Speaking of which, the EU's steel industry is a joke, because subject to environmental taxes and pollution fees, the unit price of European steel will always be higher than the price of Japanese and South Korean steel mills with transportation costs and tariffs, not to mention the steel foreign trade enterprises of the Great Celestial Empire that supply Europe at a more favorable price. Even if the unit price of raw materials is lower than that of Celestial Empire steel, even if the labor productivity is higher, even if the freight rate is not cheap at this stage, the unit price of European steel is far higher than that of Celestial Empire.

Naturally, steel companies do not think that this law is problematic or should not be paid, but steel mills cannot always rely on small quantities of high-quality steel to survive, so they have banded together to pressure Brussels to charge the same fee for steel imported into Europe.

This also involves a comparative "ass and head" dualism problem, a foreign student who has completed his studies and stays abroad, his main income comes from foreign countries, as an Oriental, he will not emotionally support the taxation of the Celestial Empire commodities in his country, but if he does not levy taxes, his industry and career will be killed, and he has a reason to support the taxation of the Celestial Empire's commodities in the host country, so in the end they all fell to the "price tag theory" After combining many factors, in most cases, the most basic practical interest factor will dominate his final decision.

Lin Yilong, the owner of the forest farm, certainly wants the high pollution subsidies to continue, but Lin Yilong, an investor in a steel mill, does not want such subsidies.

The issue is brought up because of the setback in Talbot's restructuring plan.

When Lin Yilong took over Talbot Steel, his plan was to retain part of the metallurgical and steel divisions, and convert the remaining workshops into chemical plants to produce carbon fiber for aviation, while also supplying finished products to nearby manufacturers of aircraft parts.

Nadia and her father were worried about the factory renovation plan, and the question was who would pay the wages during the period when Lin Yilong was working hard to install and modify new equipment to train employees.

As the employer, Lin Yilong asked the workers of Talbot Steel to re-sign a new employment contract with the newly established Talbot Technology.

In essence, it was no different from the previous contract, but the bad thing was that during the days when Lin Yilong asked for training at the steel plant, he did not pay his salary, and asked for the courses to be provided by the Sigla Morgan Committee, unemployment benefits from the Ministry of Finance, and a subsidy of 30 million pounds a year from the Ministry of Industry and Trade for Talbot Steel for five years to make up for the loss due to production changes.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is willing to contribute such a sum of money to maintain local employment under the lobbying of local legislators, but the Ministry of Finance has been reluctant to give up on unemployment benefits, because the Tories have been very sensitive to the number of unemployment claims that have just recovered from the economic crisis as the new election year approaches. At first glance, £104 a week for a worker may not seem like much, but once 4,500 unemployed people and potentially 10,000 people in the chain are put on the registration form, it is a scandal – even if the constituency is controlled by the local Labour Cooperative.

Therefore, Lin Yilong had to start a video conference with the person in charge Nadia and Katie in the hotel suite.

"Still, no matter what, they're going to pay for it. Nadia understood Lin Yilong's routine, "If they don't invest, we won't invest here?"

"It's a nuclear option, don't put it here and say it. Lin Yilong corrected, "Sometimes the opponent's realm is different, and the handling skills are also different. ”

"What?" Nadia was very interested, because in her impression, Lin Yilong was good at leading people into this way of thinking.

"To paraphrase a logic that doesn't work very well, 'We know they're lying, they know they're lying, they know we know they're lying, and we know they know we know they're lying, but they're still lying.'" Lin Yilong quoted a writer as saying, "If the other side realizes our 'nuclear option' and theirs 'nuclear option' and continues to use this strategy, they know that we will not be able to abandon the investment and use the nuclear option because of a mere £3.5 million, because then there will be more losses." “

"And how do we talk to them?" asked Nadia.

"We need to make a way to send production equipment to Novosibirsk if we can't reach an agreement. Lin Yilong replied, "I have set up a new entity there, which can be used to receive this batch of equipment." ”

"When?" asked Katie.

"25 minutes ago. Lin Yilong looked at his watch and replied.

"Are you going to set up a factory in Novosibirsk?" asked Nadia.

"This was the first option. Lin Yilong explained his options, "The nearby oil fields just can supply enough carbon fiber raw materials for processing, and there are many supporting enterprises. ”

"But if you do, watch out for Uncle Sam's stick!" Katie reminded, "and they won't sit idly by." ”

"So, that's why we do closed-end investments, hide behind entities. Lin Yilong replied, "I remember ......"

"Mind you, I'm still a member of the legislature for Uncle Sam's friendly friends. Katie interrupted Lin Yilong, "I already know too much. ”

"That's what it is, anyway. Lin Yilong didn't care, "What do you think?"

"Why don't you pay yourself fifty thousand pounds from the account of the trust in Luxembourg, and I'll lobby for you?" said Katie, with some seriousness, "and, if it happens, it will be almost enough to pay two hundred thousand pounds to the Whig account." ”

"Yes. Lin Yilong thought about it, this is indeed a very good suggestion, but he should not come forward, "How are you going to deal with this problem?"

"I'm going to find the Whigs in the House of Lords, who usually dine in clubs, with the Tories in power. Katie decided to expand on it, "You can leave this question to me entirely, and if it doesn't work, I'll talk about it." ”

"That'...... When is the best time for these 50,000 pounds?" Katie herself does not need the 50,000 pounds, since she has Polly and Sally, she has been approved by Lin Yilong with a credit limit of up to 15,000 pounds per month, and this 50,000 pounds is more of a borrowed "lobbying" gesture, and she has to cover it up as much as possible "like holding the pipa and half-covering her face".

Transferring money to Katie's account is a crime, and it can't help but hint at Talbot Steel's connection to Councillor Katie – and who could be more obvious than Lin Yilong, who wrote it in the "father" column of Katie's daughters' birth certificates.

In the end, it became "Talbot Steel paid lobbying money to Lin Yilong's private account".