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Chapter 306 Finding the traitor, Lin Haoran's plan

"Let's talk in your office." Lin Haoran said to Su Zhixue.

"Okay, boss!" Su Zhixue agreed.

The two soon arrived at the general manager's office.

"What's the situation of the Jardine Matheson Group?" Lin Haoran asked.

At this moment, it is already ten o'clock in the morning, which means that the stock market has been open for half an hour.

"Boss, the news spread too quickly, so many investors have their eyes on the shares of the Hong Kong Land Development. In just less than half an hour, the market value of the Hong Kong Land Development has increased from HK$1.18 billion to HK$29.36 billion, and it is still rising. In this half hour, we have absorbed a total of 30.54% of the shares of the Hong Kong Land Development. Together with the % shares we already held, our Universal Investment Company actually holds % of the shares of the Hong Kong Land Development. At present, due to the rapid increase, I have temporarily stopped further acquisitions." Su Zhixue reported.

Lin Haoran nodded and said in surprise: "You bought so much?"

1.18%. In the previous month, it would take nearly one or two weeks to absorb this much.

Now, it’s only less than half an hour.

"In the past, we were more cautious in absorbing shares for fear of being discovered. But when the market opened today, we were no longer restrained and could go all out. We are very familiar with the stock of Jardine Matheson Group, so we were able to absorb it easily," Su Zhixue replied.

Immediately afterwards, Su Zhixue reported on the current situation of the Swire Group.

Nowadays, many investors are pouring in, and they are expecting events like the Wharf Holdings Increase Battle to happen again. Last time, many investors made a fortune from the Wharf Holdings stock. So it is normal for these investors to start speculating on the shares of the Wharf Holdings after learning that Lin Haoran has set his sights on the Wharf Holdings.

"According to the current reactions of shareholders, its stock price should rise rapidly in a short period of time. Should we continue to increase our holdings?" Su Zhixue said a lot before asking at the end.

Lin Haoran calculated that with the 6% stake in Hong Kong Electric Group, he actually controlled 36.54% of the shares of Hong Kong Land Development.

If nothing unexpected happens, the shares held by Jardine Matheson and all British shareholders will not exceed this number, which means that he can basically seize controlling rights.

The only problem we are worried about right now is that the unknown competitor should have absorbed less than 5% of the shares in the past two or three months.

If he sells his shares to Jardine Matheson, his 36.54% stake may not be secure.

"How is the trading volume of Jardine Matheson?" Lin Haoran thought for a moment and asked.

"The trading volume of Jardine Matheson's stocks is the same as before, with not much change. I guess it's only our Universal Investment Company that is secretly absorbing them." Su Zhixue replied.

“Well, the Swire Group will continue to absorb, but the speed of absorption should be slowed down. You should organize the people from the Jardine Matheson project team to increase the absorption of Jardine Matheson shares!” Lin Haoran said directly.

He already had a preliminary plan in mind.

"Okay, boss." Su Zhixue nodded.

"By the way, Zhixue, has anyone resigned from the project team of the Real Estate Group during this period?" Lin Haoran asked.

"Boss, our treatment is leading in the entire Hong Kong securities industry, so no one will voluntarily resign unless we fire them. However, so far this year, no employee in our company has resigned." Although he didn't understand why the boss asked this, Su Zhixue still told the truth.

"Okay, I got it. You go and get busy first!" Lin Haoran waved his hand and said.

"Boss, I'll be out first!" Su Zhixue said, and left the office.

Watching Su Zhixue leave, Lin Haoran also left the general manager's office and returned to his own office.

He did not interfere too much in the work arrangements of the project team. He trusted the general manager Su Zhixue very much, so he did not want to disturb the project team too much.

Sitting in my office, I overlook the high-rise buildings on both sides of Victoria Harbour and the bustling streets with heavy traffic.

In the distance, an airplane is taking off from Kai Tak International Airport.

Today in Hong Kong, the weather is pleasant and the sky is clear, but Lin Haoran is not calm at the moment.

Because he is finally going to take action against the Jardine Matheson Group and Jardine Matheson Holdings.

Especially for the Jardine Matheson Group, for them, only success is allowed, failure is not allowed!

Time passed by little by little, and soon it was twelve o'clock noon.

Lin Haoran then left the office, and Su Zhixue happened to come out of the office where the Jardine Matheson project team was located.

"Boss, it's lunch time. The morning trading has ended. I'll go to your office to report our morning results to you." Su Zhixue hurriedly said to Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran shook his head and said directly: "Don't rush this. Gather all the people in the Landmark Group project team and go to the conference room. It won't take long, just a few minutes!"

