Chapter 535: An Unbridgeable Divide
"Mr. Lu, I would like to reiterate once again our position, that is, to ask your country to immediately stop supplying weapons and equipment to Argentina!"
In a secluded and luxurious meeting room of the Hilton Hotel in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Drake, director of the external liaison office of the British MI6, who had been reinstated, stared closely at Lu Jiadong, who looked indifferent on the other side, and was eager to rush over the next moment and strangle the young Chinese man to death on the spot.
Perhaps before coming to Rio de Janeiro, Drake had sketched countless Chinese images in his mind, but he did not expect that in the end, he was approached by Lu Jiadong, who killed his brother Anderson and made him a big heel in the "Schindler's Cafe" incident.
In the face of such a person, even if Drake has a gentlemanly demeanor, he can't help but be a little unable to suppress the anger in his heart, not to mention that the conditions proposed by Lu Jiadong far exceed the bottom line stipulated by the British government.
"As for the conditions you mentioned, I said from the beginning that I am willing to pay twice the price to compensate your country, which, as far as I know, is a high price that is hard to find in the international market!"
"Mr. Drake, first of all, please make it clear that we are here to talk about cooperation, not business!"
"To me, this business is no different!" Drake was still tough.
"Then I don't think we have anything to talk about!" Lu Jiadong shrugged, then stood up. Kindly reminded the Englishman opposite:
"But I would like to remind you that you should consider our suggestion carefully, no matter what. It's a win-win proposition!"
After speaking, Lu Jiadong did not wait for Drake and others to answer, and then waved at the members of the Chinese delegation, and then pushed the door without looking back, and after the last member of the Chinese delegation walked out of this luxurious living room, Drake, who could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, "bang~~" with a big hand. slapped it on the long table in front of him, and roared hoarsely:
"Win-win? What is a win-win situation? I think it's robbery while it's hot, robbery while it's hot!"
"That's right!" Drake's angry voice just fell. His deputy, Phillips, who was also a staff member to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, nodded approvingly, then picked up the notebook he had just recorded and glanced at it gently. A sneering smile suddenly appeared on his face:
"Who do they think they are in aero-engine technology, submarine mute technology, nuclear ~ anti ~ response ~ reactor miniaturization technology, advanced torpedo technology, ship combat integrated command system, and underwater acoustic sonar detection technology? I didn't expect it to be a lion's big mouth, you must know that letting the French stop exporting 'flying fish' is to pay twice the price, these Chinese really don't know the sky is high.
In particular, Lu Jiadong is simply a mouthful, and I am very skeptical that China is not sincere in sending such a person with serious paranoia to contact us? Also, China really provided anti-ship missiles to Argentina? They are not blackmailing us with a false thing, right?"
"Nothing?" Looking at Phelps's bureaucratic face, Drake couldn't help but smile coldly: "The task force has been fighting for less than a month. Seven capital ships and one transport ship were sunk, Mr. Phelps. You don't really think that the Argentines leaked the barrel with wooden sticks, did you?"
"This"
Phelps is only too sarcastic, and he didn't expect to talk about the pain in Drake's heart, and now Drake is not only ashamed of China's accurate prediction and judgment of providing Argentine C801 anti-ship missiles, but also more prestigious than before, and he is almost becoming a realistic version of James Bond.
It's just that this Mr. Drake is not as broad-minded as 007, and he can't forget the criticism he has suffered before, so when Phelps questioned the information about C801 with a ridiculous meaning, it made Drake naturally think of the injustice he suffered a few days ago because of this information, so the tone of his speech was inevitably a little angular and cold, which made Phelps embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
Fortunately, Drake, who has experienced great ups and downs, has become much more sleek in his original sharp edges and corners, knowing that although the Prime Minister's staff does not have any specific positions, his future prospects are limitless, so he didn't want to offend Phelps to death, so he changed his tone, softened his tone, and continued:
"Of course, you are very right, the Chinese are indeed lions with big mouths, but I believe that this is a necessary means for them to bargain, after all, this is Lu Jiadong's consistent approach, which seems unreasonable, but it can always put the opponent in passivity, and finally get what he wants!"
"Drake, do you mean that young man in China, a paranoid?"
Phelps couldn't believe his ears, because since the beginning of the talks, Lu Jiadong gave him the impression that in addition to being young, the rest was a delusional patient without scheming, but listening to Drake's words, Lu Jiadong was not only thoughtful but also very scary, which made Phelps not dare to believe it anyway, and couldn't help but look at Drake beside him in confusion, and Drake shook his head with a wry smile:
"He is not a paranoid, but a rare smart person in this world, there are not many people in this life who can make me sincerely admire, if you put aside some unpleasant things, this Lu Jiadong is one!"
