In Hong Kong, we build a global business empire

Chapter 212 Revenge, the sooner the better!
As for cooperation, it was not a problem for Lin Haoran as he still had sufficient funds on hand.

Although acquiring listed companies such as Swire Properties would be a considerable expense, that is after all a matter for the future.

Before he uses up the nearly HK$30 billion he has left, he will always find new ways to make money.

After all, he couldn't always rely on past accumulation.

What's more, companies such as Ching Chau Cement Company, Hong Kong Electric Company, China Gas Company, and Wan An Group are also continuing to bring him profits, helping him earn at least hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars a year.

Therefore, investing hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars in such a project with huge potential is nothing for Lin Haoran.

As for controlling rights, he actually doesn't care that much.

In fact, Lin Haoran doesn’t care much about management rights.

Just like many of the companies he currently owns, he directly hands over the management rights to professional managers.

He knows very well whether he has the acumen for business management or not.

Besides, you are so rich now, why work so hard? Just relax if you can.

Like his father before him, he strongly disagreed and did everything himself all his life, ending up with a lot of illnesses.

As long as the project can continue to create benefits for him in the future, it is enough. Why bother about management rights?

What's more, he feels more at ease with an experienced business tycoon like Guo Henian at the helm.

After thinking this through, Lin Haoran decided not to hesitate any longer. He looked up at Guo Henian and said firmly, "Uncle Guo, after careful consideration, I have decided to accept your cooperation proposal. As for the equity, I hope to hold 49%."

"Nephew Lin, you just acquired China Gas Company, and you can still free up so much funds?" Guo Henian looked surprised.

Even Guo Xiaohan, who had been watching Lin Haoran silently, showed an expression of disbelief at this moment.

This is really shocking.

You know, Lin Haoran had recently started a fierce competition with Jardine Matheson, and finally defeated this old British giant with his youthful status and successfully entered the China Gas Company.

And Jardine Matheson, a British giant with a long history, was defeated by a young man in his twenties.

In this context, everyone thought that Lin Haoran paid a huge price in the acquisition battle of China Gas Company.

Normally, he should have very little funds left to use at this time.

However, Lin Haoran expressed his desire to strive for the largest equity ratio without hesitation, which really surprised everyone.

In other words, he can now easily mobilize hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars?

It seems that the true strength of this young man in front of us is much stronger than everyone imagined!
“Uncle Guo, you just said that it will take at least five years to complete this project, so the investment funds do not have to be paid in one lump sum.

As for the initial auction funds of around HK$4 million, if everyone gets half, it would only be HK$2 million. HK$2 million is not a big problem for me.

As for the subsequent funds, I naturally have ways to raise them!" Lin Haoran explained with a smile.

"Okay, nephew Lin is really straightforward. Then, let's settle this cooperation. We haven't won the bid yet, so there is no need to discuss the more detailed cooperation first.

The most important thing right now is that the government land auction will be held in three days. I have already signed up to participate. Let’s buy this piece of land first.

In this way, we will sign a land auction agreement tomorrow. If the land is successfully auctioned, we will continue to discuss the next step of cooperation, how about it? "Guo Henian said straightforwardly!

"Of course no problem, just let you arrange it, Uncle Guo!" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

Thus, a project with a total investment of over HK$1 billion was easily completed.

This piece of land is adjacent to Hong Kong University. Once the commercial plaza is completed, the student population of this top university in Hong Kong alone will be enough to ensure the prosperity of the project.

After all, the spending power of Hong Kong University student couples cannot be underestimated.

Although the current number of students at Hong Kong University is less than 10,000, in the future, the number of students at this university may reach 40,000 to 50,000.

Furthermore, the Sheung Wan area is densely populated, which is sufficient to provide a solid customer flow base for the commercial plaza.

It can be said that building a large commercial plaza here is almost a sure success.

In addition, there is no need to worry about renting out the office building in the project. Although it is several hundred meters away from the coastline, this distance is not a distance at all for high-rise buildings, and there are not many high-rise buildings outside to block the view.

In addition, the West District Undersea Tunnel will be opened here in the future, and transportation will become more convenient.

A sea view office building with a distant view of bustling areas such as Central and Tsim Sha Tsui. How could a company not be interested in such a location?
The geographical advantage here is so obvious!
After the initial cooperation was reached, Guo Henian was not in a hurry to leave, but continued to talk with Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran was naturally very happy about this.

After all, Guo Henian is a well-known tycoon in the Nanyang business community, and his life experience is rich and colorful, which can be called legendary.

Being able to communicate with him, even if you can't learn any substantial experience, just listening to his stories is enough to benefit you a lot and make you listen with great interest.

"Uncle Guo, can you talk about your past? For example, the business wars that you can still remember vividly." Lin Haoran asked with a smile after drinking a cup of hot tea.

Although Guo Xiaohan did not interrupt, he kept making and pouring tea for Guo Henian and Lin Haoran.

"Speaking of the business wars that I still remember vividly, I have to mention the white sugar trade war ten years ago. It was that war that established a special connection between me and the mainland..." Guo Henian enthusiastically told Lin Haoran about his past brilliant achievements. It turned out that in the 60s, Guo Henian carried forward the sugar trade business left by his father and successfully won the title of "Asian Sugar King".

