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Two years later, the Swire Group had chosen to be closely tied to the Carrian Group. By that time, it was impossible to get rid of the scourge of the Carrian Group.

Once the Jianing Group encounters a major crisis, it will collapse quickly like a hornet's nest has been poked, and the consequences can be imagined.

This means that after the collapse of the rapidly rising Carrian Empire, the pressure of all projects jointly promoted by the Jardine Matheson Group and the Carrian Group was instantly transferred to the shoulders of the Jardine Matheson Group.

What's worse, when the capital chain of the Jianing Group was completely broken, the entire Jardine Matheson Group was ruthlessly dragged into the abyss. It lost its last life-saving straw and fell into an unprecedented predicament.

Thanks to the fact that the real estate crisis lasted only two years, and the fact that the Keswick family sold off a large number of properties at all costs, the Jardine Matheson Group was saved from the crisis with great difficulty.

Even so, the Swire Group was severely damaged and it was difficult to restore its former glory.

In contrast, those who did not cooperate with the Jianing Group, such as Li Jiacheng and Bao Yugang, were hardly affected and their careers are still thriving.

This is why some people say that Chen Songqing is a disaster and whoever cooperates with him will be unlucky.

Therefore, when Lin Haoran traveled to this world, he never considered having any business cooperation with Chen Songqing.

Now, Chen Songqing took the initiative to come to him and seek continued cooperation, so Lin Haoran naturally had to refuse.

But before refusing, he had to meet him in person. After all, Chen Songqing was an important figure in Hong Kong.

If he avoided the meeting, rumors would inevitably spread that after Lin Haoran took over Jardine Matheson, he no longer cared about people like Chen Songqing.

"Then let him come over." Lin Haoran said.

"I just talked to him on the phone. He should be on his way here now. I don't think it will take long." Niu Bijian responded.

"Ah."

Lin Haoran said no more, but flipped through the future development plan projects of the Jardine Matheson Group that he had looked at yesterday.

After some calculations, among the projects that have been approved and are under negotiation in the next six months, there are actually more than a dozen projects that will cooperate with the Jianing Group!
The total amount involved in these dozen or so projects is as high as more than 5 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Among them, the most numerous is the Tsim Sha Tsui commercial building project that Niu Bijian just mentioned.

This project attempts to build a large commercial building similar to Landmark Plaza in Tsim Sha Tsui, with a total investment of approximately HK$30 billion. What is currently being discussed is that the Landmark Group will invest HK$10 billion and hold a 35% stake.

Needless to say, Lin Haoran definitely didn't want to continue.

Once the Carrian Group collapses, the HK$3 billion investment and the debts involved may have to be borne by the Swire Group. Such a cooperation will definitely result in huge losses.

Not long after, Chen Songqing arrived at Kangle Building and, under the guidance of the staff, came to Lin Haoran's office.

"Mr. Lin, congratulations, congratulations on taking over Jardine Matheson and Hong Kong Holdings. I am so envious of such achievements!" Chen Songqing congratulated Lin Haoran while shaking hands with him.

After learning that Lin Haoran had taken over the Jardine Matheson Group in one fell swoop and took back control of Jardine Matheson, Chen Songqing's first reaction was jealousy.

Apart from the cooperating banks or financial companies, almost no one knows where Chen Songqing's funds come from.

What Chen Songqing publicized to the public was that he had a big financial backer behind him, and that this big financial backer was very powerful in Southeast Asia.

Therefore, no matter how much money he raised, others saw it as his real strength. Even the Jardine Matheson Group was fooled by him and they successively negotiated several partnerships with him, thinking that the Carrian Group had real substance.

It is precisely because he did this himself, and the source of Lin Haoran’s funds is also extremely mysterious.

Therefore, Chen Songqing actually had a wrong perception in his heart. He believed that Lin Haoran's money, like his, was obtained through fraud.

So while Chen Songqing was jealous of Lin Haoran's ability to take over Jardine Matheson and Swire Properties, he also increasingly hoped that he could achieve such success.

In the past two years, the Jianing Group has made many big moves in succession, but compared with Lin Haoran's acquisition initiatives, they are nothing compared to them.

This also made Chen Songqing have a feeling that since Lin Haoran could do such an exaggerated thing, why couldn't he, Chen Songqing, do it?

So now Chen Songqing wants to speed up the development and be more radical.

Originally, according to the plan, even if the cooperation contract with the Hong Kong Land Group was finally signed for the Tsim Sha Tsui project, it would not be finalized until next year at least.

But after seeing Lin Haoran successively acquire Jardine Matheson and Swire Properties, he began to think about speeding up the implementation of this project.

According to his idea, as long as this project was implemented, even if the Tsim Sha Tsui project was not negotiated, he could find ways to obtain more than 20 billion Hong Kong dollars from the bank. Most importantly, he felt that the young man Lin Haoran would be easier to talk to and more likely to convince the other party than the original British professional manager.

