After Liu Tianci and Zhou Liang Shuyi received Li Guangyu's instructions, their newspapers and television stations focused all their attention on the side of the Xiangjiang Monetary Authority, and vigorously criticized the lazy administration and differential treatment of the Financial Authority.

The media from all walks of life in Hong Kong did not think it was a big deal, and reprinted the report one after another, and at the same time dug up the news in it to criticize the Hong Kong Monetary Authority for not acting in accordance with the provisions.

Now this news has overshadowed the news of arriving in Xiangjiang to participate in the men's volleyball world preliminaries, and the media from all walks of life in Xiangjiang are obviously more concerned about the issue between the Li Group and the Monetary Authority, which is also a contest between the Chinese-funded consortium and the British-funded consortium. From these news, everyone can find that the Li Group's own application for bank certificates has been blocked, and there are many British-funded consortiums.

As the director of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, McBurnard Sean has been very irritable in the past two days, and he has felt tremendous pressure in the face of public opinion that has risen up in Hong Kong, and on the government's side, some Chinese legislators and executive councilors headed by Luo Cheng are also asking him why he does not act in accordance with the provisions and treats the Chinese in Hong Kong differently.

The Governor of Xiangjiang, MacLehose, naturally knew about this situation, but he did not expect that the Li Group had no intention of backing down this time, and directly let its media begin to report on the general trend, using Xiangjiang's public opinion to exert pressure against the obstacles set up by the British-funded consortium for him.

MacLehose had to come forward to coordinate this incident, he has made the citizens of Xiangjiang trust the government through so many years of painstaking management, once public opinion continues, I am afraid that it is not only the side of the Financial Authority, I don't know how many departments will be pulled into the water.

The Li Group can be treated differently by the government, and what will those citizens think, they are afraid that a new round of storm will come, and the current stable situation in Hong Kong will be broken.

On the morning of March 9, Li Guangyu received an invitation from the Governor's Palace in Xiangjiang, hoping that Li Guangyu would arrive at the Governor's Palace at half past three in the afternoon, and Governor MacLehose had something to discuss with him.

Li Guangyu knew very well what MacLehose was asking him to meet him for at this time, and he also wanted to know what MacLehose was thinking and see how he was going to deal with this matter, so he immediately agreed to MacLehose's invitation.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Guangyu sat opposite MacLehose in MacLehose's office, this time MacLehose did not prepare coffee, but entertained Li Guangyu with tea, and Li Guangyu could feel that this tea was the Wuyi Mountain Dahongpao that he often had. Li Guangyu's own tea was bought only after finding some connections, and I don't know where MacLehose got it.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, I also know that Hong Kong is a place of freedom of speech, and we do not have too many restrictions on news reporting by media from all walks of life in Hong Kong, but is it too much for your media to openly criticize the Hong Kong Monetary Authority this time." You should be aware that your influence in Hong Kong is very huge, and this time your media leadership has had a very negative impact on the stability of Hong Kong. ”

Li Guangyu is not allowed to talk about the overall situation by MacLehose, if it weren't for the British-funded consortium on your side that stuck him and didn't want to establish a bank with his own sole proprietorship, he wouldn't have enough to eat and have nothing to do, and let his media report these things.

Li Guangyu said: "Mr. MacLehose, my media has always been truth-seeking and will never report anything that is false, and this time the Financial Authority really makes us Chinese feel cold, and our application materials have been up for nearly three months." According to the regulations, the monetary authority should reply to us within a week, and it should not exceed half a month in special circumstances. So far, however, we have not received any reply. ”

MacLehose knew why the Monetary Authority was dragging on like this this time, and if it was approved by the Lee Group, the heads of the major British-funded consortia in Hong Kong would not be satisfied. Reasons must be given for not passing, but the Li Group's application for a banking license is in accordance with the regulations of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and all of them meet the standards.

If the HKMA rejects the Lee Group's application on trumped-up conditions, there are quite a few high-ranking law firms under the Lee Group, and the Luo family is afraid that they will file a lawsuit against the Monetary Authority in the courts.

MacLehose also felt a headache, and it was clear that the Heung Kong British consortium wanted to limit the expansion of the Lee Group so as not to threaten their position. In order to stabilize its own development, the Li Group is also unwilling to give in at all. This makes it difficult for MacLehose, who is bent on maintaining the stable development of Hong Kong, to deal with it.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, now that your group has developed quite a lot, and your Li Group has just taken control of Wing Hang Bank, can you slow down first, your media will suspend the coverage of this incident first, and I will communicate with others and give you an answer as soon as possible." ”

Li Guangyu will not back down this time, and Li Guangyu doesn't believe MacLehose's plan to delay the army. Now that public opinion has risen, the bank application has not been approved, and he will not take action to suppress it himself.

Lee said: "Mr. MacLehose, this time the Monetary Authority has been influenced by some people and is unable to act fairly for the public. Now I and the citizens of all walks of life in Hong Kong are waiting for the statement from the side of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and our media report in a realistic manner, we should not obstruct it, and we citizens also need the right to know. ”

MacLehose was disappointed, and at the same time felt sad for the British-funded consortium in Hong Kong. After hundreds of years of development, they will now unite to suppress a group that has only developed for a few years, and even use the power of the government to block the formation of the core group of the Li group.

These British-funded consortia are now already afraid of the Lee Group, how to compete with these Chinese-funded conglomerates in the future, perhaps in the near future, this place will completely become the world of the Chinese-funded consortia.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, I think you should be very clear about why the Monetary Authority is in such a situation this time, there are many people who feel that your Li Group has threatened them, and they don't want you to control the core financial industry in Xiangjiang to prevent you from impacting them, including HSBC and Standard Chartered, the two major banks that now have the right to issue banknotes in Xiangjiang, and the Monetary Authority has to consider their opinions." ”

Of course, Li Guangyu knows that these two major banks have a strong influence in the monetary authority, otherwise the connections behind Li Guangyu would not be ineffective, but HSBC and Standard Chartered want to prevent themselves from establishing a bank, how can they let them get their way.

"Mr. MacLehose, I believe that the Monetary Authority is serving the whole of Hong Kong, and only considering the opinions of these two major banks, and that Hong Kong is the common Xiangjiang of more than 5 million citizens, the vast majority of whom are Chinese, and I think it is not appropriate for Hong Kong to only hand over the right to issue notes to these two major banks," said Lee. ”

When MacLehose heard Li Guangyu say this, he was even more speechless, no wonder HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank desperately wanted to prevent Li Guangyu from entering the banking industry, this is to rob other people's cheese, Xiangjiang used to have the right to issue notes from three banks, and after the bank was acquired by HSBC, HSBC and Standard Chartered have this power in the past 20 years.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Lee, it seems that we cannot reach a consensus for the time being, and I hope that you will be able to come to our Governor's Palace again tomorrow morning." I will also meet with Shen Bi and Powell Wilson, as well as Director McBurnard Shaun of the Monetary Authority, and we will have a consultation on your application for a bank. ”

MacLehose could only let a few families sit down together for talks, and he couldn't let things go on like this, which would be very detrimental to the Xiangjiang government.

Li Guangyu said with a smile: "Mr. MacLehose, there is no problem, I will be on time tomorrow morning, I really hope that the government can handle things in accordance with the regulations, some people's hands are stretched too long, which is not good for the government." ”

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