Video Game Empire

Peng Fei looked around. The Li family building was located in Taiping Mountain, such as above the pair of antique official hat chairs opposite him, and there was a calligraphy with a four-foot banner.

Judging from the inscription, this is the calligraphic treasure left by Mr. Qigong, a master of calligraphy in China, when he visited the Chinese University of Hong Kong last year. The content of calligraphy is exactly Du Fu's famous five-laws "Lv Ye Shu Huai". On the front wall of the living room, there is a landscape painting by Mr. Zhang Daqian.

Speaking of Zhang Daqian, he and Qi Baishi can be regarded as the two most famous Chinese painting masters in modern times. However, Zhang Daqian has been living overseas since the founding of New China, and the central government has repeatedly urged him to return to the mainland to settle down, but he is indifferent. When Zhang Daqian lived in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Xinhua Branch also did a lot of united front work on behalf of the central government. As a result, Zhang Daqian chose to settle in Taipei in 1976, which made the Xinhua Branch feel a great loss of face.

When Li Xuan entered the door, Peng Fei was appreciating Zhang Daqian's freehand brushwork of splashed ink landscape. This "Lotus Appreciation" was bought by Li Xuan at a Sotheby's auction last year for 140,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Compared to later generations, which cost tens of millions, and even sold for 100.8 million yuan, the price of Zhang Daqian's works in the early 1980s has not been very outrageous. between. As the so-called chaotic gold, prosperous antiques, investing in art is definitely a good way to preserve value. Since last year, Li Xuan has successively won dozens of works by famous artists such as Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian and Xu Beihong.

"President Peng, I take the liberty to invite you over today, because there are some things that need to be communicated with the domestic side!" Li Xuan said with a wry smile.

"Oh? I don't know what's going on?" Peng Fei saw Li Xuan's face as if he had eaten Huanglian. His brows were furrowed, and he couldn't help but feel a little more curious.

"Vice President George Bush of the United States. Will he visit the mainland in May?" Li Xuan asked.

"Vice President Bush will pay a state visit to China from May 7 to 9!" Peng Fei nodded. It's not a secret. The specific itinerary of George Bush's visit has been negotiated by both sides, and the foreign ministries of the two countries have also announced to the public not long ago.

"President Bush will stop by Hong Kong to attend my wedding on the 10th before returning to the United States!" said Li Xuan.

Peng Fei's face changed slightly, he did not receive the news. The Chinese and British governments have begun to wrestle over the future of Hong Kong. At this time, the United Kingdom's most staunch ally and the world's number one hegemonic country, the vice president of the United States, suddenly appeared in Hong Kong.

Did he just attend Li Xuan's wedding in a private name, or did he have other special political implications? Peng Fei had an urge to return to the Xinhua branch headquarters immediately and report the unexpected news to the central government. But what Li Xuan said next shocked him even more.

"In addition to Vice President Bush, His Royal Highness Prince Charles of the United Kingdom just called me back yesterday. He will bring his wife, Princess Diana, to Hong Kong to attend my wedding!" Li Xuanshi said in shock.

Peng Fei's face suddenly became heavy. The second most important figure in the British royal family after Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, suddenly decided to come to Hong Kong at this somewhat sensitive time. Peng Fei never believed that the other party just came to attend the wedding of the "God of Wealth Li" in front of him.

Sure enough, Li Xuan quickly explained: "Prince Charles' call back surprised me. Although I received an invitation from the British royal family last year to attend the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana in London. His Royal Highness Charles does not have a deep personal relationship, on the contrary, he is a good friend with Baron Hawke of Icon Computer Company!"

Li Xuan's meaning has been very straightforward. The real purpose of the other party's coming to Hong Kong is not to make a special trip to attend his wedding. His relationship with the British crown prince has not yet reached this level. In fact, Li Xuan and His Royal Highness Charles have only met once or twice. The words that have been said together will not exceed twenty sentences.

The biggest intersection between Li Xuan and him is that the private investment fund of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince participated in the investment in Aikang before the company was listed. His Royal Highness also made a lot of money. Li Xuan didn't think that Charles would specially come to his wedding because of this alone. To know that as the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Great Britain, Charles needs to be involved in various political activities.

Li Xuan continued: "Actually, before I got the reply from Vice President Bush, I have invited Mr. Walker Bush, the eldest son of His Excellency Vice President, to my wedding.

And Walker happily told me that he would be taking his wife. And a pair of twin daughters came to Hong Kong together! I thought Walker would be the plenipotentiary for His Excellency the Vice President, but I didn't expect to receive an official call back from President Bush's office so quickly! "

Peng Fei's brows furrowed even deeper. He seemed to understand the meaning of Li Xuan's words. It seems that Bush Sr doesn't have to come to Li Xuan's wedding in person. He can let his son be the representative. After all, as the vice president of the United States, his every move will usher in a lot of attention.

