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Chapter 460 I just want this!
A silver-plated inkstand huddled in the corner of the mahogany desk. The ink bottle had long been dry, but it still stubbornly retained a circle of Prussian blue stains. On the table was a freshly-published copy of The Times.

The front page features a robot drawn in a typical AI style, with the Chinese flag painted on its body standing out.

Both the date of the newspaper and the style of the front page are completely different from the style of the entire room.

“Saturday, May 2028, 5

The sun rises in the east. The past 24 hours have been a turbulent day for the world. This turbulence is reflected in various aspects such as media, finance, and current affairs. The artificial sun from China has announced that it will subvert the energy paradigm and put the final touch on the redrawing of the global power map.

At 5:10 GMT yesterday, mankind officially entered the new energy era in Shenhai City, China. The team of China's all-superconducting tokamak nuclear fusion experimental device announced that the deuterium-tritium fusion reaction achieved a Q value of 32.7 and lasted for more than 300 seconds, which is years ahead of the expected progress of the Western International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER).

"Tonight, we will light the candle of civilization with sparks." The Chinese top leaders announced in a national television speech in the control room of the Honghuang series nuclear fusion power generation device. As the 50-meter-high ring device glowed purple due to the confined plasma, the technical team led by Dr. Wright burst into cheers and applause.
For this reason, the Prime Minister of England said at a special hearing attended by all Royal Bachelors today: The East is red, and it is the color of the future. "

The Times is an English media outlet that has a huge influence in Commonwealth countries, which was the source of its influence in the past.

The fact that the Commonwealth, the birthplace of the Anglo-Saxons, was able to discuss this matter on the front page from a neutral and pro-China perspective fully demonstrates the shocking effect of controlled nuclear fusion.

"Lord Osborne, time is running out. America has no time, and England has little time either.

According to official sources, China is not far from large-scale commercial use of controlled nuclear fusion technology, and we need your help." The speaker was also a baron, Baron John McFaul.

Lord McFaul is the current Speaker of the House of Lords in England.

I mentioned earlier that Indians are invading England’s Parliament, but it is the House of Commons that is being invaded. What does the House of Lords have to do with it?

The members of the House of Lords are not elected, but hereditary nobles and bishops. You should know that the English name of the House of Lords is House of Lords of the United Kingdom. It is translated into House of Lords to distinguish it from the House of Commons. Its literal translation should be House of Lords. More than 600 members are from secular nobles and they are lifelong.

The white people of England proposed to recall the Indians and expel them from Parliament. One of their means of counterattack was to demand that the House of Lords must be elected and not be composed of aristocrats as in the past, and that they would automatically gain lifelong tenure once they were elected.

While the old nobles in the House of Lords are worried that time is running out, MPs in the House of Commons are still fighting for ethnicity.

I feel like I enjoy the benefits. I am English and if I encounter difficulties, I can go back to India.

Of course, compared with the past, the aristocratic atmosphere of the House of Lords is less strong now. Compared with the former Speaker Fowler, who graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Baron McFall can be regarded as a thorough commoner both in terms of his background and the school he graduated from.

Osborne had actually read this issue of The Times a long time ago, but he still flipped through it again. After reading it, his brows were furrowed, and he obviously didn't want to continue:

"You know, there's actually nothing I can do. It's been more than ten years since I left 10 Downing Street, and my connections in China have gradually withered away. My communication channels and understanding with Beijing are not much deeper than Downing Street now."

Baron Osborne is a hereditary nobleman and an old Anglo nobleman. He is the 18th Baron Osborne, but the suffix of Anglo is not Saxon but Irish, and his fiefdom is in County Waterford, Ireland.

"We need to send out signals, we need to send out appropriate signals that are friendly to China, and you are the best representative," Baron McFaul persuaded.

Why Osborne?
Osborne was the Chancellor of the Exchequer when Cameron took office in Downing Street. During Osborne's tenure as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, England, as a European country, joined the AIIB project. During his visit to China, he said: "England must become China's best trading partner in the West."

If Osborne had been able to stay in the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer, the position that originally belonged to France would have belonged to England.

A total of 48 cooperation agreements were signed with China under Osborne, but this was not the most exaggerated. The most exaggerated thing was that he wanted China to build a nuclear power plant in Essex County in eastern England.

That’s right, it’s a nuclear power plant. In 2015, they wanted to hand over England’s nuclear power plant to China, and package it all together from design to construction.

It sounds incredible and may seem like just empty talk from English bureaucrats, but in fact Osborne did some real work. The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset in southwest England was eventually given to a consortium of Electricité de France and China General Nuclear Power Group for investment and construction under his leadership.

Although Cameron stepped down and Theresa May took office, Theresa strongly opposed the project. She believed that "no matter how large the amount of trade and investment is, it cannot be a reason for hostile countries to control a country's critical infrastructure."

But because the contract has been signed, China still holds one-third of the shares of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant, but it has almost no involvement in its construction. The specific construction and design were handed over to the French Electricity Group.

任何事情都是有代价的，法兰西独自承建该项目的代价就是预算从最开始的160亿英镑，在此后数年间无限制攀升，180亿英镑、196亿英镑、245亿英镑、350亿英镑、479亿英镑.
Therefore, the H2S high-speed rail is nothing new to the English, and the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant is the same.

It is precisely because of Baron Osborne's unprecedented friendly attitude towards China and his foresight in fully committing to China as shown in 2016 that London is eager for Baron Osborne, who was exiled to TV as a regular commentator on political talk shows in England, to return to No. 10 Downing Street.

This is not the opinion of one or two politicians, it is the collective will of the bureaucracy and even England, which urgently needs Baron Osborne to return to his loyal London.

