Chapter 1036: Automotive Strategy
Alan Wilson himself has accumulated a huge amount of useless knowledge, he even taught himself specific English as a result know that the Thai partition is called THAI, is a major popular category on certain websites?
Apparently Makins caught on and lowered his voice, “Is that what you meant? Can’t really tell.”
“So what to do? Keep the garrison down with military discipline? The British army is not as asshole as the American army, but the military will be dissatisfied if they keep suppressing it, this kind of thing is not useful to suppress, but if you leave it alone, the stability of Malaya will be a problem, the local social atmosphere is quite conservative, and every now and then there is a rape case?”
Alan Wilson spread his hands, “So what can I do, since people in Thailand think it’s not a big deal and it generates foreign exchange, how can I oppose it?”
Since it was unlikely that nothing would go wrong, Alan Wilson had to find a place for the garrison to vent, and since Malaya couldn’t, only Thailand could take the fallout.
“That’s true.” Makins accepted his friend’s self-justification, “Or you’re a bit more professional. But if Malaya ever becomes independent?”
“Then your Ministry of Home Affairs will have to be prepared. I’m not threatening or anything, once the major colonies become independent, all citizens had better be mentally prepared ahead of time to welcome immigrants with open doors.”
Alan Wilson cast a sidelong glance at Makins and sneered without a shade, “When it comes to that kind of point, opening up to immigration is something that no one can stop, and if the native citizens are able to accept a large number of people of color to settle in the homeland, then forget I said anything. The United States is also making quite a scene right now, isn’t it, the Martin Luther King Jr. lot.”
“It wasn’t even the Soviet Union that did it.” Even though the Culture Czar was not far away, Makins pointed the finger at the Soviet Union.
That was true; the Soviet Union had been in solidarity with the black movement in the United States, and it had been a zealous one.
In fact in the very beginning, the affirmative action movement in the United States was not simply an affirmative action movement for blacks, but a broad affirmative action movement led by Martin Luther King, Jr. about a number of civil rights organizations such as African-American, Asian, Latino, women’s rights, gay rights, labor rights, and so on, united together.
A few years earlier, scholars in the United States had categorized it as a four-color threat, which each of the Soviet Union supported.
These issues, when brought together, would indeed cause great trouble for the U.S. In later years, after suppression was ineffective, the U.S. turned to another approach called divisive cudgeling, labeling blacks, Asians, Latinos, feminists, and homosexuals respectively, and adopting different angles of cudgeling.
Among them, the blacks are the most strongly criticized. Such unfair criticizing makes it impossible for these groups belonging to different political spectrums to unite, and the blacks will also be dissatisfied by other groups, making them an excellent target.
By doing this, the U.S. government faces one problem at a time, rather than having to deal with so many groups at once, as it did when Martin Luther King was around.
As a walking Anglo-American special relationship, Allen Wilson will certainly help the US when it really goes wrong, and while it will sicken most sane people to death, it’s better than shaking the country’s foundations.
The premise was that Allen Wilson could do so only after McCarthy had passed away, and his current persona was similar to McCarthy’s, an ultra-conservative, although lately he was always rocketing with the Culture Czar at night.
Seeing the date for the end of the Soviet cultural delegation’s visit, at this point in the evening Foltseva once again welcomed the familiar man, and before saying goodbye, tenderly, naturally, needless to say, she sweetened the deal a little for Allen Wilson as well.
“You save some for my wife.” Feeling the coquettishness of the culture czar, Allen Wilson smiled bitterly.
“Your wife can have you at her service anytime, I don’t.” Foltseva looked up, then stood up and pushed the man back down.
The Soviet Union deserves to be the most advanced country in space technology in this era, and the space powerhouse is as terrifying as it is. Even if it was late at night, it didn’t delay the Culture Tsar from taking a rocket ride.
Foltseva also knows that the farewell is imminent, with the identity of the two people to see each other again will be difficult, without saying a word to the British gentleman to a full set of San Fernando, an unexpected pleasure, simply let the Allen Wilson, who has seen the world, be flattered, which is the most powerful woman in the world.
“My next stop is the Congo, so you’ll just have to wait for the good news about Lumumba’s plea for help.” A man faced with this kind of thing, is the courage to say anything, Allen Wilson at the moment, just like in the documentary in the doe watched, have to compete with the bison, almost like a stag, even if it is picked off the fly is righteous.
Late at night, in Foltseva forehead a deep kiss, Alan Wilson left his own personal arrangements for the hotel.
He also joined the procession of send-offs the next day, and no matter which side of the public or private sector, this visit to the Soviet Union had been a complete success.
In addition to being the permanent undersecretary of the British Foreign Office, he was also the top man in the Wilson household, and although he didn’t leave the house for several days in a row, as soon as he appeared, he brought with him sketches of the Land Rover Discovery, which he handed over to his wife and personally translated the model into the Chinese character Land Rover.
In fact, there is a possibility that it is superfluous, really labeled with Chinese characters, may be as Brilliance BMW’s Brilliance to be gouged the car label.
It’s just a sketch of a five-door version, but everything that should be there is there, even the Discovery IV’s unique rear doors.
“It’s only after I married you that I feel like this life is bound to be full of surprises.” Pamela Mountbatten exclaimed, hugging her husband inquiringly, “Why didn’t you say that you’re still an exceptional automobile designer.”
