In a towering limestone castle on the banks of the Dole River, Gu Biao stepped into the main entrance of the hall with his steps, threw his luxurious windbreaker to his secretary Li Youtong, and then took Xiao Sui and Mina to greet the owner here, Her Royal Highness Princess Caroline.

Outside the castle, there are symmetrical vineyards of hundreds of acres.

The main hall of the castle is more than 20 meters high, which makes people feel depressed and small when they first walk in.

However, the intricately designed Gothic rose window relieves the inhibition of the visitor's inner depression – the authentic rose window, the kind of colorful window with a fine pattern of patterns that visitors will see in Cologne Cathedral, Rouen Cathedral and Notre-Dame Cathedral.

In the Middle Ages, churches were often very majestic, and it was easy for people to have negative emotions when they entered, "I am too small". But with the narrative poetry window of the Bible story, this small emotion can be subtly transferred to "You are small, but you are only small before God and Heaven, not before other mortals, so there is no shame in being small."

Later, many noble castles began to use this decoration in the main halls, which not only created a very spacious and elegant space, but also prevented visitors from feeling small.

One stone and one mirror, all of them are historical heritage.

"Your Highness, it is so gratifying to see that you are more radiant than last time. Gu Biao walked up to Princess Caroline and gave a kiss between acquaintances.

"Come on, you're just perfunctory to a 28-year-old woman who has been married twice?" Princess Caroline glanced at him, as if she didn't like this, and quickly and naturally diverted the topic, "These two are the friends you brought, which one is your fiancée?"

"Uh...... They are all close friends of mine, Xiao Sui, a best-selling author, and Madrina Isminaya, an entrepreneur who deals in alcoholic beverages. ”

Obviously, Xiao Sui doesn't want to appear as Gu Biao's fiancée in the next year or two, so from now on, Gu Biao will temporarily dilute her in front of a familiar partner, so as not to lose face when Gu Ao's illegitimate son appears in the future.

Princess Caroline had heard of Gu Ao's girlfriend named Xiao Sui, but she had never met anyone. So hearing Gu Biao introduce this, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. But she controlled it very well and saved face for all parties, so she shifted her focus at the moment and said elegantly:

"So Miss Isminaya is in the liquor business? ”

Mina smiled and said humbly: "I'm ashamed, I'm really not good at alcohol, and compared to His Royal Highness's royal industry, my family's wine industry can only be regarded as a tool that barely makes money. I have more experience in popular beverage brands, and if Your Highness has time to visit Asia, you can visit my Red Bull Group. ”

Caroline's spirit is even more impressive, she has also heard of the brand of Red Bull in Europe, and her reputation is quite resounding, and she heard that the national teams of most European countries have designated Red Bull as the official endurance energy drink when preparing for the World Cup half a year later - although the Red Bull in the European market is actually operated by the Austrian company of the Red Bull Group and Mr. Matschz, and the companies of Mina and Xu Shubiao are independent of each other and do not interfere with each other.

"It turns out that Miss Ishminaya's business talents are so deeply hidden, so I have time to communicate well, and I will introduce you to some friends in the circle tonight. When Princess Caroline had finished speaking, she led the people upstairs to a luncheon room.

She took advantage of the maid next to her to separate Mina from Xiao Sui, and saw the opportunity to ask Gu Biao in a low voice: "Did you break up with your girlfriend?

Gu Biao looked upright: "They have always been my best friends, as for Suizi, something happened to her this year, in order to win a literary award, her temperament has changed a little, and she has no time to accompany me."

We calmed down and sorted out our respective mentalities, and found that we really didn't know each other well enough. However, whether those girls left me or not, I could always be best friends with them. ”

"Understood. When Princess Caroline heard this, she knew how to entertain her.

Soon, the luncheon was set up on a very long table. There was no party at noon, so there were not many guests in the castle, and even other members of the royal family did not come, obviously Duke Caroline wanted to use this to talk to Gu Biao about some business matters.

The table was very empty, and the positions of the four people were lined up, Xiao Sui and Mina were sitting on the other side, and Caroline was not afraid of being heard by them if she whispered to Gu Ao.

Of course, the so-called "empty table" only refers to the seats, not the dishes on the table. On the contrary, the dishes on the table were spread to the brim, so that Xiao Sui and Mina would not feel that they were deliberately separated slightly.

The steamed lemon mussels, the favorite of the French, were placed on four large plates, and they were not intended to be eaten at all. You can also see gooseneck barnacles and other bizarre shellfish that grow on the reefs along the Atlantic coast.

