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What he hates most is dealing with those media outlets that will do anything to gain traffic.

From the reports this morning, it can be seen that these media outlets are clearly deliberately leading everyone to be hostile to him as an outsider.

It's just that he doesn't care now, because he never had the intention of taking over Toyota from the beginning to the end.

Without this idea, when he sells Toyota's stocks in the future, these media reports will naturally have no impact on him.

"Okay, then I'll ask the security chief to respond to them and ask them to leave the Landmark Building." After saying this, Huo Jianning took the intercom to respond.

Lin Haoran took Yamada Keiko to the company cafeteria to have lunch.

Originally, Lin Haoran thought that many bigwigs from the consortium would come to see him again in the morning.

But what he didn't expect was that no force contacted him in the whole morning.

It seems that these consortiums, with many forces eyeing these 20% shares, are taking a very cautious attitude towards how to bid.

After all, no one wants to easily expose their cards in this complicated game, and no one wants to pay too high a price because of a momentary impulse.

However, Lin Haoran didn't care.

Anyway, even if these consortiums don't buy in the end, he can still sell them slowly through the stock market.

Will it have a big impact in the short term?
Then just do it slowly over a long period of time.

Anyway, he was not in a hurry to take action.

If these consortiums do not offer conditions that satisfy him, he will not easily agree.

The current situation is that he is sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, not panicking at all.

After dinner, Lin Haoran returned to the office again.

Keiko Yamada, who was standing by, made tea for him.

Like the Chinese, the Japanese like to drink tea.

However, steamed green tea is the main drink here.

Drinking tea leisurely and looking at the bustling Tokyo streets outside the window, Lin Haoran was thinking about his next strategy.

Although it seems that you are in the initiative at the moment, the business world is like a battlefield, changing rapidly, and any negligence may lead to a reversal of the situation.

Don't be too passive when doing anything.

"Keiko, what do you think these financial groups will do next?" Lin Haoran suddenly smiled and looked up and asked Keiko Yamada who was massaging his shoulders.

Yamada Keiko was slightly stunned, and then she started to think seriously: "Haoran-kun, I think they might test our bottom line first to see if we really intend to sell the shares and the price range we expect.

At the same time, they will also assess their own strength and the movements of other competitors to find the best time to act.”

Lin Haoran nodded. Last night, he actually discussed the price with Mimura Yongping, the president of Mitsubishi Group. He even almost agreed to Mimura Yongping's offer at one point.

However, many bigwigs from the financial groups came one after another, so he didn't continue to discuss this issue.

In addition, the big bosses of the consortium were unwilling to continue the conversation and reveal their cards when they saw everyone gathered together.

Therefore, although everyone came here with the intention of purchasing the stocks held by Lin Haoran, in the end it became a scene of mutual courtesy.

Until Lin Haoran left, no one talked about acquiring Lin Haoran's Toyota shares.

However, judging from the attitude of everyone when greeting him last night, Lin Haoran could tell that there were actually only three people who wanted to buy out his stocks the most. One was Mimura Yohei of the Mitsubishi Group, one was Yahiro Toshiro of the Mitsui Group, and the other was Ando Taro of the Sumitomo Group.

As for the other major conglomerates, the Yasuda Group, the Fuji Group, etc., it seems that they just want to cause trouble. They are unwilling to see the Mitsui Group and the Mitsubishi Group continue to grow. They will acquire if they can, and don't care if they can't.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Lin Haoran sat up straight, then said, "Come in."

At this time, Yamada Keiko also stopped the security check and walked to stand next to Lin Haoran.

The person who came in was Huo Jianning.

"Boss, excuse me for bothering you. There are more and more reporters gathering downstairs. Now there are more than fifty people. The security guards asked them to leave, but they all said that they would not leave until they see you, boss." Huo Jianning said with a wry smile.

"Why do all reporters look like this?" Lin Haoran frowned and said helplessly.

Reporters from Hong Kong are the same. They won't leave unless they can interview someone.

When I came to Japan, the reporters were still like this.

"Boss, it seems like you have no choice but to meet them!" Huo Jianning continued.

"In that case, let's meet them. You ask the security to organize their order and hold a simple temporary press conference. I will go down to meet them later." Lin Haoran thought for a while and said.

If this continues, it will only make things difficult for the staff of the Jardine Matheson Building.

He also knew the purpose of these reporters looking for him. In that case, it would be fine to meet them. "Okay, boss, I'll go down and make arrangements. You can come down in about 20 minutes!" Huo Jianning said, and then left the office.

Looking at Huo Jianning's leaving figure, Lin Haoran couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

These reporters wanted to interview him just to confirm whether he was here with the intention of acquiring Toyota.

Nowadays, Japan's top forces actually know that it is impossible for Lin Haoran to acquire Toyota Motor. Only these reporters and ordinary people are still skeptical about this.

In that case, he could openly admit that he would not acquire Toyota.

As for whether it would affect Toyota's stock price, he actually knew that even if he didn't say anything, Toyota's stock price would not last long as it had risen so much in the past few days.

In fact, he is already very satisfied with the current increase, which has exceeded his expectations.

Soon, twenty minutes passed and Lin Haoran stood up.

