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After thinking about it, Lin Haoran quickly came up with an idea.

It is well known that there are two bus companies in Hong Kong, Kowloon Motor Bus and China Motor Bus.

However, Lin Haoran did not expect that the three financially powerful conglomerates would simultaneously set their sights on Kowloon Motor Bus.

The reason why he chose to acquire Kowloon Motor Bus was because he knew that Kowloon Motor Bus had more land and its bus transportation profits were stronger than China Motor Bus, so he chose Kowloon Motor Bus instead of China Motor Bus.

Because it is impossible for him to control both bus companies, the government will not allow it.

Now, if Guo Desheng wants to shift his focus, China Motor Bus is obviously the most suitable choice.

With the loss of a strong competitor, Universal Investment Company's acquisition of Kowloon Motor Bus will certainly be much easier, and the stock price will not rise as fast.

As for another rival, Great Eagle Group, he is not very worried.

His current shareholding has reached 24.58%.

As long as Guo Desheng shifts his acquisition target, Huanyu Investment Company should be able to increase its shareholding ratio to 30% within ten days or even a week.

At that time, as long as this news was revealed to Luo Yingshi, Lin Haoran would not believe that the other party would continue to acquire Kowloon Motor Bus.

As for how to get Guo Desheng to shift his focus to China Bus, Lin Haoran already has an idea.

"Zhixue, please get me a recent transaction status report of China Bus." Lin Haoran ordered.

"Okay, boss. Please wait a moment. I will ask the staff on duty at the stock exchange to fax me a copy." Su Zhixue said.

After saying that, he made a phone call in front of Lin Haoran.

Since the expansion of Universal Investment Company, employees of Universal Investment Company have been stationed at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

In this way, there is no need to rely too much on securities traders at the exchange, reducing the risk of information leakage.

About ten minutes later, Su Zhixue walked into the office again with a document just printed out from the fax machine.

"Boss, this is the daily transaction volume details of China Bus for the past three months." Su Zhixue handed the information to Lin Haoran.

After Lin Haoran took the information, he compared the transaction volume of China Bus with that of Kowloon Motor Bus. This way, it became very intuitive.

When deciding to acquire China Motor Bus or Kowloon Motor Bus, Lin Haoran compared the situations of the two companies.

It was February at that time, and the market value of China Motor Bus was actually slightly higher than that of Kowloon Motor Bus.

However, as of May, the market value of Kowloon Motor Bus is more than HK$5 million higher than that of China Motor Bus.

The reason is naturally that during this period of time, people like Lin Haoran and Guo Desheng have been buying a large number of Kowloon Motor Bus shares.

As for China Bus, judging from the daily trading volume, it can be seen that no consortium has taken action against it. The daily trading volume is even less than one-fifth of Kowloon Motor Bus.

Over the past decade, Hong Kong's economy has continued to flourish, the quality of life of citizens has been significantly improved, and the market has also placed higher demands on the quality of bus services.

However, the owner of China Bus, Yan Chengkun, firmly believed that citizens only needed cheap bus services, so he maintained a low-cost business strategy and refused to modernize his buses.

His increasingly conservative management approach caused China Bus to appear old and dilapidated.

The headquarters building, which is more than 40 years old, is dilapidated and in urgent need of repair; the buses are old and the frequency is infrequent; the morale of the staff is low, the quality of the bus service is deteriorating, and there are endless complaints from passengers...

Because of this, China Motor Bus’s shares are not favored by the market, trading volume is sluggish, and it is naturally difficult for the share price to rise significantly.

In comparison, the situation of Kowloon Motor Bus in the north is similar, but slightly better.

At least in terms of service, Kowloon Motor Bus does a better job and is more proactive in vehicle renewal.

Lin Haoran stared at the data on the report and fell into deep thought.

If I had known that the competition in Kowloon Motor Bus would be so fierce, I would have chosen to acquire China Motor Bus.

However, now that it already holds so many shares in Kowloon Motor Bus, it is obviously inappropriate to change the acquisition target.

What's more, the land value of Kowloon Motor Bus is much higher than that of China Bus, and the bus revenue is also higher, so the profit from acquiring Kowloon Motor Bus will be greater!
The reason why the other two chose to acquire Kowloon Motor Bus must be for the same reason. If they were going to acquire something, they would naturally acquire the best.

Soon, he made a decision.

"Starting tomorrow, you will select a portion of traders to absorb China Bus shares. The more the better, but you must not let the other boss notice!" After comparing the data, Lin Haoran said directly to Su Zhixue.

"Boss, are you planning to acquire China Bus shares as well? But the government won't allow it." Su Zhixue looked confused and didn't understand why the boss was doing this.

"Don't worry about it for now. I have my own purpose. Just do as I say!" Lin Haoran waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Okay, boss!" Su Zhixue didn't ask any more questions.

Lin Haoran naturally had his reasons for asking Su Zhixue to acquire shares of China Bus.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next day and the stock market opened as scheduled.

Su Zhixue arranged three people to form a special China Bus project team.

According to the China Motor Bus stock information he obtained yesterday evening, there are far more pending orders for China Motor Bus than for Kowloon Motor Bus.

Moreover, the stock price is not too high, making it much easier to absorb.

After all, there is no other competitor.

Lin Haoran did not go directly to Wanqing Building in the morning, but went to Kwun Tong District.

Liu Luanxiong called him last night and informed him of some recent developments at AMG. He hadn't been to AMG for a while.

In April, Aimego's orders began to increase significantly, no longer mainly small orders as in January, February and March.

