Ford is an American company, but it has a car production line in the UK, which is used to enter the European Community market. This time, it was selected by Pamela Mountbatten as a pathfinder stone, to wait and see the government's fight against inflation and the union's demand for a wage increase. A confrontation of more contradictory situations.

Alan Wilson naturally cannot allow Ford Motor to exceed the 5% limit set by the government, but obviously the trade unions don't think so. Naturally, the higher the salary increase, the better. Your government can control British companies, but also American companies How about it?

What Whitehall means is obvious. The wage increase will only make British inflation rise again. This is a declaration of war against the government’s fight against inflation. The trade unions refute the contribution of British industrial workers to the country’s prosperity.

The two sides refused to give in, making this strike a stalemate, and the center of the stalemate was Ford Motor Company. On the one hand, it was the striking workers, and on the other hand, it was the government that put pressure on it.

"If the struggle fails this time, I think a 10% inflation rate is just around the corner." Alan Wilson explained the consequences to senior officials in Whitehall.

For the majority of people here, not to mention 10% inflation, even 100% will not delay anything, but people will change, and everyone’s salary increase means no salary increase. For the better, it will only give Labor opponents more reason to object.

Whitehall is actually helping the government, but it is clear that the Callaghan government lacks the determination to fight the trade unions, and the last election was not a big victory. After two years of by-elections due to various factors, resignations or illnesses, the Labor Party is barely in control The House of Commons, but fortunately, there is no hung parliament.

"Every step back by the government will increase the confidence of the striking workers." Frank shook his head and said, "Their appetite will become bigger and bigger, and sooner or later they will fall into the abyss."

"These unions have more than six million members, and the prime minister really doesn't dare to offend these workers." John Hunter sighed, he could understand Callahan's concerns.

"Don't offend the six million workers, but offend all British citizens. The six million industrial workers are a problem for six million people. Inflation is a problem for all British people." Alan Wilson supported his forehead and said, "Ford The company had better hang on, if compromised it would be the beginning of a chain of events."

Workers are a whole. Is it just Ford's business to raise wages for Ford workers? If Ford is solved, won't workers from other companies continue to strike? The truth is this, but the relationship between the Labor Party and the trade union organization, the MPs who value the approval rate more than their lives, really dare not act rashly.

"If the Conservative Party was in power, there might be different results." Burke Trend suddenly asked such a hypothetical question.

Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows. This was the first time he heard similar remarks in Whitehall, but since he started hearing them, it meant that this was definitely not a personal statement. He might have discussed it before he heard it.

"Can this year's recruitment solve this problem?" Alan Wilson asked, referring to the recruitment of civil servants, whether he could absorb a group of idlers.

"Since the oil crisis, our recruitment efforts have increased a lot, and now the number of civil servants in the UK has exceeded 600,000." Deputy Cabinet Secretary Armstrong replied, "If it continues to increase, isn't it?"

"Continue to recruit." Alan Wilson decided, "We have no other way. If one day the newly recruited civil servants have to return to society, that is also the responsibility of the government."

The final decision is still in the hands of the cabinet, and it is useless for Whitehall to be anxious here. After get off work, Alan Wilson decided to take a walk around to relax, sit with Vivien Leigh, and talk about David's stay in Xiangjiang.

"Now I know why you are so optimistic about Jack. Since Drunken Master was released for a month, it has received wide acclaim from all over Asia. I never thought that such a small place like Xiangjiang would have such a filmmaker." Vivien Leigh mentioned that the film has been released for a month. Zui Quan was amazed at his current achievements, and at the same time proud of his manly judgment.

"I said it earlier, kung fu movies can break through cultural barriers." Alan Wilson puffed out his chest proudly. It would be trivial to replace Jack Cheng's achievements with being knighted in the UK.

In fact, people didn't care whether he was knighted or not in the end. Compared with his achievements, the title was not worth much.

"There is such a superstar, we should really help out, we still underestimated Xiangjiang before. I don't know if there are any undiscovered treasures." Vivien Leigh has now developed a strong interest in Xiangjiang movies. The most important thing about movies is the box office. The box office is nothing.

"This is very difficult." Alan Wilson went through the actors in the golden age of Xiangjiang movies through his mind, and finally shook his head. Kung fu movies can break through cultural barriers, but other types of movies can't.

Whether it is a literary film or a comedy, if it is useful to the audience of one culture, it will be useless to a group of people of other civilizations.

