Zhu Tian: The Fiery Years Begin with Taking Qin Huairu as a Concubine

Chapter 272 Justice of the Peace
This last point is quite interesting. This is the privilege of the Governor. You must know that at this time, the Governor can exercise one vote on everything.

What this means is that when there is something to discuss, everyone should discuss it democratically and have a good talk about how to do it in the end.

As for the final decision, it is up to the Governor.

But it is not surprising at all. In the current social environment, many places have such conditions.

There are several autonomous regions in Hong Kong and even Kowloon, which belonged to the Qing Dynasty, is also an autonomous region.

Zhang Kaiwu asked with a smile:
"There is no problem with autonomy, but I am still a little worried about the safety of the port city."

Governor General Gerhon Liebesman said:

"We have the protection of the three armed forces, the Hong Kong City Government and the Royal Police, so there will be absolutely no problem with safety."

Zhang Kaiwu blew out a smoke ring and said with a smile:

"Mr. Governor! You have served as the Governor in Africa for so many years, more than ten years in total, and you are also an experienced Governor. A giant company like ours has its own security personnel. To be honest, we are not afraid of any small troubles in society, but we are afraid of the three armed forces!"

Governor General Ge Hong Liebesman thought for a moment and asked:

"Mr. Zhang! If you have any questions or requests, just tell me directly."

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Mr. Governor, if it is convenient, I would like to visit Lady Elizabeth. I want a title to protect my own interests."

The title of nobility is not very popular nowadays. Governor Ge Hong Liebesman could not figure out his intentions and could only say:
"I will contact Ms. Elizabeth. I can only say that I will try my best to say good things for you."

His words implied that he was ready to see him off and he no longer had high hopes for Zhang Kaiwu. This man was not a small entrepreneur and the chances of him choosing Gangcheng were slim.

Governor Ge Hong Liebesman had just returned from Peiji as the governor to the port city. He really knew how good the conditions were outside in order to attract investment. Those big companies were like kings in the local area!

These conditions in Hong Kong City are really not that good, and the current situation is tense, and there is a high possibility of a fight.

By then, all your money will be lost.

Zhang Kaiwu looked at him, but still couldn't be sure about how he would behave in society. It might be related to the current tense social situation.

never mind!

Time will tell, so let's wait and see. Zhang Kaiwu will not put all the pressure on the governor alone.

He didn't like to rely on others' charity to survive, he said with a smile:

"Mr. Governor! We had a very pleasant chat just now. I have wasted a lot of your time. How about this? I will build a small factory with 10,000 to 20,000 employees on Hong Kong Island. I don't want the land on the south side of Victoria Harbor, but can I have the two ports and the land on the north side, which is opposite Hong Kong Island?"

Governor Ge Hong Liebesman was surprised for a moment, and said quickly with great joy:
"Of course you can, Mr. Zhang! There is absolutely no problem!"

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
“I hope my decision is not wrong!”

Governor Ge Hong Liebesman, he didn't know why Zhang Kaiwu was interested in the fishing village of Gangcheng, but who cares! ?

Although this factory with 10,000 to 20,000 employees is tax-exempt, it will at least boost the port city's economy to a great extent.

There are countless small factories for supporting facilities and factories, you can't do it all by yourself, right?
Building a factory requires cement, right?
It must require bricks and stones or something! ?

Do we need to hire someone to cook?

It takes people to build houses and roads, right?
The Governor asked Zhang Kaiwu:
"Mr. Zhang! How could it be wrong? When are we going to sign the contract?"

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"In a few days! I just got here today, and I have to buy a law firm and hire people."

"We have to arrange some security and some supporting small companies."

"I just got off the plane too, and I have to go to the Peninsula Hotel. I haven't checked in yet!"

Governor General Gerhon Liebesman asked:

"Do we need to clear the north bank of Victoria Harbour where the company is going to be built? There are still many squatter settlements there, with a population of perhaps 10,000 or 20,000 people."

The Governor's work is really interesting and reliable, and he is very familiar with the place.

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"It's okay! I will need people to run the factory, and I will recruit them all at that time. But people from other areas cannot continue to come in."

"You know I can't hire so many people at once. I can only take it slow. If I take too big a step, it will affect the company's development."

Look! This is the welfare of setting up a factory. As long as the factory is established, even if you don’t receive a penny of tax, the invisible benefits are countless.

It solved the development problems of a large area and the employment problems of tens of thousands of people at once.

After people in that area get jobs and wages, won’t they consume?!

Governor General Ge Hong Liebesman said with a smile:

"Of course! These are the things we should do, otherwise it will cause misunderstandings. I will have people block the north bank first, and no more people will be allowed to pour in, so that you won't have any new troubles."

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said tentatively:
"Thank you so much! How about I pay part of the staff costs!?"

Governor General Gerhon Liebesman said:

"No need! These are things we should do, all for the convenience of your investment."

Ok!

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Mr. Governor! That's it for today. I'll visit you another day."

