Chapter 1153 – Five Hundred Million Pounds

Alan Wilson was not in a good position to tell his wife that this was a good opportunity to divert attention from the Cuban Missile Crisis taking on the face of an American sidekick, and could only explain it away by consolidating his Asian influence, “But to be honest, I was looking forward to this war coming up, even jumping at the chance to fight it.”

“That’s not a surprise, I understand.” Pamela Mountbatten rolled her eyes, her own husband was such a person who couldn’t see the good in other countries, “Predictably, there’s bound to be a role for us in the UK after the fight.”

“Of course, there might even be a slam against Britain for messing up the demarcation. But I’ve prepared a counter-argument. That is that the border between the two countries has been demarcated at all and does not have the force of law. It is normal for Britain, as the sovereign of India, to favor colonial demarcation. It is also an objective fact that the other side disagrees, but today the fight is still said to be related to Britain?”

Allen Wilson two for one, removing the so-called British responsibility cleanly.

As if there is no Britain Nehru can coexist peacefully with neighboring countries, people want to be a reputable big country, to establish a sphere of influence with itself as the core, which has a gross relationship with the United Kingdom?

“I might even ask rhetorically, how far back do these two countries go in their claims of being from time immemorial? I suspect India might be a little more shameless, perhaps going back to the Peacock Dynasty. As for the other one let’s leave it aside for now, but in any case if it goes back indefinitely, one can use the hegemony of public opinion to spread such official statements all over the world, all the while contributing to a laughing stock for the people of the world.”

“What if it goes back to the time of the relatively powerful recent empire?” Pamela Mountbatten nodded, but posed another question.

“Great, it would be quite advantageous to Britain if since ancient times was traced back as far as the Qing Empire. Because the expansion of the Qing Empire was as of the eighteenth century, and by that time, many of Britain’s colonies had already been established. If we can establish that this is their official story, the response is simple, Malaya has been an integral part of the British Empire since the beginning of time, and no country should pry.”

Alan Wilson smiled and looked his wife in the eye, “We are not the original nation of this claim after all, so it must be stated, and Britain is a follower, to pass the buck. All glory to the two ancient civilizations.”

But while it was theoretically feasible to do so, in practice Alan Wilson felt that the officialdom of one of the great powers would not take a stand. Countries in the Soviet system can be ostriches if they want to be, and no one can wake them up.

“The Foreign Office should be proud to have my husband in its service.” Pamela Mountbatten tsked, two ancient civilizations serving one of my Great Britain, this blessing is still small, right?

“What a nice thing to say since time immemorial.” Alan Wilson laughed happily, go through the history of human civilization, all the name of the country, no one can be in the field since ancient times, and the Sunset Empire comparable.

First of all, make sure that the war has nothing to do with Britain, and once if you scratch Britain in public opinion, ask a rhetorical question about India and China from time immemorial.

If this question is answered, then the problem is simple: Britain has been a multinational state since time immemorial, only the territories are not connected to each other, and Malaya is an integral part of Britain.

But Alan Wilson reckoned that if it came to that, the other side would play dead and fall into a verbal trap.

Pamela Mountbatten shook her head at the look of her husband’s calculated ass, “You said, the world is the world of the bigger man, you can set traps in the diplomatic field, but does it work?”

“Useful, Britain is stronger than these two ancient civilizations.” Alan Wilson replied confidently, “when the economic level is too far apart, it is best not to set up a rivalry. Not only will it be a waste of money, but it will also only be ridiculed. My heart is set on returning to South Asia, but unfortunately Nehru, even in defeat, would not dare to let us go back.”

But the good news was that, after this war, it was time for Britain to step aside from that most sensitive position in the hearts of the Indians.

For so many years, Alan Wilson was afraid to go back to South Asia, how he wanted to talk to the reputable power’s, after this year, the relationship between Britain and India will be believed to usher in a new development.

Pamela Mountbatten came back once, this time just to listen to her husband talked about the problem of industrial layout, Portugal, the European cost depression, west into North America, south of North Africa’s grand blueprint.

“A Land Rover Defender converted to a pickup truck?” Pamela Mountbatten muttered with some hesitation as she held up the sketches her husband had given her, “Anyway, pickup trucks like this as a staple range for Land Rover?”

The Land Rover Defender is positioned higher than the Land Rover Discovery, and if it’s laid out that way, it’s a pickup truck that’s higher-end than an off-road. Pamela Mountbatten felt unacceptable just thinking about it.

“And this!” Alan Wilson took out another stack of design drawings, said succinctly, “Land Rover Range Rover. The price is naturally not low, at least if the Land Rover Discovery twice the price.”

“Nineteen ninety-eight pounds?” Pamela Mountbatten looked at the plans her husband had handed over, “Isn’t that a bit expensive?”

