"Let's go, there is a cool breeze, and my brain is much clearer, if I don't leave, it will affect the business of other people's bosses!" Li Xuan smiled at the secretaries and bodyguards around him, and explained that he was inexplicably coming here in a daze, and then prepared to come down.

The roof of this Cai Kee seafood restaurant was transformed into an open-air seat by the boss. It's almost half past ten now, and in a little while there will be a lunch rush. It is said that the seafood at this restaurant is of good quality and inexpensive, and many diners in Yuen Long will drive over to eat. The private seat on the top of the building is naturally everyone's first choice, and you can also blow the sea breeze and enjoy the sea view while eating.

In fact, the owner of the restaurant does not know that the tidal flat, which is one or two hundred meters away to the left of his restaurant, is likely to become a large construction site in the next three to five years.

In his annual policy address to the Legislative Council in October last year, the Governor of Hong Kong, Mr Wilson, highlighted two major projects. One of them is to work with the Deep Sea Special Zone to build a sea-crossing bridge from Sha Kong Village in Tin Shui Wai to Shekou Peninsula across Deep Bay. When completed, the bridge will connect the electronics industry on both sides of Deep Bay, which is also an important part of Li Xuan's vision for the integration of China, Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

Another major project is the construction of a rapid rail rapid transit (LRT) railway connecting the city to the western New Territories. The Mass Transit Railway Company and the Kowloon-Canton Railway Company are required to submit their respective proposals to the Hong Kong government before October this year, and the Hong Kong government will organize a team of experts to review and evaluate and select the best plan for hiring.

The Western Railway will connect from Hung Hom in West Kowloon and along Sham Shui Po, Tsuen Wan and a tunnel across Tai Mo Shan to Yuen Long. After that, a branch line continues west to Tuen Mun. The other branch line goes north, leading to the Lok Ma Chau Border Checkpoint, which has been in operation for almost five years.

Before the Lok Ma Chau Port was commissioned, cargo traffic between Hong Kong and Shenzhen had to detour through the Man Kam To Port in the northern New Territories. With the deepening synergy between the electronics industry in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, freight logistics between Hong Kong and Shenzhen has begun to grow rapidly. The customs clearance capacity of the Man Kam To Port began to be unable to keep up with the demand, so as soon as the dust settled on the Sino-British negotiations in '84, the British Government of Hong Kong began to negotiate with the Deep Sea Special Administrative Region on various matters relating to the construction of the Lok Ma Chau Port.

Construction of the new customs clearance port started in 1985 and was successfully put into use in 1987. Only one month after the opening of the Lok Ma Chau Port, it immediately replaced Man Kam To as the largest port of entry and exit for goods vehicles in Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

In another time and space, the Lok Ma Chau port would actually take two years late to open. As for the West Rail Line, if it were not for the appearance of butterflies such as Li Xuan, the design and planning of this light rail connecting the New Territories West and the urban area would not have started until 95.

Of course, these tremendous changes are naturally inseparable from the cooperation of the Hong Kong-British authorities. Although Li Xuan had bombarded Wilson before, the current governor of Hong Kong was not a difficult figure to deal with. But at least he didn't come to Hong Kong with a heart set out to oppose China, like his successor Chris Patten in another time and space!

And Li Xuan's relationship with the other party really began to get closer and closer, after Prime Minister John Major visited China at the end of the 90s.

Normally, after the first term of office, the Governor is usually re-elected by the British Government as a sign of recognition of the Governor's achievements. Therefore, Wilson always thought that he would stand the last shift in the East for Her Majesty the Queen, and then retire with honor.

After all, by the end of his first term in '92, there were only three years left before his retirement age of 65, and only five years before Hong Kong returned to China. But after Prime Minister John Major's visit to China, Wilson soon found that his idea seemed impossible because he had already been blacklisted as prime minister.

This forced Wilson to start thinking about his retirement plan in advance! After retiring or leaving office, Western officials usually do not really start to enjoy their old age in peace, but most of them turn around and join a certain company to take up an idle position, and then continue to receive a high salary. In fact, this is one of the most typical ways for European and American politicians to cash out their rights!

