Chapter 529 My Little Sister is Getting Married
Wang Yuanchao took the phone and said:
"Mom, why don't you wait until after the New Year's greetings to talk about your future? There are so many people waiting for you!"
Miao Cui scolded him fiercely:
“It’s New Year’s Day, I don’t want to scold you.
The child is soaked to the skin, and you don't change his clothes? And you're rushing to call us to wish us a happy new year? Is that all we need?
Did you know that the child has a fever and is confused? She told me that tomorrow is the first day of the Chinese New Year!
what?
How do you be a father?
Are you so authoritarian?
Wang Yuanchao looked confused and said:
"Mom, what's going on? Zhihua is fine, how could she be soaked?
She is right, today is New Year’s Eve here, and tomorrow is New Year’s Day!
Oh, hahahaha, we are in Los Angeles, the United States. It is 15 hours later than China!
How come you sound like a drowned rat?
"
Miao Cui's face flushed and she glared at her husband:
You are not as old as me, what ears do you have? I am not a drowned rat!
Road:
"What are you doing over there?"
Wang Yuanchao laughed for a while before calming down and saying:
"I'm busy here and can't spare time to go back to Hong Kong, so I asked them to come over. For the New Year, the whole family should be together. America is right under the feet of the University of Tokyo, you know? So it's morning for you, but it's already dark here! We've all had the New Year's Eve dinner!"
Fortunately Miao Cui didn't ask, how come you didn't fall down when you were right under her feet.
Just said "oh" twice.
Wang Yuanchao said:
"Okay, okay, let's continue with the New Year's greetings!"
Wang Yuanchao handed the phone to his wife. Liu Qijin held his son Wang Zhibai and spoke into the microphone first:
"Zhibai, come and call grandpa and grandma!" These words were said not only to his son, but also to his parents-in-law on the other end of the phone line.
Wang Zhibai said in a baby voice:
"Ya Ya Nai Nai..."
The old couple knew that this was the grandson of the eldest son's third wife! Although they had many grandchildren, they unconsciously favored this boy more.
"Oh, Zhibai, grandpa and grandma hope you grow up quickly and we will buy you candy next time!"
Then came the second, third, and fourth rooms, in that order, followed by cousin Chen Xueru and mistress Leti.
The group of people finished the noisy phone call, which took almost half an hour.
After hanging up the phone, people in the courtyard started discussing the America right under their feet.
Forget about the situation down there, the key point is that it’s already the first day of the Chinese New Year in the capital, but it’s only New Year’s Eve there! That’s a difference of 15 hours!
They don’t understand the logic, but they just can’t figure out, if they celebrate New Year’s Eve here and then go to the United States, can they celebrate New Year’s Eve again?
There are two New Year's Eves in a year, this...
The family was still arguing about these issues until lunch time.
I can’t figure it out!
After the winter vacation, the whole family took several flights and flew back to Hong Kong.
As usual, Wang Yuanchao went to visit the three giants of Hong Kong:
Governor, Chairman of HSBC, Chairman of the Jockey Club.
He also has to give people New Year dividends. After all, the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager.
Murray MacLehose soon met with Wang Yuanchao.
"Adam, this is the first time we haven't been to the New Year's Eve party together!"
Wang Yuanchao smiled and said:
"Yeah, I can't come back. I miss you so much."
MacLehose Road:
“You invested in the new president of the United States?”
I have to ask, it's uncomfortable.
Wang Yuanchao said:
"You know, I have some businesses in the United States, and President Reagan is the father of my singer Patricia. I have no reason not to make some political donations."
There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
The family of the American president is no secret. There are even family photos in the newspapers. Of course, Wang Yuanchao is not in it. After all, he and Patricia are divorced. But there are their two sons!
MacLehose couldn't help but sigh. When the SHE group came to Hong Kong to perform, she was just the governor's daughter. Now, she is the daughter of the President of the United States and has become someone that their family needs to look up to.
He thought of himself again.
Even if he was a man of great influence in Hong Kong, so what? Back in London, there would be no place for him, let alone the position of Prime Minister.
He came to Hong Kong to take up his post at the end of 71. Now, it has been ten years. He really wants to continue working in this position. At least it is much better than returning to London, where he is the boss of no one.
But London no longer allows him to be re-elected.
He is already the longest-serving governor in Hong Kong's history.
The Iron Lady Prime Minister doesn't like people breaking the rules, even though she herself is constantly breaking the rules.
It's just that he couldn't tell Wang Yuanchao these words. Even if he didn't say them, Wang Yuanchao would not let them go.
Wang Yuanchao slid a check in front of the Governor and said:
"I spent some time in the UK, and Mrs. Thatcher was selling off shares in British state-owned enterprises. I thought it might be a good investment opportunity."
MacLehose glanced at the number on the check and his heartbeat quickened. He put the check into the drawer and said:
"I can't invest much with my salary."
