Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, I, the rice class leader

Chapter 250 Chapter 250: Enter the Governor's Mansion!Gao CBE.JP’s first proposal!
Sometimes things are so interconnected. Hong Kong Island's take-off requires not only funds, technology, but also talents.

Where do talents come from?Education.

Strictly speaking, this matter is a matter of course.

Because later on, a large number of far-sighted people from the south will naturally build elementary schools and other related schools based on the needs of Hong Kong Island.

Zhang Qiyun didn't hide it from Gao Yao. He smiled bitterly and said, "I do have this idea."

“I just never found the right venue.”

It must be difficult to find a suitable venue nowadays. Didn’t you see that a large number of elementary schools and primary schools in Hong Kong are placed on the rooftops of tenement buildings?
Do you really think they want to do this?It’s really hard to find a venue.

Gao Yao laughed loudly: "Simple."

He said to Zhang Qiyun: "If Mr. Zhang doesn't mind, I have several tenement buildings in Sham Shui Po that will be completed soon and will be used as school buildings when the time comes."

Zhang Qiyun hurriedly said: "It won't be that soon, it may be the end of the year."

End of the year?The second group of tenement buildings had already risen, so Gao Yao smiled and said: "Then let's wait until you gentlemen come over to see them in person."

"As for the cost of operation."

Gao Yao smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will take full responsibility."

Mr. Gao is still very willing to invest in this area. The most important thing is that he has selfish motives. By then, can the cultural classes of the public relations department led by Greyhound be placed in the academy?

Zhang Qiyun was completely relieved this time. He had indeed come to Hong Kong to find a place for a few old friends. Seeing that this rich man had taken care of the land and food, what else was there to worry about?

He said happily: "This is really good."

"Gao Sheng is so righteous."

Gao Yao waved his hand and laughed: "It's not worth saying this. Although I, Gao, like money, I am also a scholar."

"I just hate that I don't have a head and six arms, so I can't take care of everything."

Zhang Qiyun said: "How can you do everything as expected, just to have a clear conscience?"

"High student."

Zhang Qiyun stood up, he pondered for a while and then said: "I think Hong Kong Island will have a huge demand for teachers in the future, but there is only one school now."

“I’m afraid more high school students will need to make suggestions to the Hong Kong government later.”

"It should, it should."

There is currently only one institution on Hong Kong Island that provides full-time professional training for teachers, which is called Law Fuguo College of Education.

In addition, other teachers are from the mainland.

What Zhang Qiyun said is indeed a problem. The development of education is naturally inseparable from teachers.

Gao Yaoxun thought that he had to exercise his title.

Zhang Qiyun came here just to catch the autumn wind. Since he got what he wanted, he stood up and left.As for Kuang Wenchi, Gao Yao doesn't need to worry about it at all. His main responsibility is to give money...

"In this way..."

Gao Yaoxun, who personally put the two people into the car, thought, it seems that he will also be an educator in the future?Thinking of this, he immediately became energetic. It was time to go to the Governor's Mansion.

At the same time, Grantham, who had been busy for most of the day, was reading information. As the Queen's representative and the Lord of Hong Kong Island, he knew his position and reliance very well.

More than 90% of Hong Kong Island is Chinese. Grantham, who has lived here, knows very well that if you want to live a stable life in the future, you must mobilize and coordinate the power of the Chinese.

The information he has in hand is that of the Chinese representatives in Hong Kong.

As a Chinese expert, Grantham understood the secrets in the text.

Wuyi Gang, Dongguan Gang, Chaozhou Gang…

These associations formed based on ancestral origin and bloodline are like the constituencies behind the Imperial Council members. They only support people who come from the same place as them.

Grantham did not object to this. On the contrary, he believed that the more such groups, the better.
Similarly, Grantham believes that what Hong Kong people want is only a stable environment, reasonable tax rates and fair justice.

And these require channels through which multiple parties can speak out.

These Chinese representatives in his hands are one of the channels for speaking out.

What interested Grantham was the high-ranking figure of the Chaozhou Gang. Mrs. Jane was full of praise for this person, and many activities were related to this person.

Judging from Grantham's experience in the East, this person's luck with a high MR. was a bit too good, and he actually became the president of the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce in such a short period of time.

