After lunch, Li Xuan, accompanied by Mr. Huo Yingdong, visited the White Swan Hotel, which had not yet opened. Looking at the slightly haggard face of the old man in front of him, you can see that this cooperation is not going well.

Therefore, the PCB factory that Dongfang Electronics Company intends to invest in will never choose a joint venture, and if the mainland cannot choose a suitable location to build a factory, Li Xuan can also choose Singapore and Taiwan. If it weren't for the fact that the DS-2000 digital program-controlled switch market is mainly based on the mainland, Li Xuan would not have started a joint venture with the mainland now.

And for this project that is ready to make money in the mainland, Li Xuan's consciousness is also very high. In the communication equipment factory established in a joint venture with the Huhai Electronic Industry Company, as long as he can ensure that his interests are not harmed, he can give up his controlling interest and give up too much interference in the management of the factory.

After drawing a pie for a PCB project in Yuezhou, Li Xuan flew back to Hong Kong in the afternoon of the same day. After more than a week of release, the media's hype about Li Xuan, the world's richest man, finally slowly subsided. In particular, when the parties refused to accept positive interviews and were hard to find, many foreign journalists left Hong Kong one after another after sending out one or two special articles.

As for the local media in Hong Kong, they were attracted by another heavy news. Margaret Thatcher, riding on the Fukushima War (Falklands War), finally set off on her most important diplomatic trip of the year, to Beijing to discuss the Hong Kong issue with Chinese leaders.

"The stock market has fallen a bit fiercely recently, and it is about to fall below 800 points!" Xu Jiankui shook his head and said.

In fact, the Hong Kong stock market has been in decline since May, falling from 1,400 points all the way to below 1,000 points. But at the end of August, as the Hong Kong media hyped Thatcher's visit to China. I think that the Iron Lady will definitely be able to solve the future problem hanging over the heads of all Hong Kong people in one fell swoop. So the stock market started to rally again. It rose back to 1150 points.

As a result, Margaret Thatcher fell on Tiananmen Square, and the second generation explicitly rejected her proposal of "sovereignty for governance". He said that the Chinese government must take back Hong Kong in its entirety after '97.

The stock market is actually a market of confidence, and as the leaders of China and Britain disagreed over Hong Kong, the Hong Kong stock market immediately began to plummet. Along with the stock market, the land market has plummeted. In a land auction held by the Hong Kong government yesterday, more than 90 percent of the bids were unsuccessful, and only one of the 11 land parcels was sold at the reserve price without any competition, and the entire auction venue was silent.

"It's just the beginning, I guess it's going to fall for a while! I'll be here today, and I'll go to the Governor's Palace for a dinner party in the evening!" Li Xuan put the tennis racket aside and took a sip of water before saying. Almost an hour of exercise. made Li Xuan sweat profusely.

"Hehe, you can't run away from the world's richest man on this occasion, so I won't raise this kind of excitement. It's better to go to a nightclub and bring your sister to the refreshment!" Xu Jiankui said with a smile. The Xu family's family is still in the hands of the two uncles, and these juniors don't have much right to speak.

The first stop of Thatcher's trip to the East was a gray nose. After leaving Beijing, she went straight to Hong Kong, apparently to build momentum for the British government. Therefore, as soon as Thatcher arrived in Hong Kong in the morning, she decided to hold a banquet at the Governor's Palace tonight to listen to the voices of people from all walks of life in Hong Kong. And Li Xuan has been in the limelight recently. This kind of dinner party with a strong political color can't be avoided even if you want to.

As night fell, the Governor's House on Albert Road in Central was brightly lit up, and celebrities and elites from all walks of life in Hong Kong accepted the invitation. Dressed in a formal dress to attend the British Prime Minister's reception. The Hong Kong Police Force has deployed more than 1,000 police officers around the Hong Kong Governor's Office to carry out the most rigorous security plan.

When Li Xuan arrived with his wife, there were already many guests in the banquet hall. Everyone is staggered. Divided into small circles in groups of three or five, they talked softly with gentlemen.

Not far away. Han Peng raised his glass to his boss and smiled. Next to him stood Sir Christ Christopher Christopher of Standard Chartered Hong Kong Bank, Yang Lingjun, president of Jiahua Bank, and others. The Oriental system has become an important force that cannot be ignored in Hong Kong. Li Xuan is not the only one in the Eastern Group who was invited to attend the dinner tonight.

Li Xuan took a glass of white wine from the waiter beside him and prepared to walk towards them. But before he could take a step, a tall, white blonde man appeared in front of him with a smile.

"Hello, Mr. Lee, I'm Charles Hume, the editor-in-chief of The Times, and it's not easy to find you!" said Mr. Hume, who held out his hand very familiarly.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Editor-in-Chief Hume!" Li Xuan smiled and shook hands with the other party.

