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"This is the best way." Alan Wilson hurriedly urged, "If these pioneers can develop this industry, it will be of great benefit to the UK."

Turing nodded, and then introduced what he knew and who was working hard in the semiconductor industry.

As an emerging field, the semiconductor industry has also developed to a certain extent in the UK.As early as the 50s, Jeff Dahmer of the Royal Radar Institute proposed the concept of integrated circuits: the transistors and other devices required for a circuit were fabricated on a semiconductor.But he was unable to turn his idea of ​​an integrated circuit into reality due to a lack of suitable manufacturing techniques.

He then overcame the lack of proper authority to delegate development work.The results were later presented at the International Components Symposium he sponsored, where he presented a model to illustrate the possibility of implementing solid-state circuit technology.

"I deciphered the German cipher machine during the war, and I had contact with some people at the Royal Radar Institute. I happened to know Jeff." Turing introduced this history, "But we are alone, and the American system research No comparison."

"You also have to think about it. At that time, Britain's biggest problem was repaying its debts. How could it compare its investment with the United States?" Alan Wilson changed the subject when he said this, "but now there is no such problem."

The Consequences of the First Thousand 210 Five Chapters of the Corn Movement

To be honest, Alan Wilson is trying to figure out how to raise money. The initial investment is just an estimate, and more than 300 million pounds will be invested.

If you know that in [-], when the Breston Forest system had collapsed, the United Kingdom withheld Iran's advance payment for an order of [-] tanks, which was [-] million pounds, you would know that this investment was already quite a lot.

And this is only the appropriation for that year, and it will continue to be invested in the next year.Although the semiconductor industry is quite large in driving employment, it is also a high-input industry.Otherwise, the United States will not give up so easily and transfer the industry to the fraud island.

Considering the political influence, it is best to be able to attract a certain degree of royal family funds, as long as it can escort the development of the semiconductor industry. Alan Wilson remembers that the Mountbatten Group also gave shares to the royal family at that time. Her Majesty the Queen should also No less dividends.

It's just that he doesn't know if he has the face to get out after deducting some money from the royal family.It doesn't matter if you don't have this face. If the queen can't do it, isn't there still a sister-in-law who obeys her words?

Even if the status of cabinet secretary is excluded, Alan Wilson thinks that his credit value is quite high.

Isn't he Jack Ma?A proper liar, pretending and standing up, not only deceives the country, but even dares to withhold investors' money.

Has Ali distributed dividends to all shareholders after listing?Not at all, the money was left in Ali's small circle.Is this different from a Ponzi scheme?

So far, he has been very kind to ladies of the same status as his wife, and has never caused any loss of interest to these ladies.

"If it doesn't work, I'll fill it in myself." Alan Wilson muttered in a low voice, and he was even ready to sacrifice himself to take over the market for the country and enter this high-input industry.

After Turing left the Cabinet Office, he took a new mission to investigate the status quo of semiconductors in the UK, and Alan Wilson was editing a written report on the third industrial revolution.

It doesn't matter whether the written report is accurate or not, the main thing is to compete with Japan. The population of Malaya has already done its best to compete with Japan in the existing field.Nor can much be expected from a colony of 700 million people.

Alan Wilson also knew that the development of Japanese semiconductors in the 80s and [-]s gave Japan a strong voice.It even aroused the fear of the United States.He doesn't want to see this happen. He would rather not make money and only create jobs than allow Japanese semiconductors to develop.

Malaya does not have the ability to compete with Japan at this stage, so it can only rely on Japan itself.When necessary, capital from other European countries can even be introduced to work together on semiconductors.

Alan Wilson made a call to Richard White of MI[-] to pay attention to the development of semiconductors in European countries, to know ourselves and the enemy, and then evaluate whether to cooperate or go it alone.Of course, it also includes the semiconductor development investigation report of the imaginary enemy Japan.

While the Cabinet Office is conducting an assessment of semiconductors in various countries, it must not forget the United States, the current hegemon.The United States was the first to rise in semiconductors. Today, the world's top ten semiconductor companies, the United States occupies nine, and No. 10 is Japan's Takeda Riken.

The current United States certainly cannot imagine that in another 20 years, Japan will be exactly the opposite of the United States, and will be in the position of American companies today. Of course, before the 90s, semiconductors could not be called globalization. Most of the production capacity of semiconductor companies in various countries, They are all used in the domestic market.

