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Chapter 193: Jardine Matheson's Dawn Assault

On the morning of the second day of the New Year, Lin Haoran was still sleeping soundly when he was awakened by a knock on the door.

The person outside the door was the Lin family's Filipino maid.

"Young master, Madam asked me to come up and call you. The second and third young ladies are back." After Lin Haoran opened the door, the Filipino maid in her twenties reported.

"Okay, I understand. I'll be down in a moment." Lin Haoran responded with a yawn.

I looked at my watch and it was already ten o'clock in the morning. No wonder my two sisters were here.

After returning from the Governor's Mansion last night, Lin Haoran was not in a hurry to rest.

It was more than enough for him to get to know so many big names.

If he could establish good relationships with these people, each of them could provide him with help that he had not received before, especially the political bigwigs.

After quickly washing up, Lin Haoran changed into an ordinary set of casual home clothes, put some red envelopes in his pocket, and then went downstairs.

Before he even went downstairs, he heard a bustling noise downstairs.

"Second sister, second brother-in-law, third sister, third brother-in-law, Happy New Year!" Going down to the hall on the first floor, it was indeed very lively at this time of the day, with more than a dozen people in the house.

There are six of them, just the children.

The second sister gave birth to three children, the third sister also gave birth to two children, plus the eldest brother's son.

"Uncle Haoran, congratulations on your prosperity, give me the red envelope!" The second sister's eldest son is a social elite. Although he is still in elementary school, when he saw Lin Haoran, he couldn't wait to rush up to ask for the red envelope.

"Okay, okay, everyone will have one. I'll give each of you two red envelopes!" Lin Haoran laughed.

Then, Lin Haoran started distributing red envelopes, even to his nephew Lin Jianbin who had already received a red envelope.

"Hao Ning, you have made great progress now. You must take care of us in the future!" The second brother-in-law walked up to Lin Haoran, shook hands with him and said with a smile.

The third brother-in-law also came over to greet Lin Haoran.

Today's Lin Haoran has already impressed these people. He is a big shot in the business world.

It can be said that even if their two families were added together, plus the original Lin family, they could not match the Hong Kong Electric Group.

And they all just work in the family business.

"Second brother-in-law, third brother-in-law, do you want to start your own business? If you have this idea, I can provide you with some help." Lin Haoran said with a smile.

His two sisters are so kind to him, he must know how to repay them.

People like the second brother-in-law and the third brother-in-law are both in their thirties, younger than the eldest brother Lin Hao Ning. Although they hold management positions in their respective family businesses, they do not actually hold much power.

Moreover, the families of my second and third brother-in-law are much larger than the Lin family, and they have more clansmen. It will not be difficult for them to hold important positions in the family business in the future, but it will be difficult for them to become heirs.

That's why Lin Haoran wanted them to set up their own business.

At least, given his current position in the business world, it is not difficult for him to provide them with some help.

In addition, he knew many future development trends. Although they might not necessarily make them very powerful in the future, it would not be difficult for them to surpass their respective families.

Just like Liu Luanxiong, the general manager of Aimego Company, his family is not bad, but Liu Luanxiong did not do well in the family business and was not welcomed, so he started his own business. Now the strength of Aimego Company has far surpassed that of the Liu family business.

If the second and third sister's families want to start their own business, Lin Haoran will naturally support them.

With his current strength, if he gives some pointers and some resource support, the family conditions of my second and third sisters will not be bad in the future.

Lin Haoran's words made the faces of his second and third brother-in-law glow with joy.

After all, Lin Haoran is now the chairman of Hong Kong Electric Group. If he introduces some business to them, their conditions will be greatly improved.

"Haoran, are you serious? I have long wanted to start my own business. In the family business, those old stubborn people always don't trust me. If what you said is true, then we have to have a good talk. If you give me some advice, I really plan to start my own business and follow you!" The second brother-in-law smiled, with anticipation in his eyes.

"Haoran, I plan to start a human resources company on my own. What do you think? There are so many factories in Hong Kong, and each factory needs a large number of workers. I think this industry has great potential." The third brother-in-law also hurriedly expressed his thoughts.

