Chapter 608 Guinness World Records

In the midst of all the disturbances, it has entered May in a blink of an eye.

On May 1, the Conservatives again beat Labour in Middlesbrough to win a seat in the House of Commons.

At this point, the Conservative Party finally won 326 seats in the House of Commons, more than 50%, becoming the majority party.

On this day, the day of the Conservative Party's revelry, most of the Labour Party members were gloomy, but they did not give up hope, and the Labour leader immediately summoned the party's top brass to implement the second plan, competing for more government positions and accumulating strength for the next general election.

On May 4, summoned by the Queen of England ******, Margaret Thatcher, the leader of the Conservative Party, went to Buckingham Palace.

In anticipation, ****** signed Margaret Thatcher as the 49th British Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and appointed him to form a cabinet immediately.

On this day, the atmosphere within the Conservative Party was better than the previous day, with private gatherings of Conservatives all over the country.

Xia Yu also let the Financial Times and the Daily Telegraph report for the first time and published his blessings.

Jiuding News Agency in the UK also sent the news back to Xiangjiang for the first time, Jiuding Newspaper Company got Xia Yu's order in advance, and made a series of in-depth analyses of Margaret and the Conservative Party's administration.

Two flowers bloom and one branch each, and talk about the latest news of Margaret's formation of a cabinet.

In order to facilitate the smooth implementation of policies, it is best for cabinet members to have the same political views as the prime minister.

Even within the same political party, opinions cannot be unified, and political opinions are the hallmark of a politician and cannot be easily changed, so this makes it possible for there to be opponents within the same political party, and there will be supporters of political ideas within the rival party.

This is the case in European politics, parties and political opinions do not need to be aligned, and joining a party is just to climb up the ladder and better display their ambitions.

As long as there is ability and opportunity, political parties can be changed, just like Michael Bloomberg switched back and forth between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in the United States, and even strongly criticized his previous party.

Of course, Margaret, as the leader of the Conservative Party, had better form a cabinet with as many Conservative people as possible, which would help strengthen her prestige in the Conservative Party.

But as the prime minister of a country, the importance is higher than that of the leader of the Conservative Party, so when forming a government, Margaret will also choose a member of the Labour Party or the Liberal Party.

With the strength of the Labour Party and the Liberal Party, it is certain that people will be placed in the cabinet, and instead of arranging for people with different political views to drag them back, it is better to use this as a bargaining chip to choose people with consistent political views, which will make the new cabinet more united and her decrees more smooth.

Forming a synergy politically is in the best interest of a country.

After so many years of observation and this general election, there are special people in the Conservative Party who have registered what the characteristics of each politician are and what their positions are.

When the election situation became clear, Margaret and her staff began to make a cabinet list.

As soon as she became prime minister, she immediately came up with a plan, and if there were new changes, she would make the most favorable adjustments according to the actual situation.

After the election, the battle for cabinet candidates has become a new focus.

Because the dust has not yet settled on the matter of forming a cabinet, the three parties are in fierce competition, and the approval of the acquisition of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has not yet been processed, Xia Yu is not in a hurry, he has been waiting for several months, and it is not bad for so many days.

Feeling that he has been busy with work and is bored, on Saturday, Xia Yu plans to take Li Qian to relax, and it just so happens that Henry also came to the Bright Fund Company on Saturday, and Elena is also temporarily idle, and the sister and brother team up with Xia Yu.

As soon as the two sides combined, Elena was the tour guide and went to her alma mater, Oxford University, and it happened that Xia Yu and Li Qian had never been there.

The University of Oxford is located in Oxfordshire, northwest of London, about 60 miles from London, nearly 100 kilometers away, departing at 8:30 in the morning and arriving in Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire at 10:20 a.m.

It stands to reason that in order to take care of the two girls and the little boy Henry, Xia Yu had better let the car drive to the gate of Oxford University.

But the reality is that the University of Oxford has no gate at all, and even if you look at the map, you can't find the location of the University of Oxford.

Because the University of Oxford is so special, the oldest and most famous university in the UK is different from traditional universities, there are no walls, no gates, no campuses, not even signboards, it now has only 35 independent colleges, spread across the town.

That is to say, the entire University of Oxford constitutes the city of Oxford, or rather, the entire city of Oxford belongs to the scope of the University of Oxford, so the locals generally do not say Oxford University University or Oxford City, but call it Oxford University City.

The University of Oxford's academic model is a college federation, which is a major feature of British institutions.

The relationship between colleges and schools in the federal model of college running is similar to the federal relationship between the central government and local governments in the United States, each college has a high degree of autonomy, land, industry, capital, economic and teaching independence, and the university headquarters is only a joint administrative body of each college, so to speak, each college is equivalent to an independent small university.

After the car entered the city of Oxford, the road was flanked by old buildings, many of which had company signs hanging at the doors, and the companies were very dense.

This is due to the industry-university-research model of the University of Oxford, with as many as 100 companies spinning off from the major colleges of the University of Oxford, plus those companies that covet the outstanding students and professors of the University of Oxford, there are more than 1,500 companies in Oxford, which has only 150,000 people.

Xia Yu's British company will definitely set up a branch here in the future, just to compete for resources from the source and enhance competitiveness.

After all, top talent is the greatest resource.

Of course, these are all things for the future president of the company, and Xia Yu now just wants to play with everyone with a relaxed attitude.