Globalization is still a matter of the future. Alan Wilson will see if he can get a big cake for the British semiconductor industry under the concept of European unity. You must know that the emergence of French-Italian semiconductors is 20 years later. The UK has enough Time to deepen the European market.

"The government intends to support the semiconductor industry?" Geoff Dahmer was very surprised when Turing came to his door. In fact, he launched a campaign five years ago to encourage the UK to invest heavily in integrated circuit development, but this Very few people responded.

The British military did not realize that it would play a major role in the future scenario, and British companies were reluctant to invest their own funds in the risk.

Jeff Dahmer's initiative at the time was met with cold reception, and no one would take the risk.

Government departments are reluctant to sign contracts because they have not applied.People won't say we want to use it because they don't have experience with it.It's a chicken-and-egg question.The United States has placed a bet on this, and the United Kingdom has been somewhat slow to deploy in this field.

"Government departments are reluctant to sign contracts because they haven't applied. People won't say we want to use it because they don't have experience with it?"

If Alan Wilson had been here, he would have recognized at once that this was the classic slang of Whitehall civil servants.It is indeed to push back the question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, back to the proponents.

Turing seems to have vaguely heard someone say this, but it doesn't matter. He wants to tell Jeff Dahmer that the situation has changed, "The newly appointed Secretary General of the Cabinet, Sir Alan, is very concerned about the development of the semiconductor industry. Think, you should continue to try the previous initiative, what do you think is the most critical point of this industry.”

"There are six main aspects." Jeff Dahmer immediately felt relieved when he heard it. "Microfabrication technology; crystallization technology; design technology; engineering technology; test evaluation technology; hardware technology."

It is an unprecedented move that all companies with semiconductor technology in the UK should be brought together for integration, and companies that compete with each other should be brought together to overcome technical difficulties.

In fact, among semiconductor equipment, there were limited companies that could produce related components or assemblies at that time, and almost all of them used the same supplier system. Only after the equipment was put into the production line, how to adjust and optimize it could become the core company in the UK. competitiveness.

Listening to Turing's relayed thoughts, Alan Wilson scratched his scalp and commented calmly, "Concern mode?"

But having said that, this chaebol monopoly model developed by Germany and later used by Japan and South Korea has indeed played a huge role in the development of the two countries, and?In fact, the Mountbatten Group is also an enterprise of the Concern model.

Alan Wilson is not so opposed to the Concern model. This group model originally created by the Germans is actually not as bad as the Soviets said. Not to mention anything else, the different departments under the name of the Soviet Planned Economic Committee are just public ownership. There is not much difference between Concern and the chaebol.

The past [-] was not a good year for the Soviet Union, not only because of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Soviet Union underestimated Kennedy and finally had to compromise.

There is another reason, that is, the food production in the Soviet Union has declined. At the just-concluded meeting of the Kremlin, Khrushchev was furious because of this, but in fact, other members of the Central Presidium knew well that the root cause was On the first secretary.

Under the strong advocacy of Khrushchev, the first secretary of the Soviet Union, the corn movement gradually became popular in various parts of the Soviet Union.Obviously, due to the lack of scientific verification of Khrushchev's corn campaign, many corn seeds replaced the original food crops but could not grow cobs due to climate reasons.

Later, in order to follow Khrushchev's preferences, some cadres secretly imported corn from abroad.

"According to the data of the Planning Economic Commission, there will be a food shortage of more than 800 million tons this year. The current state treasury reserves are absolutely not enough to meet after the autumn harvest." Brezhnev said to Kozlov worriedly, "The situation It is already extremely difficult and we have to make up the food gap."

"Actually, there is only one way, and that is to buy grain in the international market." Fultseva said blankly, "But the largest grain producer in the world is the United States. If we buy from the United States, we may face skyrocketing grain prices." price."

"France is also a strong agricultural country." Kozlov asked succinctly, "Can't we think of a way from Eastern Europe?"

"Most food-producing countries face the same problem as us, that is, they are in the northern hemisphere. If in the second half of the year, we adopt the method of acquisition, everyone knows that our country's food security has problems. The only agricultural power in the southern hemisphere is Brazil and Argentina, but both countries are in the Americas.” Brezhnev shook his head, “It is difficult for us to hide from the eyes of the Americans.”

