Hong Kong Movies: You Hongxingzi, what the hell is the charity king?

Chapter 307 "307" List of Legislative Councillors, Governor: This Guan Zu...

Apparently, even the Governor had taken notice of Guan Zu's affairs.

Especially the time when 81 people were mobilized to donate. This kind of person who mobilized citizens and had strong organizational and mobilization capabilities was still very eye-catching.

Hunter nodded: "Yes, that's him."

Governor: "Have you investigated this Guan Zu? Does he have any connection with the left?"

Hunter: "At this point, we have not found any links to the left."

To support his opinion, Hunter pointed to the people on the list and said:
"Governor, look... Liu Hua, Gao Jin, Tan Meili, Gao Qiu, Chen Yongren, Su Jianqiu..."

"Six people, all of them are Guan Zu's subordinates..."

"Hmm? All of them?"

The Governor was stunned.

Hunter said: "Yes, they are all Guan Zu's people..."

The Governor frowned and said, "In this case, will it be possible that in the time of the popular election, all four districts will elect people who are his Guan Zu?"

Hunter: “Is this highly likely?”

The Governor shook his head directly: "No! The Legislative Council is very important. If we have to elect one, we must elect our own people."

Hunter took Guan Zu's money, so naturally he had to consider Guan Zu.

"Governor, I don't think it's appropriate...If we reject this Guan Zu, I'm afraid he will defect to the left."

"........."

The Governor remained silent.

Considering Guan Zu's mobilization ability, if he votes for the left, I'm afraid all 18 direct election seats will be taken by the left.

The result is simply unbearable to look at.

Then his Legislative Council reform would become a joke, and he might even be criticized by the Queen and the Prime Minister.

this moment,
The Governor has a headache.

How could there be a monster like Guan Zu?
The Governor frowned and said, "Didn't the Republican Party you supported have any contact with this Guan Zu?"

Hunter: "I have already contacted him, but Guan Zu is very determined. He also wants to be a legislator."

Then, because he received money, he found an excuse for Guan Zu: "It may have something to do with his background. He is a gangster and hopes to gain social recognition. He even ran for district council last year."

The Governor was moved and asked, "He is a gangster. Has he done anything illegal?"

Hunter shook his head: "Many forces want to deal with him and are looking for his weaknesses, but he has no weaknesses. We can't find any illegal behavior on his part."

Governor: “…………”

Damn, what a bunch of losers!
Governor: "Are you sure he didn't defect to the left?"

Hunter: "If he had sided with the left, he would have supported those left-wing elections. But now he wants to elect himself, which means he has not sided with the left."

Makes sense, logical!

The Governor nodded and said, "Let's put his matter aside for now. I'll send someone to investigate further."

"Okay, Governor..."

Then start introducing other candidates.

Look at them one by one.

An hour later, the Governor went over the list with Hunter and found no major problems.

Basically, it’s a list of both the left and the right.

The left wing has few members, with basically two or one quota per district, while the right wing is the majority.

So from this perspective, the seven people led by Guan Zu are particularly eye-catching.

After Hunter left,

The Governor called the ICAC.

To the Governor, the ICAC is the Special Branch. After all, the Special Branch is under the police force and is under the guidance of the Chief Secretary. The Governor is three levels away, so some things are not very convenient.

The ICAC is the department under his direct jurisdiction, so he always goes directly to the ICAC.

"Have you, the ICAC, investigated the information about Guan Zu? I want to take a look at his information."

"Yes, Governor, I will prepare it right away!"

2 hours passed,
The chief officer of the ICAC, Commissioner against Corruption Xie Faxin, arrived at the Governor's Office with the information and Lu Zhilian.

He was born in 1931, four years older than the Governor. His ancestors were from a medical family. He had served in the army and was a second lieutenant in the army. He had served as the Financial Secretary and Chief Secretary of Hong Kong Island. Later, in 4, he was appointed by the Governor as the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. He will not officially leave the office until at least November this year.

