At present, Britain is still relatively strong in the navy. It has not declined as much as it did in the 21st century. As far as the navy is concerned, apart from the United States, even the Soviet Union and Britain dare to collide with it.
Of course, it is far from comparable to the status of the British Navy in the early days of this world. At that time, Britain watched the world's number one navy maintain its status as the world's hegemon. Now it has long lost its former power.
Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing were relatively good at business, but didn't know much about the navy or warships. This was also their first time boarding a warship, so he and Cao Weiqing listened more than they talked.
At the luncheon at noon, Prince Charles said: "Mr. Li, Mrs. Li, our royal family has always regarded you as the most distinguished guests, and we also hope to maintain a long-term friendship with you. Mr. Li already has four children in his family.
, I wonder if you have any plans to let one or two of them immigrate to Bentley Island or London. This will be of great benefit to the Li family without any harm."
Li Guangyu didn't expect that Thatcher only talked to him about the three rabbit holes last night, and today Charles mentioned it again. It seems that the British side is making a big plan behind the scenes, and they may be worried about sabotaging some of their actions.
Hope to keep myself out of it.
Li Guangyu didn't know how much of a butterfly effect his own arrival would cause. The British economy was far stronger than in his previous life, the government's finances were much better, and the unemployment rate had dropped significantly. This gave Britain more opportunities after the threat from Eastern Europe was reduced.
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When Thatcher came to power, due to Li Guangyu's intervention, Britain's own car brands were basically not sold at low prices, and the Bentley Group became one of the world's top automobile groups.
The British Communications Group is also booming. Its business not only occupies the British mainland, but also extends to France, Spain, Portugal and many southern European countries.
The Western European headquarters of many companies under the Lee Group are in London, which has also brought very good development to London's economy.
In addition, Li Guangyu's introduction of Asian capital was also a big booster. Not only did Thatcher's privatization reform not sell off these industries at a low price, but the British government also made a huge profit.
For more than a month, the European Community has been negotiating tariff issues with the United States, with the focus on cars. The United States has raised tariffs on brands owned by Bentley, Volkswagen, Fiat, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot Citroën and other companies this time.
Many countries in the European Community are very dissatisfied. If the United States does not lower tariffs, the European Community will take countermeasures.
The United States will specifically target Asian companies but they will not care about them, but if they target their companies within the European Community, then they will have to have a serious talk with the United States. If the United States wants to play, they can afford it, and they can also increase tariffs.
The arrival of Li Guangyu made England more tough and powerful. No country or force is willing to be a younger brother, and the same is true for England.
The same goes for the Bentley Island incident this time. The United States does not want the Lee Consortium to have such a strong force on Bentley Island, but Britain, France, Germany, etc. all support Li Guangyu in establishing a small-scale elite force on Bentley Island and sell their domestic troops one after another.
Very advanced equipment is given to Li Guangyu.
After the changes in Eastern Europe, the attitudes of Western European countries began to change. They are now ready to get rid of the United States. Moreover, the United States and Western European countries have completely different views on the Eastern European issue. Western Europe hopes that all Eastern Europe will become small countries, while the United States hopes to remain
A regional power to put pressure on Western Europe.
If there were no threats in Eastern Europe, then there would be no need for NATO in Western Europe. Then what reason would the United States have to keep its troops in Western Europe?
At the same time, because of his reasons, the United States has not gained much benefit in the Asian market. In terms of civilian passenger aircraft, Airbus has completely suppressed Boeing in terms of annual sales volume in Asia, causing Boeing's market share in Asia to continue to decrease.
In order to ensure that many Asian countries are not affected by pressure from the US government, the European Community is also strengthening its influence in Asia, especially Britain. Now it is reintegrating the forces of the Commonwealth, so that the Commonwealth and the European Community can be united through Britain and the European Community.
, expand economic, military and even political cooperation.
Currently, Malaysia and Singapore are the first choices for Britain to return to Asia. Both countries are members of the Commonwealth.
As long as Asian countries begin to purchase enough weapons from the European Community and strengthen cooperation with the European Community, Western Europe will really not be afraid of the United States.
