In Hong Kong, we build a global business empire

This is a compromise, but also a solution.

When you are in the business world, sometimes you have to learn to retreat in order to advance.

The gradual decline of their Li Peicai family was caused by the ruthless waves of the times.

Emerging forces such as Bao Yugang and Lin Haoran, with their keen business sense, decisive decision-making ability and strong capital, have risen rapidly in Hong Kong like a storm, constantly encroaching on the territory of the old families.

This is like the ancient dynasties. Even if they were once glorious and powerful, wasn't it ultimately difficult for them to maintain their rule for generations?

The ups and downs of business and alternating prosperity and decline are normal.

It is understandable that these merchant families declined in the face of the tide of the times.

Li Fushu is very open-minded about this.

At the same time, on the 51st floor of Kangle Building, less than one kilometer away, Lin Haoran had returned to his private office.

Although Connaught Building is no longer the tallest building in Hong Kong, it is still the coolest building in Central and its status is unshakable.

Looking at the familiar furnishings in the office, Lin Haoran couldn't help but smile.

This is his territory.

After Cui Zilong sent him back to Kangle Building, he left.

"Boss, I really didn't expect that this was a trap set by the Li family. I also have a share of responsibility here." Ma Shimin, who was sitting opposite, said with a wry smile.

Ma Shimin went to Japan some time ago to help Huo Jianning deal with some things he could not handle. He has only been back to Hong Kong for a few days.

"It's okay, it's just a small matter. I will handle it. Since they want to negotiate with me, I will have a good chat with them!" Lin Haoran said nonchalantly.

If it were two years ago, the Li Peicai family would still be a behemoth in his eyes.

But he is no longer the same person he was two years ago. Today, in Hong Kong, only a few financial groups and forces such as Huifeng, Swire, and Bao Yugang are worthy of his attention.

For a family like the Li family, even if they knew in advance about Lin Haoran’s coveting of the Bank of East Asia, so what?

In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are nothing but paper tigers.

"Knock knock knock." There was a knock on the office door.

"Please come in." Lin Haoran shouted outside the door.

"Boss, it's me." It was Dai Shi who walked in, and he said respectfully at this moment.

"Well, what's the situation at the Bank of East Asia?" Lin Haoran nodded and asked.

"In order to prevent the Li Peicai family from increasing their holdings in Bank of East Asia, we have been keeping an eye on the stock market. At the same time, we also asked President Cui to pay special attention to several important shareholders of Bank of East Asia to prevent them from having private transactions. But what we didn't expect is that Bank of East Asia's stock market is still very calm. In addition, there is no news from President Cui for the time being. It seems that the Li family has not increased their holdings in the past few days!" Dai Shihui reported.

"Oh? It seems that they have no intention of competing with me for shares?" Lin Haoran felt a little surprised.

After all, no matter what, the Li Peicai family owns 32.3% of the shares, which is considered very high among the largest shareholders of many listed companies.

Therefore, the Li family has a huge advantage.

But after learning that Lin Haoran coveted Bank of East Asia, they did not consolidate their position by increasing their holdings, which really made Lin Haoran a little confused.

"Boss, in my opinion, the Li family should want to compromise, and the initiative is in your hands," said Ma Shimin with a smile.

"Boss, this is some recent intelligence information about the Bank of East Asia that I asked President Cui to collect. Please take a look." Dai Shi also handed over a piece of information at this time.

Lin Haoran took the information calmly, twisted the pages lightly with his fingers, and flipped through them casually.

The information lists in detail the shareholding ratios of the current major shareholders of Bank of East Asia, recent major decision-making matters, etc.

Lin Haoran gently put the information down, thought for a moment, and said to Dai Shi: "Dai Shi, please reply to the other party and tell them that I am free tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock and welcome them to come to the Connaught Building for a detailed discussion. The reply should be polite, after all, the Li family is also a respected senior in the Hong Kong business community."

"Okay, boss. I'll contact them right away." Dai Shi responded respectfully.

After Dai Shi left, Lin Haoran couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

As for the Bank of East Asia, when he learned that the Li family wanted to negotiate with him, he already had a preliminary plan.

The final negotiation terms will depend on the sincerity of the Li family.

If the Li family is willing to make certain concessions in terms of shares and management rights, he doesn't mind giving the Li family some face. After all, in the business world, it is always better to have one more friend than one more enemy.

In addition, the Li family is indeed good at managing banks.

