Putting down the information, Allen smacked his lips with some regret. Chikli left early in the morning, otherwise...
He could also pass on a message to Old Carl, asking him to find the founder named Lin and bring him back.
Don't think you can hide by running to America.
He ran to San Francisco, but people in Hong Kong couldn't find him. Isn't it easy for Allen to find him?
…
The ninth day since Chris Patten took office.
Inside the Governor's Office.
He put down his pen and approved another document. Just as he was about to take a sip of the water in the cup beside him, he looked up and found that Sir Hood was looking at him with a smile.
"Oh? I almost forgot."
Patten was in a daze for a moment, then he remembered that someone seemed to have come in while he was working. He was busy looking at something at the time, so he asked the person to wait for a while. When he got busy again, he forgot about the matter.
Now that I'm done with my work, I just thought about this when I looked up.
"How much money did you borrow?"
Although Hodder looked very happy, Patten was not happy at all. He had just taken over the job and had to make a lot of changes to the positions of the personnel. He needed to understand many things bit by bit. There were so many things to deal with...
Only then did I get myself out of the pile of documents, and then I had to worry about funding issues again.
"We have raised 400 million US dollars... Do you think it is enough?"
There are many wealthy people in Hong Kong, but it is not easy to borrow and raise a large amount of cash in a short period of time. Hood also promised enough benefits before he was able to borrow so much money.
Even if he asked someone to borrow funds, he wouldn't dare to make too much noise, otherwise... with the brains of those old foxes, if the governor here asked someone to raise money as soon as he took office, it would make them think too much.
…
“Oh… that’s enough!”
Patten nodded. This amount of money was less than half of what he had promised Allen, but...
Since Hood has come to talk to him about this, it proves that he has tried his best. Even if he wants more money... he probably won't be able to get it in a short time.
However, with this funding, Patten felt more confident.
For large-volume transactions, you have to pay a deposit first, and then the balance after receiving the goods...
Now that he had to deal with such a special matter, Patten planned to go to Allen again to discuss it. On the one hand, he wanted to stabilize him and give him the $400 million as a deposit to coax him to work first. As long as the plan was launched, the money would be easy to deal with in the future!
"By the way...where is that gentleman now? Please send him a visiting letter for me. I want to go and talk to him about this matter."
"this……"
Hood thought about it, frowned, raised his wrist to check the time. It was now 3:30 in the afternoon. According to the reports from his subordinates, the gentleman seemed to have gone out for a trip at this time.
"He just arrived at Hong Kong University an hour ago, but... I don't know now."
"Hong Kong University? What is he doing there?"
Patten had a lot of question marks on his mind and was somewhat curious about Alan's itinerary.
But he was not surprised at all that Hod was not sure about Allen's exact whereabouts.
The main reason for sending people to follow Allen was that he was worried about his safety. If someone of his status got into trouble in Hong Kong, it would be a big deal. Although the security here is okay, Patten didn't want to get himself into trouble.
but……
The people they sent to follow only dared to watch from a distance and were not allowed to get any closer.
…
The media in Hong Kong is so developed, and the paparazzi are very professional. But they used to target wealthy businessmen, celebrities and the like, and the paparazzi dared to get close and take pictures. But if they met an aristocrat like Allen, this trick would fail.
His bodyguards are not ordinary commercial bodyguards, but retainers directly recruited from retired navy veterans. They have been trained by veterans in their family and have very strong professional skills.
In particular, their tempers are very similar to Alan's, and they are both very irritable.
Having stayed in Wales for a long time, he became arrogant.
Take the villa where Allen lives for example. Not to mention taking close-up photos, any stranger who dares to appear within a hundred meters of the villa will be held down and questioned, no matter who you are or what you do.
Even if they are passing by, you have to stop them and ask them a few questions.
Dare not say it?
They were armed, and they dared to shoot...
This level of bodyguards might not seem inappropriate in Wales, but in Hong Kong...it is definitely over the standard.
