdings.

This good friend held an important position in Cheung Kong Group. When he learned that the young man had just returned from studying in the United States and was looking for a job, he planned to recommend him to join Cheung Kong Group.

There is currently a vacant position for an accounting supervisor in Cheung Kong Holdings, and he can give it a try.

Huo Jianning is full of confidence in this regard. He feels that with his talents, he is fully capable of taking on the position of accounting supervisor.

However, he was still considering it, and he had just returned from the United States, so he had not agreed to the other party immediately.

However, he has actually decided in his heart to join the Yangtze River Commercial Group after a while.

Cheung Kong Group is a top real estate company and one of the five tigers of Hong Kong real estate. A larger company will have more opportunities to showcase talents and greater room for future development.

Unexpectedly, another listed company took the initiative to approach him and invited him to join, and the person who invited him was the chairman of the company.

Under normal circumstances, if the two companies are of similar size, he would definitely choose Qingzhou Yingni Company.

After all, the chairman came to him personally to invite him, which was full of sincerity and meant that he had won the boss's attention.

However, compared with Cheung Kong Holdings, Qingzhou Cement Company is far behind in terms of market capitalization.

Although he could directly serve as the financial director of Ching Chau Cement Company, a position higher than that of accounting supervisor, in Ho Kin Ning's opinion, the ceiling of Ching Chau Cement Company was lower than that of Cheung Kong Holdings.

In Hong Kong, the real estate industry has much more prospects than the infrastructure industry.

For example, Ching Chau Cement Company has long been one of Hong Kong's leading infrastructure companies, but its market value is only HK$200 to 300 million.

There are quite a few real estate companies whose market value exceeds that of Qingzhou Yingni Company, and many of them are rising stars.

"Mr. Lin, thank you very much for coming to invite me personally. I am deeply honored. However, with my current qualifications, I should not be qualified for the position of Financial Director, right?" Hesitantly, Huo Jianning threw the question back to Lin Haoran.

"No, I really trust my friend's recommendation. If he thinks you are qualified, you must be qualified for this position. Otherwise, I would not have come to invite you in person. I am always willing to give talented people opportunities to develop.

And in the future, if your talents really satisfy me, I will transfer you to another listed company to take up a higher position.

By the way, I can reveal a piece of news to you. I am currently secretly acquiring a large listed company. If nothing unexpected happens, this listed company will no longer be able to escape from my control. This is a diversified enterprise, and its scale is much larger than that of Qingzhou Yingni Company.

I am very optimistic about your future. If you agree to join Qingzhou Yingni Company, I promise that I will give you a bigger platform for development in the future, enough for you to display your talents. In my opinion, Qingzhou Yingni Company is just a temporary development platform.

I am currently the chairman of two listed companies, namely Qingzhou Yingni Company and Wan'an Group. Mr. Huo, you have just returned from the United States and may not be familiar with my situation. I am currently in the process of privatization and delisting procedures for these two companies.

So, from this you can see that I am not short of money, and the platform I can provide is very large, so large that I will be in great need of talents, and I dare to give you a chance, so why should you worry about whether you can do the job?"

Lin Haoran's words immediately made Huo Jianning's originally hesitant heart begin to move.

Indeed, the Cheung Kong Group is a much larger platform than the Qingzhou Cement Company, but he can only be an accounting supervisor at most, and it is not certain when he will be promoted to a higher position.

On the other hand, Qingzhou Yingni directly gave him the opportunity for a higher position, which was a higher starting opportunity for him.

Although Huo Jianning didn't know what company Lin Haoran was talking about acquiring, it was obvious that the other party would not bother to deliberately deceive a small figure like him.

However, he did not agree directly, but replied cautiously: "Mr. Lin, please give me some time to think about it. This matter is too sudden. How about I give you an answer this afternoon?"

"Okay, then I won't bother you anymore. Think about it carefully. If you join us, I believe you will not regret this decision in the future!" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

After saying this, he smiled and said goodbye to Huo Jianning and Huo's mother.

After leaving the Huo family, he had to go back to Qingzhou Yingni Company.

Finding a job and hiring talents are both two-way choices that require mutual consent. This cannot be forced, and there is no need to force it.

However, Lin Haoran is very confident that Huo Jianning will agree to him.

Even if Huo Jianning was conflicted for some reason and did not agree directly, his mother would probably persuade him. This can be seen from her performance just now.

Lin Haoran is determined to get the talented Huo Jianning.

After Lin Haoran left the Huo family, Huo's mother asked curiously, "Jianning, why didn't you just agree? This is a good opportunity, and the other party's personal visit is enough to show his sincerity."

"Mommy, I have my own ideas. By the way, Mommy, tell me about the Qingzhou Yingni Company. I just came back from the United States and don’t know what happened. Isn’t this a British-funded company? How come the chairman suddenly became a young Chinese?" Huo Jianning asked back.

