Chapter 1202: Official Language News Shocked Hong Kong!

June 5, 1988.

Sunday.

9:30 am.

Meeting room at the headquarters of the Empire Group Building.

Among them, Mai Lisi convened a meeting of the Empire Group, and the participants were mainly members of the cabinet, members of the secretariat, and major executives of major groups.

In the meeting room, Mai Lisi announced that considering the future development of the country, it is proposed to make Chinese the official language of the Empire Group. The most important thing is that in the future, all executives who will serve as executives of the Empire Group or related group subsidiaries in China must pass the Mandarin test.

In other words, the Empire Group has promoted Mandarin to the same level as English and Cantonese.

Mai Lisi just announced this news. In addition to the cabinet members who knew it in advance last night, the secretariat, including other executives, were very shocked when they heard it.

What does this mean?

It is still very clear to many people.

Although the official language of Hong Kong is English and the main language is Cantonese, as for Mandarin, basically few people speak it.

Moreover, in addition to Cantonese, Hong Kong also has Chaoshan dialect, Hakka dialect, Minnan dialect, etc.

However, these people did not expect that Mandarin would be promoted to such an important position now.

When Mai Lisi announced the news as the general manager of the cabinet, he finally asked: "Everyone, if you have any questions, feel free to ask."

"General Manager, I think Chinese is difficult to learn. It is difficult for me to learn another language at my age." said a white executive.

For these white executives, they couldn't believe it. The sudden announcement of Mandarin as the official language by the Empire Group was indeed a big blow to the other party.

"Regarding the problem you mentioned, the chairman also mentioned that we are now mainly targeting executives transferred to China. If you can't even speak Mandarin, it will be difficult to get along well with the country."

. . .

This meeting has a huge impact on the Empire Group.

Even on Hong Kong and even the Chinese community.

That afternoon.

All major groups under the Empire Group held meetings to notify the news separately.

That night.

The Li family in the Deep Water Bay Mid-Levels Villa.

Today is Sunday.

Li Jiacheng did not go back to the company to work overtime, but went to play tennis with his friends. When he returned home, he suddenly heard a news from his wife Zhuang Yueming.

The Empire Group announced Mandarin as the official language.

At first, Li Jiacheng didn't quite understand what was going on.

Before, when the Empire Group held a press conference, generally speaking, white people spoke English and Chinese people spoke Cantonese, and there was no regulation on which language to speak.

Like Li Jiacheng himself, he was the same when he held meetings. White people spoke English and he spoke Cantonese. Of course, he could understand those English, but if he really couldn't understand, someone would translate for him.

Now, the news that the Empire Group suddenly proposed Mandarin as the official language really shocked Li Jiacheng.

"Madam, what's the situation?" Li Jiacheng asked.

"Sir, I heard that in the future, the candidates for the Empire Group's domestic executives must be able to speak Mandarin."

The Empire Group's domestic executives?

Now the Empire Group's investment scale in China is getting bigger and bigger, and it should have an investment scale of hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars.

In addition to the Empire Group, there are also a series of branches involved in Hutchison Whampoa, Jardine Matheson Group, Landmark Group, Wharf Group, Wheelock Group, Bank of China, Jardine Matheson Bank, Hang Seng Bank, Overseas Trust Bank, etc.

Now many executives of the Empire Group's domestic branches are transferred from Hong Kong, and some are domestic employees who have been gradually promoted to management.

Obviously, Li Jiacheng finally understands what Sir Yang and the Empire Group are targeting.

However, Li Jiacheng knows that this is definitely not that simple.

"Sir, should our Changgang Industrial Group follow suit?" Zhuang Yueming asked on the side.

"Let's see first."

In the past, Li Jiacheng knew that he was one step faster than others in everything.

However, in recent years, many of his ideas and layouts have been much slower.

As important as the current Empire Group, he only learned about it from his wife when he returned home.

Not far from next door.

Bao Family Villa in Deep Water Bay.

Bao Yugang has been receiving conservative treatment and looks okay, but taking medicine frequently is still very harmful to his body. However, most of his energy is no longer focused on the company, but on accompanying his wife.

Because Bao Yugang doesn't know when he might leave.

Today is Sunday.

Except for the third son-in-law Watari Shinichiro whose family is far away in Tokyo, the other eldest son-in-law Su Xiwen, the second son-in-law Wu Guangzhen, and the fourth son-in-law Zheng Weijian's family are all here.

They did not go out today.

However, when the Empire Group held an important meeting and announced that Mandarin would be the official language and a condition for employee promotion, Su Xiwen, Wu Guangzhen, and even Zheng Weijian were all shocked when they heard the news.

It can be said that this is definitely a very sensitive matter.

However, it is now 1988, and it is less than ten years away from 1997.

In Wu Guangzhen's view, Sir Yang and the Empire Group did that completely for the future.

Bao Yugang's study.

Wu Guangzhen and Bao Yugang talked about this.

Bao Yugang learned from the third son-in-law that Sir Yang had been to Japan for a long time some time ago and visited Watari Shinichiro's house.

Today, Dongyang Real Estate is very crazy. Watari Ichiro and his wife have bought Dongyang Real Estate worth billions of Hong Kong dollars. In Bao Yugang's opinion, the speculation and risks are still very large.

I don't know if the Empire Group has invested so many properties in Dongyang?

Now hearing Wu Guangzhen suddenly talking about this, Bao Yugang said: "This is definitely what Sir Yang meant. Sir Yang thinks farther than anyone else."

"Father, do you mean that Sir Yang is already thinking about the future?"

"What do you think? Ordinary people take one step at a time, and smart people take one step at a time and look three steps ahead. However, Sir Yang takes one step and doesn't know where he thinks. So I have known him for so long, and I don't know what he thinks. However, Sir Yang and the Empire Group dare to do that, and they must have considered all aspects of the problem."

In Bao Yugang's view.

Hong Kong is no longer his world, let alone the world of those white people.

It is Sir Yang's world.

Now Sir Yang does that, in fact, there will be no other resistance at all, and it is impossible.

On the contrary, he also thinks that the earlier the emphasis on Mandarin is attached, the better it will be for the future stability of Hong Kong.

Most of Wu Guangzhen's properties are now in China. Now that Sir Yang has done that, shouldn't he follow suit?

Like himself, Wu Guangzhen knows that his Mandarin is really bad. He is usually embarrassed to speak Mandarin with others. He speaks either English or Cantonese.

On the contrary, he knows that Sir Yang speaks Mandarin very fluently. Even the old gentleman praised Sir Yang for speaking Mandarin very well.