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Chapter 452: Unexpected Evidence, Live Public Lecture
In the evening, after having dinner with Ma Shimin, Lin Haoran returned to the Shi Xundao villa.
Soon after returning, the servant came to inform that Cui Zilong, the general manager of Oriental Press Company, was visiting.
Lin Haoran immediately stood up and went out to welcome Cui Zilong into the house.
"Mr. Cui, you came here in person. Have you already obtained any important information?" Lin Haoran asked curiously.
"Boss, let's go into the study and talk in detail." Cui Zilong suggested to Lin Haoran, carrying a briefcase in his hand.
Lin Haoran nodded and led Cui Zilong into the study on the first floor.
After closing the door, Cui Zilong couldn't wait to unzip his briefcase, took out a few photos and handed them to Lin Haoran.
He then explained to Lin Haoran: “Boss, after our in-depth investigation, we have confirmed that the media’s guidance of public opinion, including Sing Tao Daily, Huaqiao Daily, and Gongshang Daily, is indeed related to Jardine Matheson.
At first, we focused on Jardine Matheson, but found nothing.
Later, we changed our strategy and focused our investigation on the heads of these media outlets, but we still had no clues. Apparently they did a very good job of keeping secrets.
This is also the reason why we have not yet found any favorable evidence.
However, a very coincidental incident allowed us to find sufficient evidence to prove that Jardine Matheson had a vested interest in those newspapers and media.
Based on these evidences, we have determined that these media outlets did receive instructions from Jardine Matheson and received fees ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of Hong Kong dollars.
In addition, they themselves tend to be inclined towards Britain and like to cooperate with British companies such as Jardine Matheson, so they finally made this deal.
The evidence is these photos, which we purchased by accident from a photographer.
The photographer initially contacted our reporter from Oriental Daily.
As Hong Kong's leading newspaper and magazine, we often buy interesting news photos from photographers at high prices, but the photographer just wants to sell them at a good price and does not realize that these photos are of great value to us. "
Lin Haoran didn't say anything, but took Cui Zilong's photos and started looking at them one by one.
The photos are not very clear, but the faces of the protagonists can be seen. The photos seem to be taken in a coffee box, and the camera is facing a building opposite the coffee shop. Obviously, these photos were taken secretly.
Lin Haoran immediately noticed that there was a person in the photo who was very familiar to him - Bao Fuda, the former general manager of the Jardine Matheson Group.
In fact, in every photo, there is a box with neatly stacked Hong Kong dollars clearly visible on it.
"Boss, look, this is a photo of Bao Fuda meeting with the general manager of Sing Tao Daily at the Atlantic Cafe in Central. The next two photos are scenes of Bao Fuda meeting with the editors-in-chief of Overseas Chinese Daily and Commercial Daily respectively.
Although we have no way of knowing the specific content of their conversation, these photos are enough to prove that some kind of transaction was going on between them.
They thought they were safe in the private room of the coffee shop, but they didn't know that due to negligence, they didn't close the window of the private room, and were eventually secretly photographed by people in the building opposite. "Ma Shimin pointed at the people in the photos and explained them one by one.
Lin Haoran nodded when he heard this. He was certainly familiar with Bao Fuda, but he didn't know much about the other three people in the photo.
Mr. Bo Fuda, formerly the general manager and executive director of Hong Kong Land Group, returned to the senior management team of Jardine Matheson after the British consortium successfully regained the controlling stake in Jardine Matheson.
This change stems from the fact that in the earlier fight against Lin Haoran, Bao Fuda, as the helmsman of the Hong Kong Land Group, was the first to turn away from the former head of Jardine Matheson and instead stand on the same side as British financial groups such as Henry Keswick.
Although they failed in the end, Henry Keswick and others recognized Bowdoin's loyalty, so they called him back after taking back Jardine Matheson.
As for Niu Bijian, the former boss of Jardine Matheson, after being driven out by Simon Keswick and others, he originally wanted to join the Jardine Matheson Group and take over Ma Shimin's position. Unfortunately, how could Lin Haoran agree?
Therefore, Niu Bijian now has no choice but to leave Hong Kong, this sad place, and return to England dejectedly.
Lin Haoran carefully examined every detail in the photo, especially the boxes filled with Hong Kong dollars, which were undoubtedly the most powerful evidence of this secret transaction.
Lin Haoran's eyes lingered on the boxes of Hong Kong dollars in the photo for a long time. These boxes seemed to silently tell the story of the money transactions and power games behind them.
"Mr. Cui, you did a great job. These photos are enough!" Looking away, Lin Haoran burst into laughter.
"It was really a fluke," Cui Zilong shook his head and smiled bitterly. "If the photographer hadn't found Oriental Daily and sold these photos, we might still not have found any evidence pointing to the connection between Jardine Matheson and these newspapers."
"I understand," Lin Haoran responded with a smile, "The transactions between them are extremely secretive, limited to secret meetings between high-level officials, leaving almost no trace outside.
