She leaned forward slightly, the light casting a hint of worry on her delicate face. "There's an old Chinese saying full of wisdom: A man who is wiser than a hundred men is hard to command.
Don’t you think that Xiao Lin Tian Wang is too smart and too ruthless?
How old is he that he can play with Peter Ho in the palm of his hand and make the entire Repulse Bay a spectator?
If he really becomes powerful in Hong Kong Island, will he become a threat to us British capital?
After all, such a young Japanese-Chinese, his ambitions and background are still unknown..."
"Sit big?"
MacLehose chuckled and shook his head, his smile revealing the strategic planning accumulated through years of political ups and downs, "Madam, you worry too much.
He was a young man from a foreign land, with roots as shallow as a sand castle on the beach.
He is currently planting a flag in the deep pool of Hong Kong's newspaper industry, which is equivalent to throwing a piece of fat meat into the water surrounded by countless sharks.
How many big sharks are occupying the newspaper industry?
Hong Kong Island's local Chinese newspaper industry!
Those old British newspaper giants!
And there are the left-wing newspapers that have been rising strongly recently!
Which one doesn't have deep roots and sharp claws?"
He turned his gaze to the open newspaper on the other side of the desk, printed with the headline of the Oriental Daily, and said, "Someone has already started to act, so why should we dirty our hands?
With just a little guidance, someone will naturally push this talented young man who is trying to show off into the water."
MacLehose picked up the bottle and refilled the Governor's wife's and his own glasses. The crisp sound of ice cubes hitting each other was like some kind of elegant judgment, "We just have to watch the storm form quietly and watch how their fangs bite and tear each other apart.
In the chess game of Hong Kong Island, the real players are us."
…
And in Repulse Bay...
Almost at the same time, the taillights of Ho Chun-ting's car disappeared at the end of the Ho family's driveway.
The scene that unfolded in front of that eye-catching Villa No. 3 in Repulse Bay... an absurd yet highly dramatic and explosive conflict...
It has already been captured by countless pairs of eyes hidden in the night and collected by countless pairs of ears as sensitive as hounds.
Those spies lurking in the wealthy areas, with different identities but equally keen sense of smell, became active in an instant, like sharks smelling blood.
Under the bottomless undercurrent of Hong Kong Island, information began to spread at a speed faster than radio waves.
"Hello? Zhang Sheng? It's terrible! There's a big drama going on in Repulse Bay! The eldest young master of the Huo family!"
"Mrs. Wang! I have some big news for you to hear. I guarantee you'll laugh so hard you won't be able to sleep tonight!
Just now..."
"Mr. Li, Master Zhenting of the Huo family suffered a setback at Repulse Bay No. 3!
I was badly beaten by that Japanese kid!"
"Hey! Lao Liu?
Did you hear the news?
Young Master Huo asked someone to call the police and seize the gun!
The result, hahahaha... was an oil drum and firecrackers that exploded into pieces!
It's so funny! "
"Hello? Mr. Chen? It's urgent! That Japanese guy named Lin used a rotten iron bucket to hold firecrackers and almost scared the Huo family's eldest son to death!
Now the streets are full of policemen watching the joke!"
One call after another was made from every corner of Repulse Bay and from the depths of every magnificent mansion.
Like a lit fuse, the telephone lines instantly carried the fiery news to private homes in Deep Water Bay, official residences on Victoria Peak, clubs in Mid-Levels, and quiet teahouses in Causeway Bay...
The sound coming from the receiver...
It was a cry of surprise that she tried to suppress...
It was an irrepressible, gloating sneer...
It is a vivid and colorful live reproduction mixed with exaggerated imitations, as well as suppressed waves of laughter that rise and fall like the tide in the background.
On this sweltering summer night, the entire upper echelon of Hong Kong Island was thrown into a frenzied gossip frenzy over a string of firecrackers and an empty oil drum.
…
On the other hand, in the Guo family mansion, outside the heavy dark teak study door, Mr. Guo Letian, who was over 70 years old, was worried.
He was wearing thin silk jacquard pajamas and pacing back and forth on the spacious and expensive carpet in the study. He looked extremely heavy.
The night wind blew through the open window lattice, making a slight rustling sound.
"Young Master Huo..."
Guo Letian couldn't help but stop, his voice filled with heavy anxiety, "...Why did I have to suffer such a terrible defeat at the hands of that Japanese kid!
And it happened right after leaving our Guo family...
The eyes of all Hong Kong Island are watching!
When had Young Master Huo ever suffered such humiliation?
This is a huge loss for a person, a complete loss of face…that temper…”
The old man thought about this and clutched the belt of his nightgown in annoyance, "... can he endure such a great humiliation with his temperament?
I'm afraid that when I see Xiao Lin Tian Wang in the future, I will be jealous and eager to get rid of him as soon as possible! "
"And... after this... will he... still be as single-minded in pursuing our Mengmeng as before?"
Mr. Guo thought over and over again: Huo Zhenting really has feelings for Mengmeng, otherwise he wouldn't come to my house so attentively.
But now, this basin of dirty water mixed with gunpowder fragments was poured on Young Master Huo's head in public, burning him to pieces.
What if... the hope of marriage is ruined?
That's really a huge loss, right?!
…
The sun was particularly bright the next day...
It did not illuminate the haze, but instead clearly exposed Ho Chun-ting's embarrassment at night to the whole of Hong Kong Island, like a film washed with developing water.
From the front pages of newspapers frantically waved by newsboys in the streets and alleys, from the excited whispers of gentlemen and ladies at the Peninsula Hotel's outdoor cafe, from the eye-catching headlines flashing outside the windows of the clanking old trams...
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