Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 469, Section 50: Even the wisest person can make a mistake (Seeking monthly votes)
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Chi Mengli hailed a taxi and asked the driver to take him directly to Victoria Harbour. He had recently become obsessed with sea fishing, but most of the time he returned empty-handed.

After arriving at Victoria Harbour, the person went to the club to change clothes, took a fishing rod, walked to the harbor, boarded the small speedboat they had bought, and set sail.

The warm winds of the Pacific Ocean have reached Hong Kong. After leaving the shipping lane, Chi Mengli headed towards its destination. Fifteen miles away, there was a fishing spot with many reefs, a place where grouper liked to gather.

Spinach East's gang of scoundrels all love to eat grouper. No matter how many you catch, it's never enough for these losers to eat.

Chi Mengli, who supposedly knew how to drive a boat in her past life, spent three thousand yuan to bribe a foreign safety instructor and obtained her yacht license within the stipulated time.

Foreigners don't like speedboats with cabins; they prefer wooden sailboats. After all, these foreigners from the British Isles grew up playing by the sea, and as they grew up, they would sail across the Atlantic.

The Hong Kong government students are all graduates of Oxford and Cambridge. These two universities have a rowing competition every year. Unfortunately, Oxford University won this year, but recently most of the Hong Kong government students are from Cambridge.

The Chinese secretaries in the Chief Secretary's office have been having a tough time lately because the Chief Secretary is from Cambridge.

The Chief Secretary also began to criticize the Director of Commerce, because the Director of Commerce was a graduate of Oxford University and had secured a donation of three million pounds from Zhao the shipping magnate for Oxford University.

This fishing spot is very popular. The anglers have even set up a floating dock to secure their boats. Of course, it could also be the work of the fishing enthusiasts, since it's not far from Hong Kong Island and they can easily bring their catch ashore.

It's called a fishing spot, but it's actually just a protruding reef. Groupers love to inhabit complex waters.

After securing the boat, Chi Mengli, carrying her fishing rod, walked onto the rocks in a folding chair and came to Guo Guohao's side.

Guo Guohao, wearing a sun mask, was focused on his float and ignored Chi Mengli who was walking over.

Fishing is addictive!

Chi Mengli set up the chair, opened the fishing gear, took out the sea fishing rod, baited it, and threw it into the sea, joining the air force.

"I just witnessed a good show outside the Kowloon District Court. A spineless coward drew a red card to do the job, but at the crucial moment, he foamed at the mouth and fired three shots, each one hitting his foot with a thud! What a humiliating moment!"

"Tonight, I'll have to go to Tuodi and apologize profusely, I'll be a complete idiot!"

Chi Mengli cast the fishing hook into the sea, then sat down, took out two bottles of chilled mineral water from the insulated box, placed them next to Guo Guohao's feet, and relayed the news of Dazhi's failure to Guo Guohao.

"There's a paging signal here, and now the paging station is broadcasting numbers, just like in a spy movie. They'll give you a codebook, and you'll use it to translate."

"My brother-in-law told me that in the near future, pagers will be able to transmit text and English letters."

Guo Guohao put the pole on the stand, picked up the bottled water beside him, unscrewed the cap, took a sip, and the icy water cleared his slightly dizzy mind. He continued, "Is this the test of the Divine Brocade?"

"No!"

"It's just a scapegoat!"

"Lazy Bing told me that it was Shenxian Jin who relayed the message: the Black Star pistol in the soft-legged shrimp's hand has at least five lives on it. Whoever has this paparazzi is the scapegoat."

"At first I didn't understand the intention, but before I went to the island I realized that this was to make me clean house."

"It seems that Shenxian Jin already knows who the traitor in the gang is!"

Chi Mengli took a big gulp of mineral water, crossed her legs, threw a Double Happiness cigarette into her mouth, and lit it with a lighter.

Hearing Chi Mengli's words, Guo Guohao was a little surprised. He glanced at his best needle under his command. It was really a shame that he hadn't been killed yet!

"I am safe now!"

"Shenxian Jin, and Wen Gui who is still alive, neither of them care about my identity unless I do something I shouldn't do. In that case, it won't be a beating, but a silent bullet."

"In other words, there's a new traitor within your organization!"

"What a coincidence! I asked you to meet me because of this!"

Guo Guohao found that Chi Mengli's words made a lot of sense, because this guy never blocked any avenues to make money; instead, he opened them all up. All twenty branches of the water shop could earn legitimate funds through Chi Mengli's sushi restaurant and fresh food supermarket.

