The Yixuan Teahouse located in the East Ring Road has become a well-known place in Hong Kong because Li Jianhui has been visiting it frequently over the years.
Li Guobao arrived here shortly after the press conference ended and went directly to private room 206.
Li Jue, who had been waiting here for a long time, saw Li Guobao arriving and immediately stood up to thank Li Guobao for taking the time to invite him despite his busy schedule and invited him to sit down.
Li Guobao had some guesses about the purpose of this person inviting him here, so he seemed relatively uncertain.
After taking his seat, he said with a smile: "Director Li is too polite. If you need anything, just say hello. Why should you be so polite?"
"Li Sheng, since you said so, I'll get straight to the point.
I also watched your press conference live on Jiayi TV just now. Your words may deceive the seven million Hong Kong citizens who don’t know much about it, but they cannot deceive us.
I know that members of the Tung Wah Association headed by Mr. Li Jianhui are full of distrust towards us. They always believe that we cannot allow the development of the Tung Wah Association, and will even target and suppress the Tung Wah Association.
Therefore, Tung Wah Hui Enterprises chose to move away from home, even if they gave up the Xiangjiang market where they had been living and working.
I specially invited Li Sheng here today because I want to get the truth from Li Sheng as to whether the Donghua Association has plans to evacuate all of them.
If so, we might as well have a plan in advance to avoid unnecessary confusion.
Just as the leaders of the negotiations said in 1982, we have prepared for the worst, and no matter what situation we face, our fundamental goal will not change."
The calm look on Li Guobao's face had long since disappeared due to Li Jue's deep words, and countless thoughts emerged in his heart in a short period of time.
After a brief silence, Li Guobao said solemnly: "Director Li, can I take this as an ultimatum from you to our Donghua Association?
Isn't it good to maintain the current situation? Do you really have to force us to leave?
And Director Li, don’t forget, it’s not 97 yet, and it’s not time for you to fully intervene.
Of course, if you don’t care about these seven million citizens, then just pretend I didn’t say anything.”
Li Jueshen did not expect Li Guobao's reaction to be so violent, and he seemed to have a great misunderstanding of the meaning of his words.
In order to prevent the situation from getting worse, Li Jueshen immediately explained: "Li Sheng, we have absolutely no intention of forcing you, and we are even less willing to see you leave.
It's just that what you have been doing since last year is really changing. We have been trying to retain you, but unfortunately we can't.
I invite you here today just to find out whether your Donghua Association has any plans to leave on a large scale in the future, so as to avoid causing chaos due to your departure and causing us to be caught off guard."
It's a pity that because of the positions and wills of both parties, it is obvious that neither party trusts the other's words.
Li Guobao, in particular, believed in his inner consciousness that because the actions of the Donghua Society in the past few years had damaged the interests of the north to a certain extent, and since the conflicts between the two sides had gradually increased due to various reasons since last year, the Donghua Society might have been in trouble.
Having reached the limit of what the other party can tolerate, that's why Li Jueshen said what he said today.
The meaning behind Li Jueshen's words today is very clear. The other party's worst-case scenario is that they will not compromise on the fundamental issues even if they are blown to pieces.
As for what the fundamental problem is, it all depends on how you understand it. Anyway, Li Guobao's inner concerns have directly escalated several levels today.
If the day comes when it is time to choose a side, the Tung Wah Association will have no choice but to move far away, and all member families will leave the city where they live and rise.
It is not just Li Jianhui who is ambitious within the Tung Wah Association. Li Guobao and other younger generations are also unwilling to be subordinated. They all hope to take control of the initiative rather than become a lamb at the mercy of others.
No matter what he thinks in his heart, on the surface, Li Guobao's expression is no longer solemn as before, and he also responded to Li Jueshen on behalf of the Xiangjiang Branch of the Tung Wah Association.
"I believe that you know our Donghua Association very well, especially our Xiangjiang branch, and I will not use the same rhetoric to deal with you as I would deal with journalists and media.
So far, members of the Xiangjiang branch, including Li Jianhui, have no intention of transferring the industries they control to other regions.
Moreover, our Donghua Association has always been extremely optimistic about the northern market. We, the Donghua Association, will never be willing to give up the northern market unless it is absolutely necessary.
At present, we are investing in a number of projects in the north that are not very profitable in the short term, and this is also to enable Donghua Association to develop better in the northern market in the future.
But this is only in the future. At least it will be eight years or even ten years later, or even twenty years later, when our Donghuahui industry will enter the northern market on a large scale.
This is also the long-term market development plan of the Tung Wah Association led by Mr. Li Jianhui. All members of the Tung Wah Association are also very supportive of this.
At least in the short term, the northern market has many restrictions on our development, and there is not much room for the development of our Donghuahui enterprise.
And we have always known that in the northern market, you are unlikely to see us being too large, and you are even less willing to let Donghuahui Company form a monopoly in a certain industry.
Therefore, we do not need to say some things on the table, and our Donghua Association will never be kidnapped by justice and morality.
There have been princes and generals since ancient times. I would rather say that our Donghua Society is already relatively sensible and not so rebellious. We just want to go to a foreign country to make a fortune.
So I hope you won’t be so harsh on us, and don’t have too many hopes. What we want more is that you can see both parties as a cooperative relationship, rather than seeing us as subordinates.”
Although Li Jueshen was also a well-established person in the city, his expression changed several times unconsciously.
Today, Li Guobao is obviously showing off to himself and the top management on behalf of the Donghua Association. The ambitious Donghua Association is obviously not willing to be just a business cooperation association, and now it has raised the status of the Donghua Association to be on par with the government of a country.
In Li Jueshen's opinion, this was already an extremely dangerous signal, and it also showed the rebellious intentions of the core members of the Donghua Society, headed by Li Jianhui and Li Guobao.
You must know that the household registrations of Li Jianhui, Li Guobao and others are still in Xiangjiang. The headquarters of the Tung Wah Association and the Xiangjiang branch of the Tung Wah Association are also in Hong Kong. The sovereignty of Hong Kong is unquestionable. Now we can only wait until 1997.
However, Li Guobao's words obviously did not mean to let the Donghua Association be subordinated to their government. This was not so treasonous in Li Guobao's words. It can be seen from the meaning of his words that he was afraid that he would replace him in the future.
At this time, Li Jueshen felt that it might be better for all Tung Wah Association companies to leave Hong Kong. With the growing ambitions of Tung Wah Association members, a disaster may occur in the future, and the losses may be more serious than now.
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"Since Li Sheng said this, I also express our attitude on behalf of the senior management. We welcome Tung Wah Hui companies to do business normally, and we will not specifically target and suppress Tung Wah Hui companies.
However, the operation and development of Tung Wah Association enterprises in the northern market must be supervised by our government. After the return of Xiangjiang, Lisboa, and Baodao, the same is true for the enterprises in the three places.
We will never tolerate the application of what you Donghua did to Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and the British Commonwealth to cross-strait and three places. The situation of capital manipulating the government will never occur in our country.
We also ask Li Sheng to convey our opinions to Mr. Li Jianhui and the members of the Tung Wah Association. I do not want the Tung Wah Association to become a destroyer of the country and the nation in the future, nor do I want the members and families of the Tung Wah Association to become street rats in the country.