Chapter 880 Revolving Door
"Is this okay?" After hearing her husband's words, Pamela Mountbatten asked in confusion. Although she also owned a media group, she still didn't understand the twists and turns involved.
"Of course, the biggest role of the media group is actually to spread rumors." Alan Wilson chuckled, "Just think about how we slandered products made in Germany. The industrial products of the United States are not as good as those of Germany. You don't deny this, right? "
The famous name Made in Germany is a masterpiece of British public opinion hegemony. Britain became a world power through the Industrial Revolution and became a model for other countries to learn from. At this time, Germany also began to learn from Britain, because many factories plagiarized the technology of British products and then counterfeited them. Imitation is recognized and even encouraged by the German government, and some departments even send industrial spies to the UK.
Subsequently, the British Parliament passed the "Commodity Act" against Germany on this issue, requiring all products entering the United Kingdom and its colonies to be stamped "Made in Germany".
Of course, in the end, the German factory owners realized their shame and became courageous. They regarded the British commodity law as a great shame and a huge insult, and spent a lot of time to reverse the negative effects of British public opinion hegemony, but this is another issue.
To be honest, in traditional industries, the United States has no advantage over Western European countries, and even has obvious shortcomings in many industries. To put it bluntly, there is no Soviet Union in the free world, but the United States is the Soviet Union in the free world.
Since the recovery of Europe in the 1950s, U.S. industrial exports have been beaten back steadily. Later, even Japan was riding on the Americans. The automobile industry had long been the most important export industry in the United States, but it was finally taken away by Japan.
You must know that the U.S. automobile industry was an important industry for the United States to maintain its import and export balance after the war. It was crushed by Japanese cars and took away the market. As a result, the U.S. trade deficit could not be restored, and eventually the Bretton Woods system was shaken.
The aviation industry is supported by the national power of the United States. If it were not for the backing of the national power of the United States, Boeing would not be sidelined with Airbus.
Regardless of whether it was useful or not, for Pamela Mountbatten, who entered the aviation industry through the Comet airliner, even if she knew it was useless, she still took the opportunity to explain that American passenger planes were unsafe.
"Cars are just silly, big, thick, oil-fueled beasts, and airplanes only have a lot of horsepower and can lift bricks into the sky, but they lack safety. To say that the cost remains high is unfriendly to consumers." Alan Wilson said to his wife, "Spread the word." Political jokes, aimed at some industrial rhetoric, summarized by saying that American industry is the Soviet Union of the free world."
This requires the blessing of the hegemony of public opinion to be able to hold on. Alan Wilson is not targeting anyone in terms of map cannon. He cannot be said to be an expert and has sufficient experience. The hegemony of public opinion is important. For example, the province where Jackma is located has the highest number of dishonest people in the country. If it were an old, young and poor person, the map cannons would have been fired long ago.
"Yeah!" Looking at her husband with admiration, Pamela Mountbatten wanted to take out a small book to remember.
Alan Wilson is not slandering the United States. In terms of traditional industries, the United States is indeed not up to par with European countries. Of course, the military industry is an exception.
Moreover, the total population of the United States exceeds that of any European country, so it has a complete range of industrial categories that can overwhelm a single European country.
That’s why Europe needs integration. Only by uniting all countries can we compete with the United States in all categories.
The current purpose of the Overseas Assets Management Committee is to eliminate local low-profit industries for Malaya.
At present, the steel industry has reached this stage, which is already very fast. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for Malaya's steel industry to be ahead of Japan. This is all because of the relationship between Australia and the United Kingdom, and Australia is very close to Malaya. It provides the basis for cheap iron ore. As for the market, it is provided by Britain, the great European funnel, and the British colonies.
The future is for chemical industry, automobile, shipbuilding and other industries. The path is similar to that of Japan and South Korea. The automobile industry may not be so smooth, because it is Japan's trump card industry after the war.
British car manufacturing is at the luxury car level.
But the shipbuilding industry is no problem for the United Kingdom. The scale of the British civilian shipbuilding industry is comparable to that of the United States, and it even has an advantage in most years. In the chemical industry, at least for now, the United Kingdom still has influence in the Middle East, and can exert influence on Malaysia in the petrochemical field. To provide help to Malaya is to say that Malaya itself has oil resources.
The basic conditions of the Malayan colonies are still very good. When the support of the education industry is established, although the population size cannot be compared with Japan, with the political and resource support of the United Kingdom and Australia, it will be much better than Japan without Hokkaido. Confidence.
Once again, Pamela Mountbatten was satisfied with the new knowledge points she had gained and asked about work matters.
