The ceremony was grand and complicated.

Although he has lived in Saudi Arabia for half a year and is still regarded as a guest by the Saudi royal family, Wang Dong is still not suitable for the customs and hot and dry climate here.

Fortunately, Crown Prince Mohammed is not a procrastinator.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the ceremony ended and the banquet began.

Because it is dozens of kilometers away from Riyadh, the banquet was arranged in a temporary camp in the military industrial city, and several large tents were set up for this purpose.

It's luxurious and very Saudi, and the main course is a roasted camel.

In order to take care of the foreign guests, and also for better communication, the banquet was completely open, and Crown Prince Mohammed left after the banquet began.

To be precise, to go to a tent specially prepared for the crown prince.

The representative of D&F Saudi Arabia is Musharraf, but half a year ago there was such a trouble, everyone knows that the big boss of D&F is Wang Dong.

Musharraf is only a shareholder in the company.

Because D&F Saudi Arabia is completely independent, Musharraf remains the president in public.

After dealing with it, Wang Dong was called away by Prince Waleed's entourage.

"How's it going, are you used to living there?"

"It's good, it's like being on vacation." In front of Prince Waleed, Wang Dong was very polite, or polite, and he should go to Dubai on vacation.

Prince Waleed smiled, knowing that Wang Dong was saying polite words.

"What do you think about what's happening lately?" Prince Waleed knows very well that Wang Dong doesn't like to go around the bend, just talk about things.

"Go with the flow."

"yes, you can think about it."

"Even if you can't think about it, what can you do?" Wang Dong smiled bitterly.

"Yes, it's best if you think so." Prince Waleed sighed and said, "The crown prince originally wanted to have a good talk with you, but you know that he is a busy man right now, and he will leave later. He asked me to tell you, take your time, what we have is time. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your understanding, and please tell the Crown Prince that we are very grateful for your country's support."

"Of course, no matter what happens, you can come to me at any time."

Wang Dong expressed his gratitude again, but there was nothing else to say.

I don't come to Saudi Arabia for a vacation.

Half a year ago, after Serena sued Paris TV for defamation infringement as the president of the D&F Group company, the matter became a big one.

Although it was a civil lawsuit, the stakes were huge, and the British judiciary immediately intervened in the investigation.

If only reputation is involved, the problem is not very big, and according to the Western judicial system, it is very likely that it will be settled through reconciliation in the end.

It's just that it's not that simple.

After the British judiciary intervened, it was soon found that in addition to Stull, that is, Serena, D&F also had several shareholders.

The point is that among these shareholders, only Musharraf, Gao Jun and Aziz have complete identity information, and the origin of the other shareholders is unknown.

These are secret investigations, and the British judiciary has not released the results of the investigations.

In doing these investigations, in fact, it is just to ask Serena to retreat and agree to the settlement plan proposed by the court, so as to end this reputation infringement lawsuit.

Serena made a compromise and also put forward conditions.

This is to put an end to all investigative activities against D&F, to lift sanctions against D&F, and to restore D&F's autonomy.

Then there are lengthy negotiations.

Although the British authorities tried to resolve the matter quickly and minimize the impact, after these events, the relationship between D&F and Huaxia was confirmed.

At the time of Serena's request, the British intelligence and security agencies had already found out that some of the technicians employed by D&F were from China, and they had previously worked in arms companies in China, so it was very likely that they were related to the Chinese intelligence agencies.

This does not prove that D&F has had an affair with the Huaxia intelligence agency, after all, D&F signed employment contracts with these technicians from Huaxia through a headhunting company, and the process and procedures are very formal, at most it can only be said that these technicians are spies of the Huaxia intelligence agency.

The problem is that even if D&F is not responsible for this, it is still jointly and severally liable.

According to the relevant laws of the United Kingdom, especially those related to national security, D&F companies are first subject to a comprehensive audit by the British intelligence and security agencies, that is, internal liquidation, and then reorganized under the supervision of the British authorities, after which they are subject to the supervision of the British authorities.

This process, without five or eight years, will definitely not be completed.

Among other things, the regulatory period is at least five years, i.e. during this period, all business activities of a D&F company need to be approved by the regulatory authorities.

In addition, after the completion of the reorganization, D&F is not what it used to be.

It was in this way that Serena decided to compromise.

In fact, by this time, Serena had already achieved her initial goal, which was to divert public attention and eliminate public opinion that was unfavorable to D&F.

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven.

Before the negotiations between D&F and the British intelligence and security agencies were over, the U.S. Department of Defense issued an announcement announcing that H&K's blue team had won the OIC project.

It's not that the BLU team's guns and ammunition are better, it's that D&F is out, and the gold team can't come up with guns and ammunition that can meet the standards of the U.S. military in the short term.

That is, the blue team becomes the only bidder.

According to the announcement issued by the Pentagon, the first contract will be signed with the main contractor of the blue team within the year, and the OIC project will also enter the stage of engineering trial production.

It can be said that as soon as the contract is signed, the bidding for the OIC project is officially over.

At that time, it will be difficult to administratively overturn a formal contract with legal efficiency, regardless of the reasons given by the contractors of the Kim team.

If you go through the judicial process, the problem will be more troublesome.

When H&K gets the order from the U.S. military and becomes the manufacturer of the third-generation NATO standard caliber guns and ammunition, it will be able to reap a market of hundreds of billions of dollars, obtain tens of billions of dollars in profits, create tens of thousands of jobs, and become the world's largest firearms manufacturer in one fell swoop.

Germany is benefiting, but also the United States.

After all, H&K can't afford to eat such a big pie, and will definitely hand over some of the orders to its American subsidiary, creating thousands of jobs in the United States.

It was the United Kingdom that suffered, as well as Belgium.

After the announcement issued by the U.S. Department of Defense, BAE Systems took the lead in standing up, claiming that the Pentagon had adopted unfair competition methods in the selection of OIC projects, violating relevant U.S. laws, and asked the Pentagon to revoke the previous announcement.

Subsequently, the D&F Group of Companies formally initiated judicial proceedings.

This time, it's not for the sake of reputation, it's purely to stir up trouble.

The U.S. District Court for the District of New York has accepted the case, but the lawsuit may not be resolved until a few years later, and may not be resolved.