"This matter has to start from November last year. It was a big uproar at that time. People all over Hong Kong were paying attention to it. Wait a minute, the newspapers your father collected should have reports on this matter. I'll go find it for you." After saying this, Mother Huo walked straight into Father Huo's study.

After a long time, Huo's mother came out of the study, holding a few newspapers in her hand and handed them to Huo Jianning. Huo's father went to work early in the morning, otherwise he would have found it in no time.

After taking the newspaper, Huo Jianning began to read it carefully.

At that time, the Hong Kong media reported the change of ownership of Qingzhou Yingni Company extensively for several days.

After all, this set a new record, a new record for Chinese acquiring British listed companies, and the popularity was immediately maxed out.

After carefully reading the articles in several newspapers, Huo Jianning gradually gained a certain understanding of Lin Haoran.

However, the more he learned about him, the more mysterious Lin Haoran seemed to him.

The acquisition of Qingzhou Yingni was too sudden. Lin Haoran, a newcomer in the business world, seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. In the first battle, he took over the old British-owned company Qingzhou Yingni in a short period of time.

Moreover, Li Jiacheng was once asked to sell the shares of Qingzhou Yingni Company to him.

This information was reported in the news at that time.

"This is the person that even Cheung Kong Holdings has to give in to. What is his background? It is impossible that his background is just the Wan'an Group!" Huo Jianning muttered to himself.

After reading these newspapers, Huo Jianning did not make any further conclusions, but instead contacted his friends, hoping to learn more about Lin Haoran from them.

Huo Jianning's family background in Hong Kong is already good, and most of his friends' families are also well-off. He also studied at the University of Hong Kong and has a certain network of contacts in Hong Kong.

So, he soon learned more about Lin Haoran.

Through the information he learned from these friends, Huo Jianning became even more certain of Lin Haoran's extraordinaryness.

It was obviously a purpose to take advantage of shareholders' distrust of the young controlling shareholder, cause the stock price to plummet, and then privatize Qingzhou Yingni Company.

The market value of Ching Chau Cement Company fell to less than HK$200 million at its lowest point.

But that piece of industrial land in Hung Hom can be sold for hundreds of millions!
Huo Jianning thought of more.

All these thoughts just prove that Lin Haoran is extraordinary and not as simple as imagined.

Maybe, working with him wouldn't be any worse than working for Cheung Kong Holdings.

The most important thing is that he respects himself enough. The chairmen of the two listed groups are willing to put aside their pride and personally invite this unknown person to join the other company. This is something that many bosses cannot do.

This kind of treatment and this feeling of being respected naturally made Huo Jianning feel very happy.

Going to Cheung Kong Group was just an invitation from a friend, which means it was just an introduction, and everything was uncertain there.

Moreover, it is obvious that the salary and status of a financial director are much higher than those of an accounting supervisor.

An accounting supervisor is just a middle management position, while a financial director is already a senior management position.

Even if he finds that working at Qingzhou Yingni Company is not as good as it actually is in the future, and the platform development opportunities provided by Lin Haoran do not satisfy him, he can completely resign. It's just a job, it's not a lifetime restriction. If he is not satisfied, he can resign and change jobs at any time!

However, if he joins Cheung Kong Group, there will be too many uncertainties. Although Cheung Kong Group has a larger platform, who can guarantee that he will win the favor of Li Ka-shing?

At this moment, Huo Jianning thought of a lot of things.

After careful consideration and getting to know Lin Haoran better, Huo Jianning gradually made a decision.

Agree to Lin Haoran and join Qingzhou Yingni Company!

He is still very confident in his abilities.

Although I studied in the United States for four years, I also worked part-time in some accounting firms and had enough work experience.

So, at noon, Huo Jianning dialed the pager number that Lin Haoran left for him.

After Lin Haoran called back, Huo Jianning said solemnly on the phone: "Mr. Lin, I have thought it over and decided to accept your invitation to join Qingzhou Yingni Company!"

"Okay, Mr. Huo, you didn't let me down. It's better to do it today than to wait for another day. I'll wait for you in the office of Qingzhou Yingni Company at 3 pm!" Lin Haoran replied happily.

Huo Jianning agreed, which meant that he had successfully snatched this talented person away from Cheung Kong Group.

Huo Jianning has one advantage, which is his loyalty to the company.

In Lin Haoran's previous life, after Huo Jianning joined Cheung Kong Holdings, although he left the company for a while to start his own business, he soon discovered that starting a business was far from easy and it was better to work hard in a large platform.

So he returned to Cheung Kong Holdings and worked there for the rest of his life.

Who doesn't want a subordinate who is both loyal to the company and talented? Lin Haoran is no exception!
(End of this chapter)