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Chapter 75: Identity Exposed (Subscription Request)

With Lin Haoran being elected as the vice chairman of Qingzhou Yingni, the news was quickly announced by Qingzhou Yingni Company.

The next day, the Hong Kong Business Daily published the news that Qingzhou Yingni had changed his vice chairman.

However, this news was not very eye-catching.

It is true that as a British-owned enterprise with a long history, Green Island Cement has a place in the industry, but compared with those well-known British giants such as Jardine Matheson, Hutchison Whampoa, and Hong Kong Land, its market influence and popularity are still inferior and difficult to be compared.

Wanan Group, Chairman’s Office.

After finishing his work as usual, Lin Wanan picked up a copy of Hong Kong Business Daily and started reading.

This is a habit he has maintained for many years. By reading newspapers, he always keeps abreast of the latest developments and trends in the business world.

This keen grasp of information is undoubtedly one of the reasons for his entrepreneurial success.

In addition to the Hong Kong Commercial Daily, he also reads mainstream Hong Kong newspapers and periodicals such as the Oriental Daily and Sing Tao Daily, which are his favorites.

"Qingzhou Yingmu Company's announcement on the re-election of the vice chairman."

When this relatively low-key news came into his eyes, Lin Wanan unexpectedly developed a strong interest and read it carefully.

After all, Qingzhou Yingni Company used to be his partner.

However, after he founded the Huafeng Cement Factory, the cooperation between the two parties ended.

The announcement clearly stated: "Mr. Ziegler has officially resigned as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Qingzhou Yingmud, while his position as General Manager remains unchanged."

Then, "Mr. Lin Haoran officially joined the board of directors of Qingzhou Yingmu Company and was honored as the vice chairman of the board."

The following resume of Lin Haoran is rather vague.

Seeing this, Lin Wanan was even a little confused.

"Lin Haoran, isn't this my son? How could he possibly be the vice chairman of the board of directors of Qingzhou Yingni?"

Although the description in the resume was rather vague, Lin Wanan was certain that this was his son.

He repeatedly confirmed every detail in the resume: age 24, graduated from London Business School, plus the familiar name - all of this perfectly matched his son Lin Haoran.

But how could his own son be capable of serving as the vice chairman of Qingzhou Yingni?

At this moment, Lin Wanan's mood was complicated and indescribable. All this was beyond his imagination.

Although he also hoped that his son would be more successful than him in the future, this incident happened too suddenly.

You know, Qingzhou Yingni's asset strength is stronger than their Wan'an Group.

How come your son inexplicably became the second-in-command of a company that is more powerful than your own?

Although he is only the vice chairman, Lin Wanan also understands the significance of this.

At this moment, his heart was filled with doubts and anxiety. What he wanted most was to confirm with his son in person whether all this was true.

As the chairman of a listed company who has experienced many ups and downs in the business world for many years, Lin Wanan can remain calm and analyze things calmly even when facing big problems.

But at this moment, facing the name in the newspaper that was almost certainly his son's name, he could no longer remain calm.

This sudden news was like a huge rock thrown into his originally calm heart, causing ripples.

He was shocked and puzzled by his son's rapid success, but he was also worried whether there were unknown secrets or challenges hidden behind it.

At this moment, Lin Wanan felt mixed emotions and was eager to get in touch with his son to unravel the mystery.

He quickly adjusted his breathing, gradually calmed himself down, and then dialed Lin Haoran's pager number without hesitation.

In this era when communications were not yet well developed, pagers became the most advanced mobile communication tool.

Since he didn't know where Lin Haoran was at the moment and the boy hadn't returned home for some time, Lin Wanan could only try to contact him in this way.

In Lin Haoran's new office at Qingzhou Yingni Cement Company, he was sitting at his desk, looking through the window at the busy factory in the distance.

Today is his second day as vice chairman of Qingzhou Yingni, so he came here specially today.

As for Huanyu Investment Company, he basically doesn't need to worry about it anymore, Su Zhixue can basically manage it.

In fact, there is nothing much to manage with just a few employees, and he doesn't have any big investment goals now.

Khalil Centurion gave him some face and placed his office next to the chairman's office.

His office is located on the eighth floor of the building. From the window he can overlook the entire Tsing Chau Ying Cement Factory. Even the areas of Causeway Bay, Wan Chai and Central on Hong Kong Island across the Victoria Harbour can be seen quite clearly. The view from this building is really too broad.

In the office, there was nothing except an office chair and a desk. There was a bookcase behind the office chair and a telephone on the desk.

