Chapter 1041 The Attack of Feud

Xiang Wu received a call from a friend at the police station, asking him to pay compensation for the injured reporter. At the same time, he said that if he was willing to pay the money, then at least he would not be held responsible for this matter.

The current situation is like this. If the investigation is serious, the police will have a thousand reasons to let Xiang's family in for interrogation. Although he has some influence, at this moment, no one dares to intercede. Even though I knew it was a rip-off, I still had to pay out the money. The price offered by friends from the police department was too high, HK$10 million. There were only five injured reporters, but they actually asked for 10 million; could it be that the bodies of these foreigners are made of gold.

But Xiang Wu really didn't dare to refuse. Even if he knew there was something fishy, ​​he didn't dare to say anything. After all, it was his subordinates who caused the matter, and as a boss, he must bear the corresponding responsibility. Moreover, the Governor's Office and the Police Department have given repeated orders that there must be no problems during this period. What's the difference between doing this now and openly challenging someone?

The association must be wandering on the edge of the law, and if it is seriously pursued, it will probably not be easy. Losing money and avoiding disaster is the best result, and you should also be grateful to your friends.

In this way, the four male reporters injured in the conflict each received US$200,000 in compensation; as for Georgina, it was US$500,000. Although the female reporter was not injured, she was severely frightened and her psychological injuries were more serious than her physical injuries.

At this time, the exchange rate between the US dollar and the Hong Kong dollar was 1:3.6. No wonder Xiang Wu was suspicious. There was something wrong. Everything has a cost, not just for the injured reporter, but for other reporters as well.

But things are not that simple at all. Reporters from other countries appeared in the bar before. The scene of Ye Tian and his men forcibly taking away the beautiful reporter, as well as the entire subsequent conflict, were recorded. Victims are paid to silence themselves, but other journalists get nothing.

As a journalist, reporting news fairly and openly is the professional ethics and code of conduct; of course, it is also the foundation for a livelihood. Therefore, the European and Soviet media reported on the incident the next day.

The Soviet media was relatively impressive. After all, the injured were Americans. Under normal circumstances, they might have applauded. But as a reporter, it is inevitable to feel a little angry when seeing colleagues being beaten. I just reported the matter and did not add any fuel to the fire.

The European media will not miss such a good opportunity. They have close relations with the United States. At the same time, the incident happened in a British colony. Of course, the bigger the fuss, the better. Continental Europeans approve of the United States, but at the same time they hate Britain. Some even have a feud.

West Germany and Britain have always been at odds with each other. This can be seen from the intense fighting between the two countries in World War I and World War II. Now, an American reporter was beaten in Xiangjiang. If the police had not appeared in time, the American female reporter might have suffered an accident. This is such a serious matter. If the British Hong Kong government cannot give a reasonable explanation, it will definitely not let it go.

The West German media introduced the incident in detail with the title "Hong Kong under economic prosperity, public security is worrying".

The article pointed out that the world first learned about Xiangjiang because of its economic status. The three major securities trading centers, New York-London-Hong Kong as the core, are by no means an empty name. Later, due to the appearance of several major shipping kings, people realized where the shipping industry was extremely developed. It was not until the emergence of Heiyun Group and Bao Zixuan that the world truly saw the diligence and wisdom of Xiangjiang people.

The economy can develop not only because of good policies, but also because of the emergence of talents.

But behind Hong Kong's economic prosperity, there are also a series of problems such as social security.

Heiyun Group is going to hold a press conference, and all major media outlets around the world are sending people to attend. But on the first day that the Associated Press reporter came to Hong Kong, he went to a bar in the evening. Because reporter Georgina was so beautiful, the members of the club had some evil thoughts. If you go forward directly, you must take the person away. You must know that it is already the 20th century and mankind has entered a civilized society.

There are actually incidents of raping civilian girls, and it's still in the international metropolis of Xiangjiang.

Relying on huge taxes, the salaries of public servants in Xiangjiang are generally relatively high. But even so, there are still many gangs and security incidents occur frequently. So we can’t help but ask, where did all the tax revenue from Xiangjiang go?

