"The weather in London is really weird! It's not even evening yet, and the sky is already so dark that we can't see the road!" Du Yongxiao complained while riding in the car.
Tom, the butler, said: "Isn't it caused by smog? London has always been called the Fog City. Everyone thinks that the word Fog City is romantic. In fact, we Londoners have had enough of this kind of weather."
Jerry, the black driver in front of him, couldn't help complaining, "Yes, London has foggy weather for 28 out of 30 days in a month. Today's situation is a little better. After all, I want to see the sunshine after all." It’s such a luxury to be exposed to the sunshine!”
Du Yongxiao certainly understands the complaints of these two "London natives". Although Londoners like Dickens's "Oliver Twist", it does not mean that they like this hazy weather. Look at the street outside at this moment. It is obviously evening, but the London Transport Police But gas lamps must be lit as road signs to guide traffic.
"So if there is a way to change the status quo, I mean change the weather in London, and at least let you see more sunshine, would you be willing?"
"Uh, what?"
The white butler Tom and the black driver Jerry looked stunned.
"To be honest, you don't have to look at me like that." Du Yongxiao touched his chin, "If you want London to change, then drive quickly and let me see the distinguished Conservative Party leader Edward Sis!"
…
"Oops! There is nothing new in our proposal this time. Many of the ideas are old-fashioned. In comparison, the other party's proposal to promote long-term economic development is extremely powerful!"
A villa in London,
Edward Sis was in the living room discussing a speech proposal for this campaign with a group of Conservative Party members.
One member said: "Since they made such a suggestion, why don't we also make the same suggestion? It's up to us to see who is better!"
"Nonsense! If we do this, we can only follow the opponent's butt, and we will be ridiculed by the voters!"
"Yeah, we have to have our own unique point of view!"
"You can't learn from others, but you also have to be novel. It's so difficult!"
Everyone looked sad.
Mrs. Thatcher said: "Actually, we can find another way -"
"What about?" Edward looked at her.
Although Thatcher was a woman, Edward valued her very much and felt that she was more capable than ordinary men. In particular, he works vigorously and resolutely, which is very suitable for him.
"I haven't figured out the specific content yet, but -"
"But what? If you don't have specific content, don't talk about it!"
"Yeah, I thought you were so awesome!"
Others made sarcastic remarks.
Thatcher had to shut up.
Edward glared at the others, "What about you, besides learning from your opponents, do you have any other suggestions?"
"this---"
Everyone stopped talking.
Edward sighed. The conservative party thought that they were full of talents, but in the end they didn't even have anyone who could come up with ideas.
At this moment, someone came in and reported: "Sir, there is a Chinese named Du Yongxiao outside who wants to see you."
"Du Yongxiao?" Edward was stunned for a moment, suddenly he didn't remember who Du Yongxiao was, and was about to give orders to drive them away.
Mrs. Thatcher said: "Isn't he Mr. Howard's distinguished guest?"
A word reminds the person in the dream.
"I remembered! It turned out to be him!"
The last time Du Yongxiao visited Castle Howard, he met Edward and others.
In addition, Du Yongxiao gave sharp comments on Britain's future development trends and political and economic aspects at the scene, which opened Edward's eyes.
"Sir, do you want him to come in?"
"Um--"
Edward looked at everyone and said, "You guys should stay out of the way for now!"
"Okay, sir!"
As the leader of the Conservative Party, Edward is still very authoritative. With one sentence, everyone in the scene will disappear immediately.
"Let that Mr. Du come in!"
"yes!"
A moment——
Du Yongxiao walked into the hall with his personal butler Tom.
It was the first time that Tom came to such a place. He was so excited that he even trembled a little. He looked at Edward and thought that this might be the future Prime Minister!
As a result, he became even more excited.
In contrast, Du Yongxiao was very calm and not at all shocked by what he saw. He even took the initiative to say hello when he saw Edward: "Hello, Mr. Sis!"
Edward smiled and came forward: "Hello, Mr. Du!"
