At five o'clock in the morning, Building 3 of the Municipal Party Committee Guest House.

Wan Shan got up on time and walked to the location of the entrance of the passage in the middle of the building, where he was ready to take over. Xiang Ping sat there, his legs straightened and resting on another chair, flipping through a book in the light. It's quiet.

The Iraqis have not yet arrived, so the first half of Building No. 3 is not yet occupied, and Huang Guanghui and Gong Dazhu, who are responsible for providing security for the Iraqis, are not yet in place.

Wan Shan sat down with a large tea jar, drank some water, took out a cigarette and lit it, handed it to Xiang Ping, and said, "You go to sleep." ”

Xiang Ping said, "I'm not sleepy, it's almost dawn anyway." ”

Wanshan is a man of few words, all the time. At this time, there were no special forces, and snipers were even more fresh and professional, so Wan Shan actually acted as a sniper as a sharpshooter, of course, when he was a soldier. In the platoon of Li Lu's acting platoon commander, Wan Shan was the first in marksmanship, which was more accurate than Li Lu's.

So Xiang Ping didn't expect to be able to talk to Wan Shan to pass the time, and continued to read his books, and Wan Shan really didn't plan to chat, so he just sat there smoking in a daze.

Suddenly, they heard the sound of a car outside, and it was still far away.

It's too quiet here, the building of the municipal party committee guest house is generally separated by hundreds of meters, it is an independent large courtyard, and then a large garden or something, so the environment of each building is very quiet, but whenever there is a car, it is easy to appear.

There are too few cars, just a few kinds, so they have already written down the sound characteristics of the engine in the past few days, and they quickly made a judgment that it is a car.

"Running to us." Xiang Ping listened quietly for a while.

Wan Shan frowned and looked at the time, "The squad leader is here?" It's too early. ”

"No, that's not the voice of the squad leader's car." Xiang Ping shook his head and said, "Let's go, go out and have a look." ”

Wan Shan grabbed his arm, pointed upstairs, and said, "Go to the second floor." ”

Then the two of them quickly went upstairs.

The second floor has the best view, with a commanding height.

Two cars drove from the direction of the gate along the asphalt road, and at five o'clock in the morning, the sky was still dark, and in more than half an hour, the other side of the sea would crack and let in the sun.

Seeing the two cars going straight to Building 3, and taking the road in the first half of Building 3, Xiang Ping and Wan Shan glanced at each other, and Xiang Ping whispered, "Oh no, it must be Iraqis, why did they arrive early, hurry, you go and guard the passage, don't let them come here, I'll inform the squad leader!" ”

The two of them hurriedly took action, and Wan Shan returned to the entrance of the passage just now to guard, and made up his mind that no matter what happened, he would resolutely not let the Iraqis pass through here, as long as they did not go from here, they would not have a chance to meet the Iranians. Xiang Ping hurriedly went back to the room where they lived and called Li Lu to report the situation.

The two cars stopped in the front yard of Building No. 3, and several people came down one after another, and the bald leader of the foreign affairs department was clearly inside.

He shook hands with a middle-aged Iraqi man with a smile and said, "Mr. Ahmed, you settle down first, and if you need anything, just go to the first floor and inform the staff on duty, they will provide it for you." After resting, I will contact the manufacturer and arrange for you to negotiate as soon as possible. ”

The second-in-command of the Iraqi business delegation is also here, and their demands are basically the same as those of the Iranians, but their specifications are much higher, and Ahmed is a senior official in the foreign trade department, and he has a close relationship with the president, and he has more say than the first leader.

Iraq has money, Lao Sa is ambitious, wants more, and it is only natural that he will send a higher-level business representative.

Ahmad politely shook the hand of the foreign affairs leader and said, "Thank you for your hospitality, we will return to China in a week, and I hope to arrange negotiations as soon as possible, what do you think about after dawn?" ”

The foreign affairs leaders wondered, what happened to the Iranians and Iraqis, why did they rush to stuff money into our pockets as if they didn't want money? It's not okay to slow down.

