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The other party's words made Lin Haoran think.

You can't say that you're just looking to buy low and sell high, right?
Although all of this is a business activity, the funds involved are ultimately too much. What he earned was ultimately paid for by Japanese shareholders.

After thinking it over, Lin Haoran smiled and said, "Minister of State should also know that I came to visit Japan at the invitation of your country's Minister of Foreign Affairs. After investigating your market, I think your market prospects are very great, which deeply attracted me.

Coupled with your country's preferential policies for foreign investment, I saw the investment potential, so I decided to make Japan my key investment market in the future.

I believe that as a major official of the Japanese government, you should also be aware of my investment in Japan. Even though the real estate industry in Japan is currently doing generally poorly, I still spent huge sums of money to bid for land, to bid for Cheung Kong Real Estate, and even moved the headquarters of Southern Company, a company that is relatively well-known in the United States, to Tokyo. The reason for all this is, of course, because I am very optimistic about the future development of Japan!

I acquired Toyota Motor shares in March and April. At that time, the Japanese automobile market was at its most negative stage. Even Citibank advised me not to be impulsive, but I still entrusted Citibank to spend a huge amount of money to acquire shares.

I think you should be clear that under this circumstance, I still choose to invest in Toyota Motor, the reason is actually very simple!
As a world-leading automobile manufacturer, I deeply admire its technological strength and brand influence. The fact that it has forced the US government to intervene makes me firmly believe that even if Toyota encounters difficulties in the short term, it will still have great potential in the future. This is why I invested in Toyota!

Of course, I also understand the importance the Japanese government places on Toyota and its concerns about the future of the Japanese auto industry. I promise that my investment behavior will always follow market rules, respect Toyota's operational autonomy, and will not interfere with its normal business decisions.

At the same time, I will not continue to increase my holdings of Toyota Motor shares for the time being. I can assure you that if I want to increase my holdings of Toyota Motor shares, I will report it to the government in advance!"

Although Lin Haoran did not directly state whether he came for the purpose of acquiring Toyota Motor, his answer cleverly conveyed his position and intentions, demonstrating his deep understanding and optimism about the Japanese market, and expressing his optimism about the value of Toyota Motor.

As for the acquisition?

He had no such idea.

Seeing that such a high-ranking official has come to our door, you can imagine how high Toyota's status and influence is in Japan.

At this moment, after receiving Lin Haoran's answer, the Minister of State nodded with satisfaction.

He also knew that the other party, as foreign capital, had great confidence in Japan's economy, which was why they made large-scale investments, so he could not offend the other party too much.

Now that I have obtained the information I wanted to know, I will naturally not continue to embarrass the other party.

"Mr. Lin, thank you for your cooperation. I will not bother you any more. I will go back to work first. I will invite you privately when I have time to discuss more about the Japanese market and the possibility of future cooperation." The Minister of State said with a smile, his tone revealing a friendly yet formal atmosphere.

"It's my honor. Please take care!"

Lin Haoran and Kawai Yasuya sent the other party to the parking space together, watched him get into the official car and leave, and then returned to the office.

"Mr. Lin, I'm really sorry. The Japanese government sent me a letter asking about this before, and I always gave various excuses to avoid it. But I didn't expect that the Minister of State from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry would come to your door in person to inquire about this matter. I have to tell others that you are the behind-the-scenes acquirer. Please forgive me." Yasuya Kawai said apologetically at this time.

"It's okay, I can understand. By the way, since the government has already known about this, I think there is no need to hide it. In this case, you should just make it public." Lin Haoran thought for a moment and said.

At this point, there is no need to continue hiding it.

The government knows this, which means those consortiums will get the news soon.

In this case, it is better to announce it openly.

Anyway, no one knows that his purpose is to buy low and sell high to make a profit.

It is enough to keep this matter secret.

If it really doesn't work, these 20% of the shares will be sold slowly so as not to alarm the market. In this way, it will surely not affect the share price of Toyota Motor.

Anyway, the shares in hand are not original shares, so there is no restriction on disclosing the information in advance.

After chatting with Kawai Yasuya for more than ten minutes, Lin Haoran said goodbye to him.

After Lin Haoran left, Kawai Yasuya personally called the heads of major conglomerates one by one.

He has been in a dilemma for the past week.

Now, he can finally get rid of this burden, and he feels much happier.

Finally, I don’t have to be hounded by the big guys every day.

Not only that, after making the phone calls to the major financial group bosses, he submitted a statement to the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capacity of Citibank Japan Branch.

