Chapter 548 Peng Modai Is Trapped in His Own Trap!

Saigon Shangzuo, ICAC secret interrogation room.

"Cao Dehua, don't play tongue twisters with me, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you!"

"Cao Dehua, I ask you, when will you let me out?"

Hanks roared with an irritated face.

"Director Hanks, when will you get out of here depends on when you cooperate with us"

After saying this, Cao Dehua left the interrogation room and locked the door from the outside.

There is no possibility for Hanks to commit suicide in this room.

Because it is all soft bags, similar to the "detention" in later generations!

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On the other side, the Hong Kong stock market, which has dropped to 2,900 points, has not shown an upward trend after Soros's withdrawal.

It is precisely because of the strong intervention of Tianyao Group that the Hong Kong stock market has not fallen further.

But this wave has evaporated tens of billions of the wealth of the majority of stockholders.

According to the predictions of major economic experts in Hong Kong and the world, it is unanimously believed that it will take at least half a year for the Hong Kong stock market to return to 5,000 points.

This time, it was less than 100 days since the last economic crisis.

The decline of Hong Kong stocks has created history, and the confidence of Hong Kong stock investors has suffered a huge blow.

Capital from all sides also holds huge funds and dare not go out to buy at the bottom.

No one can predict how the performance of Hong Kong stocks will go in the future.

If there is a third economic crisis, the wealth in the hands of these people will be evaporated.

Needless to say, no one dares to take this huge risk.

But what these people did not expect was that Tianyao Fund entered the market with 100 billion Hong Kong dollars before the Hong Kong stock market closed that day.

After they entered the market, they began to buy all kinds of stocks in an all-round way. This wave of operations was obviously buying at the bottom.

It directly led to a sharp rise in the Hong Kong stock index, from less than 3,000 points to 4,980 points.

As soon as the market opened the next day!

Tianyao Group invested another 50 billion US dollars, plus 80 billion Hong Kong dollars, and rushed the Hong Kong stock market from 4,980 to 6,636!

In less than two days, Tianyao Group owned the stocks of more than 300 Hong Kong companies.

Among them, there are 180 high-quality companies in Hong Kong, and Tianyao Group has become the controlling party.

Lin Yao, the boss of Tianyao Group, naturally became the controlling shareholder of these listed companies.

This wave of operations was beyond the expectations of any economic experts.

No one has ever played like this in the history of world economy and stocks.

The next day, another piece of news shocked the whole city.

Previously, the Legislative Council, which had announced an indefinite adjournment, resumed its meeting under the announcement of the President of the Legislative Council, Mei Wangying.

This also shows that the entire Legislative Council is under the control of the Tianyao consortium.

Mei Wangying's public announcement was helpless for Peng Modai.

Who made his legal reform not only fail to achieve the expected conspiracy, but also become a sword to restrict himself, which is really a cocoon for himself.

Peng Modai did not dare to make a statement of opposition, because the relevant budget would not be passed if the Legislative Council did not meet for one day.

Institutions including the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Police Department are now unsustainable.

Many civil servants are worried about not being able to receive their salaries and bonuses.

Peng asked the foreign legislators to negotiate with Mei Wangying. It is okay to hold the Legislative Council, but the total budget must be prioritized.

Mei Wangying did not make a clear answer, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Instead, he announced at the Legislative Council meeting that we will reconvene today.

Today, the topic raised by 31 legislators was how to deal with the investigation by Robert, the Acting Commissioner of Police.

Then, he asked his assistant to send a large amount of information to the 47 Legislative Council members on the scene.

After distributing these materials, Mei Wangying said: "Dear colleagues, this is the corruption material collected about Acting Commissioner Robert since he was in charge of the Logistics Department of the Police Department."

"The ICAC has always been suspected of shielding him, and now our Legislative Council has independent investigation power!"

"Members, please give your specific opinions after reading it."

One of the foreigners casually read a few pages of the materials and said to Mei Wangying:

"Chairman Mei, when you proposed to investigate the Commissioner of Police, Commissioner Hanks, last time, I had already said that our Legislative Council's independent investigation power was not recognized by the Zujia.

