As with many investiture ceremonies, in fact, in addition to Soong Chi-chiu, who will be awarded the title of Justice of the Peace, there are also some government officials of the British government in Hong Kong, as well as some non-governmental representatives, who will receive commendations from the government at the end of the year.

To put it bluntly, it is equivalent to a company holding a year-end summary at the end of the year, and at the same time electing some advanced individuals and model workers.

It's just that Song Zhichao, the "Justice of the Peace", is the finale of the home field, and the others are all foils.

Although it was a foil, the whole ceremony was also very solemn.

First of all, after the sound of the salute, the British flag bearers held a flag-raising ceremony, the honor guard came out, carrying guns, with the slogan of "left and right, left and right, left and right", walking the unique kicking and arm-throwing steps of the British Empire, a team of 18 people came to the flagpole in unison, stood still, paused, and stopped.

Immediately, the national anthem of the British Empire "God Save the Queen" was played, and the flag bearer was very skillful in hanging the rice-character flag symbolizing the sun never setting on the flagpole in the singing, and raised it with the national anthem.

At this time, everyone in the audience stood up, and a group of Hong Kong British government officials led by Hong Kong Governor Peng Dingkang even held out their chests and stomachs, raised their heads and stared, and saluted the rice flag.

As colonial tycoons, Li Chaoren, Lin Daheng, He Gambling Wang and others also stood up respectfully, looking at the rice flag.

Song Zhichao is not interested in Britain at all, but after all, this is people's home field, and he also stood up during the politeness, but he just looked at the rice flag and thought in his heart that this hated rice flag should be replaced in another year.

For Song Zhichao, he couldn't help but think of the return of Hong Kong in the previous life, the picture of the exchange of flags between China and Britain, one rising and one falling, the so-called empire on which the sun never sets, really declined at that moment.

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After the flag-raising ceremony, according to the usual practice, Hong Kong Governor Pang Tingkang will take the stage to speak.

As the last governor of Hong Kong, Lao Peng is actually quite bitter, seeing that he will hand over power in another year, and the people inside and outside the British government in Hong Kong are unstable.

Many people began to do things perfunctory, even if he explained it to the Governor of Hong Kong, it was possible to delay it, and to rely on it--- in a word, people's hearts were scattered, and the team was not easy to lead.

For the aspiring old Peng, at first he despised those guys who tried to make money at the last minute in Hong Kong.

Whether it is a friend, a colleague, or a subordinate, Peng Dingkang despises them. But as time went by, he despised and despised him, and Lao Peng's self-feeling deteriorated.

Even if Hong Kong is about to be handed over to Chinese mainland, why not break the jar, make a profit yourself, and then throw a mess to the other party?

Lao Peng felt that this idea was very feasible.

Getting money by yourself is secondary, the most important thing is to throw a mess to those Chinese Yankees, this is the key--- I love the British Empire, and this can be regarded as a dedication to the country, Lao Peng muttered to himself while counting the money he caught.

At this moment, on the ceremony stage, Lao Peng took the speech prepared by the female secretary for himself and began to make a speech with emotion.

First of all, looking back on the past, especially in the history of the British Empire's colonization of Hong Kong for so many years, how diligent the British worked in Hong Kong, and built a dirty and messy land into an oriental pearl in the Far East.

Immediately afterwards, Peng Dingkang reviewed a series of changes that have taken place in Hong Kong after he took over as the governor of Hong Kong.

In his own words: "Although he did not have much merit, he was also conscientious and made his due contribution to Hong Kong's financial and economic development." ”

This kind of shameless thing to put gold on his face can only be done by people like Lao Peng.

However, the audience also cheered, and there was applause immediately, and it was very warm.

This made Lao Peng, who was still a little blushing, feel very relieved, as if he had really made some great contribution to Hong Kong, rather than turning a pearl into a mess of economic stagnation, lax rule of law, waiting for the Chinese to clean up.

After talking about some of his achievements in office, according to the usual practice, Lao Peng began to look forward to the future--- of course, in his mouth, Hong Kong's future is also beautiful, and he hopes that the mainland can adhere to the "one country, two systems" and make Hong Kong a better tomorrow!