The method of foreign procurement is also problematic. The food purchased by the Soviet Union is not a small amount, and Europe and the United States will not recognize the value of the ruble. The foreign exchange reserves in the hands of the Soviet Union obviously cannot afford this expenditure.

As a last resort, the Soviet Union's gold reserves can only be used to purchase in the international market.

"Can't we think of a way from Britain?" Fultseva said cautiously, "Britain still has colonies with good conditions in southern Africa. We all know that Rhodesia is a colony with a small population but a large area. .It's better not to get things done through the US surveillance network."

Fultseva couldn't understand what she was thinking now, she hoped that person could help the Soviet Union tide over the difficulties.

"The southern hemisphere? It's just after the harvest. If the northern and southern Rhodesia are really the bread baskets of Africa as rumored, then that's really a choice." Brezhnev expressed his agreement, "Comrade Kozlov, What do you think?"

If he had a choice, Kozlov would never bow his head to the imperialists, but he has no choice now, gritted his teeth and said, "I will talk to Comrade Khrushchev. Of course, we must minimize losses as much as possible. It is best to be able to get help from fraternal countries."

Both Brezhnev and Fultseva nodded, and only the second secretary had the qualifications to suggest this in front of Khrushchev.

The first thousand and 210 chapters six gold for food

"I haven't shown up for such a long time. Once I show up, I will ask people for money." Princess Margaret looked displeased. Let her pay for the development of the semiconductor industry?

Her Royal Highness must have misunderstood. Alan Wilson would definitely not be able to catch a sheep and pluck its wool. Ladies of the same status as his wife are no exception.

"The royal family is a symbol of the British Empire. If you can contribute to the country in such a potential industry, don't you think that would be a good thing." Alan Wilson embraced the princess in his arms and began to persuade with a good attitude.

In fact, it doesn’t matter if you get more or less. The key is that the royal family needs to set an example. With this example, Alan Wilson can continue to think of ways to inject capital into my semiconductor business, and even think of ways from the government. exceed.

Take Deception Island as an example. Semiconductors are definitely not as good as Formosa Plastics in terms of job creation, but they can still create tens of thousands of high-paying jobs, which is also a good thing for the UK.Now that Malaya has been filled with several industries that have been transferred, we can’t count on the Malays working in agriculture to take the top spot, right?

Can the semiconductor industry be topped by just pulling a group of old farmers?Don't you want to do it locally?

"You are amazing, you are lofty, and you are the secretary-general of the cabinet, and you will pay it back to the country." Princess Margaret rolled her eyes at her brother-in-law, "It's hard to imagine that there is such a person as you."

"There is such a thing as patriotism in this world." Alan Wilson stretched out his finger and tapped the tip of his sister-in-law's nose, "Margaret, you are the princess of England, if England is not good, you, the princess, will not be good either In fact, the royal families of all countries should understand this point, but some countries are really confused on this point."

Allen Wilson's feudal monarchs' extra-staff ministers' hearts broke out, and for a while they became a little worried about the country and the people. .

He only receives a British salary, but he has served so many monarchies. Sometimes he wonders, what kind of day is this?

The sister-in-law still knows the general situation. After a long period of persuasion, mainly thanks to the rocket, Her Royal Highness expressed her willingness to contribute to the development of British semiconductors.

"You have become the secretary-general of the cabinet, what should I do?" Princess Margaret hung on her brother-in-law and asked, lamenting that she is no longer young, and she is not young anymore, she is already 33 years old.

"Sometimes in the dead of night, I also think about this question. Out of the responsibility of a man, I can't let you live like this. At that time, I arrange that there should be a crystallization of love between us."

I thought about whoring for nothing in my heart, and I have always been whoring for nothing, but at this moment, Alan Wilson blatantly stated that he would be responsible. Although it was not sincere, how could the love brain see that he was reluctant.

Poor Tom, being played with in the palm of his hand like this...

"I don't have to argue with Pamela, but you know my feelings for you." Princess Margaret lowered her head and muttered in a low voice, "Don't let Pamela know that you are the secretary-general of the cabinet. You should block the news. not a problem……"

"Whoever dares to corrupt the princess's innocence, God will not forgive him." Alan Wilson patted his chest loudly. As long as Princess Margaret could bear the loneliness, he would naturally find something that could make Her Royal Highness feel at ease. place to be born.