Schools and medical care should be funded by the government, while major enterprises in Hong Kong run them themselves. It can be said that they will never cause trouble to the government, but their tax payments have never been reduced.

Take Heiyun Group, the largest company in Xiangjiang, for example. It has built more than 30 schools of all levels and 2 hospitals in Xiangjiang itself. Of course, it is only open to internal employees and does not charge any fees; but it never requires a penny from the government. Here we want to praise Mr. Bao Zixuan, not every boss has such a high level.

However, there has been no clear announcement on where the Heiyun Group's tax funds are used. The British clearly take money and do nothing, otherwise Hong Kong would definitely be more beautiful than what is being built now.

Construction is one aspect, and perhaps it can be shied away from. But the security environment is so bad that even young girls dare not go out alone on the streets at night. What kind of place is this? It's an international metropolis, not a battlefield in Afghanistan. It can be seen that the British did not perform their duties well, at least they did not do anything.

Xiangjiang should not be like this. As a reporter, I feel pity for this city.

On the surface, the Germans sympathized with Xiangjiang and could not stand the lawlessness of the society members who did whatever they wanted. In fact, it is giving eye drops to the British. As long as the British are having a hard time, they will feel extremely comfortable even if they do not get any benefits.

In both world wars, Britain and Germany were the main participating countries. And in the two world wars, although Britain was not the first country to provoke the war, Britain chose to stand on the opposite side of Germany and went to war against Germany without hesitation.

After the 14th century, the Roman Empire and the Church collapsed one after another, and Europe lost a unified and powerful organization. At this time, some countries, led by Portugal and Spain, began to send ships overseas to cultivate new colonies. These countries that were the first to colonize overseas not only acquired large tracts of land, but also money, and their strength also increased rapidly. After becoming the Roman Empire, the new overlord of Europe. At this time, Britain was still very weak and unable to intervene. It was not until the Industrial Revolution that Britain caught up and surpassed the old empires of Portugal, Spain, and the Netherlands to become the new hegemon on the European continent.

After becoming the overlord, the approach adopted by the British was very different from that of Portugal. They did not sign a treaty or demarcate territory. Instead, he did something else. It is to implement a policy of balance of power on the mainland. To paraphrase Churchill, the British want to be the big brother of Europe for a long time. For this purpose, the United Kingdom must guard against newly rising countries that may threaten itself. For these countries, the British approach is to unite with other countries that are not so strong to defeat this newly rising country.

Germany, before the two world wars, belonged to this newly rising country. Before World War I, Germany completed its rise in the hands of the iron-blooded Prime Minister Bismarck. At that time, Germany's strength had far exceeded that of Britain and was second only to the United States. It seems to be the posture of Europe's new overlord. Germany is also very arrogant towards other European countries and does not look down upon them at all. Moreover, there are many conflicts between Britain and Germany due to various interest disputes.

Hundreds of years of grievances, coupled with the fierce fighting of two world wars. Germany was very unhappy with Britain. Before, Britain could still point fingers at West Germany. However, with the strong economic rise of West Germany in the 1960s, at least its GDP has surpassed that of the United Kingdom.

If you have money in hand and don’t feel panic, you will certainly have the courage to challenge the UK. It must not be on the battlefield. After all, Britain has nuclear weapons in its hands, and Germany will definitely not be able to defeat them. But in other respects, the Germans are not worried at all.

Seeing the German reports, the Chinese side was very happy. The British did not manage it well, and it is our inherent territory. It is very appropriate to take it back, both emotionally and rationally.

The Iron Lady almost lost her temper when she saw the German media reports. What does this mean? The Germans have no good intentions. At the same time, she is also disappointed with officials at all levels in Xiangjiang; she has already given instructions, but such a bad incident can still happen. It seems that these people are used to being obedient and don't know the priority of things.

Make a direct phone call to Governor Yoder and tell him clearly that the matter must be resolved satisfactorily and nothing can go wrong again. At the same time, it was requested that after the Heiyun Group's press conference, the top management of the police force must undergo a major change.

This time it was serious. People had been thrown to the whole world, so there was nothing left to hide.