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Chapter 165 Small Farmer Economy
The reason why tabloids are rampant is inseparable from the connivance of the British. Since the end of World War II, the Malayan Communist Party has become a serious problem for the British in Malaya, seriously affecting colonial rule.

Due to historical reasons, the main members of the CPM are all Chinese. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a Chinese political organization.

Because the Chinese attach great importance to inheritance and education, it only took two generations to go from piglets traveling to Southeast Asia to become the main component of the elite class in Malaya and also the main component of the tax paying class.

Throughout the colonial history of the United Kingdom, although it occupied vast colonies and created the reputation of the empire on which the sun never sets, and looked at the flowers in bloom and envied other countries, the pain in its heart was only known to itself, which corroborated the saying: The baby is suffering in his heart. But the baby didn't say anything.

Since the beginning of this century, the United States, which was thrown out to fend for itself, has been on the verge of losing its fortune. It has been eyeing England's descendants, using all kinds of tricks, just to take away the position of the head of the imperialist family.

As a direct descendant, England naturally has its own pride. The position of the head of the family is a symbol of glory. How can it be given to others, let alone a concubine? When it really has to give it, it would rather give it to cousin Deutsch. It still remembers the time when it was with Cousin. Brother, we galloped together to clean up the sweet years of another old cousin, Tsarist Russia.

Alas, it's just a pity that my cousin didn't live up to expectations. A failed art student stole the crystal tower. He was also a stubborn duck and refused to ask his cousin for help. Didn't my cousin know that he was playing Li Bai Thief 6?
Forget it, forget it, the past is too painful to look back on, and now, America, that son of a bitch, has long been a serious problem for England, and has always been thinking about cutting off England's colonies.

Since the end of World War I, Britain has owed money to the United States. Only doing business with the Americans can keep the economy running. The Americans took this opportunity to make big moves. From 1920 to 1926, under pressure from the United States, the United Kingdom signed a bill declaring a colony. The people enjoy a high degree of autonomy.

During the Second World War in 1941, the British asked the United States to send troops to fight against Germany. The Americans had new conditions - in August 1941, the British signed the Atlantic Treaty, declaring that the people of all colonies had the right to choose the form of government that ruled them. .

In this way, people in each colony directly have the right to decide whether they want to be ruled by the British. In theory, Britain has lost all its colonies, and the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets is no longer there.

However, the colonies can only settle political accounts, because there are many colonies, and Britain is the empire on which the sun never sets, and it is qualified to sit on the table of world hegemony and compete for interests. If we want to settle economic accounts, it is simply unbearable to look at.

If the British government is regarded as a group company, then its investment in colonies is like investing in a certain country's football team, such as the Great Britain × Da team and the Great Britain Heng × team. It wants to gain face, intangible assets, and advertising and marketing channels through various naming rights.

The ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny. Money is spent on building the stadium, hiring foreign players, etc., and the reorganized team is also very successful. It is invincible in the kindergarten competition, and the kids are crying when they play. It seems that Everything is great, but at the end of the year, when we look at the accounts, damn, we have spent so much, where is the income assessment?

Not to mention other things, let’s talk about the most successful case, India. Before the British regarded India as a colony, the East India Company would move any good things to the mainland when they saw it. The British mainland was so full of food from top to bottom. .

But when India began to be turned into a colony in 1857, India's annual tax contribution to Britain was less than 100 million pounds. On the contrary, the British average annual expenditure in India, such as building roads, building schools and other livelihood investments, was more than 80 pounds. At first glance, there is still a balance of 20 pounds, and this business is still profitable.

But don’t forget that maintaining rule is not that simple. It is necessary to maintain a huge military system, official system, and security team. It is also necessary to invest a lot in public opinion control and image building. 20 pounds is used to complete these investments. It is far from enough. Every year, the British mainland has to transfer money to India.

If we only consider the most direct profit "tax money", this is true for the best India, not to mention other colonies. In fact, the huge colonial system almost emptied the British family. There is no doubt that the colonies are A losing business.

But this is a loss-making business, but the British never tire of it. This is because the colonies have created the brand of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets and created a large amount of intangible assets. Both local and foreign investors are optimistic about the stock of Great Britain and have bought it one after another, pushing the stock price up. Raised to a level beyond reason.

