Chapter 762 Oil Layout

Once the technical worker job grade system and minimum wage guarantee policy were released, the response in China was still quite huge.

Of course, most of the impact was positive. People are still quite welcome to such job grades, because they can indeed improve their salary levels.

Especially some workers who think they are quite capable, they have planned to take the fourth-level worker certificate after the construction of the technical assessment point in their area is completed, and get the highest salary among technical workers.

However, the reality is not as ideal as they think. The assessment of technical workers is step by step. This also means that they must start with the first-level technical workers until they are assessed as fourth-level technical workers.

Knowing that the public response is relatively positive, Arthur no longer pays attention to the subsequent grade division and assessment.

After all, these can be done by the cabinet government alone. If Arthur pays attention, it will add pressure to them.

At present, what Arthur is more concerned about is how to find ways to create income for the government and the royal family.

Of course, the government is the one that needs to increase income the most. Although the royal family's income is not as high as the government, it has much less to spend than the government.

Although the government has a lot of income, it has to take into account the livelihood of more than 30 million people in the entire kingdom. Such expenses are huge.

The royal family currently has only a few people, and even if they squander, the annual income is completely sufficient.

Of course, under Arthur's orders and control, the royal family members have not been too extravagant so far.

Arthur set a rule for the Australasian royal family: all royal family members can get a gift from the royal consortium after they come of age.

This gift may be a factory, a company, or some mineral resources and items of equal value.

Currently, only William and Anna have come of age. William's gift was a rubber company, which was worth about 3 million Australian dollars at the time.

After selling at the highest point, William invested all the cashed-out funds in the rubber industry on Java Island.

At present, the total market value of the rubber company controlled by William has exceeded 10 million Australian dollars, and the annual profit exceeds 2 million Australian dollars, which can be regarded as a millionaire.

The gift Arthur gave to Anna is actually a company. Of course, in line with the principle of raising sons poorly and daughters well, Arthur actually dotes on Anna more.

The Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Watch Company mentioned earlier has a luxury factory called Victoria Jewelry, which was given to Anna by Arthur.

This luxury factory mainly produces various precious jewelry, necklaces, earrings, etc., including special ladies' watches.

The market value at that time was about 4 million Australian dollars, and now it has exceeded 10 million Australian dollars.

Of course, the surge in the market value of this luxury factory is largely due to the depreciation of the Australian dollar, not Anna's business layout.

In terms of business, Anna obviously has no great interest. If Anna didn't like jewelry and watches, Arthur would not have given her this luxury company.

But then again, Arthur gave William a rubber company to let him operate it himself, and the biggest factor was to test William's ability in business.

And the bigger reason for giving Anna this luxury company is actually to share the rain and dew equally and dote on Anna.

Even if this luxury company goes bankrupt, Arthur can always start another company with the same market value, and then give it to Anna for various reasons.

Let's get back to the point. How can the government increase fiscal revenue?

In addition to the efforts made by the state, the fastest and most effective way is to enable those state-invested enterprises to achieve rapid expansion or earn more profits.

After thinking for a long time, Arthur still looked at the Persian Gulf. There are huge oil fields with inestimable value, and it is also a region that can quickly generate a lot of profits.

Speaking of oil fields, we have to mention the current world oil prices.

After so many years of development, cars have long become a necessity in people's daily lives.

At present, horses are rarely seen in more advanced cities. After all, cars are faster, more stable and comfortable, which is far ahead of horses.

Moreover, horses will involuntarily defecate in the city, which will destroy the beauty and hygiene of the city, and is one of the reasons why big cities eliminate horses.

Cars are different. Although cars also emit exhaust gas, the gas will float into the sky after all, which does not have much impact on the beauty and cleanliness of the city.

Of course, the current people do not know the harm of car exhaust. Moreover, factories and enterprises outside the city emit a lot of exhaust gas, which is much more serious than car exhaust.

If you are in a city like London, you can hardly see car exhaust. After all, London's smog is much more serious than exhaust, and the color of the smog has long covered the exhaust of cars.

Because of the continuous increase in car ownership, the current international oil price is also in a stable state of rising.

