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After leaving Kangle Building, Lin Haoran took his bodyguards to Changye Building in Wan Chai, the headquarters of Oriental Newspaper Company.

When we arrived at the office on the 7th floor of Changye Building, Cui Zilong happened to have just returned from outside.

"Boss, do you have something to talk to me about?" After Cui Zilong and Lin Haoran sat down, the other party asked curiously.

Because Cui Zilong knew very well that the boss seldom came here unless there was some important work assigned to him.

"Well, you've come at the right time. I have some tasks to assign to you." Lin Haoran nodded.

"Boss, please give me instructions."

"First, you need to collect detailed information about Hong Kong's local brand banks as soon as possible. I need very detailed information, including but not limited to market reputation, asset quality, profitability, risk control, shareholder status, shareholding ratio, debt, etc.

Secondly, I want you to help me spread a rumor that I, Lin Haoran, have incurred huge debts in order to acquire the Jardine Matheson Group, including a loan of 20 billion from Huifeng Bank and 30 billion from Citibank, with the rest unknown.

At the same time, as a real estate company, the Swire Properties Group itself owes a lot of debts and is short of funds. Some debts are about to mature and need to be repaid urgently. In order to ease the debt pressure, I have to consider selling some of the real estate projects of the Swire Properties Group.

I want the whole of Hong Kong to know about this rumor, but I must not let anyone know that you spread it. I think this shouldn't be a problem for you, right?" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

After hearing what Lin Haoran said, Cui Zilong was immediately surprised.

It was not difficult for him to investigate the information of Hong Kong's local brand banks, but he was a little puzzled when he was asked to spread rumors that were detrimental to his boss. After all, celebrities usually value their reputation very much.

Cui Zilong hesitated for a moment, but decided to raise his own question: "Boss, I understand that your intention may be for strategic layout, but isn't the Hong Kong Land Group already privatized? In other words, even so, it can't affect the stock price. For a group that is no longer traded on the open market, will such rumors have limited influence?"

Cui Zilong couldn't understand what good could come from discrediting himself in this way?
Wouldn’t this let the whole of Hong Kong know that Lin Haoran is now in serious financial trouble?
Once this rumor spreads, you can imagine how great the impact will be.

At that time, many people might think that Lin Haoran clearly did not have the strength to privatize the Jardine Matheson Group, but he insisted on forcibly acquiring it, which eventually led to a tight capital chain.

Such public opinion will undoubtedly cause great damage to Lin Haoran's business reputation and may even affect his future cooperation and development in the business field.

For example, if you need to borrow money from the bank again, the bank will evaluate the matter and feel that lending money to the boss would be very risky and will ultimately refuse the loan.

"Just go ahead and do it. I have my own ideas about this matter. You don't have to worry!" Lin Haoran knew that Cui Zilong was doing this for his own good, but he didn't explain too much.

He has no financial pressure now, not at all.

Not to mention the financial pressure, even after the successful privatization of the Swire Properties Group, the funds he can mobilize will be enormous.

But no one knows this, and if you investigate, you can easily find out that Lin Haoran is indeed in huge debt now.

If he had not disclosed the fact that he had taken out loans from Huifeng Bank and Citibank, normally no one would have known that he had borrowed the money.

Just like Chen Songqing of the Jianing Group, all his funds rely on bank loans, but no one knows about it until now. Everyone still thinks that his money comes from a very powerful consortium with a big boss backing him up.

Because loan agreements are confidential in nature, banks or financial companies will not take the initiative to disclose these matters during the normal repayment period of the loan agreement.

But now that Lin Haoran took the initiative to leak the information secretly, it would be much easier for them to investigate.

Lin Haoran did borrow 20 billion from Huifeng Bank, and another 30 billion from Citibank. In everyone's opinion, there must be more hidden loans that cannot be investigated, and this is not impossible.

"Okay, then I can only do it. Don't worry, boss. I will spread this news through the black market. No one will know that it was you and me who spread this matter!" Cui Zilong said solemnly.

"Okay, then I'm relieved. Let's do these two things as soon as possible. By the way, to lighten your burden, there is no need to investigate Huifeng Bank and Hengsheng Bank. I will be going to the United States around the 10th. I hope you can complete these two things before going to the United States. It will be great!" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

The reason why Lin Haoran wanted to get the bank information settled before going to the United States was that he hoped that during the time he was in the United States, his subordinates would be able to make arrangements with the selected banks.

