Chapter 473: Banquet (2)
Night has not yet come, and the entire one-mile radius of the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion has been completely closed to the nearly 1,000 police officers dispatched by the Hong Kong police, and no one who has not received an invitation letter is allowed to approach. Sir Youde was still waiting for the King of NV at the hotel, and the whole dinner was arranged in the hands of the Governor's wife, Pang Wenli. Fortunately, this aristocratic dinner party has its established procedures and necessary arrangements, and there will not be too many mistakes. And tonight, the entire Governor's Mansion can be said to be heavily guarded, more than 300 police officers have carefully inspected every corner inside, and all the personnel in charge of banquet service must be vetted to ensure that no unscrupulous person will come out to offend the NV King.
The banquet began at seven o'clock in the evening, and before six o'clock people began to arrive. Since the king and the husband have not yet arrived, many people have not entered the banquet hall, and most of them are wandering around in the huā garden, saying a few boring words or compliments when they see people they know, and those they don't know are also going to set up tricks. The police officers in charge of security are not like the police officers outside, standing in uniform and standing in a nuisance. The police officers in the Governor's Palace, all dressed in suits, stood in the corners that had been planned for a long time, watching every move of all the guests, so that no lawbreakers would come in and make trouble.
Lin Yu's attendance at the dinner party was not strange to everyone at all, but it would be strange if he didn't attend the dinner. The scene of welcoming the NV King this morning is in the eyes of everyone. At that time, he was the youngest among everyone, and the NV King was the closest to him, I have to say that the NV King's attitude towards Lin Yu made many rich people, including Old Man Huo and the charter boat king and Li Chaoren and others, feel incredible, although they knew that Lin Yu had a good relationship with the British government, but he didn't expect the relationship with the British royal family to be so good, no wonder the mainland would let him come to greet him, and Sir Youde put him first.
Peng Wenli, who was greeting guests in Huā Garden, also noticed Lin Yu and hurriedly greeted her: "Mr. Lin, you are finally here, welcome to you." ”
"Good evening, ma'am." Lin Yu and Peng Wenli shook hands.
"Is Sir accompanying the King and Prince of NV?" Lin Yu asked.
"Yes, the NV King hasn't been in Hong Kong for a long time, and there are some things in Hong Kong that need to be reported to the NV King." Zhu Wenli said with a smile.
Lin Yu nodded and said: "Sir Sir work is seen by the people of Hong Kong, this is a merit, but Madame still advises Sir that his body is more important than anything else, but I heard that Sir is not very good at heart, so it's better not to be too tired." ”
I will advise Mr. Xie Lin's relationship. Zhu Wenli thanked with a worried face.
Indeed, during the second visit to Hong Kong by King Elizabeth II, Sir Youde's health began to deteriorate.
For Sir Youde, Lin Yu personally admires him very much. He studied at the Victoria School in England as a child, was admitted to the Institute of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London in 1942, left the University of London in 43 and joined the Royal Volunteer Reserve Navy, participated in World War II, passed through Hong Kong on his way to Chongqing in 1945, and was discharged in 1946 and was sent to China in 1 year as the third secretary of the British Embassies in Nanjing and Beijing, and served as the British ambassador to China.
In 1982, Sir Youde took over as Governor of Hong Kong and created a representative government and a series of measures to stabilize the hearts and minds of the Hong Kong people. It can be said that the achievements are outstanding.
He was a very great man, especially for Sino-British relations, Sir Youde is only in his early sixties, but he looks very old, and although he is very good, he is not in good health. If history hadn't changed. In December this year, he will lead a high-level Hong Kong economic and trade delegation to Beijing in his capacity as Governor of Hong Kong, officiate at the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council's Beijing office, and officiate at the opening ceremony of the first exhibition of Hong Kong products in Beijing. Early in the morning of his return to Hong Kong, he suffered a heart attack and died suddenly in the British Embassy in Beijing.
Now, of course, thanks to his own chā hand, this history is destined to change. Lin Yu also hopes that under his care, he can live a long life, see the day of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, and witness the beautiful development of Sino-British relations.
Lin Yu thought about it and walked around the banquet hall, along the way, there were also many people who knew and didn't know Lin Yu to say hello, many people were curious about his identity, many people had seen Lin Yu in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse when they visited the mainland, this time they saw Lin Yu and King Ying NV so close again, many people were guessing Lin Yu's specific identity, and many people saw Lin Yu for the first time today, so they were curious about Lin Yu's identity.
Moreover, among the people who know Lin Yu, most of them basically deposit their funds into Lin Yu's Standard Chartered Bank, if nothing else, just for the sake of Lin Yu, and the remaining few people who guide Lin Yu's identity also plan to deposit their money into Standard Chartered Bank after the NV King leaves Hong Kong.
In addition to Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong, Lin Yu also has an offshore company, which invests in various types including futures, foreign exchange, energy and stocks, obtains a lot of profits, and then uses the money to buy a large amount of land in Hong Kong, becoming a company with a large amount of land after large real estate companies such as Yangtze River, Sun Hung Kai, Chinachem, Henderson and New World, but now all the land has not been developed, which also makes many real estate owners suspicious. However, what makes everyone defend themselves is that most of the land acquired by Lin Yu is located in old districts such as Tseung Kwan O and Tuen Mén and Kwun Tong, and there is not much in central areas such as Central and Kowloon.
When Penang, Lin Yu didn't know that he had so much land.
Actually, Lin Yu has always been very fond of such banquets, but tonight, because it is a dinner party to welcome the king of NV, he has to take care of his identity and the face of the king of NV, and it is not okay not to attend. Lin Yu was not good at making false promises with those people, and he was even less interested in seeing the hypocrisy of those people, so he had to sneak aside and sit there quietly thinking about something.
Lin Yu knew about the visit of the NV King to Hong Kong this time, and it happened in his previous life, but the intention of the NV King's visit Lin Yu was not clear, the first time Queen Elizabeth II visited Hong Kong was 11 years ago, at that time it was to stabilize Hong Kong, and it was also to explain to others the importance of the British team to Hong Kong, and now after the completion of the Sino-British negotiations, this intention is somewhat intriguing.