Chapter 694 London Reconstruction Plan
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The time has come to 1953, and several important historical events flashed through Alan Wilson's mind, including the death of Stalin, the end of the Korean War, and the coronation of Crown Prince Elizabeth.
And he was thinking about how to deal with several things. Only when he was fully mentally prepared would he choose to return to London.
"Life is one test after another. Sometimes I wonder, what are we pursuing?" On the top floor of Mountbatten Mining, Alan Wilson showed his thinking about life in front of his wife and sister-in-law.
"My dear, you always have a dream!" Pamela Mountbatten glanced at her sleeping daughter and asked at a suitable volume.
"I am an official, and my current dream is to go further. If I were a businessman like you, I can answer you right away, what is my dream? I want to be a finalist." Alan Wilson smiled, "And the Soviets were right in some respects. Our system does help businessmen realize their dreams."
Powerful people share common dreams, and becoming a finalist is one of them. But more powerful people, their common pursuit is eternal life, which simply means living forever. If both dreams are achieved, that would be the best thing.
Why do the upper echelons of Britain and the United States hate the Soviet Union? Because they tend to think that countries and nations are fictitious, abstract, non-existent things, and these things are composed of isolated people.
This seems to be similar to some of the Soviet Union's propositions. The difference is that the freedom that the Tianlong people talk about is that a person has the right to control his wealth as he pleases. And the freedom that people who were influenced by the Soviet Union meant was the freedom of all mankind.
The so-called liberalism is to allow rich people to live as they please, and it has nothing to do with all mankind.
In Alan Wilson's era, the closest person to a finalist was Bezos in the United States, and his Amazon was an e-commerce platform. Just like Jack Ma in a certain big country, after an e-commerce platform has a near-unique status, it is tantamount to monopolizing the buying and selling channels.
E-commerce platforms can put pressure on suppliers, and manufacturers must accept sellers' cooperation requirements, otherwise they will never survive. As a sales platform, e-commerce companies will definitely have more and more stringent requirements on manufacturers, and will eventually become their controlling parties.
After forming overwhelming control over suppliers, the next step is to target consumers. E-commerce platforms in the middle can make money much faster than other companies at the same level.
E-commerce can also continue to penetrate into logistics, food and even all aspects.
At that time, countries like Britain and the United States could not take action against people like Bezos. The only thing Alan Wilson is not sure about is which one will be realized first, the terminator or immortality.
On the day when his daughter was one month old, Alan Wilson opened his heart and drank until he was unconscious, because he was about to rush to London to elaborate on the issue of how reliable British Malaya was to welcome this wave of industrial transfer.
Before the transfer of industries in British Malaya, he had worked hard to carve out a small share. But this time it will be different after the London smog incident. He believes that the UK will seriously consider the issue of industrial relocation.
And Britain also needs to transform, get rid of some traces of the Victorian era, and become a truly modern society.
From the telegram sent by Cabinet Secretary Norman Brooke, he already knew that Attlee's cabinet was determined to carry out large-scale transformation of London's urban area and eliminate the basis of the smog incident.
Alan Wilson also knew that this was another huge expense. At this time, the British Empire desperately needed a cost-saving plan, and he had one!
Before returning to London, he first stayed in Kuala Lumpur for a day, and then brought a stack of statistical data as information to convince Whitehall and the cabinet during his trip, emphasizing that there was no problem with large-scale renovation work in London, as long as the work was left to the Malays. Asia, which can greatly save costs.
When he arrived in London in January, the bad weather of the London smog incident had disappeared, but there were still gray traces on some high-rise buildings, indicating that the smog incident had not never happened.
To be honest, as soon as Alan Wilson arrived in London, he could feel the huge difference between the air and Asia. It's just that London citizens have long been accustomed to this kind of air.
With an important mission on his shoulders, he rushed directly to Whitehall regardless of the time difference across half the world. Find the Cabinet Secretary Norman Brooke, whom he respects most in his life, and wait for instructions.
At this time, preliminary investigation results have been obtained regarding the London smog incident a month ago. In the East End of London, which was most affected by the smog incident, the death toll was nine times the normal number. And these are still the current figures. The smoke has dissipated, but the impact on people will not end so quickly.
"Are we hiding the number of deaths caused by smog incidents from the public?" Alan Wilson asked in a serious tone.
