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Chapter 332 Please ask the Governor's Office to make the decision for me!

Although Lin Haoran understood what Shen Bi meant, he disagreed in his heart.

As everyone knows, Shen Bi has supreme power in Huifeng Bank. Even the powerful consortiums behind Huifeng Bank cannot influence Shen Bi's decision.

It was thanks to Shen Bi's outstanding leadership that Huifeng Bank was able to surpass Jardine Matheson and become the leader in Hong Kong's business community, with its performance rising year by year.

This brilliant achievement undoubtedly won Shen Bi the respect and recognition of all shareholders of Huifeng Bank, and brought his authority in the bank to its peak.

Therefore, in Lin Haoran's opinion, the reason why Shen Bi said this to him was just to have the best of both worlds. After blatantly plotting against him, he also tried to gain his forgiveness and reconciliation.

A truly despicable act.

It is obviously not advisable to make close friends with this kind of people.

However, Lin Haoran did not reveal his true thoughts on the surface.

He kept smiling and said, "Mr. Shen Bi, I fully understand your position. Please rest assured that as a member of the board of directors of Huifeng Bank, I understand that it is right to put the interests of Huifeng Bank first. This matter will not affect our relationship."

"That's great," Shen Bi continued. "This incident has indeed caused losses to your interests, Mr. Lin, but the business world is like a battlefield, and it's not always smooth sailing. You are still young, and you will be more comfortable with it after experiencing a few more such incidents. I actually want to support you, but you also know that many times I can't help myself. Huifeng Bank is not controlled by me alone, and the Hong Kong Land Group has agreed to remove you from your position. Even if I don't vote, the result will probably be difficult to change."

"Mr. Shen Bi, there is no need to say more. I completely understand you. Please rest assured that I will not be dissatisfied with you for this!" Lin Haoran said with a hearty smile.

"That's great, Mr. Lin. You can come to my office when you have time. We still have many topics to discuss in depth. I have something urgent to do now, so I'll take my leave first!" Shen Bi responded.

"Okay, Mr. Shen Bi, take care!" Lin Haoran waved goodbye to him.

Looking at Shen Bi's receding figure, the smile on Lin Haoran's face gradually disappeared and turned into indifference.

There is no need for him to stay in the Jardine House for the time being. If he stays here, he may be just a joke in the eyes of others, even though he is the largest individual shareholder.

Sitting in the back seat of the private car, Lin Haoran was thinking about his next move.

It was indeed unexpected for him that the British financial consortium united to deal with him.

Originally, he planned to directly announce his acquisition of the British group. With the shares he now controls, especially after purchasing the shares of the Hong Kong Land Group held by Li Ka-shing, it is enough to completely control the behemoth Hong Kong Land Group, and no one can oppose him anymore.

But now, all the people from the British financial groups have united to exclude him, which makes him have other ideas.

"Boss, where are we going?" Li Weidong's words interrupted Lin Haoran's thoughts.

"Go back to Wanqing Building!" Lin Haoran said directly.

"Okay, boss!" Li Weidong replied while starting the engine.

Ten minutes later, he was already on the 30th floor of Wanqing Building.

In Burton's office, as soon as Lin Haoran entered the door, he said directly to Burton: "Mr. Burton, I have something for you to do."

Today is the weekend and Huanyu Investment Company is not working, so Su Zhixue is not in the company.

However, Burton, the president of Wanqing Group, is now managing a growing group. He is now full of passion for his work, so he will come to the company even on weekends.

"Boss, please go ahead." Burton put down the work in his hands and asked curiously.

"Please help me gather all the major mainstream media in Hong Kong to hold a press conference at Wanqing Building at 1 pm. As many as possible can come. I have something to announce!" Lin Haoran said directly.

"Okay, boss!" Burton took over Lin Haoran's task without asking the boss why he called these people over.

Lin Haoran asked these people to hold a press conference not to directly announce his taking over the Jardine Matheson Group.

Through this dismissal from the board of directors, he saw an opportunity to stop the Governor-General's Office from interfering with his control of Jardine Matheson.

After returning to his office, Lin Haoran no longer went out, but simply watched TV in the office.

At twelve o'clock noon, he asked Li Weidong to pack him a lunch.

At this moment, Jade Channel is reporting the midday news.

"The latest news, our station has just received a notice from Jardine Matheson & Co., stating that effective immediately, Mr. Lin Haoran will no longer serve as the Vice Chairman and Board Member of Jardine Matheson & Co. The following is a detailed report..." After reporting several local Hong Kong news, Lin Haoran finally saw the report about his dismissal.

In fact, ten minutes ago, Run Run Shaw had called to ask for his opinion on whether to report the matter.

