Chapter 875 Gated Community
Keeping in touch for a long time is a habit that Alan Wilson has always insisted on. Two important news came from London. The British government promulgated the world's first modern air pollution prevention and control law - the "Clean Air Act", marking a significant impact on London. Determination that the smog incident will never happen again.
The enactment of such a bill will greatly assist Alan Wilson in moving local highly polluting industries out.
And regarding last year's national economic statistics, Britain finally caught up with Australia in per capita income in the tenth year after the war. After converting the exchange rate, per capita income exceeded US$2,000.
This can be said to be a milestone, although the per capita income in the United States is about to reach 3,000. But this is a good start after all. You must know that in the first year after Attlee came to power, Britain's per capita income was only half of that of the United States, and it was still burdened with huge foreign debt.
Britain has probably never been so humble as to ask a country to help it. After all, the United Kingdom is not as stubborn as France, and it can really eat the chaff in order to persist as a great power.
Compared with that time, the situation in the UK today is much better. It's just that the United Kingdom is trying to catch up, but the United States is still not idle. Driven by Eisenhower's large-scale infrastructure construction, the economic scale of the United States is still growing rapidly. For many countries, the gap is widening rather than narrowing.
"The United States is so powerful, it's so frustrating." Alan Wilson, holding two telegrams, lamented in front of his wife.
Pamela Mountbatten glanced sideways at her husband and said, "Why don't you have any confidence? This is not like you."
"With a population of 50 million in the UK, even if the income is equal to that of Americans, the economic power that the country can mobilize is still far behind. You must know that the population of the United States has just undergone a five-year census, and now the population has reached 170 million. Ten million. What’s more, Americans’ income is close to three thousand US dollars, while Britain’s income is only over two thousand US dollars.”
The United States in this era is truly impeccable, which makes Alan Wilson, a man who thinks decades later, despair.
With this kind of economic strength, it is no wonder that other countries respect the United States like gods. Now the imperial commissioner only has one question, when will the Vietnam War start? Is it too much to accumulate such a wealth without fighting a war?
"Yes, even if the income is the same, the United Kingdom is only one-third as powerful as the United States." Pamela Mountbatten couldn't help but sigh after hearing her husband's words. Although she didn't know why her husband didn't seem to like the United States.
It's not that Alan Wilson doesn't like the United States. If he were an American, he would definitely like the United States. But he was not. The influence of his nationality and the memory of his previous life caused him to only serve the country of his birth.
When it comes to patriotism, if he was a patriot in his previous life, his face will change when he changes to another country in this life. This shows that his patriotism in his previous life was also fake.
"Europe does need to be integrated, but it must be under the leadership of the United Kingdom, otherwise the United Kingdom will be increasingly marginalized in the future. Let alone recalling some world hegemon, even itself will become a joke." Alan Wilson plunged into the warm embrace of his wife , "Harmony with French capital can give Britain the strength to protect itself. I believe that Britain's continuous support for France's position after the war is due to this."
Pamela Mountbatten nodded. As for her husband's political understanding, she had always accepted everything he wanted. "Let's see how much growth Malaya's infrastructure construction can bring to the mainland this time."
Most of the British urban construction in the colonies was to build a capital. The only exception in the African colonies was Nigeria, mainly because Nigeria is the most densely populated place in Africa.
Urban construction in Malaya is different from those building a capital city in Africa. Supporting facilities for industrial transfer must also be considered. Larger scale, higher investment, real estate development is only one aspect, there are other considerations.
If nothing else happens, the Steel Group in Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, will officially let the Malayan colony surpass the British steel production in terms of steel production this year. Cement production will be similar.
Twice that of Japan.
The result of achieving a real goal of surpassing Britain and catching up with the United States is that Alan Wilson has planned fiscal expenditures for the next five years. The Malayan colonial government cannot even think of having a surplus in the next five years.
"Penang's urban construction is about to start, and I want to meet Su Yang and the others. Originally, Kuala Lumpur was given to them, but now it is about the same amount of work in Penang, but they have to be appeased." Alan Wilson Ask for advice and see if your wife has any ideas.
"Supporting the local elite, of course I have no problem." Pamela Mountbatten never thought much about her husband's words, looking like she was being manipulated.
As the president of a business group, she doesn't have enough time, so she always has to care about the reports of other divisions.
Princess Margaret is also following this trend now. She may have just started doing business and is still curious about everything. Very concerned about the exploration team heading to Angola.
