607 starts a trade war
The muscles on Peter Sherlock's face twitched twice, and he knew very well in his heart that if a military conflict broke out between China and the United States, the place where the conflict broke out would definitely be in Guam, but in Guam, the United States did not have an advantage, although Guam had American battleships, but after all, it was far away from the mainland of the United States, and it was much closer to the Chinese Empire.
The Chinese Empire also has powerful submarines that can secretly attack Guam, while the United States has no countermeasures for submarines.
However, Peter Sherlock still did not change his tough attitude, he said proudly: "Flying Emperor, I believe that you are not willing to enter into a conflict with our United States of America, judging from the current international situation, your country has enough enemies, I don't think you want to have one more of us." ”
"Even if I don't want to have more enemies, I won't let your country bully, those 3,000 Chinese students, I value them very much, I spent a lot of money on them, if they don't come back, this money will be wasted, more importantly, we have the second, third, fourth and more batches of international students, you don't let the first batch of international students come back, will you not let other batches of international students come back in the future?"
Peter Sherlock saw that the two sides were talking a little deadlocked, and laughed, "Flying Emperor, please calm down first, let us deal with this matter with a calm mind, and sort out the whole thing again." ”
Lin Fei saw that Peter Sherlock had a sense of relaxation, and he also slowed down his tone, "Say, what else do we have to sort out?" ”
"The most important point is that these students are not willing to let go, but they themselves are unwilling to leave, they are willing to stay in the United States, we are a free country in the United States of America, they are willing to stay, we must not drive them out."
Lin Fei waved his hand and said angrily: "Mr. Peter Sherlock, if you insist on using this reason to prevaricate me, then I'm sorry, we have nothing to talk about, I can only use some means to force your country to return our students." ”
Peter Sherlock disagreed, shrugged his shoulders, "Flying Emperor, we in the United States of America, are not afraid of your means, we in the United States of America are a free country, and we will do our best to ensure the freedom of every citizen." ”
After Peter Sherlock finished speaking, he stood up and said goodbye arrogantly, Lin Fei would not send him and let him go by himself.
Lin Fei looked at Peter Sherlock's back and sneered, Yankee, Yankee, do you think that my only means is military strikes?
Lin Fei picked up the phone on the table and dialed a number, "Ministry of Commerce, I'm Lin Fei." ”
The Minister of Commerce was the young and mature Chen Fu, who received a call from Lin Fei and was surprised, "Brother Lin, why did you call me personally?" ”
Chen Fu called Lin Fei "Brother Lin" in private, Lin Fei agreed "um", and then asked: "Have we signed a contract with the American railway company?" ”
"Signed the contract, what's wrong?"
"How is the breach clause in the contract signed?"
"I don't know about this, I'll ask someone to check it for you, and you wait for me for five minutes."
"Okay, I won't hang up, just wait here, you can check it for me now." Lin Fei put the microphone aside and waited for Chen Fu's reply, and after three minutes, Chen Fu's voice rang on the phone: "Brother Lin, the breach of contract clause says that if the American company cannot complete the railway construction work on time, it will compensate Huaxia for liquidated damages......
"You don't have to tell me about the default of the American company, if we default, what will be the punishment, tell me the relevant terms."
"Okay, wait a minute, I'll take a look, it should be ...... in the back" The voice of Chen Fu flipping the pages of the document came from the microphone, "Brother Lin, there is no penalty clause in the contract for Huaxia breach of contract." ”
"How is this possible?" Lin Fei couldn't believe that there was no commercial contract that did not stipulate a breach of contract clause.
"Brother Lin, have you not seen a few foreign companies competing for construction contracts, they are all about to break their heads, the railway construction agreement is also drawn up by them, there is no penalty clause, it is one of the tricks they use in order to win the bid, and we Huaxia have always talked about credit, which is also an important reason why they dare not write a penalty clause."
"I know, you should immediately send an official letter to the Commerce Department of the U.S. Embassy in Huaxia, informing them that the Huaxia Empire has officially canceled the contract with the American railroad company for the construction of the Hekun Railway, and then send an official letter to the German and Russian embassies, asking their railway companies to prepare to participate in the next bidding."
Chen Fu was stunned for a moment and asked: "If the US side asks the reason, how should we answer, we can't cancel the contract unreasonably, right?" ”
"Well, you can answer it this way, this is my reaction to the unreasonable detention of international students in the United States."
Chen Fu agreed, and soon sent an official letter to the Commerce Department of the US Embassy in China, and the Commerce Department quickly forwarded the letter to the commercial representative of the United Pacific Railroad Company of the United States.
