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Chapter 208: Emergency, Chen Shoulin's Suggestions

Chen Shoulin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that his boss agreed to his plan.

To develop overseas markets, a lot of money must be invested in the early stages. Because of this, Chen Shoulin was afraid that his boss would reject his idea.

But now Lin Haoran is not short of money, so he naturally doesn't care how much dividends the Hong Kong Electric Group gets.

What he values ​​is the future of Hong Kong Electric Group.

After all, holding 49.9% of the shares, Lin Haoran doesn't have to worry about anyone forcibly acquiring the Hong Kong Electric Group without his consent.

Chen Shoulin took out a plan from the drawer of his desk and handed it to Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran took over the plan, which turned out to be Chen Shoulin's overseas market expansion plan.

"Thailand?" Looking at the country listed in the plan, Lin Haoran was a little surprised.

He originally thought that Chen Shoulin would first advance into the Philippines or Malaysia, two relatively close Eastern countries, but he did not expect that he would choose to start from Thailand first.

"Boss, I have studied the power supply situation in Southeast Asia. Bangkok in Thailand is developing very rapidly, so power is in short supply. The power supply company in Bangkok is far from enough to supply the entire city.

At the end of last year, the Bangkok government planned to recruit power companies to improve the power supply capacity of Bangkok and surrounding cities, so I think our Hong Kong Electric Group's overseas market can start from Bangkok!" Chen Shoulin explained while Lin Haoran was looking at the plan.

"Okay, go ahead and do it with confidence!" After reading the plan, Lin Haoran put it back on the desk.

He was naturally very clear about Thailand's development situation.

In the 1980s and 1990s, the entire Southeast Asia was developing rapidly, and so was Thailand. All industries developed very rapidly, and electricity consumption naturally increased sharply.

If Thailand had not encountered the Asian financial crisis in 1997 and been severely damaged by Western capital, its economy would not have stagnated in the 21st century.

Therefore, Thailand's electricity consumption will only increase in the future. If the Hong Kong Electric Group enters the Thai market, it will indeed be able to create more benefits for the group.

This market in Hong Kong is really too small. Not only that, the Hong Kong Electric Group does not have a monopoly on Hong Kong's electricity supply. There is also an electricity supplier on the Kowloon Peninsula - China Light and Power Company, which makes the Hong Kong Electric Group's power supply share even smaller.

As for the mainland's power supply market, Lin Haoran had no intention of considering it.

Everyone knows that industries like power supply must be managed by state-owned enterprises in the mainland. If the Hong Kong Electric Group enters, at most it will just take up a small share of the energy market, which is not very interesting.

"What's going on at China Gas Company?" Lin Haoran looked at Chen Shoulin and asked.

After the successful acquisition, Lin Haoran rarely went to Crucian Carp Creek.

For him, as long as China Gas Company develops according to normal trends, it is enough.

"Everything is going normally. There are no changes in the management, so there won't be any major changes. These are some recent major decision-making reports of China Gas Company. They are all written here." Chen Shoulin handed another report to Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran nodded and started reading.

Previously, he had mentioned to Ho Ching-shing that there might be problems with an audit supervisor and a cashier of the China Gas Company.

Sure enough, on the third day, He Zhenxing called to report to him about the situation of the two.

It turned out that after receiving the order, He Zhenxing acted quickly and conducted a secret, comprehensive and detailed review of the work of the audit supervisor and the cashier.

As the investigation deepened, the truth gradually surfaced.

Sure enough, just as Lin Haoran expected, these two people did have serious problems.

It turned out that the audit supervisor took advantage of his position to collude with the cashier and took advantage of the fund settlement work that the cashier was in charge of. The two of them colluded with each other and engaged in large-scale corruption.

Over a period of two years, they used various means to embezzle a total amount of more than HK$500,000.

Their actions have seriously infringed upon the company's rights and interests and disrupted the company's normal operations.

Once this matter was exposed, people inside and outside the company were shocked, and General Manager He Zhenxing deeply realized the urgency of strengthening the company's internal management and supervision mechanisms.

As the general manager of the company, He Zhenxing decided to take this opportunity to comprehensively review and optimize the company's rules and regulations, and strengthen the training and management of employees to ensure that such incidents do not happen again.

At the same time, He Zhenxing did not tolerate the two corrupt elements. He actively assisted the relevant departments in severely punishing them, and the embezzled HK$500,000 must be recovered.

At present, the audit director and the cashier have been detained in prison, awaiting further legal trial!

When Lin Haoran learned about this incident, he was not surprised.

In fact, he had already guessed their situation when he saw their loyalty.

Now that the investigation results are out, it is just something he expected.

When this matter reached Li Mingze, even Li Mingze was shocked.

He used to be in charge of the China Gas Company, but he never imagined that there were two employees who were in cahoots with each other in important positions of the company.

However, the affairs of China Gas Company now have little to do with him. Although he still maintains the status of a director, with nearly 2.9% of the shares, he has no interest in intervening in the affairs of the company. Even if he wants to, he no longer has the right to do so.

Nowadays, he spends more time on his family business, Hong Kong Lisi Shen Real Estate Co., Ltd. While chatting with Chen Shoulin about work, the landline phone on the desk suddenly rang.

"Boss, let me take a call first." Chen Shoulin looked at Lin Haoran and said.

