In the evening, the British government held a grand welcome dinner. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Nominally, of course, it was not to welcome the big rich from the United States, but to come up with a name for welcoming philanthropists. On behalf of all Hong Kong people, the Governor of Hong Kong, John Lugard, thanked John for his kindness in sponsoring the establishment of the University of Hong Kong at the welcome dinner.

When the University of Hong Kong was established last year, John paid a huge sum of 10,000 pounds!

The money was used to build a library, and John ordered the Huntelaar publishing house to provide thousands of books, twenty copies each, making the library of the University of Hong Kong an instant mecca for students. Therefore, the name of the Huntelaar Library has been clearly engraved on the door of the University of Hong Kong Library.

As the initiator of the University of Hong Kong, the Governor of Hong Kong is naturally very grateful for this.

The establishment of the University of Hong Kong can be said to be one of Lugard's greatest achievements during his tenure as Governor of Hong Kong. Therefore, Lugard can be said to be very grateful for John's strong support, and his influence in China is indeed not small, so the Governor of Hong Kong will prepare this grand welcome banquet......

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“…… We are pleased to see that Huntelaar & Co. is growing rapidly in Hong Kong. ”

When communicating with John at the banquet, Lugard smiled with a twinkle in his eyes: "They just made a statistic that now Huntelaar & Co. already has an American businessman's association, three hotels, two factories and a large amount of land in Hong Kong, and if you add their products in Shanghai, Xiamen and other places, the scale has even surpassed that of Jardine Matheson and Swire & Co....... That's quite an achievement! ”

"Huh."

Smiling slightly, John didn't say much.

Swire and Jardine Matheson are both British, large-scale, old-fashioned, and have always been the most influential foreign companies in the Far East, until they were completely surpassed by Huntelaar and foreign companies two years ago. Therefore, he knew very well what the British thought, after all, compared with those old foreign firms, although the Huntelaar foreign company, which was born out of the Huntelaar trading company, was young, but it developed extremely quickly with the support of huge capital. And compared with other foreign firms, Huntelaar has an incomparable advantage: the full support of the Huntelaar consortium!

State-of-the-art products, lowest prices!

For example, the current fashionable radio, Huntelaar wireless communication company's products are undoubtedly the most advanced, but the price sold to Chinese is only a medium level. And don't forget, in recent years, a large number of Chinese who have studied in the United States have returned to China, and many of them have studied radio, and they have great respect for the products of the Huntelaar company, which has led to the fact that although the British have the greatest influence in China, they cannot compete with the Americans in radio products...... To be precise, the Huntelaar consortium competes.

Automobiles, steel, machines, chemicals, and more.

So John couldn't have understood Lugard's words in his heart. He knew that the British were very dissatisfied with this, and they used a lot of means openly and secretly, but it was a pity that the Huntelaar consortium was also strong enough, and its influence in China was not weak, so it did not let the British attempt succeed......

Looking at John with an indifferent face, Lugard couldn't help frowning.

For this American, Lugard also has some helplessness. In the Far East, the British, although most influential, could hardly cover the sky like other colonies. So even if it is as powerful as the British Empire, it must strike a balance between the French, the Russians, the Japanese, and strive for the maximum benefit, and now there is another wave of Americans. However, a huge opponent like the Huntelaar consortium, and an opponent who has mastered many sensitive technologies, even the British government has nothing to do without a valid reason, let alone a small governor of Hong Kong.

In fact, if it is just a business, the British do not have much opinion.

But what the Huntelaar consortium is doing in China seems to have gone far beyond normal business. For example, the three universities and many primary and secondary schools are being built, and there are many more technical schools, such as the books published by Huntelaar Press, and the advanced factories they have built in Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places......

These things made Lugard can't help but be vigilant.

What made Lugard even more unhappy was that the US government during the Taft era had encouraged capitalists to invest abroad, and now, under the influence of the Huntelaar consortium, many American conglomerates have begun to set their sights on the Far East. In Hong Kong and Shanghai, for example, the Huntelaar consortium built a splendid American Chamber of Commerce that brought these Americans together as a huge force.

With the influence of the Huntelaar consortium in the United States, it is easy to do this!

The Americans had already dealt a huge shock to the interests of the British Empire in the Far East, which led them to look to the originators of all this, the Huntelaar consortium and its master, John? Huntelaar!

"Damn Yankees!"

Looking at John with a calm face? Huntelaar, Lugard scolded secretly in his heart.

If the other party was just an ordinary American businessman, Lugard would not hesitate to let him understand that the Far East belonged to the British Empire. But the identity of the person in front of him is not ordinary, the huge net worth is a small matter, the British Empire can't care about a merchant, but if this businessman controls a great shipyard, he can make a battleship that is on par with the most advanced warships of the British Empire; If they have the most advanced radio, artillery, rifle and other technologies in the world, they can't afford to deal with it carelessly.

In other words, you can't make a move without a reasonable reason!

"Damn the Germans!"

Thinking of this, Lugard, who was unhappy, couldn't help but scold the Germans again.

If it weren't for the Germans' aggressiveness in Europe, which forced the British Empire to suffer all these years, why would he, a dignified governor of Hong Kong, care about the Huntelaar consortium? Who of these rude, rude Yankees would dare to be so disrespectful to the officials of the British Empire?

What a damn ......

As a qualified politician, no matter how much Lugard cursed in his heart, his face was still full of spring breeze. Of course, John didn't care what he thought in his heart, Mr. Huntelaar raised his eyebrows and smiled to himself: "Sir, I heard that the enrollment volume of the first year of the University of Hong Kong is very low, is it because of lack of funds?" If that's the case, I'm willing to contribute another £10,000, and if necessary, I can also recruit some good teachers from the US to come to Hong Kong......"

"Hehe, thank you so much for your generosity!"

When he heard this, Lugard's heart tightened, and he hurriedly laughed: "But although the scale is a little smaller, but the University of Hong Kong is now on the right track, I think you can use the money to where you need them more." ”

Lugard is now very wary of the Americans' good intentions.

Because of the impact of the Xinhai Revolution, a large number of Chinese have entered Hong Kong from the mainland this year, and the rapidly growing population has increased the anxiety of the British, as well as their ambitions. In this era, foreigners are keen to build universities in China, they hope to promote their country's values in this way, and strive for more interests in the Far East, the Americans are the representatives, and Lugard is sensitive to the benefits, so he organized the University of Hong Kong.

If John is really asked to pay for it again, is the University of Hong Kong still British?

"Hehe, it's fine."

John didn't care about Lugard's reaction, and shrugged his shoulders indifferently.

In this era, foreign-run universities are about to flourish, but there may only be a few universities that are genuinely for China's development, or for the Chinese. But only John himself has never had crooked thoughts about investing in Chinese education, so even if the University of Hong Kong run by the British, he will not ask for a return on investment if necessary, but unfortunately it seems that this Mr. Governor does not think so!

But......

"Mr. Huntelaar."

Just when John felt a little regretful in his heart, Lugard's expression suddenly became solemn!

John was slightly stunned and couldn't help frowning.

Under John's gaze, Lugard hesitated for a moment, and then said in a solemn and deep voice: "I know that you have invested a lot in China, including many people who are very powerful politically and militarily, but as the Governor of Hong Kong of the British Empire, I am obliged to give a warning to you about what you have done in the past two years...... )