Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 683 The Falklands War (two chapters)

  It's April 2nd in the blink of an eye

   Australia's capital 'Canberra'

   In front of the floor-to-ceiling windows in the hotel

   After Yang Chen hung up the phone in his hand, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. The major event that shocked the world in 1982, the Falklands War finally started.

  This little butterfly, he was anxious for more than a month, and was finally able to let go.

  Before this, Yang Chen had been delaying the negotiation process with the Australian government in order to wait for this moment.

   It has been reported for more than a month that domestic forces in Australia have supported and opposed Yang Chen's large-scale investment in North Australia with HSBC.

  Although there are many more people who support it than those who oppose it, those who oppose it are like a rat shit, and it may break a pot of porridge at any time.

   With the attention of the people all over the country, it is very easy for those opposition parties to stir up trouble.

   Newspapers and media are reporting every day. Big guys are closely watching the negotiation matters between the two sides. Any trivial matter, as long as it is infinitely magnified, can arouse everyone's nerves.

   After staying in Australia for almost two months, he was actually tired of staying there. If it wasn't for the negotiation, he must be present, otherwise he would have returned to Hong Kong.

   "Boss, Mr. Shen has gone downstairs."

   "Are you there yet?" Yang Chen turned around, took the clothes that Lan Meiren handed over, and while putting on the clothes, he said, "Get ready, we'll go back to Xiangjiang in two days."

   Lan Meiren was stunned when she heard the words, and said in surprise, "Can you go home in two days?"

After Yang Chen buttoned up his clothes one by one, he stretched out his hand and scratched Lan Meiren's nose, and said, "The negotiation will be over soon, it's just two days away, you need to buy something to bring back, boss, I am today. Happy, I can reimburse you."

   "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Lan Meiren said with a wry smile.

   "What do you mean?" Yang Chen raised his eyebrows, puzzled.

   Lan Meiren said hesitantly: "I have already bought what I should buy before, boss, can I be reimbursed for the things I bought before?"

   Yang Chen shook his head and said, "What I bought before doesn't count."

   "That's fine. It can save me some money. You know I'm going to bleed a lot from your boss."

   "Stingy" Blue Beauty muttered.

   "Is there?" Yang Chen grinned.

   Seeing that Lan Meiren didn't answer, Yang Chen said, "Since you say I'm stingy, then I won't be reimbursed for the flight ticket back next time, you can spend your own money to go back in economy class."

   "Don't, boss, I was wrong, you are the most generous..."

   "I'm stingy"

"Generous"

"mean"

   Seeing that Yang Chen was indifferent, he pushed open the door and walked out, Lan Meiren quickly caught up and said, "Boss, you can't be like this, I'm on a business trip with you, you have to reimburse the air ticket..."

   These days, air tickets are extremely expensive, and Lan Meiren doesn't want to waste this money in vain.

Walking into the elevator all the way, listening to Lan Meiren complaining in her ears, Yang Chen poked his ears and continued teasing: "Alright, I'll book you a ferry ticket, the ticket is too expensive, I'll find one for you. A cargo ship will take you back."

   Lan Meiren wanted to cry without tears and said, "Don't, boss, I don't want to take a boat, you know that I'm seasick, you're not saving money, you're killing me."

   "Don't talk nonsense, be careful I sue you for slander!"

   Seeing that Boss Yang was deliberately teasing her, Lan Meiren wanted to ignore the other party, but she thought that if she didn't speak, because of the other party's character, maybe she would really book a ferry ticket for her and let her go back by boat.

   Lan Meiren gritted her teeth secretly, stretched out her hand to grab Yang Chen's arm, and said gently, "Boss, are you tired?"

   "Why?" Yang Chen blinked, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, showing a hint of pride.

   Lan Meiren couldn't help rolling her eyes when she saw it, but she still said obediently: "Boss, I have learned everything that Sister Li has taught me this time, do you want to try it?"

   "Really?" Yang Chen showed a hint of emotion, but he was sneering in his heart, "Sample, I still can't cure you.'

   During this period of negotiation with the Australian government, he sat for a whole day at a time. After the talks, the big guy just ate and drank, and he was fine for a day or two. For more than a month, even if he was in good health, he felt a little sick.

  I wanted to find someone for a massage, but couldn't find the right one.

