Rebirth of England.

Chapter 900 High-speed Rail Line 2
Entering April, this round of BitC bull market officially began.

In fact, BitC’s rise started from its first halving last year. BitC’s first halving took place on November 11 last year.

Before this halving, the price of BitC was less than $1, but now it has risen to more than $35. If it follows the original trajectory of time and space, the highest price in April will exceed $140. In the first stage of this bull market, before June, the price of BitC will exceed $6...

Of course, with the current price of BitC exceeding 7 US dollars, there is still huge room for growth.

At this point, Barron remembered something his friend had told him about in his previous life -

When he went to his friend's house, he talked about the price of BitC, which had exceeded 6 US dollars per coin. Then his friend suddenly said: "I bought a lot of BitC on Taobao many years ago. It was very cheap at that time..."

Hearing this, he suddenly became excited:
"Is this true? Then you're rich! How much did you buy?"

"Uh... one box, maybe."

Just when he was confused, he saw his friend pull out a box from under the bed in the bedroom, and he suddenly felt that things were not that simple...

Sure enough, after my friend opened the box, he saw that it was full of printed "gold coins"...

Of course, this is just a joke.

But then again, not to mention in 2013, even more than ten years later, even among young people who have not been particularly exposed to this, I am afraid that they still know very little about BitC, and many people do not understand what it is.

At the same time, the promotion of USDA at this time is not smooth. Although Mt.Gox and some exchanges invested by Matrix Capital and Distributed Foundation have changed the pricing method of BitC and other coins to BitC/USDA trading pairs, the current trading scale of BitC is not large, including its main markets in the United States and China, and there are not many users who directly purchase USDA.

After all, in the American market, you can directly use US dollars to make purchases without the additional procedure of converting USDA.

As for the Huaxia market, you should know that because the supervision is not strict yet, the exchanges there can now be purchased directly with Huabi...

But Anchorage is not in a hurry, because by the end of this year, after the People's Bank of China and five other ministries and commissions issue a document requiring prevention of BitC risks, the way to directly purchase BitC with Chinese currency will be blocked, and then the scope of USDA's use will be expanded.

At least for now, in some countries where the US dollar is not the official currency, the USDA is still quite popular.

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After entering April, the international gold price began to fall faster.

In September last year, the international gold price reached a historical high, exceeding US$9 per ounce. At the beginning of this year, although the international gold price fell below US$1900 per ounce, it remained volatile overall in the past three months.

But after entering April, the international gold price began to fall below $4 per ounce. By mid-April, its price had a tendency to fall below $1600 per ounce.

Just as Daisy and Barron's analyzed before, the global economy began to show signs of recovery in the first quarter of this year, which made investors expect that the United States will reduce its quantitative easing policy and the Federal Reserve will reduce the scale of its debt. In addition, the funds previously invested in gold futures have the idea of ​​profiting and exiting. These many factors have led to this wave of declines in international gold prices.

For the funds under the DS Group, since they had already started holding short positions in gold futures as early as last year, the current round of gold price decline has also made their profits very considerable.

At this time, Barron had returned to London with Bonnie. As for the other women, most of them stayed on Lanai with their children because they did not need to work like Bonnie. After returning to London, Barron met with Prime Minister Cameron. The main content of their discussion this time was the plan for the second high-speed rail line in England.

Britain's first high-speed railway, High Speed ​​​​1 (HS1), connects St. Pancras Station to the British entrance of the Channel Tunnel, with a total length of 109 kilometers, which puts London and Paris only two hours apart.

It was also the construction of High Speed ​​Rail Line 1 that led to the reconstruction of St. Pancras Station - these were mentioned when Barron invested in Argent Real Estate Group and carried out the King's Cross renewal plan.

The UK's second high-speed railway, High Speed ​​Rail 2 (HS2), was approved by the British government last year, on January 2012, 1.

At that time, it was estimated that the initial investment in the High-Speed ​​Rail Line 2 would reach 320 billion pounds. Construction was expected to start in 2016 and the entire line would be put into operation in 2033.

As for why such a high-speed railway has to wait four years before construction can begin, this is due to Britain’s “institutional problems”.

In fact, the British have long been fed up with British trains being delayed if there is a little wind, and cancelled if there is a little rain! Many people are looking forward to this project.

However, as soon as this project came out, Britain was divided into two camps, supporters and opponents, who quarreled with each other fiercely.

Supporters believe that building high-speed rail can create thousands of jobs and stimulate economic growth.

After the high-speed railway is completed, it will greatly reduce transportation time, increase transportation capacity, and make commuting between cities more convenient.

This will also balance the economic conditions in the south and the north, which is a very beneficial thing.

According to the plan, the UK's High-Speed ​​Rail Line 2 will consist of three railway lines, namely the London-Birmingham High-Speed ​​Railway, the Birmingham-Manchester High-Speed ​​Railway, and the Birmingham-Leeds High-Speed ​​Railway, with a total length of about 500 kilometers.

在设计中，2号线高速列车运行时速为220-225英里（约360公里），建成后，伦敦与伯明翰之间的旅行时间将从大约1个半小时缩短至49分钟;与曼彻斯特或利兹之间的时间缩减至80分钟，与苏格兰主要城市之间的时间减少大约3个半小时。

By connecting with High Speed ​​Rail 1, the European high-speed rail network can be extended to the heart of Britain.

Opposition groups say the HS2 project should not have started at all.
High-speed rail lines will occupy a lot of farmland, and some people believe that this will damage farmland and the natural environment.

Some people are also worried that building the high-speed railway will dig up the remains of many ancestors, destroy their graves, and cause the deceased to be treated indecently.

After all, according to British or European "tradition", strict environmental assessment and environmental protection standards are usually implemented when launching large-scale projects.

Britain is a country that practices private land ownership. If the government wants to build a high-speed railway, the first problem is to buy land from the landowner. The land required to build a railway is far more than the area required to lay the tracks, and a large area of ​​land is also needed to store construction materials and machinery.

Some British people and environmental organizations are worried that the construction of HS2 will damage the environment and incur huge costs. In addition to the ancient pear trees in Warwickshire, HS2 will pass through approximately 350 animal habitats, 67 ancient woodlands, 30 rivers, 24 scientific research stations and hundreds of ecologically sensitive areas. HS2 will have an impact on many protected species such as the great crested newt.

Therefore, as of now, more than 70 groups in the UK have protested against this.

They believe that instead of spending huge amounts of money, it is better to improve the existing railway system, and building high-speed rail will damage the environment and beautiful natural landscapes...

(End of this chapter)