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This grand private reception room really made Lin Haoran very satisfied.

"The construction team of Wan'an Group really did not disappoint me. They basically reproduced the style of the design renderings perfectly." Lin Haoran said with a smile as he looked around the carefully decorated private reception room.

"Boss, I have to go to the investment department first. The stock market is about to open." Su Zhixue accompanied him for a long time, glanced at the watch on his wrist, and then said.

"Well, go ahead, I can go around by myself." Lin Haoran waved his hand.

After Su Zhixue left, Lin Haoran continued to look at the reception room. Next to the reception room, there was an office of about 50 square meters, which was reserved for Lin Haoran to work.

However, he rarely needs an office, and it is actually just a decoration.

The spacious floor-to-ceiling windows face Victoria Harbour and offer a stunning view.

When meeting with some important bosses, it would be very face-saving to choose to put the meeting address here.

After browsing for a while, Lin Haoran left the meeting room, took the elevator down to the 29th floor, inspected the Wan'an Group after its move, and then came to Yang Mingyi's office.

However, Yang Mingyi was not in the office.

"Boss, General Manager Yang has gone to Tsim Sha Tsui to inspect the progress of the Shangri-La Hotel Tower project." The head of the secretariat of Wan'an Group hurriedly reported to him.

The project in Tsim Sha Tsui obviously refers to Guo Henian’s Shangri-La Hotel Building project.

This is the only project that Wan'an Group currently has in Tsim Sha Tsui.

"Please help me contact him and ask him to come back. I have something to talk to him about." Lin Haoran said directly.

"Okay, boss. I'll contact them right away!" the head of the secretariat replied quickly, and then hurriedly went to contact them.

A few minutes later, the head of the secretarial department returned and said to Lin Haoran: "Boss, I have contacted the person in charge of the construction site and conveyed your intention to him. Mr. Yang should be back here in about half an hour."

Lin Haoran nodded slightly, indicating that she could go back to her work.

Afterwards, Lin Haoran leisurely made tea in Yang Mingyi's office, savoring the aroma of the tea while waiting patiently.

Sure enough, in less than half an hour, Yang Mingyi hurried back.

"Boss, do you have any urgent matter to discuss with me?" Yang Mingyi asked anxiously as soon as he sat down.

"Don't be anxious, drink a cup of tea first and calm down." Seeing that Yang Mingyi was a little anxious, Lin Haoran smiled and comforted him.

Yang Mingyi picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then turned his gaze to Lin Haoran again.

"Mr. Yang, I heard that you came from Guangdong Province, right?" Lin Haoran finally asked.

"Yes, boss. I'm from Humen, Dongguan. In 1949, my family and I moved here. Thirty-one years have passed in the blink of an eye." Yang Mingyi couldn't help but feel emotional when mentioning this.

In 1949, a large number of people from the mainland did migrate here, and everyone knows the reason.

Moreover, there was frequent travel between the two places at that time, so there was no need for smuggling.

It was not until 1951 that a restricted border area was established on the Hong Kong side, so it was not surprising that Yang Mingyi came here during that period.

Yang Mingyi is now exactly 50 years old, which means that his family moved here when he was about 19 years old.

"Then, have you ever returned to your hometown?" Lin Haoran asked.

Yang Mingyi shook his head and said, "No, there are too many restrictions on going back. My parents did want to go back a few years ago, but they were ultimately unable to do so."

In this era, although you can return to the mainland, there are indeed many restrictions, so few people choose to go back.

"I just went to Guangdong Province a while ago and had in-depth exchanges with the leaders there. I found that there is huge potential for future development there, especially the low cost of labor and land. They are planning economic reforms. You have heard about this, right?
My idea is to make large-scale investments in the mainland, mainly focusing on Pengcheng, Dongguan, Yangcheng and Chancheng in the short term, and expanding to Shanghai, Beijing, Shancheng, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Chengdu and other large cities in the medium and long term. Therefore, I need a person with excellent management skills to help me enter the mainland market and expand the territory.

I have reached a preliminary consensus with the local government. In the initial stage, we will invest in building industrial parks, developing manufacturing, building commercial buildings and promoting infrastructure construction in Yangcheng and Pengcheng. In the next two to three years, I plan to invest hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. This is a grand goal, but it also comes with great responsibility.

After careful consideration, I think you, Mr. Yang, are the most suitable candidate. It is undoubtedly the most ideal choice for you to be the person in charge of this project. Of course, I will not force you, but I just want to know if you are willing to take on this important task? If you are willing, I will give you this responsibility! "Lin Haoran said solemnly.

"Then what about Wan'an Group?" Yang Mingyi raised his doubts.

For Yang Mingyi, this proposal was indeed unexpected.

He never thought that his boss would assign him such a job. The first thing he thought of was how the Wan'an Group, which he had been in charge of, would be arranged.

"Regarding Wan'an Group, I have already made arrangements. I plan to merge Wan'an Group with Qingzhou Yingni Company to form a group head office. In this way, the resources of both parties can be more reasonably allocated and shared.

