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Liu Luanxiong in this world has a higher starting point, and his future achievements may be even higher.

The business world is so big that it is impossible for Lin Haoran to make all the money by himself.

Now, Liu Luanxiong apparently owes Lin Haoran a lot of favors, and the relationship between the two is very good.

In the future, having an ally like Liu Luanxiong might be of great help to him.

Going it alone is not appropriate anywhere, including in the business world.

In the evening, Lin Haoran had a sumptuous dinner at Liu's house.

Liu Luanxiong really attaches great importance to Lin Haoran. According to Lin Haoran's knowledge, the ingredients on the table are basically top-notch, and many of them are imported seafood ingredients. The cost of a table of dishes is at least more than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Lin Haoran drank a little wine tonight, which was rare, but not much, because he had important arrangements tomorrow.

It was after eight o'clock in the evening before he said goodbye to Liu Luanxiong.

"Haoran, please come to my house often when you have time. In the Hong Kong business community, you are my only true confidant!" Liu Luanxiong was a little drunk. He stood by Lin Haoran's car window and said with a burp.

"Okay, go back and rest early. I will definitely come back to drink with you when I have the chance." Lin Haoran waved to him, and then the car blended into the night.

After returning home, Lin Haoran washed up and went to rest early.

It was not until around seven o'clock the next morning that he woke up from his dream.

Jardine Matheson is going to hold a board meeting at nine o'clock this morning, and Lin Haoran naturally doesn't want to miss the time.

As usual, they were eating breakfast at home and reading the newspapers. At around 8:20, Lin Haoran took Li Weidong and Li Weiguo out and went directly to the Jardine House.

The location of Sze Hoon Road is indeed good. Whether you are going to Central, Sheung Wan, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, North Point and other places, it normally only takes a dozen minutes at most, or even a few minutes.

If he lived in Deep Water Bay, it would take him more than half an hour to get there, even during rush hour.

At 8:40, Lin Haoran successfully arrived at Niu Bijian's office.

He was not familiar with the Jardine House. Both times he came to the Jardine House, others took him upstairs to find Niu Bijian. As for where the meeting room was, he certainly didn't know.

Besides, it's still early now, so it would be most appropriate to go to Niu Bijian's office and go to the conference room with him.

"Mr. Lin, I have arranged everything. At nine o'clock in the morning, Mr. Shen Bi, Henry Keswick and other important shareholders or shareholder representatives, as well as board members, senior management, etc., a total of 32 people, will attend on time." Niu Bijian said when he saw Lin Haoran.

At this moment, Niu Bijian seemed to have forgotten the conflict he once had with Lin Haoran, as well as the humiliation of being forced to apologize in front of all the citizens of Hong Kong on TV.

Because he knows that, after all, he is just a professional manager, or to put it bluntly, an employee.

But Lin Haoran is different. He now controls more than 20% of the shares and is already one of the real bosses of Jardine Matheson, and also the largest shareholder.

In this situation, how could he still act so arrogantly? How could he still show his disdain to Lin Haoran?
Lin Haoran nodded, chatted with Niu Bijian in the office, and at about 8:50, he followed Niu Bijian to the meeting room.

Now, on the surface, he and Niu Bijian have formed a united front.

In the business world, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

Now that they are working together, each of them can get what they need.

Niu Bijian wanted to use Lin Haoran to contain the Henry Keswick family so that he could stay in the position of the head of Jardine Matheson for a long time.

Lin Haoran took advantage of the situation to understand their plans, and at the same time he was able to keep a close eye on the progress of Jardine Matheson's mutual control plan, so that he could announce his entry into the Jardine Matheson Group at the right time and thus take control of Jardine Matheson.

They came to a conference room of about two to three hundred square meters. At this moment, many people had already arrived in the conference room, including Shen Bi, whom Lin Haoran was familiar with.

"Mr. Shen Bi, we meet again." Lin Haoran greeted with a smile.

"Mr. Lin, congratulations!" Shen Bi didn't feel embarrassed at all for not replying to Lin Haoran before.

This kind of big guy has already done many things without changing his expression, and he is very thick-skinned.

Huifeng Bank is also one of the important shareholders of Jardine Matheson, holding 6% of the shares of Jardine Matheson. As the head of Huifeng Bank, Shen Bi naturally has to participate in such important meetings.

Shen Bi also took Lin Haoran with him and introduced him to some important British financial group bosses.

This also includes Henry Keswick.

Henry Keswick gave Lin Haoran a complicated look and simply greeted him without saying much.

Even Henry Keswick still doesn't know what the meeting was about.

When he saw Lin Haoran here, he was confused for a moment.

Niu Bijian agreed to let Lin Haoran serve as the vice chairman of the board of directors of Jardine Matheson without discussing it with Henry Keswick.