Governor General Ge Hong Liebesman said quickly:

"Please sit down for a while. I'll arrange for someone to take you to the hotel. It's hard to even find a taxi here right now. They've all been blown away by the traffic."

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Well! Damn little day, thank you very much."

The Governor ran out and spoke hastily to his secretary, sending Zhang Kaiwu to the hotel and to Citibank to learn about his situation and the strength of his Kaiwu Company.

After a while, the Governor and his secretary escorted Zhang Kaiwu out and watched their car drive Zhang Kaiwu away.

The Governor's car had no license plate, only a place to hang a sign with the emblem of Elizabeth's family on it.

Wherever he went, there was chaos!

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Lou Bancheng and his group of people found their wives and children very easily.

The current Hong Kong city is too small, with the only lively place being one street in Kowloon. Dozens of people asked around and soon got the result.

It should be said that only half of them were found. One of the eldest wives died of illness, one wife disappeared after going out, and the remaining wife saw him and cried with tears streaming down her face.

It was almost ruined. The family was living off their savings and the remaining sons of the Lou family were rebelling every day, demanding money so they could live a life of luxury.

If the master doesn't come here, this family will be ruined.

Father Lou took his men and beat his sons up, making them cry for their parents.

The sons kept saying:
"We are unfamiliar with the place and we are bullied everywhere. The foreigners here also bully outsiders."

"Dad! It's not that we don't work hard, but we lose money no matter what we do!"

"The conditions here are too bad, why don't we go back?"

"This is a foreign world. People like us will never be able to make it."

Father Lou looked at his three rebellious sons kneeling in a row on the ground. What could they do after beating them up?

He said fiercely:

"We have sold all the factories in our home in Beiping, and we will live in the port city from now on. You guys take care of yourselves. I am working for others now, and Aunt Tan will be the first wife in the family from now on."

The sons immediately knelt there and shouted:

"aunt!"

Mother Lou sat there, looking calm and not bothering to pay attention to them.

You used to look down on Xiao'e and me, but now I am out of your reach.

A mother is honored by her daughter, but it’s different now!
Father Lou looked at them and said, "Go wash up. I'll take you to meet someone in the evening. He's Xiao'e's man, your brother-in-law. Be polite in what you say and do. Our family will depend on him in the future."

The sons looked at Lou Tan together again. So that's how it is!
Things have changed at home.

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Zhang Kaiwu was taken to the Peninsula Hotel by the Governor's car, where he completed the check-in procedures.

The seven-story Peninsula Hotel is now the tallest building in Hong Kong. It was opened by Sean’s fellow villager. It has a lot of rules and the doormen all wear a full set of white suits.

He was in the governor's car, and the governor's secretary helped him with the formalities. He was so famous that the lobby manager, along with a group of girls, enthusiastically booked him the best room.

The Governor's secretary watched him settle down before politely saying goodbye and leaving.

The sea view room on the top floor of the seventh floor also has an office, which can probably be considered a presidential suite.

Even though Zhang Kaiwu was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and long pants, not a suit, and holding a cigarette in his mouth, the lobby manager seemed to have forgotten the hotel rule that guests must be neatly dressed when checking in.

Ha ha ha ha ha!
Those so-called bullshit rules and etiquette are just to restrict poor people from spending.

Zhang Kaiwu opened the phone book, found the only Cheku Law Firm in Gangcheng, made a call, and talked for a few minutes.

Mr. Ajim Cheku from the law firm is a well-travelled man. He came from Great Britain to this fishing village to make a living. He is also a man with dreams.

Ajim Cheku was stunned for two minutes after putting down the phone, slowly thinking about the conversation. I came here and worked hard for three years, am I rich now! ?

Suddenly! Oh my god!

Lawyer Agim Cheku woke up as if from a dream, ran out of the office, and said to everyone in the law firm:

"Put aside the crap in your hands and get ready to assemble! We have a new big boss, hurry up!"

"Change your clothes. Ladies, put on your makeup and wear your most beautiful clothes. Make your skirts as short as possible. Gentlemen, be neat and tidy, trim your beards, and it's best to take a bath and apply perfume first."

Oh my God!
The boss is crazy, what does he want the girls to do, do public relations! ?

Ajim Cheku briefly explained the reasons, and suddenly the law firm was in chaos.

About half an hour later, Agim Cheku arrived at the Peninsula Hotel with his elite team of lawyers, five men and three women.

The men were dressed in suits and bright leather shoes, while the women were dressed in short skirts, short-sleeved shirts, stockings, high heels, and bright red lips.

Ajim Cheku gave him a brief introduction of the law firm’s team and positions.

Zhang Kaiwu sat there with a cigarette in his mouth. The waiter poured them tea. He said with a smile:

"Ajim! How much did your law firm cost?"

Agim Cheku said modestly:

"It wasn't much money, about 2,000 pounds, but it took a long time."

A group of people sat upright, with their chests out and their heads held high.

