LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 520 "The Lonely Watcher"
These words were like pressing the pause button for the entire conference hall, and the other ministers present all looked at the Minister of Industry with strange eyes.
There is admiration, helplessness, and even gloating over the politicians who are old hands in the officialdom and have been able to climb to the position of ministers.
Although they can be said to be stupid on some issues, they can be considered leaders in interpersonal relationships and official struggles.
They didn't expect that the Minister of Industry was so stubborn that he couldn't see the situation clearly at this time.
Interrupting the Prime Minister at his most proud moment was undoubtedly a public fall-out, no matter what the final outcome of today's meeting was.
At least the fate of the Minister of Industry was already doomed at this moment. No prime minister would allow someone in his cabinet to challenge his authority like this.
No matter what the other party's purpose is in doing so.
This was the mood Jim Hack was in now, and he looked at the Minister of Industry with shock and unspeakable anger.
Of course he couldn't go back on what he had said before, so he could only suppress his anger and speak.
"John, if you have any dissatisfaction with Sir Humphrey's plan, you can tell us now."
"You have plenty of time to express your opinions now, so feel free to speak up before you have fully expressed your opinions."
"I think there is no reason for anyone else here to leave this conference room."
Hearing this, the Minister of Industry's heart instantly sank. He knew very well that today might be his last time to attend a meeting here.
His time as Minister of Industry might end completely the moment he stepped out of this conference room.
This is undoubtedly a devastating blow to many politicians who have been working in London's political circles, and means that more than 10 years of hard work have been completely wasted.
From then on, his political career was completely over. No matter from which perspective, this was a very unprofitable deal.
But this Minister of Industry never cared about buying and selling. He was one of the few technical ministers in the entire British Empire.
This upright and honest man has never been willing to participate in those deceitful political deals.
He always believed that since he had already sat in this position, he should live up to the voters who elected him.
At the same time, as a senior technical elite who had worked in many industrial enterprises, he witnessed the entire deindustrialization process of the British Empire.
Watching the industrial areas that once made the entire British Empire glorious are declining one after another.
Those factories that produced countless famous industrial products have turned into ruins one after another, just like the glory of the British Empire that no longer exists.
It seemed that he was completely gone and could not numb himself like the elites in the financial city.
They used those false financial growths to comfort themselves that the British Empire was still thriving.
Instead of being like those machines in the factory, which have long been rusted and are waiting for the whirlwind of history to turn them into ashes.
Countless times when he was drunk, he joked with the old workers that we were once able to build the best warships on the planet.
We manufactured countless fighter planes, tanks, guns and ammunition, and armed our troops to defeat Nazi Germany and liberate half of Europe.
But what about now? We have already lost the ability to independently manufacture and develop a new generation of fighter jets, new warships and tanks.
It is also necessary to rely on the industrial system of the entire Western world and adopt a mature framework system for patchwork procurement.
Although those weapons still look extremely advanced, they are actually just false illusions.
The day will come when the whole of Britain will not launch a single new warship, and the number of admirals may exceed the number of warships in service.
The British Empire will completely lose its ability to return to the center of the world stage and will completely become a vassal of the United States.
Become a strategic fulcrum for the other side to prevent European integration.
For those laid-off workers, these drunken words were just jokes after drinking, and no one took them seriously.
After all, for them, their abilities are too limited to do anything.
Only the Minister of Industry who uttered these words has to bear the loneliness and pain in his heart alone, and he is now at the top of the entire British political arena.
There didn't seem to be any ability to do anything, but now, things seem different.
It was for these reasons that he was so excited and stubborn when he learned about this huge investment plan.
Because he knows very well that this may be Britain's last chance to make good use of this joint investment from Europe and the United States.
Britain will be able to rebuild its entire industrial system and even complete industrial upgrading as long as it still has these industrial facilities.
Then in the future, Britain will have the opportunity to re-enter the center of the world stage, even if it is willing to bet its entire political career.
He had to say those words, too.
The Minister of Industry took a deep breath and spoke in a firm tone.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I have no objection to Sir Humphrey's proposal. His proposal is clear, professional and detailed enough."
"There is no problem with the feasibility either. Once the plan is issued, it can be implemented immediately and achieve results."
"But I have a question for you all: if a new science and technology industrial park is built in the suburbs of London."
"Then I would like to ask, is this new industrial park the hope for the industrial revival of the British Empire?"
"It is still international financial capital that has opened a new wound on British soil, allowing them to continue sucking the little blood left in the British Empire."
This question hit home with the other ministers present, including the Chancellor of the Exchequer who had earlier been arguing with the Minister of Industry.
They all lowered their heads and chose to keep silent, because this question was simply impossible to answer, and even if there was an answer, they couldn't say it out loud.
Seeing this scene, the Minister of Industry continued to go all out and ruthlessly lifted the last fig leaf.
Said sharply.
"If this new industrial park is built on the outskirts of London, as Sir Humphrey said, it can get help from the capital of the City of London."
"But it is precisely for this reason that this huge industrial site, which has exhausted the investment funds of the British government and the European Industrial Fund, has become a major industrial site."
"It will completely become another piece of cake for international capital. As long as their money flows into the industrial park, this park will no longer be just an industrial base."
"In pursuit of high growth, they will certainly make all kinds of psychedelic operations to meet the requirements of their financial operation story."
"Ultimately, in the near future, as many jobs as this industrial park can bring, will eventually cost the British Empire as many jobs as it can."
"The entire industrial park is like an insect caught by a spider. It is completely sucked dry, leaving only a useless shell."
"How about time? If we follow your plan, how long will it take for the new industrial park to be completed?"