Farouk Legari did not deny it: "Mr. Chen, what do you think ......?"

"Don't think about it," before Farouk Legari finished speaking, Chen Geng waved his hand and said, "Farouk, we are friends, I won't lie to you by saying those nice things...... You should know better than me why your two batches of F-16s were detained by the Americans, and you also know that this involves the national strategy of the United States, and it is not something that can be done with a single activity. ”

“......”

Just as Chen Geng said, the reason why the United States decided to detain and not ship all the 71 F-16 fighters that were originally sold to the minibuses was not that the United States wanted to make more money from them, but that certain practices of the minibuses had already infringed on the national interests of the United States, and it was impossible for the US Government to make concessions on this matter, let alone find Chen Geng, even if it was to find Bush Sr. -- what if he was the current president of the United States? Without the approval of Congress, it would be impossible for these planes to be delivered to the minibuses.

It's just that, although Chen Geng said this, Farouk Legari still refused to give up, and asked tentatively: "Mr. Chen, is there really no way at all?"

Also, it is related to the $685 million that the minibus has paid to the Americans before, how can such a large sum of money be easily given up because of Chen Geng's words?

"I really can't help it," Seeing that Farouk Legari still seemed unwilling to give up, Chen Geng sighed and said: "In this way, for the sake of the friendship between Huaxia and Xiaoba, I can help you introduce some social activists who are active in Washington and are very influential on Capitol Hill, the White House and the Pentagon, you can ask them to see if they have a way." ”

The so-called social activists are, to put it bluntly, brokers, and Farouk Legari naturally understands this, he hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Then I will trouble you." ”

is still the same sentence, in the face of such a huge sum of 685 million US dollars, the minibus is resolutely unwilling to give up if it does not hit the head on the south wall.

"It's not troublesome," Chen Geng said indifferently: "But there are some things I want to tell you in the front, these social activists are not casual to meet, even if you can't get along, but the early 'project consulting fee' has to be paid, this is the industry rule." ”

What is the project consulting fee?

It's that you explain your situation to these brokers, and the brokers, after weighing it in their hearts, feel that this thing can't be done, but even if it can't be done, he says a "NO!" to you, but you still need to pay for this "NO!"

Farouk Legari nodded, indicating that he knew the rules.

"Then it's decided," Chen Geng said, "You can directly send your people to the United States, so that he can meet me in the United States, and the matter of the Soviet light aircraft carrier you just mentioned......"

Chen Geng is really curious, even in 2015, the minibus did not show the slightest intention of developing its own aircraft carrier, could it be that in 1991, they are ready to develop aircraft carriers?

The position of the minibus's territorial waters is quite delicate, and the territorial waters of the minibus that come out of the Strait of Hormuz and just pass through the Gulf of Oman are geographically an important sea oil channel.

In fact, the reason why the minibus did not have any desire to develop an aircraft carrier until 2015 is not unrelated to the very delicate geographical location of its territorial waters.

Sure enough, it was not unexpected by Chen Geng, in the face of Chen Geng's question, Farouk Legari smiled bitterly, but it was also true: "We want to, but the situation in our country is more special......"

Since it's special, I can't think about it for the time being.

Chen Geng nodded and didn't say anything more: At this time, the minibus should have "hooked up" with Cheng Fei, no longer hesitated, and began to prepare to cooperate with Cheng Fei to develop the "Super -7" fighter project, right?

Well, that is, the "Thunder" fighter that we are all very familiar with in the future.

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The minibus moved quickly, and a few days after Chen Geng returned to the United States, the people in the minibus contacted Chen Geng.

Chen Geng was also very happy, and directly took this small bus import and export businessman named Pervez Hatak to find his old friend: Jotson of Washington Joterson Consulting Services.

Hearing that Chen Geng was coming, Joterson happily came downstairs to greet him and gave Chen Geng a warm hug: "Fernandez, my friend, I'm so happy to see you." ”

"Old friend, it looks like your business has been good lately," looking at the red-faced Jotson, Chen Geng patted the other party's back and said with a smile: "Aren't you making a fortune again?"

"Huh...... It's okay," Joterson happily admitted: "It's all my friends who helped take care of the business......"

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Joterson looked at Pervez Hatak.

Chen Geng understood what he meant, nodded and said, "Jotson, this is Mr. Pervez Hatak, I think that he is an import and export merchant from the Middle East, and he may need your help with some things. ”

Importers and exporters from the Middle East?

Jotson's eyes suddenly lit up: those big dogs in the Middle East, all of them are rich!

Fernandez Chen's wealth is inflated, so he naturally can't look down on these big dogs in the Middle East, but he can't do it himself, and he has to transfer money to provide for the elderly comfortably, and these big dogs who are not bad for money are the best customers.

He immediately warmly extended an invitation to Pervez Hatak: "Mr. Hatak, is it? Please, Fernandez's friend is my friend, if there is anything I can help you with, please ask, don't be polite." ”

Looking at Pervez Hatak, Joterson always felt like a pile of moving dollars.

For a moment, Pervez Hatak was a little flattered: this Mr. Joterson was so polite.

Pervez Hatak is not without doing his homework, yesterday, Chen Geng told Pervez Hatak who he was going to visit today, after knowing who the other party was visiting today, Pervez Hatak also specially asked a friend to help understand the situation of Mr. Jotson, knowing that this Joterson has a great influence in Washington and is a very famous broker, because of this, he is still a little worried in his heart, worried that this Mr. Jortson will not be above the top, He was very arrogant, but he didn't expect the other party to be so easy to talk to, but soon, Pervez Hatak didn't think so......

