Chapter 1555 - Returning the Favor
As an established monarchy, the United Kingdom has a very complex hierarchy of royal decorations.
From low to high, they are the Order of Merit (MBE), the Order of Officers (OBE), the Order of Command (CBE), the Order of Commander (KBE) and the Grand Cross (GBE).
Among them, only the two highest ranks, KBE and GBE, are considered knighthoods, and if they are not British citizens, in fact, no matter how high the rank is, it is only an honor.
Although most of the royal awards are honorary titles, this does not mean that honorary titles are as worthless as cabbage on the street.
On the contrary, the British royal family has very clear plans and indicators for each level of honors, even the lowest MBE, only a few dozen people are awarded every year.
CBE and KBE are two levels, and there are few people in a year.
As for GBE, this highest level of honor will basically come out in a few years or even more than ten years.
There are only two Chinese people in history who have been awarded the GBE so far, and both of them are outstanding politicians who have had great influence in Hong Kong's political circles.
Li Mu is the third Chinese and the only Chinese who is not from Hong Kong to be awarded the GBE.
How precious is GBE, just looking at the people who awarded GBE has not been significantly compared, take a look at the KBE of the first gear of GBE, the former richest Chinese Li Jiacheng is one of them.
Moreover, Li Jiacheng did not award the KBE as soon as he came up, he was awarded the CBE for 11 years before he was promoted and awarded the KBE of a higher level, as for the GBE, it is basically impossible.
However, it is unbelievable that Li Mu, as a young man in his early twenties, a Chinese entrepreneur in his early twenties, and a Chinese Internet person who set foot on British soil for the first time, should directly award the highest level of GBE.
Before Li Mu came, the queen was ready to award Li Mu the KBE, which was already outrageously high, but after Li Mu planned a broad road for William, the queen temporarily decided to repay Li Mu with a highest-level honor.
Prince Charles, originally had some doubts in his heart, thinking that it was too hasty to give the highest honor to a young man in his early twenties, and it was difficult to convince the public, but after listening to the queen explain the reasons why she thought Li Mu was worthy of the GBE title, he was immediately relieved.
Li Mu is a demonic character, and he may not be able to produce one in the past few decades, such a person is described as a genius, it is not excessive, and even genius is a little insufficient, because there are many people in the world who can be regarded as geniuses, but there is no one who can compare with Li Mu.
There is no doubt that Li Mu is the most outstanding entrepreneur today, and under his leadership, Makino Technology has grown rapidly with the impact of the Big Bang, which in itself is a super miracle in the business field, which even Bill Gates cannot compare, and Li Jiacheng, a rich man who has only developed in decades, is even more incomparable.
Moreover, Li Mu and Li Jiacheng are completely different, Li Mu has never done anything that harms the society and overdrafts social wealth for the sake of profit, but the latter is different, the latter has caused a very serious overdraft of social wealth when he is accumulating wealth at the speed of light in the real estate field, and even invented the concept of "shared area" of all evils, Li Mu has been trying to give back to the society, and the way of doing business between the two is diametrically opposed.
At this time, the entire royal family, the entire royal guard, and the photographers and videographers of the royal family were shocked by Li Mu's acquisition of the GBE title.
Anne Hathaway even thought she was dreaming.
Only the party Li Mu and his assistant Li Ziwei still don't understand what the Grand Cross of the British Empire represents.
Li Mu also thought that this thing was similar to an honorary bachelor, honorary lecturer or honorary professor of a university in China, so he didn't take it too seriously, he bowed to the queen calmly to express his gratitude, and then the queen pinned the medal to the left front of his suit with her own hands.
Then, the photographer stepped forward and said politely: "Your Majesty, Mr. Li Mu, please look at the camera and take a group photo for the two." ”
Li Mu naturally turned around and took a group photo side by side with the queen.
Then, the queen smiled and said, "Mr. Li, please wait a moment, I still have two medals for Miss Li and Miss Hathaway." ”
As soon as these words came out, Li Ziwei and Anne Hathaway were surprised, and Charles on the side immediately stepped forward and handed two exquisite gift boxes to the queen.
The queen smiled and waved her hand at Li Ziwei and Anne Hathaway, and the two came back to their senses, and after looking at each other, they came to the queen in a daze.
The queen opened one of the boxes, took out a cross medal with a red ribbon, and said to Li Ziwei: "Miss Li, thank you for all your efforts for Makino Technology, I believe that you are helping Mr. Li Mu to do a series of great things, which is not only of great significance to the world, but also very remarkable in itself, so you are completely worthy of this medal, I hope you can continue to work hard." ”
Li Ziwei was a little nervous all of a sudden, so she could only nod seriously and said to the queen: "Thank you for your affirmation, I will continue to work hard." ”
The queen nodded and smiled, placing the medal on her chest.
