Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 389
按照英国外交部退休年龄为60岁的规定，麦理浩早在1977年便届满了，但他却罕见地分别在1977年1月17日、1978年3月22日、1979年3月和1979年9月25日，四度获得续任港督。

Regarding the fact that MacLehose has been re-elected many times, the outside world generally believes that, in addition to his outstanding performance for the United Kingdom, it also reflects the difficulty of the British government in finding an ideal successor for Hong Kong Governor.

MacLehose, who was born as a diplomat, has indeed done a very good job. He has successfully whitewashed the plundering nature of the colonists in terms of economy, clean government, and closeness to the people. recognition.

Through education, MacLehose allowed Cantonese to drive out all other Chinese languages, so that Xiangjiang, which has emerged economically, has enough sense of superiority, and then naturally forms a trend of division in national cognition.

Obviously, this is the desired state of the colonists, and while maintaining the original interests, it can still stand morally.

MacLehose was re-elected for the fourth term from May 1980 to April 5. However, during this period, as he got older and his health pressure became more and more serious, his enthusiasm gradually declined, and it was obviously not suitable for him to serve again. Term extended.

Especially at the end of his tenure, MacLehose suffered a mild stroke due to the pressure from London and was busy trying to crack Tang Huan's takeover war against Jardine Matheson.

In this way, on the night of May 1982, 5, MacLehose and his wife formally bid farewell to the Government House.

They took a limousine to Queen's Wharf and passed through Garden Road, Des Voeux Road Central, Pedder Street and Connaught Road Central. Along the way, a large number of citizens lined up and cheered, and MacLehose waved his thanks in return.

When the car arrived at Edinburgh Square where Queen's Wharf is located, MacLehose inspected the guard of honor for the last time as the governor of Hong Kong, and shook hands with the members of the Executive and Legislative Councils and people from all walks of life who were waiting on the scene. The scene was simple but solemn.

The Royal Hong Kong Police Band played the song "Long Live Friendship", and MacLehose and his wife slowly crossed the Victoria Harbor on the Lady Murine. MacLehose waved to the people at the pier on the boat, showing his reluctance to leave.

After disembarking at the Kowloon Public Pier, MacLehose shook hands with a large number of people waiting on the scene, once again showing off his friendly demeanor.

Afterwards, the MacLehose couple took a special car to Kai Tak Airport, where there were also a large number of people seeing them off.

Finally, at around 747:20 p.m., they took British Airways Boeing [-] flight BA[-] and left Hong Kong. They returned to London via Abu Dhabi, officially marking the end of their career as Hong Kong Governor.

MacLehose, with his halo, retired.

This is the farewell scene of the so-called most beloved Hong Kong governor arranged by various forces, which can be described as extremely perfect.

Tang Huan's representative, Zhou Mi, was naturally very face-saving, and kept silent on the Jardine issue during this period.

After MacLehose resigned, the post of Governor of Hong Kong was acted by Chief Secretary Harting Kei, waiting for the successor arranged by the United Kingdom to arrive in Hong Kong.

During this period of power vacancy, Zhou Mi, who always showed a serious face, put away his unaccustomed smile and issued an official statement that Qinhe had already controlled more than half of Jardine's stock and completed the acquisition. "White Warrior" and public opinion fighter Ladies and gentlemen, you can sit down and have a rest.

Immediately afterwards, a large-scale financial and legal team began to station in Jardine, temporarily freezing all new business activities.

The entire Xiangjiang River was shaken by the sudden change of this strange peak. The defenders of Yihe did not expect that Qinhe had so many killers.

According to their estimates, the two sides will be deadlocked at the level of 40.00% control for a long time.

With the consumption of the protracted war, and the foreseeable British victory on the Falklands, which will bring about national excitement and overwhelming momentum, Tang Huan will finally stop at what he has gained so far, and sit down to negotiate with a compromise.

But now, all the intrigues have come to an abrupt end. Jardine, like Landmark, has a full surname of Tang. The chairman of Jardine, Niu Bijian, has really created a perfect chain ship structure.

In the face of the fait accompli, the people who benefited from Tang Huan smiled in a high manner and said, "Can my eyesight be bad? I knew it would happen a long time ago." It's unscientific that the line of defense created by the joint efforts of more and more people could not hold up.

