Chapter 494 Today, I am finally qualified to make a statement

Chapter 494 Today, I am finally qualified to make a statement

Chapter 494 Today, I am finally qualified to speak

The next day, morning.

Liu Siren arrived at Des Voeux Road by car and climbed up to the Chaoshan Association Building. More than 200 members of the Chamber of Commerce, half of whom had arrived early, gathered in the office area on the third floor.

The bottom of the building and both sides of the street are filled with luxury cars, demonstrating the strength of the Chamber of Commerce.

From time to time, new members drove up, handed the car to Chao Yongyi's brothers, straightened their suits, looked serious, and hurried upstairs.

A dozen uniformed police officers were guarding the intersection of Des Voeux Road.

Not only did they not issue a ticket, they also helped to divert traffic.

A long red couplet was hung on the roof of the building, with the words "Celebrating the convening of the 35th election of the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce" inscribed on it. The entrance of the building was filled with flower baskets, creating a festive atmosphere.

After only a few greetings with the members, Liu Siren sensed that the wind was not blowing in the right direction. He walked up to Tang Bingda with an embarrassed look on his face and asked, "Mr. Tang, is there something wrong?"

Tang Bingda, who was wearing a khaki suit and a blue and white striped tie, also had doubts: "It may be a small problem. I will ask Mr. Chen later."

Liu Siren did not receive the enthusiastic greetings he had imagined from the members, and he could vaguely sense the disgust of the crowd. He rolled up his suit sleeves, stared at his watch, and asked, "Why hasn't Mr. Chen come yet?"

"No hurry."

Tang Bingda remained calm and graceful. Liu Siren was influenced and also kept his composure, smiling and asked, "I have reserved a table, and I will have two more drinks at noon."

"Hahaha, okay." Tang Bingda answered loudly, very open-minded.

At this time, Chen Youqing, with a slicked-back hair, neatly dressed and carefully dressed, stepped into the venue accompanied by the Chamber of Commerce's Secretary-General Liao Lieke.

The usual greetings were now scattered here and there. A few members who were close to him called out "Mr. Chen", but their voices were perfunctory and very cold.

Chen Youqing, who had been putting on a smile, suddenly felt awkward and his steps became unnatural.

With only five minutes left before the vote was cast, Chen Youqing wanted to win the election and be the last one to attend. All the members who participated in the election had already arrived. However, a young and capable member, who was dressed in a bright outfit and wore a Patek Philippe watch, deliberately arrived a step later and entered the venue with only two minutes left.

In a formal meeting setting, deliberately arriving later than the boss is a very offensive act.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, stealing someone else's limelight is like digging up someone else's ancestral grave.

But who the members support can be seen from their attitude during the reception. The members who were chatting and drinking water in the meeting area all greeted the young man, nodded and bowed: "Mr. Yin, good morning."

"Mr. Yin."

"Mr. Yin."

Yin Zhaotang smiled and greeted the members, walked through the crowd, came to the first row, found a chair, straightened his suit and sat down. After watching this scene, Liu Siren, Tang Bingda, and Chen Youqing had gloomy faces, which looked very ugly.

The grid workstations in the office area have been cleared out by employees and replaced with plastic folding stools. There are 20 people in a row of stools, divided into 11 rows, and each position is very crowded.

The land in Central is very expensive, and the Chamber of Commerce is not profitable. The fact that it has a building is the result of the efforts of its predecessors. Members should be honest and find a seat.

As the Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce, Liao Lieke took the stage to be responsible for the presentation process.

Although the position of Secretary-General is also elected, the Chamber of Commerce adopts staggered elections and will not vote on the Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary until next year.

The term of office for a Chamber of Commerce public office is two years. The president and vice president are elected in the first year, and the secretary general and deputy secretary general are elected in the second year.

Liao Lieke, who was born as a banker, is the chairman of Chuang'an Bank and a councillor of the West District. Seeing the sudden change in the election situation, he directly cancelled the scheduled session with Chairman Chen Youqing.

