"I listen to you." Pamela Mountbatten hugged her husband's neck and said without hesitation, "You have a sharper vision than me."
"The purpose of retaining Malaya is to hedge against Japan... Now Japan is creating competition with Britain and even Europe in all aspects."
Alan Wilson said solemnly, "No country in Europe has a population of nearly 100 million. If Japan is not contained at the beginning, it will be troublesome in the future. The shipbuilding industry is now being competed by the Japanese shipbuilding industry.
And it’s not just shipbuilding that the UK faces competition with.”
Pamela Mountbatten nodded. She heard her husband say that the United States was using Germany and Japan to hedge against Britain and France, to balance the free world, and to check each other. "So you chose Land Rover."
"In fact, if we want to compete comprehensively, Malaya's population is still small. We can only develop a few industries in a targeted manner. It is difficult for the UK to control the population if it is large, and it is not a small industry. The UK has sufficient technical reserves."
Alan Wilson shook his head and said, "Electronic industries such as black appliances and white appliances also require a huge labor force. But we no longer have enough population. We can try to leave it to Xiangjiang for development, but Xiangjiang's population is not large, so we can eat
Just a little, let’s count it a little.”
The four industries of automobiles, shipbuilding, petrochemicals, and steel are the industries that Alan Wilson believes Malaya can try. The UK has sufficient technical reserves in automobiles and shipbuilding, so this is not a problem.
The problem is that Britain's labor costs are at a disadvantage in the competition, and the shipbuilding industry can make adjustments. But this car? Land Rover and Jaguar are positioned above Mercedes-Benz and BMW, and they are cars on the same level as Porsche.
In terms of labor costs in the UK, it would be impossible not to position them in this way. High-end companies can barely make money. The labor costs in the UK cannot be reduced, so we can only focus on the mid-to-high end. There are also Rolls-Royce, Bentley, and McLaren.
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In a head-to-head fight with Japan, which relies on its demographic dividend, the automobile industry will surely die miserably.
That’s why Alan Wilson asked Pamela Mountbatten to buy Land Rover, move it to Malaya, launch the Land Rover Discovery to reduce costs, and compete head-to-head with Japanese cars that started going overseas.
The reason why he selected several industries to be placed in Malaya is because these industries either require technical support or resource support, which are currently Japan's shortcomings.
The United States can provide technical support to Japan, but to what extent it can be provided is at the discretion of the United States.
One day the United States no longer wanted to provide it, and Japan lost technical support, which was the beginning of Japan's difficulties.
For petrochemicals and steel, we can rely on the UK's remaining sphere of influence for help. In terms of resource support, the UK is definitely better than Japan, even in the mainland. Does Japan have coal and iron? The British mainland has it.
"Steel and automobiles are reorganized and listed separately. There is no need for oil and iron ore." Alan Wilson also knew that his wife was not short of cash flow and explained in detail, "Although Concern Group is a behemoth that covers everything, it is not necessary to expand into new industries infinitely.
It will cause operational problems. Not all industries can be used as family businesses, and some industries have greater benefits from going public."
The advantage of Concern Group is that various industrial chains cooperate with each other and are timid in the face of competitive opponents.
But once Concern Group expands to a certain scale, it will suffer from the same big business problems as state-owned enterprises.
The administrative agencies of large enterprises will continue to increase like a pyramid, and the administrative staff will continue to expand. Everyone is busy, but the organizational efficiency is getting lower and lower. This law is also known as the "pyramid rising" phenomenon.
"Your Whitehall fits perfectly with what you call the disease of big business." Pamela Mountbatten covered her mouth and chuckled, "This is how many people view the Whitehall civil service system."
"It's almost the same thing, but it can't be changed. That's why I say that the Mountbatten Group should be reorganized." Alan Wilson said with a wry smile, "When you hire more and more people, the employees who serve you
If there were one hundred thousand, or even hundreds of thousands, wouldn't it become what Whitehall is now?"
Pamela Mountbatten tilted her head, thought for a moment and said, "That's right, it really should be changed."
She unconditionally identifies with the head of the family, and she believes that her husband must be for her own good. "When you go to Malaya this time, you are definitely not just walking around. You must have your own purpose."
"Bring British capital in Malaya and Hong Kong under control." Alan Wilson answered in a straight-forward manner. "At the same time, carry out industrial planning and set up a big filter for Japan. In terms of assets, Japan today is far from British.
Opponent. But this is not the case in terms of labor force. I want to reasonably allocate the labor force that the UK can use."
The population that the UK can count on now cannot be achieved in British East Africa anyway. Although when British India first became independent, the UK had the idea of establishing British East Africa with British Kenya as its core to replace British India.
