Hua Guo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Zhu Weifeng, director of the Department of International Economics, received a strange request early in the morning.

That is, Ivanov, the head of the Soviet office in Guangzhou, said that the two countries concerned had a special economic behavior, and they needed to personally report the situation to themselves, hoping that they would be able to meet him as soon as possible.

"Then arrange the No. 2 small conference room, I'll go over in 15 minutes, you explain to him that the meeting can't last more than 20 minutes, I still have a meeting to ...... in the morning" Zhu Weifeng rubbed his eyebrows and instructed the secretary beside him.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a huge organization, and it has a number of departments with different divisions, and Zhu Weifeng's International Economic Department is a department that specializes in dealing with international economic affairs.

Why did an outgoing Ivanov, who was equivalent to a consul, suddenly come to meet him?

You know, in foreign affairs activities, many rules are quite strict, not just meet whoever you want, so isn't it messy?

As soon as he received the request, Zhu Weifeng immediately contacted the European Department and learned that this Ivanov had already completed the procedures that should be taken yesterday, and it was no surprise that he would end his days of work in China and return to the Soviet Union in two days.

But why did he suddenly come to the director of the Department of International Economics at this time? It is unlikely that there is no element of unexpected events in it.

If it weren't for the fact that the secretary who came to report to him said that Ivanov was very calm and kept emphasizing that it was a relatively special economic activity between the two countries, Zhu Weifeng would not have met with Ivanov casually.

After a while, Zhu Weifeng met Ivanov in the No. 2 small conference room, and he didn't even need an interpreter, because he also had the tradition of the older generation of foreign affairs officials, that is, he was quite proficient in Russian.

"Director Zhu, I took the liberty of disturbing today without arranging my schedule, please forgive me for not respecting foreign affairs etiquette, but this matter does have its importance and particularity, so I think it is necessary to explain it to you before leaving Huaguo." On this occasion, Ivanov behaved in a standard Soviet orthodox foreign affairs officer's rhythm, and he didn't even say a word of nonsense when he opened his mouth.

"Please."

"This matter starts with Guangfu more than a month ago......

Soon, Ivanov made a clear and brief account of what happened from the first meeting of Yu Dongfeng and Zhong Bai to the subsequent events, and there was nothing to add fuel and vinegar during the period, as long as it was the information that Ivanov himself legally possessed, he gave a clear description to the other party.

Of course, Zhong Bai concealed the details of the identity of the section chief of the Tianhe Provincial Department of Industry at the beginning Ivanov did not mention it, after all, Zhong Bai told him at dinner last night that this matter did not violate the regulations, but was filed through the Tianhe Provincial Foreign Affairs Department in advance, presumably it can also be found in the national foreign affairs system's own information, there is no need to deliberately say it here, otherwise it will be a snake.

With Zhu Weifeng's experience and sensitivity, he naturally quickly sensed the meaning behind this transnational economic activity, and he frowned and asked: "So you mean to emphasize that the industrial equipment produced this time is an isolated incident in which our Huawei provided a solution, was OEM by your Ukrainian factory, and then sold to China, right?" ”

"Yes, Director, that's the reason for my surprise visit." Ivanov nodded solemnly and said: "In view of the fact that the relationship between your two countries is gradually moving towards the good side, if you don't explain it clearly, I'm afraid that there will be a misunderstanding on the MD side, which is not a good thing for any of the three countries." Of course, I don't know what will happen next, but I have already explained the causes and consequences of this incident, and it has nothing to do with our Soviet country's consistent position on your country's export of industrial technology and equipment. ”

"I see." Zhu Weifeng frowned and nodded, and reminded again: "Then, before meeting me, you have already reported to Moscow and the leading comrades of your Soviet General Office in China, right?" ”

"Surely, these processes are not negligent." After Ivanov said that, he got up and said: "My task for today has been completed, thank you Director for taking the time to communicate." ”

After Ivanov left, Zhu Weifeng looked at the time after the morning meeting, and there was still half an hour to have lunch, so he immediately summoned the secretary over: "Xiao Wang, you check the record materials of Tianhe Province leaving the country for business last month to see if there is a record of a comrade named Zhong Bai, and bring it to the office for me as soon as I find it." ”

"Okay, Director Zhu."

These filing materials are summarized and reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the foreign affairs departments of various provinces at the end of each month, and it is now late April, Xiao Wang naturally easily found Zhong Bai's filing materials for going abroad in the relevant departments and handed them to Zhu Weifeng.

"Zhong Bai, male, 23 years old, graduated from Tianhe Provincial Chemical Technical School, and worked in the fertilizer factory in Shanping County, Tianhe Province after graduation......"

Turning the pages one by one, Zhu Weifeng soon became interested in Zhong Bai's personal information.

"The name seems to ...... Seen it before? Zhu Weifeng recalled for a while, and suddenly his head slapped, there is!

At the end of last year, it was also a delegation of the Tianhe Provincial Department of Industry to Switzerland, which seemed to have this name!

He began to look through his memo notebook non-stop, and sure enough, he quickly found the record of that time.

Compared with Zhong Bai's detailed information this time, last time because it was Lu Xudong who led the team, Zhong Bai was only one of the members, and the description of him at that time was not detailed enough, just as one of the members of the delegation.

But this time, that is, only three months later, the Tianhe Provincial Department of Industry and the Tianhe Provincial Foreign Affairs Department sent him abroad alone (of course, Wu Xiaoping was also mentioned in it, but that was more of a disciplinary requirement) to handle this matter, which is obviously a bit unusual!

"This young man, there's something!"

After reading all the information in detail, Zhu Weifeng took off his old glasses and sighed in surprise!

Not to mention that this young man named Zhong Bai was only a deputy factory director before he went abroad last time, and the next time he went abroad, he has become a section chief at the department level.

This young man actually took the initiative to go to Guangfu, which is thousands of miles away from Tiandu, and found Ivanov, the head of the Soviet office in Guangzhou, to help a private enterprise called Baifeng Trading Company to make a private donation free of charge, and then the Soviet side said that the Soviet side welcomed the enterprise to enter the country?

How does this work......

It turned out to be a 23-year-old young cadre who threaded a needle through it, and not an old foreign affairs officer who was experienced and familiar with the relations between China and the Soviet Union?

Outsiders don't know how difficult it is to do this, but Zhu Weifeng, director of the Department of International Economy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, knows it all too well!

There are indeed signs of warming up in relations between China and the Soviet Union, but even ZY has only expressed optimism about the future and the trend of relaxation at a certain level in response to the speech of the head of state of the Soviet Union, but has not done large-scale publicity, let alone made any specific instructions on the development of economic exchanges between private enterprises between the two countries, especially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in response to that speech!

But this young man is obviously a little prescient and brave enough to take the first step?

This Zhong Bai is a rare talent!