When encountering such a foreign businessman, the foreign affairs leader was naturally very happy and promised, "No problem, no problem, you can take a rest first, and I will inform the manufacturer that the first round of negotiations can be held in the morning." ”

At this time, the assistant beside him whispered, "Director, the Red Star Factory will continue to talk with the Iranians in the morning, and Director Li said that he will try to complete the negotiations with the Iranians within one day, and then he can focus on the Iraqis side of the talks, which will also help to keep secrets." ”

"Don't get in the way, you can inform him." The foreign affairs leader waved his hand and whispered, "When to talk about him, it doesn't matter if you talk about a company, let him go according to our arrangement." ”

The assistant wanted to say something, but stopped, so he could only nod his head and agree.

Immediately, the foreign affairs leader personally sent Ahmad and the other three inside.

Li Lu received a call from Xiang Ping, and drove over in a hurry. He usually lives in the dormitory of the New Guangming Factory at night, after all, he still holds a position in the New Guangming Factory, and a telephone is pulled in the dormitory for easy contact.

The location of the new Guangming Factory is between the Hongxing Factory and the Municipal Party Committee Guest House, and the distance is also the most moderate, and Fenyuan Company is also in the south of the Municipal Party Committee Guest House, so for the sake of distance, it is the best choice to live in the dormitory of the New Guangming Factory. It is impossible to go back to Baixing Village to live, the distance is too far.

He was also caught off guard.

It was clear on the schedule that Ahmed would arrive at the dry port in two days. Li Lu has at least two days to complete negotiations with Shapur's side. In this way, a collision between the two parties can be completely avoided.

It's okay to arrive early, the problem is that as the negotiator of the Red Star Factory, he didn't receive a notice from the foreign affairs department!

Li Lu's heart is on fire, he knows about the arrogance of some officials and the discrimination against private entrepreneurs, but he never imagined that it would be the same in such a big event!

The foreign affairs leaders thought that Ahmad was anxious to reach a deal as soon as possible, but in fact, Li Lu knew very well that it would be difficult for Ahmad to reach a large deal on his trip to the dry port. The reason couldn't be simpler - what Ahmed wants, the Red Star Factory can't provide!

Tanks, artillery, light weapons, and even fighter planes, the intention to buy them has already been reached, and as far as Li Lu knows, Ahmet even paid a deposit. What else does Ahmed want? Missiles, ships, Asian Tiger tanks. None of these Red Star factories can provide it.

If Shapur had purchased the Asian Tiger tank, Li Lu would not have been able to sell the tank to Ahmed, and the question was, is it possible for Ahmed to purchase the improved 59 modified tanks from Red Star Defense when he had already purchased a batch of 59 and 69 tanks?

Hope is slim, so Li Lu's plan is to complete the negotiations with Shapur, and once Shapur decides not to buy the Asian Tiger tank, he can make a deal with Ahmed. The mood of the Iraqis to be able to form an overwhelming technological superiority over the Iranians in this aspect of ground armor was dictated by their ample funding.

Ahmed's early arrival disrupted Li Lu's plans.

If it's serious, if you're not careful, the contracts on both sides will be ruined, and no one is sure that Shapur will be angry and break the contract when he learns that Ahmed is "stealing business"!

Li Lu hurried to the guest house, but before he could meet Wan Shan and Xiang Ping, he was stopped at the door and taken directly to Building No. 1, where the foreign affairs leader lived.

Building 1 is a large apartment-style building, with a total of six floors, each floor has a dozen rooms, although it is numbered 1, but the specifications are far lower than that of Buildings 2 to 9. Starting from Building 2 to Building 9, it is all independent compound villas.

Li Lu was angry, but when he saw the foreign affairs leader, the other party directly threw a sentence: "The first round of negotiations with Ahmed will be held tomorrow morning." ”

He's going to smoke in his head.

Note: The exchange rate issue has been considered for a long time, and there are only a few people who understand that era, and besides, the book is a different parallel world, so it is set.