Chapter 263: Prosperity on Hong Kong Island

Inspector Wang's slap directly stunned the police officer. He looked at Inspector Wang blankly, unable to say a word. He couldn't believe that Inspector Wang would slap him. He didn't understand why. It was obvious that the mainland guy had assaulted a police officer, so why wasn't he being arrested, but instead Inspector Wang was slapping him?

Not only the police officer, but also the other police officers were confused. At that moment, they forgot the pain of their dislocated shoulders and just stared blankly at Inspector Wang, their minds in a complete mess.

Zhou Ming didn't think of this at first, but when he saw Lin Muqing and Li Cheng, who had followed him in, he immediately understood.

'Brother Cheng, Sister Muqing, thank you,' Zhou Ming nodded to thank them.

Li Cheng smiled and said it was a small favour, while Lin Muqing came over with concern and asked, 'Zhou Ming, are you okay? I heard that you were brought here for special questioning, so I asked Chairman Li to call Inspector Wang. They didn't do anything to you, are you hurt?'

'I'm fine, Muqing. There are ** here to protect me, so unless they planted a bomb here, no one can hurt me,' Zhou Ming said.

Lin Muqing then saw the six people kneeling, lying or lying on the ground around her, and she let out a sigh of relief: 'That's good, but why would there be such a police officer at this checkpoint? Why is he targeting you like this?'

Zhou Ming shrugged and said, 'I don't know, but I'm afraid this police officer thinks I should be someone of some status. As a result, he guessed wrong and felt that he couldn't save face, so he wanted to keep me here to ask me more questions.'

Lin Muqing asked doubtfully, 'Is that really the case?'

'That must be the case,' Zhou Ming said with certainty.

'Do you know who this person is? He is a good friend of Mr. Li Cheng and Ms. Lin Muqing, and also a very influential figure in the Mainland. How dare you detain him privately? Do you want to get the entire police force into trouble with you? And you wanted to shoot him. Who gave you the authority to do that? Do you want to rebel or what? From today onwards, you are suspended from duty at home for self-reflection!'

Inspector Wang over there scolded the police officer severely, then glared at the police officer next to him, who had a dislocated shoulder, and said, 'Get out of here, all of you, and don't make a scene here.'

After being scolded by Inspector Wang, all the police officers went out, bearing the pain. Inspector Wang then came to Zhou Ming and said with a smile, 'Mr. and Mrs. Li Lin, and this Mr. Zhou Ming from the mainland, I'm very sorry that I didn't discipline my subordinates well and made you all look ridiculous. Are you okay, Mr. Zhou Ming?'

Before Chow Ming could say anything, Lin Muqing was already unhappy: 'Inspector Wang, what do you mean by "make a fool of"? Your subordinates arrested my friend for no reason. You heard what happened just now, they even drew their guns. If it wasn't for the people protecting my friend, he would have been killed here. Are you the Royal Police or a gangster's den? I will definitely complain to your Chief Superintendent about this!'

Hearing Lin Muqing say this, Inspector Wang became nervous because he understood that Lin Muqing could really do it. So he immediately pleaded with Li Cheng, 'Mr. Li, you see, this was really just an accident, and it didn't cause any damage. I think we should just let him apologize to Mr. Zhou Ming.'

Li Cheng shook his head and said, 'No, this won't do. This incident shows that there are major problems within your police force, and a complaint to the Chief Superintendent is necessary!'

Inspector Wang was stunned. He never expected this outcome at all, because in his impression, Li Cheng had always been an image of an old good man, and he generally wouldn't care too much about ordinary matters. So after Lin Muqing said she was going to complain to the Chief Superintendent, he was the first person he thought of turning to, in the hope that he could come out and say a few words for him, or simply let the matter go.

However, he never expected that Li Cheng, who was always easy-going, would be difficult to deal with this time. He helped Zhou Ming to seek justice.

This situation left Inspector Wang dumbfounded. Although he had guessed that Zhou Ming was not an ordinary person from the moment Li Cheng and Lin Muqing found him, he now realised that he had still underestimated Zhou Ming. If Lin Muqing could be so nervous and Li Cheng could speak so highly of him, then this person's identity...

Inspector Wang thought, but the next development in events once again exceeded his imagination.

Zhou Ming said to Li Cheng and Lin Muqing, 'Cheng Ge Muqing Jie, since this Inspector Wang has said so, let's just leave it at that for today. I don't have anything to do with it anyway, so there's no need to make a big deal of it.'

Hearing Zhou Ming say this, Li Cheng and Lin Muqing, who had just insisted, immediately changed their tone. However, Lin Muqing still warned him, 'Inspector Wang, now that Mr. Zhou Ming has said this, I will not complain to the Chief Superintendent, but you must conduct a thorough investigation of today's events, and those responsible must be punished to the fullest extent. If I find out that you are covering up for someone, I will still complain to the Chief Superintendent!'

Inspector Wang nodded hurriedly: 'Please rest assured, Ms Lin, I will conduct a thorough investigation and give you a satisfactory explanation!'

Inspector Wang felt a burst of relief in his heart, but at the same time, he felt even more fear for Zhou Ming's identity, because he knew who Li Cheng and Lin Muqing were. They were both members of the upper class of Hong Kong society and were eligible to have dinner with the governor. Now they have come to pick up Zhou Ming on their own initiative, and they have let Zhou Ming off just because of a word from him. Although there is some face-saving for Zhou Ming in this, on the other hand, if Zhou Ming himself is not capable, where would he find this face?

Compared to Inspector Wang, the police officer who was still handcuffed there was completely at a loss at this time. He hated that he couldn't slap himself a few more times at this time, and just hated that his intelligence was so lacking.

