In Hong Kong, we build a global business empire

Chapter 238 Targeted
"Good morning, Chairman."

"Good morning, Chairman!"

"Good morning, boss."

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As Lin Haoran walked along, employees of the Hong Kong Electric Group greeted him one after another.

Lin Haoran naturally nodded and responded with a smile.

The employee composition of the Hong Kong Electric Group is now roughly balanced, with Chinese and foreigners each accounting for half. This has changed a lot compared to when the group was first led by Lin Haoran.

When he first took office as chairman of Hong Kong Electric Group, although there were a certain number of Chinese employees, foreign employees still dominated.

After Lin Haoran took over the company, under Lin Haoran's secret instructions, Chen Shoulin began to increase the proportion of Chinese employees.

After all, the Hong Kong Electric Group has now transformed into a Chinese-owned enterprise and is no longer the British-owned enterprise it once was.

At the top level, talent is the selection criterion for both Chinese and foreigners. It doesn't matter whether they are Chinese or foreigners, as long as they have enough talent and loyalty, they can take the position.

However, at the middle and lower levels, for positions that do not require such high skills, it would be inappropriate to continue to have foreigners as the main employees.

Of course, this does not mean that all foreign employees will be laid off immediately. Capable foreigners are still welcomed and retained.

Lin Haoran treated all employees equally, regardless of whether they were foreigners or Chinese, and instructed Chen Shoulin to gradually make personnel adjustments.

Soon, Lin Haoran arrived at the finance department of Hong Kong Electric Group.

"Good morning, boss." The person who spoke was Huo Jianning.

This management genius, who previously served as the financial director of Qingzhou Yingni Company, has now been transferred to the Hong Kong Electric Group by Lin Haoran, and has been at the Hong Kong Electric Group for a month.

In fact, the Wan Qing Group under the current Ching Chau Cement Company is no worse than the Hong Kong Electric Group, and it is also possible for Ho Kin Ning to be promoted from Ching Chau Cement to the Wan Qing Group.

After all, the Wanqing Group now controls three large companies: Wan'an Real Estate Company, Qingzhou Cement Company, and Kowloon Motor Bus.

However, after some consideration, Lin Haoran transferred him to the Hong Kong Electric Group.

Because the financial director of Wanqing Group is a talent with very strong financial capabilities and his loyalty level is over 80.

It is obvious that if Huo Jianning is transferred there, he will have little chance of promotion.

On the contrary, the current financial director of Hong Kong Electric Group is a British and his loyalty level is only in the seventies.

Therefore, sooner or later, Kenneth Fok will replace the position of CFO and become the new CFO of HK Electric Group.

After that, after some training, I was gradually promoted to higher levels and was no longer limited to financial management.

Huo Jianning is only 28 years old now, which means he has plenty of time to gain experience.

"How are you doing here? Are you used to it?" Lin Haoran asked with a smile.

"Boss, I'm very used to it, and I feel that I can learn more in the Hong Kong Electric Group than in the Qingzhou Cement Company. Besides, Mr. Chen is very nice to me and often teaches me some management experience, which allows me to learn a lot. Thank you for your cultivation!" said Huo Jianning deeply.

He already knew that Lin Haoran had been cultivating him, which was what made him different from others.

For this, he could only feel touched and grateful.

From now on, working well for the boss is the most important thing for him!
A few months ago, Huo Jianning's loyalty reached 92, and now after being transferred here, it has reached 95.
This is definitely a very high number, ranking in the top 5 among all his subordinates.

"Work hard. I have no shortage of platforms for you to showcase your talents. It just depends on whether you can grasp them. Now I already have several large companies in my hands, and there will be more and more in the future. I look forward to the day when you can stand on your own. By then, you will also be able to run a listed company!" Lin Haoran began to paint a rosy picture for Huo Jianning.

Of course, it wasn't just empty talk, because Lin Haoran knew that Huo Jianning did have the talent for management, and if nothing unexpected happened, he would be able to make a name for himself in the Hong Kong Electric Group soon.

After all, his rapid rise in his previous life, eventually becoming one of Li Jiacheng's most important right-hand men and helping Li Jiacheng's company win numerous opportunities, are enough to prove that his ability is unquestionable.

In this life, Huo Jianning has already been recruited by him for his own use, so Li Jiacheng can forget about it.

In addition, Huo Jianning's loyalty is as high as 95%. It would be a waste not to focus on training such a person!
This is also the reason why Lin Haoran focuses so much on training him.

He also very eagerly hoped that this general would grow up as soon as possible and expand the territory for his company.

The Hong Kong Electric Group is different from the Green Island Electric Company. The Hong Kong Electric Group has long developed into a diversified comprehensive group. Although its main business is still electricity sales, its business such as real estate, engineering, property, finance, electrical appliance production and sales, etc. have developed very well and its strength should not be underestimated.

Therefore, Fok Kin Ning is an accounting director here, although it is only a middle-level manager. It seems that he has been demoted from a senior executive of Qingzhou Cement Company to a middle-level manager of Hong Kong Electric Group. In fact, for Fok Kin Ning, his salary has not changed much, and he can indeed learn more here, which will be more beneficial to his future, so he is more willing to be transferred here.

Since Huo Jianning is very satisfied with his current situation, that is naturally the best.

The purpose of sending him here was to make him grow up as quickly as possible.

After chatting with Ho Kin Ning and inspecting the company, Lin Haoran finally came to the president's office of Hong Kong Electric Group.

