Chapter 459: Primary Productive Forces
From a personal point of view, Britain is very easy for Li Han to solve.
Because the United Kingdom is a country, the largest industry is the "financial industry", London is known as the world's financial center, and the pound sterling is also the world's common currency before it was replaced by the United States.
And a country with the financial industry as its main industry is very easy for Li Han to control.
Especially recently, the United States has been printing money and raising interest rates, which has led to the appearance that the dollar and U.S. bonds are going to die together, and many European and American banks have also fallen into crisis.
In such a turbulent season, countries with finance as their main industry are very fragile and prone to economic crises.
Among the many countries in Europe, the situation in the United Kingdom is particularly serious.
At the end of last year, the Bank of England also announced a 75 basis point rate hike due to the Federal Reserve's four consecutive interest rate hikes.
On the one hand, the UK's CPI index has reached 10.1% and inflation is extremely serious, and on the other hand, the US market has fallen into a dead state due to the outflow of capital from the country due to the Fed's continuous interest rate hikes.
In order to change this situation, while the Bank of England continues to raise interest rates, the British government has also announced the most radical tax cut plan in 50 years in order to boost the British economy, including corporate tax, personal tax, stamp duty on house purchases, and national insurance tax.
Combining this tax cut package with the Bank of England's policy, rising interest rates will also lead to an increase in the government's debt, which is indeed good for businesses and individuals, but it will lead to a significant reduction in the British government's tax revenue, which puts the British government in a very dangerous situation.
As a direct result, everyone has sold off their gilts, which means that capital has lost confidence in the British government's finances.
If there is a force majeure at this time that causes a significant increase in the cost of the UK government, the situation can be dangerous.
Especially now that the UK has left the European Union, European countries will not get used to it.
Unfortunately, there is now such a crisis, and the fate of Britain is hanging by a thread.
Li Han only needs a little trick to plunge the British economy into chaos.
And this key point is "energy": because there is a conflict between two countries in the world, which has led to an energy crisis in the whole of Europe, but at this time their American father not only abandoned them, but also cut them a wave of leeks, so that now the energy prices in Europe have skyrocketed.
Europeans have already choked on the winter of 2022, and at this time European governments must find ways to prepare for the winter of 2023. Therefore, Li Han directly raised the price of various energy sources at this time, so that Britain and even the whole of Europe would be busy dealing with energy issues and would have no time to care about the between him and Wall Street.
Of course, this is just a backup plan, this kind of plan is harmful to others and not to himself, which is not in line with Li Han's style, so Li Han doesn't want to use it until the last moment.
What he is good at, of course, is a win-win situation.
If cooperation can be reached with the EU side, everyone can benefit from the cooperation, and it is best to hijack each other with benefits.
As for the bargaining chips for cooperation, of course, it is Li Han's Jinwu Power.
After all, the reason why Britain enacted tax cuts this year is to boost the country's economy on the one hand, and on the other hand, to study new energy sources to get rid of the demand for energy imports.
In the UK, because it is so large, solar energy resources are limited, so the new energy strategy mainly comes from offshore wind power and nuclear power.
At this time, they are faced with a great difficulty, that is, the transmission of electrical energy.
If wind power plants are to be built offshore, they will only benefit coastal cities, and nuclear power plants will have to be built in remote areas because of radiation, so if they want to transmit this power to the interior of the UK, they will need the "ultra-high voltage transmission technology" of Jinwu Power.
As long as Britain's method succeeds, the rest of Europe will inevitably follow suit, so that not only can the business of Jinwu Power be promoted abroad, but also the whole of Europe can be controlled by this method, so that they can be jealous.
The mutually beneficial situation between the two sides was completed, and Li Han relied on UHV technology to deter the whole of Europe.
Thinking about it like this, the whole plan gradually took shape in Li Han's mind.
On this day, Li Han explained to the people below what he was going to do later, and when he came out of the study, it was already dark outside.
"Ouch, I'm so tired, my waist hurts when I sit down......," Li Han complained as he went downstairs, then attracted by a tempting scent. He sneaked to the kitchen, and at this time Wang Man crossed his waist with one hand and stirred in the pot with the other, and the fragrance came from the pot in front of her.
