In fact, not all of the finance ministers of Germany, France and Italy are loyal supporters of the euro.

But regardless of their attitudes in the past, they are now definitely a community of interests with a high degree of convergence of goals.

Now that the euro has been issued, and the timetable for replacing the local currencies of the eurozone countries has been clearly announced, there is no turning back, and there is only the possibility of insisting on a single currency.

Moreover, three months ago, they went to ring the bell on the platform of the euro launch ceremony.

It's only been three months!

If something really happens, others won't care what your "original" attitude is, and they won't care about such a big thing, and it has lasted for so many years, there must be more than one promoter behind it.

I just think that it was you old boy who did this thing in the first place.

The black cauldron will definitely be on their heads in the end.

Schäuble nodded approvingly, but then changed to the point:

"However, now the central bank and the Ministry of Finance on their side have not taken a position, whether it is because they really have not reached a unified opinion, or they deliberately want to delay time to observe the subsequent development of the situation, it is impossible to give a clear and honest answer just because we ask."

"Okay, I agree."

This incident, as well as the series of operations behind the Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger, can be regarded as a typical victory of the EU in the past two years against the United States, and it has also greatly encouraged the confidence of Europeans in becoming a pole in the world for an integrated Europe.

Now that Karn mentioned this, he suddenly felt that the future was much brighter.

For example, "If we can reproduce the operation of two years ago again, then the three of us will be able to turn the tables against the wind" and so on.

"As long as both sides have this meaning, even a mistake in playing table tennis can become an opportunity to break the ice, why can't the company ......"

Europeans, that's all there is to it.

Therefore, the "cost performance" of the other party will not be too low.

"The combined economy of our three countries is six times that of the Chinese, and if we do what you say, our posture will be a little too low......

Before leaving the conference room, Visco emphasized to the other two:

"No, I'm worried that the people of the central bank are unreliable, and sending them too early may expose ......"

Karn apparently had a draft in mind:

The other two people don't know much about Chinese culture, but countries around the world actually have classic expressions like this, so it's not hard to understand.

So they just said that if it comes time to support the value of the euro with precious metals, it is basically equivalent to losing the whole market.

So the three quickly came to an agreement.

"But if the current situation continues until May, the credit of the euro may not even be comparable to that of the ruble...... Anyway, the Russians really have gold in their central bank vaults. ”

"Also, you have to keep it secret, I mean, on the American side."

Visco shrugged his shoulders and said in a somewhat odd tone.

"After I became finance minister, I read the memorandum on the whole process of our negotiations with China two years ago, and that time, at the beginning, it was a simple business cooperation between the two sides, but halfway through the talk, all the important leaders of both sides were involved, and in the end it evolved into an official agreement between China and the EU."

"It's better than that."

"Moreover, I can see that Huaxia has attached great importance to the aviation manufacturing industry over the years, and we have taken advantage of this opportunity to pass, first, we can also use the increase in the proportion of industrial transfer as a weighty bargaining chip, and second, there is a high probability that we can directly meet their more influential officials."

In the 90s, almost all of the gold reserves of European countries were in the United States.

"In that case, do you want to include some of our financial institutions and central bank personnel directly in this delegation? If you want to talk about it, you can be more direct. ”

"Moreover, they have not made an official statement, but at the same time they are putting pressure on us on a commercial level, which shows that they are also afraid that the euro will really collapse, and now they just want to occupy a favorable situation as much as possible before the negotiations, and if we try a few more times, there will always be a response."

It's just that they underestimated the determination of the Americans in this matter, and also overestimated the "independence" of the Europeans themselves.

According to his thoughts, although China's appeal and influence in emerging markets are very great, in terms of hard power, it is only a country with the seventh largest GDP, and it is even inferior to Italy, which is the largest among the three countries.

After all, if in another timeline, the euro took off directly after its issuance, countering the dollar and directly becoming the world's most mainstream currency and leading Europe to revival......

"Such a delegation is large enough, stays in China long enough, and the itinerary is complicated enough, and even has to be divided into three in the middle, and go to three different places at the same time, as long as a few reliable people are stuffed into it, it is not difficult to get things done."

But Schäuble clearly doesn't think so:

Even if the lion has a big mouth, it doesn't have such a big mouth.

Karn thought for a moment, and quickly thought of an opportunity:

"If that's the case, I remember that the European Aerospace Defense Group is expected to have a trip to China in May...... It seems that a cooperation agreement was signed two years ago, and the location and policy of the factory there have been decided, and this time I will go to inspect the production capacity there and determine which production capacity and processes to move there. ”

"Then you have to try, you can't sit still."

Schäuble was still a little hesitant, but his attitude was noticeably relaxed.

Although it is geographically a Dutch company, in essence, the French have the absolute right to speak in it.

Karn was a little unable to sit still at this point:

"Corporate ...... Are you sure it's reliable? ”

The mouth is honest and honest.

Italians have indeed cooperated with Huaxia a lot over the years, so Visco's mind is a little more lively than his two colleagues:

"Since the Huaxia people are putting pressure on us through enterprises, we can also use the same method to test their conditions in turn."

Seeing that the other two were looking down in thought, Karn continued:

Visco still has a little research on Huaxia.

This idea was compromised, satisfying Kahn's urgent need to solve the problem and making Schäuble's side face plausible.

The credit will also go to them.

The Germans are now the third largest economy in the world, and taking advantage of the reunification of the two Germanys, they are still in the stage of relatively inflated self-confidence.

"According to my experience in dealing with Chinese people over the years, in this case, if we ask directly, I am afraid that the other side will start to play leather ball directly, and at most say something innocuous to deal with us."

"I agree."

"It's best to secretly find some middle-level companies that have had a good personal relationship with Huaxia before, and don't leave traces on the bright side, just follow the delegation to inspect the project, or simply talk about business, so that even if Americans have the heart, they will focus on those important people."

European Aerospace Defence, the parent company of Airbus and Eurocopter.

"May was originally planned, and now that the situation has changed so much, it makes sense to go in advance, don't worry about this, I have a personal relationship to use ......"

It is possible to take advantage of the situation to directly form a party to run for the election, and it is possible to become a political powerhouse and leave a name in history.

Of course, there is also a certain inducement in this.

So the other two people apparently know a little bit about the details as well.

Past successes are always pleasant, which is why Kahn made a point of mentioning the case from two years ago.

"Anyway, most of these companies that have come into contact with us are each other's state-owned enterprises, and their statements, if not directly equivalent to the official, can at least represent their official intentions to some extent."

"There is a saying in Huaxia that it is called Ming Xiu Plank Road, and Darkness Chen Cang."

Although intellectually I can think of the idea of "going to Huaxia for help", emotionally I don't want to be too demanding.

"Contacting the Chinese people is indeed a top priority."

Fortunately, at this time, it is not too late......

Of course, this is also fair.

"In short, move faster, wait one more day and there may be a big mess......"

“……”

(End of chapter)