Chapter 9: The Prince of Gaqian
The butler's solemn look made HRH Prince Charles realize the trouble.
Wiping his hands with the towel handed by the servant, he asked quietly as he walked towards the study, "What's wrong?" ”
"Shen Jiannan's plane had an accident in Hong Kong. ”
"He's dead?"
"Nope. ”
"So what does that have to do with us. ”
"There is information that this may have been done by the Spencer family. ”
“......”
Listening to the steward recount what had happened on the Jiannan, HRH Prince Charles didn't see anything unusual on his face, but his sparkling eyes were obviously thinking quickly about the pros and cons.
"Charles, I'm sweating so much, I'll wipe it for you. ”
Across the UK, anyone who dares to call HRH Prince Charles that way can count on their fingers.
Her Majesty the Queen's Crown or his family.
However, the woman who walked over was not Princess Diana, who would be familiar to every British, nor was she the queen who was already old.
A woman, a middle-aged woman in her forties.
She was holding a towel in her hand, and it could be seen from her well-maintained face and figure that she must have been full of charm when she was young.
Camilla Shand, wife of Andrew Parker Paules, a good friend of HRH Prince Charles.
Belch......
She is also the first girlfriend of HRH Prince Charles.
Although they are already married and mothers, the connection and relationship between the two have never been broken.
As for why HRH Prince Charles ignored the beautiful princess at home and secretly ran to have a tryst with his first love, who was no longer in the prime of life......
Perhaps, it is because of love, perhaps, because first love always has a special place in a man's heart, and perhaps, stealing a good friend's wife will make people feel a unique enjoyment.
Ghost knows......
But it seems that HRH Prince Charles is very considerate of this first love, allowing her to wipe her face with a towel and gently stop her body.
The butler apparently knew these things for a long time, and he looked at his nose and nose as if he had seen nothing.
The filthiness in the royal family is not something that an outsider can evaluate.
HRH Prince Charles was used to this, and when Camilla got up to leave, he picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.
"Is that a call from him?"
"Yes. ”
"What do you think he called for? ”
Nothing special could be heard in his tone, maybe he wanted to test your reaction, or maybe he needed your help. ”
Is that really the case?
A glint of wisdom flashed in the eyes of HRH Prince Charles, as the heir to the throne of the King of England, he received the most demanding training and education from an early age, and his insight and reflexes and intelligence were undoubtedly outstanding.
But Shen Jiannan called at this time, and he really couldn't figure out why.
Bell Bell Bell –
The phone in the butler's hand rang, he didn't hesitate, waited for the phone to ring for a few seconds, pressed the call button, and handed it directly to HRH Prince Charles.
"Your Royal Highness, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I heard Mr. Butler say that you are riding a horse, and I don't know if it has disturbed your interest. ”
"Oh. Shen, it's so good to hear your voice. I heard that your plane had an accident and was preparing for Patten to discharge all the search and rescue teams to the rescue. ”
Patten.
Hearing this name, Shen Jiannan's eyes couldn't help but flash.
Because Charles's Patten, whose full name is Christopher Francis Patten, is the current governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten.
On 9 July 1992, the last port arrived at the Queen's Pier in Hong Kong with his family.
As in the past, the four major families of Hong Kong, dignitaries and ordinary citizens naturally lined up at Queen's Pier to welcome their "masters".
However, to the surprise of the Hong Kong people, the last governor of Hong Kong did not wear hats, epaulettes, and swords decorated with feathers, which symbolized the glory and majesty of the empire, but only dressed in civilian clothes and waved to the citizens with a smile on his face. Just when the people of Hong Kong were talking about the appearance of the Hong Kong governor, Patten took the subway, crowded the crowd, and appeared on Polan Street - "Ladies Street".
Sit and drink tea in a street shop and wave to ordinary citizens.
The whole of Hong Kong was a sensation, because for the first time in Hong Kong's more than 100-year history, a Hong Kong governor walked among the citizens like an ordinary person. Even his inauguration ceremony was held in the back garden of the Governor's Palace to meet reporters and disseminate the ideas of governance through the media. As soon as he took office, Patten delivered his first policy address in office, which mentioned the constitutional reform plan and said that the electoral system of the Legislative Council would be reformed, in addition to "separating the two bureaux", abolishing all appointed seats, and adding nine new functional constituency seats.
First, reform the relationship between the legislative and the executive. The purpose of completely abolishing the "dual mandate" of strengthening executive leadership in Hong Kong's British political system and completely separating the executive from the legislature is to strengthen the "representative government system" led by the Legislative Council in order to give play to the role of political parties.
