Chapter 1215 Consequences of the Corn Movement

To be honest, Alan Wilson is trying to figure out how to raise money. The initial investment is just an estimate, and it will cost more than three million pounds. How can we calculate whether this amount of money is too much or not?

If you know that in 1978, when the Breston Woods system had collapsed, the United Kingdom withheld the advance payment for Iran's order for 1,500 tanks, which was 400 million pounds, you will know that this investment is already considerable.

Moreover, this is only the allocation for the current year and will continue to be invested in the next year. Although the semiconductor industry generates considerable employment, it is also a high-investment industry. Otherwise, the United States would not give up so easily and transfer its industry to Scam Island.

Considering the political influence, it is best to attract a certain degree of royal funds, as long as it can protect the development of the semiconductor industry. Alan Wilson remembered that the Mountbatten Group also gave shares to the royal family at the time. Her Majesty the Queen should have also given shares to the royal family in these years. No less dividends.

It's just that he doesn't know if he has the face to get it out by deducting some money from the royal family. Even if she doesn't have this face, it doesn't matter. If the queen can't do it, wouldn't she still have a sister-in-law who will obey her words?

Even excluding the role of Cabinet Secretary, Alan Wilson believes that his credibility is quite high.

He's not Jack Ma? He is a liar who is both successful and established. He not only deceives the country, but also dares to withhold investors' money.

Has Ali distributed dividends to all shareholders since its listing? Not at all, the money was all left in Ali's small circle. So is this different from a Ponzi scheme?

So far, he has been very kind to women of the same status as his wife, and has never caused any loss in interests to these women.

"If it really doesn't work, I'll fill it in myself." Alan Wilson muttered softly, and was even ready to sacrifice himself to take over the business for the country and enter this high-investment industry.

Turing left the Cabinet Office and took on a new task to investigate the current situation of British semiconductors. Alan Wilson was editing a written report on the third industrial revolution.

It doesn't matter whether the written report is accurate or not. The main thing is to compete with Japan. If Malaya's population can compete with Japan in the existing fields, it has done its best. Nor could a colony with a population of 16 to 7 million be expected to do more.

Alan Wilson also knew that the development of Japanese semiconductors in the 1970s and 1980s gave Japan a strong voice. It even aroused the fear of the United States. He doesn't want to see this happen. He would rather not make money and just create jobs than let Japanese semiconductors develop.

At this stage, Malaya does not have the ability to compete with Japan, so it can only rely on Japan. When necessary, we can even introduce capital from other European countries.

Let’s work together on semiconductors.

Alan Wilson made a call to Richard White of MI6 to pay attention to the development of semiconductors in European countries, to know ourselves and our enemies, and then evaluate whether to cooperate or go it alone. Of course, it also includes a report on the semiconductor development of Japan, the imaginary enemy.

While the Cabinet Office is conducting an assessment of semiconductors in various countries, it must not forget the current hegemon, the United States. The first place where semiconductors emerged was the United States. Nine of the top ten semiconductor companies in the world today are in the United States, and the tenth place is Japan's Takeda Riken.

The United States today certainly cannot imagine that in another twenty years, Japan will be exactly the opposite of the United States, in the position of American companies today. Of course, before the 1990s, semiconductors could not be called globalized, and the vast majority of semiconductor companies in various countries would be Part of the production capacity is used in the domestic market.

Globalization is still a thing of the future. Alan Wilson will see if he can get a big piece of cake for the British semiconductor industry under the concept of European unity. You must know that the emergence of French and Italian semiconductors will be twenty years later. The British have Enough time to delve into the European market.

"The government intends to support the semiconductor industry?" Jeff Dahmer was very surprised when Turing came to the door. In fact, he had launched a campaign five years ago to encourage the UK to invest heavily in integrated circuit development, but this Few responded.

The British military was unaware of the important role it would play in future scenarios, and British companies were unwilling to risk their own money.

Jeff Dahmer's initiative at the time was met with a lukewarm reception, and no one took any chances.

Government agencies are reluctant to sign contracts because they did not apply for them. People won't say we want to use it because they have no experience using it. It's a question of which came first, the chicken or the egg. The United States has made a bet on this, while the United Kingdom has been somewhat slow in its deployment in this field.

"Government departments are reluctant to sign contracts because they didn't apply for it. People aren't saying we want to use it because they have no experience using it?"

If Alan Wilson were here, you would instantly recognize this as a classic Whitehall civil servant's chatter. It indeed puts the question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, back to the proponents.

