Chapter 399 Christopher Francis Patten



“Tsk tsk tsk…”

The rooftop of the Hill family manor offers an extremely broad view.

Alan held a high-powered military telescope in his hand, staring at the cyclists slowly approaching in the distance.

At this moment, even the knowledgeable Alan was a little stunned by this scene.

He really wanted to improvise a poem.

But unfortunately I don’t have much culture.

It's probably:

Thousands of waves pass by and no trace of people is left.

Hundreds of sticks were swung wildly, leaving him stunned.

Anyway, that's what I mean. Since the age limit for the contestants is not very strict, although Allen originally wanted to choose only young people, there are also older contestants.

Xifeisi mainly wants to create a big scene, so...

There were quite a lot of people who were very relaxed, and even uncles and aunts came to participate.

When people get older, especially in the land of Great Britain, they are particularly healthy. Women are all fat and strong, and their waists are...

Alan stared at the scene through the telescope in amazement. Some of the more showy old men got so excited while riding that they stood up and pedaled.

That scene...

It's just like when you're fishing, you put a worm on the hook, and then before you throw it into the river, you throw the hook.

It's too eye-catching!

The entire cycling team is sparsely distributed over a few kilometers. It’s not a short distance to ride from Llanelli to here…

I was sweating all the way and I had no clothes on, so I couldn't get clean anyway.

The scene looked like thousands of perverts riding bicycles and preparing to attack the town of Carmarthen.

The residents of Carmarthen, who had just experienced Lord Allen leading his troops to attack Carmarthen last year, are about to face another nightmare scene in the new year.

Some people were still standing at the bridgehead at the entrance of the town, looking over there in ignorance.

When Alan thought of this, he felt that it was unlucky for these people to live so close to him. No wonder the earls of all generations kept tens of thousands of people next to the earl's palace like sheep.

Such a great place for fun. When you feel unhappy, you can just ride a horse over there and have some fun. How cool is that!

"No more, no more. Go and ask Chikli to come see me."

Alan was talking, but he still held the binoculars in his hand and glanced at the back of the team, and then he saw the two obvious buses.

"???"

On the bus, Alan could clearly see that the passengers all had East Asian faces, and considering their clothes, he suddenly shuddered.

"Little Stone! What's going on? Ah! Are the members of the expedition coming?"

Alan's face turned red with anger.

"Ah? Let me see."

Little Shitou didn't react for a while. He took the telescope handed to him by Allen and took a look. Especially after he saw the assistant secretary named Zhang Xin in the car, he finally remembered.

"It seems so, Master. Didn't you ask Secretary Zhang to contact them? I don't care much about things here."

"Who arranged for them to arrive and have the event on the same day?! On the first day of their inspection, they were asked to see this? Do I have no dignity? Where will I put my face in the future?"

Alan pointed at the bus slowly passing by the road in front of his door in the distance, his fingers trembling. It was so embarrassing. People would not think that he, the Earl, was a foolish and incompetent bastard who only knew how to indulge in wine and women in his own territory, right?

If this impression gets out, how will he survive in the future?

He couldn't just say when he visited China in the future, "Look... that's the incompetent count who helped thousands of people pass through the border on IOUs..."

Alan's scalp tingled at the thought.

"Master."

Little Stone looked at the bus that was already going away and didn't know how to explain it.

"Since they are already here, judging from the situation... they have probably followed us all the way. Maybe these foreign guests like our activities."

"Go, go, go get Chikli over here!"

Chikli followed Xiao Shitou carefully and slowly came to the study.

He just heard from the trainee butler that the Earl was in a bad mood today, and asked him to be careful when he went in to talk!

But... when Chikli thought about the fact that the task assigned to him by the Earl had not made any progress, he felt disappointed.

I was already in a bad mood, and no matter how careful I was with my words, it looked like I was walking into trouble.

As the wooden door was pushed open, Chikli was stunned when he walked into the study.

The Earl just crossed his hands, held his chin, and stared coldly at the door. He did nothing, he just stared at the door!