"Brother-in-law, it depends on which industry you are interested in. I can give you some advice.

As for my third brother-in-law, the human resources company is indeed a good industry. For example, I have a fan factory under my name. The number of workers can reach tens of thousands during the peak season. And those construction companies also need a large number of manpower.

If you can start a business, I can let you handle all the recruitment work. It's the same if I give it to someone else. Even if you want to start a high-end headhunting company, I can provide you with business, but the premise is that the quality of the talents you find must be high. "Lin Haoran responded with a smile.

"Third brother-in-law, my Wanfeng Fan Factory will also need a large number of assembly line workers in the summer. If you want to do this, you must act as soon as possible." Lin Hao Ning on the side also interrupted and expressed his support.

Seeing the family so happy together, Lin's mother was also very pleased.

"Hao'er, when are you going to find a brother or sister? Mommy just nagged me, saying that you want to hold your grandson as soon as possible." The third sister said with a smile.

Lin Haoran is already 26 years old this year. At this age, he is indeed at the right age to get married. Even in large families, many people get married at about this age, and some are even younger.

However, he is not in a hurry.

"Third sister, my career is my priority right now. I don't have the time to think about these romantic things. Let's wait until my career stabilizes." Lin Haoran said with a wry smile.

Lin Haoran did not leave Deep Water Bay for the entire day.

However, after lunch, the eldest brother Lin Hao Ning left the Lin family with his wife and children. Naturally, they were going to his mother's house.

In the afternoon, Lin Haoran took gifts and went to Bao Yugang's house nearby to wish him a happy new year.

Bao Yugang was considered his elder in the business world, and he had provided him with great help in the acquisition of Qingzhou Yingni Company and the purchase of oil. This alone was worth it for him to pay New Year's greetings to this business elder, not to mention that the distance between the two houses only took a few minutes to walk. At Bao Yugang's home, Lin Haoran talked a lot with the world's shipping king.

Now, Bao Yugang's attitude towards Lin Haoran is no longer the same as that of a senior towards a junior in the past, but basically he treats them as equals.

Although more than half a year has passed since Bao Yugang took over Hutchison Whampoa, he is still recuperating and does not have any major ambitions in Hong Kong's business world for the time being.

During the process of acquiring Hutchison Whampoa, the Bao family owed a huge debt of HK$21 billion. It was not easy to pay off this debt.

At the beginning of this year, in order to reduce its debt ratio, Global Shipping Group had to sell a number of ships, and most of these ships were bought by Wheelock Shipping Company, a subsidiary of Wheelock.

However, the Pao family acquired Wharf Holdings at the right time, because real estate prices were on the rise and many of Wharf Holdings' properties had greatly increased in value.

After more than a year, the value of the Wharf Holdings they held had at least doubled. It can be said that although the Bao family suffered heavy losses in the process of acquiring Wharf Holdings due to the large premium, they would make the money back sooner or later.

Lin Haoran learned a lot of experience from chatting with Bao Yugang. Bao Yugang would talk about the business war stories he had experienced in the past from time to time. These business war stories were all valuable treasures.

Compared with Lin Wanan's business experience, it is obvious that Bao Yugang's business experience is richer and more instructive.

One is making small moves in Hong Kong, while the other is active in the global market and is respected by leaders of various countries. Their realms are completely different.

At the same time, Lin Haoran also met Bao Yugang's four sons-in-law through his introduction.

Speaking of which, among the four sons-in-law of the ship charter king, only one is a native of Hong Kong. The other three are not from Hong Kong, but are distributed in different countries. It is not an exaggeration to say that his sons-in-law can form a small United Nations.

After chatting for more than two hours at Bao Yuguang's house, Lin Haoran left.

Bao Yugang wanted to invite Lin Haoran to have dinner at Bao's house, but Lin Haoran refused on the grounds that his sister and brother-in-law were waiting for him at home.

Today is the day when their family reunites. It would seem out of place if I were to join in their big family dinner.

