On the second day of coming to South Korea, formal diplomatic negotiations began, but I don't know if it was instructed by the South Korean government, on the street outside the mansion where the meeting was held, there was a demonstration procession of about 1,000 people, holding high **** slogans, protesting to the Chinese diplomatic mission that came to South Korea.

Some diplomats in the mission were unswerving, but Qi Yiming looked calm and said to everyone: "It is better for someone to protest than not to protest, in the past we only protested others, but now it is the turn of others to protest against us." ”

A younger official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was puzzled and said, "Why do you want others to protest?" As diplomatic speakers, we should try our best to get other countries to maintain friendly relations with us and establish a positive image. ”

Qi Yiming still laughed and said: "If you want everyone in the world to say hello, it's impossible, even if you give aid to others for free, people may still say that you are stupid behind your back after you take it." The first criterion of international politics is to be realistic, only carrots are not good, only sticks are not good, so carrots and sticks together can have a healthy and good diplomacy. ”

Wu Xuejian also agreed: "We Chinese, since ancient times, have a strong self-centeredness and excessive good face for thousands of years, just like the ancient foreign countries said a few good words, our domestic situation is not good, and we will also give back foreign gifts, which only gains face, but loses the inside." Now that the situation in the country is different, we must establish a new concept of righteousness and benefit, and we have to ask for both face and substance. There are so many countries in the world, it is indeed impossible for everyone to be good to us, everyone who respects us can get along well and make progress together, but those who are hostile to us must see our strength. ”

Mr. Foreign Minister unified the minds of the people in the mission and officially entered the conference room prepared by the Koreans. Similar to what Qi Yiming had seen on TV before, two long tables were put together, with China sitting on one side and South Korea on the other, with the main figure in the middle. According to the principle of diplomatic reciprocity, that is, Wu Xuejian and Li Yuanjing.

Lee Won-kyung, as the host, began to take the position of the South Korean side: "We strongly protest and condemn China's violation of China's airspace and attack on China's fighter planes, and at the same time, we also welcome China's willingness to return to the track of correctly handling the issue, and we demand that China compensate for the losses caused to our side and guarantee that such incidents will not occur again in the future." ”

Everyone knew what kind of words they would say, and Wu Xuejian said: "We deeply regret and apologize for the losses caused to South Korea, and are willing to make some compensation to the South Korean side, and at the same time, we also hope that the South Korean side will send the three perpetrators back to China." ”

Li Yuanjing immediately said: "According to China's handling principles, we can repatriate two parties who are willing to return to China, but the personal intention of one of the parties is to go to Taiwan, and we cannot send him back to Chinese mainland." ”

Wu Xuejian frowned and said, "Our side cannot accept such a treatment from the South Korean side, and I hope that the South Korean side can think twice." ”

Li Yuanjing had long expected that the Chinese would be entangled in this issue, but their meeting today was basically to explain their positions to each other, and once they would certainly not be able to talk, and after returning home, the two sides still need to study and discuss again to see which ones can be compromised and can finally reach a compromise.

"Regarding the amount of compensation, we demand that China compensate us for the loss of all 15 fighters, the bereavement expenses of the victims' families, the mental damages, and the apology for our country, totaling 1. $400 million. ”

Li Yuanjing's number was opened, and the people of the Chinese delegation could not care about the discipline of foreign affairs, so they made a slight noise, and the foreign exchange of the whole country was more than 2 billion US dollars, of course, Qi Yiming also had his own small treasury, but it was also of special use, because if he shot down 15 South Korean fighters, he would have to compensate the Koreans1. $400 million, this is basically a money grab.

As long as the Chinese have a natural sense of resistance to reparations, the history of a hundred years of shame has brought great harm to this nation and country, and reparations are a symbol of a country's shame, and the anger on the faces of some younger diplomats can no longer be hidden.

Wu Xuejian is an older generation of diplomats, and he has a good cultivation, and he also knows that this is a drama of asking for a sky-high price to sit on the ground and repay the money, so he replied: "Unfortunately, China's economic situation is not good, such a sum of money is too large, we can't get it, and we are willing to pay the South Korean side $2 million in compensation for the bereavement expenses, and we can't get any more." ”

In fact, Li Yuanjing didn't dare to ask for too much at all, he knew that this matter was not at all the South Korea's small point of opinion, China took the initiative to back down, but if they wanted to cut meat from them, the Koreans couldn't do it, and they wanted to ask the big brother of the United States for help, and the Americans definitely didn't want to offend China because of this matter. China and South Korea, one large and one small, play completely different strategic roles, and if the United States can win China's support, it doesn't matter if South Korea is good or bad.

What Li Yuanjing is worried about is that if he annoys China and uses military means to coerce South Korea, it will really be a waste of rice.

