Chapter 160: The Fog Capital of London
"Actually, I'm not completely at ease with your life in Bonn." Alan Wilson wrote his mood on his face, and said in a roundabout way, "There is a saying that if you are not afraid of thieves, you are afraid of thieves, which completely explains my current mood." ”
Isabella Pokina was stunned, and it took a few seconds to react, afraid that her sister would be taken away by another man? It seems that only husbands have such worries about their wives, right?
"No, it won't!" Isabella Pokina gently comforted that if any man could take away two high-achieving students, it would be too much to underestimate the results of years of training.
There's another factor that Isabella Pokina doesn't realize, and that's that Alan Wilson has already made too high an offer. It's so high that there won't be another person, stupid enough to give such treatment.
Isabella Pokina's bottom line has been repeatedly breached, which has a huge relationship with the repeated raisings of imperial civil servants.
This would be fine in peacetime, but at this time of year, Germany is full of people who have nothing to do and who need to work hard to get something to eat, and the contrast is very strong.
It is an objective fact that she was able to become the head of the Women's Labour Office in Bonn and run the most lucrative Heilmann tobacco factory in Europe at the moment, thanks to the imperialist moths in front of her.
The current U.S. stock market is actually recovering, after all, the memory of the Great Depression is too tragic for Americans. During the Great Depression, many stocks were liquidated at a much higher value than their share prices, and the stock market was just beginning to recover from its painful memories.
Alan Wilson remembers that the recovery of the U.S. stock market was delayed to a certain extent, and that it was industry that propped up the prosperity of the United States during World War II, which did not mean that ordinary Americans had forgotten the stock market crash during the Great Depression.
Doubts about the stock market remained, and it was not until 1954 after the end of World War II that the U.S. stock market reached its pre-Great Depression highs.
During World War II, the United States intervened in the stock market with pension funds and mutual funds as the main body, and during this period, modern institutional investors began to develop, and in 1950 the number of mutual funds reached 98, with total assets of $2.5 billion.
At the end of World War II, 15 percent of the private sector workforce was covered by pension plans, and in 1950, 9.8 million employees, or 25 percent of the total workforce, were covered by pension plans, and pension funds gradually became the most important institutional investors in the stock market.
In fact, until the Vietnam War, the U.S. stock market was arguably a good place to make profits. However, Alan Wilson is not ready to compete with Buffett for a job, as long as he grabs some head companies and holds shares.
Anyway, the British and American families, Alan Wilson borrowed the U.S. stock market to do some investment business reasonably and legally, I believe no one can say anything.
"Pamela Mountbatten's mother seems to be very rich." Alan Wilson touched his chin, as a servant of the people, he can't have too obvious anything to do with money, but Pamela Mountbatten can.
The most important preparation for this return to British India was to take back the proceeds of the Hellermann tobacco factory.
Judging from Alan Wilson's life experience in British India, the civil servants of British India were generally more greedy than their native counterparts, otherwise they would not have generally opposed the independence of British India.
If British India were to become independent, how could there be such a big plate for them to open their mouths?
At present, Alan Wilson's important task when he returned to British India was to tell his colleagues in British India that time was running out, and that there would be no such shop in the village after the last supper.
Bringing back the profits of the Heilman tobacco factory to its proper part would have aroused the morale of the British Indian civil servants in the shortest possible time, so that there would be no problems in the efficiency of the work.
At this point, Alan Wilson had no selfishness and only unlimited loyalty to the British Empire.
Isabella Pokina came forward and found many owners of German companies to hold a farewell ceremony for Alan Wilson, who was about to rise to the top, "Mr. Allen, in the work of the British Occupation Zone, he has contributed to the restoration of order in the British Occupation Zone with unlimited energy, which will be thanked by all Germans, let us wish the Anglo-German friendship will never fade." ”
"How is it a bit of Ursula von der Leyen's sense of déjà vu?" Alan Wilson, although he is the protagonist, does not make a show on this occasion, and he is not a politician and does not need to perform for votes.
Seeing Isabella Pokina, who was at ease in front of many representatives of German companies, he couldn't help but think of another German female politician, Ursula von der Leyen, the future president of the European Commission.
It's not that there is any prejudice against Merkel, the main thing is that the personal image is not faced, and the German dragoons should also be divided into types.
After saying the crown article, with the expression of inviting my mistress, Isabella Pokina asked Alan Wilson to speak, both plainly and secretly, don't think that if my man is gone, you can not take me seriously.
