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"About the source of my funds..." Lin Haoran had just opened his mouth to this point, and everyone present pricked up their ears, wanting to hear what he would say next.

However, his next words were ridiculous.

"No comment, this is my business secret!" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

Although everyone was unwilling to accept such an answer, they could do nothing about it.

After all, they have the right to remain silent, and everyone can only accept it helplessly.

This impromptu press conference came to a hasty conclusion.

Soon, representatives of the company's major shareholders also left, as there was no point in them staying.

Burton and Lin Haoran stayed.

As for Su Zhixue, he hurried back to Wanqing Building.

Lin Haoran mainly wanted to know more about Kowloon Motor Bus.

Burton also needs to learn and take over from Deng Zhaojian.

Although Deng Zhaojian temporarily continued to serve as the vice chairman of Kowloon Motor Bus, after losing the greatest power, he has already thought about retiring slowly.

He is 79 years old. At his age, he should have retired long ago, but he still insists on working.

"Mr. Lin, this is all the land reserve information of our Kowloon Motor Bus." In the chairman's office, Deng Zhaojian took out a file bag from the bookcase and handed it to Lin Haoran.

"Sorry to bother you, Mr. Deng." Lin Haoran said with a smile. Then he opened the file bag, took out the documents inside and started to look through them.

The site at Sin Fat Road, Lam Tin, Kwun Tong, covers an area of ​​21.68 square feet.

The site on Tat Chee Avenue in Shek Kip Mei has an area of ​​13.63 square feet.

The Chang'an Village plot in Tsing Yi covers an area of ​​8.79 square feet.

The site in Tiu Keng Leng, Tseung Kwan O, covers an area of ​​18.98 square feet.

The Xinghai Bay plot in Shatin covers an area of ​​23.76 square feet.

The site in Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long, covers an area of ​​13.96 square feet.

The site on Sai Ning Street in Kennedy Town has an area of ​​6.46 square feet.

The plot in Crusoe Bay, North Point, covers an area of ​​7.39 square feet.

……

Looking at the information, Lin Haoran was shocked.

I didn’t expect that Kowloon Motor Bus has so much land reserves.

Moreover, most of the land in Kowloon and the New Territories were hoarded more than ten or twenty years ago or even longer. The prices were cheap at that time, and even the funds used to purchase the land were recorded in the documents.

For example, the land in Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long was purchased from the government nearly 13.96 years ago. The square feet of land was purchased for less than HK$.

You should know that Tin Shui Wai is now a key development area in Yuen Long and one of the key areas for building the new town of Yuen Long.

Nowadays, if you want to buy this piece of land, you will have to spend at least tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

Lin Haoran estimated that the market value of these twenty or so land reserves of various sizes was at least hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

Although most of them are in the suburbs and there is not much land in the city center, the main focus is still on the suburbs, and the land in the suburbs is not cheap.

Value, so worth it.

Seeing these land reserve plots, Lin Haoran was in a good mood.

This investment is indeed worthwhile.

On the other hand, Tang Siu-kin diligently explained to Burton some major and minor matters of Kowloon Motor Bus.

Although he had lost his greatest power, Deng Zhaojian was still one of the shareholders of Kowloon Motor Bus, not a professional manager.

Therefore, whether Kowloon Motor Bus will develop well or not in the future is also related to him.

Besides, he is one of the founders of Kowloon Motor Bus, so naturally he does not want Kowloon Motor Bus to get worse and worse.

It was not until after three o'clock in the afternoon that Burton and Lin Haoran left Kowloon Motor Bus together.

"Boss, Mr. Deng told me that he will gradually reduce his management of Kowloon Motor Bus within a year until he retires completely." Burton said on the way back.

"Well, I'll have to thank you for your hard work in the future. Wanqing Group is getting bigger and bigger!" Lin Haoran had no objection to this.

"Fortunately, with Mr. Deng here, I'm not afraid. As for what happens a year later, we'll talk about it a year later." Burton didn't think much of it.

To him, it was just one more company in the group, but to the entire group, it was a good thing because the resources of another company could be mobilized.

Although the function of the bus seems to be just transportation, it has nothing to do with other companies in Wanqing Group.

In fact, as long as the resources are mobilized well, it will be beneficial to other companies under Wanqing Group.

For example, if Wan'an Real Estate Company can set up a bus stop near a real estate project it develops in the future, it will definitely bring actual appreciation to the project.

After all, there are too few MTR stations and only a few people can afford to drive a private car, so buses are the most important means of transportation in Hong Kong and the most commonly used means of transportation.

After returning to Wanqing Building, Burton went to work.

Nowadays, he has more and more work to do and is no longer the professional manager who only needs to manage one company, Qingzhou Yingni Company.

After parting with Burton downstairs, Lin Haoran went directly to the office of Huanyu Investment Company. Today, Kowloon Motor Bus's stock market was suspended, so Huanyu Investment Company's main task was to focus on two stocks, one was Jardine Matheson and the other was Hong Kong Land Group.

Lin Haoran paid attention to it for a moment and then stopped paying attention.

Whether it is Jardine Matheson or Swire Properties, they are still a long way from being able to acquire the company, so don't even think about it in the short term.

For the most promising one, like the Jardine Matheson Group, it will take at least a few months before there is a chance to win.

As for Jardine Matheson, there is no sign of that happening in the foreseeable future.

