The British government is so anxious right now that it is about to hang itself. How can it have the time to care about other people's affairs?
You may not believe it, but the British government itself did not expect things to become so serious.
Their original intention was to force the people of Hong Kong Island to stand on their side, but they did not expect to backfire and caused a financial crisis in Hong Kong Island, which caused people's assets to shrink drastically. Many people lost all their money in the stock market and in business, and even committed suicide by jumping off buildings.
If this continues, there will be no need for negotiation. The masses will overthrow them, open the city gates and welcome the royal army.
Besides, the two charter kings are not just any random people who can be manipulated at will.
Now everyone in the British government, from top to bottom, knows that they are on the side of the mainland, but do you think anyone dares to touch them?
It is no exaggeration to say that we dare not even threaten them, let alone touch them.
No one dared to bother them even if they were involved in such a big thing, let alone such a small business matter.
It can be said that the only support the British government can provide is to lend a large sum of money to allow the two foreign companies to maintain their current shareholding status and then repay the loan slowly.
But the problem is that with the two foreign companies having their funds basically tied up, how much money do you have to give out to allow them to maintain their status quo while developing?
If you develop slowly and are overtaken by others, the money will most likely be wasted.
The British government is not willing to take such a big risk.
In this way, the two foreign companies, which had been frustrated by the British government and were full of resentment, found HSBC manager Shen Bi again.
Chen Bi didn't want to lend them money, but he couldn't help but lend them a little symbolically.
This amount of money is just a drop in the bucket for them.
Just as they were considering who to turn to for help next, someone came up to them and offered to help them.
They originally thought that this was a trap set by Bao Chuan Wang and Xu Xiangqian, but when the person in front of them introduced himself and told about the grudge between him and Bao Chuan Wang, they immediately changed their minds.
It's nothing else but because the person who came to the door was from Rothschild International Investment Bank, representing the gold traders behind the London Gold Exchange in Hong Kong.
At first, gold merchants spread the news that the Ship Charter King made a lot of money in the gold market. Later, the Ship Charter King was listed as one of the top ten richest people in the world.
Naturally, the two foreign companies knew about such a big thing.
Not only that, they also knew that the ship charter king and the gold merchants had fought each other.
This made them think that they were enemies of each other.
Now that the gold merchants have received the news that the ship charter king is going to attack them, they have taken the initiative to come to them and offer to help them out. They think this is perfectly normal. Isn't this the expected behavior between enemies?
With this idea in mind, the two foreign companies warmly entertained the gold merchant representative, and then discussed assistance with him with great anticipation.
At this time, Li Xu and others were having dinner and chatting with the three brothers Li Wenbai, Li Hongtao and Li Botao who came from the mainland.
In the first half of the year, Li Haitao successfully passed the entrance exam to study at USTC as a graduate student. Now he and Li Ju are studying at USTC together.
In this way, there is no need for Li Wenbai to stay with Li Ju.
Li Hongtao and Li Botao had just graduated from university. The three brothers were bored at home, so they took bodyguards to send their younger brother and sister to school, and then ran to Shenzhen.
When they arrived at the place, they found that only their third uncle Li Chen was there, so they followed their third uncle's bodyguard to Hong Kong to look for their old father and second uncle.
Li Xu learned from them that on August 25, a few days ago, influenced by the "June 16" case in Hulunbuir, the mainland government issued a notice requiring all regions to severely crack down on illegal and criminal activities, referred to as a severe crackdown.
At the dinner table, Li Xu picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth. After swallowing, he pondered and said, "Wen Bo, do you three plan to go out and play around first, or do you plan to find something to do first?"
Li Wenbai exchanged a glance with his two younger brothers, then replied with a hint of excitement, "Let's play first."
"Okay, but I have to tell you, you can play, but you can't play around. You can't touch things you shouldn't touch, even if you kill yourself. Understand?"
"I understand. Don't worry, we're well aware of this." Li Wenbai and the other two nodded like chicks pecking at rice. Then Li Hongtao looked at his father Li Ping ingratiatingly and said, "Dad, if the three of us go out to play on foot, wouldn't that be a disgrace to you, Uncle Two, and our Li family?"
Hearing this, the adults at the table couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"You little brat, if you want a car, just say so. There's no need to beat around the bush." Li Ping scolded him with a smile. "Also, I have to say that not many people out there know your uncle and I. You can't bring shame upon us, let alone our Li family."
In the eyes of outsiders, he and Li Xu have no property, so their names are not worth remembering, so outsiders usually call them Xu Daheng's cousins.
Li Hongtao didn't care about the rest of the conversation. He only cared about the car. "Dad, did you promise to buy us a car?"
Li Ping nodded. "I'll have someone go out with you guys tomorrow. Just tell him which car you like."
Originally, he didn't plan to buy a car for his son, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that he really had to buy one. He couldn't let the three brothers Li Wenbai walk or take a taxi everywhere, right?
You have to know that the three of them have bodyguards. It would be inconvenient for such a large group of people to go anywhere without their own car.
So Li Ping decided not only to buy a car for his son, but also to provide them with a fleet of cars.
Li Wenbai and the other two were so happy that they didn't even bother to eat and kept thanking him.
The three of them spent two days in Hong Kong Island, and what they saw and heard during these two days left them greatly disappointed.
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