Zong Li scolded secretly: Cunning guy.

Before leaving, Chen Shao told him that this Churchill was not simple, and told him to deal with it carefully.

If you want to say that others Chen Shao doesn't know, but for those famous people, Chen Shao knows very well. In particular, people like Winston Churchill were hailed as the greatest Englishman of all time, and he was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year three times.

Now Zong Li understands Chen Shao's words a little, and Zong Li is becoming more and more serious about this negotiation.

"According to Mr. Churchill's words, our negotiations will be brought to a perfect end. I don't think Britain would be so overkill, and the dignified British Colonial Secretary has come here to talk to me about such a simple matter. If that's the case, then I won't be able to accompany it, our country is in ruins, and there are still many things for me to deal with. I envy Mr. Churchill's leisureliness, but I really don't have the energy to come here and talk to you only about it. We, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will send another person to speak with Mr. Churchill in detail, and I beg your pardon for not being able to accompany me now. Of course, since Mr. Churchill has this free time, after your talks, I hope that Mr. Churchill will stay in China for a longer time and have a good look at the scenery we have here. Zong Li said with a smile on his face, and after finishing speaking, he wanted to get up.

Churchill, although tough, was not a fool, and war was avoided. Because such a war is too bad for Britain, it is one thing to have a long front, and this place is still the home of people. Churchill was in favor of war, but that was at the last minute, and there was really no way to do it. After the First World War, although ten years have passed, Britain's national strength is still very weak and cannot withstand too much toss. And what about China! Although it had just fought a war with Japan, it did not lose the slightest loss of national strength, and it also received hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation. If Churchill had known that Zong Li was bent on negotiating and making an exception, it is estimated that Churchill would have left angrily.

"Mr. Zongli, don't worry? I don't know what Mr. Zongli is talking about? Churchill knew that Zong Li Zhen must not be allowed to leave now, otherwise this negotiation would be impossible.

"Hong Kong's Problem!" Zong Li didn't move, and he didn't really want to leave, but just scared Churchill, because he knew that Churchill would never let him leave now. As for the unlikely event that Churchill did not speak, Zongli would really leave. Then send a nobody here to talk nonsense with Churchill, as long as it can achieve the goal.

"What's wrong with Hong Kong? Please show me Mr. Zongli. "Churchill did not intend to make this start, because once he did, Churchill was completely at a disadvantage, and in the eyes of outsiders, it is easy to be mistaken that Britain had this idea first.

"In that case, then I hope Mr. Churchill has a good time in China." Seeing that Churchill was still the same, Zong Li didn't plan to pull it off anymore.

"Mr. Zongli, in fact, I have one more thing here today. Hong Kong was leased by our British from the Qing government for a period of 99 years. In order to continue the friendship between our two countries, we in the UK hope to extend this contract with the Chinese side. It doesn't matter if the rent can go up at all, and the issues mentioned earlier are also counted, and the British side said that both Chinese and British people will be treated equally. In Churchill's view, Britain had made great concessions.

"Doesn't Mr. Churchill blush when he says these words? I remember that it was the British who forcibly seized a piece of land, and a few decades later, forcibly enclosed the land and forced the Qing government to sign the so-called 99-year lease. I heard Mr. Churchill say rent just now, I heard you right, but in the past 20 years, have you paid a cent of rent to the Chinese side? Zong Li said with an indignant face. It's not that he pretended, but that he was really unhappy at this time. Hearing Churchill say such a thing with such righteousness and awe, as long as he is a patriotic Chinese, he will be angry.

"Mr. Zongli, please pay attention to your words, those are all old calendars, and we don't need to mention those issues today. We are not to blame for the rent, but you did not have a unified regime in China at that time, and we didn't know where to pay it if we wanted to. Now we feel that now that the Chinese side has achieved reunification, it is natural that we will pay our rent on the Chinese side. Although Churchill did not like Zongli's tone, he did not want to give up on negotiations.

"Okay, since we are talking about rent, then let's calculate, since the first eight years, the British side has not paid a single rent, which must be compensated to us." Zong Li tried to calm himself down, he understood that the next moment was a critical moment, and only by maintaining a calm mind could he better deal with it.

"We don't have a problem with that." Churchill replied cheerfully. But Zong Li's words almost made him run away.

"There is no stipulation on the amount of rent when we sign the contract, and since we rent it to you, then we will naturally set the additional fee. Don't say that we are bullying you, your British family has a big business, and this money is nothing to you. The annual rent is 300 million pounds, and you have to make up the rent for 20 years in one go. "Zong deviated.

