British 1986

Allen, who was in the middle of a free period, was quite happy to hear that these two "good gay friends" of his were coming. It happened to be crowded and lively, so everyone would have a drink and discuss plans for next year.

After finishing the buttercream on the cake, he ate some of the cake core. Allen didn't like eating the slightly hard parts of the cake. Allen wiped his mouth and asked, "Have all the workers in those overseas industries received the reward red envelopes I sent?"

Sending red envelopes to the domestic servants is a recognition of their hard work throughout the year, but Allen has not forgotten the workers in overseas factories.

As a noble master, what you want is atmosphere!

When I had no money before, I saved money. Now I have enough money, so I have to give it as it is due.

For example, in China, it doesn't really cost much. The red envelope given by Allen is one thousand Chinese yuan.

That seems like a lot, right?

But converted into pounds, the current exchange rate is a little over six points, which is equivalent to more than one hundred pounds, which is compared with the three thousand pounds red envelope given by the family servant.

This is really small money.

"I have made all arrangements, and they are all distributed reasonably according to the exchange rates in various places."

Hu Te took a pen, recorded the time in his notebook, and answered Allen's questions without delay.

"That's fine."

Although Allen is now a capitalist, he still has some conscience. When other workers help him make money, he is willing to give it back to them. This not only helps him accumulate fame, but also improves the outside world's impression of him.

This is an aristocratic gentleman who pays attention to image, is close to the people, has a moral heart, and is kind!

The next afternoon, Duke Angus was sitting in his extremely saucy white stretched Lincoln. The moment he entered the manor, he was attracted by the large Christmas tree.

When passing by the Christmas tree, Angus became curious and asked the driver to stop the car. He got out of the car and walked around the Christmas tree twice, looking at the few red socks that had not been taken off on the tree.

I took one off and touched it inside the sock. It was a little heavy, like a small ring-shaped object.

Looking at Alan walking towards him in the distance, Angus didn't care and opened the Christmas stocking. What was inside made him tremble.

Holding up a pure gold bracelet, Angus said to Alan who walked up to him with a smile on his face: "Are all the gifts on your Christmas tree like this?"

Who does this?

Isn't this a prodigal?

Being rich is awesome!

The gold bracelet is hanging here so arrogantly?

Not afraid either.

Forget it, they are really not afraid of being stolen. Considering that in this area of ​​nearly a hundred miles, no one dares to come here to steal anything.

Angus glared at Allen with some pain.

"Haha, if you take it off, this gift will be yours. Go ahead and play with it."

What's wrong with the gold bracelet? It's so small and not expensive. It's a big gift to give as a gift. It only comes once a year. These gifts are basically jewelry and can be taken with you.

Angus stuffed the gold bracelet into his pocket, then changed his hand, fumbled in the other pocket for a long time, and then grabbed Alan's left hand.

"Hey? What are you doing?"

"Don't tell me uncle, I'm not interesting enough, it's your adult gift!"

As Angus spoke, he put a ring-shaped jewelry on Alan's thumb.

Raising his hand and looking at the thing in his hand, Allen didn't recognize what material it was made of.

It's a bit like jade, but a little lighter than jade and the color is warmer.

The white material is inlaid with more than a dozen gemstones of various colors, forming a familiar simplified family emblem.

"This is our family's ancestral guard. It was worn by the Duke of Manchester when he was hunting. Don't you like hunting? I give it to you! This is ivory. It has been around for a long time, so be careful."

Angus couldn't help but look at the ring on Allen's hand again, and waved his hand in a pretentious manner.

"Hahaha! You old guy, I knew you had something good in your hands."

When Allen heard that it was ivory and the color, he could guess that this thing was an old thing. A prodigal like Angus could still come up with something like this.

It seems that the rotten ship still has three pounds of nails.

The ancients never deceived me.

"Let's go! Let's have an outdoor barbecue and drink some wine later!"

After receiving the gifts, Alan and Angus walked arm-in-arm to a prepared bonfire in the distance.

That guy Spencer hasn't come yet, so we have to wait for him.

The evening sun shines on the snow, turning it orange-red.

