This is the first time that Allen has visited Wei Dewei's home in Hong Kong.

Although Wei Dewei has stepped down now, he will stay in Hong Kong for a while to assist Chris Patten in taking over the affairs here quickly. But after he loses the title of Governor, theoretically, he needs to move out of the Governor's Mansion. Alan is somewhat curious about Wei Dewei's practice of buying a house outside and moving out before the end of his term.

"Why didn't you live in the Governor's Mansion before... I always thought you lived in the Governor's Mansion."

Alan asked as they walked, "This small villa of Wei Dewei's family is very interesting. It is decorated in a completely Chinese style. It is not the kind of Western pseudo-Chinese style that the outside world stereotypes, but a simple Chinese style decoration with a bit of artistic conception, which is very stylish."

People who don't have a deep understanding of Chinese culture cannot create this style.

…

Wei Dewei didn't rush to reply. He smiled awkwardly and took Allen to visit his exhibition room. He showed Allen some of the small antiques in his collection that he thought were very interesting one by one...

Although his financial resources were insignificant compared to Alan's, since they had fallen in love with the man and they had a good relationship, all the necessary visiting procedures must be followed.

Alan watched Wei Dewei holding some rather exquisite bottles and jars to show him, staring at them with squinted eyes.

At this time, that place has just been in contact with the outside world for a few years, and all kinds of new things such as material, money, and desire are gradually refreshing ordinary people's cognition through newspapers, radio, and television.

Alan remembered that in his previous life, when he was young, there were bosses from Hong Kong and Taiwan who asked people to go to the mainland to buy antiques. These big bosses from Hong Kong and Taiwan offered very generous prices, and many people in the mainland could not resist the temptation. Some of them took out the old antiques at home to exchange for money, and some of the smarter ones, after getting their first pot of gold, would go to the countryside and villages to buy back some antiques at low prices and become antique dealers.

What's worse, some people would even take the risk of producing and selling the goods themselves, that is, they would directly rob tombs and then sell them to the bosses in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

However... for ordinary people at that time, a few hundred or a few thousand dollars was already a huge shock to their values, let alone tens of thousands of dollars?

This price is more than some of them earn in a year, but from Alan's current perspective, spending tens or hundreds of pounds can get this kind of antique that will be worth a lot in the future...

What a fucking scam.

However, he doesn't know much about this and doesn't want to do such a thing.

What's so good about this little bit of wool?

If you want to do something, just do something from the British Museum. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand it, but as long as it is collected by the British Museum, it itself can illustrate its value. If it is just an ordinary thing, will the British take a look at it?

Isn't it more refreshing to pick and choose among the antiques and cultural relics in the British Museum that have been screened countless times than to do a small thing like Wei Dewei?

…

I took a comprehensive tour of Wei Dewei's villa. His wife and children had returned to their country on the day he left office, leaving only a few servants here to take care of him. His wife went back to buy a property first, and when he finished his business here, he wouldn't have to worry about it when he returned to Britain.

Although the house was completely empty and no outsiders were around, Wei Dewei still cautiously took Allen to his study. After the servant brought him some tea, Wei Dewei said mysteriously with a hint of fear on his face, "Sir... I don't dare to live in the Governor's Mansion anymore..."

Having just said this, looking at Allen who seemed a little confused, Wei Dewei subconsciously turned his head left and right to look around, then took out a picture map from the bookshelf, spread it out on the desk, and motioned for Allen to take a look.

…

"What?"

I was just asking casually, how did it become like some big deal?

This is an aerial photo of Central. It looks extremely clear, and there are several arrows and lines indicating directions and trends on the picture, making it look like a military map.

"Sir... You haven't been to Hong Kong often, so you may not understand. I found that... the Chinese people really know magic!"

"???"

Why is magic involved?

…

Wei Dewei looked at Allen with a bewildered look on his face. He could speak Chinese, but there were some words in Chinese that he couldn't translate, or he didn't know how to translate them. He didn't know Allen could speak Chinese, so...

After thinking for a long time, he told Alan the story haltingly using relatively common but not easy to understand words.

It turned out that a few years ago, Huayin... that is, Huaguo Bank was going to build a building, which is now a landmark building in Hong Kong, Huayin Building...

