Chapter 843 – PPT Building an Aircraft Carrier

The key was money, and he understood that better than anyone else, and that wouldn’t change just because Britain was out of debt.

When the CVA-01 plans were laid out in front of the Cabinet Secretary, a flicker of helplessness flashed across Norman Brooke’s face, “I even suspect that it was the First Sea Lord who called you back specifically.”

“Absolutely not, Your Honor. It was I who discovered the business opportunity!” Alan Wilson stated with a solemn face, “Although in the Colonial Commissioner’s scope of work, I should have nothing to do with this matter, but out of a British citizen’s fists of patriotism, and the conduct of a member of Whitehall, the country’s ownership spirit, makes me unable to turn a blind eye to this, when the country is in trouble, it requires individuals to maintain a keen insight, and not to miss a single hint, including but not limited to …… global co-ordination ……”

“The Foreign Office needs you.” Norman Brook face unchanged to listen to the words, pick up the CVA-01 plan and shook his head, “Regardless of the land, sea and air, there are countless armament programs, but the implementation of the implementation is to spend money, the current government in this regard?”

Alan Wilson said in his heart that this is not a problem of the Labor government, which is that the Conservative Party did not come up this time, or in the next three years, the original time and space will appear to cut the seven hundred thousand British troops to thirty-seven and a half million, nearly waisting the big hand.

“The good use of the soft power accumulated over the past hundred years is the only way to implement the plan of flying on both wings. It is only then that we can get out enough room for maneuver. Honorable Sir, this time I traveled to Canberra, Australia is interested in forming an aircraft carrier fleet, of course not the current active warships of the Royal Navy, to be more advanced, such as the Queen’s class.”

Seeing that Norman Brooke came to be interested, Alan Wilson continued, “Since the discovery of iron ore in Australia, a win-win relationship was formed with the Malayan colony because of America’s own abundance of resources and the lack of demand due to distance. Mineral exports made Australia rich, and steel processed from Malaya came to Europe. Getting into the middle of the great cycle, Sir surely understands this, I mean, it’s perfectly normal for Australia, with its unprecedented financial abundance, to want to arm itself in moderation.”

“So!” Norman Brooke squinted his eyes to savor it, and suddenly laughed, “Tell me what you think.”

“Actually, we all know that normal renewal is necessary, and we don’t intend to accuse the cabinet of attempting to control military spending. But there are various modes of military sales, and there are times when they can be innovative, the key lies in sincerity.”

“From a national point of view, Australia is a reliable object for the UK, alone in the southern hemisphere, desperately in need of support from the mother country, with ample finances, and definitely not hostile to the UK, it’s hard to be in a position to find such an excellent object for military sales. Since Australia took the initiative to ask for help, of course, Britain should do everything to help, I mean ……”

Alan Wilson fleshed out Russia’s carrier operations against India, then added, “One thing of course, I’m not trying to victimize Australia, this is a win-win situation, the UK needs to be upgraded as well, Australia has a security need, and the UK has a need to keep the shipbuilding industry afloat.”

“Very original idea, we’re actually helping, Australia asked for it.” Norman Brooke’s eyes lit up, involving an increase in military spending was something that certainly wouldn’t get past the Cabinet, but if it was only a small increase in spending he was also confident that the Cabinet wouldn’t be overly unsympathetic.

Norman Brooke also wants to stabilize the Royal Navy’s normal change of generation, although the sale of old aircraft carriers seems to be more economical. But as Alan Wilson had said, new carriers had benefits that could not be captured in numbers.

Norman Brooke left the CVA-01 program behind and spoke, “If you can negotiate, I don’t think there’s much of a problem with the Cabinet endorsing it.”

“Honorable Sir, I can’t go to Canberra with a draft, at least the documents of the relevant departments, anyone else thinks that this is a plan that will inevitably emerge in the UK.” Alan Wilson had some difficulty in saying this, he couldn’t do it with a mouthful of white teeth and make Australia pay for it.

How could it be that it would need a formal project from the Department of Defense? Need Cabinet’s endorsement, right. He didn’t have the ability to build a car with Jia’s ppt.

“No problem!” Norman Brooke agreed very quickly, formalization of the project? Cabinet endorsement, it seemed like it would be difficult.

What’s wrong with an official project in a country? It can still be canceled at any time, it looks like child’s play, but it is actually child’s play.

The rest of the matter already belongs to Norman Brooke, all Alan Wilson can do is wait.

Ten Downing Street, Norman Brooke and Adderley had a deep discussion around this matter, “Norman, of course I’m not hostile to the military, which you know, but the new aircraft carrier’s project was passed, and if things can’t be done?”

