The British Empire, once the most powerful empire in human history, is hardly one of them, and its colonies are so wide that it can be unrivaled, but unfortunately, when it monopolizes too many interests, the rising countries must challenge it in order to develop, so World War I and World War II appeared.

The two European wars brought the origin of the century-old industrial revolution to the United States across the Atlantic, and controlled a large part of Europe, and the British Empire declined.

However, the afterglow of the British Empire still lingers in the hearts of many people for a long time, for example, even if many countries are not colonies, they are still in the Commonwealth headed by the Queen of England, which can be said to be the export of British culture and the influence of long-term education, until the influence of the Internet in the 21st century has become big enough, and then gradually disappear.

And in the 70-80s, it was the British national prestige in the process of declining, therefore, the small hegemon of South America, Argentina, for the Falklands, had a military conflict with Britain, and the war ended in Britain's victory, which really surprised the world, after all, Argentina's strength is not very weak, and it lost the battle at home, which also shows that Britain may still have a little residual strength.

Therefore, the entire British government is also very confident in the affairs of Hong Kong, believing that when the Iron Lady Thatcher goes to Yanjing in person, she will definitely get the ending she wants.

Hong Kong and the Falklands are identical in nature, and the Falklands are actually just a group of islands, with no economic benefits, and even the value of development is not great, and the British government will go all the way to fight this war, purely to maintain its own dignity in the world.

But Hong Kong is different, Hong Kong's status is much higher than the Falklands, it is currently one of the world's financial cities, and its status in Asia is second only to Tokyo, and the British government naturally hopes to be able to permanently retain this pearl of the Orient.

However, Argentina and the mainland are two different things, although Argentina's economy may be a little better, but military strength is another thing entirely, in the era of electronic technology warfare has not yet come, the mainland's army, can be said to be the world's first, in the 50s, 70s several wars, the world has seen. Moreover, the Falklands are overseas in Argentina, and the war needs to rely on the navy, which is also Britain's strength, and Hong Kong is connected by land with the mainland.

In the face of the issue of national territorial sovereignty, Britain wants to rely on negotiations to delay, and there is no chance.

In the negotiation meeting between the two sides in Yanjing, ordinary reporters did not have any opportunity to enter the venue, but this did not prevent the media of all Hong Kong from stationing in Yanjing and paying attention to this matter at all times.

Originally, I was waiting for the press conference after the diplomatic negotiations, but I waited for another scene at the door of the General Assembly Hall:

After the British diplomatic team came out of the Great Hall of the People, all the personnel were solemn and did not smile at all, and Thatcher, who was walking in the front, ignored the reporters around him who wanted to interview, and walked to the bottom of the stairs under the protection of bodyguards.

Suddenly, I don't know why, Thatcher suddenly stepped on a staircase, and the whole person fell down, fortunately, the bodyguard next to her grabbed her in time, but it was still a little late, and Thatcher's whole person was crooked and almost hit the ground.

Although it was only a few seconds, it was impossible for the cameras of hundreds of reporters around to miss this moment, and the historical scene was recorded in this way.

Soon after this incident, the mainland held a press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, publicly announcing that the mainland government would regain sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997, and also put forward the policies of "Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong" and "one country, two systems."

The hard-line attitude of the mainland government is also well known to the world, and the British government has also stated in public on many occasions before visiting the mainland that it will not give up Hong Kong, and both sides are the five permanent members.

For a time, the whole of Hong Kong was shrouded in uncertainty.

The Hang Seng Index plummeted 150 points immediately after the outcome of the negotiations, and Hong Kong's four major exchanges were much more lively than the busiest time of the previous stock market bull market, with countless people holding stocks and intending to exchange them for cash. Many gold shops and banks in Hong Kong have also become key targets, and a large number of people go to exchange gold or US dollars.

It wasn't until two days later that Thatcher came to Hong Kong and made two statements, first, that Britain would not give up Hong Kong, the Pearl of the Orient, and second, that no matter what the outcome was, they would not start a war near Hong Kong.

Whether it was because it was impossible to fight near the mainland, or because it was to win over the panicked Hong Kong, but after these two remarks appeared in newspapers and television, the panic in Hong Kong has indeed decreased a lot, and most people have begun to work and live in a stable and normal manner.

Subsequently, Thatcher also held a party in Hong Kong, inviting all the political and business celebrities in Hong Kong, especially some Chinese tycoons.

However, Chen Zhiwen was not among them, because as early as a week ago, before Thatcher went to Yanjing, he left Hong Kong and went to the United States.

He doesn't want to get involved in this kind of major event sandwiched between the two P5 P5, so he might as well come to the United States to have fun.

New York, Douglas Hotel, inside a spacious café:

"Recently, Hong Kong has become the headline of the American news." Henry Morgan looked at the newspaper in his hand and said with a smile.

"Americans just like to watch the excitement, but in fact, this matter has nothing to do with the United States." Chen Zhiwen shrugged and said.

"It's better to care about Hong Kong than to care about some Mexico, and now the problem of smuggling is getting more and more serious." Henry Morgan said.

"The problem that developed countries can never solve, can be smuggled into this, the economy is the root cause, in fact, the US government has always acquiesced." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said.

A big country like the United States, with a long border with Mexico, is indeed unlikely to be fully monitored, even if there is the cheapest electronic camera in the future, it is unlikely to do it, but the fundamental reason for smuggling is because it is profitable, after all, except for a few colonists, who TM has nothing to do and likes to leave their homeland and go to other countries illegally.

Smugglers can find a lot of jobs in the United States, and the immigration bureau also turns a blind eye, which is the fundamental problem, just like in many illegal transactions, there are always a large number of buyers, which is the root cause.

