Rebirth: Rising Hong Kong

Chapter 1530 1529 [Check and balance! 】

"Mr. Huo, I'm late! I wish you a new year!" Shi Zhijian ignored Xu Sanshao, and directly bowed his hands to Mr. Huo, wishing him a new year.

"Hehe, it's good that you're here! Come on, please sit down!" Mr. Huo was very happy, "I was talking about you with the third young master just now, but I didn't expect to say Cao Cao Cao Cao is here!"

"Third Young Master, what are you talking bad about me again?" Shi Zhijian loosened his tie, sat down with a smile and asked Xu Third Young Master.

"No! Am I that kind of person? I, Xu, never like to speak ill of people behind their backs. On the contrary, the old man and I praised you just now!" Xu Sanshao would not admit it, and scraped the tea foam with the tea lid, "If you don't believe me, ask Mr. Huo!"

Shi Zhijian looked at Boss Huo, and Boss Huo laughed: "Just now we talked about the reconstruction project of the Kowloon Walled City that you won, and the third young master is very jealous, if you give him less work!"

Shi Zhijian looked at Third Young Master Xu with a smile: "My third young master, to be honest, if I give you a lot of work, can you eat it?"

Before Xu Sanshao could speak, Shi Zhijian continued: "Don't think I don't know, your Xu's construction company is now fully committed to the construction of Hung Hom, and there is no extra energy at all. Also, not long ago, your eldest brother and second brother borrowed money from me. Money, saying that their company’s payment for goods is about to be emptied by you..."

"Ahem, cough, what's the matter!" Xu Sanshao refused to admit it, "My elder brother and second elder brother are in charge of our Xu family's shipping company and bank finance. There is so much money that I can't spend it all. How can I pay for it?" Empty? I just borrowed a little money... As you know, the **** Hung Hom project is too big, and the government won’t allocate funds, so I have to put it on my own!”

At this time Huo Dashao said: "I reminded you not to play too much! Hung Hom is a bottomless pit. You have to invest so much and drag me and Ah Jian into the water! Now it's all right, the Kowloon Walled City is such a good project! You can only watch, but you can't eat big meat!"

Xu Sanshao rolled his eyes: "Please, my dear young master, don't make sarcastic remarks, okay? Didn't you see that I was about to die of embarrassment?!"

"Ahem, I'm just talking about things!"

Seeing Shi Zhijian and the three good friends joking together, Mr. Huo smiled happily, young, how nice! Especially when you are young, it is even better to have such a good friend!

Shi Zhijian chatted at Huo's house for a while, when the Huo's phone rang suddenly.

Young Master Huo thought it was someone calling to pay New Year's greetings to the Huo family, but he froze as soon as he answered the call, then looked at Shi Zhijian in surprise and said, "Ah Jian, I'm looking for you!"

"Eh? Who's looking for me?"

"Governor!"

Now, even Big Brother Huo and Third Young Master Xu were surprised. They looked at First Young Master Huo, and then at Shi Zhijian.

The governor of Hong Kong, Mai Lihao, actually called here to find Shi Zhijian himself. It seemed that something serious had happened.

Shi Zhijian got up and walked over to answer the phone, talked to the phone for a few words, then hung up the phone, then turned around and said to Big Brother Huo with a smile: "I'm sorry, old man, I wanted to bother you for a meal at noon , Unfortunately, I have to leave first!"

"Busy first if you have something to do!" Big brother Huo smiled and got up to see him off, "Come over for dinner later when you have time!"

Everyone sent Shi Zhijian outside together.

Seeing Shi Zhijian coming out, Chen Huimin hurriedly opened the car door for him.

Shi Zhijian got into the car, waved goodbye to Brother Huo and the others, and said to Chen Huimin, "Let's go to the Governor's Mansion!"

The black Bentley drove away slowly.

Seeing the back of Shi Zhijian leaving, Xu Sanshao gossiped: "I don't know what the Hong Kong Governor is looking for Ah Jian?"

"Could it be that A Jian didn't go to pay him New Year's greetings, and he's upset?" Young Master Huo pinched his chin and guessed.

"You two don't gossip so much. Since you are so curious, don't you call and ask after Ah Jian is done?" Mr. Huo looked calm and calm after seeing the world.

"That's right! We are still too young, and the old man is still calm!" Xu Sanshao flattered, "Or else people say that there is an old man in the family, and there is still a treasure!"

Brother Huo put his hands behind his back and smiled slightly: "Calm down, I'm actually more curious than the two of you!"

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The British don’t celebrate Chinese New Year, but as the governor of Hong Kong, Mai Lihao has also started to take vacations during this period of time in line with the attitude of “having fun with the people”. Especially on the first day of the Lunar New Year, he made an exception and accompanied his wife to the Wong Tai Sin Temple. .

For the British who believe in **** Christ, Wong Tai Sin is a very strange belief. Rather than saying that they go to worship Wong Tai Sin, it is better to say that they go to the Wong Tai Sin Temple in the spirit of adventure.

In addition, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Mai Lihao even invited a group of friends to go fishing and drink whiskey on a yacht.

It was not until today that Mai Lihao returned to work in the Governor's Mansion.

The Union Jack flag fluttered in the wind on the square in front of the Government House. When Shi Zhijian’s Bentley parked at the gate of the Government House, the guarding British soldiers saw Shi Zhijian getting off the car and saluted him collectively.