If you agree to go to the mainland to be responsible for investment projects, you will become the person in charge of the mainland business. As for Hong Kong, Mr. Burton will be in charge of the work after the merger.

Of course, after the development in the mainland has laid a solid foundation, if you still want to come back to work in Hong Kong, I welcome you back at any time, and I will not treat you unfairly at that time!" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

Burton's performance over the past year has indeed made Lin Haoran very satisfied. It can be said that the current performance of Qingzhou Yingni Company is entirely due to Burton's outstanding leadership, and has little to do with him, Lin Haoran.

If Burton had not served as general manager, Qingzhou Cement Company's annual profit might only be two to three thousand Hong Kong dollars.

But now, according to the current development trend, as long as Qingzhou Cement Company continues to expand its market share, it will not be difficult to achieve profits of hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars a year in a few years.

A management talent who can make money for him is a good management talent.

For such a talented person, he would naturally not be stingy in giving him greater development opportunities.

Although Yang Mingyi is also good, it is obvious that his management ability is slightly inferior to Burton.

In addition, Yang Mingyi is from Guangdong Province, so he is the most suitable candidate to be sent to Guangdong Province for development.

At present, Wan'an Group and Qingzhou Cement Company have reached a cooperation in the development of land in Hung Hom, but it is clear that both companies are actually his private enterprises. This kind of cooperation is actually unnecessary.

Rather than letting them operate independently, it would be better to merge them.

Just like the Li Ka-shing he knew in his previous life, he also controlled Canada's Excelsior Group, Hutchison Whampoa Group, Ching Chau Cement, Anderson Daya Group, etc. through Cheung Kong Group.

He has no plans to merge listed companies into the company for now, but there is no need to diversify his sole proprietorship too much.

He currently owns five wholly-owned companies, including Qingzhou Yingni Company, Wan'an Group, Huanyu Investment Company, Oriental Press Company, and Huanyu Security Consulting Company.

The two listed companies it controls are Hong Kong Electric Company Limited and China Gas Company, and each holds 49.9% of the shares. This shareholding ratio means that basically no consortium can snatch controlling rights from him.

He planned to operate Huanyu Investment Company independently, as there were too many investment secrets involved, so there was no need to merge it.

There is no need for Oriental Press Company and Global Security Consulting Company to merge for the time being. They can merge after they develop in the future.

The most important thing now is to merge Wan'an Group with Qingzhou Yingni Company.

Wanan Group is a real estate company, while Qingzhou Yingni Company is an infrastructure company. There is a great connection between the two.

Lin Haoran's words immediately made Yang Mingyi think.

It was obvious that the boss really wanted him to go to the mainland.

"Boss, I'm mainly worried that after we move to the mainland, the local government will make things difficult for us when we invest. In this case, our investment..." Yang Mingyi became worried.

Although this is the boss's money, he is the person in charge of the mainland market. If he loses money on the investment in the mainland, it will not be of any benefit to him.

"You can rest assured about this. When I went to the mainland this time, they attached great importance to us. The leaders met with me and promised me that they would give me the greatest preferential policies. At the same time, if you encounter difficulties or problems in the investment process, you can contact him at any time and he will solve them for us personally!" Lin Haoran said directly.

Lin Haoran was naturally not worried about this matter.

Those local officials might take bribes from small and medium-sized enterprises, but they would never dare to do such a thing to a large-investment project like his.

Especially now that we are still in the early stages of economic reform and investment attraction, they must also provide a good investment environment, otherwise who would invest? They would be scared away!

Therefore, Lin Haoran never considered Yang Mingyi's concerns.

Considering his current status in Hong Kong's business community, to put it bluntly, if you offend him and publicize the situation against his companies in the Mainland, the consequences will be disastrous!
The local government will naturally take these into consideration.

"Okay, boss, I agree!" Yang Mingyi didn't ask any more questions.

As a worker, since his boss wants him to go to an unfamiliar market to open up new markets, he should go.

However, there are too many uncertainties.

But Yang Mingyi actually knew that even if he could disagree and the boss said he would not make things difficult for him, it would still leave a bad knot in the boss' heart.

What's more, returning to the mainland to try his luck might open up a different path for his career.

"You should have quite a few relatives in Wancheng, right?" Lin Haoran asked.

"Yes, telephone communications in the mainland are not well developed, and ordinary people may find it difficult to have the opportunity to make phone calls, but our parents often send letters to their relatives in the mainland." Yang Mingyi nodded.

"In that case, then it's settled. You should get ready in the next few days. I will discuss it with Mr. Burton. Everything in the mainland will start from scratch, so thank you for your hard work. I am not in the mainland, but I will fully cooperate with you. Believe me, the development speed of Guangdong Province in the future will be much faster than you think!" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

Hong Kong’s development speed is fast enough.

But compared with the future development speed of Pengcheng, it is really not on the same level.

After all, Hong Kong's development is already very mature.

The development of Pengcheng is still in its infancy! (End of this chapter)