Li Han leaned closer, put his chin on Wang Man's shoulder and looked at it, and then smiled in surprise: "Yo?!" Boiled pork slices! It's been a long time! ”
Wang Man touched his face and smiled: "You, you are a physique that is easy to get angry, and you will get acne if you eat these, so I don't dare to do it." I thought I hadn't eaten it for a long time, so I only made it once. This is your wife's best and most confident dish. ”
Wang Man's boiled pork slices are more like hot pot, in addition to the meat slices, there are also hot pot ingredients such as bean sprouts, thousand zhang, fish tofu, crab sticks, flower branch balls, etc., the essence of the whole boiled meat slice is this soup base, which is fragrant, numb and spicy.
After eating the ingredients, this soup base can be used to cook noodles, and it will not be wasted at all.
Looking at the ingredients in the pot, Li Han's saliva flowed: "Oops, it seems to be delicious." ”
"Let's wash our hands and move, and we'll be able to eat in fifteen minutes." Wang Man kissed him on the cheek.
At dinner in the evening, Li Jia and Liu Jiana also came over to join in the fun.
Everyone poured some wine and drinks with this full pot of boiled pork slices, and began to eat and drink.
"Alas, how can the net worth of these people on our scene add up to hundreds of billions, and they still use this pot ......of boiled meat slices as a treasure," Li Jia couldn't help laughing at himself.
"It's mainly because my sister-in-law makes it so delicious." Liu Jiana said with a smile.
At this time, a news story was playing on the TV about the success of the ultra-high voltage transmission project between China and Brazil.
The UHV transmission tower directly transmits the power of Brazil's second largest hydropower station, the Mile Mountain Hydropower Station, from the north to the southeast, with a distance of up to 2,100 kilometers and a power loss of only 3%, completely solving the problem of uneven power distribution in Brazil.
These data can be said to be quite eye-catching in the eyes of insiders.
Of course, it is not for nothing that this news suddenly came at this time, and it was Li Han who deliberately asked Jinwu Electric Power to announce the news. In fact, the project between Jinwu Power and Brazil has been completed for several months, and this time is still in the commissioning stage.
Now is the so-called "right time", the news will be frantically reported and disseminated at home and abroad, and it will not be long before the British government will come and talk to their country about this cooperation project.
In this way, no one will suspect him.
After all, it was the British government that came to the door after seeing this project, so he can't be blamed for his scheming, right?
Moreover, all they offer is transmission tower technology and maintenance in this area, and the British dad cannot use national security as an excuse to stop them from building these transmission towers in the UK.
"Technology is really getting more and more advanced." Dong Yuehua couldn't help but sigh, "It's amazing that you can actually transmit electricity from such a long distance......
"yes, that's why we're going to spend more money on science and medicine." Li Han said with a smile.
"Uncle and aunt, this is a technology developed by the company controlled by Brother Han." Liu Jiana explained, "It used to be the technology research and development department of Jinwu Power, but now it is separated from Jinwu Electric and becomes Jinwu Electric. ”
"Oh, the stinky boy has really done a lot of good things." Ye Xiaofang teased.
"My husband is amazing." Wang Man said with a smile, gave him a tribute pill, and gently rubbed his leg under the table with his little feet, "Unknowingly, I have done business abroad." ”
"Science and technology are the primary productive forces." Li Han smiled modestly: The next thing is to wait for the British government to contact him.
Sure enough, two days later, Zhao Changchun found Qiaokou Company.
"Mr. Li, I'm here to introduce you to business." Zhao Changchun said with a smile.
"Ouch, what's so embarrassing, and please ask you, the mayor, to help me introduce business." Li Hancheng said with trepidation.
"Well, that's what happened. You have done so much for the country, and of course the country will have to take care of your business. Zhao Changchun patted him on the shoulder disapplausively, "This time, it's a big project." The UK wants to cooperate with your Jinwu Power to build an ultra-high voltage transmission project to send their wind power to inland areas. ”
"Well...... Li Han said with embarrassment, although this matter was guided by himself, even if the country didn't give him any benefits, he would do it, but of course it would be better to get some benefits.
Because this project is also very beneficial to the country, it can strengthen cooperation, enhance diplomacy between the two countries, and can be used as a bargaining chip at a critical moment.
"Of course, the state won't let you do it for nothing. This tax-free policy will be extended for another three years. Zhao Changchun is such a sophisticated person, how could he not know Li Han's careful thinking, and gave the conditions unhurriedly: "Besides, where is this land you like, just say it!" The local government will definitely give you approval! ”
"Ouch, look at what you said, I didn't mean that!" Li Han smiled, "Then let's talk about the details, right?" ”