In the evening, my second and third sister’s families all stayed at the Lin family.

With so many children at home, Lin Haoran, the uncle, specially asked Li Weiguo to go out and buy a lot of fireworks and set them off in an open place.

The fireworks on New Year's Eve had already ended.

My eldest brother didn't come back at night, so he must have stayed overnight at my father-in-law's house.

However, the Lin family is still very lively. During the year, the second day of the Lunar New Year is the busiest.

Throughout the whole day, Mr. and Mrs. Lin never stopped smiling.

In the blink of an eye, another night passed. On the morning of the third day of the New Year, Lin Haoran originally planned to go directly to the Hong Kong Electric Group, but his mother asked him if he wanted to go to his grandfather's house.

Considering that his work was not really urgent, Lin Haoran decided to go anyway.

However, by noon, Lin Haoran hurried to the Hong Kong Electric Group.

The reason was that Chen Shoulin called him and told him that Jardine Matheson & Co.'s acquisition of China Gas Company had begun!

So, Lin Haoran hurriedly said goodbye to his grandfather and his family and drove to the headquarters building of Hong Kong Electric Group.

At 12:30 noon, Lin Haoran appeared in the general manager's office of Hong Kong Electric Group.

"Boss, this morning, the shares of China Gas Company were bought up in large quantities right after the opening, and the share price also rose sharply. By 12 noon, when the market closed for the lunch break, the total market value of China Gas's share price had risen from 5.9 million Hong Kong dollars before the opening to 7.2 million, and the trading volume was nearly five times the trading volume of the entire day of the previous trading day.

Just got the news that Jardine Securities, a subsidiary of Jardine Matheson, and Hong Kong Land Group jointly launched the "Dawn Assault" against China Gas Company. At the same time, they announced a joint investment of HK$1.2 million to acquire about 15% of the shares from the market. In other words, Jardine directly increased the market value of China Gas Company to a total market value of HK$8 million.

This matter has already caused a lot of uproar. It is estimated that the shares of China Gas Company will be sold out in the afternoon. After all, everyone thinks that China Gas Company is not worth such a high share price, so there will definitely be many shareholders who will take the opportunity to sell their shares. "Chen Shoulin did not have time to greet Lin Haoran, and directly told Lin Haoran what happened today.

"Do you know how many shares they currently hold?" Lin Haoran frowned and asked.

"Jardine Matheson did not disclose the information, but according to our estimate, Jardine Matheson controlled at least 25% of the shares.

Before this, they should have controlled nearly 20% of the shares, so they were so confident.

In addition, in the morning, they aggressively purchased orders in the secondary market, and the shares they hold are likely to have reached 25%, so they will directly purchase 15% of the shares.

If this wave of acquisitions is completed, then Jardine Matheson will control 40% of the shares, which will be enough to become the major shareholder of China Gas Company and have the strength to take over China Gas Company. "Chen Shoulin replied.

Lin Haoran nodded and began to think.

At the close of the previous trading day, Hong Kong Electric Group's stake in China Gas Company had reached about 8%, plus about 2.8% from Universal Investments.

In other words, he actually currently controls about 10.8% of the China Gas Company shares, which is a huge gap compared to the shares currently held by Jardine Matheson.

With such a small amount of shares, combined with what Chen Shoulin said about the situation of Jardine Matheson, under normal circumstances, it is basically impossible to compete with Jardine Matheson.

Li Ming and his Chinese financial group hold about 33% of the shares.

If he joined forces with this group of Chinese financial groups, even if Jardine Matheson acquired 40% of the shares, it would not be able to actually control the China Gas Company.

Because, at present, they together control more than 43% of the shares.

However, Lin Haoran did not intend to do so, as it would not do him any good!

Even if Jardine Matheson Holdings failed, so what? The actual control of China Gas Company was not in the hands of Lin Haoran.

What he wants is the actual control of China Gas Company!
If one wants to achieve this goal simply by purchasing stocks from the stock market, it is obvious that even Jardine Matheson cannot surpass it.

(End of this chapter)