Chapter 1314 Ten Percent
More than an hour of telephone porridge is not for nothing, far away from London Alan Wilson, know that his wife will be in the Philippines on the brain, had to be avoided to win a thousand miles away.
The art of war has a cloud, not and in the army, can not be out of the array; not in the array, can not enter the battle; not in the battle, can not win.
Southeast Asia in fact does not exist particularly anti-Chinese countries, of course, this does not include the absence of anti-Chinese behavior, which is two different things.
Who let the Chinese in Southeast Asia, is the African Indian so a role it, colonial auxiliary force. If they are not hated, then the natives of Southeast Asia have no brains.
Specifically in the Philippines, the entire upper echelon of the country is inextricably linked to the Chinese businessmen, and these families, similar to the gatekeepers, make up the two hundred local strongholds that rule the Philippines. It’s not as if having Chinese ancestry necessarily means you have a soft spot for one of the big powers, either; the Aquinos, for example, are pro-American.
Marcos, who has just taken office now, will rule the Philippines for a long time, and after learning that Pamela Mountbatten was interested in pulling strings, Allen Wilson naturally gave his encouragement. Although Marcos is a dictator with a bad reputation, it must be said that this old boy has two skills. During his administration agricultural policy had a short-term effect, and industrial and commercial policy was basically correct, which caused the Philippine economy to grow at a high rate for a time.
Marcos level in successive generations of Philippine presidents is not bad, as for his wife Imelda? Can be said to be a big contributor to his corruption, and may be even worse after running into the richest woman in the UK.
Ran into this kind of third world country’s president’s wife, can not be polite, the smash money on the money, Pamela Mountbatten decided to listen to her husband’s words, now the investment will be a thousand times later to get back.
The Philippines population of thirty million, is also a not small market, especially now because of historical reasons and geographic factors, the Philippines also as the United States to support the Vietnam War as a base, at this stage is supported by the United States, the conditions in Southeast Asia is considered to be a good, into the Philippines on the Malaya a large number of the Justice of the Peace are full of temptation.
Pamela Mountbatten decided to help these boosters pry open the door to the Philippines, before meeting, Pamela Mountbatten let the reception of the driver took Imelda around in Perth. As the center city of Western Australia and the newest of Australia’s big cities to grow, Perth naturally had its own advantages.
Backed by Western Australia’s mineral resources and the money that rolls in to support Perth’s urban construction, it can be said that Perth is more energetic and easier to get rich than Australia’s three eastern powers. The many private yachts docked in Perth harbor are proof of this, and of course the biggest and most luxurious of them all is Pamela Mountbatten’s birthday gift to her daughter. Soon to be replaced by a gift for Field Marshal Mountbatten as well, taking a back seat.
Naturally, the city of Perth also impressed Imelda, although Marcos has just sat on the presidential throne, but as the president’s wife Imelda has been to a lot of big cities, the world’s prosperity is not unfamiliar, the luxury stores in Paris, Rome’s jewelry line she is a regular customer, but I did not expect the Asian side of the city is also so eye-opening existence, than Tokyo is not bad, right?
Be taken to see a circle of Perth cityscape, the next day Imelda riding Rolls Royce arrived at the port, in the Pamela Mountbatten assistant guide, boarded the largest luxury yacht in the harbor.
Imelda boarded the yacht, and although she tried her best to look calm, her eyes couldn’t help but gawk, and knit her tongue at the luxury of the large white yacht.
“Mrs. Nakatang, is that him?” Su Yang had already seen the embarked Imelda, whispered to Pamela Mountbatten and inquired, “The Philippine President has a good eye, very beautiful vase.”
“Mr. Su, are you also calling me a vase behind my back?” To the unique and strange name of Mrs. Zhongtang, Pamela Mountbatten accepted it when she was in the country, but to this vase comment, she still wanted to ask if behind her back, these Justices of the Peace also proved to call her?
“Your Ladyship is mistaken. We don’t have the guts.” Gu Ke took the opportunity to interject, “We are all supported by Lord Zhongtang and dare not question the idea.”
“He also speaks highly of you all, and this time I hope that you will also seize the opportunity to mingle with your local kinsmen once you enter the Philippines. The strongest business in the Philippines right now is the Ayala family, who are descended from Spain, and the family is still married to the Germans. It wasn’t wiped out just because Spain lost the Philippines, it’s kind of a representative of Spanish descendants. Although they are not considered numerous in the Philippines compared to you Chinese, they are still very influential. I will support you as much as I can, and you should also help your local kinsmen, so that we can all work together and help each other in the future.”
