Chapter 231: An Interesting Scene
After Peng Fei left Li's house, he wrote a report overnight and sent it to Beijing. The British Crown Prince's visit to Hong Kong is by no means an ordinary thing. As a rule, when members of the British royal family visit Hong Kong, the Hong Kong government will inform the Xinhua branch in advance.
Hong Kong is a sensitive issue for both China and the UK, and the mainland government has never recognized the legitimacy of British colonial rule over Hong Kong. The last time Queen Elizabeth II visited Hong Kong in 1975, she was met with strong protests from the Chinese side.
Before 1949, Hong Kong was not so important in the empire on which the sun never set, and British dignitaries rarely paid attention to Hong Kong. After 1949, in order to avoid provoking the mainland government, the British royal family and cabinet visited Hong Kong very rarely.
This time, Crown Prince Charles visited Hong Kong, and the Chinese side did not receive advance notice from the Hong Kong government. Now is a sensitive moment when the issue of Hong Kong's future is becoming increasingly prominent, and Peng Fei will never believe that the other party has no hidden political purpose, but simply came to attend Li Xuan's wedding.
In addition to reporting to the central authorities a series of explanations of the situation obtained from Li Xuan, Peng Fei's report also submitted an application to the central authorities for the integration of the intelligence system in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government did not greet the Xinhua Branch, and the Xinhua Branch's own intelligence network failed to obtain this important information in advance.
Before the end of the sixties, the mainland's infiltration of the Hong Kong government was very successful, and the mainland knew almost everything about the Hong Kong government. However, after 196-7, due to the influence of the "leftists" in the mainland, a large number of middle- and high-level intelligence agents in the Hong Kong government were exposed one after another in a series of untimely struggles, and the entire Hong Kong intelligence network was dealt a destructive blow.
Since then, the Xinhua branch in Hong Kong has been almost blind. It is only possible to collect some public information through public channels such as television and newspapers. In recent years, although the Xinhua branch has been working hard to rebuild its intelligence network, it has been strictly screened by the Hong Kong government's administrative department. The results achieved have been limited.
In the past, in order to strengthen the intelligence collection work in Hong Kong, the Central Government had its own intelligence system, except for the Xinhua Branch. Chinese-funded enterprises and the military in Hong Kong also have their own news channels in Hong Kong. However, multiple channels have not been able to improve the overall quality of intelligence, and on the contrary, there are often embarrassing situations where informants sell the same intelligence to three companies.
Peng Fei has always been interested in integrating the mainland's entire intelligence network in Hong Kong, and the problems exposed by this incident have given him an excellent reason. The report he sent to Beijing was immediately put on the desks of the relevant leaders, and Peng Fei was also notified two days later to fly back to Beijing to report on his work.
Although Li Xuan was troubled that his wedding was forced to add some political colors, these VIPs who were killed halfway had to be properly arranged. Li Xuan's wedding venue was set as early as the beginning of the year, and Li Xuan's wedding at the five-star hotel under the Zheng family, the Regent Hotel, was called by Hong Kong newspapers after the wedding of the Huo family in 1978. Another luxurious wedding of the century in Hong Kong.
The place where the wedding banquet is held is naturally one of the focuses of everyone's attention. Many of Hong Kong's most famous hotels, including The Peninsula and Mandarin Hotel, have been interested in hosting Li Xuan's wedding, as it is an excellent time to expand their popularity. Zheng Yutong even personally invited Li Xuan to dinner, saying that his Renaissance Hotel or Regent Hotel was willing to fully cooperate with the Li family to host the wedding.
Li Xuan naturally wanted to sell shark guts to save face, so he finally chose the wedding banquet venue at the Regent Hotel. Of course, one of the most important reasons is because the Regent Hotel has the largest ballroom in Hong Kong. The main ballroom of the Regent Hotel alone. It can accommodate up to 1,300 guests. Li Xuan's wedding banquet is estimated to be more than 300 tables, in addition to the main banquet hall, the remaining 11 multi-functional banquet halls and conference halls will be filled. At the same time, the Li family also chartered all 503 rooms of the Regent Hotel to receive guests from all walks of life.
But the Vice President of the United States, the Crown Prince of the United Kingdom. These unexpected super heavyweight guests made Li Xuan have to disrupt his previous plan. At least the Regent Hotel is not suitable for these two distinguished guests. So Li Xuan could only urgently contact the Peninsula Hotel and the Mandarin Hotel, and respectively booked the presidential suite to receive these two distinguished guests.
The Peninsula is one of the oldest hotels in Hong Kong. It is also the most famous hotel in Kowloon, and it is very suitable for hosting Mr. Crown Prince. The Mandarin Hotel, located on Hong Kong Island on the other side of Victoria Harbour. One of the finest five-star hotels in Asia, it has long been the go-to destination for celebrities from all walks of life in Hong Kong. The reception of the Vice President of the United States was also chilling.
As for Jiang Dagongzi from Taiwan, Li Xuan booked a luxurious presidential suite for him in another five-star hotel, the Renaissance Hotel, which also belongs to the New World Center complex. He deliberately didn't arrange these people in the same hotel, even if they did something in private, it would be a lot of trouble.
There is still a week before the wedding, and Li Xuan has already put down all the work at hand and entered the state of the groom. The tedious process of an ultra-luxurious wedding is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and the size of the wedding planning team alone is as many as 50 people.
There are four groomsmen and bridesmaids, and Li Xuan has put a lot of effort into getting together the four groomsmen. Li Xuan has risen too fast, and with his current identity and status, there are really not many people who are worthy of being his best man. can be regarded as his real brothers and buddies, only his roommate Lin Yuhao in college. As one of the richest people in Hong Kong, the son of Lin Guitai, he also has a very suitable background.
In addition, Li Xuan also invited Bush Sr.'s youngest son, Marvin Bush, who is now the director of the computer park company, to be his best man. The eldest son's family came to Hong Kong to attend the wedding, and the younger son came to be the best man, so there is really no need for Bush, the vice president, to come to Hong Kong.
Two groomsmen are a little small for a luxurious wedding banquet with a few hundred tables. So Xu Jiankui specially recommended his cousin Xu Jianheng and called him back from the United States to be Li Xuan's best man. The husband of the most beautiful Hong Kong sister in the future, although he is still a little young now, but he grew up in the demeanor and temperament of the Xu family, which is naturally first-class.
Xu Jianheng's father, Xu Shixun, intended that his son get along with the "God of Wealth Li" more, so he naturally agreed to this matter by default, so Li Xuan did not refuse. But the three groomsmen are the base number, and they definitely need to be made up to an even number.
But this fourth best man is really a bit difficult to give birth, and within Dongfang Electronics, where Li Xuan communicates the most, all the executives have already started a family. In Hong Kong's circle, those who are qualified to sit on an equal footing with Li Xuan are celebrities and rich people like Xu Shixun who are dozens of years older than him.
Xu Jiankui can recommend a few more rich children to him, but it is enough for Li Xuan to accept one Xu Jianheng, and it is better to let other strangers be his best man, it is better to choose one from within the Eastern Group. So the most interesting scene in the history of Hong Kong weddings appeared - the best man audition. (To be continued......)
ps:There was no update yesterday.,There's only one chapter today.,This month's state is very poor.,I feel embarrassed to listen to it!