Chapter 528: The Female Ambassador Takes Office
It is not difficult to see that Gao Yazhi has a cold personality, although she knew that the wheel was introduced by herself, she just said a few words: "My name is Gao Yazhi, Mongolian, graduated from Mongolian Girls' School." ”
Gao Mengdie later checked her information, her family's surname was given by Gao Mengdie's father, Gao Yazhi did graduate from a Mongolian girls' school, because she has lived on horseback since she was a child, and she has developed a body of skills, as soon as she graduated from the girls' school, she was recruited by the General Affairs Bureau, trained in the special training class of the General Affairs Bureau for one year, and after graduation, she went to the Dutch station of the General Affairs Bureau, and then transferred from the Dutch station to Gao Mengdie's side.
The Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom is at 31 Portland Street in London, after the jeep crosses several streets, it comes to the door of the embassy, Xiao Zhao slows down the speed of the jeep, and the guard at the gate sees the convoy coming back, opens the gate, and lets the convoy pass.
The three cars drove into the compound, Wei Delong first jumped out of the jeep, observing the surrounding movements, Gao Yazhi then opened the car door and jumped out of the car, and then turned back to Gao Mengdie and said, "Eighth princess, please get out of the car!" ”
Gao Yazhi's Chinese is very standard, and she learned Chinese at the Mongolian Girls' School, and Huaxia established more than 300 schools in Mongolian Province for the purpose of Sinicizing Mongolian descendants.
Gao Mengdie walked out of the jeep, the embassy building is not very high, only three floors, the embassy is mainly concentrated on the first floor office, the east of the second floor is Gao Mengdie's dormitory, her dormitory occupies half of the entire second floor, the stairs are in the middle of this building, after going up the stairs, the entire corridor on the right hand belongs to Gao Mengdie.
She has four rooms, the easternmost two are her bedroom and study, and the two rooms by the corridor, one of which is her private living room, and the other is Gao Yazhi's bedroom, guardhouse, and newspaper room.
Gao Yazhi is the only one in this guardhouse, and she has many roles such as guard, life secretary, and newspaper.
There is an iron door at the top of the staircase in the corridor on this side, which is usually locked, and no one is allowed to enter the area of Gao Mengdie's residence without Gao Yazhi's permission.
On the third floor is the embassy's conference room, newspaper room, reference room, and a guardhouse, which is equipped with a Gatling gun, and if anyone wants to storm the embassy's courtyard through the gate, it is within range of this machine gun.
Liu Da's office is on the first floor, he usually doesn't work here, and he doesn't live in the embassy, he has a dormitory at the Huaxia Headquarters in the UK, and he usually works there.
There is also an annex building at the back of the building, which is reserved for embassy staff and guards, and the embassy has a platoon of 63 guards equipped with two military trucks, and this platoon is under the orders of Wei Delong.
Gao Mengdie came to No. 31 Portland Street and didn't go out all day, she listened to Liu Da's report in the conference hall on the third floor, and then looked through various documents on British foreign policy. Although she is no stranger to the United Kingdom, during her studies at the Foreign Affairs University, she was also able to get in touch with the top secret documents of China and Britain in a timely manner, after all, it was in school, and now she has to devote herself to specific practical work, she does not dare to be a little sloppy, she must be familiar with the work of the embassy as soon as possible.
After a busy day, on the second day she had to summon British leaders from all walks of life, especially MPs, and had made an appointment with the embassy a few days earlier.
She first met with the Minister of Industry in the reception hall on the first floor, the minister was named Anthony, and Gao Mengdie communicated with them in English.
"Honourable Mr. Ambassador, Princess Mengdie, on behalf of the British Department of Industry, I would like to welcome you to the United Kingdom with a sincere heart." The minister said so as soon as they met.
Gao Mengdie responded: "Thank you, Mr. Minister! I would like to invite you to come today and exchange views on the issue of steel transactions between our two countries. You have different opinions on the quantity of steel exported from China, I already know, can you provide a specific figure on the amount of steel we export to your country? ”
In the reception hall, there were two embassy staff members who were responsible for recording Gao Mengdie's conversation with Anthony.
Anthony said: "Your country's plan this year is to sell us 500 tons of high-quality steel, too few people, yes, we think too little!" We believe that your country should increase the quota given to us by at least 100 tons. ”
Gao Mengdie smiled and said: "Mr. Minister, I have read the documents signed between our two countries on the export of high-quality steel, and in the contract for the export of high-quality steel, it is clearly stated that this batch can only be used for infrastructure construction just now, mainly for bridge construction, and now you are suspected of diverting high-quality steel for other purposes, so I can't agree to your request for the time being, Mr. Minister." ”
"It's all a false accusation, and the high-quality steel we imported was used for the construction of the bridge, and some of it was used for the construction of the factory, and it was not diverted for other purposes," Anthony argued. ”
Gao Mengdie kept smiling and said, "I will investigate this matter clearly, and I hope you can cooperate with our investigation and submit a detailed report to this princess." ”
"We'll do it, Mr. Ambassador." Anthony stood up from the couch, "Your Royal Highness, I am very grateful that you were able to meet me in the midst of your busy schedule!" Farewell! ”
Gao Mengdie also stood up: "I'm not far away!" ”
The second person to come to meet was the British Minister of Commerce, a white-haired man in his sixties named Bit.
After sitting down, Bit said: "Honorable Princess of Huaxia, Honorable Mr. Ambassador, on behalf of my colleagues in the Ministry of Commerce, I have come to meet Her Royal Highness Princess Mengdie!" ”
Gao Mengdie returned the salute very politely: "Thank you, Mr. Minister!" Why are you here? ”
"That's right. We British citizens love the tobacco produced in the Americas," said Minister Bit, pulling some tobacco from his pocket, "You see, these fine tobacco are so beloved by us that even I, an old man, don't take a few puffs of this cigarette a day. ”
Gao Mengdie asked: "Are you sure that this is the tobacco produced in our Huaxia?" ”
Bit smiled: "This is the best grade of American tobacco!" It comes from Dewang Tobacco, but the price is too expensive, and we hope that the price of tobacco from the Americas can be lowered a little, so that a little bit of profit can be given to our British citizens. ”
"That's what you're here for?" Gao Mengdie asked.
"Exactly, Mr. Ambassador." Bit replied, "Dewang Tobacco, in particular, wants to be able to reduce the price by five percent." ”
Gao Mengdie smiled: "Mr. Minister, the question you raised belongs to commercial activities, not within my jurisdiction, you should go to talk to Dewang Tobacco, and our embassy can provide you with contact information." ”
Bit continued: "Your Royal Highness, you don't know, the price of tobacco is true, but your tariffs are too harsh, and in this way, the interests of our merchants are greatly harmed. ”
Gao Mengdie said: "I understand, you are here for our tariffs." I can answer you right now that our tariffs cannot be changed at will, and I hope that Mr. Minister will understand this, and if you want to reduce the price of tobacco, I suggest that you still find a way out of the market. This is the tobacco of Dewang Tobacco? ”
"Yes, Dewang Tobacco, super good tobacco."
Gao Mengdie gave the minister an idea: "You can go to France, Italy, and Portugal to promote Dewang tobacco, so that your sales will not expand?" ”
Bit asked, "Let's sell it for export?" Is this possible? ”