Chapter 137 – Tobacco Benefit Distribution

“Oh, Mr. MP, I actually look forward to that day with great anticipation in my heart.” Alan Wilson almost bowed his head and exclaimed to the current Harold Wilson Lower Member of Parliament, the future Harold Wilson Prime Minister, Gou Rouge Do Not Forget Each Other.

As a professional civil servant, Alan Wilson could not afford to be partisan, while at the same time not endorsing the misguided Labor Party. Although it is true that the present Prime Minister Adderley is ready to give up British India.

But one look at the current situation of the British mainland, do not give up hard against the eyes of the United States and the Soviet Union and goodwill, mobilizing a million soldiers, just after the end of the Second World War, hoofed it to India to fight?

France on the colonies than the United Kingdom more resolute, de Gaulle came to power on the issue of Algeria in France to conduct a referendum on the continuation of the war on the full-scale conscription, the country mobilized and Algeria to the end of the blood, and ultimately, after the referendum in France also withdrew from Algeria.

When Harold Wilson came to power, it was already the 1960s, and the situation of the British Empire deteriorated even more obviously. With the loss of more and more colonies, it was impossible to support a huge military force with the population and resources of the British mainland, and it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Ernest Bevin, the Labor Foreign Secretary at the Potsdam Conference, had also said at the handover to the Conservative Party, “With regard to foreign policy, there has not been the slightest change in our obligations. His Majesty’s Government will never accept that Britain is no longer a great power, or that we no longer play the role of a great power. We still have an important historical mission.”

Harold Wilson, who had completed his research into British-occupied territories, returned to Hanover and then returned to London on a military plane.

Allen Wilson, on the other hand, hoofed it over to Alim, inquiring about the tobacco production line and how much tobacco had actually arrived on the ships that could be used to start production.

On the current situation in Germany, Alan Wilson said a bad word, the Germans are not qualified to be picky, smoke on the line, really can not even deal with grass leaves. In this case there is only the problem of having and not having, not the problem of whether it is good or not.

“There are less than three thousand tons of tobacco! All grown by tobacco farmers in South India.” Alim thought for a moment and gave the answer, “Maharaja Ali Khan, has taken great care of the Commissioner’s needs. Subsequent acquisitions are still in progress, and there are freighters carrying tobacco now at sea in the Indian Ocean.”

“It will be enough for a short time.” Alan Wilson thought for a moment and said that it would be enough for a short time. He didn’t know at what level Germany’s tobacco demand was, but he knew that when New China was just established, the country’s annual production of tobacco was only 70,000 tons.

Even if not all smoking bar, China’s population is there, the British-occupied areas of the population in the four occupied areas of more than one-third, but also absolutely less than thirty million people, most of them are still women. As long as there wasn’t too big a gap, the profit from this deal was simply incalculable.

“Go up the Rhine and send the machines and tobacco to Bonn, and I’ll go talk to Tim Brand and Hadlow.” Alan Wilson’s heart thumped in his chest and decided that it would be better to contribute the benefits of tobacco employment to the citizens of the future capital of the Federal Republic of Germany.

After all, London was now looking at Bonn as, a model for the reconstruction and restoration of the British occupied territories. Alan Wilson also had to make a modest contribution for the sake of the face of the British Empire.

Let Alim go to do the transshipment thing, Allen Wilson directly drove a civilian version of Mercedes Benz to the headquarters of the British Occupied Territories Board of Trade, directly looking for the two actual managers of the current Board of Trade, Tim Brand and Harold, avoiding other people before unhurriedly entering the main topic.

“I have brought in a shipment of machinery and raw materials from British India for production in Germany. This was greatly helped by Sir Barron of British India.” Alan Wilson sat down施施施, and opened his mouth to narrate without any panic.

“And then?” Tim Brand sat in his seat and asked back noncommittally.

“It’s a tobacco production line and over two thousand tons of tobacco.” Alan Wilson spoke with good humor.

“What?” The two Under-Secretaries-General blurted out, stood up almost at the same time, and stared at Allen Wilson dead in the face.

Nowadays in Germany, what things are in short supply, the two Under-Secretaries-General who are already in charge of the British Occupied Territories Trade Commissioners would not know?

The two men knew too well that cigarettes were now almost gold, hard currency that ran rampant in the British Occupied Territories and even the whole of Germany. It is also possible to be confident that there are only varying degrees of difference within Europe as well.

With cigarettes, you have almost everything, paintings, artifacts, gold jewelry, it’s all out of the question. Not at all an exaggeration of the imagination, but a fact before our eyes.

Now Allen Wilson was saying that a tobacco production line along with the tobacco had already arrived at the harbor, this news was like placing a high-explosive bomb in front of the two deputy secretaries-general, causing their ears to buzz and their heads to be in a blank state for a while.

