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Through Simon Keswick's plan to sell his shares in Jardine Matheson Securities, both Lin Haoran and Ma Shimin have realized that Jardine Matheson is planning to withdraw from the Hong Kong market completely.

Jardine Matheson, the former king of foreign firms, seems to be about to bid farewell to the Hong Kong stage, which makes people sigh!
Seeing that the boss was unwilling to say more, Ma Shimin did not continue asking.

"By the way, what is the current office utilization rate in Kangle Building? Do you have any relevant specific information? Show it to me." Lin Haoran said after thinking for a moment.

"Boss, I only have rental information up to the end of last year. You have to go to the property management department to inquire about the latest detailed data," Ma Shimin replied.

"Well, then let me see last year's information first." Lin Haoran nodded.

Ma Shimin quickly pulled out a folder from the bookcase behind him and handed it to Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran quickly flipped through the information and soon had an overview of the utilization rate of the Kangle Building.

There are relatively few floors in the Kangle Building that are used by the company itself. Jardine Matheson and its affiliated companies only occupy a dozen of them, while the remaining floors are mainly rented out.

After all, the main business of the Hong Kong Swire Group is real estate, and most of its employees are actually distributed in various areas of Hong Kong. The proportion of employees at the headquarters is not high.

As the former tallest building in Hong Kong and the second tallest building today, Connaught Building is undoubtedly a landmark building in this city and can be said to be the most dazzling iconic building in Central.

Therefore, many overseas institutions, corporate offices, branches and even regional headquarters have chosen to set up bases here.

98% usage rate? When Lin Haoran saw this data, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised. This usage rate was much higher than he had imagined.

There are 52 floors in total in Kangle Building. According to the utilization rate, almost all offices on 51 floors are rented or used by the owner.

In other words, in the entire Kangle Building, the total number of vacant offices is only about one floor?

"I was originally planning to move the office of Huanyu Investment Company here, but now it seems I have to choose another place." Lin Haoran closed his notebook and said with a frown.

"Boss, do you want to move Huanyu Investment Company to Kangle Building?" Ma Shimin asked curiously with a smile on his face.

"Yes, I used to go to Wanqing Building often, so I set up the office of Huanyu Investment Company there. Now I come to Kangle Building often, so I thought about moving the company here as well." Lin Haoran nodded in response.

As the company with the highest market value under Lin Haoran, he naturally prefers to come here.

On the contrary, the number of visits to Wanqing Building has gradually decreased recently.

This can be considered biased, but it is normal. After all, people's energy and attention are always limited, especially for a boss like Lin Haoran who holds multiple positions and is in charge of a huge business empire.

"As far as I know, the current scale of Huanyu Investment Company is actually not that large, and a company just moved out of the 37th floor of Kangle Building. The vacant space should be enough for Huanyu Investment Company to use. Does the boss think that there is not enough space there?" Ma Shimin asked with a hint of doubt.

"That's right. The scale of Huanyu Investment Company before was indeed limited, and most of the time it just played the role of a pure investment company. But now, I see its potential for a leap forward. I hope to take this opportunity to make it a leader in Hong Kong's securities investment field. Soon, the number of employees at Huanyu Investment Company may exceed thousands or even more, so this space will definitely not be enough." Lin Haoran said with a smile.

Ma Shimin is also a smart man. At this moment, he thought of a lot of things.

"Boss, are you planning to recruit employees from Jardine Securities?" Ma Shimin asked involuntarily, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

"That's right. I didn't expect you to notice it so quickly!" Lin Haoran laughed heartily.

"In fact, while you were on a business trip to the United States, I had already discussed this with Mr. Dai from Huanyu Investment Company and proposed that they move their office here. Mr. Dai said at the time that he would wait until you came back before making a decision.

To be honest, if Huanyu Investment Company really moves here, we have more than enough office space here. The Landmark Group and its affiliated companies currently only occupy 16 floors, and we actually have two or three floors reserved as backup offices!" Ma Shimin continued.

Previously, Huanyu Investment Company had demonstrated remarkable stock market trading capabilities in cooperating with the Hong Kong Land Group to acquire the Hong Kong Telephone Company, and even the experienced Ma Shimin was deeply impressed by this.

Because of this, he came up with the idea of ​​moving Universal Investment Company to Kangle Building so that in the future when the Swire Group makes corporate acquisitions, it can get more convenient and powerful support from Universal Investment Company. After all, they are all family.

Moreover, Huanyu Investment Company is nominally the controlling shareholder of the Jardine Matheson Group. When Lin Haoran acquired the Jardine Matheson Group, he did so in the name of Huanyu Investment Company.

However, neither Su Zhixue nor Dai Shi has the power to interfere with the Jardine Matheson Group.

“Originally, I considered personally taking action and using my personal influence to privately contact the senior management of Jardine Matheson Securities, and taking advantage of the opportunity of Jardine Matheson’s plan to sell off Jardine Matheson Securities to try to attract some or even most of their team to join us.