"Okay, boss, please take a seat. I'll go and arrange for the investigation of the bank information. As for the spread of rumors, there is no rush. It is not difficult for me. I promise that the whole of Hong Kong will know about this within two days!" After Cui Zilong finished speaking, he went to his desk and made a phone call. It was obvious that he was instructing the relevant personnel to investigate the bank information. When the Ma family controlled the Oriental Press Company, Cui Zilong was already in charge of intelligence matters. Therefore, he naturally had various channels, even black market channels, and was able to conceal his identity, so spreading rumors was indeed not a difficult task for Cui Zilong.

Lin Haoran sat in the corner of the office, drinking tea and waiting for Cui Zilong.

About ten minutes later, Cui Zilong finally finished the call.

"Boss, I have instructed the relevant personnel to conduct an investigation. However, the bank information you need to investigate needs to be very detailed, so it will take some time to collect. I will try my best to investigate this matter before you go to the United States!" Cui Zilong returned to Lin Haoran and said as he sat down.

"Well, I believe you can do it. By the way, Mr. Cui, do you want to change the office building? Move the company to Central?" Lin Haoran asked with a smile.

Lin Haoran doesn’t own much now, except for a lot of properties. The Hong Kong Land Group alone owns many commercial buildings, and all of them are located in the most central commercial areas of Hong Kong.

Although the location of Changye Building is not bad, and the office space required by Oriental Press Company is not much, the streets around Changye Building are too narrow. Every time he comes here, Lin Haoran feels that the environment here is too messy. Moreover, due to the narrow streets and towering tall buildings, the streets appear dim even in broad daylight.

This is also the reason why Lin Haoran wants to come to Changye Building whenever he has nothing to do.

Cui Zilong was slightly stunned when he heard this, then he smiled and shook his head and said, "Boss, thank you for your kindness. However, I think Changye Building is also very good, the transportation is quite convenient, and our company's people are used to the environment here.

Besides, moving the company to Central would indeed cost a lot more. Our business is doing well now and we can be self-sufficient without any problem. There is no need to increase unnecessary expenses.

“I know that Oriental Newspaper Company may not be as profitable as those large listed companies under your control, but for me, as long as the company can develop steadily and does not add burden to you, the boss, it is already very good.

After all, we at Oriental Daily have a place in the Hong Kong media industry and can provide you with public opinion support and intelligence gathering, which is one of the values ​​of our existence.”

Although Oriental Press Company is a private enterprise solely owned by Lin Haoran, its finances are also independent.

Among the many well-known Hong Kong companies under Lin Haoran, Oriental Press Company may not be able to compare with any other company in terms of profitability.

However, the position of Oriental Daily in Lin Haoran's heart is irreplaceable.

This newspaper, as the best-selling newspaper in Hong Kong's media industry, not only provided Lin Haoran with strong public opinion support, but also served as an important window for him to obtain intelligence and understand market trends.

Whenever Lin Haoran needs to know the latest developments in an industry or assess the risks of an investment, Oriental Daily always provides him with timely and accurate information.

More importantly, the Global Security Consulting Company under the Oriental Press Group has now become a solid line of defense in Lin Haoran's business empire.

This company is responsible for ensuring the security of all companies under Lin Haoran, and can provide all-round and all-round security protection for both daily operations and major events.

Therefore, although Oriental Press Company is not outstanding in terms of profitability, Lin Haoran always regards it as a very important enterprise.

He understood very well that the value of an influential newspaper and a professional security team for the long-term development of the company far exceeded short-term economic benefits.

If Cui Zilong really considers relocating, Lin Haoran is fully capable of providing Oriental Press with a sufficiently spacious office in the Connaught Building or other commercial buildings in Central.

After all, the 51-story building of Kangle Building has more than enough space resources for the Jardine Matheson Group.

Moreover, the Hong Kong Land Group also owns many commercial buildings in Central, such as Alexandra House, Prince's Building, Gloucester House, etc. Most of the office floors are rented out, and very few are used by the company itself.

Lin Haoran nodded. Since Cui Zilong was unwilling to move, he naturally would not force him. After all, it was Cui Zilong, not him, who was in charge of the Oriental Press Company.

Today, Oriental Press is indeed doing very well.

He had previously carefully reviewed the company's financial statements and found that Oriental Daily had a stable profit of two to three million Hong Kong dollars every month.

As for the Global Security Consulting Company, although it is currently in a state of breaking even and has almost no additional expenses, the financial funds of the Oriental Press are sufficient to support the expenses of the Global Security Consulting Company. (End of this chapter)