Chapter 63: Transfer
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The meeting room on the 15th floor of the Regal Hotel is a multi-purpose hall converted from a multi-purpose hall, with a shallow curved dome and intricate chandeliers, revealing the fact that it is a suitable venue for cocktail parties.
However, at this time, the multi-purpose hall was solemn, a long gray ironwood bar table was placed in the center of the hall, and two full-size five-star red flags and star-spangled banners hung on the wall opposite the doorway.
The chandelier in the middle of the hall was not turned on, and a circle of wall lamps hidden in the ceiling by the wall illuminated the entire conference room, and John's heart beat a few beats faster when he saw the neatly placed headsets on the iron-gray long table, and the two simultaneous interpreter boxes sitting at the two ends of the corner away from the conference table.
What do Chinese want to do, even the scarce simultaneous interpretation is equipped, in the eighties when China's foreign language talents are quite scarce, even ordinary translation is very scarce, as the top pearl of the translation industry, can carry out simultaneous interpretation between Chinese and English, the entire Chinese-speaking circle will definitely not exceed 4o people.
Although the Chinese delegation was in Hong Kong, the Chinese delegation had some consciousness of being landlords, and all the members of the negotiation team entered the conference room in advance before the arrival of the US representatives.
Maybe something will really come out of this round of consultations, John thought with some anticipation.
Before the formal start of negotiations, the interpreter in charge of simultaneous interpretation will have a brief exchange with the staff of both sides, one is that the organizer of the conference will express his gratitude to the interpreter who is responsible for the communication between the two sides, and the other is to briefly understand the accent and idioms of the translation object.
However, what made John a little curious was that the interpreter who communicated with him was a middle-aged woman with short ears and black-rimmed glasses, and the interpreter in charge of China was a capable and thin middle-aged man, and there was a man with large sunglasses in the interpreter studio in the corner, sitting quietly in his seat, ignoring the lively etiquette and greetings here.
"Oh, oh, dear Ning. It's a pleasure to see you in Hong Kong. John Sprewell gave Ning Lei a big hug in an exaggerated way.
"John, I'm glad to see you. Ning Lei said with a smile.
"How was it on Long Island? I'm sorry you left the U.S. when I returned home. John Sprewell said with a look of regret.
Long Island is the base for Grumman Aerospace Group to test fly F14 fighter jets.
"It's fascinating, it's a dream paradise for every pilot. Ning Lei did not hesitate to praise Grumman's test flight base.
"Ning. Heaven can be brought back to China. But what is needed is a joint effort on both sides. John said with a pun.
"John, you've always been in the same word, aren't we working on it now?" said Ning Lei laughing.
Dozens of minutes later, the brief pre-meeting exchange officially ended. Business representatives from both countries should follow the name signs at the conference table to take their respective positions.
The twelfth round of consultations between China and the United States on several issues concerning the purchase of F14 fighter jets has officially begun.
Ning Lei cleared his throat and said: "Before the official start, I will introduce the details of the Chinese delegation, this consultation is different from the past, the Chinese Air Force only focuses on the technical and tactical performance of the F14 fighter itself, and all other factors have nothing to do with the Chinese Air Force." ”
After listening to Ning Lei, John Sprewell was immediately stunned. What does this mean, the end user and financier of the aircraft is the Chinese Air Force, and now the end user who is responsible for paying for and using it suddenly said I just came to shop, what kind of international joke is this, when Grumman Aerospace Group opened a convenience store.
If it weren't for John Sprewell's clear knowledge that he was in a very strict and formal large-scale business meeting, he would have jumped up on the table long ago.
Ning Lei looked at the Americans with a look of astonishment on their faces with satisfaction, it seemed that the effect of this bomb was not bad, and the negotiation was originally a matter of eight immortals crossing the sea and showing their abilities. In order to reduce the opponent's willpower and break the opponent's psychological defense, the momentum of the first voice has been achieved.
Next, Ning Lei officially put Qi Lianshan and Wang Weiguo in the foreground, and concisely introduced the identities and backgrounds of the two to John Sprewell.
Ning Lei's hand completely disrupted the rhythm of the American side, and after understanding the background of Qilian Mountain, all kinds of thoughts came to John Sprewell's head. Relatively speaking, John had a lot of headaches dealing with negotiators in the republic's system, one in the planned economy and the other in the commodity economy. The two are inherently inherently opposed.
Sometimes it can be an inconspicuous business term, and both parties can have a huge disagreement. Furthermore, Yan zhòng obstructed the negotiation process, and now suddenly changed to a more open free capital, at least the two sides will have a lot more common language, but it is more important for John to find out the intentions of the Chinese government.
As for what Ning Lei said about patriotic overseas Chinese donations, they have long been automatically filtered out by John, the F14 fighter is not a plush toy, and there is no national power to back it up, where would anyone dare to fiddle with such a big killer.
The two sides first went back and forth, and John still repeated the same old tune, emphasizing that the two General Electric F-11O-GE-4OO aviation engines equipped with the F14+ fighter jets are advanced engines that have just been developed by the United States, and they belong to the products strictly controlled by Congress, and in order to prevent technology leakage, it is forbidden to sell the motives outside the United States.
While arguing with the Chinese side, John was thinking quickly about the meaning of the Chinese government's downgrading of the talks to the civilian level, and his keen business intuition has reminded John that this signal must be positive, and the most important thing now is to understand the meaning behind the talks and the real bottom line of the Chinese government.
The quarrel lasted for two hours, and the two sides were still arguing over the technical details and supply price of the F14 fighter, and Liang Yuan, who was already tired like a dead dog, decided to intervene in the negotiation process, otherwise if the quarrel continued in this form, it would be in vain to talk for another two years.
"Lao Qi, let's give up the motive model first. Liang Yuan gave the signal to turn in.
Qi Lianshan cleared his throat and said, "Mr. John, after such a long exchange, I believe that both of us have a deep and full understanding of each other's needs and difficulties. ”
"In the general direction, our common interests are very much in line with each other, Mr. John is the excellent goods produced by his company, which can go deeper and better into the forefront of the struggle against tyranny, and I am also for the protection of my beloved country from the aggression of some hegemonism. ”
Qi Lianshan first put on a veneer of justice for the disreputable arms deal.
"I'm not very proficient in the technical aspects, but from a businessman's point of view, nothing is more important than closing the deal, and deadlocked negotiations are never the solution. ”
Qi Lianshan paused for a moment and continued: "If I don't pursue the F14A+ fighter, but change the model to the F14A in service with your navy, will there be any other difficulties on the Grumman side?"