"Governor... this is the ICAC officer who is in charge of investigating Guan Zu. He is quite familiar with Guan Zu."

The Governor glanced at Lu Zhilian and nodded.

"sit."

The two men sat on the sofa and started smoking cigars, puffing out smoke, while Lu Zhilian stood beside them.

Logically, Lu Zhilian is not qualified to come here, but Xie Faxin is not familiar with Guan Zu at all, and the governor wants to know more about Guan Zu, so naturally he brings Lu Zhilian here.

……

On the ICAC side,

Lu Zhilian's boss, Yu Hongsheng, was going crazy with envy and jealousy.

"Throw that star!"

"If I had known that the Governor-General was paying attention to Guan Zu, I would have memorized the information!"

"The opportunity was taken away by Lu Zhilian!"

It hurts!
Missed out on promotion!

……

……

Governor's Palace.

Lu Zhilian: "Guan Zu's biggest weakness is that he values ​​talent!"

Governor: “?”

Lu Zhilian: "I have evidence to support my statement. I sent an undercover agent to Guan Zu. This undercover agent was from Wan Chai, so it was easier for her to gain Guan Zu's trust. After she went there, she has now become one of the six core members around Guan Zu."

Governor: “Who is this man?”

Lu Zhilian: "Her name is Tan Meili. She is currently the head of Mingxin Hospital and is also responsible for the construction of a supermarket project of Guanzu. This supermarket is Guanzu's first supermarket. The current cost has exceeded 4 million. It is more important than Guanzu's other companies. It is estimated that Tan Meili will definitely be the person in charge of managing this supermarket in the future. And there is another point. Tan Meili has joined Guanzu Company for less than half a year!"

The Governor heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this: "An undercover agent who has only been here for half a year is so highly valued by Guan Zu. This means that Guan Zu is still too immature."

From the Governor’s perspective, people’s abilities are not important, what is important is loyalty.

Guan Zu's behavior, however, is just the opposite. Loyalty is not important, ability is more important.

Ridiculous!

Childish, childish!

In this way, Guan Zu's power will inevitably and easily suffer from internal collapse in the future!
The Governor laughed and said, "It seems that this Guan Zu is not a concern. As long as we place a few more undercover agents, we will be able to sideline him and control him."

The ICAC Commissioner complimented: "Your Excellency the Governor is wise!"

Lu Zhilian's mouth twitched, but he quickly flattered him: "The Governor is very observant!"

The Governor continued to ask: "Based on your long investigation of Guan Zu, has he colluded with the leftists?"

Lu Zhilian shook his head. “So far, there was one time, five months ago, when a leftist invited Guan Zu to dinner, but we haven’t had any contact since then. The Republicans, however, invited him to dinner three times.”

The Governor heard this and said, "So Guan Zu is more in line with the right wing?"

Lu Zhilian: "I don't know either, but it should be. I will ask Tan Meili to collect more information in this regard later."

The Governor nodded: "Okay!"

The Governor thought for a moment and then said, "This Guan Zu has developed so fast, he must have had connections with banks. Has the ICAC investigated whether he has had any dealings with mainland companies such as Luzhong, Bureau Merchants, Runhua, Daguang, and Yinzhong?"

Lu Zhilian: "My superiors have noticed this before and have investigated it. They found that he has financial connections with Standard Chartered and HSBC, but not with Lvzhong, Bureau Merchants, Runhua, Daguang, and Yinzhong. But recently, he has had more contact with Runhua in the cooperation to open a supermarket, but it is only for material cooperation."

Then they chatted for more than half an hour, asked Lu Zhilian a lot of questions, and finally let Lu Zhilian leave first.

Governor: "Is this Lu Zhilian reliable?"

Xie Faxin: "Your Excellency the Governor can rest assured. This Lu Zhilian has been receiving a Western education, and he has been transferred to the ICAC since he graduated from university. There will be absolutely no problem."

