After John's departure, John Major immediately organized a cabinet meeting on the conditions that John had just proposed, and as John expected, John Major consulted with the cabinet members for a long time, and finally found that they had no choice at all.

For John Major only, if he did not choose to cooperate with John, the exchange rate of the pound would definitely not be maintained, and the final result would be the withdrawal of Britain from the "European exchange rate system", and the international copyists would leave happily with the hard-earned money of the British people, and the British economy would regress for several years.

In this way, both the people and the parliament will blame him for the failure of this financial war, and when the time comes, let alone re-election, it is a question of whether he can sit firmly in this term, as long as half of the members of the parliament vote no confidence in him, then he can only resign as prime minister, and years of hard work and ambition will eventually come to naught.

For the government, the fifth-generation fighter is related to national strategy and security, Britain can not refuse, at present, no country in Europe has the strength to develop the fifth-generation fighter alone, maybe Germany and France together have this strength, but these two countries will not take Britain to play together, especially Germany, so once Britain refuses John, can not participate in the research and development of the United States' fifth-generation fighter, then the future British military power in the air will not be able to compete with other countries, if there is a war, the consequences are unimaginable.

Therefore, whether it is from the perspective of John Major and the cabinet, or at the national level, John Major and the cabinet members did not have the confidence to reject John, and there is only one way in front of them, that is, "cooperation".

"I suggest that since you want to cooperate, then come up with a copy of the case as soon as possible, my side can no longer hold on, and when the market opens tomorrow, the depreciation of the pound can no longer be stopped. Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont said, raising his hand to his forehead in frustration.

He used all means in this day's confrontation, first asked Germany to cut interest rates again, and after being refused, he could only raise the interest rate twice, but in the end, the exchange rate of the pound still failed to stand at the minimum of 2,778, and what was even more terrifying was that the government prepared 36.9 billion for this financial war, which has now been used more than half, as long as the market opens tomorrow, the international copyists will definitely sell the pound more frantically than today, and the remaining half of the money may not last even a day at that time, so he hopes that since he can only cooperate with John, then quickly formulate a plan and strive to reach an agreement before the market opens tomorrow, so that John's money can be put into the market at that timeto help the UK stabilize the exchange rate of the British pound.

"I agree with Norman Lamont. ”

"I agree with ....... ”

Norman Lamont's suggestion was finally agreed by all.

In order to seize the time, after the consensus was unified, the cabinet members discussed the plan all night, and according to the usual times, this kind of acquisition plan could not be drawn up in a few months, but now is a special period, and they can only do special things to grasp the key points in the acquisition, and the rest of the side things have no choice but not to pursue them.

When the sun rose again on a new day, and after a night of deliberating on a simplified version of the takeover plan, the cabinet members walked out of the Prime Minister's residence exhausted and ready to go home to take a shower and rest, but John Major and Norman Lamont could not rest, they had to rush to Buckingham Palace with the proposed purchase contract to reach an agreement with John before the market opened.

"Mr. Morgan, after deliberation, we agree to your proposed cooperation. John Major looked at Norman Lamont and motioned for him to hand over the draft to John. "This is our initial plan, you see. ”

"Okay. John smiled and took the draft and read it.

In the draft, the British government agreed to John's acquisition of 80% of Rolls-Royce, but the purchase price would be $8 billion.

After the acquisition, Rolls-Royce could not move out of the UK, and John had to invest $100 billion over two decades in Rolls-Royce technology research and development.

In addition, the government will also assign relevant supervisors to oversee the financial and management of Rolls-Royce.

Finally, there are some political strings attached.

For example, the United Kingdom will participate in the research and development of the fifth-generation fighter of the United States, become the only first-class partner, and enjoy the right to purchase at the lowest price at the first time after the successful research and development, and the initial number of purchases is planned to be 400 aircraft.

Second, Rolls-Royce must be involved in the research and development of some core technologies of fifth-generation fighters.

Finally, the United States must also lend $100 billion to the British government without interest.

John looked at the demands and frowned, pondering the pros and cons.

In terms of acquisition requirements, there is no big problem overall, and although the $8 billion acquisition fund is slightly higher, it is only a 36% premium, which is not unacceptable.

As for investing $100 billion in technology research and development over two decades, that's no problem. The aero engine industry is originally a large investment, long cycle, Although there is a British government that wants to use his funds to improve the purpose of its own aero engine technology, John does not want to use British talents to develop engine technology for the United States, so this is a mutual use of cooperation, the British government does not spend a penny to improve the technology of its own aero engine, and John only needs to contribute a little money, you can get the top talent in the British aero engine industry. Everyone takes what they need, and no one takes advantage of anyone.

As for the dispatch of supervisors, John had no problem with that, as long as they did not interfere with the normal management of the company.

As for the political conditions attached to the takeover, John was not so happy.

For example, the United Kingdom will participate in the research and development of the fifth-generation fighter of the United States, become the only first-class partner, and enjoy the right to purchase 400 aircraft at the lowest price at the first time after the successful research and development. That's fine, but John has the conditions.

"Mr. Major, the first clause in the additional clause is fine, but the subsequent maintenance and upgrading of the 400 fighters procured, as well as some supporting parts and services, must be handed over to the United States. ”

What makes money is the follow-up maintenance and warranty, and the plane and the car need to be repaired and maintained, but the difference is that the maintenance of the plane is more frequent and burns more money than the car, so there is no problem for the British government to buy the plane at a low price, but the follow-up series of services must be handed over to the United States, and after a few repairs and maintenance, the difference can be earned.

After John made the offer, John Major glanced at Norman Lamont and, after thinking that it was okay, nodded and agreed to John's terms.

After seeing John Major agree, John moved on to the second condition. "As for Rolls-Royce to participate in the research and development of some core technologies of the fifth-generation fighter, this is no problem, but the ownership of these core technologies must be owned by the United States, and the British government cannot transfer them to any country or group. "There are many core technologies for a fighter, and John can hand over the less important core technologies to Rolls-Royce at that time, but the ownership of the technology must be American, which is not negotiable.

"That's fine. ”

John Major nodded again, even if John doesn't say that the British government can't transfer the core technology to other countries, you must know that the UK wants to purchase hundreds of fighters and transfer the core technology, then it's a fart, it's strange if people don't beat you in the sky at that time.