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After sending away Chen Songqing, who refused to give up, Lin Haoran no longer took the matter to heart.

Less than half an hour later, the Jianing Group sent another document. Lin Haoran didn't even look at it and put it directly into the shredder.

Niu Bijian on the side was hesitant to speak. If he was still in control of the Jardine Matheson Group, he would definitely agree to the cooperation with the Carrian Group. Especially since Chen Songqing promised to compensate if the profit was less than double, he was very surprised.

Is there such a good thing?
Even so, Lin Haoran still disagreed, and now he directly destroyed the information sent by Jianing Group without even looking at it.

"Boss, can you tell me why you refuse to cooperate with the Carrian Group? The debt ratio of the current Hong Kong Land Group is definitely relatively low among the real estate companies in Hong Kong!" Niu Bijian couldn't suppress his inner curiosity and couldn't help asking Lin Haoran.

He had previously been the boss of the Hutchison Whampoa Group and was naturally very clear about the financial situation of the Hutchison Whampoa Group, especially its relatively low debt ratio. This was also an important factor in his confidence in pushing the Hutchison Whampoa Group to expand massively.

Therefore, Niu Bijian was deeply confused as to why Lin Haoran refused to cooperate with Chen Songqing and Jianing Group. He believed that there must be more complicated considerations behind this, not just the superficial reasons.

"No, in your opinion, the debt ratio of the Jardine Matheson Group is very low, but I think that it is still too high. Especially since I have no idea about the true details of the Jianing Group. They have achieved such strength in just three years, but their source of funds is completely unclear. I don't intend to let the Jardine Matheson Group get entangled with such partners any more!" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

What he said was only part of the reason. As for the possible real estate crisis in the future, Lin Haoran had no intention of telling Niu Bijian.

The guy in front of him was just a temporary figure he left behind to stabilize the overall situation of Jardine Matheson and the Hutchison Whampoa Group. How could Lin Haoran explain to him from the bottom of his heart!

"Where does the funding for the Jianing Group come from?" Niu Bijian muttered to himself.

He was not only curious about Chen Songqing's source of funds, he even had the same doubts about Lin Haoran's source of funds.

In his opinion, the funding of both seems to be shrouded in mystery, and the sources are not so clear.

Of course, he would never say what was in his mind.

"Boss, I'm going back to the Jardine Matheson office to deal with the work at hand." Seeing that he didn't get the point, Niu Bijian didn't stay any longer.

"Well, go ahead!" Lin Haoran waved his hand, and then started looking at the project information in his hand.

Since the scale of the Carrian Group was not very large in the past two years, there were not many actual cooperation projects between the Swire Group and the Carrian Group. Lin Haoran took a look and found that the total amount involved was less than HK$1 billion. These were all projects for which contracts had been signed or construction had already started.

The cooperation with the Carrian Group on a project worth only a few hundred million Hong Kong dollars is something he can still bear even if he loses money now. However, if the cooperation amount is as high as tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars, it will be a heavy yoke even for the Swire Group.

Although the Swire Properties Group has transformed itself into a real estate tycoon in the past two years and has cooperated with major companies to develop projects, the scale of the cooperation is also determined by the size of the partner.

For example, at the beginning of this year, the Carrian Group could only be regarded as a medium-sized real estate company in Hong Kong. It was naturally impossible for the Hong Kong Land Group to cooperate with it on any large project.

As Chen Songqing continued to deceive and deceive, and hyped up the Jianing Group into a first-tier real estate developer in Hong Kong, the Swire Group also began to pay attention to him. The largest project they discussed for cooperation was as high as HK$30 billion. However, before the formal cooperation began, it was stopped by Lin Haoran's sudden acquisition.

In other words, it is doomed to be impossible for the Jianing Group to borrow more funds in the name of the Jardine Matheson Group's partner.

As for the projects that have already started cooperation, except for those that can be completed within one year, the rest will take two to three years or even longer, and Lin Haoran wants to deal with them.

Currently, the Hong Kong Land Group has more than 70 ongoing real estate projects with a total investment of more than HK$10 billion.

These projects have entered the investment stage and cannot be easily terminated, otherwise there will be considerable losses.

It is worth noting that these projects do not rely entirely on collaboration with other real estate companies.

About one-third of the projects were independently initiated by the Hong Kong Land Group and are crucial to the group's future development.

In particular, the ten-year cluster redevelopment plan for Central is the core link in the development of the Hong Kong Land Group.

Landmark buildings such as The Landmark, Alexandra House, Prince's Building and Gloucester Building are all important parts of this reconstruction plan.

These buildings are closely connected by sky bridges, forming a magnificent cluster of buildings. They not only occupy a prime location in Central, but also greatly enrich the skyline of Central, demonstrating the outstanding strength of the Hong Kong Land Group in urban planning and architectural design.