Lin Haoran nodded and motioned for him to answer it.

After a while, Chen Shoulin handed the receiver to Lin Haoran: "Boss, the call is for you."

"Looking for me?" Lin Haoran was a little surprised, but he took the phone directly.

"Boss, I'm Burton. I guessed that you should be in the Hong Kong Electric Group at this time, and I guessed it right." The voice of Burton, the general manager of Qingzhou Yingni Company, came from the other side.

"What do you want to talk to me about?" Lin Haoran asked.

"Indeed, something quite serious has happened. Just this afternoon, a very bad incident occurred at the cement plant of the Manila branch of Qingzhou Cement Company. A group of local gangsters rushed into the cement plant with guns, injured several employees, and caused the death of a local Manila employee." Burton reported quickly.

"Why did this happen?" Lin Haoran frowned, a little surprised.

This is completely a vicious incident.

“They threatened us to withdraw from the Visayas market or they would not let us off easily in the future. After our people called the police, they evacuated before the police arrived, but I already knew the reason.

The Visayas market is one of the three largest population markets in the Philippines. It is located between Luzon and Mindanao, with a population of more than 10 million. In the past year or so, we have developed into the third largest cement supplier in Luzon, and the Visayas market is our next market to enter.

The current cement market share in the Visayas is monopolized by a cement supplier called Aemex. It is obvious that this gang of gangsters was sent by this cement company with the purpose of preventing us from entering the Visayas market.

This time they should just be warning us. The local employee who died originally wanted to use his local identity to help the factory, but he became the first to stand out and was beaten to death. "Burton reported in detail based on what he knew.

"How did the local police station respond? As foreign capital, our business environment does not have effective security guarantees. Won't they say anything?" Lin Haoran continued to ask.

The 50s to 80s were the most glorious 30 years for the Philippine economy.

During this period, the Philippines' economy developed rapidly and it was one of the world's emerging industrial countries and emerging markets. Its economy was relatively open, with foreign capital continuously pouring in. Many companies from economically developed countries invested and established many factories here.

"The police station responded. They can guarantee that as long as we call the police, they will arrive in time. But it is useless. A policeman secretly mentioned to our person in charge there that this gang of gangsters is very powerful, and even the police dare not provoke them." Burton replied with a wry smile.

"Okay, I understand. I'll go to Qingzhou Yingni Company tomorrow. Let's not enter the Visayas Islands market for the time being. A strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. If we enter this market like this, it will only cause us to suffer greater losses. I will find a way later. In addition, the dead and injured employees should be compensated according to local standards!" Lin Haoran said directly.

"Okay, boss. I know what to do. Let's do this for now. I still need to communicate with the head of the branch in Manila to discuss the aftermath." Burton said.

"Okay, go ahead and get busy!" Lin Haoran said, then hung up the phone.

Sitting in the chair, Lin Haoran frowned, thinking about the Qingzhou Yingni Company.

Today, Qingzhou Cement Company's monthly profit is close to 20 million Hong Kong dollars, and its annual profit is as high as more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars. It is no longer an ordinary listed company with a monthly profit of only a few million Hong Kong dollars in the past.

Therefore, Burton is currently enthusiastic about further developing the market in the Southeast Asian region.

The Philippine market is their earliest overseas market, but their market business in the Philippines has always been limited to Luzon Island.

However, when they first tasted the sweetness of entering the Visayas market, they encountered such an accident.

Although Lin Haoran usually adopts a decentralized management approach to each company, he rarely interferes too much in the specific affairs of the company and gives professional managers full autonomy.

However, the problems faced by the Manila branch of Qingzhou Cement Company were obviously beyond Burton's ability to handle. After all, this was in a country they were not familiar with and beyond their sphere of influence.

Therefore, Lin Haoran must intervene personally and discuss countermeasures with Burton to find a solution.

"Boss, has Qingzhou Yingni Company encountered difficulties in the Philippines?" Chen Shoulin guessed something from what Lin Haoran had just said, so he asked.

Lin Haoran did not hide anything and told Chen Shoulin exactly what had happened over there.

"Boss, I have a suggestion." Chen Shoulin spoke slowly.

"Oh? Tell me about it." Lin Haoran looked at Chen Shoulin curiously.

“Boss, your status in the Hong Kong business community is now very important. Under normal circumstances, no one dares to provoke you easily. Even those top societies such as 13K, Xinyi’an, and Heshenghe will definitely stay away from you because they don’t have the courage.

But in Nanyang, the situation is quite different. Although you have a high status in Hong Kong, people in Nanyang will not care about your identity. This is very realistic. After all, your main business power is not there and your personal connections are relatively weak.

Therefore, the other party dared to directly use the local underworld organizations to deal with Qingzhou Yingni Company. They are the local bosses in Nanyang, and we are just outsiders, and they don’t take us seriously at all.

Moreover, what happened in the Philippines today may also happen in Thailand, Malaysia and other places tomorrow. By then, you, the boss, may still feel helpless.

So, my suggestion is that, boss, you can consider developing your own military force, such as setting up a security company. With your current strength and development momentum, it is not impossible for your industry to spread all over the world in the future.

If there is no certain military deterrence, no matter how rich the wealth is, it is just a piece of fat meat in the eyes of others, and everyone wants to have a piece of it! "

Chen Shoulin elaborated on his ideas in detail.

(End of this chapter)