For example, he successfully acquired the Aimego Company from Lin Haoran last time.

Today, Aimego is basically controlled by the Jianing Group, and Liu Luanxiong has also successfully withdrawn his investment and sold all of Aimego shares through the market.

Therefore, the Jianing Group has the final say in Aigo Corporation.

Liu Luanxiong's departure did have a significant impact on the share price of Aigo at the beginning, with the stock price depreciating by more than 40% within a week.

However, Chen Songqing is not Liu Luanxiong's former partner. Seducing people is what he is good at.

By releasing some rumors, the stock price of Aigo soon returned to its original price and continued to rise.

To date, the share price of Aigo Corporation is even higher than that of the Carrian Group.

The reason why Chen Songqing pushed up the stock price of Aigo Company was naturally to borrow more funds through the bank.

Apparently, he succeeded.

Therefore, Chen Songqing did not regret purchasing Aigo.

Now, facing Lin Haoran again, Chen Songqing has a wrong feeling~
He felt that he could easily convince Lin Haoran to agree to the cooperation between the Hong Kong Land Group and the Carrian Group on promoting the Tsim Sha Tsui project.

"Mr. Chen, please take a seat. May I ask what exactly you want to talk to me about?" Lin Haoran asked pretending to be ignorant.

"Mr. Lin, it's like this. Maybe you don't know much about it. The Hong Kong Land Group has reached a preliminary cooperation intention with our Jianing Group to jointly develop a large commercial project in Tsim Sha Tsui East.

Mr. Niu Bijian is very clear about this matter. I have discussed it with him in detail two months ago. The Hong Kong Land Group has also sent a team to conduct on-site inspections and assessments. Basically, the cooperation agreement has been finalized, and the final signature confirmation is missing.

Now that you, Mr. Lin, have taken over the Hong Kong Land Group, I would like to discuss this cooperation with you again. This project has great potential for both parties. Once successfully implemented, it is expected to bring us more than double the profit growth within three years. "

Chen Songqing thought that Lin Haoran was not familiar with this project, so he explained it patiently and wanted to tempt Lin Haoran with double the profit.

However, would Lin Haoran be so easy to talk to?

"I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, we, the Jardine Matheson Group, are not going to participate in this project!" Lin Haoran said directly.

"Why?" Chen Songqing was a little surprised.

“After taking over the Hong Kong Land Group, I found that its debt ratio was far beyond my expectations and had reached a very dangerous level. After careful consideration, I decided that the Hong Kong Land Group would adopt a prudent development strategy in the next two years and no longer pursue aggressive expansion.

After all, I am just a young man, and the amount of money involved in the Hong Kong Land Group is huge, and I cannot afford such a huge risk. Now, the Hong Kong Land Group has become my most important industry, and I hope it can bring me better assets rather than heavy debts.

Therefore, Mr. Chen, I suggest that you may consider looking for other partners. There are many real estate companies in Hong Kong, and many consortiums in Nanyang are constantly pouring into the Hong Kong market. These may be your ideal partners. "Lin Haoran said with a smile.

"Mr. Lin, there is absolutely no possibility of loss in this project. You can rest assured. I guarantee that the profit will more than double within three years. If not, I can compensate you in the name of the chairman of the board of directors of Jianing Group!" In order to successfully persuade Lin Haoran, Chen Songqing tried to persuade Lin Haoran with greater temptation.

The reason why Chen Songqing wanted to cooperate with the Jardine Matheson Group so much was very simple. The Jardine Matheson Group was a golden signboard. As long as he reached a cooperation with the Jardine Matheson Group, he could borrow more funds through the bank.

As for other real estate partner companies, they don’t have such great capabilities.

However, Lin Haoran knew that this guy would go bankrupt and go to jail in the future, so what was the point of his guarantee?

No matter how he tempted or how many times he assured him, Lin Haoran would never cooperate with him.

"I'm sorry, I don't plan to add new development projects until the debt ratio of the Jardine Matheson Group drops below the red line I set. The projects that the Jardine Matheson Group is currently cooperating on are already enough to give me a headache, because I found that the funds in the Jardine Matheson Group's account are already very short!" Lin Haoran said with a wry smile.

When Chen Songqing heard Lin Haoran reject him one after another and had no intention of cooperating at all, he suddenly realized that the person in front of him really had no intention of cooperating with him.

Wouldn't all the efforts I made in the early stage be wasted?

"Since Mr. Lin has no intention of cooperating for the time being, let's stop here for now. However, I am willing to wait for Mr. Lin to change his mind. If Mr. Lin is willing to cooperate again in the future, Hong Kong Land will still be our preferred partner. Later, I will have someone send a Tsim Sha Tsui project advantage analysis sheet, and I hope Mr. Lin can take the time to review it in detail."

Obviously, even at this point, Chen Songqing's hope for establishing new cooperation with the Hong Kong Land Group has not been extinguished. (End of this chapter)