Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

Chapter 524 The Iron Lady Falls

The British's attempt to relocate Hong Kong's major enterprises is no different from taking them by force. Of course, the Chinese side has also conducted a detailed investigation of the comprehensive capabilities of Hong Kong's major enterprises. Finally, we came to a surprising conclusion. If Heiyun can maintain its current technological advantage, after China takes back Xiangjiang, the entire country's technological strength will be ahead of that of moderately developed countries.

Now we see that the British want to move even the Heiyun Factory. This is because they don’t want to leave a screw to the Chinese side. This further proves that the British are afraid of the Black Cloud Group, and they will definitely not be allowed to succeed.

China's development over the years has lagged far behind developed countries in the world. Now it is not easy for a Chinese-funded technology company to emerge in Xiangjiang. When you British people say you want to move to the past, just move to the UK. You really think it was still 100 years ago.

Top executive: "The decision of whether Hong Kong companies are willing to relocate or not is not ours in China, let alone the UK. It is left to the entrepreneurs in Hong Kong to decide where they want to go. We should not interfere too much. If there is unilateral coercion and inducement from the UK, China can consider exercising its sovereignty over Hong Kong in advance."

Iron Lady: "Then what else can we talk about? Is this China's final attitude?"

It can be said that this is the most difficult and toughest opponent the Iron Lady has ever encountered in her 30 years in politics. Her own rhythm has been disrupted by her opponent at this time.

Gaocheng said with a smile: "Of course we have many issues to discuss, including the method of handing over sovereignty, how to guide the citizens of Hong Kong, and the rights and obligations of both parties during this 15-year transition period."

Seeing that this negotiation would not lead to a result, the first negotiation between the two parties ended in an unpleasant process.

After Mrs. Thatcher talked with the highest level of China, she walked down the steps of the north gate of the General Assembly Hall. At this time, reporters outside the General Assembly Hall had already been waiting here. The Iron Lady raised her eyes to look at the reporter on the lower right, and a smile suddenly appeared on her previously tense face. One has to admire Mrs. Thatcher’s diplomatic experience.

As Mrs. Thatcher walked down, she did not forget to turn her head and signal to the reporters. To the outside world, Mrs Thatcher seemed calm. After all, this meeting did not achieve her goal, and her calmness was just an expression to the outside world. When Mrs. Thatcher continued to walk down, and when she was almost reaching the ground, her high heels tripped over the stone steps, her body suddenly lost balance, and she suddenly fell under the stone steps, with her leather shoes and handbag thrown aside. Fortunately, Mrs. Thatcher was almost on the ground at this time. If she fell from a higher step, she would probably fall down. Therefore, Mrs. Thatcher's fall was not serious, and the guards and staff nearby quickly stepped forward to help her up.

Mrs. Thatcher is worthy of being called the "Iron Lady". After she fell, she quickly got up, still maintaining her previous smile and her calm demeanor, once again showing the public the image of a "strong woman".

Regarding the news about Mrs. Thatcher's fall, China did not publish such news. Although the other party was the Prime Minister of a country, she was also a woman, and she fell in China. As a country of etiquette, how could it be so good? gloat.

But foreign media don’t think so. This is good news material. To be precise, it was an explosive news that could not be seen in a century. Foreign media put the interests of private enterprises first. Foreign media reported the matter extensively, so the news of "Mrs. Thatcher's fall" spread.

However, different media have very different interpretations of why the Iron Lady fell.

The Iron Lady wore high heels on the day of the meeting, so some media said that Mrs. Thatcher's fall was caused by "the high heels causing the body to lose balance."

However, the British media generally believed that Mrs. Thatcher's fall was caused by injuries.

The Iron Lady spent part of her 1982 holiday at London's Fitzroy Nuffield Hospital, where she had her varicose veins removed. She entered the hospital on the morning of August 23, where she underwent an hour-long operation under general anesthesia. Fortunately, she was discharged that evening.

