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Su Cheng sipped his tea while reviewing the information Xiao Ai had provided him in his mind.

The reason he wanted to poach Melles was naturally because in Su Cheng's previous life, this senior manager was respected by the famous Li Ka-shing and recruited into his organization.

The ancients lamented that "Bole who can recognize a steed is rare, but steeds are common enough." However, the business world praised Li Ka-shing for having Jiu Fang Gao's discerning eye for horses.

In Su Cheng's previous world, Li Ka-shing precisely and skillfully identified and utilized numerous "steeds," enabling the rapidly advancing commercial behemoth he commanded to conquer the business world for decades, invincible and ever-victorious.

Regardless of the world, Su Cheng didn't possess Li Ka-shing's talent for recognizing people, but he had Xiao Ai, who could foresee which individuals were management geniuses, and Melles was one of them.

Among the top management talents in the Cheung Kong Holdings system that Su Cheng knew, not all were British; there were also some Chinese managers with exceptional abilities.

One of them, whose reputation was no less than that of Ma Shimin, was Huo Jianning.

However, Huo Jianning was born in 1952 and was only 27 years old, too young and lacking in experience.

Therefore, it was inappropriate to recruit him now to be in charge of a large enterprise.

Nevertheless, Su Cheng planned to have Sanyang Headhunting contact Huo Jianning at some point, recruit him in advance, and have him serve as the head of a subsidiary, so that he could be quickly cultivated.

Such management geniuses are naturally gifted; they are gold that shines wherever they are.

Huo Jianning was such a person.

Su Cheng felt no embarrassment in constantly poaching from Li Ka-shing, as it was merely a normal business operation.

Moreover, given Huo Jianning's age of 27, he likely hadn't yet gained Li Ka-shing's full attention.

Recruiting him wouldn't likely raise any eyebrows from Li Ka-shing.

Soon, about twenty minutes passed, and Su Cheng finally received a call from Brother Wu.

The estimated half-hour actually took less than twenty minutes, which was indeed very fast.

This also indicated that Melles, the president of Singapore's Haw Par Corporation, was indeed a celebrity, allowing Brother Wu's men to quickly gather relevant information about him.

"Boss, I've found the information and will fax it to you now," Brother Wu said directly.

"Okay, I'm by the fax machine now. You should know the fax number," Su Cheng replied directly.

Soon, Su Cheng received the faxed information from Brother Wu.

Although Brother Wu's team hadn't spent much time searching, the information they obtained was very detailed, totaling three A4 pages.

After receiving the information, Su Cheng sat on the sofa and carefully read Melles' profile.

The information listed everything in detail, from his birth to where he studied and graduated, to his first job, and so on.

Melles was born in the UK in 1936 and was 43 years old this year, about the same age as Wei Li.

Although his career spanned only about twenty years, it was indeed remarkable.

Judging from the achievements in the profile, his ability was even comparable to that of Wei Li, known as the "company doctor."

Reading to the end, Su Cheng was surprised to discover that Li Ka-shing had indeed contacted Melles.

According to the information obtained by Brother Wu, Li Ka-shing had personally visited Singapore on the 15th of last month to consult Melles on management issues.

The intelligence report also detailed all the circumstances of their meeting, including their conversation.

Perhaps this time it was only for the purpose of seeking advice, and Li Ka-shing didn't intend to keep it a secret, so the confidentiality of his meeting with Melles was poorly handled.

This allowed Brother Wu's men to find out the details of their meeting through people close to Melles.

The current Li Ka-shing was clearly not as capable in employing people as the Li Ka-shing in Su Cheng's memory.

The current Li Ka-shing, like most Hong Kong Chinese bosses, was habitually involved in all matters of the group, and in general, he was very dictatorial.

Because Li Ka-shing and Melles had business dealings, Melles very seriously imparted a lot of knowledge to Li Ka-shing based on his understanding of economic management.

Among them, there was one sentence that Su Cheng greatly appreciated.

In the meeting, Melles told Li Ka-shing: "The professional governance science that capitalists all over the world are learning is board studies.

It is a profession based on corporate ownership, while the books you (referring to Li Ka-shing) have read in the past are about corporate management science, which is a profession based on corporate management rights, so you feel confused."

Su Cheng nodded in agreement after reading the information.

Although he was far inferior to Li Ka-shing in management, he knew how to use people, rather than taking all the big and small things on himself.

Melles' meaning was actually very simple.

He meant that Li Ka-shing had always been learning how to manage the company himself, rather than govern the company.

Small businesses are of course suitable for the boss to take care of everything, but large enterprises are obviously not suitable.

After all, a person's energy is limited, and it is impossible to completely take over the decision-making power of all matters, which is very detrimental to oneself and the company.

Governance and management, a difference of one word, is a world of difference.

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After listening to Melles' words, Li Ka-shing was silent for a long time, and then solemnly extended a sincere invitation to Melles, hoping that Melles could take the position of president of his Cheung Kong Holdings.

Unexpectedly, Melles directly rejected Li Ka-shing, claiming that he currently had no intention of leaving Haw Par Corporation.

Li Ka-shing could only helplessly bid farewell to Melles.

Having read this far, the information was finished.

According to the information Su Cheng obtained from Xiao Ai, in another world, Melles did refuse Li Ka-shing's invitation for the first time, but later Li Ka-shing invited him many times.

Eventually, Melles was moved by Li Ka-shing's sincerity and agreed to Li Ka-shing's request, becoming the deputy chairman of the board of directors of Cheung Kong Holdings.

In this world, if Su Cheng hadn't disrupted Li Ka-shing's actions and didn't contact Melles, Melles would have been recruited by Li Ka-shing and become one of the generals of Cheung Kong Holdings.

However, since Su Cheng had the idea of poaching Melles, then Li Ka-shing would naturally no longer be able to succeed.

After all, Su Cheng's advantage now was much greater than Li Ka-shing's.

Li Ka-shing, I'm sorry, I, Su Cheng, will gladly accept this talent, Melles.

(End of this chapter)