After talking with Inspector Wang, Zhou Ming, Lin Muqing, and Li Cheng walked out of the interrogation room. The students from the finance class were at the door, and when they saw Zhou Ming come out, they all gathered around. The expressions on their faces were all worried, and they had obviously heard the fighting in the interrogation room just now.

Zhou Ming felt very warm in his heart at the concern these students had shown. He said to them, 'Don't worry, everyone, I'm fine.'

It was just a short sentence, but the students below immediately cheered. At this time, Inspector Wang also walked out of the interrogation room. Zhou Ming asked him, "Inspector Wang, do these students of mine still need to be inspected?'

Inspector Wang hurriedly shook his head: "Of course not. You all have complete documents allowing you to enter the country, and you can leave at any time now.'

The students below cheered again, and such cheers undoubtedly hit Inspector Wang in the face, but at this time he could only bear it.

Zhou Ming led his classmates to follow Lin Muqing and Li Cheng to leave. Outside the border checkpoint, Lin Muqing prepared a bus for Zhou Ming and the others. Zhou Ming and his classmates got on the bus together, and Lin Muqing and Li Cheng followed them.

This situation stunned Chen Shuyu and the other students in the finance class, because from what had just happened at the border checkpoint, it was clear that Lin Muqing and Li Cheng, who had come to pick them up, were clearly very influential on this side of the harbour. Not only did they listen to their teacher so well, but now when their teacher wanted to take the bus, they followed suit. They definitely hadn't planned to take the bus, otherwise there would have been no need for the couple of Lincoln sedans outside the bus.

Li Yang, who is quick-witted, couldn't help but say to Zhou Ming, 'Teacher, it turns out that really amazing people are amazing everywhere. I didn't expect that here in Gangcheng, you are still so influential and worthy of being our teacher!'

Zhou Ming smiled helplessly in response. After all, there were some things that he couldn't say to them. In fact, it wasn't so much that he was influential, but it was Lin Muqing's feelings for him. She wouldn't let him take the bus while she took the limousine. So if Lin Muqing was taking the bus, how could Li Cheng take the limousine by himself? He wasn't that arrogant. So in the end, Li Cheng also got on the bus together.

After getting into the car, Lin Muqing said to Zhou Ming, 'I booked you guys on a flight tomorrow, so today you can just relax in Hong Kong City for a day. I've booked the Peninsula Hotel for you.'

Zhou Ming nodded and said, 'Okay. First, take the students to the hotel and let them divide up the rooms, then have dinner. In the afternoon, take them for a walk in Central and show them around Hong Kong City.'

'And for the last night, you can arrange a barbecue by the beach. You can all go out to sea on a yacht and catch your own seafood. That would be pretty nice,' Li Cheng took over the conversation and suggested.

Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing did not deliberately avoid anything when they were talking. The students immediately cheered happily when they heard their arrangements, and thanked Li Cheng and Lin Muqing.

From the border checkpoint to Central itself is about 30 to 40 kilometres, and they also allocated rooms at the Peninsula Hotel. Although the rooms were booked in advance and the hotel staff helped carry and unpack the luggage, it still delayed quite a bit of time, and they didn't arrive in Central until 2 pm.

The minibus slowly drove along the roads of Central. The students from the finance class couldn't help but exclaim in awe at the bustling scene here in Central: 'Wow! Is this really the city of Hong Kong? It's really prosperous, with high-rise buildings everywhere, it feels like we're walking in a jungle of steel!'

Looking at the surprised expressions of his classmates, Zhou Ming remembered when he and Lin Muqing first came to Central in Hong Kong City, and they were amazed by the prosperity here too.

Zhou Ming subconsciously glanced at Lin Muqing and noticed that she was smiling at him too. It was obvious that the behaviour of his classmates had reminded her of the way she looked when she first came to Hong Kong City.

At this moment, the exclamations of his classmates stopped, and Ye Ning said to Zhou Ming, 'Sorry, teacher, we embarrassed you just now.'

Zhou Ming was very surprised. When he looked at the other students again, he saw that they all had expressions of guilt on their faces. This made Zhou Ming a little unable to laugh or cry. He guessed that it was probably their nostalgic expressions just now that made them misunderstand. Zhou Ming shook his head and said to them, 'Classmates, you don't need to apologize at all, because you are not wrong. It is true that our country is behind Hongcheng. It is normal for you to be surprised when you first arrive. To be honest with you, my performance when I first arrived was similar to yours.'

Zhou Ming's words sounded very disdainful to Lin Muqing, because Zhou Ming was able to act like a big shot as soon as he arrived in Gangcheng. He took her to a jade stone gambling den, made a bet with Wang Yunlong to buy stock index futures, and even bought a fund company. Even Li Chengdu came to him offering to invest. No one could possibly mess with him better. But now, in front of his classmates, Lin Muqing didn't say much.

'And this Central District is the political and commercial centre of the entire city,' Zhou Ming reached out and drew a circle to introduce it to his classmates, "the government and multinational banks and other financial institutions are all here, as well as countless markets and shopping centres. That's why we only see skyscrapers everywhere. If there's something the people of Hong Kong are proud of, it's this place.'

As soon as Zhou Ming finished speaking, Li Yang immediately stood up and said, "Teacher, I believe that our cities in China will one day catch up with, and even surpass, this place!'

'So this requires you to work hard!' Zhou Ming said with a smile, "The so-called stock market and securities, their greatest function is not simply to make money from stock speculation. The most important thing is to stimulate the economy, optimise the allocation of resources, and make the whole market more active.'

'Teacher, please rest assured, we will study hard when we go abroad and not let you down!" All the students said in unison.

Zhou Ming nodded with a smile and said, 'I believe in you, and I look forward to seeing your performance.'

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