“And I’m going to continue to benefit society.” Alan Wilson held his head high with the bravado of making the world bow down in front of me, as if he was going to win over half of the sky in the next moment.
Even the production line has not yet been relocated, a finished car are not PPT, Alan Wilson has been discussing with his wife about dealers, how to seize the market in Malaya, and even the entire Southeast Asia in a short period of time.
“This is the time to utilize our existing cards, not only Malaya has Chinese, the whole of Southeast Asia has Chinese.”
Alan Wilson pointed out the unique advantages of the Malayan colony, “We sell this car to all the countries in Southeast Asia through Chinese dealers, of course this has to give them a little concession, we can’t let them work for nothing.”
Scalpers can’t only exist in latter-day China, and since they’re all Chinese of the same language and race, their habits should be similar.
“Anyway, the wealth of the entire Mountbatten Group is considered huge, once the first batch of models leave the factory, do not put the selling price a little lower, concessions to these dealers, they naturally have the ability to sell the cars. Don’t you believe it, my dear.” Alan Wilson picked up Pamela Mountbatten and placed her on his lap, analyzing the existing conditions line by line.
Competitors within Asia are naturally Japan, only Japan has some foundation in the automobile industry, this point Pamela Mountbatten also agrees, but this era of Japanese automobile technology to say how advanced?
Even in the twenty-first century, the Japanese car high-end also can not spell German cars, even the starvation marketing Lexus are counted.
Even in the United States has long been the world of Japanese cars, Lexus can beat the German trio of a big deal.
But the German car is Mercedes-Benz BMW Audi three. In the Chinese market, not to mention, and then hunger marketing is also a second-tier car, and bath emperor Cadillac is a level of car.
That’s still a few decades later, not to mention now, Toyota is now a second and third tier automotive group that focuses on good value for money.
Distribution network for the car is the top priority, Alan Wilson said the Chinese advantage refers to this aspect, can be through the Southeast Asian Chinese generally richer than the status quo of the locals, and then push the Land Rover to the Chinese, the first step after the completion of the first step in the distribution of these in the various countries of the Chinese, driven by the locals.
So at the beginning, Land Rover should not sell too expensive in order to create awareness, and give enough profit to the dealers.
This profit will make the Chinese-based dealers do their best to sell the cars. Don’t think these dealers are useless, China has suffered this kind of loss, for example, Santana entered China priced at 80,000, and later sold to 200,000 a piece.
“Chinese dealers in other Southeast Asian countries are likely to be our partners in dumping in the future. This is something we have a natural advantage over the Japanese because of the existence of the Malayan colony.”
Once these dealers get big, they will probably become buyers similar to Su Yang, Gouke and those guys.
After getting big they don’t need the Mountbatten Group to say anything, they will naturally exclude the competing models in any way they can, and may even work with the Mountbatten Group to collect the IQ tax.
It is possible that the Land Rover will also be like the Toyota Bado, obviously a tool car in the United States 50,000 U.S. dollars, in China froze doubled the price into a million luxury cars, 100,000 kilometers just after the break-in period? Dealers what cattle dare not blow?
“And that is, after the framework of the model is finalized, the future is just a small repair, do not appear too big a difference. It’s not desirable to change the shape from one generation to the next.”
The Porsche range just doesn’t have a major change in appearance and has always topped the luxury car sales charts. This fact allowed Alan Wilson to set the tone for the development of the Land Rover Discovery model.
“The Chinese as a group are our greatest strength.” Pamela Mountbatten listened heartily to her husband’s account of automotive strategy with a look of adoration.
“As for the Middle East, we speak through the local upper crust. Those sheikhs are easy to talk to, the other Commonwealth countries, I happen to work in the Foreign Office, the distribution network is left to me, the purchasing power on the African side may not be as strong, I happen to be going to Africa, the founding fathers who want independence, should express reliability.”
Pamela Mountbatten nodded frequently and then sent a hint, “Going to Africa is going to Africa, a husband’s duty is still required.”
In the eyes of many ladies, Allen Wilson had the same status as her husband, and some times it was a handful.
When he got on the plane, Allen Wilson fell asleep straight away, dreaming of selling the Belgian Congo for a good price, ergo witnessing a new member of the international community.
The Belgian Congo is Belgium’s largest colony, and the reason it’s not the only one is because of Rwanda-Burundi, though Rwanda-Burundi is a former German colony that was occupied and recognized by Belgium during WWI.
The Belgian Congo was close to being the only one for Belgium, not to say the only one, and such an important colony was going to become independent, and the Belgian King Baudouin I departed for the Belgian Congo, ready to bear witness and at the same time to find a way to maintain the special relationship with the Belgian Congo.
The Belgian Congo was the center of Africa, and the U.S. attached great importance to it, but just at the juncture when the Belgian Congo was about to become independent, the U.S. was caught off guard when Britain officially sent a diplomatic note inviting Germany, France, the Soviet Union, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., plus India, to open the Six-Party Talks, together with Britain itself, just days after the Soviet Union’s Cultural Delegation had left London and returned to Moscow.
“None of my business, I know nothing about it.” Already anticipating that he might be asked by U.S. officials in the Belgian Congo, Allen Wilson turned on his self-hypnosis directly after receiving the news from home.