Because he knew that Henry Keswick would never agree. He did not even tell those shareholders who had a very good relationship with Henry Keswick in advance.

These people all wanted to kick him out of his position as the head of Jardine Matheson.

But so what?
Now Niu Bijian has the confidence to fight against Henry Keswick.

He successively persuaded Shen Bi and several shareholders with whom he had a good relationship.

As for the top management of Jardine Matheson, the vast majority of them supported him.

In addition, with Lin Haoran, a major shareholder holding more than 20% of the shares, even if Henry Keswick and his gang of followers oppose, Niu Bijian will be able to win with more numbers.

As long as Lin Haoran successfully enters the core layer of Jardine Matheson, Henry Keswick will no longer be a threat to Niu Bijian.

As for whether Henry Keswick will cooperate with Lin Haoran to drive him out of office?

Niu Bijian had no such worries at all.

Because he knew that Henry Keswick's ambitions were destined not to accommodate Lin Haoran, the largest shareholder.

The emergence of Lin Haoran seriously threatened the interests of Henry Keswick's family in Jardine Matheson. How could he possibly cooperate with Lin Haoran?

After everyone was seated in their respective seats, Niu Bijian, the head of Jardine Matheson, began to preside over the meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are holding this meeting here today mainly to discuss and decide one thing. After many discussions between me and Mr. Lin Haoran, Mr. Lin Haoran has promised me that he will no longer increase his holdings in Jardine Matheson. Currently, Mr. Lin Haoran holds a total of 20.86% of Jardine Matheson's shares and no longer has the idea of ​​controlling Jardine Matheson.

Therefore, after discussion, Mr. Lin's request was that he hoped to get a nominal position of vice chairman of the board of directors, not participating in actual management, but only joining the board of directors to participate in major decision-making.

Therefore, this meeting is held to vote on whether Mr. Lin will become the vice chairman of the board of directors of Jardine Matheson. The final decision will be made on the principle of the majority winning over the minority. "Niu Bijian stood up and said solemnly to everyone.

After Niu Bijian finished speaking, Lin Haoran also stood up at the right time.

"Everyone, the recent incident of Jardine Matheson has caused a lot of uproar. You should all know me. Mr. Niu Bijian is very sincere. After discussion, I finally decided to stop increasing my holdings of Jardine Matheson shares. My request is not high. I just want a nominal position in Jardine Matheson. If it is approved this time, then everyone will be happy. If it is not approved, then I will continue to increase my holdings of Jardine Matheson shares.

I am not afraid to tell you that I recently sold my shares in Aigo and obtained a considerable amount of funds, which is enough for me to continue to increase my holdings of Jardine Matheson shares. If I really want to increase my holdings, even if I cannot control Jardine Matheson for the time being, I will have the opportunity to do so in the future.

"I know you want to use the government to put pressure on me, but I am not afraid to tell you that I am not afraid of government pressure. As a listed company, I absorb Jardine Matheson's shares through the market, which is legal and compliant. You want to use the government to put pressure on me, I tell you, you think too much!" Lin Haoran said slowly in standard English.

His meaning was very clear. If you agree, I will not continue to increase my holdings. If you don’t agree, I will continue to increase my holdings. I have plenty of money!

Today, Lin Haoran only holds 20% of the shares and cannot pose a threat to their British consortium for the time being.

But if they continue to increase their holdings, it is possible that they will pose a threat in the future.

After all, things are constantly changing, and it is not impossible that a shareholder of a British consortium would secretly sell his shares to Lin Haoran in the future.

No one can guarantee that the shareholders of their British financial group will always be united.

If Lin Haoran really holds enough shares by then, plus the shares purchased from British shareholders, then it may be possible to truly control Jardine Matheson.

This is something that many shareholders are certainly unwilling to see, especially Henry Keswick.

Therefore, what Lin Haoran said at this moment was actually a threat to Henry Keswick.

If you agree, everyone will be happy.

Lin Haoran's words calmed Henry Keswick down.

When Niu Bijian first said this, his first thought was to object directly.

But now, he needs to think about it.

"Everyone, Mr. Niu Bijian, let's pause the meeting and discuss it. It won't take too long." Henry Keswick stood up and said directly.

"Of course!" Niu Bijian nodded.

So Henry Keswick left his chair and walked towards the door.

And behind him, there were twelve or thirteen people following.

These people include several important shareholders and several Jardine Matheson executives.

They were Henry Keswick's most important supporters in Jardine Matheson.

Henry Keswick must have thought carefully about this matter, after all, it involves the interests of their Keswick family.

So we need to consider a win-win solution.

You need to think twice before you agree or not! (End of this chapter)