Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing met with Thatcher that night. This was a private meeting and not a formal meeting between the British Prime Minister and the leader of the Lee Group.
Fast forward nearly ten years, and since the Lee Group set foot in England to acquire the Bentley Group in 1980, the Lee Group has maintained a very good friendship with Thatcher. At the same time, the Lee Group has a very close relationship with the Conservative Party.
During this period, the Lee Foundation made great contributions to Thatcher's economic reforms and the economic development of Britain. Thatcher's Conservative government also made some efforts to the development of the Lee Foundation in Britain, even Western Europe and the Commonwealth.
And now with the changes in Eastern Europe, because of the special position of Xiangjiang and the interests of the British country, some gaps have appeared in the relative friendship that the two sides have maintained for the past ten years. In addition, Zhang Ziyu was transferred back to Xiangjiang this time, so both sides
I hope that some communication can be carried out to prevent the Lee Group and the Conservative Party from turning into opposites, which is very detrimental to both parties.
In the reception room of Jiuhua Hotel, Cao Weiqing poured tea for Thatcher who had just sat down and said: "Thank you very much for taking the time to meet with us. This is the Wuyi Mountain Dahongpao we specially brought from Xiangjiang."
Thatcher responded: "Thank you very much for your and Mr. Li's enthusiasm. I have always regarded you as my best friend over the years. Unfortunately, due to various reasons, we have not actually met a few times. I sincerely
I hope you can come to London often, I think this is a more suitable place for you to settle down and settle down."
Over the years, both Thatcher, the British government and the royal family have very much hoped that Li Guangyu and his family could transfer their household registration to the British side. The Queen of England once asked Li Guangyu if he was willing to accept the royal family's enfeoffment. This was the intention.
It's a pity that Li Guangyu refused without hesitation. Later, he gave the Li Consortium a Bentley Island in the hope that Li Guangyu's family and the senior executives of the Li Consortium would move to Bentley Island. This plan has not been very successful so far. Currently, only Zhang Ziyu
The residence registrations of those who managed Bentley Island were transferred from Xiangjiang.
However, what makes them happy is that the Lee Consortium's own force is constantly strengthening. There are currently 20 police officers in the Bentley Island Police Department, all of whom are armed.
There is also a special operations company, modeled after the Xiangjiang Flying Tigers. The personnel are under preparation and are expected to have 150 people. They have a lot of light weapons, including two helicopters, 6 armored vehicles, sniper rifles, submachine guns, rifles, etc.
These are not the main points. As a British Dominion, Bentley Island, in addition to being consistent with the British in diplomacy, can also have its own defense force. The size of this force depends entirely on the financial resources and necessity of the Lee Consortium.
For example, Bermuda has a defense regiment of several hundred people. Bentley Island is similar in nature to Bermuda, so it would be no problem for Li Guangyu to form a regiment.
At the same time, Bentley Island participates in various world organizations as members of the British delegation. Bentley Island, like many British overseas dominions, cannot independently attend major world organizations.
Perhaps the Lee Consortium felt threatened and prepared a mixed brigade on Bentley Island, including an army regiment of 2,500 people, an aviation group of 1,500 people, and a naval group of 2,000 people. The mixed brigade commander is Bentley.
The governor of the island is Zhang Ziyu, the deputy brigade commander is Li Weiming, and the chief of staff is Qin Weiping.
It's a pity that this plan is only on paper at present. The United States seems to disagree. Bentley Island is too close to their capital in the British Indian Ocean Islands. It is a base of NATO. The United States is not willing to have such a strong force next to them.
A force emerges.
According to the plan proposed by the Bentley Island government, the total strength has reached 6,000. As for weapons, with the relationship between the Lee Consortium and Western Europe, they will definitely be able to buy very advanced ones. By then, they will be available by sea, land and air, and they will be farther away from their base.
It's so close, the threat is too great.
Anyway, Thatcher and others agreed to the Bentley Island defense plan. As for whether they can pull it off in the end and whether they can withstand the pressure from the United States, it depends on how the Lee Group negotiates. As a British Dominion
, this is not something the United States can fight if it wants to.
Over the years, Thatcher and the British government have been continuously increasing this young man's ambitions, allowing him to gain some capital and strength to gain a foothold, which is very beneficial to Britain.
As for whether Bentley Island will backfire on Britain, senior British officials have never worried about this. You must know that Bentley Island is a British autonomous territory, and the highest-ranking governor there is appointed by the British side and is appointed by the Queen.
Represents and controls Bentley Island's internal affairs, economy, and defense.
If something goes out of control here, they can take action immediately. Even though the Li Consortium has strong capital, it doesn't have much say in mobilizing the army.
Li Guangyu did not have such thoughts now. He said aloud: "Thanks to the British senior management for their concern for me. At present, I am doing well in Xiangjiang and my business is relatively smooth. Of course, if Sir Wilson is still in Xiangjiang now,
I believe I will develop better in the future, but it is a pity that Sir Wilson's stay was too short."
Of course Thatcher knew the meaning of Li Guangyu's words, but she could not control this matter alone. The vast majority of members of Parliament held this opinion. It was not in the interests of Britain for Wei Yixin to govern Hong Kong.
They have never thought about targeting the Li Group. At least for now, the British Conservative Party still regards the Li Group as their friends. It’s just that Li Guangyu himself wants to take over the trouble. They have no way to do it. In the face of national interests,
, even if Li Guangyu and the Li Consortium have a good relationship with them, they still need to give way.
"Mr. Li, there are many elites in your political research laboratory, and they also have unique insights into world politics and economic analysis. I believe you understand why we do this. I still hope that Mr. Li can maintain the attitude of the early 1980s.
This will be good for you and us."
Why didn't Li Guangyu understand? Not to mention the elites under his command, he himself knew why this happened, so he stopped mentioning this topic. No matter how much he said, it was useless.
These political parties are fighting, and they are willing to be friends with capital, but they will not harm their own national interests to benefit other countries. If such a political party really does this, it will only be driven out of power by its own people.
Li Guangyu said with a smile: "We won't mention it over there. This time I came here to announce Zhang Ziyu's transfer back to Xiangjiang. From now on, the development of my industry in Western Europe will be handled by Zhao Qihui, president of British Telecom Group. If you have anything
If you have any issues, you can contact him directly and he will try his best to solve it for you."
Over the years, Thatcher had become relatively good friends with Zhang Ziyu. She had long heard that this man was going to be transferred back to Xiangjiang, and Thatcher was also happy that Zhang Ziyu could meet such a good boss.
In order for his employees to have a good environment to pursue their own happy marriages, he specially arranged to return to work in Xiangjiang. This is probably extremely rare in companies.
You must know that Zhang Ziyu is now a baron in England. It is much more convenient for her to do things in England than other people in the Li Group. Thatcher believed that Li Guangyu could understand this issue, but Li Guangyu still chose to do this, which is enough to see that Li Guangyu
Everyone attaches great importance to Zhang Ziyu.
"Mr. Li, I believe that as long as you uphold your original intention, we can continue to cooperate happily. I also welcome more of your industries to come to the UK for development. Our government is also willing to support your products, such as the soon-to-be-established Phoenix
After the mobile phones and computers owned by Fengming Technology Company are launched on the market, our government will give priority to purchasing products from Fengming Company.
At the same time, as a friend, I would also like to remind Mr. Li, as your old saying goes, there are still some necessary escape routes. If Mr. Li feels that our mainland is unsafe, you can choose Bentley Island, and that is what we will provide for you.