"Jin, you have to give us an explanation for this!"
In a room full of Victorian classical style, the Duke of Burford looked at King William with a dissatisfied look. William, the Governor of Hong Kong Island, was his nephew, and King was the Earl William of this generation.
Not only Duke Burford, but also other nobles looked at Jin with unkind expressions.
Jin seemed to be very dissatisfied with William's operation, and said with a dark face: "William has indeed gone too far this time. I will definitely discipline him when he leaves office and returns to China in two years!"
In fact, Jin felt very happy when he said this. When most people in the House of Lords decided to continue to act like monsters in Hong Kong Island, Jin and some "entity faction" nobles felt very unhappy.
If Hong Kong Island is really disturbed, their trade in Hong Kong Island and even the mainland will be greatly affected. Even the good cooperation with the three giants in Southeast Asia may come to an end. Those "rent collectors" will not They were worried about not being able to collect the rent, but these "entity guys" were really in trouble!
They "real people" looked down upon Hong Kong Island at the beginning. Who knew that the development speed of the mainland and Hong Kong Island was like a rocket, allowing these "rent collectors" who unintentionally invested in Hong Kong Island to make a lot of money? , but they can only make money by being second-rate dealers. This has already made them complain, but now this group of people rush to the street and want to overturn the table!
However, most people agreed, and Jin and other stakeholders from the Entity faction could only express their acquiescence by saying nothing.
Unexpectedly, his eldest nephew William actually overturned the table first and asked Lian Shu to clean the Department of Justice. As a result, the Department of Justice now only has two or three kittens, big and small, and is basically in a state of suspension. When he thinks of this Jin felt secretly happy.
After listening to Jin's words, the Burford group cursed in their hearts. It sounded like they were very dissatisfied with William, but if you are really dissatisfied, just order William to return home immediately in the name of the head of the family!
What the hell will it be like in two years?
When the Duke of Burford wanted to continue to say something, the person sitting on the main seat, the 8th Earl of Crowley, spoke, "Now that the matter has come to this, let's leave things as they are on Hong Kong Island. After all, Hong Kong Even if the island side succeeds, it will just be the icing on the cake.”
He is the owner of this room, which is a room in a castle. This castle is very famous, its name is Downton Abbey.
But Chen Yi's view seems a bit stinky. In his eyes, this manor is used to make money regardless of its aristocratic glory, historical heritage, personal work by famous architects, and Victorian style.
Downton Abbey, located in Hampshire, Cowland, was founded in 1839 and was listed as a Grade I listed building in Cowland in 1953. It is a typical Gothic building built in the 19th century. The entire manor includes a castle, more than 20,000 The total number of acres of farmland, flower beds, roads, etc. is 5,000 acres, which is 20 million square meters.
The castle has more than 300 rooms, including 60 bedrooms. The interior is equipped with giant oak steps, a large number of rare books, gorgeous leather wall decorations and solemn coats of arms. It can be described as luxuriously decorated and costs 670,000 pounds every year to maintain it. , and also spent an additional 380,000 pounds to hire a large number of employees to take care of the daily cleaning and kitchen work of the castle.
The main part of the manor, the castle, was designed and built for the third Earl of Grantham of the Crowley family by Charles Barre, the famous architect who designed the Capitol Building of the Cow Country.
Well, this manor was named Highclere Castle in its previous life. It was the filming location of "Downton Abbey" and is owned by the Carnarvon family, a hereditary Earl family.
After the First World War, the aristocracy of the Cow Country was backstabbed by emerging interest groups composed of bankers, factory owners, and businessmen, forcing them to surrender many political rights and vigorously reform the tax law to increase land tax and personal income tax for the aristocracy. , the imposition of inheritance tax, which is regarded by the outside world as a sign of the decline of the cattle country's aristocracy.
The actual situation is that many nobles have decided to marry into these business giant families. For example, the Crowley family, the owners of Downton Abbey, married to the Rothschild family. The fifth generation countess Almina is from the Rothschild family. , Almina and the fifth Earl of Grantham led the Crowley family to successfully transform during their reign.
After so many years of marriage, both parties have influenced each other, and now the aristocrats and business oligarchs have basically merged into one and are indistinguishable from each other.
During the period after World War I, which was the most unfriendly period for nobles, the manor's management team was extremely reduced in size. There were 14 attendants and butlers in total, and more than 50 servants lived in the castle around the clock.
Well, this was a very dishonorable thing in the eyes of the nobles at that time. There were only 60 or so servants to take care of the 20 million square meters of manor. It was really shabby!
Now, the manor is open to the public, not only by selling tickets, for visits and other public affairs. An average of 70,000 people visit the castle every year, and 30,000 people hold public activities in the castle, such as games, Concerts, charity events, etc. In addition, rooms in the manor will be rented out as a venue for business social events, wedding banquets and private dinners.
Downton Abbey alone generates at least 200 million pounds in revenue for the Crowley family every year. The land here is calculated at 500,000 U.S. dollars per acre. The entire manor, excluding the added value of various roads and buildings, has an additional value of 150 million pounds. One hundred million U.S. dollars.
The price of renting Highclere Castle to the "Downton Abbey" crew in Chen Yi's previous life was 1 million pounds per hour.
Well, maybe Chen Yi seemed vulgar, but he didn't think it was him. After all, in the Niu Kingdom at the beginning of this century, it was heinous to use one's own house and yard as a money-making tool like this. To be more serious, He might even be boycotted and expelled by all the nobles.
But now these noble men in the Niu Kingdom seem to have infiltrated those business giants and were also influenced by them.
Since everyone comes out to make money, no one should call anyone cheap.
Downton Abbey is so awesome, so of course his master’s status is also very high. The godmother of George Crowley, the 8th Earl of Grantham, is the Queen.
Duke Burford and King came to Downton Abbey today to talk about William's affairs, and it was hosted by George. He was responsible for calming down everyone's atmosphere.
Now it seems that the "entity faction" like Zijing is obviously unwilling to give up the meat in their mouths. It's hard for Burford and others to say anything. After all, their industries on Hong Kong Island are all projects such as ports, real estate, and finance that make money on their own. The Jin group can only be second-rate dealers. Everyone makes their own money and no one affects anyone else.
Originally, last time the "rent collectors" group offered to set up a table on Hong Kong Island and use it as a bargaining chip in exchange for the US dollar reserves of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. They did not consider the interests of Jin and his group. Jin's "entity faction" also suffered from public outrage. Just stay silent.
But now that the Hong Kong Island plan has fallen through, they don't have to continue to think of ways to overturn the table and harm the interests of Jin and his group. After all, they still understand that cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents.
But now that the Hong Kong Island matter has fallen through, we have to spend money to fill the hole.
It’s not that these nobles don’t have money, but they don’t dare to act rashly after all considerations, so they rely on the small treasury on Hong Kong Island. After all, no matter how Hong Kong Island is, it is still a part of the empire, and it can contribute to the empire. What's wrong?
But now that William has made such a fuss and Jin, the representative of the "Entity Sect" group, has expressed his position, then Hong Kong Island is completely out of business, but the city still needs to be saved, otherwise if the Niu Kingdom collapses, their interests will also be greatly affected. Big impact.
George then said: "Have you decided? When will you take action to support the market?"
Jin pondered for a moment: "We will not enter until those common people can no longer support us."
"Okay, so be it. As long as the increase remains like this for another half month, the situation will be stable."
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