Chapter 230: Communicate in advance

Peng Fei looked around, the Li family's mansion on the top of the Taiping Peak had a European-style appearance, but he didn't expect that the living room inside was completely Chinese-style classical style. For example, above the pair of antique official hat chairs opposite him, there was a calligraphy with a four-foot banner.

Judging from the inscription, this is the calligraphy master Mr. Qi Gong, who came to Hong Kong Chinese University last year to visit the ink treasure. The content of calligraphy is Du Fu's famous five-law "Traveling Night Book". On the front wall of the living room, there is a landscape painting of Mr. Zhang Daqian.

Speaking of Zhang Daqian, he and Qi Baishi can be regarded as the two most famous masters of Chinese painting in modern times. However, Zhang Daqian has been living abroad since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the central government has repeatedly urged him to return to the mainland to settle down, but he has been indifferent. When Zhang Daqian lived in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Xinhua Branch also did a lot of united front work on behalf of the central government, but Zhang Daqian chose to settle in Taipei in 1976, which made the Xinhua Branch feel a great loss of face.

When Li Xuan entered the door, Peng Fei was carefully admiring Zhang Daqian's freehand work of splashed ink landscape. This "Lotus Appreciation" was auctioned by Li Xuan at Sotheby's auction last year for 140,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Compared with the "Love Trace Lake" that sold for tens of millions of dollars in later generations, and even sold for 100.8 million yuan, the price of Zhang Daqian's works in the early 80s has not been very outrageous, and the hammer price is mostly between 50,000 and 100,000 Hong Kong dollars. As the so-called gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times, investing in art is definitely a good way to maintain value. Since last year, Li Xuan has successively won dozens of works by Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong and other famous artists.

"President Peng, I take the liberty to invite you over today, there are some things that need to be communicated with the domestic side!" Li Xuan said with a wry smile.

"Oh, I don't know what's going on?" Peng Fei couldn't help but be a little more curious when he saw Li Xuan's face as if he had eaten Coptis chinensis, his brows were tightly locked.

"Is Vice President George Bush of the United States going to visit the mainland in May?" asked Li Xuan.

"Vice President Bush will pay a state visit to China from May 7 to 9!" Peng Fei nodded, this is not a secret. The specific itinerary of George W. Bush's visit has been negotiated between the two sides, and the foreign ministries of the two countries have also made public announcements not long ago.

"Before President Bush returns to the United States, he will stop by Hong Kong to attend my wedding on the 10th!" Li Xuan said.

Peng Fei's face changed slightly, he didn't receive the news. The Chinese and British governments had already begun to wrestle over the future of Hong Kong, when the vice president of the United States, Britain's staunchest ally and the world's number one hegemonic power, suddenly appeared in Hong Kong.

Did he just attend Li Xuan's wedding in his private name, or did he have some other special political meaning? Peng Fei had the urge to immediately return to the headquarters of the Xinhua Branch and immediately report the unexpected news to the Central Committee, but Li Xuan's next words shocked him even more.

"In addition to Vice President Bush, His Royal Highness Charles the British Crown Prince also called me back yesterday, and he will bring his wife, Princess Diana, to Hong Kong to attend my wedding!" Li Xuanshi said in shock.

Peng Fei's face suddenly became heavy, and Prince Charles, the second most important person in the British royal family after Queen Elizabeth, suddenly decided to come to Hong Kong at this somewhat sensitive moment. Peng Fei never believed that the other party was simply coming to attend the wedding of the "God of Wealth Li" in front of him.

Sure enough, Li Xuan quickly explained: "Prince Charles's call back surprised me personally. Although I received an invitation from the British royal family last year to attend the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana in London. But in fact, I don't have a deep personal relationship with His Royal Highness Charles, on the contrary, he is a good friend of Baron Hawke, the CEO of Akon Computer Company!"

Li Xuan's meaning has been said very bluntly, the real purpose of the other party's coming to Hong Kong is never to make a special trip to attend his wedding. His relationship with the British crown prince is not yet familiar to such a journey. In fact, Li Xuan and His Royal Highness Charles have only met once or twice, and the words they have said together will not exceed twenty.

Li Xuan and his biggest intersection is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's private investment fund participated in the investment in Aikang before the company was listed, and as the stock price of Aikang soared after the listing, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also made a lot of money. Li Xuan didn't think that this alone would make Charles come to his wedding. You must know that as the crown prince of the Kingdom of Great Britain, Charles needs to participate in various political activities.

Li Xuan continued: "Actually, before I got a reply from Vice President Bush, I had already invited His Excellency Vice President's eldest son, Mr. Walker Bush, to attend my wedding.

And Walker happily told me that he would bring his wife and twin daughters to Hong Kong together! I thought Walker would be the plenipotentiary of His Excellency the Vice President, but I didn't expect to receive an official call back from President Bush's office so soon!"

