On June 30, 1997, the last day before Hong Kong, which was about to return to the motherland after leaving the embrace of the motherland for more than 100 years, the rain began to rain non-stop from early in the morning. This rain has different interpretations in the eyes of people with different positions.

The British believed that it was God weeping over the loss of the last afterglow of the empire on which the sun never set; The Chinese, on the other hand, believe that this is a shame left to the Chinese by the history of Heaven to wash the land in advance and pay compensation.

Shen Yiyi didn't like this set of mysterious things made by literati and ink writers. To associate natural phenomena with something that cannot be clearly defined, which is disdainful of her, who studied science and engineering.

Although the agreement between China and Britain stipulated that the main Chinese leaders should not enter Hong Kong too early in order to leave most of the day for the British, the British Empire's usual gentlemanly demeanor towards ladies allowed the Chairman's wife to enter Hong Kong Island in the afternoon with her escort of female officers.

However, although Shen Yiyi accompanied him to Hong Kong one by one, everyone's overall itinerary was quite low-key. Few news media noticed that Beijing's "first lady" had arrived in Hong Kong at this time. At this time, the focus of the world's media was still on the last time the Governor's Palace lowered the flag of the British authorities in Hong Kong. Prince Charles simply did not attend the flag-lowering ceremony at the Governor's Palace. Only the family of the last Governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, watched with "sadness" as the two flags symbolizing British rule slowly fell.

Hong Kong is a capitalist society. For a long time, Hong Kong people have been called "economic animals". It is difficult to say whether such a name is positive or negative. However, Shen Yiyi felt that at least the name fully illustrated Hong Kong people's economic sense, as well as their preference to divide people by their economic achievements.

It's not stupid to be able to do business so big. Seeing that the sky in Hong Kong is about to change, those big capitalists and businessmen have long thought about changing their courts. So businessmen's sense of smell is far more sensitive than that of the media. When the media was still aware of the chairman's wife's visit, quite a number of people had already taken the initiative to contact Beijing and wanted to meet Beijing's advance representatives.

In fact, the reason why the central government decided to send this group of ladies is also to reassure these economic forces in Hong Kong in advance, so that they do not have to worry too much about changes in Hong Kong. for this purpose. The British also know it. It's just that now the interests of both sides lie in the peaceful and smooth handover of Hong Kong, so there is no need to embarrass this small calculation of the Chinese side.

Of course, in the same way, the British side still has a little reluctant little action at this time. And the Chinese side has also given the green light in some aspects.

After Shen Yiyi and the others crossed the special courtesy channel of Luohu at noon, the group came directly to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong. This hotel is located in the downtown area of Central, but because of the hotel's pre-agreed clearance, the large number of Beijing guests did not cause much trouble.

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group originated in Hong Kong, but it is definitely not a Chinese company. Opposite. His bosses are all British. This belonged to the British merchants who had occupied this part of Hong Kong since the beginning of the war. Their ancestors were all foreign tobacco dealers. One can imagine how reluctant the owner of this hotel was to hand over Hong Kong. But the gentlemanly demeanor of the British is sometimes very cute, even if the heart is unwilling, since Beijing has already chartered the hotel, then their service still has to be in place.

No, not only has the hotel been cleared, but even the confidentiality work has been done very well. Except for the people who sent out the invitations from the visiting group, the media on the entire island of Hong Kong were still in the dark.

But. Shen Yiyi guessed that this secret would not be kept for much time. Because with just a little bit of journalistic vision. Knowing how many various luxury cars have been coming to this place during this period of time, then a little thought should know that something special is happening here. At that time, it will be time to test Mandarin Oriental's abilities.

Because there were many invitations sent out, the whole meeting venue was set in a banquet hall at Mandarin Oriental. Outside the ballroom, there is a protocol officer with the number of the invitation card held by the visitor. The order of the interviews is arranged. At the same time, there are people who are called one by one in order.

Shen Yiyi felt that those businessmen probably knew in their hearts that it was impossible for them to have anything to do with the high-ranking officials in Beijing just by meeting them today. One of the most important reasons why they flock here today is the fear that they will be put in small shoes because they did not come and will later be classified as pro-British. It's purely self-scaring yourself. As far as Shen Yiyi's own memory is concerned, the central government later kept its promises to ensure that Hong Kong people governed Hong Kong and did not interfere in Hong Kong's operations. Of course, the results of Hong Kong people's administration of Hong Kong are good or bad. That still depends on the Hong Kong people's own means of governance. At this point, it really can't be relied on by Beijing.