"Boss, do we need to increase our holdings of Kowloon Motor Bus tomorrow?" The two started chatting in Su Zhixue's office.

“Increase holdings, but don’t be in a hurry. Let’s bring the share price down first. Without the consortium’s targeted absorption, Kowloon Motor Bus’ share price should fall to a certain extent in a short period of time. You can then increase holdings depending on the situation. As for Kowloon Motor Bus’s shares, I also plan to hold 49.9%, which is enough.” Lin Haoran said with a smile.

With more than thirty shares, others could still have a chance to launch a sneak attack and seize the controlling stake from him.

But if the shareholding reaches 49.9%, no matter who it is, it is impossible to have this opportunity.

Now, they already hold 36.83% of Kowloon Motor Bus shares, which is not too far from 49.9%, only about 13 points.

Without competitors such as Great Eagle Holdings and Sun Hung Kai Properties, it would be easy for Universal Investments to acquire 13 points of Kowloon Motor Bus shares.

Moreover, Kowloon Motor Bus now has no other financial groups, so it is not difficult for Universal Investment Company to manipulate the stock price.

During this period, the share price of Kowloon Motor Bus has indeed risen too fast, faster than many listed real estate companies.

Such a stock price is naturally unreasonable, and it is time to restore its original stock price.

After chatting with Su Zhixue, Lin Haoran left Wanqing Building.

"Boss, where are we going?" Li Weiguo turned around and asked after sitting in the driver's seat.

"Let's go back to the Deep Water Bay villa!" Lin Haoran thought for a moment and said.

He had indeed not been back there for some time. The last time he went back was probably in early April, and it has been more than a month since then.

"Okay, boss!" Li Weiguo immediately started the car engine and slowly drove away from Wanqing Building.

The news of Lin Haoran's move into Kowloon Motor Bus had already caused a sensation throughout Hong Kong.

In Hong Kong, there are not only a wide variety of morning newspapers, but also a considerable number of evening newspapers.

There are too numerous to mention, such as "Tonight News", "Zhongsheng Evening News", "Arabian Nights", "Nanhua Evening News" and "Dawanbao".

Hong Kong, a city with a population of five million, has hundreds of newspapers, magazines and other media, which have become an important channel for citizens to obtain information.

After the daily newspaper deadline, the evening news hour begins, which extends from 1:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., a total of twelve hours. Some night newspapers will extend their publishing time by another hour or two.

During this period, local news in Hong Kong or international information will be published in the evening paper of the day, which fully demonstrates the richness and diversity of news sources.

Citizens can read the latest news of the day instantly without having to read overnight news.

In addition, television news, radio news, etc. are also a source of understanding the news of the day.

Therefore, the news of Kowloon Motor Bus’s impromptu press conference in the morning spread throughout Hong Kong by the evening.

Originally, the news that Lin Haoran had become a major shareholder of Kowloon Motor Bus was only spread among a small circle of shareholders.

But this news spread quickly through newspapers, television and radio.

The news that Lin Haoran is taking the helm of Kowloon Motor Bus has undoubtedly become a hot topic recently.

However, citizens seemed to be accustomed to his move to acquire a listed company again, and only used it as a topic of conversation after dinner.

Their attention was more attracted by another issue.

This topic is exactly the question raised by the reporter of Hong Kong Business Daily: "Where did Lin Haoran get the funds to acquire listed companies one after another? Is it true that, as some people speculate, his funds were all provided by Citibank? Is Lin Haoran the spokesperson of Citibank in Hong Kong?"

"Tell me, how deep is Mr. Lin's wallet? It seems that acquiring listed companies is like nothing to him, he buys one after another."

"Who knows? When he acquired the Ching Chau Cement Company, I was so shocked that my jaw almost dropped. I didn't expect that he would be able to swallow up Hong Kong Electric Group, one of the top ten listed companies in Hong Kong, and then China Gas Company. Not long after that, Kowloon Motor Bus also fell into his hands. If all this is his own money, I really don't believe it."

"Yes, Mr. Bao Yugang can't come up with so much money, right? In order to acquire Wharf Holdings, Mr. Bao had to work very hard to obtain the controlling stake in Wharf Holdings!"

"Yes, it was Mr. Li Jiacheng. Didn't he become a major shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa with the help of Huifeng Bank? Mr. Lin is only in his twenties. How could he have so much money?"

"I am not concerned about where his money comes from, but whether he will continue to acquire companies and which listed company will be his next target?"

"No matter what, he is Chinese after all. This is much better than being controlled by those British companies. At least under his control, we Chinese can still have the final say."

"That makes sense. I fully agree with it! Who cares where the money comes from?"

……

These messages and news also reached the ears of British giants such as Niu Bijian, Shen Bi, and Shi Yueke.

Even the Governor-General, Mr. MacLehose, showed great concern about the matter and watched the news with a frown on his brow.

If Lin Haoran really represents Citibank secretly, then everyone must be more cautious in their attitude towards him.

After all, although the British government is behind them, in the Western world, the United States is the leader, not Britain.

Citibank, as one of the largest financial groups in the United States, has deep connections in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Could it be that Citibank is really the big backer behind Lin Haoran?

Looking at the reports in the newspapers, the leaders of the major forces in Hong Kong fell into deep thought. (End of this chapter)