Chapter 1108 – Two Vegas

“I’m all ears.” Pamela Mountbatten wrapped her arms around her husband’s neck and said with absolutely no second thoughts, “You have a sharper vision than I do.”

“Malaya is retained as a hedge against Japan. Japan is now in every way creating competition for Britain and even Europe.”

Alan Wilson said with a grave look on his face, “There is no country in Europe that has a population of nearly a hundred million people, and once Japan is not contained at the very beginning, it will be troublesome to contain it in the future. Right now the shipbuilding industry is subjected to competition from the Japanese shipbuilding industry, and Britain faces competition from more than just shipbuilding.”

Pamela Mountbatten nodded, she had heard her husband say that the United States was using Germany and Japan to hedge against Britain and France, balancing the free world internally and using it to keep each other in check, “So you chose Land Rover.”

“Actually, to compete fully, Malaya’s population is still small. Only a few industries can be targeted. It’s not good for Britain to control a large population, and it’s not like there are any industries that Britain has enough technological reserves for.”

Alan Wilson shook his head, “Electronic industries like black appliances and white appliances also require a huge labor force. But we don’t have enough population anymore. We can try to give it to Xiangjiang to develop, but Xiangjiang doesn’t have a large population either, so let’s forget about it if we can eat a little.”

The four industries of automobiles, shipbuilding, petrochemicals, and steel were the industries that Alan Wilson thought Malaya could try. Automobile and shipbuilding Britain has enough technology reserves, it is not a problem.

The problem is that Britain’s labor costs are at a disadvantage in the competition, shipbuilding can be adjusted to see. But the car? Land Rover and Jaguar are positioned above Mercedes-Benz and BMW, a Porsche a level of automobile.

In terms of the local labor costs in the UK, it is not possible to position the car in such a way, and it is barely profitable to position it in the high end. Local labor costs can’t be lowered, so they can only focus on the mid to high end of the market. There are Rolls-Royce, Bentley and McLaren up there.

With Japan’s demographic dividend, the automotive industry will die a horrible death.

That’s why Alan Wilson asked Pamela Mountbatten to buy Land Rover and move it to Malaya, launching the Land Rover Discovery to reduce costs and start to go out to sea to fight against Japanese cars.

The reason he selected a few industries in Malaya, because these industries either need technical support, or need resources to support, currently this is Japan’s shortcomings.

Technical support the United States can provide to Japan, but to what extent are in the United States of America’s whim.

One day the United States do not want to give, Japan lost technical support, that is the beginning of Japan’s difficulties.

Petrochemicals and iron and steel, can rely on the British still remaining sphere of influence to help, in terms of resource support, the United Kingdom is certainly in Japan, even compared to the mainland is the same, Japan has coal and iron? The British island has it all.

“Steel and automobiles will be reorganized and listed separately. Oil and iron ore are not necessary.” Alan Wilson also knows that his wife is not short of cash flow, explained in detail, “Konzern Group is certainly all-encompassing giant, but unlimited expansion of new industries will also cause operational problems, not all industries can be a family business, some industries listed on the benefits of a greater.”

The advantage of the Konzern Group lies in the fact that the various industrial chains work together, so that they are not afraid to face the competition.

However, once the Konzern Group expands to a certain size, it will have the same big business disease as the state-owned enterprises.

Big business disease will be like a pyramid of administrative institutions will continue to increase, the administrative staff will continue to expand, everyone is very busy, but the organization is becoming more and more inefficient. This law is also known as the “rising pyramid” phenomenon.

“You, in Whitehall, are the perfect fit for what you call the Big Business Disease.” Pamela Mountbatten covered her mouth and laughed softly, “That’s how a lot of people see the Whitehall civil service.”

“It’s pretty much the same thing in itself, but it’s something that can’t be changed. That’s why I say, the Mountbatten Group should be reorganized.” Alan Wilson laughed bitterly, “When you employ more and more people, and there are a hundred thousand, or even hundreds of thousands of employees serving you, doesn’t it become what Whitehall is now?”

Pamela Mountbatten cocked her head, thinking for a moment, “That’s true, it really should be changed.”

She had unconditional approval for the head of the family, and she was sure that her husband must be doing what was best for him, “And surely you are not simply walking around on this trip to Malaya. You must have your own purpose.”

“To bring the British capital in Malaya and Xiangjiang under control.” Allen Wilson replied in a straightforward manner, “And at the same time carry out industrial planning to set up a big filter for Japan. Compared to assets, Japan is now far from being a match for Britain. But not when it comes to labor, and I’m going to rationalize the distribution of the labor force that Britain can use.”

The population Britain could count on now was not British East Africa anyway, although when British India first became independent, Britain had the idea of creating a British East Africa with British Kenya at its core to replace British India.

All that could be counted on was British Malaya plus Hong Kong, which now had 16 million people, and Hong Kong had 3 million, a population of about 20 million. If that wasn’t enough, there were still 200,000 people in Portuguese-ruled Vegas, which was a drop in the bucket, but better than nothing.

