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

Chapter 258 Chapter 258: If you benefit the people, you will be offline!The gentleman's methods are so rough!

It had only been more than a year, but Limin could still afford to wait. He was very much looking forward to seeing Gao Yao go bankrupt when that day came.

I have to say that their planning was very good.

The only regret is that these words were said in Liminze's home, and this place has been infiltrated into a sieve by Xiangjiang Station.

The content of the conversation was quickly reported to Greyhound, and he couldn't help but frown.

Greyhound has also been strengthening his studies recently and has already recognized some words. Coupled with Liu Fangxiong's explanation, he can understand quickly.

Kadoorie and Limin have always wanted to establish high positions. This has been clear for a long time.

What I didn't expect was that other foreign banks were now ready to come in and try to push things aside.

Greyhound weighed the documents in his hands: "Thank you for your hard work, brothers."

"But keep your mouth shut."

"Of course, man."

Liu Fangxiong was so upset that his intestines were filled with regret. The more he heard about it, the more he felt like he had stepped into a huge fire pit.

Although Mr. Gao's status is getting higher and higher, things are getting bigger and bigger. Why are more and more foreign masters joining now?
"I still want to live a long life."

Greyhound had no time to talk to Liu Fangxiong. He felt that these party members smelled greasy and smelled like shit.

The document faithfully recorded all the conversations between Kadoorie and Limin Ze at Lee's house. There was a lot of it. Greyhound originally wanted to keep it concise, but considering that other foreign companies were joining in this time, it was still handed over to Gao Yao.

"master."

Greyhound first briefly talked about the content, and then said: "This is the only thing that can be found out at the moment."

"Do we need to expand the scope of exploration?"

"Need not."

Greyhound means to extend the target to people such as Keswick of Yihe.

"When you do another thing, you must do it beautifully."

Gao Yao followed You Youyou and said, "You will make many mistakes if you do too much. You did very well today. I will go to the accountant to receive the reward later."

He looked at the documents on the table. It was normal for foreign companies to be wary of him.

Gao Yao already had this awareness when he acquired Lane Crawford, but he didn't take it to heart.

The decline of prosperity and foreign affairs is a historical necessity and cannot be changed by a few jumping insects.

Jardine…

The Jardine Charitable Foundation has already been registered, and then will be the real opportunity for arm-wrestling, but there is no rush now.

As for the rest…

Gao Yao looked at the information carefully. He read it from beginning to end without missing a word.

Franchise?
Gao Yao sneered, what age are we in, and Gui Lao still expects to make a fortune from the franchise?He picked up the phone on the table and called Sun Liren of the Far East Daily directly: "Aren, the imperialists are determined to destroy me."

"Perversely."

"Please ask some people with sharp pens to comment on the disadvantages of monopoly."

"Focusing on openness and competition is the future of Hong Kong Island."

It's cool to have your own mouthpiece.

Gao Yao is now an unofficial member of the Municipal Council and an unofficial Justice of the Peace. He is qualified to do so.

If it doesn't work, then China and Yang will confront each other. Gao Yao is sure that Grantham, who has just taken office, will not risk the disapproval of the world at this time.

So this so-called franchise is simply ridiculous in his eyes.

Gao Yao thought about the information again. Judging from the current situation, these foreign devils didn't seem to have any trump cards.

Telephone…

wrong!

Gao wants to focus on the phone. Why does Kadoorie swear that he will go bankrupt because of the phone?

Phone bankrupt?

Gao Yao pondered, and he was suddenly startled, oh, yes.

As early as one year after Bell obtained the telephone patent, telephone services had been introduced on Hong Kong Island.

In 1882, the Oriental Telephone and Electric Company began to provide public telephone services. Because the Chinese were not very fond of telephones at that time, the company went bankrupt and was acquired by the Hong Kong Telephone Company in 1925. The government granted the local telephone network a 50-year franchise.

However, the franchise was temporarily suspended due to the impact of World War II and was restored after the war.

Currently, this telephone company is one of the few companies in Hong Kong that has a franchise. Of course, it is a foreign company.