The Commercial Investigation Department conducted a survey and found that during the expansion of fresh food supermarkets and sushi restaurants, at least HK$300 million worth of black rice entered legal banks and became legitimate funds.

However, the Department of Justice does not allow the Commercial Investigation Bureau to audit the accounts because the sushi restaurant and fresh food supermarket together created 3,000 jobs for Chi Mengli.

Although the colonial governor did not need votes, he needed to demonstrate his abilities to advance further and become a backbencher, while also getting the small trading companies and Chinese-owned groups he had patronized to invest in his constituency and thus gain votes.

The position of Governor of Hong Kong is very important, second only to that of the Governor of Gibraltar, because it is the largest trading and financial center in Asia. If you pick up a piece of cooked pork, your hands will be covered in pork fat no matter how careful you are.

Although the Governor-General and the Chief Secretary do not need to be elected, district councilors do, and both unofficial and official councilors place great importance on the employment rate.

The Executive Council and the Legislative Council are also very concerned about Hong Kong's poor employment rate. The Executive Council meeting, which is held every fifteen days, will present the details to the seventeen members.

These seventeen official and non-official legislators are the real big shots in Hong Kong.

Don't underestimate these 3,000 jobs. These 3,000 jobs can affect 3,000 families. This salary, which is less than 3% above the average wage, can change the fate of many people.

The Department of Justice and the Chief Justice rejected the Commercial Investigation Bureau's application, demanding that the Bureau find concrete evidence; otherwise, officers cannot disrupt employment.

Of course, this was also thanks to Da Luo's help; he spoke with the Chief Justice and the officers from the Department of Justice.

The current Chief Executive of Hong Kong is none other than Sir Law Man-kam's father, who was also his secretary. It was Sir Law Man-kam who paved the way for him to become the Chief Executive.

To paraphrase a classic line from the movie Kung Fu Soccer, the host, the referee, and the linesmen are all my men. The whole field is my team. How can you fight against me?
“Saltwater is hard to drink, everyone wants to drink clean, pure water.” Guo Guohao saw the float move slightly and quickly pulled the rod, only to find that the bait was empty and the fish had escaped. He could only put more bait on the hook and continue casting, saying, “The Criminal Intelligence Department is not satisfied, so they sent someone else to follow you.”

"I shouldn't be telling you this, but we're brothers, so I have to give you a heads-up. Otherwise, if you find out the truth, you'll scold me for not doing my job."

"Even if I don't tell you, you definitely know who it is. I heard you had a lot of fun with her in Macau?"

Upon hearing the key information, Chi Mengli immediately realized that the person sent to her side was Jasmine, the ghost woman with whom she had a brief affair, who was actually going to be her confidante.

That's so funny!
“Be careful. You are the needle, but you are also the head of the gang. If the Criminal Intelligence Department finds out about something, I won’t be able to handle it.”

"You came to see me this time, so you must have something important to tell me. Could it be that Shenxian Jin is up to something?"

Although Shenxianjin's position as the leader is as secure as Mount Tai, Shenxianjin still needs to demonstrate its strength.

Guo Guohao was worried about this. Three years ago, Shenxianjin won the position of the head of Shuifang with three hundred disciples. Shuifang was not like Wo Luen Shing, which could be the head of the house indefinitely.

But people eventually grow old. After serving several terms, Wen Gui realized his mistake and went to the back to be a grandfather, helping the sharp-witted Sun Lianqing and Shenxian Jin to their feet.

When Shenxian Jin became the leader, he also fought a bloody war. He fought at all the docks and soda factories under Shuifang's control, and even the four great detectives couldn't suppress him.

Now that the four chief detectives are no longer there to shield him, even if Shapison supports Kwok Kwok-ho, he cannot accept the internal strife within the Water House.

You should know that the power of the Water House is not to be underestimated. With twenty branches, each person has a street. If every branch really wants to show off their horses and hold big shows, I should consider resigning.

"No! Hua Zirong doesn't have much money on him. Neither Cheng Yiran nor the stock market king Chong can protect themselves."

"If you want to avoid trouble, go and cause trouble for Cheng Yiran. I heard that the Independent Commission Against Corruption has already set its sights on Cheng Yiran. The Golden Hill Building is Hong Kong Land's most prized possession. Cheng Yiran is actually going to fight Jardine Matheson to become their golden touch."

