Chapter 444 I have to accept it
Edward saw that the situation was getting out of control, so he tried to smooth things over, "James, Mr. Wang's first condition for the acquisition is to relocate the factory."

“This is just normal practice.”

The British system, or the Western system, is a civil service system, not an electoral system.

Their elections are to choose members of parliament, or governors, mayors, presidents, prime ministers, etc.

Although the prime minister or mayor will appoint some department heads, the people who actually work in each department are still those who have passed the civil service exam.

Western countries are not fools. Those who are elected do not have much experience in grassroots work. How can they possibly do a good job in specific work?
James is an employee of the British Department of External Trade. He has worked there for many years and has some connections inside the department.

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Sir Thomas Elswell, was appointed by Mrs. Thatcher.

James mentioned Mrs. Thatcher only to flatter himself.

Edward knew very well who the financial backer was and who was the one who really had the final say. If James angered Wang Deming and he did not acquire the British automobile industry, he could still go to France, Italy or Germany.

Apart from Germany and France, which European country's automobile industry is not in decline now?

"James, if Volkswagen of Germany acquires our Leyland automobile factory and plans to move it to Germany, we will agree."

Finally, his face was as gloomy as water, and he deliberately added, adding the word "Mr.", "Mr. James, this is the decision of our Leyland Motors Board of Directors. If you can solve the problem of Leyland Motors' long-term losses."

"You can also make your point to Mrs Thatcher."

"Now, I think you're drunk."

James was so ashamed that he covered his face and left. He felt that he was superior to Wang Deming because he came from Hong Kong.

Hong Kong was a British colony, and many British people, especially those from the middle or lower classes, naturally wore a pair of visible glasses.

Moreover, in James's opinion, Edward is the real big shot.

Edward brought him here today. He didn't know that this manor was bought by Wang Deming, but because Wang Deming was planning to buy a British car company, he was secretly resentful and jealous of him.

After James left the banquet hall, Edward sighed and apologized to Wang Deming, "Mr. Wang, don't worry."

"Elswell from the Ministry of Foreign Trade is my old friend for many years. He has told me that Mrs. Thatcher has preliminarily agreed to the acquisition."

"He himself supports it, and John also knows the news."

John Yigen nodded in agreement when he heard what Edward said.

The reason why Wang Deming didn't show any face just now was because his golden finger could sense the other person's heart, so he was so ruthless.

Hearing Edward's surrender, Wang Deming also said in a gentle tone: "Of course, Mr. Edward, it will benefit both sides. I believe your company and your government will make the most correct decision."

After chatting for a while, Edward also left with John and others.

Although it seemed a bit unpleasant to be discovered here, the neighbors who came to the party didn't seem to notice it.

Seeing that there was no one around Wang Deming, several neighbors gathered around him, each of them looking like a refined British aristocrat.

They knew that this person had bought the manor, and such a large manor was worth tens of millions of pounds. How could they not make friends with such a person? Maybe he would say something that would make them earn a lot of money.

After this banquet, Wang Deming successfully integrated into London's upper class society and attended various banquets whenever he had nothing to do.

His butler in the UK is a walking dictionary, who knows who the guests are, what their backgrounds are, etc. Wang Deming spends his days at the London Gold Trading Center, doing gold futures, and his nights at banquets.
The worse the economy is, the higher the price of gold will be. After Wang Deming withdrew the funds from oil futures, he invested all of them in gold futures.

Since the 80s, the price of gold futures has risen from more than US$100 per ounce to nearly US$600.

Wang Deming's cash also successfully exceeded 80 billion US dollars. It can be said that in the s, there were not many people richer than him.

In particular, he is still continuously going long on gold futures.

After the banquet, the neighbors had more contacts with each other, and after receiving some advice from him, they also made a lot of money. Those who can live around Wang Deming's manor are all powerful aristocrats in Britain today.

So he unknowingly gained a great influence in the British aristocracy and the House of Lords.

Although the British government was dissatisfied with Wang Deming's plan to move the British factory away from the UK, it had the support of the Leyland Motors board of directors and Thatcher's determination to cut off loss-making state-owned enterprises.

The House of Lords finally approved Wang Deming's acquisition.

Rover, Land Rover, Jaguar, Mini, and Leyland trucks were all packaged and sold to Wang Deming.

The matter was settled. After Wang Deming signed the contract with the British government, he entrusted the subsequent procedures to the Royal Bank of England and returned to Hong Kong.

For the gold futures market and the acquisition of these automobile companies, Wang Deming stayed in the UK for more than half a year.

It was already the end of 81 when I returned to Hong Kong.

Hong Kong's financial market began to tremble and fall in early 81, and by the end of 81 it had fallen below 1000 points.

Wang Deming still did not take action to acquire Jardine Matheson and Swire. He was still waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the outcome of the Sino-British negotiations in 84.

After the fight, when the people in Hong Kong are divided, that will be the best time for him to take action.

However, since he arrived in Hong Kong, he has been secretly allowing the HSBC-affiliated Waldorf Finance Company to acquire shares of several major foreign banks.

Jardine Matheson and Swire have a total of about 20.

As soon as he returned to Hong Kong, Smith of Global Electronics reported to Wang Deming again on the negotiation situation with Beijing Electronics Industry.

Due to process reasons, in 81, Global Electronics continued to sign full-year supply agreements with suppliers in the UK, the US and Japan.

However, Smith finally left a small gap for the mainland, which was considered an additional share, and this share was eventually shipped to the mainland through the Sino-British Street.

"Boss, the news from Beijing is that they hope you will have the final negotiation with them." Smith said this with dissatisfaction in his heart, because he was the president of Global Electronics.

But he also knew that his boss had always looked at the mainland differently, so he could only suppress his anger.

"The supply agreement we signed with the mainland this year only accounts for a small part of our total, which is 20."

"Since we arranged for engineers to be stationed in the mainland factory, the quality of the integrated circuit boards there is still guaranteed."

“It’s just that there have been some ups and downs recently.”

"Well, I understand." Wang Deming made coffee for Smith himself to comfort him, and then asked, "Is there any other news from the capital?"

(End of this chapter)