People who are psychologically unbalanced always have to find some excuses to comfort themselves for their failures.

Niu Bijian and Bao Fuda, who had been adhering to the strategy of actively expanding their business in Xiangjiang before, became the targets of these people's anger, "These two idiots, whoever is wrong, let's touch Tang Huan, the god of plague."

You must know that in the original time and space, when Jardine was weakest, its market value had dropped to more than 40 billion Hong Kong dollars. For some Chinese businessmen with strong financial resources, it is not difficult to win in one fell swoop.

But the rumors of the acquisition have always been word of mouth, and it has not come true.

The reasons for this, in addition to purely commercial concerns such as Jardine's debt, are vaguely political factors, which may not be the most important constraints.

According to the development of the historical track, Heung Kong will revise the company’s holding standards in 1983. British companies that previously frantically issued stocks in the Hong Kong stock market to siphon money, and whose control was shaky during the Great Depression, will undoubtedly benefit a lot from it.

There is also a point that I have to mention, how many Chinese business consortia in Xiangjiang can stand upright, and don't need to look at British banks such as HSBC and Standard Chartered.

Li Bancheng was originally interested in Wharf and bought a lot of its shares secretly, but after Jardine called HSBC, Shen Bi, the chairman of HSBC, made an appointment, and Li Bancheng had to stay away.

This is also the main reason why Tang Huan, a huge consortium not controlled by any British capital, wanted to establish a foothold in Xiangjiang Industrial, but was strongly rejected.

However, all the organs have been exhausted, and it has become a mirror image.

Luxurious business cars, loaded with suits and ties, looked gentle, but in reality were like wolf-like auditors and lawyers, making all bystanders, especially the business colleagues, gasp.

This is too swift and resolute. It won't take long for Tang Huan to wipe out all the property that the British have accumulated over 100 years of painstaking efforts, robbery and deceit.

Anthems are always written for the victors, especially when I heard that the second batch of free [-]-person tour group will not be canceled with Qinhe’s victory, and will go to Japan to witness the listing of Taidong according to the plan, and the hearts of the people will go further differentiation.

In the public opinion war between Qinhe and Yihe, the forces on Tang Huan's side became more and more active, shouting unabashedly, "You can't tolerate it anymore, you don't need to tolerate it anymore, well done."

Even some arguments that were originally unpopular have begun to gain momentum, "The founders of Yihe instigated the Opium War more than 100 years ago, but what happens now? Your companies have fallen back into the hands of us Chinese." inside."

The most speechless is DreamWorks, whose music department has released Tang Huan's Mandarin records again, using his boss as a tool to make quick money.

In this record, apart from Tang Huan's original songs such as "Farewell My Concubine", "Chinese Kung Fu", and "Serving the Country with Loyalty", it also includes songs he sang at several company social gatherings, such as "Xia Ke". Waiting for the new song, the recording quality may not be very good, but the heroic and domineering in the singing is not affected at all.

Tang Huan couldn't compare to a big singer like Deng Lijun. He sold Mandarin records in Xiangjiang, but the result could only be described as "dismal sales". The regional sales are added together, and it is almost a gold record."

If it weren't for Tang Huan's big heart and seeing it as a ticket, he would probably be so depressed that he vomited blood for three liters.

However, this time the market situation has undergone subtle changes. After the album was released, the sales volume has exceeded 25000 copies all the way, and it has become a genuine gold record. Commented on the website: "This famous big boss has some artistic value."

Amidst the noise, the time came to May 1982, 5. Youde, who was originally the Deputy Permanent Secretary of the British Foreign Office, landed at Queen's Wharf and arrived in Hong Kong to officially succeed MacLehose as the Governor of Hong Kong.

After taking office, Youde didn't care about the three fires of the new official's appointment. The first task was to clean up the chicken feathers left by Qinhe and Jardine after half a year of fighting.

Especially those arguments of "liquidating Jardine, the instigator of the Opium War", made Youde's face turn green. This really affects the current good situation of "stability and unity".

