Of course he was very willing to go back immediately, but he also wanted to know what he was doing before leaving. I don't know what Frank was talking about.
At this point, Alan Wilson could no longer contain his curiosity and took the initiative to ask what step he had reached.
In this regard, Frank, who appeared again, also responded, "London's bottom line is that, together with the new aircraft carrier and the modification cost of the Tejas-class aircraft carrier, 75 million to 80 million pounds is more appropriate."
"The cost of the new aircraft carrier is estimated to be 30 million pounds. If three ships are built at the same time, it will be 100 million pounds." Alan Wilson nodded and calculated, "It is about 200 million Australian dollars. This figure is affordable for Australia.
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Australia's monetary policy is the same as that of the United Kingdom, which is a strong monetary policy. In this era, one U.S. dollar cannot be exchanged for one Australian dollar.
The cost of British shipbuilding has always been lower than that of the United States. During World War II, the cost of British battleships was equivalent to that of American heavy cruisers.
Take the Forrest-class aircraft carrier, which is the benchmark for the new aircraft carrier, as an example. The cost of the Forrest-class aircraft carrier is US$1.7 billion. The Ministry of the Navy's share price for the new aircraft carrier is 30 million pounds, which is slightly more than the cost of the Forrest-class aircraft carrier.
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Because of the discovery of iron ore in Australia, the living standard of Australians is now a little higher than that of the UK.
This is all the result of the two wings of Britain flying together. If the original history had been true, Britain would have had half the living standard of Australia for a long time after the war.
But the British side flew together, and Australia discovered iron ore. The final result is that Australia's living standards are still higher than those in the United Kingdom. Alan Wilson can't help this. They are a country lying on the mines, and the top
As long as the population of resource-rich countries does not explode, it is really not something that ordinary countries can catch up with their own efforts.
In terms of Australia's current economy, 70 to 80 million pounds is affordable. Even with this figure, the UK has made a lot of money. If Alan Wilson remembers correctly, the original aircraft carrier Melbourne cost the UK 10 pounds.
It is sold at a nominal price, but modification fees are charged.
Based on Australia's current economic scale, calculated based on the minimum military expenditure of 2%, there is still enough room for arms sales to be achieved, not to mention that the military expenditure ratio is far more than 2%.
Frank also nodded, agreeing very much with this, "In fact, compared with the British military expenditure, Australia's military expenditure is not high at all. This arms sale will not cause financial pressure."
"You are an official from the Ministry of Finance, and your words must be very professional." Alan Wilson heard Frank agree and continued, "I just don't know what the Australians think. Did they feel that there was financial pressure during the negotiations?"
"I don't think so." Frank recalled for a moment, "But I did ask about the construction time of the aircraft carrier. It seems to be quite urgent."
"Heh, it seems like it's not a big problem." Alan Wilson felt reassured upon hearing this and said with a smile, "Everyone knows that our naval technology is at least as good as that of the United States. This is no excuse at all. No problem.
If it is unexpected, I would like to congratulate you on reaching such an extremely important arms sale to the UK."
Frank was happy when he heard this and said, "Alan, if it really succeeds, the credit will go to both of us."
If this arms sale is successful, even if it is achieved within London's bottom line, Britain will have the money to replace its aircraft carriers. It will build three aircraft carriers and give one to Australia, and it can also equip two more.
The cost of building a Forrester-class aircraft carrier in the United States is almost 200 million. Is the British price too high? Except for the United Kingdom and the United States, no country in the world has experience in building large aircraft carriers.
The United States will not sell this important national weapon, but the United Kingdom can, so for Australia, as long as it really wants it, this is a multiple-choice question with only one option.
Australia can definitely afford it, because the current Australian government is definitely far richer than it was in the original historical time and space.
The reason is that in the exploration contract signed by Pamela Mountbatten, in addition to her own share, the Australian government and the Western Australian government both held a lot of shares, but the total amount was not as large as that of the Mountbatten Group.
What is the difference? This difference is huge. For every ton of iron ore sold, the Australian government and the Western Australian state government both get money. This is different from the sale of iron ore in Australia in later generations.
In a sense, Australia's iron ore industry has now become a semi-state-owned enterprise. The half that is not a state-owned enterprise is mostly the Mountbatten Group. As for Australia's iron ore layout in later generations, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton's rights and interests in major iron ore mines
, either one hundred percent or eighty-five percent.
The mining contract between Pamela Mountbatten and the Australian government is actually similar to the future model of Vale in Brazil. The Brazilian government requires 51% of the shares of the domestic iron ore to gain control. But Australia in the future is not.
