Thirteen secret guards officially joined Lin Haoran’s protection team. They will become his invisible shield in his daily travel and life.

Except for Li Weidong and Li Weiguo, the dozen or so bodyguards who originally followed Lin Haoran also returned to the company.

As for their future arrangements, Lin Haoran naturally doesn’t need to worry about that.

Global Security Consultants is now also developing business in Hong Kong, engaging in high-end bodyguard business.

Perhaps it was because they were lucky enough to successfully become secret guards. Except for the original 9 whose loyalty was over 90, the loyalty of the remaining 4 secret guards now all exceeded 90.

This also made Lin Haoran trust them more and he could rest assured to entrust his safety to them.

Next, when Lin Haoran goes out, these 13 secret guards will follow him, but unlike the dozen bodyguards who followed him openly before, they will follow him secretly.

As for how they follow, they naturally have their own techniques.

For example, during daily travel, three seemingly ordinary cars would quietly follow Lin Haoran’s private car.

Once they arrive at their destination, these secret guards will quickly change their identities according to the surrounding environment, blend into the crowd, and try their best to remain hidden without being noticed by anyone except Lin Haoran.

However, despite their low-key approach, they were able to respond quickly at critical moments, handle all security issues, and even provide necessary support to Lin Haoran at any time.

This is their unique role as secret guards, which can not only ensure Lin Haoran’s safety, but also avoid attracting unnecessary public attention.

With these new bodyguards, Lin Haoran left the Saigon training base directly and went to Kangle Building.

For the next two days, Lin Haoran did not receive any call from Henry Keswick.

However, according to what he learned from the intelligence agencies, this group of British financial consortium seemed to have an internal conflict and split into two groups.

In order to regain the controlling stake in Jardine Matheson, the group led by Henry Keswick decided to agree to the preconditions proposed by Lin Haoran.

However, another group led by Shen Bi opposed this condition.

After all, banks like Huifeng Bank rarely interfered in the affairs of Jardine Matheson in the past. To them, they were just shareholders, and it didn’t make much difference who was the controlling shareholder.

If they did not hope that the Bank would regain its position as the dominant force in Hong Kong’s business world, they, Jardine Matheson, would never have supported Henry Keswick in regaining the controlling stake in Jardine Matheson.

Lin Haoran was not surprised at all that there were disagreements within the British financial consortium.

In themselves, they are not very united.

Nowadays, it is normal to have differences for the sake of each other’s interests!
It was not until the third day, November 11, that Lin Haoran finally received a call from Henry Keswick.

“Mr. Lin, we have already discussed it. The mutual shares held by Jardine Matheson and Hutchison Whampoa can be directly returned to each other without generating any additional amount. From now on, Jardine Matheson and Hutchison Whampoa will no longer have any relationship. Mr. Lin can take this step immediately. We will jointly sign the consent letter at the board meeting!” Henry Keswick said directly.

“Don’t be in a hurry. Let’s finish our talk first, then proceed!” Lin Haoran replied with a smile.

These people have a nice idea. Are they going to solve the issue of mutual holdings between Jardine Matheson and Swire Properties now?
If it happens now, what does it mean?
This means that Lin Haoran only holds 19% of the shares of Jardine Matheson & Co., while the British consortium holds 40% of the shares, which means that they have directly taken back the controlling rights of Jardine Matheson & Co.

Therefore, if Lin Haoran’s more conditions were not met, how could he easily proceed to this step!

“Mr. Lin, do you have any other conditions?” Lin Haoran’s words immediately made Henry Keswick difficult to accept.

They thought that this was Lin Haoran’s only condition!
“Mr. Henry, don’t forget that we have always emphasized that this is a prerequisite for the negotiation, not the only condition!” Lin Haoran replied calmly.

Just with this one condition, you want him to give up the controlling stake in Jardine Matheson?

These British guys are dreaming!
Henry Keswick was silent for a long time, and then he said: “Mr. Lin, if you have any other conditions, please put forward them all, and we will continue to discuss them internally. I will try my best to facilitate the agreement of those that can be agreed. As for those that cannot be agreed, I hope Mr. Lin will not embarrass me. We are all entrepreneurs in Hong Kong, and there is no need to make the relationship so stiff!” Henry Keswick’s tone later even seemed to be submissive.

It was obvious that Henry Keswick was so impatient to regain control of Jardine Matheson that he couldn’t wait even a moment.

However, the interests of their British financial groups are different, and the strength of his Keswick family is far from enough to make decisions on his own.

Now, the only thing Henry Keswick can do is to advance the progress of the negotiations and get this matter settled as soon as possible.

Lin Haoran looked at the time on his watch. It was just past one in the afternoon.