Because MacLehose built the Independent Commission Against Corruption himself, he was much more honest than his predecessors in this regard. Wang Yuanchao had no chance to express his intentions at the beginning. Later, he asked MacLehose's daughter to invest with him under the pretext of investing.
I made a fortune in the stock market crash in 73, and also made a lot in the subsequent stock market. I also made a fortune from the surge in oil futures caused by the Middle East war.
Everything is earned reasonably.
It is much cleaner than the secret account that Trench gave to the Swiss bank.
"But Alfelida and Sylvia's investment, well, we can give it a try. Do you have any good suggestions?"
Wang Yuanchao smiled and said:
"It depends on what they are interested in. In London, they have to at least choose a career that they are good at or have some interest in."
MacLehose thought for a moment and said:
"Is it too late? I'm worried that the next prime minister will overturn the current government's policies."
Wang Yuanchao showed a meaningful smile and said:
"What if this person is still in the next term?"
Murray MacLehose's eyes widened, full of impossibility!
The Iron Lady sold off state-owned enterprise shares, laid off 20% of the employees of state-owned enterprises with iron rice bowls, drastically cut people's welfare, and even cut milk subsidies for students. No one in the UK liked her. Many people went to Windsor Castle to petition the Queen to remove her.
How could she possibly continue??
Wang Yuanchao shrugged and said:
"We have an old saying in the East that it is better to give timely help than to add icing on the cake. The Iron Lady is surrounded by enemies on all sides. If you, the Governor, are willing to support her more, I think there will be no worse results.
But if, once the other party succeeds, you know the credit much better than I do.
I supported President Reagan a long time ago, when he was Governor, and now I am reaping the rewards over there!"
MacLehose's mind was a little confused.
What Wang Yuanchao said makes sense.
His term of office will end next year. What can he do when he returns to London?
If the Prime Minister favors it, then the future...
Bet or not?
When he leaves office next year, he will be only 65 years old and can continue to shine and contribute to Britain!
Seeing this, Wang Yuanchao knew that the conversation was almost over, so he said goodbye and left the Governor's Mansion.
Sarawak's immigration plan, in addition to Howard's support, also requires the Governor's tacit approval.
Whether in the mainland or Vietnam, Wang Yuanchao relocated nearly 79 people in the two years between 80 and 50, including about 35 Chinese and about 15 Vietnamese.
Now, Sarawak’s population has finally exceeded 200 million.
This year, immigration will continue and all illegal immigrants in Hong Kong will be deported.
The Chinese account for more than 47%, nearly half!
However, those who immigrated there through normal channels have all been registered as indigenous people of Sarawak, and many more are illegal residents whose information has not yet been registered.
As a result, the proportion of indigenous population has increased significantly.
As for what the natives want to say, it is their freedom!
Especially the Chinese, they can write a letter to their families every year or even send money.
No matter how hard life is in Sarawak, it is still much better than the mainland.
Wang Yuanchao needed them to spread the idea to the mainland that there was money to be made here! There was fish and meat to eat here! Because he would continue to absorb population from the mainland. If the mainland just sprinkled a little bit of money, it would be enough for East Malaysia to be prosperous.
MacLehose's decision to prevent Wang Yuanchao from contacting his two twin daughters was an instinctive choice as a man and a father. But what was the point?
Wang Yuanchao's charm is so great that it is hard for ordinary ladies to resist him as long as he wants.
In addition to the check he gave to the Governor, Alfred and Sylvia also had other checks. It was a convenient thing to bring people to make money. In other words, the twins knew that he had a family, so they maintained a relationship that was more than friends but less than lovers, a relationship of lovers.
In order to get a piece of the pie in the wave of privatization of state-owned enterprises in the UK, Wang Yuanchao can use all these relationships.
It is not reliable to rely solely on the Americans or the British. We need to divide the work into several baskets.
There is no need to mention HSBC Chairman Stephen Smith, just a Swiss Bank deposit certificate and the deal was done.
Our friendship has always been so simple and direct.
It’s simpler for the Jockey Club Chairman, a small gold gift will do.
Wang Yuanchao is a director of the Jockey Club and controls the sales channels of horse racing tickets. He is increasingly turning it into a non-profitable charitable organization because what Wang Yuanchao wants is to control so many employed people and the social influence of these jobs.
It is just a fantasy for the Jockey Club to get it back.
After visiting the three major mountains, relatives, friends and some Chinese families, Wang Yuanchao took his family north to Guangzhou, and then took a plane to the capital to attend his younger sister's wedding.
As usual, the whole family does not take the same plane, but there are not as many planes in the mainland as outside. Even though the daughters followed Wang Yuanchao on a private plane, Liu Qijin also took his son Wang Zhibai to take a mainland plane.
When we landed in the capital, the taxi company came to pick us up.
800 vans and 200 Crown sedans arrived in the mainland in the middle of last year and have been in trial operation for half a year, just waiting for Wang Yuanchao, a patriotic Chinese, to come back to cut the ribbon.
(End of this chapter)