Rebirth of the Tech Madman

"Why?" Simon Keswick's face suddenly became ugly.

"Because now as long as Tang Huan is satisfied, the chaos in front of you can settle down. If you want to continue fighting, please limit the scope to the company." Youde finally stopped concealing his impatience.

"Without Jardine, how can the commercial interests of the British businessmen in Xiangjiang be guaranteed?" Simon Keswick asked with an iron face.

"Then Yihe's foreign debt of more than 10 billion yuan, you have the ability to solve it immediately? This matter is stabbed out, the company is almost out of business, what are you talking about safeguarding interests." Youde snorted.

The famous American "Fortune" magazine once analyzed in an article that the power of Hong Kong was unified and listed as the Jockey Club, Jardine Matheson, HSBC and Hong Kong Governor in order.

Whether it is justified or not, it is enough to prove how great Jardine's influence in Hong Kong is.

But Simon Keswick, who has clearly lost control of Jardines and whose status has devalued, is still so arrogant in front of him, Youde is naturally getting tired of this ignorant guy, so he asked again: "Go ahead." Not to greet?"

"I don't have to go. We will meet on the board soon." Simon Keswick replied in a muffled voice after feeling the new governor's attitude is getting colder and colder.

"That's fine." Youde nodded indifferently.

This kind of unwelcome atmosphere made it impossible for Simon Keswick to talk down. He got up dingy and said goodbye. Before getting into the car, he took another sip in the direction of the Governor's House, "What a snob. "

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"Do you use these pieces of time to complete the master's course?" As the plane was about to arrive at Xiangjiang, Lin Qingxian helped organize the manuscript while looking at Tang Huan with bright eyes.

"Exactly correct. When I get my Ph.D., I can relax and be free." Tang Huan nodded slightly. Quickly mark the date and version on the manuscript, and then put away the gold pen.

"It's amazing." Lin Qingxia's admiration was in the voice of admiration. The performance is incisive and vivid.

"I have so many great places, you haven't learned it before." Tang Huan smiled. Amused Lin Qingxian's cheeks were hot.

"Don't talk about hypocrisy in the future." Lin Qingxian punched Tang Huan with two punches, threateningly said.

"As long as you don't get into the horns, even if I want to say it, I don't have a chance." Tang Huan said haha, and then quickly changed the subject, "After arriving in Xiangjiang, you should start to do some necessary training for Kung Fu movies. Psychological preparation to endure hardship."

"I understand. You don't need to worry about this problem." Lin Qingxia nodded.

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When the plane landed, Lin Qingxian, who was next to Tang Huan, just walked to the hatch, and quickly retreated, "Why are so many people coming to pick you up? There seems to be a reporter. I will go down later."

"Okay." Tang Huan agreed, and at the same time he looked at the ground carefully, and found that dozens of people were waiting for him, and there were many strange faces among them.

This arrangement was not in the plan, and he was not notified in advance. It seems that there should be a lot of articles in this.

Youde, 58 years old this year, watched the young man walking slowly on the gangway with a smile on his face. During his tenure, he had to deal with the billionaire who had successfully controlled the largest consortium in Hong Kong. If a certain degree of personal relationship can be established between each other, it will undoubtedly bring countless benefits.

To be appointed by the British as the Governor of Hong Kong, Youde would naturally have the basic qualities of "China Master", familiar with the customs and cultural traditions of the Chinese, as well as dealing with people and people, so he wanted to go to the countryside and make friendship with Tang Huanpan.

In fact, Youde, who was a professional diplomat, knew very well about China, and he was sent to Beijing in 1953. Served as the second secretary of the British Agency in Beijing.

Thereafter, from 1956 to 1959. He was reassigned to the British Embassy in the United States as First Secretary, but from 1960 to 1962. He once again went to the British Agency in Beijing to work as a first-class secretary.

When China began to resume formal diplomatic relations with the Western world, Youde served as the British ambassador to China from 1974 to 1978.

It can be said that the reason why Youde has been repeatedly appointed by the United Kingdom for Far East affairs was determined from the link in which he received higher education.

In 1942, 18-year-old Youde was admitted to the University of London and studied Chinese at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, laying an early foundation in language.

In 1943, Youde left the University of London, joined the Royal Volunteer Reserve Navy, and participated in World War II. In 1945, he went to serve in Chongqing and passed by Xiangjiang on the way. This military career ended in 1946 until his retirement.