Financially active, the brand "The Sun Never Sets" is strong enough. Britain, which lacks its own resources, obtained cheap raw materials from the colonies, processed them, put the "The Sun Never Sets" brand on them, and sold them to the colonies and around the world.

When it comes to business, if you want to be in short supply and not unsalable, your brand must be strong and consumers must recognize it and buy in droves. For the few consumers who don't recognize it, you must tell them righteously: "This is our exclusive business, and it doesn't matter whether you buy it from us or not." If you don’t want to buy it from other places, it’s okay, our brand is tougher than your neck.”

If the brand is strong, it will have intangible assets recognized by shareholders; if the brand is strong, it will have best-selling products recognized by consumers. As long as the brand is kept getting stronger and stronger, the empire will be in a virtuous circle. On the contrary, once the hard foundation is lost, it will immediately fall into a vicious circle that gets faster and faster.

Afghanistan has been lost, Iraq has been lost, Egypt, Nepal, Canada, Australia, Jordan, New Zealand, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and then Burma and Alestan have failed to stop others from seeking independence, so they have simply changed from opposition to encouragement. Obviously, The United States and the Soviet Union worked hard to stab Israel in the back. In the end, the United Kingdom did not bite the bullet and declared that the English and the Jews are one family.

No way, the brand that the sun never sets is crumbling, intangible assets are losing rapidly, the situation is stronger than the people, and you have to be soft when you should be soft. However, five-star cigar taster Winston Churchill said: "I am not Martin Nemo. Well, he could have written 'I Didn't Speak', I couldn't say 'I didn't see', I saw England's crown jewels being stolen one by one and I couldn't allow it to continue to happen."

In 1950, there were still many British colonies, but not many of gem quality, mainly broken diamonds. Malaya can be said to be the only remaining pearl. It is rich in minerals and rubber. The Chinese who are law-abiding and quick-thinking can benefit the country and individuals a lot. Britain can no longer lose Malaya easily.

It just so happens that the anti-colonial force in Malaya is the Communist Party of Malaya, which is mainly composed of Chinese people. When this organization learned from advanced international experience, it probably did not pay much attention to it. It did not absorb the essence, but it did not dislike the dross at all. It absorbed them all and was too Extreme revolutionary methods and poor discipline make it difficult to establish a broad mass base.

Even if there is no clear memory, based on the current situation analysis, Xian Yaowen will not put the chips on the MCP. To express it in a more rigorous mathematical way, the probability of the MCP seizing power is less than the 100 billion lottery number. Even if there is a gun stuck to his head and he is forced to invest, the most he can invest is one penny, and he has to pick it up on the street and not give it to the police uncle.

The Communist Party of Malaya is not very good, but it is a natural ally of the socialist camp. If the United States can form a tacit understanding with the Soviet Union to do something for itself, it can naturally join forces with itself to do something for the Soviet Union. Whether it is from the topography or the surrounding political structure, the United States If you want to contain the Soviet Union and implement the Asia strategy well, you must not sit back and watch Malaya turn red.

In the short term, it is in the interest of the United States to maintain the status quo of the British colony in Malaya. The United States will not hinder the United Kingdom on the Malayan issue, and will even provide some help without paying too much, such as sailors in Singapore. Take a vacation and help revitalize the economy.

The Chinese population in Malaya accounts for about 40%, while the Chinese in Singapore account for more than 70%. Most of them are the elites of the tax-paying class. A small town in Singapore is less than the entire Malayan six One-third of the population creates 32.4% of the GDP and contributes more than million pounds of tax revenue every year.

Singapore is the most important source of tax money in Malaya. The British attach great importance to it and have always given privileges to the Chinese who are large taxpayers. However, this privilege has gradually disappeared with the rise of the Malayan Communist Party.

In the past, the Malayan authorities adopted an indifferent attitude towards the Chinese people who were not integrated into the English education system. They sat back and watched the development of Chinese education, leaving it up to you to handle the funding. It was the National Government that invested large sums of subsidies in Singapore to revive it in the post-war years. The authorities also did not comment on the Chinese-language schools that were severely damaged during the war.

