Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, I, the rice class leader

Chapter 270 Chapter 270: Grab it with both hands!

Although Xishi looked confident and confident in front of Qianshihe, in fact, he was panicking deep inside.

After all, the situation at the phone company is really dire now, and he can't stand it!

After Qiansihe left, Xishi immediately called for a board meeting.

At that time, the directors of the telephone company were basically senior executives from foreign banks, such as Jardine Jardine of Jardine, Swire Swire, etc.

"gentlemen."

Xishi, who presided over the meeting, first gave a general overview of the situation, and then said: "Now these cunning Chinese are trying to shake our franchise."

"If they dare to do this today, they will dare to sit on our heads tomorrow."

Jardine coughed: "I think we are discussing business now, not politics."

"It's best not to expand it, otherwise it will be disgraceful."

There were kind smiles on everyone's faces. Now the whole world knew that Sir Jardine was running a charity fund, and there were Chinese representatives among them.

Judging from the current situation of Sir Jardine, he naturally does not want to expand the scope of the attack.

Xi Shiqiang smiled: "Of course, of course."

"But we also have to be on guard. If something happens, it won't look good on everyone's faces."

Over the years, most of the franchises issued by the Hong Kong government have always been in the hands of Westerners. These franchises have expired and cannot be renewed, but I have never heard of them being taken back.

If this kind of thing really happens, the phone company will definitely be disgraced and will be unable to conduct business in the future.

"You are the chairman, Mr. Sissy."

One director said: "You make up your mind."

He shrugged: "There is no need to call us over for this kind of thing."

"In addition, I also think the company needs to make a contingency plan. Because of this accident, we now have to start using Dadong Cable's services."

At that time, the telephone company's franchise was limited to Hong Kong Island and it had no power over external communications. This franchise was held by Dadong Cable & Telegraph.

Although foreign banks are said to do mainly external business, their purchases are actually provided by other Chinese banks on the island.

Now that phone calls are cut off, the efficiency of doing business with each other has indeed been greatly reduced.

"of course."

"This will never happen again," Sishi said.

He changed the subject: "The problem now is that these Chinese want compensation and are plotting to gain exclusive rights."

Of course, the first to install telephones were these wealthy foreign companies.

However, the Chinese population is here, and the installed capacity is of course dominated by the Chinese. Now that the phone calls are cut off, it has indeed affected their business.

According to the law, it is normal for people to ask for compensation.

"Oh, it's indeed a nuisance."

If compensation is required, they, the directors, are of course jointly and severally liable.

Seeing these people's intentions, Xishi struck while the iron was hot: "Everyone, I think litigation is inevitable. I'm afraid we also need to form a large litigation team."

If we really want to file a lawsuit, we will definitely need to build a large litigation team.

This is not difficult for them, it's just a matter of how to pay. After all, Westerners are notoriously expensive in their large purchases.

A group of people were talking about it. The phone company had suffered heavy losses this time, and the company was not very profitable.

Now asking them to shoulder the cost of another unnecessary lawsuit?
This group of people are a little unhappy. After all, no one is doing the losing business these days, so it is better to do the profitable business first.

Suddenly one person said: "Everyone, we have to admit that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers among the Chinese merchants. Many of them are big crocodiles who came from Shanghai."

"If the fight continues, both sides will lose."

At that time, Shanghai was the number one financial center in the Far East. Every one of these foreign banks in Hong Kong had their real headquarters in Shanghai.

Most of the places on Hong Kong Island are actually just branches...

As soon as these words came out, a group of people nodded. This is right, because these big guys have gone south, and recently the private trade in Hong Kong Island has also begun to flourish.

Let me just say one thing: the car shop's business is booming.

Xi Shi was displeased, what did this mean?Are you going to surrender before the fight even starts?
No, no, certainly not surrender.

Westerners are most concerned about efficiency and interests, so someone said: "If you ask me, they are making such a big move just to ask us to negotiate."

"Then let's talk."

A biting dog does not bark. Now that people are making such a big noise, their intentions are very obvious.

Xishi said angrily: "Can the franchise also be shared?"

"I heard that MR. Gao is already looking for a venue in Kowloon. He is very ambitious."

A group of people laughed: "Xishi, if someone wants you to know, that means he may have ulterior motives."

