Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

You may not be able to buy good things by spending money. The European and American countries of the later generations have used their actions to teach the Chinese people a vivid education lesson. Yang Chen hopes that his money can be spent with value for money, instead of spending a lot of money Go and get back a pile of broken copper and iron.

Especially the core technology, without this thing, he doesn't care who the other party is. These days, is he afraid that money can't buy good things?

He is a businessman, and he has not reached such a high status as it involves national security. The technical reservation does not exist for him.

Chapter 938

Compared with the aviation and automobile industries, Yang Chen is more envious of the UK's shipbuilding industry, especially as the UK is currently promoting privatization reforms, and many shipyards are facing the dilemma of being annexed by other countries.

Next, the rapid growth of the inland economy will drive not only the mining and shipping industries, but also the shipbuilding industry.

Since the 70s, the world's shipbuilding industry has moved eastward, and China, Japan, and South Korea have taken over most of the world's ship orders. In that era when a ship cost hundreds of millions and was still in US dollars, the shipbuilding industry was also a highly profitable industry.

Of course, if Yang Chen wants to get involved in the shipbuilding industry, it doesn't mean that he cares about making a little money, it's mainly for the sake of industrial layout.

Land, sea and air

In terms of land, it is mainly automobiles. In the automobile industry, Yang Chen already has Lamborghini and the automobile factories under Landmark before. From tricycles to tractors to cars and sports cars, his automobile companies can now manufacture them.

In terms of aviation, after the British government sold the remaining 40.00% of the shares of British Aerospace Corporation to him last year, British Aerospace Corporation has been regarded as his personal private property. slightly inferior.

The land and air are all laid out, and now only the ocean is left. Although he now has a fleet, Xiangjiang ranks first and second in Global Shipping and Orient Overseas Shipping. One is the second largest shareholder, and the other is the first. Major shareholder status.

In the world's shipping industry, he already has a pivotal position. With such a huge fleet in hand, it makes no sense not to set up a shipyard.

Therefore, Boss Yang, who had tasted the sweetness from the British Aerospace Corporation, turned his idea to a very well-known British shipyard.

Since the UK even sold such a heavyweight company as British Aerospace to him, it makes no sense for a shipyard to refuse to sell it. You must know that the current situation of the British shipbuilding industry is very embarrassing.

Since the end of World War II, Britain has come down from its hegemony, and its overseas colonies have become independent and out of British control. Britain has lost interest in maintaining a large navy.

Especially after the end of World War II, in order to restore the economy, countries continued to reduce military expenditures. The British Empire, which once relied on the navy to conquer the world, built ships in the decades after the war.

Orders for warships have plummeted, and the once large number of British shipbuilding owners went bankrupt or voluntarily laid off employees to reduce expenses because they could not receive orders or the number of orders was too small.

With the rise of shipping in the 70s and [-]s, Japan and South Korea, relying on low shipbuilding costs and national policy support, defeated Europe, which had advantages in shipyard infrastructure, industrial scale, and production capacity, in one fell swoop.

The rise of Japan and South Korea's shipbuilding industry has made the European shipbuilding industry, which had already had high labor costs, even worse. Most of the British shipbuilding companies that have flourished for more than a hundred years have fallen into the dilemma of not having enough funds to pay workers' wages.

At this time, British shipbuilding companies, in addition to submitting subsidy applications to the government, are actively following Mrs Thatcher's footsteps and looking for partners and buyers.

The nature of the shipping industry has its own political character. In the war years, the fleet, as an important strategic resource, is the object of fierce competition between the two warring parties, and even at the cost of sinking, they must avoid falling into the enemy's hands.

This is true for ships, let alone shipyards.

Especially, the shipyard that Yang Chen is fancy, it is a shipyard that can even build an aircraft carrier.

Harland Wolf Shipyard, many people may not have heard of it, or many shipyards in the world, even the most famous, or even inland shipyards, the big guys have rarely heard of it.

To say that military enterprises are low-key, except for Boeing, which is well-known to everyone in the world, it seems that few people know about those companies that can be related to military supplies.

It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it, I just need to introduce its products to you in a while.Everyone will understand.

In the brutal competition in the military industry market, survival of the fittest is an eternal law of survival. As time goes by, some old-fashioned military industry companies will always be eliminated by the times.

The British Harland Wolff Shipyard, an old shipyard with a history of more than 100 years, is also in trouble along with the British shipbuilding industry.

I believe many of you have seen the movie "Titanic".

The luxury cruise ship in the film came from the Harland Wolf Shipyard.

