Hong Kong General: Undercover and Liansheng, from 49 to leader

Chapter 283 [283] Once in a century, the Governor of Hong Kong and the senior officials of the Hong Kong British government make a collective public apology
By the time Wei Yixin returned to the Governor's Residence, the protesting crowd at the door had already left.

"Humph!"

Looking at the mess of garbage on the ground, Wei Yixin snorted coldly, but his fear of Lu Yaowen increased a little more.

It is more difficult to disperse a protesting crowd than to call people to join the protest, but Lu Yaowen was able to do it with ease. This is not something that can be achieved by simply spending money; it requires extremely strong control.

Soon, the car with the license plate "Crown" stopped in front of the Governor's House.

"Mr. Governor!"

"Mr. Governor!"...

As soon as Wei Yixin got off the car, Chen Kangli, Yan Liguo and Xie Naixin, who had been waiting there, immediately came up to him and greeted him.

Now that we have reached a truce with Lu Yaowen, we must clean up the mess as soon as possible to avoid any further trouble.

"Three gentlemen, let's go to the office and talk."

After saying this, Wei Yixin walked straight into the Governor's House.

Ten minutes later.

"Everyone, I have already told you the situation. Let's settle the matter at the Education Bureau as soon as possible."

Wei Yixin recounted in detail the conditions he had discussed with Lu Yaowen.

"..."

After hearing what Wei Yixin said, Chen Kangli, Yan Liguo and Xie Naixin were all stunned.

This time, all the funded schools were directly "given" to Lu Yaowen, and the position of Director of the Education Bureau was also given up.

Although government schools are still managed by the Eagles, the teachers in the schools have to be re-examined by the Education Bureau. As a result, they cannot carry out brainwashing openly in government schools and can only do it in secret, which is bound to seriously affect the progress of brainwashing.

But the three also knew that this was the best option for the British Hong Kong government at the moment.

If they continue to fight with Lu Yaowen, then tonight's protest may not just be a few thousand people. With more than 100,000 members of Liansheng, plus their families, and Lu Yaowen's control over the housing estate, at least 200,000 people can take to the streets to protest.

At that time, the Eagle Country people would be in a real dilemma. They could either fight to the death with Lu Yaowen and then flee Hong Kong Island in disgrace, or let Lu Yaowen make things worse and finally flee Hong Kong Island in disgrace.

It’s just that this kind of thing makes me feel so frustrated no matter how I think about it.

"Mr. Governor, thank you for your hard work."

Finally, Chen Kangli turned his thousands of words into eight words.

"Mr. Chief Secretary, you can put aside your hard work for now and think about how to settle the matter of the Education Department once and for all."

When Wei Yixin heard Chen Kangli's words, a hint of warmth appeared in his eyes, but it disappeared in an instant.

"Everything else is easy to handle, except for Deng Chengxuan who was sniped at the entrance of the police headquarters. We really didn't kill him, so we can't ask us to find a killer to take the blame, right?"

Yan Liguo said this slowly.

"Then we can only delay it until the people of Hong Kong Island forget about it."

After saying this, Chen Kangli looked at the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, Xie Naixun, and said, "Mr. Commissioner, if this is the case, then it will be up to you, the ICAC. The investigation of those officials in the Education Department must be fair, just and open, and the suspicion of our British Hong Kong government must be cleared."

"Mr. Chief Secretary, I know what to do."

Xie Naixin nodded slowly.

"Ah."

Chen Kangli also nodded slightly, and then turned his gaze back to Wei Yixin: "Mr. Governor, we have not completely failed in education."

"Oh?"

Wei Yixin, who was originally a little uninterested, suddenly became interested after hearing Chen Kangli's words.

"Mr. Governor, don't forget that in addition to primary and secondary schools, education also includes universities. We can separate universities and set up a special department to manage them. At the same time, under the pretext of attaching importance to university education, this department will be directly managed by the Governor's Office."