Zhou in the fortnight is famous in Southeast Asia. What's the use of this? Liu Tianwang's reputation is not worse than that of Fortnightly. It must be explained that Liu Tianwang's status in Hong Kong movies is not bad. In terms of remuneration, it is not far behind Fortnightly. He is also a frequent visitor to the top five and top ten of the year. , As for Jack Cheng, he is ten times that of other stars at any time.

In addition to being a filmmaker, Liu Tianwang is also a singer. Separately, they are not the number one in their respective fields, but together they are very scary. The gap between the audience and others has widened, and even half a century later, he is still active. .

It has to be said that there are two movies that have sunk Xiangjiang movies. Jurassic Park directly won the historical championship in 1993.

Although "Jurassic Park broke the box office record in film history, it is not unbreakable. As the box office records of local films in Hong Kong continue to be refreshed, the second place in film history continues to change, and dinosaurs are also being approached step by step, but "Titanic" broke 100 million directly. The Hong Kong dollar has almost doubled the record. This should be the most exaggerated increase in the box office record, which almost means that Hong Kong films have no hope of breaking the record.

"Jurassic Park" and "Titanic" directly sank Hong Kong's film industry, which also became the beginning of Hong Kong's continuous stepping on the accelerator. .

If Vivien Leigh wants to borrow the strength of Xiangjiang movies in the golden age and thinks that Jack can be mass-produced, then she should give up her mind early. The whole Chinese world is like this. British local filmmakers can cooperate with Jack Cheng, but don't try to control each other.

Although Jack Cheng lives in Xiangjiang, his growth experience is traditional Chinese, and the theater troupe also pays attention to tradition. He is essentially not interested in Britain.

Vivien Leigh decided to release Drunken Master in the UK. Alan Wilson did not object to this, and let the market test the gold content. Anyway, the British film industry is now focusing on diversification.

There are no restrictions on the entry of films from Commonwealth countries into the UK market, but if local citizens are unwilling to watch them, there is no way, and Whitehall cannot just let citizens enter the cinema.

Of course, Britain has racial problems, but because it is a colonial country, it is not as obvious as the United States. Of course, it is not like France that dares to teach blacks that our ancestors are Gauls.

The racial problem in the UK can be seen from the strikes in the past two years. The trade unions are almost playing tricks and pushing immigrants to the front to confront the government.

The trade union federation is holding its annual conference in Blackpool during the Ford strike. Terry Duffy, a representative of the Labor Party in Liverpool, put forward a motion to ask the unions to ask the government to immediately stop intervening in all labor negotiations. The motion was passed, and the next day Callahan accepted the condition but reiterated that "the fight against inflation will not stop".

"Meeting the Labor Party seems to be getting tougher. In the by-election in October, the Labor Party lost another five seats and is already approaching the cordon of a hung parliament~lightnovelpub.net~ Frank came to the Cabinet Office and brought By-election results, "Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher has claimed to launch a vote of no confidence because of inflation. If our Prime Minister wants to survive his term in office, he can ignore it. "

"The whole world knows that the Prime Minister wants to be re-elected." Alan Wilson chuckled, "What is his identity now, and what is Mrs. Thatcher's identity? When will it be?"

Even Le Ge wants Lianzhuang to be the speaker, let alone the prime minister of a country. As the prime minister, you can accept the attention of all parties, but it is not the same thing as a backbench member in the House of Commons.

"We heard that Ford is preparing to compromise." Frank said in a long voice, "Things are not that simple. It seems that this time the government's retreat is a foregone conclusion."

On the second day, Citroen announced an 8% salary increase. After Citroen announced a salary increase, Ford of the United Kingdom made a compromise to the striking workers and promised a 15% salary increase.

The move by the two companies already contravenes plans for a stage three pay rise cap of five per cent that the Labor government and unions talked about last year.

Whether to appease or express toughness has become the question before Callahan. If there is no expression, a substantial salary increase in the whole of the UK will come soon. If he is tough, he will definitely lose his approval rating.

A salary increase is also a loss of support, and controlling salary increases is also a loss of support. When has the Labor Party reached the point where it is not human inside and outside? But that's how it is now. Some things just come here, and whatever you do is wrong.

British trade unions have spoken out to resist the government's claim that it will sanction companies that violate the 5 per cent wage increase, saying the sanctions are not legal. The Conservative Party also sided with the trade unions, so a rare scene emerged where the Conservatives supported the trade unions and fought against the Labor government.