Chapter 491: The British's Wooing

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When Wei Xiong went to England the year before, he met Prince Charles and Princess Diana, who were also vacationing there, at Caracat Manor.

After that, we had a dinner party.

Compared with Prince Charles, who always looks like an English gentleman and makes people feel at a distance, Princess Diana feels better for Wei Xiong.

He admires this woman, who is famous in Britain and even internationally.

Since marrying Prince Charles, Princess Diana has devoted herself to charity, and charity work has played an important role in her life.

She is a patron or president of several charitable organizations.

These include London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for children, which treats sick children, and the Royal Marsden Hospital, which specialises in cancer, among others.

Diana also made several trips to North Africa.

Visits to charity hospitals, schools, charities, fundraisers, etc., have improved the lives of many of the people she visits.

There is no doubt that Princess Diana was a beautiful woman and smiled very relatablely.

If he remembers correctly, the current Princess Diana should have separated from Prince Charles, but the marriage between the two would last until 1996.

Then, almost a year later, he died in a car accident in France at the age of 36.

However, the attention that Princess Diana received did not disappear because of the loss of her life, but made more people miss and respect her.

The cause of his death is even more controversial.

In addition to the meticulous official investigation that lasted several years,

Conclusion: 'Paul, the driver driving for Diana, was thought to be the direct cause of the accident'.

Various conspiracy theories are also emerging, and the spearhead is directed at the British royal family and government.

The first is 'the royal poisoner'.

Since Diana's car accident, there has been a rumor circulating in British society: Princess Diana has been pregnant with her lover's child.

This breaks through the bottom line of the British royal family.

In order to prevent the future King of England, Prince William, from having a half-brother, the royal family assigned the spy agency MI5 and 6 to kill him.

The second is the 'military murder theory'.

In 2013, more than ten years after Princess Diana's death,

A retired soldier of the British Air Force commando team inadvertently leaked that Princess Diana's death was committed by a special air force commando, which caused strong public attention.

Others, such as 'fake death', 'doctor's delay', 'landmine merchant planting landmines', etc., are even more so.

From all indications, it can be seen that perhaps the true cause of Princess Diana's death will become a mystery that will never be solved.

Of course, Princess Diana is still alive and well.

When he looked at Princess Diana, Princess Diana was also looking at him, and there seemed to be an inscrutable glint in her eyes.

When the two shook hands, Princess Diana smiled slightly: "It's a pleasure to see Mr. Wei again." ”

"I'm also very honored. ”

A hint of surprise flashed in Wei Xiong's eyes, and then a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but this smile was quickly removed by him.

As he shook hands, he could clearly feel Princess Diana's fingers slip twice in his palm.

Was it unintentional? or was it ......

……

After shaking hands with dignitaries from both the political and business worlds, Prince Charles and Princess Diana waved their hands to the citizens who came to greet them.

The two then got into the car and left the airport.

The welcome ceremony was simple and solemn throughout the airport, with traffic restrictions in place on the way to the Governor's Palace, and police cars opening the way in front of them.

Occasionally, citizens carrying British flags can be seen on the roadside, both white and yellow.

……

Although the times have changed, and the British royal family has only some symbolic power, he is still the most influential royal family in the world.

It is also one of the oldest surviving royal families.

Moreover, Hong Kong is still a British colony, so it is a great honor for most people to receive an invitation from the British Crown Prince.

And such occasions can often help you expand your social circle.

As night falls, The Peninsula welcomes Hong Kong's celebrities, business, politics, entertainment and culture......

These people either got out of the car alone or with their female companions in their arms, dressed up.

Then walk into the hotel under the spotlight of reporters. There is no doubt that the people who can attend today's dinner are all people with a certain status and influence in Hong Kong.

On the contrary, many people see attending tonight's dinner as a reflection of their identity and status.

Of course, there are some people who don't think so, and don't even want to participate, such as Wei Xiong, who doesn't bother to participate in such a boring dinner party if he can.

Because choosing who to be the female companion is really a headache for him.

For an obviously Western-style dinner like tonight, he, as one of the main guests of the dinner, usually has to bring his female companion to attend.

He told Wilson in the morning that he would go to the dinner party alone, but it was just a joke.

In the end, he chose Zhou Huimin.

Originally, it should have been He Chaoqiong or Zhao Yazhi, after all, they were the big house and the second room.

But now He Chaoqiong is more than 9 months pregnant, and her belly is as big as a ball, so she is obviously not suitable for this kind of dinner party, while Zhao Yazhi is filming in the mainland.

So I can only choose Zhou Huimin, who has three rooms.

When Wei Xiong and Zhou Huimin got out of the car.

The reporters who had been waiting around immediately pressed the shutter of the camera in their hands, and suddenly the sound of the shutter and the magnesium light were intertwined.

The two did not stop, and walked straight into the hotel under the escort of bodyguards.

Then, led by a female staff member, I took the special elevator for tonight's dinner to the lobby where the dinner was held.