"In the future, the Governor will be the Chancellor of all universities on Hong Kong Island and can independently appoint presidents. Each president will serve for seven years. When the handover is approaching, the method of appointing presidents will be changed and the presidents will be elected by the university's board of directors."

"In addition, by transforming the student union in the university from a student group organization to a semi-formal organization, it can obtain funds from the school to carry out various club activities."

"Currently, 95% of Hong Kong Island's university students come from government schools. We have an absolute advantage in universities. Holding these future elites of Hong Kong Island in our hands is enough for us to get what we want."

Chen Kangli slowly told us his new plan.

“Mr. Chief Secretary, you are indeed an expert in the field of education.”

After listening to Chen Kangli's plan, Wei Yixin sighed.

"Mr. Governor, I am only doing my best to remedy the situation. The key lies with this guy Lu Yaowen. As long as he is still in Hong Kong Island, our strategic plan of 'glorious retreat' will be threatened at all times."

The Eagles called the various "measures" they took in evacuating Hong Kong Island the "glorious retreat" strategic plan.

"Lu Yaowen!"

Hearing Chen Kangli's words, Wei Yixin also sighed lightly, and then slowly said: "The Political Department has drawn up a top-secret plan. After this plan succeeds, Lu Yaowen will disappear from Hong Kong Island."

"After Lu Yaowen disappears, I need you to take immediate action to dismantle He Liansheng and Lu Yaowen's other forces in Hong Kong Island."

Obviously, Wei Yixin was very confident in the plan formulated by the Political Department, or MI6.

After hearing what Wei Yixin said, the eyes of Chen Kangli, Yan Liguo and Xie Naixin all lit up slightly, but the three of them tacitly did not ask any more questions.

……

On the other side, inside a detached house in Kwun Tong.

"Li Huanggua and his two sons live in a villa halfway up the mountain in Repulse Bay."

As Zhuo Ziqiang spoke, he pointed to a hand-drawn map and said, "There are only two ways to get to Central from here. One is from Repulse Bay Road through Wong Nai Chung to Wan Chai and then turn to Central. The other is to take Island Road, pass through the Aberdeen Tunnel and go directly to Happy Valley and then go to Central."

“These two roads, no matter where you go from, must pass through here.”

Zhuo Ziqiang pointed to a Y-shaped intersection and spoke slowly.

"We're going to do it here?"

Ye Guohuan on the side asked.

"No, there is too much traffic here and there may be accidents. I plan to start at Deep Water Bay Shoal and Violet Hill Road."

Zhuo Ziqiang shook his head slightly.

"We split into two groups?"

Ye Guohuan continued to ask.

"Divide the troops into three groups. There must be people at the intersection, Deep Water Bay Shoal, and Violet Hill Road. If the target is taking Repulse Bay Road, the people waiting at Deep Water Bay Shoal will cause trouble there to attract the attention of the police, and vice versa."

Zhuo Ziqiang paused for a moment and said, "Old dog, for the next few days, take Ah Hai and the others to keep an eye on Li Ju and see where this kid likes to go."

"understand!"

The old dog responded immediately.

Immediately, Zhuo Ziqiang looked at Ye Guohuan and Wang Jianjun again and said, "Brother Huan, Brother Jianjun, you two are both capable people. When the time comes, you two will lead the two teams at Deepwater Bay Shoal and Violet Mountain Road respectively."

After "joining" Zhuo Ziqiang's team, Wang Jianjun showed off some of his skills and impressed both Zhuo Ziqiang and Ye Guohuan.

After hearing Zhuo Ziqiang's words, Wang Jianjun and Ye Guohuan did not speak, but just nodded slightly.

"Everyone, tomorrow is the weekend. Let the Li family rest for two more days. We will take action next week."

At this moment, Zhuo Ziqiang's face was full of excitement, as if he had already seen his fame rising in Hong Kong Island.

……

Meanwhile, at the ICAC headquarters building.

Inside the office of Deputy Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Tang Ruolin.

"Director Lu, tonight, we will conduct a surprise interrogation of several officials from the Education Bureau. No matter what the result is, we will transfer them to the Regional High Court tomorrow."