Even for us, it is difficult to uncover such a method easily. We can only say that we were blessed by the god of luck this time."
Shortly after Cui Zilong handed the evidence to Lin Haoran, he said goodbye to Lin Haoran and left.
After sending Cui Zilong out of the villa, Lin Haoran returned to the study again and stared at those photos.
"Jardine Matheson, ah, Jardine Matheson, you really are haunting us!" Lin Haoran murmured.
These guys were about to completely withdraw from the Hong Kong market, but they still caused such a thing. They are quite vindictive!
However, their strong vengeful nature does not mean that Lin Haoran’s vengeful nature is weak.
Once it was confirmed that Jardine Matheson was the mastermind behind the incident, Lin Haoran made up his mind to teach Jardine Matheson a profound lesson.
As for those media involved, he will never let them go easily.
Want to use him as a tool to make money?
Then, they have to pay for it.
With his current strength, just a few media outlets want to take advantage of him?
I am tired of living!
After putting the photos away, Lin Haoran stopped thinking about these things. Instead, he washed up early and went to bed.
In the evening, Lin Haoran asked the driver to pick up Guan Jiahui.
Tonight is a special day, it is New Year's Eve.
After he came back, he hadn't met Guan Jiahui yet, so it was a good time to pick her up.
Guan Jiahui was extremely excited to see Lin Haoran and was eager to share with him her experiences over the past period of time.
After Lin Haoran successfully took over the Jardine Matheson Group, he specially selected a shop with an area of more than 300 square meters for Guan Jiahui in the Jardine Matheson Plaza near the Hang Fung Building in Central to run a high-end clothing business.
Not only that, he also arranged for Guan Jiahui to directly join a highly anticipated high-end clothing brand under the Hong Kong Land Group, ensuring that all supplies were handled by a professional subsidiary of Hong Kong Land, which was both worry-free and efficient.
Guan Jiahui does not need to bear any rent or franchise fees, and only needs to pay the purchase cost.
With Lin Haoran as her solid backing, Guan Jiahui's career naturally went smoothly.
According to Guan Jiahui, after deducting the costs, she has made a net profit of nearly HK$100,000 this month, which is something she could never have imagined.
Although this was her first foray into the business world, her lack of experience led to mediocre business.
But with the advantage of not having to pay rent and franchise fees, her operating costs have been greatly reduced and her profits are still considerable.
For this reason, she was naturally more grateful to Lin Haoran.
When the midnight bell rang slowly, the echo of the twelve strokes seemed to cross the boundaries of time and space, announcing the departure of the old year and the arrival of the new year.
Time, this invisible traveler, quietly and silently crossed the threshold of 1980 and stepped into 1981, a year full of unknowns and hopes.
At this moment, the sky above Victoria Harbour seemed to be lit up, and colorful fireworks streaked across the night sky like meteors, bursting with dazzling light.
They are like stars, twinkling with gentle light;
Or like a meteor shower, streaking across the sky, leaving behind brilliant tracks;
Or like a blooming flower, it blooms colorful petals, decorating the night sky like a dream.
In the Lin family villa on Shi Xundao, Guan Jiahui hugged Lin Haoran tightly, her face flushed.
The two experienced a very meaningful New Year's Eve together.
The next morning, Lin Haoran got up in high spirits.
Although Guan Jiahui was tired all night last night, she still got up early in the morning.
She explained that today was New Year's Day and business was expected to be very good, so she wanted to get to the store early to prepare.
Lin Haoran didn't say much and arranged for Li Weidong to take her to Landmark Plaza first.
As for Lin Haoran himself, he was eating breakfast at home while leisurely reading the newspaper.
As expected, today several major media outlets, including Sing Tao Daily, Chinese Daily and Commercial Daily, have not published any news or discussions related to the real estate crisis. Apparently, they have received instructions from Governor Murray MacLehose to curb their previous outrageous attitude.
However, the impact of these media on public opinion in Hong Kong society has been profound. Even if the relevant reports are stopped at this moment, their actual significance has been greatly weakened. Citizens are still enthusiastically discussing the hot topic of the real estate crisis.
At around eight o'clock in the morning, Lin Haoran tidied up his clothes.
Afterwards, he called TVB Chairman Run Run Shaw and asked him to reserve about ten minutes for him at 7 o'clock tonight, which is the prime time of Jade Channel.
He planned to deliver an important public speech to audiences across Hong Kong at this moment.
As an important shareholder of TVB, although Lin Haoran does not participate in any management of TVB, it is impossible for Run Run Shaw to not give him this face.
Therefore, when Shao Yifu heard Lin Haoran's request, he did not hesitate at all and immediately said that he would adjust the time of the New Year's Eve party originally scheduled to be broadcast at 7 pm to ensure that there is enough time for Lin Haoran to make a live public speech. (End of this chapter)
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