However, the explanation still needs to be explained, and Li Yuanjing said: "The air force of the Republic of Korea lost a total of 9 F-4E fighters and 6 F-5E fighters in the incident, and if the Chinese side cannot reasonably compensate for the losses of the air force of the Republic of Korea, I am afraid it will not be reasonable, but we can also understand the difficulties of the Chinese side, and we can not ask the Chinese side to pay the price of the new aircraft, but it is still necessary to pay the depreciation value." ”

An F-4E is $2.4 million, and the F-5E is slightly cheaper, which is the initial price, and by the eighties the price had risen a little. However, even if it is depreciated, more than a dozen fighters are tens of millions of dollars, and China will definitely not be able to accept such an asking price, and Wu Xuejian still clearly refuses.

Just when the conditions were finished and everyone couldn't get along, Qi Yiming, a well-known-stirring stick, came out, and he would not arrogantly express his thoughts directly, but said to Wu Xuejian: "Minister Wu, it seems that the South Koreans are mainly entangled in the fact that we have knocked out 15 of their fighter jets, in this case they want fighter jets, and we will give them fighter jets." However, it is certainly impossible to give it away for nothing, our AVIC Chengfei has now won two orders from Pakistan and Iran to produce dozens of FC-1 fighters, you might as well ask the South Koreans, do you want us to produce fighters, we give them a 7% discount, the more they buy, the more they take advantage. They bought more than a dozen fighter planes, and the discount alone could offset the more than $30 million in compensation they wanted, and even after deducting 30% of the price, the profit was still quite considerable, so that the South Koreans made up for the planes, the compensation was also obtained, the combat power was also improved, and we also got benefits, so why not. ”

Wu Xuejian absorbed Qi Yiming's idea, and then sighed: "Xiao Qi, you are really the No. 1 arms dealer in our country, and you can't forget to sell arms wherever you go." It's just that the sale of South Korean fighter planes involves too much, and the DPRK will definitely have to rebound, and the United States has monopolized the South Korean arms market for a long time. ”

Qi Yiming thought for a while and said: "North Korea, it's not a big problem to appease it, after all, the umbrella is still supported by us, and it's really not okay to just send a few J-6 and J-7 that we replaced, if North Korea doesn't go on the road, then we will use other methods." It's easier for the United States, Grumman has been taking a fancy to the advantages of our light fighters for a long time, and has always wanted to cooperate with us in the development of the Thunder, but I quit because we could do it ourselves from beginning to end. If South Korea takes into account the U.S. factor, we can outsource some other components to some U.S. companies, for example, if they are willing, they can change the American engine F-404, change the F-16 radar APG-66, and add American weapons systems, such as AIM-7 and AIM-9. However, we only let our own part of the price, hehe, in fact, with the addition of these parts from the United States, the performance will not be significantly improved, but the price will rise relatively quickly, and it is optimistically estimated that if we change some American formations, the price of our FC-1 will increase to about 11 million, and the Koreans are willing to be the head of the wrongs. ”

Wu Xuejian couldn't help but be impressed by Qi Yiming's whimsy, and said: "This will indeed be a better way, if the American company can participate in this project, the resistance will be smaller." Hehe, Xiao Qi, you are the best at this kind of thing to borrow strength. It's just that the technical details of our FC-1 are known to the American side, won't it cause problems? ”

Qi Yiming said with a smile: "FC-1 is what we use for export, and we don't use it ourselves, what are we afraid of leaks?" Moreover, we are the general contractor of the project, what kind of company to choose to cooperate with us is our final say, the integration of an FC-1 with American blood, it is not difficult for us, so many companies in the United States just want to understand the details of FC-1, it is not an easy thing, not to mention, the self-produced version of the FC-1 we export are all domestic equipment, these are the more critical things, and the Americans will not have half of these things. ”

Wu Xuejian nodded and said, "Since you have already calculated it, then I will mention it to the Han side like this." ”

So after a short recess, Wu Xuejian immediately proposed to Li Yuanjing to provide the South Korean Air Force with a next-generation fighter jet for compensation, but he didn't give Qi Yiming as much as a 7% discount at first, but shouted an 85% discount.

Li Yuanjing has not yet made a statement, and the South Korean military figures who attended with him immediately did not calm down. Because the Chinese Air Force shot down eight of their fighters with two fighter jets, the impact on the South Korean Air Force was too great. A number of ROK air force personnel engaged in equipment research have shouted that "the time has come when over-the-horizon air combat will decide everything, and the Republic of Korea must exhaust all means to acquire the capability of attacking the enemy beyond visual range."

A semi-active medium-range projectile like the AIM-7 certainly doesn't make much sense, and it is king to ignore it after firing. And except for the United States, which has the AIM-54 Immortal, only China's Thunderbolt-12 is a medium-range bomb that shoots and does not care. South Koreans have a painful experience with this weapon, and if they can get it, it is really the best choice.