Thinking of this, Chikli bowed first, then walked quickly forward, walked to the desk, and bowed again and said, "Sir...you are looking for me."

"Well, how are things going over there?"

Allen stared at Chikli expressionlessly.

After these years of experience, this little liar has lost a lot of frivolity on his face, and has become more mature, and...

Alan always felt that there was something strange about the way this guy walked and the tone of his voice.

I can’t explain how it feels, it’s just a little bit girly…

Huh?

"Sir, I...I...the target has been in London recently. As you know, we have no reason to get close to where they live, and we can't use some of our methods."

Chikli was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, but he didn't dare to lie. If it wasn't done, it wasn't done. In this family, you can do wrong things but you can't say wrong words, especially lying!

"Um……"

Alan hummed again, his attention still on Chickley's tone, which was getting sharper and sounding weird.

"It's summer now. I estimate that there is a high probability that he will go on vacation in the near future. You can follow him when the time comes. There should be more opportunities abroad. If you get any evidence, take action as soon as possible. Don't let me down."

"Yes! Your Excellency, I won't let you down!"

"Um……"

Looking at Chikli's fair face, Alan suddenly raised his eyebrows and remembered something.

"Chikli, you have been with me for a while and have made contributions. If you do well this time, when I come back from my business trip next month, you can... go to the hospital for surgery. I think it will be possible to restore your artery."

"!!!"

When Chikli heard what Allen said, he looked up with surprise!

During this period of time, no... since he was arrested by this Excellency, since he had the sterilization operation, he felt that he was becoming more and more powerless at certain times. At the beginning...

Chikli thought that it was caused by environmental pressure. He was in Russia at the time, the surrounding area was unsafe and he was under great psychological pressure.

Later, when he returned from his mission, the situation did not improve, and even...

His beard was getting thinner and thinner, which made him a little panicked.

He could accept that he couldn't have children. At worst, he could wait until he performed well and made contributions in the future, then ask his boss for his bottle of seeds back, and he would still be able to have children.

But now, his functions are almost degenerating, which makes Chikli fall into panic.

As for getting the surgery done privately?

He doesn't dare!

Not to mention the surgery, even if everything he had now was caused by Allen's instructions, he didn't even dare to feel any resentment towards Allen. For some people, the longer he was in contact with them and the more he understood them, the less he dared to have any extra emotions.

Now...from what Alan said, as long as he performs well this time and gets the job done, he can go to the hospital for a cannulation surgery. This way, Chickley's fighting spirit is boosted, and he can't wait to return to London and squat at the door of the Duchess's house 24 hours a day, staring at her!

"Okay... Go ahead. When I come back from my business trip next month, I hope you can bring me good news. I will have other rewards for you then."

"yes!"

July 3, 1992, Cardiff International Airport.

A convoy of Cadillac cars parked quietly on the side of runway one.

Several tall and strong men in gray suits surrounded a white Cadillac, looking around vigilantly.

Christopher Francis Patten, 48 years old, is at the peak of his career and is proficient in various negotiation skills. He is known as the Negotiation Fox, which means that he is as cunning as a fox in various negotiations.

He was fluent in Chinese and gave himself a Chinese name, Chris Patten.

At this time, Patten looked calm as he looked at the special plane parked on the runway. His men had already helped him load the luggage of his entourage onto the plane, but he did not dare to board the plane right now because...

The more important person of higher status hasn't arrived yet, so he has to wait until he arrives and greets him before he can board the plane. That's the rule!

The corner of Chris Patten's mouth twitched slightly. His heart bled when he thought of that big shot.

Everything was so beautiful, but...

Because of some disputes within the Conservative Party, he has now been pushed out to be the scapegoat!

As the last Governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten was destined to be nailed to the pillar of shame.

The responsibility for losing territory, no matter which country it is, is not something that ordinary people can bear. Now... he is the only one who has to bear the blame.

