1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 358 Do Ye Xien
There is a Hollywood in Hong Kong.

There is also a Yip Sik Yan in Hong Kong.

After leaving Sharp Island by boat, Zhai Yuan followed Xia Meng to Kung Lok Road in Kwun Tong. The familiar street scenes around them brought back memories of the past two years.

Before moving to Deep Water Bay, I bought a unit in Bili Garden on Kung Lok Road. At that time, the Five Masters of Shaolin Temple fought against Deng Guangrong, and Wei Xing killed a few gangsters of Lian Gongle at his doorstep, which made Bili Garden a haunted house for a time...

the time passes so fast.

At first, he was competing for the video hall business, but in the blink of an eye, he started wearing suits and acting like a gentleman.

However, this time I returned to Gongledao, it was not to reminisce about the past.

Zhai Yuan put on a decent suit and dressed up like a gentleman. He and Xia Meng went to a middle school building on the next street.

Muguang English College.

It was class time and the school was quiet.

Xia Meng talked to the guard at the security booth for a few words, turned around, waved to Zhai Yuan, and took him into the school.

"A Yuan, have you ever heard of this Ms. Du Yexien?"

"Of course I've heard of it. Hong Kong has a good conscience~"

Zhai Yuan and Xia Meng walked into the school chatting and laughing, and went to the principal's office together.

As a secondary school academy, Mu Guang College has been providing educational opportunities for poor children in Hong Kong to change their destiny through knowledge since it was founded by Suiyuan celebrities Du Xuekui and Yip Sik-yan in the 1950s. In the early years, the school only had a few tents in Kai Tak Village. Now, after decades of hard work by the two men, it has moved several times and has opened two branches and three kindergartens, but it still insists on operating as a civilian school, which makes it a true charitable education master.

Two years ago, Du Xuekui married Ye Xi'en and changed his name to Du Ye Xi'en.

Compared to Du Xuekui, who is deeply involved in education, Du Yip Siu-yan appears in front of the media more often. She often participates in social movements to fight for the rights of the grassroots and is more easily known to the public. People also call her the conscience of Hong Kong as Zhai Yuan just mentioned.

This is because in the 1960s and 1970s, Hong Kong's social resources could not keep up with actual needs due to the continuous expansion of the population, so corruption was rampant. Bribery was a common part of the lives of police officers and citizens. Fire trucks had to pay firefighters "plumbing fees", ambulance drivers had to pay "tea money", going to the hospital had to give "tips" to doctors, and even waiting for public housing and admission to government schools required bribing relevant public officials.

At that time, as a city councilor, Do Yip Siu-yan witnessed gangsters blackmailing a minibus driver. The police officer next to them not only did not stop them but also chatted and laughed with them. After that, Do Yip Siu-yan began to frequently expose corruption cases among the police in public. Unfortunately, the Hong Kong government did not take it seriously in this small piece of land in Hong Kong.

So, Elsie Tu went straight to London in anger and put up a banner in front of the Parliament to denounce the environment in Hong Kong. It happened to be a riot that had just happened, and it was difficult for the white foreigners to pretend not to see it. When the new Governor of Hong Kong, Murray MacLehose, took office, he was the first to meet with Elsie Tu. With the evidence of corruption that she had collected over the years, he established the current Independent Commission Against Corruption. The "fee culture" that had made citizens complain in the past has gradually disappeared.

Since then, Elsie Tu has gained the reputation of being the "conscience of Hong Kong".

"Ms. Du Ye is now the vice chairman of the Municipal Council, and Mr. Du Xuekui is a famous educator. It will be easier for you to establish a college with their support. Running a school is not as simple as you think. Even performing arts schools need cultural courses. The two old men have been teaching Chinese and English since the 1950s. They are very experienced..."

Xia Meng's attitude towards Zhai Yuan became more and more like that of a younger generation, and he kept giving him instructions along the way.

Until he stopped at the door of an office on the third floor of the school staff building with the title of school supervisor hanging on it.

The door to the school principal's office was ajar.

Accompanied by the sound of quarreling coming from inside.

The smile on Xia Meng's face faded, and the gesture of knocking on the door hung in the air, with a slight frown.

"Mu Guang's Chinese textbook courses were prepared by Du Xuekui and I after traveling to Yanjing, Suimeng, Formosa and even many other places in Japan. We looked through the county annals and recorded them one by one. Now you are saying that our textbook outlines are 'brainwashing' and cannot be published? The British Hong Kong authorities have been promoting and strengthening English education for decades. I can find dozens of tamperings in English textbooks about their actions against the Irish in a matter of minutes. Does this count as brainwashing? So how can English textbooks be published? Du Xuekui and I have never rejected English teaching, but you cannot 'emphasize English over Chinese'!"

