Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

Chapter 653 Reactions of various countries - other countries 2

The University of Cambridge is very happy that Oxford University has not contributed. Before, it was worried about who has the final say in the technology town. Now this worry is completely unnecessary. The UK is very different from the US. There are many well-known and powerful companies in the US, and it is impossible for universities to take the lead in such major projects. There are no such strong companies in the UK, at least no companies that can convince the public; this makes universities inevitable to occupy a dominant position in technology towns.

The best universities in the UK are nothing more than Oxford and Cambridge. Now Oxford has taken the initiative to give in. Cambridge will definitely have more say. It is more appropriate that the British science and technology town should be named Cambridge Town. This is the true idea of ​​the leaders of Cambridge University.

One thing the British are better at is that they know their own strength. It was only planned to build a science and technology town, and even if there were funds, there would not be that many companies and universities to settle there; however, conflicts arose over the location selection.

The United Kingdom, the full name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is located in the British Isles in the northwest of the European continent and is surrounded by the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

The United Kingdom is a Western European island country consisting of England, Wales and Scotland on the island of Great Britain, Northern Ireland in the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and a series of affiliated islands.

The establishment of a technology town can promote local economic and technological development to a certain extent. The most ideal choice is to build it in England. Compared to Scotland and Northern Ireland, which often argue for independence, England is more trustworthy. Although Wales is relatively obedient, its land area is too small and its geographical location is not very suitable.

Construction quickly reached a consensus in England. In the British Empire, it was the English who really held power. The most ideal choice is London, but there is no excess land planning in London, and it is simply not feasible to build a technology town in London.

The British are very good at protecting private property. There are dozens of legal provisions emphasizing the issue of private property. Now it seems that the only choice for the technology town is in Liverpool or Manchester.

But this will provoke another conflict, that is, the conflict between the two cities. Moreover, it is still a conflict between several worlds. Neither city will give in. After all, no one can afford to lose.

Liverpool reached the peak of urban development in the 18th century: it was once the second largest city in the United Kingdom after London. It relied on the disgraceful slave trade to become the second largest port in Europe (the first was Amsterdam). Here was born Britain's first dockyard. At the beginning of the 19th century, 40% of world trade passed through Liverpool dockyards.

Port Albert was an important port in Liverpool at that time. Before and after the Industrial Revolution, Britain had close connections with trade and slave trading around the world.

However, with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, Liverpool, which adhered to traditional trade, fell behind, while Manchester, which was only more than 40 kilometers away from Liverpool, flourished and became the new industrial center of the UK relying on the textile industry represented by the "Jenny Machine".

Since Liverpool is a major raw material export city, many industries in Manchester must rely on the transmission of the Mersey River. This makes Manchester City people lament the high cost of transmission on the one hand, and secretly develop canals specifically for their own use on the other.

At the end of the 19th century, the Manchester Canal was opened, stretching 58 kilometers from East Harlem to Manchester, perfectly allowing ships to bypass the Liverpool docks.

The people of Liverpool felt that their dignity had been violated and attacked the people of Manchester in a mocking tone, saying that they were "blue-collar old-timers" who only knew manufacturing. Manchester people use the term "Scousers" to define Liverpudlians, insinuating that Liverpudlians feed on "scouse" (fried beef) and the whole city has a vulgar temperament.

The two cities' struggle with each other in the course of historical development created the best script of a tale of two cities in history: a war of words over a canal.

As the time entered the 20th century, the conflicts between the two cities intensified because of football. Now suddenly the location of a technology town has been added, causing a headache for British senior officials.

These two candidate cities suddenly disrupted the British high-level plan to position a technology town. The two cities can be said to be unwilling to give in to each other. Moreover, the two cities’ parliamentary votes and their own strength are almost the same; in the end, there is no choice but to settle for the second best and establish technology towns in the two cities.

The conflict was barely settled, but this was by no means what the British top brass wanted to see. But things have become a foregone conclusion and no one can change it.