The telephone company has a monopoly on fixed-line services on Hong Kong Island, and external communications are handled by the Taitung Cable and Telegraph Bureau.

Just like the phone installed in Gao Yao's home, it belongs to the phone company.

It is said that the current installed capacity on Hong Kong Island is as high as more than 2 households. Of course, most of the installed capacity are business people.

Most families are still reluctant to part with this money.

Why would Gao Yao be impressed by this?

Starlight Event!
At that time, Guantai Xingguang Hotel was leased to "China Art", which had a Chinese prefix. It was incredible, but this time it directly stirred up a hornet's nest.

The consul of American in Hong Kong personally banned it and put Starlight Bank on the "blacklist". He clearly announced that all tenants of Starlight Bank were not allowed to buy or sell domestic products from American. Even the cash registers manufactured by American were banned. Banned.

The eldest brother was jumping up and down, and of course the second child was not to be outdone.

At that time, the telephone company personally went out and called all the merchants who were interested in renting Star Hotel, and advised them not to rent Star Hotel. If they rented it, they might not be able to connect the phone in the future.

This incident had a great impact. It directly caused Guantai, who was the leader in the real estate industry, to fade out of the real estate industry. This gave an opportunity for the rise of the four major real estate families.

Gao Yao was well aware of this situation, and because of this, he had been handling the relationship with him cautiously.

John was even specially packaged to be the front desk agent.

There is no way, since the people in power are Westerners, Gao Yao naturally needs to consider that.

It's just that Gao Yao didn't expect that his mother-in-law would actually want to use the phone company to get him?

He thought for a moment and realized that the building would be completed next year. For the two buildings in Causeway Bay and Central, his investment would not be less than 2000 million.

Of course, this money was borrowed from the bank. The key is that the borrowed money must be repaid.

If people in the market knew that the telephone company was unwilling to lay telephone lines to these two buildings, the value of the buildings would depreciate.

The chain reaction brought about by this is enough to make Gao Yao...

Bankruptcy is not something that will happen, but the vitality will definitely be severely damaged, and it will also affect a series of statuses.

Yes, money and fame are the support of status.

No matter in wartime or in peacetime, the world will always belong to the rich.

If people see that Gao Yao is strong on the outside but strong on the inside, they will naturally pounce on him and bite him.

This is the most terrifying thing.

Gao Yao murmured: "The ghost guy who rides on the horse has many tricks. He wants to kill himself."

There was a hint of coldness on his face, it meant life and death.

Gao Yaoyao thought about it and found that it would not be very difficult to resolve this matter. He would just organize a general strike when the time comes.

But in that case, he will be judged to be leaning to the left, and the one who steps on the horse will lose more than he gains.

After all, in these decades, it was definitely better to go to the right than to the left.Do you want to abandon the industry in Hong Kong Island and go to Southeast Asia or Africa to start a business?
What a joke!
After thinking for a while, Gao Yao came up with an idea. He called the Gao family and Li Aji directly.

"If you want to get a batch of powerful gunpowder in the shortest possible time."

Li Ahji said without thinking: "Xiaze."

Shimose was invented by an Japanese officer named Shitase. When it explodes, it will ignite a powerful flame that will not be extinguished when exposed to water. The explosive itself can even explode in water.

In addition, it will burn after the explosion, and then emit a yellow poisonous gas, which can kill people invisible on the battlefield.

Li Ahji has been very quick to get started since he started arms trading. He knows the arms market in Hong Kong Island very well.

"Someone is selling it on the market."

"It should have come from the military camp warehouse."

After the war, military supplies were managed by the military camp.

Based on the current situation in Hong Kong Island, it is normal for the military camp to take it out for sale. After all, they do not use this thing, and keeping it stored in the warehouse not only takes up space but is also risky.

"Is it difficult to do it?"

"Will there be any attention from interested people?"

Li Ahji thought that Mr. Gao wanted this thing. He thought deeply and said, "Let's make arrangements and let people fly away when the time comes."

"it is good."

Gao Yao said to the two of them: "The more, the better, and the faster, the better."

"in addition."

"When you receive it, let it out a little bit and say that there are several families collecting it, including the Li family in Etou Mountain."