You must know that there are many countries in the European Community that were once global hegemons. Now they are very unhappy when the United States takes the lead. Many aristocrats and high-level officials in Western Europe look down on the United States from the bottom of their hearts. They think that the United States is just picking up Europe.
Civil strife is cheap, otherwise the United States would not be able to get ahead.
When Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain are united again, as long as they are united, what can the United States do? As long as the potential of several countries can be fully mobilized, the United States can also create what they can.
Now the establishment of the European Union is accelerating, much faster than in previous generations. At the same time, the EU will also build its own army. France and West Germany are currently preparing a French-German mixed brigade, which will be composed of the French 1st Division and the German 10th Armored Division.
Composition, scale of 6,000 people.
Once the EU is established, it will implement a common foreign and security policy, and the establishment of its own army will be on the agenda.
Once the EU member states are really united like this in the future, the United States will have a headache.
These countries are not weak in strength. At present, apart from the United States and the Soviet Union, there is really no one that can suppress Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the West.
Moreover, the United States and the Soviet Union may not necessarily be able to suppress the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, which are united as one. The combined strength of these five countries is really not afraid of the Soviet Union and the United States.
The only pity is the British. This guy is a bit unsociable. Every time France and Germany propose to promote European integration, the British remain silent, causing many plans to advance very slowly.
Li Guangyu is not concerned about EU issues for the time being. His focus is now on Eastern Europe and Greater China. Moreover, the establishment of the EU is good for Li Guangyu. In the future, many of his companies in the Internet industry will be located in Western Europe.
He responded: "I am very grateful to the royal family for their care and attention to me and my family. However, the children are still young at present, and we will not decide their future without authorization. When they become adults in the future, how they choose to have power is in their own hands. Bentley Island does
It’s a very nice place, and I believe there will be many Chinese settling there in the future.”
At this time, Li Guangyu has no idea of transferring his children's household registration. As for the future, who can know? Time is moving forward, and Li Guangyu doesn't know how the future will develop. He can only deal with it according to the changes.
The butterfly effect he has on the world is getting bigger and bigger now. By the end of this year, the Japanese stock market and property market will no longer collapse, and the Asian financial crisis in 1997 will not happen. Soros would not dare to do anything to Asia unless he is crazy.
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As for whether there will be an Internet bubble in the future, whether it will be in 2000, Li Guangyu doesn't know. When Britain is no longer willing to be the yes-man of the United States, the entire world pattern will no longer develop like in the previous life.
For example, in the Internet industry, Microsoft was attacked by Suzaku Company all over the world and was defeated in Asia. Suzaku system is also more respected in many Western European countries. How can Microsoft's stock price rise?
In the same way, Sun Hung Technology Company is also competing against Cisco. In the future, Yahoo, Google, Amazon, etc. will also face competition from Li Guangyu. As for losing them, Li Guangyu has never thought that he is now the target of suppression by the American consortium.
, many products will be restricted from entering the US market. At most, these names will be deleted. Similar companies will definitely appear.
In the future, Li Guangyu will build one in Xiangjiang, one in England, and some investment in the mainland. It is impossible for him to monopolize.
That's fine. Four companies from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Western Europe, and the United States compete. He controls two of them, Xiangjiang and Western Europe, and he ends up holding about 10% of the shares in the other two. That's about it.
The Internet is different from other industries. It is impossible for this guy Li Guangyu Holdings to control 70% of the shares. This thing has to be divided and promoted by everyone to make profits. Li Guangyu’s last 40% shares in Xiangjiang are about the same, and Western Europe’s
The same goes for the edges.
Xiangjiang Company has attracted Sumitomo, Mitsui, Hyundai, Samsung, Hsinchu Bank, Xiangjiang Bank, and some families in Southeast Asia to enable the company to better develop in various countries.
Western Europe is also wooing Western European consortiums and families such as the Bank of Paris, the Juncker Consortium, the Agnelli family, and the Dukes of Algé.
He shouldn't want to take a big share of the mainland and the United States. If he had a controlling stake, the company would probably be dead.