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Next, important figures arrived one after another.

The president, vice president, executive president, secretary general, etc., the business strength of each big boss is almost as good as Tang Kun, and the financial resources of several of them even far exceed Tang Kun.

Whenever someone came, Tang Kun would take the initiative to introduce Lin Haoran to them.

For Tang Kun's sake, these people were extremely polite to Lin Haoran.

These bigwigs are able to hold important positions in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in the UK. It is conceivable that they have a certain influence even in the entire British business community.

But after Lin Haoran learned about their financial resources, he was able to discover that none of these people was richer than him.

After all, he had made tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars in gold futures. If the subsequent appreciation of stock prices and real estate values ​​were taken into account, his net worth might even exceed 10 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Even if a billionaire is placed in the whole world, even if those invisible billionaires are included, he is still capable of fighting.

As for the UK, probably only the famous Rothschild family is richer than him.

This was the early 80s, not the era of later generations when people were worth hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars at any time.

Therefore, it is normal that the wealthy people in the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce are not as wealthy as him.

After a long time, when Lin Haoran thought that everyone should have arrived, he didn't expect that these presidents and vice presidents seemed to have received a message and walked towards the elevator.

Even Tang Kun said to Lin Haoran: "Haoran, you stay here first, we are going to pick up an important person."

VIP?

Lin Haoran was a little surprised.

The president, honorary president and others are all here. Who else is worthy of all these people coming downstairs to greet them?

Although he was very curious, Lin Haoran also knew that he would soon find out who this unknown big shot was.

After five minutes, the elevator door slowly opened.

Immediately afterwards, nearly ten people walked out one after another.

Hey, the one leading the group, Lin Haoran recognized him at a glance.

He was a foreigner, standing out among a group of Chinese people.

Isn't this one of the British government leaders who went to greet him in person this morning, the Mayor of London?

Lin Haoran couldn't help but feel a little surprised. He didn't expect that the person who came was this big shot. No wonder all the big shots from the Chamber of Commerce went downstairs to greet him so grandly.

When Lin Haoran looked at the mayor, the mayor obviously saw Lin Haoran at a glance.

"Mr. Lin, I didn't expect to see you here." The mayor strode up to Lin Haoran and said with a smile.

"Hello, Mr. Mayor. I didn't expect to see you here again." Lin Haoran responded with a smile and shook hands with him.

The greeting between the two shocked everyone present.

Unexpectedly, the younger generation brought by Tang Kun was even treated with courtesy by the mayor.

This is the Mayor of London!
At this moment, they knew that the young man in front of them must be no simple person.

Even Tang Kun, Lin Haoran's elder, was a little surprised at this moment.

Although he had learned from Lin Haoran some of his situations in Hong Kong, he had not expected that the mayor would be so respectful to Haoran.

"Lin Haoran, no wonder I felt familiar with this name just now. Isn't he the super rich man who suddenly rose to fame in Hong Kong?"

"Yes, I have heard of this name, but I just didn't make the connection. I heard from my friends in Hong Kong that his strength is extraordinary. Even the powerful British financial group finally bowed to him."

"Now that you mention it, I really remember this. Some time ago, The Times reported that a business war between Jardine Matheson and a Chinese man eventually forced the boss of Jardine Matheson to apologize on TV."

"I haven't paid attention to him. I didn't expect he has such great abilities. He is only in his twenties. It's amazing that he has achieved so much at such a young age."

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In fact, some wealthy people at the scene, like Tang Kun, immigrated from Hong Kong to the UK. After all, Hong Kong has been experiencing a wave of immigration in the past two or three decades. Not only foreigners left Hong Kong, but also some Hong Kong Chinese left Hong Kong. Among them, the UK is the most important immigration destination.

Most of those who were able to immigrate were doing business in Hong Kong, so they would naturally do business after coming to the UK. It is not surprising that some of them became successful.

So, when Lin Haoran was greeting the mayor, many people finally recognized him.

Some people who didn't know Lin Haoran also learned about his achievements in Hong Kong through the popularization of others. "I really thought he was just an ordinary junior of Mr. Tang. I didn't expect that his strength is much stronger than most of us present here."

"Who says it's not true? Thinking about what I just said to him, I feel like I am a clown myself."

The exposure of Lin Haoran's true identity did indeed bring great shock to many people present.

At this moment, not to mention the ordinary chamber of commerce members, even the vice presidents, presidents and other high-level chamber of commerce officials could not help but pay attention to Lin Haoran.