Faced with such a long alert distance, even the people sent by Hood to follow Allen only dared to hang around them from a distance. They knew roughly where Allen went or whether he went out, but they were not clear about other details.
…
"I don't know either. Oh, by the way...it seems like he brought Casey with him."
Sir Hodder looked at Patten with a very odd smile.
“…”
Chris Patten's face twitched. He was slightly resistant to the idea of Cathy and Alan being together. This was his instinct as an old father. Any old father, as long as his biological daughter had a man like this appearing next to her, would instinctively resist.
But despite the resistance, Patten still felt a little happy, although not much...
Judging from what he is doing now, after he leaves office, just as his wife thought, he will sooner or later have a lifelong peerage. If...if Alan can fall in love with his daughter and the two families can truly marry, this will definitely be the biggest help to Patten's future career.
Based on Allen's identity, although he cannot return to Congress, he can go to other places to serve. As long as he is labeled as a royal, the places he can go in the future will definitely be much better than now.
It's just... he was afraid that Alan was not sincere to his daughter. But things haven't happened yet, so he can't say much. He just feels a little sad...
Someone took his daughter on a date, and as an old father, he had to find ways to get money from the man who seduced his daughter, and he had to carefully ask him to do something...
Only those who have experienced this feeling know it.
…
Hong Kong University.
It has a long history and is considered one of the best universities in Hong Kong. It is even very famous throughout Asia.
However, the area of Hong Kong University is not very large. It is similar to Cardiff University in that both are compact universities.
Alan had never been here before, and he came here today...mainly to try something slightly exciting, but not too exciting.
Alan had only known Cathy for a short time, but he had talked to her on the phone many times in the past few days, and he had been teasing her intentionally or unintentionally. The eighteen-year-old girl... was naive and rebellious, and could not withstand the offensive of an old bird like Alan. They didn't even say any vows of love, but just made a few small agreements, but the girl was already excited.
When the two first met, they started talking about music. Cathy can play the piano, so in order to maintain his image, Allen invited her to come to the Music Department of the College of Arts at Hong Kong University to play together today.
There is a very famous piano room here...
…
Zhuang Yuet Ming Building was donated to Hong Kong University by a wealthy businessman named Li in the 1990s, reportedly to commemorate his deceased wife.
He actually spent money to build a building to commemorate his deceased wife, not just shouting slogans like some people do.
Zhuang Yueming is the former wife of the wealthy businessman named Li. What is the most famous thing about this lady?
Lucky husband!
As for how to prosper, just look at the achievements of the current wealthy businessman named Li.
Ever since Alan heard some mysterious things from Wei Dewei a few days ago, he has been very curious about this matter. Today he came here to pick up girls and to gain some experience.
…
How can I describe this Mingyue Tower...
When he first arrived here, Alan stared at the building's architectural appearance, looking left and right, and felt that it was very strange...
Casey didn't feel anything, but instead found the gray building in front of him very interesting.
Rectangular or semi-dome.
This type of architectural style is rare in European schools and is a bit like a large row of warehouses.
The more Alan looked at it, the more he felt that this thing looked like a coffin lying flat.
The decoration at the door looks like ancient Chinese window grilles.
According to the explanation in the information I have seen, the architectural design of this thing is meant to attract wealth and treasure.
The decoration at the door uses the square hole pattern of copper coins, and the character "Bao" in "Tongbao" is taken from it.
As for this wealth...
Most Chinese people know what this wealth means just by thinking about it, right?
Isn't this just a fucking coffin?
Alan had no taboos about this thing. Since he dared to build it, Alan dared to enter, especially a place with such a weird atmosphere, which was more in line with his expectations... And with a little girl, wouldn't it be better to have such an atmosphere?
In the past, Gou Mei would rush to take her little sister to watch horror movies. Now there are things more exciting than horror movies, so why not come?
…
Mingyue Tower is an art center with a large music room on the first floor.
However, in Hong Kong, their large music room is one that can accommodate thirty or so people at the same time. It is considered a large music room, and students from the music department can take classes here.
Next to the music room, there is a small piano room, which is the purpose of Alan's visit today.