Therefore, in less than an hour, the news that Lin Haoran had become a major shareholder of Toyota Motors spread throughout the entire Japanese investment community. "What? The force that secretly acquired Toyota Motors shares was not Citibank, but Lin Haoran, and the shareholding reached 20%?" Almost every time Kawai Yasuya informed a big shot, he shocked the other party.

The heads of the Mitsui Group, Mitsubishi Group, Sumitomo Group, Yasuda Group, Fuji Group, Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank, Sanwa Group, Toyota family and other forces all felt very complicated after learning the news.

Who would have thought that the one coveting Japan's largest automobile brand was not Citibank, but Lin Haoran, a wealthy man from Hong Kong?

Before this, no one would have connected this matter with Lin Haoran.

As a result, these consortiums began to use their own intelligence connections to collect information about Lin Haoran.

A series of mergers and acquisitions - including the acquisition of Ching Chau Cement, Hong Kong Electric Group, China Gas, Hong Kong Telephone, Kowloon Motor Bus, Oriental Press Company, Hong Kong Land Development, and even the historic Jardine Matheson and American Southern Company - soon appeared in front of the bigwigs.

Each of these mergers and acquisitions involves huge amounts of money, which is enough to become the focus of public attention and trigger widespread discussion even in economically developed Japan.

What is even more amazing is that these mergers and acquisitions were completed intensively in just over two years. Even Japan's top financial groups would find it difficult to match such a speed and scale.

However, the driving force behind this series of mergers and acquisitions is not the business tycoon or top consortium as people imagine, but just a seemingly ordinary rich second generation - Lin Haoran.

In the process of collecting information about Lin Haoran, the heads of major conglomerates all discovered a surprising commonality: Lin Haoran had an almost obsessive love for mergers and acquisitions.

A company like Jardine Matheson, a well-known British multinational company in Hong Kong, would have belonged to Lin Haoran now if it had not been for the intervention of various forces.

Then, he suddenly set his sights on Toyota Motor, and without anyone knowing, secretly became the largest shareholder, holding a terrifying 20% ​​of the shares. His purpose was self-evident.

If the other party was not aiming to acquire Toyota, why would they spend huge sums of money to acquire a stake in Toyota when the Japanese auto industry was facing sanctions from the United States?
Then, the only possibility is that the other party has set their sights on Toyota and wants to acquire this car brand that Japan is proud of.

The amount of money involved in a 20% stake is simply too huge.

Many bigwigs who had originally set their sights on Toyota Motors now frowned, thinking about how to deal with this situation.

Let Lin Haoran acquire Toyota Motors?

This is absolutely impossible.

If this really happened, the Japanese business community would lose all face.

If the other party is a top American consortium, that would be acceptable.

But Lin Haoran is just a Hong Kong businessman.

Such an identity makes it difficult for them to accept that Toyota is about to be acquired by the other party.

Therefore, the most important thing now is to stop Lin Haoran from coveting Toyota Motors and not let Toyota Motors, this great Japanese company, become a company controlled by Hong Kong people.

Toyota Motor Corporation urgently convened a board meeting for this purpose.

After all, a businessman they are not familiar with has become a major shareholder of the company. If they are not careful, the company may be caught up in a battle for controlling rights.

After waiting for the US-Japan auto trade negotiations to end and Toyota regaining the confidence of investors again, this kind of thing happened. Naturally, they took it seriously.

The atmosphere in Toyota Motor's boardroom was solemn and tense.

All the senior executives and directors looked grim, their eyes focused on the documents in front of them, which were the latest news about Lin Haoran becoming the company's major shareholder, as well as Lin Haoran's personal public information.

"Everyone, Mr. Lin has now become a major shareholder of the company and may even want to acquire our company. How should we deal with this situation?" Toyota Motor's current president, Eiichi Toyota, glanced at all the senior executives in the conference room and asked in a deep voice.

This matter is of great importance. If they are not careful, the Toyota family may lose control of Toyota Motors, which they cannot accept.

If a Japanese conglomerate becomes a major shareholder, the Toyota family will not worry because these large conglomerates rarely compete for control of the company.

This is also the reason why the Toyota family is not worried even though their shareholding has been decreasing.

But if the other party was Lin Haoran, the situation would be completely different.

Since the other party has held up to 20% of the shares without anyone noticing, Toyota Eiichi does not believe that he has no ambition to acquire Toyota Motor Corporation. (End of this chapter)