"Where have you been? I haven't seen your shadow this day?" Xie Jianguo saw Xie Kai come back, but he didn't see a shadow this day, so he asked, and he didn't stay in the villa.

I can't help but wonder what my son is doing.

"Did you have any contact with the Soviets?" Xie Kai asked.

"The Soviets on the Iraqi side are all about intelligence and so on. Xie Jianguo told Xie Kai, "After returning to China, let's see if I can go to the Soviet Union at that time." What are you doing here?"

"It's nothing, Dad, there are still a few days to celebrate the New Year, we should go back. Xie Kai's words made Xie Jianguo a little confused.

"The contract in Iraq has not yet been finalized. ”

"After the year, their people will come to our base to discuss the specific details and prices. Xie Kai was a little weak, and the $20 million on his body made him feel a lot of pressure.

Ibrahim didn't ask for the $20 million, but asked Xie Kai to take the money back and run it.

At present, there will be no progress in the continuation of the negotiations, and the only way to do so is to resort to behind-the-scenes means.

"Ibrahim is still looking for you?" Xie Jianguo asked Xie Kai warily.

Xie Kai nodded and looked at his father.

"The whole team of people, they are all looking for it, just like your method, everyone else gave a check of 100,000 US dollars, gave 2 million US dollars to Li Nian, the deputy head of the regiment, and 2 million US dollars on my side. Xie Jianguo said calmly.

"Accepted?" Xie Kai's eyes widened.

"I took it all and handed it over to me and Li Nian. Isn't this good for cooperation? After you go back, hand it over to the base and see what the base has to say. How many do you have over there?" Xie Jianguo asked.

Xie Kai didn't speak, unfolded the folded promissory note, and handed it to Xie Jianguo.

Xie Jianguo's eyes widened.

"Impossible! Lao Tzu is the person in charge, how can you have so much more than Lao Tzu!" Xie Jianguo didn't believe it at all, and exclaimed.

In the entire negotiation team, the other party did not give much, and this is a big project of more than two billion US dollars, and Xie Kai was actually given 25 million US dollars back and forth.

"What can't be?" At this moment, a thin middle-aged man knocked on the door and entered the room.

This person is Li Nian, the deputy head of the delegation, who is at the bottom of the base management committee, and has never had any sense of existence.

This time, I came here basically to make up for it.

Therefore, Xie Kai just knew him. Fortunately, he didn't pull Xie Jianguo's hind legs.

"Lao Li, tell me, why should we take so little, this kid takes so much!" Xie Jianguo didn't see outside, took Xie Kai's promissory note, and pointed it to Li Nian.

Li Nian's emaciated Guozi face showed an expression of amazement, "Impossible, right?"

When he saw the long string of zeros on the promissory note and counted them one by one, he was also amazed, "Are these Iraqis stupid......?

Before he could finish speaking, he smiled, "The Iraqis still have people in our base, and it is normal to know some inside information." It would be most appropriate to buy this kid. Even if Xie Kai collects the money and doesn't hand it over, it's fine, it's the safest. Moreover, Lao Xie, you are the person in charge, it is not easy to buy you, and you have to do the same thing when you buy your son, right?"

Xie Kai was stunned.

The words of these two people are somewhat inconsistent with the image of cadres.

"I said two, don't you talk about principles? You represent the base and the image of the country. Not to mention the bribery, they are still openly discussing it here, and they are even upset that they have taken less...... If it spreads, the face of the country will be disgraced by you. ”

Xie Kai never thought that he had always been extremely serious, not even smiling, and a person who cared about the country's image outside was like this.

"Sugar-coated cannonballs, do you know?" Li Nian asked Xie Kai with a smile, "Who told us that our base is poor." More than 20 million US dollars, enough to feed the entire base for a year or two. The sugar coating is eaten, and the cannonballs are just fired back. ”

"Don't worry about it, when you come, the base will have an explanation, and everyone will have to explain all the circumstances when you go back. Xie Jianguo said, "But this time we are not a loss, the fuel cost of the Yun Ten Flight, etc., not to mention the earnings, there is still a lot of balance......

Dad said so, what else can Xie Kai say?

No wonder Zheng Yucheng, the old guy, asked Tian Li to follow him, and Tian Li also said before that no matter how much he takes, he must hand it over when he goes back.

In the next few days, as Xie Kai guessed, there was no progress in the negotiations between the two sides, and they didn't even bother to negotiate.

The Iraqis began arranging a visit to Baghdad.

On the border, wars break out from time to time, but in Baghdad the effects of the war are not visible in the slightest.

Urban construction is in full swing, and the operation of the entire city has not been affected.

The only difference is that throughout Baghdad, the proportion of women is much higher than that of men in various positions. Even the traffic cops on the streets, many of whom are women, are probably the biggest difference from most countries in the Middle East.

Many of the men you see on the street are wearing military uniforms.

