On the second day of Youde's inauguration, Li Guangyu received Youde's invitation to attend Youde's family banquet at the Governor's Palace.

Before you came to Xiangjiang to take up his post, he learned about the current situation in Xiangjiang. The information of the Li consortium was carefully read.

At present, the situation in Xiangjiang is complicated, and Youde is aware of the pressure he faces as governor of this term. This not only involves the future ownership of Xiangjiang, but also the economic development of Xiangjiang and the improvement of the quality of life of its citizens are all on him.

At present, the British consortium is in decline, and the government often needs the support of Chinese families to maintain the stability and development of Hong Kong. The Chinese family headed by Li Guangyu is the most important force among them, and Youde hopes that some of his policies can be supported by them, so that the future administration will be much easier.

Youde, who has been a diplomat on the mainland for a long time, knows the situation in Greater China very well, and has his own opinions on the ideas of these families.

These families are quite united in the face of external threats, and once these external threats begin to disappear, the struggle between them will begin.

However, there is a problem now that the powerful family of the Li consortium is pressing on it, so that these Chinese families do not dare to destroy the unity of the Chinese family in Xiangjiang without permission.

Youde did not like the Chinese family in Xiangjiang to be in a group, which was very detrimental to the British rule and the development of the British consortium in Xiangjiang. But he himself can't deliberately suppress the Li consortium, which makes him sad about it.

Youde knows very well that the Lee consortium is not only influential in Xiangjiang, but also in the UK, and has become closer and closer to the Conservative Party in recent years, and the president of the Bentley Group there is a frequent visitor to Thatcher, and the relationship between the two is quite good.

After the dinner, Li Guangyu and Youde chatted freely in the living room.

Youde said: "Mr. Li, Xiangjiang has produced a young and handsome man like you, which is really a blessing for Xiangjiang, and Xiangjiang will be more dazzling because of you in the future." ”

Li Guangyu didn't know what Youde was thinking about giving himself such high praise. What kind of joke is this, I am not so remarkable, the status of Xiangjiang is not something that one person can add to it, and Xiangjiang, as the world's third largest financial center, does not need this.

Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Youde, you are too famous, growing up in Hong Kong is my blessing, it is with such a good environment, I have achieved this little achievement, I also believe that Hong Kong will exude dazzling brilliance in the world in the future, and our Li Group will also benefit from this." ”

Youde is also aware of the Chinese style, who tend to be very humble and do not take the praise of others for granted.

Youde then told Lee about his own policies, and that he wanted to invest in higher education in addition to continuing MacLehose's policies.

At present, there are only two undergraduate colleges in Xiangjiang, Xiangjiang University and Xiangjiang Chinese University, which are far from meeting the needs of Xiangjiang students.

Youde wants to establish several universities, Li Guangyu is naturally happy to see them, Xiangjiang is still too few universities, the government is willing to invest in the establishment of this aspect, which is very beneficial to Xiangjiang, and more talents will emerge in Xiangjiang in the future.

Lee Guangyu said: "Thank you very much, Mr. Governor, for thinking about the future of Hong Kong, I very much support your plan, and when the time comes, our Lee Group will also make a small contribution to the establishment of these schools." ”

As for Li Guangyu himself, he has no interest in setting up his own university for the time being, first, this matter is more troublesome, and many data review issues may not be able to pass on the government's side.

The main problem is funding, universities are not like primary and secondary schools, they have all kinds of teaching equipment, professors have to spend a lot of money. Li Guangyu now thinks that he doesn't have enough funds in his hands, where will he invest a lot of money in this.

He himself planned to establish a university in 85 years, at that time he should have more funds in his hands, the situation in Xiangjiang was relatively stable, and it was relatively easy to apply for the establishment of a university at that time.

You De saw that Li Guangyu himself did not have any intention of establishing a private university, and he was also a little disappointed, he wanted to distract some of the energy of the Li consortium and give the British-funded consortium a chance to breathe.

On his first day in office yesterday, he welcomed Shen Bi and Henry Keswick to visit them, hoping that the Xiangjiang government would provide them with some help in the face of their British-funded conglomerate.

Youde doesn't have much to do about it, it's not decades ago anymore, and a lot of things aren't what he wants to do. Before the Li Consortium violated the regulations of the Xiangjiang government, he could not suppress the Li Consortium.

He only hopes that he can throw out some plans to attract investment from the Li consortium, so that their funds can flow into such projects that have no income in a short period of time, so that the Li consortium does not have enough financial resources to continue to suppress the British consortium.

The private university is just the first pit he has prepared for the Li consortium, and he is also preparing to take out the Xiangjiang subway, one of which is the line from Hung Hom to Starlight City, in order to attract investment from the Li consortium.

Regarding the Li consortium and the investment of several major families in Taipei MRT, Youde has already received the news. This time, he specially planned to go to Starlight City in Tin Shui Wai, which was specially prepared for the Li Consortium.

It is Li Guangyu's home base over there, and the construction of this subway is also beneficial to the Li consortium, which still has dozens of hectares of commercial land over there that has not been developed. Once the subway is built, the land plot over there will definitely skyrocket, and the Lee consortium will get a higher profit by developing real estate there.

It's a pity that Youde threw out this plan, Li Guangyu still supports the government's construction, and he himself has no intention of entering.

Li Guangyu is not stupid, this line is a typical pit man, Hung Hom extends to Tianshuiwei Starlight City, there are not many people in the middle, a typical money-losing goods, he will only invest in this line when his head is in the water.

Li Guangyu didn't know what Youde's plans were, he wanted to invest in some projects by himself one after another, and these projects were all short-term and unprofitable, or even loss-making transactions, he felt that Youde wanted to make himself the boss.

Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Youde, with the current financial resources of the Hong Kong government to support the development of Hong Kong in these aspects, please use all the tax revenue of Hong Kong to the development of Hong Kong, and use the money of the citizens of Hong Kong to benefit the society of Hong Kong." ”

Li Guangyu was not satisfied with this, the land price was sold so high, and then part of the tax was paid to the British side, he hoped that all the money would be invested in Xiangjiang.

Youde did not respond to Li Guangyu's words, joking, if all the taxes were left in Xiangjiang and there was no benefit, then what would they do with so much effort.

Youde said: "Mr. Li, I also know that the British-funded consortium in Xiangjiang did suppress the Chinese-funded family a little too harshly in the past, but time has turned, and the British-funded consortium in Xiangjiang has declined. Please don't kill them all, the existence of some British-funded consortia is also good for you, I believe you understand the reason, I hope you will consider my suggestion more. ”

Li Guangyu and Youde did not leave the Governor's Palace until half past ten in the business meeting.