Chapter 523: Shipyard (2-in-1)
In addition to gaining allies, the most important reason why Henry sought to support the establishment of the state was that according to the relevant provisions of international law, a legitimate state must have four necessary conditions: a definite territory, a permanent population, a government, and diplomatic relations with other sovereign states. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Madagascar has a territory, a permanent population, and as for the government, after Henry established the regime, it naturally existed, and now the only thing lacking is a diplomatic relationship. With the support of the British, then, the state established by Henry was legitimate.
There are two main ways to establish a modern state, one is to seize power by force, and the so-called power comes out of the barrel of a gun, which is almost an eternal and inextinguishable truth; and the other is an "independence referendum", the so-called independence referendum, which is actually one of the referendums: that is, to let the citizens of a region hold a vote to decide whether to become an independent territory. For example, on September 18, 2014, the Scottish government held an independence referendum for Scottish voters to decide whether to independence from the United Kingdom, and the final referendum resulted in 55% against independence and 45% in favor of independence, and the United Kingdom will remain united.
With Henry's prestige in Madagascar, the possibility of an independence referendum and the establishment of a new regime in the country is very high. On the other hand, the independence referendum is a matter of domestic affairs in their own country, and there is no good excuse for other countries to find fault!
In fact, what Henry fears most is that the United States will intervene, so although he has now seized power in Madagascar by force, he will eventually hold an independence referendum!
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At present, since Henry has the support of the British government, the investment that he said before will naturally be fulfilled. In fact, Henry's investment in the British shipbuilding industry was also to develop the shipbuilding industry in Madagascar for himself. Henry's shipyard in the United States is too awesome, it is the only shipyard in the United States that can build the world's top aircraft carriers, if Henry moves it to Madagascar, it is estimated that the United States will go crazy, maybe the next day with a fleet to call...... Although the company could not move, it did not prevent Henry from secretly transferring technology and talents. As long as there are technology and talents, Henry can build a new shipyard in Madagascar at any time, but considering the poor industrial level of Madagascar and the lack of talent, Henry needs to buy British shipyards to supplement its strength. As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and Britain is "bigger" than its ancestors, and it is also the kind that is so powerful that it can run rampant and domineering all over the world! Therefore, the technology, equipment, and personnel of British shipyards are still world-class.
Now that the world's top five largest shipyards are all Korean companies, Henry is not happy to see it and decides to break the fucking situation. Bringing together the shipbuilding technology of Britain and the United States, Henry still doesn't believe that he can't catch up with South Korea!!
And the main purpose of the development of shipyards, of course, is the development of the Navy.
In fact, since the Newport News Shipyard is privately owned by Henry, except for the weapons and equipment controlled by the United States, which cannot be sold, Henry can sell other weapons to whoever he wants, and the God of War Arms Company is the same. Blackwater has obtained a lot of advanced weapons from Newport News Shipyard and God of War Arms. However, as a country, if there is no complete military-industrial system, once the channels for purchasing weapons are blocked, it will be powerless.
Such a country is equivalent to "water without a source, wood without roots", and with a gentle push from others, the building will fall!
This is the case with India, where the United States sells weapons to it, making it accustomed to buying weapons from the United States, and abandoning the construction of its own military-industrial system, making India more and more dependent on the United States, and even inseparable from the United States.
Generally speaking, when buying weapons from the outside world, they usually do not have a deep understanding of weapons, and after a soldier gets a new weapon, he has to figure out how to use it. And because there is no complete military-industrial system, weapons cannot be repaired if they fail. Usually, it doesn't matter, you can ask the United States for help to repair the fault. However, during the war, if the weapon fails, do you still have to say to the enemy on the other side, "Hey, let's truce first, my weapon is broken, I need to make a phone call and ask the American technician to come and repair it?!!
Saudi Arabia, a super tyrant country in the Middle East, is such a country, they never manufacture weapons, there are any good weapons on the market, buy them all, and in their weapons warehouse, they are full of all kinds of advanced weapons and equipment, American, British, Russian, Chinese, etc., which is dazzling. It is said that the pilots of Saudi Arabia, who have three or four fighters in one person, can drive them in rotation, which is too tm tyrant!
