Chapter 387: Exercises, Negotiations
The yacht approached again, and the French and Spaniards silently got on the yacht and left.
The two of them didn't say anything when they left.
There is a lot of money on the ground, but there is no number of people.
It doesn't make sense, Sean is showing his sincerity, and using cash is to need the impact of that thing.
In the TV series, throwing out 5 million to make the other party leave your daughter or son is not as impactful as pouring cash on the other side, and the success rate is increased by 200%.
It's like the ocean with boxes on it before the charge and falls to the ground.
In fact, without the money, Sean is just as sure to convince the two to cooperate in a military exercise, as long as he is willing to play a scoundrel in his face.
But that's not good, Sean needs friends, his business has expanded to Africa, so opening a gap in the French military is the first thing that must be done.
And in the future, he will inevitably expand his business to Europe, and he needs allies in Europe.
The Moroccan incident is a good breakthrough, and that's it.
He is going to do this both in terms of immediate and long-term goals.
Instructed the captain to go back and pack up the money, and then boarded his flagship and came to the combat command room, Sean said with a smile: "There is nothing in this world that cannot be done with money, if there is, it must be that you have not given enough." ”
Moulay Sidi pouted secretly, he also wanted to spend money, but he assured that the French and Spaniards on the other side would not give him this opportunity at all.
It's like a foreign enemy on a business trip, ready to move, waving money but not finding a reliable 'broker'......
This kind of thing is not only a day, but also a lot in daily life, and the same is true in the world.
Sean obviously saw what Moulay Sidi was thinking, and walked over with a smile and patted him on the shoulder, "Theory is absolutely not wrong, you see, these things that Hassan II looked forward to day and night but could not accomplish, did not become a reality little by little in your hands, you are destined to become the greatest king in the history of Morocco, there is no one!" ”
Mullay Siddy looked at Sean thoughtfully.
All countries in the world are working hard to revitalize this kind of thing, but there are a few that have really succeeded.
Robert S. A. Owens, I'll leave the rest to you, have fun with them, and be a little more intense. ”
"Okay boss, leave it to me!" Robert S. A. Owens smiled and nodded.
If you want to really fight, then Sean can still command a few blindly, but when it comes to confrontational military exercises, this thing is too professional.
Drill all kinds of confrontations, all kinds of formations, all kinds of bullets...... The devil knows how to count whether your own missile successfully hit the target, after all, you can't see the fire and smoke from the opponent's ship.
So, Sean was ready to withdraw.
The masters were gone, and the Moroccans, although they still wanted to see the fleet exercises, still withdrew with Sean.
The Moroccan nobles who watched all this in the hotel on the shore looked confused, and they couldn't figure out what the situation was now, why did they suddenly stop when they were about to fight and kill with great momentum just now.
Not to mention them, Mullay Siddy couldn't figure out what Sean's plans were.
On the sea, the three opposing sides began to retreat, and a day later, when the time for the exercise came, the umbrella fleet broke into the exercise area again with great strength.
This time, no one came up to stop them, and the French and Spanish sides cooperated and began to maneuver with the missile destroyer fleet under the umbrella.
The clear roar of artillery fire can be heard from the shore, and missiles can occasionally be seen taking off into the air.
Today, the shipping route was completely cut off, and the two sides jointly suppressed the umbrella fleet, and the scope of the tripartite maneuver became larger and larger, and it exceeded the scope of the previously announced exercise sea area early on.
To be honest, Sean couldn't even understand what was being tossed at sea.
The drill lasted for more than 4 hours before the three parties regained their distance, and just when Sean thought it was over and was about to ask how much it had cost, Robert J. A. Owens told Sean that there was still a night fight.
Sean: "......"
For a whole day, the exercise spread to tens of thousands of square nautical miles in the surrounding area, and it was only in the early morning of the next day that the three sides announced to the outside world at the same time that a joint confrontational exercise was over.
As for the specific results, it is not known to outsiders.
