Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, leading the technology war

Chapter 548 The Environmental Protection Army Has Arrived
Two days later, Rosewood Hong Kong Island Hotel

Kelly, Porter, and their group chatted casually over coffee in the hotel's first-floor café, occasionally glancing at the beautiful view of Victoria Harbour outside the window.

As mentioned earlier, this international environmental organization, called "Blue Hope," is a non-profit organization with considerable influence.

The entire team is now basically assembled. Today they are going to Tenglong Island to conduct surveys and sampling activities, and to thoroughly investigate the environmental issues around Tenglong Island.

"Kelly," Bolt said, "when are we leaving? Our pick-up person hasn't arrived yet? I've already finished a cup of coffee, this is too slow."

Kelly checked the time and said, "Don't rush, some people haven't arrived yet."

"Are there still people missing? Who else?"

Others also inquired.

Kelly was somewhat exasperated. These accomplices really had no professionalism whatsoever. When they went somewhere, she was the only one doing research and reading emails; they just followed along.

Kelly was a bit like a tour guide leading a group.

Porter is quite proactive when things get tough.

"Hasn't any of you checked your emails? They're from colleagues in the Southern Yue Kingdom."

"...The Southern Yue Kingdom? You mean Yunli Chen?"

"Yes, it's her. They'll be arriving today and joining us on our way to Tenglong Island. Judging by the time, they should be here soon."

Porter frowned. "What are they doing here? Just here for the fun? Aren't we enough?"

Kelly said, "They are basically all in South Vietnam, which is very close to here. Theoretically, they should care more about the ecological environment here than we do. It's normal for them to want to come and take a look together."

Bolt scoffed, actually looking down on the people of South Vietnam, or rather, he didn't consider any of the people of the Asia-Pacific region to be worthy of his attention.

However, since everyone is a member of an international environmental organization, that is, a colleague, we have to give each other some face, so we didn't say anything on the surface.

Colleagues are not necessarily in the same environmental organization.

For example, Kelly and Porter are in "Blue Hope," while Liu Chenyunli is in the "Green Realm" organization.

Green Realm is registered in the United States and actually has more resources than Blue Hope.

Of course, how much resources and financial support a non-international organization receives depends on how well the organization can stir things up.

How successful has this organization been? How influential is it?

The more these international organizations stir things up, the more support they will receive; this has become an international consensus.

So these organizations pull off a lot of things every year, some of which sound bizarre and outrageous, creating big news and turning the world upside down. That's even better, because that's the kind of influence they need.

Once these tasks are completed, funds will flow into their organization in droves, so much so that everyone from the top executives to the lowest-ranking members will have more money than they can handle.

The ancient Chinese saw through everything long ago: all the world's hustle and bustle is for profit, and all the world's chaos is for gain.

This applies to everything, including running a non-profit organization. In fact, it's often even more closely tied to money. The so-called non-profit status simply means they don't make money; they just need funding to support them.

There aren't that many people in this world who have nothing better to do.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as Kelly, who is an idealist.

Kelly comes from a very wealthy family; her father is the owner of a multinational corporation. She could have money raining down on her even if she did nothing. But she chose to join an international environmental organization, traveling around tirelessly and even helping the organization secure sponsorships, doing her best in every way.

As for whether others are genuinely committed to environmental protection, Kelly doesn't care; she just wants to do her own job well.

From this perspective, Kelly has a very broad vision; she is indeed the kind of person who dedicates herself to her ideals.

Just then, several people walked over, one of whom was Chen Yunli.

As mentioned earlier, Chen Yunli is from the Southern Yue Kingdom and frequently visits Hong Kong Island, so she is quite familiar with the area.

Chen Yunli did not come alone; she was accompanied by two men, both very thin, who were also from the Southern Yue Kingdom.

Also accompanying them were Hong Kong government officials, namely Yao Hong and Zhao Yibin.

The two worked in the Hong Kong government's commerce department and often handled reception duties.

Chen Yunli is quite well-known in Hong Kong Island. She has relatives here and a high status. In addition, Chen Yunli is a key officer of "Green Zone". The Hong Kong government will certainly not neglect her and has sent Yao Hong and Zhao Yibin along. If there are any issues with Tenglong Island along the way, the two of them can coordinate and handle them.