Therefore, in this place today, the main thing is to be familiar with each other, and Beijing and Hong Kong are just courteous here.

As a special guest companion of the chairman's wife, Shen Yiyi was wearing a beige seersucker dress at this time, lining her fair skin, looking very generous. And Madame's office also found some platinum jewelry for her to wear, which was even more extravagant. Shen Yiyi even thought that if she could find a crown, then she would simply put a princess head on her plate and dress up as a princess.

Unfortunately, dreams can only be dreams. As the main female guest of the Chinese side, Shen Yiyi could only curl his hair with a curling iron in the end, so that his long hair draped behind his shoulders would not look too dull and with a hint of style.

The wives and daughters of the Hong Kong tycoons who came to the meeting obviously did not expect to see a young girl who was obviously a university student at the chairman's wife. Among them, well-informed people have probably guessed Shen Yiyi's identity. After all, Old Man Shen already belongs to the patriarchs of the CCP. There is a group of people in Hong Kong who are quite interested in Beijing have long found out that Mr. Shen's family has a youngest son who has brought back a daughter. Even I have heard about the appearance and achievements of Mr. Shen's grandchildren. What's more, quite a lot of people know that Shen Yiyi also made a small fortune in Hong Kong. And Shen Yiyi's magical experience of making a fortune in Hong Kong at that time is still regarded as a legend in the words of some Hong Kong people.

A little girl who was only in junior high school or high school at the time had such courage and courage, which was too much in line with the dream of Hong Kong people to chase wealth. And that little girl's path to wealth is also the dream of many Hong Kong people. Although Hong Kong is not a legal city, it can be seen from the fact that related films have become a very important part of Hong Kong films, Hong Kong people have a desire and preference for what to do in their genes. After being swayed by this desire and hobby, he was both envious and unwilling to make a fortune like Shen Yiyi, which was almost mythical, and even pushed Shen Yiyi's reputation up.

As a matter of fact, when you came this time, the invitations you had were still marked with the names of the main members of the Beijing delegation. Shen Yiyi's name is also on it. And Shen Yiyi's name is a little below the chairman's wife. Because she also has the title of special assistant to the chairman's wife this time. Such a position made her stand on the cusp of this meeting.

Mrs. President has lived in Shanghai and Beijing for a long time. Plus her hometown in Jiangsu. Her accent is close to that of Northern Jiangsu Mandarin. And Shanghainese is no stranger to her. However, on the Hong Kong side, the main language is Cantonese. The wives and daughters of those tycoons don't speak Mandarin well, and sometimes there are some language barriers.

Originally, the Central Committee Office arranged for some female cadres from Guangdong to accompany the chairman's wife on the visit, so that the language problem could be well solved. However, I did not expect that the chairman's wife would decide on the issue of her attaché so quickly, and squeeze out the positions of some female cadres that had been arranged.

Fortunately, Shen Yiyi's Cantonese ability had already been tested the last time he and Peng Weining came to Hong Kong, and this time when he played it again in front of the chairman's wife, he didn't feel apprehensive at all.

Of course, Shen Yiyi himself didn't feel anything nervous, but the staff of Mrs. Office still pinched a cold sweat about whether Shen Yiyi could translate correctly to Mrs. It's also difficult for people to do things underneath sometimes. It is necessary to deal with the willfulness of the leader, and at the same time, it is necessary to ensure that there are no accidents. Otherwise, the entire responsibility cannot be the leader's, but only one's own.

More than 100 invitations were sent, and all of them really came. Shen Yiyi played the role of a protocol officer and special assistant, and accompanied the chairman's wife to complete the reception of all the visitors. There are also some very attentive visits, and I will also think of greeting the chairman's wife in Shanghainese. Shen Yiyi gave a thumbs up to these families behind his back.

You must know that the chairman's wife still has a deep affection for Shanghai. And the local accent of Shanghai also makes her have a full sense of intimacy. Those people said to her Shanghainese, and that's what they liked. It is conceivable that those few people must have made Mrs. Chairman remember the special dungeon today. This can be regarded as achieving the purpose of meeting today.

However, sometimes you look at the scenery from the top of the building, and you don't know that you have become the scenery in the eyes of others? Shen Yiyi is like this, and he has also entered the field of vision of others. (To be continued......)