Hong Kong Island Old Events

Mailer from the Financial Bureau returned to the car, put away the suitcase full of banknotes, and said: "Tomorrow, send someone to Oriental Bank to withdraw the money. Send a team of people to verify the amount, and then send the fees to the brothers. .”

"Yes, sir."

the driver replied.

Ge Wen from the Fire Department sat in the car, arranged his clothes, and sighed: "Tomorrow morning, I told the guy below that the money will be paid one day later than last month.

"clear."

The deputy director nodded.

the next morning.

Du Yihua returned to the office with his suitcase, called two deputy chiefs of customs, four assistant chiefs, and six general supervisors into the office. In front of everyone, he took the banknotes out of the box and scattered them on the table: "Everyone, give the money to the guys."

The senior customs officials present looked at the banknotes and all looked stunned. The deputy customs director "Ming Shijue" was wearing a uniform and asked incredulously: "Sir Du, are these the fees?"

"From now on, the fees sent by the police will be in silver notes, and we will take the silver notes to the bank to exchange them." Du Yihua said with a sullen face, unabashedly: "The customs is weak and bullied, the police force has the final say! "

Ming Shijue cursed: "Damn it, last time the police asked us to hand over people, we did so. Now the police force gives us money and paper. Does Oriental Bank have a banknote issuance license?"

"Give us the banknotes to use as money?"

The remaining assistant commissioners, general supervisor and other senior officials were very unhappy.

Du Yihua said helplessly: "The situation is stronger than the people. We and the police force have no qualifications to challenge me. I picked up the money one by one. If you don't want it, the future fees will be gone."

Assistant Commissioner Yue Shili frowned and asked aloud: "This is what the police force said!"

"right!"

Du Yihua said calmly: "The top brass of the police force may have shares in Oriental Bank, and they took the opportunity to use our money as capital and exploit us. We will follow the police force's wishes. When the bank has no problems, the banknotes will be redeemed." Whatever comes naturally is fine.”

"Once there is a problem in the bank's operation, all the hard-earned money will be wasted, and the boss can run away in a minute."

Ming Shijue sneered: "The top brass of the police force can receive information in advance and cash out the banknotes quickly before their operations are in danger. Can our customs do that?"

"Sir Du, we cannot let the police force do this!"

Du Yihua felt slightly satisfied when he saw the senior customs officials reaching an agreement. To be honest, the Customs Department is not a monolith. Although the two deputy chiefs listen to him, they are divided into three or four factions from the Assistant Commissioner on down. There is no major matter that affects the interests of the entire Customs Department. It is really very difficult. It's hard to get the brothers to work together. But now that the Customs Department has decided to share the same hatred, it has the qualifications to compete with the police force.

"The situation is stronger than the people. If the Customs Department is always supervised by the Industrial and Commercial Administration and is one level lower than the police force in administrative level, the Customs Department will never be able to hold its head high." Du Yihua understands in his heart that the gap in the level of a department is the root cause. If the Customs Department does not upgrade its ranks, it will never truly be on an equal footing with the police force. It’s not that the Customs Department has many people, ships, or guns. It’s that the Commissioner of Police can directly meet with the Governor. However, the Customs Department can only report to the Director of Industry and Commerce. Any resolutions are reported to the Industry and Commerce Department, and then the Industry and Commerce Department reports to the Governor. Apply to the government.

There is just one more layer in the middle, and there are many more entangled forces and interests, making the Marine Police Department very weak and unable to get on the stage!

You need to have an identity to be on stage!

Du Yihua said: "I have talked with Sir Jian, but you also know that Sir Jian is a soldier and has a hot temper. He will fight if he disagrees, so there is no possibility of talking."

Ming Shijue and the other deputy chief, Zhao Dunxian, looked at each other and said, "Why do we need the consent of the police force? Anti-smuggling at the wharf itself is the responsibility of the Customs Department. If we listen to the police force in everything, let the police force directly manage the Customs Department. It would be OK to merge the Customs and Marine Police Districts.”

"We hand over the dock merchant ships to the police to facilitate the collection of money and give the police face. Since the police do not give us face and prevent us from receiving money, why should we give them the power of anti-smuggling?"

This is key.

The functions and powers of these two departments are different, which is the foundation for customs to survive.

Du Yihua muttered: "What do you mean?"

"Collect your own money!"

Ming Shijue was very tough and said decisively: "Throw away the police force and don't play by the rules of the police force. Our customs collects the money ourselves. What we receive is real money and silver, and maybe we can receive more."

At this time, the senior officials of the Customs Department looked at each other, and they were all very moved.

There are hawks and doves in every organization.

Often hawks are tough on the outside world and are willing to give up certain interests and take risks to gain greater interests, while doves adopt a policy of appeasement, aiming to maintain the status quo and maintain interests. There is no right or wrong between these two groups. Sometimes an organization must use hawks if it wants to seize opportunities. Sometimes it must adopt a policy of appeasement when facing a historical crisis. A healthy organization will promote the right forces at the right time. If the attitude of those in power goes against the trend of history, the organization will suffer heavy losses or even be completely destroyed!

