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Lin Haoran raised his wrist and glanced at the time. It was already half past twelve in the afternoon.

"Go have lunch first. You'll need to keep an eye on the stock market when it opens in the afternoon." Lin Haoran said with a smile.

"Okay, boss. I'll be out first." Su Zhixue said, and quickly left.

Lin Haoran was also preparing to leave the company and go to the Hong Kong Electric Group.

Fortress Electrical Appliances, a subsidiary of Hong Kong Electric Group, quickly resumed its normal business operations after the video was released.

Not only that, many people felt that they had wrongly blamed Fortress Electrical Appliances. This incident also greatly increased the fame of this company, which mainly engaged in electrical appliance retail, and gained a large number of new users.

When citizens want to buy electrical appliances, the first thing they think of is Fortress Electrical Company, not other companies.

In comparison, Jardine Matheson Electric City is in a terrible situation.

In the past few days, some people have observed the situation at Jardine Electrical Appliances City and found that there is almost no customer flow every day.

As long as the heat of this incident does not die down, Jardine Electric City will have no chance of recovering its previous sales.

A company that secretly uses despicable means to develop will eventually be despised by everyone when everyone knows about it.

Therefore, Jardine Matheson's actions this time can be said to have harmed itself.

Just as he was about to leave the office, the phone rang.

Lin Haoran walked over, picked up the receiver and put it to his ear.

"Is this Mr. Lin? This is Mai Lihao." Mai Lihao's voice came from the other end of the phone.

The Governor is looking for him?

Lin Haoran was a little surprised.

However, he quickly recovered and replied, "Hello, Mr. Governor, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"I have something to discuss with you. Are you free now, Mr. Lin?" asked Mai Lihao.

"Mr. Governor, if you want to see me, of course I'm always available!" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

"If you are free, how about you come to the Governor's Mansion at two o'clock in the afternoon?" Mai Lihao continued.

"Okay, then see you at two o'clock in the afternoon!" Lin Haoran agreed.

After hanging up the phone, he sat on the chair in the office, thought for a moment, then got up and left the office.

If nothing unexpected happens, the reason why Mai Lihao came to see him should be about the Jardine Matheson Company.

Even Lin Haoran was surprised that he could endure for a whole week.

No matter what, Jardine Matheson is a well-known company among British-owned enterprises. Even in the UK, it is ranked among the top.

Therefore, the Governor-General's Office certainly could not watch Jardine Matheson continue like this.

If this continues, the reputation of Jardine Matheson will be completely ruined.

If you have a bad reputation, it will definitely be more difficult to do business.

Chinese-owned enterprises have already begun to gradually surpass British-owned enterprises. Jardine Matheson is bringing disaster upon itself this time and will suffer even greater losses.

Through the glass window, the people marching outside have gradually dispersed.

This time, many people brought eggs to participate in the parade. When they arrived at the Jardine Matheson headquarters building, many eggs were smashed onto the wall near the gate of the building, and the yolks, egg whites and egg shells flowed down the wall.

At this moment, the area near the main entrance of the Jardine Matheson headquarters building was in a mess, and the cleaners had not had time to clean it up.

This situation has already been photographed by reporters from the Oriental Daily and other media outlets. It is estimated that this will become the town newspaper's headline news tomorrow.

At the beginning, many media outlets did not report news about Jardine Matheson for the sake of Jardine Matheson's reputation.

However, as Oriental Daily reported on the scandals of Jardine Matheson & Co. every day, one or two pieces of scandals about Jardine Matheson & Co., the sales of Oriental Daily increased significantly.

For example, two days ago, it set a new record with sales reaching a terrifying 32 copies.

The newspaper readership in Hong Kong is basically fixed. If the sales of Oriental Daily News increase significantly, the sales of other newspapers will naturally decrease significantly.

Apart from entertainment gossip, basically few people would buy two or three comprehensive news newspapers at a time. After all, a lot of news is repetitive, and it would be a waste for ordinary people to buy too many.

Under such circumstances, how could other newspapers hold back?

The market share of this newspaper has been taken over by Oriental Daily News, how can they survive?
So, they also started to report on the affairs between Jardine Matheson and Hong Kong Electric Group, trying their best to win back some old users. As for the warning from Jardine Matheson, they didn't take it seriously at all.

As a result, almost all mainstream media in Hong Kong continued to report on this incident.

After broadcasting the video, TVB followed up on the incident every day, with related reports in both the midday and evening news.

However, Rediffusion Television, as a purely British-owned enterprise, has always given face to Jardine Matheson and did not report the relevant news.

However, the loss of ATV will not reduce the intensity of the competition between Jardine Matheson and Hong Kong Electric Group.

As long as Jardine Matheson has not apologized, Oriental Daily will continue to report on it, one piece of black material every day, which is not difficult at all.

There are too many scandals about Jardine Matheson in Hong Kong in its more than 100-year history. Even if Oriental Daily reported one story every day for several years, there would be no problem at all.

After all, Jardine Matheson & Co. became the king of foreign firms in Hong Kong because it used too many illegal means to compete during this period.

As long as you investigate carefully, you can find a lot of negative information.

