Reborn as a small European country

Chapter 40 The Eve of Listing
Huaxia Zhonghai
"The equipment has been tested and there is no problem."

"Old Li, the balance can be sent to our little ally."

An old man sitting at the top smiled peacefully and teased Joseph with Mr. Li. At this time, the equipment from Nord had been in China for two months, and it took two full months for Huaxia's engineers to complete the assembly and test.

"Don't worry, our little ally is not short of money now. Audi's hot sales have made him enough money. I heard that he bought a lot of antiques and oil paintings in Europe. Those alone cost three to four million dollars."

"Old Li, old Li, isn't your little ally annoyed when you know this idea?"

"It's okay to be mad. We still need his help in many places in the future. Let's transfer the balance as soon as possible!"

Mr. Li's feigned panic caused several elderly people in the conference room to laugh, and the secretary waiting beside him was also very happy. These elderly people hadn't laughed so happily for a long time.

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Naturally, Joseph didn't know what happened in China. At this time, he was listening to the report of the head of the Nord Royal TV station. Since the millionaire program started broadcasting, it has become very popular in just over a month. TV stations in France, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland They rebroadcasted and purchased copyrights one after another.

Not counting the copyright income, just the sponsorship fee has made Nord Royal TV a lot of money, and the talent show that Joseph proposed before has also been officially put on the agenda.

The territories of European countries are not large, so the competition pressure of European TV stations will inevitably be high in the future. It is very important to start increasing their own influence at this time, because propaganda has always been the main external channel controlled by the governments of various countries.

"Your Highness, our signal tower is still not strong, and now it can only cover the west of France, and the central and eastern regions are really powerless, otherwise..."

The director didn't finish his words, but Joseph understood what he meant. If citizens from all over Europe order Nord TV one after another, then it is self-evident what it means to Nord and the Ragnar royal family.

Europe is not the Middle East or Asia. As long as you have enough influence in Europe, no country can easily touch you. France dare not, Britain dare not, even the United States does the same.

Of course, being strong is also essential. People don't dare to touch you easily if there is no reason, and even if there is no reason but you don't have the slightest ability to resist, you can still kill you by attacking secretly.

Influence is software and military is hardware. Both are indispensable. If there is only military but no influence or the support of European people, then there is only one way to go. Germany is a typical example.

"I will let the Ministry of Commerce be responsible for solving this matter. You should prepare for the election in June. This is the first time in the Principality of Nord. I hope there will be no accidents."

Nord Law: Elections are held every five years, in mid-June. Members of the House of Commons are elected for a period of five years. The Grand Duke or the House of Lords are eligible to recall members of the House of Commons.

At this time, the 36 members of the House of Lords are full at this time, and most of them are lawyers and servants of the palace. From this, we can see that the House of Lords is actually just an external caliber of Joseph, which is not of great significance.

"Your Highness, is it a live broadcast or..."

This kind of matter is more sensitive, and the director was very cautious when asking, but his question still caused Joseph to frown.

"Of course it's a live broadcast. There's no need to hide this kind of thing."

It's really not necessary, because Joseph has the right to dissolve the House of Commons, even if he wants to preserve his reputation and doesn't want to do it himself, he can signal the House of Lords to do it.Of course, he also hopes to see real representatives of public opinion. Only in this way can the country be better built.

"I will urge the Ministry of Commerce and the Research Center to let the signal radiate throughout Western Europe before July. I need the citizens of Western Europe to see Nord's fair, just, and parliamentary elections without any concealment."

After talking about the election, Joseph once again brought up the matter of TV programs. There are some refreshing ideas among them. It is conceivable that Nord Royal TV will become the most important media unit in Europe within ten years.

On May 5, the Prime Minister of the Nord Cabinet returned to Nord. On the same day, he reported the content of the EU formation meeting in Paris. As Joseph imagined, because of the uneven distribution of benefits and mutual distrust, the meeting ended in failure. end.

Joseph saw disappointment on James' face, but at this time Joseph's mood was completely different from that of James. This may be a bad thing for Europe, but it is not the case for the Principality of Nord, because even if it is formed at this time , the Principality of Nord can participate in it, but at this time Nord's economy is destined not to have a high status in the European Union.

"In the next three years, we will mainly export light industrial trade, especially the United Kingdom, France and the United States. I hope that eight out of ten of them will wear our Nord Principality brand clothing."

This was the only sentence Joseph uttered in the meeting in May, and it was also an order that was absolutely not allowed to be questioned or rejected. Minister of Commerce Smith only felt that the pressure on him was too great and too great.

If it is said which department has the most power in the Principality of Nord at this time, then it must be the Ministry of Commerce, even the Ministry of Finance is not as important as the Ministry of Commerce at this time.Similarly, if you ask which department is the most tiring, then it is also the Ministry of Commerce. The Ministry of Commerce has the largest number of Nord civil servants. Excluding the daily on-duty personnel, including Smith, the Minister of Commerce, there is no chance to spend too much time in the Ministry of Commerce. Keep.

However, their contributions are also huge. They created the title of European fashion capital, the formation of Nord Exchange is based on their backs, and the sales of millions of Audi A1s also have their sweat.

Joseph did not treat them badly, but the salaries of the cadres and civil servants of the Ministry of Commerce are even three times that of the police. When it comes to the upper, middle and lower classes of the Principality of Nord, every civil servant of the Ministry of Commerce is counted as the upper middle class.

Within a few days after the meeting, Smith was busy with this matter. First, Smith went to France to meet with the Deputy Minister of Commerce and Trade who was in charge of foreign trade performance.The second is that the deputy head of the Nord Commercial Department went to London to sign consignment agreements with a number of luxury goods stores. At this time, the entire Nord Commercial Department seemed to be running back and forth across Western Europe.

The effect of this is huge. In mid-May, more than a dozen garment workshops have been added, and the foreign trade orders that have been signed have reached more than one billion US dollars, and most of these orders are agreement orders that last for many years.

At the end of May, Audi held a press conference. As if smelling something, heavyweight media from all over the world from Europe and the United States came one after another. In those few days, Nord's economy suddenly rose by several percentage points.

May 1981, 5 at 26:[-] am Nord time, office room on the first floor of the Royal Hotel Nord
"Hi, I'm a reporter from Paris Daily. May I ask Mr. Smith, is there any role of the Commercial Department in Audi's listing?"

"Audi's listing is inevitable. Although Audi is a company under the Royal Group, the Ministry of Commerce's guidance to state-owned enterprises has always been only auxiliary, and has never interfered with their operations."

"I'm Fanny, a reporter from the Wall Street Journal. May I ask Mr. Schwader, don't you think that Audi's listing in the United States is more conducive to financing and future development than Nord's listing?"

"First of all, Audi is a state-owned enterprise of Nord. Although it operates independently, it has reasons to assist the economic improvement of the Principality of Nord when necessary. Although the Nord Exchange is just a new financing platform, I believe that it has a great deal of support from Nord. development potential."

The scene of the press conference was full of inquiring figures. Seeing this scene, Joseph left quietly, because he was worried that if the reporters saw him, they would flock to him. At that time, even if he wanted to leave, it would be impossible.

(End of this chapter)