Generally speaking, he is the absolute representative of the Chinese people.

Grantham thought of the CBE medal awarded to Gao Yao from his own hand. Mrs. Jane really tried her best for this.

From this point of view, it is necessary for me to provide certain conveniences within the scope of my power.

"grown ups."

At that time, the title of the governor was either Your Excellency or Your Excellency.

A clerk reported: "Mr. Kadoorie is here."

"Please come in."

Grantham had been to the Peninsula Hotel before and had met Kadoorie. This old boy seemed to have some grievance.

But there were too many people around at that time, so it was difficult to talk more, so we made an appointment to meet today.

"Your Mightiness."

The person who came was Laurence Kadoorie. He came because of the Kowloon Power Plant incident.

When the auction at Admiralty failed, Rowlands realized that Gao wanted to get involved in electricity, and subsequent developments also verified his assumption.

The construction of the Kowloon Power Plant is very fast. Now, just waiting for the cables and other facilities to be put in place, the power plant will basically be put into operation.

This was intolerable to Rowlands.

"I wonder if you have ever learned about the Kowloon Power Plant?"

Rowlands said directly: "It competes maliciously, which will affect the power supply of the entire Kowloon and New Territories."

CLP has not been repaired for a long time, but the electricity it supplies is exchanged for real money!No family will owe electricity bills, this is the most reliable cash cow.

"Do not."

Grantham interrupted Rowlands. In fact, from his heart, he supported Rowlands.

Because Hong Kong Island is too small, it is indeed easy for vicious competition to occur among multiple power companies, which will affect the use of the general public.

But Grantham was also very clear about the positioning of Hong Kong Island. Long before the opening of the port, it was already stated that the existence of Hong Kong Island was not focused on colonization, but for diplomatic, military and commercial purposes.

Because of this, the Governor of Hong Kong has always positioned Hong Kong Island as free trade, and its policy policy has been a non-intervention policy.

He said: "The law does not explicitly stipulate that only CLP Power Co., Ltd. is allowed to supply electricity in Kowloon."

"and."

Grantham added: "Sir Rowlands, at least the New Territories will definitely allow multiple power supplies."

The Hong Kong government's definition of the New Territories is that it is leased, and even management is mostly handed over to the local townships.

"but."

Rowlands said: "There is no precedent for the Kowloon Power Plant to provide power. If an accident occurs, it will be unfair to the general public."

"There are no accidents yet."

Grantham said directly: "Sir Rowlands, do you want to urge the government to amend the law? No, this is not possible at all! The government will not favor CLP, nor will it favor the Kowloon Power Plant."

"Leave everything to the market."

No matter how Rowlands defended it, Grantham just refused. What a joke. Gao Yao was now a member of the upper class, and he had the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce behind him.

In terms of influence on the local area, it is far higher than Kadoorie.

Moreover, Grantham actually knew about the Kowloon Power Plant. He knew that the first power transmission target of the power plant was the Kowloon Walled City, and he was happy to see its success.

"Sir, you will regret it."

Lawrence had no choice but to say goodbye and leave. When he was leaving, Gao Yao's car happened to drive up.

Their eyes met, Gao Yao smiled, while Laurents kept a calm face and said nothing.

Gao Yao shrugged. The ghost guy is just a superficial gentleman. Once it comes to a struggle for interests, he is almost like a jackal.

He looked at Rowlands who drove away with a smile in his eyes. Is this Diaomao cooperating with Limin?
There is something wrong with my brain.

Gao Yao was led to the main building. My dear, it seems that I haven't been here for a few days. There are two more stone lions here.

The information is correct. Grantham really knows the East very well, and this stone lion does as the Romans do.

There is a special reception room in the Governor's Mansion. After Gao Yao sat in it for a few minutes, Grantham's figure appeared.

Gao Yao stood up: "Your Excellency."

Grantham said: "MR. Gao, I came just in time."

"I intend to appoint you as an unofficial member of the Urban Council."

The Urban Council was established in 1933 as a municipal committee responsible for public health, entertainment, culture, food hygiene, vendors and market affairs. Its predecessor was the Health Committee, which was responsible for handling public health affairs earlier.