Lin Haoran naturally supports this ten-year reconstruction plan, which will be of great benefit to the future of the Jardine Matheson Group.

Moreover, this plan has now come to an end. In two to three years at most, this plan will be completely completed. Lin Haoran has directly benefited from the British consortium’s early investment and layout.

As for the projects in cooperation with other real estate companies, many of them are not supported by Lin Haoran. If these projects can be transferred to other real estate companies, it will directly reduce the burden on the Swire Group.

He did not want to see the Swire Properties Group still owing billions of Hong Kong dollars or even more in debt before the real estate crisis hit.

Instead, we hope that the Swire Properties Group will not only be debt-free, but also have sufficient cash flow.

Then, he could rely on the Hong Kong Land Group to buy up Hong Kong real estate properties that were caught in the real estate bubble at low prices. When the real estate crisis was over, it would be time for the Hong Kong Land Group to take off again.

There is a lot of information about Jardine Matheson and Hong Kong Holdings on Lin Haoran's desk.

These two banks are the top companies in Hong Kong, and it is not for nothing that they have become such a reputation.

Therefore, they have a lot of information. Even if Lin Haoran only picks out some core and important information to read, it will probably take him a week or two to finish reading it.

Around six o'clock in the evening, Lin Haoran called Ma Shiming again.

This time, to Lin Haoran’s great surprise, someone finally answered the phone.

"I'm Ma Shiming, who are you?" Ma Shiming asked puzzledly from the other side.

"Mr. Ma Shiming, I am Lin Haoran from Jardine Matheson. I'm sure you have heard of me." Lin Haoran introduced himself with a smile.

"It's Mr. Lin. May I ask what you want to talk to me about?" Ma Shiming asked puzzledly.

As the former executive director of Jardine Matheson, even after leaving the company, he still pays a lot of attention to Jardine Matheson.

By now, the major changes in the Hong Kong Land Group and Jardine Matheson have already spread throughout Southeast Asia in a very short period of time.

Ma Shiming, the former executive director of Jardine Matheson, knew about this matter at the first opportunity.

At that time, he couldn't believe it. He didn't expect that Jardine Matheson would be taken over by a Chinese so quietly.

When Lin Haoran became a celebrity in Hong Kong, such as when he acquired Chung Chau Cement and Hong Kong Electric Group, Ma Shiming was still working at Jardine Matheson, so he had a certain understanding of Lin Haoran.

It was precisely because he knew who Lin Haoran was that Ma Shiming felt so incredible.

However, no matter how incredible it was, the major changes in the top management of Jardine Matheson had little to do with him now.

He stayed in this company for 14 years and naturally had deep feelings for Jardine Matheson.

But no matter how deep he was, he was no longer an employee of Jardine Matheson.

However, what he didn't understand was that he was just a former senior executive of Jardine Matheson who had left the company a long time ago. Why did the new boss of Jardine Matheson look for him?
"I would like to visit Mr. Ma Shiming and talk to you about something. I wonder if Mr. Ma Shiming is free tomorrow?" Lin Haoran asked.

"If Mr. Lin wants to see me, I am of course available anytime. But Mr. Lin should know that I am now in Singapore, not Hong Kong." Although Ma Shiming didn't know why Lin Haoran wanted to see him, he still asked in surprise.

Hong Kong is not close to Singapore, and is separated by the entire South China Sea. One is in the northernmost part and the other is in the southernmost part.

"As long as you are free, how about we make an appointment to meet tomorrow afternoon?" Lin Haoran asked with a smile.

If it is possible to subdue a top professional manager like Ma Shiming, even if I go there in person, what does it matter?

"Okay, then I'll wait for your call tomorrow afternoon!" Ma Shiming hung up the phone with a puzzled look on his face.

Although he didn't know why Lin Haoran had come all the way to Singapore to find him in person, he also knew that some things were indeed inconvenient to discuss over the phone.

Once they meet, he will naturally know why this young Chinese tycoon is looking for him.

After Lin Haoran hung up the phone, he asked Su Zhixue to arrange a flight for him to Singapore in the morning.

As top companies in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Land Group and Jardine Matheson Holdings actually have their own private jets for their senior executives.

Especially for Jardine Matheson, since more than 60% of its assets are located overseas, it is common for the company's senior executives to travel to various countries on business trips, so it is not surprising that the company has a private jet.

However, Lin Haoran had no plans to use the two corporate jets he had just acquired. The reason was simple: for his own safety.

Although he has apparently succeeded in achieving controlling stakes in these two companies, holding controlling stakes does not mean that he can make the employees of these companies truly submit to him in such a short period of time.

Even the original British financial group of Jardine Matheson wished he would die.

If something were done on the plane, it is possible that there would be a plane crash. (End of this chapter)