Of course, the two of them also knew that this job was not easy. If they did it wrong, they would be disliked by both sides and would be in a bad mood, and Chun Chun would get scolded.

But there was nothing they could do; they were the ones who had been assigned this task.

By this time, the two sides had already met, but only exchanged simple pleasantries.

Chen Yunli and others knew Kelly's group and sometimes attended meetings and events with them, but they didn't actually communicate much; to put it bluntly, they weren't very familiar with each other.

Yao Hong and Zhao Yibin stood by, looking somewhat nervous, exchanging a few words every now and then.

Zhao Yibin said, "These two groups getting together can't be anything good, can it?"

Yao Hong sighed: "How would I know? This is the first time I've dealt with someone like this. Maybe it's not as serious as we imagine."

"I hope so. By the way, is the boss on Tenglong Island that Hu Jiangshan?"

Yao Hong nodded: "Yes, it's him."

Zhao Yibin gave a wry smile: "Hu Jiangshan is no pushover. Will he get into a fight with these people? No, a playboy like Hu Jiangshan might actually make a move."

Yao Hong pictured Hu Jiangshan's handsome face in her mind.

She shook her head, indicating that it wasn't necessarily true; Hu Jiangshan, as a boss, shouldn't be that outrageous.

In Singapore, Yao Hong had the opportunity to communicate with Hu Jiangshan more than once, and she was deeply impressed by him.

Moreover, Hu Jiangshan didn't leave Yao Hong with a bad impression at all; on the contrary, she had a very good impression. She felt that Hu Jiangshan was completely different from what was rumored, and could even be said to be the complete opposite.

Yao Hong was also quite surprised, never expecting that the legendary, extravagant playboy could actually be associated with "perfection." Hu Jiangshan's performance in Singapore was indeed remarkable, a true leader among the new generation of entrepreneurs, holding his own among the important figures, and even standing out.

He not only stands out among Hong Kong entrepreneurs, but is also quite outstanding compared to the so-called bigwigs in Singapore.

As for whether Hu Jiangshan was faking it, some people do think so, but Yao Hong doesn't think so.

Hu Jiangshan is indeed handsome and has a good temperament, but Yao Hong believes she will not be fooled by his appearance and remains quite clear-headed.

A person can pretend to be perfect for a while, refined and talented. Many men can do this, especially in front of women. But it's not easy to keep up the act for a long time, and the truth will eventually come out.

If Hu Jiangshan's perfect performance in Singapore was truly an act, then he absolutely deserves an Oscar.

Therefore, Yao Hong felt that Hu Jiangshan was indeed an elite individual, and definitely not the troublemaking playboy of legend.

As for whether Hu Jiangshan will cause trouble with these international environmentalists.
To be honest, Yao Hong wasn't entirely sure either. After all, these environmentalists were well-known and not the type to care about saving face. Once they discovered a problem, they would definitely expose it relentlessly, without holding back, and might even break off relations.

Even a clay idol has some earthiness, let alone Hu Jiangshan, who is still a young master and a rich second generation. He has always lived in the praise of others, and he is also young and impetuous. If he is really provoked, he will probably have a bad temper.

However, Yao Hong didn't think Hu Jiangshan would resort to violence. Instead, he might send the security personnel on Tenglong Island to drive him away, which would also be a troublesome matter.

It seems today is destined to be an unsettling and turbulent day.

Yao Hong said in a low voice, "No matter what, we need to stay alert and think carefully about the contingency plan we discussed before, and use it when appropriate."

"I understand, I'm trying to recall it now."

Yao Hong and Zhao Yibin knew that today's work would definitely not be easy, so they found a meeting room in advance to discuss some contingency plans and had corresponding solutions for the anticipated situations.

While these solutions may not be perfect and may not truly solve the problem, at least they will prevent us from being caught off guard and helpless when the time comes.

Thinking of this, Yao Hong sighed. Now she could only take it one step at a time and hope that Tenglong Island would be more cooperative and not let these international environmentalists find too many problems and loopholes.

Yao Hong had never dealt with these people before, but even if she hadn't eaten pork, she had heard about what they had done, some of which were quite outrageous.

Even multinational corporations with comprehensive legal systems are afraid of these people conducting "evidence gathering investigations," often ending up spending a lot of money to settle the matter and also damaging their reputation.

