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Wanqing Building, 31st floor, Lin Haoran’s personal office.

After Lin Haoran reached an agreement with Li Jiacheng and settled all the share transfer matters, he returned here.

At this point, there is no need for him to delay taking over the Jardine Matheson Group any longer.

So, the next thing to do is to organize a management team and take over the Jardine Matheson Group.

After the successful takeover by the Jardine Matheson Group, we will then take over Jardine Matheson!

The scale of the two companies is among the largest in Hong Kong, so taking over these two groups is not an easy task.

At this moment, he was summoning his generals such as Burton and Cui Zilong to discuss how to take over the two companies.

Before this, everything Huanyu Investment Company did had always been very mysterious, so neither Burton nor Cui Zilong knew anything about Lin Haoran's plan.

Now they were both shocked to learn that their boss had quietly gained the power to control Jardine Matheson and the Hong Kong Land Group.

Whether it was Jardine Matheson or Swire Properties, taking over either of them would be enough to make them unbelievable.

“Boss, even though you are now able to control Jardine Matheson and Hong Kong Land Group, I still suggest that you do not rush to let your cronies take over directly. Instead, take a gradual approach and consolidate your controlling position first,” Burton suggested.

"Hmm? Why is that? Wouldn't it be more direct and effective to let our team occupy senior positions?" Lin Haoran asked curiously.

“Both Wanqing Group and other enterprises have gathered a large number of management talents. Their management capabilities are outstanding, but they may not understand the specific operations of Jardine Matheson and Hong Kong Land Group. If we rashly take over and significantly replace the original senior management, these two companies are likely to suffer heavy losses in the short term.

Therefore, boss, the safest approach is to proceed step by step. After obtaining the controlling stake, temporarily retain the original senior management, and then slowly infiltrate your confidants, so that they have enough time to deeply understand the internal operation of the company, and then gradually take over the management. In this way, the losses of the two companies can be minimized! "Burton explained with a smile.

Lin Haoran quickly understood the implication of Burton's words and nodded.

"In this case, when it comes to taking over these two companies, there really can't be too many changes in the top management, and I don't need to make too many preparations." Lin Haoran said thoughtfully, his hand supporting his chin.

The situation of taking over Hong Kong Electric Group is very different from the current takeover of Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land Group.

As for the Hong Kong Electric Group, Lin Haoran highly admired Chen Shoulin's talents. In addition, as a Chinese manager, Chen Shoulin led the Hong Kong Electric Group to achieve outstanding results. From the financial statements of previous years, it can be seen how profitable the Hong Kong Electric Group is under the management of Chen Shoulin's team.

Therefore, after acquiring the Hong Kong Electric Group, he did not make major adjustments to the senior management.

However, the situation of Jardine Matheson and Hong Kong Land Group is completely different.

These two companies have long been firmly controlled by British financial groups, and almost all of their senior executives are from these British financial groups.

If Lin Haoran wants to truly take over, he will definitely need to clean up these people in the future. Otherwise, even he, the major shareholder, may not be able to smoothly direct the operation of the company.

But if all the senior management are replaced at once, the situation as Burton described will certainly occur.

So the best way is to replace the high-level ones slowly rather than replacing too many at once.

Just as Lin Haoran was about to speak again, the phone rang.

Lin Haoran picked up the phone and answered the call in front of Burton, Cui Zilong, Su Zhixue and others: "Hello, this is Lin Haoran."

"Mr. Lin, this is Niu Bijian. I want to inform you of something. Jardine Matheson will hold a board meeting in Conference Room 28 on the 2807th floor of Jardine House at o'clock tomorrow morning. Please be present for the meeting on time." Niu Bijian said on the other end of the phone.

"Mr. Niu Bijian, can you tell us what the specific purpose of this meeting is?" Lin Haoran asked curiously.

He originally planned to launch a surprise attack on the Jardine Matheson Group tomorrow and hold a press conference there to announce the news that he would take over the Jardine Matheson Group.

Unexpectedly, Niu Bijian invited him to attend the board meeting at Jardine House?
"Mr. Lin, to tell you the truth, I don't know what exactly happened. Henry Keswick used his rights as an important shareholder to convene this meeting. I heard that Mr. Henry Keswick has also arrived in Hong Kong." Niu Bijian said helplessly.

Since Lin Haoran was appointed as vice chairman of the board of directors, the relationship between Henry Keswick and Niu Bijian has obviously become more tense, and they no longer consult him on many things.

"Okay, I got it. I will be there on time tomorrow morning!" Lin Haoran finally agreed.

Anyway, the Jardine Matheson Group couldn't escape, so he wanted to see what Henry Keswick was trying to do by holding a board meeting in such a mysterious way.
"Okay, then Mr. Lin, I'll hang up first. I still need to notify other board members!" Niu Bijian said after hearing Lin Haoran's reply.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Haoran was still thinking about what was the purpose of Henry Keswick holding this meeting?
However, after thinking about it, Lin Haoran still couldn't figure out the other party's purpose.

