We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

Chapter 264 The dust has settled
Luo Nianzhong's move to ask Welch to meet Mars was a big deal, and the British side had already made a compromise.

"MacLehose has already called me. The Iron Lady asked him to keep an eye on Mars and us. Once he finds any bad signs, he will negotiate with us on behalf of London to stabilize us.

They are now a bit intimidated, and they were scared as soon as we met Mars."

Luo Nianzhong smiled when he heard Welch's words and said, "It's normal. Everything is done for the sake of the election. They don't dare to take the risk."

After speaking, Luo Nianzhong thought for a moment and continued, "We can't delay this matter, we don't have that much time to grind it out with them.

Tell Li Xiang that the Watsons can take action and our Lord Governor's drama can begin."

Yes, Luo Nianzhong and MacLehose joined forces. It was not that MacLehose betrayed England but that the two of them had common interests.

Luo Nianzhong can obtain information about Downing Street through MacLehose, and Luo Nianzhong can help him get rid of Xia Dingji.

MacLehose has been in Hong Kong Island for so many years, and his judgment on Hong Kong Island is much clearer than those gentlemen in London. Want to make the Far East Group bow its head? It's simply not possible.

He is very aware of how many industries on Hong Kong Island the Far East Group controls and how deeply it has penetrated the Hong Kong Island economy.

Therefore, in his judgment, London must be the one to find the first step.

It can be seen from the investment handling of the Far East Department in England by both parties after this incident that none of the previously promised or agreed agreements were affected. This proves that the London side will not break up, but is just testing.

Even though the Tsing Ma Bridge was originally promised by MacLehose during the Lantau Island project, it is infrastructure construction and not part of the cooperation between the two parties.

Otherwise, London would not seize this point to make a fuss. If it dares to touch the Far East Department's investment in England, it will completely lose face.

Since the final result is the same, there is no question of betrayal. At this time, what MacLehose needs to consider more is his own interests in this matter.

Xia Dingji's unauthorized assertion had always been a thorn in his heart, and he could take advantage of this opportunity to remove it.

There is also his youngest daughter Annie, who is not going well at work at all. Luo Nianzhong also promised her to invest in her business.

On the surface, it seems that MacLehose was the one who benefited the most from the entire incident. As for whether he benefited the most, time will tell.

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The retail industry is an existence that no country can ignore.

Even though its profits are not as high as many industries, and there are no technical barriers to entry, the jobs it brings and the huge upstream and downstream supply chains it brings are existences that a country cannot ignore.

What do British people think of most when they think of retail business? Unilever, teaco or sains bury's.

The former is a food giant, while the latter two are the two largest supermarket chains in the UK.

But this situation is likely to become history, because a new world retail giant has joined this battlefield, and that is the PARKnSHOP supermarket under Watsons.

What is speed? The people of Hong Kong have used practical actions to tell the British gentlemen who are still living in their dreams.

Within a month, hundreds of stores across the UK were opened.

Even after preparations started, overwhelming advertising has been launched across the country. It can be said that the British people now talk about this supermarket owned by the world's retail giant even when they are watching football and drinking, because it is so cheap.

Luo Nianzhong wants to start a price war with British supermarkets and completely penetrate this market.

Therefore, various price advertisements are flying, and there are also lottery activities.

Within one month of opening, as long as you spend 1.9 pounds at ParknShop, you can register and get a serial number, with no upper limit.

Every night PARKnSHOP will hold a lottery, with one first prize and a prize of 50,000 pounds.

There are two second prizes and a Nissan Bluebird car.

There are 20 third prize winners, selected by Hitachi Home Appliances.

There are 1000 fourth prize winners and a £10 consumption voucher, which can be used as long as the purchase reaches £10.1.

In addition to the lottery, there are also activities to attract customers to get full discounts. As long as consumers can attract a customer who has never spent money at Parknshop Supermarket to apply for a card, they can get a 0.5% discount.

You only need to recruit ten people to get the highest 50% discount, and anyone with a one-time purchase of less than one thousand pounds can enjoy this event.

As soon as the event advertisement came out, the whole of Britain was excited.

Originally, many items in Parknshop were cheaper, not to mention now that there is such an event.

We all know that Hong Kong people like to gamble, and the British people even more so. The gambling nature of Hong Kong Island is still influenced by the British people.

There are more than a thousand chances of winning every day for a month. This probability is already very high. No one thinks that they will be so unlucky and not win even once.

They have never thought that the total number of winning places is quite large, but the base is large. Who can guarantee that everyone will only spend 1.9 pounds?

As soon as PARKnSHOP's advertisement came out, Iron Lady got the specific information.

Logically speaking, she would not be so concerned about the entry of a supermarket chain into the British market by ParknShop, and this was what she had tacitly approved of to Luo Nianzhong.

