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On the other side, Mairis finally met the famous Lei Juewen.

Although he knew the visitor was ill-intentioned, Lei Juewen still personally went to the door to greet Mairis.

He still had to give face.

"Mr. Mairis, hello. I've long admired your name. I'm finally meeting you today," Lei Juewen said with a smile, shaking hands with Mairis.

"Mr. Lei, hello. Sorry to bother you," Mairis said with a smile as well.

Lei Juewen first took Mairis on a tour of the Kowloon Motor Bus headquarters, and then led him to a reception room.

After closing the door and the two of them sat down, Lei Juewen finally couldn't help but ask, "I wonder what Mr. Mairis's purpose is in looking for me today?"

He had wanted to ask when he was showing Mairis around the company, but he had held back.

Now that it was just the two of them in the reception room, Lei Juewen finally couldn't help but ask.

Even if he knew the visitor was ill-intentioned, he still needed to know what their purpose was.

"After taking office as the CEO of China Motor Bus, I suggested to the boss that Kowloon Motor Bus be acquired under another name. In my opinion, Hong Kong's bus services need to be properly reorganized. Only unified management can better serve the citizens of Hong Kong," Mairis said with a smile.

Sure enough, the visitor was indeed ill-intentioned!

After hearing this, Lei Juewen's face didn't show anything, but his heart tightened, wanting to hear what would happen next.

Ever since Tianyuan Investment Company took over Hong Kong Electric, it had been eyeing China Light and Power. As a Hong Konger, he was naturally very clear about this.

After that incident, although Tianyuan Investment Company didn't manage to control China Light and Power as expected, it not only forced China Light and Power to give up a lot of profits, but the Jardine family, as the controlling shareholder, suffered heavy losses in the stock market, hurting their foundations. Even now, more than half a year later, it is said that the Jardine family is still repaying loans to the bank.

Therefore, when Tianyuan Investment Company invested in China Motor Bus, Lei Juewen also had such concerns, fearing that they would once again target Kowloon Motor Bus.

To this end, Lei Juewen had secretly acquired a lot of Kowloon Motor Bus shares during this period, precisely to prevent the Lei family from being taken advantage of by Tianyuan Investment Company due to insufficient shares, just like the Jardine family.

Although he wasn't worried that Tianyuan Investment Company could forcibly seize Kowloon Motor Bus, Lei Juewen was still worried that they would have other ways to deal with Kowloon Motor Bus.

Because of this, he was very worried when he learned that Mairis wanted to see him.

Now, this worry had finally been confirmed.

Although he had met Su Cheng once, it was only a fleeting encounter, and they couldn't even be considered ordinary friends.

Seeing Lei Juewen's expression twitch slightly, Mairis smiled and continued, "However, my suggestion was explicitly rejected by the boss. He said that Kowloon Motor Bus is different from China Light and Power. Kowloon Motor Bus, as an enterprise also controlled by Chinese entrepreneurs, although he is confident that he can persuade Mr. Lei, he has never had the idea of acquiring China Light and Power from beginning to end.

However, Mr. Lei should know that our boss currently has very large plots of land in Tseung Kwan O, Clear Water Bay, and Tuen Mun. The boss has invested heavily in many projects on these lands. Therefore, after discussion between me and the boss, we unanimously believe that for the safety of the employees, we hope that Kowloon Motor Bus can transfer the bus operation rights and land reserves in Sai Kung and Tuen Mun to China Motor Bus. As for the bus operation rights in Kowloon, we will definitely not compete with Kowloon Motor Bus. Mr. Lei, just name your conditions. We will make a decision based on what we can agree to."

Mairis didn't tell the truth, but instead dragged his boss into it, because in his opinion, the face of boss Su Cheng was big enough.

"Mr. Mairis, the purpose of your visit this time is to acquire the bus operation rights in Tuen Mun and Sai Kung?" Lei Juewen breathed a sigh of relief.

As for the land reserves in these two places, Lei Juewen didn't care much, because the land in these two places was currently known for being cheap. If the operation rights were transferred, there was indeed no need to retain the land reserves.

To be honest, the bus operation rights in Sai Kung, if it weren't for the Ocean Park in Tseung Kwan O, his Kowloon Motor Bus would only have a few bus routes in this area, and the passenger flow wasn't high. They were forcibly added by the government, and only subsidies prevented them from losing money. The reason was naturally that Sai Kung had too few people. This area was almost all mountains, and the roads were not easy to travel.

Therefore, Sai Kung has never been a key development area for Kowloon Motor Bus, and the company doesn't pay much attention to this area.

There were more people in Tuen Mun, and the population of the entire Tuen Mun had increased by tens of thousands in the past year. However, everyone knew that the main reason for the population increase in Tuen Mun was the development of the Tuen Mun Oil Depot. Otherwise, it would be like the New Territories, with only some remote small factories and some villages. Although Tuen Mun New Town Street was developing, it was still just a backward place.

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, Tuen Mun's current achievements are indeed entirely due to Su Cheng.

It was normal for them to want the operation rights in Tuen Mun, as long as they didn't want places like Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung, then it was fine.

Lei Juewen couldn't possibly know that in the future, the total population of Sai Kung and Tuen Mun would develop to a million.

Even without Su Cheng's changes, the other world's Sai Kung had developed a population of more than 300,000, while Tuen Mun had reached more than 500,000.

Now, with Su Cheng's changes, the development of these two places was even stronger, and the population would only increase. It was only a matter of time before the total population of the two places exceeded one million.

In the future, the Tuen Mun Oil Depot and its related industries would employ more than 100,000 people.

As for Sai Kung, after Tseung Kwan O and Clear Water Bay were developed, it would become another place in Hong Kong to attract talent, and the population would inevitably explode.

Therefore, there would inevitably be a very large demand for bus services in both places sooner or later.

This was his purpose. If China Motor Bus could guarantee this, then he would be relieved.

Spend a small price to buy great peace of mind.

(End of this chapter)