Robert S. When A. Owens returned, Sean asked, and Robert A. A. Owens' face is not very good-looking.
In his words, at the beginning, the two sides were evenly matched, but their own air force did not have an air force, and after the inventory of anti-aircraft missiles became smaller and smaller, they began to fall into disadvantage, and eventually lost everything, of course, the other side was also uncomfortable, the Franco-Spanish combined fleet was completely disabled, and the Spanish light aircraft carrier was sunk.
Belch...... Well, Sean didn't know how to comfort Robert A. A. Owens, when their fleet was designed and formed, was aimed at small countries, and the core concept was low-cost precision strikes, so naturally they would not engage in any aircraft carriers.
Can't afford it!
The aircraft carrier is not expensive to rent or buy, but the expensive thing is the expenses, personnel, and maintenance after it is acquired.
It is also necessary to support supporting auxiliary warship groups and battleship groups for daily maintenance, overhaul, logistics, ports and other supporting facilities.
With an aircraft carrier, there must be carrier-based aircraft, and on land, there must also be an airfield, maintenance, and a complete set of aviation logistics......
That's dozens of times more expensive than the aircraft carrier itself.
There is no need for Sean to say this, Robert understands everything, it's just that he is in a bad mood after losing, and he needs beautiful women, banquets, and spirits to comfort himself now.
At the end of the exercise, all the major powers know the real results.
The United States is very satisfied, very satisfied, although it is only a drill and it has lost, but this is a civilian force, and the opposite side is the Franco-Spanish coalition army, which is really glorious despite defeat!
In the future, when the US military and the military personnel of the two countries drink or quarrel, they can condescendingly say, don't make trouble, you non-governmental organizations!
It's not very hurtful, and it's extremely insulting.
The joint exercise had a series of follow-up effects, starting with the withdrawal of the French and Spanish blockades, which, in the reports of Thompson Jarves and Jonson Arnold, had no point in existing unless they were willing to go to war with the umbrella.
As for the sudden small-scale attacks on ships along the way, it's no secret that the world's emerging pirates have some connection to Sean.
In this kind of unsightly little action, Sean, who doesn't want any cheekiness, is the ancestor, and their national system is not good.
Once it leaks out, the impact will be devastating, and someone must step down and take responsibility.
And Sean doesn't need it, just throw some scapegoats and lose some money.
Privates don't have so many scruples.
The second reaction to this is that Morocco has more confidence in the country, and the people in the country who were very hostile to the umbrella have somewhat put down some mustard, except for those who have died in the family.
The umbrella is a pure 'commercial' company, there is no personal grudge, as long as you give enough money, they really dare to go to the company!
With the strength of one company, two military powers, this kind of thing is really terrifying and incredible when Moroccans see it on TV.
At least, not to mention the alliance between the two countries, even any one, the Moroccans don't think their own army can beat it.
Well, one has no confidence, and the other is a yearning!
So when I saw in the news that the fleet of the umbrella company was maneuvering around the combined fleet of the two powers, the previous hatred was reduced by half at once.
The media, which had good things to do afterwards, asked experts to stand up and help calculate that the umbrella expenditure for a one-day confrontational exercise would be at least about $20 million.
The expenditure of 20 million yuan alone made countless people speechless in shock.
If you are stronger, you will be jealous, and if you are so strong that there is no boundary, you will only admire!
The third reaction to this incident was that the French march was even more 'grand'.
It really should be described as grand, you have to admit that when it comes to marches, when it comes to revolution, the French are really criminal!
What is a profession? JPG
The profession is to make the parade more like a holiday!
The French president is very distressed these days, he can't blame the military, everyone knows that it is impossible to really fight with the umbrella company in the open, then a compromise and a military exercise is the best solution.
It's like if you can't cut hundreds of people, then you can only negotiate with tea.
There are many things that distress the French president, several seaport cities on the southern Mediterranean border, Marseille, and Nice are extremely chaotic.