   Before he asked Lan Meiren to learn massage, he didn't know that the other party didn't say anything after he finished his studies. If he hadn't casually asked Sister Li, who Lan Mei said yesterday, he might have been kept in the dark.

  Lan Meiren saw that Boss Yang was a little moved, and her little head nodded again and again, "Press, really know."

   Yang Chen pretended to be displeased and said, "You didn't tell me earlier, you don't know that I've been eating during this time, isn't it delicious?"

  Blue Beauty: "…"

  …

  In the restaurant downstairs

   In the face of a table full of dishes, Shen could not eat a single bite of the porridge. The Falklands War suddenly broke out. After he received the news, he immediately booked a flight back to Xiangjiang.

   I'm here now to say hello to Yang Chen.

   "Mr. Yang, I'm going back to Xiangjiang soon. I'll trouble you about the next thing here."

   The Falklands War started, which shocked the whole world, but also caused an uproar in British politics.

  The British government is afraid that it will affect the whole body, so it strictly orders the governors of various places to monitor the federal states, so as to avoid unnecessary complications.

   Although Shen Porridge is not the Governor of Xiangjiang, his every move affects the economic trend of the entire Xiangjiang. Now the Hong Kong economy is already in a state of turmoil.

   At this time, he really needs to go back to sit in town.

   Fortunately, everything is coming to an end here in Australia, and it doesn't matter whether Shen Porridge continues to stay or not.

   "Don't worry, Mr. Shen, I will handle the matter here."

Shen Cong nodded, then hesitated for a while, then said: "Mr. Yang, I'm here to find you, in addition to saying hello to you, I have to remind you that it's better not to make too much noise in London... "

  Yang Chen shook his head and said, "Mr. Shen has been thinking too much. My next actions will only be beneficial to the UK, not harmful to the UK."

   "Really?" Shen Cong said in surprise.

   Yang Chen said seriously: "Really, if Mr. Shen doesn't believe it, please wait and see, I will make a move soon."

   As for the outcome of the Falklands War, no one knows better than him. The United Kingdom took Argentina to the ground in just two months. Unless he is stupid, he will hold back the United Kingdom.

   Seeing Yang Chen say this, Shen Cong nodded, and he didn't know if he really believed it or if he faked it. Anyway, he didn't continue to say anything else on this.

  He Shen Porridge is not in his place and does not seek his political affairs.

   I have said everything that should be said. It is Yang Chen’s business whether to listen or not. It has nothing to do with him. If Yang Chen is really beaten by the United Kingdom, he actually doesn’t have much loss.

   Of course, based on his understanding of Yang Chen, the other party will definitely not only accept money, but not life.

   Anyway, Xiangjiang is still under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom. As long as the other party is not stupid, they should know that the tiger's **** cannot be touched.

   Even if the tiger is old, its teeth are slowly deteriorating, and its legs are not easy to use...

   But as the saying goes, a thin dead camel is bigger than a horse. If the above really wants to deal with him, it's actually just a matter of one sentence. Since it doesn't, it means that Yang Chen's actions are still within the range of the above.

   Shen Porridge didn't stay in the hotel much. After greeting Yang Chen, he left in a hurry.

   Shen Porridge's departure did not affect Yang Chen's appetite, he read the newspaper while eating.

   Today's negotiations have been postponed, and the entire Australian government officials are all in meetings, non-stop meetings.

  As a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Australia should lean in that direction, needless to say.

   Not only Australian government officials, but the entire Australian news media also changed their vests and began to report on the Falklands and the UK and Afghanistan.

   The news about him before, all disappeared completely, as if the whole thing had never appeared, which made Yang Chen very happy.

   This is just the beginning, and the major media in Australia are not paying attention to him. When the UK makes a move, and the world's attention is focused on the Falklands War, then naturally no one pays attention to his affairs.

   This is a good thing for him and the Australian government. After all, such a large investment does not involve too many preferential policies.

   For preferential policies for foreign investment, there are people in any country who can't eat grapes and feel sour grapes.

   Therefore, under normal circumstances, the top will be covered as much as possible. Ordinary people will not care about what will happen in the future, they will only pay attention to the things in front of them.

   As for what benefits Yang Chen's investment can bring to Australia as a whole, ordinary people don't know, and they don't need to know, because most of them are not direct beneficiaries.