At this time, it was not far from the start of the dinner, and most of the invited guests came.

The entire dinner hall was crowded.

Wei Xiong is the last to arrive, but no one thinks there is anything wrong with this, and the most important person should naturally appear last.

Not long after Wei Xiong and Zhou Huimin stepped into the hall, Wei Yixin greeted them with wine glasses.

He seemed to be in a good mood, and his smile made his face wrinkled: "Welcome Mr. Wei, welcome Zhou...... Oh no, I should call Mrs. Wei, welcome both. ”

Zhou Huimin nodded with a smile.

Her man is by her side, she knows what she should do and what she shouldn't do, and a woman who is too flamboyant is not very likable.

"Thank you. ”

Wei Xiong picked up a glass of red wine from the tray in the hand of the waiter next to him and touched the glass with Wilsson.

Then I saw Wei Yixin raise his wrist and look at the time, and said, "The time for the banquet to start is almost up, please two of you." ”

Wei Xiong and Zhou Huimin followed Wei Yixin to the rostrum.

Those who can stand here are people with real status and status, and Stanley Ho is one of them, and he doesn't know what to talk about with Li Ka-shing at this time.

Since he met his father-in-law, Wei Xiong naturally wanted to go over to say hello.

At this moment, there was a round of warm applause in the hall, and Wei Xiong turned his head to see that it was Prince Charles and Princess Diana who came out.

It's all watched.

I saw Prince Charles, dressed in a black suit, and Princess Diana, wearing a white evening dress, walking out of the side door next to the rostrum, holding hands.

The two walked up to the podium.

Prince Charles stood in front of the microphone, while Princess Diana stood a little behind him to his left.

Then Prince Charles bowed slightly to the guests in the audience, and then said, "Thank you very much for joining us for tonight's banquet. ”

"All of you present are representative figures in your respective industries and have made their own contributions to the development of Hong Kong society. ”

"On behalf of the British Royal Family, the British Government and all Hong Kong people, I would like to thank you. ”

"In fact, in addition to having an opportunity to communicate with Hong Kong's elites, there is also an important thing to announce. ”

"In view of Mr Wai Hung's outstanding economic and cultural contributions to the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. ”

The British royal family has decided to canonize Wei Xiong as a viscount, and his descendants can inherit the title, and the official canonization ceremony will be held on Christmas Eve this year. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes in the hall instantly focused on Wei Xiong.

Most of the people had incredible shock and envy in their eyes, knowing that the viscount was a hereditary noble title in the United Kingdom.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the British royal family has rarely canonized people outside the royal family as hereditary nobles.

Not to mention the canonization of a person who is not a native British citizen as a hereditary nobleman, and this is also the first Hong Kong person in history to be canonized as a hereditary nobleman.

Therefore, in the eyes of most of the people present, this is undoubtedly a great honor.

As the person concerned, Wei Xiong was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized in his heart that this should be the reason why Prince Charles and Princess Diana suddenly visited Hong Kong.

As for why the British royal family would be so generous in canonizing him as a viscount, it seems that it is not difficult to understand.

First of all, the British economy has not only escaped the economic crisis because of his $20 billion, but has also been able to recover rapidly, surpassing the pre-crisis period.

Then there is the great success of Jaguar cars.

These two points alone show Wei Xiong's huge contribution to the British economy, and it is not surprising that the British royal family praised him.

But it seems a bit too much to make him a hereditary nobleman, right?

Could it be that the British government knows his real assets?

So far, his assets on the surface are only more than 100 billion US dollars, and he has transferred all the rest of the money to Standard Chartered Bank.

Of course, he did not transfer all at once, but in dozens of times.

In addition to increasing the concealment of capital transfers, the main reason for this is to avoid causing turmoil in the world financial market.

Because it's scary to transfer hundreds of billions of dollars at once.

It is very likely to cause a crisis of shortage of dollar liquidity in the world financial market, which will directly lead to a collapse in the world stock market and commodity market.

It is not impossible if the British knew his real assets and tried to co-opt him.

Or is it because of the incident that happened in the middle of the year?

Almost instantly, countless thoughts flashed through Wei Xiong's mind, but what the reason was, I'm afraid only the British know.

This time, Prince Charles and his wife made a surprise visit to Hong Kong and brought with them the Queen's canonization

Directly canonizing Wei Xiong as a hereditary nobleman can be said to have made a bloody investment, but the way they announced the oracle inevitably seemed a little overscheming.

Without any prior communication with Wei Xiong,

They specially held a grand dinner to announce the canonization of the British royal family without warning in front of more than 100 celebrities from all walks of life in Hong Kong.

The first impression this gave everyone was that Wei Xiong had a very close relationship with the British.

At the same time, it also cut off the possibility of Wei Xiong's refusal to accept the canonization. I believe that after tonight's banquet, many people will label Wei Xiong as pro-British.