"In order to avoid causing panic among citizens, we finally chose not to announce it after a democratic resolution." Norman Brooke corrected Alan Wilson's mistake and said, "Prime Minister Attlee has decided to pass a bill to prevent such incidents from continuing to occur. Attlee Lun, you also need to know that bills are easy to come up with. Relocation of factories and renovation of residences all take time. This is the purpose of bringing you here. I don’t know what good news you have prepared."
"About British Malaya's steel production this year!" Alan Wilson took out the prepared statistics. British Malaya's steel production in 1952 was 10.4 million tons.
This number is two-thirds of the UK itself. After rough processing, the steel is provided for the construction of British Africa, Iran, and Australia itself. Perth, the capital of Western Australia, is in great need.
The cement production in British Malaya was 4.5 million tons, which was only one-third of that in the British mainland. Now it also mainly supports the construction of Western Australia, supports France's needs in South Vietnam, etc.
As for other rubber and sugar exports, plus export data to Iran in recent months. Now all in front of Norman Brooke.
"It can be said that it is stronger than the original British India." Norman Brooke replied with satisfaction after reading it. "It is hard to imagine that a colony with a population of 10 million can achieve this."
Norman Brooke compared the present British Malaya with the original British India and expressed his admiration.
Alan Wilson did not explain the trade involved in the praise of the chief civil servant. He had been in British India for many years and knew that famous and powerful country very well.
Take the industrial workers in the Calcutta industrial area of British India for example. Industrial workers in India are not what the British think of as industrial workers. To be more precise, they are handicraftsmen.
It may seem astonishing that there are ten million craftsmen in the industrial areas of Calcutta.
But there are 8.8 million jute craftsmen alone. Kolkata Industrial Area is the most industrially powerful area in India. This is true everywhere, let alone other places.
Industrial workers in India are just called workers, and they are almost like casual workers. But even so, British India was a galaxy better than the Republic of China.
"If these figures are true, then London's reconstruction work can begin now." Norman Brooke is full of confidence. This is because he had been in charge of the Department of Reconstruction for a short time before becoming cabinet secretary. Developed a post-war reconstruction plan for Britain.
How much steel and cement is needed for London's reconstruction plan? Norman Brooke can get a rough figure just by running it through his head, and last year's figures cannot measure this year's productivity. With the addition of British Malaya, there is no need to worry about the lack of production capacity caused by the relocation of the London factory.
Norman Brooke took Alan Wilson to meet with the Minister of Health in the Attlee Cabinet, Aneurin Bevin. This Minister of Health has been running for the National Health Clinic. This time after the London smog incident, Prime Minister Attlee Then let Aneurin Bevin be responsible for handling a series of things.
The two men were discussing plans with Aneurin Bevan to renovate their London home, when a man Alan Wilson had met walked in, Harold Wilson, later the British Prime Minister.
Harold Wilson is now an important supporter of Aneurin Bevin in the cabinet. Aneurin Bevin is also very optimistic about him. Harold Wilson is considered to be Bevin's future leader.
"Alan, it's been a long time!" Harold Wilson saw the civil servant who had met him once, and immediately stepped forward to express his friendship.
"Dear Congressman Harold!" Alan Wilson responded with a warm hug. "I really didn't expect to see you here. I have been working overseas and I just came back this time."
The two had a pleasant conversation, and Harold Wilson asked Alan Wilson about the purpose of returning to London this time.
Regarding the London residential renovation plan, Harold Wilson said as soon as he heard about it that this was what Congress was most concerned about at the moment. The ruling party and the opposition parties have quarreled several times over this issue.
The fundamental reason is still the problem of fiscal expenditure. The Conservative Party believes that the Labor Party is increasing the fiscal budget without limit. This will cause huge financial pressure.
"However, Harold, with the Labor Party's current seats, if you want to pass it, you can ignore the opinions of the opposition parties." When Alan Wilson said this, his expression was relaxed and even a little arrogant.
Even Norman Brooke, who was known for his good personal relationships with politicians, changed his face when he heard these words. Civil servants cannot help the ruling party deal with the opposition parties. Even he can't do this. He couldn't help but cough twice to remind Alan Wilson.
"I was just joking." Alan Wilson reacted, laughing apologetically.
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