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3 Chater Road, Central, across the road from Chater Garden, stands a 25-storey gray-white building, which is the famous Hong Kong Club Building. There are three top clubs in Hong Kong, namely the Jockey Club, the Yacht Club and the Hong Kong Club. Among them, the Hong Kong Club has the longest history and the most mysterious.

The Hong Kong Association was established in 1846 and has almost completely witnessed the entire colonial history of the British Empire in Hong Kong. It was first founded by a British admiral, and its members are all senior foreigners from Jardine, Swire, HSBC, East India Company, etc. It is a symbol of power and status in the Hong Kong-British era. Before the 1980s, the Chinese did not even have the qualifications to join the association, and it only provided the most private entertainment and business space for the British.

But now the times have changed, so unattainable as the Hong Kong Association has to bow their heads and follow the trend of the times. The Hong Kong Club, which originally only accepted British male members, joined the first Chinese female member in 1985, who was Li Xuan's wife Zhong Chuhong.

In 1984, the third-generation clubhouse building of the Hong Kong Association was completed and opened. This new clubhouse building was developed and constructed by the Hong Kong Association entrusted by the Landmark Company. At that time, Hongkong Land and the Hong Kong Association agreed that the three underground floors to the fifth floor of the building would be used as the Hong Kong Club, and the rest would be leased to Hongkong Land. Hongkong Land Company enjoys the rent of the building for the first 25 years, after which the entire property rights of the building must be returned to the Hong Kong Association.

And less than a year after the completion of the Hong Kong Club Building, Li Xuan, together with other Chinese tycoons, abruptly took the Landmark from the Jardine Group, and then completely divided and dismembered the Landmark! The Hong Kong Club Building originally belonged to this part of the land company's rights, which happened to be inherited by Li Xuan at that time.

So Li Xuan's wife became the first female member of the Hong Kong Club, because Li Xuan herself was not very interested in joining this or that club. Not to mention using his prestige to elevate the gold content of this small group with strong British colonial colors.

"Mr. Mai Ruobin, it's not a good choice for you to come to the East at this time!" In a small but classically decorated living room of the Hong Kong Association, Li Xuanzheng smiled at the deputy envoy of the Prime Minister and the deputy state secretary of the British Foreign Office. His Excellency Mr. Mai Ruobin said.

Prime Minister John Major, who has been in office for almost three months, first appeased various factions in the Conservative Party, and after sending troops to follow the ally the United States in launching the "Gulf War" against Iraq, he finally had time to devote his energy to dealing with the bad things in the Far East.

This rotten thing is the so-called "Rose Garden Project" that Hong Kong Governor David Wilson forcibly launched last year in order to restore Hong Kong's confidence. This new airport plan with an original budget of more than 200 billion Hong Kong dollars was thrown out by Wilson in last year's policy address without consulting the Chinese side at all.

As a result, the core airport plan was naturally strongly resisted by the Chinese side, believing that it was a conspiracy by the British to empty the foreign exchange reserves of the Hong Kong government before leaving. And the construction plan of the whole new airport, because of the huge project, will inevitably need to be extended to after the return of 1997. But China now clearly disagrees with the new airport plan, which makes it very likely that the huge credit around this giant project will default due to political risk.

Because the post-1997 Newport government authorities may refuse to repay the loan on the grounds that they do not recognize the debt. Therefore, the bank had to reconsider the risk of granting credit to the new airport project, and even if the bank did not dare to lend, even if a company won the bid, it would not dare to enter the site to start construction.

This has put the British Hong Kong authorities in a dilemma. If the new airport project is announced now, it will undoubtedly seriously damage the prestige of the British Hong Kong authorities and even the British government. However, if you want to forcibly promote the new airport project, without the support of the Chinese side, it seems to be impossible now.

If the British wanted to solve this problem, they had to communicate with the Chinese side, so John Major sent two special envoys to the Far East. The positive envoy, Sir Kelida, has gone to Beijing-Beijing to communicate directly with the Chinese high-level officials, while the deputy envoy Mak Ruobin has come to Hong Kong first.

Because local public opinion is also very dissatisfied with this expensive new airport, Hong Kong is not the Hong Kong of ten years ago, and the rise of local voices has even begun to make Hong Kong and British authorities feel very uncomfortable. And the main promoter behind this is the "God of Wealth Li" with a faint smile in front of Mai Ruobin.

So Mai Ruobin arrived in Hong Kong and immediately sent an invitation letter to Li Xuan after communicating with Hong Kong Governor David Wilson.

McRobin is a senior British diplomat who joined the British Foreign Office in 1958. He is also a "China Hand" and was sent to Hong Kong as soon as he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He studied Chinese at the Chinese University of Hong Kong for two years and can communicate fluently in Chinese.

In the 1960s, Mak Robin was dispatched to the British Office in China twice. In the 1980s, he participated in the whole process of negotiations on the Sino-British Hong Kong-Hong Kong issue and was the third person in charge of the British negotiating team.

"Oh? Mr. Li please give me some advice!" Mai Ruobin said with a look of listening intently.

The Chinese with the words in a round accent, with subtle body movements, if it weren't for the white face, it would be impossible to tell that the speaker was actually a ghost.

"Do you know what the biggest problem the Chinese government is facing now?" Li Xuan asked himself without waiting for the other party to answer, "Because of last year's turmoil, China has been boycotted by Western countries like you! China If you want to open up the current situation of diplomatic isolation, the United Kingdom that asks for him is obviously the best breakthrough!

I heard that Sir Collida has gone north to mediate the "Rose Garden Project" of His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong. I believe that China will eventually make concessions. As long as you cut off part of the budget for the new airport and at the same time ensure sufficient financial reserves for the post-1997 Xingang-government, the Chinese side will nod to your new airport plan!

But after all, this is a super infrastructure project costing 10 billion pounds~www.readwn.com~ It is not too much for the Chinese side to ask Prime Minister Major to attend the signing ceremony in person? This is the trouble you caused by the British. It is impossible for the Chinese leader to go to London to sign the contract, right?

So, Mr. McRobin, are you and Sir Kelida ready to convince Prime Minister Major to visit Beijing-Beijing and sign the Memorandum of Understanding for the new airport project? "

Li Xuan's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting Mai Ruobin's chest one after another. If it hadn't been for his decades of diplomacy, he would have already developed the psychological quality of not changing his face when Mount Tai collapsed, and his face would have changed drastically at this moment. However, although his face was calm and indifferent, his heart was actually far from that calm.

Li Xuan's analysis just now was very logical, and Mai Ruobin couldn't find any flaws to refute it. He seemed to have seen in advance the picture of John Major visiting Beijing-Beijing with a smile on his face. This trip to the Far East was indeed not a good errand!

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