Chapter 247: What About India’s Resources?

“When you get to America, you may have people coming to your door, asking about British India.”

Vivienne remembered at once what Alan Wilson had said before he said goodbye, and the well-dressed man in front of her seemed to be it.

At the thought, admiration for the man in New Delhi increased.

“I have not been in British India long either, but it is a place of outstanding resources. That is a fact known to all Englishmen.” Vivienne’s habitual testiness began; she hadn’t originally thought of it that way.

“I wonder what Miss Vivian, is doing now?” Derek put on a straight face and turned to another question, he always felt that the star in front of him, the way she spoke was too official.

“Recently, well, I’ve just become the honorary president of the Anglo-Indian Actors’ Guild.” Fei Wenli flinched for a moment, thinking back over the past few months, other than that kind of thing, this was the most impressive thing.

Vivien Lei actually didn’t have much profound experience in words yet, but it happened that the matter of becoming the Honorary President of the Anglo-Indian Actors’ Guild was real, and speaking frankly about it instead had an unexpected effect at the moment.

So, Derek’s mind was clear, he said how an actor in the speech of the official meaning so heavy. It turned out that he had only just become the president of an arts association that didn’t know what it was for and was in a state of hobbling.

Knowing this, Derek was relieved and expressed a desire to talk about British India in regards to Vivien Leigh. This of course Vivien Leigh was happy to accept, she could have been reminded of this by one of the men before she arrived.

U.S. Steel is a merger of a dozen companies, including Carnegie Steel and United Steel.

Is the representative of the United States steel industry, U.S. Steel is not just the steel industry, the birth of the background is the old Morgan and Carnegie himself, in fact, the relationship between the two people is not good.

Eventually, the United States Steel Corporation was established, on behalf of Morgan finally succeeded in extending the hand from Wall Street to the real industry. U.S. Steel also became the Morgan family stood in the real industry of a sign. U.S. Steel is not terrible, but it is behind the Morgan family is very terrible.

U.S. Steel originally represents the influence of the Morgan family, in the United States now is the existence of the ceiling, as one of the directors of the steel company Derek, of course, is not interested in these Hollywood stars pretending to be high society.

Although because of the many shares of the United States Steel Corporation composition, Derek’s hands of the shares is not how shocking number, but as a director can attend the company’s general meeting, has been more than the general only due to dividends when the director appears a higher layer.

Since the background of the founding of U.S. Steel was finance-driven capital, it naturally had the characteristics of finance-driven capital.

Now that the World War is over, whether modestly or not, the United States of America is the biggest winner of this world war, all the far or near competitors, either already dead or lying in intensive care.

At a time like this, the board of directors of U.S. Steel, and Wall Street behind it, judged that this would be a good opportunity for internationalization, and in fact the attempts at internationalization by U.S. corporations were quite early, as was clear from the early days when the old Rockefeller was still around, and Standard Oil was constantly making inroads into various parts of the world.

In order to enter the Far East market, Standard Oil gave away free kerosene lamps to promote the demand for oil. This act of giving away kerosene lamps was limited to the international market and was never done in the domestic market of the United States.

It can be said that Standard Oil’s journey into the international market started from being an ingrate, relying on capital from the domestic market and subsidizing it into the international road, and a certain conscience wants to show that I am the same way, which is all the way of an international enterprise.

The top capital of the United States has gone through this road, but for the vast number of colonies, because of the relationship between the barriers, still can not get in, the closed economy of the colonies make the United States business is very difficult, all the colonies are like this, British India is nothing more than a typical representative.

Because British India, as the richest colony of the British Empire, was naturally coveted. It was only because the British Empire had always taken the attitude that it was not to be tainted that the British Empire gave up.

However, after the end of the World War, things seemed to have changed. With the passage of time, the British no longer seemed to insist on retaining British India, and all indications were that the British had resigned themselves to their fate.

This was a great opportunity, and then the wonderful news that British India was being tested by drought and that there was a possibility of a great famine came along, and it was more than a little tempting to jump on the bandwagon.

Learning that Vivien Leigh was going to appeal to all sectors of American society, to pay attention to the famine in British India, Derek then brought the voices of some of the directors of U.S. Steel to this occasion that would not ordinarily have come to, and let Bette Davis, who had been a strong advocate for Bette Davis in her other ventures, bring them along, and relax and unwind in the meantime.