Guo Henian's first head-on confrontation with the mainland was in the sugar trade war.

At that time, the Indonesian Huang Zhonghan family's business was taken over by the government, and the Asian sugar industry was leaderless. The Ministry of Foreign Trade of the Mainland keenly captured this opportunity and, with the support of the government, imported a large amount of sugar to Malaysia, intending to occupy this market for a long time.

For a time, cargo ships loaded with sugar came from China and flooded into the Malaysian market like a tide.

This sudden attack caught Guo Henian off guard, and his sugar was piled up in the warehouse due to the price disadvantage.

Faced with difficulties, Guo Henian quickly adjusted his strategy and imported white sugar from India to regain market share at a lower price.

Ultimately, he successfully defeated the sugar competition from China, consolidated his position as the Sugar King, and has since dominated the Asian sugar industry.

It was this sugar trade war that brought the Chinese government and Guo Henian into an indissoluble bond.

He seized the opportunity and founded Malaysia's first sugar factory, rented large tracts of land from the government to grow sugarcane, and quickly built a sales network covering the whole of Malaysia, forming an "integrated operation" model of "raw materials-processing-sales".

In 1970, on the eve of the rise in world sugar prices, he decisively purchased large quantities of sugar in the international market and invested in sugar futures.

By then, he had controlled 80% of the raw sugar market in Malaysia and had a 10% share of the world white sugar market.

……

Lin Haoran listened with great interest. He didn't expect that Guo Henian had such a past.

Sure enough, anyone who can become the richest man is not an ordinary person!

He just can't do it.

When Guo Henian shared these with Lin Haoran, he was undoubtedly imparting valuable business experience to this junior. He usually only discussed such topics with people close to him.

"By the way, Uncle Guo, do you have any investments in the Philippines?" Lin Haoran asked curiously.

"The Philippines? Of course. I have a lot of investments there, which are mainly operated through Guo Industries International Company. It is now a well-known company in Manila. It is currently managed by one of my cousins." Guo Henian replied with a smile.

"Uncle Guo, have you heard of the fraternity?" Lin Haoran asked.

"Brotherhood? Of course I know that this gang has a bad reputation in the Chinese community in the Philippines. They often bully the Chinese, kidnap and extort, and do all kinds of evil.

Last year, there was a kidnapping and murder incident that shocked the Chinese community. A well-known businessman from Taiwan was kidnapped by the Brotherhood in the Philippines. They demanded a ransom of NT$1 million from the businessman's family.

However, even though the family paid the ransom, the Brotherhood brutally murdered the businessman.

This incident caused a lot of uproar at the time. With the strength of that family, they had a chance to take revenge by bribing other local forces in the Philippines.

But unfortunately, after the businessman died, his family fell into a fierce battle for property, and no one cared about revenge!" Guo Henian said with great emotion.

Lin Haoran nodded. Obviously, this gang of brothers was indeed an extremely troublesome underworld force!
"So if we want to deal with this underworld force, is there any feasible way?" Lin Haoran asked humbly.

Lin Haoran would naturally not let it go when his company was bullied by the underworld for no reason.

Anyone who offends him is doomed to have a bad ending.

As the saying goes, it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge; but for a villain, it takes time from morning to night!
On the surface, Lin Haoran naturally had to maintain the demeanor of a gentleman.

But behind the scenes, occasionally using some despicable means is not undesirable!
For him, the sooner revenge is taken, the better!
Therefore, if there is an opportunity to attack this brotherhood, he will naturally not let it go.

"What's the matter? Have these people offended you?" Guo Henian couldn't help but become curious.

After all, Lin Haoran would not bring up this matter for no reason.

"That's true, this is what happened..." Lin Haoran did not hide anything and told Guo Henian everything that had happened to the Philippine branch of Qingzhou Yingni Company.

This kind of thing is easy to figure out as long as you are willing to investigate, there is no need to hide it.

Besides, there is nothing to hide, it's just a desire for revenge.

With their status and position, it is impossible for them to allow themselves to be bullied by others.

You can't accomplish anything great if you are too soft-hearted!

Therefore, Guo Henian could fully understand Lin Haoran's thoughts.

After hearing Lin Haoran's words, Guo Henian was not surprised at all. He slowly said: "The police force in the Philippines is relatively weak and has limited control over society, so the underworld is rampant there.

Therefore, when organizations like the Brotherhood come to threaten or even commit crimes, local police are often helpless.

Even my company, Kuo Industries International, was once harassed by local gangs. But since I got to know the leader of the largest Chinese community in Manila, Kuo Industries International has never encountered such troubles in the Philippines again.

"The largest Chinese community? If I pay them to deal with this brotherhood, will they take the job?" Lin Haoran asked with a gleam in his eyes.

If the problem can be solved with money and revenge can be achieved, Lin Haoran does not reject this approach.

Moreover, he also wanted to take this opportunity to make friends with the local tyrant. In this way, before his armed forces developed, his industries in the Philippines would at least be safe.

(End of this chapter)