In the office, Chen Shoulin was looking down at something with his brows furrowed, obviously worried about something.

Chen Shoulin raised his head when he heard Lin Haoran coming in.

"Mr. Chen, what happened?" Lin Haoran asked curiously.

It is rare to see Chen Shoulin with this kind of expression. It is obvious that he has encountered a difficult problem.

"Last week, a family in Chai Wan had an electric water heater that leaked electricity, which ultimately resulted in a couple who were taking a bath together being electrocuted to death. The product was an electric water heater sold by our Fortress Company, and it was also a brand that our Fortress Company founded many years ago.

Later, we and the police sent people to conduct a technical inspection and found that they did not unplug the water heater when they were taking a shower. This was not the main reason. The main reason was that their power supply was an external power strip, and the power strip leaked water when they were taking a shower.

After years of development, Fortress brand water heaters have become the best-selling electric water heater brand in Hong Kong. This incident had nothing to do with our company. After all, it was not our fault. It was not a quality issue with our water heaters at all. The police also issued a notice to prove that it was not a problem with our product.

The matter was settled in front of the family members that day. Our Fengze Company also gave the family members a sum of money as a humanitarian measure, and the family members accepted it.

However, three days ago, the family members of the couple held banners every day and shouted in front of our Fortress gate, demanding justice. The Hong Kong Times and some tabloids also reported this extensively, which greatly damaged the reputation of our Fortress. Sales have been dismal in the past few days, and some people who had previously placed orders have cancelled their orders.

In the short term, it will have little impact on Fengze Electric Appliance Company, but in the long term, it will be a big blow to Fengze Company. Boss, look, this is a report from the Hong Kong Times. " After Chen Shoulin finished speaking, he handed a newspaper to Lin Haoran.

Fortress Electrical Company is a subsidiary of Hong Kong Electric Company Limited, which mainly produces and sells electrical appliances. Originally, Hong Kong Electric Company Limited planned to acquire China Gas Company, but failed. After that, they launched an activity of giving away electric water heaters to some new settlements. This not only increased the electricity consumption of residents, but also retaliated against China Gas Company and reduced the gas consumption of residents.

Since then, Fengze Electric Appliance Company has started to vigorously develop the household appliance production and sales industry. It not only produces and sells electric water heaters, but also develops and produces electric fans, induction cookers, electric ovens and other electrical appliances.

Among them, Fortress brand electric water heaters have become the best-selling brand in Hong Kong. It can be said that the Hong Kong Electric Group has unexpectedly embarked on such a very good path, which has enabled the group's diversified development to go better.

For the Hong Kong Electric Group, the popularization of these electrical appliances can not only bring new revenue to the company, but also increase their electricity consumption, killing two birds with one stone.

After years of development, Fortress Electrical Company has become a medium-to-large enterprise with annual sales of over HK$100 million and net profits of over HK$10 million. It is considered to be a relatively important subsidiary of the Hong Kong Electric Group.

At this time, Lin Haoran was looking at the "Hong Kong Times" newspaper in his hand.

The incident was indeed reported, and the news was placed in the most prominent position on the front page.

The most important thing is that the above report is not the same as what Chen Shoulin said. It distorts the facts and directly says that the death was caused by electric leakage from the Fortress brand electric water heater, and accuses the Fortress brand electric water heater of having quality problems.

Although the Hong Kong Times cannot compare with Oriental Daily News, Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong Economic Journal and others, it is also one of the top ten best-selling comprehensive newspapers, with tens of thousands of copies sold every day.

Putting down the newspaper, Lin Haoran looked up and asked, "Does Fortress have any competitors?"

After reading the report, Lin Haoran's first thought was that someone wanted to take over Fengze Electrical Appliance Company.

"Yes, and quite a few of them. After all, they are electrical products. There are many electrical brands in Hong Kong and the competition is fierce. I also have this suspicion that competitors deliberately bribed the couple's family members to cause trouble!" said Chen Shoulin.

"Not calling the police?" Lin Haoran asked.

"I reported it, but the police didn't want to get involved, saying that the other party's relative had just died. They just took a statement and left. The police's attitude towards our company has not been like this in the past. I suspect that there is a big money sponsor behind them who is controlling things. Even the police don't want to offend the power behind this." Chen Shoulin rubbed his brows and said, leaning back in the recliner.

Lin Haoran nodded. Judging from the current signs, there was indeed something wrong with this matter.

Although Lin Haoran doesn't care much about a company with sales exceeding 100 million and annual profits exceeding 10 million Hong Kong dollars, this is also his business. What's more, making money is the accumulation of small amounts by each company.

If this company has problems again, and that company has problems again, how can he make money?
Moreover, this is obviously aimed at Fengze Electric Appliance Company and his business.

Business competition is normal, but since the other party wants to use tricks, Lin Haoran will not let him go.

"Mr. Chen, do you suspect anyone?" Lin Haoran continued to ask.

Chen Shoulin has been in charge of the Hong Kong Electric Group for so many years, and he must be familiar with the group. Lin Haoran guessed that he should have a suspect.

If Fortress Electric Appliances Company ignores this matter, the final result will be that Fortress Electric Appliances Company's reputation will become worse and worse. The good reputation that it has worked so hard to accumulate over the past few years will be gone just like that.

This will definitely be a huge blow to the Hong Kong Electric Group.

(End of this chapter)