Hong Kong Movies: You Hongxingzi, what the hell is the charity king?

Chapter 496 "495" Swire Group's struggle for survival, the court's hegemony enters the scene!
Mainland,

Hu Jiansheng.

(Xiamen) University, Nanyang Research Institute.

On campus, under a lush tree with an umbrella-like canopy,

A building stands at the end of the campus path. Its white lime walls are covered with mottled moss, and it has obviously experienced many ups and downs.

The principal came here with a group of special guests.

"Mr. Zhang, everyone, this is the Nanyang Research Institute."

The principal is very enthusiastic.
Because the visitor is a patriotic Hong Kong businessman, and it was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who called and asked us to give him a good reception, so this mission is very important.

Billy (Zhang Jianxing) is our guide for this trip to the mainland. He is dressed in a suit and is very gentle. He looks like a well-read man and is the most suitable person to come to the mainland and communicate with the school.

Lead the way,
The principal introduced,
“This institute was established in 1956. It is the earliest Southeast Asian research institute in our country and one of the earliest regional and international research institutes in our country.”

"Over the years, it has trained countless professionals for the country and produced a large number of high-quality research results."

Zhang Jianxing nodded slightly, his eyes full of respect.

at this time,

The professors and teachers from the institute were already waiting at the door to greet us, with sincere smiles on their faces.

"welcome!"

"We welcome fellow Hong Kong Islanders to come and inspect our work..."

"This is Director Wang."

"Hello, Director Wang."

"I'm sorry to bother you teachers by coming here this time..."

The two sides shook hands and exchanged greetings, and the atmosphere was warm and harmonious.

"This time we came to the mainland to find a professor who is familiar with SJTU and invite him to Hong Kong Island."

Zhang Jianxing briefly recounted the incident, from the discrimination against mainlanders and Hong Kong people to what was going on behind the scenes at the Swire Group...

After hearing this, many professors and teachers were indignant.

Zhang Jianxing:
"Hong Kong Island has been under British rule for 150 years, and many residents do not have a strong sense of identity with the mainland. As Hong Kong Island is about to be returned to China, we need to try our best to attract residents back."

"This time, we hope to invite professors who have done in-depth research on this period of history to come to Hong Kong Island and tell local citizens about this forgotten history so that everyone can remember the suffering. At the same time, they can also recognize the true face of certain foreign forces and enhance national identity."

Many professors heard this.
They were all moved.

They all understood the significance of this matter.

As predecessors and the older generation, they are definitely not bad in political awareness.

Sacrifice your life and shed your blood!

"I go!"

"Let me go!"

"I want to go too!"

Director Wang thought for a moment, then turned and pointed to an old man wearing a simple Zhongshan suit and reading glasses, and said, "This is Professor Wu. Among us, he has done the most research on the history of Chinese workers. He has been studying the history of Chinese workers for decades, consulting a large amount of domestic and foreign materials, and visiting many places. He can be said to be an authoritative expert in this field in China."

"He also published many books, including "History of Contract Chinese Laborers", "Interviews with Chinese Laborers", "General History of Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia"... He also served as deputy editor of the history volume of the "Encyclopedia of China", "Dictionary of Southeast Asian History", and "Encyclopedia of Overseas Chinese in the World"..."

I go,

As soon as I heard it, I knew he was the big boss!

Zhang Jianxing stood in awe and shook hands with him: "Hello, Professor Wu!"

"Hello, hello." Professor Wu wore thick glasses and had the humility typical of a scholar.

"If I can help fellow Hong Kongers understand that period of history, I will do it without hesitation. Through my research over the years, I hope to let more people know about the sufferings that Chinese workers have endured and the great contributions they have made to the country and the nation."

Afterwards, several more people were named and stepped forward to join the trip.

If you can go, it means you are making a contribution to the country!
Going there will bring honor to the family and glorify the name of the clan!

At last,
In the presence of many people, Zhang Jianxing donated 1000 million Hong Kong dollars to Xiada and 200 million Hong Kong dollars to the institute.

Lying trough,

Is this the rich man from Hong Kong Island?

Loved it!

The president, professors and teachers were all very grateful.

In 1992, the exchange rate of Hong Kong dollars to RMB was about 0.753, which means that 1000 million Hong Kong dollars could be exchanged for 750 million RMB.

Everyone knows how valuable the RMB is given the low prices at this time.

……

However, Zhang Jianxing's trip was not over yet, he also had to find a professor who studied Chinese workers in the United States.

At last,
Professor Wu and others flew to Hong Kong Island first.

……

……

the other side,
San Francisco,
It is 22 p.m. now.

A Cathay Pacific plane took off from Hong Kong Island and finally arrived at San Francisco International Airport after 18 hours.

Huang Hua, an executive of Dragonair, got off the plane dragging his suitcase.

With a sigh of relief.

Coming to San Francisco, I feel very safe.