Peng Fei's brows furrowed even deeper, and he seemed to understand the meaning of Li Xuan's words. It seems that there is no need for Bush Sr. to attend Li Xuan's wedding in person, and he can completely let his son be his representative. After all, as the vice president of the United States, his every move will attract a lot of attention.

"Also, the eldest son of Mr. Jiang Xiao, His Excellency Jiang Xiaowu, should also come to Hong Kong!" Li Xuan continued.

Peng Fei shook his head with a wry smile, I don't know how this "God of Wealth Li" and the Jiang family got involved? If Peng Fei is not mistaken, the person in front of him has only been to Taiwan once in total so far, and he still accompanied his current fiancée Zhong Chuhong to attend the Golden Horse Award ceremony.

Peng Fei remembered correctly, Li Xuan had indeed only been to Taiwan once, and it was at last year's Golden Horse Awards that he and Zhong Chuhong met the eldest son of the Jiang family. At that time, the boom caused by Dongfang Semiconductor's investment in the construction of a wafer factory in Taiwan had just subsided, and Jiang Dagongzi was also a little curious about him, the big boss of Dongfang Electronics Company, so he took the initiative to get acquainted.

Jiang Xiaowu was the general manager of China Broadcasting Corporation at the time, and Zhongguang was the controlling shareholder of Taiwan's China Television. Under the promotion of Jiang Xiaowu, China Television and Hong Kong ATV launched a series of cooperation. Prior to this, ATV had just launched a series of cooperation with CCTV in the mainland to produce programs and co-produce TV dramas.

ATV has also become a special case in Hong Kong, cooperating with the north but not being blocked by Taiwan. Of course, this is mainly based on Li Xuan's face, after all, Dongfang Semiconductor's investment in Taiwan last year added a lot of points to it. But even so, Li Xuan did not have much communication with the Taiwan government, and he actually met with Jiang Dagongzi last year. On the contrary, Zhong Chuhong, who has now become the vice president of ATV Group and the general manager of Asian film and television production company, has more exchanges with Jiang Xiaowu.

"Li Sheng, if there are other important people who will also attend your wedding, you can say it all at once, and I am worried about it!" Peng Fei has calmed down after the initial worry, and he is in the mood to make fun of the young man in front of him who has impressed him again and again.

The vice president of the United States and the crown prince of the United Kingdom, two such heavyweight guests can appear at a wedding, no matter what purpose the other party has, the energy of the "God of Wealth Lee" in front of him is indeed not simple. It's just that I don't know when he got close to the US vice president's family, and how did he get in touch with Taiwan's Chiang family?

By the way, the latest information in the society shows that Taiwan's China Television intends to introduce the program copyright of "Who Can Become a Millionaire" from ATV, and the controlling party of China Television is Taiwan's China Broadcasting Corporation, and Jiang Xiaowu happens to be the general manager of China Broadcasting Company. Peng Fei quickly clarified his thoughts, the Xinhua Branch's attention to Li Xuan was already very high, but now it seems that there are still many omissions.

After coming out of the Li family's mansion, Peng Fei couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Further increasing attention to Li Xuan in the future is something that the Xinhua Branch will definitely do in the future. But he is now speculating about the reason behind Vice President Bush's visit to Hong Kong to attend Li Xuan's wedding.

Li Xuan was also very helpless in this regard, in the eyes of outsiders, it was naturally a very proud thing to have such a VIP to attend his wedding. He could even guess that in Hong Kong in May, all the media would surely have a news on the occasion of his wedding.

But when it comes to Li Xuan's level, there is no need to pass the dignity of the guests to highlight the extraordinary strength of his strength. Even if Vice President Bush and Crown Prince Charles do not come, who in Hong Kong will dare to underestimate him, the "God of Wealth, Lee." He has a fortune of more than 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, and any one of his decisions can affect the development of the entire Hong Kong electronics industry, and any new topic related to him can bring a big hit to the newspaper.

It can be said that Li Xuan's influence in Hong Kong is terrifying enough, and there is no need for others to endorse him. On the contrary, the arrival of these uninvited guests brought a lot of trouble to Li Xuan. For example, he must communicate with the mainland as soon as possible to avoid misunderstandings.

And the purpose of the British crown prince to come to Hong Kong is obviously that the drunkard does not mean to drink. Diana is known as a commoner princess and is wildly sought after all over the world, and Hong Kong is no exception. She, such a popular princess, suddenly appeared in Hong Kong with her husband. Bringing beautiful love fairy tales to Hong Kong can undoubtedly bring the British royal family closer to the general public in Hong Kong.

Li Xuan even wondered if the reason why Prince Charles came to Hong Kong to attend his wedding was specially arranged by the Iron Lady behind the scenes?

If Charles hadn't come to Hong Kong under the pretext of attending Li Xuan's wedding, Li Xuan would definitely sit firmly in Diaoyutai and watch the excitement. But now Li Xuan has to be involved in these troubles, which is really not a good thing!R1152