Through the wealth life

Chapter 1000 The Queen Visits
At eleven o'clock the next morning, Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing arrived at Kai Tak Airport. In half an hour, the Queen's special plane would arrive at Kai Tak Airport.

Today, in addition to the Governor of Xiangjiang Youde and high-level government officials, celebrities from all walks of life in Xiangjiang also came here to welcome the queen.

This is the second time that the Queen of England has visited Xiangjiang, and it is also the first visit since the British and the mainland government signed the agreement last year that Xiangjiang returned to the mainland.

Governor Youde attached great importance to this. He not only sent invitations to celebrities from all walks of life in Xiangjiang, but also paid special attention to security. The Xiangjiang Police Department arranged a large number of police forces at the airport and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel where the Queen stayed.

As time passed, the Queen's special plane landed on the runway of Kai Tak Airport and slowly slid towards the designated apron.

Kai Tak Airport currently has only one runway. As one of the aviation hubs in Asia, there are a lot of takeoffs and landings here every day. In many cases, there will be a plane taking off and landing every few minutes, so even the Queen's plane cannot stay on the runway for a long time. , to avoid too much impact on flights at Xiangjiang Airport.

When the plane stopped, Youde took the high-level government officials and Li Guangyu, Stick Sutherland, George Lavin, Cheng Yutong, Lee Shau Kee, Wooden Shuaia, Henry Keswick, Lawrence Kadoorie, Run Run Shaw, Xu Shixun and others came to the plane and waited for the Queen to disembark.

As the cabin door slowly opened, the 65-year-old queen and prince walked out hand in hand.

After coming down to say hello to everyone, the queen delivered a passionate speech, focusing on maintaining the stability of Xiangjiang and promoting the economic development of Xiangjiang.

This time, the queen visited the Mainland for 9 days. Accompanying her were the British Foreign Secretary, court servants, and escorts. There were already hundreds of business leaders, and the scale was very large. Zhang Ziyu, the president of the Bentley Group under the Lee Consortium , Zhao Qihui, president of British Telecom Group, and Zhao Xiaoyan, president of Xingyuan Group, also attended the business cooperation talks in the mainland.

This time the queen came with the purpose of cooperation, so the communication between the two parties was very harmonious. The queen and the British government also expressed their position like the mainland government. Before the return of Xiangjiang, the British government will maintain the political and economic stability of Xiangjiang and ensure the healthy development of Xiangjiang. .

In front of celebrities from all walks of life in Hong Kong and the media in Hong Kong, the queen appeared very calm.

She said: "I came here 11 years ago. This is the second time I have come to Xiangjiang. Compared with the first time, this place is much more prosperous. Now Xiangjiang has completely become an international metropolis. In some fields, it can be compared with London. I am really happy for the development of Xiangjiang.

Xiangjiang has returned to the embrace of its mother, but many of our British policies on Xiangjiang will not change because of this. Xiangjiang can still enjoy some of the previous treatment in our England and the entire Commonwealth of Nations.

I hope that Xiangjiang will have more frequent economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation with the UK and even the Commonwealth. As a window for exchanges between China and the West, I hope that Xiangjiang can build a bridge for cooperation between the UK, the Commonwealth and the mainland, and promote mutual cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win results . "

At present, Xiangjiang is regarded by many forces as a bridgehead to communicate with the mainland. All major multinational companies will give priority to entering the Xiangjiang market, and then use Xiangjiang as a springboard to enter the mainland market.

The British government also hopes that Xiangjiang can become a bridge for cooperation between them and the mainland, so that British companies can enjoy the dividends brought about by the reform and opening up of the mainland.

After the Queen delivered her speech, she began to shake hands with the people who came to greet her, showing her friendly side.

After shaking hands with Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing, the queen said with a smile, "Mr. Li and Mrs. Li, I am very glad to see you again, and thank you for your contribution to the economic development of England."

During the reform of the British government, the Ministry of Finance received a huge amount of funds. Li Guangyu’s credit is indispensable for this, and the industries under the Li’s consortium are developing very well in England. They not only provide a lot of jobs for England, but also provide them A lot of taxes.

Now that the economic reform in England is still going on, it may take a year or two to get out of the sluggish economy. The British government hopes that the Lee Consortium can increase investment in England to help the development of the British economy.

In order to show the importance attached to the Li family consortium, the queen and the British government decided to award Zhang Ziyu the title of baron after discussing it. As for Li Guangyu, let it go. Except for the Commonwealth of Nations, no consortium at the helm has accepted her title of knighthood. She also didn't want to influence mainland public opinion on Li Guangyu because of her title of knighthood. She was also aware of the importance Li's consortium attached to the mainland market.

After all, Xiangjiang had already decided to return to the mainland. If Li Guangyu was awarded the British title at this time, the public opinion would probably destroy Li Guangyu's many years of business in the mainland.

If Li Guangyu did not accept the knighthood, she and Yinglun would also be in an embarrassing situation, so this time the queen and the British government chose to confer the title of baron on Zhang Ziyu, the head of Western Europe of the Lee Consortium.

Li Guangyu said: "Your Majesty, we are also very happy to meet you again, and welcome you and the prince to Xiangjiang."

"Mr. Li, Mrs. Li, at the end of this year, our royal family will be knighted again. You have made great contributions to the British economy and are fully qualified. At present, I need to understand the thoughts of the two of you, so as to avoid some injustices." Necessary trouble, after all, you are in Xiangjiang, we also have some considerations in terms of public opinion, I wonder if you are willing to accept the title of our royal family?"

Today, the Queen also wanted to know what Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing thought. On such an occasion, she would be happy to show that the royal family attached great importance to Li Guangyu to the celebrities in Xiangjiang.

If Li Guangyu didn't answer, she wouldn't be unhappy about it, she had already expressed what she wanted to express, and it was Li Guangyu's own problem if Li Guangyu didn't answer.

Moreover, she fully considered the issue of public opinion, highlighting that the royal family was thinking of Li Guangyu, and let the upper echelons of Xiangjiang know that Yinglun was friendly to them.

Li Guangyu dare not accept this title now. His focus is on the Greater China region, and the mainland market is one of his cores. Once he accepts the title of the British royal family, he is afraid that the trolls on the Internet will spray him to death in the future.

And this will greatly affect his image and development in the mainland. A British title is obviously not good for actual benefits.

Li Guangyu said: "I am very grateful to Her Majesty the Queen for her kindness to us, but we are really not qualified to be treated like this. Please also ask Your Majesty the Queen to grant this title to someone who is more qualified than us."

Li Guangyu's refusal was expected by the Queen and the British government. As long as Li Guangyu was not stupid, he would not take over the title.

Xiangjiang is not the same now. If there were no problems in the 70s, now that Xiangjiang has made it clear that it will return to the mainland in 1997, it would be really stupid for Li Guangyu to accept the entrustment of titles at this time.

Her Majesty smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. We have expected this. As compensation for this, we will grant the title of Baron Zhang Ziyu, the president of the Bentley Group, to thank the Bentley Group for its contribution to the British economy over the years."

Li Guangyu did not object to this. Bentley Group is a car group in England, and Zhang Ziyu, as the president of this group, was knighted by the British royal family, so there is no problem.

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(End of this chapter)