Through the wealth life

Chapter 942 The Happy British Government

At ten o'clock in the evening in Tokyo time and one o'clock in the afternoon in London time, Yingya Company immediately held a high-level meeting after receiving the notice of the shareholder's resolution here, and made key arrangements for the acquisition of the power company and the water company, and strived to complete the acquisition of these two companies within a week. companies to eat.

At the same time, people were arranged to keep a close eye on the companies that the American consortium focused on, such as British National Petroleum Corporation, Rolls-Royce, and British Steel Corporation, so as to prevent these companies from being acquired by Yingli during this period.

Naturally, there is no shortage of voices opposing the privatization of state-owned enterprises in England. However, the Conservative Party has stabilized the domestic situation after so many years in power. Although there are some noises, it does not affect the progress of the government's sale of state-owned assets.

In the office of British Prime Minister Thatcher, another meeting was held on the disposal of state-owned assets.

Hui, the Minister of Commerce in charge of this disposal, reported: "Prime Minister, due to the competition between the Asian consortium and the American consortium this time, the price of each of our companies is much higher than the previous expectation. We expected a price that was almost a billion pounds higher."

Whether it was Thatcher or the people present, their faces were full of joy. This time, these two huge forces are competing with each other, and their industries can also obtain a lot of capital income from the British government.

This is just a natural gas company. In the oil company where the two parties are fighting, it will definitely bring amazing profits to the government. You must know that the current market value of the British National Petroleum Company is as high as 232 billion pounds. That's hundreds of millions of pounds.

And these two forces obviously won't let go of this company easily. The government's shares may have a premium of 20% or even 30%, not to mention a percentage point premium. If the competition between the two sides is fierce, there is a chance of 50%.

Thatcher said with a smile: "You must stabilize the situation. In the two major companies of electricity and water supply, you can favor the Anglo-Asian Investment Company. In other companies, you must do business. For enterprises related to people's livelihood, let the Li consortium and them Well controlled, they have no political appeals and are a real businessman.

The American consortium has political ties. We cannot allow companies that are fundamentally related to the production and life of citizens to be controlled by the American consortium. "

Electricity, water power, and natural gas companies have great influence, and the Lee consortium controls these, which are of great benefit to the British government and their Conservative Party. They naturally know how to make choices.

This is the largest privatization of state-owned enterprises in British history. If all these companies can be sold, it is expected to increase the income of hundreds of billions of pounds in the British fiscal system, and at the same time free the government from the embarrassing situation of blood transfusion to these enterprises.

With such a huge amount of funds, the British government can carry out better governance, and it is believed that the weak domestic economy can be completely reversed.

The Minister of Commerce said: "These days, many media and citizens are criticizing us for selling the natural gas company. Important personnel in the Labor Party are even accusing us of harming the interests of the country and making the people of the whole country pay for our lack of recordable economic development. At the same time, there have been strikes in individual companies, which need to be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise it will be very unfavorable to us in the long run.”

Thatcher naturally knew some voices from the outside world, but she didn't care about them. As long as the economic vitality is stimulated and the unemployment rate in the country can be reduced, she believes that these voices will naturally disappear.

Those people are just chanting slogans, and they don't look at how much the government subsidizes these companies every year in order to stabilize the development of these companies. These companies have become a cancer of the government. If they are not removed, how can the government develop.

Thatcher said: "You must control the work of the propaganda above. We are determined not to compromise with those individuals who have been bewitched by the Labor Party to go on strike. We have survived the strike in the coal industry for a year. Now this Calling people to strike is irrelevant. Who in the Labor Party can do nothing but organize workers and unions to strike."

Thatcher, the Iron Lady, really looked down on the Labor Party playing this game, thinking that it would allow her to compromise, and the Labor Party was too naive.

She firmly believes that only by unswervingly implementing its own economic reforms can Yinglun get out of the current development quagmire, which has been confirmed by the development of the former Bentley Group, Yinglun Telecom Group and later Xingyuan Mining Company.

After these companies are sold, not only do they no longer need government financial subsidies, but they can also increase a lot of tax revenue for the government every year. As long as half of the sold companies can achieve this effect, the development of England will no longer be a problem.

The Minister of Industry said: "Prime Minister, there is nothing wrong with other industries, but regarding Rolls-Royce and aerospace companies, the military side is more opposed. They think this is related to the strategic security of the housekeeper. It is not recommended to put these two The company is sold, and the European Community does not want us to sell Rolls-Royce to the American consortium."

Rolls-Royce, one of the world's top aero engine companies, currently not only provides engines for Rolls-Royce cars, but also provides engines for British military aircraft and Airbus, neither the British military nor Airbus Hope this company is controlled by a US consortium.

Thatcher said: "Don't rush to sell Rolls-Royce for the time being, and look at the changes later. You should contact the European Community at the same time. If they don't want this company to be controlled by the American consortium, please They also joined in, and now that we have taken the company out, it is impossible to take it back."

Now that the sales of these state-owned assets have far exceeded expectations, it doesn’t matter if the Rolls-Royce government continues to support them. Besides, the long-range aircraft that Airbus will launch next year will use the engines of this company. She knows that the Li’s consortium The order is not small, maybe the company will make a lot of money by then.

Thinking of this, Thatcher hoped that Li Guangyu would be able to take over British European Airlines. In this case, Xiangjiang Airlines will increase its aircraft significantly, and Airbus will also order more, so that Rolls-Royce The company will also have more orders.

Although the airline doesn't have many planes at present, the company has three main airport bases, and it is also the top three airports in England. With Li Guangyu's courage, if he wins this airline, it will immediately add hundreds of airports. For the route, there will be hundreds of aircraft ordered.

What Thatcher thought was pretty good, but unfortunately, Li Guangyu didn't have much money now, even if he wanted to buy this airline, he didn't have the financial resources.

At present, Xiangjiang Air Transport Group under Li Guangyu has aviation bases in Hong Kong, Taoyuan, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, and Vancouver, with more than 200 routes, 150 civil aviation passenger planes and 30 cargo planes.

Now it is not routes and funds that restrict the expansion of Xiangjiang Airlines, but the long-range aircraft of Airbus. Due to the deterioration of the relationship between the Lee consortium and the American consortium, even if the Boeing 747 can fully meet the needs of Xiangjiang Airlines, the expansion has been postponed here. , Waiting for the products from Airbus to come out.

After next year, Li Guangyu will no longer lack funds. At that time, the airline will expand rapidly again.

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(End of this chapter)