Chapter 257: This contract cannot be signed
Liu Haotian held the contract in his hand, although his face was only showing a happy smile, but his heart was already excited, if it were not for this formal negotiation table, Liu Haotian at this time would even jump up excitedly, in fact, not only Liu Haotian, but also other members of the China Trade Group present.
Before the start of the negotiations, the China Trade Group predicted that the deal with the British would not be difficult, and reaching an agreement was almost a certainty, but even so, even the most optimistic people felt that it would take three rounds of negotiations to reach a final agreement, after all, the complexity of this arms trade is self-evident.
Because of this, even if it was three rounds of negotiations to finalize the agreement, it was already very fast, but what everyone didn't expect was that as soon as the first round of formal negotiations between China and Britain began, the British took out the agreement and prepared to sign it.
In this case, the sense of superiority that the Chinese side had previously developed by exposing Brown's lies has unconsciously increased by a few points, but not everyone in the arms trade group is so happy, and this person is none other than Lu Jiadong, who is sitting next to Liu Haotian.
In fact, at the beginning of the negotiations, Lu Jiadong didn't think there was much of a problem with what Brown said on the other side and Liu Haotian's ruthless debunking, because he knew very well that in the process of arms sales, it was common for the selling party to exaggerate the performance of weapons and equipment.
If you know enough and are fully prepared, then you can distinguish between right and wrong, and bargain with the seller in a targeted manner, if you are not fully prepared, you can only fall into the so-called high-tech trap of the other party, and then you can only be treated as a lamb without the power to fight back and slaughter a few more knives.
Because of this, when Liu Haotian and Brown clashed, he didn't feel anything. However, when Anderson on the other side took out the contract, Lu Jiadong felt that something was wrong, for no other reason, mainly because it all came too quickly. Perhaps just opened the country, the Chinese do not know much about Westerners,
Curiosity about the distant Western world and blond-haired foreigners is even bewildered by their apparent friendliness, even for high-ranking officials like Tan Bin and Liu Haotian. However, Lu Jiadong, as a military industry expert who traveled through later generations, knows a lot about Westerners, especially those Western arms dealers who are more hairy than monkeys.
You must know that in later generations, Lu Jiadong, as an expert in the military industry, has participated in countless bilateral negotiations on military projects, but only negotiating with these Western arms dealers and government officials is the biggest headache for Lu Jiadong, because these monkeys in human skin can count anything to the bones, and sitting face to face with them must be up to 12 points, as big as the whole equipment, as small as a screw, it must be the same refinement and explanation, otherwise if you are not careful, you may be cheated by these guys.
Because of this. Negotiations with Western arms dealers often fall into protracted marathon negotiations, and sometimes just for a very conspicuous cable, both sides may fight for ten days and half a month, and the weapons and equipment themselves and other supporting equipment involved have to be repeatedly fought one by one, so it is considered a speed to negotiate an equipment that can be taken down in a month or two.
It is not uncommon for the two sides to quarrel for a year and a half on slightly complicated weapons and equipment, and during this period, Western arms dealers have prepared detailed plans for negotiations, complete response methods, and flexible on-the-spot handling methods. The appropriate negotiation strategy and uncompromising protection of interests have impressed Lu Jiadong very much!
But now the British, who were sitting on the opposite side, seemed to be a little unusual, and they were beaten in surrender after just the first round of inconsequential encounters. What does this make Lu Jiadong think, how do he feel that the British on the other side are not negotiating at all, but playing a game of playing housework, which is really child's play.
As the saying goes, there must be a demon when things are wrong, and the British cut the price so easily and impatiently demanded to sign the agreement. Lu Jiadong always felt that it was contrary to common sense, but he was not sure what the British were doing for a while, but even so, the experience of later generations still told Lu Jiadong that it is never wrong to be more careful about this kind of Western arms dealers.
Because of this, when Liu Haotian got the contract text handed over by the British, Lu Jiadong was not as happy as others, but calmly faced and frowned deeply, Lu Jiadong's expression changed, and soon attracted the attention of Liu Haotian beside him, so Liu Haotian put down the contract text in his hand and whispered to Lu Jiadong:
"Little Lu, what's wrong?"