Although the Five Star Group has a huge influence in Hong Kong Island, I am now in San Francisco. How can you catch me?

hum!

Thinking of this, Huang Hua couldn't help but hum a song happily.

Gululu~~~~
He dragged his suitcase out of the airport and came outside.

Why did he choose San Francisco this time?
Because he had been here before, he subconsciously chose this place, so he was somewhat familiar with it.

At the airport gate,

reach out,

"taxi!"

A taxi quickly appeared in front of him.

Chinese face.

"Where is this handsome guy going?"

“To Chinatown.”

"Okay~~~"

The Chinese driver curled his lips.

In the night, the taxi passed through the streets of San Francisco. Huang Hua leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes to rest.

However, after the car had been driving for a while, Huang Hua felt something was wrong and found that the car was driving into a remote street corner. It was pitch black around and there were almost no street lights.

"Master, is this the way to Chinatown?"

Huang Hua asked somewhat uneasily.

The driver turned around and gave a weird smile: "Handsome, Chinatown is too far. Let's go to a more lively place first."

"What do you mean?" Huang Hua's heart tightened and he was about to say something when suddenly the car door was slammed open and several Chinese faces came over.

They were wearing baggy T-shirts, baseball caps, and had malicious smiles on their faces.

The leader is Ji Shaoqun.

"Hey, pretty boy, welcome to San Francisco!"

There was a strong sense of sarcasm in Ji Shao's group.

"who are you?"

"You...what do you want to do?"

"I have no money. I am just an ordinary traveler."

"Please let me go~~"

Huang Hua tried to shrink back in horror, but was dragged out of the car by several Chinese people.

"Help! Help~~~"

Then they beat him up.

Ji Shaoqun: "Hey... don't be so ruthless, I'll have to rely on him to pay off the debt in the future..."

Only then did a few of his men let go.

Ji Shaoqun patted Huang Hua on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't pretend, Huang Hua, welcome to the free and beautiful San Francisco!"

Huang Hua was shocked: "Ah?"

"How do you know I'm from Huang Hua?"

Ji Shaoqun chuckled: "Huang Hua, a senior executive of Dragonair, embezzled 700 million, then fled Hong Kong Island and came to San Francisco..."

Huang Hua turned pale with fright.

The other party actually knew everything about me!

Finished!

Coming for me!

"I... I don't know what you are talking about." "Stop pretending, pretty boy. To tell you the truth, I am from the Five Star Group. You embezzled 700 million dollars. Do you think you can get away with it by running to San Francisco?"

"what?"

"Five stars?!"

Huang Hua was shocked!

"This is America. Have you developed your Five Star business in America?"

"Guessed it right."

"!!!"

Huang Hua's mentality collapsed on the spot.

He thought that by escaping from Hong Kong Island, he could escape the Five Star Group's sphere of influence, but it turned out that the Five Star Group also has influence in the United States.

It’s too outrageous!

Oh God, please quickly take away these evil monsters of Wuxing!
He tried to struggle, but was beaten up badly by several of his younger brothers.

“Have mercy~~!”

Huang Hua pleaded.

"Spare my life?" Ji Shaoqun sneered, "You embezzled 700 million, do you think we can let you go?"

"I...I can return the money. Please let me go."

He gave in.

"Very good~~ Stop it!"

Huang Hua was thrown to the ground, his face was bruised and his nose was swollen. His whole body was in pain and he could hardly move.

the next day,
Huang Hua went to a Swiss bank with a swollen face and nose, and transferred the money to the unregistered account of the umbrella company in a Swiss bank. There was only more than 500 million Hong Kong dollars, and he had spent a lot of the money. He dared not not transfer the money, otherwise he would be killed when he got out.

"Can I go?"

"Let's go... 700 million is only over 500 million, there's still 200 million left, work hard and earn it back, jerk!"

Huang Hua was desperate!

……

……

Hong Kong Island.

In the next 3 days,
ATV broadcasts negative information about Swire’s Chinese workers every day.

There are street interviews,
There is an interview with a history professor, well-reasoned and well-founded,
And in the stock market, the three stocks of Swire Group fell sharply!

The top executives of Taikoo were so angry that they vomited blood!

This situation also alarmed the headquarters in the UK, who called to inquire about the situation.

"Why not just kill him?"

"Are the mercenaries we employ just for free?"

Merlin quickly stopped him: "We have thought of a solution and applied for a court injunction, which will be issued in the next two days!"

Finally, a new day

Driven by monetary (crossed out) justice, the court completed its review of the "application for injunction" submitted by Swire Group.

Then, "Injunction Hearing Notice" was sent to Asia TV, Five Star Daily, Wen Wei Po, Ta Kung Pao and Sin Wan Bao.

……

……

Friday, August 8th.

"Notice of Hearing on Injunction?"

Five Star Group Building.

Guan Zu returned to work after resting for 4 days.

