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Chapter 164: Intelligence Concept, Coveting the Oriental Daily
The next morning, with reports from various newspapers and media, citizens had a clearer understanding of Lin Haoran's acquisition of Hong Kong Electric Group.

For example, Oriental Daily, the leading sales newspaper in Hong Kong, not only reported in detail the official announcement released by Hong Kong Electric Group yesterday, but also carefully compiled and published a brief biography of Mr. Lin Haoran, sketching out a more three-dimensional and comprehensive image of Lin Haoran for readers, allowing the public to have a deeper understanding of his achievements and background.

“Lin Haoran, 26 years old, is the youngest son of Lin Wanan, the former chairman of Wanan Group, and graduated from London Building Business School in the UK.

In the summer of 1978, Lin Haoran, who had just returned from studying abroad, became the head of a small cement factory, and thus became associated with the cement industry.

However, Mr. Lin Haoran was not content with just running a small factory. He used his foresight to buy a large amount of shares in Wharf Holdings when its share price was low, and eventually earned his first pot of gold through Wharf Holdings.

A few months later, using this valuable money, Lin Haoran quietly completed the acquisition of Qingzhou Cement Company, the largest cement supplier in Hong Kong, and officially took over the company and served as chairman.

This move not only made him stand out in the business world, but also made him the first Chinese entrepreneur to successfully acquire a British listed company, which attracted widespread social attention.

However, the good times did not last long. The subsequent report that the British shareholders of Qingzhou Yingni Company had "violated the acquisition guidelines" forced Lin Haoran to take privatization measures to quell the controversy, and the privatization has now been successful.

Time passed to February last year, when Lin Haoran officially took over the baton from his father Lin Wan'an and became the chairman of the listed company Wan'an Group.

After taking office, he once again demonstrated his decisive decision-making ability and pushed Wan'an Group to implement its privatization plan, which was also successful.

At 1980 p.m. on January 1, 28, the Hong Kong Electric Company Limited officially announced that Mr. Lam Ho Yin had successfully acquired the Hong Kong Electric Company Limited, holding 6% of the shares of the Hong Kong Electric Company Limited and officially assumed the position of Chairman of the Hong Kong Electric Company Limited.

Rumor has it that on the eve of the oil crisis, Lin Haoran foresightedly raised funds to invest heavily in the oil industry. This move may be the important financial support behind his acquisition of Hong Kong Electric Group..."

Lin Haoran’s acquisition of Hong Kong Electric Group is definitely explosive news today!

Who in Hong Kong doesn’t know about Hong Kong Electric Group?
This power company, which has a history of nearly a hundred years, is definitely one of the oldest power companies in the world today and one of the most well-known public listed companies in Hong Kong among the citizens.

"I can't believe that he is only in his twenties and he acquired the Hong Kong Electric Group on his own. He really brings honor to us Chinese!"

"Who says it's not true? It's the Hong Kong Electric Company. My family's electricity is supplied by it. I pay a lot of electricity bills to it every year. Now, instead of letting the British make the money, it's better for us Chinese to make the money!"

"Not only was he able to predict in advance that Wharf Holdings would see a big price increase, he was even able to predict the oil crisis in advance. This kind of person will definitely become one of the top figures in Hong Kong's business community in the future."

"What future? If you ask me, now that he has become the boss of Hong Kong Electric Group, he has already stood at the top of Hong Kong's business community."

"Although he is young, he has such a talent for making money. The future of Hong Kong Electric Group will definitely not be bad. The Hong Kong stock market is so hot now. Perhaps my holding of Hong Kong Electric Group's shares will become a very wise investment in the future. I have decided to buy 100 lots of Hong Kong Electric Group shares after the stock market opens!"

"He's only 26, young and rich, and judging by the photos he's posted, he's handsome. If I could marry him, I'd be willing to have bigger breasts."

"You are dreaming such a beautiful dream in broad daylight. It's a beautiful dream."

……

People in all parts of Hong Kong were talking about Lin Haoran's acquisition of the Hong Kong Electric Group. The vast majority of people felt that Lin Haoran was bringing glory to the Chinese people.

In Hong Kong under the rule of the British Hong Kong government, the British have always been first-class people and the Chinese are second-class people.

It is a common thing that British people look down on Chinese people.

Now seeing Chinese people acquiring British companies one after another, it seems like they are turning the tables and becoming the masters. How can the local citizens of Hong Kong not be excited? Lin Haoran's acquisition of the Hong Kong Electric Group is definitely something that the Chinese in Hong Kong are proud of!
An article published in Sing Tao Daily even spoke about the difficulties faced by Hong Kong citizens.

The article, titled "Chinese-owned consortiums have been acquiring British-owned companies one after another. This is the decline of British-owned consortiums and the rise of Chinese-owned consortiums!", deeply analyzes the impact of Lin Haoran's acquisition of Hong Kong Electric Group.

The article wrote: "Mr. Bao Yugang acquired the Wharf Group, Mr. Li Ka Shing acquired the Hutchison Whampoa Group, Mr. Lin Haoran acquired the Ching Chau Cement Company and the Hong Kong Electric Group, etc. This series of Chinese entrepreneurs acquiring British companies, which had never happened before, appeared one after another in the past two years. This means that the Chinese financial groups in Hong Kong are gradually catching up. Let us look forward to more British companies being transformed into Chinese companies in the future..."

In the Shixun Road villa area, in Lin Haoran's villa, he had just woken up and was eating breakfast while reading the newspaper.

Not surprisingly, he was the star of all the news today.

