Chapter 649 The madness before collapse

Although stains like London's smog cannot be avoided, from an absolutely fair and just perspective, the current British Empire is still the most powerful country in the world, and it is also the most advanced, developed, and prosperous country.

Many cities in later generations did not have universal subways. They were built in London more than 100 years ago. Even now, many London citizens enjoy such a convenient transportation method as the subway.

Because Australasia also has plans to build a subway, William also rushed to the London subway station to experience the earliest subway construction in human history, the Metropolitan Subway Line.

The development of human science and technology is accompanied by various accidents. Only when these problems are solved will it evolve into the seemingly safe and advanced technology of later generations.

The subway was not that safe in the first place. Because of the use of steam power, subway lines are filled with a lot of dust and steam. The air quality is not very good and bacteria can easily breed.

It was not until the popularization of electrification that electric braking outnumbered steam braking, which improved the environment of subway lines and made the subway more civilized and safer.

It is said to be a subway, but most of the Metropolitan Railway is still on land. Only some areas in central London are underground. After all, land in urban London is very expensive, and there is not much room to build subway roads and subway stations.

After all, the British have decades of experience with metros, and this is what Australasia needs to learn.

The populations of Sydney and Melbourne have exceeded 3 million and 2 million respectively. In order to improve the transportation in these two cities, it is also necessary to build subways.

Of course, there will also be a subway construction plan in the capital, St. Arthur's Castle, to enhance population circulation and economic mobility within the city.

The underground subway station also has another purpose, that is, it serves as an air raid shelter during the war, allowing more citizens to avoid being bombed by the enemy's air force.

However, in Australasia, such a situation should not be encountered. The closest great power to Australasia should be the island country. The shortest distance between the two countries is nearly 3,000 kilometers. It is impossible for current aircraft to have such a long range.

There is no need to consider aircraft carriers. Under the protection of the Philippines, Kalimantan and the entire defense chain, it is impossible for warships of hostile forces to approach the mainland of Australasia.

When improved radars are deployed on all coastlines, it will be even more impossible for enemy warships to get close to the coast.

This is the confidence that technological leadership brings to Arthur, and it is also the security guarantee that Australasia’s geographical environment brings to Australasia.

In addition to the subway, the British Empire also had many technologies that were a long way ahead of the world.

We have to admit that although various countries are accusing Britain of colonial invasion of other countries, the British Empire's advanced technology is indeed the most powerful in the world.

Although there are a large number of latecomers competing with the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom, which has not been weakened by the war, can definitely stand at the top of technology.

Precisely because of the huge advances in industry and technology brought about by the Industrial Revolution, the British Empire almost invaded the rest of the world and established colonies in these countries.

There are still many countries in the British Association in later generations, which always tells the glory of the colonial era of the British Empire hundreds of years ago.

Many people hate the British Empire for its crazy foreign colonization, but there are countless countries that envy the British Empire and wish they could replace it and become the top of the colonial system.

Precisely because of the power of the British Empire, the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family successfully took over the title of the world's first family from the Habsburg family.

The glorious history of the Habsburg family is just history, and the glory of the Gotha family is now.

Counting the British royal family that has been renamed Windsor, the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family rules four kingdoms, which also includes two great powers and two second-rate European countries. (British-Australian, Bibao)

Coupled with many duke titles, marriages with other families, etc., the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family has become the legitimate first family in Europe and has considerable prestige among many royal families in Europe.

It is precisely because of the blessings of such titles that the economy of the British Empire becomes more prosperous day by day, and the data becomes more exaggerated day by day.

What William didn't expect was that his marketing strategy was quickly copied by other real estate companies and easily started a new round of real estate boom in London.

The biggest result of this real estate boom is that the market value of all real estate companies has increased several times.

Even William, who wanted to exit early, had to smile and accept the fact that his company's market value had exceeded 5 million pounds.

However, this did not stop William's plan to sell off the real estate company, and even allowed William to speed up the sale.

Although it is a good thing that the value of stocks is rising like crazy, the proportion of this increase is so abnormal that it can only be described as crazy.

Somewhat similar to this current situation is the previous rubber crisis. Before the rubber crisis broke out, as long as a rubber company was listed, its stock price would increase several times or even dozens of times, basically leaving it empty-handed.

Although the current real estate industry is not that exaggerated, it is definitely not good news that the market value can increase several times in one day.