The two shook hands.
"Please forgive me for disturbing you for coming so late!"
"You are a rare visitor! Come on, please sit down!" Edward looked very polite on the outside, but in his heart he looked down on Du Yongxiao.
There is a huge difference in status between the two of them. What do you mean by coming here so rashly? If it weren't for Howard's sake, Edward would never have met Du Yongxiao.
As for Du Yongxiao's wonderful performance last time, Edward thought it was purely a coincidence.
Perhaps Du Yongxiao had studied some economic and political content in advance and then deliberately showed it to everyone. To put it bluntly, it was a kind of social opportunism.
Of course Du Yongxiao also knew that British politeness, including gentlemanly etiquette, was full of hypocrisy, so he planned to get straight to the point.
"Mr. Sis, actually I came here this time to give you a big gift!"
"Uh, give a gift?"
In Edward's surprise, Du Yongxiao asked the butler to bring out the gift.
Edward took it and saw that it was a sealed kraft paper document bag.
Quite mysterious.
Edward sneered inwardly and started to open the bag——
Inside is a manuscript.
"Uh, what is this?"
"This is the "British Smog Control Plan" written by me!" Du Yongxiao took the coffee brought by the maid and looked at Edward with a smile.
Edward was stunned, "Controlling the smog?" His eyes suddenly lit up, as if he thought of something.
Du Yongxiao saw the change in the other party's expression and couldn't help but admire him. No wonder the other party could become the leader of the Conservative Party and had a strong understanding.
In fact, London smog has always been a concern for Londoners!
Not to mention anything else, the "London Smog Incident" in 1952 alone caused Londoners to suffer a lot.
From December 4 to 9, 1952, the sky above London was controlled by a high-pressure system. The exhaust gases emitted by a large number of factory production and residents' coal-fired heating were difficult to diffuse and accumulated over the city.
The city of London was shrouded in a dark fog, with almost no cars on the road and people cautiously groping along the sidewalks. The electric lights on the street were dim and bright in the smoke, like little stars in the darkness.
Until December 10, strong westerly winds dispersed the terrifying smoke that shrouded London.
The London smog incident directly or indirectly caused the death of 12,000 people due to air pollution, and promoted the process of environmental protection legislation in the UK. Measures include promoting households to switch to natural gas and other heating, and moving thermal power plants away from big cities.
In 1954, London passed a special bill to control pollution. In 1956, the Clean Air Act was passed and became national law.
Nowadays, although the smog incident has passed for a long time, the haze situation in London has not eased. The treatment plan thrown out by Du Yongxiao at this time immediately reminded Edward that he could use this to make an issue, focusing on the "climate card" and "environmental protection card" ”, compete with competitors!
Besides, the governance plans written by Du Yongxiao are almost all practical methods from the previous life.
Edward didn't pay much attention to it at first, but the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and finally his whole body was trembling with excitement.
At the same time as he found a treasure, Edward once again looked at Du Yongxiao with admiration.
Du Yongxiao observed what was happening and saw Edward excitedly reading the manuscript, so he said: "We Chinese are very particular about reciprocating kindness. Last time I hit it off with Mr. Sis, I already regarded him as a confidant. Please accept your suggestion this time!"
Edward smiled and put down the manuscript in his hand, "The suggestions you made are good, but they are very difficult to implement! For example, you wrote above about controlling the emission of pollutant gases from large companies. This alone will make our party make enemies everywhere! And you We also know that most of our party’s funding sources come from donations from big companies, so won’t this cut off our financial resources?”
When Edward saw that Du Yongxiao was from Hong Kong, he was not afraid of him talking nonsense and directly pointed it out to Du Yongxiao.
Du Yongxiao smiled slightly: "Are you talking about campaign funds? Money, I do have some -"
Edward thought Du Yongxiao was bragging and said disdainfully: "How many?"
"Thirty million US dollars!" Du Yongxiao sipped his coffee and licked his lips: "Is that enough?"
(End of chapter)
