Rebirth: Outstanding

"Mr. Mason, I'm sorry to invite you to come here because of the heavy rain. Mr. Governor already knows the whole thing, but he is talking on the phone with London to deal with more important tasks. He said the reason after learning about the whole thing. The thing is, if everything is true, Hong Kong’s trade and manufacturing industry will shrink to a trickle and become completely exhausted. It will be a disaster for Hong Kong’s economy. Although he did not say anything, I Guess he must be a little disappointed in you." Governor Grantham's confidential secretary, Xiao Dick, said while sitting on the red large seat in the waiting room of the Governor's Mansion No. 4.

After the Chinese servant who was in charge of helping to bring the coffee bowed and resigned, he continued to lower his voice to Shi Zhiyi, the head of the business management office opposite, and said, "Mason, how could this kind of thing be known to the Americans? Don’t believe me, the Chinese are smuggling almost 24 hours a day, but the Americans are helpless, and an Indian who sells some hair from mainland China is caught by the Americans? You know, Mr. Governor hates Americans very much now. Your Customs Department can completely cover up this matter in a low-key manner, instead of leaving it to the Americans with great fanfare, so that they have the opportunity to criticize Hong Kong's enforcement of the embargo."

Xiao Dick is considered the fourth confidant of Grantham in the Governor's Mansion. First, Grantham's adjutant, second, Grantham's personal assistant, third place, Chief Supervisor of the Governor's Mansion, fourth. It is him, the confidential secretary of the Hong Kong Governor’s Office. Although Grantham did not really rank them, but in the Governor’s Office, if he has no time to meet certain people in person, he will turn to their henchmen to interview. , They use the waiting room number to prove that this kind of ranking really exists in the Governor’s Mansion.

Xiaodike met some people for Grantham, and he could use Governor Mansion No. 4 to stay in the living room, while the three in front of him just had the right to use No. 1, 2, and 3 to stay in the living room.

Before today, Shi Zhiyi and Grantham would personally meet him in his office as long as he was sure that there was nothing rushing to deal with. He greeted him, and only asked himself a confidential secretary to see Shi Zhiyi in the living room on the 4th. It has been explained that Ge Lianghong was very dissatisfied with Shi Zhiyi's handling of this matter in his heart.

Shi Zhiyi’s expression on his face with two big bags under his eyes was calm. When Xiao Dick’s tone was a bit agitated, he just stirred the coffee gently. After the other party had finished speaking, he sniffed the aroma of the coffee deeply. Speak slowly:

"The coffee and containers from Wiggiewood, I almost forgot when was the last time I drank traditional British coffee."

"Mason, now is not a good time for you to applaud the Governor's collection. The Governor is very angry. Do you know what I mean? You made him passive at the US Consulate in Hong Kong. Whom I want to change to, if he is on his own site? He would be very angry if he wanted to get information from foreigners who hated him." Xiaodike said to Shi Zhiyi.

Shi Zhiyi took a sip of coffee and put down the coffee cup and said to Xiaodick: "Mr. Hogg, hair is not a strategic material, and it is not under the embargo imposed by the United Nations. Therefore, an Indian is selling hair from mainland China in Hong Kong. , Violated this order?"

"Mason, you are the head of the Industrial and Commercial Management Office. Are you kidding me? Or you just look the same as Mason, but at this time there is another Chinese or Indian who knows nothing about it? Don't give it to me. Let me say some jokes, I am not interested in telling you those jokes that are not funny in London now." Xiao Dick was so angry when Shi Zhiyi asked him, and even his tone became a bit vicious.

Today, Hong Kong’s embargo has two forms. The first is the strategic material embargo imposed by the United Nations on mainland China. The second is the United States imposed and strives to promote and expand, prohibiting all trade with mainland China. embargo.

The first type of embargo gave birth to Hong Kong smugglers smuggling rubber, steel, gasoline, diesel, pharmaceuticals and other strategic materials to mainland China through various channels and routes. The second type of embargo is shrimp in Hong Kong waters and wax in Hong Kong. The reason why problems like ducks can occur is that in order to ensure that no products directly or indirectly related to mainland China are allowed to enter the free United States, the review and investigation of the second type of embargo has reached an almost abnormal level.

