After ending their first contact with France, Jiang Chen and the others planned to repair for a few days and wait for France's attitude. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but I didn't expect that the old beauty side, who has always been relatively calm, couldn't sit still. Lao Mei contacted Jiang Chen and them at the French Embassy through our embassy there, and asked to contact Jiang Chen and them for negotiation. Even from China, there is news that the United States has expressed its dissatisfaction with us through diplomatic channels, believing that we have not taken them seriously as allies and hurt their feelings. In this regard, the country instructed Jiang Chen that they should properly handle this matter as soon as possible and not cause diplomatic misunderstandings and accidents. Jiang Chen and the others were very helpless, and the instructions from China made them have to change their plans and contact the representatives of Lao Mei in advance.

Different from the deputies Jiang Chen and the others negotiated before, the Lao US delegation that negotiated with Jiang Chen and them this time was quite special. To put it bluntly, in addition to representatives of the US Department of Commerce, foreign affairs and the military, representatives of four other companies participated in the negotiations. They are the Grum company, and the f_14 Tomcat fighter it carries. McDonnell Douglas and the f_15 Eagle fighters they brought, General Dynamics' f_16 Fighting Falcon fighters, and Northrop's f_18 Hornets. These four companies are all leaders in the production of fighter jets in the United States and even the entire world during this period, but the final results are embarrassing. I'm afraid that no one from these four companies would have imagined that the future fate of their company would be so bizarre and tortuous. The first is Grum, which in a few years will merge with its current nemesis, Northrop, to form Northrop Grumman. McDonnell Douglas was acquired by Boeing and became history. As for General Dynamics' aviation business, it was sold to the world's arms giant Lockheed. These companies could never have imagined that now their fierce competition is actually cheaper than other companies. What can barely be maintained can only survive by putting together for heating.

And this time, the f_18 "Hornet" fighter brought by Northrop to participate in this negotiation was indeed quite surprising to Jiang Chen and them, and it is estimated that the news of the release of the 'three divisions' stimulated it. However, multiple objects have multiple choices, and Jiang Chen and they are still happy to see it. The representatives of the four companies plus Lao Mei's government officials add up to a team of hundreds of people, and Jiang Chen naturally can't negotiate with them, and they can't handle such a large scale. So they decided to contact them individually, which was also the result of discussions with official representatives of the United States. For them, as long as they leave the order in the United States, it is up to these companies to win the bid. Although these companies have agents, these official representatives also have their own companies that support them, so they will definitely be biased towards the companies that support them. But in the present situation, in accordance with the rules and the principles of freedom and equality, they must maintain a neutral attitude in order to ensure that the competition of these companies is fair.

First of all, Jiang Chen and the others naturally contacted the official representatives of the United States. The person in contact with Jiang Chen this time was the person in charge of the international program of the business side of the United States, called Mark, let's call him Mark for the time being, as well as the military representative, Colonel Ward, and Victor, who was in charge of Asian affairs in foreign affairs. In the business conference room of a five-star hotel in France, Jiang Chen and the others met these people.

After getting to know each other, they immediately took their seats. First of all, it's definitely a pleasantry and diplomatic vocabulary. Because there are still a few media reporters today, this is requested by Lao Mei, and it is the style of other people's affairs, Jiang Chen and they naturally agreed when they saw that it would not affect anything. However, in the media reports, there will definitely be no formal negotiations, and they don't know it. It's just that some industry sources may be used to speculate, and of course these reports will not be confirmed. Sure enough, the headline of the next day's news was that military and diplomatic cooperation between the two countries had been strengthened, and the rest, as for others, did not appear in the text.

Getting the news they wanted, the media happily withdrew, which made the atmosphere in the conference room much more relaxed. The people who paid attention to the image before, whether it was Lao Mei or ours, relaxed. There were even a few addicts who lit cigarettes directly. Mark communicated with the people next to him, then turned to Jiang Chen on the opposite side and said, "Yuan, then let's start." ”

"Good. Director Yuan nodded, then sat up.

Mark took out a document and said to Director Yuan: "Yuan, we have received news that an important task of your trip to the air show is to purchase about three wings (three divisions) of advanced fighters for your air force to deal with the air threat from the north. We have also confirmed the accuracy of this information through special channels, and we have put us in the last place, regardless of your purpose. But we would like to say that we are absolutely the most sincere and we also very much want this order. ”

After listening to the translator's words, Director Yuan replied with a smile at Mark opposite: "Mr. Mark, this matter is there, and we have just received the order, but I don't know what caused this matter to leak, which caused such a big storm." The reason why I put you last is because in our country there is an old saying that good things are left at the end, that is, the best is the last, we call it the finale. So you misunderstood, it's not that we don't care about you, but we attach great importance to you, so we put you last. We've heard about your fighter planes for a long time, and we've had some contact with them before. Unfortunately, however, little substantial progress has been made. But I believe that this time we are both very sincere, and our cooperation should be successful. ”

After listening to the translator's words, Mark shook his head and said to Director Yuan: "Sorry, Yuan, this may be a cultural difference that caused us to have a misunderstanding. I promise that I will read more Asian literature in the future, just as I have recently fallen in love with Chinese food and often go to Chinese restaurants. We have had some cooperation before, but the form and content of the cooperation are different, which makes us have some differences, resulting in unsuccessful cooperation. But that's all in the past, and I'm sure this is a fresh start and we'll agree. You know this time we're bringing all of our best fighter jet manufacturers, and the most advanced fighter jets they've ever produced, which has never been done in previous negotiations with other countries. These fighters are in service with our Air Force, they have performed very well, and they have been rigorously tested many times, and I am sure that they will be able to meet the operational needs of your Air Force. ”

(To be continued.) )