On such an occasion, Wei Xiong knew that he had to accept it even if he didn't want to.

But when he faced Prince Charles's gaze, he only smiled slightly, and he knew that the other party was asking him if he wanted to go on stage to say a few words,

His smile was clearly a sign of rejection.

In fact, he did not think of refusing the canonization of the British royal family, he was disgusted by the way the other party adopted, and he had not communicated with him at all beforehand.

In any case, this is disrespectful to him, and he really has no interest in coming to power again to hypocritically echo Prince Charles.

“…… Before the banquet begins, let us congratulate Mr. Wei with warm applause. With that, Prince Charles took the lead in applauding.

When the applause gradually stopped, the banquet began.

At this time, Prince Charles and Princess Diana walked down from the stage, and the two walked straight in front of Wei Xiong, only to see Prince Charles shrug his shoulders slightly.

With a formulaic smile on his face.

"I'm a little sorry I didn't inform you of this decision of the British royal family in advance, I just wanted to surprise you, that's all. ”

This is the seventh hereditary title of nobility established by the British royal family in nearly 20 years. ”

This is a pitifully small percentage compared to a hundred years ago, and it is worth mentioning that this is the first hereditary nobility to be ordained in Hong Kong's history. ”

"I think it should be an honor. ”

In the face of Prince Charles's understatement, although Wei Xiong was still a little dissatisfied in his heart, but at this point, he could not and did not need to show his dissatisfaction.

"It was a big surprise for me and it was an honour to be canonized by the British royal family. ”

As if the reaction to Wei Xiong had been anticipated, Prince Charles nodded: "The official canonization will be held the day before Christmas." ”

"Before that, Mr. Waiver had to design his family crest and present it to the British royal family, which was approved by Her Majesty the Queen at the canonization ceremony. ”

Speaking of this, Prince Charles suddenly showed an exaggerated expression and said to Zhou Huimin: "Oh, I'm really embarrassed. ”

"I actually forgot to say hello to this beautiful lady, and Mr. Wei doesn't mind introducing me to it. ”

When introducing Zhou Huimin to others, Wei Xiong was very generous, and it was quite natural to say it: "This is my wife Zhou Huimin." ”

Perhaps considering the culture of the Hong Kong people, Prince Charles did not use Western-style veneer salutes or the hand kisses commonly used by nobles.

just shook Zhou Huimin's hand decently: "It's a pleasure to meet Mrs. Wei, your beauty and demeanor are really fascinating." ”

Zhou Huimin tonight is indeed very beautiful, and a white low-cut sexy dress reflects her pure and mature temperament to the fullest.

Paired with a sparkling diamond necklace around her neck, she was definitely one of the most talked-about female guests of the evening.

She smiled faintly at Prince Charles's compliments and said, "Your Highness has complimented you, but I think inner beauty is more important than outer beauty." ”

"Just like Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

"She can become the most popular princess in British history, in addition to her appearance, I believe it is more because of her efforts to public welfare. ”

Princess Diana smiled and said, "I just did what I could." ”

Prince Charles said to Wei Xiong: "I wonder if Mr. Wei has time after the dinner? ”

"Absolutely. ”

……

Prince Charles and Princess Diana chatted and walked away, even though the main purpose of the banquet was to announce the British royal family's canonization of Wei Xiong.

But tonight's guests are all some of Hong Kong's top elites, and it's impossible for them to focus on Wei Xiong alone.

As soon as the two left, Stanley Ho and Li Jiacheng walked over together.

Li Jiacheng spoke first: "Congratulations to Ah Xiong, this is the first time in the modern history of the British royal family, it is really enviable." ”

He Hongsen also nodded with a smile.

"It's just a title, but it's not bad to have it, at least it sounds good. ”

"And it's also good for dealing with Western high society. ”

What He Hongsen said was true, with the title of this hereditary nobleman, Wei Xiong's status in Western high society suddenly improved a lot.

At least no more people will say he's an upstart.

Wei Xiong smiled and said in a flat tone: "Hehe, that's right, but the British are not easy to take." ”

Stanley Ho and Li Ka-shing glanced at each other and understood each other.

I know that there are probably many British conspiracy calculations hidden in this, otherwise how could the British suddenly throw out such a big gift.

But this is clearly not the place for deep conversation.

At this time, Governor Wilson came over with a wine glass: "Didn't disturb a few people chatting." ”

"Of course not, but this time Mr. Governor is a bit uninteresting, you didn't reveal anything about such a big matter beforehand. ”

Although Wei Xiong had a smile on his face when he spoke, the dissatisfaction in his words could still be heard.

It is not easy for him to express his dissatisfaction with Prince Charles, after all, the other party represents the face of the whole United Kingdom, but he has not so much scruples about Wilsson.

Wei Yixin shrugged his shoulders lightly and said slightly apologetically: "I didn't know about this matter in advance, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should want to surprise you." ”

"And that's a good thing, isn't it? At least I'm very envious. ”