After that, Youde joined the British Foreign Office in 1947 and was sent to China in 1948 as the third secretary of the British Embassy in South Beijing and North Beijing.

It was at this moment that Youde, at a young age, came to prominence and made great contributions to Britain through his performance in crisis public relations in an important historical event-the Amethyst incident.

Since the Opium War in the middle of the 19th century, Britain has successively adopted a series of unequal treaties such as the "Sino-British Nanjing Treaty" and the "Sino-British Tianjin Treaty", and obtained colonial privileges from China such as coastal trade and inland navigation.

During the Second World War, the Chinese Government and the British Government signed the "Sino-British New Testament" in January 1943, abolishing a series of British privileges in China, including coastal trade and inland navigation. .

But for one thing, the United States has been given special treatment.

Seeing this, the British Far East commercial interest group, which has enjoyed the privileges in China for more than 100 years and plundered the benefits for more than a century, felt sour and refused to give up, so they put pressure on their own government.

In this way, the British government publicly expressed its deep dissatisfaction with its exclusion from "free trade of inland rivers."

During the Battle of Huaihai at the end of 1948, Britain once again sought the right of navigation and military presence in China's inland rivers, and sailed on the Yangtze River from the sea to the southern part of Beijing, and stationed in Nanjing.

In April 1949, it was the time when a million heroes crossed the Yangtze River. The Chinese People's Liberation Army issued a notice requiring foreign ships to withdraw from the warring area before April 20. The U.S. ships evacuated from Nanjing, but the British ships continued to be stationed in Nanjing and maintained rotation.

Early morning on April 20. The "Amethyst" frigate of the British Far East Fleet, flying the British flag and the British navy flag, sailed into the planned area of ​​crossing the river for the 10th Corps of the Third Field Army of the People's Liberation Army.

When the People's Liberation Army on the North Bank fired a warning, the arrogant Amethyst unfurled a large Union Jack flag to identify itself and continued to travel upstream. And use the naval gun to point to the north shore.

In this way, the PLA artillery began shooting at the Amethyst. The Amethyst fired back.

As a result, the bridge and engine room of the Amethyst were hit by multiple shells. The captain and deputy captain were injured, and they lost control and ran aground near the sandbank near the south bank.

After receiving a radio call for help from the Amethyst, the destroyer "Mate" set off from Nan_Jing and tried to come to rescue. This caused another exchange of fire between the two sides and the Mate was injured. Had to escape at high speed.

Discovering that the matter was overwhelming, Lieutenant General Madden, the deputy commander of the British Far East Fleet, quickly personally commanded the "London" heavy cruiser, led the "Black Swan" frigate, and came to rescue for the second time.

As a result, the Amethyst incident occurred between the two sides, the largest artillery battle, and the London was seriously damaged. Madden realized that forcibly rescued the Amethyst would only bring more serious casualties, and had to retreat.

Seeing that the Amethyst could not be rescued forcibly, the British side sought negotiations.

It was at this time that Youde stepped onto the stage of history. He recommended himself to his superiors, participated in the negotiations, and conducted many mediations with the frontline commanders of the People's Liberation Army in Mandarin. The Amethyst, which was given a respite and was repaired, fled overnight at the end of July when the typhoon caused the river's tide to rise.

The Amethyst incident caused a large number of casualties on both sides of the conflict. It is conceivable that China's losses have been even more serious.

There is no alternative to this, and it will be beaten if it is backward. Now China can only rely on cheap labor to obtain economic development opportunities. Thirty years ago, you could only rely on fearless sacrifice. To win dignity and liberation for oneself, this is the appeal and mission of an era.

Anyway. The Amethyst incident marked the end of the "gunboat policy" of Western power in China since the Opium War, and Britain had to change its "gunboat" mentality against China for more than 100 years.

Of course, the United Kingdom has to maintain its own face, and promote the successful escape of the "Amethyst" in the country as a great adventure. Some people even praised this incident as a miracle in naval history and compared it to Dunkirk. Compared with retreat.

However, the British government was also worried about China's possible strong backlash, so it requested the relevant parties to lower the propaganda door, and in January 1950 announced the recognition of the government of the People's Republic of China.

As for Youde personally, he made meritorious service and was awarded the mbe title by the British Court. This can be regarded as a kind of personal success and historical opportunity that complement each other.

After taking office, Youde, who faced the major incident of Jardine's fall, could not fail to study Tang Huan, who has a complicated background.

