Chapter 238 Prince Test Drive
The operating income of Golden Mile Holiday Hotel has been rising steadily thanks to the "archaeology craze" among Hong Kong citizens, and it has also been followed up by TVB and many newspapers as a social hot spot.

Fang Hexuan felt helpless when he saw this result. It was not that he had not thought about it, but that he had no way to stop it.

Xu Zhandong's noble character in making his collection public did indeed spark local people's interest in the stories that happened during the short stay of the last regime of the Southern Song Dynasty in Hong Kong.

However, if the Hong Kong government is to issue an administrative order to protect some underground relics mentioned in ancient books, more external forces will be needed to push it forward step by step.

As for the gap in time, Fang Hexuan could only hold it in and let the Xialilila family take advantage and sell some of the goods.

However, he did not do nothing. He still spent money to quietly influence public opinion in the media and newspapers.

For example, these media will quote certain "archaeological experts" to tell Hong Kong citizens that even if the precious underground relics are not to be excavated now, protective work must be done in advance.

In a word, frequent human activities will also cause considerable damage to the preservation of underground relics.

He also established a non-profit organization in Hong Kong through a third party - the Hong Kong Heritage Conservation Committee, abbreviated as "HCC".

On the day the organization was founded, it sent invitations to historians and archaeology professors from all universities in Hong Kong, inviting them to attend the "Southern Song Dynasty Relics Protection Seminar."

In addition, many history enthusiasts from Hong Kong were invited to be external audiences.

In short, the more heated this matter is, the better, until the Hong Kong government feels the pressure.

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Fang Hexuan manages more than a dozen companies. Although he has devoted some of his energy to dealing with the Xialilila family, it is impossible for him to spend all his time on the hotel industry.

On April 4, three days after the second dinner with Liz, the Prince and Princess of Morocco from North Africa visited Hong Kong in a private capacity.

In addition to an informal meeting with the outgoing Murray MacLehose, they also had enthusiastic exchanges with many Hong Kong business people at a reception hosted by the Hong Kong government.

Of course, the main purpose of the Moroccan prince's visit to Hong Kong this time is to invite Hong Kong capital to invest in North Africa, especially their own ports.

This kind of infrastructure investment has little appeal to people like Fang Hexuan who are committed to high-tech.

However, at the party, the prince and princess were very interested in him.

After all, in the two years since he became the richest man in Hong Kong, Fang Hexuan's name has spread almost all over the world.

The Forbes Rich List in the United States has always focused more on local wealthy people, but in the past two years it has begun to pay more attention to overseas.

Fang Hexuan, this young super-rich man, was ranked 8th in last year's world's richest people poll.

He himself doesn't care much about it, because this kind of ranking is too exaggerated and not worth taking seriously.

For example, if ranked by apparent wealth, he would be in the top five.

But if we include many old money families or mysterious and low-key wealthy people, he might not even make the top 50.

No matter what, his ranking as the 8th richest person in the world still attracted a lot of attention.

The Prince of Morocco was full of curiosity about Fang Hexuan's rise to wealth. Although the three of them were chatting animatedly in a corner, they still attracted the attention of other Hong Kong tycoons.

There is no way, it's their fault that they can't make the list. But even if they did, their age makes it impossible for the prince and princess to have any interest in in-depth communication.

After hearing that Fang Hexuan was entering the automotive industry, His Royal Highness became even more interested. "Fang, if your car is on the market, you can come to Morocco to try it out. Our country is open to all foreign car brands."

Fang Hexuan nodded, but complained in his heart, damn, you are a bunch of poor bastards with no industrial capabilities to show off. What difference does it make whether you open up to foreign car companies or not?
"Thank you for the invitation, Your Highness. I was thinking of doing just that. In fact, my company's first vehicle is currently undergoing all-terrain testing in Africa and will probably be back in this beautiful country in North Africa soon."

"Fang, you really surprised me. I wonder if I will be lucky enough to be one of the first users of BYD?"

"Haha, more than just the first batch, Your Highness will become BYD's first real customer. BYD will customize a special version of EVO for Your Highness, which is very commemorative."

"I also appreciate your generosity. If you need my help in the future, just let me know."

Perhaps it was because Fang Hexuan was young, tall and handsome that the Moroccan prince felt a sense of mutual admiration, so his attitude was very enthusiastic and sincere.

Driver Fang then responded with a manly hug and invited the prince and princess to visit BYD's R&D center in Hong Kong.

He also had something else to say. If Blackwater International really wanted to conduct security business in Africa in the future, North Africa could serve as a supply point and vacation spot.

In a word, his "friendship" with the prince will definitely last for many years unless something unexpected happens.

This is the charm of wealth. When the amount of wealth you possess reaches a critical value, many places in the world will open their doors to you.

On the second day of the cocktail party, Fang Hexuan took the two Moroccan celebrities to BYD's R&D headquarters in Hung Hom as promised, and invited His Royal Highness the Prince to try the drift sport himself in a small area outside the factory.

This surprised the prince a little. He didn't expect that BYD, a new car company that was not famous in the world, could design and manufacture such a track monster that impressed him so much.

His Royal Highness the Prince is a car fan himself. He owns hundreds of famous cars from all over the world, and he is particularly fond of various sports cars.

Although the EVO that I just tested is still far behind a real sports car, compared with an ordinary performance car, the gap is almost negligible.

Of course, the EVO displayed by BYD is a true extreme test version. The performance of the engine and chassis has reached the current limit after being tuned by automotive engineers from France and Germany.

The models that actually come to market will definitely have greatly reduced specifications.

However, this did not affect the Moroccan prince's surprise and admiration at all.

The performance of EVO really exceeded his expectations. The prince originally thought that the cars made by Hong Kong people would be the same as Hyundai Pony in South Korea, which are cheap junk.

That’s right, South Korea’s Hyundai has already launched the first and second generation Pony to Africa. They didn’t roll it out across the board, but only sold it in a few countries in Africa, Morocco being one of them.

Therefore, His Royal Highness the Prince once test-drove PONY, and his only feeling was that, apart from being really cheap, everything else about it was a piece of shit.

This evaluation is certainly biased, after all, the cars he drives are all world-class luxury cars, but it also means that the prince does not have much confidence in Asian products.

However, Fang Hexuan's EVO made him feel that in addition to Japanese cars, BYD might also be able to slowly rise globally.

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