In the eyes of Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner Tse Fat Sun, what they represent is justice, so naturally he feels that Luk Chi Lian is one of their own.

"Okay!" The Governor nodded.

Just now when he looked at Lu Zhilian, he found that he was indeed a good person with thick eyebrows and big eyes and a righteous character.

but,

Out of professional sensitivity, the Governor still reminded: "The ICAC should send another undercover person to Guan Zu's place, and do not let Lu Zhilian and others know."

Guan Zu's mobilization ability alone is enough for the Governor to pay attention to. One undercover is not enough, two undercovers are more appropriate.

Xie Faxin: “Yes!”

After Xie Faxin left, the Governor called Hunter, the chairman of the Legislative Council: "I agree with Guan Zu's candidates for the time being...but I need him to show his sincerity." Hunter: "I don't know...what sincerity do you mean, Governor..."

Governor: "As long as you understand."

Hunter: “Oh, I see.”

If something specific is said, it must be official business.

If you don't say anything specific, then it must be a private matter.

What is private matter?
Money!

The Governor will step down on July 7 next year. There are only 9 months left. I'm sure the Governor must be very anxious.

Governor, you don't want to lose this money, do you?
……

That night,

Hunter and Guan Zu met at an upscale private club in Central.

This high-end private club is called the Cigar Club. Guan Zu's first reaction was that it was the place where Li Yonglian, Cai Yuanqi, the Financial Secretary and others smoked in "Cold War", but it didn't look like the place.

Hunter, the foreigner, probably took money from Guan Zu, so he was quite enthusiastic towards Guan Zu.

Guan Zuyi gives a brief introduction to cigars.

Guan Zu took a few puffs and said, "Tsk, I can't appreciate it."

However, the posture of crossing legs, sitting on the big sofa and smoking a cigar is indeed quite pretentious.

Hunter briefly talked about reporting the list to the Governor today:
"The Governor has always been a little skeptical about you, but with my efforts, he finally agreed."

"Thank you, Mr. Hunter!"

“Haha, we’re all friends!”

Hunter is still thinking about the remaining 500 million.

"However, the Governor hopes that you can show your sincerity."

"What sincerity?"

"You also know that the Governor-General will step down next year, and there will be a new Governor-General to take over... Do you understand what I mean?"

Hunter used water to write the word 'money' on the table.

Guan Zu wrote with water: "2000 million, okay?"

Hunter wrote: "5000 million."

Only 5000?
Guan Zu’s psychological price is around 8000 million. What does this indicate?
This shows that the Governor was not very defensive and just wanted to make some money before retiring. If I remember correctly, this Governor may have disappointed the British in the Hong Kong Island operation, or he had no background. After he left office, he returned to the UK and did not hold an important position, but was sent to a "state-owned enterprise" as a leader.

Guan Zu hesitated for a moment and wrote "ok".

Money is nothing to Guan Zu.

If Guan Zu is unhappy, he can just find another opportunity to get the money back.

Just like Hunter, if he takes the money but doesn't do the job, Guan Zu has plenty of ways to get the money back.

……

……

After coming out of Central,
Guan Zu breathed a sigh of relief. The matter of the legislators had been resolved with the Governor. He could tell them the good news tomorrow.

Guan Zu was sitting in the car, and the high-rise buildings in Central kept passing by outside the window.

After walking more than 100 meters and making a circle, I passed by the headquarters of HSBC and Bank of China.

HSBC headquarters, moved in in 1986.

Bank of China headquarters moved in in 1990.

The battle of feng shui between the two sides has been well-known in Hong Kong Island for a long time. Even HSBC, which came to Hong Kong Island, had to follow the local customs and believe in feng shui.

It’s no use even if Jesus comes!
The piece of land in the middle has not yet been built by the Yangtze River Group, but it was acquired by Mr. Li last year, in 1990. It will be completed and put into use in 1999 and will become the new headquarters of the Yangtze River Group.

"Strive to make half of the Changjiang Group mine..."

