"At the regime handover ceremony, everything is ready, and we have reached an agreement with the Chinese. If we do not abide by the agreement, how can the dignity of the empire be maintained?" Prince Charles sighed.

Even if he doesn't want to, he doesn't want to, and he has to do this. Although it's shameless to do this, it can only prove that the empire is no longer able to do it.

"That's true. China's attitude towards this has always been very firm. It is not appropriate to delay time. Even according to their habits, it is likely that their national anthem will be played before our ceremony is completed and the flag will be raised. This will be a bigger blow to the empire's dignity. It is a luxury to leave Asia decently." As a former Foreign Minister, Jeffrey Howe is very familiar with the attitude of the Chinese on such things.

"For two seconds, our chief representatives and their people went through dozens of days and more than ten rounds of negotiations! The Chinese would not let their five-star red flag rise over Hong Kong one second later..." Heath also knew.

They all know that China is also clear that China will not make any concessions in terms of time.

"China has been waiting for Hong Kong to be taken back for 155 years. They will not tolerate a minute later, or even a second later, driving sovereignty over Hong Kong. For them, a second later, it is related to their sovereignty and damaging their national dignity..." Prince Charles also knew that there was no possibility of concessions in this matter at all.

China and the UK have negotiated for a long time about the time when Britain landed its national flag and China raised its national flag.

Regarding this time, more than ten rounds of negotiations have passed.

It was not until the 14th negotiation that the British side made difficult concessions under the conditions that China proposed to safeguard their face and let Britain leave Hong Kong with a decent amount, and agreed to lower the national flag at 23:59:59 on June 30, 1997.

Faced with such a big concession from Britain, the Chinese did not make concessions, and agreed that they had been asking the British to give up for a second.

The British naturally would not agree that this would obviously allow the empire to exercise one second less sovereignty over Hong Kong.

Although this second cannot have much benefit to the empire, it is related to the face of the country.

The same is true for the Chinese. Their reasons are very sufficient. Even when they asked the British to give up another second, the British refused. An Wenbin, their always kind diplomat, was completely angry and said to the British representative Davis with a strong force: "Hong Kong has been occupied by you for 155 years, and all I want now is only two seconds, but you are so rudely rejected! I think the British side's attitude is not only unbearable to us in China, but also unbearable to the world!"

Why did China ask Britain to lower the national flag two seconds in advance? It is to ensure that China's five-star red flag rises on time at 0:00:00 on July 1! Because the baton in the hands of the orchestra conductor takes exactly two seconds from lifting to issuing the first note command.

The Chinese agreed that the national flag must be raised until July 1st is entered.

But they don't want to be one second later.

For the world, only relevant personnel and senior management will know these top secret information. Charles and the people around him are very clear about it.

So, Charles doesn't think such a thing is feasible.

"China does not really start raising the flag a second later, but what if we disrupt their rhythm?" As a former Foreign Minister, Jeffrey Howe knows the Chinese very well.

The others were stunned and looked at Jeffrey Howe with confusion. The latter smiled and said, "The Chinese will constantly calculate the time according to our rhythm from the beginning of the ceremony, and will also make adjustments to their arrangements. Only in this way can they grasp the time accurately. I can even guarantee that they are ready to deal with our delayed time. As long as we delay time, our empire flag will be raised according to their original plan!"

Everyone still didn't understand.

"But they wouldn't have thought, what if we lowered the national flag in advance? Can their people bear it while waiting for a few seconds? Whether it is their orchestra conductor or their flag-raising belle, no one makes a mistake for a second, the Chinese have no possibility of raising their national flag on time at zero or zero. Can such a thing be accepted for them?"

Jeffrey Hugh's explanation immediately made everyone understand his plan.

If this happens, it is indeed very likely that the Chinese will lose face.

"At least, I think our people, even no one in the world, raised the national flag under such an accident!" Jeffrey Hugh looked sinister.

If you want to maintain the dignity of the empire, you can only wipe out the face of the Chinese.

And letting the Chinese people lose their own face is the most appropriate.