“Otherwise there wouldn’t be such a fanfare.”

They know a bit about MR. High calculations.

After all, several people here had attended the salon in Keswick in the past, and one of them mentioned the need to be vigilant and guard against the ambition of the Chinese to swallow up foreign companies.

Xishi didn't know what was so funny. He said coldly: "The Li family also suffered this kind of treatment a while ago."

Everyone disagreed. Since the Hong Kong government banned the sale of opium, many foreign companies took the opportunity to come ashore.

As a result, the Lee family knew that the Chinese hated opium dealers the most, but they still wanted to do this secretly. Didn't they ask for it?

Xishi was anxious: "This hole must not be opened."

"It's not profitable to begin with. If there are other companies, are we just waiting for bankruptcy?"

After all, Hong Kong Island is not Shanghai.

In 1882, the Danish Dabei Company opened the first manual telephone exchange on the Bund in Shanghai.At that time, telegraph poles were erected in the Shanghai Public Concession and the French Concession, and telephones were installed in 25 households. The annual rent for each household was 150 yuan, and a public telephone was installed.

This was only 5 years later than the world's first telephone company - Bell Telephone Company.

By the end of the year, the installed capacity reached 338 households.

How does it look like Hong Kong Island?

The telephone companies that were opened before were all in dismal business, and then ended up bankrupt.

Even for current phone companies, to be honest, they are pretty good at maintaining capital.

If there are more colleagues at this time, wouldn't everyone want to drink from the northwest wind?

These words impressed all the directors.

"Then fight!~"

Good guy, the foreigners are ready to fight!
Hong Kong Island is really lively this time, and the smell of gunpowder smoke fills the sky over the city.

However, these did not affect Gao Yao's good mood. He was playing golf with McIntosh, the first brother in the police force, and his caddy was Lei Luo.

Being able to pick up the ball in front of Sir is an opportunity worth buying for Lei Luo.

Snapped,
The arc of the golf ball path lands not far from the hole.

"nice shot."

Gao Yao applauded: "The director should go to the golf tournament."

McIntosh said with a smile on his face: "Thank you for the compliment."

"MR. High."

McIntosh suddenly said: "Vicious security cases have occurred frequently recently."

He sighed: "Damn it."

At that time, there were more than 2000 police notes on Hong Kong Island, and the soldiers in the military camps did not care about public security. How could these people manage a city with a population of nearly 200 million?
There are many people, most of them are mobile, and the jobs provided locally are not enough, so it is normal for vicious cases to occur frequently.

Just last month, the bodies of two young girls were found in Stanley.

Gao Yao could only say: "We must fully trust Hua Tan's ability."

As for the situation in Hong Kong Island, it will definitely not be managed well by the Westerners, and the Chinese must join in all aspects.

Grantham, who had just come to Hong Kong and took office not long ago, was doing this, but there was some resistance in foreign circles.

Gao Yao called Lei Luo: "Tell Sir, what is the situation in Sham Shui Po now?"

Sham Shui Po has the highest population density in Kowloon. In addition, there are several squatter areas there, and the security situation was quite bad before.

I won’t talk about the Taoist fellow who froze to death in the public toilet. I will just say that in the Jianghu, several people die every day while showing off their horses.

Not to mention those strongmen who come to rob weapons, Tiaozi is often robbed and killed in the street.

Lei Luo saluted, his heart pounding in his chest. Sure enough, only by following Brother Yao's footsteps would he have the fastest chance of getting rich.

"Sir!"

Lei Luo said loudly: "From August to now, the number of vicious cases in Sham Shui Po has dropped by 8%."

McIntosh became interested. If the security in Sham Shui Po could improve, then there would definitely be no problems in other places, so he asked, "What's the reason?"

"This is because!"

Lei Luo knew that whether he could become a successful person all depended on today, so he started talking: "Sir, I have been observing since I joined the police force, and I found..."

Of course what he was talking about was the underground order.

Strictly speaking, it is an order in which black and white coexist.

Yes, with Lei Luo's efforts and Gao Jin's support, Sham Shui Po is trying out Lei Luo's black money order.

Since it has only been in operation for a month, it is difficult to see the benefits, but the miscellaneous office has the power to directly mediate the fighting between various prefixes and integrates these prefixes in Sham Shui Po.

