Chapter 382 Returning favors
It has to be said that Bruce Lee was indeed gifted in martial arts.

It takes an average person at least half a year to learn the 108 movements of the Five Animal Exercises until they are able to perform the breathing and movements correctly.

Unexpectedly, Bruce Lee had mastered the art in just one month, and he had both the form and the spirit. He then cooked the Bazhen Soup which Wang Deming modified by combining the two traditional decoctions Siwu Soup and Sishen Soup.

After a month, his health recovered quite well.

The pulse is strong and powerful, the breathing is long, and at least 7% of the body's deficiency is replenished.

After that, Bruce Lee and King Hu started writing the script.

It wasn't just the two of them, there was also Chen Huiyi, the martial arts instructor when King Hu was filming "A Touch of Zen", and a stuntman named Lin Genbao, who just changed his name to Lin Zhengying this year, who worked together on the martial arts design of the script.

Soon, the first script took shape, with the title "Fist of Fury".

It tells the story of a brave Chinese man named Zheng Chaoan who was working in Thailand. He found out that his boss was transporting and manufacturing drugs and was harming workers, so he fought against him.

Three months later, the crew was formed, and after shooting a part in the studio, they flew to Thailand for location shooting.

Time quickly came to the end of November 71. "Fist of Fury", which was released on October 11, became a hit in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

The box office in Hong Kong alone was as high as 350 million Hong Kong dollars, and the box office in Taiwan and Southeast Asia combined was close to 1000 million Hong Kong dollars.

Bruce Lee became an overnight sensation and became the highest-grossing Chinese actor.

Art comes from life. Most of Hong Kong's drug business comes from Thailand.

The famous 500 million inspector Lui Lok, on the one hand, accepted bribes, and on the other hand, supported his fellow Chaozhou native Po Hao, the leader of one of the four major gangs, Yi Qun, in drug trafficking.

At the end of November, the new Governor of Hong Kong, Murray MacLehose, held a banquet at the Governor's Residence on Victoria Peak after a grand ceremony to celebrate his inauguration.

"Governor Mac, this is Mr. Wang Deming, a famous banker in Hong Kong."

"Hello Mr. Wang, thank you for your previous contribution to Hong Kong's economy." MacLehose was quite tall, with not much hair, which was combed neatly in a 3:7 split. He had drooping bags under his eyes, forming a triangle. He was a typical Anglo-Saxon.

Wang Deming smiled and shook hands with him, saying politely, "No, no, I just did what I should do."

Murray MacLehose looked at him inquiringly. This answer was not standard.

Shouldn’t the normal answer be to thank the leaders of the Hong Kong government in England?

MacLehose's mind raced. Having worked as an official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for many years, he was particularly good at dividing and buying people off. He directly moved this rare Chinese banker to the left.

“I hope you can make greater contributions in the future.”

After making the same polite remark, MacLehose went on to shake hands with other well-known Chinese business people in Hong Kong.

Mr. Bao, Mr. Dong, Mr. Chen, Mr. Zheng
"Governor Mac, this is Li Bancheng, a rising star in Hong Kong. In just over ten years, he has become a well-known billionaire in Hong Kong."

The tall and strong MacLehose looked at the thin middle-aged man in front of him, smiled and shook hands with him: "Mr. Li, thank you for your previous contribution to Hong Kong."

"It's all thanks to the Hong Kong government's wise decision. I just followed the trend. I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it." Li Bancheng bent his waist, holding MacLehose's hands with both hands, and kept saying, "If it weren't for the Hong Kong government's effective stimulus to the economy, Hong Kong's economy wouldn't have developed so well in just a few years."

The corners of MacLehose's mouth curled up and his smile widened a little. "Hong Kong's economic prosperity cannot be separated from outstanding Chinese businessmen like you." He did not use the word "Chinese" but "Chinese-American". Most people could not hear the difference, and if they did, they would probably think it was a slip of the tongue.

Li Bancheng nodded repeatedly, "Governor Mai, Chinese businessmen can only develop so well under the favorable conditions of the Hong Kong government."

After the banquet began, MacLehose stood in the center of the banquet hall and spoke at length about the future development of Hong Kong and the policy direction to be implemented in Hong Kong in the future, such as more public rental housing and more financial conveniences, in an effort to further promote the prosperity of Hong Kong.

After a round of warm applause, people gathered in groups of three or four to chat.

Wang Deming, together with Mr. Bao, Mr. Shao and others, held a glass of champagne in his hand and chatted with people from time to time.

Soon, a small circle gathered, including both Chinese and foreigners. The foreigner was Qi Dezun, the chairman of Hutchison, and Niu Bijian, the boss of Hong Kong Land Development.

"Mr. Wang, most of Hang Seng Bank's previous loans were to small and medium-sized Chinese businesses, and the Ho family privately transferred the loans to their own businesses, so they did not survive the bank run in 65." Qi Dezun pointed out the problems of Hang Seng Bank as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Mr. Wang, I asked my people to contact Hang Seng Bank for financing and loans several times, but why didn't they approve it?"

"You know, Hutchison's assets are worth more than 10 billion, so how can there be any problem with repayment? Have you also bought a lot of Hutchison shares?"

Wang Deming smiled but did not respond. He did not know anything else, but after Hutchison acquired Whampoa, it became Hutchison Whampoa. After that, it was almost half sold and half given away to Li Bancheng by Shen Bi of HSBC.

At this time, you are borrowing money from my bank to acquire Huangpu?
Pay it back in five years? If you can't pay it back by then, will Hang Seng Bank go bankrupt again?

Qi Dezun whispered, "Mr. Wang, tell me how you can lend me the money."

"Mr. Qi Dezun," Wang Deming put the champagne on the waiter's plate, "Do you really want to buy Huangpu?"

"The shipping business has been booming in recent years. After Hutchison acquired Whampoa, we will be able to occupy a larger share of the shipping business. In addition," Qi Dezun released a rumor: "Governor MacLehose is preparing to start the construction of the new Kwai Chung Port No. 4."

"Everyone can participate in this port, just like the Kowloon Tunnel. Once it is taken over, it will definitely be a huge profit. Are you interested?"

"Oh really?"

"Haha, only our British-owned company knows about this now. But you know, our British-owned companies have been expanding vigorously recently. We don't have enough funds, so we are looking for friends who can talk to us. And Port No. 4 also needs the British-owned companies to take the lead, you know."

"Okay, let's talk about this another time."

"It's a word."

Qi Dezun achieved his goal and turned to another circle, led by HSBC's big boss Sanders, Jardine Matheson's Keswick, Wheelock's Madden and others.
Niu Bijian looked at Qi Dezun's back and reminded him quietly, "Mr. Wang, Hutchison and Wheelock are both taking too big a step at the moment. Hutchison now controls more than 200 companies, and management is already very chaotic."

"Once Qi Dezun acquires Huangpu, its management will become even more chaotic and it will suffer large-scale losses in no more than two years."

“Haha, isn’t loss a good thing?”

"Mr. Wang, what do you mean?"

"I have nothing? Well, let's go, I'll go say hello to Governor Mac and leave, you can chat with them."

Finding MacLehose in the crowd, Li Bancheng had been surrounding him since the beginning of the banquet. Wang Deming whispered something and then left.

MacLehose looked at his back with twinkling eyes
(End of this chapter)