Even Lin Haoran was a little surprised when he saw the part of the Oriental Daily report that introduced him personally.

Unexpectedly, these paparazzi are quite good at obtaining information. They even found out that he earned a large sum of money from the oil crisis. Not many people knew about this!
Although some of the content is not correct, it can be seen from the side that Oriental Daily News does have some ability. No wonder it has been the best-selling newspaper in Hong Kong for more than ten years.

"If I can successfully acquire Oriental Daily, doesn't that mean I will have a direct and powerful intelligence network to use at my own will?" Such a thought suddenly flashed through Lin Haoran's mind.

Oriental Daily, a newspaper that is loved by ordinary citizens, has a unique charm:

Firstly, it closely follows every corner of Hong Kong society, quickly captures and reports in depth on various livelihood news, with strong timeliness and wide coverage, firmly grasping the readers' hearts;
Secondly, its supplement section is a collection of the best works of Hong Kong's journalism and literary circles, providing readers with rich spiritual food;
Furthermore, the article style is concise and clear, and the column settings are rich and diverse, which is both professional and friendly, meeting the reading needs of readers of different ages.

Even Lin Haoran has Oriental Daily News on his must-read list in Hong Kong.

The fact that it is able to collect so much news and information every day is largely due to its paparazzi and spies spread all over Hong Kong.

Now, what Lin Haoran lacks most is not money, but information!

Just like before, he wanted to find Huo Jianning's whereabouts, but he had to go through a lot of trouble and spend money to finally find his home address.

This passivity and inefficiency made him feel very inconvenient. If he had his own intelligence agency, everything would be completely different.

No longer having to rely on external uncertainties, obtaining intelligence will become direct and efficient.

More importantly, the head of the intelligence agency can carefully select and present crucial intelligence information to him every day, allowing him to gain insight into opportunities and grasp market trends.

In the fiercely competitive business world, intelligence is invaluable.

Grasping information one step ahead means being able to make decisions earlier and seize market opportunities; lagging behind in obtaining information may lead to missed opportunities or even put you in a passive position.

Therefore, establishing one's own intelligence system is undoubtedly a key step to enhance competitiveness and ensure business success.

For Lin Haoran, if he could really control the Oriental Daily, it could be said to be a shortcut to the world of intelligence.

Compared with the huge amount of money, long time and endless energy required to build an intelligence system from scratch, the intelligence foundation and resource accumulation of Oriental Daily are particularly valuable.

Although it is still challenging to directly obtain highly confidential intelligence, as a media platform, its deep foundation in information collection, organization and analysis is enough to become an important aid to Lin Haoran in business competition, decision-making and other aspects.

In addition, "Oriental Daily" is also a very good advertising platform. In the future, Lin Haoran will have more and more industries and more and more products. In this way, the role of "Oriental Daily" will be even greater.

At this moment, Lin Haoran had the idea of ​​acquiring Oriental Daily.

Of course, there is no rush about this matter. Oriental Daily is not a listed company. It is impossible to secretly acquire shares and gain control of it like the acquisition of Hong Kong Electric Group. If one wants to acquire it, the only way is to start from the boss behind Oriental Daily.

After breakfast and a short rest, Lin Haoran saw that it was already past nine in the morning, so he set off for the headquarters building of Hong Kong Electric Group.

This was the first time he officially visited the Hong Kong Electric Group after successfully assuming the chairmanship. Although the acquisition had been successful, he still did not know the group's business very well.

Today, the Hong Kong Electric Group has become the most important enterprise under his control, so naturally he has to pay attention to it.

The distance between the Severn Road Villa and the Hong Kong Electric Group Headquarters Building is not far. It is only a ten-minute drive, and the car can smoothly drive into the underground parking garage of the Hong Kong Electric Group Headquarters Building.

"Good morning, Chairman."

"Good morning, boss."

"Good morning, boss~"

From the garage to the chairman's office, employees all greeted the young new boss along the way, whether they were foreigners or Chinese.

Lin Haoran also nodded and smiled during the meeting.

When I arrived at the chairman's office, Chen Shoulin was not there.

"Where is Mr. Chen?" Lin Haoran asked Chen Shoulin's assistant.

Although Chen Shoulin is no longer the chairman, he is now also the executive director of Hong Kong Electric Group, so there is nothing wrong with calling him Mr. Chen.

"Chairman, Mr. Chen has gone to a meeting. The high-level meeting is now being held in Conference Room 3. A management meeting is held every morning." The assistant replied respectfully.

Lin Haoran nodded, and did not go to the conference room to find them. Instead, he sat on the sofa in the negotiation room, while thinking in his mind.

This time, he made approximately HK$57.44 billion through gold futures.

During this period, a total of approximately HK$5.94 million was spent from this money to purchase shares of Hong Kong Electric Group.

In other words, he still has about HK$51.5 billion in available funds on hand.

However, the 2.4 million loan from Yumin Financial Company is due for repayment next month, so Lin Haoran still has to deduct this amount.

But even so, he still has nearly 5 billion Hong Kong dollars in available funds.

This amount of money definitely cannot just be left lying in the bank; that would be too uneconomical.

Now, it is only the beginning of 1980, and the stock prices of many high-quality listed companies are still very low, but they will increase several times in a few years, so if you don’t seize the opportunity to acquire now, you will miss a great opportunity in vain.

Well, now that the Hong Kong Electric Group has successfully acquired the company, which company would be best to acquire next?

Lin Haoran sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, frowned and thought.

He had previously planned to acquire a large real estate company, and now it seems that the time has come to take action.

(End of this chapter)