He did not forget that there was a suspected mole in the company.

From previous questioning, Lin Haoran already knew that no employee had resigned from the company this year, which meant that the traitor who sold the information to the Hong Kong Times was still in the company!
How can it be possible to enjoy a high salary in the company and want to make extra money outside?

If it were someone else, it would be very difficult to find the traitor.

But for Lin Haoran, finding the traitor was an easy task.

"Okay, boss. I'll go right away. If it's later, they'll all go out for lunch." Su Zhixue responded directly. Soon, dozens of employees from the Landmark project team came to a meeting room in the company.

There are both men and women, but mainly men. At this moment, these employees are dressed in suits and waiting with puzzled looks on their faces.

At this time, it was lunch time. They had an hour to eat lunch and then return to work in the afternoon.

Lin Haoran walked into the meeting room, and all the employees shouted in unison: "Good afternoon, boss!"

"Well, thank you all for your hard work during this period!" Lin Haoran said with a smile on his face.

However, at this moment, his eyes were fixed on a middle-aged man wearing a colorful tie.

His loyalty is particularly conspicuous.

Most of the other employees were in their seventies or eighties, and the youngest was seventy. However, the loyalty of this middle-aged man wearing a colorful tie was so high that Lin Haoran could tell at a glance that there was something wrong with him.

Ruan Jingcheng: [Loyalty: 13/100]

Ridiculously low.

He had previously assessed the loyalty of those who were able to enter this company. If he remembered correctly, this person's loyalty level was over seventy, but now it was only a pitiful thirteen.

He knew before that loyalty would drop, and drop sharply, once one betrayed someone.

Therefore, it is clear who the traitor is.

"I won't disturb you anymore. Let's take a nap. You will all have to work hard in the afternoon." Lin Haoran continued.

Everyone was a little confused and didn't understand why the boss called them over.

Is it just to say these two sentences?
Not to mention the employees on site, even the general manager Su Zhixue didn't understand the meaning of the boss's actions.

After everyone left, Lin Haoran turned to Su Zhixue and asked, "That middle-aged man wearing a colorful tie, a slightly bald head, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, should be Ruan Jingcheng, right?"

"Yes, boss. He is an old employee of the company. He belongs to the third batch of colleagues who joined the company and has been working here for more than a year." Su Zhixue answered respectfully.

Lin Haoran nodded, but did not directly tell Su Zhixue that Ruan Jingcheng was the spy.

Because even if he said it out loud, it would be useless. Conventional means would not be able to force such a traitor to confess.

So even if he told Su Zhixue, it would be difficult for him to find conclusive evidence to identify the traitor.

"Starting from this afternoon, don't assign him any important company tasks, especially those involving confidential information. But remember not to let him realize that you are targeting him." Lin Haoran continued to instruct.

"Ah? Boss, do you suspect that he is the one who leaked the news that we are eyeing the Jardine Matheson Group?" Su Zhixue quickly understood what he meant.

Only in this way can we explain why the boss would target an ordinary employee.

"Anyway, just do as you are told." Lin Haoran smiled slightly without further explanation.

The reason why Lin Haoran did not let Su Zhixue fire him directly was because he did not want to alert the enemy.

If he is fired suddenly, he will definitely realize that what he has done may have been exposed.

At that time, if he escapes from Hong Kong directly, it will be difficult for Lin Haoran to find him.

Although the other person is just a small person, since you have done something wrong to him, you have to bear the consequences.

And for Lin Haoran, it is a very simple matter to make this traitor admit his mistakes, that is to use extraordinary means!

"Okay, boss. I understand." Su Zhixue agreed directly and did not continue to dwell on this issue.

For him, it is enough to just follow his boss's instructions.

Next, Su Zhixue took the initiative to report the company’s performance for the entire morning.

After the pace of acquiring shares of the Jardine Matheson Group slowed down, by the end of 12 noon, Huanyu Investment Company's shareholding in the Jardine Matheson Group had only reached 30.76%, an increase of only 0.22% compared to two hours ago.

However, Jardine Matheson had made considerable gains.

In one morning, Universal Investment Company increased its stake in Jardine Matheson by 0.96%.

Together with the shares of Jardine Matheson Group that he had previously held, Lin Haoran has actually secretly controlled more than 19% of Jardine Matheson shares. Based on the speed of absorption in the morning, there will be basically no problem for him to control more than 20% of the shares today.

This was the first time they had bought such a large amount of Jardine Matheson shares since they started buying them.

After all, in the previous six months, it had only absorbed about 18% of Jardine Matheson shares.

But now, the trading volume in just one morning is nearly 1% of the total shares of Jardine Matheson.

(End of this chapter)