At this time, Yamada Keiko tidied up his clothes and hairstyle, and then Lin Haoran walked out of the office.

We took the elevator and soon arrived at the lobby of the building.

At this moment, a simple press conference has been temporarily set up in the lobby.

Dozens of security guards are now maintaining order.

As for the reporters, Lin Haoran looked over and saw that there were more than fifty people, at least hundreds of them.

There are quite a few media offices nearby. I guess these media came here after learning that Lin Haoran would hold a press conference.

Lin Haoran's appearance made the whole scene quiet instantly. All cameras and eyes were focused on him. After a brief silence, a burst of noise soon appeared again.

"Please be quiet, everyone." Huo Jianning said to everyone holding the microphone.

The reporters gradually quieted down again.

Afterwards, Huo Jianning handed the microphone to Lin Haoran.

"Hello, friends from the Japanese media. I am Lin Haoran. I know you all have many questions to ask me. Today I am here to give you a clear answer." Lin Haoran stood in front of everyone and said with a smile.

"First of all, I want to clarify that I hold a 20% stake in Toyota Motor, but this does not mean that I intend to acquire Toyota Motor. I have never had such an idea and have never taken any action to achieve this goal." Lin Haoran's words were so powerful that the reporters present looked at each other in surprise.

"Then Mr. Lin, what is your purpose in holding so many shares?" A reporter asked loudly first, breaking the brief silence.

Lin Haoran smiled and replied, "I hold these shares purely for investment reasons. Toyota Motor is a very good company and I believe in its future development potential.

A few months ago, everyone was worried about the future of Japanese cars, and the stock price was at a low point. In my opinion, this was an investment opportunity for me. I believed that the future of Toyota would not be affected by any development in the US-Japan auto negotiations.

It turned out that my investment decision was very wise, even beyond my imagination. I originally thought that Toyota's stock price would experience a long period of decline, and I also planned to hold the shares for a long time.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the negotiation results came out, Toyota's stock price soared, which surprised me. Of course, stock price fluctuations are market behaviors, and I can't fully predict them, but I am still confident in Toyota's long-term development prospects. "

"But, Mr. Lin, your investment has attracted widespread attention and concern from the Japanese business community. Some people even worry that you will use your shares to launch a malicious takeover of Toyota or interfere with its operations. What do you think about this?" another reporter asked with a hint of sharpness in his tone.

“In fact, if you have interviewed Mr. Eiichi Toyoda, the president of Toyota Motor Corporation, you will know that I rejected Mr. Eiichi Toyoda’s invitation to join the board of directors of Toyota Motor Corporation, which already represents my attitude.

I respect the independence of Toyota Motor and the decisions of its management team. I have never had any intention of maliciously acquiring or interfering with its operations. I am just a shareholder who is optimistic about Toyota's future development and hopes to get a reasonable return on investment from it, nothing more. "Lin Haoran responded calmly.

"Mr. Lin, weren't you worried before that if the result of the US-Japan auto trade negotiations was severe sanctions imposed by the United States on Japan, Toyota's stock price would plummet, causing your investment to be wiped out?" Another reporter asked a sharp question, trying to dig into the deeper considerations behind Lin Haoran's decision.

"This reporter asked a good question. In fact, I am not worried at all about the outcome of the US-Japan auto trade negotiations, or any impact on Toyota. Even if the consequences are serious, I am not worried, because I have my own proposal for the development of Toyota.

I think once this proposal is adopted by Toyota’s top management, the future of Toyota, and even other Japanese car brands such as Honda, Mitsubishi, and Mazda, will not be affected by the negotiation results!" Lin Haoran said calmly.

Lin Haoran's words immediately aroused heated discussions among many reporters.

What kind of proposal can protect Japanese cars from the impact of US sanctions?

Even the top experts in their automotive industry have not figured out how to solve this problem.

This is also the reason why the Japanese auto industry has been so negative during this period.

But now, Lin Haoran actually said that he has a way to crack the US sanctions on Japan's auto industry?
They couldn't wait to know what Lin Haoran's solution was.

Lin Haoran looked at the reactions of the reporters on the scene, smiled slightly, and continued: "It's actually very simple. The reason why the United States sanctioned the Japanese auto industry is nothing more than because the large-scale import of Japanese cars has led to a sharp drop in the sales of American cars. The employees in the American auto industry have been greatly affected, and many employees have even been laid off.

The solution to this problem is very simple, that is to localize Japanese car brands in the United States. For example, Toyota, Honda and other Japanese car brands can build factories in the United States, realize local production in the United States, and bring more jobs to the United States. In this way, the United States will naturally have no reason to sanction Japanese cars! "

In fact, a year later, Toyota, Honda and other companies did the same thing because their exports to the United States were still affected to a certain extent by the sanctions.

Therefore, in order to break the deadlock, they eventually had to go to the United States to build a factory.

Lin Haoran is not really proposing this to help the Japanese auto industry, but just to make this strategy appear in advance, which may make Toyota's stock price continue to rise.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of exclamations and discussions at the scene.

Reporters were talking to each other, expressing great interest and surprise at this proposal. (End of this chapter)