Just returned to Causeway Bay,
"Ling ring ring~~~"

Guan Zu's cell phone rang.

Mao Xiangyang: "Ah Zu, come over for a midnight snack?"

Guan Zu touched his abdominal muscles, fortunately he had no belly: "Good!"

quickly,

Guan Zu, Xiao Fu and Ah Xing sat down at the late-night snack stall that sells fried beef in Causeway Bay. Soon Mao Xiangyang arrived.

"Brother Zu, do you want some fried beef joy?"

"roll!"

"Okay~~"

Ordered a few dishes and some beer...

Mao Xiangyang drank a few glasses of beer and felt a little drunk.

"Brother Mao, what can I ask for?"

"No, no, I'm looking for you this time because I need your help."

"what's up?"

"Legislative Councillor's business."

Mao Xiangyang said a little embarrassedly.

Legislative members, this is the most important purpose of your visit to Hong Kong, but the reality is too cruel.

Those leftists are too weak.

Mud can't hold up the wall!

I guess it would be good if we could get 4 in the end (ps: in the end there were 2, and 16 were taken away by the right wing).

Guan Zu's heart moved: "Brother Mao, please speak."

Mao Xiangyang: "You also know that I am from the judicial system. One of the purposes of my visit to Hong Kong this time is to think about the Legislative Council members. The list will be out in September, but those who we are running for in Hong Kong Island...ah..."

"I'm afraid that my entire army will be wiped out, so I would like to ask A-Zu for help and mobilize some manpower to support them."

what?
You want me to support these people?
If they were a little more capable, they wouldn't need my support!
Judging from later experience, these people were all mediocre.

Guan Zu certainly didn't want to.

Guan Zu has settled the list issue today, and it's basically a foregone conclusion. I can reveal a little bit to Mao Xiangyang.

"Brother Mao, I actually haven't told you this before. This time, I'm also going to run for a legislative seat."

"what?!"

Mao Xiangyang was shocked!

"Don't be so startled, speak softly and keep it a secret!" Guan Zu pulled him down from his seat.

Mao Xiangyang forced himself to calm down.

But how can I calm down?

But Guan Zu said he wanted to run for legislator.

Wouldn't it be possible to add another one?
"and many more……"

Mao Xiangyang's face was serious: "Have you joined the rightists?"

If Mao Xiangyang remembered correctly, Guan Zu and rightist leader Ni Ming had dinner together once.

Guan Zu spread his hands: "Do you think I look like that? I don't have any good feelings towards the right wing."

Mao Xiangyang thought about it and it was true. At least in the few months that he had met and known Guan Zu, he found that he was a staunch leftist who firmly supported and identified with the country. He was completely different from those fence-sitters.

"But why were you able to get the candidacy? If the right-wingers didn't agree, they couldn't have put you on the list, right?"

Mao Xiangyang wanted to get to the bottom of this matter.

Seriously.

Guan Zu spread his hands: "Money... These foreigners are actually quite greedy. They know they don't have many years to make money, so they are seizing the opportunity to make money."

Mao Xiangyang: "But... why do you want to be a legislator?"

Guan Zu: "Does this need a reason? Power!"

Mao Xiangyang: “…”

that power?

Could it be that Guan Zu is the kind of person who is greedy for power?
Guan Zu continued, "Hong Kong Island is too chaotic now. You see, I opened an education group and found that too many students in Hong Kong have been harmed... I want to make a few laws: increase the sentencing for those who harm students to deter bad guys; and for those gangsters who go out on the street with knives, I want to make a law to control knives and increase penalties... and..."

Guan Zu said a lot.

Finally: "If I join the Legislative Council, I can propose some new laws to improve Hong Kong Island... So, I want to run for a few legislative seats!"

Mao Xiangyang was stunned.

This...power is so positive!
What follows is shame!
It's not that Guan Zu was too greedy for power, but that I was too greedy for power and misunderstood Guan Zu!
(End of this chapter)