Despite the difficult economic situation in post-war Britain, the stock market was thriving. In particular, the industrial index on the London Stock Exchange soared from 103 points to 118 points between Germany's surrender and Attlee's election as Prime Minister, and it continues to be bullish.

Ernis chose the best time to take pharmaceutical companies public – during the war, the London Stock Exchange was closed in three days, and people didn't have much thought about investing in stocks. In six months, the British Labour government will enact the Investment Control Act, which will limit the number of new shares issued and the scrutiny will be extremely strict.

Now listed just in time for the first express train of stock market recovery, but all industrial stocks will roll and soar. When the "Investment Control Law" is promulgated, it will be difficult to issue new shares, and it will once again trigger a new wave of investment, and people will frantically buy old shares that have been issued.

However, for speculators, the British stock market is not friendly at this time. Although it seems that what to buy is rising, the nerves of the British people are extremely fragile, and the slightest turmoil in the international situation will cause the British stock market to fluctuate.

For example, in August 1948, when the Soviet Union suddenly blockaded Berlin, the British stock index immediately plummeted - wow, is there another war? Sell your stocks.

Zhou Hexuan only hopes that the Labour government will not target his pharmaceutical company, otherwise it may be nationalized one day. Historically, the British steel industry has been in a state of flux, nationalised by the Labour Party in the early 50s, and soon privatized by the Conservatives, then by the Labour Party, and then by the Conservatives...... This tossing and turning can make people confused.

In the beginning, the policy of nationalisation and privatization was driven by the support of the national economy, but it gradually became an instrument of political struggle between the Conservatives and the Labour Party, and entrepreneurs were caught in the middle.

It's better to be in the United States, it's a paradise for capitalists.

Zhou Hexuan can't figure out how much money he has now, anyway, the stock price of "Royal Pharmaceutical Company" has increased 12 times in a week. Although the war is over, the patents for sulfonamides and penicillin are there, and these two miracle drugs are enough to last for 20 years, and investors have already killed their eyes.

George VI has reached the point where he treats money like dung, and the king does not make a fuss about increasing his stakes, and he does not care about the rise in the stock price.

On Sunday, Zhou Hexuan visited Buckingham Palace and found that George VI was a little nervous. He was irritable during the war, and after the war he suddenly relaxed, smoking, drinking, and indulging in indulgence all day, and it was said that he smoked several packs of cigarettes a day, no wonder he developed lung cancer a few years later.

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On July 26, China, the United States, and Britain jointly issued the "Potsdam Proclamation": The Allied war against Japan would continue until Japan completely ceased resistance, and the Japanese government must surrender immediately.

At this time, the Soviet Union's military strength in the Far East was still weak, and Stalin, fearing that the Japanese would be in turmoil, did not sign the Potsdam Proclamation for the time being. The Japanese government refused to surrender and shouted the slogan of "100 million people are broken".

On the same day that Japan refused to surrender, the "kamikaze" made another sortie, sinking the American heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis in a suicide attack, which had just finished carrying atomic bombs and was about to return home.

Let's take a look at the Chinese version of the team song of the "kamikaze": "Kamikaze is a warrior and a hundred victories in the Pacific Ocean...... The athletes are heroes and heroes. ”

The song was written by a Chinese, Chen Gexin, the author of "Night Shanghai". This big traitor too!

Years later, Ms. Lung Ying-tai gave a speech at the University of Hong Kong, where she was extremely nostalgic for the cultural traitor Chen Gexin, and used Chen Gexin's death to satirize the persecution of artists in the mainland. As a result, the teachers and students of the University of Hong Kong collectively sang "My Motherland" in response (interested friends can search for relevant videos).

On the third day of the Potsdam Proclamation, Zhou Hexuan met Churchill in London. This dude slipped away before the meeting was over, and he didn't even attend the closing ceremony, because he was no longer the protagonist.

"How many years to write something like that?" Churchill was carrying a manuscript of tens of thousands of words of "The Legend of the Galactic Heroes" with a disgusted face.

Zhou Hexuan said angrily: "If you don't want to see it, give it back to me." ”

Churchill hurriedly put the manuscript away, smoked a cigar and said, "Put me here first." You have to speed up, don't wait for my memoirs to be written, your "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" is still being serialized. ”

"Take your time, don't rush." Zhou Hexuan said with a grin.

Since Japan sent troops to Southeast Asia, "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" has been discontinued in the United Kingdom because it is too difficult to send manuscripts. The serialization resumed a few days ago, and the British Yinying fans were so excited, I didn't expect to see the follow-up content in my lifetime.

Churchill slowly flipped through the manuscript, crossed Erlang's legs and said, "I heard that you have been under house arrest by that little stupid donkey for half a year?" ”

"You're very well-informed." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

"The British ambassador to China said in his letter," Churchill said, "that little stupid donkey is the most idiot national leader I have ever met, and his brain is made of wood, and he can't communicate at all." ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled and asked: "Are you jealous that he hasn't stepped down yet, and you yourself have nothing to do all day?" ”

"Jealousy? Hehe, I'm going to be jealous of him? It's a joke. Churchill's face was a little unpleasant, and he was clearly haunted by Attlee's appointment as Prime Minister.

Zhou Hexuan comforted: "Look at the point, the British don't need war now. ”

Churchill shook his head and said: "Britain still has too many international problems to solve, and Attlee's diplomatic philosophy is too weak." Look, the British will find out that they need a tough prime minister, and in another four years I will make a comeback. ”

Lost self-confidence.

Instead of talking about politics, the two talked about literature, and Churchill was about to start his Nobel Prize in Literature.

For the next month, Zhou Hexuan brandished money to buy and buy in England, specializing in old manors and castles. The tourist attractions of the future are now cheaper than the other, and the cost of renovation is estimated to be higher than the house price.

As for British enterprises, Zhou Hexuan is not ready to take over, because the future nationalization reform of the Labor Party is too powerful.

The real investment hotspot is Japan, which will be in ruins after the war, and how cool it is to buy a few blocks of land in Tokyo, and you can build a house and collect rent for the rest of your life.

In the 1980s, when the Japanese were clamoring to buy the whole of the United States, Zhou Hexuan could stand in the center of Tokyo and say, "This street is mine, that street is mine, well, a few streets over there are still mine." ”

The time soon came for Zhou Hexuan to strike, and on August 9, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

The last straw that broke the camel's back had appeared, and the next thing to do was to wait for Japan to surrender.