Cao Guangbiao and Fok Yingdong were unable to negotiate a proper solution, and bad news kept coming from Kai Tak Airport, making them more and more anxious.

MacLehose, who was in the Governor's Palace, also heard the report of the staff, and MacLehose was quite unhappy about the battle between the two major airlines. If Cathay Pacific Airlines stops most of its flights, the impact on Hong Kong will be too great, and the passengers stranded at the airport will definitely be quite dissatisfied, and if they are not dealt with in time, it is likely to cause riots.

MacLehose told the Director of the Hong Kong Transport and Housing Authority, Volikant: "You immediately arranged for staff to go to Kai Tak Airport to calm the stranded passengers, and at the same time immediately summoned Cathay Pacific Chairman Cao Guangbiao and asked them to ensure that Cathay Pacific flights take off as normally as possible." ”

Wallycante also knew the specifics, and he said to MacLehose: "Governor, I'm afraid this won't work, and you know that Cathay Pacific has nearly half of its staff this time, and there is no ability to ensure the normal departure of their flights." ”

MacLehose naturally knows that Cathay Pacific cannot guarantee the departure of all flights, but such a thing must be done, otherwise the stranded passengers at Kai Tak Airport will have more opinions.

MacLehose said: "You do what I tell you, and our government should at least make such a gesture, and let the stranded passengers know that our government is actively solving the problem of detention for them." In addition, I will make an appointment with Li Guangyu immediately, hoping that he will take some action to solve the problem this time. ”

Volycante is not optimistic about this meeting between MacLehose and Lee Guangyu, this time Lee Guangyu is obviously going to pull Cathay Pacific down completely, how can he be willing to help Cathay Pacific solve the trouble. If he really had a heart, he would not have pulled the Cathay Pacific employees away at this time, and the reason why such a problem occurred this time was caused by Li Guangyu.

Wallycante said, "Governor, do you have any other orders?"

"You go and deal with it immediately, and I will also contact Li Guangyu immediately to try to solve this matter satisfactorily. MacLehose said.

After Li Guangyu went out in Ganqin, he was thinking about how to deal with the outside world next, he knew that all walks of life in Xiangjiang would not want this to continue, and nearly half of Cathay Pacific Airways flights could not take off, which had a huge impact on the travel of citizens.

While Li Guangyu was thinking, Gan Qin came in and said to him: "Li Sheng, the Governor's Mansion is calling, I hope you can go to the Governor's Palace, and Mr. MacLehose wants to meet with you to discuss some issues." ”

Li Guangyu knew that MacLehose must be looking for himself this time for the problem of the grounding of Cathay Pacific aircraft.

Li Guangyu said: "You go to the Governor's Palace, and I will immediately rush to the Governor's Palace to meet with Mr. MacLehose." ”

When Lee was notified, Cao Guangbiao was also told to go to the Hong Kong Transport and Housing Authority, and Wallykante wanted to communicate with him about Cathay Pacific.

After instructing the staff to reply to the Xiangjiang Transport and Housing Authority that they would rush over immediately, Cao Guangbiao said to Fok Yingdong and Bao Yugang: "I also hope that you will come up with some solutions as soon as possible, otherwise not only will our Cathay Pacific Airways suffer huge losses, but our major shareholders will also be complained by the public." ”

This time it was a bit of a big blow to them, when Cathay Pacific Airways belonged to Swire Pacific Limited, everything was normal, and after they acquired it, there was a grounding situation, which makes the public feel about them.

Fok Yingdong said: "Guangbiao, you went over to Mr. Kante to tell him about the difficulties our Cathay Pacific is facing, and at the same time tell him that we are discussing how to solve this problem and resume normal departures of all flights as soon as possible. ”

After Cao Guangbiao left, Hu Yingxiang said: "The longer this incident drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us, and the Xiangjiang government will not let this matter continue to develop like this." As you know, the Heungjiang government doesn't treat our shareholders very well. I'm worried that they're going to use this as an excuse to cancel some of our Cathay Pacific routes, and that's a huge blow to us. ”

Fok Ying-tung, along with him and Cao Guangbiao, had been unpopular with the Xiangjiang government for some political reasons, but now they were the focus of repression in the sixties.

Bao Yugang said: "If we want to resume normal flights as soon as possible, we can only borrow people, and Xiangjiang Airlines is unlikely to do so, but they deliberately made this incident, and its purpose is to further suppress Cathay Pacific Airways." Prepare them for the rise of Hong Kong Airlines. So this time, you have to come forward to see if you can borrow people from the north. ”

Pao Yugang's idea is good, but some shareholders here do not agree with his opinion, believing that if they do so, it will only cause a bigger storm in Xiangjiang.

Dong Haoyun said: "Yugang, you yourself are very aware of the current political situation in Xiangjiang, once our Cathay Pacific Airways does this, I am afraid that it will fall into a bigger whirlpool, which will outweigh the losses, I do not support your opinion." ”

When Huo Yingdong mentioned it to Bao Yugang, he really had such a plan, but considering the complex form of Xiangjiang, he could only take back this idea, the current situation in Xiangjiang was unstable, and this would only provoke greater contradictions.

Bao Yugang saw that this was not good, so he simply stopped thinking about it, they could get it as much as they liked, and the money should be lost. As one of the leaders of the Xiangjiang family, Bao Yugang sometimes feels sad about the situation in Xiangjiang.

In the past, there was the suppression of the British-funded consortium, and everyone was able to live in peace, and many things could be resolved through negotiation. However, with the rise of the Chinese-funded family in recent years, the British-funded consortium has been defeated and retreated by Li Guangyu one after another, and its influence is not as good as before. At present, there is only a half-crippled Swire and a shrunken Jardine Matheson, which can no longer be suppressed by the Chinese-funded group.

He believes that this will be the case for a long time to come, and these are determined by historical reasons, not something they can change.

In the future, Xiangjiang will also be a situation of contention between Chinese families themselves, especially in the public service enterprises of Xiangjiang. Bao Yugang actually didn't want to get involved in this, he didn't have that much ambition, he just wanted to run the business well and let Wu Guangzheng take over smoothly.

But the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, and the invitation of his fellow countryman and friend makes him still unable to let go of his son to join in, and it also makes his previous neutral position a little offset.

Pao himself is well aware of why Lee Guangyu and Lee Shau Kee and others are keen on the control of Hong Kong's public service enterprises, and they are increasing their influence among the citizens of Hong Kong. They don't care if these companies can make high profits, they just need to master these businesses.

Lee Shau Kee began to invest in China Gas in 74 years, and Lee Guangyu was the two major companies of buses and telephones, and he also wanted to control the Heung Kong Electric Group, if it were not for the Singapore consortium to come in. Maybe he will succeed, and this time he will enter the airline again, and Bao Yugang knows some of their thoughts.

Bao Yugang no longer has that ambition, he also knows his son-in-law's ability, it is okay to defend the city, if he wants to open up a career, he does not have that ability. This time, Bao Yugang invested hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars to come in, and there was also some goodwill in it, and he also hoped that in the future, he would be able to let the group led by his son-in-law continue to develop in this situation.

The reason why he was reluctant to persuade Li Guangyu this time so that he could help Cathay Pacific was that he did not want his relationship with Li Guangyu to be ruined, and he hoped that when his son-in-law was in trouble in the future, Li Guangyu would be able to help him in the face.