Combining with the experience of dealing with the Chinese for decades since the Amethyst incident, he discovered that although Tang Huan has enjoyed capitalism in the United States for many years, he still retains some of the characteristics of his ancestors in his bones.

If anyone offends me, I will punish them decisively—Yehe’s destruction was caused by cutting off several assets that Tang Huan fancyed, and forging private grievances.

The fearless spirit of sacrifice-tens of billions of funds, smashed over without blinking, directly crushed Yihe.

Although the courage of tens of thousands of people, Yihe is definitely rooted in Xiangjiang, but once Tang Huan starts, he will not be afraid of any forces and will not stop until he achieves his goal.

Faced with such a Tang Huan, the scheming Youde decided to use his softness to overcome his strength, play an emotional card, and come to meet his arrival in Hong Kong as a private person.

You know, after you took up his new role, except for showing off his image of being close to the people in public, he basically waited for others to visit. This time he ran to the airport and he was definitely humble and low-key.

Zhou Mi quickly greeted the gangway and introduced in a low voice, "The old man is the new governor Youde. He suddenly asked to come to meet you as a private person. It surprised everyone. It seemed to mean friendship, and brought the media. Reporter, you have to deal with it carefully."

Tang Huan nodded slightly. For the new Hong Kong governor sent by the British to Hong Kong, he had naturally done his homework long ago. After all, following a historical trajectory, he would have to deal with each other for several years.

Gently waved his hand, Zhou Mi then stepped aside. Tang Huan walked to the front, speeding up his pace and responding to Youde. At the same time, he stretched out his hand early and said in English with a smile: "Sir Youde, please take a step forward. I am very frightened to come to meet him."

Youde was awarded the honor in 1977. Tang Huan referred to him by his title instead of his position, which was a test of his intentions.

"Mr. Tang is polite, I have long admired your name to you." You De, who is familiar with China, is not a fake, and he greets Tang Huan directly in fluent Chinese.

Tang Huan laughed loudly and cooperated with You De and asked the media reporter to take a photo. It is estimated that the new Hong Kong Governor has reached a consensus on the Jardine issue and he will soon be published in the newspaper for interpretation.

Tang Huan happily gave you this face for the sake of coming to meet Youde.

Youde came to see Tang Huan in such anxiousness, mainly to get in touch with Tang Huan and his subordinates in Xiangjiang, before exchanging the resolutions on Jardine, and get a better understanding. It is best to reach a consensus. If some kind of persuasion is possible, Naturally it is better.

Therefore, after boarding the commercial vehicle that came to welcome Tang Huan together, Youde spoke openly and openly: "Mr. Tang's visit to Xiangjiang this time should be mainly to handle the follow-up business of the successful acquisition of Yihe?"

"Indeed." Tang Huan told him frankly.

"I don't know, what are Mr. Tang's principles?" You De looked at Tang Huan with a smile.

"In business, harmony and wealth, as long as the British shareholders recognize the reality and do not deliberately cause trouble, I am willing to promise to protect their business interests in Jardines." Tang Huan made a clear statement.

It must be admitted that Jardine’s skin is still useful. For example, in its name to invest in Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth regions, UU reading www.uukanshu.com will always be more convenient.

Of course, the premise is that the British in Jardines must be willing to contribute, which can only rely on the use of tactics.

Speaking of this, Tang Huan increased his tone, "Originally, I didn't intend to master the first consortium of Yihe, but there was no turning back when I opened the bow. This is the end of the matter, and I am in this position. Then I will not shirk the response. Responsibility."

Tang Huan looked at You De and smiled slightly, "For example, although Jardine owes more than 10 billion yuan outside, the development plan for the Queen’s Garden area negotiated with the Hong Kong government will not skip the ticket. I can transfer myself from the United States. Funds."

Hearing this, Youde couldn't help but feel refreshed. He said that the atmosphere of the conversation is enough to show that Tang Huan can still sit down and communicate well. Otherwise, he will just play tricks on the development progress. In addition to being overwhelmed, it is true. There is no way.

"Mr. Tang's willingness to face up to his responsibility as the head of the Xiangjiang No. 1 Consortium is really admirable." You Dehui offered compliments without much effort.

"It should be." Tang Huan's smile was quite meaningful. Only he himself knew what this "responsibility of the Xiangjiang First Financial Group" meant. (To be continued)