"Mr. Fernandez, what the hell is going on?" After taking their seats in the reception room, Joterson did not look at Pervez Hatak, but asked Chen Geng.

"Jotson, this Pervez Hatak is the representative of the minibus," Chen Geng first explained the identity of Pervez Hatak to Jotsen, and then introduced: "You know, the minibus passed the 'Peace Gate Project 2' and ' The Peace Gate Plan 3 has purchased a total of 71 F-16 fighter jets from the United States, and now 28 of them have been completed, but for some reasons that we all know, the US government has launched sanctions against Pakistan, and Mr. Hatak is trying to find a way to see if this batch of F-16 fighters can be delivered to them on behalf of the minibus government......

Joterson didn't answer the question immediately, but first glanced at Chen Geng covertly.

Yes, Joterson knows all the entanglements and stories before and after these F-16 fighters, and naturally understands that it is absolutely impossible for the US government to hand over these F-16 fighters to the minibus, and it is precisely because of this that he is extremely puzzled by Chen Geng's actions: You don't know what is going on with this batch of F-16 fighters, why do you still do this useless work?

Chen Geng replied with a helpless expression covertly: I said it, people don't believe it, they always think they can try, what can I do?

After thinking about it carefully, Joterson also understood: the minibus had paid $685 million to the United States in advance, and this $685 million was too important for the minibus that has been plagued by drought all year round, has a foreign debt of $32 billion, and is facing a great threat from India in terms of national defense and security.

Just when Joterson was wondering whether to cheat Pervez Hatak - don't overestimate the work ethic of these brokers, these guys are really good when they do things, but if they meet a fat sheep that can be slaughtered, they are not merciless when they do it - Chen Geng spoke: "Jotson, I have a good relationship with the minibus, and I have many friends in the minibus, so if you think you can help in this matter, even if there is only 10% hope, we are willing to pay 100% But if you don't think there's any hope for this, just tell me. ”

Hearing this, Pervez Hatak was stunned for a moment, and then glanced at Chen Geng gratefully.

Of course he was not stupid, after the initial stunned, Pervez Hatak immediately understood why Chen Geng said this, but at the moment he couldn't say anything, so he had to express his gratitude to Chen Geng in this way.

But Jotson, although he didn't think of this at the first time, but soon, he was also relieved: if it wasn't for the very good relationship, Mr. Fernández would not have accompanied this Pervez Hatak to find him in person, but he himself had just forgotten about this layer, it was really damn good, he almost offended his friend.

Thinking of this, Jotson's heart sweated: he would never offend Chen Geng's "friend", and would rather offend other "friends" than Chen Geng's kind.

Jotson, who had adjusted his mentality, suddenly brightened the smile on his face by two points, and said to Pervez Hatak: "Mr. Hatak, you are a friend of Mr. Fernandez, and Mr. Fernández and I are also friends. The moment the war in Afghanistan ended, the greatest strategic significance of your country to the United States disappeared, and without this value, it would be absolutely impossible for the United States to hand over these F-16 fighters to you, and the hope that the United States would agree to hand over these F-16 fighters to you, let alone 10%, not even 1%, not at all. ”

After a pause, Joterson continued: "With my personal honor, you can tell you that this is the answer you can get from me, and you can get this answer from others—if someone tells you that he can help you convince the U.S. government to agree to deliver this batch of F-16s to you, then he must be trying to cheat you out of your money." ”

"That's ......"

To Chen Geng's surprise, in the face of Jotson's answer, although Pervez Hatak frowned twice, showing that he was very unsettled in his heart, he actually quickly adjusted his mentality and asked Jotson: "Mr. Jotson, thank you very much for your honesty, if you ...... I mean, if there's no hope for these F-16s, is there any way to get the U.S. government to return the money to us?"

"Give you back the $685 million?"

Chen Geng and Joteson glanced at each other, and both laughed at the same time: This joke is more funny, can the money that has been held by the Americans be returned?

What a joke.

"Absolutely impossible," said Joterson without hesitation, "Mr. Hatak, let me tell you, the U.S. government absolutely, absolutely...... 100% absolute ...... It is impossible to return this money to you. ”

"It can't be said that it is possible to retreat," Chen Geng corrected: "But the premise is that the US government first sells these F-16 fighter jets to a third party and then uses the third party's money to pay you, and it is absolutely impossible for the US government to return the $685 million to you from its own finances." ”

"Yes, that's it. Joterson suddenly nodded his head again and again: he ignored this possibility.

To put it simply, Americans are essentially a business people, and in this matter, now that the Americans have the money in their hands, they will do everything they can to facilitate the business.

But it is impossible for this batch of F-16s to be delivered to the minibuses, and the instinct of the businessman makes it absolutely impossible for the Americans to give up the business - once the money is returned, it will become a cancellation of the business.

But in order to be able to sell more F-16s in the future, they can't afford to lose the $685 million in minibuses -- although the Americans want to do it very much, they can't do this, and if this kind of thing happens, what will other potential users who are interested in buying F-16 fighter jets think: If you in the United States can afford to pay for the minibus today, will you be able to pay for it tomorrow? Don't say things like "we have a good relationship, I absolutely can't do such a thing," and so on, before that, you had a very good relationship with the minibus.

Under the circumstance that this business must be completed and at the same time the F-16 fighters must not be delivered to the minibus, it has become the most feasible way to sell the F-16s that were originally intended to be sold to the minibus to a third party, and at the same time pay the payment for the goods delivered by the third party to the minibus in the form of a refund.