In today's United States, there are too many labor costs, and many capitalists recruit these people in order to reduce costs, and a large number of capitalists have a lot of influence on the whole, plus cover-up, and finally American society acquiesces to this model.

"Eric, you can always see the problem at a glance." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"I can still see far away, and in a few decades, maybe the majority of the population in America will no longer be white, but Latinos." Chen Zhiwen said again. In ancient China, there were five nonsense in China, and now, blacks in France and Latinos in the United States are all precursors.

"You have a point, it's possible." Henry Morgan nodded and said, "But it's none of our business, at that time, I may no longer be there, and you are old." ”

"yes." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile: "A bunch of other businesses of RCA company, how did you sell them?" ”

"Basically, it's almost sold, only the core asset of NBC remains, and RCA has existed in name only, but there are more than a billion dollars more in the account." Henry Morgan nodded and said.

"You can try to buy some newspaper media, anyway, your identity is fine, what you see is influential, just buy it." Chen Zhiwen said.

RCA's TV, radio business and many patents in LCD were acquired by Chen Zhiwen, and there are many other non-TV station business types, although the scale is not as good as the first two, but the sum is not to be underestimated, especially the carpet business, the market size in the United States is not small, these before and after combined, the sale of funds even far exceeds the value of RCA's TV business.

"I've been researching lately, but I haven't found a suitable target." Henry Morgan said.

"I don't know much about the media, but there's one person who is very proficient, Murdoch, have you heard of it?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"I've heard that it's from Australia, and in recent years, I've bought a lot of newspapers in the United States." Henry Morgan said, "You mean to buy his media company? But as far as I know, his company is not listed, and people who have been in such an industry for half their lives, even if they sell their assets, it is impossible for them to work for others. ”

"I didn't let you buy his company, you just stared at him, this person has a strong vision, and everything he likes should be good things." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"That's fine, but this kind of thing can't be done all the time, and I'll start when he sees some big goal." Henry smiled and said, "I heard that you have already cleared all the shares of Apple?" ”

"Yes, there is an announcement from Apple, and I don't have any Apple shares in my hands now." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

As in the previous history, Apple's development encountered difficulties, and its strong rival IBM launched a stronger personal computer, while Midea's personal computer business, although the scale did not affect Apple, but the split idea appeared, solving problems that were difficult to solve before, such as heat dissipation, weight, and so on. This makes it easier for many small companies to launch their own personal computers.

Apple's success in this era is not based on high technology, no matter how good Woz's technology is, it can't be compared to a team of hundreds and thousands of engineers, Apple's success is because Steve Jobs was the first to put forward the idea of a personal computer, and it was the first personal computer, and it is a huge fame and halo and other factors.

Just like Tesla in the 2010s, but when other brands entered the market, although Tesla would still have high results, it was much worse than the previous era when it was almost dominant. However, Apple, which later launched the Apple mobile phone, is an exception, because they have a strong technical reserve before.

And now Apple, since the listing, has not launched any new models or technologies and other eye-catching things, not that Apple does not develop it, but when too many peer products appear, the bright spots of Apple's new computers, almost none, but Apple's brand, destined to launch products that want to "change the world", this is what Jobs talks about every day, but he does not have the technical ability to achieve, so he can only delay the new product launch conference again and again.

Tesla is actually the same decades later, but fortunately, it still has a trick: cost reduction, so at various shareholders' meetings (no press conference), Musk does not talk about innovation or technology, but only how to reduce costs. Of course, cost reduction is also a technology, but a great company, you can't always just think about cost reduction, right? Similar to Apple in the 00s, if it only thinks about reducing the cost of the iPod, how can there be an iPhone?

In this case, Chen Zhiwen took advantage of the high segment to sell all the shares of Apple, making a profit of more than 800 million US dollars, as a major shareholder of Apple, every time he sells, it is to be announced, it is completely legal, and even taxes have to be paid.

"Your investment is really powerful, Apple's stock has begun to fall in the past two months, this is not the most important thing, the important thing is that Apple's market share has begun to decline very seriously, plus it can't come up with new products, Wall Street, is not very optimistic about Apple." Henry Morgan said.

"Without this ability, how do you think I have everything I have now?" Chen Zhiwen picked up the cappuccino and took a sip gently.

"Yes." Henry Morgan nodded and said, "A powerful figure in our family, I want to make an appointment with you, the time is up to you, the nearest is the same, and the location is the same, you can do it in New York, what do you think?" ”

"What kind of powerful person?" Chen Zhiwen asked curiously.

"The kind where a word can decide my fate." Henry Morgan said.

"Then what did he see me for?" Chen Zhiwen asked again.

A hundred years ago, several major monopoly consortia controlled the oil, finance, steel, transportation, minerals, and so on in the United States, and although there were subsequent anti-monopoly laws to break them up, this did not affect the existing interests of these consortia.

Speaking of oil, even if many of Rockefeller's subsidiaries go bankrupt, those who survive are all giants, and among the top 20 oil giants in the world, 4 have the shadow of Rockefeller behind them.

The Morgan consortium may be a little worse, but it is recognized as a large bank directly under them, and there are two giants, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley, which are also at the level of the wind and rain in the US market.

Of course, there are also some former big conglomerates that have declined, but most of them have been attacked or besieged by other giants, or this industrial chain is not suitable for American production, or the industry is replaced by new industries, such as the former railway king, who almost monopolized the railways of the United States, but in the era of ocean containers, the railroad has completely declined, even in the United States, the cost of marine transportation on the east and west coasts is still lower than that of the railway, and the railway family is still rich, but not as good as the previous eleven.

"I don't know what to think, but the first time we meet, it's definitely a casual chat, you are a smart person, maybe after this chat, you will understand his intentions." Henry said.

(End of chapter)