Although Peter Sherlock represents the U.S. government, he does not dare to provoke the business representatives of the United Pacific Railroad Company, a large company that makes huge political contributions to the political parties participating in the general election every year. ”
The business representative sneered: "Mr. Peter Sherlock, please don't deceive yourself, once a group of international students came to our company to study railway construction, and we all saw their patriotism, a group of small people who were less than five feet and five inches tall, because the Chinese Empire was ridiculed, dared to fight with a group of laborers who were seven feet tall, saying that such a group of people did not want to return to China, who would believe it." ”
Peter Sherlock saw that the deception method did not work, so he had to tell the truth: "These Chinese students are so good, we want to keep them in the United States, which is in the interests of the United States of America." ”
"I don't care if it is not in the national interest, I just know that the interests of your United States government cannot be put above the interests of our Union Pacific Railroad, do you know how much our company will lose if this contract is terminated? The most conservative estimate is more than 10 million dollars! ”
"No kidding, the entire railroad didn't cost 10 million dollars."
"Hey! Mr. Ambassador, I'm not kidding, for the sake of this contract, our company turned down the construction contract of the Myanmar Railway, and we can't afford to consider this loss! ”
Peter Sherlock was speechless, and the commercial representative said angrily: "I hope that the federal government will handle this matter properly and not let our company suffer losses." ”
Peter Sherlock hurriedly agreed, and the business representative sighed lightly, "I heard that among those international students, there is a woman who is Lin Fei's beloved wife, why don't you return that woman to Lin Fei, you have already detained three thousand international students, is there one more of her?" ”
"Alas, don't you know, that woman is the best in this group of international students, do you know what she is studying, it is mathematics, mathematics is the key to all the mysteries of the world, mastering mathematics, you will master the trick of opening the mysteries of the world, and the contribution she can make is immeasurable."
The commercial representative waved his hand heavily, "Don't say it, I'm not interested in these things, I just hope that the federal government can deal with this matter as soon as possible." ”
After the business representative finished speaking, he left angrily, Peter Sherlock thought about the whole thing, went to see Lin Fei again, and said with a smile: "We have conducted some more investigation and verification, and found that a foreign student named Ling Xue wants to return to China, and we plan to let her come back, Feidi, are you considering signing a contract with the Union Pacific Railroad Company again?" ”
Peter Sherlock's voice Lin Fei was clear, Peter Sherlock was going to make a deal, the United States released Lin Fei's beloved Ling Xue, and Lin Fei acquiesced to the United States to detain the other 2,999 international students.
Lin Fei's heart is on fire, I am a dignified emperor, how can I abolish the public because of personal gain! However, Lin Fei was annoyed, but also felt a hint of relief, that is, his trick had worked.
Lin Fei sneered, "Is Ling Xue the only one willing to come back, what about the others, they must also want to come back, I want them all to come back." ”
Peter Sherlock grimaced, "The others have no intention of coming back. ”
A sinister smile appeared on Lin Fei's face, Yankee, Yankee, I won't give you some power anymore, you won't be honest......
Lin Fei glanced at Peter Sherlock, looked over his shoulder, and shouted outside the door, "Xiyun, come in." ”
As soon as the door opened, Xiyun walked in, although she was wearing ordinary professional clothes, but she was full of beauty, Peter Sherlock couldn't help but secretly speak, since Lin Fei still had such a beautiful woman, why did she still hold on to Ling Xue?
Xiyun walked in front of Lin Fei, "Flying Emperor, what do you command?" ”
"Inform the Department of Industry that it will reduce gasoline exports to the United States by 10 percent."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Xiyun walked out gracefully, Peter Sherlock stared at Xiyun for a while, then turned his head and said with a smile: "Mr. Lin Fei, you don't mean it seriously, right?" ”
"You don't joke, I'm the flying emperor, and I never tell lies."
"You cut the volume of gasoline exported to the United States by 10 percent, which will cause huge damage to the interests of the oil companies, and you are also the victims."
"You are too careful, the extra gasoline will be purchased by the Huaxia Army and Navy, and the interests of the oil companies will not be harmed in any way, and more importantly, in our Huaxia, I have the final say, and it is impossible for large companies to interfere with my ideas, which is completely different from your United States, even if I let them suffer, they will have to be honestly damaged."
The business representative suddenly felt a chill down his spine, Lin Fei is going to fight a trade war, now is to reduce the export volume of gasoline, and in the future, the export volume of synthetic materials will be reduced, can we in the United States withstand it?