Chapter 978 – Minister’s Middle East Policy

Xia Meng’s face turned from sunny to cloudy, muttering in a low voice, “I thought you were a gentleman, surprisingly you still value men more, haven’t you heard that women can hold up half the sky.”

“I have heard of this saying, it looks like you do have frequent contact with the country.”

Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows, how could he not know this famous saying? But this was also two questions, “Don’t take the right words to negate the market, even if it’s just Xiangjiang, it’s a fact that male actors are guaranteed to carry the box office, right? There are no exceptions in the markets of all countries, they are all like that. So for Xiangjiang’s movies to successfully enter the international market, the hope still lies in the male stars.”

Alan Wilson thought about it a little bit, this burden still falls on Jackie Chan.

As for the other Bruce Lee, he is actually of American nationality, as for fighting ability, although Bruce Lee is linked to the cultural symbol of kung fu, he has never been in the ring or a street fight, so whether he is really capable of fighting is anyone’s guess.

Jackie Chan is an international superstar born and bred in Hong Kong, Hong Kong’s international superstar is also so one, and other Hong Kong stars gap is the most disparate in 1979 after the snake tricky hand, the film pay is ranked second star twenty times, after twenty-one years of Hong Kong film global box office champion, twenty years are Jackie Chan.

Other Hong Kong stars with the greatest fame, can only be in Hong Kong and Jackie Chan fifty-fifty, counting Southeast Asia thirty-seven, plus Japan and South Korea is one-nine, counting the global shadow can not even see.

If there is no big change in history, the movie in Hong Kong will take another twenty years to have the name of Hollywood in the East.

Far from what Xia Meng is looking forward to now, Allen Wilson can help to make Xiangjiang movie enter a wider market at that time, but now Xiangjiang movie definitely does not have this strength.

Is recuperating Allen Wilson with the end of the awards ceremony, and had to start laboring, fortunately not in London, no other work to care, that is, pay attention to Malaya’s rival Japan in what news, the current Japan in the post-war thirteenth prime minister Kishi Nobusuke’s leadership.

It is clear that Japan is no match for France, the test bed of political systems, in terms of the frequency with which it changes national leaders. Before Charles de Gaulle came to power, France changed its cabinet twenty-three times, what do you mean by real democracy?

After discussing with the current Malayan High Commissioner Richard a few times, Alan Wilson judged that the current economic transformation of Malaya should be ahead of Japan. It’s like what I said before that there are advantages and disadvantages to having a large population.

Japan’s population is more than five times that of the Malayan colonies, the adjustment will not be as decisive as in Malaya. Japan must ensure that the 90 million people in the country’s premise of stable employment, have sufficient assurance before the transfer of industry.

Otherwise, there will be unemployment resulting in social instability, even in the twenty-first century Japan, also retained some mid-range industries used to create jobs. Because Japan’s population exceeds that of the average developed country, there are not enough high-end jobs to fully employ its population.

In the case of the current time period, the fact that Malaya’s textile industry is beginning to move to Burma and Japan’s textile industry is still an important part of the country’s employment emerges.

Allen Wilson, who had established this fact, was relieved that with a population that was no match for this imaginary enemy, and a level of industriousness that was unlikely to make up for the huge demographic disadvantage, there was nothing to be done but to think of ways of shifting the industry at a faster rate.

“Southeast Asia are the existence of Chinese, we take Malaya as the main base, through the relationship of blood is thicker than water. In each country to support out a stakeholder class, which Japan can not do. After accomplishing this step, there will be no need to worry about Britain’s international influence being preserved in a short period of time.”

Alan Wilson was quite optimistic about what Richard said, there are Chinese in all of Southeast Asia, are there Japanese in all of Southeast Asia? That’s an advantage, and Richard understood it, “Permanent Undersecretary, this will also stabilize our position.”

“Of course, we are the cornerstone of civilization.” Alan Wilson carried the tone of a man of honor, “Politicians only think about the polls five days from now, we could be serving the country for fifty years.”

About five to ten years time period, shipbuilding profits will also be a drop in the bucket for Britain, that time can consider transferring the shipbuilding industry, as for the car Allen Wilson approach is not much, the United Kingdom has a bunch of Rolls Royce, McLaren, Bentley, Aston Martin, these brands are not too appropriate to transfer to Malaya.

Comparison of popular brands, but can then try to put the Land Rover in Malaya production, if the Land Rover also can not be no way.

At this time he was shocked to find that the low-end family car that appeared because of the oil shortage in the UK due to the Suez Canal War did not appear, and the only brand he could think of that was more popular was Land Rover.

“It’s still really hard to get.” Alan Wilson gritted his teeth and wondered if it would hold up if he really shifted to Malaya. Britain’s automobile route is not really suitable for industrial transfer.