The news of the sale of assets by the Australasian royal family consortium cannot be hidden from everyone. This has also affected some foreign consortiums, causing them to join the ranks of selling assets.

However, a considerable number of people are still waiting and watching. After all, the power of the British Empire is now visible to the naked eye, and the prosperity of London cannot be affected by other things.

Especially the civilian class, who have not received any news, will naturally not reduce their enthusiasm for entering the stock market.

Under the influence of various forces, the economic news in London and even the entire British Empire is reporting good news. The financial statements of major companies also show huge profits. The stock price has doubled and the market value has increased by tens of thousands of pounds. Deeds.

In stock terms, this was a bull market that lasted for a long time and rapidly promoted the economic development of London and even the entire UK.

1 Funds entering the London stock market broke a new record, reaching a terrifying £19.24 million.

What is this concept? 1,141 tons of gold, this is just the amount of money entering the London stock market in one day.

It was also the large amount of funds that continued to enter the London stock market that made it easy for William to sell his real estate company and sold it for a high price of 4.82 million pounds.

Coupled with the more than 500,000 Australian dollars he has saved, William's net worth has officially exceeded 10 million Australian dollars, and he is definitely ranked high in the world.

What is even more exaggerated is the asset sales of the royal consortium. Although the total assets invested by the royal consortium in London (excluding the Benz Automobile Factory) only amount to about 15 million pounds, the value of these assets has generally doubled or tripled due to the boom in the stock market in recent days.

Although the sale has not yet been completed, it has already received more than 20 million pounds in funds, and is expected to earn at least another 10 million to 15 million pounds, which is definitely a huge profit.

This is far from the end. After the Great Depression, most major powers will experience an economic downturn.

Most companies in these countries will be at their lowest point in share price. A company with a market value of millions of pounds may not need more than 100,000 pounds when hunting for stocks after the Great Recession.

The tens of millions of pounds from selling properties can at least be used to buy companies with a current market value of hundreds of millions of pounds when they return to the UK stock market to hunt for the bottom in the future. This is also another good opportunity to make a lot of money.

William naturally understands this truth. He will not invest in any companies in the British stock market for the time being. Everything will have to wait until the crisis that Arthur mentioned breaks out.

Of course, even if the crisis did not break out, William would not be impatient. Tens of millions of Australian dollars is enough for him to invest in many industries in Australasia. As long as this money is used prudently, it will only make money, and the probability of problems is not high.

After all, William needs a background and capital, and he is one of the largest capitals in Australasia.

With the blessing of Arthur's huge reputation, the companies invested by William are destined to receive a lot of support from the government, and it is even more difficult to lose money than to make a profit.

In order not to make the British suspicious, but also to minimize Britain's losses in the Great Depression, William also explained to the British royal family when he divested.

However, William did not confirm the occurrence of the economic crisis. He only used relatively ambiguous words, expressed doubts about the crazy rise of the British stock market, and explained that Australasia's behavior was just conservative hedging.

The British royal family is not without smart people. It is impossible for them to stick to the London stock market and not care about their own interests just because they are the British royal family.

In fact, a considerable part of the British royal family's properties are also withdrawing from the London stock market, but the withdrawal is slower and as low-key as possible.

This is actually normal. There are problems with the British stock market data at first glance, but civilians have no channels to obtain real data.

For the British royal family, they still know whether there is a problem with the stock market, but they do not know the size of the problem and the seriousness of the harm it brings to the UK.

Although the funds entering the London stock market are constantly increasing, the funds flowing out of the London stock market are also increasing.

After this wave of real estate boom passes, it is a question whether the funds entering the stock market can exceed the funds flowing out of the stock market. The period when the two are close to intersecting and eventually reversing is exactly what Australasia expected when the London stock market crashed. time.

But in theory, the British royal family and government will definitely take certain relief measures for the stock market, so that the stock market will not collapse or the collapse of the stock market will not be too severe.

No one can predict the development of things. The economic crisis may happen immediately, or it may not happen at all.

But in any case, there is indeed a problem with the British stock market at the moment, and the withdrawal of capital in Australasia can also be explained.

Arthur is even looking forward to the global bargain hunting plan after the outbreak of the economic crisis. There are many companies in the UK and the United States now. These companies will undoubtedly be famous in the Fortune 500 in later generations. During the Great Depression, only There is a small price to pay, and Arthur will not miss this opportunity to make huge profits.

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