Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

  Chapter 740 Convening a Cabinet Meeting

  The arrival of Li Lizhen and Guan Damei, the big boss Yang was so happy, he put aside all his troubles and accompanies the two beautiful women at home.

   On the other hand, the news that just came out from Hang Seng Bank made Mrs. Thatcher a big headache.

   She was still thinking about which business Boss Yang would invest in next. According to Mrs. Thatcher's understanding of the nature of businessmen, she predicted that the other party would definitely march in a particularly profitable direction.

   For example, two major industries, energy and banking.

   Originally, she thought that with Yang Chen, the super-rich joining, it would definitely increase the market value of companies in these two industries and increase the government's revenue.

  I thought that Boss Yang didn't play cards according to common sense, and turned his guns to prepare to acquire the military enterprise of British Aerospace.

   Now, Hang Seng Bank has even issued a notice, and the efficiency of its work is astounding.

You must know that she has just finished eating with Boss Yang not long ago. She told the other party to stay and invest. If she refused to accept the account in a blink of an eye, it would not only be a face-slap issue, but even worse, once Boss Yang Without investment, there will be tens of billions of capital flowing out of the UK.

   With the privatization reform of the United Kingdom, the most shortage of funds in the country is the capital outflow, which amounts to tens of billions of dollars. For the British economy, it will undoubtedly be another Falklands war.

   Even to a certain extent, the impact was even more serious than the Falklands War. Because the Falklands War was won, the British did not lose anything except for a little increase in military spending. Instead, the stock market rose sharply, giving the British economy a slight improvement.

   At this stage, what Mrs Thatcher wanted to do most was to complete the privatization reform with the might of a big victory, paving the way for the next re-election.

   Since Yang Chen has obtained a large amount of funds in the London stock market, once these funds flow out of the UK, the upward momentum of the UK stock market is bound to be hit.

   Move and can't move, Mrs Thatcher will personally invite Boss Yang to have a dinner, and at the same time retain him to invest in the UK.

   With the end of the Falklands War, the stock prices of British military enterprises have gradually returned to normal.

   It stands to reason that military enterprises like British Aerospace are not easily touched by ordinary people. After all, the ultimate purpose of businessmen is to make profits and earn rich capital.

  Like the British Aerospace Corporation, the British government has actually done a good job of selling at a loss.

  It is true that the arms business makes money, but not all military enterprises make money, especially in a generally peaceful world, where there are too many monks and few porridges, and the competition among military enterprises in various countries is fierce. It is difficult to even survive, let alone make money.

   Of course, according to the idea of ​​the British government, even if the meat is rotten, it must be rotten in its own pot. The left hand is changed to the right, and it is handed over to the businessmen of the country. British Aerospace is still a British military enterprise.

Except for British businessmen, there is no problem with EU countries. Since the UK joined the EU in the early 1970s, the four European giants (Britain, France, Germany, and Italy) have joined most European countries and have completed joint development from the military and economic fields. .

  Especially for investment institutions formed by the European Union, the British government does not oppose the inflow of these funds, and even tries its best to attract these foreign capitals.

   Military enterprises are inextricably linked with national security at all times. The national defense strength of a country depends largely on whether the country's military enterprises are strong.

Handing over its own military industrial enterprises to outsiders, not to mention whether the technology leaks or not, there are two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. In the military field, the United Kingdom can only be ranked behind the two, and even the third is not necessarily ranked, because Next to it are France and Germany.

The UK is not afraid of technology leaks, but the most fearful thing is the issue of technological upgrading. Since the end of World War II, the world's military technology field has been ever-changing and technological upgrading, especially in the field of military industry, although the UK wants to unload this big burden, it does not want its own country Military enterprises lag behind other countries.

  Ordinary businessmen, the British government will not consider it, capital has no borders, and so do capitalists. Ordinary businessmen only have money in their eyes and will not consider anything else.

   In contrast, the big families in the United Kingdom, they are both prosperous and detrimental with the United Kingdom. These are the most reliable of the British government.

   Most of these families are with the country. Everyone understands that a strong country makes a strong family. Just like the Siemens family, when Germany was defeated in World War II, their enterprises in various countries were severely cracked down, and most of them were even confiscated directly.

   However, when Germany recovered, the Siemens family re-emerged, taking back the companies in various countries before.

  Although these local families are as greedy as the capitalists, there is one thing: under normal circumstances, these families will not betray the country.

   Therefore, although the Thatcher government was not satisfied that these families were bent on taking advantage of the country, it did not think about skipping these families and selling British Aerospace to outsiders.

After thinking about it for a long time, Mrs Thatcher, who had some headaches, picked up the phone on the table and called her chief secretary.

   "Notify the ministers that there is an emergency, and a cabinet meeting will be held immediately."

   In this matter, as Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher has the right to make decisions, but she is not a dictator. She will not bypass the cabinet ministers and make independent decisions on many things.

  The British Cabinet consists of the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, the First Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Privy Council Minister, the First Minister and the Leader of the House of Commons

  , the Minister of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Secretary of the Interior, the Minister of Defence, etc., a series of ministers.

These people handle and decide the national affairs of the entire United Kingdom. Regarding Yang Chen’s desire to acquire the military enterprise of British Aerospace, the biggest decision-making power, apart from the Prime Minister of Margaret Thatcher, is the Minister of Defense who has the most say. .

   However, as the Minister of Defense, with British thinking and the importance of the British Aerospace Corporation, Mrs. Thatcher believed that her own defense secretary would strongly oppose it.

   After all, as a soldier, the first thing the Minister of Defense needs to consider is not the issue of money or technology, but the issue of national security.

   Considering national security, military enterprises like British Aerospace are indeed not suitable for sale to outsiders.

However, with the exception of the Minister of Defense, other ministers are different. Now that the United Kingdom is fully implementing privatization reforms, those who can serve as ministers in Mrs Thatcher's cabinet are obviously impossible to stay if they do not have the determination to reform. of.

  Other ministers will certainly have different views, and Mrs Thatcher needs to listen to everyone before making a final decision.

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   (end of this chapter)