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For more than a week, Liu Luanxiong enjoyed unlimited glory. Reporters rushed to interview him every day, as if he was the focus of the spotlight.

He began to revel in this new experience of fame.

In the past, despite being a billionaire, he remained unknown and was only known to employees in his own factory.

However, now almost everyone in Hong Kong knows his name, and when he goes out, people often affectionately call him "Mr. Liu."

This unprecedented attention and recognition made him feel novel and enjoyable.

"So this is what it feels like to be a well-known public figure." In the office of Aigo, Liu Luanxiong's smile almost never stopped.

Half an hour ago, a reporter from Ta Kung Pao had just completed an exclusive interview for him. After the reporter left, the lively atmosphere was still echoing in the office.

This is the tenth reporter who has sought an exclusive interview with him.

After all, he is still a young man, and he readily agreed to every exclusive interview.

Liu Luanxiong seemed to be attracted by the glory of fame and was completely immersed in the joy of his rising fame.

Every praise and every bit of attention are like nectar that nourishes his deep yearning and unremitting pursuit of fame in his heart.

For a time, Liu Luanxiong became the young business leader in Hong Kong second only to Lin Haoran.

As Aigo is jointly held by these two young billionaires, it has attracted the attention of countless people.

On the other hand, Lin Haoran also met with the general manager of Huodoli and reached a cooperation with him to assist Aigo Company in its successful listing.

After that, there was nothing for him to do.

Huoduoli Company will liaise with Liu Luanxiong, and communication between the two parties will be enough to decide what to do.

In the blink of an eye, it was already August.

On this day, Lin Haoran once again received a call from Governor Murray MacLehose.

On the other end of the phone, Murray MacLehose invited him to the Governor's House, saying that he had important matters to discuss.

After arriving at the Governor's Residence and walking into MacLehose's office, Lin Haoran found that there were already several people sitting on the sofa.

In addition to Governor Murray MacLehose, there were also Stephen Simpson, Niu Bijian, Shi Yueke, Bao Yugang, Li Ka-shing, etc., a total of six or seven people.

All of these are the top tycoons in Hong Kong’s business community.

When they saw Lin Haoran, Shen Bi, Bao Yugang and others greeted him with a smile.

The only exception is Niu Bijian.

This middle-aged British man in his forties was narrow-minded. He had lost face in front of Lin Haoran twice before. Now he regarded Lin Haoran as his enemy. He completely ignored his identity as a big boss in the business world and had no intention of reconciliation.

Since Niu Bijian ignored Lin Haoran, Lin Haoran naturally would not embarrass himself.

What about Jardine Matheson? In fact, he has now quietly become a major shareholder of Jardine Matheson, but it has not been made public yet.

Even the boss of Jardine Matheson was just a professional manager.

The shareholding structure of Jardine Matheson was complicated. Even if he became a major shareholder, it would be difficult for him to seize control easily, not to mention the potential interference from the Governor-General's Office. Therefore, it remained unknown whether he could truly take over Jardine Matheson.

But he was determined to acquire the core business of Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd. - the Hong Kong Land Group.

By then, what kind of state of mind would Niu Bijian be in?
Therefore, facing the hostility revealed by Niu Bijian, Lin Haoran didn't care at all.

After all, in the last incident at Fortress Electrical Appliances, it was Jardine Matheson that took the initiative to provoke, not Lin Haoran.

Now Niu Bijian acted like a victim, and this behavior only made Lin Haoran look down on him even more.

Not long after Lin Haoran sat down, several top bosses arrived one after another.

There are more than a dozen people on the scene, and it can be said that they have almost controlled most of the business fields in Hong Kong.

Looking at these business giants present at the scene, Lin Haoran had roughly guessed the purpose of Governor Murray MacLehose summoning him here this time.

The last time he met privately with MacLehose, the Governor-General had revealed that there were plans to organize a Hong Kong business delegation to visit the UK in August and asked him to make preparations.

Now, August has arrived, and Lin Haoran guessed that MacLehose invited these business leaders to gather together for this matter.

Sure enough, seeing that everyone had arrived, Governor Murray MacLehose stood in front of everyone and announced: "You are all the best in our Hong Kong business community. I believe you have already heard the reason why I invited you here.

That's right. At the invitation of the Queen of England, we will organize Hong Kong's business elites to visit the UK for a week-long visit. At present, we have tentatively set the departure time as 8 a.m. on August 8. Do you have any objection to this? If you do, please raise your hand. "

For such a major event, MacLehose should have informed all those who needed to be involved in advance so that everyone could be fully prepared.

After all, everyone here is a business tycoon who manages one or several large companies and needs to make arrangements in advance.