"To investigate these senior civil servants, it must be the ICAC, otherwise there is no point in setting up a separate ICAC, and it is illegal."

"There is also a key question, where is the Commissioner of Police Hanks now? This should be the first thing we should investigate. "

Another foreigner also spoke up: "The first proposal itself is illegal. To investigate Acting Director Robert, it is Commissioner Borodin who should send someone, not our Legislative Council."

"Our Legislative Council is only a legislative body, not an executive body. This must be made clear."

"That's right. According to the previous laws of Hong Kong Island, any decision made by the Legislative Council must be approved by the Governor, otherwise everything is illegal."

"Mr. Harroway, you are really too forgetful. I don't know why you were elected?"

"That was the previous law!"

"This year, thanks to the Governor's enlightenment, the Legislative Council's legal charter has been drastically reformed. Now any decision made by the Legislative Council is the law, and the Governor himself is also subject to the law. Do you want to overturn the law?"

Mei Wangying's words immediately stunned the man named Harroway.

It is true that he is living in the previous world.

I have never adapted to it. Now after the reform of the Legislative Council, my powers are almost the same as those of the Governor.

Thinking of this, the eyes of the ghost councilors were full of complexity, regret, and anger.

If they had known that the reform of the Legislative Council would lead to the current situation, they would have stopped it.

But it was already too late.

The Tianyao consortium now controls the majority of the Legislative Council.

Without the cooperation of the Legislative Council, any executive order issued by the Governor's Office will be greatly compromised.

What's even more fatal is that the budgets of the three departments and 12 departments of the Governor's Office are currently stuck in the hands of these members of the Legislative Council.

Including Mei Wangying, the 23 congressmen recommended by Hong Xing felt very happy when they saw the appearance of these ghost congressmen.

One of the members named Luo Wei said with a smile:

"Now that the Legislative Council is exercising its powers normally after reform, the law cannot distinguish between skin color, right?"

"If your British civil servants break the law, should you cover them up? If our Legislative Council does that, does it still have any meaning in existence?"

"Only by treating everyone equally and adhering to the principle of no mercy can we gain the respect and trust of the general public."

"It's a mess outside now, and if we don't manage things in accordance with the law, the situation will be even more chaotic."

Hearing this, Mei Wangying nodded and said:

"Yeah, we can quell the anger outside by investigating Commissioner Hanks and Acting Commissioner Robert now."

Other congressmen also spoke in response to Mei Wangying and Luo Wei.

The British MPs were speechless.

Mei Wangying struck while the iron was hot: "No decision made by our Legislative Council was made by one person. Now everyone can start voting."

There was no suspense about the results of the voting. There were 47 members of the Legislative Council, of which the Tianyao faction controlled 31.

This is the bleak reality for these Britons.

Originally recommended by Hung Hing based on the number of seats in the Legislative Council. And only 23 were successfully elected, less than half.

But Peng Modai and the others never expected that there were eight other congressmen nominated by Peng Modai, but they had already been surrendered by Lin Yao in various ways.

No matter how reluctant they were, they could only stand by Lin Yao's side.

After the voting in the Legislative Council ended today, those members of Great Britain left angrily one by one.

Mei Wangying felt very happy after watching these British people leave. He immediately asked his assistant to inform the last generation of the voting results.

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Obviously, Mei Wangying wanted to directly challenge Peng Modai and take Peng Modai's army!

Sure enough, after hearing the report from Mei Wangying's assistant, Peng Modai felt like stars were shining in his eyes and cold sweat was covering his forehead.

Unexpectedly, I had worked so hard for nearly a year to make a wedding dress for Lin Yao.

The current Peng Dynasty is completely in a dilemma.

He now has two options. One is to issue another special order from the Governor to arbitrarily reject the bill of the Legislative Council.

Another option is to accept the motion to remove Robert from his position as Acting Commissioner.

However, the first option is basically not feasible, because according to the current laws of Hong Kong Island, the decision made by the Legislative Council is the law.

If Mr. Peng defies the decision of the Legislative Council, it will cause further chaos in Hong Kong society.

Or ask the chief justice to interpret the constitution.

However, this process is too long, and the interpretation of the constitution may not be completed for more than two years.

