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Bank of East Asia itself is a Chinese bank, and since the Li family, who controls it, can agree to this matter, it is natural that the Securities and Futures Commission would not have any objection.

If it was Huifeng Bank, it would be impossible for Lin Haoran to acquire it.

"That's great. I'll wait for good news then!" Lin Haoran laughed heartily.

Next, Lin Haoran doesn’t have to worry about the Bank of East Asia for the time being.

With the support of Li Peicai's family, he only needs to wait for the results.

After further discussing some details with Li Fushu, Lin Haoran said goodbye to him and left the headquarters building of Bank of East Asia.

Sitting in the back seat of the Rolls-Royce, Lin Haoran looked back at this old building that was forty or fifty years old, and felt a lot in his heart.

The fact that Li Fushu took the initiative to propose issuing new shares at a discount definitely shows that he really intends to make the Li family dependent on him, Lin Haoran.

After all, issuing shares at a discount is equivalent to "selling at a low price" and the existing shareholders' equity per share is diluted, and under normal circumstances the stock price will fall.

Since they are so sincere, Lin Haoran will naturally not treat the Li family unfairly. In the future, he will help the Li family more in the business world.

Looking at the tall buildings on both sides of the road, Lin Haoran's thoughts drifted further away.

A burst of car horns honking brought Lin Haoran back to his senses.

He looked at the road ahead, but he didn't know what had happened and there was a traffic jam.

With the rapid development of Hong Kong's economy, the number of cars in Hong Kong is increasing year by year. Especially in Central, Hong Kong's core financial and commercial district, traffic jams are a very normal thing.

The traffic jam lasted for several minutes and the cars were motionless.

Li Weiguo simply got out of the passenger seat and planned to go to the front to see what was going on.

"Boss, there's a serious traffic accident up ahead. A medium-sized truck hit a private car, which was turned over sideways and completely occupied three lanes. It's estimated that it will be impossible to clear the traffic in a short time." A few minutes later, Li Weiguo came back to report to Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran rubbed his brows. He didn't expect that he would encounter such a thing.

He looked out of the window and found the building very familiar, Prince's Building in Central. This building is also one of the properties of the Hong Kong Land Group and is located on Chater Road in Central.

The building is 27 stories high, of which the 5 floors above ground are shopping malls that mainly sell brand-name goods, and the remaining floors are offices.

In addition, the headquarters of Global Shipping Group and Bao Yugang’s private reception room are also located in this building.

At the beginning, during the battle to increase the holdings of Wharf Holdings, Jardine Matheson & Co. negotiated with Bao Yugang, hoping that Bao Yugang would sell the Wharf Holdings shares he held in exchange for the properties owned by Hong Kong Land on Hong Kong Island.

At that time, Bao Yugang proposed to exchange the Golden Gate Building, Swire House and Prince's Building.

Among these three commercial buildings, Swire House and Prince's Building are the most valuable properties in Central. Among them, Prince's Building is also the headquarters of the World Wide Shipping Group.

It is obvious that the value of these three buildings is far higher than the Wharf shares held by Bao Yugang at the time.

Therefore, Jardine Matheson naturally opposed Bao Yugang's offer and proposed to exchange it with Golden Gate Building on Harcourt Road in Admiralty, Star House in Kowloon, and some residential properties in Mid-Levels.

The properties proposed by Jardine Matheson are naturally much less valuable than the properties in the Central District.

Therefore, in the end, the two sides parted ways unhappily because they could not agree on the terms of the exchange.

Unexpectedly, in less than two years, Hong Kong has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The once powerful Jardine Matheson Company was driven out of Hong Kong by Lin Haoran.

Bao Yugang, who successfully acquired Hutchison Whampoa, was seriously injured in the share purchase battle with Jardine Matheson. In the past two years, he has seldom appeared in public and has been recovering in a low-key manner, as if he was silently licking the wounds left by that battle.

As for Prince's Building, it still stands in the heart of Central, witnessing the changing circumstances of Hong Kong's business world. However, its owner has long since changed his flag amid the undercurrent of business war.

This building still belongs to the Jardine Matheson Group.

However, the giant Jardine Matheson Group no longer belongs to Jardine Matheson, but to him, Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran looked at the Prince's Building and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

He thought for a moment and said to Li Weiguo, who was sitting on the passenger seat: "Weiguo, hand me the mobile phone!"

"Okay, boss." Li Weiguo replied as he handed the mobile phone to Lin Haoran.

This mobile phone, which everyone will call a big brother in the future, weighs one and a half pounds and is large in size. Usually when he goes out, Li Weiguo is responsible for holding it for him, and he will only use it when he needs it.

As the signal has not yet been fully covered, it is temporarily unavailable in Kowloon and can only be used in the core urban area on the south shore of Victoria Harbour.

However, for Lin Haoran, it was enough for the time being. After all, his main activities in Hong Kong were only in Central, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay and other areas.

