Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 726 Surprise at the Prime Minister's Office

  While Yang Chen was preparing, Mrs Thatcher was also discussing matters about him with the officials in Downing Street.

  In the 1970s, after the outbreak of the oil crisis, the "Batzker Doctrine" policy once pursued by the British two parties gradually failed.

The name   Batzkerism is a combination of the surnames of former Conservative government chancellor Butler and Labour government chancellor Gettyskell.

  It highlights that both the Conservative and Labour parties, in their basic domestic policy, are promoting a broadly consistent welfare capitalism based on the Attlee Labour government's "socialist" policies and Keynesian demand management policies.

The meaning of    is that the policy pursued by Batskerism was a combination of the unanimous interests of the two major political parties in Britain at that time.

   Since World War II, whichever one of the two major political parties in Britain has been in power has always been based on Batskelism.

   However, after the outbreak of the oil crisis, the British economy entered stagflation, Keynesianism failed, and this balance was broken.

   In order to reactivate the domestic economy, the Conservative government headed by Margaret Thatcher began a series of reforms.

  Margaret Thatcher's reforms were mainly in political and economic aspects. Economically, Margaret Thatcher emphasized the role of market mechanisms, reduced state intervention, and vigorously promoted denationalization and privatization policies.

   Improve the economic efficiency of enterprises and improve the competitiveness of British enterprises by selling large-scale shares of state-owned enterprises to individuals and encouraging private capital to enter the state-owned sector.

   Politically, Thatcher's ruling party opposed the "socialism" of the British Labour Party, attacked trade unions and labor movements, and took tough measures against the strike movement of the British trade unions, replacing the compromise policies such as negotiation and negotiation adopted in the past.

The high welfare policy makes the British people lack the centripetal force, and a large number of nationalized companies do not want to make progress, which makes British products lack effective competitiveness in the international market, further causing the British economy to stagnate for a long time, and even being labeled as the sick man of Europe by the outside world. .

  Today, the empire on which the sun never sets has plummeted militarily, being replaced by the United States and the Soviet Union, and economically, it has been brought closer by the resurgent West Germany and France and other European countries.

  Military, the United Kingdom is no longer capable of winning the first place, and the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union cannot give the British another chance.

   Therefore, the current economic problem is the most important problem in the UK at present.

   In the face of increasingly serious strikes and more and more unemployed people in the country, Mrs Thatcher's reformation heart has not been shaken in any way. Any reform requires bloodshed. If Britain does not want to continue to sink, it must make changes.

  The only thing she is worried about now is the general election next year, whether she can successfully get a chance to be re-elected.

  If she fails to be re-elected, then this reform is likely to come to an end. Now the privatization process has only completed the first step. She needs to be re-elected to strengthen her power and allow the UK to complete this reform completely.

   Mrs. Thatcher asked the following middle-aged white official: "Is the investigation clear? Is that Miss Siemens representing the Siemens family, or that Mr. Yang Chen?"

   "It has been investigated clearly. The source of funds for that Miss Siemens is all provided by Hong Kong Hang Seng Bank. I think that Mr. Yang Chen borrowed Miss Siemens' hand to buy Li's Voice."

   "Originally, Li's Voice was only going to sell business in Asia, but for some unknown reason, Li's Voice's major shareholder sold all the shares it held to Miss Siemens.

   The remaining shareholders of Li's Voice sold all their shares when the other party was 50% higher than the market price. "

   "At the same time, we also got the exact news that Miss Siemens has been buying shares of major British newspapers recently, and many of them have been controlled by her..."

   Mrs. Thatcher frowned slightly and said, "It seems that the young man has a good appetite. He entered the media industry at this time, obviously wanting to control public opinion."

  A white official hesitated: "Then do we want it?"

   Mrs. Thatcher didn't wait for the official to finish speaking, then shook her head and said, "No, I originally wanted him to stand up, since he is prepared, then the next thing will be easy.

  If we want to solve the problems we are currently facing in China, we have to take serious medicines and introduce foreign capital to compete. I think he is just right. Now that Hong Kong is still under our jurisdiction, he is still half his own.

  Since there is already a Murdoch, and there is no shortage of Yang Chen, they are all interested in the media industry, then let them compete first..."

Speaking of which, Mrs Thatcher smiled and said: "Compared to Murdoch, I think that little guy is even more exciting. Now he is the richest man in China. Coupled with his gains in the London stock market this time, he will achieve success in the future. inestimable."

   "We have to win over such a person. In this regard, the royal family has done better than us. It is said that Prince Charles and Princess Diana have a good personal relationship with him.

   Before Hang Seng Bank entered London, that one was through the relationship of Prince Charles. I heard that he also has a personal relationship with Prince Hassar of Saudi Arabia? "

The director of the intelligence agency stood up at the right time and said: "According to the news from the Middle East, that Mr. Yang Chen had a private meeting with the seven Sudri brothers. After that, Hang Seng Bank obtained more than ten billion dollars from the Arab royal family. deposit."

   "Besides that, we got a message."

   Mrs Thatcher: "What news?"

   "This World Cup competition, that Mr. Yang Chen has gained a lot."

   "Press?" Mrs Thatcher gave the intelligence chief a puzzled look, not understanding what the other party was talking about.

   "It is said that Mr. Yang Chen bet against a Chinese gambling king in Las Vegas, USA, betting on this World Cup, Italy won the championship, betting & investing 100 million US dollars.

After   , he was invited by Prince Hasar to go to the Middle East. I heard that he made a heavy bet of 500 million US dollars in the Middle East, and he still beat Italy to win.

  In addition to two places, we also found that he has bet on the World Cup in developed countries in Europe, and the specific data is unknown.

In this World Cup, Italy won the championship with a dark horse. That is to say, Mr. Yang Chen won the bet. Based on the information we have, the opponent will be conservatively estimated to be able to win at least seventy percent in this World Cup. One hundred million U.S. dollars. "

   "His..." Hearing this, the officials in the Prime Minister's Office involuntarily took a deep breath.

   Everyone was not only surprised that Yang Chen could make so much money from the World Cup, but also surprised Yang Chen's boldness.

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   (end of this chapter)