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Okay! Since I've recruited you, I'll give you 5,000 pounds in compensation. Your salary will be temporarily doubled, or paid according to European lawyers' standards. You can expand the law firm in the future. Now it's a bit too small with only nine people. The North Shore across Victoria Harbor is now mine. What kind of company do I need to set up now!?"

Everyone smiled at the same time. Big companies are big companies, and the salaries are so decent for the time being.

Zhang Kaiwu briefly introduced the conversation with the Governor, the development of his own Beautiful Country Company, and the new ink factory that was about to be built.

Ajim Cheku didn't care about the 5,000 pounds in compensation, although it was not a small amount. The key was that the company had a bright future and the boss was a money-maker!

He brought his elite team of lawyers, took notes on paper, and negotiated with each other about which factories needed to be set up.

How big a bank do I need to meet the needs of the company?

How should the contract with Mr. Governor be signed, what does the company need, and what preferential conditions can be strived for.

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Lou's father also came to visit him with several sons. After they introduced themselves to each other, Zhang Kaiwu arranged for them to sit down and listen.

Then! Lou's father's sons saw the smiling faces of those foreign lawyers, these first-class people, which were simply innocent.

Several foreign female lawyers even worked as waitresses, serving tea and water to everyone, and they also smiled innocently.

Father Lou was not surprised. Who is Senior Zhang? It must be a joke!

Soon there was a thick pile of drafts. Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"The new law firm of this company needs at least a seven-story building. We also have our own bank, with three floors for business and three floors below for the vault, so it needs to be sturdy."

"The security company also has to plan well. Heavy firepower is a bit exaggerated. Light firepower is a must."

"This commercial area needs to be separated out separately, as well as the dormitory area. You all need to plan them according to the seven-story plan."

"Hotels, shopping malls, hospitals, schools, all these things have to be planned neatly."

A group of people sat upright and listened to his opinions attentively.

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Let's stop here for today. You should quickly work with Director Lou to finalize the Governor's land contract and cooperation agreement."

A group of people responded in unison:

"Yes!"

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The next morning, Zhang Kaiwu got up, washed up, and went to the restaurant downstairs to have breakfast.

Although he could ask the waiter to take him there, he still liked to go downstairs to see the scene outside the restaurant. The restaurant of the Peninsula Hotel is very famous in Hong Kong.

The most famous thing is that there are a lot of idiots here, they are a bunch of actors who are playing the bourgeois game here, wow!

After returning to the room, he got two boxes of cigars, a box of wine, and a box of vodka.

Ask someone in the hotel to deliver it to the Governor as a small gift.

After receiving the gifts, Governor Ge Hong Liebesman looked at the pile of things and thought about the information his secretary had learned yesterday.

Zhang Kaiwu~Senior Zhang!
Senior Zhang is a world-famous scientist, and his American Guokai Wu Penicillin Company is said to be the most advanced company in the world. In the future, it will be like printing money. He also has VIP status as a Citibank.

Professor Zhang is also the director of the penicillin factory in Peking. Professor Zhang has many international friends, including those from Eastern Europe! ?
What Governor Ge Hong Liebesman is considering now is not the contract between the two parties. As long as someone comes to set up a factory, he will agree to any excessive conditions.

The Governor was thinking about telling Elizabeth's family about the situation here. If someone like Senior Zhang were to get a title, it would be very honorable for Elizabeth's family!

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A large number of green-clad Royal Police officers have blocked Hong Kong Island on the north shore of Victoria Harbour and began to prohibit entry into this area.

There is no undersea tunnel here now, so we can just block the ships from the sea and that’s it.

We started to register the population and family information, and kept asking what was happening in the mysterious squatter area.

But these royal police didn't know what was going on. Once they finished recording the houses and the population, their job was done.

It was not easy to register those huts. It took me several days to complete the registration.

Zhang Kaiwu and his team of lawyers have signed a contract with Governor Georgen Liebesman, and the right to use the entire north shore of Hong Kong Island belongs to Kaiwu Steel Group Corporation.

The Governor got him a new passport and he became a proud unofficial Justice of the Peace of Hong Kong Island!
In front of a group of justices of the peace, in front of a group of people from the law firm, and in front of Lou's parents and their entire family.

Zhang Kaiwu said proudly:
"I swear! To be loyal to Her Majesty the Queen, to fight crime, and to maintain world peace!"

Governor General Ge Hong Liebesman tapped him on the shoulder with his command knife and said with a smile:

"Congratulations, Mr. Zhang!"

This non-official Justice of the Peace is not a nominal position like the future, but now he really has real power.

Strictly speaking, it is called "Peace Witness" or "Public Security Adviser".

Justice of the Peace is just a common name.

For example, the court in Gangcheng will no longer have the right to sue Zhang Kaiwu, and it will be Elizabeth's family who will sue him.

Strictly speaking, when the judge announced that Lou Bancheng was guilty, Zhang Kaiwu could stand by and say that he disagreed with the judge's opinion, veto his verdict, and deny the jury's opinion.

(End of this chapter)