The Customs Service has always been dominated by doves. When collective interests are in conflict, everyone unconsciously turns to the hawks and wants to take a chance. Du Yihua reminded: "The fee order set by the police force will never be allowed to be easily violated. It was easy to hand over the anti-smuggling power, but it is difficult to take it back."

Ming Shijue immediately sensed a political opportunity and said again: "Sir Du, if we don't take back the anti-smuggling rights now, all the money will be wasted in the future, and the brothers will eat us!"

"Returns come with risks. To get back the power that belongs to us, it is impossible to take no risks at all. We have everything the police force has, and we insist that if we can beat McIntosh on the shore, can we beat us on the water?" "

"I'm on the water to arrest smuggling, what can he do to me?"

Du Yihua turned his eyes and looked at Ming Shijue deeply, knowing full well that the deputy commissioner wanted to use this incident to accumulate a wave of political reputation for the next promotion. But a shrewd politician must know how to use people, see through things without exposing them, and immediately nodded and said: "Who will take care of the recovery of water tanker fees?"

Several senior customs officers all turned their attention to Ming Shijue, who took a step forward as a matter of course, stood at attention and saluted: "Sir Du, leave it to me!"

"good!"

Du Yihua nodded lightly, patted him on the shoulder, and said encouragingly: "Sir Ming, whether the Customs Department can stand up or not depends on you to fight this battle!"

Smart people will never put themselves in danger. A gentleman will not put himself in danger. It would be foolish to go to the front line to compete in the ring once you have an identity. It is undoubtedly a smart and cunning way to push a second-in-command who wants to be in charge to carry the firepower.

"Yes, sir!" Ming Shijue stood at attention, saluted, and shouted loudly.

A week later.

Liyuan East Street.

He Dingxian and Chu Yunnan were sitting at the dining table. Chu Weinan was sitting opposite and asked with concern: "Nan, how is your recovery?"

Chu Yunnan was originally in excellent shape, but she gained weight after becoming pregnant. Her dignified and generous appearance lost two points of beauty and gained three points of nobility. And it is much plumper than before, giving people a friendly and kind impression.

Even after she had just given birth, she still paid attention to dressing up and behaved elegantly.

I saw Chu Yunnan holding a soup bowl, scooping out crucian carp soup ladle after ladle, lightly opening her red lips, and replied: "Don't worry, dad, five or six people in the family are surrounding me, what's wrong with that?" of?"

"Um."

Chu Weinan nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's good."

"Axian."

He called He Dingxian again.

He Dingxian cast his gaze: "Dad, what's wrong?"

"The villa on Wyndham Street has been repaired and is in the renovation stage. You can move in when the child turns one year old." The big house Chu Weinan gave him is nothing to He Dingxian now, but it is a family property after all. In the future, the location alone will be worth tens of millions.

He Dingxian nodded immediately: "I understand, Dad."

"In terms of decoration, I will let the designer contact you." Chu Weinan said.

He Dingxian laughed and said, "Show it to Yunnan, as long as Yunnan likes it."

Chu Weinan nodded: "Okay, by the way, what's the baby's name?"

After talking to this point, President Chu put down his bowls and chopsticks, stood up, took the swaddling clothes from the maid's hands, and teased the child with a kind face. Chu Yunnan smiled and said: "It's called Jianhua, He Jianhua!"

"He Jianhua?" Chairman Chu pondered for a while and said: "The name is a good one, but is it suitable for the Feng Shui of Hong Kong Island? The child's fate needs to be calculated by a master. I know a very famous master. Wong Tai Sin Temple.”

Chu Yunnan politely declined: "Dad, forget it."

"The master chose Jianhua's name to be in line with fortune and the horoscope, which is most in line with the Feng Shui of Hong Kong Island. Judging from the child's horoscope, it is not as good to be called Jianhua in the mainland as to be born in Hong Kong Island. Being born in Hong Kong Island has the finishing touch."

Chu Weinan thought about it and said, "Is this so?"

He Dingxian glanced at Chu Yunnan and thought to himself that his wife was really good at talking nonsense. Why did he need to find a master to choose a name? He just thought about it briefly and felt that an era has its own ethos. In the mainland, people now like to use names such as Jianguo, Jianjun, and Jianhua. In order to commemorate the days in the mainland, I chose Jianhua. After all, it was not good to build a country or an army on Hong Kong Island. This name also places a certain political stance on him, hoping that children in the future will not have to take advantage of their family background to go astray. A person named Jianhua would be embarrassed to bow to a ghost. But if you think about it carefully, Chu Yunnan's nonsense actually makes some sense.

Although Jianhua is a bad name in the mainland, people named Jianhua often have a good life, and among the politicians in the 1980s and 1990s, most of them were Jianhua and Jianjun, and their official careers were often quite smooth. .

"He Sheng, Mr. Ji from the fund is waiting for you in the garden." At this time, the housekeeper saw that the master had finished dinner and stepped forward to report in time. He Dingxian knew that Ji Zhengxiong was here to submit the "Articles of Establishment of the School", so he nodded gently, stood up and said, "Make a pot of tea and go to the garden hall. I have something to talk to Mr. Ji."

"Okay, He Sheng." The butler bowed and replied.