This is probably the only way to see the impact of the war on the whole of Baghdad.

For several days in a row, negotiations were not reached, not even a contract of intent was signed, and the Chinese delegation was diverted from Iraq to Jordan to prepare for the return trip.

"For such a long time, Yun Shi has not gone back?" Seeing Yun Shi at the airport, Xie Kai asked Xie Jianguo in surprise.

Xie Jianguo shook his head, "This is already the second trip, and Yun Shi has just arrived." ”

"That's just right, you don't have to change planes all the time, and you can go back to the New Year in time. Xie Kai was satisfied.

It's February 6th now, the Spring Festival of '86, February 9th.

Once upon a time, on this day, the Persians launched a large-scale campaign to occupy the Faw Peninsula in Iraq.

And now, the Persians occupied the Fao Peninsula in advance, and at the time of the Chinese New Year, it seems that there is nothing to do.

"Cousse gave me a gift. When he got on the plane, Li Nian said to Xie Kai with a smile.

Xie Kai was puzzled, since the banquet that made him never understand the purpose of the other party, he had never seen Qusai again, and even Ibrahim rarely saw him.

What else does this gift give to yourself?

"What's that?" Xie Kai didn't understand.

The plane arrived at Muscat, the capital of Oman, and Xie Kai really wanted to know what gift Qusai had sent him, so he ran to the cargo hold to see what it was.

When I saw it, my eyes widened.

"Grass mud horse!"

In any case, Xie Kai would never have thought that Kusai would really send a few divine beasts to himself.

"It's called a grass and mud horse, and it doesn't look like a horse. Li Nian, who was with Xie Kai, asked in surprise.

"I don't know, but the Iraqis say it's called that. Xie Kai said with a bit of a wicked taste, in the future, in China, this divine beast will be called this name that can compete with the river crab divine beast. "I heard that this thing is unique to South America......"

"Put our base zoo, this year, our base will be lively. Li Nian asked Xie Kai tentatively.

After all, this was given to Xie Kai by the second son of the Iraqi president.

"No problem, two cents per person!

"You kid fell out of the money?" Xie Jianguo slapped Xie Kai.

"Dad, what do you say the Iraqis are playing? I didn't negotiate anything with him before, not only did I give him money, but I just said I liked it, and the goods loaded this thing on our plane. "Xie Kai doesn't have much love for animals.

The purpose of the Iraqis worries him even more.

"Probably a temptation. Anyway, I'll talk about it when I get back. The Soviets, on their part, are already starting to collect money. Xie Jianguo was even more confused.

"Maybe they're tempting. Li Nian said, "That price, no matter what, we can't possibly accept it." ”

"Temptation, you shouldn't be looking for me, right?" this is what Xie Kai couldn't understand.

He's just a young man, and although he has some influence at the base, he will definitely not be the main decision-maker.

"It depends on what kind of information and information they get. In the base, almost all projects have your shadow, and Harry Moissan's time in our base is not short, and he can find out a lot about you, which is not a secret. ”

Li Nian's analysis is more logical.

"In particular, in Middle Eastern countries, the children of presidents or high-ranking officials have a lot of power in their hands and are equally influential. Kusai is only less than two years older than you, but now he is in charge of the expansion of the Tikritan Division, although it is only in name, it has a great influence on equipment procurement......" Li Nian continued to analyze.

From the Iraqi standpoint, Shakkai's age is not an issue.

"My dad is just an engineer!" Xie Kai said.

"But you seem to have more to do with the management committee than you do with your father. Especially when Lao Zheng's son died, his daughter has always denied him......" Li Nian glanced at Xie Jianguo, and said when he saw that he didn't react.

Xie Kai looked at Li Nian, it seems that the base is full of talents.

No wonder Zheng Yucheng and they want Li Nian to come here.

Don't......

Xie Kai had a faint guess in his heart that there was going to be a change in the base management committee.

The long-distance flight was very boring, Xie Kai had nothing to do, so he learned from others and began to write down the itinerary of this Iraq into written materials, anyway, when he returned to the base, such things were indispensable, especially the more than 20 million US dollars promissory note given by Iraq.

Only the part that was used to buy off the Soviets, he did not know how to write.

So far, Zheng Yucheng has been hidden, and he and Wang Guilin know it.

The plane stayed in the capital of Pakistan for several hours, the Pakistanis did not appear, landed again, and were already in the country.

"Are you sure you don't need me to hand in your report?" Xie Jianguo asked Xie Kai when he was on the train back to the base.

Xie Kai shook his head.

The money in hand needs to be prepared for the Soviet program, and once it is handed in, it will be difficult to come up with it again.

It's money that can't be seen.

Xie Kai didn't go home directly, even though it was late at night, he still knocked on the door of Wang Guilin's house, and called Wang Guilin out despite the severe cold of the winter in the northwest.