   Make trouble if you don’t like it. This is the most troublesome thing for a country that pursues a democracy.

   Now that there is less media attention, the next things will be easier to handle. As long as everything is over and everything is settled, then even if someone is dissatisfied, it is useless.

   There were no flies buzzing, Yang Chen looked at the newspaper seriously, seeing that the word 'shocked' was frequently used in the newspaper to express the occurrence of this incident, Yang Chen couldn't help laughing.

Tigers fell and Pingyang was bullied by dogs. Today's Britain has explained this very well. In the past, when the sun never sets, the empire has been advancing for decades. Only the British Empire has always been able to drive other people's shares with strong boats and cannons. How can there be? Being provoked by others first, and then slapped hard.

   Prosperity is bound to decline. No country can escape this rule. Once upon a time, the British Empire colonized everywhere with its strong ships and cannons, and looked at the whole world with absolute strength.

   Now, because of blind tolerance, we finally ushered in a war that shocked and looked forward to the world.

   However, Yang Chen didn't take the Anglo-Argentine war that had already happened, because the outcome of the next war would surprise everyone.

   After World War I and World War II, countries around the world have always maintained a very restrained attitude towards war.

  The two world wars have directly changed the situation and power structure of the world. Modern wars, not to mention large-scale wars, often a small-scale war can determine the fate of a country.

   Among them, the Falklands War is a very typical example.

   One is a major South American country and the other is a major European country. The influence of the two countries on the world should not be underestimated. However, from the beginning of the war to the end, the casualties between the two countries can only amount to more than a thousand people.

   This casualty is really hard to believe that this is a war between two great powers.

  The whole battle started out inexplicably, and it ended in an anticlimactic manner, like playing with two children at home.

   Let’s talk about Argentina, the one who took the initiative to provocateur. From its root cause, the Falklands War was a way of moving the soul of the Argentine military government in order to divert the attention of the domestic people and alleviate the domestic economic and political crisis.

  Since the 17th century, when Argentina got rid of Spanish colonial rule and became an independent sovereign state, Argentina has always been a major country in South America.

   At that time, after Argentina became independent, it announced that it would inherit the Spanish possessions including the Falklands, and established an administrative region and military and administrative chiefs on the island.

   But then the Falklands were occupied by the British army. Since the seventeenth century, the Falklands have been controlled and operated by the British, and the residents of the Falklands are mostly British descendants.

  Ma Island is not just an island, it is an archipelago connected by many islands and has an extremely important strategic position.

  With this archipelago, the British navy has an important military base in the Pacific Ocean.

  In the past, when the United Kingdom was still in decline, when the flag of the empire on which the sun never sets was planted all over the world, Argentina naturally did not dare to say anything more. It was a grandson or a grandson.

  However, as the United Kingdom was replaced by the United States and its strength was not as strong as before, Argentina began to struggle and compete with the United Kingdom for the ownership of the Falklands.

  After two world wars, Britain's foreign policy has always been very conservative. If you can talk, you will not shoot. The former empire where the sun never sets has begun to worry about a few cannonballs and cut down on food and clothing.

  The two sides have been in constant dispute over the Falklands before, and no one wants to give up the place, especially the British, a former empire that never sets.

   The blows of the two world wars made the United Kingdom fall from the position of the world's number one power. As the British national strength gradually declined, the colonial system of the British Empire also collapsed.

  Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and African colonies became independent one after another. The independence of these countries was an internal division. After each independence, they still followed the British system on the surface.

   This opponent left the last face to the arrogant British, and nothing was lost.

   But now Argentina's actions are really slapped in the face, and the slaps and slaps make the British humiliated in front of the world.

   As the saying goes, you don’t slap people in the face, and you get slapped in the face in public. If the arrogant British people are indifferent, then maybe everyone will come up and step on them in the future.

  The Falklands War, Britain mobilized all the warships left in World War II and went all out to fight.

   The Argentine junta launched a small-scale tentative war just to divert domestic attention. Although the whole thing was provoked by the Argentine junta, they did not intend to fight the British recklessly from the beginning to the end.

  The lion still needs all the strength to fight the rabbit, let alone facing a former superpower like Britain.

   Obviously, this battle does not need to be fought, and the result is already there.

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   (end of this chapter)