What we can count on is British Malaya plus Xiangjiang. Now there are 16 million people in Malaya and 3 million people in Xiangjiang, which is about 20 million people. If that is not enough, the gambling city ruled by Portugal is also
There are 200,000 people. Although it is a drop in the bucket, it is better than nothing.
He was also planning to talk to Portugal's Salazar to quickly legalize gambling in the casino. He remembered that it was this year that the Salazar government specifically approved the establishment of gambling, believing that this move would promote the development of the local economy. In the same year
The Macao-Portuguese government promulgated the "Regulations on Investment in Gambling and Entertainment", thus legalizing the gaming industry.
As a good friend of Salazar, how can we forget Goa? Obviously, Goa's area and population are more suitable for legalizing the gambling industry and absorbing the huge black money that exists among Indians.
Alan Wilson worked as an assistant commissioner in British India and is well aware that private lending has existed in India since ancient times. Otherwise, Modi would not have demonetized money and used private black money to rob the poor and give to the rich.
But it is impossible to go deep into India to do this kind of thing. India and a certain big country have different historical memories. A certain big country was knocked on its doorstep, but the Indian memory is that the East India Company destroyed India's textile industry through British trade.
colonized.
Therefore, since India's independence, Nehru passed complicated laws after he came to power to protect Indian industries from being controlled by foreign investment, and this has continued even into the 21st century.
India is definitely not targeting a particular country. Although its northern neighbor suffered a loss because of this, it is purely a misunderstanding to think that India is just looking at the food.
As close as China, Japan and South Korea, as far as Europe and the United States, the Indian government has always treated them equally and sucked them in to kill them. Even the world's hegemon, the United States, is no exception.
At this point, India can definitely be called a big and impressive country, and foreign investment will be treated equally regardless of which country it comes from.
In traditional industries, Ford announced its withdrawal from the Indian market, and in emerging industries, Amazon and India's Ambani competed for the market, which directly caused the Indian government to freeze Anaxon's merger and acquisition plan. It would be useless even if foreign investors won the lawsuit, and the Indian government could pretend to be dead.
Not executed.
The Indian government, which has such a record, is also preparing to introduce Musk's Tesla to replicate its brilliant achievements in new energy.
Entering the market controlled by the Indian government is a dead end, but it can be done now, because Alan Wilson has been fishing for Nehru with Goa. Goa, a place like Macau, can use Goa's
The special status has stirred up private lending in India.
The benefits of doing this are naturally first of all for Portugal. Salazar, a staunch colonial ruler, can gain profits from Goa. At the same time, the Mountbatten Group can cooperate with the colonial authorities of Goa to make money together.
Pamela Mountbatten looked in amazement when she heard Alan Wilson say, "In the long run, Goa cannot be saved. It is just a place suitable for making quick money and getting as much profit as possible as quickly as possible.
This is Goa’s historical mission.”
Although Salazar will definitely defend the Portuguese colonial empire to the end, he will also die of old age.
Moreover, once India hits a mountain and is humiliated, there is no guarantee that it will change directions to regain face. Goa will not be able to save it in the long run.
Alan Wilson now wants to consolidate funds as much as possible. He doesn't even want any industry in Goa. The entire Goa will become a gambling city. In this way, after India takes it back, life in Goa will inevitably plummet, and India will have to spend a lot of money to stabilize it.
local situation.
The couple quickly reached a consensus on this point, and the plan involved two gambling city plans, one next to Xiangjiang to attract guests from Southeast Asia, and the other in Goa to leverage the demons and monsters in India.
"Then, I think we should go to Goa first." Pamela Mountbatten took the initiative to suggest, "If you want to make money, it's better not to delay, otherwise it will be a crime."
"Otherwise, my dear, it would be strange if you don't make a fortune." Alan Wilson put his arms around his wife's delicate body and put one hand on the woman's thigh.
Pamela Mountbatten did not evade. This kind of action was not something ordinary relationships could do. The hidden language was that this woman had already been obtained.
Now that the trivial matters are out of the way, we can do some serious things, such as riding a rocket or something.
This time, the British capital in the colonies in Asia was integrated into the management of the Overseas Assets Management Committee to enrich the capital strength under control. This part is also above the African part.
The reason why it was not included before is entirely due to the difference in importance. Africa has been given up by default, so it is natural to take full control of it.
The Asian colonies still need to lay a solid foundation and develop well, and cannot use all their resources to fish. But now is almost the time. Especially the Xiangjiang part cannot be left out of control for a long time.
After staying in Goa for two days, when the two left, the Governor of Goa came out to see him off politely. Otherwise, the British knew about the colony. After sincere communication, he now also felt that starting the Bocai project was suitable for the development of Goa, and
I am willing to fight for this from Salazar.
By the time the two arrived in Kuala Lumpur, the development plan for the two casino cities had been discussed within the Salazar government and had received support from most people, especially Goa, which deserved more attention from Portugal.