In the next two days, Allen asked Ceylon to speed up the collection of information to find out what Thatcher was up to.

Why didn't you talk to the person in the line at the beginning?

He couldn't believe that Thatcher would back down so quickly.

Allen judged others by his own experience. He was prepared to take the initiative if Thatcher didn't respond.

However, an unexpected visitor disrupts Alan's plan.

…

"Sir, long time no see. How are you? This is a small gift. Please accept it!"

Hutt, the commissioner of the Ministry of Noble Affairs, has not been seen for a long time since Allen asked him to help with the cooperative business development in Gambia.

When they met again now, Hurt had obviously gained weight and was more polite, even taking the initiative to give him gifts.

Although it is just a small hollow gold nugget ornament and its appearance is average, it shows the thoughtfulness of the person.

…

Alan put down his pen and rubbed his brows. He had just been revising his own essay, preparing to continue writing about Thatcher.

He pointed to the chair in front of the desk and asked Hutt to sit down first.

Alan twisted his neck, picked up the little yellow cat that was about to attack Hutt, held it in his arms and stroked its head.

"I haven't seen you in a while, got a promotion?"

"Haha, thanks to your luck, I was able to level up a little bit."

Hutt stretched out his little finger and gestured with a wink.

It was quite magical. When the two met for the first time, Alan was upset and was blocked by him on the road. He was almost shot to death by the old man in his family. Later, Hutt drove out of Carmarthenshire desperately in a broken car with broken windows and incomplete tires. Only then did he feel relieved.

That incident left a very deep impression on him, but thinking about it, after several years, he could still talk about it in front of this Excellency. Isn't this considered luck? !

…

"What do you want to talk to me about? Tell me."

Alan felt that he didn't seem to have much interaction with the Ministry of Noble Affairs now. Only the Gambia was operated in their name.

"Well... it's like this. Originally, I didn't have to come this time, but some people didn't dare to come to see you, so in the end this task fell on me."

Hutt didn't rush to say anything. Instead, he started to complain, saying that his colleagues were unwilling to come, and finally it was his turn to come.

But this word...

There was also a bit of showing off and flattery, proving that he had some friendship with Earl Allen and had some say.

…

"Oh……"

Allen smiled, but did not expose Hurt's words. As a human being...

Don't be afraid of conflicts. Talk them out and everyone can have common interests, then reconcile.

Knocking on the table, Allen smiled and said, "You came to see me this time and you weren't in a hurry to talk about things. You wanted me to keep you for dinner."

"Ah, no, no... Thank you for your invitation, I won't stay."

Although Allen was joking, Hurt really didn't dare to stay.

After a long pause, Hutt said softly, "Sir, have you paid attention to the recent international news?"

"How can I have the time to pay attention to international news? Someone scolded me in the newspaper a few days ago. I am so busy, I can only take out the little time I have left to respond to her. As for the rest... I don't care!"

"Well……"

Seeing that Allen was in a good mood, Hutt considered it for a while before gritting his teeth and said, "Sir, it is like this. Our nobles who have industries abroad are going to withdraw their investments in the near future."

"Uh-huh?!"

Alan was playing with Xiao Huang while listening to Hurt talking. He just hummed and suddenly reacted.

Withdraw investment?

Why divest?

“Let me withdraw my investment? Why? Where to withdraw?”

Alan leaned forward slightly, ready to see what reason Hurt was going to give him.

…

"Sir, the Americans criticized them for something like... freedom of speech, I don't know the details... Anyway, they are all trying to withdraw their investment and impose sanctions and blockades on them."

"???"

After hearing this, Allen immediately got angry.

"Fuck, the Americans are criticizing others for not having free speech? Why didn't they say anything when they removed my movie from the shelves a while ago? They still want to remove my movie because of free speech? Do you have any shame?!"

Hutt shrank his neck and dared not speak.

"Ah?! Speak!"

"Sir... This was not arranged by me. I was just delivering the message."

Hutt felt aggrieved, but was also somewhat fortunate. If it were someone else today, if the gentleman in front of him got angry, he might really dare to shoot someone with a gun.

…

"I don't care!"