When the false is true, it is also true, and when the true is false, it is also true.

As the saying goes, if a soldier is angry, two people will lay down their corpses and bleed for five steps. This is what the world is like.

Gao Yao's strategy is so simple and crude.

In the days that followed, there were many demons in Hong Kong Island, both official and political.

But this has nothing to do with Gao Yao. He is busy attending various charity banquets and chamber of commerce meetings.

I can't help it. With so many identities on my body, I always have to fulfill my responsibilities.

Chairman's office in Jardine House,
"Top class." The clerk handed over the compiled newspaper and reminded: "You have made an appointment with the Governor to have afternoon tea at the Peninsula Hotel in an hour."

Keswick took the newspaper and read it carefully. He reads English newspapers such as the Gazette and the Daily Mail every day, which helps him understand the above policies and explore potential opportunities.

"Antitrust?"

Keswick scoffed. Hong Kong Island was able to develop only by stipulating exclusive operations for each industry. In this way, each foreign firm performed its duties, just like an assembly line. This is how Hong Kong Island developed into what it is today.

These wage earners know nothing.

"This world belongs to the rich."

Keswick's eyebrows suddenly tightened. He found that this view was basically shared in the business newspapers, which was a bit wrong.

"These guys are getting in their own way."

Groundless rumors may not be silent.

When I asked His Excellency the Governor to discuss the franchise, these words came out?This put Keswick in a very bad mood.

His instinct told him that the Governor might not agree.

It turned out that Keswick's intuition was very sharp, after he and Grantham had a leisurely afternoon tea and made suggestions.

Grantham rejected Keswick's proposal without hesitation: "This is impossible, Sir Keswick."

Grantham is not a small player, he has his own political ambitions.

Before coming to Hong Kong, he was Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific.

During his tenure, Granthhorn rebuilt post-war Fiji. In addition to repairing the infrastructure that was damaged during the war, he also tried to restore the local economy.

In addition, he also actively promoted the establishment of various organizations and sought international cooperation to improve development and welfare in the South Pacific.

Because of his outstanding performance, he was valued by the British government and was specially sent to Hong Kong Island to serve as the chief reconstruction engineer.

"The era of relying on franchises to make profits is over."

Keswick said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, in this case, Gao Yao will definitely achieve his goal."

"He has acquired Lane Crawford this time and has become the overlord of the department store industry."

"Next time, if China Electronics is acquired..."

Yes, Keswick was a discerning person. He had long realized that Kadoorie was actually no match for Gao Yao, so he came to help.

"When the time comes, the Chinese people will definitely be alarmed, and the Chinese people will definitely be arrogant."

"At that time, will this still be the place where we are the masters?"

Grantham still shook his head. Keswick was exaggerating.

Among the many colonies in the empire, it’s not like there haven’t been natives who were extremely wealthy, so what?

With the knife and the chain in hand, this world naturally still belongs to the empire.

What's more, Grantham didn't think that Hong Kong Island was a colony of the empire. He always believed that this place was just an enclave and he would have to fly back sooner or later.

In this case, when doing things here, you have to consider the emotions over there.

"Free trade, free business."

Grantham said: "As long as it is within the law and discipline, the Hong Kong government will support it and will not interfere in any way."

"Besides, Sir, I think you should know what I think."

"Next, I will increase the proportion of Chinese in various fields such as public service, and I hope you will support and understand me."

"of course."

Keswick knew that this was a general trend and could not be reversed.

He continued: "However, after all, CLP has always been responsible for the power supply in Kowloon and the New Territories, and the operation is very good."

"Now that there is a new company, it will be very easy to form vicious competition. This will hurt the general public."

"I thought we could get them to cooperate."

"CLP's cables have basically been laid all over Kowloon. If we re-lay the cables, it will be a waste of public resources."

"It would be better for CLP to take the lead in transmission and the Kowloon Power Plant to provide electricity."

"After all, doesn't Mr. Gao Yao care about the public the most?"

Grantham pondered, and in fact what Keswick said was true. After all, CLP has indeed been developing in Kowloon, and the facilities are indeed relatively complete.