There is a classroom next to it, and the facilities in this building can only be said to be makeshift. The sound insulation is not particularly good. The piano room and the music classroom next to it are separated by only a wall. From the piano room, you can faintly hear singing coming from the music room next door.
…
Alan let Kathy sit directly on his lap.
Touching the somewhat unfamiliar piano keys, I felt a little emotional.
This thing has tormented me for a long time in the past. As a child of a noble family, I can be a poor student, but other things, such as horsemanship, swordsmanship, etiquette, and art, I have to learn even if I just want to get by!
When he first came, as an autistic teenager who could only speak English haltingly, he gritted his teeth and persisted in learning all these messy things, and finally he got the hang of it.
By the standards of the Royal Academy of Music, Allen's piano level is only Grade 3.
But in Allen's opinion, he just didn't meet the theoretical requirements in the piano level 4 exam. He prefers to call his technical level as level 3 great perfection, half a step to level 4...
As for piano, levels 1 to 3 are all beginner levels, and level 4 is considered intermediate. However, his level was barely up to the average level of his family at the time. Ever since he failed the exam, his family no longer forced him to practice this kind of thing. He never thought that there would be a day when he could use what he had learned before.
…
"Come, I'll play you a mysterious song from the East."
"Wow……"
Although Casey was a little shy, when he heard that Alan was ready to show him his skills, he blinked and looked at Alan with admiration.
Allen couldn't stand the look in his eyes. After being looked at by him for a long time, he suddenly felt a little impulsive and felt that he was okay again.
With his right arm around Cathy who was sitting on his lap, Allen's playing was slightly affected.
But it’s not a big problem…
He always used this trick to fool the old count, playing some songs they had never heard of, and they didn't know whether they were good or not...
Now Allen used this trick again to fool Casey.
…
A song "When" which was still above the standard flowed slowly from Alan's fingers. Cathy closed her eyes and listened quietly, trying not to move so as not to disturb Alan.
This piece of music is the theme song of My Fair Princess, the one that says: Let us be companions in the mortal world and live a carefree life.
It is still very appropriate for today's occasion.
After the song was over, Alan raised his chin, looked at Casey and asked, "How was it?"
Cathy couldn't stop smiling. Judging from her level, many parts of Alan's performance were already very unfamiliar, but he finished the performance completely, which was a rare achievement in Cathy's opinion.
"Not bad...is there any backstory behind this piece?"
The music sounds a bit sad. No matter whether it is Eastern or Western, the artistic conception is not limited by language.
"Let me tell you... This is a story about love..."
After playing the piano, Alan's hands became a little restless. He wanted to touch the door and touch some seafood or something.
But he didn't touch it directly. Instead, he wandered around the door while talking.
Cathy's face was getting redder and redder. Although she was a good girl, she understood some things that she should understand. It was just that she had never put them into practice because of her strict parents' guidance.
Now that Alan's hands were so bold... She was almost unable to listen, until...
Alan's hand finally touched the door. Cathy bit her lip and leaned her head on Alan's shoulder. She didn't hide, but just leaned against Alan obediently.
…
"!"
Alan felt that the atmosphere was still a little off, so he leaned over to Cathy's ear and told her the story of the building.
According to the rich businessman, it was to commemorate his deceased wife.
But according to the information Allen had collected, it was said that this place was a bit like a soul-locking bureau.
"What is the Soul Locking Bureau?"
Cathy's face was red, her eyes looked a little dazed, and her breathing was a little short, but what Alan said was too curious. Even though she was in a bad state, she couldn't help but ask.
"that is……"
Alan thought for a moment and reluctantly translated for her: "You can understand it as... there is a ghost trapped in here..."
"ah!"
Hearing the ghost, Casey became visibly nervous and trembled with fear.
Alan's hand was stuck because of her shaking...
"Think about it... the two of us are here, and I just played a piano piece about love. Will the ghost come over?"
Alan's voice was low, and he leaned over to Kathy's ear to scare her further.
"Don't talk anymore, I'm scared..."