Chapter 139 The Ship King Dies (Part 2)

Bao Yugang recalled: "I did a lot of successful things, otherwise I wouldn't have all this now. In addition to helping Zhang Sheng, it was just a not-so-large investment in my life. I only did two failed things in my life, one was to invest in Standard Chartered; the other was to invest in Hong Kong Dragon!"

"At that time, I was lucky enough to acquire Hutchison Whampoa and Hui Defeng, and thought I had become the most successful businessman in the world. Haha, there were miraculous figures like Zhang Bixuan in Hong Kong back then, otherwise, I would have thought I could create miracles myself!..."

"My favorite is Ai Qing's less famous poem "Hong Kong".

You are the channel for import and export of the motherland;

You are the place for goods exchange;

You are the bond of friendly exchanges;

You are the bridge to all continents and the world;

For many years, you have been the motherland,

Created incalculable wealth…”

As he said that, Bao Yugang's breathing suddenly became irrepressible, his pupils widened sharply, and his hand that handed out the check was trembling.

"Dad!" "Old Bao!"......

When Su Haiwen received the check, she did not look happy, but instead began to cry sadly.

The shouts were everywhere, and the doctor next to him rushed to help. After more than ten minutes, the doctor shook his head and sighed and said, "I am not proficient in learning Yi and have not saved Mr. Bao's life."

Although Huang Xiuying was crying, she said to the doctor: "It's not your fault, doctor. It's not easy for our master to survive now. Life is seventy years old, and his life is exhausted!"

At the scene, sad voices were heard everywhere, and many relatives and friends of Bao joined the roar.

At the scene, Li Ka-shing and Zhang Bi-xuan looked at each other, and both of them looked regretful.

Li Ka-shing was inevitably an experienced elder, reminding everyone in the Bao family: "I didn't expect that Zhang Sheng and I came together to see Brother Bao end up with you! Brother Bao is a great man. We all don't just pay attention to the grief and mourn. Let's put away our grief and deal with the funeral of the boat king first!"

Huang Xiuying wiped her tears and barely cheered up. She asked the women of the Bao family to help prepare hot water, help Bao Ship King wipe the body, and prepare a mourning hall. Because the weather in Hong Kong is hot in May, ice has to be prepared to prevent the body from rotting.

Li Ka-shing, Zhang Bixuan and other outsiders naturally avoided suspicion and stayed in the living room under the guidance of the butler, without disturbing the Bao family's relatives and friends to handle the funeral for the ship king.

Zhang Bixuan was bored and looked at the contract carefully. However, he found that what he got in the contract was not just Global Shipping Company, but also a large number of shares of Dragon Airlines and part of the equity of Standard Chartered Bank. Among them, Dragon Company is considered a major shareholder. As long as he holds a shareholder meeting, he can inherit Yugang's position as chairman of Dragon Airlines, while Standard Chartered Bank only has a certain right to speak.

Zhang Bixuan was stunned and understood why the ship charter king mentioned two failed investments in his life. The emotional ship charter king believed that Zhang Bixuan was a miracle figure, and could definitely turn decay into magic. It could get Hong Kong Dragon out of the dilemma, and it might even be that the ship charter wanted Zhang Bixuan to swallow Standard Chartered Bank......

The charter king who successfully landed is considered to be a land-based charter, and it is just the sky. Pao Yugang invested in Hong Kong Dragon in hopes to write a glorious page in the history of Hong Kong's aviation. For this reason, he resigned from his position as director of Cathay Pacific and focused on the development of Hong Kong Dragon. However, Hong Kong Dragon has been suppressed by Cathay Pacific since its establishment. Based on international agreements, a country or region can only have one official airline, and Cathay Pacific represents Hong Kong. Therefore, Hong Kong Dragon cannot operate normal flight services, can only take charter flights, and the route cannot be repeated with Cathay Pacific. In fact, Cathay Pacific forced Hong Kong Dragon to neither advertise nor sell tickets directly to passengers, nor to set up an office in the mainland, and to Hong Kong every month

