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Chapter 498 Recruiting a Personal Female Secretary
"Southern Company? Boss, I've heard of it, and there are a lot of 711-Eleven convenience stores in New York." Su Zhixue responded.

"Okay, in that case, then you help me do something. You go find Mr. Walter Reston, the chairman of Citibank, and entrust Citibank to help us acquire Southern Company at a suitable price. Once there is any new progress, you must notify me immediately!" Lin Haoran continued.

Today's Southern Company's market value is certainly far less than Walmart's, so in Lin Haoran's opinion, acquiring Southern Company should not be difficult and will not cost much.

Even Walmart's market value is only around $200 million today.

It would definitely be difficult to let Su Zhixue negotiate directly with the Southern Company because Su Zhixue is not good at this kind of work.

But if Citibank comes forward, the matter will obviously be simpler, and in the end it will just be an additional business expense. Citibank itself is professional in this regard.

Mr. Walter Reston has a good relationship with him, and now he has a large sum of money deposited in Citibank. In order to maintain his relationship with him, he will definitely do his best to handle this matter for him.

Anyway, this is not a free job. Citibank will charge a handling fee after completing the task.

If a company like Citibank, which is best at manipulating capital, were to do it, it would be much easier.

This is also the reason why Lin Haoran asked Su Zhixue to negotiate with Citibank.

"Okay, I understand, boss. But, boss, Southern Company is not a listed company, and its value is difficult to assess. Do you have your own psychological price?" Su Zhixue continued to ask.

"First, ask Citibank to assess their value, and then let them come forward to negotiate. As long as the value does not exceed 1 million US dollars, we can negotiate!" Lin Haoran thought for a while and said.

Today, the market value of Walmart is only about 200 million US dollars. The market value of Southern Company is not half of Walmart, right?

As far as he could remember, Lin Haoran had read an article in his previous life that said the market value of 711 was as high as more than billion RMB.

Compared with other companies, this market value is obviously not very strong, but Lin Haoran not only values ​​its value, but also the strength of its sales channels.

Controlling this convenience store giant is equivalent to controlling the entire sales channel.

"Okay, boss. I will help you deal with this matter as soon as possible!" Su Zhixue nodded.

In this matter, he was just acting as a middleman, representing Lin Haoran and handing over a business to Citibank.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Haoran returned to his room, washed up, and changed into formal clothes.

Today, he still goes to the company.

After breakfast, Lin Haoran went out.

Most of the newspapers here are in Japanese, with only a few in English. He doesn't know Japanese, so Lin Haoran is too lazy to read the newspaper at home.

When I arrived at the company, it was already 9:30 in the morning.

The employees have already entered a busy working state.

The business here has to be almost rebuilt from scratch, so the workload for employees is very heavy now.

Although the company has not been officially established, the Japanese branch of the Swire Group has already been registered.

"Boss, I have a plan I want to tell you. I'm considering changing the name of the building to Landmark Building. What do you think?" Seeing Lin Haoran walk into the office, Huo Jianning stood up from his seat and said.

"Okay, since we have acquired this building, the name of the building naturally needs to be changed to ours. Please handle this matter as soon as possible!" Lin Haoran nodded and said.

Changing the name of a building may seem like a small matter but it needs to be handled with caution as an application needs to be submitted to the relevant departments.

The names of buildings are closely linked to maps, especially for landmark buildings. Frequent name changes can easily lead to confusion in map positioning and affect public searches.

However, as long as you follow the formal procedures, none of this will be a problem.

"In addition, tomorrow afternoon, Mr. Zhao Xin and I will attend an auction to buy some land that we have set our eyes on. Do you want to attend, boss?" Huo Jianning continued to ask.

"Auction? Forget it, you guys make the decision. I won't participate!" Lin Haoran shook his head.

He had known about the auction for a long time, and he was the one who specifically wanted to acquire those pieces of land.

Attending the auction wouldn't necessarily help him, so he didn't plan to go.

"Besides that, there is one more thing. I found that our Wellcome supermarkets in Tokyo are actually doing quite well. However, since we have too few stores, there are only three in Tokyo now, and the costs here are relatively high, the profits are relatively low. So I plan to expand the Wellcome supermarkets.
In addition, Mannings Beauty Convenience Store also plans to expand. Japan's consumer market is very large, with a high population density, and is basically concentrated in large cities. The rent here is lower than in Hong Kong, and the cost of opening a store is not very high. My strategy is to quickly occupy the market!" Huo Jianning continued.

Obviously, in addition to Lin Haoran being very unhappy with Mr. Ito last night, he also had the idea of ​​focusing on developing the retail industry.

"Well, I agree with quickly occupying the market, but we can't expand blindly. We must be careful in choosing the location, otherwise, although it seems that there are more stores in the future, they will be at a loss in the end. This is unnecessary!" Lin Haoran gave his own opinion! "Boss, please rest assured. I have not only paid close attention to the real estate trends in Tokyo recently, but also studied the Japanese consumer market in depth. I plan to hire a senior industry expert in Japan to specialize in the operation of Wellcome Supermarket and Mannings Beauty Convenience Store.