Many European and American media published news about Mrs. Thatcher's surgery. For example, a Reuters news report in 1982 stated that Mrs. Thatcher had an operation on her leg, but the operation was not major. According to the doctor, it was a small operation and did not hinder her work.

But it also provides a good excuse for falling due to injury. At least this method is tenable.

At the same time, China felt that the media had exaggerated Mrs. Thatcher's fall. They believed that Mrs. Thatcher had just undergone surgery for varicose veins in her thigh, and it was normal for her to have lapses while walking.

As for the reason why Mrs. Thatcher fell, some media believed that it was caused by Mrs. Thatcher's nervousness. The "tense" mentioned here refers to a tight schedule.

When Mrs. Thatcher visited China, she came with confidence. Her purpose was to "exchange sovereignty for power of governance."

Ever since I came to China, I had been very nervous and it was normal for me to have trouble walking.

But the "fear" mentality does exist. However, Mrs. Thatcher has always been known for her toughness. Don't forget that he came to China less than three months after she won the Falklands War. Britain traveled thousands of miles to fight on the doorstep of Argentina, which was equivalent to "pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth", but Britain won the war. At this time, Mrs. Thatcher was full of confidence. After all, after World War II, Britain finally won a small war. And Mrs. Thatcher also took tough measures against domestic strikes.

This statement should not be true. After all, the worst outcome of the negotiation is that Xiangjiang is taken back by China. Although losing the right to rule Xiangjiang had a great impact on Britain, it did not reach the point of annihilation. Therefore, there is no fear, but more of an emotional change.

After all, China is different from Argentina. In modern times, China has won the Korean War, the self-defense war against India, and the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. Thatcher had seen it all.

The most important thing is that Mrs. Thatcher failed to achieve her goal: "Chinese people are a little poorer, but they are not afraid of death in a war!" She had already made it clear to her that Britain would use force if it disagreed. If Mrs. Thatcher allowed the British army to travel thousands of miles to fight again, it would be morally untenable and justice would be lost. The British knew that the opponent they faced was a hundred times stronger than Argentina!

There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people, and there are different opinions on the Iron Lady's fall. In particular, there was no clear reply from officials in China and the UK, and the parties involved did not come out to explain the situation. As a result, various media and international situation experts are analyzing why the Iron Lady fell. Among them, people in Xiangjiang pay the most attention to this topic; after all, this is related to the future direction of Xiangjiang.

Bao Zixuan smiled happily after seeing the news. Although he had changed part of history. However, there was still no way to influence things that she was not involved in. The Iron Lady still fell down.

Bao Shaofou knew that there would be huge fluctuations in Hong Kong's economy as the Iron Lady fell. After all, no one knew what the negotiations between Hua and Ying were, and whether there would be a war in Hong Kong. These were all unknown.

Once the war breaks out, everything in Xiangjiang will be reduced to ashes. It doesn't matter what kind of property or real estate it is. After all, the shells don't care how much your house price is, and the huge economic losses it will cause after the explosion.

In the next few years, Xiangjiang's stock and property markets will surely see a massive plunge, and this is Black Cloud's opportunity to enter the market.

This time Bao Zixuan prepared very generous funds. He took out loans from Rothschild Bank and Mellon Bank, and obtained credit from Zhuyou Bank. Now the opportunity is right in front of him, and Bao Shaofu has already made a desperate move.

Even though we know that a war will not break out between China and Britain over the Hong Kong issue, we are still worried about investing so much money. If something goes wrong, it may be in vain in the next few years.

The scale of the funds this time was very large. For this reason, Bao, the richest man, transferred some staff from the Blackstone Fund to Hong Kong. However, only personnel were transferred back from Japan, and no funds were transferred. The Hiroshima Agreement has not yet been signed. In the future, the Japanese real estate market and stock market will increase even more than Hong Kong.

The investment of Blackstone employees in Japan has stabilized, and the most thrilling market in front of them has moved to Xiangjiang, where success or failure depends on one move.

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