This year's order trend is similar to last year and has not decreased. Dealers are still placing orders crazily. It is obvious that the demand for fans in the European and American markets is still very high.

By May, orders were still the same as last year.

As expected, this year, Aigo Company will be able to generate more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars in profits for Lin Haoran.

However, Lin Haoran knew that after next year, the demand for fans in North America would decrease significantly. By then, let alone a profit of more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars, a profit of 20 to 30 million Hong Kong dollars a year would be already very good.

The increasing saturation of the fan market will significantly reduce the demand for fans in the North American and even European markets, and many people are beginning to target these markets.

After all, in the past two or three years, some people have gradually paid attention to these two special markets and are no longer just focusing on the Middle East market.

Due to a combination of factors, the orders obtained there will naturally be greatly reduced, and the profits will gradually decline due to the decrease in orders.

These are completely invisible at the moment because this year is still at its peak demand period.

Lin Haoran stayed at Aigo until the afternoon and inspected the entire factory. Then he returned to Liu Luanxiong's office and started chatting with Liu Luanxiong.

With the rapid development of Aimego in the past two years, Liu Luanxiong's personal funds have been increasing. He has also begun to have the temperament of a capital tycoon, and he speaks with great style.

However, when facing Lin Haoran, he seemed to be inherently inferior.

After all, no matter how rich he is, he is still far from Lin Haoran.

Even the rich have classes.

Lin Haoran also shared the same profits that Liu Luanxiong earned from Aigo Company.

But outside of Aigo, Lin Haoran is also the boss of many companies. The gap between the two is too big.

"Haoran, what do you think? Should I sell the land and use the money to acquire a listed company?" Sitting in the negotiation room of Aigo Company, Liu Luanxiong asked humbly.

Over the past year or so, Liu Luanxiong has invested almost all of the money he received in purchasing land.

Therefore, the value of the land he holds now is very huge. According to the market value, it has reached more than 200 million and nearly 300 million Hong Kong dollars.

Based on the current growth rate, there will be no problem for the market value to increase to HK$300 to HK$400 million by the end of the year.

However, Liu Luanxiong was extremely envious of Lin Haoran's identity as the chairman of a listed company.

In Liu Luanxiong's opinion, no matter how much money Aigo makes, it is not a listed company after all, and is of little use in enhancing his personal influence.

The Aigo Company is now making a fortune quietly, and few people know about it.

When Lin Haoran heard what Liu Luanxiong said, he immediately understood what he meant.

So, he smiled and said, "Ah Xiong, I suggest you don't sell the land yet. Judging from the current signs of the real estate industry in Hong Kong, there is no sign of collapse, so the value of the land in your hands will become higher and higher. Even if you acquire a listed company now, the money you make may not be as fast as the increase in land prices. If you want to be the boss of a listed company, you will have a chance soon!"

If you want to be the boss of a listed company, that’s easy. Just list Aigo.

However, Lin Haoran has no intention of pushing Aimego to go public before its earning potential is exhausted.

Maximizing profits is what Lin Haoran pursues.

It was not until after three o'clock in the afternoon that Lin Haoran said goodbye to Liu Luanxiong, left Aigo Company, and went to Wanqing Building.

Back here, the stock market had already closed, and Su Zhixue had already calculated today's gains.

"Boss, the competition for Kowloon Motor Bus is still very fierce today, and the stock price has risen even faster than yesterday. Our current shareholding has only just broken 25%, reaching 25.13%. Our competitors have increased their efforts to absorb us!" Su Zhixue reported on the side.

Lin Haoran nodded.

Today, the number of stocks they absorbed accounted for about 35% of the total transaction volume, which was slightly lower than yesterday.

However, the cost of absorption is higher than yesterday.

The reason for this is naturally because the stock price has risen too much. Today's closing price is actually about 3.2% higher than yesterday's closing price, which is a very high increase.

If the stock price continues to rise like this every day, the share price of Kowloon Motor Bus will double in less than a month. Lin Haoran naturally cannot accept this situation.

As far as we know, there are already two competitors. Together with themselves, there are three consortiums eyeing Kowloon Motor Bus. It would be strange if the stock price did not rise sharply!
This cannot go on, the actions of the two competitors must be stopped as soon as possible.

Otherwise, the cost will be higher as time goes by.

Moreover, apart from Sun Hung Kai Properties and Great Eagle Holdings, there is another biggest obstacle, which is the current owner of Kowloon Motor Bus, Mr. Tang Siu-kin, and major shareholder Raymond Lam.

"The absorption volume of China Bus is so huge?" Lin Haoran looked at the absorption data of China Bus and couldn't help feeling a little surprised.

After just one day of trading, they already held 4.82% of China Bus’s shares.

"Boss, this is actually normal," Su Zhixue explained, "Because the trading volume of China Bus's stock was not large in the past, there were many low-priced orders, so we were able to take the opportunity to buy a large number of stocks at a lower price on the first day.

Therefore, we also took advantage of the opportunity on the first day to buy as much as possible. After all, if the trading volume occasionally increases in one day, the boss of China Bus should not have too many speculations and simply think that this is normal market behavior because the stock trading volume of China Bus has occasionally increased in the past.

However, if we want to avoid others noticing that someone is targeting China Bus, our absorption rate tomorrow will not be as fast as today. It would be good if we can absorb half of today’s volume.”

4.82% of the shares is not low. Lin Haoran decided to take action tonight!

This amount of shares can already serve as his bargaining chip. (End of this chapter)