As a result, I received the "Injunction Hearing Notice" from the High Court early in the morning.

Guan Zu glanced a few times,

"In accordance with the application for an injunction filed by Swire Pacific Limited, this Court decides that..."

“This hearing is to examine an application for an injunction filed by Swire Pacific Limited requiring you to cease spreading false information about Swire Pacific in order to prevent further damage to Swire Pacific’s reputation…”

"Venue of the hearing: Conference Room 3 of the High Court."

"Hearing date: August 1992, 8 (Monday)."

After reading it, Guan Zu couldn't help but be stunned.

Is there this method?

Guan Zu had never paid attention to this before, and didn’t expect that it could be banned.

Under normal circumstances, Guan Zu would definitely think that such a ban would not be passed, after all, this was not considered "false information".

but!

Guan Zu has absolutely no trust in the courts of Hong Kong Island.

As for Fat Peng, Guan Zu still has a way to control him.

There are ways to deal with Taikoo.

As for the court, Guan Zu really has no way to deal with it!
Already parasitic!
It’s like a house full of termites. You have to protect the house and kill the termites... You can never kill them all!

……

On Saturday, the customer flow at two shopping malls of Swire Group continued to be below 2%.

The court's "injunction hearing" was reported by ATV, TVB, and various newspapers. ATV even used the phrase "Swire did not even dare to sue, but only to apply for an injunction, which in itself shows that they are guilty."

The whole of Hong Kong was talking about it.

On Sunday, the passenger flow at Pacific Place and Taikoo City continued to be below 10%.

……

New week,
Monday, August 1992, 8

The sky over Hong Kong Island was shrouded in haze.

The High Court Building is solemn and dignified.

The atmosphere in Conference Room No. 3 was tense.

Inside the hall, wooden tables and chairs were neatly arranged, and the gallery was already filled with reporters from all sides, as well as quite a few citizens.

Because this case involves major public interests or a case that attracts a lot of public attention, reporters and citizens must be present in the court.

This is different from the nature of a "jury". A jury can influence the verdict, but an audience is just a bystander.

quickly,

Representatives from media including ATV, Five Star Daily, Wen Wei Po, Ta Kung Pao and Sin Wan Bao entered the venue under the leadership of Guan Zu.

Behind them is a team of lawyers.

On the Swire Group side, director Peter Pang and a group of lawyers had also taken their seats.

At exactly nine o'clock in the morning, Judge Feng Ye, wearing a heavy black robe and with an expressionless face, walked into the conference hall.

Feng Ye, a native of Hong Kong Island, was born into a merchant family. He is 56 years old this year. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Island University of Hong Kong in 1960 and was appointed as a judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong in 1980.

The whole place fell silent instantly.

"A hearing was held today to examine the application for an injunction filed by Swire Pacific Limited against Asia Television... (omitted)... New Evening News."

“Please ask Swire Group to state the reasons for its application.”

The chief lawyer of the Swire Group immediately stood up and said, "Respected Judge Feng Ye, recently, Asia Television and other newspapers have used TV programs, newspaper pages and other channels to spread false information about the Swire Group."

"But in fact, these so-called 'revelations' have no factual basis and are completely malicious fabrications."

"To prevent further losses, we implore the court to issue an injunction to stop these media's evil behavior."

As he spoke, he presented a stack of documents to Judge Feng Ye.
"This is the relevant reporting information we collected, as well as the analysis report on these materials, which is sufficient to prove their falsity."

Judge Feng Ye nodded slightly and turned his attention to Guan Zu's side: "Respondent, what is your response?"

Lin Liangshui, who was beside Guan Zu, stood up and said, "Judge Feng Ye, the information we disseminated about the Swire Group was obtained through in-depth investigations and interviews with experts and scholars. We obtained a large amount of first-hand information, which fully confirmed the Swire Group's historical misconduct."

"These reports are not groundless speculation or malicious slander... They are a manifestation of press freedom and should not be unreasonably accused or restricted."

Afterwards, he asked someone to present a thick stack of materials, which included historical documents, academic research reports, and interview records.

A lot of the information in it was collected by Mr. Wu and his team over decades of hard work.

Of course, not the original.

I dare not bring the original here.

The lawyer of Swire Group began to refute: "The so-called 'evidence' of the other party is nothing but quotations out of context and distorted interpretation. Those old materials cannot directly prove that they are necessarily related to Swire Group..."

The two sides exchanged arguments, neither giving in, and the heated debate echoed in the conference hall.

thirty minutes……

One hour……

Two hours...

Reporters and citizens who were listening could all tell that Taikoo could not provide any evidence at all, while Guan Zu had a large amount of valuable information to prove his point, including the signatures and seals of the piglets sold by the Taikoo Company in the past.

After a long debate and presentation of evidence, Judge Feng Ye announced a temporary recess.

Afternoon, continue.

(End of this chapter)