Macau, which was controlled by the Portuguese government before its return to the motherland.

Compared with the British Empire, the current Portuguese government is even more unbearable, the country is small, the strength is weak, and now it is the Portuguese football team that can be handled.

Therefore, in terms of controlling Macao, these Portuguese officials who were assigned to Macao are basically all the same, just two words: greedy for money!

For them, being able to come to Macao from Portugal as an official has already invested a lot, and no one will assign you to this oily place without bribing the upper echelons, without pulling connections, and without going through the back door.

Since there is such a big investment, of course, there must be a return, so after these Portuguese officials took office in Macau, what they were best at was to make money for oil and water!

Of course, these things can't be done too obviously, so at the beginning, Macao's legal system was quite good, although it was not as good as Hong Kong's, and it was not so chaotic, but as Macao's return to the motherland approached, these people were anxious.

If you can get money, you can get money as soon as possible, otherwise you won't have to make money at that time, and for this reason, these Portuguese began to blatantly ask for bribes, and Macao was once reduced to an undefended city, and the people lived in misery.

Macau is a small place, every inch of land is expensive, and it is actually a famous "gambling city", and the gaming industry and tourism industry have made many giants earn a lot of gold and silver, and the wealth they have can not be spent in several lifetimes.

Nowadays, with the boom of Macao's real estate industry, the approval of land lease has become the most money-making method for Portuguese officials in Macau.

This time, the three senior officials in charge of approving the land lease for the Furama Hotel were in charge of land approval.

As long as two of the three high-ranking officials vote, the ownership of the land can be decided.

In other words, whether it is the Cha family, the He family or the Fu family, as long as they can win the support of two of these three high-ranking officials, they will be able to win the auction for land lease this time.

For this reason, the three major families of Fu, Cha, and He all made a very detailed "study" of these three high-ranking officials.

First of all, two of the three high-ranking officials were Portuguese, and the other was a native of Macau, named Wang Zehui.

This Wang Zehui is also an outlier among the colonial officials of Macao, he is relatively fair and honest, does not accept bribes much, and his family is also well-known in Macao, and belongs to the kind of "scholarly family" who values reputation very much.

In addition, Wang Zehui's younger brother is also the CEO of a newspaper in Macau, and the relationship between the two is very good.

Once, in order to help the eldest brother clarify that there was no bribery incident, this small guy insisted on swiping the headlines of his newspapers and magazines for a week, and in the end, this kind of rumor was self-defeating, and the political opponent who wanted to hit Wang Zehui was even more found out and embarrassed.

Therefore, it can be seen that Wang Zehui has a certain amount of public opinion power at hand, which makes him even more difficult to control, and he is not a character who can be done with a little money.

Research has shown that this person is really difficult to start, and if he doesn't get it right, he will be self-defeating and put his reputation into it.

In the end, it was the other two high-ranking Portuguese officials who were easier to deal with.

Since the two high-ranking Portuguese officials were officials in Macao, they naturally had to follow the customs of the locals and adopt a name that was neither Chinese nor foreign, so as to get closer to the Macao citizens. The first one, originally named Eduardo Pradoco Eliho, was named "Ewenbo" after coming to Macau. Another named Christopher López named himself "Bai Jiade" in Chinese after coming to Macau.

First of all, the Cha family and the He family hit the idea on these two foreign devils, and they must grasp the vote in their hands.

......

In the early morning, the sun shines on the green palm trees, the leaves sway in the wind on the branches, and a sparrow falls on the top and chirps.

The door of the villa opened, and "Ai Wenbo", who is a high-ranking official in Macau, kissed his wife on the cheek, and then carried his briefcase, except for the door, his wife and eight-year-old daughter smiled and waved at him at the door.

"Oh God, what a morning!" said to himself.

Since being appointed as one of the three officials to approve the lease, Mr. Ai has begun to feel that everything has become better.

The beautiful white clouds, the clear blue sky, the breeze on his face, and the joyful birds all made him feel that life was so wonderful.

Outside, a black Bentley sedan was parked in front of the villa, and an honest-looking driver was waiting for him.

Seeing Ai Wenbo come out, the driver hurriedly walked forward, helped him carry the briefcase, and then helped him open the car door.

Ai Wenbo enjoys the feeling of being served, especially by these Chinese guys, and feels like he is superior and superior.

After getting into the car, Ai Wenbo casually picked up the morning newspaper prepared by the driver, and said, "Go to the Peony Teahouse." ”

The driver understood that Ai Wenbo didn't have breakfast at home tonight, and he was going to the most famous teahouse in Macau for breakfast.

So, the driver started the car and drove towards the Peony Tea House with ease.

......

The Peony Tea House is very famous in Macau, similar to the Dragon and Phoenix Tea House in Hong Kong, and there is "Dragon and Phoenix Opera Peony, the most amazing refreshments!"

The Peony Tea House is located near Avenida da Nova in Macau, not far from the most famous landscape in Macau, so the business is very prosperous, and many tourists who come to Macao to play like to come here to eat.

Ai Wenbo is an "old customer" here, and he is also a government official, even if there is no seat in the teahouse at this time, the owner of the teahouse still warmly lures him in, and then persuades a table of guests who have just sat down and have not ordered to leave.

Ai Wenbo looked at the guest who was persuaded to leave, and was satisfied, he was different, he was a person with a high status and high status, how could these people be compared with himself.

Sitting down, the owner of the teahouse took the initiative to order food for Ai Wenbo again, and Ai Wenbo ordered his favorite shrimp dumplings, barbecued pork buns, and egg tarts.

Although he is Portuguese, Ai Wenbo is most fond of these Macau delicacies, and even in the past few years as an official in Macau, he has also used chopsticks superbly, and his Macanese dialect is very authentic, if you don't look at his face, only listen to the accent, and think that he is a native of Macau.

Before the refreshments came up, Ai Wenbo habitually picked up the hot water and scalded the dishes and chopsticks in his hand.

This habit is also unique to Ai Wenbo, although he likes the food in this teahouse, he does not like the hygiene here, even if the hygiene here is already very good, he feels that it is not good enough.

Seeing him like this, the owner of the teahouse, who was in charge of ordering him, scolded disdainfully in front of the counter: "Ghost guy!" and then took the small steamer with the barbecued pork bun and prepared to serve it to Ai Wenbo.

At this moment, a hand stopped him.

"What are you doing?" the boss was stunned.

Stopping him was a young man with a rebellious attitude, took out a piece of money from his arms and stuffed it into him, then took the barbecued pork bun in his hand, and said, "I'll help you get on!"