"I learned a lot from this trip to Germany and was very impressed by the diligence of the German people, especially the resilience of women in the reconstruction project." Alan Wilson said a few politically correct words dryly, "I believe that within three or five years, Germany will return to its former prosperity, and I hope that we will never have a war, and we are all Europeans, and we should be united in this difficult time." ”
"I hope that prosperity will return to Europe soon." Alan Wilson glanced at Isabella Pokina, he was about to leave and was pulled out to stand up, not thinking about the face of the imperial civil servants? Killing two birds with one stone tonight won't be enough to make up for Alan Wilson's damaged reputation.
O degenerate Western civilization! Alan Wilson pulled his little brother, who had bowed his head, and got up in the arms of the two dragoons, ushering in a new day.
The day of departure is getting closer and closer, Alan Wilson is a little reluctant, but for the sake of his dream, he still has to start again with full enthusiasm.
"Shall we send you?" Isabella Pokina casually put on a men's shirt and got up, unbuttoned, a pair of fullness was not covered in the slightest, and was exposed to the air. Anna covered it with a quilt, looked at Alan Wilson with big eyes, and did not speak.
After swallowing a mouthful of foam with difficulty, Alan Wilson looked away firmly and said, "No! You live well is the greatest comfort to me. ”
"My sister and I will send you to Hanover, and the people of your country don't know about it." Anna, who has always been uncooperative, opened her mouth and took the initiative to propose, "I won't follow you back to London!" ”
Alan Wilson was surprised, but immediately swelled, and it seemed that Sister Anna, who had been in love for a long time, had no objection to herself.
In the end, Alan Wilson still made a temporary decision to return home by ship, not to add to the burden of the busy aviation industry, and to maintain the tradition of thrift, after all, the box containing gold is not very easy to carry, or it is more convenient to take a ship.
This is the hard-earned money of the Yugoslav people, and they wish they could even break off the gold teeth and give them to Alan Wilson for safekeeping, and if he loses them, he can't afford to pay this responsibility.
"The air in London is still a little worse than in Europe." Arriving in London, looking up at the dim sky, Alan Wilson was a little nostalgic for the birds and flowers in the British-occupied area, Germany's industry has been completely destroyed, and there is absolutely no need to worry about environmental protection at present, absolutely primitive, not much worse than Africa.
If you look at London again, the sky is not in its original color, and it is completely a backward country, which should be condemned.
Alan Wilson seems to remember that there was a pollution incident in London that caused a lot of casualties, and then the industrial pollution was cleaned up.
The incident occurred in 1952, when the sky over London was affected by an anticyclone, and the exhaust gases from a large number of factories and residents burning coal for heating could not be diffused and accumulated over the city. London is shrouded in thick smog, traffic is paralyzed, and pedestrians are cautiously groping their way forward.
Not only have people's lives been disrupted, but their health has also been seriously violated. Many citizens experience discomfort such as chest tightness and suffocation, and the morbidity and mortality rate have increased dramatically.
It wasn't until a strong, cold west wind blew away the smog that enveloped London that the life of London was over, and more than 4,000 people died that month.
In fact, London has always been like this, but the death toll in 1952 was too large, which does not mean that the air quality in London is usually very good.
Now, for example, the weather has cooled and the use of coal in London has increased dramatically, a contrast that is stark in the eyes of Alan Wilson, who has just returned from Europe.
Putting away the hard-earned money of the Yugoslav people, Alan Wilson did not hesitate at all, and went to his home in Mountbatten. Went to Whitehall in second place.
"There's news from Whitehall that Luis is coming back to Europe." Edwina Ashley mentions her husband, apparently missing him in the Far East, not that he had not been to British India during the war, but that he had returned to London because he had also been in New Delhi for too long.
Was it so easy to go to British India during the World War? Old Versailles!
Alan Wilson politely replied, "That's good news, Madame can be reunited with her husband." ”
Not to mention that General Mountbatten's order to return to Europe is just a rumor, even if it is true, it will not be long before he has to go back.
"I haven't seen him for almost a year, and the war is finally over." Edwina Ashley smiled softly, and then asked Alan Wilson, "Alan, you are also returning to China to report on your work, right?" ”
"Yes, ma'am." Alan Wilson secretly said that this is not a coincidence, the place he is going to is British India.
After chatting for a while, Alan Wilson took his farewell and went to Whitehall to inquire about the news.