Chapter 234: Negotiation I
Early the next morning, Lin Qing got up from the bed a little lazily, looked at the beautiful woman lying next to him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the European Yanma is really wild enough. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Kolos looks very innocent, and Lin Qing likes the innocent series, but after getting to bed, the innocent girl has also become a brave knight, and a crazy knight.
The days of waiting were originally very boring, but it was different with the company of beautiful women, Lin Qing didn't care that he was used by a beautiful woman to hype himself, of course, this premise is that this beauty must be attractive enough to him, and he is not a so-called defender, life must be happy, this is his wise saying, and she took Kolos to Amsterdam for a few days in the next few days.
Six days later, the Earl's Mansion of Lin Qing.
Lin Qing stood at the door of the mansion with Kolos, and looked at Prince William who walked down from the car with a smile on his face: "Prince William, long time no see!" β
"Earl Lin Qing, I haven't seen you for a long time, it's a pity that you've been waiting for so long, you've been busy before, so it's a little long for you to wait!" Prince William looked at Lin Qing with a smile on his face.
Looking at Prince William with a smile on his face, Lin Qing couldn't help but sigh that life is impermanent, who would have thought that he would be able to talk and laugh with the so-called four princes of the world in the last life? And it is also the top of the four princes, not Jin Sanfat, this kind of comic, nor Prince Haman, who has nothing but money, but the Dutch prince who may inherit the Dutch throne in the future.
The king of the Netherlands is not like the Queen of England, the power is weakened almost equal to zero, and the mascot is about the same, the king of the Netherlands still has real power, although the Netherlands implements a constitutional monarchy, but the king of this country is too important to the country, so even if the power is concentrated in the hands of the parliament, it can still affect the country.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, you are gracious, I think it is a great honor for anyone to be able to visit you in person, and for me, I should feel glad that I have been waiting for a few days, otherwise I would not have met Kolos, am I right, baby?"
After saying that Lin Qing and Kolos kissed together, Prince William looked at the intimate behavior of the two people and was not annoyed, this is the difference between the etiquette of Europeans and Chinese, if this kind of intimate behavior appears on a formal occasion in China, it will make people feel disrespectful, but not in Europe.
"Very beautiful girl, I'm a little jealous of you." Prince William and Kolos briefly hugged and touched each other's cheeks, but even that made Kolos excited.
Prince William looked at Lin Qing, still with a smile on his face: "I'm just afraid that it will affect your business, I heard that now in Africa and the Middle East, your business is doing very well, and it has occupied a large part of the market. β
"Prince William, I think if the British say so, I should be well prepared, you also know that the British are generally one in front of the people, one in the back, they are very cunning, you say?"
Prince William nodded approvingly: "Yes, I think so!" I hate the British. β
Although there is a blood relationship between the Dutch royal family and the British royal family, the Dutch are very disgusted with the British, which has something to do with history, when the Dutch did business all over the world and had the reputation of the coachmen of the sea, they were different from the British, although the Dutch would also buy and sell, but unlike the naked robbery of the British, there was a little moral bottom line.
However, with the rise of the British, the Dutch Armada was defeated by the British, and the British, who had a robbery license, did all kinds of evil at sea, and the Dutch also became one of the targets of the British robbery, after all, the British still had a great sense of accomplishment in robbing the former overlord.
The three of them walked into the living room with a smile on their faces, scolding the British and praising the weather and God, looking very harmonious, like old friends who had not seen each other for many years.
The old butler's son, Johart Jr., rushed back from Palawan for this meeting, and Johart Jr. stayed at Lin Qing's manor in Palawan, while his son, who graduated from the Royal Butler School in England, took over the work of Old Johart and was responsible for the daily management of Lin Qing's Earl Palace.
When little Johart saw the three of them enter the door, he immediately guided them to their seats and brought up the red wine and snacks that had been prepared one by one.
"It's a very delicious pastry, but this wine is a little worse, and there is still a certain gap between the taste and texture of Lafite in '96 and '88 and '2000." Prince William tried the red wine and snacks and directly said his evaluation, to tell the truth, he directly pointed out the shortcomings, and there was no false praise.
"Your Royal Highness, as you know, '82 and '2000 Lafite are not available on the market right now, and I think they should be in private cellars." Lin Qing shrugged his shoulders helplessly, there are not many existing Lafite 82 years old Lafite in the world, most of them are in the hands of private collectors, or they will only appear in some auctions, and a bottle can appear in some bars in the novel It is nonsense, although Lafite is not so precious, and it is not so cheap.