Lin Haoran wanted to go to the finance office to ask the financial director for some financial information, but the foreign financial director refused because he had not been authorized by the chairman. He could only look at some public financial statements, but these bodyguards were so perfect that Lin Haoran could not see any problems at all.

The pager suddenly beeped, pulling Lin Haoran's thoughts back to reality from the financial statements. He picked up the pager, glanced at the number displayed, and then pressed the call back button.

"Hao'er, where are you?" The familiar and slightly anxious voice of his father Lin Wanan came from the other end of the phone.

Lin Haoran was slightly stunned, and then replied: "I'm in Kowloon, Dad, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Oh, nothing serious." Lin Wanan's voice was mixed with a barely perceptible hesitation, "It's just... are you free tonight? Can you go home? I have something to ask you."

"Okay, then I'll go back tonight." Lin Haoran thought about it and decided to agree to him.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Haoran's heart was filled with ripples. He could roughly guess the purpose of his father Lin Wanan's call this time.

Perhaps, Lin Wanan has already noticed some secrets about him. After all, in this circle, there is no wall that is impenetrable.

However, Lin Haoran was mentally prepared for this.

He had anticipated this day would come ever since he decided to embark on this unusual path.

Whether it was his dealings with business predecessors such as Bao Yugang, Li Jiacheng, Shen Bi, and He Shanheng, or his recent news announcement about his role as vice chairman of Qingzhou Yingni, they could all be clues that his father knew his secret.

It seems that it is time to confess to my father some of the things that have been exposed, and it is also time to show some of my own strength.

Before this, because she was worried that Lin Wanan would find out about her loan, she had never told him.

Now, he has become the vice chairman of Qingzhou Yingni and is ready to take direct control of the company. Even if his father knows about this, he has nothing to worry about.

Lin Haoran now has the strength and confidence to be independent.

His growth and changes are obvious now, and even his father Lin Wanan can no longer interfere with his decisions as easily as he did in the past.

Of course, he did not completely expose his cards because, after all, in this complex and ever-changing business world, it is crucial to maintain a certain sense of mystery and caution.

After failing to find a suitable entry point into Qingzhou Yingni Company, Lin Haoran made a decisive decision to leave the company temporarily and stop wasting time.

Today, October 10th, is another Friday.

Not long after returning to Huanyu Investment Company, the stock market closed.

In the past three days, from the 18th to the 20th, Huanyu Investment Company led by Su Zhixue once again demonstrated the team's operation ability and strong execution ability.

They successfully increased their holdings of Qingzhou Yingni's shares by 248.6 million shares, with the average cost per share controlled at HK$5.43.

This achievement was made possible by the cessation of interference from Li Jiacheng's team and the significant improvement in the control of Huanyu Investment Company itself.

What is more worth mentioning is that, with the Qingzhou Yingni shares acquired from Li Jiacheng, the total number of shares currently held by Lin Haoran has reached an astonishing 1786 million shares.

This means that the proportion of shares held by him has climbed to 35.7%, which is one step closer to the key threshold of boldly taking control of Qingzhou Yingni Company.

At this rate of growth, Lin Haoran is confident that he can increase his shareholding to more than 40% within the next week.

Once this proportion is reached, he will become the undisputed controlling shareholder of Qingzhou Yingni, and his influence will far exceed that of all other shareholders on the board of directors.

By then, even if these shareholders unite, it will be difficult to shake his position.

"Thank you for your hard work this week. I would like to thank every colleague for their hard work and wish you all a happy weekend!" As the bell rang at six o'clock in the afternoon, the relaxed atmosphere of the employees leaving get off work was heard in Huanyu Investment Company.

Lin Haoran stood at the door of the office, smiling and nodding to every employee who passed by.

"Goodbye, Mr. Lin!" One by one, the employees took the initiative to say goodbye to Lin Haoran.

Only after the last employee in the office left did Lin Haoran slowly turn around and walk out of Hengfeng Building with two bodyguards.

"Weiguo, let's go back to the Deep Water Bay villa." Lin Haoran said while sitting in the car.

"Okay, boss." Li Weiguo started the car skillfully and drove smoothly into the traffic.

More than twenty minutes later, the car successfully returned to the Deep Water Bay Villa.

After getting out of the car and standing outside the open-air garage, Lin Haoran looked up at the exquisite villa.

Speaking of which, ever since Li Jiacheng's team started to target Qingzhou Yingni, Lin Haoran has never returned here.

Before I knew it, half a month had passed.

"Hao'er, you're back." Hearing the sound of the car, Lin's mother had already hurried out of the villa. When she saw that it was Lin Haoran, she was immediately surprised.

"Well, Mommy, I'm back to see you." Lin Haoran walked over, holding Lin's mother's hand and said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)