Chapter 930 The Attacking Buyer
Hanging up the phone and closing her eyes, Vivienne sensed the man’s annoyance and whispered, “Is it that you haven’t been back for a long time and are a bit out of sorts? Probably still haven’t rested enough.”
“It has nothing to do with that. I really have a lot to do this year, making the next phase of adjustments to the Malayan colony.” Alan Wilson rubbed his eyes and said, “Laying a foundation is said to be difficult, it mainly depends on whether there is external help or not, but charging upwards after having a certain foundation is not something that can be done by external forces. The problem with staying put lies in the fact that one will be caught up by the rest, and history has proven many times over the terrible consequences of staying put.”
Not to be outdone, Britain was caught up by Germany in the second industrial revolution, with the consequences showing up in the First World War.
“You’ve done well. In fact, Malaya is doing just fine now.” Vivienne spoke understandingly, “Looking at the whole of Asia, there shouldn’t be a more prosperous place than Malaya either.”
“And Japan.” Although Alan Wilson was thankful for the Great British Treasure’s recognition, he was not so much that the king would not go to court in the morning from now on.
To be content with current achievements and small fortunes might be friendly to the average colonist.
But it was not enough for Britain, and such a Malayan colony would be of little help to Britain.
Britain lacks a textile base? This stuff isn’t half as technical, anyone anywhere can do it.
Other than that, with the current employment rate in the colony, once the Asian refining center in Singapore is set up, where to find workers? How about finding a pacifist country to bring in immigrants and see where that ends up.
Anyway, the historical mission of the textile industry to bring employment is over, and now is the time when it should be abandoned.
Another concern in Allen Wilson’s mind was that the colonists were content with the status quo and preferred a life of small fortune. It is also commonly known as lying flat, which is absolutely not acceptable.
He came to the colony is not to let people send Wanmin umbrella, British hands are still worth relying on the important colonies, only here is still suitable for production base, Britain still expect to share the responsibility, and then you lie flat?
Alan Wilson restrained the urge to fish for money, did not use real estate to cut leeks, is not to not want to seek profit. Rather, it is to be a greater interest, no one can stop until he succeeds.
These Vivienne didn’t quite understand, she could only secure the logistics to keep the man who was on equal footing with her husband in a good mood.
This meeting of the rulers at the Penang Esplanade, the major sultans treated it as a private gathering, and indeed it was true, this famous but not real meeting, which seemed to be very hot in public opinion every time it was held, was almost in the same sense as the United Nations General Assembly being held, a meeting for the sake of a meeting, which served no purpose whatsoever.
The colonial government is merely giving the sultans a chance to brush up their presence and a chance to rub it in.
Expecting the Conference of Rulers to demand anything from the colonial government is fine, but don’t think too much of the rest.
Alan Wilson showed up on behalf of Sarawak, and then handed things over to Ali Khan, who also lived in East Malaysia, but coming to Penang was nothing to him; Ali Khan bought two Comet airliners for private use, and went wherever he wanted to go, and lived quite a comfortable life.
Although he was over seventy years old, it was probably because of the simple life backed by huge wealth for a long time, which led to his health is quite good, his spirit is still very strong, nothing to go to Pakistan and the Pakistani government to talk and laugh, to show the side of the battle-hardened.
With Ali Khan entertaining the other sultans, Alan Wilson had a good talk with the big buyers, and by the way waited for the Burmese delegation to arrive in Penang, Su Yang, Tian Qianqiu, Gu Ke and others were among them, giving Alan Wilson the illusion that he himself was very popular.
Alan Wilson has been mentally prepared, he knows very well, expect a person to take the initiative to go out of the comfort zone is not easy, not to mention the rich and powerful big buyer, but he has to do, if he can’t persuade, may have to be on a little bit of tactics, hopefully not to evolve to that point.
Vivienne had gone upstairs to rest before these people came, leaving the huge parlor to these guests.
“Lord Lt. Hall!” After the people came in, they opened their mouths to greet, “Lord Zhongtang was not in Malaya last year, we all missed it very much in this heart, and now we are finally back.”
“You guys talk more like bureaucrats than me.” Alan Wilson showed a mouthful of white teeth to make an invitation gesture.
Carefully calculated, the two sides also count things know for a long time, at least half of the buyers once went to Newfoundland to fight in the sky and the earth, proper rich generation origin, to today’s shake, is not a smooth sailing.
Alan Wilson is very polite, since it is not a stranger, it is the first memory of the past great years thick some, first to mobilize the atmosphere.