"Also, the eldest son of Mr. Jiang from Taiwan, His Excellency Jiang Xiaowu should also come to Hong Kong!" Li Xuan continued.

Peng Fei shook his head with a wry smile, wondering how this "God of Wealth Li" was related to the Jiang family? If Peng Fei remembers correctly, this one has only been to Taiwan once so far. At that time, he accompanied his current fiancee, Zhong Chuhong, to the Golden Horse Awards ceremony.

Peng Fei remembered correctly, Li Xuan did only go to Taiwan once, and he and Zhong Chuhong met the eldest son of the Jiang family at the Golden Horse Awards last year. At that time, the upsurge caused by Dongfang Semiconductor's investment and construction of a wafer fab in Taiwan had just receded. Mr. Jiang was also quite curious about him, the big boss of Dongfang Electronics Company, so he took the initiative to get acquainted.

Jiang Xiaowu was the general manager of China Broadcasting Corporation at the time, while Zhongguang was the controlling shareholder of China Television Taiwan. Under the promotion of Jiang Xiaowu, China Television and Hong Kong ATV launched a series of cooperation. Prior to this, ATV had just launched a series of cooperation in program production and co-production of TV dramas on the mainland's CCTV.

ATV has also become a special case of Hong Kong, with cooperation with the North but not blocked by Taiwan. Of course, this is mainly due to Li Xuan's face. After all, Oriental Semiconductor's investment in Taiwan last year added a lot to it. But even so, Li Xuan didn't have much communication with the Taiwan government, and he actually only met Jiang Da Gongzi last year. On the contrary, Zhong Chuhong, who has now become the vice president of ATV Group and general manager of the Asian Film and Television Production Company, has more exchanges with Jiang Xiaowu.

"Li Sheng, there are other important people who will also attend your wedding. You can say it all at once. I'm worried!" Peng Fei has calmed down after the initial worry, and is in the mood to make fun of the man in front of him. A young man who has impressed him again and again.

The vice president of the United States, the crown prince of the United Kingdom, two such heavyweight guests can appear at a wedding, no matter what the other party's purpose is, the energy of the "God of Wealth Li" in front of him is indeed not simple. I just don't know when he had a close relationship with the Vice President's family in the United States, and how did he have a relationship with the Chiang family in Taiwan?

By the way, the latest information in the agency shows that Taiwan's China Television intends to introduce the program copyright of "Who Can Become a Millionaire" from ATV. China Television's controlling party is Taiwan's China Broadcasting Corporation, and Jiang Xiaowu happens to be the general manager of China Broadcasting Corporation. Peng Fei quickly clarified his thoughts. The Xinhua branch has already paid a very high level of attention to Li Xuan, but it seems that there are still many omissions.

After coming out of Li's mansion, Peng Fei couldn't help but fell into deep thought. To pay more attention to Li Xuan in the future is something that the Xinhua branch will definitely do in the future. But he is now speculating about the reason behind Vice President Bush's visit to Hong Kong for Li Xuan's wedding.

Li Xuan was also very helpless in this regard. From the outsiders' point of view, it was naturally a very proud thing to have such a VIP to attend his wedding. He can even guess that in May in Hong Kong, all the media will surely have a news spree with his wedding.

But when he reached the level of Li Xuan, he no longer needed to show his extraordinary strength through the dignity of the guests. Even if Vice President Bush and Crown Prince Charles don't come, who would dare to underestimate his "God of Wealth Li"? His wealth has exceeded 10 billion Hong Kong dollars. Any of his decisions can affect the development of the entire Hong Kong electronics industry, and any new topic related to him can bring big sales to the newspaper.

It can be said that Li Xuan's influence in Hong Kong is terrifying enough that there is no need for others to endorse him. On the contrary, the arrival of these uninvited guests brought a lot of trouble to Li Xuan. For example, he must communicate with the mainland as soon as possible to avoid misunderstanding.

The purpose of the British Crown Prince's visit to Hong Kong is obviously that the drunkard's intention is not to drink. Diana is known as a commoner princess, and is wildly sought after all over the world, and Hong Kong is no exception. She, a popular princess, suddenly appeared in Hong Kong with her husband. Bringing beautiful love fairy tales to Hong Kong will undoubtedly shorten the distance between the British royal family and the general public in Hong Kong.

Li Xuan even suspected that the reason why Crown Prince Charles came to Hong Kong to attend his wedding was specially arranged by the Iron Lady? This will create momentum for the next negotiation with China and show the mainland government how popular the UK is among Hong Kong citizens.

If Charles didn't come to Hong Kong on the pretext of attending Li Xuan's wedding, Li Xuan would definitely sit on the Diaoyutai to watch the excitement. But now Li Xuan has to be involved in these troubles, which is really not a good thing! (To be continued..)