I Want To Be a Rich Man on Hong Kong Island

In May, MacLehose officially ended his ten-year career as the governor of Hong Kong. He was replaced by Youde, who was a diplomat.

Regarding the issue of Hong Kong, the UK has already begun to test the tone of the mainland, because they are more anxious than anyone else;

But no matter whether it was Prime Minister Edward of the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom who visited the mainland in 1974, or Governor MacLehose visited the capital in 1979;

There was only one answer—according to the stipulations that the lease expired in 1997, Hong Kong would return to China in 1997.

Especially in 1979, when McLehose went to the capital, he received a strong answer—Hong Kong is part of China, and this question itself cannot be discussed.

For fear of causing panic in the business circles of Hong Kong Island, Gu Mailihao did not mention these things after returning to Hong Kong;

All I can say is that the mainland government tells everyone to invest with confidence;

Therefore, it did not arouse people's vigilance!

But in April of this year, the Hong Kong issue finally began to officially hang over everyone's heads.

On May 7, the Hong Kong government specially prepared a large-scale farewell ceremony for MacLehose. Tens of thousands of citizens visited during the day, and held a celebrity banquet for the two political and business sessions in the evening.

MacLehose's farewell dinner was held at the Government House, and the people who came to the dinner were basically the upper class in Hong Kong society.

Before the banquet, Wu Guangyao, MacLehose, Xia Dingji, Bao Yugang, Shen Bi and others got together to chat. This is probably the circle of top figures in Hong Kong.

The difference at this time is that Bao Yugang is also qualified to stand here;

Before the mid-1970s, Wu Guangyao was the only Chinese person who could be considered a top figure on Hong Kong Island.

But now, the reason why Bao Yugang is more influential than the four major families on Hong Kong Island is naturally from the shipping industry, which is much more influential than real estate;

Judging from Dong Yunhao's funeral and President Reagan's condolence calls, we can get a glimpse of it.

Wu Guangyao said seriously: "Before Governor MacLehose left office, I specially asked my media to conduct a survey, and the results showed that most Hong Kong citizens believed that Governor MacLehose was one of the most outstanding governors in Hong Kong. "Governor MacLehose owes a lot to Hong Kong's economic prosperity today."

Wu Guangyao's voice was relatively loud, and some people around could hear him clearly, so everyone applauded;

As if infected, the people in the entire reception hall applauded for no reason, and it lasted for a long time.

Wu Guangyao is not flattering, what he says is from the heart, Mai Lihao has been very accepting of his opinions these years;

It can be said that for the sake of the development of Hong Kong, the British put aside all prejudices!

If there is a new governor, Wu Guangyao does not know whether he will support his new town in Tin Shui Wai, whether he will support the new airport, whether he will support the establishment of the Polytechnic University...

In short, Wu Guangyao was still full of respect for Mai Lihao;

Perhaps it was because he had never worked in other British colonies before administering Hong Kong, so he did not have too many concerns;

It even refuted the British request for Hong Kong's taxation issues. In the end, Hong Kong does not need to pay taxes for the United Kingdom.

MacLehose was greatly moved, and said seriously: "Thank you Mr. Wu for your approval! Likewise,

Hong Kong's economy has achieved such a brilliant result. In addition to the policy support from the British government, I also often receive help and guidance from Mr. Wu. Of course, apart from these, it is also the hard work of every Hong Kong person that makes Hong Kong prosperous today. "

Wu Guangyao said modestly: "I'm just a businessman! After Governor MacLehose returns to the UK, he will become a lifelong nobleman. Don't forget Hong Kong at that time! At this time, the foundation of Hong Kong's development has been laid firmly, and the economy will continue to grow by leaps and bounds; I heard the Japanese say, 'Today in the United States is tomorrow in Japan', and today I am here to predict that 'today in Japan is tomorrow in Hong Kong'. Therefore, Governor MacLehose is welcome to come back often!"

