As an old monarchy, the UK has a very complex hierarchy of royal honors.
From lowest to highest, they are MBE, OBE, Commander CBE, Commander KBE and Grand Cross GBE.
Among them, only the two highest levels, KBE and GBE, are considered knighthoods, and they are only for British citizens. If they are not British citizens, the higher level is actually just a reputation.
Although royal conferments are mostly honorary titles, this does not mean that honorary titles are as worthless as cabbage on the street.
On the contrary, the British royal family has very clear plans and indicators for the awarding of honors at each level. Even the lowest MBE only awards dozens of people every year.
There are only a few people at CBE and KBE levels in a year.
As for GBE, this highest-level honor will only come out every few years or even more than ten years.
So far in Chinese history, only two people have been awarded the GBE. Both of them were outstanding politicians who once had great influence in Hong Kong politics.
Li Mu is the third Chinese and the only Chinese who was not born in Hong Kong to be awarded the GBE.
Just how precious GBE is, there is no obvious comparison just by looking at the people who have been awarded GBE. If you look at KBE, which is in the first rank than GBE, the former richest Chinese man, Li Jiacheng, is one of them.
Moreover, Li Jiacheng was not awarded KBE as soon as he came up. He was awarded CBE for eleven full years before being upgraded to a higher-level KBE. As for GBE, it is basically impossible.
However, as a young man in his early twenties, a Chinese entrepreneur in his early twenties, and a Chinese Internet person who set foot on British soil for the first time, Li Mu was directly awarded the highest-level GBE. This is simply incredible.
Before Li Mu came, the Queen was prepared to award Li Mu the KBE, which was already ridiculously high. However, after Li Mu planned a bright road for William, the Queen made a temporary decision to reciprocate the favor and give Li Mu the highest honor.
Prince Charles originally had some doubts in his heart, thinking that awarding the highest level of honor to a young man in his early twenties would be too hasty and difficult to convince the public. However, after listening to the Queen talk about those who she believed Li Mu deserved the title of GBE, After explaining the reason, he immediately felt relieved.
A monster-like figure like Li Mu may not emerge in decades. To describe such a person as a genius is not an exaggeration. Even genius is not enough, because there are many people in the world who can be considered geniuses, but they can follow There is no one who can match Li Mu.
There is no doubt that Li Mu is the most outstanding entrepreneur today. Under his leadership, Makino Technology has grown rapidly with the impact of the Big Bang. This in itself is a super miracle in the business field. Even Bill Gates has It is incomparable, even more incomparable to a rich man like Li Jiacheng who took decades to develop.
Moreover, Li Mu is completely different from Li Jiacheng. Li Mu has never done anything to harm society or overdraw social wealth for profit. However, the latter is different. When the latter made money at the speed of light in the real estate field, it caused very serious damage to social wealth. Overdraft, and even invented the evil concept of "shared area", while Li Mu has been trying every means to give back to the society. The two people have completely opposite ways of doing business.
At this time, the entire royal family, the entire royal guard, and the royal photographers and videographers were all shocked that Li Mu had won the title of GBE.
Anne Hathaway even thought she was dreaming.
Only the person involved, Li Mu, and his assistant Li Ziwei still don’t understand what the Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire represents.
Li Mu thought that this thing was probably similar to an honorary bachelor, honorary lecturer or honorary professor from a certain university in China, so he didn't take it too seriously. He bowed to the queen calmly to express his gratitude, and then the queen pinned the medal on it with her own hands. left front of his suit.
Then, the photographer stepped forward and said politely: "Her Majesty the Queen, Mr. Li Mu, please look at the camera and take a group photo of the two of you."
Li Mu naturally turned around and took a group photo with the Queen side by side.
Then, the Queen said with a smile: "Mr. Li, please wait a moment. I have two more medals that I want to give to Miss Li and Miss Hathaway."
As soon as these words came out, Li Ziwei and Anne Hathaway both looked surprised, while Charles immediately stepped forward and handed two exquisite gift boxes to the Queen's hands.
The Queen smiled and waved her hands to Li Ziwei and Anne Hathaway. The two of them came back to their senses. After looking at each other, they came to the Queen together in confusion.
The Queen opened one of the boxes, took out a cross with a red ribbon, and said to Li Ziwei: "Miss Li, thank you for all your efforts for Makino Technology. I believe you are helping Mr. Li Mu do a series of great things." , this is not only of great significance to the world, but also very remarkable in itself, so you fully deserve this medal, and I hope you can continue to work hard."
Li Ziwei felt a little nervous all of a sudden, so she could only nod seriously and said to the Queen: "Thank you for your affirmation, I will continue to work hard."