But now the timing is too sensitive. In addition to Parknshop Supermarket, its own logistics and logistics system and supporting factories will also follow suit, providing tens of thousands of jobs to England at once.

Moreover, Parknshop Supermarket's obvious price war is aimed at the other two supermarket giants, who are the financial backers behind her power.

Moreover, this wave of activities of Parknshop Supermarket is obviously targeted. Among local British suppliers, 80% of them are mainly related to the Conservative Party, and they have been given special treatment.

PARKnSHOP has refused or delayed goods from local suppliers for various reasons. It is very likely that they will not be able to keep up with the one-month event.

What scares her most is that this time PARKnSHOP's recruitment has the shadow of the Labor Party, which is what she least wants to see.

Thinking of this, the Iron Lady picked up the phone and dialed the number of Hong Kong Governor MacLehose.

The two had a detailed discussion on the recent actions of the Far East Group, and they could only say that the situation was not optimistic.

"Prime Minister, maybe I shouldn't say this, but we are the obviously weak side in this confrontation. Compared to the Far East Group's need for the Hong Kong government, we need its investment more.

The citizens of Hong Kong Island are now very emotional, and there is also pressure from the British side and the international community.

Although Tsing Ma Bridge is one of our cards, the power of this card will not last long.

If the confrontation continues for a long time, the other side will have the capital to build a new bridge, and then we will be even more passive and have no room for relaxation."

The Iron Lady listened to what MacLehose said. He also wanted to end this thankless confrontation, but she was hesitant about the conditions proposed by the other party.

"Did Luo personally tell you that Xia Dingji is no longer suitable to hold an official position in the Hong Kong government?"

"No, it's Mr. Welch.

He felt that Xia Dingji completely ignored the feelings of Hong Kong Island enterprises and Hong Kong people in this matter and published news that was not conducive to Hong Kong Island's economy and unity.

In order to eliminate the dissatisfaction of Hong Kong people and for businesses on Hong Kong Island to trust the Hong Kong government more, he felt that Xia Dingji should bear this responsibility."

After MacLehose finished speaking, there was silence on the phone for a while.

After a long time, the Iron Lady said in a tired tone, "I will bring back Xia Ding's tone. As for the candidates from the Hong Kong government, you can draw up a list.

These words made MacLehose's eyes light up. Although he did not bring down Xia Dingji, it also kept him away from Hong Kong Island.

What he didn't expect was that the Iron Lady would actually ask him to recommend candidates, which was equivalent to giving him the decision-making power.

You must know that both the Governor of Hong Kong and the Chief Secretary have to be appointed by Downing Street. Now, he can promote one of his own, and the Hong Kong government will be completely in his hands from now on. "Don't worry, Prime Minister, I will definitely give you a result that satisfies you."

MacLehose acted very quickly and went to the Far East Group that afternoon to have a long talk with Luo Nianzhong and Welch.

No one knew exactly what they said, but from the smiling faces of the three of them and their expressions of regret for meeting each other, we could tell that the result must have made all three of them very satisfied.

After seeing off MacLehose, Welch followed Luo Nianzhong back to his office.

At this time, the secretary had simply and quickly tidied up the place and served new tea and coffee.

No matter how uninterested the personnel department is in the choice of secretary Luo Nianzhong, as the secretary of the big boss, he still has at least some vision.

Regardless of whether the two of them will come back again, let's prepare first.

Wouldn’t it be a waste not to come back? Just kidding, does Far East, which has a big family and a big business, care?
Is this something I, a secretary, should consider? My duty is to serve the chairman and satisfy him rather than to catch waste.

"Just helping Mars solve more than 4,000 jobs can achieve this goal. This can be said to be killing three birds with one stone. Even if the union may cause us some trouble in the future, I think it is worth it." ".

"Trouble?" Luo Nianzhong chuckled.

"You are overthinking. If my prediction is correct, the Iron Lady's first target after she is re-elected next year will be the union.

When the time comes, she will definitely introduce various measures to restrict trade unions, otherwise she will miss such a good opportunity."

Privatization reform introduces capital, and capital's pursuit of profit will definitely vigorously eliminate workers who create low value. By then, the unemployment rate in the entire UK can be expected to soar rapidly.

Why did she let Luo Nianzhong take the blame for this privatization? It is to stimulate rapid economic recovery.

The faster the economy recovers, the fewer workers will be unemployed, and the sooner the initial pain caused by the reform will disappear.

While rectifying the trade unions, suppressing the large-scale strikes that the Labor Party will definitely organize, and at the same time the economy is recovering and growing, what would you think if you were a worker?
The economy has recovered, the entire market is booming, and there are notices everywhere that companies are recruiting workers due to their good development.

But at this time, someone wants to stop you from making money and tells you to hold a demonstration. Even if the whole family goes hungry, you must continue to fight to the end. Conflicts are bound to arise.

It is conceivable that large numbers of workers will break away from unions and join the new bull market.