Although Vivienne was not particularly familiar with the inner workings of British India, she probably knew that above the total amount British India could be said to have everything, except that it was indeed a bit inadequate compared to the huge population.

The specific distribution of these natural resources, naturally, is in the hands of the British India Viceroyalty, it so happens that the man is in the Viceroyalty to give orders.

India’s coal, bauxite, ilmenite, rutile and other resources are richer, oil, natural gas and other energy resources are extremely scarce, a variety of mineral reserves and production in the world.

Such as India’s chromite reserves and production are among the world’s top three; coal, barite, iron ore and bauxite production are among the world’s top five; global thorium ore and mica is India is the main origin.

Vivien Leigh of course could not know in such detail, but she knew that British India’s coal and iron resources were sufficient.

Fei Wenli alone knows not much information, for Derek this U.S. Steel director has been enough, the main coal and iron is not separated, for the steel industry is a good thing.

Decades ago Carnegie laid the early position of the steel king, it is through the coal will be the steel industry competitors cut down the horse.

As for more later Carnegie and Morgan around the steel industry industry offense and defense, that’s another issue, and ultimately Carnegie’s steel company into U.S. Steel, is not any particularly laudable acquisition case.

It all boils down to one sentence, Morgan gave too much money, in nineteen hundred and ninety, Morgan united the major credit companies and banks on Wall Street, for Carnegie Steel Company opened a five hundred million dollars of sky-high prices.

In fact, the financial strength of the Morgan family alone, when the pants can not afford to take the money, is the whole of Wall Street Morgan system of common force, born with money to the steel king smashed low, in the acquisition of the direct after Carnegie became the new section of the richest.

Coal and steel have, is the foundation of a successful steel company, Derek knows this, he believes that a star, even a star who is the president of a small art association, will not lie to him on this matter.

“The truth is that U.S. Steel is motivated to be the world’s premier corporation, and of course we’ve been there for a long time. But business doesn’t stop there, in fact we’ve always had an interest in British India, it just didn’t work out for a number of reasons. And now, so to speak, is an opportunity to get to know British India.”

Derek, as a successful businessman, often dealt with people from the federal government, and how could a company the size of U.S. Steel stay away from politics?

“I wonder if Miss Vivian, knows some officials in British India?” Derek finally revealed the tail of the fox, wanting to take a shortcut in the internationalization of U.S. Steel.

“Rather, I have a little brother who works in the Viceroyalty of British India.” When Vivienne thought about it, the one she knew best was Alan Wilson, too well to be familiar with.

“Oh, yes. What comforting news. Miss Vivian, in fact, I personally have great sympathy for the situation in British India, but the most fundamental reason is still the developmental reason.”

Derek’s heart was happy, further said, “Of course, about the matter of fundraising for British India, in fact, I can help, at another level, make this fundraising more smoothly, of course, I want some information, as long as Ms. Vivian, can be provided through certain channels, this matter is very simple.”

This? Fei Wenli some difficult, she was a little hesitant, also the first time to experience these things inexperienced, do not know whether to agree good or not, that person will not be disturbed.

. “Vivian, this is a good opportunity.” Seeing Vivienne hesitate, Bette Davis was a little anxious, she knew what it meant to be a director of U.S. Steel, and Vivienne might be a little unaware that she was British, but she was an American.

Derek himself did not speak out, apparently showing strong confidence in this matter, even if there is a problem, it will not come out on a female star, ultimately it is still to see how the British Indian side looks at it.

“Okay, I’ll contact my brother in New Delhi.” Vivienne agreed as soon as she was prodded by Bette Davis.

“About this fundraiser, I’m sure it’s going to be a hot topic of discussion among the American public.” Derek spoke up once he was satisfied, as a top executive of a de facto monopoly company, he understood very well how to deal with the media or else endless antitrust lawsuits.

Ingrid Bergman and Katharine Hepburn were both happy about this, especially Ingrid Bergman, realizing that she had still fallen too far down the pecking order in order to progress and let directors and producers take advantage. Look at the mastery of Bette Davis, who still maintains her marriage and has found such a golden master.

The conspiracy against British India across the ocean has been born, and Alan Wilson, who is responsible for maintaining the British Empire, is also busy in the middle of thinking about how many green cards are appropriate to issue.