Tang Ruolin looked at Lu Zhilian standing in front of him and said slowly.

"Director Tang, why is it so urgent? We only have one night, and there are many things we cannot investigate clearly."

A hint of surprise appeared on Lu Zhilian's face.

"The important thing now is not to investigate the matter thoroughly, but to get these people out as soon as possible and calm the anger of the people of Hong Kong Island."

Tang Ruolin said slowly.

"However, this goes against the original intention of establishing ICAC."

Lu Zhilian said immediately.

“What was the original intention of establishing ICAC?”

Tang Ruolin glanced at Lu Zhilian and asked.

“Fight corruption and safeguard social fairness and justice.”

Lu Zhilian blurted out.

“Have we fought corruption and upheld fairness and justice in the community?”

Tang Ruolin continued to ask.

"But……"

Lu Zhilian wanted to speak again, but was immediately interrupted by Tang Ruolin: "Director Lu, follow the order. It is now 10 o'clock in the evening. I want to see the closing report of this case by 6 o'clock tomorrow morning at the latest."

"Director Tang, I'm sorry, I can't agree to your request."

Lu Zhilian spoke slowly.

He knew what it meant to reject Tang Ruolin now, but when faced with faith and future, he decisively chose faith.

"Lu Zhilian, do you know that our ICAC is in such a passive position now? It's all because you failed to protect the suspect when you were escorting him, which led to the suspect being sniped and killed!"

"Now I'm giving you a chance to make amends. Answer me one last time, can you close the case?"

Tang Ruolin's face turned cold and his tone became a little colder.

"Director Tang, we at ICAC are protecting the bottom line of Hong Kong Island. If we ourselves have no bottom line, then what can we use to protect the bottom line of Hong Kong Island?"

Obviously, Lu Zhilian did not back down at all.

"Lu Zhilian, as the chief investigator, you made a serious mistake while performing your duties. I declare that from now on, you will be suspended from performing your duties as the chief investigator. You will immediately hand over the case of the Education Bureau to someone else."

Since Lu Zhilian was so shameless, Tang Ruolin no longer showed any courtesy and directly dismissed Lu Zhilian from his position.

"..."

After hearing what Tang Ruolin said, Lu Zhilian looked deeply at the deputy commissioner of the anti-corruption campaign, and then said slowly: "Okay, Director Tang, as you wish."

After saying that, Lu Zhilian took off the ID card hanging around his neck and threw it in front of Tang Ruolin.

After doing all this, Lu Zhilian turned around and left.

Looking at Lu Zhilian's ID on the table, Tang Ruolin sneered: "Do you really think ICAC is helping you Chinese maintain social equality? You have been brainwashed to the point of having no brains at all."

More than an hour later, in a bar in Lan Kwai Fong.

Lu Zhilian sat at the bar, drinking by himself. He had only been in the bar for more than ten minutes and had already drunk two bottles of foreign liquor.

"Director Lu, can we have a chat?"

At this moment, a voice that Lu Zhilian was quite familiar with came into his ears.

"Huo...Huo Tianren?"

Lu Zhilian turned his head and saw a familiar face.

"Director Lu, this is not a good place to chat."

Huo Tianren pointed at the men and women around him, and the smile on his face became brighter.

But there was a subtle hint of fear in his eyes.

The reason why Huo Tianren was able to find Lu Zhilian so "timely" was all because of Lu Yaowen.

Originally, he was still thinking about how to develop his own people in ICAC in his own clinic.

In Huo Tianren's opinion, since Lu Zhilian is so stubborn, he should replace him with someone else.

Just when he was thinking hard, he received a call from Lu Yaowen.

Lu Yaowen not only told him that Lu Zhilian was drinking alone in Lan Kwai Fong, but also told him that Lu Zhilian had gotten into trouble in ICAC and now was the best opportunity for him, Huo Tianren, to capture Lu Zhilian.

"..."

After hearing what Huo Tianren said, Lu Zhilian shook his heavy head, trying to make himself more sober, and then said, "Let's talk here."

