Recovering from a short period of back and forth between London and Canberra, the original exploration contract was consolidated, although there was no word about uranium ore, a strategic material that is different from ordinary minerals.
As for the PPT aircraft carrier, it is destined not to be something that can be completely completed in a short time. Such a large-scale arms sale, even if it is done in a secret manner, cannot be completed in a short time. Even if both parties are promoting it, there will be no one in a year.
Not even half a year.
Because this arms sale is a standard behind-the-scenes operation that cannot be made public, neither the Foreign Secretary nor the Permanent Under Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can come to Canberra. The person sent by Whitehall to co-operate with Alan Wilson is an official from the Treasury.
It wasn't Edward Bridges, whose target was too big, but Edward Bridges' deputy Frank.
The specific amount of arms sales to the Australians is Frank's job. The second-in-command of the Ministry of Finance came to Australia with his wife Chrissy in the name of vacation.
When the couple arrived in Canberra, Pamela Mountbatten sent a car to greet them at the airport. Alan Wilson was holding up a book of The Romance of the Former Han, pretending that no one knows the East better than me, and forcing Grams to be satisfied.
However, this move was speechless in the eyes of Pamela Mountbatten. To her, the square characters were almost like a heavenly book.
"You are in Canberra now, not Kuala Lumpur." Pamela Mountbatten complained in a low voice, "What is there to read? Is it another novel?"
"Historical novels." Alan Wilson said without raising his head. "It is a novel about the most powerful period in Chinese history. It is very interesting."
Each dynasty fan has its supporters, but Alan Wilson has yet to find anyone who dares to bite the Han Dynasty. Without him, the Han Dynasty is really strong.
Not counting the Qing Dynasty, which had borders recognized by all countries, other dynasties more or less expanded their borders. The Yuan and Ming dynasties added millions of square kilometers with a stroke of their pen, and even they didn't know it.
The Tang Dynasty was at its peak, but it was always switching between beating others into dogs and being beaten into dogs by others. The peak territory only lasted for a moment and was recorded in historical textbooks.
Is there any dynasty that was no worse than the Tang Dynasty at its peak and no worse than the Ming and Qing Dynasties in terms of stability? In fact, the Han Dynasty was the Han Dynasty. The territory of the Han Dynasty did not go through frontier expansion. The territories of the two Han Dynasties were almost the same, which shows that the territory was stable.
, the two Han Dynasties alternated and were not lost.
The Han Dynasty was no worse militarily than the Tang Dynasty at its peak, and its ability to abuse food was comparable to that of the Qing Dynasty, the king of food abuse. It was powerful and stable in one.
After putting down the novel, he was about to show off his knowledge in front of his wife, but seeing that Pamela Mountbatten was showing a tendency to be unhappy, Alan Wilson decisively gave up the immature idea. It was more important to keep in touch with each other.
Before the Franks appeared, Pamela Mountbatten's craze had not subsided, and she had just experienced the eloquence of an imperial commissioner.
"Oh, Frank, Chris, you are here." Alan Wilson stood up with a smile and greeted his partners.
Pamela Mountbatten also greeted Frank's wife, and she became very familiar with her after just a few words.
Alan Wilson and Prime Minister Menzies had previously expressed no desire to cooperate with each other in principle.
But in matters like arms sales, desire is not the problem, the problem is always money. Alan Wilson is unable to produce a logical and self-consistent written material to prove how much the new aircraft carrier plan and the modification cost of the Tejas class will cost.
This matter can only allow officials from the Ministry of Finance to give Australians an explanation to prove that the expenditure is reasonable.
Whether we can get funding for the replacement of the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier from Australia depends entirely on Frank.
"Since the completion of the two Queen-class ships, the Royal Navy has not launched a single warship. Although the inventory is sufficient, the livelihood of shipbuilding and the expectations of the Royal Navy? It depends on you Frank."
The pressure was all on Frank, but Alan Wilson had no time to comfort his colleagues, but increased the pressure as soon as he opened his mouth.
Don’t think that the military-industrial complex does not exist in the UK. At least at this time, it does exist in the UK. The Royal Air Force projects alone support more than a dozen airlines, including De Havilland.
The degree of involution of major shipyards is certainly no smaller than that of airlines. The Labor government was frightened into a cold sweat by the Conservative Party after the recent general election. It also knows that economic development and welfare construction alone cannot solve all problems. Currently, there are still many citizens in the UK
With imperial ambitions.
Once the construction of a new aircraft carrier is started, it may be able to increase the support rate of the Labor Party. It depends on whether Frank can obtain enough funds to make the Labor government feel that it can start.
Pamela Mountbatten had prepared a sumptuous dinner for the Franks' arrival to help her husband consolidate the harmonious relationship between his colleagues, which flattered the Franks.
The next phase of arms sales has been transferred from Alan Wilson to Frank.