A circle of turf was cleared around the bonfire, and on a large rack, roasted whole cows and whole lambs were roasted.

The alluring aroma hit his face. Spencer put on a cotton glove with his left hand and pulled the leg of beef. He used the knife in his right hand to cut the meat on the leg of beef. He gently cut off a small piece, stabbed it with the tip of the knife and stuffed it directly. In the mouth.

"Do you have any beer? I don't want to drink whiskey, your Coke is fine too!"

Spencer ordered the servant waiting next to him to give him something to drink.

At this time, the three people, Alan, Angus, and Spencer, were sitting around a fire that was still warm but without an open flame, eating barbecue, with wine, various dipping sauces and a few other things at their feet. Side dishes.

Seeing that Allen ignored him and carefully sprinkled the beef in front of him with toppings, Spencer approached Duke Angus next to him and said, "Angus, what did you guys play with the other day? I see reports in Gambian newspapers.”

What Spencer was talking about was that a few days ago, before Christmas, before the end of Congress, the upright Duke of Angus put forward an alternative proposal to revitalize the economy after the last proposal to increase funding for the royal family - to South Korea has increased tariffs on certain goods.

Compared to Duke Angus's last controversial proposal, this proposal is much more serious.

At the meeting, Duke Angus cited several examples of inferior Korean goods squeezing the domestic market.

With this statement, and the current economic environment continuing to decline, should they raise tariffs on certain foreign goods?

Then this will not only protect domestic products, but also stabilize a number of companies that are on the verge of bankruptcy. If the companies are saved, won't jobs be increased in disguise?

The well-founded proposal made Duke Angus slightly embarrassed. However, because it was proposed in too hasty time, this year’s Congress is about to close, and it can only be left to continue deliberations next year. Members of the British Parliament The gentlemen are going to have a holiday for Christmas.

This kind of proposal seems very good and has advantages everywhere, but if you look at it from another camp.

For example, if we switch to South Korea, this will not be good!

They originally relied on inferior quality to save costs, making small profits but quick turnover.

Now if tariffs are raised, some of their products will lose any competitive advantage at all.

Thus.

The fiscal revenue, which is entirely supported by overseas trade, will not be damaged by the behavior of the British family, but...

Great Britain is not itself, they still have the Commonwealth!

What if this method is indeed effective and some people get a taste of it, and other Commonwealth countries follow suit, creating a chain reaction?

This is not one or two small places, but a large alliance market involving more than one billion people and dozens of countries!

By the time.

Koreans have to vomit blood.

so.

As soon as the proposal was revealed, Koreans became anxious!

The most urgent ones are the Korean chaebols who control overseas trade channels.

They have the greatest loss!

The stock market fell in response to the proposal, and by the time they wanted PR.

Excuse me.

The gentlemen of Daying are on holiday!

The stuck at this time is very fucked up, very disgusting!

There are still nearly half a year until the next year's Congress begins, which is too painful.

But there’s no point in suffering. It’s time to find relationships and public relations, so what else can we do?

This is Great Britain, not South Korea. They can only have a slight influence, but they cannot make decisions.

Angus raised his chin slightly arrogantly, gestured to Allen and said to Spencer: "He is responsible for the dirty tricks, and I am responsible for the proposal. Boy, are you envious?"

Spencer was indeed envious.

These two people are very successful in the Congress, but they are stuck in Gambia and can only play with black pearls all day long. Is there any comparison between them?

He's tired of it!

"Spencer, when your father passes the throne to you, you can play with us!"

Allen looked up and made a sincere suggestion to Spencer.

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Spencer was speechless. His father was middle-aged, only over 50 years old. He still had a lot of work to do. In a short period of time, he could not even think about inheriting a title. Without a title, he, an earl, The legitimate son can only enjoy the treatment of knighthood now, and does not receive any other preferential treatment. He cannot even think about going to Congress.

"By the way... Allen, a Korean came to me a few days ago and wanted to pry into my mouth. What should I do?"

Angus grabbed the wine glass and took a long sip. It was such a feeling to sit outside on this cold day, eating hot barbecue, and then suddenly take a sip of cold whiskey.