Decisively announce the start of recorded voting!
Chen Youqing had already prepared his speech in the audience, hoping to use the arranged canvassing session to test the waters. Suddenly, when he heard about Liao Lieke Qidong's voting process, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and gasp in anger.

"Pick that star, another rebate." Chen Youqing has not received any news until now. He knows that the situation has changed, but he doesn't know where the variables are. He can't find a way to deal with it, and he can't find a solution.

I could only stand next to the ballot box, thinking wildly, and the more I thought, the more scared I became.

The first round was the voting for the vice-chairman by-election. There was only one ballot box in front of the podium. Members put their tickets into the box as a courtesy, and Liao Lieke and Tang Xueyuan, who served as deputy secretary-general, would open the votes on the spot.

"One vote for Mr. Yin Zhaotang!"

"Mr. Yin Zhaotang, two votes."

"Mr. Yin Zhaotang, three votes."

The two supervised each other. After checking the ballots, Liao Lieke counted the votes on the spot, while Tang Xueyuan recorded the votes on the whiteboard with chalk, in a very retro way.

I recorded more than thirty tickets, but all of them were under only one name.

Yin Zhaotang!
Tang Xueyuan hadn't seen a second name written on the blackboard for more than ten minutes. He was secretly shocked and kept glancing at the young man in the front row.

I saw the newcomer who had emerged as a dark horse in the Chamber of Commerce election sitting on a stool with his legs crossed, his hands on his knees, smiling and confident of victory.

Liu Siren was already in despair. He walked to the window and lit a cigarette in a bleak manner.

My eyes casually swept across the bottom of the building, and I saw more than 20 police officers wearing white shirts inside, bulletproof vests outside, and guns on their waists getting out of the car and forming a line, entering the building aggressively.

"Something happened!"

He was sweating profusely, holding a cigarette in his hand, and was already worried about whether he could return to Haojiang. The O-Triad agents entered the building and blocked all the exits.

One police officer was eager to make a contribution and wanted to go up to the third floor, but Jimmy Lai immediately stopped him and warned him: "Wait until the Chamber of Commerce election is over, not a second earlier!"

If the Chamber of Commerce election was interrupted by the police just halfway through, all the previous efforts would be wasted. Another round of elections would be time-consuming and laborious, and would also cause complications.

The police officer put his hand on his gun bag, leaned over the stairs, and responded, "Yes, sir!"

Chen Weinan was the last to stand up and put his ballot into the box. Liao Lieke checked the ballot and said loudly, "One vote for Yin Zhaotang!"

Tang Xueyuan put away his chalk and adjusted his glasses: "In 1984, the 35th election of the Hong Kong Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce, the first round of vice-president election, was held. The number of members who were expected to be elected was 221, and the number of members who actually attended was 221."

"One hundred and eighty-seven people voted, thirty-four people abstained, the voting rate is 85%, Mr. Yin Zhaotang received one hundred and eighty-seven votes, a complete victory!"

"Congratulations to Mr. Yin for his election!"

The situation in this election was completely reversed, but there are a few members who are dissatisfied with Chen Youqing and Liu Siren, and still do not support Yin Zhaotang as president.

However, reasonable votes against and abstentions are part of politics.

When the members present raised their hands, applauded and expressed their congratulations, it proved that Yin Zhaotang had united the most people and was qualified to have the say in Hong Kong.

Yin Zhaotang stood up from his chair, bowed, and said in a cheerful voice: "Thank you all for your support, thank you for your support, thank you very much!"

"Ah Tang will definitely do good things for the Chamber of Commerce and contribute ideas and efforts to the business environment of Hong Kong Island."

Chen Weinan, Zhang Zhiguang and others were sitting nearby, and they all congratulated him: "Congratulations, Mr. Yin."

"Congratulations."

Even Liu Siren, who was leaning against the window, raised his hands slowly and clapped his hands politely. The dream of a generation of the King of Macao was shattered, but the journey of a generation of the King of Hong Kong has just begun!
(End of this chapter)