It has been eight days since I returned to Hong Kong from Japan, and I have only been to the Kowloon Peninsula twice.

Lin Haoran took out his mobile phone and dialed a number. Soon, there was a series of beeps from the phone, and then Bao Yugang's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Hello, who is this?" Bao Yugang asked.

"Uncle Bao, it's me, Haoran. I hope I didn't disturb you?" Lin Haoran asked with a smile.

"It's Haoran. If you want to talk to me, I will make time for it no matter how busy I am. Besides, I don't have anything to do right now. What's the matter? Is there something you want to talk to me about?" Bao Yugang's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone.

"It's nothing. I just happened to drive downstairs of your office, so I wanted to visit you!" Lin Haoran explained.

His car was parked right at the corner leading into Prince's Building. There happened to be a traffic jam ahead and he didn't know how long it would end, so he decided to visit Bao Yugang, a veteran in the business world.

In any case, Bao Yugang gave him a lot of help in these three years and could be regarded as the person he respected most in the Hong Kong business community.

Therefore, even though his assets now exceed Bao Yugang's, Lin Haoran still maintains the due respect and politeness.

Moreover, Lin's father's villa is not far from the Bao family villa. During every New Year's Day, as long as Lin Haoran is in Hong Kong, he will take the initiative to visit this veteran in the business world.

At this moment, Bao Yugang, who was in his office, heard the words, holding the receiver in one hand, moved to the window, looked downstairs through the floor-to-ceiling glass window, and saw Lin Haoran's conspicuous Rolls-Royce at a glance.

He smiled and responded: "I saw your car, come on up, I've made some tea for you!"

"Then please wait for a moment, Uncle Bao. I'm going to hang up first." After Lin Haoran finished speaking, he hung up the phone and told Li Weidong to turn the car and drive towards the underground parking lot of Prince's Building.

Then, four cars drove into Prince's Building.

The security guards of Lin Haoran's company were very familiar with the license plate of Lin Haoran's Rolls-Royce, so when they saw his car, they saluted and let it pass, leaving many drivers who were still stuck in traffic envious.

Passing the security post, Lin Haoran saw a familiar store - a 711 convenience store.

The familiar decoration is now on the first floor of Prince's Building towards Chater Road.

Since Lin Haoran acquired 711-Eleven convenience stores, the world's largest convenience store chain soon cooperated with Dairy Farm International, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong Land Group. It has now opened more than stores in Hong Kong, and plans to open more than stores by the end of the year.

For a small city like Hong Kong, more than 50 convenience stores have been added within one year, which is quite good.

Lin Haoran has even opened the Lawson convenience store that he had just acquired not long ago in Hong Kong. As for the operating rights of Lawson convenience stores in Hong Kong, Lin Haoran plans to hand it over to Wanqing Group. Lin Haoran has already mentioned this matter to Suzuki Toshifumi.

The reason why he wanted to allow 711-Eleven convenience store's competitors to open stores in Hong Kong was simple. Anyway, both convenience store brands were now owned by Lin Haoran. Allowing them to form healthy competition in the Hong Kong market would stimulate their respective potential and further expand their market share.

Moreover, different convenience store brands have different business strategies and featured products, which can meet the diverse needs of Hong Kong consumers.

The most important thing is that the entry of the two convenience store brands into Hong Kong will enable them to capture more market share more quickly.

The market is here. If you don't seize it, others will.

Although Prince's Building is a property of the Hong Kong Land Group, in fact the entire building is mainly rented out.

In addition to the Landmark Property Management Company that manages the property, employees and visitors from other companies come in and out frequently, and the management is quite strict.

After Lin Haoran and his group successfully entered the building, they took the elevator directly to the floor where Bao Yugang was.

The elevator door opened, and as Lin Haoran walked out, he saw Bao Yugang's secretary waiting at the elevator entrance.

"Mr. Lin, Mr. Bao is waiting for you in the reception room. Please follow me." The secretary said with a smile, leading Lin Haoran through a long corridor.

In the reception room, Bao Yugang was sitting in front of an antique tea table. A set of exquisite tea sets had been placed on the table, and the aroma of tea was wafting in the air.

Seeing Lin Haoran coming in, he stood up to greet him and said with a smile: "Haoran, you've come just in time. Try the good tea I just brewed."

Lin Haoran hurried forward, shook hands with him, and said with a smile: "Uncle Bao, you are so polite!"

After both parties sat down, Bao Yugang asked curiously, "Haoran, you just called me using the mobile phone that will be put into commercial use, right?"

The cooperation between Hong Kong Telephone Company and Motorola in Hong Kong has been widely reported by the media.

After all, it was close to official commercial use, so the Hong Kong Telephone Company naturally started promoting it early.

When Bao Yugang saw Lin Haoran in the car through the window, he was able to successfully dial his number. He immediately thought of the highly anticipated mobile phone. (End of this chapter)