The words just fell, Imelda’s figure had already appeared, Pamela Mountbatten smiled and opened her mouth to greet, “Mrs. Imelda, welcome to Perth, for your husband, President Marcos, I have also heard about it, a respectable politician.”
At the outset, Pamela Mountbatten expressed her friendliness, followed by several Justices of the Peace who had arrived from Kuala Lumpur, who also showed their friendliness to the Filipino President’s wife.
Imelda felt flattered, after all, the woman in front of her was the richest woman in the world, a reputation to be reckoned with, and at the same time, she also knew that she could invite herself for no other reason than the fact that the President of the Philippines was her husband, and immediately bowed down with friendliness to friendliness, and more to riches to riches, “Ms. Pamela, you are a role model for all women in the world. ”
“It would be more appropriate to call Mrs. Wilson.” Pamela Mountbatten corrected, then said, “In fact, we women, we all live for our own families, don’t we?”
Pamela Mountbatten didn’t much like the overly obvious flaunting of wealth, which was different from her husband who posed as a supreme authority, and if it was Alan Wilson who was there, the performance would definitely be more direct.
But since she had her husband’s confident teaching, Pamela Mountbatten didn’t talk about this, and directly served a set of gold tableware, using the simplest and most direct means to show off her wealth.
The same thing, different people to do will achieve different results, gold tableware this kind of vulgar show, if Alan Wilson to do no connotation, because he is a commoner, but Pamela Mountbatten so do, can take out a set of aristocratic etiquette to the connotation of support up.
Pamela Mountbatten, of course, still looks after her own industry first, hoping to open up sales for Land Rover into the Philippines, which doesn’t have an automobile industry anyway.
In order to show that she had met at first sight, the richest woman directly took out a twenty-five carat diamond ring and put it on Imelda’s hand, “Ms. Imelda is so beautiful, only jewelry like this can do justice to you. I heard that you love cars, how about the Rolls Royce that picked you up and brought you here, it’s not bad to sit in, bring it straight back when you return to Manila.”
For Pamela Mountbatten, with the South African De Beers cartel alliance, diamonds really weren’t particularly valuable, and she wasn’t the same little girl who’d been smashed into oblivion with a handful of diamonds by some supreme authority back in New Delhi, but apparently Imelda was still at that stage.
“Not good to carry, I guess.” Imelda was a little flattered, she really had no resistance to expensive cars, mainly because she had been poor before.
“That’s no problem, we also have a fleet of ships, transporting a car is a breeze.” Gu Ke spoke up at this time to solve this problem, “We are all friends, this is a favor.”
“Speaking of the issue of automobiles, I do have something to say.”
Imelda couldn’t get enough of the ring on her fingertips, listening to the richest woman in the world pouring ecstasy on her, the woman president in front of her, she just looked so facetious.
But Marcos had been sitting on the common for less than three months full time, and Imelda had to think more about it even if she wanted to accept the kindness of the richest woman in the world.
But in the eyes of Pamela Mountbatten, this hesitation can be summarized in just one sentence, gotta add money. Taking the initiative to speak up and point out, “You can think of a way to do it from the tariffs, the Philippines doesn’t have its own automobile industry, that’s a weakness that can be used as an excuse to charge a certain amount of tariffs on imported automobiles. Of course too high a tariff will stifle the market, so the amount of the tariff better not be too high. And among the range of tariffs, Madame and Mr. President would have room to play, and could use it to get their share, say ten percent, without anyone knowing. With a little care, that figure can’t be discovered by anyone.”
The yacht went with the waves, with the Perth skyline in the distance, while inside the yacht, the current richest woman in the world, was attentively teaching the First Lady of the Philippines how to make a fortune, and the First Lady was learning very carefully.
By the end of the conversation, Imelda was already slightly on board with the idea of combining the Philippines’ own situation with a unique understanding of free trade, and she would definitely persuade her husband to take responsibility when it came to tariffs in order to protect the competitiveness of the Philippines’ non-existent automotive industry.
“With the leadership of President Marcos, the Philippines is really on the verge of taking off.” Su Yang’s face was full of admiration, Mrs. Nakatang’s power definitely did not seem to be below that of Lord Nakatang.
“In principle, our attitude is consistent, and it is still too early for the European Parliament to emerge.” Ten Downing Street, London, in the face of some murmurs from the European side, Alan Wilson once again articulated the traditional position of the United Kingdom, what the European Parliament door are not.