He is also ready to find the Portuguese Salazar to talk about, hurry to Vegas betting legalization. He remembers that it was in this year that the government of Salazar authorized the establishment of gambling, thinking that this move can play a role in promoting the development of the local economy. In the same year, the Australian and Portuguese Governments promulgated the Statute on the Undertaking of Gambling and Entertainment, thus legalizing the betting industry.

As a good friend of Salazar, how can this forget Goa, obviously, Goa’s size and population is more suitable for the legalization of gaming industry, used to absorb the huge black money that exists in the Indian private sector.

Alan Wilson has been an assistant commissioner in British India and is well aware of the existence of folk lending in India that has been passed down since time immemorial. Otherwise, Modi’s old fairy would not have single-handedly abolished banknotes and used the black money of the private sector to rob the poor to help the rich.

But it is impossible to go deep inside India to do this kind of thing. India and a certain big country have different historical memories. While a certain big country was beaten on its doorstep, the memory of Indians is that the East India Company, through British trade, broke the Indian textile industry and thus colonized it.

So since India’s independence, Nehru came to power and passed onerous laws used to protect India’s industries from foreign control, and this has continued even into the twenty-first century.

India is in no way targeting any particular country, although its northern neighbors have suffered as a result. But it would be a misunderstanding to think that India is looking over its shoulder.

Nearby there are China, Japan and South Korea, far away there are Europe and the United States, the Indian government has never been the same, sucked in to kill, even if the world’s hegemony of the United States is also by no means an exception.

In this regard, India definitely called a big country with sound and color, no matter from which country’s foreign capital, equal treatment.

Traditional industries have Ford announced its withdrawal from the Indian market, and emerging industries have Amazon and India’s Ambani to compete for the market, which directly attracted the Indian government to freeze the merger and acquisition plan of Anaxon. Foreign capital won the lawsuit is useless, the Indian government can play dead not to implement.

The Indian government, with this kind of antecedent, is also ready to introduce Musk’s Tesla, ready to replicate the brilliant performance in the new energy.

Entering the Indian government-controlled market is a dead end, but now it is precisely what can be done, because Alan Wilson has been holding Goa to fish for Nehru. Goa, a place much like a Macau-like status, can be used to stir up private lending within India by capitalizing on Goa’s special status.

The benefits of doing so, naturally, first of all, Portugal gets the benefits, Salazar, a staunch defender of the colonial rulers, can get Goa’s profits, and at the same time, the Mountbatten Group can cooperate with the colonial authorities in Goa, and jointly make money.

Pamela Mountbatten was in awe when she heard Alan Wilson say, “In the long run, Goa is untenable. It’s just a place for making quick money, and getting as much profit as possible as quickly as possible is Goa’s historic mission.”

Salazar is certainly bound to defend the Portuguese colonial empire to the end, but he will also die of old age.

Moreover, once India has hit the mountain and been humiliated, there is no guarantee that it will not go in a different direction to get back its face, and Goa will still not be able to keep it in the long run.

Alan Wilson now want to consolidate the funds as much as possible, he even does not want Goa have what any industry, the whole of Goa have become a gambling city, so that after India recovered, Goa’s life is bound to fall, India also have to spend a lot of money to stabilize the local situation.

The husband and wife quickly reached a consensus on this point, and this plan teaches two Vegas plans, one is the one next to Xiangjiang, used to attract guests from Southeast Asia, and one is Goa, used to pry the bulls**t out of India’s domestic.

“Then, I think we’ll go to Goa first.” Pamela Mountbatten took the initiative to propose, “It’s better not to delay in making money or it’s a crime.”

“Or else, my dear, it would be strange if you didn’t get rich.” Alan Wilson wrapped his arms around his wife’s petite body, one hand already at the base of the woman’s thigh.

Pamela Mountbatten didn’t duck, a maneuver that wasn’t something that could be done in a normal relationship, the hidden language was that the woman had been had.

Since the trivial matters have been finished, you can do something serious, such as riding a rocket or something.

This time the integration of the Asian side of the colonies of the British capital, into the management of the Overseas Assets Management Board, but also in order to enrich the control of the strength of the capital, this part is also in the African part of the above.

The reason why the previous did not incorporate, is completely different in importance, the African side has been internalized to give up, naturally want to grasp the whole.

And the Asian colonies also have to tamp down the foundation to develop it properly, can’t do all the fishing. But now is also almost the time. Especially the Xiangjiang part, can not be long wandering out of control.

Stayed in Goa for two days, when the two left, the Governor of Goa politely came out to send off, not to say that the British still understand the colony, after sincere communication, he now also feels that the launch of the Bocce is suitable for the development of Goa, and is willing to fight for this to Salazar.

By the time the two arrived in Kuala Lumpur, the development plan of the two casinos had already been discussed within the Salazar government and received the support of most people, especially Goa, more worthy of Portugal’s attention.