The shape of this building is very strange.

Overall, it looks like a triangular cone, and from a distance, it looks like a steel knife drawn from its sheath.

The official reason for the design of this Daxia is that it symbolizes the determination to make progress, but the things inside are really amazing.

"You know Sir John Youde, right? My predecessor as Governor?"

In order to prove his point, Wei Dewei even cited the example of his predecessor, the governor-general.

“…”

Allen narrowed his eyes, glanced at Wei Dewei and said, "He, Youde, is Welsh. How could I not know him?"

Alan not only knew this guy, but also knew a lot of things about him. If he hadn't had any power at the time, he would have punched him if he saw him.

But things don't go as planned. When Allen inherited the title in 1986, he died suddenly...

He was the first Governor of Hong Kong to die outside his post, which was an extreme disgrace.

This old guy named Euder was born in Wales. His hometown is a small place south of Cardiff, the capital of Wales.

People who know a little about history should know this guy. He is a politician who is very clever and good at taking advantage of opportunities.

Of course, he is also a very "qualified" diplomat.

In the 1940s, he worked as a third-class secretary at the British Embassy in China. Later, during the Liberation War, he followed the ship to evacuate overseas Chinese, and then...

The British warships were too arrogant in the Yangtze River, so they were bombarded by the People's Liberation Army on the shore...

The ship was hit so hard that it could not move. Britain sent three warships to rescue it, but they failed in the end.

Youde was on the ship at the time. He was good at Chinese and was an expert on China. Seeing that the warship was seriously damaged and he could not escape, he finally spoke in Chinese and negotiated with the leaders on the shore, pretending to surrender...

The British government called his actions at the time "mediation."

Then, they took advantage of the fact that the people on the shore were not on guard against them, repaired the boat at night, and finally ran away...

It was because of this incident that Lord Edward was awarded the title of knight by the King of England. This incident was also a turning point in his life. From then on... he gradually reached the peak of his life.

Yes, that's right...

The medal he was awarded was the Order of the British Empire, the same medal that Alan received last year, except that his was the lowest level officer.

Ever since he knew what Old Deng had done, Alan, who had just arrived at the time, after understanding the situation at home, always wanted to find an opportunity to give Old Deng a lesson. Unexpectedly... he actually died here in the end.

…

Wei Dewei was stunned when he heard what Allen said. Oh... He finally came to his senses. The Welshman...

Theoretically speaking, when they see someone from the Hill family, it's almost like when a mouse sees a cat. The relationship is like that of natural enemies.

With an awkward laugh, Wei Dewei thought that since Alan knew Youde, he would not give Alan a detailed introduction and continued to talk about Huayin Building.

"Sir... the people here know a kind of magic, which is created by the appearance of buildings and the geographical environment... I don't know how to translate it into English, but it's called Feng Shui in Chinese!"

"???"

oh……

After Wei Dewei explained it, Allen understood, but this thing...

People themselves say that feudal superstition should not be promoted anymore.

Believe it or not...just listen to it for fun.

Alan raised his chin and motioned Wei Dewei to continue.

…

"Your Excellency, look here. This building is triangular in shape from above. Look at where its three blades are facing."

Wei Dewei pointed at the Huayin Building in the picture and gestured to Alan in three directions.

"Governor's Palace? HSBC Bank? Military base?"

Alan looked in these three directions...and felt that this couldn't be a coincidence, right?

"Yes! These are the three places. Let's not talk about the others for now... I only found out later that these three blade surfaces are magic... And Yoder, in the first year after the construction of this building,... in their words, it's called sharpening the blade."

Wei Dewei gave Allen a look.

"ah?"

Alan got goosebumps. Is this true? It's just been built and it's already so powerful?

Whoever you glare at will die?

"Is this a coincidence?"

"No, no, no... Your Excellency, if Youde's death was a coincidence, then our garrison base has often had accidents since that year, and HSBC... suffered huge losses the year after it was built. And I... I didn't know this when I took office. Since I moved into the Governor's Mansion, I have felt a little unwell every once in a while... I even had an operation two years ago."

…

"???"

Damn...this master is among the common people.