Today is August 8st. MacLehose called everyone together a week in advance, apparently to allow everyone enough time to handle the work at hand and ensure a smooth departure.

For Lin Haoran, the specific date of departure is not important.

He is not like some of the big guys present who need to handle a lot of affairs personally and like to do everything by himself. He relies on a team of professional managers.

Of course, there were also several professional managers present, and they had shareholders who trusted them very much, such as Shen Bi, Niu Bijian, etc.

Although they are not shareholders of Bank of England and Jardine Matheson, they are able to firmly sit in the top position of their respective companies, thanks to the full delegation of power by shareholders.

No one raised their hand at the scene, and it was obvious that everyone accepted MacLehose's arrangement.

"Since everyone has no objection, the departure time is set." Murray MacLehose made the decision decisively.

Afterwards, MacLehose discussed in detail with everyone the itinerary arrangements for the inspection trip to the UK.

Considering that the visit time is only one week, which is relatively short, it is impossible to cover too many places, so the main itinerary will focus on the London metropolitan area.

As for the proposal to extend the visit?
That is even more unrealistic, because everyone present is a business tycoon, and their work schedules are already fully packed, so they can't have much extra time to waste.

The entire negotiation process lasted about an hour and finally ended successfully.

Lin Haoran is actually quite looking forward to going to the UK.

Although he graduated from the London Business School, he had never set foot on that land in person and could only imagine it through some fragments of memory.

It has been nearly two years since he traveled to Hong Kong, and the only overseas places he has visited since leaving Hong Kong are the United States and the Middle East.

Whether he went to the United States or the Middle East, his purpose was very clear - to make profits by taking advantage of the oil crisis and gold futures.

In both trips, he achieved fruitful results and earned a lot of cash.

The fact that he now owns several listed companies is largely due to these two opportunities.

Otherwise, if he had developed step by step in Hong Kong, although as a child of a wealthy family he had many advantages and it might not have been difficult for him to become a billionaire, it would have been extremely difficult for him to achieve his current achievements.

Perhaps, he could only use the money he earned from Wharf Holdings, the inheritance his father gave him, and the profits he earned from Aigo to invest in land and wait for it to appreciate.

However, although waiting for the land to appreciate would eventually bring in a large amount of cash flow, by that time, he would have already missed the golden opportunity to acquire high-quality companies such as Hong Kong Electric Group, China Gas Company, and Kowloon Motor Bus.

Therefore, these two experiences of leaving Hong Kong are of great significance to Lin Haoran.

However, he really couldn't figure out what he could do and what benefits it would bring to him if he went to the UK now.

World Cup betting? Now is not the time, the next World Cup will not be until 1982.

Moreover, he had never paid attention to the World Cup of this era in his previous life. Even if he had an excellent memory now, he could not know the information that he had not known in his previous life.

Therefore, he really doesn't have any specific plans for his upcoming trip to the UK.

We can only take one step at a time.

After arriving in the UK, look for opportunities to make money.

If so, that would be best.

If not, just go there to relax.

By the way, Wanqing Group can also take this opportunity to expand its market presence in Europe.

Being limited to the Nanyang market obviously could not satisfy his ambitions.

After all, the European and American markets are the largest markets in the world.

If the companies under its control want to become world giants, they must take the path of internationalization.

Otherwise, they will always be just regional enterprises and find it difficult to break through their limitations.

Just like Huifeng Bank, the reason why it can become one of the top ten international banks in the future is precisely because it has always been seeking international development and continuously acquiring banks in the United States, the United Kingdom and other places, thereby greatly expanding its market scope.

Lin Haoran is also ambitious. He also hopes that Wan Qing Group, Hong Kong Electric Group and others can go the internationalization path and one day become world-renowned companies in the future, rather than just doing small things in Hong Kong or even Southeast Asia.

After leaving the Governor's Mansion, Lin Haoran went to Wanqing Building, which was not far from the Governor's Mansion, while it was still early.

Before he reached Wanqing Building, the pager on his waist started beeping.

He picked up the pager and looked at the number. It was a call from the TVB chairman's office. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be Run Run Shaw calling him.

In order to reassure Run Run Shaw, it has been more than ten days since TVB held a board meeting and elected a new chairman and vice chairman. However, Lin Haoran, the vice chairman of TVB, has not visited the TVB headquarters on Broadcast Drive in Kowloon Tong once, let alone interfered with the management there.

In fact, Lin Haoran is just lazy.

It takes him at least thirty to forty minutes to go to Broadcasting Channel on Hong Kong Island.

On the other hand, it also makes Shao Yifu feel at ease.

"Why is Shao Yifu looking for me at this time?" Looking at the number on the pager, Lin Haoran frowned and muttered. (End of this chapter)