At 11 a.m. the next day, Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing arrived at Kai Tak Airport, and in half an hour, the Queen's special plane would arrive at Kai Tak Airport.

Today, in addition to the Governor of Xiangjiang Youde and the high-level government officials, celebrities from all walks of life in Xiangjiang also came here to welcome the arrival of the queen.

This is the Queen's second visit to Hong Kong, and the first since the signing of a contract between the British and mainland governments last year for the return of Hong Kong to the mainland.

Governor Youde attaches great importance to this, not only sending invitations to celebrities from all walks of life in Hong Kong, but also paying special attention to security, and the Hong Kong Police Station has arranged a large number of police forces at the airport and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, where the Queen is located.

As time passed, the Queen's plane landed on the runway at Kai Tak Airport and slowly slid towards the designated tarmac.

Kai Tak Airport currently has only one runway, and as one of the Asian aviation hubs, there are many takeoffs and landings here every day, and many times, a plane takes off and lands every few minutes, so even the Queen's plane cannot stay on the runway for a long time to avoid too much impact on the flights of Heung Kong Airport.

When the plane came to a standstill, Youde brought senior government officials and Lee Kwang-woo, S-S. S. S. Straw, George Lavin, Cheng Yu-tung, Lee Shau-kee, Wooden Schwya, Henry Keswick, Lorence Kadoorie, Run Run Shaw, Hui Shixun and others to the plane and waited for the queen to get off the plane.

As the cabin door slowly opened, the sixty-five-year-old Queen and Prince walked out hand in hand.

After greeting everyone, the Queen delivered an enthusiastic speech, focusing on maintaining the stability of Hong Kong and promoting the economic development of Hong Kong.

The Queen's visit to the mainland lasted for nine days, and she was accompanied by the British Foreign Secretary, palace service personnel, and escorts, and there were already hundreds of heads of enterprises, and the scale was very large, Zhang Ziyu, president of the Bentley Group under the Li consortium, Zhao Qihui, president of the British Telecom Group, and Zhao Xiaoyan, president of the Xingyuan Group, also attended the business cooperation negotiations in the mainland.

The Queen and the British government also stated to the mainland government that before the return of Hong Kong, the British government will maintain the political and economic stability of Hong Kong and ensure the healthy development of Hong Kong.

In front of celebrities from all walks of life in Xiangjiang and the media in Xiangjiang, the queen looked very calm.

She said: "I came here 11 years ago, this is my second time in Hong Kong, compared to the first time, it is much more prosperous, and now Hong Kong has completely become an international metropolis, in some areas can be compared to London, I am very happy for the development of Hong Kong."

Hong Kong has returned to the arms of his mother, but many of our policies towards Hong Kong in the United Kingdom will not change because of this, and Hong Kong can still enjoy some of the previous treatment in our United Kingdom and in the whole Commonwealth.

As a window for exchanges between China and the West, I hope that Hong Kong can build a bridge between the UK, the Commonwealth and the mainland to promote mutual benefit and win-win cooperation. ”

At present, Xiangjiang is used by many forces as a bridgehead to communicate with the mainland, and major multinational companies will give priority to entering the Xiangjiang market, and then use Xiangjiang as a springboard to enter the mainland market.

The British government also hopes that Hong Kong can become a bridge for cooperation between them and the mainland, so that British enterprises can enjoy the dividends brought by the mainland's reform and opening up.

After her speech, the queen began to shake hands with the people who came to greet her, showing her friendly side.

After shaking hands with Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing, the queen said with a smile: "Mr. and Mrs. Li, I am very happy to see you again, and thank you for your contribution to the economic development of the United Kingdom. ”

In this British government reform, the Ministry of Finance has obtained a huge amount of funds, which is indispensable to Li Guangyu's credit, and the industries under the Lee consortium are developing very well in the UK, not only providing a large number of jobs for the UK, but also providing a lot of tax revenue for the UK.

Now that the economic reform in the UK is still continuing, if we want to get out of the economic weakness, I am afraid that it will take another year or two, and the British government hopes that the Lee consortium can increase investment in the UK to help the development of the British economy.

In order to reflect the importance of the Li consortium, the queen and the British government after discussion, decided to grant Zhang Ziyu the title of baron, as for Li Guangyu, it is still forgotten, except for the Commonwealth, no consortium helmsman has come to accept her knighthood, and she does not want to cause the influence of mainland public opinion on Li Guangyu because she knighted Li Guangyu, she also knows that the Li consortium attaches great importance to the mainland market.

After all, Xiangjiang has already decided to return to the mainland, and if Li Guangyu is knighted in England at this time, this public opinion is likely to ruin Li Guangyu's many years of operation in the mainland.

If Li Guangyu does not accept the knighthood, she and Britain will also be in an embarrassing situation, so this time the queen and the British government chose to confer the title of baron on Zhang Ziyu, the head of Western Europe of the Li Foundation.

Li Guangyu said: "Your Majesty, we are also very happy to meet you again, and welcome you and the Prince to Xiangjiang. ”

"Mr. and Mrs. Li, at the end of this year, our royal family will be knighted again, and you are fully qualified for your great contribution to the British economy. At present, I need to understand the thoughts of the two of you, so that I can avoid some unnecessary trouble, after all, you are in Xiangjiang, and we also have some considerations in public opinion, I don't know if you are willing to accept the title of our royal family?"

The queen also wants to know about Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing's thoughts today, and on such an occasion, she can show the celebrities of Xiangjiang that their royal family attaches great importance to Li Guangyu, and if Li Guangyu receives the knighthood, she will naturally be happy.

Li Guangyu didn't answer, she wouldn't be upset about it, what she wanted to express had already been expressed, and Li Guangyu didn't want it to be Li Guangyu's own problem.

Moreover, she fully considered the issue of public opinion, highlighting that the royal family thought about Lee Guangyu, and let the upper echelons of Xiangjiang know that England was friendly to them.

Li Guangyu doesn't dare to accept this title now, his focus is on the development of the Greater China region, and the mainland market is one of his cores.

And this greatly affected his image and development on the mainland, and a British title is obviously not as good as the actual benefits.

Li Guangyu said: "Thank you very much for the kindness of Her Majesty to us, but we really do not deserve to be treated like this, and please ask Her Majesty to confer this title on someone more qualified than us." ”

As for Lee Guangyu's refusal, which was expected by the Queen and the British government, as long as Lee Kuang Woo was not stupid, he would not have taken the title.

The current Xiangjiang is no longer the same, if in the 70s, there was no problem, and now Xiangjiang is clear that it will return to the mainland in 1997, and Li Guangyu will accept the title at this time, it is really foolish.

Her Majesty smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, we have expected this, and as compensation for this, we will give the title of Baron Miss Zhang Ziyu, President of Bentley Group, to thank Bentley Group for its contribution to the British economy over the years,"

Li Guangyu did not object to this, Bentley Group is a British automobile group, and Zhang Ziyu, as the president of this group, has been knighted by the British royal family, and there is no problem.

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