A large number of police officers mobilized a large number of police forces because of the large number of marchers, but there is no way, these are the two largest cities with Morocco import and export, and too many people have lost so much money because of this incident that they have lost their jobs, and there is a lot of time for demonstrations.
A large number of police forces were dragged into the parade, resulting in a shortage of police resources, and the problem of smuggling suddenly became rampant.
The so-called economic blockade has always been a formal channel, and who is the happiest at this time?
It's the mafia!
It's a smuggler!
Is it official...... Ahem.
Who says fruits and vegetables can't be smuggled?
When the official supply is not available, the high-priced private supply will definitely be hot!
Coupled with the fact that the two generals of the Fasi deliberately released water, the smuggling business was extremely smooth and hot.
(Hey, it looks familiar...... )
On the other hand, Morocco is very safe, and the customs here will not check these things, as if nothing has happened.
……
At this time, Sean made a phone call to the White House, and Sean did not tell Reagan the conditions he had previously negotiated with Mullay Siddy.
It needs the right timing!
Three days later......
A major American television station reported a piece of news: Morocco's acting king Moulay Shidi bin Youssef arrived in Washington on a special plane, and President Reagan greeted him on the spot, and the two sides conducted in-depth communication and friendly talks on maritime security in the Mediterranean, and finally the two sides decided to build a naval military base in Morocco to ensure the security of Mediterranean exchanges.
Morocco agreed to lease a plot of land in the southern city of Ceuta to the United States for the purpose of building a naval base for 100 years!
There is an essential difference between a concession and a concession, and it is definitely not a land cession.
Television showed images of Reagan and Moulay Shidi signing together, and a map hung on the wall, on which Ceuta was deliberately marked in red.
The program made detailed reports on the specific location, size, construction time, grade, size of the garrison, logistics and supply of the Ceuta military base.
As soon as the news was broadcast, it quickly spread around the world!
As a matter of fact, President Reagan called the French president and the Spanish prime minister before signing the agreement to communicate, not that the United States should ask the two countries for instructions on building a military base in Morocco here.
The next day, President Reagan made another televised speech, expressing concern and concern about what happened in Morocco during this time, and publicly called on France and Spain and Morocco to negotiate and consult on economic issues, development issues, and security issues.
Eventually, thanks to President Reagan's efforts, the three parties finally reached an agreement and set the venue for the negotiations in Geneva.
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"Go?" Mullay Siddy asked, looking at Sean.
"What are you kidding, I'm just a businessman, how can I attend such a negotiation event!" Sean had a look on his face that you were teaseing me.
Moulay Sidi frowned and thought for a while, "You can not come forward to negotiate, I need your advice, to be honest, I don't have similar negotiation experience." ”
Saying this, he sighed, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, including our diplomatic department, we don't have the confidence to conduct such negotiations, we have no experience, you know that the previous negotiations were negotiations, but it was better to say 'resistance', so that you can suffer a little less losses." ”
Sean hugged his head, specially, you can't say that Morocco can't hold up the wall with mud, at least people are working hard, but, it's really pulling!
During this time, he felt like a nanny, forced to advise an African country of more than 20 million people.
In order to make some money, am I easy!
Sean will certainly not be present at the venue, but he will have no problem traveling to Switzerland on a personal basis.
Mullay Siddy needs Sean to listen to the negotiator's report every night and formulate a bottom line and strategy, or rather, he just feels that with Sean there, he has confidence.
Sean didn't bother to do anything, and the two planes arrived in Geneva at the same time, one after the other.
"Concessions are certain, the core issues are, first, the market will never be open, but special policies can be formulated on specific commodities, such as wheat, the French will definitely mention this, you can reduce tariffs, or simply waive tariffs, and give the market to the French."
Moulay Shidi opened his mouth and put the food problem in the hands of someone else, which is certainly not a good idea.