Essentially this buyout policy is a stalling policy to stall for change. The same goes for asking Malaya to host the Commonwealth Games, using the Commonwealth Games to draw attention to the fact that another four years have passed in a flash.

From the feedback from the other colonial commissioners, Alan Wilson knew that this organized tour had still achieved its purpose.

The outpouring of support that had continued after the war until now was naturally having an effect; Malaya was considered second to none in the Asian sphere, not to mention comparisons with British Africa. This visual impact has left a lasting impression on some of the African colonial elite.

“I hope that this visit has an effect, while British Africa still needs to strengthen the control of public opinion. The so-called cultural people, the knife does not cut to the neck, they will never see the coffin.”

In the intervals of the party, Alan Wilson and the colonial commissioners to discuss the stabilization work, he understands the so-called cultural people in the end what is the existence of, not to mention the real cultural people, even if it is a little bit of the edge can not be tolerated to make death heart. Even if you write about the network is so, from time to time you have to pour some private goods to test the scale, always give the editor trouble.

This kind of inner thoughts exist, must be curbed at the source mountain, once found would rather kill three thousand by mistake never let one go.

“The Executive Undersecretary is right.” The other commissioners also nodded their heads, saying that they would focus on this aspect when they returned.

The month-long, touring trip aimed at showcasing the results of Malaya’s construction and promoting it to other British colonies had come to an end, and the commissioners of the colonies were all very happy, experiencing the feeling of being at home.

Allen Wilson, who was traveling with a heavy load, also breathed a sigh of relief, the free world is certainly valuable, but we must also live within our means.

Just at this time, he received two telegrams, one from Australia, one from London.

The telegram from Australia contained the obvious good news that the Blue Light Strategic Missile had been successful in its latest 10,000-kilometer test launch. The test-fire could not be conducted only once, of course, but it was definitely a good start.

Once the reliability is confirmed, the Blue Light strategic missile will enter the production phase, and at that time, Britain will be independent in the field of strategic missiles, without fear of being strangled.

It is of incomparable significance to Britain’s entire national strategy. Alan Wilson knows that the United Kingdom in the field of strategic missiles, but by the United States pitched bitterly.

After the war in the strategic strike force, the United Kingdom in the opening of the nuclear program at the same time, but also did not forget the development of the means of delivery, the United Kingdom in 1947 tried to develop a range of up to 3,500 kilometers of ballistic missiles, and later due to financial problems down.

Britain began to develop the Blue Light missile so as to form the British strategic strike system, Eisenhower late and British Prime Minister Macmillan at Camp David agreement, the U.S. Navy’s nuclear submarines can use the British naval base in Holy Bay, Scotland, in exchange for the U.S. will open up the Sky Lightning air-launched ballistic missiles program to the British to participate in the use of equipment for the Vulcan bomber.

The British at this time to do pawnshop thinking on the head, that with the Sky Lightning program, there is no need for blue light, but also to solve the Navy’s funding constraints and nuclear deterrent control of the military conflict caused by the termination of the blue light program, the United Kingdom front foot has just terminated the blue light program, the United States after the foot to notify the United Kingdom, because of the cost of reasons plan to be canceled.

Finally during the term of Macmillan, whose mother was an American, Britain signed the Nassau agreement and lost its independent nuclear strategy.

And now that the Blue Light strategic missile has been fully successful, reaching a range of 10,000 kilometers, and the technology can be used in air-launched and submarine-launched missiles, Britain can avoid being dug in by the United States.

With the Blue Light missiles in hand, Britain will not have to worry about being snagged and will be more justified when talking to the Americans.

The telegram from the Woomera launch site stated that the Blue Light program could be declared a success as long as several subsequent test firings were successful.

The telegram from London was something else, that Foreign Secretary Harold Wilson would be traveling to Baghdad to talk to the Iranian side about subsequent negotiations on the distribution of Iranian oil.

“I almost forgot, it was only a temporary response at the time, it’s expired.” Alan Wilson then snapped to mind that five years had passed since the Iranian oil crisis.

Foreign Secretary Harold Wilson was going to Baghdad this time to talk to Iran’s Mossadegh about a lasting solution.

As for why Alan Wilson was informed, it was because he was the one who dealt with the Iranian oil crisis at the time and signed a short-term solution with the Mossadegh, and now that he is the permanent undersecretary of the foreign ministry, he is naturally unlikely to be left behind.

He does not know now, the Foreign Secretary’s purpose is far from this one thing, in Allen Wilson in Kuala Lumpur to show the development of Malaya at the same time, Harold Wilson is also in contact with European countries, aiming to and oil-producing countries to sign an agreement to protect the Middle East and Europe’s energy security, just happened to coincide with the expiration of the Iranian oil allocation contract time.

In any case, Allen Wilson had to make a trip to Baghdad, and in the meantime, faced with the call of love, Hedy Lamarr brought out the Arabian black robe again, which she had not worn for a long time.