Chapter 848 Malaya Needs Me

Of course he was very willing to go back right away, but he still wanted to know what he was doing before leaving. He didn't know what Frank was talking about.

Now Alan Wilson could no longer contain his curiosity and took the initiative to ask what step he had reached.

In this regard, Frank, who appeared again, also responded, "London's bottom line is that, together with the new aircraft carrier and the modification cost of the Tejas-class aircraft carrier, 75 million to 80 million pounds is more appropriate."

"The cost of the new aircraft carrier is estimated to be 30 million pounds. If three ships are built at the same time, it will be 100 million pounds." Alan Wilson nodded and calculated. "It is about 200 million Australian dollars. This figure is affordable for Australia. of."

Australia's monetary policy is the same as that of the United Kingdom, which is a strong monetary policy. In this era, one U.S. dollar cannot be exchanged for one Australian dollar.

The cost of British shipbuilding has always been smaller than that of the United States. During World War II, the cost of British battleships was equivalent to that of American heavy cruisers.

Take the Forrest-class aircraft carrier, which is the benchmark for the new aircraft carrier, as an example. The construction cost of the Forrest-class aircraft carrier is US$1.7 billion. The Admiralty's share price for the new aircraft carrier is 30 million pounds, which is slightly more than half of the cost of the Forrester-class aircraft carrier.

Because of the discovery of iron ore in Australia, the living standard of Australians is now a little higher than that of the UK.

This is all the result of the two wings of Britain flying together. If the original history had been true, Britain would have had half the living standard of Australia for a long time after the war.

But the British side was flying together, and iron ore was discovered in Australia. The final result was that Australia's living standards were still higher than those in the United Kingdom. Alan Wilson has nothing to do about this. We are a country lying on the mines. As long as the population of top resource countries does not explode, it is really not something that ordinary countries can catch up with.

In terms of Australia's current economy, 70 to 80 million pounds is affordable. Even with this figure, the UK has made a lot of money. If Alan Wilson remembers correctly, the original aircraft carrier Melbourne cost the UK 10 pounds. It is sold at a nominal price, but modification fees are charged.

Based on Australia's current economic scale, calculated based on the minimum military expenditure of 2%, there is still enough room for arms sales to be achieved, not to mention that the military expenditure ratio is far more than 2%.

Frank also nodded, agreeing very much with this, "In fact, compared with the British military expenditure, Australia's military expenditure is not high at all. This arms sale will not cause financial pressure."

"You are an official from the Ministry of Finance. Your words must be very professional." Alan Wilson heard Frank agree and continued, "I just don't know what the Australians think. Did they feel there was financial pressure during the negotiations?"

"I don't think so." Frank thought about it for a moment and said, "But I did ask about the fake time of the aircraft carrier, and it seemed urgent."

"Haha, it seems that the problem is not big." Alan Wilson felt confident upon hearing this, and smiled, "Everyone knows that our naval technology is at least as good as that of the United States. This is not an excuse at all. No problem. If it is unexpected, I would like to congratulate you on reaching such an extremely important arms sale to the UK."

Frank was happy when he heard this and said, "Alan, if it really succeeds, the credit will go to both of us."

If this arms sale is successful, even if it is achieved close to London's bottom line, Britain will have the money to replace its aircraft carriers. Build three ships and give one to Australia, and you can equip two more ships.

The cost of building a Forrester-class aircraft carrier in the United States is almost 200 million. Is the British price too high? Except for the United Kingdom and the United States, no country in the world has experience in building large aircraft carriers.

The United States will not sell this important national weapon, but the United Kingdom can, so for Australia, as long as it really wants it, this is a multiple-choice question with only one option.

Australia can definitely afford it, because the current Australian government is definitely far richer than it was in the original historical time and space.

The reason is that in the exploration contract signed by Pamela Mountbatten, in addition to her own share, the Australian government and the Western Australian government both hold a lot of shares, but the total is not as large as the Mountbatten Group.

What is the difference? This difference is huge. For every ton of iron ore sold, the Australian government and the Western Australian government can get a share of the money. This is not different from the sale of iron ore in Australia in later generations.

In a sense, Australia's iron ore industry has now become a semi-state-owned enterprise. The half that is not a state-owned enterprise is mostly the Mountbatten Group. As for Australia's iron ore layout in later generations, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton's interests in major iron ore mines were either 100% or 85%.

The mining contract between Pamela Mountbatten and the Australian government is actually similar to the future Brazilian Vale model. The Brazilian government demanded 51% of the shares in the iron ore mines in the country to gain control. But the Australia of the future is not.

Australia will not be able to get so much money from the astronomical iron ore exports in future generations, but it can now.