By that time, let alone the day lily, even the Man-Han banquet will be cold.

Because according to current law, before the Supreme Court interprets the constitution, the executive branch still has to implement the decision made by the Legislative Council.

As for the second choice to accept the resolution of the Legislative Council, it is undoubtedly a slap in the face.

You know, Robert is the most trustworthy subordinate of Peng Modai.

What's more important is that if Robert goes down, Li Wenbin, who is suspected by him, will become the director of the police department according to convention.

By that time, the entire situation would be out of control. If Li Wenbin was really Lin Yao's man, then his governorship would be directly eliminated.

According to the information Robert provided him, Li Wenbin had contacted Lin Yao.

Peng Modai already had doubts in his heart at this moment, but he was not sure yet.

Because he felt that he could control Li Wenbin by mastering many of his shortcomings.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to promote him at that time.

But he doesn't dare to take this risk now.

After thinking for a few minutes in the study room of the Governor's Mansion, he picked up the phone and called Mei Wangying.

After the call was connected, he said to Mei Wangying:

"President Mei, I have seen the decision made by your Legislative Council."

"This matter is really important, I have to consider researching it, and I will tell you my results in an hour.

"Within this hour, you can't let the Independent Commission Against Corruption implement this bill. Is that okay?"

"Yes, of course. Mr. Governor, our Legislative Council has always been legal, reasonable, principled, and accommodating."

"I'll give you one hour, but after one hour I will ask Commissioner Borodin to execute it in legal form."

"The law must be enforced, otherwise how can we embody the spirit of the rule of law?"

"If the resolution passed by the Legislative Council is not implemented, how can the people of Hong Kong trust us? It will be even more difficult to end the matter. Do you think I am right?"

Mei Wangying said with a smile on the phone.

"Well, okay, let's do that."

Peng Modai said with a frustrated look on his face, and then he hung up the phone.

He really wanted to get angry and smash everything in the current office to vent his anger.

But he knew that this was a critical period and he couldn't be willful.

He opened the blinds, looked at the sky outside and took a few deep breaths before turning back and picking up the phone on the table.

After dialing a number, he said:

"Hey, Attorney Gu, I have something to ask you."

"Mr. Governor, please speak!"

On the other side of the phone, Gu Xiaolong, the chief legal advisor of the Governor's Office, said.

Peng Modai briefly told lawyer Gu Xiaolong what happened during this period and the decisions made by the Legislative Council, and then asked:

"Lawyer Gu, what do you think I should do next so as not to violate the law?"

"There is some confusion between the powers of the Governor and the Legislative Council. I don't want to be charged with obstructing justice!"

On the other side of the phone, Gu Xiaolong, known as the strongest man in Hong Kong Island, thought for a while and then said to Peng Modai:

"Mr. Governor, after much thought, you are in a very bad situation now. The reform of the Legislative Council has completely tied your hands and feet."

"If you don't accept this bill from the Legislative Council, you are violating the rule of law and obstructing justice."

"In that case, the protesting crowd outside will become even more angry...The whole situation will be out of control. I suggest that you still agree to the Legislative Council's motion this time."

"I think the police department is not the key. The key is that you have to fundamentally solve the legal problem, so that you can achieve the goal you want according to your wishes."

"Mr. Governor, I hope you can understand what I'm saying!"

After listening to Gu Xiaolong's slightly obscure words, Peng Modai thought for a while and then said:

"Lawyer Gu, I need to digest your words carefully before I think about it again."

After finishing speaking, Peng Modai hung up the phone.

On the other side, after Gu Xiaolong put down the phone in his hand, a trace of bitterness appeared on his face.

He remembered that a man named Jimi came to visit him two days ago with Sandy, a famous beautiful lawyer in Hong Kong.

After Zhan Mi and Sandy gave him several illegal documents related to the Gu family, Gu Xiaolong immediately expressed his choice to surrender.

Now that the entire family's shortcomings are in Mr. Lin's hands, what can he do?

The only option is to cooperate absolutely.

Although Gu Xiaolong is the number one man in Hong Kong Island.

But he is not dedicated to serving Gui Lao. The first thing he has to consider is of course his family.