Chapter 1117 Public Opinion
After the cruiser Luanda completed the rescue mission, not long after, the Titanic completely exceeded its carrying capacity, and the entire ship quickly sank into the Atlantic Ocean, setting off a stormy sea in the Atlantic Ocean. The lifeboats that were coming and going away were also affected.
There were still some lifeboats around the Titanic. The Luanda was mainly targeting the Titanic at that time. Naturally, it was estimated that the lifeboats that had been scattered around would be greatly dispersed. And the loss of the Luanda's rescue force outweighs the gain.
Some lifeboats, due to improper operation, did not leave the area affected by the sinking of the Titanic in time, and were also brought under the water of the Atlantic Ocean by this terrifying cruise ship.
After confirming that the Titanic had completely sunk, the cruiser Luanda began to return to the scene and released a huge rescue bomb to guide the lifeboats that had gone out before the Titanic sank to move closer to the Luanda .
The rescue activities continued until another British merchant ship arrived. At this time, the Luanda could only evacuate first. After all, the wounded and supplies took time, and the Luanda could not stay there forever.
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"The Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean..."
The news Ernst sent back from the Luanda was somewhat silent, because it was really a coincidence, because the rescue of the Titanic was not there at all. Ernst expected it.
Although Ernst knew the Titanic, a famous ship in its previous life, Ernst never thought about saving this tragedy.
The most important thing is that Ernst had no idea that the Titanic would sink this year. After all, sitting in Ernst's position, he received information about major national events every day. Who would care about Wanli? A British cruise ship.
As for the mission of the cruiser Luanda, it was completely arranged by the naval department. Ernst had no involvement at all, so this time the Luanda happened to encounter the Titanic was not at all under Ernst’s calculations. among.
Of course, this is not a bad thing for East Africa. It can still have a positive publicity effect on the international image of East Africa. Especially the cruiser Luanda, as an East African warship, rescued a British ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Cruise ships are still the most famous cruise ships in the world, and there is too much drama in them.
As for the arrangements for the cruiser Luanda, this aspect is naturally a good opportunity for the media of East African countries to promote East Africa.
Ernst said to Merk: "To commend all the officers and soldiers of the cruiser Luanda, this is an opportunity to show the good image of our army."
Merk nodded and said: "Yes, Your Highness."
For Ernst, now that the East African warship Luanda's rescue of the Titanic is a foregone conclusion, the next step is to maximize the benefits.
After all, so many people were saved this time, it is likely to have a huge impact on the trajectory of history. You must know that many people on the Titanic were rich or noble. Who knows what these people will do to the future after they survive. What kind of waves are set off in the long river of history.
Of course, history has changed a long time ago, so it is a done deal. Ernst does not care much about the interference of the Titanic incident on history. After all, Ernst himself is the biggest interference factor in the development of history.
"The publicity department should use this opportunity to greatly improve our image in European and American countries, especially in the UK. I believe that with the help of this Titanic incident, our public image in the UK can undergo earth-shaking changes."
East Africa has never had a positive influence in British public opinion. Even the East-British reconciliation has not been able to immediately change the British people's attitude towards East Africa.
As a world hegemon, Britain also controls the hegemony of world public opinion. Since the end of the South African War, the British government has relied on this hegemony of public opinion to conduct a dark campaign against East Africa for nearly two decades. Even the poorest patriot in East London can't help but spit on the ground when he talks about the country of East Africa.
In British public opinion, the image of East Africa can be said to be no less than their ridicule of the French or Americans. After all, the birth of East Africa destroyed the British grand strategy of colonizing Africa. East Africa itself It can be said that most of the more than 10 million square kilometers of land today are colonies of the British in the previous life.
Of course, what the British hate most is the disastrous defeat of the South African War. Although the South African War was advertised as a draw, everyone knows that for Britain, the most powerful country in the world, a draw is just a fig leaf. .
The UK, which could not defeat East Africa by force, naturally had to make up for it in other ways. However, the UK's economic sanctions were not significant, and only public opinion achieved revenge on East Africa.
All in all, the national image of East Africa is definitely not positive because of the small-mindedness of the British and the deliberate guidance of the British government.
At other times, East Africa would naturally not care too much about this, but at this time, East Africa needs the goodwill of the British to obtain more investments and loans from the British.
So Ernst said: "Now when we borrow money from abroad, the UK always looks down upon East Africa because of stereotypes and arrogance. This is definitely not a good thing for us."
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"After all, the UK is now the most capital-rich country in the world. We cannot ignore the UK if we want to obtain development funds, and the UK's long-term negative publicity against our country puts us at a disadvantage in trade with the UK."
Although Britain lost millions of square kilometers of black African land in its previous life because of East Africa, Britain is still the world's largest colonial country and maintains its position as the world's financial center.
In this way, even if the British industry is not included, the pound can maintain a strong currency value. After all, the pound can circulate in most parts of the world and represents the strongest purchasing power in the world today.
Therefore, it is impossible for any country to bypass the pound in its foreign trade, and the same is naturally true for East Africa. For example, the trade between East Africa and India must be completed with the pound as the main medium.
With enough pounds, East Africa can buy the goods, machinery and raw materials it wants in most parts of the world.
But it is also fortunate that the pound is far from as stable as the US dollar hegemony in the previous life. Otherwise, it would be impossible for East Africa to bypass the UK to achieve industrialization.
However, obtaining a large amount of pounds sterling is absolutely beneficial to the development of East Africa's domestic industry. However, the negative public opinion of the United Kingdom towards East Africa has affected East Africa's ability to obtain more pounds sterling through borrowing, investment promotion, or trade to accelerate the development of its own industry.
This is why Ernst wanted to use the Titanic as a breakthrough to change the British public's negative impression of East Africa.
Ernst: "The more favorable British public opinion is to us, the more industrial development funds we can obtain, thereby opening up the British colonial market in exchange for the resources and energy we want. Britain itself controls There is a market of more than 400 million people, and the Titanic incident also allows us to open up sales in this huge market of 400 million people.”
In the British colonial market, many British colonies were originally interested in the country of East Africa. The impression of the country will also be bad due to the attitude of the sovereign country, which is inevitable. For example, in the Far Eastern Empire in the previous life, a certain area colonized by the British. Even after the British left, the poison was still difficult to eliminate, and it has remained until the 21st century.
Britain directly controls the public opinion of nearly 400 million people. It can discredit East Africa by just writing a few articles. And now East Africa's rescue of the Titanic is a positive event that cannot be covered up. If it can be used well, not only It can greatly change the attitude of the British toward East Africa, and it can also greatly improve the attitude of the large market of 400 million people controlled by the British toward East Africa.
Emotions themselves can affect trade. After all, trade boycotts have been common in history. Similarly, the improvement of British public opinion towards East Africa can also greatly stimulate East Africa's foreign trade.
(End of this chapter)