Alan Wilson, who has not been back to Kuala Lumpur for a long time, is no longer in a hurry, but is calculating how to shear the sheep.
Currently, Malaya assumes the role of the original British India. It is still within the framework of the Imperial System of Preferences and helps Britain stabilize the pound area through the processing industry by purchasing technology and bulk goods.
This is not impossible, but it is not mature enough. Although it is an advanced version of the most basic colonial exploitation, it is still worrying after a long time. As the Malayan Commissioner, he wants to establish an efficient but traceless method of harvesting wool.
Real estate is definitely not possible, because he has previously set the development direction of the Malayan colony. West Malaysia is a wolf pack model, and East Malaysia is a strong provincial capital model. West Malaysia has 80% of the population of the Malayan colony, but
At least Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca and Singapore must all develop at the same time.
Even in West Malaysia, there is no population pressure, and the development direction of the wolf pack has been set. Real estate harvesting has automatically ceased to exist. The strong provincial capitals in East Malaysia have developed real estate in this way, but East Malaysia has a small population.
This is not to say that the Malayan colony cannot extract wealth from real estate, but it is impossible to rely on real estate to support the colonial government. The development of the Malayan colony should still be based on the processing industry, import and export, and taking into account agriculture.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The degree of shaving also needs to be carefully considered. Alan Wilson directly applied the concept of GDP and began to calculate. He was not familiar with this set of calculations, and the calculation was more difficult.
easy.
Per capita GDP and per capita income are not the same concept. Per capita GDP is the gross personal product. Just because you have produced so much value does not mean that you can get so much. Various taxes, insurances, and exploitation by bosses and companies are also deducted here.
In part, there are also government operating costs.
Generally speaking, the per capita income of later developed countries is 50% of per capita GDP. The latter is the income received. Some countries in Europe and the United States are above 50%, but Eastern European countries are not.
Different countries have different proportions of income per capita in GDP. This is the so-called water content of GDP. Therefore, when Chinese people go to many countries that seem to have high incomes, they feel relatively wealthy, but they do not feel that the three
Four times the difference.
A typical example from Europe in later generations is Ireland. Ireland's per capita GDP is 80,000 US dollars. The UK's per capita GDP is US$40,000, but the UK's per capita income is not much worse than Ireland's.
For example, Vietnam and Thailand in later generations can get one-third of their per capita GDP. And there is Mexico. Mexico is catching up with Southeast Asia in this regard, and its proportion is only 30%.
Mexico, with a per capita GDP of US$10,000, only has a GDP of US$3,000 a year, while the United States next to it has a per capita GDP of US$60,000, and its income exceeds 50% of its per capita GDP. This is a ten-fold difference.
The smaller the ratio of per capita income to per capita GDP, the greater the degree of exploitation. Alan Wilson remembers that China's per capita income ratio is 44%, which is not low among developing countries.
If the manufacturing industry is developed, prices can be lowered. This is why Japan and South Korea, although not as easy as some European and American countries, have relatively prosperous living standards.
After some calculations, Malaya's current ratio is 35%. In addition, Malaya's industrial and agricultural output is rising. Alan Wilson feels that the light of Asia's lighthouse has been initially lit.
In the early stages of development, there is always blood and sweat, and pie in the sky will not fall into the sky. The bottom line in Alan Wilson's heart is to increase this ratio to 40% in ten years. Such a slow profit transfer can alleviate Malaya's
Resistance emotions.
As for harvesting wool, on the basis of industrial transfer, we can only find solutions from the education industry. He thinks there should be no problem. Oxford and Cambridge in the UK are so famous in the world, and it would be useless if they do not take advantage of them.
Pamela Mountbatten only saw her husband, gesticulating with a pen like a lunatic, and then showed a meaningful smile, holding her daughter in her heart and saying that when her daughter grows up, she will not be like this father.
Now that Malaya is exploiting Chengdu, it can give Alan Wilson more financial space. Of course he is happy. As for Pamela Mountbatten, he does not understand that a woman, huh...
"Daddy!" Pamela called in a milky voice, finally bringing the imperial commissioner back to his senses after having an orgasm.
After receiving his daughter, Alan Wilson also noticed his wife's dissatisfaction. With her daughter here, it was not easy for him to engage in a verbal dispute, so he said, "There is a problem with De Havilland's company's products. In fact, I have thought a lot about your management."
The problem."
"Really?" Pamela Mountbatten immediately became serious. She would not dare not take her husband seriously. The biggest foundation for the Mountbatten Group's current momentum is this man.
"The Comet aircraft is getting more and more modified. With the advancement of technology and cost considerations, it is not suitable for all routes. Currently, in terms of product strength, de Havilland needs a regional passenger aircraft to serve the domestic aviation market.
Not only do we need it, but many countries in Europe need it." Alan Wilson looked serious. On this occasion, he was full of majesty in front of his wife.