Shi Zhijian nodded, then straightened his windbreaker and walked towards the Governor's Mansion.

The Secretary of the Hong Kong Governor's Office soon notified Shi Zhijian of his arrival, and the Governor of Hong Kong, Mai Lihao, invited Shi Zhijian to the study for a meeting.

Shi Zhijian walked into the study room, took off his windbreaker and handed it to the butler of the Hong Kong government, who hung up the windbreaker for him and asked someone to serve coffee before closing the door and going out.

The governor of Hong Kong, Mai Lihao, sat on the seat behind the desk, took out a cigar from the cherry wood cigar box on the table, and handed it to Shi Zhijian. He said to Shi Zhijian: "Dear Shi, I know you are very busy these days, so I called to invite you over, don't you mind?"

"How could it be?" Shi Zhijian imitated the Governor of Hong Kong, roasted the cigar, took a bite in his mouth, and then sat down on the sofa opposite the Governor of Hong Kong, "But since you called me, you must There is something important to negotiate."

Mai Lihao nodded: "Indeed, the matter is very important. It is about Sir Bailiqu."

"Oh—" Shi Zhijian guessed something, and looked directly at Mai Lihao.

Mai Lihao smiled wryly and said, "Don't look at me like that. I don't want to, but the conditions you set for Bailiqu, resigning as the head of the ICAC, he can accept and resign from the title He can't do it!"

After a pause, Mai Lihao said again: "After all, he is a knight appointed by the Queen herself, and he has always been proud of it. Letting him lose his title is uglier than killing him! In addition, he is a Hong Kong judiciary. Boss of the system, even I have to give him three points, this time it is very rare for him to suffer in your hands, what I mean is...you don’t have to do it too badly, even if it is to give me a little face!"

Shi Zhijian exhaled smoke, leaned on the sofa with a cigar in his hand, and seemed to be thinking.

After a while, Shi Zhijian looked at Mai Lihao and said, "Actually, I can't figure it out. This is a very good opportunity. Why don't you take this opportunity to take him down..."

Only Shi Zhijian dared to say such things in front of Mai Lihao, after all, it was related to political disputes.

Mai Lihao smiled wryly again: "You think I don't want to? I want to too! After taking him down, I can completely control the Hong Kong government. Without him being a big judicial boss, I can do many things smoothly! But the problem is- "

Mai Lihao sighed: "It's not something I can do if I want to! The reason why the British put Bailiqu beside me is to check and balance me, lest I be far away from the emperor and not be controlled by the British central government." !"

"Conversely, I also want to understand that instead of taking Bailiqu now and letting the British side replace the second one, and the third Bailiqu comes over and continues to be my enemy, it is better to speak good words for him and let him Continue to stay in Hong Kong, after all, you and I are defeated, I think he will at least dare not show off his power in a short time!"

After listening to this, Shi Zhijian understood everything. These political figures are all very shrewd, especially the relationship between Hong Kong Governor Mai Lihao and judicial boss Bailiqu.

Instead of taking advantage of this incident to defeat the opponent Bailiqu and let Britain send another Bailiqu over, it is better to sell Bailiqu face and let him stay in Hong Kong. Make waves.

From another point of view, Bailiqu is indeed a talented person. In his last life, Bailiqu was in charge of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Not only did he hit Chief Superintendent Ge Bai, but he also killed Chen Zhichao, Lei Luo and other big tigers.

It can be said that Bailiqu contributed a lot to Hong Kong's successful anti-corruption in the previous life.

And in this life, the only thing Bailiqu did wrong was to oppose Shi Zhijian, the chosen son of heaven.

One wrong step, one wrong step!

How could Shi Zhijian who has a golden finger lose to him?

As a result, Bailiqu kept getting stumbled in Shi Zhijian's hands, and this time he almost set himself on fire.

"How about it, dear Shi, what do you think, let him go this time?" Mai Lihao asked Shi Zhijian while puffing out smoke.

Shi Zhijian bent down and flicked his cigar into the ashtray placed on the coffee table: "It's okay to let him go, but I have two conditions."

"Speak, I'll listen." Seeing Shi Zhijian let go, Mai Lihao was very happy.

"First~www.readwn.com~ After Bailiqu resigns as the head of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, I will appoint a new head."

"Uh, this—" Mai Lihao hesitated for a moment, "May I ask first, who is the person you fancy?"

Shi Zhijian smiled slightly: "It was Brando who you asked him to accompany me to search Lei Luo's mansion last time!"

"It's him, yes!" Mai Lihao breathed a sigh of relief.

For him, this candidate is really good. First of all, Brando is British and has a very orthodox British Empire blood; secondly, he is also his confidant of Mai Lihao, otherwise he and Shi Zhijian would not have been sent to search the house last time; The most important point is that Brando is very good at being a person and doing things. At least many of Mai Lihao's small treasuries were built with Brando's help.

"Then what about another condition, tell me!" Mai Lihao asked Shi Zhijian.

Shi Zhijian crushed his unsmoked cigar into the ashtray, got up and straightened his tie, raised his chin slightly and looked at Mai Lihao and said, "The other condition is that I want him to come to the door to apologize in person! To tell you the truth, I was wrong! "