Chapter 971 Expansion of scale
During this period, the first round of investigations into other members of Barron's previous security team had been completed. Through this investigation, no signs of other people being involved in this operation were found.
This includes an investigation of all information on these individuals and their family members, including bank accounts, communication records, and even further, background checks on everyone they have come into contact with within five years.
Of course, this is only the first round of investigation, and more detailed investigations will continue in the future.
Now that these people have been basically cleared of suspicion, they have been released from quarantine.
It's just that for safety reasons, they can no longer enter Barron's personal security team - these people naturally understand what happened by now.
Fortunately, His Highness the Duke is safe and sound. Otherwise, under the anger of all those who have interests in him, it would be difficult for these people to stay out of the matter, regardless of whether they are innocent or not.
Of course, the only regret is that they lost a member of His Royal Highness the Duke's personal security team, such a lucrative job.
But as professionals with rich relevant skills, these people will naturally make the best use of their resources. They can stay at the Munger base as instructors, join the Protector Military Services Company, or choose to join the G4S security company.
It's up to them to decide according to their own wishes. No matter what, they can get a position like a small supervisor, which is already satisfactory.
In the past two years, as winter arrived in London, Barron and his family would spend the winter on the island of Lanai, Hawaii.
It's just that because of the assassination of Barron that just happened, for safety reasons, they will stay in London this winter and no longer go overseas.
After all, although Barron has "reconciled" with some consortiums in the United States, the hostility between him and Mossad has not been lifted. After the British announced the expulsion of two Israeli diplomats, although the Israeli side expressed It regrets this behavior, and its ambassador to the UK has also specifically communicated with the British side about this, but the UK still expresses a relatively tough stance towards Israel.
As we all know, Mossad is very good at terrorist attacks and assassinations, and Barron also needs to be prepared for this.
It's not that he doesn't trust his current security team, but at this time, there is no need to take risks. "A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall." From now on until 2015, it is his view of the next stage. During the important planning period, he didn't mind temporarily keeping a low profile.
Due to something that happened before, Barron missed the groundbreaking ceremony of the British High Speed Rail Line 2 that he was originally planning to attend after returning from Colo.
At present, High-speed Railway Line 2 has been contracted by a consortium of Chinese engineering companies, and track laying has begun.
This time is different from the previous life. At that time, the route planning of High-Speed Rail Line 2 was revised and modified due to budget problems, and finally survived six prime ministers. When the seventh prime minister came to power, it was still far from completion... …
According to China's plan, after detailed geological exploration, they will be divided into four engineering bases and constructed at the same time.
In other words, they were built simultaneously in four locations: London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.
The engineering team in Birmingham, located in the center, will be the largest, because the engineering base in Birmingham will be built in three directions: London, Manchester and Leeds at the same time.
Because the entire high-speed rail line 2 is in a Y shape, and Birmingham is located at the intersection in the center.
If it is built in this way, the progress of the entire project will be greatly accelerated, but at the same time, it will also be a great test for the organizational ability of the entire project construction.
The Chinese enterprise consortium's quotation for the entire high-speed rail line 2 railway construction and high-speed rail station construction is far lower than the original estimate of the British government. If the construction cycle can be shortened, then it can be said that China's engineering construction will be better here. The performance in the construction of a high-speed rail was perfect - they also regarded this project as a model project in Europe. After all, at this time in China, their high-speed rail projects were only in China, and they did not have any overseas projects. A commendable project. If they can perform brilliantly in this project, it will naturally be a boost for them to undertake a series of high-speed rail projects in Europe in the future.
But having said that, although China's quotation this time is much lower than the original budget, compared with China's domestic high-speed rail projects, its cost is still much higher.
After all, British high-speed rail projects need to take care of local construction companies. Although the general contractor this time is a Chinese enterprise consortium, the subcontractors still include many local small and medium-sized enterprises in Britain.
They are also civil servants. Of course, the native civil servants in England are far inferior to their Chinese counterparts in terms of "manufacturing resistance".
“I heard that British Automotive Group is planning to expand its electric vehicle super factory in Birmingham?”
It seems that with the general election approaching - only a year and a half before full calculation - Cameron is particularly concerned about the economy. After learning that the British Automobile Group was preparing to expand their super factory, he came to find Baja. Lun.
"Yes, there is this plan. After all, you know, the sales of Jaguar TYPE electric models in Europe last year were satisfactory."
“Indeed, this is the only electric model in Europe that can compete with Tesla in the field of electric vehicles.”
Cameron did not hesitate to praise him and said instead:
"Then don't you consider building another electric vehicle factory in other cities? The government can provide preferential policies..."
"Well, we still need to consider costs, and we also need to proceed steadily. Although more models will be launched this year, it is not just Tesla. China's electric vehicles are also developing very rapidly. In addition, German and Japanese car manufacturers still have Competitiveness, so..."
Barron could only decline Cameron's proposal:
“However, we will add two production lines to the Gigafactory in Birmingham, which will also provide a lot of jobs there.”
"But your super factory is an automated production line. I have visited it and it is very advanced. There is not much demand for employees..."
Cameron said with a little regret.
There is no way around this. After all, although Jaguar TYPE is relatively a high-end model and competes with brands like Mercedes-Benz and BMW, it still needs to increase its competitiveness in the face of Tesla.
In the past year, if the best-selling electric car in North America was Tesla, then in the European market, Jaguar TYPE was the darling of the electric car field.
For example, when the Jaguar TYPE electric car was launched in the Norwegian market at the beginning of this year, it broke the local sales record in the first week, selling 350 vehicles...
In the past year, Jaguar TYPE's total sales in Europe were as high as 15,000 vehicles, much higher than Tesla's less than 5,000 vehicles. Of course, Tesla's main sales market is in North America, and they sold 15,000 vehicles in Europe in the past year. More than 20,000 Model S vehicles were sold...
However, this also shows that Jaguar TYPE has finally achieved success. According to surveys, the main people buying electric vehicles in Europe are young people who pursue environmental protection and technology.
Well, Barron has finally tasted the sweetness of "environmental protection". For this reason, the Prosperous Earth Foundation has incorporated several environmental organizations in the UK and continental Europe, loudly shouting that everyone should pay attention to the future of the earth, and for the sake of environmental protection, they should buy electric cars... …
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