Therefore, the current security situation in Sham Shui Po has indeed improved, and there are many more mobile vendors on the ground.

Lei Luo's English was still a bit stuttering, so Gao Yao had to make up the narration on the side.

McIntosh listened with great interest, and he looked at Lei Luo: "Are you the senior detective of the miscellaneous ward in Sham Shui Po?"

These positions are specially created for the Chinese police, with no title or authority.In the police force, McIntosh didn't know who Lei Luo was at all, but he knew that this person must have a close relationship with Gao Yao, so he said kindly: "Did you come up with this yourself?"

"Yes, it is."

Facing the first brother of the police force, Lei Luo, who has not yet grown up, is inevitably a little nervous.

"Good."

McIntosh said to Gao Yao: "MR. Gao, what a magical idea."

Gao Yao signaled Lei Luo to continue working as a caddy, and then said to McIntosh: "We have to admit that it is precisely because of responsible police officers like them that the security of Hong Kong Island can be controlled to a certain extent."

"Yes."

McIntosh also had to admit this.

There is no way, most Westerners do not speak Chinese. It is impossible for these people to take to the streets to maintain public order. Only language communication is a big problem.

As for Ah San and the like, it's even more impossible.

Only the Chinese police are the cornerstone of public security on Hong Kong Island.

McIntosh glanced at Lei Luo again. Although the detective's English was a little stuttered, he could still speak it. In this regard, he was already much better than most Chinese police officers.

During the last incident at the switchboard building, MR. Gao gave himself a favor and had to return it.

Then he said: "MR. Gao, the inspector of Chai Wan District will leave his post next month."

In fact, it is the end of the year, but it is not a few months away. Since McIntosh has spoken, it is normal to leave office early.

Gao Yao smiled slightly: "Okay."

After repaying the favor, McIntosh felt relaxed. After playing another game, he left citing busy official duties.

At a time when Chinese people are in lawsuits with foreigners, McIntosh's act of coming to play a game of football is already a great deal of face.

"I want brother."

After McIntosh left, Lei Luo stammered and asked, "I...how did I behave?"

When you ask for help from others, your mentality is naturally different. It is normal to be nervous.

Gao Yao looked at Lei Luo meaningfully. Sometimes opportunities are like this. With the help of noble people behind him, he can overtake in a corner.

Historically, this guy was favored by the ghosts for suppressing the riots in 56, and was later appointed as the detective of the New Territories.

It’s now a full 9 years ahead of schedule!
"Ray Sir."

Gao Yao stretched out his hand to shake Lei Luo's hand: "Congratulations, you are ready to take up the post of Inspector of Chai Wan!"

Chai Wan is an outer bay located in Lei Yue Mun Strait and is the easternmost valley of Hong Kong Island.

This place is surrounded by mountains on three sides and has abundant water resources, so it is rich in wood that can be used for firewood, so this bay is named Chai Wan.

This place is decidedly suburban.

But only Gao Yao knows that within a few years, the Hong Kong government will set up an industrial zone and build multiple public housing estates in Chai Wan.

The future is promising.

But for Lei Luo, these are not important. What is important is that he can immediately join the ranks of detectives.

As long as you have this status, you will develop faster than others in the future.

"Thank you brother."

Lei Luo was overjoyed. He knew that this opportunity came only because of Brother Yao, not because of the order he had set up.

Gao Yao said with a smile: "I used to be a fan of the northwest wind, and the income from Sham Shui Po will also be lost. Are you willing to give up?"

Going to Chai Wan now is really a northwest wind. I guess I have to deal with those big chai people every day.As for Sham Shui Po?Then people must take the tea to cool it down.

Lei Luo was very alert. He said, "Brother Yao, I am willing to go. No matter how hard it is, it doesn't matter."

"it is good."

"No pain No gain."

Although Gao Yao himself did not agree with this, for those in the officialdom, promotion of position was the most important thing.

You must know that in history, Lei Luo took almost 20 years to be promoted to detective. You can imagine the difficulty in this.

"But don't worry."

Gao Yao said: "The inspector of Chaiwan District will leave his post next month. Let's discuss it with my sister-in-law first when I get back."

"As a man, it's still hard to support a family."