But when the CPM infiltrated into Chinese schools and trade unions, and students and workers were mobilized to organize demonstrations and strikes, the authorities began to be vigilant, and their attitude towards Chinese schools changed drastically. They no longer ignored them, but instead made various stumbling blocks. graduates are not eligible to enter the English-medium University of Malaya, nor can they go to overseas English-speaking universities. Singapore's government departments and some quasi-public departments no longer recruit graduates from Chinese-speaking secondary schools.

Not only that, some Chinese publications have a laissez-faire attitude as long as they do not publish anti-colonial and anti-British articles and speeches, and the same is true for obscene content. Probably in the eyes of the British, Chinese people go to work to make money and pay taxes, and after get off work to dance and pick up girls, they do not participate in some It’s nice to be at peace with the messy activities.

Xian Yaowen is not interested in the contents of tabloids, but he reads every tabloid carefully, even the advertisements, because he feels that "pornography" is very provocative. It is a universal chamber pot and the cause of any evil happening. They can all be blamed on it. A new political party can completely treat the anti-pornography campaign as a political show.

After ordering room service, Xian Yaowen settled lunch in the room. After eating, he spent some time thinking about what he had to do next. At two o'clock in the afternoon, he took a car arranged by the hotel and went to the office of Jinji Commercial Bank in front of Tongji Hospital. Cheryl only rented a space and hooked up a phone line, but didn't add anything else. The lack of tables and chairs didn't stop Xian Yaowen from starting work. A few newspapers were spread on the floor, and he had a working space.

He has not forgotten that the agency contract signed with Brother International has an annual minimum sales requirement. There is no rush for industrial sewing machines. He is waiting for the opportunity. As long as the opportunity comes, he does not have to worry about sales. Household sewing machines are more troublesome. Singapore has a minimum of 1000 units. Annual sales volume requirements, he must come up with a charter as soon as possible.

After sorting things out, he took out his notebook, opened the phone list he copied in the morning, picked up the phone and dialed, "Namaste, I am Nixon, the sales manager of Jinji Trading Company. Our firm can supply household sewing machines on a long-term basis..."

No matter how advanced the business model is, the bottom line of business logic is still at the forefront. The first step in sales is to find potential customers. The combination of the newspaper and the operator lady can get a lot of information about Singapore businesses.

When he was reading the newspaper in the morning, he had already called several Indian trading houses whose addresses were along the Singapore River. At that time, his name was Manilal, Randas, Kennedy, no matter what his name was, in short, he was a buyer. I inquired on the phone about the products that various firms could provide, and after some screening, I made a list of those needed for telemarketing.

In addition to Hong Kong, getting a Singaporean agent is not a simple "plus one". Before making the decision, Xian Yaowen naturally considered all aspects, from Singapore's single economic structure of entrepot trade to the economic development models and visible effects of neighboring countries. The development trajectories have been analyzed one by one.

Population means demand and market. Even if a person survives with the lowest desire, the need for clothing and food cannot be omitted. India has a population of 3.68 million, which means that 3.68 million people have a rigid demand for clothing, which also means that India is a good country. Sewing machines tend to the market.

India's independence is not so much the result of the "non-violent non-cooperation" movement achieved by the Congress Party led by Mahatma Gandhi, but rather the compromise made by the British in desperation. During the Indian independence movement, the Congress Party can be said to have The family is a dominant one, but within the party, Gandhi is not the one who dominates the world, and there are many people who can compete with him.

The reason why Gandhi became the founding father of India has something to do with the political theory "Gandhism" he founded. In this doctrine, there is the "small farmer economy" that Gandhi advocated as the most suitable economic model for India - small farmer workshop-style self-sufficiency. Develop industrialization.

Both industrial revolutions started in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom can be said to be far ahead in the process of industrialization, but the United Kingdom did not import too many industrial results into India. It obtained raw materials from India, produced them in the United Kingdom, and then shipped them back to India for dumping. , this is Britain’s three-step colonial strategy.

Until now, India still does not have a decent industrial system, and the only low-end industries are in the hands of British capital. Gandhi's small-scale peasant economic model is based on the fact that the textiles and industrial daily necessities India needs must be imported from British companies. Considering the current situation, his purpose is to protect the interests of Indian farmers. It has to be said that his starting point is still good, but in the long run, it has also laid the foundation for India's industrialization.

