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After listening to Lin Haoran's analysis, the executives of Southern Company present at the scene no longer thought that what Lin Haoran said about reaching 10,000 stores within the year was a dream.

Lin Haoran is very ambitious because he has the ability and financial resources.

If it was the previous Southern Company that expanded like this, it would really be overestimating its own capabilities and being too eager for quick success!
Lin Haoran's words seemed like an invisible force, inspiring everyone present.

They seemed to feel that they were standing at a historic turning point, and an opportunity to personally shape the future of the retail industry was right in front of them.

"Boss, your plan is exciting." Anton Allison was the first to break the silence. He couldn't help but flatter Lin Haoran. "I believe that under your leadership, 711-Eleven will be able to achieve an unprecedented leap forward. We are willing to go all out and meet the challenge."

Other senior executives also expressed their opinions. They were infected by Lin Haoran's ambition and domineering attitude, and their hearts were full of expectations and confidence for the future.

"Very good. It seems that everyone is very confident about this. I am very pleased to see everyone's determination." Lin Haoran smiled and nodded. "Remember, we are not just expanding the number of stores, but also building a global retail brand. Quality, service, and innovation are all indispensable."

After thinking for a while, Lin Haoran continued, "Also, you have to remember that although I will inject 400 billion yen into the Southern Company, the expansion of self-operated stores must be cautious in site selection. I don't want my investment to be wasted by you. If I find out, you will be held responsible. I don't need to explain too much about this."

As for the franchise stores, the risk is not in their company, so Lin Haoran naturally would not mention it.

"Please rest assured, boss. Our Southern Company has been developing for so many years and has a very rich experience and team in site selection. When it comes to site selection for our own stores, we will definitely not expand recklessly because of the pressure brought by you, boss." Anton Allison assured.

Today, Anton Ellison is still the CEO of Southern Company, so he makes the final decision most of the time.

However, Anton Allison had no idea that he would not be able to stay in this position for much longer.

"In that case, I have said everything I need to say. You continue to discuss how to expand the company. As for management, you should all know that I rarely interfere, but my non-interference does not mean that I will let you do whatever you want.

I have very high expectations for Southern Company, and I hope you won't let me down!" After Lin Haoran finished speaking, he left the meeting room with his secretary, Yamada Keiko, who had been standing beside him, leaving a group of Southern Company executives to continue the meeting.

After leaving the office of Southern Company, Lin Haoran and Yamada Keiko went up to the 23rd floor together, to the office of the Jardine Matheson Group.

There are more employees in the office now than in February. Just the ordinary office staff alone, it is estimated that there are at least more than 2 people.

This floor is gradually becoming insufficient.

Moreover, the office is very busy, with some people making phone calls, some processing documents, and some discussing plans.

All these indicate that the Japanese branch of the Hong Kong Land Group is now in a rapid development stage.

Seeing Lin Haoran, the employees all greeted him.

Lin Haoran responded with a smile.

During this period, Keiko Yamada has successfully integrated into the secretary job.

She was also very clear that the first principle of secretarial work was confidentiality.

She can keep all kinds of boss affairs that she frequently comes into contact with strictly confidential, which is her basic duty.

While handling daily work tasks, Keiko Yamada assists her boss Lin Haoran in handling various matters with ease.

In life, she was also able to arrange everything properly for Lin Haoran, and Lin Haoran became more and more satisfied with this Japanese girl.

Lin Haoran was usually very nice to her, and it was not like she imagined that the boss forced her to do unspoken rules, so, unknowingly, her loyalty had risen from 86 at the beginning to 88.

Therefore, Lin Haoran also trusts her very much.

There was still no one in Huo Jianning's office. It was obvious that he had gone out to inspect the project again.

Seeing this, Lin Haoran returned to his office.

Sitting in his chair, Lin Haoran gestured to Yamada Keiko.

Suddenly, Yamada Keiko walked behind Lin Haoran very conspicuously and pressed his shoulders.

A monthly salary of 60 yen is certainly not so easy.

Keiko Yamada doesn't feel that she is working hard. Instead, she is willing to work hard and cherishes this job very much.

This is a well-known super-rich man, and not everyone can work beside him.

What's more, her family is short of money now, and she doesn't want to lose this job.

Under Yamada Keiko's soft fingers, Lin Haoran's shoulders and neck gradually relaxed, and he closed his eyes to rest.

In fact, at this moment he was thinking deeply in his heart.

When he came to Japan, he brought 40 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is about 1600 billion yen.

However, less than a month later, he discovered that the 1600 billion yen was not sustainable.

In the early stage, 138 billion yen was spent to buy this Landmark building.

Afterwards, he participated in the auction and bought four excellent plots of land, spending 520 billion yen.

On the Southern Company's side, Lin Haoran also took funds from the 711 billion yen for the acquisition of 1600 Japan's company stocks and privatization. About 60 billion yen was needed here, and more than 50 billion yen has been spent now.

