Through the wealth life

Chapter 332 Interview with the Governor
After receiving Li Guangyu's orders from Liu Tianci and Zhou Liangshuyi, their newspapers and TV stations focused all their attention on the Xiangjiang Financial Management Bureau, and vigorously criticized the financial management bureau's lazy administration and differential treatment.

The media from all walks of life in Hong Kong did not think it was a big deal, and they reprinted the reports one after another, and at the same time dug up the news to criticize the Monetary Authority for not following the rules.

Now this news has overshadowed the news of arriving in Hong Kong to participate in the men's volleyball world preliminaries. The media from all walks of life in Hong Kong are obviously more concerned about the issue between the Li Group and the Financial Management Authority. This is also a contest between the Chinese-funded consortium and the British-funded consortium.From these news, everyone can find that the Li Group's own application for bank certificates has been blocked, and there are many British-funded consortiums among them.

McBurney Deshaun, the director of the Xiangjiang Financial Management Bureau, has been very irritable these two days. Facing the public opinion that Xiangjiang has attacked, he has felt tremendous pressure. On the government side, some Chinese, led by Luo Cheng The bureau and executive councilors are also questioning why he does not follow the provisions and treat Hong Kong Chinese differently.

MacLehose, Governor of Xiangjiang, naturally also knew about this situation. He did not expect that the Li Group had no intention of giving in at all this time, and directly asked its media to start a general report, using Hong Kong's public opinion to exert pressure and fight against the British consortium obstacles for him.

MacLehose had no choice but to come forward to coordinate this incident. He has made the citizens of Xiangjiang trust the government through so many years of painstaking efforts. Departments will be dragged down.

The Li Group can be treated differently by the government. What will those citizens think? I am afraid that a new round of storms will come, and the current stable situation in Xiangjiang will be broken.

On the morning of March 3th, Li Guangyu received an invitation from the Governor's Mansion in Xiangjiang. He hoped that Li Guangyu could arrive at the Governor's Mansion at 9:03 in the afternoon. Governor MacLehose had something to talk to him about.

Li Guangyu knew very well why MacLehose met him at this time, and he also wanted to know what MacLehose thought and how he was going to deal with this matter, so he immediately agreed to MacLehose's invitation.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Guangyu sat opposite to MacLehose in MacLehose's office. This time, MacLehose did not prepare coffee, but served Li Guangyu with tea, and Li Guangyu could feel that the tea was Wuyishan Dahongpao, which I often hang out with.Li Guangyu bought the tea from his own family through some contacts. I don't know where MacLehose got it.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, I also know that Xiangjiang is a place of freedom of speech. We don't have too many restrictions on news reports from media from all walks of life in Xiangjiang. It's just that your media's blatant criticism of the Monetary Authority this time is not too much. Yes. You should be clear that your influence in Xiangjiang is huge, and the leadership of your media this time has had a very negative impact on the stability of Xiangjiang."

Li Guangyu doesn't accept MacLehose's big picture. If it weren't for the British consortium on your side, you don't want to establish a bank with your own sole proprietorship, you won't be full and have nothing to do, and let your own media report these things. .

Li Guangyu said: "Mr. MacLehose, my media has always been seeking truth from facts and will never report things that are not true. This time the financial management authority really made us Chinese feel disappointed. Our application materials have been uploaded for nearly three months. It's time. According to regulations, the financial management authority should give us a reply within a week, and in special circumstances it should not exceed half a month. But so far, we have not received any reply."

MacLehose knew why the Monetary Authority was so procrastinating this time. If it passed the approval of the Li Group, the heads of the major British consortiums in Xiangjiang would not be satisfied.Reasons must be given for not passing, but Li's Group's application for a banking license is in accordance with the regulations of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and all of them have met the standards.

If the Monetary Authority rejects the application of the Li Group with unwarranted conditions, the law firms under the Li Group have many experts, plus the Luo family, I am afraid they will sue the Monetary Authority to the court. File a lawsuit.

MacLehose also felt a bit of a headache. The current situation is obviously that the Hongkong British consortium hopes to limit the expansion and development of the Li Group, so as not to threaten their status.In order to stabilize its own development, the Li Group is also unwilling to give in at all.This makes it difficult for MacLehose, who wants to maintain the stable development of Xiangjiang, to deal with it.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, the development of your group is quite large now, and your Li Group has just controlled Wing Hang Bank. Can you slow down and suspend the reporting of this incident by your media first? Then communicate with other people and give you an answer as soon as possible.”

Li Guangyu would not back down this time, and Li Guangyu did not quite believe in MacLehose's strategy of delaying the attack.Now that public opinion has risen, if the bank application has not been approved, he will not suppress it by himself.

Li Guangyu said: "Mr. MacLehose, this time the financial management bureau has been influenced by some people, and it cannot serve the citizens fairly. Now I and the people from all walks of life in Xiangjiang are waiting for the financial management bureau to give us According to the statement, our media reports based on the attitude of seeking truth from facts, we should not obstruct, and we citizens also need the right to know."

MacLehose was very disappointed, and at the same time felt sad for the British consortiums like Xiangjiang.It has been developed for hundreds of years, but now they will unite to suppress a group that has only been developed for a few years, and even use the power of the government to block the formation of the core group of the Li Group.

These British-funded consortiums are now afraid of facing the Li Group. How will they compete with these Chinese-funded groups in the future? Perhaps in the near future, this place will completely become the world of Chinese-funded consortia.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, I think you should be very clear about why the Monetary Authority has such a situation this time. Many people feel that your Li Group has posed a threat to them, and they don't really want you to control the financial core in Xiangjiang. In order to prevent your impact on them, there are two major banks, HSBC and Standard Chartered, which have the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong, and the Monetary Authority has to consider their opinions."

Of course, Li Guangyu knew the strong influence of these two major banks in the Monetary Authority, otherwise Li Guangyu's connections would not be ineffective, but HSBC and Standard Chartered wanted to prevent him from establishing a bank, how could he let them do what he wanted.

Li Guangyu said: "Mr. MacLehose, I believe that the Monetary Authority is serving the entire Xiangjiang, and only considers the opinions of these two major banks, and Xiangjiang is the common Xiangjiang of our more than 500 million citizens, most of whom are Chinese, I don’t think it’s appropriate for Xiangjiang to just hand over the right to issue banknotes to these two big banks.”

Hearing what Li Guangyu said, MacLehose was even more speechless. No wonder HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank desperately wanted to prevent Li Guangyu from entering the banking industry. After the acquisition by HSBC, HSBC and Standard Chartered have had this power for nearly 20 years.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, it seems that we can't reach a consensus for the time being. I hope you can come to our Governor's Mansion again tomorrow morning. I will also meet with Shen Bi and Powell Wilson, as well as Mike from the Monetary Authority. Director Bernie DeShawn, we all have a consultation on your bank application."

MacLehose can only let several companies sit down and discuss together. He can't let the matter continue like this, which is very detrimental to the Xiangjiang government.

Li Guangyu said with a smile: "Mr. MacLehose, there is no problem. I will be there on time tomorrow morning. I sincerely hope that the government can handle things according to the regulations. Some people stretch their hands too far, which is not good for the government."

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(End of this chapter)