"Director Liu, I'm thinking, our relationship with Pakistan is so good, but even so, in last year's arms sales to Pakistan, we talked about it for no less than three rounds before it was finalized, but today the British are a little"
"You mean" didn't wait for Lu Jiadong to finish speaking, Liu Haotian's eyebrows also leaned deeply towards the middle, in fact, it was not that Liu Haotian didn't understand the truth, but the success came too quickly, and some authorities were fascinated, because of this, after Lu Jiadong reminded him, the whole person could react, and Tan Bin, who was sitting next to Liu Haotian, watched Liu Haotian and Lu Jiadong's faces turn from sunny to cloudy, so he leaned over and asked in a low voice:
"Lao Liu, what's wrong?"
"Old Tan, don't you think that all this is going too smoothly, it is beyond imagination!"
"Didn't we predict such an outcome before the negotiation, but now it's a little faster than expected, how?"
"Gentlemen!" Before Tan Bin finished speaking, Anderson, who was sitting opposite, suddenly spoke, Lu Jiadong, Liu Haotian and others' whispers and emotional changes naturally couldn't escape Anderson's keen eyes, although the progress was pushed a little fast, he was still confident that what he was doing was so seamless.
This method has been invincible in the Middle East, in Africa, in South America, and in India, and even the most astute European countries sometimes fall into such a trap, but how can China, an ignorant country that has just opened its doors, distinguish between it? You must know that Anderson has been in China for three years.
He knows a lot about the situation in China, so he knows very well that the Chinese who open the door are so curious about the outside world, but behind the curiosity is a simple and naïve heart, even those officials are like this, so Anderson will join hands with Brown to lay this perfect trap for China, and he is very confident that he will use this trap to catch this huge prey named China.
Therefore, Anderson did not regard himself as a warrior who fought quickly at the negotiating table, but an experienced hunter, at this time he had seen the kind of impatient ** that the prey on the opposite side showed when he found the food in the trap, and even the nose of the prey began to sniff around the trap, but anyway, this prey was still a little cunning, and began to hesitate a little after sniffing around, but such a little cunning was more like a naughty embodiment in Anderson's opinion.
But in any case, adhering to the usual shrewdness and prudence of the Anglo-Saxons, Anderson still did not take it lightly, but when he saw several people on the opposite side bowing his head and hesitating, he lost no time in speaking, in addition to showing his attitude, the most important thing is, of course, to disrupt the rhythm of the other party's discussion, and finally let this huge prey willingly get into the trap cage:
"Your country's intention is only to purchase 4 artillery reconnaissance and school firing radars, such a quantity and amount for the United Kingdom's huge military industry can be described as a drop in the bucket, and our vision is not limited to these 4 radars, but to stare at the further future, to know that China needs more than artillery radars on the road to military modernization,
Others such as missiles, high-precision guided weapons, maritime systems, aviation systems, and so on, and we in the United Kingdom have a strong strength in this regard, our two countries have a strong complementarity in the field of military equipment, there is a very famous idiom in China called throwing bricks to attract jade, our British government hopes to use these four radars as bricks, to provide more beautiful jade to your country!"
After Anderson finished saying this, his face once again showed that gentleman-like harmless smile, but when the corners of his mouth had just curled to a perfect arc, Liu Haotian on the opposite side handed the contract text to Lu Jiadong's hand, Lu Jiadong, who took the contract, put it on the table, lowered his head and looked at it page by page, while Liu Haotian turned his head and said to Anderson with a professional smile:
"We are grateful for the support and kindness of the British government and people, but the scope of this contract is so broad and complex that so"
Before Liu Haotian finished speaking, Anderson spoke again: "Actually, this contract is specially tailored for your country! The content inside is also very simple, in order to show our sincerity, we have simplified the original 600-page contract to less than 100 pages, most of which are also the technical performance and working principle of the radar, and the substantive content is not much, 20 minutes is enough to visit!"
"I don't think it will take twenty minutes!" As soon as Anderson's voice fell, Lu Jiadong, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, and his tone was even more firm and sonorous:
"This contract can't be signed!"
As soon as Lu Jiadong said this, the people in the conference room were instantly shocked (to be continued. )