The Queen nodded and smiled, putting the medal on her chest.
Afterwards, the Queen took out the same medal and said to Anne Hathaway, who was already shaking with excitement: "Miss Hathaway, you are a young and promising Hollywood movie star. I believe you will continue to serve her in the future." Audiences around the world are presenting more and better film and television works, and I hope you can continue to work hard."
Anne Hathaway recognized this medal. It was the Commander's Medal (CBE), a third-level Medal of Honor. Even this medal is extremely rare. There are only a handful of people in Hollywood who can get MBEs and OBEs, let alone more. A higher level CBE.
With qualifications like Anne Hathaway's, she would not normally be eligible for a medal. Even the lowest MBE would have to wait at least several years and have several famous works before she would have the chance.
However, Li Ziwei is similar to Li Mu. She always feels that it is just an honorary title. It should be a unified way for the royal family to give back to guests. It is similar to the honorary titles of various domestic institutions, so deep down, she does not really take it seriously.
Compared with the traditional investiture ceremony, the investiture ceremony for Li Mu, Li Ziwei and Anne Hathaway is really simple and unprecedented. Under normal circumstances, the Queen stands here to confer honors, and there must be at least dozens or hundreds of elites from all walks of life below. As an audience to watch the ceremony, the media from all over the UK will flock to Buckingham Palace to record the grand award ceremony and interview the honorees. For someone like Li Mu, who has won the highest medal, but does not have even an audience or a reporter, it is still rare. first.
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After the awarding was completed, the Queen warmly invited everyone to the banquet hall for a lunch. Li Mu wore the dazzling Knight Grand Cross and enjoyed a sumptuous lunch with the entire royal family.
At the end of the luncheon, Prince William's personal butler James once again reported a set of data. William's Twitter about 3321 has now been read by more than 10 million people, and the number of voters has exceeded 150,000. The situation is one-sided for him.
Moreover, all mainstream TV media across the country reported this matter, public opinion was correctly guided, and the voice and support for William's proposal became louder and louder.
What's interesting is that several British Internet companies are making headlines on their official Twitter, saying that they will invest huge manpower and material resources to develop the British version of 3321, and they have said that they will definitely develop a more comprehensive version than 3321. , more practical.
There is no doubt that William has become the only hot spot in the UK. The entire UK is discussing his topic, and everyone's favorability towards him has increased because of this incident. William has begun to build a The framework and prototype of opinion leadership.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Li Mu's original visit time was coming to an end. He said apologetically to the Queen and other members of the royal family: "Because I have to go to Manchester next, I have to start my journey. Thank you to the royal family for the invitation and Thank you very much for the hospitality and Her Majesty the Queen’s encouragement and recognition of me. I hope I can be a guest here again if I have the opportunity in the future.”
The Queen smiled and said: "Buckingham Palace will always welcome your arrival. As long as you come to the UK at any time, please contact us. We very much hope that you can stay at Buckingham Palace and let us do our best to entertain you, but this time I am afraid there is no chance." Okay, next time you go to Buckingham Palace, don’t leave in such a hurry.”
Li Mu hurriedly nodded in agreement.
He then said goodbye to each member one by one, starting with the Queen, who was last in line with William.
When bidding farewell to William at the end, Li Mu said to him: "If you have anything to do in the future, you can call me directly. If my phone can't get through, just call Ziwei. Today's start is great, and we must continue to keep up." .”
William immediately nodded solemnly and said: "Don't worry, I will strictly follow your instructions. Thank you, Mr. Li, oh no, it's Teacher Li."
Li Mu smiled lightly and said: "There is no need to be so polite between the two of us. We are friends, not teachers and students."
After that, Li Mu added: "When you announce the introduction of 3321 to the UK, I will immediately send people over to provide technical support and strive to quickly integrate the 3321 UK site online. Before going online, you must learn more about the Internet and Internet platforms. Operation, because in the future this platform will be handed over to you."
"Okay! Don't worry, I will do my best!" William's expression was full of gratitude. At this moment, his gratitude to Li Mu was really overwhelming. In half a day, he had received such strong attention. He has almost reached a new turning point in his life, which is almost entirely due to Li Mu.
Li Mu said with a smile: "After the 3321 British website is online, I will go to China when I have time, and let the British people know more about China."
William agreed without hesitation and said: "I will definitely go to China to visit Mr. Li then!"
"No problem." Li Mu stretched out his hand to him and said with a smile: "Goodbye then. Thank you and the other royal family members for the hospitality. I will definitely come again if I have the opportunity."
(End of chapter)