Galaxy Securities' Japanese branch has been secretly acquiring some Japanese listed companies during this period, such as Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Toyota, Honda, Nintendo, Sony, Industrial Bank of Japan, Mitsubishi Estate, Tokyo Electron, etc., and has spent nearly 40 billion yen so far.

In addition, the company's recent expansion, project establishment, etc. have spent nearly 70 billion yen.

And just now, he promised Southern Company that he would inject 400 billion yen into the company, and this amount of money also needs to be reduced.

By this calculation, out of the 1600 billion yen, in just over 400 days since he came to Japan, only less than billion yen was left in available funds.

400 billion yen is about 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is not too much, but not too little either.

But the first 30 billion Hong Kong dollars were not durable, not to mention the remaining 10 billion Hong Kong dollars. "This money is really not durable!" Lin Haoran felt a little emotional.

Fortunately, the funds for the acquisition of Southern Company in the United States and the acquisition of fast-moving consumer goods brands were not taken from the HK$40 billion, otherwise, there would be little left of the money he brought.

It seems that I need to find a way to get some money to spend.

Although I came to Japan for investment, I definitely needed a lot of money.

But whether it is Hong Kong's Landmark Group or Hong Kong Electric Group, they also need to develop themselves.

Therefore, he would not ask for money from there unless he had no choice.

So, now he is faced with a problem, how to make a large sum of money quickly?

loan?

Maybe it's his way of getting more money quickly now.

However, Lin Haoran has no plans to take out a loan for the time being.

He prefers to look for business opportunities that can make money from the Japanese.

Sighing, Lin Haoran couldn't help but rub his brows.

Compared to Hong Kong, he at least knew ways to make money by buying Wharf Holdings shares.

But when he came to Japan, he really didn't know much.

Maybe he knows some, but without knowing the target, he has no idea which ones have opportunities.

Although he had a deep memory of his past life due to time travel, just like retrieving data on a computer, he always had to have a target to search for.

Now, he just has no goals.

"Boss, do you have any trivial matters?" Seeing Lin Haoran rubbing his eyebrows, Yamada Keiko, who was massaging his shoulders, couldn't help but ask.

"You are a finance major. Have you noticed any major changes in the Japanese securities market recently?" Lin Haoran asked with a smile.

Today, Keiko Yamada is wearing a white shirt, a black arm-wrapped skirt, and black stockings.

This kind of dress is very common among Japanese female white-collar workers today.

However, Keiko Yamada's clothes are all tailor-made by professional high-end clothing companies, so they fit her very well.

And Yamada Keiko is also very pleasing to the eye overall.

It was quite a nice experience to have a very beautiful Japanese woman following me.

During this period, Lin Haoran gradually got used to it.

Compared with Guan Jiahui and Guo Xiaohan, Yamada Keiko has her own unique beauty.

At this moment, Yamada Keiko also stopped pressing her shoulders and began to think carefully.

She took this as a test from her boss.

However, this is not a difficult task for Keiko Yamada.

She didn't think for long and answered quickly.

"Boss, I recently noticed something. Japan and the United States are currently negotiating on automobile trade. There is no news yet. If the results of the negotiations come out, it may have a great impact on Japan's automobile stocks.
In addition, the media reported that Sony will soon announce the global sales data of Walkman, which may also affect Sony's stock price. "

Yamada Keiko's words made Lin Haoran's eyes light up.

If he didn't know what his goal was before.

At this moment, after Yamada Keiko mentioned it, he instantly knew how to make a lot of money in a short period of time.

Lin Haoran really didn't know much about Japan during this period.

However, he had read many articles about the second oil crisis in his previous life.

The US-Japan automobile trade negotiations are an important example of this.

At this moment, when Keiko Yamada talked about the US-Japan automobile trade negotiations, he instantly understood the background of the matter clearly.

It turns out that in the early 20s, Japan's automobile production jumped to the first place in the world, while the US automobile industry began to decline, and automobile trade frictions between the United States and Japan intensified against this background.

In addition, due to the impact of the oil crisis, the unemployment rate in the United States soared, so the government tried every means to obtain benefits from the outside world and improve domestic conditions. The United States believed that Japan's automobile exports to the United States had caused serious damage to the American automobile industry, so it asked Japan to restrict automobile exports.

In 1981, after the Reagan administration came to power, it exerted greater pressure on Japanese automobile exports.

Japan is highly dependent on the United States for its market and security. In order to avoid more severe sanctions, it finally agreed to implement voluntary restrictions on automobile exports to the United States.

During the negotiations, Toyota's stock price fluctuated sharply due to expectations of export quota adjustments.

Changes in investors' expectations of Toyota's future profitability have caused the stock price to fluctuate as much as 30% in a single month.

Japan agreed to voluntarily limit the total number of passenger car exports each year under the guidance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.

This measure had a certain impact on the Japanese automobile industry, but it also prompted the Japanese automobile industry to accelerate local production in the United States.

The volatility is as high as 30%. Isn't this Lin Haoran's opportunity? (End of this chapter)