Gandhi wanted to take over India's people's livelihood and develop a small-scale peasant economy. The crowds of people in Downing Street just bowed to him and said, "Brother, please accept the bow of my little brother/little sister. From now on, you will be my dear brother."

People's livelihood in the colonies is a money-losing business. I really wish someone would take over. As long as we sit down and have a good discussion about Britain's interests, we will work together to make you a Mahatma.

In fact, the final kick of the Congress Party's road to independent revolution was an own goal kicked by the British goalkeeper. The goalkeeper was so powerful that he carried the goal and ran to Gandhi who was about to be called for offside, covering both the man and the ball. Get in there and shake your butt and sing "Here We Go, Ale Ale Ale."

Even if the Mahatma's name is famous all over the world, it is inseparable from the vigorous praise of the British media. On the day of Gandhi's assassination, the Special Air Service almost screamed to avenge his old man.

After Gandhi passed away, Nehru, who understood both law and economics, finally got rid of the constraints and could roll up his sleeves to pursue his industrial development path. Xian Yaowen estimated the time and imagined the resistance Nehru would encounter, and then combined it to obtain Based on the information, it is basically judged that India is now at a point where it is opening its arms to embrace industry. To put it bluntly, now is a good time to import industrial products such as production materials to India.

Everyone knows that electricity in India is underdeveloped and industrial sewing machines are not suitable. Everyone knows that Indians are cheating. Household sewing machines are as if they are not their own. They can stand up and pedal, and the needle clicks up and down. No matter what the 240V is. It's still 110V, but it can't compare to half a piece of flying cake worth a million or so.

"Mr. Chopra, the prototype of our company has not been shipped to Singapore at present, but I have the product introduction page in my hand. I can go to your company to explain it to you... OK, I will be there on time, Gayatri Mantra (Hindu mantra, application on something like God bless you).”

After chatting about the phone bill for more than three yuan, Xian Yaowen identified a potential customer, took a few puffs of cigars, summed up his experience, and then made a second call...

Although he tried to chat as much as possible on every phone call, the list he prepared was not long. He finished the call in an hour and a half. The results were not bad. Three families had finalized the time for home visits. One family was ambiguous and he planned not to invite them. If you go there, as long as you can see the top, there is a half chance of success.

There was no time to delay, he still had a schedule today, so he packed up, walked around the nearby shops, bought some Hong Kong specialties, and hurried back to the hotel.

Before entering the hotel, Xian Yaowen and the two performed the same operations as when they left the hotel. He walked in first, and Qi Longque was far behind him, carefully observing everyone who looked at him.

If someone comes to the hotel to inquire about him, the service staff who provided the information will subconsciously pay special attention to him. Of course, this attention will definitely not meet his eyes and he will have no chance to observe it himself.

As soon as he entered the room, Qi Longque reported his observation results, "The front desk kept watching Mr. as he walked up the stairs. A man in the sitting area glanced at Mr. twice."

"What's so special about it?"

Along the way, Xian Yaowen deliberately kept his eyes open, creating conditions for others to pay attention to him. He was not clear about the situation in the hotel lobby.

"He doesn't look like he could live here."

The Majestic Hotel is not luxurious, but it is not cheap either. The cheapest room is 12 MYR per day. For Singaporeans with a median monthly income of less than 43 yuan, this is already a sky-high price. Those with a monthly income of less than yuan are probably Dahua will not be included in their consumption category.

"If he is still there when you come back in the evening, you can go to the nearby woods tomorrow to find the dead cat hanging in the tree, cut some carrion back and try to throw it off his head." As he said that, Xian Yaowen began to observe the room with his eyes. Is there anything strange?

"Will it alert the enemy?" Qi Longque asked worriedly.

"Try not to arouse suspicion. It's okay to be surprised. Just make sure he is coming for us, arrest him and interrogate him. By the way, tomorrow I'll buy some sewing needles and fishing thread. If I see quicklime, I'll bring back some quicklime for use during interrogation. Get it."

(End of this chapter)