And now that everything is a foregone conclusion, the Conservative Party has also made many corresponding countermeasures in order to maximize its interests, especially... He will have to take the blame anyway when he takes office this time, so he might as well make a bigger fuss, do it more decisively, and take the blame to the end. Then when he comes back, he will receive corresponding compensation.

But... when he thought of Prime Minister Major's promise, Patten's face turned angry.

These damn politicians threw him aside like a stinky rag. His condition at the time was that since he had to take office even without a title, he needed a slightly more powerful person to stand up for him.

This is to allow him to take over the work and establish his prestige in a short period of time.

but……

Patten never expected that the news would eventually reach the Queen, and then...

Buckingham Palace actually sent a powerful person to support him.

It was not until some time ago that the butler of this powerful man sent his servants to his door, and Chris Patten found out who the powerful man was who went to Hong Kong with him this time!

It was the Earl of Carmarthen, Alan Hill, who was “notorious” and “extremely cruel” in London some time ago!

To be honest, facing this powerful person, when he first heard that he was going to follow him, Patten's heart sank. He was angry and he called everywhere, but no one paid attention to him. He felt like he was abandoned and became an isolated island!

As an extremely rational politician who likes to get what he wants through negotiation, Patten hates emotionally unstable people.

When facing such people, generally speaking, they tend to cause many unnecessary troubles due to their uncontrollable emotions.

And the Earl of Carmarthen is the best among them!

Relying on his noble status and his extremely strong backers, this man...

He was so arrogant that he even dared to publish a short essay in the newspaper, pointing at Mrs. Thatcher's nose and scolding her!

That's Thatcher!

A person with his temper can certainly keep the situation under control, and he dares to kill people, so he will definitely stand up for himself.

But Patten was absolutely unwilling to have any contact with this noble lord.

To put it bluntly, this guy is an oversized time bomb. He is afraid to keep him with him. Before he even arrives in Hong Kong, he will take advantage of himself because of his violent temper!

Faced with this feeling of having a time bomb around you, who would be happy?

Anyway, Patten was not happy, but...

He had no choice. The only thing he could do now was to follow the arrangements.

Even before taking up the post, I had to follow that person's arrangements. I had to arrive in Cardiff from London a day in advance to wait for him and take a flight to Hong Kong together.

this……

When he thought about the other party sending a butler, and the butler sending a servant to contact him, and the servant's arrogant and disdainful attitude when he saw him, Patten felt very upset.

He was the Governor of Hong Kong, but because of his commoner status, he was looked down upon by the assistant of a knight's butler!

"Sir, let's get off the car. The convoy of the Excellency has arrived."

The assistant reminded Patten who was lost in thought.

"Hmm? Coming?"

Patten opened his eyes, took a deep breath, rubbed his face with his hands, tried hard to put on what he thought was the most sincere smile, and prepared to get out of the car to greet the Earl of Carmarthen.

"Your Excellency, thank you for accompanying me to take office. I am Christopher Francis Patten, and my Chinese name is Patten. You can just call me Christopher."

As soon as Alan got out of the car and before he even looked up at him, Patten bent deeply beside the car, saluted and introduced himself.

Although he didn't want to get along with Allen at all, but now that he met him in person, he piled up a thousand cautions and flattered him carefully. There was no other way... His current status was extremely unequal to that of this person. If he didn't agree carelessly, he was really afraid that Allen would be angry again and dislike him.

"Hmm? Um... let's get on the plane."

Alan just glanced at the new Governor of Hong Kong who was bending over and sticking out his butt to salute. He didn't shake hands with him, nor did he look at him for long. He just casually hummed twice, and then...that was it.

Patten kept bending over, and only straightened up slowly after Alan walked away. He turned his head, stared at Alan's back, and gritted his teeth secretly.

It’s so fucking tiring to get along with these traditional aristocrats!

But... now he had to be so careful with him. When he thought of this foreign aid he had personally called, Patten's heart was bleeding. He wanted to get to Hong Kong as soon as possible, and then...

After getting a little familiar with the local situation, he coaxed this guy away first. As long as he was around, Chris Patten felt uncomfortable all over!


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