He was unwilling to drive away such good business managers.

After all, even if he completely acquired Bank of East Asia, he would not be able to manage it.

Not to mention the Bank of East Asia, even a behemoth like the Hong Kong Land Development Group, he was just a hands-off manager, not to mention the Bank of East Asia, which was only worth less than 3 billion Hong Kong dollars. Lin Haoran stood up and walked to the round window, looking at the scenery on both sides of Victoria Harbour in the distance.

Suddenly, he noticed that construction had already started on one of the plots of land that he had previously asked the Hong Kong Land Group to bid for, and several floors had been built.

There, is the planned world's tallest building.

In fact, it was the Governor's Office that asked him to bid for those pieces of land.

The purpose is to prevent the land prices in Hong Kong from falling and Hong Kong from falling into a real estate crisis.

As a result, he got a great bargain.

Now, even the funds for the auction have not been settled, but the Governor's Office has promised him that the settlement of the funds can be postponed to three years later.

"Hey, are they starting construction so soon?" Lin Haoran asked in surprise.

He remembered that Ma Shimin had faxed the design to him two months ago and he was very satisfied with it at that time.

Ma Shimin, who was standing by, had already come over.

"Boss, the Governor's Office has given great support when they learned that we are going to build the world's tallest building. After we have completed the survey, design and other processes, and if we have sufficient funds, we will naturally start construction. We estimate that it will be completed in about three years. By then, the position of the world's tallest building will be ours!" Ma Shimin said with a smile.

Lin Haoran nodded. He was also looking forward to this building.

As for why the Governor's Office supported it, he understood it very well.

Why has the land price in Hong Kong increased so rapidly in the past few decades? In fact, it is entirely because of the secret promotion by the Governor's Office.

After all, the fastest way to make money is naturally to sell land.

What's more, now that the negotiations are imminent, the future of Hong Kong is unclear. Even the UK is not sure about the future of Hong Kong.

Therefore, their goal is to make more money in Hong Kong.

If Hong Kong has the world's tallest building, it will obviously enhance Hong Kong's city image and influence, attract more international capital inflows, and land prices will rise accordingly.

This is undoubtedly a good thing with no harm and only benefits for the Governor's Office.

Among the plots of land that were auctioned previously, there are two in Central, one of which is the plot where the world's tallest building is currently under construction.

Lin Haoran looked at another piece and found that construction had already started there.

The difference is that the foundation of that piece of land is still being laid.

Both plots of land were in Central, not far from the Kang Lok Building, so Lin Haoran could see them clearly with ease.

"Boss, that piece of land is closer to the sea and its area is not as large as the one on the right, so it is not suitable for building too high. After surveying and designing, the height of this building is finally set at 283.7 meters. After completion, it will be the second tallest building in Hong Kong and will become another important commercial project of the Hong Kong Land Group." Ma Shimin explained when he saw Lin Haoran looking at the land.

Lin Haoran nodded.

He changed his angle and looked towards the upper ring.

I saw that the piece of land that we acquired in cooperation with Guo Henian last year is now under construction, and a large shopping mall will be built there.

There is no large commercial plaza in Sheung Wan at present. Once this shopping mall is completed, it will become one of the important landmark buildings in Sheung Wan.

In addition to these, the Hong Kong Land Group also has many projects under construction in Hong Kong Island and Tsim Sha Tsui.

Lin Haoran became more and more excited. Once these buildings were completed, Hong Kong's skyline would definitely be reshaped by the projects of the Hong Kong Land Group, and the Hong Kong Land Group would surely leave a strong mark on Hong Kong's business landscape.

This can be considered as a change made by Lin Haoran.

Hong Kong is getting better and better under his changes.

Although there will be a real estate crisis in Hong Kong next year, it will not affect the construction of these projects at all.

Once these projects are completed, Hong Kong’s real estate crisis will be over.

After chatting with Ma Shimin in the office for more than an hour, he did not go to meet other generals under him, nor did he inspect the companies.

I looked at the time and it was already past three in the afternoon.

So he said goodbye to Ma Shimin and left Kangle Building in his private car.

"Let's go back to the Deep Water Bay villa!" Lin Haoran said to Li Weidong while sitting in the Rolls-Royce.

It’s been so long, it’s time to go back and see my parents.

In the past few months, his mother has called him frequently.

"Okay, boss, take a seat!" Li Weidong said, started the engine, and slowly drove out of the underground parking lot of Kangle Building. (End of this chapter)