Keswick struck while the iron was hot: "Your Excellency, the Kadoorie family resolutely blew up the power plant units for strategic needs during the war."

"There is no credit for Hong Kong Island, but there is still hard work. We must not let people feel discouraged."

Grantham was silent for a moment, and then said vaguely: "We will discuss it later."

……

Lorenz received the good news immediately. Since the governor relented, he thought he would probably get what he wanted.

Ah, what a beautiful day.

The same was true for Gao Yao. He gently and deftly received a boatload of Shimase on the sea surface of Tsim Sha Tsui.

Although this thing is too sensitive and prone to explosion during storage, transportation, and custody, the risk is very high.

But it is too powerful to hold up.

And it is currently the easiest to obtain in large quantities on Hong Kong Island.

If you don't choose it, who will you choose?

The bad news is that this batch of Shimase is a semi-finished product, which means Gao needs to re-process it himself.

This is indeed a bit difficult for a gentleman who knows the civilized world.

Fortunately, Gao Yao is a person who loves to learn, and he has enough time to learn related production.

Almost three days later, Liu Fangxiong and others were removed from surveillance.

In fact, they were no longer involved in surveillance because the people led by Greyhound had made rapid progress.

But this time, all the people and horses were removed.

However, the decoration team officially started to station in Dongcang, knocking and knocking. It was so loud that if the Li family hadn't been soundproofed, Li Min would have gone crazy.

The stars and moon are bright and clear, everything is silent, but occasionally you can hear the cry of the sea breeze.

Gao Yao, dressed in night clothes, was walking through Lee Gardens.

Some things can be done by his subordinates, but those that involve real wealth and life can only be done by Gao Yao himself.

Lee Gardens arranges patrols with guards. This is a habit developed by the Lee family after Lee Hyshen's attack on the street.

After all, we walk a lot at night, so it's easy to encounter ghosts.

However, these guards were just decorations for Gao Yao. He jumped into Li Minze's study as soon as he jumped around.

Through long-term eavesdropping, Gao Yao has already figured out the trajectory of Li Minze's actions.

The head of the Li family has to work in the study until midnight every day before going to rest. It has to be said that it is precisely because of this life-threatening work attitude that the Li family can flourish again in the hands of Li Minze.

When Gao Yao went in, Limin was reading the report in front of the light.

Gao's movements were quick and light, and by the time Limin could react, he was knocked unconscious and pulled into the space.

The study is a man's second world. If he has any secrets, they must be hidden in the study.

Gao Yao was not in a hurry to leave. He searched carefully before jumping out of the window and leaving.

……

The light was a bit dazzling, and the drowsy Limin slowly woke up. He first looked around cautiously, and then realized that he was tied to a chair.

Looking further ahead, Li Minze's mood suddenly sank.

It's a masked man in black, and it's completely impossible to tell where he's coming from.

He felt sad in his heart, was he going to make the same mistake as his father?

That's certainly not the case.

At that time, Li Xishen was assassinated and died, but Li Minze could still get a look at the mastermind, right?

"That's going to happen later."

The voice of the man in black was very cold. He pointed to a bundle of gunpowder on Liminze's right hand side: "You, a remnant of the Japanese occupation, are going to be burned together with the telephone company because you are dissatisfied with the government!"

"nonsense!"

Limin was very courageous. He guessed that something bad might happen to him, but he didn't expect that the other party would be so vicious.

This means not only his own death, but also his own ruin.

"I have made meritorious service in the war of resistance! Everyone knows it!"

"There is also a lot of Persian soil for sale."

Benefiting the people creates fear. How can the other party understand it so well?
Gao Yao?No way, he couldn't know this.

The only ones who can know are my peers.

Party state?

Limin took a breath. This was quite possible. He had indeed caused a lot of trouble to Hong Kong journalists.

But Boss Dai has died, why come to him now?
wrong!

Limin thought he was paralyzed. He suddenly shouted: "Gao Yao, Gao Yao, is it you?"

"Don't mess around!"

"We are all Chinese, what is there to talk about?"

(End of this chapter)