"If HSBC hadn't been inherently at odds with Jardine Matheson and wanted to embarrass Jardine Matheson, they would have cut off Cheng Yiran's loans long ago, and Cheng Yiran's Carnegie Group would have gone bankrupt and been liquidated long ago!"

Cheng Yiran's ship is definitely going to sink. Shen Xianjin can't possibly miss that, and even if Shen Xianjin can't, Wen Gui can.

It's worth noting that Wen Gui supported a business consulting firm in Singapore. Of course, this was just a cover; the firm's real business was business intelligence gathering.

Jardine Matheson, HSBC, and Swire began training beautiful female managers fifty years ago to spy on the financial reports and intelligence of various companies.

In Hong Kong alone, more than a dozen Chinese tycoons were killed by foreign corporate spies, and the businesses they built up over a lifetime were all swallowed up by the foreigners.

Therefore, the agreement between Shenxianjin and Huazai Rong was definitely not to save Cheng Yiran.

Of course, it wasn't the Golden Hill Building either. After all, the Americans also had their eyes on Hong Kong and were said to want to buy the Golden Hill Building to use as an office building, making it the headquarters of American banks in Hong Kong.

The Golden Hill Building is now worth HK$1.5 billion, but the Americans certainly won't pay that much money.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who led the United States to victory in World War II, was the grandson of the famous Delano.

This name might be unfamiliar to most people, but once you mention Russell & Co., one of the founders of the firm, a good friend of Wu Bingjian, the richest Chinese man in America, an elite partner of the Thirteen Factories, and the godfather of omega-3 lovers across America, everyone will know who he is.

This poor Texas man married his daughter to the patriarch of the famous Roosevelt family's Hyde Park branch, seeking protection for himself.

The Dutch-American Roosevelt family split into two branches: one in Hyde Park and the other in Oyster Bay, both named after their respective districts.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, a core family of the Democratic Party. In fact, the Democratic Party was founded by the Hyde Park branch of the Roosevelt family, and their ancestral home, Springwood Estate, is a national symbol of the United States.

The Oyster Bay branch of the Roosevelt family also produced a president, Theodore Roosevelt, but the Oyster Bay branch is a staunch supporter of the Republican Party.

It's important to know that Delano's decision to marry off her daughter this time was heavily driven by self-interest. Sarah, the mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, married Roosevelt's father, James Roosevelt, who was 52 years old and a major donor to the Democratic Party, at the age of 25.

However, this marriage brought a legacy of $1.3 million to the Hyde Park branch of the foundation. Keep in mind that this was in 1898, enough to launch a Sovereign-class battleship for Britain.

So, in his memoirs, Franklin D. Roosevelt said that when he was a child, his father bought him a three-story sailboat so that he could row on his estate.

It was also because of Russell & Co. that Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the old leader, Situ Meitang, fight a lawsuit for intentional assault, since the opium that Russell & Co. smuggled into America was all transported by the Hongmen.

What many people don't know is that Franklin D. Roosevelt's performance in court was not good; he even stumbled over his testimony. But Roosevelt still won.

Because the judge in the trial was also from the Hyde Park branch of Roosevelt, but only under a middle name.

The negotiators commissioned by Morgan Bank and Citibank were Russell & Co., Ltd., and Delano IV, the taipan and board member of Russell & Co., Ltd.

With Delano IV around, Cheng Yiran can't cause any trouble. The Jinshan Building will definitely be sold at the reserve price, unless Lin Ershao can step in and use his future inheritance rights as collateral to get a loan from Hang Seng Bank to help Cheng Yiran get through this crisis.

Hang Seng Bank!

Chi Mengli felt she had missed something, because Young Master Lin had also started a TV station. After all, Young Master Lin and Young Master Li were at odds; basically, if one of them built a building, the other would buy a piece of land, and they would often compete with each other.

Li San Shao and Shao Liu Shu started a TV station together, and Lin Er Shao followed suit, partnering with Cheng Yi Ran to create a Jia Ning TV station.

However, after the death of his elder brother, Lin Ershao stepped forward and became a director of Hang Seng Bank. In order to attract attention, he and Miss Hong Kong, Miao Qianren, publicly promoted their relationship, and even deliberately crawled out of a TV station through a hole to allow the media to take pictures.

It's not uncommon for wealthy Hong Kong families to marry former Miss Hong Kong contestants, especially considering that the second young master of the Lin family is engaged to the daughter of the Gao family.

Although this financial offensive brought CTV a brief period of glory, it went bankrupt two years later due to mismanagement, becoming the first television station in Hong Kong to go bankrupt.

(End of this chapter)