They are more familiar with the Japanese market. Based on this, we can form a professional site selection team to focus on accurate site selection. In this way, we can not only expand our business quickly, but also effectively avoid the risk of disorderly expansion. "Huo Jianning has obviously considered this carefully.

"Okay, whatever ideas you have, just go ahead and implement them. The business of the Hong Kong Land Group in Japan has not yet been opened, but our advantage is that we have sufficient funds. The 40 billion Hong Kong dollars is enough for you to show your talents here. I believe you will not let me down!" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

At this moment, the phone in Huo Jianning's office rang.

He picked up the phone, chatted for a few words, and then hung up.

"Boss, Mr. Sato just called and said that the Ito-Yokado Department Store near our three Wellcome supermarkets in Tokyo is having a big promotion again, and this promotion is obviously targeting our Wellcome supermarkets.

Because except for the Ito-Yokado department stores near these three Wellcome supermarkets, other Ito-Yokado department stores are not holding such big promotions. According to their promotional prices, if our Wellcome supermarket follows the price reduction, then we will not make any money.

But Ito-Yokado Department Store is different. They have more than a dozen Ito-Yokado Department Stores in Tokyo and control thousands of 711-Eleven convenience stores throughout Japan, so their purchase price is very low!" Huo Jianning turned around and explained to Lin Haoran.

"This Ito is really haunting!" Lin Haoran frowned.

Even if Wellcome Supermarket had engaged in a price war with them in the past, that was just normal business competition. There was no need to be so targeted, right?

He couldn't understand why, when he was just attending a Nintendo banquet, not only did the other party not want to get to know him, but they also targeted him?
Lin Haoran thought for a moment and said, "Don't follow them for now. Let them lower the price if they want. It's inevitable that business will be bad these days, but I already have a solution. If there's any news in a few days, I'll tell you!"

What he was talking about, of course, was the acquisition of Southern Company. Once he successfully acquired Southern Company, he would naturally have a way to deal with the Ito family.

There are only three Wellcome supermarkets. Even if they make a loss for a year, he won’t lose much money, so Lin Haoran doesn’t care much about it for the time being.

"Okay, boss!" Although he didn't understand what method Lin Haoran was talking about, since the boss said there was a way, Huo Jianning naturally believed the boss.

In Huo Jianning's opinion, his boss is definitely the most talented business genius in the world.

After chatting with Huo Jianning, Lin Haoran stopped bothering him.

Today, the Japanese branch of the Hong Kong Land Development is just in its infancy in Tokyo, and Henry Fok has too many things to be responsible for.

Next to Huo Jianning's office, Lin Haoran also reserved a personal office for himself.

Although he doesn't have much work here, he can't always stay in Huo Jianning's office and affect his work.

Moreover, sometimes he is here to receive some important people who come to visit him.

During this period, Lin Haoran also noticed that some people came to interview one after another.

It is far from enough to rely solely on the team of employees from Hong Kong.

Nowadays, companies here lack a large number of talents.

The top talents will naturally be interviewed by Huo Jianning himself.

"Boss, I just interviewed an executive who just resigned from Mitsui Real Estate. This executive knows the real estate industry in Japan very well. He decided to resign after he saw no hope of promotion at Mitsui Real Estate. After the interview, I am very satisfied with him, and I plan to let him be the head of the real estate department." After interviewing a middle-aged man, Huo Jianning came over to report to Lin Haoran.

"Okay, since you think the other party is capable, you just make the decision!" Lin Haoran nodded.

Lin Haoran was naturally very familiar with Mitsui Real Estate. It was a big name in the Japanese real estate industry. Its parent company, Mitsui Group, was collectively known as Japan's three major economic groups along with Mitsubishi Group and Sumitomo Group.

Being able to serve as a senior executive at Mitsui Fudosan, he must be very capable.

"By the way, please help me recruit a female secretary. It doesn't matter whether she can speak Chinese or not, but at least she must be proficient in English, have a high degree of education, and have good appearance. I will come to interview her in the end!" Lin Haoran thought for a while and said.

When he was in Hong Kong, he didn't need a secretary because all the work was done by his subordinates, so it would be unnecessary to hire a female secretary for him.

But in Japan, it was completely different. He knew nothing about this place, and didn't even know Japanese. When he went out, he could only speak English and Chinese, which was obviously extremely inconvenient in Japan.

Therefore, it was necessary for him to hire a personal female secretary to follow him and handle some things for him.

"Okay, boss. I will tell the headhunting company about this matter. They should be able to find a suitable candidate for you soon!" Huo Jianning agreed.

Lin Haoran stayed in the company until the evening before leaving.

The social security here is still quite complicated, so he naturally wouldn't wander around for no reason. There's no need for that.

(End of this chapter)