There were several supporters standing next to the white man, mostly white people. However, that annoying Luo Wanli just now also got involved in this group at some point.
Superboy, He Lin and Ye Haochen were all nearby. It could be seen that if the two armies were facing each other, they were on the neutral side.
Sun Dahai scanned the audience and found that everyone was paying attention to the dispute between the two groups. Hu Cheng and Gao Yi came to him and told him about the situation.
The matter is actually very simple. There were several supporting actors present who had different opinions on the future development prospects of Hong Kong. In particular, the two groups of people argued endlessly about whether the mainland could keep Hong Kong's economy developing.
Li Jiajie has been on the board of directors of Henderson Group ever since and has been in charge of mainland business. He has a high prestige in this circle, so the two parties to the dispute asked him to introduce the situation in mainland China and make his own comments on their topics.
This kind of thing often happens in circle gatherings. Although the people gathered here are all the descendants of various families, each family has different strengths and everyone's qualifications are also different. In people's minds, they are naturally divided into first, second and third levels.
Just like Qi Changling is currently the leader in self-employment, Li Jiajie is also recognized by insiders as being at the forefront of inheriting the family business.
The Li family's Henderson Group ranks among the top three in terms of comprehensive strength in the real estate industry in Xiangjiang, and is also one of the top giants in the entire Xiangjiang business district.
Although Li Jiajie is a low-key person, his identity is not. The title of Prince Henderson has been with him since he entered the company.
Moreover, he is in charge of mainland business, and he knows much more about mainland policies, social and natural environment, investment directions and other real situations than the second and third generations here who have just started working.
Therefore, when people encounter problems related to mainland business, they often turn to Li Jiajie for arbitration. In their hearts, everyone already regards him as an authority in this field.
However, today, Li Jiajie's authority encountered a challenge. The white young man, Brent Cruz, came from the Britten Company. His family was an old Britten noble, and they had a hereditary title.
Brent is not an expert on mainland issues, and he has never even set foot on that land, but his innate sense of aristocratic superiority and the colonial and ideological education he received since childhood made him a natural.
There is resistance and even hostility towards everything on the mainland.
In particular, the promulgation of the Joint Communiqué in 1984 officially announced that Xiangjiang would return to China in 1997. This made Brent's Kuruz family's Banna Company face a choice: whether to cooperate with the mainland in business and seek development; or
Shrink its business, gradually withdraw from the Xiangjiang market, and shrink its business in Southeast Asia.
Opinions on this matter within the Kuruz family are not unified.
The Kuruz family is a large family with a long history. According to family tradition, a small number of direct descendants or very important members of the family are concentrated in politics, while other members of the family will choose to go into business or other professions.
Founded in the 18th century, Banna & Co. was a product of the family's efforts to ensure the living expenses of the core political personnel and to ensure the transfer of various huge amounts of property without any records.
Now, except for those core members who are engaged in politics all day long, most members of the Kuruz family are engaged in business activities, and the mainstream concept in the family is also closer to that of businessmen.
Everyone does not care about ideology and political ideas, and believes that it is true to continuously make money to meet the growing material and spiritual needs of family members.
Therefore, it is natural that the Kuruz family has two completely opposite views on how to deal with the imminent return of Xiangjiang.
Business people think this is a good opportunity for development, and hope to take the initiative to show goodwill to the mainland, so as to expand their business scope and strive to enter the mainland market.
The core faction is exactly the opposite. They cannot accept that the weak country that used to ask for everything is now catching up with itself in every aspect and has taken back the sovereignty of Hong Kong from itself.
This huge gap makes those conservatives who are still obsessed with the past glory of the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" full of contradictions and imbalances in their hearts.
The same is true for the Hong Kong issue. They would rather give up their family's development opportunities in Hong Kong than be optimistic about it, or they are unwilling to start commercial cooperation with the mainland.
Brent is also one of the core descendants of the Kuruz family. He went to work at Dina & Co., just like many core members who went to work at Dina & Co. or other family industries, just to increase social practical experience and become familiar with business operations and foreign countries.
of customs.
In other words, he came here to be gilded. After three to five years, the family will transfer him to work in the government department through operations.
In the future, whether he goes to the commercial sector or the diplomatic sector, if he has relevant practical experience, Brent's competitiveness and development potential will be much greater than others.
With the help of his family's strength, he can move faster than others and stand in a higher position.
This kind of gathering opportunity was obtained with the help of his family. Xiangjiang is still more or less under the management of Britten. Even though the Huo family and the Britten government hate each other, they still have to give each other the necessary face.
Therefore, at the invitation of the Huo family, Xiangjiang's main textile raw material importer, Danna Yang Company, sent its core members who went to the foreign company for gold plating, as well as the young people trained by the foreign company itself, to take turns attending the gatherings of the younger generations.
As for the high-level exchanges attended by the elders, forget it. The Huo family seemed to have forgotten to invite them, and Banna Foreign Company seemed to have no idea that such a thing was happening. It has been going on like this for many years, with several gatherings each time.
Unfortunately, Brent is still too young. This kind of gathering is originally intended for younger generations to get to know each other and build connections for the future.
If you don’t like certain people or are not interested in a certain topic, you can just do your own thing and ignore them. This is the standard approach in business circles.
At present, the business community in Hong Kong is mainly divided into three factions: the divestment faction who is preparing to leave Hong Kong, the mainland faction who is preparing to expand development with the help of the mainland, and the centrist faction who remains on the sidelines and acts according to opportunities.
The Huo family is a clear-cut mainlander, but some companies have already transferred their business and sold their fixed assets in advance to prepare for divestment. However, most companies with options are in the middle range.
Of course, as the scale of the company grows, many things are not so absolute. Henderson Group, where Li Jiajie works, can be regarded as a centrist company that is more inclined to the mainland side. Otherwise, it would not have sent the eldest son of the family to work in the mainland early.