"I want to talk to you about ICAC. Are you sure you want to talk to me here?"

Seeing Lu Zhilian like this, Huo Tianren's smile became brighter. He knew very well that people like Lu Zhilian would only drink and get drunk when they were confused and helpless, and this was the best opportunity for Huo Tianren to "take advantage of the situation".

Lu Zhilian didn't say anything else, just nodded slightly, then followed Huo Tianren out of the bar.

The two men did not walk far, but got into Huo Tianren's car.

"Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Lu Zhilian asked directly.

"Mr. Lu, I know you are confused now, and I know why you are confused."

"Hong Kong Island is an unfair place. Some people have committed countless crimes but can still escape legal sanctions. Some people have only committed minor mistakes but the law does not give them a chance to reform."

"Mr. Lu, I know you must be very proud of what you have done. Hong Kong Island has become fairer and better because of people like you, but this is far from enough."

"No matter how much the ICAC has done and how many corrupt officials it has brought down, as long as the Eagles are still around, the ICAC will always be just a tool in the Eagles' hands to crack down on dissidents."

Huo Tianren is also "outputting".

"..."

If it had been more than an hour ago, Lu Zhilian would have definitely been dismissive of Huo Tianren's words, but now he chose to remain silent.

Seeing Lu Zhilian's look, Huo Tianren extended his hand to him, with a warm and trustworthy smile on his face: "Mr. Lu, I am Huo Tianren. My lifelong pursuit is to make Hong Kong Island a fair society."

Hearing Huo Tianren's words, Lu Zhilian chuckled and shook his head slowly: "Professor Huo, Hong Kong Island has never been a fair place. Even our ICAC can only give those who have made mistakes a fair trial at best."

"Mr. Lu, you misunderstood me. What I meant by fairness is to give everyone a fair chance. As for whether they can seize this opportunity later, it depends on their own efforts."

Huo Tianren explained himself with a smile.

"Professor Huo, your ideals are great."

After Lu Zhilian said this, he was about to push the door and leave.

"ICAC is protecting the bottom line of Hong Kong Island. At least we should make ICAC a fair place first."

Lu Yaowen taught Huo Tianren to say this. He told Huo Tianren that as long as he said this, Lu Zhilian would definitely hesitate.

As expected, just as Lu Yaowen said, after hearing this, Lu Zhilian turned his head and looked at Huo Tianren: "Professor Huo, do you definitely represent fairness?"

"Director Lu, I know you still have doubts. Tomorrow I will give you a 'gift'. Then you will understand that ICAC is so sick that it must be 'scraped to cure the poison'."

Huo Tianren said slowly.

This is what Lu Yaowen taught Huo Tianren.

"..."

This time, Lu Zhilian didn't say anything else, but just pushed open the car door and got out.

"Mr. Lu, roads will not appear on the ground by themselves. They all depend on people walking on them."

At this moment, Huo Tianren looked at Lu Zhilian's back and said slowly.

Lu Zhilian paused for a moment, then turned to look at Huo Tianren: "Professor Huo, you are right."

……

The next morning, all the Hong Kong citizens who bought newspapers were shocked to find that all the newspapers that had previously participated in the "attack" on Lu Yaowen had apologized to Lu Yaowen on their front pages.

We declare that all previous reports against Lu Yaowen are false and we sincerely apologize to Lu Yaowen.

After seeing these "apologies", anyone with a little bit of common sense would immediately realize that it was not the newspapers that were surrendering to Lu Yaowen and apologizing, but the American people who were surrendering to Lu Yaowen and apologizing.

For most people in Hong Kong, this level of shock is like Mars hitting the Earth.

But what happened next shocked the vast majority of Hong Kong residents.

At noon that day, the Hong Kong Island Police Force, the Chief Secretary, the ICAC and the Governor's Office jointly held a press conference, which was broadcast live throughout.

Yan Liguo, Xie Naixin and Chen Kangli looked extremely indifferent in front of more than a hundred reporters.

As the one with the least responsibility among the three, Yan Liguo was the first to stand up and speak.

