Hong Kong Island Old Events

night.

It's past nine o'clock.

"pair 2"

"Pass!"

Three police officers gathered in front of the daytime desk and opened it. They all had a pile of change in their hands. Two police officers stood aside, smoking cigarettes and watching with relish. As the only entertainment activity during the quarantine period, the police officers played cards with great enthusiasm.

The remaining police officers washed up early and lay in the room watching TV.

"Poof!"

Suddenly, a stone hit the window, causing the police officers to turn around.

"what happened?"

The leading police sergeant put down the poker and stood up suspiciously. Immediately, another stone flew over and smashed the window glass directly, making a huge shattering sound. The first stone missed the window, as if it was a reminder.

He had rich experience in handling cases and realized something was wrong. He quietly approached the window and looked downstairs. He saw five or six plainclothes agents holding flashlights and looking up at the window.

"Get up brothers quickly."

He immediately turned back and waved.

The three police officers following behind looked at each other, immediately agreed, and hurriedly went to knock on the door. In the room, the policemen lifted up their pants and put on their belts, when two Molotov cocktails flew into the window, making an explosion sound, and landed one after another.

"TMD, what the hell are you doing, even throwing Molotov cocktails!"

The police officers cursed and someone rushed out wearing shorts.

"Open the door!"

"Open the door!"

Everyone banged on the iron door of the building but there was no response.

"You damn guy, go home and sleep alone. You don't even send a guard at the door. You just want to lock the guys in the room." New Xie Fa has two assistants transferred from the Financial Secretary, who are usually responsible for surveillance. Guys worked, hauling away materials.

In the past, they would guard the door until about ten o'clock, but now they will leave at eight o'clock.

Without orders from above, the police officers were afraid of taking responsibility and did not dare to go out at night.

There are also people from the Governor's Mansion in the building security who are responsible for monitoring them on weekdays, but now they are obviously unable to reach the scene, giving the police officers ample reason to escape.

"Poof!"

A police officer kicked the iron door to vent his anger, turned around and shouted: "Climb out the window!"

"good."

The third floor of the building is not very high, and there are many water pipes on the walls, so there are many places to stay. The police officers have been trained and it is easy to climb. Although there is a fire, there is not much diesel in the bottle, so it will not burn at all for a while. The police officers returned to the window and climbed down along the pipes and walls.

Of course, with the darkness of the night and the fire above, the officers were inevitably a little nervous.

In addition, the pipeline is slippery and the foothold is small, so the danger is still very high. An accident may occur if you are not careful. Fortunately, the police officers downstairs were well prepared. When they saw the guys coming out, they made a signal, and someone ran out of the alley with a wooden ladder and set up the ladder to the guys' second floor.

The guys on the third floor only need to hold on to the window, step on the ladder, and switch hands to go down the wooden ladder safely.

Ten minutes later, all the police officers came to the ground, and the building's security also responded and walked out of the stairs. The plainclothes agent once again took out a glass bottle, lit it, and threw it towards the industrial building. The bottle was filled with diesel, and a fierce fire immediately broke out.

"Flash!"

The agents pulled back and forth and fled in a hurry.

The next day.

morning.

Governor's Palace.

Bai Liji received Xie Faxin's report document, smashed the document on the table, and said loudly: "If you even dare to burn the commissioner's office, are the Hong Kong Island Police Force gangsters or soldiers?"

Although the Governor-General's Commissioner does not have a real official office, his office address is a temporary office. Burning an office in an industrial building shows that he does not take the authority of the Governor's Mansion seriously. As the governor, it was impossible for Bai Liji not to be angry, but he never really meant to start a war with the police. He took a breath and said, "Change the office and continue the investigation. Ask the police if there are any injuries."

"The most dangerous thing about working in Hong Kong Island is getting involved with the police force. Pay attention to safety when doing things."

He glanced at Xie Faxin.

"yes."

"Sir."

Xie Faxin's face also became serious. In the past, he always heard people in the Financial Secretary talk about how crazy the police force was. At that time, he only thought it was an exaggeration. What he heard was false and what he saw was believing. Now he has seen how unreasonable the police force is. My heart can be extremely tense.

The only department in Hong Kong that can bring threats and pressure to the top brass of the British government is the Police Force!

at the same time.

Tai Kwun.

Hao Defu took the document and reported the information he had investigated last night to his superior word for word. From time to time he would raise his eyes to look at the superior's expression. The officer was seen smoking his cigar calmly and calmly.

"The Governor's Office appointed a commissioner and assigned ten brothers to lock themselves in an office to write information on the Patton case?" He Dingxian asked.

"yes."

Hao Defu said: "The Governor's Office may want to retry the Barton case."

This signal is dangerous enough.

"impossible!"

However, He Dingxian directly vetoed: "The Governor's Office has signed this case and rewarded the investigators. It would be of no benefit to the Governor to retry the Barton case. The only possibility is to expand the Barton case and use the Barton case to investigate other police officials."

"The Governor has endured it for several years, but finally he couldn't hold it any longer."

Hao Defu was frightened when he heard this. His first thought was to escape from the storm, but his next move was to raise his head and meet He Dingxian's eyes. Because there are only two directions to expand the Patton case. The first direction is to pursue Patton's bribery list and search in the commercial direction.