Alan was also speechless. It was not a question of whether he believed it or not, but some things, if there were coincidences everywhere, then they were definitely not coincidences!

However... although he looked shocked, he still felt quite happy in his heart...

So that's how Yode disappeared?

It wasn't a good ending.

…

But when Alan thought of Wei Dewei, he became even more curious. This guy is very smart... How could he find out such a thing?

"Then...how did you solve it? Just move out like that?"

"Your Mightiness……"

Wei Dewei looked unconvinced, but also a little scared, and said, "I didn't really believe these things at the time. Someone down there told me about it. You should know him, the businessman named Li who gave you the villa. Later, he helped me find a master who also knew this kind of magic, so I asked him to come and help me resolve it."

“…”

As for whether it was resolved in the end, just look at Wei Dewei now. He has moved out, so it must not have been resolved...

And he also had a minor surgery, and he almost followed in Youde's footsteps. If he hadn't moved out, with Wei Dewei's small body, he would probably have been cut...

But thinking of this, Alan was suddenly stunned again.

"Have you told Patten about this?"

"Huh? No...what should I tell him to do."

Wei Dewei was also stunned. As soon as Patten came, he took advantage of the situation and took away his money-making project. How could he possibly tell him this?

I guess that guy was happy because Wei Dewei was tactful enough to move out of the Governor's Mansion early and make room for him.

"Um...hahaha you."

Alan pointed at Wei Dewei and smiled. This old guy was quite ruthless. He wasn't afraid that after a while, someone would go to Patten to tell tales.

"Haha..." Wei Dewei also laughed along with Alan.

…

"Sir... you asked me out today. Do you have any advice for me?"

"So... you are still handing over your work to Chris Patten these days, right?"

Alan touched his chin. He did not rush to tell everyone that he had met with Chris Patten. Instead, he wanted to get Wei Dewei's words first.

There are some things that you can't just accept as what others say, wouldn't that make you a fool?

Fortunately, there is Wei Dewei. Allen needs to verify some things through him, such as...

Even though Patten and Wei Dewei did not get along, he still had to ask him about some matters in the Governor's Office. In this way, Wei Dewei knew no less than Allen. Through these questions from his side, Allen could roughly verify how credible Patten's words were, or if there was anything he was hiding from him.

Mutual verification...

In fact, Allen didn't trust some of Wei Dewei's words. Through his story, Allen could also verify Patten's statement.

We still need to remain vigilant against these old guys.

…

Governor's Palace...

After a busy day, Patten rubbed his brows, picked up the phone, called Sir Hood, and asked him to come to his place.

Hod has a small office in the Governor's Palace, but he doesn't live here permanently.

…

"Sir...what's wrong?"

After knocking on the door of Wei Dewei's study and getting permission, Huo De looked at Patten with a smile and asked.

"Sit down and talk. Sit down and talk."

Patten had great respect for Hood. No matter whether it was because Hood was a knight or because of his other identity, he did not dare to act like a governor in front of him.

"I want to ask... you say... can we find those wealthy businessmen and borrow some funds?"

After Hood sat down, Patten leaned forward slightly and discussed with Hood in a low voice.

"Those people?"

Huo De narrowed his eyes and thought about it. He knew who the wealthy businessmen Patten was referring to, but these people were not idiots. When there was a good project, they jumped on it faster than anyone else. But when it came to borrowing funds...

Haha...one is hiding farther away than the other.

However, if he really needed money urgently, he could still find a few people who were loyal to Great Britain among these people and borrow some funds from them, but this amount...

"Sir, I can borrow it, but...approximately how much do you need?"

"Here's what I'm thinking. If we can't get a billion dollars in a short period of time, can we get a portion of it first, and then I'll go talk to that gentleman and ask him to help us start our plan first?"

…

Patten thought that Allen would not release the eagle until he saw the rabbit, but he really couldn't come up with so much money now, but he couldn't just wait...

He told Allen about his follow-up plans, but actually concealed a lot.

He came here to make a big buck this time, and $10 billion was only a very small part of his plan.

However, these plans are interconnected. If one plan cannot be launched, the following plans will be affected.

When he came to Hong Kong to take up his post this time, the order he received was to move out all the funds here!