At this moment, Zhao Yibin asked in a low voice, "By the way, Yao Hong, what's the current situation on Tenglong Island?"

Yao Hong shook her head: "I don't know, I heard it's alright there, the scenery is quite beautiful."

"I heard? Didn't you watch that episode of 'Running Man'? I watched the behind-the-scenes footage, and that island is indeed quite beautiful."

"I watched it, but what is shown may not be the truth. I'll be grateful if it's not too different from what's shown on the show."

"That's true. Even if it's only half as good as what they showed on the show, it would be fine."

Neither of them seemed very confident about Tenglong Island. After all, reality shows are very good at finding the right angles to film, and they often only choose the most beautiful places to shoot. A lot of other places that are rudimentary, dirty, and littered with garbage are not shown on camera, and even a little bit of them will be cut out, all for the sake of the show's effect.

Yao Hong only hopes that Tenglong Island won't be too dirty and chaotic, and that it won't be like some of the piers on Hong Kong Island, where garbage is floating everywhere on the water, which would be unbearable to look at.

Yao Hong said, "However, I have heard from people who have been to Tenglong Island that it is indeed a nice place, so there is no need to worry about them finding too much evidence of ecological damage."

Zhao Yibin said, "I thought so too before, but don't be too optimistic. These people are professional nitpickers, with very sharp eyes. They can find problems even in the cleanest places, and they are not small problems. Yao Hong, do you know? They use scientific methods. On-site sampling is for testing."

Yao Hong nodded, understanding Zhao Yibin's meaning.

These environmentalists are indeed professionally competent; they don't just go to the site to take a look and make a show of it.

They will take samples of local water, soil, plants, and even air for testing, sometimes even conducting on-site testing, and get results immediately.

No matter how clean a place looks, there will always be some problems, and the outcome will usually not be good. That's when they start causing trouble.

Zhao Yibin added, "They won't be lenient. It's said that the target locations are all carefully planned, and they won't give up until they find out the problem."

Hearing Zhao Yibin's words, Yao Hong felt a little heavy-hearted. She had a good impression of Hu Jiangshan and hoped that he could hold on. As long as Tenglong Island didn't become too unsightly, with the Hong Kong government's backing and mediation, they should be able to get rid of these environmentalists.

If all else fails, I'll just spend some money to settle it; it's just a matter of how much.

The Hu family shouldn't be short of money, otherwise they wouldn't have started such a large operation as Tenglong Island. It's said that building a rocket launch site is extremely expensive.

Zhao Yibin said, "However, there is also good news."

Yao Hong asked curiously, "Good news? What good news?"

"A rocket is going to be launched from Tenglong Island in the next couple of days. We can stay on the island during this business trip, so we can witness the rocket launch live. This is such a rare opportunity. I heard that many people want to go see it, but they can only watch it from a boat outside the island. We can go ashore. The treatment is different."

"That's true."

When Yao Hong mentioned going to Tenglong Island, quite a few people showed expressions of envy and jealousy, saying that she was so lucky to be able to watch a rocket launch.

While Yao Hong was happy, she was also a little worried. Rocket launches are not so easy to succeed. It is said that the rocket to be launched this time will also carry a satellite from the Middle East. The Hong Kong government has also sent people to coordinate this matter.

Rocket launches are risky; what happens if the launch fails?
Wouldn't Hu Jiangshan have lost face by attacking Tenglong Island?

More importantly, the Hong Kong government's credibility will also suffer. It has given Jiangshan Group so much support recently. If this project is really messed up, the effect of promoting aerospace will not be as good.

Yao Hong is now feeling somewhat anxious, even though it has little to do with them.

Just then, the vehicle that was there to pick up the environmental protection team arrived.

It was a large bus, a rather luxurious new vehicle, a Björn electric bus, a special vehicle arranged by the Hong Kong government. Even the boat had been arranged, all to take good care of these environmentally conscious gentlemen.

About half an hour later, the bus arrived at the pier.

Environmentalists naturally took the opportunity to give their verbal assessment of the dock's environment, which could only be described in three words: dirty, messy, and chaotic.

The trash floating on the water was truly an eyesore.

Hopefully, Tenglong Island won't be like that; at least they can improve the surface sanitation.

(End of this chapter)