Last month, the emerging wig manufacturing industry created a figure of more than three million Hong Kong dollars in a single month with the use of wigs. If it was in the early post-war period, this figure may not be so eye-catching, but after the implementation of the embargo, This number makes Hong Kong’s economic and trade data that have fallen to the bottom soaring, and everything is not so embarrassing. Whether it is for the Governor of Hong Kong or Shi Zhiyi, this number can become a political achievement that can be mentioned by the two people. London generously stated: Look now, after Hong Kong was restricted by the embargo, we worked hard to open up new commodity markets in Hong Kong, stabilize Hong Kong's economy, and maintain the stability of industry and commerce.

But just one month later, the industry encountered a devastating blow. Indian suppliers in the wig industry used raw materials from mainland China to supply various factories, which led to the more than 100 embargo prosecutors at the US Consulate in Hong Kong. Finally, I got the opportunity to criticize the Hong Kong colonial government for its ineffective implementation of the embargo, and insisted that with the connivance of the Hong Kong colonial government, mainland China had used its hair to make money from the American people in exchange for bullets and shot and killed American soldiers on the Korean battlefield.

After learning the news, the Consul General of the US Consulate in Hong Kong immediately called the Governor’s Office to inquire about this matter and said that he would continue to arrange investigators to follow up the follow-up investigation of the entire incident. The governor of Hong Kong, Ge Lianghong, who had no knowledge of the trivial matters, was very passive. The governor, in his own colony, knew that such things had to be told by foreigners? So this is one of the reasons why he is very dissatisfied with Shi Zhiyi at this time. The bigger dissatisfaction is that the wig industry may no longer be able to help him improve his political performance, because the US Consulate in Hong Kong has contacted the US Department of Commerce and started a thorough investigation. For Hong Kong-made wigs entering the United States, orders that have not yet been delivered will also be suspended shortly by the US Department of Commerce. Once there are no orders from the US market, the Hong Kong wig industry can die.

"Mr. Hogg, what do you think of the emerging wig industry in Hong Kong?" Shi Zhiyi was not offended by Xiaodick's ridicule, although his official status was actually much higher than that of Xiaodick.

Xiaodike said with a cold face: "The previous industry was your political achievement. As long as you maintain this industry stably and pass this period of time..."

"No, no, no, we don’t talk about colonial performance. I mean that industry. It is disordered. It is just the most basic impulse of capital. When an industry makes money, everyone flocks to it. Disorder is reflected in the supply of raw materials. There is even no industry norms and supervision. Factory owners only want to produce wigs quickly, but they don’t consider issues such as raw materials, machinery, etc. They just want to make money. As for the rules in this industry, what are the rules? Don’t get in the way. It’s good for me to make money. It was this kind of capital impulse that led to this incident, which is very normal, but it broke out so quickly, and it was also the result of my fuel." Shi Zhiyi said dumbly to Xiaodick.

Xiao Dick didn't want to hear Shi Zhiyi say some nonsense such as industry analysis, but Shi Zhiyi's last sentence made him stunned: "You mean?"

"I knew about the whole thing, and the Medical and Health Department and the Marine Police Department also greeted me." Shi Zhiyi spread his hands towards Xiao Dick and said with a smile.

"Are you crazy? Even if there is no order in this industry, but it can bring enough dazzling figures to Hong Kong to show to London, you ruined it?" Xiao Dick asked incredulously: "You want You were transferred from Hong Kong to Africa to bask in the sun by those in the London Overseas Colony Department? Maybe you will never return to London in your life? What a great opportunity you have ruined!"

"I didn't ruin it, but let it start again. The profit of the wig product is very substantial. Don't you think that the follow-up orders from the Chinese factory owners should be taken to the British? The British will manage and promote it. The development of the entire industry? This is also a better way to announce to the world that Hong Kong can have brilliant economic figures during this dark period because Hong Kong belongs to the United Kingdom and because of the hard work of the British." Shi Zhiyi asked Xiao Dick road.

Shoredick frowned: "Mason, your remarks do sound tempting, but the current wig industry has been infinitely close to a shutdown. Which British businessman is willing to put effort into doing this? I don't want to say that the British are not good, but British businessmen have been scared by the embargo and almost ran away from Hong Kong."

"The wig industry has been severely impacted, but a trading company and factory survived, and the owner of that trading company is an Englishman who is willing to stand up at this crisis in the industry. I will meet with wigs this afternoon. All practitioners in the industry, introduce them to this British man with fearlessness, sacrifice, bravery, and all kinds of outstanding British qualities. Please convey to Mr. Governor, everything will be back on track within one month at most. Hong Kong and Hong Kong's economy, in the Governor Under the rule of an adult, it will be more brilliant." Shi Zhiyi smiled at Xiao Dick, "I promise."