From the mid-nineteenth century, when Britain completed industrialization, Harland Wolff Shipyard transformed from a small shipyard into a pillar enterprise of the British military industry after World War I.

After the baptism of two world wars, Harland Wolff Shipyard is not only second to none in the field of civilian ships, but also famous in warship manufacturing.

Since the establishment of the shipyard, nearly [-] warships of various types have been produced, and many famous warships such as the "Formidable" aircraft carrier and the "Belfast" cruiser have been built successively.

Before and during World War II, the British shipbuilding industry flourished and once occupied half of the global ship market, and the output of Harland Wolfe Shipyard was even more amazing. At that time, Harland Wolfe Shipyard was the British Navy Built six aircraft carriers, two cruisers, and more than 100 other naval vessels, and repaired tens of thousands of ships of all kinds.

Although during World War II, the Harland Wolff shipyard and other British shipyards were brutally bombed by the Luftwaffe, and the shipyard suffered heavy losses.

However, after the end of the war, the Harland Wolf Shipyard quickly resumed normal work, and even once regrouped, hoping to regain its former glory.

After a hundred years of vicissitudes, even with the overall decline of the British shipbuilding industry, Harland Wolff Shipyard still did not give up and tried to transform again and again.

However, under the trend of the general trend, the few orders for military and civilian products have not changed the same plight of Harland Wolfe Shipyard as other British shipyards.

The reason why Yang Chen valued Harland Wolf Shipyard is mainly because he valued Harland Wolf Shipyard's courage to innovate boldly, dare to actively adapt to market changes, and find market opportunities from it when facing difficulties.

The reason why Harland Wolff Shipyard can't get out of the predicament is not because its own shipbuilding industry is not good, nor is it because it no longer has the courage to innovate.

The so-called non-war crimes, the plight of the Harland Wolfe Shipyard does not stem from itself, but from the general trend of the entire British shipbuilding industry, making it powerless.

With low cost and national policy support, Japan and South Korea have attracted shipowners from all over the world. No matter how good Harland Wolff Shipyard does it, what is the use?No matter how good the quality is, no matter how advanced it is, without a price advantage, everything is in vain.

Chapter 939 Yoder Concedes

Hearing Yang Chen's request, Youde didn't care.

The inland left Xiangjiang and allowed the UK to continue to control it. For what purpose and for what purpose, the British government actually knew very well that the inland was not even afraid of the Americans, so how could it be afraid of a Britain that had fallen in World War II.

During the Korean War, dozens of countries led by the United States blocked the inland, but under the complete blockade, the inland can still receive a steady stream of overseas support from Xiangjiang, and the United Kingdom secretly stumbling the Americans.

After the reform and opening up, Xiangjiang is a window for the inland to obtain overseas funds and technology. Not only Youde, the governor of Xiangjiang, knows it well, but other countries also know it very well.

Yang Chen is a businessman, and Xiangjiang has special geopolitics, especially now that Xiangjiang is still under the rule of the UK, developing high-tech industries, and there is no so-called technical restriction.

The newly emerging South Korea, Singapore, and Wanwan are all actively introducing high-tech industries to Europe and the United States. Heung Kong had no such plan before, mainly because the development of those industries was too troublesome, time-consuming and resource-intensive.

Both political and business circles in Xiangjiang intend to build Xiangjiang into a financial service-oriented city, just like London, and become the financial center of Asia.

Now Yang Chen is willing to stand up and develop high-tech industries by himself. As the governor of Xiangjiang, he seems to have no other choice but to support.

Youde raised his glass and said with a smile: "Mr. Yang, I think London will agree to your request. At that time, the government will send a special person to take charge of this matter. The government will also do its best for the construction of the industrial zone." Support."

Yang Chen also raised his wine glass and thanked, "Then I'm here, so I'll thank the governor first."

He was not surprised by Youde's support. Since MacLehose served as the governor of Xiangjiang, several diplomat-born governors of Xiangjiang have more or less contributed to the construction of Xiangjiang.

Now he wants to develop Hong Kong's high-tech industry, and Britain can benefit from it. The two sides are mutually beneficial, so there is no reason not to support it.

During this period, the inland area has just been reformed and opened up. Faced with a huge market with a population of more than one billion, everyone wants to get in and get a share. As a bridgehead for entering the inland area, Xiangjiang's development is naturally crucial.

Before the inland economy brought huge pressure to Europe and the United States, the so-called blockade was just a piece of paper, and it was difficult to work.

Capitalists are all profit-seeking, and they only have profit in their eyes, technology and so on, as long as the money is in place, it is not a problem to ask for anything.

"Your Excellency, I don't know if the area of ​​industrial land can be increased"