In Hong Kong, we build a global business empire

Chapter 401 I wish you will become billionaires tomorrow

The office of Huanyu Investment Company is not far away, and is only about 100 meters away from the building where the hotel is located.

Lin Haoran and his bodyguards did not drive. They could just walk the short distance.

His popularity in Hong Kong has indeed reached the point where he is a household name. Even in Southeast Asia, many people know him and know about his legendary experience in the business world over the past two years.

However, in the United States, although his name occasionally appears in business newspapers or general newspapers, and even once made the cover of the New York Times, it is clear that the American people do not have a deep impression of this Asian super-rich.

Perhaps people who follow the news know his name, but few can remember what he looks like.

Therefore, Lin Haoran strolled confidently in the bustling Times Square with a dozen bodyguards dressed in various ordinary cotton-padded clothes, without attracting much attention from passers-by.

Not long after, Lin Haoran and his bodyguards arrived at the foot of a skyscraper over two hundred meters high.

Su Zhixue, who had already received the news, had been waiting downstairs for a long time.

Led by Su Zhixue, more than a dozen people went up to the 39th floor of the building together.

This is the office building that Lin Haoran purchased, which cost him 480 million US dollars.

As soon as he entered the office, many employees came to greet Lin Haoran.

These employees were the ones brought from Hong Kong.

In the early stages, the main focus was on stabilization, so there was no need to recruit new employees.

"Boss, in order to get the company back on track as soon as possible, and given that the workload in the short term is not heavy, I am not planning to recruit ordinary traders for the time being.

However, I plan to hire a local professional manager as my deputy, and also recruit some other logistical staff here, so that we can do things more smoothly.

After all, we haven't established any connections here yet!" Su Zhixue said as he led Lin Haoran into an office.

"Well, your idea is good. I totally agree with it. You can make the decision here!" Lin Haoran nodded approvingly.

They are all outsiders and are not familiar with this place, so it would definitely be more appropriate to have local employees.

"In addition, although we have been here for more than a week, our main task at present is to familiarize ourselves with the environment and the market, such as conducting in-depth research on the stock market dynamics here and arranging for them to visit the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Exchange for trading conditions," Su Zhixue continued to report.

"There's no rush, take your time. By the way, how is your accommodation arranged?" Lin Haoran asked with concern.

"After arriving in New York, we stayed in a hotel for five days. During these five days, I gave them time to find their own rooms. We had a unified housing allowance based on their wages, so no one had any objections.

Nowadays, everyone has found their own place to live. Those who want to live a little more luxuriously will find a place to live nearby, while those who want to save money may live farther away.

They are all top students, and although many of them are visiting the United States for the first time, language communication is not an obstacle, so it is easy for them to integrate into life here." Su Zhixue said with a smile.

"Well, just arrange everything!" Lin Haoran nodded.

The expenses of nearly two hundred employees are indeed not small, but once these employees help him complete a project, the money he earns is in the billions, so he doesn't care about the money spent on these employees at all.

Looking around the office environment, located on the 39th floor, with spacious floor-to-ceiling glass windows, the view is indeed much better than the hotel room where he lives, and the city street view is more spectacular.

Although Hong Kong is prosperous, there is indeed a big gap between it and New York in terms of urban construction.

This city, which already had many skyscrapers during the Qing Dynasty, now displays an amazing urban landscape.

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass window, Lin Haoran stared at the tall buildings in the city, unwilling to look away for a long time.

It is worthy of being the world's largest city.

Due to the terrain, the Hong Kong River is destined to not present such a spectacular scene, which makes people feel a little regretful.

He chatted with Su Zhixue in the office about some future plans, and Su Zhixue reported to him about his gains in New York in recent days.

After chatting for more than ten minutes, the two went out to the public office area outside the office.

Nearly two hundred employees now each have their own work arrangements, and more people are looking through documents.

The area is 1300 square meters, and even with people working, it still seems a bit empty.

After an inspection, Lin Haoran returned to Su Zhixue's office, picked up the office phone, and called all his main subordinates in Hong Kong, such as Ma Shimin, Cui Zilong, Burton, Chen Shoulin, etc., and told them that if they had any questions and wanted to contact him, they could call Su Zhixue first.

After all, his whereabouts in New York are uncertain, and it is not easy for people in Hong Kong to find him.

Therefore, finding Su Zhixue first is the fastest way to contact Lin Haoran.

After making these calls, Lin Haoran dialed a phone number that Jobs had given him a few days ago.