Saudi Arabia's military spending is more than that of Russia, and 60 billion US dollars a year are piled up with a "local tyrant" army. As a result, Saudi Arabia claims to be the "third largest military power in the world", after the United States and Lao Maozi (Russia).
The equipment is so awesome, presumably the combat effectiveness must be "off the charts"!!
Henry remembers that in 2015, Saudi Arabia fought with the Houthis in Yemen, and finally "became famous in a fight", proving himself with facts!
Saudi Arabia drove a super-advanced M1 US main battle tank, while the Houthis were equivalent to millet plus rifles, but the result of the battle was that the M1 tank was captured by the Houthis! You must know that the Houthis are an out-and-out militia, and the dignified Saudi elite troops with advanced weapons were instead taken down by the other side, and what is even more astonishing is that the Saudi Arabian army is even more than the Houthis! This combat effectiveness is simply a dog, even if it is rationed to Saudi Arabia Gundam, it is useless.
The Houthis posted their trophies on the Internet, laughing: "Haha, we don't understand the world of big dogs!"
Netizens joked: "Saudi Arabia has joined Kai~Shen Logistics Company, and if there are a few more battles, the military strength of the Houthis will catch up with North Korea!!"
"No guns, no cannons, the enemy made us !!"
Although Henry is also very tyrant, he does not want Madagascar to become a second Saudi Arabia in the future, a laughing stock.
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Henry's first investment in the UK was the establishment of an offshore wind farm. He has already asked his British energy company to do this, which is one of the world's top 500 companies, owns more than 90% of the UK's nuclear power plants, and is the largest power company in the UK.
Regarding the investment in the shipyard, Henry has already looked for a good target for the acquisition.
The first goal was to take over the Royal Navy Shipyard in Portsmouth, England, a shipyard capable of building aircraft carriers. As soon as you hear the name, you know that this shipyard is extraordinary, with a history of more than 500 years, it has witnessed the ups and downs of the British shipbuilding industry, and is the most famous and skilled shipyard in the UK. It is a pity that such a powerful shipyard is now facing the tragic fate of closing down.
Henry's vision for British shipyards was to bring together all the British shipbuilding know-how. One is the famous and only merchant shipbuilding enterprise in Scotland "Ferguson Shipyard", the other is the famous shipyard "Swan Hunt" in Newcastle, England, and the other is "Harland and Wolff Shipyard" in Belfast, a shipbuilding town in Northern Ireland. Among them, the Harland and Wolf shipyard is also the shipyard that manufactured the "Titanic".
In addition to these four representative and powerful shipyards, Henry will continue to acquire, at least more than 100. With the current decline of British shipyards, the acquisition of shipyards is almost a cabbage price. Henry's main aim was to take down the technology patents and talents of these shipyards and, of course, the market.
Henry's wave of acquisitions almost monopolized the British shipbuilding industry. If it was in the United States, it would have been stopped by the U.S. judicial department on the grounds of antitrust. But the British government has long since abandoned the shipbuilding industry, and if Henry can develop the British shipbuilding industry, even if it is a monopoly. As a result, the British government was very cooperative with Henry's takeover, and Prime Minister Spike Bob would visit Henry's residence every day to discuss the shipyard.
Henry's current place of residence is Kensington Palace, Kensington Palace is the residence of the late Princess Diana, which belongs to the assets of the British royal family, after Henry married Princess Ulysses, Kensington Palace was "married" together as Princess Ulysses's dowry, so Kensington Palace has belonged to Henry and Princess Ulysses. Compared to Henry's investment in the UK, a Kensington Palace is actually nothing......
The street outside Kensington Palace is called Kensington Palace Garden Street, which is one of the most expensive residential areas in the UK, with at least $19.5 million per villa, and the people who can live here must be billionaires, as for millionaires, hehe...... Only for the sake of visiting!
At this time, Kensington Palace welcomed a guest. In fact, he is not a guest, he should be Henry's subordinate, Lakshmi Mittal, a steel magnate in the previous life.
In the living room, Henry and he chatted over a glass of red wine.
"Lakshmi Mittal, I heard you're planning to buy a villa on Kensington Palace's Garden Street?" Henry asked with a smile.