"Dear journalists, all citizens of Hong Kong Island, I am the Acting Commissioner of the Hong Kong Island Police, Yan Liguo. Regarding the shooting incident that occurred in front of our police headquarters yesterday, our police force will go all out to thoroughly investigate this case."

"On behalf of the police force, I promise to all citizens of Hong Kong Island that our police force will find the real culprit behind this and give everyone an explanation."

After saying this, Yan Liguo immediately sat back in his seat and "considerately" handed the microphone to ICAC Commissioner for Corruption Xie Naixin.

"Dear reporters..."

“After investigation by our ICAC investigators, several officials of the Education Department have been found guilty and this morning, they have been transferred to the Regional High Court.”

"On behalf of ICAC, I promise everyone that this is just the beginning of the Education Department corruption case. Next, ICAC will continue to conduct in-depth investigations and will definitely restore order to Hong Kong's education sector."

After Yan Liguo and Xie Naixin both made promises on behalf of their departments, Chen Kangli finally spoke: "Everyone..."

"In this case, we found that there were major problems with the Education Department. After research, we decided to appoint a more professional education expert as the director of the Education Department."

Then, Chen Kangli publicly announced the appointment of Ms. Du Yexi as the Director of the Education Bureau, and at the same time allowed social capital to invest in subsidized schools.

'Wow~'

After hearing what Chen Kangli said, most of the reporters present showed a look of astonishment on their faces.

The subtext of Chen Kangli's words is that the Eagles have given up their control over the subsidized schools, which means that in the battle with Lu Yaowen, it is not just a simple loss for the Eagles, it can be said that they have lost completely.

Aided schools account for more than 85 percent of all schools and students on Hong Kong Island, both in terms of number of schools and number of students. These reporters could not think of any other reason for "giving up" the aided schools except that they "lost miserably."

Chen Kangli looked at the astonishment on the faces of the reporters below the stage. His already deep expression became even more gloomy. He was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Now, please allow the Governor of Hong Kong, Mr. Wilson, to speak."

'Wow~'

The reporters, whose faces were still filled with astonishment, became even more shocked after hearing what Chen Kangli said. They had never expected that even the Governor of Hong Kong would have to come out in person for this press conference?

Soon, under the expectation of everyone, Wei Yixin slowly walked to the side of Chen Kangli, took the microphone he handed to him, and slowly said: "Dear reporters, all citizens of Hong Kong Island, a lot of market events have happened in Hong Kong Island recently, which has caused great trouble to everyone. I deeply apologize."

"This is a failure of the Hong Kong British government. On behalf of all the staff of the Hong Kong British government, I apologize to all the citizens of Hong Kong Island!"

When Wei Yixin said this, Chen Kangli, Yan Liguo, and Xie Naixin all walked to his side, and the four of them bowed deeply to the audience.

‘Kakaka~’

All of a sudden, all the reporters frantically pressed their flashlights to record this historic moment.

The Governor of Hong Kong apologized, the Chief Secretary apologized, the top official apologized, and the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption apologized. These things have happened before, but it is unprecedented that these four absolute top leaders of the British Hong Kong government apologized at the same time.

This is definitely a scene that will go down in the history books.

At this moment, inside the He Liansheng headquarters building.

Lu Yaowen looked at the scene on the TV screen where Wei Yixin and three others bowed to him. A smile appeared on his face. Then he picked up his mobile phone and dialed a number.

"Professor Huo, I'm Lu Yaowen."

After the call was connected, Lu Yaowen said with a smile.

"what's up?"

Huo Tianren's voice came from the receiver.

"Please go to the Wendy Club later. My people will be waiting for you in the basement. They will hand you the gift I prepared for Lu Zhilian."

Lu Yaowen said with a smile.

Then, without waiting for Huo Tianren to speak, Lu Yaowen continued: "Professor Huo, are you curious about what gift I prepared for Lu Zhilian?"

"..."

Huo Tianren did not say anything, but waited quietly for Lu Yaowen to answer his questions.

