"Hello Manager Lin, this is your office, do you think you need to add something?"

"Don't bother, Secretary Zeng, this is already good." A middle-aged man in his forties responded politely.

Secretary Zeng smiled sweetly and said, "Okay, Manager Lin, I won't bother you, I'll go out first, if there is anything, you can call me internally." ”

"Okay, please." The middle-aged man said politely.

After Secretary Zeng went out, the middle-aged man put the briefcase in the drawer of his desk, and anyone who picked up today's newspaper read it, "Hong Kong's first subway, Kwun/Tong to Shek/Kip/Tail Section, officially opened to traffic the day after tomorrow, Ling Shizhe and the Hong Kong Governor will come to cut the ribbon." 》

The middle-aged man's short hair and square face make him look very capable, especially the bright eyes, which can be seen to be shrewd.

This middle-aged man is none other than Tao Chengan's nephew, Lam Man-chung, the general manager of the MTR Corporation Limited.

He has been in Hong Kong for 10 years, and he is just over 40 years old when he first arrived here, which is the golden age for a strong career.

A week ago, he suddenly received an order from Ling Shizhe, chairman of the Ambrera Group of Companies, to take up the post of CEO of the newly established MTR Corporation Limited. So after handing over all the formalities in the shortest possible time, he changed from the project general manager of the camera lens department of APPLE to the first CEO of MTRCL, and became the same level as his uncle Tao Chengan.

Before 2007, the MTR Corporation had not yet been established, and there were two companies in the MTR at that time, namely the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway Corporation and the Hong Kong Kowloon Mass Transit Corporation Limited.

From the name, it seems that both companies operate the subway, but this is not the case, it is the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway Corporation that really operates the subway, while the Hong Kong Kowloon MTR Corporation Limited mainly operates the intercity railway. That is, in the section of Kowloon/Long-Guangzhou/Zhou, not only the passenger lines, but also the freight lines are all in charge of the Kowloon MTR Corporation.

The famous three daily live and frozen commodity express freight trains from the mainland to Hong Kong, which are opened by Zhou/General Manager/Manager, depart from Shanghai/Hai, Zheng/Zhou, and Wuhan/Han to Guangzhou/Zhou every day. Eventually, all of them have to enter Hong Kong via the Kowloon-Canton Line.

Therefore, in a sense, it is not an exaggeration to compare the Kowloon-Canton Line to the lifeline of Hong Kong people.

It can be seen that the Kowloon MTR Corporation is not overly emphasizing it politically.

It stands to reason that Kowloon Company is so important. The management of the Kowloon MTR Corporation is very chaotic and it is losing money every day, mainly because there are three trains from the mainland to Hong Kong every day.

Looking at our history textbooks in later generations, we will all see the following passage: The 'three express trains' have made great contributions to Hong Kong's economic development, prosperity and stability, maintained the flesh-and-blood kinship of the mainland of the motherland for Hong Kong compatriots, and strengthened the Hong Kong people's sense of identity and belonging to the motherland.

However, history textbooks will never tell you that there are three trains a day from the mainland. To the detriment of the British.

Before the three trains were opened, the prices of goods in Hong Kong, especially those related to the basic means of subsistence of Hong Kong citizens, were all controlled by the British in Hong Kong, and under the manipulation of the British, the prices of Hong Kong's basic means of subsistence rose and fell like a roller coaster in a playground, and the Hong Kong people were tormented and miserable.

After the appearance of the three trains, the British monopoly on the prices of basic means of subsistence for Hong Kong citizens was broken, because with the three trains, the prices of basic commodities in Hong Kong began to stabilize. The British can no longer make huge profits on the basic means of subsistence of Hong Kong citizens, but the other side is the mainland government, so they dare not say anything on the surface. But secretly, there are all kinds of small actions, and the Kowloon MTR Corporation has become their target of attack.

At that time, the Hong Kong Kowloon MTR was wholly owned by the British government, and it was precisely because of the three trains coming from the mainland every day that those British businessmen in Hong Kong, who did nothing every day, knew that they would criticize the British government for the poor management of the Kowloon MTR Corporation all day long. They even joined hands with Hong Kong's English-language newspapers to spread rumors and slander that the fresh food that was brought in from the mainland every day was rotten food.

On one occasion, when the former Hong Kong Governor of Hong Kong, Dai Lintoe, went to Beijing, he proposed to Mao/Chairman/Xi to stop the "three trains."

Mao/Chairman/Xi rejected this rude request on the spot, and also warned: "We have seen all the small actions you have made in Hong Kong, and if there is any accident in Hong Kong with the "three trains", we will be forced to reconsider the Hong Kong issue." ”

Dai Lin returned to Hong Kong in a disgraced manner, and while trying to prevent the British businessmen in Hong Kong from continuing to make trouble with the "three trains," and at the same time trying to appease their emotions, he also had to do everything possible to ensure the safety of the "three trains" in Hong Kong.

After MacLehose came to power, he simply did not do anything and privatized the Kowloon MTR Corporation, and the first to take over was Hong Kong's Jardine Matheson Group, which is a veteran capital group in Hong Kong, which started from selling opium and has developed into the largest capital group in Hong Kong today, involving monopoly industries such as real estate, hotels, ports, and electric lighting.