"Don't think about it, you can't grow food on your own to support yourself, the land area is not allowed, the climate is not allowed, there is no need to have unrealistic ideas, it is better to do a good job of food reserves if you think so much."
"Of course, the opening of the wheat market is not without cost, requiring the French to open the market for Moroccan agricultural products or reduce tariffs."
"Those mechanical processing industries that have been confiscated can be returned to the French, but there must be conditions." Sean thought for a while and said: "First: this round of major construction in Morocco will replan the urban layout, their factories will obey the relocation arrangement, we will provide better sites and land for the expansion of the factory, and the rebuilt factory will become a joint venture, part of the shares will be owned by the Moroccan government, and part of it will be owned by the Moroccan investment company." ”
"That's right!" Sean suddenly remembered an important thing, "Morocco's labor laws need to be reformulated, and the minimum wage, maximum working hours, and other regulations in different cities must be stipulated. ”
"There are now, it's just hard to comply."
"I know that, but with the law, we can have a reason to do it, which is very important, but one thing to remember, don't make it too strict." As he spoke, Sean raised an eyebrow.
"What do you mean?" Mulley Heardy looked at Sean with a confused expression, he felt that he might have heard it wrong, what does it mean not to be particularly strict?
Isn't the tighter the law, the better, and the less likely it is to be exploited?
"The punishment is unknowable, the threat is unpredictable, and the people are afraid of it. Now the law is set by it, and the people know that they dare not cross the law to sin themselves, and they can't bend the law to show grace, then the authority is transferred to the law, so the people are not afraid of it. Sean dragged an ancient text, not to mention Mullay Siddy, the others were even more confused.
"If the laws and regulations are too strict, then the people below will know the cost of their mistakes, so they will become unscrupulous, and the things they are afraid of will change from the person who controls the power to the law, which is the most detrimental to the person who holds the power."
"For example, we can set the working hours to be 8 hours, but we don't stipulate whether the 8 hours are 9 to 5 as a whole, or simply remove the simple working hours except for eating, going to the toilet, resting, etc., which is called flexibility!"
"For example, if we say that it is more than eight hours, we want to set off, how to judge light, how to judge moderate, and how to judge serious, but what is light and what is heavy, there is no specific standard for this, it is up to us to judge according to the actual situation, which is called blurring the boundary."
"In this way, we can use the weapon of law to fight against dissidents and support ourselves!"
"Oh!!" Everyone in the room suddenly realized and at the same time felt a chill in their hearts, damn, it was really an old capitalist.
Sean looked indifferent, what is an ancient civilization!
Next, Sean said a few key points to be held in the negotiations, especially about the phosphate industry, which Sean wants, and must not give an inch.
Of course, it must be nominally an official Moroccan requirement.
The reason is that the previous contracts were signed with a strong colonial color, and did not reasonably consider the needs of the people in the resource area, and the exploitation was extremely serious.
In view of the long-term exploitation of French capital in the past, the Moroccan side will punish it, and the reason will be found at will, and the result will be the confiscation of the relevant industrial assets, and the agreement will be re-established in the future, and the Moroccan government will not operate exclusively.
The domestic turmoil was terrible, and the French and Spaniards did not want to waste too much time on the negotiations, and the progress of the negotiations was very fast, but they were stuck in the phosphate-related industries.
The companies involved will definitely not do it, and France and Spain tried to divide the negotiations into several stages, first implement what was previously negotiated and advance the progress of the negotiations, but Morocco vetoed them.
Of course, anyone can see that this is designed for Sean alone, and must be part of the transaction between the two parties.
Now that the United States has jumped out to preside over the negotiations, military bases have been built, and as the victor, Sean has a reason to get a piece of meat.
Sean privately released the news that if it is to be implemented, it will be implemented together, and if the Fassi phosphate industry company wants to pull everyone into the water together, then Sean doesn't care.
Anyway, I can't give what I want, so don't even think about negotiating it!
Those interested in Sean have no choice but to find trouble with fellow Frenchmen if they have no choice but to do so.