The reason why Pamela Mountbatten did this was not to eliminate other competitors. Now it seems to be working very well.

The Mountbatten Group now has no rivals in Australian exploration. The biggest beneficiaries are the Australian Government and the Western Australian Government.

"Frank, I'm going back to Kuala Lumpur." Let me tell you one thing before I leave. Last year, Malaya imported 33 million tons of iron ore from Australia, with a purchase price of five pounds per ton. It cost 150 million sterling. The Australian Government and the Western Australian Government received at least £70 million in revenue."

Alan Wilson decided to tell Frank that the iron ore export data created by the Malayan colony he managed for Australia gave Frank more confidence when negotiating, not to mention the freight cost of 0.4 pounds.

The value of freight is mainly created for major shipyards in the UK. Building larger ships, because the use of large specialized ships reduces sea freight, enables us to obtain resources far away.

Now looking at the average ocean freight per mile, we can see that the freight rate has dropped significantly.

Focusing exclusively on the use of ore-specific ships and seeking to reduce freight costs would be beneficial to the Malayan colonies, and would also be of great benefit to Britain's shipbuilding industry, which itself was a major pillar.

This part of the shipbuilding industry is also related to Frank's arms sales negotiations. Without a prosperous shipbuilding industry, Britain would not be able to reduce the cost of building warships. As we know from the United States in later generations, civilian shipbuilding collapsed and warship orders alone cannot save it. , the cost of military procurement will definitely go up.

The only thing the two of them had to do was hold a pen and list Australia's public financial revenue one by one. I want to use this to find out where Australia's financial bottom line is.

This time, the United Kingdom has brought out the latest aircraft carrier, which is even as new as a draft, for arms sales. It is definitely worth the money, and it is not too much to want to get a little more money.

After leaving Alan Wilson, Frank felt even more confident. Before leaving, he said, "I wonder if the deal in India will be smoother."

"Well, let's get this deal done first." Alan Wilson opened his mouth. India's economy is one-fifth larger than Australia's, but India has 400 million people, while Australia's population is only 10 million. The hard work of making money cannot be compared.

He knows the inefficiency of tax collection in India. After independence, India's tax collection level may not be as good as that of British India.

"It's time for me to go back and plan Malaya well in my second term." Alan Wilson stretched his waist and rubbed his head, which was a little swollen from various calculations, and said to himself.

The most important thing is that the national treasure and the little dragoon have already sent out a call of love to him, and if they think about it carefully, they should show up. Women cannot be kept waiting. Kissing Her Highness the Princess's red lips fiercely, he finally suppressed his desire to be the prince's consort, and he also revealed his intention to leave Australia.

"Leaving now?" Princess Margaret was a little unhappy, thinking about the name of going to the Malayan colony.

"I'm the senior commissioner there. Is it ridiculous to disappear all the time?" Alan Wilson shook his head slightly and suddenly said with a bad smile, "If you don't want me to leave, why don't you let me kiss your pink lips quickly. Otherwise, you have to wait."

"Huh?" Princess Margaret was embarrassed and whispered, "Can we kiss in that place?"

As if struck by lightning, Alan Wilson's face flashed with suspicion for a long time, and he asked uncertainly, "Your Highness, your requirements for me are not as low as usual."

Her Majesty, the Princess of the British Empire, drives a car openly in public. How unbecoming is this?

Although he wanted to know the outcome of the arms sales, Alan Wilson could not continue to do his job. After Pamela Mountbatten returned, he stated that he wanted to return to Kuala Lumpur.

"You are really needed there." Pamela Mountbatten had nothing to say, but only asked to hand over the public rations before leaving.

Alan Wilson is definitely fine. The worst he can do is return to Kuala Lumpur and stay in the Administrative Office for two days to establish himself as a servant of the empire.

With the landing of Comet 1 in Kuala Lumpur, the High Commissioner who left the colony before the Bandung Conference once again brought his talents to the warm beaches of Malaya. For the first two days, he actually lived in the Administrative Office while letting Richard A report on the reactions of various countries after the Bandung Conference was submitted.

This circle has gone from Africa, Europe and halfway to Australia. Now it is time to take good care of our own jurisdiction. You can’t always be covered in lice and still have time to tickle others.

"Ethnicities and countries have awakened from centuries of slumber. The old white world that burned the earth with war is dying, and a better world is emerging. This world will eliminate the Cold War and build a multi-ethnic and multi-religious world. Society, as all the great religions are united in their teachings of tolerance, the colored races will establish new moral standards.”

Putting down Sukarno's speech at the Bandung Conference, Alan Wilson said with a sinister look on his face, "It's not that I am not qualified to make such wild remarks, but Indonesia is obviously not qualified now."