On the evening of the third day, Saudi Prince Khalid and Lu Jiadong sat side by side in a secluded reception room at the Marina Hotel near the port in Karachi, Pakistan, although the air vents in the ceiling kept the temperature cool and pleasant.

However, even in this comfortable environment, Khalid's forehead was neatly lined with fine beads of sweat, and his face was slightly pale, one arm resting on the arm of the sofa, but the other hand was tightly rubbing the loose placket under the cover of the white Arab robes.

On the contrary, Lu Jiadong, who was only separated from Khalid at a small square table, had an indifferent smile on his face at this time, gently shaking the glass of soda with ice cubes in his hand, looking relaxed and natural, but from Lu Jiadong's heart, he was indeed very helpless at this moment.

You must know that he and Khalid have held four or five talks since yesterday evening, and although the two have reached a certain consensus on issues such as the resumption of the supply of weapons and equipment to Pakistan, the rich prince has always hesitated to decide when it comes to the most important issues.

After four or five times, even if Lu Jiadong was patient, he was a little fed up, and even began to prepare to start a backup plan, so that he could put aside Saudi Arabia and adopt other methods to achieve his set goals, for which Lu Jiadong was almost ready to leave Pakistan and go to Marseille, France.

But before Lu Jiadong could leave, Khalid came to the door again, and he came to the door in person to ask for a meeting, seeing such a hesitant lord, Lu Jiadong was also tossed so that he had no temper at all, so he could only start the negotiation again. The content is basically the same as the previous times, and even the current situation is exactly the same.

"Mr. Lu, I think you should know what I'm worried about!" The meeting room did not know how long it was silent, Prince Khalid first broke the silence, after two days of contact, Khalid also had a deep understanding of Lu Jiadong, this seemingly young Chinese does have a smart brain, profound knowledge and a broad heart as Musharraf said. Therefore, Khalid still has a good impression of Lu Jiadong.

However, it is such a mild-mannered Chinese who gave him an extremely bold way to consolidate and improve his position, making Khalid sound his heart jumping, and even compared to dancing on the tip of a knife by several of his own staff, because a bad Khalid is not just as simple as losing face, but completely ruined, let alone exile at that time, even if it is a different head, it is not impossible, so Khalid does not dare to agree at all.

But if you don't agree. Khalid can only return home empty-handed, when the high-level doubts about his ability, the slander and attacks of opponents, and the negative evaluation of him by the entire royal family will also beat him to the point that he will not be able to turn over in his life, so this is also unacceptable to the ambitious prince, so from this point of view, Khalid still has a faint urge to fight.

It is this contradiction of "fear" and "impulsiveness" that makes the rich Saudi prince always hesitate. It's the same this time, but it's the same compared to before. Khalid was also a little different, at least his hesitation was not as strong as before, and his tone of voice was much firmer than the previous ones:

"The method you said is really too risky, Mr. Lu, you are a smart person, you should know that this kind of thing cannot be avoided by the Americans at all, and if one is not good, it will offend them. Even though I'm a Saudi prince, I can't stand the crazy revenge of those guys who eat people and don't spit out bones!"

"So I suggest you base your starting point on other aspects and avoid the powerful United States!" As soon as Khalid finished speaking, Lu Jiadong took over the conversation, for a little brother like Saudi Arabia who relies on the United States. Disobedience to the United States means that it is simply killing itself, so whenever Saudi Arabia encounters a major problem, it has to look at the face of the United States in exchange for the United States' commitment to protect the regime of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, because of this, Lu Jiadong's proposal does not mean to target the United States, but only slightly involves some related factors, but even so it still scares this seemingly noble prince at a loss:

"As I have emphasized on several occasions, although the United States has not yet stepped out of the posture of economic weakness and seems to be too busy to take care of itself and hopes to stabilize everything, since President Reagan took office, there have been obvious changes in US domestic and foreign policy, but it is still in a period of adaptation and adjustment, during which the United States is happy to see any decision made by your country, especially with the flames of the Iran-Iraq war, the United States can play this big game of chess more covertly and murderously!"