"It can be admired by Mr. Drake, it seems that this Lu Jiadong is indeed not simple!" Phelps nodded thoughtfully, but then asked curiously:
"Mr. Drake, you just said that it was unpleasant? Could it be that you and China's Lu Jiadong had an unpleasant encounter before!"
"Yes, in Frankfurt!" Drake sighed helplessly, but the next moment the sigh stopped abruptly, and his tone became firm again:
"Anyway. From what I know about Lu Jiadong, this man is very scheming, but since he can sit down and talk to us. That proves that there is still sincerity, so we just spend it with him, anyway, we already know the source of the Argentine missiles.
Even if we don't give in, we can blockade it, and even more so, our offensive on the Falklands is progressing quite quickly, and from a strategic point of view, as long as we are steady and steady. Our victory was only a matter of time, therefore, he wanted to take advantage of the fire. Then drag him, of course, we also have risks, but it doesn't matter. When the time comes, it'll be up to you who can't hold your breath first!"
What a smart man Phelps was. As soon as he heard Frankfurt, he knew where the joint was, but he didn't break it, but continued Drake's words later:
"The first to be unstable must be China, twice the price, enough to make poor China completely let go of reserve, if nothing else, is the golden light in the eyes of several other Chinese just now, I know." How important money is to them, so. I bet in less than forty-eight hours, they'll compromise!"
"I'm the same as you think!" Drake responded with a smile, but another sentence echoed in his heart: "Lu Jiadong, I won't let you get your wish no matter what!"
"Looks like we're really going to have a hard time this time!"
Drake hid this sentence in his heart, but Song Xiaoxu, who accompanied Lu Jiadong to participate in the contact, said this sentence in the lounge without any scruples, and then glanced at Lu Jiadong, who was sitting on the sofa and slowly sipping local black tea, and said with some concern:
"But then again, Chief Master Lu, are the conditions we offer too high?"
"Yes, Jiadong!" As soon as Song Xiaoxu's voice fell, at Lu Jiadong's request, Hu Qinghua, who came from Argentina, couldn't help but add with a worried look:
"The cooperation technology we proposed, each of which is the cutting-edge technology of the military industry, can be called the country's important weapon, and it is easy to use it to make a transaction, besides, although the country has given us a certain degree of autonomy, but it is certain that the high-level priority is not technology, but the X region involving territorial sovereignty.
"Director Hu is right!" After Hu Qinghua finished speaking, Xu Yuanchao on the side also nodded: "Anyway, we will not lose money when we negotiate with the British this time, and what we lack in the country is money, and at the same time, we can get valuable foreign exchange and promote the formal negotiations between China and Britain on the issue of region X, and we will successfully complete this task!"
"That's what I said, but" Lu Jiadong couldn't help pausing halfway through his words, then took another sip of tea, and continued in an indifferent tone:
Of course, according to the attitude of the British, this game must be a dead game, but it is not us insiders who decide the outcome of this game, but those outsiders who seem to have nothing to do with it!"
"Outsider? Jia Dong, you mean?"
Hearing Lu Jiadong's words, Hu Qinghua and the other three reacted in unison, and then nodded in unison, but it didn't take long for Hu Qinghua's eyebrows to wrinkle again:
"It seems that we are betting on luck with the British, and in that case, I don't think there is any need to contact again these days"
"Contact! Why don't we contact?" Lu Jiadong glanced at Hu Qinghua and the others, and said half-jokingly: "Don't you want to learn English better, it's a waste to put such a good English sparring partner and not use it, besides, even if it's a gamble of luck, they are not necessarily better than us, you must know that our luck has never been bad."
"Although this battle plan depends on luck, I believe that God will bless us as always!" At the same time, in the integrated command room of the Rio Grande Air Base in Argentina, Lieutenant General Messi, Chief of Staff of the Argentine Air Force, pointed to a strangely marked point on the map and continued categorically:
"Anyway, I'm going to send this guy into the sea this time!"
"Yes!"
Listening to the loud and firm words of the pilots, Vice Admiral Messi's face was filled with a smile of relief, and the hand pointing to the map was slowly lowered, and the character covered by his fingers also revealed its true face, if there were British people present at this time, it would definitely be frightened, because that peculiar point was none other than the flagship of the British task force, the aircraft carrier "Athletic" (to be continued. )
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