Later, the queen took out the same medal and said to Anne Hathaway, who was already trembling with excitement: "Miss Hathaway, you are a young and promising Hollywood movie star, I believe that you will continue to present more and better film and television works to audiences around the world in the future, I hope you can continue to work hard." ”
Anne Hathaway recognized this medal, this is the Commander Medal CBE, the third class Medal of Honor, even this medal is extremely rare, there are only a handful of people in Hollywood who can get MBE and OBE, let alone a higher level of CBE.
A qualification like Anne Hathaway is normally not even eligible for an award, even if it is the lowest MBE, it will take at least a few years and a few famous works to have a chance.
However, Li Ziwei is similar to Li Mu, and I always feel that it is an honorary title, and it should be a unified way for the royal family to give back to guests, which is similar to the honorary titles of various domestic institutions, so I don't really take it seriously in my heart.
Compared with the traditional award ceremony, Li Mu, Li Ziwei and Anne Hathaway's award ceremony is really simple and unprecedented, under normal circumstances, the queen stands here to give the award, there are at least dozens of hundreds of elites from all walks of life as an audience to watch the ceremony, the media throughout the UK will also flock to Buckingham Palace to record the grand award ceremony, and interview the awardee, like Li Mu, take the highest medal, but not even an audience, a media reporter, it is the first time.
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After the award, the queen warmly invited everyone to the banquet hall for luncheon, and Li Mu wore the dazzling knighthood Grand Cross and enjoyed a sumptuous luncheon with the entire royal family.
At the end of the luncheon, James, Prince William's personal butler, reported a set of data again, William's Titter about 3321 has now been read by more than 10 million people, and the number of voters has exceeded 150,000, and the situation is one-sided for him.
Moreover, all the mainstream television media in the country reported on this incident, and public opinion was correctly oriented, and the voice of voice and support for William's proposal became louder and louder.
Interestingly, several British Internet companies have rubbed hot spots on their official Titter, saying that they will invest huge manpower and material resources to develop the British version of 3321, and they will say that they will definitely develop a more comprehensive and practical version than 3321.
There is no doubt that William has become the only hot topic in Britain now, and the whole of Britain is discussing his topic, and everyone's favorability towards him has increased because of this incident, and William has begun to build the framework and prototype of opinion leaders.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Li Mu's original visit time was nearing the end, and he said apologetically to the queen and other members of the royal family: "Because I have to go to Manchester next, I have to start my journey, thank you for the invitation and hospitality of the royal family, and thank Her Majesty the Queen for her encouragement and affirmation of me. ”
The queen smiled and said: "Buckingham Palace will always welcome your arrival, any time, as long as you come to the UK, please contact us, we very much hope that you can stay at Buckingham Palace, let us do our best to entertain us, but this time I am afraid there is no chance, next time to Buckingham Palace, you must not go in such a hurry." ”
Li Mu hurriedly nodded in agreement.
He then said goodbye to each member of the team one by one, starting with the Queen, and William was the last in line.
When he finally said goodbye to William, Li Mu said to him: "If you have anything in the future, you can call me directly, if my phone can't get through, call Ziwei's phone, today's start is very good, and we must continue to maintain it in the future." ”
William immediately nodded solemnly and said, "Please rest assured, I will definitely do what you say, thank you Mr. Li, oh no, it's Mr. Li." ”
Li Mu smiled faintly and said, "There is no need to be so polite between the two of us, we are friends, not teachers and students." ”
After that, Li Mu said: "When you announce the introduction of 3321 into the UK, I will immediately send someone to provide technical support, and strive to quickly integrate the 3321 UK station online. ”
"Okay, don't worry, I will definitely do my best!" William's expression was full of gratitude, at this moment, his heart was indeed full of gratitude to Li Mu, in half a day, he got such a strong attention, almost embarked on a new turning point in his life, which was almost entirely thanks to Li Mu.
Li Mu said with a smile: "After the 3321 UK station is launched, I will go around China when I have time, and let the British people know more about China." ”
William agreed without hesitation and said, "When the time comes, I will definitely go to Huaxia to visit Mr. Li!"
"No problem. Li Mu stretched out his hand to him and said with a smile: "Then goodbye, thank you and other royal family members for your hospitality, I will definitely come back if I have the opportunity." ”