The government can only continue to operate once. These regulations alone have greatly restricted Hong Kong Dragon's business, but the most deadly thing is still to come. According to the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Ordinance, charter flights are not allowed to take off and land from 12:30 to 4:00 pm, which almost killed all the medium and long-distance passenger lines that Hong Kong Dragon want to operate. Because Pao Yugang is British nationality, although Hong Kong Dragon's investors are all Chinese, more than 50% of its shares appear to be British capital on the surface. It is fine to be suppressed by Cathay Pacific with international aviation agreements, and it is not supported by China's civil aviation at home. In this case, even if Pao Yugang, the overlord in the ocean, cannot make Hong Kong Dragon profit.

Investing in Hong Kong Dragon is the dream of Bao Yugang's sky kingdom, while Standard Chartered Bank is the dream of the ship charter king to become a banker. Hong Kong Dragon is fine, Standard Chartered Bank is a heavyweight bank with the right to issue Hong Kong dollars. Before 1994, the monopoly of Hong Kong dollars issuance rights was in the hands of Standard Chartered and HSBC. Even if Bank of China became the third bank with the right to issue Hong Kong dollars in 1994, Chinese banks had less control over Hong Kong dollars in finance than British banks. Even if Hong Kong later returned to China, the United Kingdom also relied on Standard Chartered, and HSBC had a huge influence on China and even Asia's finance.

Issuing currency! Zhang Bixuan's heart trembled! Any currency in the world is printed by the governments of various countries. No matter how much money you make, wealth is all printed by them for a country. Only when you can print such paper can you truly grasp the real financial voice in the world.

Zhang Bixuan thought that if he really fulfilled the last wish of the ship charter king, his identity would be further sublimated. If he could print Hong Kong dollars, Hong Kong would be his home court!

Li Ka-shing stood beside him and saw part of the contract and said, "What a great boat charter king, I failed. I still want to fulfill his last wish through Zhang Sheng, you, so as to make up for two failed investments in his life in a certain sense."

After the mourning hall was arranged, Zhang Bixuan and Li Ka-shing went to worship to show respect.

This was not a formal funeral. Zhang Bixuan and others had to go home first and wait until tomorrow morning to attend the funeral home for a sacrifice.

In the morning, the Hong Kong Funeral Home in Zhahua Road, North Point had gathered a large number of celebrities, because the funeral of Sir Pao Yugang, the world's most famous ship king, will be held here.

The wreaths placed in the hall are densely packed with flower baskets, and many wreaths are even given by presidents of various countries and kings. Among them, the gifts given by Chinese government leaders are wreaths, and the flower baskets are placed in the most obvious place at the door of the Lingtai.

Pao Yugang's romance Huang Xiuying, four daughters accompanying Qing, Rong, Li, Hui, Hui and her son-in-law Su Haiwen, Wu Guangzheng, Shinchiro Watanabe and Zheng Weijian and 10 granddaughters, stood in the mourning hall early in the morning to mourn Sir Pao Yugang.

The sorrow music sounded, and more than 2,000 guests, including Zhou Nan, President of the Hong Kong Branch of Xinhua News Agency, Wei Yixin, Zhang Bixuan, Li Ka-shing, and the husband and son of former British Prime Minister Mrs. Thatcher, were all wearing dark suits, white shirts, black tie, and solemnly dressed and looked solemn.

Many guests finished reading the eulogy. At noon, after the guests paid tribute to Pao Yugang's remains, the funeral began.

Zhou Nan, Zhang Bixuan, Sir Shaw, Chairman of TVB, Li Ka-shing, Chairman of Changjiang Industrial, Pu Weishi, Chairman of HSBC Bank, Sir Sunda, former Chairman of HSBC Bank, and Japanese banker Kissamaro Ikeura, eight others helped Pao Yugang to help Pao Yugang. Judging from the prominent identity of the spirit supporter, it can be said that no one in Asia has the King of Charters who have such great honor.
Chapter completed!