Li Guangyu met with Shen Bi's side, and the negotiations went very smoothly, and the outgoing governor had no intention of targeting the Li consortium.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, you yourself are quite aware of the complexity of the current situation in Xiangjiang, and your Li consortium has a very strong influence in Xiangjiang, and we don't want you to stand up and put pressure on us." ”

MacLehose is well aware of the Lee consortium's current influence. Once Li Guangyu stood up, the situation in Xiangjiang would not be so calm. He didn't want to leave office when Xiangjiang still had major problems.

MacLehose is not worried about the problems in Central, but if Lee Kwang-woo jumps out, it will not be a problem of dozens of people. The Li Consortium is now in Xiangjiang, but it is related to the lives of hundreds of thousands of families, and such turmoil cannot be endured by the way.

He doesn't need Li Guangyu to be on their side, as long as Li Guangyu can always maintain his current attitude, MacLehose is very clear about the thoughts of these families in Xiangjiang. Most of them just want to pass on the family well, and they don't want to get involved in politics.

Li Guangyu said: "Mr. MacLehose, you know that our Lee Group has always been not involved in politics, and we have always hoped to develop the group's business well and make our own contribution to the economic development of Hong Kong. This incident was just an accident, and I don't think it will happen again in the future. ”

Even if Li Guangyu has Zhou Xiaoning and others trying their best to make reasonable arrangements, the taxes paid in Xiangjiang are still much higher than those of the Jardine Matheson Foundation, of course, Li Guangyu also knows that the Jardine Group will also have various operations.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, if there were more large groups like yours in Xiangjiang, Xiangjiang's economy would definitely be able to develop rapidly. The premise of quick discovery is social stability, so please also be able to restrain your family members and the senior management of your group, do not involve them in activities that they should not participate in, and do not make some remarks that affect the stability of the situation in Hong Kong. ”

Li Guangyu said: "Mr. MacLehose, our group has long had regulations, and I believe that they will not make some remarks that affect the stability of the situation in Hong Kong. This time, my cousin has only been in Xiangjiang for a long time, and her thinking is too simple to cause such a situation. I believe that with this lesson, such problems will not arise again in the future. ”

Now Xiangjiang is in the most special time period, the surface of the calm Xiangjiang, the undercurrent has long been surging, and all forces are clashing below, all hoping to increase the chips in their hands and occupy the active position in it.

And some families headed by him Li Guangyu are a very important bargaining chip, and some forces hope that Li Guangyu can stand up and express his views on Xiangjiang in order to put pressure on the other party.

And if Li Guangyu doesn't want his company to shrink into a domain, he can only maintain his current attitude. However, this time will not be too long, as long as the dust settles on the Xiangjiang issue, he will no longer need to be in a dilemma.

MacLehose said: "This time, I will instruct the English newspaper to take Li Guangmei out of it, and her report will not appear, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. ”

MacLehose is very aware of Lee Guangyu's influence in the media circles, especially the media controlled by Chinese capital, except for some media on the Ta Kung Pao side, the vast majority of other newspapers maintain friendly relations with Lee Guangyu, and they will not report on issues related to Lee Guangyu.

As for Ta Kung Pao's side, this time they will not report on this matter in detail, and there is no problem in pressing Li Guangmei's matter this time.

Li Guangyu smiled and said, "Mr. MacLehose, thank you for your help. You can rest assured, I have already greeted the neutral and rightist media in Xiangjiang, and I will not let my cousin appear in the newspaper news this time. ”

MacLehose then stopped talking about Central, the situation was too complicated, in the final analysis, it was because of the Xiangjiang issue, and only after the discussion between Britain and the mainland on the Xiangjiang issue was completed, such a thing could be completely avoided.

During this time, what is the mentality of these Chinese families, MacLehose knows very well, as the governor of Xiangjiang, these families appeared at Bao Yugang's celebration party, he naturally paid great attention to it, and their intelligence department also mastered some of the content.

And the attitude of Li Guangyu and others, MacLehose also knows, in such a period, it is a huge test for their selection.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, the economic development of Xiangjiang is not very good now, and your major groups under the Li family are busy exploring the external market, and there are not many actions on the side of Xiangjiang, I don't know if you have any plans in the future, I hope you will not ignore the development of Xiangjiang when developing externally." ”

Li Guangyu is waiting for the opportunity, and he will naturally have a large amount of money invested in the Xiangjiang market to lay out for future development.

Lee said: "Mr. MacLehose, please rest assured that our Lee Group's philosophy of taking Hong Kong as its foundation will not waver. Our group has some plans for the development of this side of Xiangjiang next year, which has always been our most important development area. ”

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, I have been working in Hong Kong for ten years, and I also have a special affection for Hong Kong, I hope that Hong Kong can continue to develop at such a speed, and there are still many things that I want to do but have not yet been able to start, I just hope that the Governor who will take over can have better policies to develop the people's livelihood and economy in Hong Kong." ”

MacLehose still has some regrets in his heart, in many aspects of people's livelihood, some of his policies have not been carried out, and some of his plans have no time to implement.

Li Guangyu knew that the governors behind him were afraid that they would never find a governor who could work hard for the economy of Hong Kong like MacLehose.

Maybe they have MacLehose's idea, but because Xiangjiang has already decided to return to the mainland, they are unwilling to do so, but instead come up with some policies to add problems to the mainland.

Lee said: "Mr. MacLehose, I believe that the people of Hong Kong will not forget your contribution to the development of Hong Kong, and if it were not for your arrival, the current economic development of Hong Kong would not be so rapid, and the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong has also restored the confidence of Hong Kong citizens in the government." ”

MacLehose was still very happy to hear Li Guangyu say this, maybe because he was leaving, he also hoped that he had some imprint here, and that he had contributed to the development of the local area.

Thinking about the situation of the government officials in Hong Kong when he first took office, as well as the people's emotions towards the government, he felt very uncomfortable, and with his own slow operation, it was only later that the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption slowly reversed the views of the people of Hong Kong towards the government.

Because of Christmas today, MacLehose didn't need to go to work, so Lee Kwang-woo chatted with him until half past five in the afternoon. There is no politics involved, but more about understanding the economy of Hong Kong and some of MacLehose's plans for Hong Kong.

MacLehose hoped that Lee would use his influence to get the incoming governor to continue these plans and maintain the stability of Hong Kong.

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