"This is absolutely impossible, you are blackmailing Chiguoguo." In Churchill's view, a few hundred thousand pounds a year in rent was high. Good guy, the lion opened his mouth, 300 million a year, and 20 years of supplementary payment, that is, 6 billion. Not to mention that Britain can't take it, it's absolutely impossible to take it. From 1942 to 1898, how much construction money Britain has invested in Hong Kong over the years, and how much manpower and material resources have been spent. In the past few decades, I am afraid that there is not even a profit of 300 million pounds. Now as soon as you open your mouth, you will ask for 300 million, not what is blackmail.

"Speaking of blackmail, who will blackmail whom! Is Hong Kong a voluntary lease to you? Since we are reluctant, you insist on it. What's wrong with us asking for a price, not to mention how much finance you have plundered in Hong Kong over the past few decades, it's not expensive at all, but I think it's still very cheap. Zong Li said with an indifferent face. Now he saw that Churchill was also anxious, and his heart was very excited.

"No, our British estimate is 500,000 pounds sterling a year, and it is completely impossible to agree to your unreasonable demand of 300 million pounds." Churchill said with a sigh of anger in his heart.

"Since Mr. Churchill has said the price, then I will suffer a little, two hundred and eighty million, no less. Twenty million pounds less all of a sudden, how much do we have to lose! "Zong deviated.

"Please show sincerity on the Chinese side. 600,000 pounds, that's our bottom line. ”

"Say that we are not sincere, then what about you, I dropped 20 million pounds at once, but you have only increased by 100,000 pounds. Who the hell is not sincere. So, to show our sincerity, we'll drop another £30,000,000. It's time for you to be sincere. Seeing Churchill deflated, Zong Li was in a very happy mood.

"700,000 pounds will not be less, and we will not accept your price." Zong Li looked like you were taking advantage of you, which made Churchill very unhappy, but he didn't want to give up yet.

"We won't accept this price either, your British side is too insincere. I think about how refreshing Japan was at the beginning, how can you grind and chirp like this, and what is the difference between buying vegetables on the street and bargaining. "Zong deviated.

"Eight hundred thousand, at a high point, our parliament will not agree." Churchill Road.

"Two hundred and forty-nine million pounds." Sect abandonment.

"If Mr. Zongli is not sincere like this, then there is no need for the negotiations to continue." Zong Li's re-reported figures almost made Churchill collapse, and Churchill had little patience at this time.

"Mr. Churchill, I am learning from you. I have dropped from 300 million to 250 million now, but Mr. Churchill has only increased by 100,000 pounds, and I can also learn from Mr. Churchill. Zong Li felt that things were almost over.

"Mr. Zongli, I wonder if the Chinese side is deliberately sabotaging this negotiation. If there was sincerity, such an outrageous price would not have been offered. Churchill said.

"Mr. Churchill, I am also suspicious of the British side's move, and if the British side had negotiated in good faith, they would not have offered such a price. You must know that the sky-high price is asking for money to sit on the ground and pay back, but it can't be too outrageous. "Zong deviated.

"Well, one and a half million pounds. Above this price, there is no need to talk about it any further. "Churchill has completely lost his patience.

"We won't accept this price if it kills, this price is an insult to us. It will feel like a handout, a handout to the weak. We will never agree to rent less than £100 million. This is the last attitude of the Chinese side. Zong Li also felt that things were almost over.

"In this way, this negotiation is the biggest mistake and a pure waste of time." Although Churchill was unwilling to accept this result, the matter had come to this point, and there was no way to accept it.

Zong Li stood up and said, "It's not necessarily a waste of time, at least you and the French side have enough time to transfer troops." ”

"I don't know what you're talking about, but Hong Kong is us, and we have developed for decades, and we will never give up." Churchill was shocked, but soon reflected that such a thing as troop transfer would be strange if the other party did not know.

"I would also like to state that Hong Kong has been China's sacred territory since ancient times, and China will never give up its inherent territory. The atrocities committed by the British back then brought us deep damage, and now they are shooting Chinese people again, and it is time to settle new accounts and old accounts. Hong Kong will use our own strength to get it back. See you on the battlefield! ”

After Zong Li finished speaking, he completely ignored Churchill, who was silenced by his words, and walked out of the conference room.

It was the first time Churchill had tasted such a thing, and it turned out that the other party was stronger than himself.

(To be continued)