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Volume 1, Urban Management¡¯s American Strategy 123. The Conspiracy of International Financiers (Part 1)

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    March 18, Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong

    "Huh, what? Already at HSBC? Here, here is the fare, no need to change."

    Sir Thomas Humphrey, the latest consul dispatched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the British Empire to Wuhan, yawned, rubbed his eyes, grabbed his civilized stick, jumped out of the rickety rickshaw, and then paid for the driver.  , while looking at the bustling street scene around him boredly.

    Although it was only early spring in March, this subtropical colony was already very warm, making Sir Humphrey, who suffered from mild rheumatism, feel very comfortable.

    Regrettably, the century-old city beneath his feet did not look as beautiful as the weather at this time.

    Generally speaking, in Sir Humphrey¡¯s opinion, Hong Kong in the 1930s was as shabby and messy as Taranto in Italy.  Near the dock where he disembarked, there were only two decent European-style buildings - the Customs House - that served as facades. Outside the rusty iron fence, there were countless local aborigines wearing baggy black cloth trousers.  Frantically selling all kinds of simple goods and native products to travelers, the monosyllabic hawking sounds sounded rough and primitive to the ears of Sir Humphrey, an English gentleman.

    After walking out of Hong Kong¡¯s customs, you are faced with low, dilapidated buildings as far as the eye can see, as well as dirty streets full of water.  Between the crooked wooden buildings, there are layers of billboards hanging everywhere, as well as various advertising paintings with exaggerated images and poor painting skills.  There were hawkers on the street selling tea from big steaming copper pots, and others were selling all kinds of strange and scary-looking snacks, such as roasted bugs and the like - Sir Humphrey, who lived in Whitehall, London.  Obviously they don¡¯t have the appetite of Mr. Bell in the future - many Chinese men and women wearing outdated suits and fancy dresses are talking to the Indian patrol officers in an arrogant manner with extremely poor English A rough grafting of European civilization and Eastern tradition,  All of this is so bizarre, as if it proves the mother country's crazy exploitation and stingy construction of this Far Eastern colony.

    but.  The Queen's Road where Sir Thomas Humphrey stands and the Victoria City Central neighborhood where Queen's Road is located are quite different from other neighborhoods in Hong Kong.  Just as Sir Humphrey got off the carriage and looked around, a strange feeling of familiarity suddenly came over him.

    ¡ª¡ªThere are neither the messy signboards that I saw from the rickshaws, nor the noisy and messy hawking sounds. There are no vendors selling goods on the roadside, there is no accumulation of water on the road, and there are not even a few people.  In the quiet spring breeze, there are only roads paved with stone slabs and neatly planned streets.  English road signs posted on the corners, and Western-style houses made of red bricks and gray stones

    Well, except for the fact that there are more yellow-skinned faces, no matter how you look at it, the scenery here is almost the same as that of London¡¯s upper-class communities.

    "As expected, it is still this familiar street scene. It makes people feel more at ease."

    Sir Humphrey seemed relieved and relieved.  Then he looked at the pair of bronze lions in front of the HSBC Bank in Hong Kong, and remembered his first stop after arriving in China - Hong Kong's mission.  I¡¯m tired enough, and I still have to take money from the hands of the bank consortium and squander it to that useless warlord I hope God bless that everything will not go wrong!"

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    Generally speaking, Sir Thomas Humphrey, the British Consul in Wuhan who is on his way to take office, does not like Easterners very much.

    Although due to his professional relationship as a diplomat, Sir Humphrey had contact with many Chinese and Japanese diplomats.  But in his eyes.  Compared with the "civilized people" in the Western world, the characters of the Eastern people are obviously less mature and more emotional than rational. Even the Eastern diplomats who should be the most educated and know the best about Western civilization, in the Western world  The performance is likewise such that it is often difficult to communicate.

    ¡ª¡ªThey never seem to understand that the so-called international politics is a cruel game played by the leaders of the most powerful countries, based on the coldest calculation of interests, and with the life and death of weak nations and countries as chips, and it cannot be tolerated.  Every trace of tenderness.

    Among them, the character of the Japanese is somewhat similar to that of an eleven or twelve-year-old boy. They are as proud and arrogant as a rooster. They always seem to work hard to make up for their short stature, which makes people laugh; while the Chinese are complex and contradictory.  A mixture of - Generally speaking, they are always modest, courteous and gentle, and will even enthusiastically invite people they meet for the first time to their homes.  Every upper-class Chinese person Sir Humphrey met liked to talk endlessly:When talking about the glorious past of their nation, their eyes will always shine, they can't suppress their excitement, and their tone of voice will be full of contagion; but the problem is, once asked about the current situation of their motherland, these Chinese people will always use hurt words.  The slumped expression is avoidant, and the nerves are so fragile that one can sympathize with him.  The most terrible thing is that any impolite gesture or tone by a Westerner that is so subtle that it is not easy to detect will be extremely sensitively raised by these Chinese intellectuals to the level of insulting the national character and personality, and then the whole body will tremble with anger, like the wind.  The leaves in the middle seem to be ready to fight to the death to defend their dignity at any time The strange thing is that they have never asked anyone to throw their gloves in a duel

    Although Sir Humphrey had served in Shanghai and Nanjing for several years and could barely be considered a half-expert in China, he was still confused as to the causes of these eccentric Chinese characters In short, according to his experience  , if you want to get along well with the Japanese, generally you just need to get used to their arrogance and rudeness.  And if you want to get along well with the Chinese, I'm afraid it will be more tiring than having a good relationship with the Japanese.  Especially those Chinese people who hold high positions of power are extremely skilled in teasing others, and they even claim to be the basic qualities of leaders

    Of course, dealing with the Chinese is just a little troublesome. As long as you have the distinguished status of a diplomat of the British Empire, you don't have to have the slightest fear in front of these "semi-civilized" Chinese.  But the representatives of the banking industry who were waiting for him in the HSBC Building at this moment would not take Sir Humphrey's title too seriously - even if the British Empire government wanted to help negotiate peace, it would have to cost the dictator Chiang Kai-shek.  Enough sincerity However, based on past experience, although Chiang Kai-shek was unruly and full of eccentricities, at least he was aware of current affairs.

    Looking at Kong Xiangxi, the Minister of Finance of the Wuhan National Government who rushed out of the door to greet him, Sir Humphrey reservedly raised his civilized staff, said hello to the guy with a smile on his face, and then walked directly into the door of HSBC Bank.  , preparing to participate in another round of conspiracy related to the fate of China.
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