British Civil Servant

"After you arrive in the United States, maybe someone will come to the door and ask about the situation in British India."

Vivien Leigh suddenly remembered what Alan Wilson said before parting, and the well-dressed man in front of him seemed to be.

Thinking of this, I admire the man in New Delhi even more.

"I haven't been in British India for a long time, but it is a place with outstanding resources. This is a fact that all British people know." Vivien Leigh habitually began to test, she did not have this thinking.

"I don't know Miss Vivian, what are you doing now?" Derek turned serious and asked another question. He always felt that the way the star in front of him spoke was too official.

"Recently, I just became the honorary president of the British and Indian Actors Guild." Vivien Leigh froze for a moment, recalling the days in the past few months, except for that kind of thing, this is the most impressive thing.

Vivien Leigh actually doesn't have much experience in speaking and speaking, but it happened to be the honorary president of the British and Indian Actors Association.

It turned out to be the case, Derek knew in his heart, he said why an actor has such a heavy official meaning when he speaks. It turned out that he had just become the president of an art association that did not know the purpose, and was in a toddler state.

Knowing this, Derek felt relieved and expressed his desire to talk about the topic of British India about Vivien Leigh. Vivien Leigh was of course willing to accept this, and someone had reminded her before she came.

U.S. Steel was formed by the merger of more than a dozen companies including Carnegie Steel and Consolidated Steel.

He is a representative of the U.S. steel industry. U.S. Steel is not just the steel industry. The background of its birth is the contest between the old Morgan and Carnegie. In fact, the relationship between the two people is not good.

In the end, the United States Steel Corporation was established, representing Morgan's success in extending his hand from Wall Street to the real industry. U.S. Steel has also become a brand established by the Morgan family in the real industry. U.S. Steel is not terrible, but the Morgan family behind it is terrible.

The U.S. Steel Company has always represented the influence of the Morgan family. In the United States today, it is like a ceiling. As one of the directors of the steel company, Derek, of course, is not interested in these Hollywood stars pretending to be high society.

Although U.S. Steel has a large number of shares, Derek's shares are not an astonishing number, but as a director who can attend the company's general meeting, he is already a director who only appears when the dividends are due. Floor.

Since the background of the establishment of the United States Steel Corporation is financial-driven capital, it naturally has the characteristics of financial-driven capital.

Now that the world war is over, the United States of America is the biggest winner of this world war, whether modestly or not, and all its competitors, far or near, are either dead or lying in intensive care units.

At this time, the board of directors of U.S. Steel Corporation, and Wall Street behind them, judged that this would be a good opportunity for internationalization. In fact, the internationalization of American companies was quite early. From the early days of the old Rockefeller, Standard Oil continued to Going everywhere is clear.

In order to enter the Far East market, Standard Oil gave free kerosene lamps to boost the demand for oil. This act of giving away kerosene lamps is limited to the international market and has never been done in the domestic market of the United States.

It can be said that Standard Oil's journey to enter the international market started from being a big head, relying on domestic market funds, and subsidizing the way to internationalization. A conscience wants to say that I am the same way. This is the only way for an international enterprise.

The top capital in the United States has gone through this road, but for the vast colonies, because of the barriers, they still cannot get in. The closed economy of the colonies makes it very difficult for American companies. This is the case in all colonies, the British India is nothing but a typical representative.

Because British India, as the richest colony of the British Empire, is naturally coveted. It's just that the British Empire has always shown an attitude that cannot be interfered with.

It's just that things have changed since the end of this world war. As time goes by, the British no longer seem to insist that they must keep British India. There are various signs that the British have accepted their fate.

This is a good opportunity, and then British India is facing the test of drought, and the wonderful news that there may be a great famine comes, which makes people eager to try.

Knowing that Vivien Leigh was going to call on all sectors of the American society to pay attention to the famine in British India, Derek brought the voice of some directors of the U.S. Steel Corporation to this occasion that he would not normally come to, and let him invest in other investments. Hold Bette Davis, bring along with you, and relax by the way.