After the United States and the Soviet Union announced the establishment of technology towns, the British also announced the establishment of two technology towns in Liverpool and Manchester.

Seeing this, other countries certainly cannot lag behind. The French are inherently romantic. Now that the UK has established two technological towns at once, the French feel that their strength is no weaker than that of the British. Therefore, a decision was quickly passed to establish two technological towns in the suburbs of Marseille and Paris. In this era, the French can indeed be proud of the British.

Unlike its inaction during World War II, France directly withdrew from NATO during de Gaulle's administration. All weapons and equipment in the country are basically self-produced, which leads to many high-tech and military-industrial enterprises in the country. The French may have the ability to establish a technology town alone, but they are very reluctant. Now that two companies have been established all at once, it is difficult to develop, and the outcome is already doomed.

The Germans are very pragmatic in this regard and know their own strengths and weaknesses. So they established a technology town in the Ruhr area, and even brought Switzerland together.

The industry of the Ruhr area was the material basis for Germany to launch two world wars. After the war, it played a major role in West Germany's economic recovery and economic take-off, and its industrial output once accounted for 40% of the country's total. It still plays an important role in the German economy. The outstanding feature of the Ruhr Industrial Zone is that it was an industrial zone that started out as a coal mining industry. With the comprehensive utilization of coal, coking, electric power, coal chemistry and other industries have been vigorously developed, which in turn has promoted the development of the steel and chemical industries, and in Based on a large amount of steel, chemical products and sufficient electricity supply, the machinery manufacturing industry was established and developed.

The Germans just want to add some modern industries on the original basis, and they also want to strengthen the fields of CNC machine tools and mechanical instruments. This is also one of the reasons why Switzerland was attracted. The potential and strength of the two countries united cannot be underestimated.

Seeing what the Germans were doing, Bao Zixuan knew that this was a powerful enemy. The Germans are too pragmatic and are not blinded by economic development and domestic technological base. He is a formidable opponent, and now it seems that he can only think of some solution in East Germany.

The reunification of the two Germanys is the general trend and no one can stop it. But if the layout in East Germany is successful, Germany's development will definitely not be so smooth. It seems that we need to be prepared in advance.

After France and Germany announced the establishment of science and technology towns, the Japanese also announced the construction of one technology town in Fukushima and Oita. Japanese companies also refused to obey anyone, and in the end they could only settle for the second best. Moreover, the domestic real estate market is booming at this time. Japan itself has a very small land area, and it is difficult for a city to allocate too much land.

After the Japanese announced the construction of technology towns, other countries around the world also announced their own technology town plans.

Of course, these are mainly Western developed countries. Countries and regions with poor technology do not have such confidence and strength.

China has also discussed the issue of science and technology towns, but the country does not have the foundation to build technology towns. Reform and opening up has just begun to take off, but neither the economic situation nor the technological strength is sufficient to establish a technological town.

But the Arabs have great ideas, especially when Israel announced the establishment of a technology town in Tel Aviv. It greatly stung the nerves of the Arabs, so Saudi Arabia decided to build a technology town based on the technology of the ground-effect aircraft factory.

Saudi Arabia, which has deep pockets, announced that as long as there are high-tech companies willing to come over, any conditions can be negotiated. Not to mention that it has actually had a certain effect. Many small businesses in the West, seeing how powerful Saudi Arabia is, want to come over and take advantage.

Some companies with technology have really developed with the support of Saudi Arabia's huge funds, but of course more companies come here to cheat money. At this time, Saudi Arabia does not care about that much. As long as there are companies coming over, it must not be compared to the Jews.

Because of the promotion of Bao Zixuan, Israel has attracted many chip companies to settle in the world. Jewish capital has absolutely nothing to say about the economic control of many companies. Rather than establishing a technology town in Tel Aviv, it is more appropriate to establish a chip production and R\u0026D base, because most internal companies are engaged in chip production and R\u0026D.