Currently, among the Chaozhou Gang, only Yan Chengkun is an unofficial member of the Municipal Council, which means Gao Yao is the second one.

Gao Yao said seriously: "It is our duty to do so." At present, the unofficial members of the Municipal Council have very small powers, and they are obliged to do so. There is no difference, but no matter what, this is a good start.

There has to be someone who can speak up for the people below.

Grantham stretched out his hand: "Please sit down."

Gao Yaoyao was reminded by Mrs. Jane. She said Grantham was a pragmatic person and there was no need to beat around the bush when discussing things with him.

He immediately got straight to the point: "Sir, the current education problem on Hong Kong Island is very serious. I wonder what policies the Hong Kong government has on this?"

Not only is it very serious, it is simply imminent!
Bombing does not distinguish between rich and poor, nor does it distinguish between classes. It means bombing every house you see.

There are almost [-] houses on Hong Kong Island, and among them there are school buildings.

At that time, even the University of Hong Kong, the only university on Hong Kong Island, was bombed into rubble, let alone others.

Grantham was startled. He knew that Gao wanted to spend a large amount of money on the real estate market. To be honest, he was very supportive of this.

Because Hong Kong Island is so short of housing now that the Hong Kong government is unable to provide dormitories for civil servants.

Now there are celebrities like Gao Yao taking the lead, and Grantham naturally supports it, so he thought that what Gao Yao wanted to talk to him about might be about real estate.

Even Granthhorn was ready to give up profits, but he didn't expect that Gao Yao actually mentioned education.

Grantham thought about it, the current situation in Hong Kong Island is very serious in all aspects, not to mention other things, only food is a big problem.

"MR. Gao, I wonder what your opinion is?"

Gao Yao never fought an unprepared battle. Since he came, he had made a series of preparations.

He immediately said: "Now school-age children can only follow the adults at home because they have no place to go to school. This invisibly not only increases the burden on the current family, but also creates risks for society."

Grantham nodded, agreeing with this point of view.

Of course, there are already open elementary schools and primary schools, but they are not enough.

Gao Yao is not a god. He cannot create something out of nothing. He can only make use of existing conditions first.

"I think we can select certain areas and turn the rooftops of tenement buildings into schools."

It is true that we can only choose some, because most of the rooftops are already occupied by people.

But even this is not enough, Gao Yao followed up: "Then divide the school into three classes every day, morning, afternoon and night, so that most school-age children can receive education as much as possible."

This is actually an 8-hour shift system, but it is used in schools by Gaoyao.

Grantham was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but applaud: "Good bridge (idea), this is a good bridge."

This ghost guy is indeed a Chinese expert...

Grantham said happily: "In this way, we can build a large number of middle schools and primary schools to connect them at the same time."

This requires funding from the Hong Kong government and, of course, donations from the public.

What is society?Chamber of Commerce!
This is also the reason why Grantham would not dump Rowlands before, because Rowlands could not mobilize society, but Gao Yao could.

For example, as the president of the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce, he was originally obliged to organize the chamber of commerce to donate money to build a school. This was stipulated in the chamber of commerce's charter!

Gao Yao nodded with a smile: "Yes."

"Children can learn and read, and parents can go to work without worries, which is beneficial to social development."

This is inherently a positive cycle.

"Not bad."

"Congressman Gao."

Grantham knew tricks very well. He knew that Orientals did not care about politics, but liked official positions very much, so he took the initiative to praise: "It would be great if there were more people like senior councilors on Hong Kong Island."

Gao Yao smiled and said, "I just had an idea."

"another one!"

Gao Yao's expression suddenly became serious: "I have a merciless request."

Grantham thought that it was like this in the East, so he said: "Please tell me."

"I want to name a normal college after you."

Gao Yao said: "I hope I can get your authorization."

Grantham was at a loss, he was even a little tongue-tied, oh, are you bribing yourself?But it seems to be buying a name?

Gao Yao said: "There is currently a shortage of professional teachers on Hong Kong Island, and the Luo Fuguo Institute of Education alone cannot meet the demand."

He emphasized: “Especially after a large number of primary schools and middle schools are completed later, this situation will become more and more serious.”

"We in the East have a saying: Those who do not plan for the overall situation cannot plan for a region."

