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Presidential Suite at the Champs-Élysées Hotel in Paris

"Your Highness, I have already been in contact with the French Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and he basically agreed to our request, but now we are still in contact with the Automobile Alliance, and the specific results will have to wait for some time."

"It's time to go, but it's better to have results at the end of the year, and you'll be in Paris during this time!"

Although Nord is his homeland and he loves his country, it is undeniable that the political atmosphere in Paris is far stronger than that of the Nord principality. As a diplomat, Deputy Foreign Minister Nord did not like a casual city atmosphere, and political cities like Paris were his favorites.

"Your Highness, this is a condition that I have proposed, some of which France has agreed to and can fulfill in the near future."

Somewhat puzzled, he took the document of the deputy foreign minister, Joseph only remembered to ask him to negotiate the exchange of war reparations for the automobile alliance, was there any other surprise?

Open the file, only slightly skimmed two or three lines Joseph's face has been replaced by excitement, sure enough, it was a surprise, he never thought that his subordinates were so capable, not to mention that a car alliance actually won some processing orders under the German Volkswagen Group, of course, at this time, there were no relevant factories in the Principality of Nord.

But those are not problems, the United States aid is some heavy industrial machinery, light industrial machine tools and so on. Of course, the deputy foreign minister did not know that Joseph was ready to sell all this aid to the ancient country of the East.

The Volkswagen Group's orders add up to about 3 million US dollars, of which the profit is about 40 percent, but even this is more than 1 million US dollars, you must know that Joseph does not have such a net worth now. Audi was acquired by the Volkswagen Group in 66, and it can be said that the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs sought to seize Volkswagen's efforts, which is the main reason why France agreed so happily.

Not satisfied with the Volkswagen Group? As a defeated country, it is difficult for Germany to have a say at this time, and France is also the largest country in Western Europe excluding the United Kingdom, so it can be said that it is easy to make the Volkswagen Group bow its head.

Of course, the final negotiation of the deputy foreign minister is not only these, plus some foreign trade orders, shipping orders of French luxury jewelry companies, the total sum of zero and zero can add up to Joseph's net profit of at least five or six million, of course, these are not things that Joseph values, what he really values is the chain reaction that can be brought to the economy of the Duchy of Nord.

The benefits of a production line from the workers to the workshop director, the factory director, and the whole city are self-evident, and if these orders of 30 or 40 million dollars are really involved, even without the European revival plan, the Nord Principality can have a good foundation for development.

"Yes, yes, you like France?"

Two words of praise made the deputy foreign minister very happy, but the last sentence made his face a little pale, what does this mean? Could it be that His Highness is warning himself?

"Your Highness, I ......"

"The Principality of Nord has diplomatic relations with many countries in the world, but unfortunately we simply have no ability to arrange an ambassador because of financial problems, if you want, stay in France!"

An irrepressible excitement appeared in the chest of the deputy foreign minister, what is called a bright village, and now it is undoubtedly in this state, but after all, he is an official of Nord, even if he likes Paris, he must be more reserved, but Joseph did not bother to pay attention to this, and waved him away after saying these words.

Joseph's order he naturally did not dare to disobey, with a little apprehension in his heart to leave, when he left, he saw the French foreign minister is hurrying over, a trace of doubt flashed in his heart, but he naturally understands the rules, slightly said hello to get out of the way to watch the French foreign minister talk with the guard of the Nord guard station guarding the door.

"Your Highness, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs wants to see you."

"The Minister of Foreign Affairs of France? He should be very busy at this time, why did he come to find him? There was a doubt in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and motioned for the guard to let him in, and then straightened his clothes and stood up.

Although he was only an eight-year-old boy, his status made it impossible for anyone to take lightly, but the mature action of standing up and taking the initiative to greet him made the French foreign minister who entered the door have the urge to laugh.

"Good afternoon, Your Highness Joseph."

"Foreign Minister Verderian, it's already three o'clock in the afternoon, and you really don't have any sincerity this afternoon."

"It seems that His Highness is living well here, and I am here to inform you that the joint meeting has been advanced, and it will be held at the Elysee Palace tonight, and the exact time is seven o'clock in the evening."

"It's not worth your visit!"

Although he is the Grand Duke of Nord and the other party is only the foreign minister of a country, the gap between France and Nord is enough to open the ranks of the two, and this one is normal.

Vederian did not immediately answer Joseph's words, glanced at the Nofa negotiation agreement on German war reparations that Joseph had just read on the desk, and smiled before saying: "You are a distinguished guest of France, I should have come, shouldn't I?" ”

Haha laughed Joseph looked at Verderian and had a feeling of looking at the old fox, the two then said some trivial things in life Vederian said goodbye and left, Joseph looked at his back and understood that Verderian's main purpose was to find out his attitude, and by the way, to observe him, the new Grand Duke of Nord.

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Joseph opened the curtains of the suite, looked at the lively street outside the window, and couldn't help but fantasize about how long it would take for the Duchy of Nord to be so prosperous.

5:36 p.m

A few French makeup artists came in, the war was over and the joint meeting was important, and there would be quite a lot of media coming, so even if Joseph was only an eight-year-old boy, as an important member of the joint meeting, makeup was an essential process.

Of course, the makeup here is not to put anything on the face, but to help Joseph match his clothes and fix his hair, etc., tossing for more than half an hour, and only after a little tired Joseph went to the Elysée Palace under the protection of the guards.

The meeting had not yet begun when Joseph arrived, and in order to prevent the leaders from starving during the meeting, these people who arrived early would be arranged in the dining room to fill their stomachs while talking freely.

There were still more than twenty minutes before the meeting, so Joseph was also arranged in the dining room, and when Joseph came to the restaurant, there were already many people here, some of whom had familiar faces and simple information in their minds. However, Joseph did not rely on these people for two reasons, the first was that he was not familiar, and the second was that he was just an eight-year-old boy, and these people would definitely not pay too much attention to him.

At this moment, Joseph suddenly felt someone approaching, and before he could turn back, a French in the Parisian regional style reached his ear: "If I am not mistaken, you are His Royal Highness Ragnar III!" ”

Turning around, he saw that Joseph smiled slightly, he was about to find the other party, but he didn't want people to take the initiative to come, nodded to show that the other party guessed correctly, and then said in orthodox Chinese: "Ambassador Zhang, you come here like this, but I'm afraid that it will bring trouble to Nord." ”

How could Zhang Jianjun not hear the little ridicule, he was not a good bully, completely ignoring that Joseph was just a child, and also teased: "His Royal Highness Joseph is still afraid of trouble? Your Highness, you should know that my identity is not welcomed here, and it is estimated that no one will want to contact me except you. ”

"Ha, you can talk to the Soviet ambassador to France! However, I have heard that the Soviet Union seems to have a general, and I wonder who has a stronger mouth than General Marshall, the US Secretary of State. ”

"I believe that General Marshall's mouth is more powerful, and His Highness speaks Chinese very well."

"I also have half Chinese blood in my blood, and there is naturally no reason to say that half of my homeland is bad."

A trace of other meanings in Joseph's words was captured by Zhang Jianjun, and his heart settled down a little, and at the same time, he paid more and more attention to Joseph, Huaxia has no allies in the West, and at this time, there is a country like the Duchy of Nord that has a great impression of Huaxia, and he has no reason not to pay attention to it, especially the other party will bring a lot of benefits to Huaxia.