But upon closer thought, Mr. Ma, as a former senior executive of Jardine Matheson, you are more familiar with the internal structure and personnel of Jardine Securities. It would undoubtedly be more appropriate for you to come forward.

Therefore, I decided to entrust this important task to you. Since Jardine Matheson has decided to completely withdraw from the Hong Kong market by selling Jardine Securities, we will cut off the source of the trouble and secretly provide more favorable conditions to attract their talents. In this way, it will be difficult for Jardine Matheson to sell its shares smoothly. Do you think you can handle this task? "Lin Haoran asked with a smile.

Now, the senior executives of Jardine Securities are probably still kept in the dark.

If we tell them at this time that Jardine Matheson is going to abandon them, will they still be loyal to Jardine Matheson?

Lin Haoran didn't believe it.

Once Jardine Securities abandons Jardine Matheson, without the support of Jardine Matheson, the available resources of Jardine Securities will be greatly reduced. At that time, if it encounters a new owner with average influence, the performance of Jardine Securities will basically plummet.

As it stands now, Lin Haoran's influence in Hong Kong is much stronger than that of Jardine Matheson.

If they are willing to join Lin Haoran, their future income will definitely not be less than before, or even more.

This is also the reason why Lin Haoran is confident in attracting talents from Jardine Securities.

The most valuable thing about Jardine Securities nowadays is actually their company's talents.

Without those talented people, Jardine Securities would collapse in an instant.

By then, the market value of Jardine Matheson might not even be worth HK$15 million, let alone HK$1.5 billion!
As for the influence that Jardine Securities has accumulated over the years?

In Lin Haoran's eyes, although the influence accumulated by Jardine Securities over the years cannot be underestimated, it ultimately depends on the professional capabilities and personal connections of its core team.

Once these key talents were absorbed into Universal Investment Company, the "golden signboard" of Jardine Securities lost its luster and became an empty shell.

If it had happened in the past, if Jardine Matheson had not given up Jardine Securities, Lin Haoran might not have been able to do anything to them.

But now, the other party's boss actually came to him to ask for the acquisition of Jardine Securities. How could he not take advantage of such a situation?
"Boss, you are too cruel. If you succeed in poaching people, Jardine Matheson will suffer heavy losses. They already had to pay a fine of 5 million Hong Kong dollars. If the share price of Jardine Securities plummets again, their total losses this time will be at least over billion!" Ma Shimin sighed.

"Mr. Ma, you have to know that they were the ones who provoked me first this time. They wanted to make me the sinner of the Hong Kong real estate industry. Since they provoked the incident and tried to retaliate against us by unfair means, we don't have to show mercy." Lin Haoran's face turned grim.

“Jardine Matheson thought I would buy Jardine Securities and wanted to make me a sucker before I left Hong Kong, but they didn’t expect to give us an opportunity. They wanted to sell Jardine Securities, so we had to let them know that this piece of meat is not so easy to chew.

Talent is the core competitiveness of modern enterprises. Without talent, no matter how big the brand is, it is just a facade.”

Lin Haoran stood up, walked to the window, looked out at the bustling Hong Kong scenery, and continued: "Huanyu Investment Company should not only accept talents from Jardine Securities, but also take this opportunity to strengthen itself and become the leader in the securities investment field in Hong Kong and even in the entire Asia.

Mr. Ma, as the key figure in this operation, you have a great responsibility. Not only must you ensure the success of the poaching operation, but you must also ensure that these new team members can quickly integrate into our team and maximize their value. After this is over, I plan to put the Hong Kong side of Huanyu Investment Company under the management of the Hong Kong Land Group. "

Both Huanyu Investment Company and Swire Properties Group are now private enterprises of Lin Haoran.

Therefore, it is actually not important who belongs to whom.

Anyway, Lin Haoran is the real boss!

As for Huanyu Investment Company, neither Su Zhixue nor Dai Shi obviously have the ability to manage a large enterprise.

Therefore, although the Swire Group was nominally acquired by Huanyu Investment Company, Lin Haoran never granted them any management rights over the acquired company.

But Ma Shimin is different. He is a true top management talent. Lin Haoran feels at ease to leave the management to him.

Coupled with Ma Shimin's 90% loyalty, Lin Haoran was able to give him power with confidence.

After Lin Haoran finished speaking, he turned and looked at Ma Shimin, waiting for his reply.

"This matter is indeed a bit damaging, and you are a former senior executive of Jardine Matheson. If you don't want to do it, I won't force you!" Lin Haoran thought for a while and added.

"No, boss. I work for you now. My past identities and experiences will not hinder me from carrying out your mission. On the contrary, they will enable me to have a deeper understanding of the internal operations of Jardine Securities and better complete this poaching mission. I am willing to accept this challenge and contribute to the future development of Hong Kong Land Group."

Lin Haoran nodded with satisfaction. He admired Ma Shimin's decisiveness and loyalty. (End of this chapter)