After saying this, Lao Peng got to the point very bureaucraticly, saying who he wanted to commend and who he would reward today, and asked everyone to work together for the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong.

Finally, after finishing the speech, the commendation and awarding began in accordance with the order of the award ceremony.

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The first to play was the director of the "Correctional Department" of the Hong Kong government--- a rosacea-nosed foreigner, with a big belly, no matter how you look at it, he looks like an alcoholic, not like a good person who teaches and educates.

But Peng Dingkang's evaluation of him is: "After many years in the Correctional Services Department, he has made remarkable achievements and awakened countless lost lambs...... Dedicated to the Correctional Services Department's work of persuasion...... A role model for all!"

Under Lao Peng's praise, the director was even more protruding, and his mouth was about to crack to the root of his ears.

Lao Peng presented him with a commendation certificate written in Chinese and English with the four big characters "Education without class".

Applause, this award is over.

Next on stage was a Chinese, and still a woman, thirty-three or four-year-old, wearing an old-fashioned gray women's professional suit, her hair was coiled behind her head, her temples were a little gray, and she looked a little haggard no matter how she looked.

Lao Peng's introduction to this lady is: "Ms. Chen Li Fangcui has always been on the front line of Hong Kong's transportation sector...... For the smooth operation of Hong Kong's transportation, I have worked hard day and night...... On behalf of the British Government of Hong Kong, I hereby commend him for his professional conduct......"

Lao Peng presented a big red certificate of award with the words "Royal Department of Transport of Hong Kong" to the lady Chen Li Fangcui.

There was applause from the audience again, much more applause than the pot-bellied rosacea guy before.

Everyone has a scale in their hearts.

The rosacea worked in the Correctional Services Department before, and the reason why he was able to be commended by the Hong Kong Governor's Office this time was entirely because of his "ghost" status.

As a colony, the people of Hong Kong are hierarchical.

The Chinese in Hong Kong have always been second-class citizens of the British Empire.

Only pure-blooded ghosts are privileged first-class citizens in Hong Kong.

Of course, there are also some people who are Hong Kongers, but they have British Empire passports, and they are commonly known as "two pancreas", stuck in the middle, and they can't go up or down.

For the British Empire, for the last Hong Kong Governor Peng Dingkang, the rosacea ghost is a first-class citizen, so no matter how little stain he has, how black the history is, and the crow falls on the pig, he can turn a blind eye, and he can also shamelessly award awards to the other party in front of so many people.

As for Ms. Chen Li Fangcui, to be honest, she is really conscientious in the transportation department, and her contributions are obvious to all, and it can be said that she deserves to receive the award this time.

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As the award ceremony progressed more than halfway, the "Justice of the Peace" awarding ceremony, which was the finale, was about to begin.

In the seat, when they learned that their son was about to take the stage to accept the title, father Song Haiming and mother Wang Jinfeng suddenly became excited.

You must know that when these old couple were in their hometown in the mainland, they had always been honest, and no one in the family had won awards or been commended.

In my impression, the most lively time for the Song family was that Song Haiming won the third place in the "technical training" organized by the refrigeration plant during the Chinese New Year--- and the factory rewarded half a pig's head.

Since then, no one in the Song family has won an award.

At the moment, they were excited and nervous--- in fact, they didn't understand why their son was so excited when he was only nominated as a "security captain" (Justice of the Peace).

Looking at the nervous Song Haiming and his wife, Hong Kong Governor Peng Dingkang intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Kang Yongren, who was sitting down in a very remote position.

Kang Yongren nodded at him.

Peng Dingkang had a plan in his heart, his face showed a touch of weirdness, his eyes turned to everyone again, and he said with a smile on the microphone in front of him: "Dear ladies and gentlemen, then the most exciting part of the following is here--- as we all know, what we are going to award next is the last title of Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong's history, so who will this rare honor be spent?"

His eyes swept around, and finally fell on Song Zhichao.

But for some reason, Song Zhichao only felt his heart jump suddenly, "Uh, something is wrong!"