"I'll ask the butler to give me a bottle of '82 and two bottles of '2000 later, I hope you'll like it, Monsieur Earl, and I don't think you're just going to invite me to taste the desserts and drinks, do you?"
Lin Qing smiled, took out a document and handed it to Prince William, not the slightest bit of defense against Kolos beside him, and he didn't care at all.
There are three types of arms dealers in this world, one is white and one is black, and there is also a gray arms dealer in between.
White represents legality, black represents illegality, and gray represents both illegal and legal.
The negotiation between Lin Qing and Prince William is now legal, buying arms from regular channels, this kind of trade is protected by law, as long as the arms are not sold to internationally wanted terrorists, no one will come out to question, let alone worry about leaking information, and finally these contents will appear on the official website of the Netherlands, and you will know it at a check.
"Well, this time you want to buy the cruiser Admiral Grau and two Cotton-Ale-class? Can I know what you're buying these warships for? Is your business big enough that you need a warship to escort you? β
Prince William looked at Lin Qing with some surprise, obviously he didn't expect Lin Qing to eat such a large cargo this time, generally speaking, this kind of warship transaction is a transaction between countries, very few arms dealers are involved, one time or three, generally no arms dealer can eat such a large cargo.
Even Lockheed Martin, the largest arms giant in the United States, claims to dare to sell anything, but it has never sold to private warships, and it is all led by the US government, and the order is placed for Lockheed to complete, and the government plays an intermediate role in the middle.
"Your joke is not funny, obviously I didn't buy them to escort my cargo ship, but I recently got in touch with a newly formed regime, and you should have heard that the Palawan Free Democratic Republic, they need a fleet of warships against the Philippine Navy." Lin Qing shook his head with a smile and said the buyer, of course, this is for him to change his left hand for his right hand, and there is no difference between buying it himself.
Prince William nodded, some time ago, Palawan was independent and the world's media reported that he, the future successor of the Netherlands, could not be unaware.
"I think I need to go back and study the matter of selling warships carefully, after all, this matter is very important, and I have no problems with all the rest of the arms, and they can be sold at any time."
Lin Qing nodded, Lin Qing did not feel any surprise at Prince William's answer, even if the Americans sell a scrapped warship, it must be carefully considered, not to mention the active warship.
After the two had a friendly conversation for about half an hour, Prince William left the Earl Lin Qing's mansion.
Within five days, Lin Qing was informed that the Dutch side agreed to sell the warship.
Lin Qing received the Dutch military representatives who had met several times in the study of the Earl's Court, that is, Lieutenant Colonel Wilson when Lin Qing first signed an agreement with the Dutch government, no, now he is Colonel Wilson, full-time logistics.
"Colonel Wilson, congratulations, congratulations, I hope the next time I see you, I can change my name to General Wilson!"
"Thank you for your blessings, Mr. Earl Lin Qing, take a look, this is our offer." Colonel Wilson smiled, but immediately returned to normal, took out a picture album and handed it to Lin Qing, it was very similar to the album Lin Qing saw last time, but this time it was much thinner.
Lin Qing opened the album and looked at it, this time it was all images of the Dutch active navy, or it should be the warships that the Dutch government could take out and sell.
"Colonel Wilson, isn't the price of the cruiser Admiral Grau a little too high, seven hundred million dollars? The price has far exceeded my imagination! For this price I can go and buy a new type of frigate. Lin Qing looked at the price below the cruiser Admiral Grau, and couldn't help frowning, this price was too high.
Obviously, the Dutch government intends to slaughter the Palawan Free Democratic Republic as a fat sheep, after all, for a newly established country, and the Philippine government is still eyeing the tiger, it needs strong force to protect, and Palawan does not have a strong military industrial enterprise, so it can only be purchased, so now Palawan has become a fat sheep in the eyes of the world's arms dealers.
βwhatοΌ A Cotton-El-class cruiser costs half a billion dollars per unit? And it's an old-fashioned model that's thirty years old, Mr. Colonel Wilson, are you doing business with me or are you slaughtering me like a fat sheep? Do you think the price is appropriate? β
After Lin Qing finished speaking, he handed the quotation to Colonel Wilson, looked at him with an angry expression, and was very dissatisfied with this price in his heart, and even planned to scold his mother, he talked and laughed with Prince William before, and felt that the guy was not bad, but he didn't expect that after turning his head, he immediately gave himself such an outrageous offer.
(To be continued.) )