"Elena, what kind of knowledge is taught in this academy?"

Li Qian looked at the ancient buildings around her with curious eyes, and suddenly saw many students entering a gate, and when she saw it, it said Exeter Academy, and she asked Elena curiously.

Elena glanced at it and said with a smile: "This college is the fourth oldest college in Oxford, with majors in literature, history, etc., and the most distinctive is the major in literature, the great British writer in modern times. R. Tolkien graduated from this college. ”

"Oooh!"

Li Qian suddenly looked at it again.

Xia Yu squinted slightly and stared for a few seconds, bowing his head slightly, he vaguely remembered that Mr. Qian Zhongshu, who was known as "Cultural Kunlun", also obtained a bachelor's degree from Exeter College.

"Elena, which college did you attend?"

Xia Yu asked curiously, he only knew that Elena was majoring in business administration, and he also knew that the well-known Saïd Business School of Oxford University in the later generations should not have been established.

Elena gently pulled her hair, smiled gently, and said: "Oxford University is more focused on liberal arts majors, business administration major was established in recent years, and now it belongs to the research management center, I am the fifth batch of students enrolled, and the research management center also has three majors, listen to my supervisor, at the right time, the research management center will be transformed into a business school." ”

"In fact, because the majors are set according to the template of the business school, our students are used to calling the research management center the business school in private. ”

"Oh!

Xia Yu suddenly asked again: "You are about to graduate, do you need to go back to see your mentor?"

Elena's eyes flickered, as if she remembered her beloved mentor, she blinked her eyes and looked at Xia Yu and Li Qian and asked, "Do you want to go and see where I go to school?"

"Of course, it is worth seeing that such excellent graduates can be produced. ”

Xia Yu said with a smile.

Elena smiled sweetly at Xia Yu's compliment, and then everyone got into the car and drove to the research management center.

Park down again and walk into the research management center, there is a sculpture fountain in the center, and then a flower bed in the back, looking around, lush groves and colorful flower beds, and in the distance is a Western-style fort-shaped building.

"Hey, Xia Yu, what are so many people doing over there?"

Li Qian pointed to the large group of people on the road on the right and asked strangely.

"Just look at it. ”

The group walked over and saw a strange bicycle, many people of all ages sitting in a row of seats above, and at the front of the car was a strong blond young man.

On both sides of the road were crowds of people, and the sharp-eyed Xia Yu also saw two middle-aged people in suits, a man and a woman, one of them holding a microphone in their hands, the other holding a blue book with a logo, and a camera behind the two of them.

This scene is very familiar, it seems to have been seen somewhere.

"Classmate, is this an event being held?"

Elena asked a boy next to her.

The boy recognized Elena at a glance, the "piano princess" of the academy, and immediately introduced excitedly: "The sophomore in the business administration class has made a bicycle that can accommodate fifteen people to ride, and is challenging the world record for the longest bicycle in the world, and those two are the record adjudicators of the Guinness Book of World Records." ”

"Elena-senpai, I'm ......"

After the introduction, the boy immediately stopped talking, Elena interrupted his rambling with a smile, and talked to Xia Yu in the boy's shocked and lost expression.

In fact, when the boy spoke, Xia Yu had already heard it clearly, but Elena repeated it again, he naturally became a qualified listener.

"The longest bike in the world, you can't go on the road, it's not practical, what's the point of the challenge?"

Unlike Henry, who was full of curiosity, although Li Qian was curious, she was more puzzled, and she asked in a low voice.

Xia Yu smiled and whispered in her ear: "There are always so many people in this world who have strange brains and create some boring world records. ”

"For example, the fastest dog in the world that runs on two legs, the person who doesn't sleep for the longest time in the world, the world's largest fried rice, crushing watermelon with his thighs in the shortest time, holding the most snakes at once with his mouth, the person with the longest tongue, the person with the longest hair, and the ...... who hasn't bathed for the longest time"

Listening to Xia Yu say it one by one, Li Qian's eyes became bigger and bigger, and she looked incredulous, and even Elena looked surprised.

Seeing the cute appearance of the two girls, Xia Yu's eyes rolled, and Nuo Yu said: "If you want to have a world record, you can also create it, such as making the world's largest hamburger?"

"Or try to go the longest without washing your hair?"

"I'm not going to do such a boring and disgusting thing. ”

Elena rolled her eyes and said coquettishly, Li Qian also nodded in agreement, looked at Xia Yu's hair with a strange gaze, as if thinking of Xia Yu's appearance of not washing her hair for a long time, and couldn't help covering her mouth and chuckling.

Xia Yu laughed, and his eyes were on the blue-background "book" in the female adjutator's hand, which should be the world record certification certificate, he thought it was a notebook just now.

His eyes swept over the surrounding people who were eating melons with relish, and a trace of thought flashed in Xia Yu's eyes.

It seems that in later generations, the Guinness Book of World Records is famous all over the world, and many children know this word, which shows its influence.

Now, decades earlier, the Guinness Book of World Records should be less than one-tenth of the popularity, influence and commercial value of later generations, or even less.

"Looks like I've found another toy with a good value, hehe......"

"It's the right place to come here with Elena, Fuxing......"

"It just so happened that Gavin Peter wanted to buy a publishing company in the UK as a foothold, and Guinness World Records was a great choice, so he would call him back and get him going. ”