After Lee Kwang Yu returned to the Lee Building, he convened a meeting of the presidents to see if the Lee Group could get its plan to establish a new airline approved by the Hong Kong government.

Li Xuemei, Zhou Liang Shuyi, Liu Tianci, Qin Yu and Guo Qingya all thought about it after listening to Li Guangyu's narration, and now the main thing is that the Xiangjiang government is secretly supporting Cathay Pacific and does not approve the establishment of new airlines, which makes it difficult for the Li Group to enter this industry.

Liu Tianci said: "Li Sheng, do you want our side of public opinion to guide it, let the Xiangjiang government give up supporting the British-funded consortium to monopolize the aviation industry in Xiangjiang, now the service of Cathay Pacific is not very good, and the ticket price is relatively expensive, I think many citizens are willing for us to enter the aviation industry to compete with Cathay Pacific." ”

After thinking for a while, Li Guangyu did not agree with Liu Tianci's opinion, if every time because of these problems, he caused public opinion to put pressure on the government, it is estimated that MacLehose will often make trouble for himself, and the Li Group does not want various departments to come to inspect every day.

When he is forced to do so, Lee Guang-woo will not use public opinion to put pressure on MacLehose, and how long will it take for this thing to make all governments have a bad impression of Lee Guang-woo, and it will be more difficult for the Lee Group to develop the media in these countries in the future.

Li Xuemei said: "Li Sheng, you can talk to Mr. MacLehose about this issue, see what he thinks, and we can also influence a lot of parliamentarians, as long as Mr. MacLehose is willing to bring the proposal to the Executive Yuan for discussion, I think there is still a chance to pass, Mr. Luo Cheng is now a member of the Legislative Yuan and the Executive Yuan, and he still has a certain influence in it." ”

Li Guangyu knew that this was basically unpassable, most of the people in the Executive Yuan were British, and the Chinese were only in the minority, and Swire Group and Shen Bi and others would not sit back and wait for Li Guangyu to establish a new airline.

However, Li Guangyu still has to do what he has to do to discuss with MacLehose, and he always has to communicate with MacLehose whether it succeeds or not.

Li Guangyu then listened to the speeches of the presidents of the major groups, and the main problem was still stuck in the British government and the Hong Kong government, and it was their support that made Cathay Pacific have a monopoly position in Hong Kong. If the Lee Group wants to establish a new airline, it will have to be abandoned by the Hong Kong government to support the British-funded consortium, which is a difficult matter.

Chow Leung Shuyi proposed to ask Du Yuemei in England to do the work there, to see if she could get the government there to get the Hong Kong government to agree to the establishment of a new airline by the Lee Group.

Lee asked Gan Qin to contact MacLehose and ask if MacLehose had time in the afternoon, and said that he would visit him at the Governor's Palace at 3 p.m.

At the same time, he asked Gan Qin to inform Du Yuemei, who was on the British side, and asked her to communicate with the British government, especially with Margaret Thatcher, to see if the Li Group could establish an airline in Xiangjiang.

Li Guangyu then told Liu Tianci and Chow Leung Shuyi: "Although we do not put pressure on the Hong Kong government, we can still report on Cathay Pacific, and we, as news media, have the right to monitor some of Cathay Pacific's behavior." ”

Zhou Liang Shuyi and Liu Tianci naturally have no opinion, anyway, there are enough reporters under their umbrella to do such things, and they are all truth-seeking reports, and it is not the problem of Cathay Pacific to do it by itself.

Li Guangyu really made up his mind this time that he had to form an airline and see how Cathay Pacific could dominate in Xiangjiang. Especially Shen Bi and others, don't think that if you don't sell your shares to yourself, you won't be able to pull an airline out.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, in MacLehose's office, Lee Guangyu explained his intention to MacLehose, hoping that MacLehose would agree to establish his own airline.

After listening to this, MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, as the manager of Hong Kong, I also hope that you can enter the aviation industry to better serve the citizens of Hong Kong, and I am very happy about your approach in public service enterprises, if these enterprises are like you, the life of the citizens of Hong Kong will be much better than now, but there are some things that I can decide alone." ”

Li Guangyu knew that things were not so easy, and it seemed that he still had many problems in establishing an airline, which could not be completed in a short time.

Lee said: "Mr. MacLehose, the monopoly of Hong Kong's aviation industry by Cathay Pacific is not conducive to the development of Hong Kong, and if there is no competition among any enterprises, it will be very disadvantageous to the people of Hong Kong. I think Hong Kong should have more airlines to participate in the competition, so that it can better serve the public. ”

Of course, MacLehose hopes that there will be multiple companies in various industries to compete, but Xiangjiang is so big that it can't support too many enterprises in terms of public service enterprises, and the Li Group itself is not basically in a monopoly position in the telephone industry and the bus industry in Xiangjiang, and other companies do not have any challenge to them.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Lee, in terms of airlines, the British government also wants Cathay Pacific to operate them exclusively, and the Swire group is headquartered in London, and they also have a lot of influence on the British government's side. They will also do their best to prevent others from entering the aviation industry in Hong Kong to avoid breaking their monopoly. ”

After Li Guangyu listened, he knew that MacLehose had no drama here, and in the end he had to solve it in the United Kingdom, to see if Du Yuemei could do the work of Margaret Thatcher, and only if the prime minister agreed to the establishment of an airline by the Lee Group, Li Guangyu and their establishment of an airline on the Xiangjiang side could be smooth.

Lee Guangyu said: "Mr. MacLehose, please consider the future development of Hong Kong, and propose to the British headquarters to allow our Chinese-funded group to establish a new airline to provide support for the economic development of Hong Kong." At a time when Hong Kong's economy is changing rapidly, and Cathay Pacific is clearly no longer able to keep up with the times, we need a new company to drive Cathay Pacific to change. ”

Shen Bi was a little speechless, Cathay Pacific is the top airline in Asia, but in Li Guangyu, it has become a backward company, not an enterprising enterprise, how miserable is this to belittle Cathay Pacific.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Lee, Cathay Pacific has made a huge contribution to the development of Hong Kong's economy, and Cathay Pacific is already very good in Asia at the moment, so you don't need to take eye medicine from me." As for the idea that you want to set up an airline, I will report back to the headquarters and see what the headquarters has in mind. You have to believe that we all hope that Hong Kong's economy will develop for the better. ”

Li Guangyu knows that MacLehose sincerely hopes that Xiangjiang can develop well, as for those people in the back, it is not easy to say, it is estimated that more is thinking about the development of the British-funded consortium, and the Chinese-funded consortium is here, for the development of the British-funded consortium, they will make some restrictions on it, just like this aviation industry, it is not so easy for Li Guangyu to break the monopoly of Cathay Pacific Airways.

In the end, Lee asked MacLehose to consider the more than 5 million citizens of Hong Kong, hoping to break the monopoly of the Swire Group and allow more citizens to enjoy the convenience brought by aviation.

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