"This will cost the empire several seconds of sovereignty over Hong Kong!" Heath opposed.

The same is true for Prince Charles.

"As long as there are five to ten seconds, it is enough. According to our agreement, the Chinese must raise the national flag at 0:00:00 on July 1st. Once in advance, it is an infringement of our sovereignty! As for one second late, everyone should know what it means to China..." The sinister on Jeffrey Hugh's face was even more sinister, "As for the empire's exercise of sovereignty for a few seconds, what impact does it have on us? Indeed, it seems that the empire has lost face, but when we do this, no one will blame us. We will only say that we are in line with the British gentleman spirit, and we give them several more seconds of preparation time!"

In this case, the Chinese strive to ask for two more seconds, and after more than ten rounds of negotiations, they would never have thought that the British would give them several more seconds.

According to the agreement between the two sides, the British flag was lowered at 23:59:58. At that time, the British national anthem also stopped. The conductor of their orchestra took two seconds to conduct the conductor, and the national anthem was played on time at 0:00:00:00 on July 1st and the national flag was raised.

Even the rehearsals in the past few months have been arranged in such a way that both sides are seamlessly connected. After the Chinese are in the UK, once the rhythm of the British side is problematic, the rhythm of the Chinese will also be disrupted, which means that the rehearsals will be in vain.

It is related to a country's sovereignty, even if it only takes a few seconds, which will cause very serious problems.

Chinese people are equally good at face as British people, but Chinese people are losing face one second later.

One second in advance is an infringement of British sovereignty, because both sides reached an agreement.

"Indeed, we can lower the national flag in advance and make Hong Kong a power vacuum for several seconds!" Prime Minister Heath took a deep breath.

As the highest authority in Britain, he felt that this method was completely feasible.

If you agree with it, there will naturally be no problem for others.

"Since we want to disrupt their rhythm and put greater pressure on them, so that the Chinese make mistakes in the huge pressure, we cannot follow the original plan!" Although we were not in Hong Kong and did not participate in the rehearsal of the handover ceremony between the two sides, these people are very familiar with the timing of the entire process.

In particular, Prince Charles will speak on behalf of the British government and announce that the British government will return Hong Kong to China.

The content of the entire speech was completed after careful consideration and repeated revisions by relevant government departments.

"We cannot change the content of our speech, but we can change the speed of our speech from His Highness the Prince. From here, even from the beginning, as long as the speed of speech is different from the previous public occasions, it will make China nervous!" Jeffrey Howe has already made a perfect plan.

"It means that I speed up my speech when I speak?" Charles was a little confused. "If this happens, the Chinese will definitely be prepared, after all, they have plenty of time!"

The same goes for others.

They were not sure about Jeffrey's plan.

"No, no, no, Your Highness, we cannot speed up our speech! We need to numb the Chinese and make them nervous, so when you speak, you need to delay time and slow down your speech..." Jeffrey Hug shook his head repeatedly.

"In this way, it's not that there is no difference from the preparations of the Chinese? They should be well prepared for us to delay time!" The crown prince was a little confused.

Only by completing the speech quickly will disrupt the Chinese people's plans.

"We need to disrupt it at the last moment, so that they have no chance to adjust their plans! So, I hope Your Highness can slow down his speech and extend his speech time, and it is best to make this time exceed twenty to thirty seconds! Of course, in order to make the Chinese more nervous, at the beginning, we can speed up and then gradually slow down so that the Chinese people can't understand it! When they find that we are procrastinating, they will use the way to deal with our procrastinating..." Jeffrey Hugh gave his plan thoroughly.

And then, the addition continued, "In the front, if we delay for more than twenty seconds, the Chinese will begin to feel anxious! When we play the national anthem, let our orchestra speed up. At that time, even if the Chinese find out, they don't have enough time to adjust their response plans!"

This plan made everyone look at the former Foreign Minister with a strange look on his face.

No one objected, because they could only use this method to save the Chinese people, and the chances of this plan being successful would be very high.
Chapter completed!