Turing seemed to have vaguely heard someone say this, but it was not important. He wanted to tell Jeff Dahmer that the situation had changed, "The newly appointed Cabinet Secretary Sir Alan is extremely concerned about the development of the semiconductor industry. I Think, you should continue to try the previous initiative, what do you think is the most critical point of this industry."

"There are six main aspects." Jeff Dahmer immediately felt relieved after hearing this, "Micro processing technology; crystallization technology; design technology; engineering technology; test and evaluation technology; hardware technology."

All companies with semiconductor technology in the UK should be gathered for integration, and it can be said that it is an unprecedented move to bring companies that compete with each other together to jointly overcome technical difficulties.

In fact, among semiconductor equipment, there were only a limited number of companies that could produce related parts or assemblies at that time. They almost all used the same supplier system. Only after the equipment was put into the production line, how to adjust and optimize it could become a core British company. competitiveness.

Listening to the thoughts relayed by Turing, Alan Wilson scratched his scalp and commented calmly, "Concern model?"

But having said that, this chaebol monopoly model developed by Germany and later used by Japan and South Korea did play a huge role in the development of the two countries, and? In fact, the Mountbatten Group is also a Concern model enterprise.

Alan Wilson is not so opposed to the Concern model. This group model originally created by the Germans is actually not as bad as the Soviets said. Not to mention anything else, the different departments under the name of the Soviet Planning Economic Commission are just public ownership. The essential difference between Concern and chaebol is not that big.

The year 1962 that just passed was not a good year for the Soviet Union. This was not only because of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Soviet Union underestimated Kennedy and finally had to compromise.

There is another reason, that is, the grain production of the Soviet Union has declined. At the just-concluded meeting in the Kremlin, Khrushchev was furious because of this. But in fact, other members of the Central Presidium knew that the root cause was On the first secretary.

Under the strong promotion of Khrushchev, the first secretary of the Soviet Union, the corn movement gradually became popular in various parts of the Soviet Union. Obviously, due to the lack of scientific research verification of Khrushchev's corn movement, many corn seeds replaced the original food crops but could not grow cobs due to climate reasons.

Later, in order to better comply with Khrushchev's preferences, some cadres even secretly imported corn from abroad and got through.

"According to data from the Planning Economic Commission, there will be a food shortage of more than 8 million tons this year. The current reserves of the state treasury will definitely not be able to last after the autumn harvest." Brezhnev said to Kozlov worriedly, " The situation is already extremely difficult and we must fill the food gap."

"In fact, there is only one way, and that is to buy food in the international market." Fortseva said expressionlessly, "But the largest food producer in the world is the United States. If we buy from the United States, we may face skyrocketing food prices. price."

"France is also an agricultural power." Kozlov asked concisely and concisely, "Can't we think of a solution from Eastern Europe?"

"Most food-producing countries face the same problem as us, that is, they are in the northern hemisphere. If we adopt the purchase method in the second half of the year, everyone will know that our country's food security has problems. The only agricultural power in the southern hemisphere is Brazil. and Argentina, but both countries are in the Americas." Brezhnev shook his head, "It is difficult for us to hide from the eyes of the Americans."

There are also problems with foreign procurement methods. The grain purchased by the Soviet Union is not a small amount, and Europe and the United States will not recognize the value of the ruble. The foreign exchange reserves in the hands of the Soviet Union are obviously unable to afford this expenditure.

As a last resort, the Soviet Union's gold reserves can only be used to purchase on the international market.

"Can't we think of a solution from Britain?" Fortseva said cautiously, "Britain also has colonies with good conditions in southern Africa. We all know that Northern and Southern Rhodesia are colonies with small populations but large areas. . It’s better to get things done without going through the U.S. surveillance network.”

Fortseva couldn't explain what she was thinking now. She hoped that person could help the Soviet Union tide over the difficulties.

"Southern Hemisphere? It's just after the harvest. If Northern and Southern Rhodesia are really the bread basket of Africa as rumored, then it is really a choice." Brezhnev expressed his agreement, "Comrade Kozlov, What do you think?"

If given a choice, Kozlov would never bow to imperialism, but he had no choice now. He gritted his teeth and said, "I will talk to Comrade Khrushchev. Of course, we must also reduce losses as much as possible. It would be best to get help from brotherly countries."

Brezhnev and Furtseva both nodded. Only the second secretary had the qualifications to suggest this in front of Khrushchev.