Allen narrowed his eyes, stared at Hurt fiercely and said, "I don't care how your Ministry of Noble Affairs arranges it. Don't come to command me. Let the Americans eat shit! They can do whatever they want, but they are not qualified to command me! I won't listen!"

Hutt's face was embarrassed, and he said with embarrassment: "Sir...Your industry can be transferred to other places, there is no need to do this."

"Fuck! Can't you understand me?"

Alan slammed the desk with his right hand, and the door of the study suddenly opened. The bodyguard on duty outside pointed his gun at Hurt vigilantly.

…

"Sir! No, no, no... I am just delivering the message. It doesn't matter if you listen or not. It doesn't matter!"

Hutt held his hands up obediently, not daring to make any unnecessary movements.

Alan waved at the two bodyguards, signaling that they were fine. After the study door was closed again, Alan leaned back and sighed deeply, "I have hundreds of millions of pounds invested in China, and this is just the money to buy equipment, build factories, train workers, and thousands of workers. How big a business is this? You ask me to withdraw? Is it possible?!"

"Those stupid Indians, let them play with these machines, will they? What else can they do besides being interested in things with holes? If they can, what would I have done long ago?"

The more Allen thought about it, the angrier he became. Looking at Hurt who looked aggrieved, if this kid wasn't honest, he really wanted to take it out on him.

…

"Your Excellency... please don't be angry. Many nobles have complaints, but this is all arranged by the higher-ups. What do you think..."

Hutt changed his camp very servilely and comforted Allen carefully.

"What am I looking at?! I'm not looking! Fuck the Americans, let them die, you go back and report, just say I know, but I'm not going to withdraw!"

"Your Mightiness……"

Hutt stood up hesitantly. He couldn't persuade him, but how could he go back and report with such words?

Allen looked at Hurt with a gloomy face and said, "Take my exact words back. Who ordered the withdrawal? Let them come and tell me in person. If it is the Americans' idea, let them come and tell me! Let's see if I will stuff a 600mm torpedo in their mouths and sink them to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean!"

“…”

Hutt swallowed and wisely prepared to retreat. Seeing that Alan was getting angrier and angrier, he knew that he was just a messenger and there was no need for him to endure this anger that did not belong to him.

"Okay, I'll remember that, sir. I'm really sorry to bother you today."

Hutt saluted very honestly by touching his chest, and his etiquette was very perfect, so perfect that Alan just watched him tiptoe out of the study without calling him.

After Hurt left, Allen waited for a few minutes before he rang the bell. When the servant outside the door poked his head in, he said, "Send Ceylon over."

…

Listening to Alan's brief account of what happened, Ceylon frowned and thought for a moment before telling Alan about the recent international situation.

It can be said that the situation is ever-changing.

America needs to find new potential targets, and then...

Looking at the outside world, there are not many big ones except "our own people".

This is the situation at the moment.

As for the need for Western capital to withdraw its investment, this is also somewhat affected by the United States.

The two sides had a falling out, and many people were implicated.

What are blockades and sanctions?

Withdrawal of investment is the first step, and the attitude must be shown. This is a common tactic used by the United States.

…

Allen frowned, listening to Ceylon's analysis, and suddenly raised his right hand, interrupting Ceylon and asking, "Is there anything about Thatcher? Will she interfere and target us?"

Information is limited nowadays, so what’s the point of just listening to one side of the story?

Besides, Allen still has a backup plan.

"Won't!"

Ceylon rejected Alan's question very firmly and explained, "Sir, the Conservative Party will hold a general election next year. Your response to Thatcher a few days ago seems to have brought a lot of bad reactions. Thatcher has been tired of dealing with it recently. She can't spare any time to target you. I guess she doesn't respond now because she is afraid that you will continue to interfere."

"oh?"

Alan blinked. Why was he included again? Then he thought to himself that he hadn't done anything. He just wrote a short essay with very low attack power.

Seeing Allen's doubts, Ceylon thought for a moment, organized his words and said, "Sir... you have uh... set a certain pattern."

…

It turns out that, in Allen's mind, arguing with people in the newspaper is just like arguing with each other online in later generations.