"Old Tang, I never thought you had such an outstanding junior. Why haven't I heard you mention him before?" The president of the Chamber of Commerce standing next to Tang Kun couldn't help but sigh.

The environment in the UK and Hong Kong is completely different. Although the Chinese in the UK can develop, it is difficult for them to reach the top level of the British business community. Compared with local British people, the Chinese are just second-class people. Various policies have already created difficulties for the development of these Chinese businessmen.

Just like this president, among many Chinese businessmen in the UK, his wealth is already among the best, but he only has a net worth of 100 or 200 million pounds.

The current exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the British pound is about 11 to 1. Calculated accordingly, the chairman's net worth is only over or billion Hong Kong dollars.

Compared with Lin Haoran, the difference in wealth alone is several times.

On the contrary, in Hong Kong, since it is a city with a majority of Chinese, when many British financial groups withdrew their investments and became skeptical about the future of Hong Kong, the huge market gap and resources left behind were quickly divided up by many Chinese financial groups, which gradually grew and even surpassed the British financial groups.

Therefore, the Chinese in Hong Kong were able to successfully surpass the British financial groups and become the most powerful force in Hong Kong's business community.

In contrast, Chinese financial groups in the UK find it difficult to rank among the top richest people in the UK, and this is one of the reasons.

"Old Liu, I'm not afraid to tell you that I didn't know about this before today. My nephew never told me anything before, and I rarely pay attention to things in Hong Kong, so I didn't know about this at all." Tang Kun said to the president of the Chamber of Commerce next to him with a wry smile.

He was shocked the whole day today. After Lin Haoran returned to the hotel in the afternoon, he immediately called a friend in Hong Kong who he was not very close to, and finally confirmed that what Lin Haoran said was true.

What a good son-in-law, I missed him in vain.

If his daughter marries Haoran, then there will be someone to entrust the property he has worked so hard to earn to.

Unfortunately, when Lin Haoran graduated, she did not give it any thought and directly rejected his request to stay.

Looking at Lin Haoran greeting the mayor over there, Tang Kun felt a sense of regret.

After some polite exchanges, Lin Haoran did not continue chatting with the mayor.

After all, today I am just a guest, brought here by Tang Bo to meet more people, not to be the protagonist.

The Mayor of London then shifted his attention and started chatting with other people.

The so-called exchange meeting is nothing more than everyone gathering together to discuss whether there is any area of ​​cooperation.

It is rare for people to see each other in normal times, and the exchange meetings regularly organized by the Chamber of Commerce are a very good platform for cooperation.

A lot of delicious food was prepared on site, mostly Chinese cuisine. After all, the people present were all Chinese businessmen, and it would be inappropriate to prepare Western food like steaks.

At this point, Lin Haoran was a little hungry, so everyone had dinner before the exchange meeting began.

More than a dozen tables of dishes were prepared on site.

Lin Haoran was finally arranged to sit at the table with the big guys.

Originally, if the mayor had not shown up this time, he would most likely have been assigned to a table for ordinary members.

But since even the mayor values ​​him, naturally no one dares to underestimate him.

During the banquet, everyone laughed and talked, and raised their glasses to Lin Haoran.

Facing the foreign mayor in the chairman's seat, they maintained a proper sense of propriety, knowing that these British people usually did not follow the same set of rules at the Chinese dinner table, let alone any social interactions at banquets.

However, since Lin Haoran was from Hong Kong and was Chinese like them, they naturally assumed that he would accept and integrate into such cultural customs.

In the Chinese business circle, the higher a person's status and the more respected he is, the more people will toast him as a sign of respect.

But they were destined to be disappointed.

"My dear friends, I'm very sorry. I'm allergic to alcohol. I'll use this cup of tea instead of wine to return your kindness. I sincerely thank you for your warm hospitality." Lin Haoran smiled and elegantly poured tea in return.

In fact, he was not allergic to alcohol. He just noticed that many people around him were eager to try. If he continued like this, he would be hard to get away without drinking a few rounds of liquor. By then, let alone participating in the exchange meeting, he would probably be drunk before the banquet was over.

So he cleverly replaced the wine in his hand with the tea beside him. No matter how much tea he drank, it would only make him go to the bathroom a few more times.

If it were someone else, this move might be interpreted as contempt, but after Lin Haoran's true identity was revealed, no one dared to make such criticisms. Even if they occasionally had complaints in their hearts, they still looked friendly and smiling to Lin Haoran. (End of this chapter)