According to Jobs, this number is the telephone number of Apple's branch office in New York. It is indeed very troublesome to not have a mobile phone. Lin Haoran missed the era when everyone had a mobile phone.

After the call was connected, it was not Jobs who answered the phone, but Lin Haoran had already learned Jobs' current whereabouts from the head of the New York branch.

Jobs and a group of senior executives are now at the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, discussing preparations for the listing with the senior executives of the Nasdaq Stock Exchange.

Since Jobs is on the Nasdaq exchange, it's easy.

Because the building where the headquarters of Universal Investment Corporation's US branch is located is diagonally opposite the Nasdaq Stock Exchange.

After confirming Jobs' whereabouts, Lin Haoran hung up the phone.

At this moment, he couldn't help but miss the time when everyone had a mobile phone and could contact anyone they wanted anytime and anywhere.

In this era, although mobile phones have been introduced, it will obviously take several years for them to become commercially popular.

"Perhaps, I can speed up the popularization of mobile phones?" This idea suddenly came to Lin Haoran's mind.

It is difficult to popularize it all over the world, but if it is popularized in Hong Kong first, it should not be difficult!
The technology should actually be mature, but places like the United States are too big and there are too many cities, so it is very difficult to popularize it.

But Hong Kong is different. Hong Kong is not big, and if the scope is shortened to the city center, it will be even smaller.

However, the first truly commercial mobile phone didn’t appear until 1983, right?
Lin Haoran was not very clear about these.

However, he plans to take advantage of this trip to the United States to perhaps have a chat with the president of Motorola.

Because he knew that the first commercial mobile phone came from Motorola.

After saying goodbye to Su Zhixue, Lin Haoran took Li Weiguo and Li Weidong to the Nasdaq Stock Exchange diagonally opposite.

As for the other 13 bodyguards, they disguised themselves as ordinary people and followed Lin Haoran to protect him.

Standing downstairs of the Nasdaq Stock Exchange Building, Lin Haoran looked up at this building which is only ten stories high but very well-known, with a surprised expression on his face.

The last time Lin Haoran came to New York, although he also went to Times Square, he did not enter the Nasdaq Stock Exchange Building.

On the contrary, he specially visited another stock exchange in New York, the New York Stock Exchange, because his destination at that time, the New York Mercantile Exchange, was next to the New York Stock Exchange.

The building of the Nasdaq Stock Exchange is its iconic MarketSite in New York's Times Square, a 10-story building.

In Times Square, which is full of tall buildings, the Nasdaq Stock Exchange does not look outstanding, but it is more famous than most of the surrounding skyscrapers.

The building is not only the physical embodiment of the Nasdaq exchange, but also features a state-of-the-art event space that is often used to celebrate and commemorate important moments in the capital markets.

And tomorrow, Apple will go public in this 10-story building and celebrate the arrival of this moment.

Lin Haoran was actually quite looking forward to it.

As far as I can remember, on the first day of Apple's listing, its total market value was nearly US$18 billion. Converted into Hong Kong dollars, it is nearly HK$ billion. If it were placed in Hong Kong, if we only count the stock market value, it would be among the top three.

Now that Apple has a new shareholder, it is unknown whether the stock market value will change in the end.

Accompanied by two bodyguards, they walked through the noisy trading area and explained their purpose to a lobby manager. The lobby manager informed an unknown person via intercom, and soon, the three of them were taken into a conference room.

As for the dozen or so bodyguards, they stayed in the trading area and pretended to be ordinary stock investors.

In this conference room, Lin Haoran indeed saw Jobs, as well as four other senior executives of Apple, including Steve Gary Wozniak, Michael Scott, Mike Markkula, and Rod Holt.

The five people in front of us are already the five core executives of Apple.

Now that they are all here, one can imagine how much importance they attach to this listing.

When they saw Lin Haoran, Jobs and the other four greeted Lin Haoran one after another, and were extremely enthusiastic.

After all, Lin Haoran is one of Apple's major shareholders, owning a 10% stake.

Moreover, the 10 million US dollars previously raised by Lin Haoran has also provided great help to Apple during this period.

Without this funding, Apple would not have developed as smoothly.

At this moment, the five of them all had rosy faces, and it was obvious that they were all looking forward to the moment of listing tomorrow. After all, that was a symbol of glory and wealth.

"Congratulations, you will all become billionaires and multi-millionaires tomorrow!" Lin Haoran congratulated them.

(End of this chapter)