“At over five thousand dollars, it’s not particularly expensive. It’s true that it’s a little bit more expensive than the nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine pound discovery. But there are naturally reasons for being expensive.” Alan Wilson said without a hitch, “This is a luxury off-road vehicle, different in positioning.”

In the era of hardcore is rough, this is the first positioning “luxury” off-road vehicle, £ 1,998 price in providing excellent off-road capabilities at the same time, perfect details and comfort to many of the original upscale sedan customers to bring a new feeling.

Unbeknownst to Pamela Mountbatten, her husband had taken a trip to Portugal and spent £500 on a world map.

Pamela Mountbatten, who happened to be back to deal with Land Rover’s IPO, was intrigued by the positioning of Portugal in her husband’s mouth, and never questioned her man in terms of his vision, except for some misgivings about the Land Rover Defender-turned-pickup.

“Let’s just say this year’s Land Rover Defender is the last generation. The final Land Rover Defender model will be canceled.” Alan Wilson spoke up to advise his wife that it was time to think about cutting the last wave of leeks and nothing else.

“But then again, this time back, is to make Land Rover listed, how much are you going to raise?”

Pamela Mountbatten was straightforward, rushing to her husband, “The recommendation from the London Stock Exchange, valuing Land Rover at five hundred million pounds to list, we are now in the process of accounting.”

“General Motors in the United States now has a market capitalization of one hundred and seventy billion dollars. This valuation is appropriate.” Alan Wilson nodded his head, he was well aware of the current US stock market of General Motors, what state it was in. The reason for this was that he had GM’s stock.

The United States now car sales in the six million up and down, is five times the United Kingdom, of course, this is only in the comparison of the local, Malaya’s production line has not been calculated.

In fact, how much the stock is worth Allen Wilson does not care, there are suitable for the listing of the industry, there are not suitable for the industry. It is not necessary to not lack of capital, it must be operated as a non-listed company.

Some industries are naturally suited to the model of the family business, Pamela Mountbatten is not prepared to list the steel base in Kuching, in fact, the good days of the steel industry are numbered, it is no longer the era of Carnegie, the profits of the steel industry, but also not enough to create the myth of wealth, the car there is still a period of time of the good days over.

Enduring wealth myths, the oil industry is of course evergreen, so secure source of wealth, Pamela Mountbatten naturally can not easily let go, to prevent the so-called external factors to interfere.

The entire London Stock Exchange, are waiting for the respectable British female richest man, once again create wealth myth, lead the British shareholders to get rich.

“These stockholders should be furious if you’re going to list in Xiangjiang.” Alan Wilson said with a straight bad taste in his mouth.

“Then why don’t I list in Australia.” Pamela Mountbatten asked rhetorically.

“Just as well, now that you’ve dragged half the aristocracy of the UK to start a business in Australia. I wonder if they’re making new theories for us over in the Soviet Union? The aristocratic capitalist class?” Alan Wilson couldn’t help but laugh out loud at this.

In the eyes of the stockholders, what the Great British Treasure is just a figure of speech, the real Great British Treasure is driving to loyal London with the news of Land Rover’s car integration and listing.

Over at the Ministry of Defense, Field Marshal Mountbatten looked relaxed as he laid out, the steps to be taken regarding this Indo-Pacific military exercise.

The Middle East Joint Operations Command and the Far East Joint Operations Command, had already received instructions for this military exercise. The Centaur-class carrier battle group with Xiangjiang as its home port had already departed from Xiangjiang and headed straight for the Bay of Bengal.

The Middle East’s Eagle-class carrier battle group, on the other hand, and the Dreadnought nuclear submarine cruising together in the Arabian Sea, the Marines also followed the fleet together, the British Ministry of Defense laid down this, and did not notify other countries.

But the U.S. side immediately discovered the Royal Navy’s abnormality, and thought that Britain was planning some kind of secret military operation, and immediately opened communication with Britain through the Five Eyes Coalition.

“The Royal Navy will be conducting military exercises in the Indo-Pacific region, and the specific actions are still under secrecy, but it is not that there is any military action, and it is not worth making a fuss.”

Soon the U.S. asked again, “Britain and the U.S., as allies in a special relationship, should have no secrets from each other.”

“What about the trust between Britain and America? Couldn’t Daddy do you any harm?” Alan Wilson muttered, but he could also see that America was afraid of his old father’s fraudulent corpse at any time.

After a long consideration, he informed the United States of his original intention to mediate the animosity caused by India and Portugal, while maintaining the traditional British influence. Let the Washington side to rest assured, I Great Britain is to maintain the traditional interests.

In the London Stock Exchange under the thousands of calls, Land Rover Motors Corporation in the midst of the expectations of the listing, resulting in the repercussions, than when the Nigerian oil companies listed, but also more enthusiastic, learned that the Land Rover Defender will soon become an out-of-print fans, but also decided to tighten their belts, for their own live a hand.

Alan Wilson, who was at the mint at the time, asked a number of questions about the Commonwealth Games medals.