Chapter 825: A small act of revenge
Muyang doesn't want to quarrel with him here, for a year and a half, I'm afraid you won't have a chance. Back in the car, Muyang asked the others to go first, let them leave a car and a driver for themselves, and said that they wanted to go around Djibouti and inspect the city.
On the whole, security in Djibouti is good, not as turbulent as some African countries, so security is still guaranteed.
Asked the driver to go around the car and stop on the road on the side of the presidential palace, Muyang sat in the car, closed his eyes, but launched a probing technique and began to investigate the presidential palace.
He couldn't see what was inside now, but he could hear it.
It turned out that Tom Kelly and David Rodriguez did not come specifically to block Mu Yang, they had more important things, but the meeting between them and Mu Yang at the door just now was indeed planned by Tom Kelly, and his purpose was to be here to sarcastically mock Mu Yang a few words, so that this Chinese would know that the interests of Djibouti were not for the Chinese to interfere with.
Tom Kelly and David Rodriguez were sitting in a reception room with President Guelleh, and the three were discussing the renewal of the lease of the US military base. The US military camp Le Monnier in Djibouti is its largest military base in Africa, with about 4,000 permanent soldiers, more than a dozen warships, and fighter formations and unmanned reconnaissance planes.
And in 2017, the 20-year lease of the United States is coming to an end, so now the United States is beginning negotiations with Djibouti to renew the contract.
Djibouti is one of the least developed countries in the world, with an annual GDP of about 2.7 billion US dollars, of which nearly 200 million US dollars is from the rent of bases in the United States, France and Japan, and the rental fees of other countries in Djibouti ports.
Therefore, Djibouti attaches great importance to the rent, and President Guelleh's reputation among the domestic people is not very good, but because he has protected the interests of the United States and France in Djibouti, he is still relatively supportive of him in the international community.
"We must not let up on China's attitude, they have been wanting to lease a long-term port in Djibouti to ease the supply pressure, or then they can get rid of the supply ships and have more warships stationed in Djibouti."
"The United States does not want this to happen, you know, the Chinese have always had bad intentions, they came to Africa with great ambitions"
Tom Kelly is behind his back, saying bad things about China.
"I know, but in three months, there is a general election, I have already served two terms, I can no longer serve the presidency, maybe we need to complete this signing in the near future." Gale said.
"Mr. President, your son's business in the United States will continue to receive the care and support of the U.S. government, please rest assured that when your term of office is over, you can also settle in the United States, and I think you will definitely fall in love with the free and fresh air of the United States."
It turns out that there is a deeper deal in this.
Hearing this, Mu Yang knew that it was basically impossible to open a gap in President Guelleh.
It seems that it is necessary to take a long-term view.
But right now, Muyang has one thing to do. Although Mu Yang is not careful, it depends on who he is, just now Tom Kelly and David Rodriguez sarcastically provoked, how could Mu Yang swallow this breath.
The last thing Mu Yang is afraid of is confrontation, since you have made a move, you must be ready to meet my counterattack.
With a wave of his hand, Muyang asked the driver to drive and slowly moved along Djibouti's slightly narrow pick-up. The most important thing to do when working in a place is to fully understand the situation and customs here, instead of sitting in the office all day and reading some work reports from subordinates, which will quickly become rigid in thinking.
In the next few days, Muyang did his daily work in an orderly manner, meeting with representatives of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to organize and coordinate assistance to Djiboutian doctors.
I also made an official visit to President Guelleh again, but found that it had no effect at all, and it seemed that I needed to change my strategy.
In mid-July, when Ramadan came, Muyang really saw this ****** festival. Basically the whole country is on holiday, and people spend a lot of time praying and reciting the Qur'an.
After dinner, Muyang locked the door of his room, pretended to sleep, and then sneaked out of the embassy, got a car in the street, made a car in the alley, transformed into an Italian, and went to the Kempinski Hotel of the Royal Palace of Djibouti.
Located on the seaside of Djibouti, this hotel is gorgeously decorated and brightly lit at night, with fountains and tall palm trees at the door.
Muyang parked the car, got out of the car and walked into the hall.
Tonight, there is a drinking party here, a diplomatic reception hosted by the Spaniards, the Chinese embassy is not invited, Muyang has received information about this reception before, this is just a dispensable piece of information, but Muyang has an idea.
If you don't invite me, I won't come?
Walking into the hall, there are already a lot of people here at this moment, many of them are diplomats from various countries, in fact, this reception is just a Spanish counselor who left his post and returned to China, but there are many people invited.
Opportunities are sought out.
Muyang took a glass of champagne from the waiter's tray and walked around the hall with the glass, listening carefully to their conversation in his ears.
To be honest, it's just some anecdotes and Fengyue, they are all diplomats, but they don't dare to say anything sensitive.
However, Muyang saw the figure of Tom Kelly, the US ambassador to Djibouti, in the crowd. At the moment, Tom Kelly was talking happily with several diplomats, and looking at that posture, a look of smugness, it seemed that he had been very comfortable these days.
Muyang found a place to sit down, and there happened to be a handsome middle-aged man with blond hair next to him, and when he saw Muyang sitting down, he politely picked up the cup and signaled.
Muyang also returned the gift with a cup.
"What kind of diplomat are you, I haven't seen it before." The blonde man, apparently talkative, asked.
"I'm not a diplomat, I'm just a friend of Silva, sir." Muyang knew that the Spanish counselor who was about to leave tonight was called Silva, and of course, he only knew so much.
"I work at the French embassy in Djibouti, and Silva is a funny guy, isn't he, and when he left Djibouti, we lost a good friend." The Frenchman said.
"yes, I think so too." Mu Yang said vaguely.
The two chatted about the hot weather in Djibouti, as well as the unpalatable meals, and some customs.
At this moment, Mu Yang felt a gaze coming over, Mu Yang subconsciously turned his head to look over, but found that it was Tom Kelly, who was chatting with a group of people in the distance, looking at this side, but there was a bit of coldness in his eyes. (To be continued.) )