MTL - Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981-Chapter 1057 East and West Germany

   Chapter 1057 East and West Germany

   Stayed in London for a few days, while Boss Yang and Alisha lived in a two-person world, while personally arranging affairs on the European side.

  Although more than half a year has passed since the famous Black Monday, the series of problems brought about by the stock market crash, especially the economic problems, have just been exposed.

  The economies of European countries have experienced a sharp decline after the stock market crash. In order to cope with the economic downturn, European countries have issued a series of preferential policies, especially the preferential policies for the introduction of foreign capital. All countries are very active in attracting foreign investment.

   Since World War II, in order to restore the economy, Europe has always been open to foreign investment, especially US capital.

  The reason is mainly derived from the famous Marshall Plan in the early days.

The official name of the   Marshall Plan is the European Recovery Plan. After the end of World War II, the United States carried out a large number of economic aid and reconstruction plans for Western European countries damaged by the war.

   During that period, Western European countries received various forms of aid and loans from the United States, including finance, technology, equipment, etc., by participating in the Organization for European Economic Cooperation and Development, and their economies recovered rapidly.

  American capital has had a profound impact on the development of European countries. Officially, because of the opening-up policy to American capital, European countries are particularly tolerant of foreign investment.

   From the fact that Li Chaoren was able to buy properties in the UK in future generations, it is not difficult to see what attitudes European countries have towards foreign investment.

   Since the 1970s, Europe’s post-war economy has been recovering and rising, and decades of rapid economic development have been interrupted by the middle.

The oil crisis made the European economy turn from fast to slow, and then from slow to retreat. The sequelae of the rapid development of the European economy for more than ten years, various problems began to be gradually exposed, and finally, under the impact of a global stock market crash, it was like the last pressure. Straw of the camel.

  Under the influence of the stock market crash, the conquest of European countries can be said to be the eight immortals crossing the sea to show their magical powers. At this time, everyone attaches great importance to foreign investment, so most of the expansion of Yang's consortium has not been hindered by any.

   The so-called "stretch your hand and don't hit the smiling face", the Yang consortium came in with the banknotes, and naturally no one would be turned away.

"Boss, in the next stage, I think our focus should be on West Germany. As far as European countries are concerned, West Germany's economy is currently the fastest and best in European countries. I think we should take the opportunity to start earlier. Better to get in."

   As for West Germany, Shen Porridge has studied it for a long time. He made a lot of suggestions before, but he never got a reply from Boss Yang.

  Although Shen Porridge is now leading the expansion of Yang's consortium in Europe, this does not mean that he can invest in any country he wants to invest in.

   In the financial aspect, the presidents of the various group companies under the Yang Consortium have no right to intervene. The same Shen Cong is only responsible for the expansion of the consortium, and the financial power is always in the secretariat's office.

   Moreover, Yang Chen also set a rule for the secretary's office, that is, large-scale investment, once the amount exceeds the specified number, it must be nodded by Boss Yang in person.

   "West Germany?" Yang Chen frowned upon hearing this.

  If he remembers correctly, the so-called East and West Germany will soon be merged and unified, and now the collapse of the polar bear has been highlighted.

  If there is no internal chaos in the Soviet Union, the economy is stable, and Germany wants to reunify, it is undoubtedly a nonsense.

   But Germany is about to be unified in a blink of an eye. A unified Germany will naturally be able to achieve great political achievements and international influence, but in terms of economy, it will undoubtedly increase a great burden.

  The economic development of East and West Germany is very unbalanced. Once Germany is unified, West Germany, which has a faster economic development and a higher standard of living, will be dragged down by East Germany, and there will be an extra fuel bottle.

   Investing in West Germany at this time is inappropriate.

After the end of World War II, West Germany received the aid of the Marshall Plan, and its economy quickly recovered and surpassed the level before the war. By the early 1960s, it once again became a capitalist economic power second only to the United States. enterprise.

   And East Germany was influenced by the big brother of the Soviet Union, and took the road of giving priority to the development of heavy industry and neglecting light industry.

  The planned economy made East Germany comparable to West Germany in terms of heavy industry. The economy of light industry was far inferior to that of West Germany. The economic structure was out of balance and there was a shortage of daily necessities. The gap between the two was comparable to that of the United States and the Soviet Union.

   West Germany is like the United States, it belongs to the rich, while East Germany, like the Soviet Union, belongs to Tiehanhan. In addition to muscles, poor people at home have to wait in long lines to buy a piece of bread.

When such two regions were merged together, in order to help East Germany recover and for the people of East Germany to return to their hearts, West Germany must make some sacrifices. After the reunification of the original historical Germany, the German government provided huge financial subsidies and subsidies to the former East Germany region. The capital has exceeded one trillion, which has dragged down the overall development of the German economy to a certain extent.

   Seeing Boss Yang shaking his head, Shen Porridge didn't understand.

   Shen Porridge asked, "Boss, is there any problem?"

  Yang Chen didn't hide it, and said bluntly: "The timing is wrong. You only see the good economic development of West Germany, but you don't look at the political trends in Germany as a whole."

   "The whole of Germany?" Shen Cong was taken aback for a moment, frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Boss, what do you mean?"

"Since the end of World War II, Germany has been divided into two countries, East and West Germany has been divided for decades, and the policy implemented by the German Democratic Republic has always strictly controlled the flow of people between the two Germanys. "

   "Between the two Germanys, both policies and speeches were strictly controlled, but in the past year or two, the speeches on both sides have gradually loosened up, especially in terms of media speeches, there are fewer and fewer taboos."

   "If this situation continues, then maybe Germany will be reunified that day. As for whether it is a peaceful reunification or a military reunification, it will have a great impact on Germany's economy."

   Shen Conge was puzzled: "What will be the impact?"

Yang Chen reminded: "Don't forget, the economy of East and West Germany is no longer on the same level, and the economy of East Germany is far less than that of West Germany. Therefore, even if Germany is unified, it will at most improve its international political status and influence. Economically, Maybe it will go down badly.”

   "Now the situation in Germany is not clear, it is better not to make progress lightly for the time being. We can establish cooperative relations with well-known German companies. As for investment, we will wait until the situation in Germany is unified."

   Nowadays, the Yang consortium focuses on stability, and the risk of merging the two Germanys is too great, especially since East and West Germany belong to two camps, East and West.

   In the following drastic changes in Eastern Europe, Germany will not be able to escape no matter what, whoever lets Germany be cut in half, can’t escape even if they want to, and can only bear the bitter consequences left over from history.

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   (end of this chapter)