Just as Chow Sing Sing blocked the road and stopped the foreign Governor's Office's Ceremonial Car motorcade.
Their own Ceremonial Car motorcade, with Zhou Quan clearing the way, had already arrived outside the Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Amid the ceaseless flashing of cameras, their senior leaders slowly entered the venue's foyer under the gaze of major media outlets from around the world.
"Looks like the Governor's Office has run into a little trouble!"
As they walked, the Grand Elder gave a meaningful chuckle.
According to the established plan, the key figures from both sides taking part in the handover would enter the venue at eight o'clock sharp that evening.
For all the foreigners' claims to civility, they were in fact the most barbaric and violent.
The Motherland had negotiated with the foreigners for more than a decade over the issue of Hong Kong Island.
How could the Grand Elder not understand just how vile these foreigners were?
The staff from Big Xinhua had even drawn up contingency plans specifically for the details of entering the venue.
Their purpose was to prevent the foreigners from entering first and gaining a superficial advantage over the Motherland.
Yet now, the Motherland's key figures had already begun entering, while there was not so much as a trace of the foreigners.
This certainly could not have been because those foreigners had changed their ways and become humble, courteous, and low-key.
The only other possibility was that some trouble had held them up.
Walking beside the Grand Elder, Mr. Dong discreetly glanced out of the corner of his eye at Sir Hui, the Police Force Number One, behind him.
Within the Hong Kong Island Special Administrative Region Government's hierarchy from the following day onward, the Hong Kong Island Police Force's Number One would not rank particularly