"Just accept whatever they want to give you, but don't say too much. Don't agree to any conditions. Don't you have a house in London? Just pick out a house you like and ask them for it openly. !”

Allen cut another piece of meat with crispy bones and crunched it in his mouth.

"Ah? Why don't you cover it up?"

Angus was a little frightened by Allen's words. He had never played with this kind of thing. Shouldn't he have a private and dirty deal like in the movie?

Why did Allen ask him to ask for it now?

"Where is this? This is Daying! Who are the Koreans here? We are just bullying them and blackmailing them! What are you afraid of!"

Allen pointed at Angus and encouraged him to be bolder. Where are you now?

"Well, Allen, what if they take advantage of these few months to establish a good relationship and suppress the proposal?"

Angus still has some conscience. He knows that Allen's proposal is just to disgust Koreans, and he also wants to make this proposal a reality.

"Haha. Angus, you don't really think that we can pass a random proposal, do you? You think the Congress is too simple!"

Allen originally wanted to snap his fingers, but his hands were too oily, so he didn't. He slightly concealed his embarrassment, coughed and asked the servant next to him to send several thick notebooks to Angus.

"What's this?"

Angus looked at the familiar trademarks on several books and was a little curious.

"This is the overseas product catalog of their Korean companies!"

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"Regardless of whether they find someone or who they find, when I go to Congress next year, the two of us will pick out one of the products in the product catalog and make a proposal every few days to increase their tariffs. This proposal will not pass. , but I want to see if they are afraid when I take out the products individually and talk about them individually."

Allen sneered and finished talking about his plans for next year.

Angus looked at Spencer next to him speechlessly. How could this be done?

Directly take someone else's product catalog and strike accurately?

Only aristocratic gentlemen like them, who have nothing to do but stare at people to find trouble, can do such a thing!

Moreover, this approach is reasonable and legal, and apart from being a little troublesome, there is nothing illegal about it.

When the time comes, Koreans will receive rumors every day that certain products of theirs will be subject to higher tariffs. I believe they will have to tremble every day, right?

Although this trick is a bit dirty, it is indeed disgusting, and it can continue to disgust people.

There were no outsiders, and the three of them didn't pay much attention to their image. They were a little drunk. Allen couldn't help but drag Angus and Spencer to the hall to show off his new armor to them.

This thing.

There are only more than 30 sets in Great Britain.

The Guards are the Guards, and the imperial guards in the Guards are very special.

The high-ranking nobles of Yishui are all ministers with meritorious service to their ancestors.

They share the honor and disgrace of the royal family, and only such a family can hold the special position of royal guard. Their uniforms and armors are specially made, and they are different from ordinary Guards dragoons. This is the standard. !

Spencer looked at the armor protected in the glass cover with envy. Their family did not have such treatment.

But after two glances, Spencer couldn't help but move closer to Allen, put his arms around Allen's neck, and his tongue was a little too big.

"As your uncle, I don't have anything to give you for your coming-of-age ceremony. You can go play with me for a few days in a few days. I have prepared a special short-term vacation for you. There will be a surprise then!"

"Um?"

Allen looked at Spencer, whose face was flushed. This guy actually prepared a surprise for him?

Isn't it a black pearl?

"Where are you going? I don't like black pearls."

"Tsk! It's boring! You won't expect the surprise this time! Just wait, we'll leave the day after tomorrow!"

After saying that, Spencer leaned on Allen's shoulder, looking like he was about to fall asleep.

"Help them back to their rooms to rest!"

Allen asked the servant to help the two of them back to the guest room.

In Iceland in January, the lowest temperature was only around minus 5 degrees Celsius. It may not seem like a low temperature, but it is cold!

When Allen arrived here, he felt a little regretful. It was all Spencer's fault for tricking him into taking a surprise trip.

Didn't you ask him to see the ice cave?

Because of the small population in Iceland, the high quality of the people, and the good public security environment, Allen only brought a few bodyguards and servants with him.

Spencer did not join him, but arrived a day early, saying he wanted to prepare a surprise for Allen.

After taking a breath, Allen stamped his feet, watched the bodyguards dock with the vehicle that came to pick him up, and then checked the four old Land Rovers inside and out.