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As for the acquisition of Hong Kong TVB shares, there is no rush.

With Li Mingze's connection, he has some confidence.

No matter what, Li Mingze still has a certain say in the family.

As long as Li Mingze is willing to help him, it should not be difficult for him to take over most of the Li family's shares.

In addition, when he went to the Li family this time, he also expressed his goodwill to other people in the Li family.

Through communicating with these people, it is obvious that they all hope to have a good relationship with him.

After all, Lin Haoran controls several large listed companies, covering many industries.

Hong Kong is so small, there will definitely be opportunities for them to cooperate in the future.

After Li Xiaohe's death, no one in the Li family would be interested in the management rights of TVB, so it would naturally be a good time to acquire shares.

He had already done some investigation and found that Li Xiaohe held a total of 6% of the shares.

Of course, this is not all of Li Jia’s TVB shares.

In fact, the entire Li family holds more than 20% of TVB’s shares, and Li Xiaohe’s younger brothers also hold certain shares.

The combined shares of the entire Li family make them the shareholders that control the most shares of TVB.

As long as he takes over all the shares held by the Li family, Lin Haoran will be the major shareholder of TVB!

At present, TVB's shares are actually quite complicated. Although it is not a listed company, its shares are controlled by multiple forces. In addition to the Lee family and Run Run Shaw, the Eu Yan Sang family, the British Independent Television, Gillette & Co., the American National Broadcasting Corporation, and even Hutchison Whampoa, all own shares in TVB.

The Li family as a whole is currently the shareholder with the largest number of shares, and Shaw Yi-fu is the second largest shareholder.

Time passed in the blink of an eye and two days passed until it was June 6th.

At around nine o'clock in the morning, Lin Haoran got up, had breakfast with the help of his Chinese maid, and was about to leave home to go to the headquarters building of Hong Kong Electric Group.

However, at this moment, the phone in the study rang.

Lin Haoran picked up the phone, but it was his father calling him.

"Daddy, what do you want to talk to me about?" Lin Haoran asked curiously.

"Hao'er, it's not me who's looking for you, it's an American named Steve Jobs who's looking for you. Fortunately, I know some English, otherwise I would have hung up the phone." Lin Wan'an said on the phone.

"Steve Jobs? Okay Dad, thank you for your help. I'll call him right now." Lin Haoran replied with a smile.

When he was in the United States, he spent 10 million US dollars to raise funds for Apple and eventually obtained % of Apple's shares.

In the blink of an eye, nearly half a year has passed.

The contact information he left for Apple headquarters was the phone number of the Lin family villa in Deep Water Bay, so it was normal for Jobs to contact him and it was Lin's father who answered the call.

"Who is Steve Jobs? Why would an American come to you?" Lin Wanan asked curiously.

"Steve Jobs is the chairman of an American computer company. It's normal that you don't know him. I had a conversation with him when I went to the United States before. He is a talented young man. Daddy, I won't chat with you anymore. I'll hang up first." Lin Haoran replied.

Today, Steve Jobs is indeed not very famous.

Apple does have a certain degree of popularity in the United States, but that popularity has not spread to Hong Kong.

Even if the Hong Kong media reported this incident, no one would pay attention to it.

After all, to be honest, today's computers are still just high-end toys for a few people and their popularity is not high.

In Hong Kong, there are only a few large companies that use computers, such as banks and financial companies, but not many.

Hong Kong’s development in the field of science and technology is really not that good.

Much of Hong Kong's technology manufacturing industry is based on low-end electronic products, so it is not easy to find some high-end technology research talents.

There is no way. There are very few technology research and development companies in Hong Kong, but there are some chip processing factories. For example, the famous Fairchild Semiconductor in Silicon Valley was the first chip company to start production in Hong Kong.

The company produces wafers in the United States and then ships them to Hong Kong for packaging and testing. Part of the final products are shipped back to the United States, and the rest are sold directly in Asia.

Its actual function is that of a contract manufacturing factory, and research and development are naturally still in the United States.

After Fairchild Semiconductor achieved great success in Hong Kong, other American companies including Texas Instruments and Motorola, as well as some Japanese companies, set up factories in Hong Kong.

These high-end processing plants also constitute part of Hong Kong's prosperous manufacturing industry.

However, Hong Kong is ultimately dominated by industries such as trade, finance, and real estate.

Without high-end scientific research laboratories, it is naturally impossible to retain high-end scientific and technological talents.

Even if those people come to Hong Kong, it is difficult for them to find suitable jobs.

This can be considered as Hong Kong’s shortcoming.

"Okay, okay, I won't bother you anymore." Lin Wanan said, and then hung up the phone.

After ending the call with Lin's father, Lin Haoran flipped through the phone book and quickly found the contact information of Apple Chairman Steve Jobs.

"Mr. Jobs? This is Lin Haoran." After the call was connected, Lin Haoran answered in standard English.

"Good morning, Mr. Lin. I hope I did not disturb you. I thought it should be morning in Hong Kong at this time, so I called you." Jobs asked on the other end of the phone.

It is now June and the United States is using Pacific Daylight Time, so the time difference between Silicon Valley and Hong Kong is 6 hours.

At this moment, it is a little after nine in the morning of June 6th in Hong Kong, while in Silicon Valley it is a little after six in the evening of June 8th.

"No, Mr. Jobs, what's the matter with you?" Lin Haoran asked curiously.