At the same time as Jardine Matheson, there were several other British shareholders, but after Jardine took over, he found that the Kowloon MTR Corporation was completely a big hole, and the interests of several shareholders were completely inconsistent, so everyone began to make all kinds of trouble on the board of directors.

After a few years, Jardine Matheson couldn't stand it and sold its 29.6% stake in the Kowloon MTR Corporation to a Japanese company.

As soon as the Japanese company came in, it could be said that it stirred up a thousand waves in Hong Kong, so the Japanese company was forced to sell its shares to the remaining shareholders of the Kowloon MTR Corporation under public opinion.

The British businessmen finally got what they wanted, so they were full of joy and ready to make a move on the "three trains", but reality gave them a blow in the face and Chinese mainland to take action...... In the end, they suffered heavy losses.

In the face of the cruel reality, they had to recognize the reality and had to sell the stocks in their hands to arbitrage funds to recover their losses as much as possible.

The Hong Kong Mass Transit Corporation (MTR) was established in 1975. Originally known as the Hong Kong Commuter Railway, it was established as a statutory corporation to build and operate a mass transport railway system in Hong Kong, just like the original Kowloon MTR Corporation. In the form of a trust, it represented the Hong Kong British government at that time to be wholly owned, but the construction of the subway needed money, but the Hong Kong British government could not come up with so much cash, so it began to raise funds from the public in the form of shares for subway construction funds.

But somehow. People from all walks of life in Hong Kong are not optimistic about the prospects of Hong Kong's MTR, especially after the oil crisis and the outbreak of Hong Kong's stock market crash in '73, and all sectors are even more pessimistic about the investment prospects of Hong Kong's MTR, especially the withdrawal of engineering and construction contractors from Japan, which led to the suspension of the relevant projects for a while.

It was also at this time that Ling Shizhe threw an olive branch to the British government in Hong Kong, ate more than 70% of the shares of the Hong Kong Subway Company, and let the railway engineering and construction department under Bombardier, which had just been acquired, undertake the construction task of the Hong Kong subway project, without Ling Shizhe's intervention. Hong Kong's first MTR line, according to the original time and space, will not open until 1979.

But now, Hong Kong's first MTR line, the Kwun Tong to Shek Kip Mei section, has been opened two years ahead of schedule.

After taking full control of the two MTR companies, in 1976, Foster submitted an application to the British government on behalf of Ambrera, hoping to merge the two railway companies into one, and the new company was called MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL). The corporate logo is "MTR".

As a result, history was broken again, and the two companies, which were originally scheduled to merge in 2007, were brought forward by 30 years, and the MTR Corporation was established ahead of schedule.

Who will be the CEO of the newly established MTR Corporation has become a headache for Ling Shizhe. Because the safety of the "three trains" is at stake, pro-British and pro-Taiwan people are not suitable, and a leftist must be chosen.

First of all, Lin Wencong fled from the mainland. The North is not excluded.

Secondly, his father was the founding lieutenant general of the republic, and Ling Shizhe had received news that his father had survived ten years of turmoil; is also the nephew of Ling Shizhe's henchman Tao Chengan, and these factors add up to make Lin Wencong the best candidate for CEO of MTRCL.

After receiving the notice, Lin Wencong was very surprised, how could the boss choose him as the president of the MTR Corporation, you must know that he knows nothing about railway management.

With questions, Lin Wencong came to Canada and first visited his uncle Tao Chengan. After listening to Tao Chengan's explanation, Lin Wencong suddenly realized that the boss did not fancy his ability, but his background, because he was only in charge of the MTR Company for one day, at least Ling Shizhe would not worry about safety.

Regardless of the camp of the two sides, at least on the issue of the "three trains", the two sides at least agree on the same opinion.

Moreover, even if something goes wrong, with Lin Wencong's identity as a second-generation red, he can also get a lot of help from the mainland, if it is replaced by someone else, although there is help, but the strength will never be very large, and the mainland may suspect that the other party is coming to ask for help, is there any trap.

Ling Shizhe took 15 minutes to talk to Lin Wencong in his busy schedule, and his first sentence was: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand the railway, you can learn if you don't understand, I will match you with relevant experts to be your consultants, and you can ask them if you don't understand something, but there is one point, you must ensure the absolute safety of the "three trains" in Hong Kong. Remember, I want 'absolute safety'. Ling Shizhe said in an accentuated tone, "Also, the goods unloaded from the train must be safely handed over to the representatives sent by China Resources Company."

In addition, a special unloading area should be set up for the "three trains", so as not to mix with other incoming goods, lest there be any accidents, and you should know which British devils are watching it, and do not have any chance to make trouble with them. After speaking, Ling Shizhe handed over to Ling Wencong all the information on the various small actions that the British had made on the "three trains" over the years.

Finally, he said: "You are from the mainland, and your father is the founding lieutenant general, if there is anything that cannot be solved, go to Xinhua News Agency and China Resources, I believe the other party will not refuse you." ”

In this way, Ling Wencong was driven to the MTR Corporation to take office.

After reading all the newspapers today, Lin Wencong thought about it and decided to go to the Kowloon Cargo Terminal first, and then visit Xinhua News Agency and China Resources; The first is to exchange opinions on the matter of the "three trains", and then inquire about my father's situation by the way. (To be continued.) )