As of July 1930, the international oil price was almost 5 times that before World War I and 11 times that of 1900, which is enough to show the horror of the oil price increase.

Although there have been ups and downs in the middle, the oil price has been growing steadily most of the time.

But then again, although exporting oil makes money, there is a limit to the money that can be made.

Only by truly controlling the price of oil and being able to control the price within the range you want can you truly earn enough profits.

Australasia currently controls a considerable part of the Persian Gulf coast, and actually already has the capital to control world oil prices.

But the problem is that another giant in the Persian Gulf is the United Kingdom, and the British also have a large number of colonies in the Persian Gulf.

If Australasia begins to control world oil prices, the British will certainly be looking for trouble.

After all, Britain does not want to see Australasia earn a lot of money from oil and then invest it in national development and military to overtake Britain.

In this case, the best result is to jointly control the world oil price with the British and achieve common prosperity in oil.

Speaking of which, the Persian Gulf region jointly controlled by Britain and Australasia accounts for more than 60% of the world's oil reserves.

What's more, there are still a large number of oil fields that have not been discovered, and the proportion may be higher at this time.

As long as Britain and Australasia can unite, controlling world oil prices will not be a problem at all.

This not only allows them to earn large profits through changes in oil prices, but also affects countries that rely on exporting oil for a living and weakens their competitors.

Thinking of this, Arthur also decided to take action.

Only by completely controlling the price of oil can we earn more profits in the future during World War II.

Which of the aircraft and tanks in World War II did not require oil? It is no exaggeration to say that with the research in the engine field, countries around the world are now inseparable from oil, an important energy source.

As long as Australasia and Britain can control world oil prices, the future World War II will be a great opportunity for Australasia to search for European assets.

It can also be seen from the map that the Persian Gulf is still very close to Europe. It only needs to enter the Indian Ocean and then enter the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal to transport oil to European countries along the Mediterranean.

The short distance has a price advantage, which also means that Australasia hopes to become Europe's oil supplier in World War II, which may be tens or even tens of billions of Australian dollars in profits.

European countries cannot provide money and do not need money. They can exchange it with various resources, talents, industrial facilities and machinery, or even make an IOU.

As long as it controls a large amount of debts of European countries, Australasia's influence on Europe will continue to strengthen after World War II.

This is just like World War I. In the First World War in history, the Americans also held this idea and finally realized their plan to become the world's hegemon.

Even Americans of this era had such ambitions in World War I, and even did not hesitate to provide funds to the Allied Powers to join the war.

But it is a pity that due to the addition of Australasia at that time, the First World War ended early, and the Americans did not gain too many benefits.

If the United States is allowed to reap benefits, I am afraid it will not be so easy to solve the United States after World War I.

After all, the biggest change brought to the United States before and after World War I in history was that the United States changed from a debtor country to a moneylender country.

Negotiating international oil prices was naturally left to the ambassador to the UK and the European royal family chief.

Britain and Australasia are fully capable of setting relevant oil price standards and controlling the rise and fall of oil prices through the oil they control along the Persian Gulf coast.

Even if there is a certain amount of speculation, the price of oil can increase several times at an exaggerated speed, and the profits will also increase several times.

How to operate it depends on the outcome of the discussions between the two countries. After all, the price of oil is also related to the people's livelihood of the country. If you want to speculate in oil unscrupulously, it depends on whether the domestic people agree.

According to the current international oil prices, the price of a barrel of crude oil is about 7 Australian dollars. At the peak of the world war, the price of crude oil rose to 4 pounds per barrel, which was about 8 Australian dollars.

However, the current currency has depreciated. Although it seems that the current crude oil price is close to the peak of the world war, it is actually less than half of that time.

According to Arthur's estimation, if the negotiations with the British go smoothly, the price of crude oil can increase to 6 to 7 Australian dollars.

Don’t underestimate this increase of 1 or 2 Australian dollars, which may bring profits of millions or even tens of millions of Australian dollars.

After all, the export of crude oil is not a small figure. The cumulative consumption of crude oil in any country is definitely a huge number, and the increase in profits is absolutely exaggerated.

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