"It's like this, Mr. Lin. Our Apple company plans to go public in December. The purpose of this listing is to bring in a large amount of funds to the company, enabling the company to increase investment in research and development, production, marketing, etc., and promote the company's rapid development. The decision to go public has been unanimously approved by the board of directors. As one of Apple's major shareholders, I called you specifically to tell you that after the listing, our shareholding ratio will be reduced accordingly." Jobs said quickly.

Is Apple going public?
Lin Haoran was not surprised by this.

Because he already knew that Apple would go public at the end of this year.

By then, several major shareholders will become billionaires.

"Okay, Mr. Jobs, I understand. I strongly support the company's listing!" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

"In addition, on the day of listing, as one of the company's major shareholders, I also hope that Mr. Lin can personally participate and ring the bell for the listing at the Nasdaq Stock Exchange!" Jobs continued.

"It's a great honor. If nothing unexpected happens, I will be there to witness this historic moment in person!" Lin Haoran agreed.

This is a rare historical moment. Apple's listing is definitely a very historically significant event. It seems like a good thing to be able to participate in it, so Lin Haoran agreed without thinking twice.

For him, although he knew that Apple would not really enter a period of rapid growth until the mid-to-late 90s, he was not in a hurry.

The reason why he invested in Apple was just an advance layout.

Lin Haoran can't control how many twists and turns Apple will go through along the way. It's normal for a company to have twists and turns in its development!

He only needs to know that Apple set a record of US$2012 billion in market value in 6235, and has since been one of the companies with the highest market value in the world. In 2023, its market value exceeded US$ trillion!
With such a market value, if he can continue to hold 10% of the shares in the future, it means that the market value of his 10% shares will exceed billion US dollars!
Three hundred billion US dollars! Just relying on these shares, it is enough to become the richest man in the world in the future.

Of course, he also knows that Apple will go through multiple rounds of financing in the future, and his current 10% stake will continue to be diluted.

However, Lin Haoran didn't care.

Just wait until it is diluted and then buy it back.

As far as he knew, before the 21st century, Apple's highest market value was only maintained at a few billion dollars.

But after entering the 21st century, Apple began to enter a crazy growth mode.

For example, in 2001, Apple’s market value was only US$63.8 billion.

But by 2023, it will directly exceed 3 trillion US dollars.

In just 22 years, it has increased nearly five hundred times!
Therefore, he is not in a hurry about the dilution of his equity in Apple.

Anyway, now that he holds 10% of the shares, he will always be a relatively important shareholder of Apple no matter how diluted it is.

"In that case, Mr. Lin, I won't bother you anymore. Goodbye," said Jobs.

"goodbye!"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Haoran took Li Weidong and Li Weiguo out.

There is still nearly half a year before Apple goes public, so there is no rush.

However, to be honest, he has not yet experienced the feeling of ringing the bell at the IPO.

Although he is the boss of several listed companies, his Hong Kong Electric Group, Kowloon Motor Bus Company and China Gas Company were all listed companies a long time ago.

As for Wan'an Group and Qingzhou Yingni Company, both of which were once listed companies, they have now been directly privatized by him.

"It seems that I have to experience it when I have the chance." Lin Haoran thought while sitting in the luxurious back seat of the Rolls-Royce.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will also experience an IPO before Apple goes public. He had already secretly planned this IPO last year.

That is to list Aigo.

As June begins, Aimego has entered a period of frantic order taking.

Many orders have been placed with Aigo from America, Europe, and even Oceania. This summer, Aigo is destined to make a fortune again.

Until September, Aigo's orders will not be low.

This year, if nothing unexpected happens, he should be able to make another 200 million from Aigo.

This is not low, considering that it is just a manufacturing company and it only holds 50% of the shares.

It is no exaggeration to call Aigo the most profitable manufacturing company in Hong Kong at present.

Who would have thought that one of Hong Kong's most profitable manufacturing companies was actually a small workshop with only a few dozen workers two years ago, where even the boss had to personally screw in the screws!

That's the benefit of seizing opportunities.

If Liu Luanxiong had not seized this opportunity, he might not have achieved the success of becoming one of the top ten richest people in Hong Kong in later generations.

"Boss, we've arrived at the Hong Kong Electric Group headquarters building." The Rolls-Royce parked steadily in the underground parking lot of the Hong Kong Electric Group building. Li Weiguo turned around and softly interrupted Lin Haoran's thoughts.

"Well, let's go!" Lin Haoran came to his senses and got out of the car after Li Weidong helped him open the door.

Sitting in the elevator, Lin Haoran did not rush to Chen Shoulin's office, but instead took a tour of the Hong Kong Electric Group Building.

After all, he is also the chairman of Hong Kong Electric Group, the big boss of this company with a market value of more than 3 billion Hong Kong dollars.

In April, the market value of Hong Kong Electric Group exceeded HK$3 billion, and it is also among the top ten listed companies in Hong Kong.

Now its market value is rising towards 4 billion Hong Kong dollars.

This bull market in Hong Kong has led to exaggerated increases in the share prices of many stocks. In particular, as one of the top ten stocks, Hong Kong Electric Group has also become the target of speculation by many investors.

Lin Haoran doesn't care about this. Anyway, he holds 49.9% of the shares and has no plans to increase or reduce his holdings for the time being. It seems that no matter how much the Hong Kong Electric Group rises, it has little to do with him.

Although there is a big gap between Hong Kong Electric Group and the top two giants in terms of market value, namely Bank of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Land Development, the fact that it is among the top ten is enough to prove how strong Hong Kong Electric Group is.

Its position in Hong Kong is almost unshakable. (End of this chapter)