"I really have something for you to help with." Alan Wilson looked like an old opium merchant. "This campaign to rectify social security is very significant. Several tons of drugs have been confiscated, so I have come up with a distribution plan. Can my dear Can’t help?”
"Ship it to America? It's not difficult. But it will harm your progress." Pamela Mountbatten glanced at her husband sideways, "You know this is not a good thing, but you still want to send it to the United States?"
"It's all the subordinates below who want some profit. I have no problem with it myself. I'm not interested in money." Alan Wilson said as if there were bad people among the masses. "You can't exchange pounds for pounds in the Commonwealth. ?The only option is to exchange it for U.S. dollars.”
If not the United States, where should I send it? Could it be sent to Britain, even though Britain is no stranger to this thing and even fought a war with the Qing Dynasty over it.
However, Alan Wilson was not clearing the ground for Britain's unjust war. No one denied that the Opium War was a war of aggression, but the British continued to use this product until 1920, and then banned its use on children.
In countries all over the world, drugs were considered harmful very late. From this point of view, the Qing government responded very quickly and immediately understood the harmful effects of the proliferation of opium. This is very commendable.
What is not worthy of praise is that the combat effectiveness of the Qing army was the best in the agricultural era, but Britain was the country of origin of the Industrial Revolution, and it was a lot of trouble facing the British army.
It is not easy for his wife to send the spoils of war to the United States. The United States today has not degenerated into more than 20 million drug addicts. Every state has a zombie kingdom on Kensington Street, but Alan Wilson cannot wait until the Vietnam War begins. The social environment of the United States He went to cash out after falling. His subordinates want benefits now, but he said he would wait until ten years later?
Fortunately, Pamela Mountbatten still agreed to help, so as not to embarrass her husband by doing such a price reduction.
As for manpower, Alan Wilson picked up the phone and asked Radwich to come over. He had something to communicate with Grace. At this moment, he didn't know that a dangerous door had been opened for Grace. The father of a Mexican drug dealer It was after this phone call that we were born.
Of course, it is impossible for Alan Wilson to know the future that does not match his memory, but this matter must have someone. The Slavs of Northern Rhodesia are more suitable. After all, he is helpful to the Slavs.
With Pamela Mountbatten's channel and Grace's subordinates escorting her, this matter became quite easy. It can be considered a bulk cargo transport, so I can't help but be cautious.
If he had not received a telegram, Alan Wilson would have continued to uphold social justice in Malaya and contribute to the prosperity of Malaya. Unfortunately, a telegram from London interrupted his comfortable life.
The second cabinet secretary in the Cabinet Office, Edward Bridges, now permanent secretary to the Treasury, is actually retiring, just months after Lord Barron announced his retirement.
Edward Bridges is 63 years old this year. According to the normal retirement age, he has delayed retirement for three years.
The most commendable time in the career of a Cabinet Secretary was when World War II broke out and Churchill led the United Kingdom.
Churchill took over No. 10 Downing Street. From a personal perspective, Edward Bridges had very complicated emotions.
Churchill was nearly twenty years Bridges's senior and had been Edward Bridges's boss when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer. Churchill had a keen eye for Edward Bridges. Cabinet secretaries are impeccable in terms of frontline combat, devotion to duty and professional abilities.
At the time, in the eyes of many neutral officials and politicians, Churchill was still a dangerous adventurer who could put Britain in great danger or act recklessly, as he had done in response to the Battle of Dardanelles.
Edward Bridges thought so too, and it turns out that he was right. This may be why Edward Bridges kept his distance from Churchill.
The nine hundred and nineteen wartime cabinet meetings were the work of Edward Bridges, but for Alan Wilson, the reason why he wanted to go back was because of the principle of repaying a debt of gratitude.
"Sir Edward is retiring?" Pamela Mountbatten soon learned about it. "Actually, Sir Edward can continue to work for two years, and no one will say anything."
"Maybe he is unwilling to continue working. In the past two years, there have been hidden dangers in Whitehall and the cabinet. The leader and deputy leader of the Labor Party, Sir Edward, the permanent secretary of the Treasury, and Sir Norman, the cabinet secretary. Power can make people quickly Things that have changed." Alan Wilson sighed, "Dear, but Sir Edward has deep connections, do you understand what I mean?"
"The revolving door." Pamela Mountbatten understood it at once, and then expressed her support, "Then you go back, and I will arrange the rest. After all, Sir Edward takes great care of us."
Retirement or resignation of government officials is not the end, and it is not a new thing for them to go overseas to work in companies or schools. Similar phenomena were more famous in the United States in later generations, but as a daddy, of course such things also happened in the United Kingdom.
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