Lei Luo smiled and said, "If she knew I was coming to Hong Kong Island, I don't know how happy Xian'er would be."

Marry a chicken, follow a chicken, marry a dog, follow a dog. After Zhou Xianer married Lei Luo, she naturally moved to Kowloon. However, she was a person who often stayed in Hong Kong Island, so she was naturally not used to Kowloon.

If she could move back to Hong Kong Island, Zhou Xianer would definitely be happy.

Even so, Gao Yao still said: "You should ask, everything will be fine for your family and your family."

"There are always opportunities."

Lei Luo was not sure what Gao Yao was thinking, so he could only agree: "I know, Brother Yao."

Lei Luo also has another identity, Zhou Xinian's son-in-law!

Seeing that Gao Yao insisted on asking Xian'er, he simply went to Mid-Levels to find Taishan.

"Inspector of Chai Wan District?"

Zhou Xinian thought that it seemed that Gao still valued Lei Luo quite a lot.

Thinking again that this guy wasted nearly 7 years and finally had the chance to become a detective, Xian'er barely married the wrong person.

"Yes, Tarzan."

Lei Luo said respectfully: "Brother wants me to come back and discuss it."

Zhou Xinian chuckled: "What do you think?"

"Tarzan."

Lei Luo didn't hide it either: "The opportunity is rare, I want to go."

"Do you know that you are feeding mosquitoes there? There is no income."

Zhou Xinian said meaningfully: "Are you sure you can survive?"

The exaggeration is definitely not that exaggerated. Now that I have become a detective, I can always make some gains as long as I use my brain.

It’s nothing more than quantity.

"Tarzan."

Lei Luo said: "I want to make progress more."

"it is good."

Zhou Xi Nian gave high fives, this is what a man is.

In the pursuit of fame and fortune, one should move forward courageously.

If you have the power, are you still afraid of losing the benefits?
"Then go."

Zhou Xinian said: "I heard that you have been in the limelight in Sham Shui Po recently."

What he was talking about was the trick of Lei Luo organization to create money order.

"Human, sometimes it's not necessarily a good thing if a big tree attracts the wind."

Zhou Xinian sighed. He remembered that Gao Yao had just settled the Li family, and then he immediately started fighting with the phone company. He was really good at handling things.

As a result, in this gap, Luo Zai was promoted to the position of detective?
"Not everyone is as thick as Chairman Gao."

"At this time, it's not bad to go fishing in Chai Wan. I support you."

"Thank you Tarzan."

Lei Luo was overjoyed. Since Zhou Xinnian nodded, the Dongguan Gang would naturally not get involved in this matter. He had already secured the position of detective.

"You're with a good guy."

Zhou Xinian then asked: "Is there enough money?"

Lei Luo said hurriedly: "Thank you Taishan for taking care of me. I can solve it myself."

He is no longer what he used to be. If he scrapes together money, he can still get enough money to buy Inspector Chai Wan.

Yes, the rules cannot be broken.

Although it is said that this detective was directly approved by McIntosh, it does not mean that he will not pay the money, otherwise he would be too ignorant.

It's just that we are doing business with a first-hand wholesaler, so we definitely don't need that much money.

"I have something to do today, so I won't let you eat."

Zhou Xinian, who had driven away Lei Luo, sat in the study and wondered, how bold was Gao Yao?It turned out to be serious.

Of course he was thinking about the Chinese suing the telephone company for not repairing the lines.

Two weeks have passed, and Jian Jianqiang and others have obtained authorization from a group of merchants to formally initiate a lawsuit against the telephone company.

Just waiting for the court session!
In view of this, Zhou Xinian, who originally agreed to Gao, had to prepare his proposal.

There is no other way, let's all come out and talk about it.

Now all the Chinese in Hong Kong are paying attention to this lawsuit. If they know that they have gone back on their word and sided with the Westerners.

Then isn’t the fame I gained over the past few decades was wasted?
Zhou Xinian could not do such an unwise thing. While drafting the proposal, he muttered: "Gao Yao, Gao Yao, I know your intention is not to litigate."

"What exactly did you do?"

What the hell is this young man thinking?
To be honest, Zhou Xinian always felt that Gao Yao would never do something unwise unless he felt that he would definitely benefit from it.

It's just a phone company, what's the benefit?

(End of this chapter)