The Secretary-General of the Cabinet has sacrificed too much for the semiconductor industry in the UK. He has not returned to Whitehall for a long time. He was thinking about meeting with the UK semiconductor representative after the meeting. The phone on the table rang, and Alan Wilson picked it up. Microphone, "I'm Allen, speak directly."

"Permanent Undersecretary, Soviet Ambassador Victor wants to meet with you." The voice of Dixon, Chief Private Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs came, "Victor insisted on doing this, saying that there is something important, and I can only inform you."

"What are they going to do?" Allen Wilson said to himself, and then said, "Okay, arrange a time. After all, I am still the current deputy secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and I should contribute to the work of this department."

What's wrong?Prime Minister Eden is in charge of foreign affairs, so why can't the Secretary-General of the Cabinet also be the Executive Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?He didn't even take on the role of Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Finance like the previous two supreme authorities.Don't worry now, think of a way later.

Victor was actually very hesitant in his heart. He knew that he had a heavy responsibility this time. Although the person he wanted to meet was young, he had a strong background. He was the head of the British civil servants at the age of less than forty.

The previous ambassador had dealt with Alan Wilson, and he knew that this person who had nothing to do was not easy to deal with.

But domestic voices seem to have recognized the ability of the head of the British civil servants. If he insisted on letting him meet with the other party, he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

"Want to buy food?" Alan Wilson had a playful look on his face when he heard it, and he knew what was going on in his heart, so he asked directly, "Mr. Ambassador, hasn't the Soviet Union been carrying out a corn campaign in recent years? How do you remember?" I have purchased food, and I believe that the Soviet Union will not fail to understand that Britain is an island country."

It is not Alan Wilson's style at all not to pretend to be reluctant at this time when the other party begs to come to the door.

He knew that there must be a risk to the food security of the Soviet Union, otherwise he would not have said anything about purchasing food.

According to the basic conditions, the Soviet Union's agriculture should not be a weakness. After all, the world's largest black land is in the Soviet Union.But, there were indeed agricultural weaknesses during the Soviet Union, which must be admitted.

On other issues, for example, the distribution mechanism in the Soviet Union was much worse. Many commodities in the Soviet Union had not changed their prices since the founding of the country. In the later period, the price inversion in the Soviet market became more and more serious.

For example, the cost of producing grain is higher than the bread sold, and it is not unheard of for the Soviet Union to feed livestock with bread.

And in terms of the degree of attention, heavy industry is greater than light industry than agriculture.Although no one seems to have paid more attention to agricultural issues than the CPSU at meetings at all levels, in fact the emphasis on heavy industry, light industry, and agriculture has never changed.

This is also related to the population of the Soviet Union. From the perspective of employment creation, heavy industry is smaller than light industry and smaller than agriculture.But the Soviet Union's emphasis was completely opposite, because the Soviet Union had to fight against the free world with a population far larger than itself, so it could only arrange it this way.

The population of the Soviet Union was not enough, so the labor force had to be allocated to heavy industry first. Light industry would be poor, and agriculture could only make do. If the Soviet Union had a population of a large country, even if it had a population of [-] million, this problem might not arise.

Alan Wilson said in his heart that the food problem is not impossible to solve, for example, the price can be raised.But it is estimated that the Soviet Union will not do this. They want to compare the military with the United States, and compare the welfare with Europe. Doesn’t the price increase mean that the great motherland is not good?

If the tone is high, you will encounter this kind of problem. You see that the per capita grain of Russia in later generations is far less than that of the Soviet Union. Hasn’t it become a major grain exporter like India?Poor, poor.

Britain is an island country is just a rhetoric, even if Britain is really an island country, the food self-sufficiency rate is 70.00%[-], which is quite high among island countries, and it is definitely higher than Japan, which lost Hokkaido.

"Actually, it's not impossible to help this business from a commercial point of view, but Britain is not the Soviet Union, and everything is clearly marked. From a commercial point of view, the UK is willing to sell grain to the Soviet Union." It's fun to say that Britain is an island country, Alan Wilson It does not think that purchasing food is a problem for the UK. The UK has pounds in its hands, not rubles that no one recognizes.

"This is a gold-standard world. If the UK purchases, it also needs gold as a guarantee. If Ambassador Victor is okay, I will be happy to persuade the Prime Minister to carry out a normal economic and trade cooperation."

