Chapter 16 Opportunities for City Councillors and Barracks
"Uncle Fei, do you want to run for parliament?" Chen Kui paused with his chopsticks and asked.
On May 1, 1946, Hong Kong Governor Peter Yeung, who had been recuperating in London for more than half a year, finally recovered and returned to Hong Kong to resume his duties as governor. During his reinstatement speech, he announced a plan to establish a city council.
"I got the information from inside that this time the Governor is determined to promote the city council plan. This is a rare good opportunity. My conditions are exactly in line with the requirements put forward by the Governor, so I plan to give it a try. Akui, you have a good brain.
Give me some more advice," Fei Bo said.
Yang Muqi should be regarded as the most miserable of all the previous governors of Hong Kong. After unconditionally surrendering, he was imprisoned in a concentration camp. For three years, he was tortured to the point of being inhumane. He spent more than half a year recovering from his injuries in London before returning to work.
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In order to restore his image, after his return to office, Yang Muqi proposed a bold political reform plan, hoping that "Hong Kong citizens would have more responsibility to manage their own affairs," which was known in history as the "Yang Muqi Plan."
To put it simply, it is to establish a city council to manage some public affairs through the council, one-third of which is appointed, and the remaining two-thirds are elected by the people, and half of the elected members are directly elected by Chinese people. Fei Bo wants to win over Chinese members, and he does have this
qualifications.
Fei Bo's original name was Zheng Bo, and he was Hong Zhennan's life-and-death friend. He was fat, so people rarely called him by his name, but simply called him "Fat Bo". He was also a relatively important character in the Ip Man universe.
After the liberation, he became a policeman based on his merits during the war. He is currently the police chief and is mainly responsible for the public security management of the area of Lee Tung Street and Queen's Road East.
The police today are far less prosperous than they were in the 1960s. It is a very dangerous profession. Some bold gangs even dare to attack the police station directly, and corpses are often found lying on the streets. However, because Fei Bo is Hong Zhennan
Brothers, there is no need to worry too much in this area. The two of them basically control this area.
"Uncle Fei, I don't suggest you waste energy and money on this." Chen Kui said directly.
"Ah, why?" Neither Fei Bo nor Hong Zhennan expected that Chen Kui would suggest that they give up.
"To be honest, I think this plan will not be realized even if it is passed," Chen Kui said.
As a latecomer, Chen Kui knows that this "Yang Muqi Plan" will eventually come to nothing. First, the interests of all parties cannot be unified. What's more, Hong Kong is now in a state of complete waste, and most people can't even eat or sleep.
The problem has not yet been resolved, so how can one bother to consider such major matters as management matters? Secondly, Yang Muzhi has less than a year left in his term and is about to retire, so he simply does not have enough energy and time to advance this plan.
Moreover, the world situation is becoming more and more complex, especially the situation in the north, which involves too much energy.
"What you said does make sense, but I think the risk is worth taking. If I can become a member of parliament, it will be worth it." After hearing Chen Kui's reasons, Fei Bo still insisted.
"Uncle Fatty, in that case, I suggest you don't spend a lot of money first, and make some preliminary preparations, such as improving public security and establishing a good relationship with those ghost guys," Chen Kui said.
Both Hong Zhennan and Fei Bo made great contributions in the Anti-Japanese War. Their current status and power are not bad. According to this trend, even if they cannot become the overlord of one party in the future, they will not be as helpless as in the movie, guarding the fish stalls.
Staring at the little money spent on tickets.
It seems that in this city council election, the two of them spent too much money and favors.
"I think what Akui said makes sense. The Governor of Hong Kong only has one year left in office. Who knows what the next Governor of Hong Kong will think. Besides, Congressman, to put it nicely, in fact, most of them are not just those ghosts. The Chinese have no rights.
And those really important things will definitely not pass the parliament. I think Fei Bo, instead of running for parliament, you should find a way to improve your position." Hong Zhennan chose to side with Chen Kui.
"Well, that's okay, I'll just do some simple things first." Fei Bo nodded and said, but what he was thinking in his heart was unknown to outsiders, but it was obvious that Fei Bo had not given up on this plan.
, after all, becoming a congressman is not something that a police sergeant can compare to.
"Uncle San, Uncle Fat, actually I found an opportunity to make money." Chen Kui said.
"What?" The two of them looked at Chen Kui and asked.
"Military camp." Chen Kui said.
Now may not be the time to do this kind of business, but in order to distract Fei Bo from putting too much energy and time on the city councilor who is doomed to be fruitless, Chen Kui decided to speak out about this matter.
The relationship between the two is completely possible now.
"Military camp?" The two of them were stunned. What kind of business is this?
Although Hong Kong has been liberated and the war is over, the situation is still unclear. Thousands of British troops are stationed in Hong Kong, mainly to guard against wolves from the north.
"Yes, to be more precise, it is the batch of materials left behind by the Japanese army when they surrendered."
Although the military provides high subsidies to the British troops stationed in Hong Kong, the material supplies are not very sufficient, especially some basic supplies, because the military believes that since it has given high subsidies, it can purchase them locally.
Theoretically, it is indeed true, but the problem is that Hong Kong is a small place. The situation in the north is more tense now, and vegetables are scarce. The canteens in the military camps can't even get the raw materials for vegetable salads. Especially after Yang Muqi was reinstated, the situation became even worse.
Oops, how can these delicate British soldiers endure this?
Historically, the British army's solution was to open exchanges, using the materials left behind by the Japanese army, mainly tobacco and alcohol, to exchange vegetables with the surrounding people.
"Gui Lao is not used to that batch of cigarettes and alcohol, and I calculated the time and found that some of them are about to expire. We can use vegetables to exchange for these cigarettes and alcohol that are useless to the British army."
"If this is really the case, this deal can be done. I have seen those batches of tobacco and alcohol. They were all high-end goods originally provided to the Japs officers. The market conditions must be very good. If we can exchange those materials from the Japs,
, the profit in this process is huge." Hong Zhennan said excitedly.
"That's right." Fei Bo also nodded with a smile on his face and said, "Zhennan, without further ado, let's go to Guilao Military Camp later to see if we can talk about this matter.
Harry still has some friendship."
Who doesn’t want to do something that makes money, let alone a monopoly business?
"Okay!" Hong Zhennan nodded immediately. He is a resolute person.