Now that he is the vice chairman of Jardine Matheson, does the other party still want to deal with him?
Unable to figure out the reason, Lin Haoran simply stopped thinking about it. He would know the purpose of this meeting tomorrow anyway.

So he continued to discuss with Burton, Cui Zilong and others on how to better take over the two giant companies.

Although Burton and Cui Zilong are the heads of their respective companies, they have nothing to do with Jardine Matheson and the Hong Kong Land Group.

But no matter whether it is Wanqing Group or Oriental Press Company, they are both wholly-owned companies of Lin Haoran. These two people are just working for Lin Haoran. Naturally, there is no problem in calling them together to discuss this matter.

In a blink of an eye, the time came to October 10. Today is the weekend. Under normal circumstances, except for some executives on duty, many executives of Jardine Matheson are not at work.

However, almost all the senior executives were present at the Jardine House today.

Not only that, many important shareholders who rarely come here at other times also came to the Jardine House.

Even some British shareholders of the Hong Kong Land Group appeared in Jardine House at this moment.

Lin Haoran brought Li Weidong, Li Weiguo and others to the first floor of Jardine House.

At the elevator entrance, Lin Haoran ran into Shen Bi, the head of Huifeng Bank. He immediately smiled and greeted him: "Mr. Shen Bi, good morning!"

Unexpectedly, Shen Bi seemed to feel guilty. He smiled awkwardly and responded perfunctorily.

This scene surprised Lin Haoran.

In the past, Shen Bi was always very polite to him, and the relationship between the two was very good.

What happened today?
Seeing that the other party had no intention of continuing the conversation, Lin Haoran did not want to make things awkward. The two of them walked into the elevator silently without saying a word.

When I arrived at the conference room, quite a few people had already gathered there.

Lin Haoran had seen most of the faces last time, but he didn't recognize some of them.

The number of people attending the meeting this time seems to be even greater than last time.

Soon he saw Mr. Henry Keswick.

At this moment, Henry Keswick was walking into the conference room with other shareholders of the British consortium in high spirits and chatting about something.

Lin Haoran even felt that the way he looked at him was somewhat meaningful.

This made Lin Haoran feel more and more that this board meeting seemed like a Hongmen Banquet, and the protagonist might be himself.

The other party came from the UK again this time. Is his purpose to deal with me?

Who cares? Lin Haoran was not panicking.

Soon, it was ten o'clock in the morning.

As the boss of Jardine Matheson, Niu Bijian stood up and gave the opening remarks.

"At the request of Mr. Henry Keswick, this board meeting is convened. Next, please allow Mr. Henry Keswick to preside over this meeting."

Everyone immediately turned their attention to Henry Keswick.

Many of his trusted people here naturally already knew the purpose of this meeting in advance.

Only those who were not Henry Keswick's confidants were confused at this moment, waiting for Henry Keswick's follow-up.

Lin Haoran noticed Shen Bi's expression. At this moment, the head of Huifeng Bank was calm and indifferent. He didn't seem to be curious at all about Henry Keswick's next words.

Obviously, Shen Bi must have known it in advance.

As soon as Niu Bijian finished speaking, Henry Keswick also stood up.

“Ladies and gentlemen, the Hong Kong Land Group is now the controlling shareholder of Jardine Matheson. So several important shareholders of the Hong Kong Land Group are here to attend this meeting on behalf of the Hong Kong Land Group. Let us welcome them.” As soon as Henry Keswick finished speaking, many people at the scene applauded.

At this moment, Lin Haoran realized that those extra strange foreigners were actually shareholders of the Jardine Matheson Group.

No wonder he didn't recognize it.

“The reason why I called you all here today and bothered you all to make this trip is because there is a very important matter that needs to be voted on. As everyone knows, Jardine Matheson has always been a company of our British financial group.

However, Mr. Lin Haoran's entry into the core senior management of Jardine Matheson is obviously contrary to the interests of our British consortium. Therefore, my purpose this time is to propose a vote again to remove Mr. Lin Haoran from the position of vice chairman of the board of directors and revoke his qualifications as a member of the board of directors! "Henry Keswick said in one breath!

Now, as the mutual control plan between Jardine Matheson and Hutchison Whampoa Group has made effective progress, Henry Keswick is no longer afraid of Lin Haoran's threats.

Even if he is richer and can continue to increase his holdings, so what?

After convincing Huifeng Bank and several shareholders and board members of the Jardine Matheson Group, their voting rights are already higher than those of Lin Haoran and his team.

This is the reason why Henry Keswick kicked Lin Haoran out of Jardine Matheson. (End of this chapter)