Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

  Chapter 727 Mrs Thatcher's Decision

   You must know that there are more than 20 teams participating in the World Cup, and the chance of winning the championship is one in 20.

With such a low probability of   , playing such a big game, is this a panic of burning more money, or is the other party really sure that Italy will win?

   If you want to say that Yang Chen is controlling the World Cup games, most of you will not believe it. After all, the opponent's rise time is too short, and most of the teams participating in the World Cup games are from European and American countries.

   Yang Chen, as an Asian, wants to control the World Cup matches, no doubt talking in his dreams.

  The host of this World Cup is Spain. With the character of the Spaniards and the way the Spanish government behaves, it is difficult for even the major gaming giants to control the game behind the scenes.

  What even the bookies can't do, they don't believe an Asian can do it.

   However, it would be a little too lucky to say that the other party is lucky. It is conservatively estimated that there are already so many, and how much the real gain is.

   You must know that the British Intelligence Service was able to find out, and it was only limited to the public, and no one knew how much money the other party invested in secret.

Mrs Thatcher: "Okay, this is the end of the matter, now we just need to know that his wealth has entered the ranks of the world's super-rich, and he has sufficient funds to participate in our second round of privatization. plan.

I have invited him to have dinner at home in the evening. I will ask him what he thinks at that time. In short, I will try my best to persuade him to participate in the second round of investment. At the same time, you should also be prepared to give a certain amount of money within a reasonable range. Convenient, don't make trouble for that little guy. "

   Many officials present heard Mrs Thatcher's words and looked at each other one by one, not knowing how to answer.

  As the prime minister’s subordinates, many of them do not actually want foreign capital to take shares in those state-owned enterprises that are about to be privatized.

   Yang Chen, as a native of Hong Kong, although he is now a British citizen, in the eyes of the British, all the people in the colonies are actually second-class citizens.

   Let a second-class citizen take a stake in some important British companies. They are somewhat concerned, especially since the issue of Hong Kong is currently unclear, and the other party is likely not to be British in the blink of an eye.

   This is also where many people have concerns.

   Of course, there are also people who understand Mrs Thatcher's approach. A super rich person like Yang Chen who holds a huge amount of cash will actively win over any country.

   If the second round of privatization can involve the super-rich like Yang Chen, then the British government must benefit.

Mrs Thatcher raised her hand to stop everyone from arguing and said, "I don't think I need to continue to explain the current economic development in China. Although the victory of the Falklands War has brought a certain improvement in the domestic economy, at the same time, It also allowed us to gain the support of the general public.

   But judging from the current problems, the situation is still very serious. We still need to speed up the pace of reform. If we delay here for a day, the domestic economy will get worse and worse.

  I know that some of you are thinking of protecting the interests of British consortia, but I must tell you clearly that the greed of capitalists will not change because of their status and nationality.

   Before the first round of privatization, you have also seen, what have our consortiums done? They desperately drive down the value of state-owned enterprises, and many even join forces to put pressure on the government.

  Some people are too greedy. If capital outside the UK is not involved, we must sell state-owned enterprises at low prices, otherwise our reforms will not achieve the expected results. "

   Mrs. Thatcher's words left the ministers speechless, because what Mrs. Thatcher said was the truth, those financial groups were too greedy.

They have never considered the interests of the country, and everyone is single-mindedly trying to exchange low prices for high profits. The reason why many local British consortiums do not take action is in addition to worrying that Mrs Thatcher will not be re-elected next year. In a It is to give them greater concessions when the government can no longer hold on.

Obviously, Mrs Thatcher did not want to back down, because once she backed down, the following reforms would inevitably harm the country's interests. As the first industrial country, Britain's huge industrial output value, even if it loses a penny of profit, is very terrifying. numbers.

   Looking around, Mrs Thatcher continued: "Now, we need him to invest in us, and even if we can't bring in most of his capital, we must not allow large-scale outflows of domestic capital.

   At the same time, we must also make the domestic consortium clear about one thing, that is, the government will not allow anyone, in any situation, to coerce the government, and we will let them understand that even without their support, the government can still promote reforms. "

   "As for your concern about foreign capital controlling the domestic economy, I think this is a bit redundant. Foreign capital is different from local consortiums in that they do not have the political advantages of local consortia.

   Even if foreign capital controls the domestic economy, their goal is just to make money, beyond the scope of making money, an administrative order can easily solve it…”

   Mrs Thatcher was right. Compared with local consortia, foreign capital is actually better managed.

   Local consortium, if you move it casually, it may involve a lot of interest forces, and because foreign capital has no local advantage, in addition to making money, their life and death are actually in the hands of the government.

  Young people are most eager for quick success, and no one can change this. The reason why Mrs. Thatcher told everyone so much in person was to warn the people below not to set up obstacles for Yang Chen and deliberately cause trouble for others.

  The British privatization plan, although very attractive, but in the current social environment in the UK, many foreign investors are still hesitating and waiting for the opportunity.

   In particular, Mrs Thatcher's term of office is coming to an end. No one knows whether Mrs Thatcher will have a chance to be re-elected next year. Although the victory in the Falklands War has added a high reputation to Mrs Thatcher.

   But don't forget that Margaret Thatcher's reforms were aimed at Britain's largest working class and middle class, two groups with the most votes in the country.

  Mrs. Thatcher's reforms smashed the jobs of many people at once, and a large number of laid-off workers did not have the slightest impression of Mrs. Thatcher.

   Therefore, the second round of privatization will only come to fruition next year, and only when Mrs Thatcher is re-elected, those who wait and see will really take action.

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   (end of this chapter)