"Mr. Lu, are you really sure that this will not anger the United States?" Khalid furrowed his eyebrows into a mountain, and Lu Jiadong smiled confidently, and then replied in extremely fluent Arabic:

"Just like I analyzed with Your Highness last time, at least for now, the United States will not have any opposition, of course, it will be difficult to say in a few years, at that time, as long as your country cooperates with the United States, as for now, there is no need to worry, and if it is implemented properly, His Highness and His Highness's father Prince Sultan are likely to enter the sight of the Reagan administration in the United States, and then the Sultan family will become a force that no one in the Saudi royal family dares to underestimate!"

"This" Hearing Lu Jiadong's words, Prince Khalid's eyes flashed with a golden light in an instant, especially the last sentence was even more to his heart, so that some of the worries he wanted to say before were swallowed back into his stomach, and then there was silence in the room, and I don't know how long it took, Khaled's hand that was holding the placket of his shirt was slightly released, and his always gloomy face also showed a rare meaningful smile, and then asked Lu Jiadong:

"Just last night, I had a phone call with General Musharraf, and I learned from him that the current effective trilateral financial assistance and arms sales model between China, the United States, and Pakistan was first proposed by you, Mr. Lu?"

In fact, Khalid, like Lu Jiadong, lacked patience for such hesitation and was ready to return to Islamabad for a long-term plan, but when he was talking to Musharraf, the head of Pakistan's armed forces intelligence, on the phone to inform him that he was ready to return to Islamabad, Musharraf talked about China's situation with Pakistan in an unintentional casual conversation.

After hearing about this past, Khalid couldn't help but re-examine the method proposed by Lu Jiadong, and then changed his original intention to visit Lu Jiadong in person in the evening, of course, Lu Jiadong at this time naturally felt the change in Khalid's attitude, thinking that the scheming Musharraf really knows how to look at the heat and ingredients, in this case, then he can't waste this pot of soup that has been almost stewed, thinking of this, Lu Jiadong waved his hand slightly:

"It's all in the past, and I followed the trend at the time!"

"However, General Musharraf said that Mr. Lu, you have a very accurate grasp of the policy trend of the new US government, in fact, it is not only him, I have also carefully reviewed every word you have said in the past day, Mr. Lu, especially the analysis involving the United States, which is indeed very unique, presumably there are friends of Mr. Lu in the core think tank team of the new US government!"

Khalid has never been able to let go of the knot of the United States, so he took this opportunity to ask, although even he himself felt that he could not get Lu Jiadong's true words at all, but he was more or less seeking some psychological comfort, how could Khalid's thoughts and thoughts escape Lu Jiadong's eyes at this time.

Even if it is not known what Musharraf said to the fledgling Saudi prince on the phone, it is certain that the Pakistani intelligence chief has absolutely said that he is so fanciful that Khalid believes that Lu Jiadong is a man who can hold the pulse of the United States.

Even if Lu Jiadong is a little helpless in this regard, but in the face of Musharraf's kindness and the current situation, if Lu Jiadong doesn't take Khalid down, it is really a little unreasonable, thinking of this, the corners of Lu Jiadong's mouth turned slightly, showing a hint of intriguing smile, and the expression on his face also flashed with a look of continuing "you know", and then slowly shook his head at Khalid, and said unhurriedly:

"Your Royal Highness, I don't have any friends in the United States at all, and there is no one in the U.S. government, and the reason why I can grasp the direction of the United States is only through reasonable scrutiny through public information!"

Although Lu Jiadong denied it, his demeanor and expression were a kind of implication that everything was unspoken, which fell into Prince Khalid's eyes, and naturally had a different interpretation, and then his gloomy face finally lifted the clouds that had shrouded him for a long time, revealing a sunny smile, and his tone was firmer than before:

"My staff once said that Mr. Lu's method is like dancing on the tip of a knife, but now I have to let go if I want to fight a good road, and I am also an adventurous person, so even if I dance on the tip of a knife, I think I should give it a try!"

"Me too!" said Lu Jiadong smiled and raised the glass of soda in his hand, and Prince Khalid also raised his glass with a satisfied smile, and a crisp clinking of glasses immediately sounded in the living room (to be continued......