Although Vivien Leigh doesn't know much about British India, she probably knows that British India can be said to have everything in terms of total volume, but compared to the huge population, it is indeed somewhat insufficient.

The specific distribution of these natural resources is naturally in the hands of the Governor's Office of British India, where the man happens to be giving orders.

India is rich in coal, bauxite, ilmenite, rutile and other resources, but extremely scarce in oil, natural gas and other energy resources. The reserves and output of various minerals rank among the top in the world.

For example, the reserves and output of chromite in India rank among the top three in the world; the output of coal, barite, iron ore and bauxite ranks among the top five in the world; global thorium and mica are the main origins of India.

Of course, Vivien Leigh could not have known such details, but she knew that the coal and iron resources of British India were sufficient.

Just the little information that Vivien Leigh knows about is enough for Derek, the director of the US Steel Corporation. The main coal and iron are not separated, which is a good thing for the steel industry.

In the early days of Carnegie's establishment as the king of steel decades ago, it was through coal that it took down its rivals in the steel industry.

As for the attack and defense of Carnegie and Morgan around the steel industry later, that is another question. In the end, Carnegie's steel company became U.S. Steel, which is not a particularly commendable acquisition case.

In the final analysis, Morgan gave too much money. In 1900, Morgan, in conjunction with major Wall Street credit companies and banks, offered Carnegie Steel a sky-high price of $500 million.

In fact, with the financial resources of the Morgan family alone, they can’t afford the money even if they are pants. It is the joint efforts of the entire Wall Street Morgan system that used the money to smash the steel king down. After the acquisition, Carnegie became a new branch. richest man.

Having coal and steel is the foundation of a successful steel business. Derek knows this. He believes that a star, even the president of a small art association, will not lie to him about this.

"Actually, U.S. Steel is motivated to be a world-class company, and of course we have done it for a long time. However, the development of the company will not stagnate. In fact, we have always been interested in British India, but for some reasons it failed. And Now, so to speak, an opportunity to learn about British India."

As a successful businessman, Derek often deals with people in the federal government. How can a company of the size of U.S. Steel be separated from politics?

"I don't know Miss Vivian, do you know some officials from British India?" Derek finally showed his fox's tail, wanting to take a shortcut on the internationalization journey of U.S. Steel.

"There is a little brother who works in the Governor's Palace in British India." Vivien Leigh thought about it, the one she was most familiar with was Alan Wilson, and she couldn't be more familiar with it.

"Oh, that's right. It's really reassuring news. Miss Vivian, I'm actually very sympathetic to the situation in British India, but the most fundamental reason is development."

Derek was overjoyed and further said, "Of course, regarding the fundraising for British India, I can actually help, on another level, to make this fundraising smoother, of course I want to Some information, as long as Miss Vivian can provide it through certain channels, this matter is very simple."

This? Vivien Leigh was a little embarrassed. She hesitated. It was the first time she had experienced these things and she had no experience. She didn't know whether to agree or not, and whether that person would be disturbed.

"Vivian, this is a good opportunity~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Seeing Vivien Leigh hesitant, Bette Davis is a little anxious, she knows what it means to be a director of U.S. Steel, Vivien Leigh is British maybe Some do not understand, but she is American.

Derek himself did not speak up, obviously showing strong confidence in this matter. Even if there is a problem, it will not be caused by a female star. In the end, it depends on what British India thinks.

"Okay, I'll get in touch with my brother in New Delhi." Vivien Leigh agreed as soon as she was urged by Bette Davis.

"About this fundraising, I believe it will become the focus of heated discussions among the American people." Derek said with satisfaction. As a senior executive of a fact-monopoly company, he knew very well how to deal with the media, otherwise it would be endless. antitrust lawsuits.

Both Ingrid Bergman and Katharine Hepburn were delighted by the event, but Ingrid Bergman in particular found herself too far down the line by allowing directors and producers to take advantage of her progress. Look at Betty Davis, who is still married and found such a gold master. This is a master.

The conspiracy against British India on the other side of the ocean has been born, and Alan Wilson, who is responsible for maintaining the British Empire, is also busy and thinking about how many green cards to issue.