The USSR had to be bought with gold, Britain would not accept rubles, not even dollars.Because the price of the US dollar and gold is not the ratio of the Breston Woods system, so why the US dollar?It's more realistic to use gold.

Victor said that he would inform Moscow of the opinions of the British side, and Alan Wilson couldn't help but sigh that he was able to carry out a grain business while developing semiconductors. He is obviously a very focused person, which is really annoying.

A few days later, Victor seemed to have been instructed, and appeared in front of Alan Wilson again, expressing that he would purchase 1000 million tons of grain. After Alan Wilson knew about it, he took the written report and went to No. [-] Downing Street.

The great Prime Minister Eden was thinking about whether to announce a general election, and when he was thinking about it, he met the Secretary-General of the Cabinet, "Alan, what's the matter?"

"There is one happy thing." Alan Wilson directly took out a memo and placed it in front of Aiden.

"The Soviet Union wants to buy food? Use gold?" Aiden read the memo and asked directly, "How much?"

"Preliminary estimate, 220 tons of gold wheat." Alan Wilson smiled like a fox, "Dear Prime Minister, it may be that the Cuban Missile Crisis gave the Soviet Union a step, and the United States just confronted the Soviet Union, which led to the two countries having Hateful psychology, I specifically asked, the Soviet Union has only made a purchase request to the United Kingdom at present."

220 tons of gold?Aiden was shocked. This was almost two years' output of the Gold Coast, and [-]% of the UK's gold reserves. Even though he had experienced strong winds and waves, he couldn't help but calm down, "This is really a big deal."

"So if the UK plays an important role in the international situation, there will still be rewards." Alan Wilson nodded and smiled.

"Can you handle this?" Aiden asked immediately. Obviously, the Prime Minister also hoped that the business could be done.

"I think it's okay, it's called the Gold-for-Food Program." Alan Wilson promised that in addition to the places directly controlled by North and South Rhodesia and Malaya, they can also be purchased through Canada and Australia, which recognize the value of the pound.

The first thousand 210 chapters and seven grain reserves reform

Hey, what is this, gold.Yellow, shining, precious gold.

No, gods, I'm not an idle believer; this thing, just this little, can make black white, ugly beautiful, wrong right, base noble, Old men become young, cowards become warriors.

Shakespeare praised gold so much, which fully explained the natural currency property of gold.

Thanks to the disappearance of Pan-Africanist leaders from the British Gold Coast over North Africa many years ago, Britain can borrow this gold-rich colony to enrich the value of the pound.

Over the past ten years, the United Kingdom has accumulated [-] tons of gold reserves through the hard work of a newly appointed cabinet secretary.

From the perspective of the UK's economic aggregate, the pound sterling on the gold reserves of this figure can be said to be impenetrable.But even if there is a huge gold reserve, even Prime Minister Eden cannot remain indifferent to the sale of 220 tons of gold.

After hearing the news, Aiden immediately saw the Soviet Union from a life-and-death enemy threatening Britain's security to a special relationship between Britain and the Soviet Union that overrides the special relationship between Britain and the United States.

"Alan, this is a big deal." Aiden solemnly reminded him in a rare way that the cabinet secretary in front of him has just taken office. Although he is loved by everyone in Whitehall, he has no solid record to prove his ability.

"Dear Prime Minister, I understand very well. I think so! If two gold bars are placed in front of you, which one is noble? Which one is despicable? No one has an answer, so this matter does not involve The third country is entirely the business of the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom."

Alan Wilson's meaning is very simple, both want and want, 220 tons of gold Britain wants to get all, it's as simple as that.

"I will summon overseas commissioners to return home and find a solution from the colony's food production first." Seeing Aiden nodding, Alan Wilson continued, "For the colonies, we only need to take out pounds, and if we are stingy, even pounds There is no need to mention it. If there are not enough colonies, there are also the Commonwealth countries Canada and Australia. What is certain is that the colonies in the southern hemisphere or the Commonwealth countries are the main ones. If there are not enough colonies, we are negotiating with Canada.”

"When I investigate and understand the food situation in the colony. For the purpose of concealing the real purpose. At this time, I have a suggestion." Alan Wilson revealed his plan.

"How to do it?" Aiden asked while holding the pen, leaning forward in a searching posture.