Rebirth of England

"We have already been in contact with five Chinese railway construction groups, and they are all eager to join the project construction of High-speed Rail Line 2..."

After completing the acquisition of Eversholt Railway Group, Amber Sheehan's current work is to integrate it into the First Railway Group of England, so that various businesses can be sorted out and create synergy effects.

However, Amber Sheehan has carried out countless mergers and acquisitions before, so she can be said to be very comfortable in these matters.

In addition, it is related to the bidding work for the British High Speed ​​Rail Line 2.

When she went to China before, Amber Sheehan had been in contact with some related engineering companies in China, including China Railway Construction, China Railway, China Water Conservancy and Hydropower Construction Group Co., Ltd., which undertook the construction of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway. Transportation construction companies and other enterprises...

In addition, China Guangshen Railway Company and MTR are also very interested in this project.

"After we returned to London, China sent a large team to contact us. The officials they led also promised that if we could transfer the entire project, including trains and other equipment, to them, If we sign a package agreement, then China can provide us with interest-free loans covering the entire investment amount..."

I have to say that the condition proposed by Huaxia is still very tempting.

Unlike most Westerners at this time, Barron is still very confident in China's current strength in high-speed rail construction.

If the plan proposed by China is followed, not only can quality and quantity be maintained, but the construction of High-speed Rail Line 2 can be completed as quickly as possible, and Barron's side will not even need to bear financial pressure.

But the so-called "people in the world cannot help themselves"...

To be precise, Barron now owns Alstom-Bombardier Heavy Industries, the world's largest rail transit group, so it is impossible to hand over high-speed rail trains and some related equipment and systems to Chinese companies.

In addition, some requirements of the British government still need to be properly met. Therefore, in the entire high-speed rail line 2 project, there is more or less need to leave some soup for local small and medium-sized enterprises in Britain.

"The more loans from Huaxia, the better. But for the HS2 project, we can only hand over part of the project to Huaxia companies, and we also need to consider orders from our own related companies..."

Amber Sheen naturally knew this, he nodded and said:

"In fact, the appetite of the Chinese people is not big, and they also understand some of our considerations. Therefore, if most of the railway projects and high-speed rail station construction projects can be handed over to them, then they promise to provide no less than the total investment. A loan with a ratio of 80%..."

"Then continue to talk to them and tell the Chinese people that we will construct the entire section of HS2 at the same time, hoping to complete it as quickly as possible. In the next project bidding, I hope they will come up with the best conditions. …”

Barron's words almost hinted that if the conditions were similar, he would choose to cooperate with China.

"But Your Highness the Duke, if you really decide to cooperate with China, then some additional resistance will also need to be overcome..."

This is the vaccination that Amber Sheehan gave Barron's. After all, in this field, China is a "new player" in the global market, and the entry of new players is always accompanied by a lot of noise.

The so-called noise is nothing more than a voice based on interests.

Just like in the original time and space, when China wanted to participate in the high-speed rail line 2 project, even the United States publicly declared that it would affect Britain's "national security"...

In this regard, the British side can only say that "the high-speed rail is not in danger of being monitored"...

Of course, the United States itself does not have much strength in high-speed rail technology, but Europe does. If it really decides to cooperate with China, there will definitely be a lot of noise within the EU.

Even within Britain, there will be a lot of noise.

But Barron doesn't care about this, and these noises won't have much impact on him - now that he has decided to take over the high-speed rail line 2 project, and prevent this project from becoming the "joke" of his previous life Compared to this little bit of noise, it's really nothing.

And as Barron said, when he starts construction of High-speed Rail Line 2 this time, he is preparing to start construction of the entire line at the same time - this will definitely speed up the project progress greatly.

In the original time and space, due to the financial situation of the British government and the fact that they were no longer the industrial hegemons they once were, the scheduling and management of such large projects was indeed difficult, so High-Speed ​​Rail Line 2 was divided into two. Constructed in stages...

The first thing to be built was a section of high-speed rail from London to Birmingham, which was not completed until the rebirth of Barron...

If it can obtain a loan from China to cover most of the project investment, then Barron can completely carry out construction on the entire road section at the same time.

This is really "time is money". On the one hand, the currency will continue to depreciate, and the corresponding increase in raw materials and labor will inevitably lead to an expansion of total investment as time goes by.

On the other hand, the sooner it is completed, the sooner it can start operating profitably...

Looking at it this way, when cooperating with China, we not only value the financial support they provide, but the efficiency of the other party is also a very important factor.

Of course, we cannot ignore the resistance of some local residents to the High-speed Rail Line 2.

The main reason is that the residential area is too close to the high-speed rail line, which is considered to be disturbing; environmental protection and cultural relics protection and other considerations.

Barron has already made preparations in advance.

The private land and houses involved are actually relatively easy to solve - just buy them.

As for your ancestral property, you don’t want to sell it?

Well, in the climate of England, in August and September, it is normal for fires to occur.

As for those animal protection and environmental protection organizations?

To put it bluntly, they can still jump up and down in the face of the British government.

But in the face of a powerful person like Barron...

Then we can only use courtesy first and then force.

Put the black materials of the leaders of those organizations in front of them, and then a check, and choose whether you are decent or I give you decent.

Actually, there aren't even any tough guys among these people, and they don't even need to shoot themselves in the back eight times to commit suicide...

Just like that, the British government was originally troubled by the fact that the British First Railway Group had completed the planning of the line and the acquisition of land in less than two months after taking over, and began to prepare for the construction bidding.