Rebirth of England.

Chapter 938 Noise?

"We have already contacted five Chinese railway construction groups, and they are all eager to join the construction of the High-Speed ​​Railway Line 2..."

After completing the acquisition of Eversholt Railway Group, Amber Sheehan's current work is to integrate it into the First British Railway Group, so that various businesses can be sorted out and synergistic effects can be formed.

However, Amber Sheen had carried out countless mergers and acquisitions before, so she can be said to be very adept at these things.

In addition, there is the bidding work for the project of England High Speed ​​Rail Line 2.

When she went to China before, Amber Sheen had contacted some relevant engineering companies in China, including China Railway Construction, China Railway, China Water Resources and Hydropower Construction Group, China Communications Construction Company, etc.

In addition, China Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway Company and MTR are also very interested in this project.

"After we returned to London, China sent a large team to contact us. The official leading the team also promised that if we could sign a package agreement with them for the entire project, including trains and other equipment, China would be able to provide us with an interest-free loan covering the entire investment amount..."

I have to say that the conditions proposed by China are still very tempting.

Unlike most Westerners at this time, Barron is still very confident in China's current strength in high-speed rail construction.

If the plan proposed by China is followed, not only can the quality and quantity be guaranteed, but the construction of High-Speed ​​Rail Line 2 can be completed at the fastest speed, and Barron will not even have to bear the financial pressure.

But as the saying goes, “Once you are in the arena, you have no choice”…

To be precise, Barron now owns the world's largest rail transit group, Alstom-Bombardier Heavy Industries, so it is impossible for the high-speed trains and related equipment and systems to be handed over to Chinese companies.

In addition, some requirements of the British government still need to be appropriately met. Therefore, in the entire High-Speed ​​Rail Line 2 project, some room for growth needs to be left for local small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK.

"Of course, the more loans from China, the better. However, for the HS2 project, we can only hand over part of the project to Chinese companies. We also need to consider orders from our own related companies..."

Amber Sheen naturally knew all of this. He nodded and said:
"In fact, the Chinese people don't have a big appetite, and they understand some of our considerations. Therefore, if we can hand over most of the railway projects and high-speed railway station construction projects to them, they promise to provide a loan of no less than 80% of the total investment..."

"Then continue to talk to them and tell the Chinese that we will construct the entire section of HS2 at the same time, hoping to complete it as quickly as possible. In the next project bidding, I hope they will come up with the best conditions..."

Barron's words almost hinted that if the conditions were similar, he would choose to cooperate with China.

"But Your Highness, if you really decide to cooperate with China, then some additional resistance will need to be overcome..."

This is the vaccination that Amber Sheehan gave Barron. After all, in this field, China is a "new player" in the global market, and the entry of new players is always accompanied by a lot of noise.

The so-called noise is nothing more than voices based on interests.

Just like in the original time and space, when China wanted to participate in the construction of High-Speed ​​Rail Line 2, even the United States publicly declared that it would affect Britain's "national security"...

In this regard, the British side can only say that "the high-speed rail is not in danger of being monitored"...

Of course, the United States itself does not have strong strength in high-speed rail technology, but Europe does. If it really decides to cooperate with China, there will inevitably be a lot of noise within the European Union alone. Even within the UK, there will be a lot of noise.

But Barron doesn't care about it, and these noises will not have much impact on him - since he has decided to take over the project of High-Speed ​​Rail Line 2, compared with preventing this project from becoming the "joke" of his previous life, this little noise is really nothing.

And just as Barron said, this time when he started building the High-Speed ​​Rail Line 2, he was planning to start construction of the entire line at the same time - this will definitely greatly speed up the progress of the project.

In the original time and space, due to the financial situation of the British government and the fact that they were no longer the industrial hegemon they once were, the scheduling and management of such a large project was indeed lame, so the construction of High-speed Rail Line 2 was divided into two phases...

The first section of high-speed rail to be built was from London to Birmingham, and even this was not completed until Barron was reborn...

If Barron could obtain a loan from China to cover most of the project investment, he could carry out construction on the entire road section simultaneously.

It is true that "time is money". On the one hand, the currency will continue to depreciate, and the corresponding increase in raw materials and labor will inevitably lead to an expansion of total investment as time goes on.

On the other hand, the sooner the project is completed, the sooner it can start operating profitably...

From this perspective, when cooperating with China, it is not just about the financial support they provide, the other party's efficiency is also a very important factor.

Of course, we cannot ignore the boycott of High-Speed ​​Rail Line 2 by people in some places.

The most important reason is that the residential areas are too close to the high-speed rail line, which is considered to be a nuisance to residents; there are also considerations such as environmental protection and cultural relics protection.

Barron has already prepared for this.

Those private land and houses involved are actually relatively easy to resolve - just buy them.

As for your ancestral property, are you unwilling to sell it?

Well, in a climate like England, with dry weather in August and September, it's normal for fires to happen.

What about those animal protection and environmental protection organizations?
To put it bluntly, they can still jump up and down when facing the British government.

But facing a powerful person like Barron...

Then we can only use courtesy before force.

Put the dirty laundry of the leaders of those organizations in front of them, and then present them with a check. They have to choose: either give themselves dignity or I give them dignity.

Come to think of it, there aren't even any tough guys among these people who would use the method of shooting themselves in the back eight times to commit suicide...

In this way, the matter that was originally a headache for the British government was completed by the First British Railway Group in less than two months after taking over, with the planning of the line and the acquisition of land, and preparations for the construction bidding began.

(End of this chapter)