The second direction is to investigate Barton's corruption network within the police force and reach into the police force. As the head of the anti-corruption office, Hao Defu did not investigate Barton's corruption network before. This is a fault in itself and is extremely easy to be replaced. Down.

The most powerful way is to hug your thighs tightly and seek support from Sir He. Sir He clearly saw what Hao Defu meant and said, "Go and say hello to Sir Ge, Sir Kunxian, and Sir Yifu. Let's They come prepared and clean their tail.”

"As long as the anti-corruption power is in our hands, we will be safe."

Hao Defu stood up and nodded in reply: "Yes, sir!"

In fact, He Dingxian really wants to keep the anti-corruption power in the hands of the police force, and always investigate himself, and only investigate the things he wants to investigate. But no matter whether the Governor's Office is involved or not, the legislative power is in the hands of the Governor's Office. If the Governor is determined If an independent anti-corruption office is established, then the police force will have nothing to do. However, as long as this incident is not deliberately intensified, there is no reason for the Government House to establish another disciplinary force. After all, establishing a disciplined force requires a lot of investment, resources, and solutions.

Bailiji has indeed promoted the economic development of Hong Kong Island, but is the tax collected enough for him to use it? Historically, it was only during the MacLehose period that Hong Kong Island developed and had the funds to establish the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Just to expand a case that has been closed, the Colonial Secretary, the Financial Secretary, and the Security Bureau will all have objections to the establishment of a disciplinary force, and public opinion may not necessarily support it. By then, Bai Liji's political achievements will be in vain. Water drift?

However, He Dingxian suddenly realized that his method of using the anti-corruption office to eliminate political opponents should be very convenient, easy to use, and easy to learn in Bai Liji's eyes, right? No matter what Bai Liji wants in the end, there is no doubt that anti-corruption power will become a sharp sword that the two factions compete for.

Two months later, one afternoon.

Wharf Group President Lane formally met with hundreds of warehouse cargo owners and officially announced that the Wharf Group refused to accept bank checks from other banks for payment except for checks from "Defeng Bank". No Chinese bank was named in the whole process, but the target of the attack was directly on Mingde Bank.

Mingde Bank was just a small bank, which was a bank. It started out as a U.S. dollar exchange business after the war. Due to the relatively good exchange rate provided to dock cargo owners, over time, the bank accumulated a group of very loyal customers.

Since cargo owners are engaged in maritime trade, they often need to exchange U.S. dollars for transactions, and the Mingde Bank pays a lot of interest. Therefore, cargo owners often deposit the payment with the Mingde Bank, allowing the Mingde Bank to pay from hundreds of thousands. The scale has reached more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars now.

He is somewhat famous in the Chinese bank industry.

Wren's move not only attracted customers to Wheelock's bank, but also caused customers to go to Matilda to request payment.

In the past ten years, Mingde Bank has invested heavily in real estate. Although the yield is high, the cash flow has already bottomed out. Moreover, the income is distributed to depositors, and the remaining amount is heavily invested in real estate in pursuit of business expansion.

But without cash flow in hand, no matter how many assets you have, they will be equal to zero.

It's all over when the financial crisis hits!

The day after Renne met the cargo owners, news leaked out on the dock that the Matilda Bank was unable to pay the bank notes held by Wharf. The cargo owners were wondering why Wharf suddenly refused to accept their checks. They were shocked to hear this news and immediately felt it was reasonable.

As the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. When it comes to the safety of funds, everyone has the mentality of rather trusting what they have than trusting what they don't have, and rush to the Mingde Bank to cash in.

That evening.

East Tsim Sha Tsui.

In the warehouse of Mingde Bank, the big boss "Zhou Weimin" was wearing a white shirt, looking at the table full of checks with a desperate look, and said to the three shareholders: "The more than three million Hong Kong dollars in the vault have bottomed out, and the counter has just I sent a check for two million Hong Kong dollars."

"This money cannot be exchanged before midnight. Early tomorrow morning, I am afraid that customers who want to withdraw money will be lined up at the door of the bank."

A shareholder said: "Mingde Bank has been operating for more than 30 years, and nothing like this has ever happened. It must be a British-funded foreign bank that is behind it."

"Even if you go to the Chamber of Commerce to borrow this money or go to Haojiang to find Gao Kening to borrow money at usury, you have to come up with it. As long as you can survive the first two days and your credit is guaranteed, the bank will still be saved."

A bank that has been in business for more than thirty years.

It's hard for shareholders to give up.

However, Zhou Weimin sighed with a grimace: "This is not a matter of two million Hong Kong dollars. There are rumors all over the world that Mingde Bank has suffered huge losses in real estate investment. If we want to stabilize our position, I am afraid we will have to withdraw more than eight million Hong Kong dollars in cash."

The three shareholders were stunned, because the asset valuation of Mingde Bank has indeed shrunk a lot, but the property market has been chasing highs for five or six years. Is it normal for a correction of one or two years? Hong Kong Island's economy is developing so well. In fact, bank shareholders think that pursuing real estate is right.

Some people just ran against them!