"Yes!" Lakshmi Mittal nodded, and then stopped.
Henry looked at him and couldn't help but feel funny in his heart, Lakshmi Mittal had taken a fancy to a villa on the Garden Street of Kensington Palace, but the size and price of this villa were even more expensive than Kensington Palace, selling for $220 million!
With this scruples, Lakshmi Mittal liked the villa very much, but chose to give it up.
Lakshmi Mittal is now a multi-billion dollar billionaire, although he works for Henry at Williams Steel, he owns 5% of Williams Steel. The news that he was going to buy a mansion on Garden Street in Kensington Palace made the headlines of the London newspapers on the same day, and when Henry saw the newspaper, he sent someone to find out a little about it, so he still knew something about it.
"I've heard people say, you have a fancy for the 'Kensington Palace Gardens'?" Henry said with a smile, "The 'Kensington Palace Gardens' is indeed good, you can buy it if you like it! When I come to London, England, we can be neighbors!" Henry showed him a kindness, and Henry was willing to woo Lakshmi Mittal as his right-hand man.
When Lakshmi Mittal heard this, he understood at that time that the boss knew that he had scruples, so he opened his mouth to break these scruples and let himself buy a villa. For a moment, Lakshmi Mittal's heart was full of emotion!
Then a servant came in and said to Henry, "Mr. Williams, British Prime Minister Spike Bob is here!"
"Yes, got it!"
Henry stood up, ready to meet Spike Bob. Lakshmi Mittal also got up from his chair and followed behind Henry.
After Spike Bob walked into Kensington Palace, he saw Henry and the others walking up to meet him. He first greeted Henry, then noticed Lakshmi Mittal standing behind him.
"You're Lakshmi Mittal, CEO of Williams Steel!!Nice to meet you!" Spike Bob said in surprise.
Lakshmi Mittal nodded and said, "It's an honor to meet you, Prime Minister Spike Bob!"
Henry smiled and said, "Haha, let's go, let's go to the living room to talk!"
When Spike Bob saw Lakshmi Mittal here, he suddenly had a very strong instinct in his mind.
Something big is going to happen!!
Confused, Spike Bob follows Henry to the living room.
After everyone was seated, Spike Bob looked at Lakshmi Mittal and said, "Mr. Lakshmi Mittal, I have to express my admiration for you, Williams Steel actually swallowed up the elephant and swallowed up the largest monopoly multinational company in the United States, American Steel! Haha, after acquiring American Steel, Williams Steel can already be regarded as a world-class steel giant!"
Lakshmi Mittal shook his head modestly and said: "In 2003, the steel prices in the United States were low, the legal costs were high, and the financial situation of the entire industry was very poor. U.S. steel companies are losing money and are under bankruptcy protection, and several other steel companies are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. For this reason, Williams Steel has the opportunity to swallow the elephant and swallow the American Steel Company in one gulp!"
Spike Bob smiled and asked, "Lakshmi Mittal came to the UK this time, is there any big move by Williams Steel Group?" After speaking, Spike Bob looked at Lakshmi Mittal and then turned to look at Henry.
"Prime Minister Spike Bob, you guessed it, it's a big move......," Henry laughed, "and that's the acquisition of the European steel giant, Arcelor!!"
"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"
Spike Bob choked up violently when he heard this, Arcelor is composed of three major steel giants in Europe, and is the world's largest steel company, even stronger than Williams Steel.
Henry looked at Spike Bob and smiled, and continued: "The shipbuilding industry needs a lot of steel, and Williams Steel has reduced costs by monopolizing the steel industry so that we can open up the shipbuilding market!
"En......" Spike Bob nodded, and said in his heart, this kind of play is really only possible for a super-rich person like you Henry Williams, and the upper and lower industrial chains are all monopolized, how can other companies live!
Henry laughed again at this time, "Hehe, since that's the case, then the British government will help make a match." You know, EU antitrust or something, it's very troublesome......"
Spike Bob was speechless when he heard this. But considering that the stronger Henry is, the more beneficial it is to Britain, so he nodded helplessly and agreed: "Okay, Britain still has a little influence in the EU......
(To be continued.) )