Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

"Hong Kong will always be Hong Kong for us British!"

Chai Wan, golf course.

Police Commissioner Rosen stood respectfully behind one person and watched the other person play.

The man speaking now was an old white man with gray hair, a hooked nose, high cheekbones, and a pair of green eyes full of arrogance.

"If you continue to let those Chinese policemen go, the foundation of us British people in Hong Kong will become very bad in the future." The white-haired old man held a golf club, looked at the golf ball on the ground, and swung it with an elegant posture!

Snapped!

The white golf ball made a beautiful arc in mid-air and landed on the green in front.

"Good shot!" Rosen applauded.

The old man turned back, handed the club to the caddy, took the white towel handed by the servant, wiped his forehead, and looked at Rosen: "That Chen Zhichao was originally a very obedient dog, but unfortunately, this dog was protected by you. That tiger bit the lame."

Rosen hurriedly explained: "Du Yongxiao is very good, smart and capable, over there at Scotland Yard -"

The old man interrupted Rosen, "So what if they are smart and capable? We British don't need capable Chinese, what we need are obedient Chinese dogs! That Du Yongxiao, are you obedient?"

"this---"

"It can be seen from your reaction that he is disobedient!" The old man gave Rosen a contemptuous look and handed him the towel after wiping off.

Rosen quickly reached out and took it with a respectful gesture.

As the top brother of the Hong Kong Police Force, he has a transcendent status. Usually others serve him and fawn over him, but only in front of the old man in front of him, Rosen had to lower his profile.

The old man in front of me is none other than Sir Bailiqu of the British Empire!

In addition, Bailiqu is the boss of the Hong Kong Justice Bureau and is in charge of judicial power. Even Hong Kong Governor Dai Lingzhi looks down upon him.

Especially when Dai Lingzhi first took charge of Hong Kong, Bailiqu helped him solve Hong Kong's biggest "water supply crisis."

In Hong Kong in the 1960s, water supply was tight. Especially during Dai Lingzhi's tenure, Hong Kong suffered a serious drought in the summer of 1967. At that time, Dai Lingzhi once announced the implementation of water restrictions and implemented the policy of "four hours of water supply for four days".

In order to solve the problem of insufficient water supply, shortly after Dai Lingzhi took office, Bailiqu participated in the negotiations as his adviser, which led to the formal agreement between the British Hong Kong authorities and the Chinese mainland government on April 22, 1964, confirming that since March 1965 , the mainland's water supply to Hong Kong will increase from 5 billion gallons per year in 1960 to no less than 15 billion gallons per year, equivalent to about 62 million gallons of water supply per day, and the selling price will be HK$1.06 per 1,000 gallons.

Later, in 1967, Bailiqu suggested digging a hole in Lion Rock to divert water from Plover Cove Reservoir to the city to prevent drought. In 1968, with the completion of Plover Cove Reservoir, Hong Kong's water shortage was temporarily relieved.

In 1970, that is, this year, Bailiqu also proposed that the Hong Kong government spend 28 million to raise the height of the dam of Plover Cove Reservoir and expand the Shatin water treatment plant, so that the water treatment capacity of the Shatin water treatment plant would be increased from 8 to 8 per day. , 0 million gallons increased to 175 million gallons, laying the foundation for solving the drinking water problem of Hong Kong people.

It can be said that the start of the construction of these two major projects has directly raised Bailiqu's reputation and status to a new height, and also made him aspire to the Bureau of Justice this year and become the boss among the bosses.

"That Du Yongxiao, I've heard a lot about him." Bailiqu walked under the umbrella and sat on the armchair.

Rosen walked over, but did not dare to sit down. Instead, he stood aside.

"Young and energetic, aggressive and aggressive, I can tolerate all of this! But he is the only one who is so awesome at what he does. This kind of person is very difficult to control." Bailiqu opened the cherry wood box, took out a cigar and smelled it at the tip of his nose. Then he took the cigar cutter, shortened the cigar cap, bit it on his mouth, and slowly grilled it with a lighter.

"For example, this drug crackdown was originally a good thing, but it caused chaos in Hong Kong. Those drug addicts became ill and committed crimes on the streets. There are also those associations that rely on drugs to make money. When they lost their financial resources, they robbed houses... "

Bailiqu crossed his legs, took a puff from his cigar, and puffed out smoke.

"Now that the drugs are almost wiped out, he has also eliminated all his opponents! This kind of person is the most terrifying."

Rosen frowned and said, "You mean Chen Zhichao——"

"Chen Zhichao was originally a chess piece, used to check and balance Lei Luo. But now, he has been eliminated by Du Yongxiao, and Lei Luo has become Du Yongxiao's vassal. So who will check and balance Du Yongxiao in the future?"

"The Chinese Chief Superintendent has a high position of power. If he and the Chinese police are united, then the future of Hong Kong's justice will be decided by them, not us British."

Rosen coughed: "I understand, so what should I do?"

"How to do it? What else can you do after you have received the money from Du?"

Rosen was shocked and hurriedly said: "Sir, what was that--"

"You don't need to explain." Bailiqu waved his hand, "Whether you charge money or not, how much money you charge has nothing to do with me, and I won't check the accounts, but -"

Bailiqu's green eyes flashed with a twinkle: "If you continue to let Du Yongxiao continue to be lawless, then you, the police chief, will have done your job!"

Rosen felt a chill in his heart and quickly lowered his head: "Yes!"

Bailiqu looked at him, "Then you know what to do now?"

"Bring out another chess piece," Rosen said, "to check and balance Du Yongxiao."

"Yes, find a better and more obedient domestic dog to restrain Du Yongxiao's wild dog." Bailiqu nodded, "And I have already chosen the person for you!"

Rosen didn't know why, but he saw a person walking lightly on the grass not far away.

He was a Chinese man, about forty years old, with a Chinese-character face, two eyebrows as sharp as knives, and a pair of eyes like an eagle.

"Is it you?" Rosen was stunned for a moment.

The man came to Bailiqu and Rosen and smiled: "Hello, Sir! Hello, Sir!"

Rosen frowned: "You didn't go to the United States to assist the FBI in handling cases. When did you come back?"

"I just came back not long ago!" The man smiled, "I heard that the police force is currently short of people, so I asked Sir to leave a position for me."

Rosen smiled, "There are not many positions in the Hong Kong police force suitable for you Li Luofu now!"

"It doesn't matter, as long as I can do things for the British Empire and benefit the people of Hong Kong, even if I, Li Luofu, are asked to see the gate, I am willing!"

Rosen shrugged: "You were already the Chief Inspector of the Political Department before you left Hong Kong. If you had come back earlier, Ge Bai's position as Chief Superintendent would definitely be yours!"

Li Luofu smiled: "I heard that Du Yongxiao is also very good, the first Chinese chief superintendent. He sounds so majestic!"

Bailiqu smiled, biting his cigar, and slowly stood up from the sun lounger, "He is very powerful, but now I plan to let you be more powerful than him! I want you to be the leader of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, okay?!"