The kind of online confrontation on Weibo.

With his internet thinking, since he has started to curse at each other, he has to give the other party a hard blow. According to the popular methods on the Internet, if he wants to deal with someone, he must dig up the other party's dark history, starting from the other party's childhood. Then, since there is so much time over the past few decades, he can always dig out some dark history. If he wants to play, he has to play ruthlessly!

But now...

People still attach great importance to personal privacy. Even if two parties curse each other in the newspaper, they usually start by talking about the other party's appearance, family background, education, voice, or some famous scandals they have committed.

But there are not many people who target others’ dark history from years or even decades ago!

Allen went up and used this Internet-style method to curse at the opponent, and the effect he achieved was...

The newspapers sold out during those days!

This is simply the result of a different way of thinking.

He thought that this was something very common, but it actually opened up many people's minds, and then...

Competition within the party was a big deal, and Thatcher's opponents would not let her go. Following Allen's idea of ​​exposing people's past, they fabricated a lot of negative information about her.

so……

Thatcher really has no time to confront Allen now.

"Is it possible?"

Alan began to doubt his life a little bit.

Ceylon looked at Allen with admiration, this is the genius in the news media!

What a pity...

…

After the two analyzed the situation, they found that the current situation was very clear. Many investors withdrew their investments not because of the Americans' demands, but because they were afraid of being implicated or even targeted.

If we all retreat together now, it will at least be safer and the losses can be minimized.

"Boss, this is the situation over there, are you ready?"

"It doesn't matter!"

Alan shook his head confidently, the situation had been clarified and there was no big problem.

He is not afraid of others, as true friendship is revealed in times of adversity.

Alan thought to himself that he was just producing and doing business normally, paying taxes honestly, and treating his workers well, and there was nothing wrong with that.

Moreover, he gave Counselor Wang a tank worth millions of pounds!

For him, this thing would just take up space at home, and it wouldn't be worth selling, but it would be of great use if it were given to someone who needed it.

now……

Finally, the time may come when this favor may be needed.

Is it worth spending millions of pounds to protect your business worth hundreds of millions of pounds?

In Allen's opinion, it's worth it!

When doing business, no matter where you go, in addition to abiding by the rules, you also have to maintain good interpersonal relationships and social skills.

He is doing business honestly, and this time he will not give the Americans face and will not withdraw!

I'll write a letter to Counselor Wang later to ask about the situation and mention my concerns.

As long as your own business is doing well, it doesn’t matter how much other people love you!

…

"Okay, pay more attention to the situation in this area in the next few days, and report to me if there are any problems."

“Okay boss!”

Ceylon stood up, laughed, said hello and went out.

Alan thought about these plans for a long time and felt a little hungry, so he called the servants to order some cakes.

Before the servants serve the meal.

Alan sighed, put the almost asleep Xiao Huang back on the desk, put away the essay, and moved out the folder next to it.

There have been too many things happening recently, and there are things happening everywhere. Alan obviously feels that his energy is being seriously stretched.

…

Look at this information report about Bentley.

The other party is now under the management of a certain military-industrial group.

This military-industrial group in Britain is not large in scale, but its connections are extremely strong, so strong that even Allen cannot afford to offend him.

Fortunately, there was no conflict with the other party, and after Hut's inquiries and contacts, the other party seemed very willing to sell the Bentley.

It’s not that Bentley can’t make a profit, but their profitability is very low!

Bentley is now in a state where neither his grandmother nor his uncle loves him.

Not only do they have this military-industrial group above them, but they also have the "big brother" Rolls-Royce under pressure.

Whenever I want to design something myself, I always get stuck. Some people have to use a main design due to cost considerations.

All they can do freely is to make slight modifications to the appearance and the interior.

How can we expect a brand to make a profit when it’s in such a mess?

Not paying compensation is already considered very capable of these people!

It is a hand-made car, not mass-produced. In addition, the labor costs of the British are here. They only differentiate themselves from Rolls-Royce by a little difference in the interior, and they have to make enough profit to support themselves. Speaking of which...

The people in charge at Bentley were all shedding bitter tears, like a wronged young wife.