In fact, in order to achieve a better ruling effect on the land of Xiangjiang, the British took many seemingly friendly measures in social aspects, such as trying to be as close as possible to the habits of the Chinese when translating names.

Just like MacLehose’s full English name is Murray MacLehose, and Youde’s full English name is Edward Youde. When translating their own names, they did not simply transliterate them, but tried to find a name with an exact Chinese meaning.

When people see the names of these people who have important influence on the development of Hong Kong in newspapers, their first reaction is often to think that they are Chinese, but in fact they are foreign devils. Even if everyone finally gets the truth, a good first impression will still have the effect of A subtle effect.

Youde, who is also a diplomat like MacLehose, knows the history well, and naturally does not want these fundamental contradictions in the colonies that have been buried under the gravel mixed with flesh and blood to be put on the table again. _World values.

Therefore, the important person in the business world that Youde first met with was Zhou Mi, and he said straight to the point: "Some of the current public opinion is really out of date."

Zhou Mi answered frankly, "We have never hired gunmen in this field. There is no need. Just honest business methods are enough."

Seeing that the other party pushed him away, Youde had no choice but to change and said, "I want to see Mr. Tang as soon as possible."

"I'll convey it right away." Zhou Mi replied sternly, "However, some time ago, Mr. Tang was entrusted by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to go to Falklands to observe the humanitarian situation, and when he was actively working to protect the rights and interests of the British living there. , was accidentally wounded by stray bullet fragments from the British Royal Navy, and is recuperating in the United States."

After Yod was stunned for a moment, he forced a smile on his face.He nodded and said, "I'm not in a hurry. Mr. Tang's health is the most important thing."

After sending Zhou Mi away, Youde, who was the first two big ones, turned around and asked the senior staff, "You guys say, how should I position this Tang Huan?"

But this question only resulted in a group of people looking at each other in blank dismay, speechless.

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Since Guan Zhilin, who was obviously psychologically shocked, insisted on interrupting her studies in the United States and returning to Hong Kong to film and pursue her dream of stardom, Tang Huan couldn't stop her, so she nodded and agreed.

"Don't think about it, you have to remember, I still love you as always." Tang Huan stroked Guan Zhilin's hair and comforted her harmoniously.

Guan Zhilin's face rubbed against Tang Huan's chest a few times, and she murmured, "Brother Huan, promise me that you will always leave me a place in your heart, and don't forget me."

"You need to remind me now, it's been like this for a long time, do you want me to take out my heart and liver and show you?" Seeing that the other party was so fragile, Tang Huan quickly searched for sweet words and poured ecstasy soup.

"I don't want to watch it. It's bloody and scary." Guan Zhilin smiled through tears and seemed to be in a much better mood.

"I'm going to stay in Japan for a few days, you can go with me." Tang Huan said.

"No need." Guan Zhilin shook her head, "You are so busy, it is a burden for me to follow you. Anyway, you have arranged an assistant for me. I can take care of myself. I can start alone, and I can arrive before you Xiangjiang."

"That's fine." Tang Huan nodded slightly, "I'll take you to the plane."

……

After dealing with the issue of love for children, Tang Huan set off for Tokyo, Japan to witness the listing of Taito, accompanied by its founder Mikhail Kogan.

If Taidong was still under the control of Mikhail Kogan, it would definitely not be listed now.This was the case in time and space. When Mikhail Kogan died suddenly in Los Angeles in 1984, Taito was quickly acquired by Kyocera.

Backed by a powerful EA, as the localization representative Taidong, the business is not generally outstanding.

EA is the industry leader in the United States, and Taito also steps down old rivals such as Nintendo, Sega, and Namco in Japan, and sits on the throne of the first brother.

With such a dazzling aura, Tang Huan naturally wants to push Taidong into the stock market.

After all, the money borrowed from the bank has to be repaid, but in a few years, it will not be necessary to siphon money in the bullish Japanese stock market.

And through this round of financing, Taidong can quickly expand its industry scope like Epson.

Epson has waved banknotes and rushed into LCD, battery and other fields. Taking advantage of the current bubble, Taidong bought land in Tokyo to build an amusement park with a cultural background of video games, and at the same time acquired some promising companies such as Transformers. art assets.

(End of this chapter)