In the future, Australia will not be able to get so much money from the astronomical iron ore exports, but it can now.
The reason why Pamela Mountbatten did this was not to eliminate other competitors. Now it seems that the effect is very good.
In the field of Australian exploration, the Mountbatten Group now has no rivals. The biggest beneficiaries are the Australian government and the Western Australian government.
"Frank, I'm going back to Kuala Lumpur. Let me tell you one thing before I leave. Last year, Malaya imported 33 million tons of iron ore from Australia. The purchase price was five pounds per ton. It cost 150 million.
Pounds. The Australian Government and the Western Australian Government received at least £70 million in revenue."
Alan Wilson decided to tell Frank that the iron ore export data created by the Malayan colony he managed for Australia gave Frank more confidence when negotiating, not to mention the shipping fee of 0.4 pounds.
The value of freight is mainly created for the major shipyards in the UK. By building larger ships, due to the use of large-scale special ships, sea freight is reduced, and resources that are far away can be obtained.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Looking at the average ocean freight per mile, we can see that the freight rate has been reduced significantly.
Focusing exclusively on the use of ore-specific ships and seeking to reduce freight costs would be beneficial to the Malayan colonies, and would also be of great benefit to Britain's shipbuilding industry, which itself was a major pillar.
This part of the shipbuilding industry is also related to Frank's arms sales negotiations. Without a prosperous shipbuilding industry, Britain would not be able to reduce the cost of building warships. As we know from the United States in later generations, civilian shipbuilding collapsed and warship orders alone cannot save it.
, the cost of military procurement will definitely skyrocket.
The two of them just took a pen and listed Australia's public financial revenue one by one. They wanted to find out where Australia's financial bottom line was.
This time, the UK has brought out the latest aircraft carriers, which are even in draft form, for arms sales. They are definitely worth the money, and it is not too much to ask for a little more money.
After leaving Alan Wilson, Frank felt even more confident. Before leaving, he said, "I don't know if the business in India will be smoother."
"Well, let's get this deal done first." Alan Wilson opened his mouth. India's economy is one-fifth larger than Australia's, but India has 400 million people, while Australia's population is only 10 million. It's not as hard as making money.
Compare.
He knows the inefficiency of tax collection in India. After independence, India's tax collection level may not be as good as that of British India.
"It's time for me to go back and plan Malaya well in my second term." Alan Wilson stretched his waist and rubbed his head, which was a little swollen from various calculations, and said to himself.
The most important thing is that the national treasure and the little dragoon have already sent out a call of love to him. If you think about it carefully, you should show up. You can't let the woman wait. Kissing the red lips of Her Highness the Princess, I finally suppressed the idea of being the prince's consort.
He also revealed his desire to leave Australia.
"Leaving now?" Princess Margaret was a little unhappy, thinking about the name of going to the Malayan colony.
"I'm the senior commissioner there. Is it ridiculous to disappear all the time?" Alan Wilson shook his head slightly and suddenly said with a bad smile, "You don't want me to leave, so why don't you let me kiss you quickly? Otherwise, you have to wait."
"Huh?" Princess Margaret was embarrassed when she heard this.
As if struck by lightning, Alan Wilson's face flashed with suspicion for a long time, and he asked uncertainly, "Your Highness, your requirements for me are not so low."
Although he wanted to know the outcome of the arms sales, Alan Wilson could not continue to be idle. After Pamela Mountbatten returned, he expressed that he wanted to return to Kuala Lumpur.
"You are really needed there." Pamela Mountbatten had nothing to say, but only asked to hand over the public rations before leaving.
Alan Wilson is definitely fine. The worst he can do is return to Kuala Lumpur and stay in the Administrative Office for two days to establish himself as a servant of the empire.
With the landing of Comet 1 in Kuala Lumpur, the high commissioner who left the colony before the Bandung Conference once again brought his talents to the warm beaches of Malaya. He actually lived in the administrative office for the first two days, while letting Richard
A report on the reactions of various countries after the Bandung Conference was submitted.
This circle has started from Africa, Europe and halfway to Australia. Now it is time to take good care of your own jurisdiction. You can't always be covered in lice and still have time to tickle others.
"Ethnicities and countries have awakened from centuries of slumber. The old white world that burned the earth with war is dying, and a better world is emerging. This world will eliminate the Cold War and build a multi-ethnic, multi-religious world.
Society, as all great religions are united in their teachings of tolerance, will establish new moral standards for the colored races."
Putting down Sukarno's speech at the Bandung Conference, Alan Wilson said with a sinister look on his face, "It's not that I'm not qualified to make such wild remarks, but Indonesia is obviously not good enough now."