If Alan Wilson hadn't used the princess's name to swindle the princess in front of the big comprador, Princess Margaret would have almost treated the telegram as instant messaging and kept trying to contact the exploration team who had not arrived.
After more than a month of investigation, the planning drawings of major cities to be built have been published on giant billboards.
Of course, there are also places where you do as the Romans do. From the perspective of centralized management, it is actually like the Khrushchev House in the Soviet Union. It is a better choice. The layout of residential buildings in China in later generations is the perfect version of Khrushchev Building.
Alan Wilson admires this kind of layout. British and American residences are open layouts, which are actually difficult to manage compared with residential layouts. If there is a black swan event, nothing can be blocked.
Gated communities are easy to centrally manage. If something happens, just block the external access to the community.
So for the urban planning talents from London, Alan Wilson just asked them to design the public facilities. As for the residential part, I replaced it with a gated community on my own behalf.
This decision was sincerely supported by many subordinates. For no other reason than the saying that gated communities are easy to manage, they were conquered. The first thing to consider when working in the colony was the issue of resistance.
When Alan Wilson said, "In the future, most Chinese will live in such closed communities, which will fundamentally undermine the anti-British foundation of a large ethnic group. If they really live in rural villages, the workload for us and the garrison will be huge." Woolen cloth."
As for the discrepancy between the final urban construction and the billboard now standing, that’s easy to explain, and the renderings are for reference only.
The only places where designers can use their spare energy are public facilities, shopping malls, golf courses, and schools.
"I hope the gentlemen won't be surprised if it's Penang City Construction." After arriving in Penang, Alan Wilson's greeting was much more formal this time, calling the big compradors their other identity, Justice of the Peace.
Because of his existence as Chief Executive, the identity of Justice of the Peace has also experienced a certain depreciation. Then he extended his hand to introduce Princess Margaret's identity, "This is Her Royal Highness the Princess of Great Britain, the sister of Her Majesty the Queen."
"Your Highness the Princess." A group of growing compradors greeted each other very politely, "Sir, in fact, Penang is also very good here. We are willing to use our own strength to build Malaya."
"As long as you think about it, the difference is not big. It's just a matter of steel and concrete." Alan Wilson said happily, "I hope you can make Malaya the shining pearl of Asia shine even brighter."
When the princess was present, everyone said there was no problem and even expressed compliments and compliments to the princess. After my brother-in-law translated, my sister-in-law, who was originally in a low mood, became happy.
After this meeting, Su Yang, Tian Qianqiu and others got the real design drawings of the gated community.
"I don't know if their compliments are true or not. Your design drawings are obviously very unsightly." Princess Margaret curled her lips, not liking the drawings of the gated community.
The Khrushchev Building is indeed not aesthetically pleasing, and the Soviet Union introduced it to centrally solve the housing problem. Later it spread to China and became a common residential style.
But? It is now 1956, and as long as Alan Wilson does it quickly enough, this will be evidence that the Soviet Union ignores copyright and plagiarizes the British colonies again.
"You don't understand the benefits of centralized management, which is conducive to controlling their movements at the lowest level. It is extremely important for us colonists." Alan Wilson extended his hands again and found a warm place with ease. On the one hand, he kept saying it was for Great Britain and had a business-like tone.
"It's so selfless. In the end, only one of the four cities was given to Pamela. I don't know what you think." Margaret clamped her legs and twisted her body.
"You don't understand, the great wealth lies behind." Alan Wilson felt the amazing elasticity of the princess's legs, but firmly denied that he had not given his wife the biggest cake.
Once urban construction is completed, water and electricity will be the bulk of cash flow. Compared with this, any urban construction can be ignored.
He remembered Jackma’s rival, whose corporate empire’s dream was to provide water and electricity for the Internet. In the end, the well-organized Jack Ma was hit hard, and the corporate empire was safe at least for the time being.
So what we say about the pattern is to deceive the people who eat melons, and pursuing the most basic goal is serious.
"Yes." The Imperial Commissioner, who was lost in thought, was stopped by a soft shout from Her Highness the Princess.
"Encountered an obstacle? Is it intentional?" Margaret's eyes seemed to be dripping with water, and her tone was very sad.
Looking at a face similar to the Queen's, Alan Wilson swallowed for no reason, and spoke incoherently for no reason, "Margaret... I am not."
What's not? Margaret kissed her brother-in-law directly on the mouth. She had never fought such a rich fight.
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