Chapter 1698: Audi Scramble

The news was announced, the whole of Europe was in an uproar, the Bonn government from top to bottom began an incompetent rage, Middleton was in the consideration of respecting Germany’s allies, could not perfunctorily pass over this incompetent rage, and in this regard responded, “I hope that Chancellor Kohl still remembers that the British forces in Germany contributed to the defense of the Federal Republic of Germany, and that the Federal Republic of Germany’s status as the leader of Europe has a share of the British army’s credit.”

As the current Deputy Secretary General of the Cabinet, watching the Secretary General of the Cabinet simmer to age and retire, Middleton is the future head of the civil service in Britain, and this kind of statement could damage the Anglo-German relationship, but when you think about it, it seems that the two countries don’t have a good relationship, and that Britain is now on good terms with the GDR.

This statement greatly hurt German feelings and almost made the Germans feel the mood of the colonies, which could not be tolerated, and so the war of words between the two countries began instantly.

Allen Wilson is old, not very suitable for charging in the front line, he is now even flirting with the old lady’s spirit is a bit insufficient, but such a significant matter also needs a reliable person to keep an eye on, Malaya, the Straits Settlements under the Singapore Commissioner Arnold, directly recalled, instead of him to the front line in person.

“Your mother also told you, right?” Alan Wilson was strolling in the garden with his own son, while at the same time, he was about to give the good oldest son the task of leading the team to Berlin to lead the privatization of the GDR.

“A two-wing strategy.” Arnold nodded, “But I hear Kohl is now extremely unhappy with the cooperation signed between Britain and the GDR.”

“It’s inevitable that privatization makes money, this is known from previous privatizations in the UK, and it’s normal for Kohl to feel that the UK has robbed the interests belonging to the GDR. After you arrive in Berlin, you can put the word out at the right time, just say that the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland and those other Eastern European countries have equal status.”

Alan Wilson said this with a slight beat, “I was an official in the British occupied zone in the first place, who is the remnants of the Third Reich in the Bonn government, I know in my heart, many people or I sold favors when I was leaving to take the initiative to release, I will give you the list when you leave.”

There wasn’t much to say about the two-winged strategy, when it was the father who was docking with British India in British Occupation, now it was the son who was docking with Malaya and Xiangjiang in Soviet Occupation, and possibly the role of one of the major powers, and in terms of sheer difficulty, Arnold was facing a little bit of a more optimistic situation.

Although the relationship between the British Occupied Territories and British India, which were destroyed industrial zones and agrarian countries in the first place, seems to have come easier than the current docking of the GDR with Malaya and the Fragrant River.

But because of the difference between the two economic systems, the GDR’s queuing up to shop, and the free world’s situation where you don’t have to queue up but you can’t afford to buy, can also be complementary.

“The situation in the FRG was a bit better than Japan, but as a country that was affected by the Plaza Accord, they were keen to take a big pill to get rid of all the disadvantages that had been imposed on them. So Britain’s aim is definitely not to make a quick buck and leave; with Eastern Europe we want to set up a successful privatization reform.”

Alan Wilson instructed with his hands in his pockets, “It doesn’t even have to be a bad taste in money, it’s already very lucrative anyway. The underlying purpose is that the GDR, the great tonic pill, must never be taken by the Bonn side, we can take it with the French, Sweden or even Italy and Austria, but just not Germany.”

This is a matter of principle is also a matter of position, no matter what Kohl said, even if it is to turn the other cheek, the United Kingdom can be treated as if it did not see, Alan Wilson’s most expected future is that from now on the Federal Republic of Germany honestly, not only do not mention, and even secret preparations are likewise given up, and from the bottom of his heart the GDR is treated as just another country.

But if the Bonn side is still not dead, he can just finished discussing with the Minister of Defense, has changed the British commander of the military base in West Berlin, Erich Onnecker if the face of danger, the West Berlin British troops may appear as an ally of the GDR ally face.

“So when do I leave.” Arnold muttered brokenly, “Secretary General of the GDR’s Economic Reform Commission? Might as well call it an advisor.”

“It’s not like you’re going on your own, we’ll go together when I’ve finished putting together a team of a thousand people. There’s no need to rush, it’ll be quick, there are plenty of civil servants who want to play their part, but we need reliable people.”

Alan Wilson said there was no need to rush just yet, with that effort you could go ahead and rocket to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s daughter until he had made arrangements.

Conversation over, Arnold was given a list that included the Dresden Microelectronics Center, BMW Audi and the State Shipyard Linlin, and of course could not leave out the GDR’s banks, “You’ll have to get on board with some of the privatization of the banking sector, there are much bigger ones in the future, and didn’t the Soviet system countries have two big ones.”

The GDR is just a start, get this model project right, and then you can justify it in the face of the Soviet banks and the four big banks wanting shares.