“In fact, with our relationship, there is no need to beat around the bush with some words, the Myanmar delegation will arrive in Penang soon, and we want to talk to the Yangon side about investment.” Alan Wilson ended the reminiscing and started to show his purpose, “I hope you can transfer some industries, to Myanmar, which can also help Myanmar develop. At the same time, it will also be of great benefit to Malaya.”
“This?” Many people exchanged glances with each other, clearly skeptical about going to an unfamiliar place to place their industries.
Alan Wilson was not surprised by the reaction of these people, and Southeast Asia for thousands of years as a neighbor, the result of this place became a water of Indian cultural area, and the cultural area of the pacifist religion, can be seen in the degree of conservatism.
If not for the Qing Dynasty population explosion, the country really can not fit, these people in the end will not be willing to leave their homes to the South Seas, but also really an unknown yet.
And buy this kind of no bones of the class, belong to the businessmen among the more timid group, businessmen have inherent risk aversion, not to mention among the buy class.
If possible, they only want to stay in the Malayan colony to cut leeks for the rest of their lives under the shelter of Britain.
“The conditions in Burma are quite good, and we have an amicable relationship with General Aung San. You may not know that at one time British Burma was the most prosperous of all the British colonies. It was the equivalent of Malaya today.”
Alan Wilson was not angry in the face of these hesitant buyers, as this was expected.
Of course, if there wasn’t a single person who supported it, then he might be disappointed, showing that he himself had a problem with his vision, picking a bunch of people to support it, and not even a single person with a bit of a long term vision.
“Lord Naktang, if we were to invest in Burma, it might cause unemployment in Malaya.” One of them spoke up, expressing the original intention of still wanting to continue contributing for the development of Malaya.
“Increasing unemployment is good. Fairness is not egalitarianism.” Alan Wilson smiled unhurriedly, “The existence of a necessary unemployment rate is beneficial to society as a whole, the British Empire is not the Soviet Union, it will not deliberately take the non-existence of unemployment as a so-called merit to be proclaimed everywhere, does Mr. Liu often read books from the Soviet Union side?”
The buyer who had just opened his mouth directly stopped speaking, he didn’t dare to take this kind of rhetorical question, he could only smile apologetically and sit on the side.
“Lord Zhongtang, we are businessmen, we are indeed afraid of the risk, and we don’t know the local situation in Burma.” Su Yang picked up, “But I think, as long as Lord Zhongtang can talk to the Yangon side, it’s actually not a problem.”
“You and Boss Su learn from each other, in exchange for still living in the current China, you are just a landlord in success, and you should all be re-educated now.” Alan Wilson grunted softly, ultimately it was up to the son-in-law of Newfoundland.
“My idea is simple, some industries that are no longer necessary to keep, such as textiles, can be moved over to Burma, of course this is not to start right away, but will take a few years to do. The labor released will be added to other industries, such as the Singapore port, which is finished construction, and the project for the Asian refining center. This all requires labor and is much more lucrative, much more than a day at the textile mills.”
“Actually, even if you guys don’t agree, it won’t change the outcome much. Once the oil refining center project is finished and recruiting begins, your workers will run out, and I’m telling you this now solely because out of former affection, whether you agree or not, the textile industry will be a bargaining chip in the negotiations with Rangoon this time around.”
“Tell you is to give you time to adjust, don’t really fall into a crisis, run to me to cry for heaven and earth. I’m quite busy and may not be in office anymore, I don’t have time to listen to your wailing.”
Alan Wilson’s words were very nonchalant, but the effect was very good, finally getting to the point, Gu Ke said with a question, “Mr. Zhongtang, thank you for the reminder. I wonder what the local wages are like.”
“Much lower than Malaya, you have time to ask me, why don’t you send someone to ask yourself.” Alan Wilson said impatiently, “Capital-driven, moving to places with lower costs is the general trend. And for a place, industrial upgrading is necessary for development, it’s not the first time this has happened, it’s just that you guys just encountered it for the first time.”
“There is time to think more about making business bigger, don’t just think about cutting leeks in Malaya, here is more than 10 million people, if you want to annex each other, you can continue to stay and not go, want to live a colorful life, we have to think of a way to take the entire Southeast Asian market.”
This is not a question of whether to do it or not, but when to do it, he must now let the buyers understand this point.
After such a pleasant communication from the Malayan High Commissioner, the buyers’ offices suddenly became high-minded, and each one of them was filled with the temperament of a national capitalist, stating that they would open up the market and benefit the society with the support of the United Kingdom.
“All of you are respected JPs.” Alan Wilson lu out of Jia smile, expressed appreciation for this kind of high morale, this can all be a pillar of talent ah.