A barrage of powerful rebukes came from the half-open office door. Zhai Yuan peeked inside through the crack in the door.

In front of the principal's desk, a familiar face that was often seen on TV - a 74-year-old old lady - Doris Yeung slammed the table.

Opposite Ms. Du Ye stood two middle-aged men.

One is fat and the other is thin. The tall and thin one is dressed in a well-ironed suit as if he is a civil servant, while the fatter man is wearing a T-shirt and jeans and looks more like a businessman following him.

"Anyway, I won't change the textbook. If the Publishing House refuses to publish it, I will go to London to petition tomorrow. When Youde was alive, he fully supported us in education. What does that mean now? Are you bullying us old people during the power vacuum? And are you Chinese? Even a white woman like me knows that there is nothing wrong with the words 'Japanese invasion'. Do we have to change it to 'enter' like the other party's textbooks before it can be published?"

At this moment, Doris Tu in the office was completely different from her dignified and serious image on TV. She was like an old lady with a hot temper, and her aura completely overshadowed the two middle-aged men in their forties in front of her.

The tall, thin man in a suit was silent for a moment, then he said with an awkward smile, "Ms. Du Ye, textbook education is one aspect, and we as legislators must also consider other influences. Japanese textbooks always write about entering China, and their ruling officials must visit the shrine. The words in your textbooks are too sharp, which may easily cause some unnecessary controversy."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was immediately refuted by Du Yixin, with a strong sense of tension.

Zhai Yuan stood outside the door and listened for a few words, then gradually understood what was going on.

The cause was that Du Xuekui and Du Yixi'en compiled teaching materials about the Japanese invasion. They traveled to various places to verify historical facts and joined a group of social people to establish the "Federation to Commemorate the Victims of the Anti-Japanese War". As a result, the publication of the teaching materials was blocked by the relevant departments of the Press and Publication Administration. The reason given was that it was inconsistent with the records in the Japanese textbooks.

Zhai Yuanlue recalled that when he was studying at the Neighborhood Welfare Middle School, it seemed that this aspect was not mentioned much in the Chinese textbooks.

"Sister Meng, back then the Japanese even captured the foreign governor of Hong Kong to serve as a soldier, and now you don't even talk about this kind of thing?"

"Nowadays, high-ranking foreign officials often go to places like Japan to give speeches about their contributions to Hong Kong, so we try not to offend any party."

Xia Meng's eyebrows were also filled with anger. He took a deep breath to calm down. "The two elders have been running around to compile textbooks over the years. Comrades in the mainland admire them very much. I didn't expect that it would be difficult to publish in Hong Kong. No wonder Ms. Du Ye was angry."

"Who are the two people in front of Ms. Du Ye?"

"I don't know the fat one, but I've seen the thinner one on TV. He's a councillor of Kwun Tong North City Council, Szeto Ming-chu."

The two exchanged a few words outside the door.

in the office.

The tall and thin man, Situ Mingzhu, had been scolded so badly by Du Yixin that he had to change the topic.

"OK, Chairman Du Ye, let's put the issue of the Chinese textbooks for Muguang Middle School aside for now. I am just a mouthpiece. If you have any complaints, go to the Publishing House. There is no need to vent your anger on me."

Szeto Ming-chu smiled and said, "You are the councillor of Kwun Tong West, and I am the councillor of Kwun Tong North. We are both fighting for the freedom and rights of the grassroots citizens. The next Legislative Council election will be coming soon. I still hope that you can give us young people a few opportunities."

Du Yixian glanced at him, and a hint of sneer appeared on his serious and old-fashioned face: "How do you give it to me?"

"Well, let me introduce you first. This is Li Zhiying, the founder of Jordanli Clothing. He knew that Muguang Middle School was raising funds for a new campus, so he came here specially to visit and donate money."

Situ Mingzhu would never say some sensitive remarks openly.

But he just started a conversation, and the fat Li Zhiying who had been standing beside him all the time started laughing and speaking with a chivalrous tone: "Principal Du Ye, I heard that Muguang Middle School is still short of four million Hong Kong dollars to build a new campus? There's no point in looking for people to donate. I'll take out five million at once, and Jordan will rush to make a batch of school uniforms to distribute to students for free. It's a charity~"

After saying that, he turned around and looked at Situ Mingzhu, then smiled and said, "However, we, Jordan Lee, have thousands of employees in Hong Kong, and we absolutely support Councillor Situ's entry into the Legislative Council this time. This is what the people want. It would be a great honor if we could get the support of your Kwun Tong West voters..."

(End of this chapter)