“Alan!” Harold licked the dry corners of his mouth just opened his mouth, Tim Brand but reached out to stop his colleague, with a smile on his face, “I believe that this matter, Sir Barron, must have spent a lot of painstaking efforts to make this transportation come to fruition. Surely as the liaison officer between British India and Europe, you, Allen, must have put a great deal of hard work into this as well.”

“Yes, Under-Secretary.” In an instant the offense and defense were in different positions, but Alan Wilson did not ride the wave of victory, still maintaining the politeness and respect he had just entered, “It was mainly my colleagues in British India who put in the hard work, while I myself just happened to be there and made a small, insignificant contribution.”

“In fact, from the moment we received Senator Wilson, Harold and I could tell right away that you are a man who is passionate about his work.” Tim Brand spoke slowly, “I have no intention of interfering with your work in any way, from the time we were on the Trade Commission together until now, Harold and I didn’t tell you what to do, and now that I think about it, our time together should be considered as a good cooperation.”

“For the cooperation with the two Under-Secretaries-General, I am very grateful in my heart, and from the side of the two Under-Secretaries-General, I have also learned a lot of things.” Alan Wilson followed the words of the two Under-Secretaries-General and expressed his approval.

“That’s good.” Tim Brand paused slightly and said, “Uh, Allen, be honest, what kind of help would you like us to provide, or what is your unique perspective on the issue of facilitating the re-employment of the German population in the British-occupied areas.”

“Something like tobacco, suddenly put into the market, may cause price fluctuations in the British Occupied Area, which may cause a certain degree of chaos.” Harold added from the sidelines.

“And now the British Occupied Area is severely damaged, the roads and railroads have not even been fully restored, how to transport is also a difficult point.” Tim Brand followed with a sing-songy addition.

All in all in a nutshell, the two Under-Secretaries-General believed that the current British Occupied Territories Trade Commission could provide a certain degree of, and not excessive, help in this matter.

“Honorable Under-Secretaries-General, I am our man.” Alan Wilson bit the word we particularly hard to make his position clear, a response that made Tim Brand and Harold light up and slowly spit out the word, “Very well.”

“Restoring markets and securing jobs in British Occupation is a matter for the entire British Occupation Trade Commission.” Allen Wilson to said this turn of phrase said, “Of course, we can not deny the great help that Sir Barron, as well as the civil servants of British India 10,000 miles away, have provided in this matter.”

“Of course it cannot be denied.” Tim Brand dryly stated, now he has already determined in his heart, Alan Wilson is on behalf of the British India side of the civil service group to communicate with himself.

The matter involved two local civil service groups, united under the larger civil service collective.

“In fact, we have put in hard work and left our own country to work in other countries, it is not too much to have some extra income, it’s just that the two Under-Secretaries-General, after all, we are public officials of the British Empire, we can’t, at least superficially, not have anything to do with the tobacco factory, and I have a suggestion that we get a German to act as the owner of this tobacco factory, and at the Board of Trade level to give facilitating support.”

Now that the desire for cooperation had been expressed, Alan Wilson began to barrage his thoughts. Tim Brand and Hadlow couldn’t stop nodding their heads, although the gains among them were enough to keep the two men out of this Under-Secretary-General job. But if there was a way to get the best of both worlds, wouldn’t it be better?

In the British Occupied Territories Trade Commission meeting room, three people whispering, Alan Wilson has a kind of 500 million Inspector Lei Luo feeling, a line by line calculation should get a share of the proceeds of the group, to charge the standardization of work.

British India’s civil servants, in fact, is Alan Wilson himself, because of the raw materials provided, coupled with the nominal number of people, it is logical that should receive the largest share.

The British Occupation Board of Trade deserved its share as a matter of course, and there was also the attitude of the British Occupation, especially the Bonn Garrison, to be taken into account.

Colonel Malcolm was the commander of the Bonn Garrison, so his share was surely inevitable, and finally Allen Wilson himself, who had worked so hard to organize this matter, could not afford to lose his share.

The question of the distribution of benefits. Uneven distribution of the spoils of war since ancient times are not a few. Then the distribution of benefits to be only with what way? First of all, the distribution of the interests of the minions, in fact, there is a five-level three-step system inside the pyramid scheme.

Pyramid shape benefit distribution model, supplemented by the distribution ratio. Some seniority plus the ability of the combination. Neither will the old man be cold, nor will the newcomers be left without opportunities.

Corruption is not such a simple thing, Alan Wilson did not act arbitrarily, but discussed with the two deputy secretaries general to determine the distribution of benefits, no matter what happened in the future can not be changed.

Getting the toll planning done, Allen Wilson then said that he had already found everyone responsible for the operation of the tobacco factory.

“Is that the woman from the Boone Women’s Working Labor Board?” The two deputy secretaries-general, both of them human, of course guessed that Isabella Bogina should not be as innocent as she appeared to be.