Chapter 85: Digging a Pit

"Sister Ting, Sister Fei, here is a copy of the information that President Li personally brought over, and he wants you to write a relevant report based on this......"

Due to the success of their last collaboration, the two newspapers decided to let the two continue to work together for the time being until the new Governor of Hong Kong, Youde, took office.

"What kind of information? Is there a time requirement? ”

News reports have very high requirements for real-time performance, and there are strict requirements for when to publish, when to send it for printing, and when to send it to the newsstand from the printing house.

"I don't know what to do, it's in the file bag, the time is two days, and it will be reported on the front page of the newspaper when the time comes!"

For the news that was going to be on the front page, Lu Feng was very cautious, personally handed over the file bag to Zhang Ting, and repeated President Li Yuncong's request.

"List of New York telephone companies and local calls, domestic long-distance and international long-distance telephone tariffs, San Francisco telephone companies list and local calls, domestic long-distance and international long-distance telephone tariffs, Tokyo telephone companies list and local calls, domestic long-distance and international long-distance telephone tariffs, Singapore telephone company list and local calls, international long-distance telephone tariffs, Taipei telephone company list and local telephone and international long-distance telephone tariffs...... List of Hong Kong telephone companies and tariffs for local calls and international calls......

Ah Feng, do you have any thoughts after reading this information? ”

The statistics in the file bag are the telephone tariffs in the economically developed cities in various parts of the world, so the theme of this news is obvious.

"What can I think, of course I have to do the task given to us by the president, but this report is out, and I think our next Governor of Hong Kong should be in trouble.

Sister Ting, where do we start first? ”

Feng Fei is very calm, although this report may offend some people, but it is a good thing for the vast majority of Hong Kong citizens or companies, as long as the telephone tariff can be reduced, it can help reduce the cost of living and operating costs.

"Let's verify the authenticity of this information first, and then make a comparison statistical table, and then separate interviews to collect materials, and we will come back at 6 o'clock in the evening to converge, sort out the interview materials, and write out the manuscript tomorrow!"

Even if this information was personally sent by Li Yuncong, the director of the Hong Kong Daily News, Zhang Ting also planned to verify the authenticity of the information first, otherwise even if the data was untrue, it would be suspected of false reporting, and it would be a big trouble for both her and the newspaper at that time.

Not only the Hong Kong Daily, but also the presidents of Ta Kung Pao, Sing Pao, Hong Kong Commercial Daily, Oriental Daily and many other newspapers have received special file bags with the same content on their desks.

On the morning of the third day, when these targeted reports came into people's field of vision, as Si Wenchang had expected, they immediately aroused a huge repercussion in Hong Kong society.

It turned out that the sense of belonging that Hong Kong Governor MacLehose had established among the Hong Kong people was suddenly left behind, and the general public only felt a deep sense of injustice, why should the telecommunications fees of other countries and regions be lower than those of their Hong Kong people, but they could only honestly accept the expensive telephone bills of the Great Eastern Telegraph and the Hong Kong Telephone Company, could it be that the income of their Hong Kong people was so high that they could not think about the monthly telephone bills?

"Shameless, despicable Chinese guy!"

In the spacious and luxurious office of the Chief Secretary for Justice, at this time, Chief Secretary Lowry's face was full of anger, and he slammed several newspapers in his hand on the pineapple desk.

"Mr. Director, I think we need to do something, they are clearly targeting us, they want to cause us trouble when Mr. Youde arrives, and according to the plan, Mr. Youde will arrive in Hong Kong at 9 o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, and if the situation continues to expand and is not effectively controlled, we will be very passive."

Seeing that the director was furious, and the assistant Ham's face was not good-looking, this is a report that is obviously aimed at the British-funded consortium and the Hong Kong government, as the report said, Dadong Telegraph and Hong Kong Telephone, the Hong Kong government holds 20% of the shares, and the data reported by others is also correct, because of the monopoly operation, the fee is higher than that of other places.

Judging from the newspapers that published these articles, they are all Chinese newspapers, and you say that no one behind such a concentrated and large-scale report will manipulate and say who will believe it, and you can't do anything about cracking down on newspapers, you can only take targeted measures.

"Ham, this matter will not be as simple as you think, their appetite is not so small, this should be just a breakthrough for them, and then they will have more actions to weaken our ability to control Hong Kong's economy......"

Over the years, Hong Kong's economy has already developed from the monopoly of the British-funded consortium to the direction of diversification, and the most powerful force among them should be the enterprises that rely on the mainland government.

Weakening the control of the British-funded consortium over Hong Kong's economic development is tantamount to weakening their actual influence in Hong Kong, which in turn can create a relatively favorable negotiating environment for negotiations on Hong Kong's historical issues.

Especially now, the previous governor of Hong Kong has left behind political affairs, and the next governor of Hong Kong is about to take office, this period is a vacuum period of the highest power, and it is also an excellent opportunity for the mainland government, as long as the operation is done properly, not only can further weaken the influence of the Hong Kong government and the British-funded consortium, but also can give Youde a dismount, which is really a good calculation.

"Mr. Director, what are we going to do next? Inform Federer and Mr. Todd and ask them to adjust the fees immediately? ”

This is no longer a fight against the same heavyweight, and the opponent may have been planning for a long time, even if Ham is calm at this time, but he still can't think of a good way in his head.

"Inform them that they should be prepared in this regard, and that the other gentlemen should be prepared, and at the same time send a telegram to Mr. Youde to explain the current situation to him, and wait for Mr. Youde to take office before making a decision!"

Things have come to this point, and the best way to do this is to prepare in advance, and then the soldiers will come to cover the water.

"Friends, Hong Kong is the world of our Hong Kong people, and there are many expensive local calls and transatlantic calls, should we choose to endure it silently? Obedient and continue to endure the exploitation of the phone company?

No! Never! Friends, we want to be fair and not be exploited, this fairness will not be easily given to us by others, it needs us to fight for it ourselves, please let us join hands and say ......NO to the two vampires of Dadong Telegraph and Hong Kong Telephone Company"