"You have to prepare early."

"So I am going to open Grantham Normal College."

Grantham hadn't authorized it yet, so Mr. Gao looked like he had it all done. He then said, "First, start a few short-term one-year primary school teacher training courses to train teachers for primary schools."

"But you also know that I, Gao, have no appeal in the educational field, so I can only borrow from your reputation."

What Gao wants to say is well-founded, what else can Grantham say?He knew that Gao Gao had been doing a lot of charity recently and had actually caused a lot of big events on Hong Kong Island. Although there was some speculation in setting up this school for him this time, it was mostly out of public interest.

As long as it is beneficial to the development of Hong Kong Island, Grantham will support it, and building a school will obviously gain points for him.

Oh, no wonder Mrs. Jane would trust this Easterner so much. Grantham thought about this bribery method, and he thought he could not refuse.

"It's my pleasure."

Gao Yao beamed with joy and took the initiative to shake hands with Grantham: "Thank you."

"Thank you for your contribution to the education sector on Hong Kong Island. We will definitely remember it."

The proposal for the first meeting was too inconvenient. Now that this was settled, Gao Yao believed that Grantham must have received his thoughts, so he left after a few more pleasantries.

After returning to Gao's mansion, Gao Yao called Axia and Liu Meiren.

Well, after Gao Yao was promoted to the president of the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce, a lot of chores came to his door. It was impossible for him to do this, so he asked Liu Meiren, who was also from Chaozhou, to take charge of it. Lin Sheng cooperated with her, so she often Stay at Gao Mansion.

"You go find Mrs. Jian first."

After Gao Yao talked about his plan to build a school, he then warned: "Don't forget the He family and the Zhou family."

The He family belongs to He Dong's wife He Zhang Furong, and the Zhou family must belong to Zhou Xinian's wife Zhou Liu Qinggui.

"The main thing is."

Gao Yao said: "Please invite Mrs. Jian to invite Ms. Ge Mulian to join the school."

The school is not a charity, but it needs to be run. If it operates, it will make profits, and if it makes profits, it will get dividends, right?

These days, people in the world like to give away Buddha statues made of gold or the like.

Gao Yao has not given cash to anyone for a long time. What he wants is the identity of an innocent family.

"This is going to be hard on you."

Bai Yuechang is not suitable for this job, that is, Axia and Liu Meiren are more suitable.

Gao Yao emphasized: "This is something that will benefit the present generation and future generations. Do it well."

Liu Meiren looked at Gao Yao intently. She had watched this dirty guy walking up from the street.

This person has changed so much. In the woodshed, on the stairs, and in the car, his speech was very down-to-earth. Now that he is mixed up, his speech seems to be from a high position.

Gao Yao is indeed full of arrogance. Since he came out to fish, he must be impressive.

It must be close to the center of power to hold power.

Then you will make many friends and a few enemies. If there is someone who is blind, a Bodhisattva-hearted person will not mind sending people to the West.

"understood."

Axia doesn't care what she does, the most important thing is that she can help her husband. She then said: "But I'm afraid I have to go later."

Axia pursed her lips: "When you went to the Governor's Mansion, Abin called and said you would come over for dinner today."

"Is he coming to eat?"

Gao Yao sneered. Abin, a bastard, was enjoying himself in Clear Water Bay. He usually didn't even bring him when he was called. Why would he want to come here to eat?
Ah Xiao said: "I'm bringing Shui Mei with me."

Gao Yao let out a roar, oh, that boat girl who ate Abin to death, immediately became excited: "I tell you, this boy Abin is retribution."

In the past, when he was in Causeway Bay, as long as Abin had money, he would ask Gao to go to Kowloon Walled City to be cool.

But no one agreed.

What did this kid say at that time?He said that Gao Yao, Lei Guantai and Gao Jin were hopeless, afraid of their wives, and turned into soft-footed shrimps when they saw women.

There is absolutely no way he, Abin, would give up a forest for a tree!

Gao Yao gloated: "Yes, he deserves it! He can't run away now, he can only hang himself on a tree."

On the side, Liu Meiren thought to herself, Binzai is indeed worthy, but damn you are not simple, you are the one who has the most fun now...

(End of this chapter)