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After the Prince of Wales finished speaking, he took out an exquisite box. Opening it revealed a delicate medal.

“Mr. Su, Her Majesty the Queen originally intended to personally award you this medal to commend your contributions to the British Empire. However, Europe is far from Hong Kong, and she has matters that temporarily prevent her from leaving. Therefore, she has asked me to present this medal on her behalf.” The Prince of Wales held the exquisite box in front of Su Cheng and said solemnly.

Su Cheng was somewhat surprised. What contributions had he made to Britain? Why wasn't he aware of them?

It was a bit baffling.

In reality, Su Cheng still underestimated the title of World's Richest Man.

The influence of this title was immense.

And Hong Kong was currently under British rule, making Su Cheng essentially a citizen under British rule.

This indirectly brought great honor to Britain.

Although Hong Kong Chinese were, at best, third-class citizens in the eyes of the British.

This did not prevent them from regarding Su Cheng, the World's Richest Man, as one of their own.

Should he accept this medal?

This matter was too sudden for Su Cheng.

If he didn't accept it, it would definitely cause the British Royal Family to lose face.

Then, they would find ways to suppress Su Cheng, making it difficult for him to move forward in Hong Kong's business world.

For example, Fok Ying-tung was such a person.

Because of Fok Ying-tung's patriotic actions towards the motherland during the war, the British disliked him very much, refused his donations, and made him the only Hong Kong tycoon who was not awarded a medal by the British Queen.

Originally, based on Fok Ying-tung's business acumen, his strength would definitely have surpassed that of Shipping King Bao and made him the undisputed richest man in Hong Kong, or even Asia.

However, because he was suppressed by the government, although normal business operations were not affected, he missed many opportunities for development.

Although he was a dignified Chinese, he was ultimately under the jurisdiction of others, and resisting them was unwise.

Moreover, it was just accepting a medal, not selling out the country.

Their right to govern would be over in less than twenty years anyway, so they could only continue to be arrogant for a while.

Thinking of this, Su Cheng decided to accept the medal.

Although Su Cheng didn't understand its significance, accepting it would allow him to be more successful in Hong Kong's business world, earn more money, and have more funds to invest in the mainland.

“Thank you very much, Your Majesty, and thank you for the Prince of Wales’ recognition.” Although he had questions in his mind, Su Cheng didn't ask them and politely accepted the medal.

And on the scene, whether they were foreigners or Chinese, they were already surprised and speechless.

Being directly knighted as a KBE was rare, even among British nobles, and it was even more incredible for a Chinese to receive this medal.

During the years of British administration in Hong Kong, the British Royal Family issued many honorary titles to Hong Kong Chinese, but the number of Hong Kong people who became knights could be counted on one's fingers.

Almost every wealthy person you could think of in Hong Kong had received a British medal. Li Ka-shing, Stanley Ho, Shipping King Bao, Run Run Shaw, etc., at least a hundred people had been awarded medals, and many wealthy Chinese had been awarded medals more than once.

This medal was considered the highest-level medal that a Chinese could obtain.

In another world, Li Ka-shing also received this KBE medal later, because at that time, Li Ka-shing was already recognized as the richest man in Asia, and Li Ka-shing's business empire had a huge presence in the United Kingdom.

After the silence on the scene, a burst of warm applause began to sound. This applause was even more enthusiastic than the applause when the Prince of Wales had just appeared.

Everyone looked at Su Cheng eagerly.

At this moment, they seemed to feel that Su Cheng's status had been elevated once again.

“Congratulations, Sir Su Cheng.” Murray MacLehose stepped forward to congratulate Su Cheng.

“Congratulations, Sir Su Cheng.”

“Congratulations, Sir Su Cheng.”

Some bigwigs on the scene also rushed to congratulate Su Cheng.

Moreover, Su Cheng discovered that the foreigners who had originally been hostile to him no longer looked at Su Cheng with such hostility, and even showed goodwill.

Was this the unexpected gain brought by this medal?

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“Thank you for your congratulations, and thank you very much to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales for coming all the way to present me with the medal. I feel very surprised to be able to receive this medal. I am still young, and I don’t think I am worthy of this medal, but I am deeply honored to be recognized by Her Majesty the Queen. Next, I will work hard to make more contributions to Hong Kong!” Su Cheng expressed his feelings.

He didn't say how much he would contribute to Britain, but only said how much he would contribute to Hong Kong.

Because he always felt that he was not British, but only a Hong Konger.

As for asking him to pledge allegiance to the Queen, it was even more impossible.

This was not a matter of "wanting to be a prostitute and also wanting to erect a monument," but rather that Su Cheng himself had always lived in Hong Kong in his life, and receiving a medal did not represent anything.

After that, the banquet was held in a very harmonious atmosphere.

Because Su Cheng received the KBE medal, many people on the scene surrounded him, hoping to deal with him.

As for the Prince of Wales, everyone wanted to get close to him, but the Prince was born with a high and cold sense of distance, and only Hong Kong's top bigwigs such as Murray MacLehose and William Purves could communicate with him.

“Sir Su Cheng, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, I invite you to visit Buckingham Palace. This is Her Majesty the Queen’s wish.” Just as Su Cheng was helplessly dealing with everyone who wanted to start a conversation with him, the Prince of Wales took the initiative to leave their circle, walked over, and said to Su Cheng with a smile.

And because of his arrival, everyone also took the initiative to give way.

Hearing that the Queen actually personally invited Su Cheng, everyone showed envious expressions.

This was a personal invitation from the Queen!

Even Murray MacLehose and William Purves had never encountered this kind of treatment.

“Thank you very much for Her Majesty the Queen’s invitation. I will find a time to visit.” Su Cheng still responded politely.

As for when to go, it was still up to him.

Anyway, he had no plans to go to the UK in the near future.

He had already been to the UK in June, and he was not interested in going there again for the time being.

“On behalf of the Royal Family, I welcome Sir Su Cheng’s arrival at any time.” The Prince of Wales shook hands with Su Cheng and said with a smile.