Wilson is no exception, and he doesn't want to live on his pension alone. So a Hong Kong company interested in exploring the European market took the initiative to find him through an intermediary.

The other party hopes that after his retirement, Wilson can serve as a special advisor to the company's overseas marketing department, and use his profound knowledge in the field of international relations to help the company better gain a foothold in the European market. And the middleman who found Wilson was none other than Hawke, the former chairman of Aikang.

Hawke himself came from an upper-class background in London, and after abandoning business and politics, he quickly joined the Conservative Party and became a new member of the British House of Commons through a by-election.

The British Parliament is divided into two houses, the House of Lords, often referred to as the House of Lords, because the House of Lords is not mostly elected, but is composed of more than 600 hereditary nobles. You must know that there are only more than 1,000 hereditary nobles in the whole of Britain, excluding those who are under the age of 25, or are financially bankrupt and do not meet the requirements for selection as a member of the Lords, almost most of the qualified hereditary nobles are easy to become members of the Lords as long as they are willing.

However, although the House of Lords is respectable, its powers and responsibilities are very light, and it is almost impossible to influence the formation of the government. Almost all cabinet positions, including the prime minister, have long been held by elected members of the House of Commons. So in order to participate in the election, Hawke gave his hereditary baronial title to his son in advance, and then joined the Conservative Party as a commoner!

The reason why Li Xuan chose Hawke to become the first CEO of Aikang Company was to a large extent because he was good at dancing in the British political and business circles. Li Xuan's many tacit transactions with British politics over the years were also completed by Hawke.

Therefore, Hawke decided to resign from Aikang Company and participate in the by-election of the House of Commons, and Li Xuan must have strongly supported it and took the initiative to provide a large amount of campaign funds. It can be said that Hawke is Li Xuan's number one spokesman in the British Conservative Party.

In addition to communicating with Wilsson, Hawke also helped Li Xuan in London to actively select the next governor of Hong Kong. After the turmoil at Hong Kong's new airport, Major's original intention was to send a tougher new governor to replace Wilson who was about to expire, which was not in Li Xuan's interests.

History has a very interesting scene at this moment, the first person in the Conservative Party to stand up and persuade Major is his good friend and Conservative Party chairman Chris Patten. In another time and space, Wilson's successor was supposed to be Chris Patten, but now he himself took the initiative to recommend another candidate to the Prime Minister for the last governor of Hong Kong.

1992 was a big year for global politics, with the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to be held at home, and the presidential election to be held in the United States and parliamentary elections to be held in the United Kingdom. As the incumbent chairman of the Conservative Party, Patten needs to coordinate the election of the entire Conservative Party.

Democratic elections in the West have always been a political game with special money. In particular, after the Conservative Party has been in power for 12 consecutive years, it has been challenged very strongly by the opposition Labour Party in this general election.

Due to a series of mistakes by the Conservative Party itself, the support of the opposition Labour Party has not been much less than that of the Conservative Party since May became prime minister! Therefore, this year's British general election will be a fierce and protracted battle, and the pressure on Patten is naturally very huge.

He desperately wants more campaign money to help the Conservatives advertise more and hold more campaign rally. So when a big financier like Li Xuan knocks on the door with a lot of pounds, let alone a mere position of governor of Hong Kong, even if it is a greater interest appeal, he will not hesitate to agree.

Because Patten and Major are not deep enough in the Conservative Party, once they cannot lead the Conservative Party to victory in this election, his party chairman and Major will be instantly detained, and their political future will be immediately ended. In the situation that taking a step back is a cliff, Major ignored the automatic door-to-door owner to drive away!

What's more, it is not only Hawke, a new MP, who has spoken out for Li Xuan, but the political donations he has sown in the UK over the years are not in vain. Major offered a candidate for governor of Hong Kong in exchange for party unity, which is not a difficult deal to decide.

So in the list of honors on New Year's Day this year, Wilson was officially canonized by the queen as a lifetime nobleman. At the same time, Downing Street also announced that Wilson will not be re-elected after the end of this term, but will be replaced by Mak Ruobin as Governor of Hong Kong.