Second, reform the electoral system. The age of voters will be lowered from 21 to 18 years old, the "single-seat, single-vote system" will be adopted in favor of the "democrats"; and the functional constituencies will be reformed, in addition to abolishing the group votes of the original functional constituencies, and in the nine newly established functional constituencies, each employee will receive one vote, thus expanding the voter base of the functional constituencies from the original nearly 200,000 to more than 2.7 million, and the newly established nine functional seats are basically equivalent to direct elections.
Third, reform regional organizations. The functions and powers of the District Councils will be expanded from a district advisory body to an organization with certain management functions, and the appointed members of the District Councils will be abolished and all District Council members will be directly elected.
Fourth, reform the Election Commission. Inclusion of all or most of the members of the directly elected district councillors in the Election Committee.
As a coercion, seeing the chaos in Hong Kong after 30 years, Shen Jiannan didn't know how the last Hong Kong governor would change the high-pressure posture of the British Hong Kong governor for a hundred years and suddenly become close to the people, and also vigorously engaged in democracy and freedom movements.
When things go wrong, there must be demons.
For nearly 100 years, the Governor of Hong Kong has never been elected.
If the British government in Hong Kong can push for a direct election in the Legislative Council and let the agents they support enter the Legislative Council through the elections in name only, if the political system after Hong Kong's return to the motherland becomes dominated by legislation, their agents will naturally gain the governing power of the SAR government.
At that time, if Hong Kong is destroyed, it will have nothing to do with Britain, and if there is a benefit to be taken, it will be for nothing.
Anyway, don't suffer.
Holding the phone, Shen Jiannan adjusted his posture and thanked HRH Prince Charles in a tone that couldn't be faked.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness. It's so lucky to have a friend like you. ”
After saying this, Shen Jiannan himself felt extremely disgusted.
Especially when I think that Camilla's husband is also a friend of HRH Prince Charles, it is really greasy and crooked. He didn't understand, he didn't need to let the beautiful and young and kind princess go, but he liked to cuckold his good friend, and this prince's taste was too unique.
"Shen. Don't say that. You're my friend, and I was really upset when I found out that your plane had an accident, can you tell me what happened. ”
"Oh. It was just an accident, you know, Kai Tak Airport is one of the most dangerous airports in the world, and it happened to catch a typhoon and a landing gear failure. I was able to survive thanks to my pilot and God's blessing. ”
"Oh my God. It's just thrilling. It's a miracle that you've survived a typhoon. By the way, if there's anything you need me to help with, if I can do it, I'll try to help. ”
"Oh. Yes, I am ready to invest the funds of Nanbo No. 1 and Nanbo No. 2 into a very profitable project, but this project may have a little bit of hindrance and trouble. I don't know if Your Highness can help me solve this problem. ”
"What kind of trouble?"
"The Victor Group holds a large stake in Citchell Industries, and with the bankruptcy of Cicell Industries, it is believed that their financial situation must be very bad. I think that if we sell the shares of Victor Group at this time, we will definitely be able to make a lot of money. ”
It's finally time to come.
A ghostly light flashed in HRH Prince Charles's eyes, and he was a little puzzled by what Shen Jiannan's purpose was.
This guy doesn't admit to having a conflict with the Spencer family, but he points the finger at the Spencer family.
Are you tempting me?
HRH Prince Charles may never have dreamed that Shen Jiannan just didn't want to be a big black pot in the future for no reason, but it was necessary to deal with the Spencer family, otherwise, wouldn't those guys who suffered losses treat him as a sheep without claws.
It would be different if HRH Prince Charles made a move, and in the future, no matter how much it changed, the black cauldron would not be buckled on his head.
"Oh my God. Shen, I may not be able to help you with this, don't you know that my princess has an elder brother named Victor Spencer? ”
"Your Highness. I've budgeted for at least £600 million on this project. ”
"Shen, you may have misunderstood. I have a very good relationship with the princess, he is the princess's brother and the uncle of our two children, he is as close as my family, I can't just help you.
Feelings are very good?
As thick as thieves?
You're a liar.
Shen Jiannan couldn't help but slander for a while while holding the phone, if you can listen to three out of ten sentences spoken by ordinary people, a person like HRH Prince Charles, one word in ten sentences is really good.
But I have to say that if he didn't know what kind of person HRH Prince Charles really was, he might have believed the excited and angry tone.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness. I didn't know that the Victor Group was related to the Princess. It's just a bit of a shame that the £600 million. ”
"Nope. Shen, I didn't say I couldn't help you. ”
"Walter?"
"I mean, you've got to add money. ”
“.......”