“Of course I know I’m the best representative!

But how did those people in the House of Commons humiliate me now? Who gave me the chance to return to London later?" Baron Osborne suddenly exploded and roared.

To put it bluntly, it is rare for an old-fashioned aristocrat like him to fall to the point of hosting a political talk show. He is one of the most unpopular people.

With Baron Osborne's resume and family background, it would be no problem for him to become a member of the House of Lords in a place like England, or to be a shadow chancellor of the exchequer at 10 Downing Street.

But in a sense, he was regarded as a totem of friendship towards China. After the incident in 19, successive Downing Street prime ministers and their staff used almost every possible means to suppress Baron Osborne in order to show that our attitude towards China was not that good.

The humiliation here is also very interesting. When the shadow chancellor, MacDonald, who opposed Lord Osborne, was discussing the budget in the House of Commons, he held up the Little Red Book and quoted the chairman's words:

“We must learn from all those who know how to do economic work, no matter who they are, we must respect them as teachers, respect and learn from them seriously, and we cannot pretend to know what we don’t know.”

Because of its dramatic nature, this video was widely circulated on the Chinese Internet, and netizens on the Chinese Internet even thought that McDonald was friendly to China.

In fact, this video was cut off by a self-media blogger, and the meaning is completely different when you consider the context. Before this paragraph, McDonald said: "In order to help Comrade Osborne deal with his new comrades, I brought him the Little Red Book."

After saying this, MacDonald went on to say: "I think it will come in handy for his new relationship."

Obviously, the use of Xiaohongshu is to accuse Baron Osborne of being too cooperative with China and going too far in cooperating with China. This is a public humiliation and public execution of Osborne.

“I know, I know, but things are different now, nobody knows you can predict the future.

But now that the future has already happened, we must accept it and get back on the right track.

Lord Osborne, England has always made the right decision at important historical moments, and this time is no exception.

The British Empire needs you.

Colleagues in London are all aware of your grievances. Your current position is Chancellor of the Exchequer, but I can assure you that you will be the next owner of 10 Downing Street." Baron McFaul said slowly, his tone firm and full of emotion.

We are all politicians. Perhaps Lord Osborne can be called a politician, but no matter who it is, once they have reached this point, they all understand that emotions serve a purpose.

Precisely because both sides were well aware of this, Baron McFall did not appease the other party, but instead directly offered his chips.

Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You'll be kicked out after Cameron steps down, and then you'll try again and again to get a foothold in London, but get frustrated over and over again. You'll even take a position like a regular guest on a political talk show, and you're not even the host. Isn't it just to prevent the people from forgetting you?

For a politician, being forgotten is much more terrifying than being hated.

As for the fact that he became a regular guest on a political talk show to make money, that's a little funny. As mentioned earlier, Osborne is a hereditary aristocrat, the 18th Baron Osborne, and his family is not a declining aristocracy that relies on him to make money to support the family.

His father, Lord Osborne, owns a high-end fabric company. Lord Osborne is known for his expensive tastes, and he only wants expensive things over good ones. He bought a desk from a designated Italian brand, which cost up to £17.

For Baron Osborne, he could simply return to his own company.

Isn't it because I'm unwilling to accept it?

And Lord Osborne's public statement after leaving politics also illustrates this point: "I don't want to spend the rest of my life as just the title of former Chancellor of the Exchequer. I want new challenges."

What's a higher title than Chancellor of the Exchequer? It's Prime Minister.

Now London has offered him this bargaining chip.

Baron Osborne fell into a trance after hearing the stakes offered by Baron McFaul. The goal he had been pursuing all his life seemed to be within reach. He believed that MacDonald would not change his mind after making such a promise. The other party did not represent himself, but the old guys in the House of Lords.

There is only one possibility for a change of heart, that is, China will no longer exist tomorrow, and then this bunch of old Dengs may indeed turn against them.

But is it possible that China does not exist?
Obviously impossible.

"No, that's not enough. It's obviously not enough." The past scenes were vivid in his mind, from the youngest MP on the Tory benches to the rainy nights at 19 Downing Street in London, from visiting China to becoming the first English minister to set foot on China's northwestern border and then leaving Downing Street because of Brexit, from being depressed years later to seeing the light of day again now, Baron Osborne's tone has never been so firm.

Even if what the other party took out was something he had always dreamed of in the past, he still felt it was not enough.

McFall heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. If you want to talk, that's easy. Conditions are negotiated. Didn't I come here today just to negotiate the conditions?

"What do you want?" McFall asked. "Money, a title, or family status?
England can give you that."

Lord Osborne knew that time was running out, especially as he was determined to return to Downing Street. Every day he delayed was one day less for his future self.

Especially China's breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology. This is not a secret known only to England. England hopes to join China. Don't other countries want to do the same?

how is this possible.

The conditions offered by McFall were indeed unable to impress a hereditary noble.

At this moment, there is a classic line from an old Chinese movie: "I have waited for three years, just waiting for an opportunity. I want to fight for it, not to prove how great I am, but to tell others that I must get back what I lost." It is very suitable for Baron Osborne's current mood.

He waited for not just three years, but a full ten years before he got this opportunity.

"I want all members of the House of Lords to read the chairman's little red book and write me a review. This is my only condition," said Baron Osborne.

Now it was McFall's turn to be dumbfounded. Is this the only condition I asked you to set?

To be honest, this condition is easy to say. The House of Lords holds a meeting, distributes the book, everyone reads it together, and then writes a review. It can be done in an afternoon. If you do it perfunctorily, you may not even need an afternoon.

But to say it is difficult is a bit too difficult. This is like digging up the roots of the big bird.

"Yes, I just want this!"

(End of this chapter)