"In order to deal with me, the Special Branch asked the Criminal Division Director of the Police Force, Zeng Xiangrong, to order my arrest and the Argyle Street bombing. This should be the first time Professor Fok knows the inside story, right?"

Lu Yaowen said slowly.

Huo Tianren's eyes moved slightly, but he still didn't speak.

"Zeng Xiangrong is still alive and well. I will deliver him to you later. You can hand him over to Lu Zhilian and tell him that you can try to torture Zeng Xiangrong."

Lu Yaowen said with a smile.

"Lu Yaowen, are you going to use Lu Zhilian to get benefits from the British Hong Kong government?"

Apparently, Huo Tianren was also watching the live broadcast of Wei Yixin's apology.

"Professor Huo, you guessed wrong. I want to use the Hong Kong British government to teach Lu Zhilian a lesson."

"You think so highly of Lu Zhilian?"

Huo Tianren asked immediately.

"Professor Huo, I am not optimistic about Lu Zhilian. I just need to crack a crack in the intact eggshell of ICAC, this rotten egg, so that all the people of Hong Kong Island can smell its stench."

Lu Yaowen gave his answer.

"..."

After hearing what Lu Yaowen said, Huo Tianren pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

"After you hand the person over to Lu Zhilian, remember to call me back."

After Lu Yaowen said this with a smile, he hung up the phone.

"Beep, beep, beep~"

Hearing the busy tone in the receiver, Huo Tianren pondered for a moment, then picked up the car keys and quickly left the clinic.

……

On the other side, in Stanley Barracks, inside the archives room of the Special Branch.

"Mr. Moore, this is the result of my investigation over the past few days."

Special Branch, or MI6 agent Field handed a stack of information to Moore.

Moore took the information Field handed to him, flipped through it roughly, and then looked up at Field: "Field, what do you think we should do next?"

"Mr. Moore, we have a total of fifty-seven suspects, and we can conduct further investigation on them..."

Before Field could finish his words, Moore interrupted him: "How long will it take?"

"Half a month at most."

After thinking for a moment, Field gave his answer.

"The most important thing about intelligence work is timeliness. A lot of things can happen in half a month, and many accidents can occur. We can't wait that long."

Moore's tone was calm, but Field's muscles tensed up.

"Field, from now on, investigate these agents from the Special Branch immediately under the pretext of special operations, and those who are cleared of suspicion can be allowed to return to their posts."

"If you can't rule out suspicion, just use force. I've read their profiles. Except for a very few people, the others are just dispensable consumables. If they're gone, they're gone."

After hearing what Moore said, Field immediately said, "What should we do if there is a political agent with a background, such as the superintendent named Johnny, whose future father-in-law is the viscount of our Eagle Country?"

"Let's control him first. I have already sent someone to investigate this Viscount. There will be results soon. We will decide the fate of this guy then."

Moore said slowly.

Viscount Henry's identity could scare most of the foreigners in Hong Kong, but for Moore, a senior officer of MI6, it was just that.

If Henry does have connections in Eagle Country, and it cannot be confirmed that Johnny is a suspect, then Moore will just let him go. But if either of these two conditions is not met, not only will Johnny be implicated, but Henry will also have no chance of escaping.

"Yes, Mr. Moore!"

Field responded immediately.

"Field, remember, you don't have to worry about so many things in this place. Wei Yixin asked us to come here to put out the fire, not to be a good gentleman. Put away your aristocratic social skills."

"As long as you can get things done, even if you offend millions of Hong Kong Islanders, the Zu family won't blame you. The senior executives will only praise you for your ability."

Moore looked at Field standing in front of him, smiled slightly, and slowly spoke these words.

"Mr. Moore, I will keep your words in mind."

Field's originally hesitant look became extremely firm after hearing Moore's words.

"Go do something."

Moore waved his hand, indicating that Field could leave.

"Field, politics is not something we should consider. What we need to do is to complete the task, and complete the task by any means necessary!"

Looking at Field's leaving back, Moore whispered to himself.

(End of this chapter)