The reduction of workers has weakened the trade unions, which means the Labor Party has lost its strength. How can the Labor Party compete with the Iron Lady faction in the re-election?
And what is the premise of all this plan? It is the success and rapid effect of privatization reform.

So this is why Luo Nianzhong went to the Labor Party for recruitment at ParknShop Supermarket.

Doesn’t he know that finding the Labor Party will definitely save them a lot of trouble in recruiting local workers? But it also attracted the wolf into the house.

When the union needs you to raise your salary every once in a while, a strike will follow. Luo Nianzhong does this because he knows that the power of the union will be greatly weakened in the future.

Selling to the Labor Party will give you face and establish a good relationship with them, and it will save PARKnSHOP a lot of trouble in its layout in the UK.

At the same time, it sent a dangerous signal to the iron lady who was afraid of everything, so that she did not dare to gamble, and then compromised not to interfere in the economy of Hong Kong Island.

The last step is to win over MacLehose. Although his age is no longer possible in Downing Street and he will be an MP when he returns, the gains in Hong Kong Island are still considerable.

Especially this time the choice of Chief Secretary was handed over to MacLehose, which means that no matter who becomes the Governor of Hong Kong in the future, the new Chief Secretary and the Far East Group will basically wear the same pants.

As for London's transfer of him? That's better. Luo Nianzhong can completely support this person to climb to a higher peak.

"One thing I don't understand is why you firmly rejected Mars' proposal.

If we can cooperate with them and succeed next year, we will gain greater benefits, right?

The Iron Lady has a lot of points for the Falklands, but as we predicted, she will lose points for the Hong Kong Island issue, so the result is hard to say. How can you be so sure that she will be re-elected? ".

Why are you sure? Could it be that history told me?

Welch met with Mars, and Mars would naturally win over his opponent's behind-the-scenes sponsor.

Welch also promised that he would provide him with a campaign fund, but Luo Nianzhong turned around and told him that the Iron Lady would be re-elected and that he should not have any illusions about Mars, as long as he did not offend him.

“You are right, Hong Kong Island will be a negative point for them, so they will delay it until after the election.

As for the issue of greater benefits from cooperation with Mars, I don’t think so.

Those traditional industries are in the hands of the old aristocrats and the Rothschilds behind them. Even if we can join the game, we are still one of the many players and will not have a great say. It does not make any sense to us.

So without much benefit, who would make those choices that would change their fate? Or when a smooth road is paved in front of you."

There is still a gap between the current Luo family and the top families in the West. In the case of unequal strength, Luo Nianzhong does not want or is unwilling to have too much contact with them.

Even if Mars proposed to support the Luo family's full entry into Britain's traditional industries such as oil and gas after the election was successful, Luo Nianzhong remained unmoved.

It's tempting to be on the card table, but you're not the only one at the card table, surrounded by enemies.

Even if Mars succeeds, Luo Nianzhong is not optimistic that he can have this kind of energy. The final result will definitely be to give the Luo family a medium-sized oil company in England to acquire.

Luo Nianzhong has his own ideas and plans. When the time is right, he doesn't need to do anything more, and he will naturally interact with the other party.

Now, not yet.

Things on Hong Kong Island have been settled, and everything is developing in the direction that the Far East Group hopes. There is no need to discuss it further, after all, everything is in the past.

"Liang Botao called me yesterday and reported some work. He was making difficult progress in Belgium and the other party's attitude was very ambiguous.

There is also the British side, asking whether to restart negotiations or should he go over? ".

Welch's subsequent inquiry made Luo Nianzhong look at him in confusion. Wasn't it Liang Botao who was always arguing with the other party about this matter? Why do you ask that? And Welch actually came over to ask himself.

"Did something happen?".

Welch chuckled, "There's nothing else. It's just women that Liang Botao doesn't know what to do about."

"What do you mean? The other party used a honey trap on him? Tell me." Luo Nianzhong asked with interest.

"Well". Welch made a strange expression.

Xin said that he wanted to, but he still had to dare?

"It's not that you used a honey trap on him, it's your woman who makes him unable to deal with it."

"What? My woman?"

What's going on? Luo Nianzhong really doesn't understand what this has to do with his woman.

"Sarah, she is now the receptionist of the other party. Liang Botao has complained to me several times. Every time we meet, she presses Liang Botao for news about you."

"Well".

Luo Nianzhong wanted to say that he had nothing to do with that woman, but looking at Welch's ambiguous smile, he knew that he wouldn't believe it.

When Sarah entered Luo Nianzhong's private room and he was alone, everyone present saw it, and Welch was naturally aware of various social activities outside.

In addition, he also knew that Luo Nianzhong took the two girls to Paris later. Based on the image of Luo Nianzhong in his heart as a lover, the explanation was a cover-up.

This was a serious matter. I originally wanted to eat something, but I didn't expect that it would end up eating me.

(End of this chapter)