“If it doesn’t get done, it’s canceled. We’ve canceled quite a few military projects since the war, claiming to the public that the technology wasn’t mature enough.” Norman Brooke thought nothing of it, “It’s just a matter of a spokesman. Everyone in Whitehall can do it.”

“And essentially, there are two bright and dark lines to this arms sale; on the bright side we’re giving the appearance that we’re selling or giving away an aircraft carrier and making a conversion fee to keep the shipyard open. As for pulling Australia in to co-build the next generation of carriers, it’s a covert pact.”

Listening to Norman Brooke, Adderley asked rhetorically, “Alan has no problem with that, does he?”

“He always does this kind of thing, absolutely no problem, and we have nothing to lose if the deal doesn’t work out. But in order to secure the government’s support for this. We’d better come up with a full set of documents to prove that this is an official project.”

Norman Brooke even said and gestured, and then brought the topic to the support rate, “Actually, judging from the latest general election, the recovery momentum of the opposition party, some foreign policies, some voters may prefer the advocates of the opposition party.”

“Like that?” Edley was fascinated by the approval ratings and asked half-heartedly, “Norman, do you think the cabinet is missing the mark on foreign affairs.”

“Judging by the polls, the public is generally satisfied with the Cabinet’s economic policies. It also recognizes the diplomatic results of avoiding entry into the Korean War. But when it comes to overseas interests. The opposition party always has some advantage.”

“It’s certainly easier for those in the Conservative Party to do nothing but move their mouths.” Prime Minister Adderley sneered.

“There’s always the military’s position to consider. Eight hundred thousand servicemen is also a large public opinion, and the Royal Navy is, to a certain extent, still defending the stability of the colonies. The Malayan colony proves that.”

“All right!” Prime Minister Adderley nodded his head, as Norman Brooke said, if it doesn’t work then cancel it, after the war the cabinet also canceled numerous military projects, similar operations have been very skillful.

In this military sales, the United Kingdom showed the flexibility of the old imperialism, Alan Wilson’s PPT aircraft carriers, all of a sudden, from a sketch that can be held in one hand, into a formal project that covers all the relevant departments and needs to be packed in a suitcase.

The efficiency is so fast it’s hard to imagine this is something an electoral state could do, it’s almost more skillful than Pit France.

At this time Alan Wilson is not alone in the fight, Jack Ma, Jia General and other countless business sinking predators, as well as the entire cabinet of earnest hope, inspired his innate public servant identity.

A day later carrying the official project PPT carrier documents, Alan Wilson has arrived in Rome, Audrey Hepburn is filming War and Peace, of course he does not let, with a night time also filmed the live-action version.

“You also shed, only stayed one night to leave.” Hepburn’s index finger drew circles on the man’s chest, her demure face carrying an unspoken sadness.

“My dear, because it involves state secrets, I can’t stay too long.” Alan Wilson’s face was agonized with a sorrow no less than Hepburn’s, “There are times when I really want to drop everything and live a peaceful life with you. When I see the actors and actresses you work with, I’m always afraid that you’ll fall in love with them because of the theater.”

“Really? My several assistants didn’t contact you often?” Hepburn’s eyes flashed with a wise light and whispered, “Don’t think I don’t know who found these assistants, I’m not that stupid.”

“I’m also worried.” Alan Wilson admitted decisively, he was afraid of losing Hepburn, and put his possessiveness on display when necessary.

Hepburn was happy that the man was still very honest. He was a little busy, but would come whenever he could.

It was only then that he traveled to the southern hemisphere with the deep love of the ball flower, a round trip that confused him, and it was only through sheer force of will that he overcame the jet lag of a round trip that spanned half the globe in a short period of time.

Arriving in Canberra and handing over the task of organizing the paperwork to his wife, Alan Wilson fell back to sleep, he had to make some adjustments.

“A round trip in such a short time!” Pamela Mountbatten could only shake her head and sigh, helping her husband put together the PPT carrier documents, now it seemed that her husband needed to rest for two days.

“It’s better to communicate with the Australian Prime Minister through the Governor General.” Princess Margaret looked at her unconscious brother-in-law and whispered, “It’s more appropriate, and the fact that Field Marshal Slim is a military man adds authority, even though it’s a different branch of the military.”

It took two days for the Time Management Master to get his jet lag corrected and return to his lively state.

Armed with what, only a few days earlier, had been an internal Admiralty draft, and was now still a PowerPoint presentation of the carrier project, albeit with all the documents from the various departments, Alan Wilson appeared before the Australian Prime Minister, Robert Gordon Menzies.

At this point Alan Wilson was confident, as if his innate self-confidence made him infallible.

As document after document from various British departments were laid out in front of Menzies, Alan Wilson said with a look of disdain, “Suffice it to say that the sale of such a weapons platform has caused quite a debate. But those in favor argue that Australia is ultimately different and cannot be compared to the average country.”