Chapter 527: Who Lied to Whom
Seeing that Su Jin finally relented, Hull was like riding a roller coaster, and his mood instantly rose from hell to heaven, and at this moment his demeanor of a career diplomat was revealed, only to see a reserved and smug smile on his face: "General Su, I have always believed that there is nothing in this world that cannot be negotiated, as long as you put forward the conditions, we can negotiate." ”
"Do you want me to make a condition?" Su Jin asked, staring into Hull's eyes.
"Of course, as long as it is within a reasonable range, we can agree to it." Hull hurriedly replied, and almost patted his chest to reassure.
"Two things!" Su Jin raised two fingers: "In that case, I hope the U.S. government can make a guarantee to me." ”
"Please!" Hull nodded.
"First, I hope that the U.S. government will give me a written guarantee that China's interests will be fully taken into account when redefining the Asian order after the war, such as returning Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands seized by Japan to China."
"Hmm!" Hull nodded, and then said with some embarrassment: "There is no doubt that Taiwan was snatched by the Japanese from China, but the Ryukyu Islands are ......."
"The Ryukyu Islands are also Chinese!" Su Jin said affirmatively: "I can be sure that everything will be known after the war is over." ”
Hull heard what Su Jin meant, if we lose this war, it will naturally be everything, but if we become a victorious country, we will naturally enjoy the rights due to the victorious country! ”
"Okay!" Hull nodded reluctantly, "I can tell President Roosevelt about this, but I can't guarantee whether it will work or not." ”
"Yes!" Su Jin stretched out two more fingers: "Second, the expedition to France is not a trivial matter, we need time to prepare, at least until mid-June, we will not be ready to go to France." And you have to guarantee that the Third Army will be used as an independent force after we arrive in France, and that our troops will not be split up under any pretext! Moreover, our commanders have the right to refuse orders of war which they consider unreasonable, such as orders that are clearly intended to send them to death, and that all war materiel, salaries and salaries of the troops, etc., during their stay in France shall be fully borne by the French Government or the Government of your country. ”
"I can agree to this now!" Hull nodded Su Jin's worries were reasonable in his opinion, after all, who would be worried that the French and British would consume them as cannon fodder, not to mention salaries and war materials, helping you fight and letting Lao Tzu pay out of his own pocket, there is absolutely no such reason in the world.
"One more thing."
After seeing Hull nodding, Su Jin said with a smile again, but Hull was startled, "Didn't you say that there are only two things?" ”
"It's not a big deal." For the first time, a sly smile appeared on Su Jin's face: "If you want my soldiers to go to a distant foreign land to work for the French, you must give them enough benefits. For example, some material rewards, which can make the soldiers more comfortable to fight, you say? ”
Seeing the smile on Su Jin's face, Hull understood what the other party wanted. But he has long been prepared for this, if you want people to set off willingly, you must give enough benefits, otherwise why should people work for you.
After sighing lightly, Hull said, "General Su, you say, how much money do you want?" ”
Su Jin didn't speak, but silently stretched out a finger and shook it in front of him.
"Ten million dollars?" Hull said tentatively.
"Do you think it's possible?" Su Jin gave him an angry look, "Is the life of our soldiers so cheap, is it worth a hundred dollars per person?" ”
"Do you want $100 million?" Hull's eyes widened in surprise: "You're crazy, there's no way Congress can agree to approve." ”
"Hey......" Su Jin said dissatisfiedly: "Mr. Hull, on average, each of our soldiers can only get a thousand yuan of this 100 million US dollars, is this a lot compared to the annual revenue of 200 billion US dollars of the US government?" And I didn't say that you US government should come out, you can count it on the heads of the French, how can we say that we are also fighting for them, shouldn't we ask for money? ”
Looking at Su Jin, who was full of words, Hull didn't know what to say. These days, he can be regarded as having come into contact with a lot of high-ranking officials in China, in general, Chinese people are a little shy to talk about money, although they also like money, but when talking about these things, they will always use a more subtle or tactful way to express it. But this one is just the opposite, he is not ashamed to talk about money at all, and he can even bring it up to you openly, and say that I am worth so much if you love it.
As a Westerner, it is not difficult to accept to talk openly about money, after all, in their opinion, money is also a manifestation of value.
However, Hull naturally would not let Su Jin Lion open his mouth, and after some fierce bargaining between the two, Hull finally cut the price to 60 million US dollars.
Three days later, Hull received a telegram from the United States, in which Roosevelt agreed in principle to the conditions, and the two sides signed a written contract. When the people around looked at the two guys who were smiling happily, almost all of them had the illusion that two foxes, one big and one small, were looking at each other and smiling very happily.
After signing the agreement, Hull returned to the United States satisfied, and he still had many things, such as organizing enough ships to transport 100,000 people, such as raising the 60 million US dollars demanded by Su Jin, etc., there were too many things.
After sending Hull away, Zhou Yusheng specially found Su Jin and asked worriedly: "Sir, do you really want to take more than 100,000 brothers from the Third Army to France to fight?" Germans are not vegetarians, and we can't afford to fight them for that money. ”
"Hehe...... Su Jin sneered: "Chi Yu, are you really that stupid when I am?" For the sake of those Gallic chickens, they took their brothers to France and played with the Germans? ”
"Then what are you ......" Zhou Yusheng was a little puzzled, he reminded: "Sir, those white people pay great attention to the spirit of the contract, if we sign a contract and fail to abide by it, they will forever spurn and blacklist, and we will want to deal with them in the future." ”
"Don't worry, they won't have this chance." Su Jin's eyes narrowed, and there was a hint of triumph on his face, "As long as the French can survive until the end of July, what does it matter if my brother works for them once...... )