Caroline casually scooped up a few gooseneck barnacles with a fork and put them on her plate, and then slowly processed the sucker meat with a special table knife, while talking to Gu Biao in a low voice:

"You said the other day that you wanted to arrange for some people to go into the renovation supervision of that ship, right?"

"I don't mean that, I mean if you want to save money, I can provide some services...... The shares of the ship belong to both parties, and saving money is also saving money for everyone. Gu Biao was obviously embarrassed by Princess Caroline's straightforwardness, and hurriedly clarified.

Because, he also thinks that this thing is not so easy, it shouldn't be done overnight, and he always has to pay some more personal debts.

Director Hu, Lieutenant Colonel Zhang, and the people behind them asked for help, how could it be so easy to complete.

Unexpectedly, Princess Caroline reacted quickly, and directly said the words under the table.

There must be something going on here.

Sure enough, in the next second, Caroline took the initiative to solve Gu Ao's suspicions.

"Okay, there's nothing to be ashamed of, and I won't ask you what exactly you want to do, and I won't divulge it to any of you - enough friends. I'll tell you the truth, I was able to figure it out so quickly, the key is that the French arranged people in the shipyard, and there were some things that I couldn't believe and were questioned by me.

Later, I consulted with relevant professionals without being named or with a project, and then I came back to the impression that the French felt that their own BS5 catapult system was too backward, and even the Americans wanted to study the empty equipment compartment of the steam catapult that had been dismantled, and there were some other things they wanted to see. I just turned a blind eye.

If you arrange for someone to supervise, I can say that we want to spy on the French and protect the interests of the Americans as much as possible, and the Americans are very happy. ”

Gu Biao was stunned when he heard this.

He found that he had forgotten about this dimension.

Because, he has always felt that an old-fashioned scrap from the United States, it is estimated that some units in China are interested in studying the empty shell after dismantling all the equipment.

But I didn't expect that the French still have a little bit of interest - although not in terms of degree, but only the level of interest of "if there is one, it will be changed, and if there is none, it will be encouraged".

But if you think about it carefully, although the "Olistany" was put into use in 1950, after all, it was greatly changed during the Vietnam War, the flight deck is a completely new beveled deck, the steam catapult was also installed in the late 60s during the Vietnam War, and the structural redundancy, cabin arrangement, steam pressure and electrical supporting facilities were also redone at that time.

These later modifications are not visible on the old ships that the French leased from Britain and the United States in the early 50s. Even if the equipment is dismantled, you may be able to see some experience just by looking at the cabin structure, so you don't look at it in vain.

Therefore, it is not wrong for the French to modernize the 65-year-old "Clemenceau", which was in service for 20 years, by the way. It just so happens that both ships are parked at the outfitting berth of the Atlantic shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, what a good opportunity, neighbors.

"Well, in this way, it saves me trouble, I thought that we would secretly arrange someone to take a few glances at the surveying and mapping, and we would get into trouble. Well, now the French are so ugly to eat, and they have to peep a few times at such a little room for improvement.

When we went again, it turned out to be: 'The royal family of Monaco, because the French people are unreliable and cannot find other resources, has to arrange for supervisors from the other shareholder of the joint venture of the gaming company to monitor the French'. Then we will not snoop on the interests of the Americans, but stand on the side of the Americans, protect the interests of the United States from being spied on by France, and we will become harmless allies of people and animals. ”

Gu Biao sorted out his thoughts and quickly figured out this problem thoroughly.

Of course, what happened here today, Gu Biao will definitely not let his friends in China know. Although Mina and Xiao Sui were present, Gu Biao would also control them.

It is better to make the "cost analysis" vague and try not to mix it up to the level of "OPEN-BOM", so that there is no room for middlemen to make the difference.

What Gu Biao hopes for most is the benefits he easily won here, and after returning to China, his friends still regard him as the precious benefit he got in exchange for "enduring humiliation and drinking more than a dozen times with Princess Caroline".

In this way, Gu Biao got a great favor.

He wished that others would think that he had drunk until his stomach was perforated, and that he had cramps in the salon until he had cramps.

"Thank you so much, Your Highness, I wonder if you can give me some evidence of the whereabouts of the French...... I have my own casual channels to get Americans to notice inadvertently. Then, we will send our supervisors, it will be better. ”

"Yes, yes, how are you going to thank me?"

"You name it. ”