Chapter 646: The Great Drama Begins
From a sad face to a smile on your face: how much filth is behind a meal?
This is the headline on the front page of the latest issue of Tian Tian Daily, and one of the protagonists of this report is none other than Little Kadoorie, who has been in trouble recently. As we all know, the Kadoorie family is now facing a huge crisis, and if the family is not careful, the ancestral property of three generations of the family business may fall into the hands of others.
As the heir of the new generation of the Kadoorie family, the responsibility of defending the control of CLP and the Grand Hotel Group fell on the head of the younger Kadoorie when his father and uncle were both old.
And his opponents this time, whether it is Li Jiacheng or Liu Ruanxiong, are not easy to match! Therefore, it is not surprising that little Kadoorie was captured by the reporter of "Tian Tian Daily" with a sad and depressed expression!
What really surprised the people who ate melons was that he still looked depressed and depressed a moment ago, but after just one meal, he suddenly became smiling and radiant!
Who has such superb ability to make little Kadoorie let go of the sorrow in his heart? Under the bold and blackened headline on the front page of "Tiantian Daily", among the three candid photos side by side, the last photo gives the answer very clearly!
In the photo, a gringo with gold-rimmed glasses is preparing to get on the bus, and anyone who knows anything about the high-level officials of the British authorities in Hong Kong will naturally recognize at a glance that the protagonist of the dinner with little Kadoorie in the photo is the current chief secretary of Hong Kong - Hodder!
In the political structure of the colonial government of Hong Kong, Chief Secretary is the chief deputy of the Governor of Hong Kong, and as the chief executive of the British government of Hong Kong, he is responsible for directing all civil servants in Hong Kong and carrying out various directives issued by the Governor of Hong Kong!
Before 1976, the position of Hong Kong's second-in-command was called Vice-Chief Secretary. And since 1976, when he changed his name to Chief Executive, Hodder is the fifth person to sit in this high position below one person and above five million people in Hong Kong!
Since taking office, His Excellency the Chief Secretary has always been the vanguard of the British Government in Hong Kong in speeding up the process of so-called democratization in Hong Kong! As the chief executive of the Hong Kong Government, he is also an ex-officio member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Although the Hong Kong Legislative Council has long been only a rubber stamp, it is the highest legislature in Hong Kong. Not long ago, Hodder deliberately threw out a draft of the so-called "Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Rights" at a meeting of the Legislative Council.
He declared that the five million citizens of Hong Kong have the right to demand that their own democracy and freedom not be violated! At first glance, His Excellency the Chief Secretary does not look like a bureaucrat, but more like a fighter for personal rights.
In fact, his purpose is nothing more than to dress himself and the British authorities in Hong Kong as the spokesman of democracy, so as to whitewash the image of Britain, the colonizer of Hong Kong's suzerainty!
It is a pity that it is very ridiculous that His Excellency the Chief Secretary for Administration has vigorously pushed other legislators to pass the so-called "Hong Kong Persons and Rights Bill" proposed by himself, and on the other hand, he has very arrogantly rejected the "Hong Kong Freedom of Information Bill" introduced by many members of the Legislative Council according to his bill.
You must know that the supervision of public opinion by the news media is an important cornerstone of Western democratic society! Therefore, the two reporters of the US "Washington Post" were able to pull Nixon off the US presidential throne.
And Fleet Street in the United Kingdom is famous throughout Europe, not to mention criticizing Downing Street, and even blaming Buckingham Palace is a common thing!
But all this is invalid in Hong Kong, because Hodder knows very well that if the Freedom of Information Act is indeed passed in Hong Kong, then it must be the British authorities in Hong Kong who will suffer first.
With legal protection, Hong Kong's local media will be able to interpret the authorities' work in an even more unscrupulous manner! This will be extremely unfavorable to him, the chief secretary of administration, and to the British government in Hong Kong!
From this point on, the hypocrisy of the British can be said to be exposed! Therefore, after the "Freedom of Information Act" was blocked by the strong opposition of His Excellency Chief Secretary Bu Ci, the Hong Kong media began to have a bad opinion of Hodder. Because this ghost guy has hindered the right of all Hong Kong reporters and editors to win the gold medal for avoiding death!
Therefore, after finally catching Hodder's pigtails this time, the reporters and editors of "Tiantian Daily" naturally chose to blacken His Excellency the Chief Secretary to death without hesitation!
In fact, even if "Daily Daily" does not deliberately guide, after seeing the three photos on the front page, the citizens who eat melons will subconsciously make up all kinds of pictures of power-money collusion!
It can only be said that the candid paparazzi of "Daily Daily" have a really good ability to catch the camera. No matter what little Kadoorie talked about during dinner with Hodder, the two photos of him captured by the "Daily Daily" with huge changes in his expressions are enough to make most readers believe that the two have an ulterior deal!
This kind of moral judgment of public opinion, although it cannot send Hodder to prison. But unless he can have strong evidence to clear his name perfectly, it is bound to deal a serious blow to Hodder's credibility in Hong Kong.
And the end of the article on the front page of "Tiantian Daily" is even more violent, directly and publicly reporting that Captain Hode is suspected of taking bribes and trading money and power. The article also questioned whether the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) would dare to show the courage to fight a few ghost tigers, in addition to shooting small flies such as Chinese civil servants?
This mobilized the emotions of the melon-eating masses all at once. If Hod was really pulled down by "Tiantian Daily", then this is the Hong Kong version of the "Watergate Scandal"!
And if Hod can still stand tall after suffering this turmoil! Then will this second high-ranking official in Hong Kong launch a fierce revenge on the "Daily Daily" and even the Asian Entertainment Group and the Oriental Group behind it!
You must know that not long ago, the God of Wealth Lee had just scolded the Governor of Hong Kong and the British government, and now his newspapers have begun to attack the Chief Secretary again.
It's going to be a real battle of the dragons!
Although most of the citizens who eat melons are puzzled why Li Xuan suddenly got into trouble with the Hong Kong government, this does not prevent the mood of the entire Hong Kong society from being stirred up all of a sudden!
Not long after the crowd of protesters in front of the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion dispersed, now this group of enthusiastic citizens and students spontaneously gathered again, shouting all kinds of slogans demanding the punishment of the corrupt official Hode, and directly occupied the gate of the Independent Commission Against Corruption!
"How do I feel about the recent atmosphere in Hong Kong, why is it suddenly so weird? The British seem to have suddenly become a street rat that everyone shouts at?" a young man with a single-lens reflex camera on his chest snapped a shot at the crowd of demonstrators who were negotiating with the police not far away, and then asked another older man next to him.
"Haha, you just found out, the news sensitivity is so low, how can you get out of the reporter's business!" The old man glanced at the young man and said with a smile.
"Do you think I like this kind of rainy job, not to mention the hard work, the salary is still low! When I have a few years of experience in the newspaper, I will switch to wedding photography!" The young man pouted and said, at first glance, he was not a good employee who did a line of love.
Do you know how much those three photos in the "Daily Daily" were worth a few days ago?"