"Mr. Lee, you can call me Charles. Can I take this opportunity to give you a few minutes and give you a brief interview?" asked Hume.

"You ask, but I hope it won't be too many questions. After all, today's theme is Margaret Thatcher's reception dinner, and I can't take the lead!"

Charles Hume has been editor-in-chief of The Times for less than three months. His predecessor, Harold Evans, was fired less than a year after he took office after a bitter conflict with his boss, Mr. Murdoch, over a position on press freedom.

In the past two years, The Times has not been able to come out of the shadow of the suspension of the strike in seven or eight years, and its influence has been declining. Therefore, this time Thatcher's trip to the East, Charles Hume simply led the team to report. Previously, "The Times" had always wanted to do another interview with Li Xuan, but unfortunately it had not been able to do so.

Today, I happened to meet Li Xuan, who was not looking at the end of the dragon, and Hume, the editor-in-chief, had no choice but to pull down his face and ask for an on-site interview. After all, it would be a bit rude to make such a request on such a solemn occasion. But for the sake of sales, this is the biggest difference between Hume and his predecessor.

"Mr. Li, the people of Hong Kong have been very concerned about the negotiations between the Chinese and British governments recently. As the most prominent representative of Hong Kong's business community, what do you think about the fact that the Chinese communist regime categorically rejected the proposal to maintain the status quo in our hope of maintaining Hong Kong's prosperity and stability, and said that it would definitely take back Hong Kong by 1997?"

Hume did not raise issues related to Li Xuan's wealth, but closely followed the current political hotspot - Sino-British negotiations. This question involves taking sides, and you can't answer it randomly. Moreover, Li Xuan's attention is actually very high, and he has been noticed by many people since the moment he entered the banquet hall. During his conversation with the editor-in-chief of The Times, there were already a lot of people around him.

Li Xuan glanced around and found that there were editors-in-chief of "Sing Tao Daily" and "Oriental Daily" in the crowd, which means that what he said next might appear in Hong Kong newspapers tomorrow morning. But Li Xuan didn't have a trace of panic, and still had an indifferent smile on his face.

As early as the beginning when Li Xuan received the invitation, the think tank team behind him designed how to answer a series of difficult questions that might be asked in advance. For example, Hume's question is in the prediction of the think tank.

Li Xuan was originally prepared to respond to Thatcher's possible inquiries about him, but since the mainstream British newspapers threw the issue at him first, he took the opportunity to clarify his position to the public. After all, with his current status as high-profile as he was, it was only a matter of time before a similar question was asked.

"The future and destiny of Hong Kong is a major matter involving the vital interests of every Hong Kong person. In this major question of right and wrong, I think that the amount of wealth and the level of status are not the criteria for increasing one's decision-making. I may have more wealth than other Hong Kong citizens, but that doesn't mean I can speak out as a representative of Hong Kong's five million people.

I can only represent myself, just an ordinary member of the five million Hong Kong citizens with equal rights. I have noticed that Margaret Thatcher has invited elites from all walks of life in Hong Kong society tonight, but I also hope that Your Excellency the Prime Minister will listen more to the voices of ordinary citizens, who make up the majority of Hong Kong's population, during your stay in Hong Kong.

The views expressed by those present are only their own and have no right to represent others. The opinions of a few hundred people tonight are only a very inconspicuous fraction of Hong Kong's total population of 5 million! So whether I approve or disagree, it is only one vote out of 5 million. The voices of the majority of Hong Kong citizens deserve the attention of the Chinese and British governments!" Li Xuan said in a calm tone.

This is the answer designed by the think tank to Li Xuan, and the British government has always practiced meritocracy in Hong Kong, that is, using a small group of Chinese to govern the majority of other Chinese. For example, gentry institutions such as Heung Yee Kuk are still preserved in the New Territories, which are responsible for communicating with the Orang Asli people on behalf of the Hong Kong government.

One person, one vote, this is the core of the Western democratic-sovereign spirit. But in the 150 years that Hong Kong has been under British rule, there has never been any formal political election. The so-called members of the Legislative Council and the Executive Council are directly appointed by the Hong Kong Government and the Governor, rather than elected.

Therefore, Li Xuan's best excuse is that he cannot represent other Hong Kong people other than himself. If his opinion is just an ordinary vote among five million people, then it doesn't make much sense for him to choose no matter what. In this way, Li Xuan can avoid focusing on himself, and also cater to the majority of ordinary Hong Kong people.

"Mr. Li, you still haven't answered my question directly!" Hume said reluctantly.

"Does my point of view matter?" Li Xuan shook his head and said with a smile, "I don't think it's important! You must ask, I can only give you this answer, that is, I am willing to stand with the majority of Hong Kong citizens and support their voices!" (To be continued......)