Even Run Run Shaw was shocked when he received the notice from Jardine Matheson. He did not expect such a big thing to happen so early in the morning.

Lin Haoran directly replied to him, just report it normally!
Although he is one of the owners of TVB, TVB still has to report this kind of thing. This kind of thing is not considered negative news, and Lin Haoran does not object. Not only TVB reported it, but also Rediffusion Television reported it.

The advantage of television media over newspaper media is that it can deliver the latest information more quickly.

When the host announced on the screen that he had been removed from office by all members of the board of directors of Jardine Matheson & Co., Lin Haoran even felt a hint of irony.

Those members of the British financial group have obviously been eager to announce their "victory" to the outside world, attempting to defend the glorious past of their British financial group and cover up their decline.

However, is this method of covering one's ears and stealing the bell effective?

At around 28:, Burton came up to report: "Boss, all the major media have arrived. There are more than mainstream media in total, all of which are of a certain scale, including Oriental Daily, South China Morning Post, Overseas Chinese Daily, Sing Tao Daily, TVB, Rediffusion Television, Hong Kong Broadcasting Station, etc. They have gathered in an employee training room on the th floor. Security guards have also been sent to maintain order. You can go directly over!"

"Okay, thank you for your help!" Lin Haoran nodded.

Accompanying Burton, Li Weidong, Li Weiguo and others, Lin Haoran came to an employee training room on the 28th floor.

At this moment, there were already forty or fifty people gathered in the training room, and basically there were two or three people from each media outlet.

When they saw Lin Haoran come in, the reporters who were originally talking at the scene suddenly quieted down.

As workers in Hong Kong's mainstream media, everyone had naturally already known about the fact that Lin Haoran had been collectively dismissed from his position by the British financial group of Jardine Matheson.

At this moment, they were also very curious about why Lin Haoran held this press conference.

"Everyone, I think you all know what happened this morning. That's right, I, as the largest individual shareholder of Jardine Matheson, was directly deprived of my seat on the board of directors of Jardine Matheson.

You all know that I am just a Chinese businessman, but my rights and interests in Jardine Matheson should not be taken lightly. Therefore, I called you here in the hope that you can help me convey a message to the Governor's Office and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

"Please ask the Governor's Office to do justice for me, Lin Haoran! As one of the largest individual shareholders of Jardine Matheson, I cannot retain my status as a board member. This is extremely unfair to me. I implore the SFC to give a reasonable and convincing explanation for this matter!" Lin Haoran said seriously.

He could certainly contact Governor MacLehose or the chairman of the SFC privately to seek a solution, but this was not his real intention.

His purpose was not to return to the board of directors of Jardine Matheson.

Since they can take back control of Jardine Matheson through the Hong Kong Land Group, what is the point of returning to this board of directors?

His goal was to prevent the Governor's Office and even the Securities and Exchange Commission from interfering in the struggle between him and these British financial groups.

Going to see them privately would ultimately be just a communication between him and the two parties and would not have any impact.

More importantly, he knew very well that these two people would definitely favor the British financial group.

Therefore, Lin Haoran decided to take more drastic action. He wanted to make the matter public so that the entire Hong Kong society would know about his experience.

His goal was to make this matter the focus of public opinion so that everyone could pay attention to this injustice.

Only in this way can he pave the way for subsequent plans and try to make the government feel guilty and stop interfering in the conflict between him and the British financial consortium.

Lin Haoran's words immediately caused everyone present to talk.

Unexpectedly, Lin Haoran’s purpose was this.

Afterwards, the reporters began to ask questions one after another, and after Lin Haoran answered a few questions, he directly announced that today's press conference was over.

By letting the media convey his words to the Governor and the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, his goal this time had been achieved and there was no need to continue the conversation.

The reporter left Wanqing Building with excitement.

What happened on this day was so exciting that their writers will have to write many attractive articles next.

However, these people tacitly did not return to the company, but all went to another destination - the office of the Securities Regulatory Commission.

They want to interview the chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission, Mr. Mai, about his opinion on the matter.

Half an hour later, a group of reporters rushed into the office of the chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission.

Facing the reporter's question, Max responded solemnly after careful consideration: "I have a certain understanding of what happened between Jardine Matheson and Mr. Lin Haoran. I deeply regret that Mr. Lin Haoran was kicked out of the board of directors of Jardine Matheson.

But as far as I know, this is entirely based on normal business decisions and is the right exercised by all members of the Jardine Matheson board of directors in accordance with regulations. In this case, as an official of the Securities and Futures Commission, I have no right and should not interfere too much. "

(End of this chapter)