“Take what you deserve, I don’t want a cent of the rest.” Arnold manifested his two-sleeve cleanliness, and after taking a turn from the Japanese stock market, he already possessed the ideological awareness of cleanliness. He was perfectly capable of being indifferent in the face of the GDR’s many state-owned enterprises, and could even lose some of his own money if necessary, and it didn’t matter.

“Very enterprising.” Allen Wilson encouraged the good oldest son, it was like his own thoughts sublimated after he plowed the gold from the Hindu temple, and the petty profits could not shake the heart of benefiting the society.

In Arnold adapted to the new job, with the former advisory group ready to depart, Erich Honecker trip to Western Europe influence is still fermenting, France is also very dissatisfied with the British move to eat alone.

This is something that Britain has been wronged about, this kind of thing is up to each individual, you can’t say that Britain is eating alone, and the GDR was not part of France.

As for the Federal Republic of Germany, the European leader, the United Kingdom is not so polite, to express themselves from a position of strength, the British major media also on this round of diplomatic friction with the Federal Republic of Germany to express their own views, the angle of the strange, but the core of one point, no matter what way the Fourth Reich, is the territorial unity, or the economic integration, the United Kingdom will prevent.

Even more blatant was the statement that the division of Germany was based on the outcome of the post-war order, and that Britain did not mind working with the Soviet Union to preserve the post-war European order. After Arnold’s arrival in Berlin with a huge advisory group, Alan Wilson had to go to Paris to put out the fire, the FRG a defeated country Britain could care less, but French dissatisfaction could not be dismissed as unseen.

Britain and the GDR signed the privatization contract, not all, Allen Wilson also said, three billion pounds is only among the basic assessment of the funds, the follow-up is certainly still to increase, since France feels a bit of a disadvantage, then this follow-up, it will be given to France.

“The French are like this, too small-minded.” Alan Wilson bit down hard on his steak and complained to Ingrid Bergman, president of the Woodpecker Group.

“I’ve lived in Paris for decades at least.” Ingrid Bergman complained in a small voice, hoping that this man could take care of his feelings, “Isn’t it normal to do it for the sake of profit?”

“Good, it’s still money that talks in such matters, and with money, Saudi Arabia can win against Argentina too.” Alan Wilson divulged, “In fact, the shelves of the GDR, the wide array of foodstuffs, is still exactly what the French are good at, aren’t they complaining about the lack of abundance of commodities, the commodities can also be abundant, but the majority of the people can’t necessarily afford to buy them.”

In fact, the problems of the GDR, and even Eastern Europe as a whole, should have been much better than in the original world, where the Eastern European countries were able to enjoy anything, such as fruit.

Depending entirely on whether or not the Soviet Union’s global offense was making progress, things like cocoa and bananas were sometimes available, sometimes not.

Now there is not the largest country in Southeast Asia, the People’s Republic of Indonesia in the supply, bananas, rubber and other materials, should be able to solve the Eastern Europe as well as the Soviet Union’s big problem.

After pacifying France, Arnold, who had already arrived in Berlin, appeared at the GDR’s Unified Socialist Party Congress as the leader of the economic advisory team, and delivered his own speech with permission, expressing the certainty of success of the privatization reforms while not hiding the pains of the reforms that would surely occur.

For example, the GDR’s citizens were to be prepared for the inevitability of unemployment, as the privatization reforms in the UK had resulted in two million unemployed, and the GDR, which was not as well established as the UK, was likely to have an even higher percentage of unemployed.

After talking about the unemployed population, Arnold took out his own reform plan, the first on the list was the integration of the automobile union, Britain would inject 30 million pounds to integrate the GDR’s automobile industry into the Audi Group, which was the first project of the privatization, and then Arnold, with the support of Erich Honecker, announced the beginning of the privatization reform.

Soon after, Arnold appeared in Czechoslovakia Skoda, Czechoslovakia also started economic reforms, then it was not polite, it was not easy for the GDR to resist the infiltration of the FRG on its own, it was necessary to find as many allies as possible.

At the same time of the dialog, the FRG was furious at the British for not respecting intellectual property rights, Audi was a brand of the FRG, and the British not only didn’t respect intellectual property rights when they arrived in the GDR, but also backed them up.

Because of the establishment of the Audi Group, the two Germanys broke out in a war of words, the GDR said that the eastern part of the Audi Group was in the GDR, not the FRG, and for a long time the GDR did not pay attention to intellectual property rights, so it did not say anything, but now it is different, Audi’s car label rightfully belongs to the GDR.

At the same time as the war of words broke out, the design of the Audi a6, which looked quite similar to the Audi a6, had already been absorbed by the engineers of the rebuilt Audi Group in the GDR, and the engine was temporarily supplied by the United Kingdom, and as for the rest of the components of the automobile industry were locally sourced, Škoda also expressed its willingness to help out, and the production line was upgraded while the equipment was being produced.

Arnold attended the opening speech of the re-established Audi Group, which now has three brands under its umbrella and alliance, Audi, the red and white labeled BMW and Skoda.