When I said these words at the beginning, I may have lacked confidence. It should be noted that Japan is a technological powerhouse;

Before being transformed, Hong Kong was at best an industrial processing center, not a real technological area;

But now, Hong Kong will no longer follow the old path of the previous life, because of the Tin Shui Wai Industrial Park, the Hung Hom Industrial Park (the original site of Yingni, Qingzhou), a steady stream of science and engineering students, and capitalists who are willing to invest in the technology industry... ..

There are also large technology companies such as Xiaomi Electronics and Yaoshi Industry, which can be said to have a promising future!

MacLehose said with a smile: "Indeed, Hong Kong's industries will not disappear!"

Seeing that everyone was in a fog, Mai Lihao smiled and explained Wu Guangyao's 'alarmist talk' in front of him, and everyone suddenly realized;

In my heart, I have to admire Wu Guangyao's vision. When everyone is still looking at Hong Kong, others have already positioned Hong Kong in the development of the global field.

If today is not Mai Lihao's farewell dinner, everyone would not mind offering flattery to Wu Guangyao.

Everyone chatted in twos and threes for a while, and the banquet officially began;

As the protagonist of today's banquet, Mai Lihose naturally had to give an inspiring speech;

From the reform measures and economic development of Hong Kong during his ten-year tenure, to the prospect of Hong Kong in the future;

Everyone in the audience was very excited. Even if everyone is a mature capitalist, they have to admit that these words of Mai Lihao are very resonant;

After all, Hong Kong is where everyone is based. The better Hong Kong develops, the better their career and family will be.

But as soon as the topic changed, the politician's face was revealed;

MacLehose began to emphasize that Hong Kong had achieved such great achievements under the control of the United Kingdom, and began to disclose a long-term policy of the United Kingdom on Hong Kong Island.

Since the 1970s, Chinese capital has grown rapidly through listing, and today's overall strength of Chinese capital has surpassed that of British capital by a few blocks;

Throughout the 1970s, with Wu Guangyao as the leader, a large-scale acquisition of traditional British companies, such as Wharf, Qingzhou British Clay, Hong Kong Electric, Hong Kong Tramways and other old British companies;

In the late 1970s, some British-funded companies with weaker influence were targeted by other Chinese capitals, and then they ended up being acquired.

In today's Hong Kong, even if the Wu family's enterprises are not counted, the overall strength of Chinese capital such as Bao Yugang, Li Chaoren, Lee Shau Kee, Zheng Yutong, Guo Desheng, etc., surpasses several foreign firms with British capital.

Therefore, McLehose played the emotional card, and implied that the mainland may harm everyone's interests, so as to win over these Chinese tycoons;

Not only that, but in his speech, McLehose revealed that the British government and the Hong Kong government intend to increase the proportion of Chinese people participating in politics, so as to realize the bright future of British and Chinese governing Hong Kong together.

Wu Guangyao frowned below, and MacLehose's speech might not have much effect on some shrewd businessmen, such as Lee Shau Kee, Cheng Yutong, Kadoorie, the Schyock family and other Chinese and British businessmen;

Because businessmen think a lot, they generally don't do things that offend others;

So everyone will not choose to stand in line at all, but take both sides.

Of course, there are also a very small number of businessmen whose stance is very clear. The Chinese-funded Fok Yingdong is clearly siding with the mainland, and the British-funded Jardine Department is clearly siding with the United Kingdom.

Other than these two, no one will listen to your 'fool' at all.

But businessmen don't listen to fudges, but politicians on Hong Kong Island listen to the British'fudges very much;

These people even want to negotiate with the mainland as representatives of Hong Kong people. One can imagine the result?

You are not a sovereign country, so what qualifications do you have to negotiate with a sovereign country?

Of course, anyway, Wu Guangyao has no ill intentions towards these people, after all, they are indeed fighting for the interests of the citizens of Hong Kong Island;

Although, they were used as guns!

In fact, the mainland said as early as the end of the 1970s that it would maintain Hong Kong's special status;

But the idea of ​​"one G and two Z" is a new thing after all, and many people don't have a clear understanding at all;

Therefore, during the Sino-British negotiations, Hong Kong Island began to invest a lot of money, and some talents began to flow out;

Although a lot of these capital and talents returned in the end, the losses were still very large.

I hope that because of my appearance in this life, there is a possibility to reduce losses!

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