Chapter 635: Li, the God of Wealth who wants to brush up his prestige
"Li Sheng, I am really ashamed of your praise like this!" Zhong Siyuan smiled heartily on the phone.
"Mr. Zhong has been involved in Hong Kong's public service since 1960, and his achievements in the past 30 years, I call you 'the conscience of Hong Kong politics', which is completely deserved!
Now that Hong Kong is in the most special period, how can we ensure that Hong Kong's prosperity and stability will not be affected by changes in the external situation? It is precisely because people of insight like you, Mr. Zhong, need to actively stand up and raise their voices on behalf of the 6 million Hong Kong citizens!" Li Xuan also said politely.
His speech at CUHK yesterday unsurprisingly caused an uproar throughout Hong Kong and Kowloon. Li Xuan not only directly labeled Zheng Lianru, Li Feipeng, and others with an obvious pro-British stance as "Hong Kong-traitors" and "spiritual British", but also turned out the old accounts of the May Day Massacre and the Shaji Massacre 65 years ago, and branded the British as executioners with many crimes!
At least the entire Hong Kong media circles have gone crazy, and the paparazzi reporters who have not appeared outside the gate of Li Xuan's house for a long time have begun to frantically surround Li Xuan again.
Although Li Xuan's Asia Satellite TV has been constantly criticizing the policies of the British authorities in Hong Kong in recent years. But the political position of the Eastern Bloc and Li Xuan himself has always been very vague before this!
This is also a common practice for most of Hong Kong's wealthy people, after all, in the process of wrestling between China and Britain, whoever favors will offend the other. So it's better to have mud on both sides, and you can also enjoy the benefits of the left and right!
However, Li Xuan's very sudden voice this time and his clear stance made people who knew something about him wonder if the "God of Wealth Li" had been lowered by someone? Therefore, since yesterday, the telephone at Li Xuan's home has not been disconnected, and many people want to find out the news from him in person.
Li Xuan's approach seems reckless, but in fact it is not as unwise as outsiders think!
First of all, Li Xuan seized the moral high ground, and it was difficult for the opponent to clear his name. For example, the May Massacre and the Shaji Massacre, the bloody facts are there!
In order to let their readers better understand the historical background, many newspapers and periodicals have deliberately set aside a lot of pages in today's layout to review the May Day Massacre and the Shaji Massacre and the entire cause and effect!
How are the British going to wash their white?
Is it really as Li Xuan said, that the governor of Hong Kong should personally come forward to make a public apology? Not every politician has the courage of German President Brandt.
Brandt's shocking kneeling in front of the monument to the victims of the Jews in Poland made the whole world forgive Germany! But what is particularly ridiculous is that Poland, which should have been the other protagonist in the incident, still refuses to forgive!
Brandt's kneeling is actually far less sincere than the media advertises. At that time, the negotiations between Germany and Poland were in a difficult situation because of the issue of war reparations. So in order to win diplomatic sympathy, Brandt came up with the idea of kneeling on his knees in the Oriental style to redeem himself for Germany!
However, Britain was not a defeated country, and since it replaced Spain as the new empire on which the sun never sets, the British Empire has not tasted a single defeat for nearly two or three hundred years! Although the throne of the world's number one power was snatched away by the United States, it was also a non-war crime, and who let the main battlefields of the two world wars take place in Europe!
If Britain now apologizes for the few lives lost in the May Day Massacre and the Shaki Massacre, what will happen to the countless souls who have died in the centuries-old colonial history of the British Empire?
And do you think that the whole thing is as simple as a verbal apology? If you admit that you were wrong, then you are obliged to bear the responsibility for the follow-up! The issue of war reparations between Germany and Poland has not been thoroughly sorted out until now. How could the British be stupid enough to open a Pandora's box for themselves!
As a matter of fact, Li Xuan really prepared this kind of back-up, and he had already found several immediate family members of the victims of the tragedy! As long as His Excellency the Governor had the courage to come out and apologize, Li Xuan would secretly fund them to go to London to fight a lawsuit and claim compensation from the British government!
Therefore, if His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong does not want to make trouble for the local judges, he can only obediently put on the hat of "executioner"! Of course, the British authorities in Hong Kong are not without means of counterattack, for example, they can find fault with the Eastern Bloc! Charges such as tax evasion, illegal business operations, and suspected monopolies are all very good excuses for dealing with the Eastern Bloc!
It is a pity that Li Xuan is not an ordinary businessman, and his subordinate Oriental Group is one of the largest multinational corporations in the world.
For multinational giants, friction with governments is only part of their daily operations! They don't dare to wrestle with the government, so how can you be embarrassed to call yourself a multinational company!
Aren't the British anxious to promote democracy in Hong Kong? And in a democracy-dominated society, the best measure of how much democracy a person can enjoy is how much lawyer fees you can afford!
Taking the United States, the beacon of democracy, as an example, black suspects are often sentenced much harsher than white suspects when they commit the same crime! Some people say that this is racial discrimination, but in the final analysis, it is actually money discrimination!
White middle-class families can afford to spend more money and get a better lawyer to defend them. The gold medal lawyers of those well-known law firms are not fighting alone!
His assistants and trainee solicitors would analyze the evidence provided by the plaintiff word by word, sentence by sentence, and find ways to find loopholes to invalidate the evidence. They will also find similar judgments in the most favorable favor of the defendant from the vast number of past precedents, so as to give the judge a reason for a lenient sentence.
Black families who don't have money can only choose the pro bono lawyers provided by the courts! This kind of person is either a rookie lawyer who is just starting out to brush up his resume and add experience points. Even if there are some old fritter lawyers, they are here to brush up their prestige and mix up for a long time, in order to make their public image taller!
The former is not strong enough, and the latter is absent-minded, so naturally it is impossible for them to be the opponents of the battle-hardened prosecutors! Therefore, it is also a very normal result for the black suspects to be sentenced harshly and severely!
And the Eastern Bloc's huge legal department and the appalling annual legal expenditure are enough for it to enjoy the highest level of democracy on the planet! Not to mention that democracy is the opposite of efficiency!
Have you ever seen a lawsuit filed by a multinational corporation that can be resolved by dividing it by dividing it by two? Regardless of whether it can win or not, the Eastern Bloc can at least drag on the lawsuit long enough! Because time is on Li Xuan's side, it is very likely that the British will have already left Hong Kong before the lawsuit can be concluded!
Therefore, as long as the Hong Kong and British authorities dare to find trouble from the Eastern Group, Li Xuan will dare to have a reverse encounter, and use the excellent boss of the Hong Kong and British authorities to brush the prestige of the Oriental Group in Hong Kong to the highest level of reverence!