Therefore, Lin Haoran directly replied: “Mr. Henry, how about this? I will ask my negotiation assistant Mr. Huo Jianning and Mr. Ma Shiming, the current head of the Hong Kong Land Group, to go to the Jardine House to talk to you. They represent my opinion. How do you think?”

He didn’t plan to go over, because it didn’t make any difference whether he was there or not. Huo Jianning already knew his conditions and even his bottom line clearly.

With Ma Shiming, a seasoned veteran, in charge, he was not worried that Huo Jianning would be timid in the face of the British financial group. Lin Haoran was also not worried that Huo Jianning would talk about some conditions that he was not satisfied with, after all, he would have to sign in the end!
“Okay, we’ll go to the Jardine House now and wait for you!” Henry Keswick agreed without saying anything more.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Haoran called Huo Jianning and Ma Shiming respectively.

“Jianning, although I’m not going there, Mr. Ma is here and he has more experience. You don’t have to panic. I believe in you!” Lin Haoran said with a smile when he was talking to Huo Jianning on the phone.

Last time at the Jardine House, Huo Jianning’s performance made him very satisfied, enough to make Lin Haoran have great confidence in his negotiation ability!
Moreover, Lin Haoran could also feel that Huo Jianning’s negotiation attitude was much better than his.

If Lin Haoran were to negotiate personally, his attitude would be too tough and might end up angering the other party.

But Huo Jianning is different. Even if the final conditions will not change, his negotiation skills will not annoy the people from the British financial group.

This is also the reason why Lin Haoran didn’t want to go this time.

“Boss, don’t worry. I will never let you down. Just wait for my good news!” Huo Jianning said solemnly.

Ma Shiming also stated that he would provide sufficient help to Huo Jianning.

After all, Ma Shiming is now the head of the Jardine Matheson Group, and everything being negotiated now is related to the Jardine Matheson Group.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Haoran sat leisurely in the rocking chair at home, but his thoughts were like a wild horse running out of control, drifting to who knows where.

He recalled Huo Jianning’s performance last time and couldn’t help but feel a little bit of approval.

Huo Jianning’s calmness and wit are indeed suitable for such complex and ever-changing negotiation situations.

As the head of the Jardine Matheson Group, Ma Shiming’s joining undoubtedly adds more weight to the negotiation team.

Although Huo Jianning is still young and lacks experience in management, he is many times better than ordinary people!
In particular, Ma Shiming has been in the business world for many years and has seen many ups and downs. He has his own strategies and bottom line, and is also capable of dealing with various complex situations.

At this moment, he sat quietly in the rocking chair, closing his eyes to rest, but his heart could not calm down.

Although no matter whether the negotiations are successful or not, he will be the beneficiary in the end.

But after all, the interests involved in this matter were too great, so great that even if he appeared calm on the surface, he couldn’t be at peace in his heart.

Next, we can only wait~
Under Lin Haoran’s arrangement, Guan Jiahui left the Sze Hoon Road villa yesterday and moved into the house in Hengfeng Building that Lin Haoran bought for nearly one million Hong Kong dollars.

Although he planned to keep her as an eye-catching vase, Lin Haoran did not let her sit idle.

Because he knows that if he stays idle for too long, he will get bored.

Therefore, he specially set up a shop of more than 300 square meters in Landmark Plaza, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong Land Group, near the Hang Fung Building in Central, and let her do high-end clothing business and directly join a high-end clothing brand under the Hong Kong Land Group. All supply will be handled by a subsidiary of the Hong Kong Land Group.

Anyway, Lin Haoran doesn’t charge her rent or franchise fee. As for how much money she can earn in a month, that is Guan Jiahui’s own business and Lin Haoran can’t control that.

At some point, Lin Haoran fell asleep in the rocking chair.

It was not until the phone rang that Lin Haoran, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened.

He yawned and looked at the time on his watch. He had slept for more than two hours during his nap. It was already past three o’clock in the afternoon.

“Hello, this is Lin Haoran. Who is this?” Lin Haoran picked up the receiver and said directly.

“Boss, my name is Huo Jianning. Our negotiations have just ended and I am just about to report to you.” Huo Jianning said calmly on the phone.

“Oh? Has the agreement been reached?” There was a hint of surprise in Lin Haoran’s voice.

“There is still one condition that has not been agreed upon. Disagreements have arisen within the British consortium again. Mr. Shen Bi and several representatives of the British consortium’s shareholders have expressed opposition.

However, Henry Keswick told me privately after the negotiations that he would try his best to promote this cooperation in a short time and we did not need to negotiate further because everything except that condition had been agreed upon.

Next, we just need to wait for further feedback from Mr. Henry.” Huo Jianning responded clearly.

The progress seems to be rapid!

“How about this, you and Mr. Ma come to Shi Xundao’s villa together and report to me the details of the negotiation process and the conditions finally reached. I will wait for you at home.” Lin Haoran said after a little thought. (End of this chapter)