It was just that in the past, everyone gave face to Jardine Matheson and did not want to offend it, so few media reported it. However, now Oriental Daily is not afraid of Jardine Matheson!

Under such circumstances, the reputation of Jardine Matheson was getting worse and worse.

Lin Haoran and his two bodyguards had lunch in the cafeteria of Wanqing Building. The cafeteria specially prepared a special meal for him and fried some delicious side dishes for the boss.

After dinner, Lin Haoran stayed in Burton’s office until almost 1:30 before leaving Wanqing Building.

Burton has been very busy recently, busy expanding overseas markets, and currently focuses on expanding the Southeast Asian market.

In addition, Wan'an Real Estate Company has also expanded rapidly recently and has won several major projects.

After Kowloon Motor Bus was taken over by Wan Qing Group, some of its reserve lands were planned by Burton as commercial development lands, and eventually they were developed in cooperation with Wan An Real Estate Company.

So, Burton has basically no free time recently.

However, he is also full of energy.

From being the deputy general manager of Qingzhou Yingni Company to being the president of a large group today, the difference is huge.

Burton naturally knew how to seize the opportunity.

In addition, he has never been the head of a large group before. Although he has outstanding abilities, he will definitely need time to adapt. Therefore, he will definitely be busy before he can fully adapt to his current position.

Accustomed to doing things personally when he was the deputy general manager of Qingzhou Yingni Company, he still tends to handle matters personally at work.

Even Lin Haoran had made suggestions on this, and Burton himself realized that it would take time to change this habit.

In the parking lot of Wanqing Building, Lin Haoran sat in the back seat of the Rolls-Royce and said, "Let's go to the Governor's Mansion."

"Okay, boss!" Li Weiguo agreed and started the engine. The Rolls-Royce slowly drove away from Wanqing Building.

Ten minutes later, the Rolls-Royce stopped in the parking space in front of the Governor's Palace.

Under the guidance of the staff of the Governor's Office, Lin Haoran came to Mai Lihao's office with familiarity.

A week ago, Lin Haoran had just met with Governor MacLehose, who promised not to interfere in the affairs between him and Jardine Matheson.

During this period, Mai Lihao did keep his promise and did not interfere in the affairs between the two parties.

I just don’t know how to handle this matter today.

In fact, for Lin Haoran, it is not impossible to let Jardine Matheson go, provided that Jardine Matheson agrees to his request!

"Mr. Governor, Mr. Lin is here." The staff knocked on the office door and said inside.

"Come in." Mai Lihao's voice came from inside the door.

The staff member opened the office door and said to Lin Haoran, "Mr. Lin, please come in."

Lin Haoran nodded and strode into the office.

Inside, just as he expected, not only Governor MacLeod was there, but also Niu Bijian, the boss of Jardine Matheson.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Lin. Please take a seat!" Mai Lihao said with a smile, pointing to the sofa.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Governor!" Lin Haoran nodded and sat down opposite Mai Lihao.

Niu Bijian did not greet Lin Haoran, so Lin Haoran naturally would not take the initiative to speak.

After all, the two sides are now in a state of discord.

After sitting down, Lin Haoran turned his gaze to Mai Lihao and Niu Bijian, his eyes seemed to be exploring each other's intentions.

"Mr. Lin, I specially invited you here this time mainly because I hope to help ease the relationship between you and Jardine Matheson. Hong Kong is not a big place, and as the saying goes, we may not see each other when we look up, so there is no need to make the relationship so tense.

In my opinion, you two may sit down and talk calmly to jointly resolve these disputes and create a harmonious environment for Hong Kong's business community." Mai Lihao said with a smile.

"Mr. Governor, we were not the first to instigate this incident. We have always been operating our business in a law-abiding manner. It was Jardine Matheson that took the initiative to set a trap for our company. You should have heard of this, Mr. Governor.

Therefore, I think the key to whether this matter can be resolved lies in the attitude of Jardine Matheson! "Lin Haoran threw the question back to Niu Bijian without hesitation, and mentioned the past behavior of Jardine Matheson.

When Jardine Matheson attempted to frame his companies, MacLehose did not step in to mediate.

Therefore, it is obviously impossible to expect him to let this matter go easily now.

At the very least, he asked Jardine Matheson to show an attitude of admitting its mistakes first.

At this moment, Niu Bijian's face was as gloomy as water.

After all, he is also an important figure in Hong Kong's business community, and his status is on par with that of Mike Lehmann, Stephen Simpson and others.

Therefore, it is really difficult for him to admit his mistake on his own initiative.

"Mr. Lin, to what extent do you think our Jardine Matheson Company needs to do to bring this matter to an end?" Niu Bijian finally asked.

"I have made it clear at the previous press conference that I only want a sincere apology, but to this day, I have not heard any acknowledgment of fault from Jardine Matheson, which makes me very disappointed.

At this moment, even if you apologize, I will not give up easily. In addition to the apology, you also need to give us full compensation. Our losses in those days were quite heavy, and we can't just accept it blindly. "Lin Haoran said calmly and firmly.

So what if he is a business tycoon?

Today, he is also a big boss who cannot be underestimated. (End of this chapter)