When Wang Ye returned to the office, he suddenly realized that Sattler didn't treat him to dinner!
"Forget it, I ate roasted camel yesterday, and today I ate barbecue and lamb chops. Let's eat whatever we want tonight, so let's get some oil!"
"And I forgot to bring back my bag, which is made of genuine leather."
Wang Ye muttered twice, washed up briefly, left his room, and came to the restaurant downstairs. He couldn't help but look at the hummus and dates in the small basin, as well as the naan next to it. Sighed.
Holding the tray and grabbing some food, Wang Ye was just about to sit down when he saw a restaurant staff member from the office. He hesitated and asked:
"Where are the leaders? Have you eaten and gone to rest?"
The entire office has less than thirty official staff in total, including a dozen administrative staff, a dozen security personnel, and three or five people responsible for cleaning and cooking. There are no foreign employees.
Hearing what Wang Ye said, the restaurant staff quickly said:
"No, I left at about seven o'clock in the morning and haven't come back yet. They called us at noon and told us that there was no need to prepare their lunch and that they would stay there to eat."
"I didn't call at night, so I don't know what's going on!"
"We can only wait until the leaders come back before we start cooking."
Wang Ye suddenly understood, nodded, sat down at the dining table and began to eat. He couldn't help but wonder in his mind how the negotiations were progressing and whether they would be successful in the end.
In normal history, this order must have not been negotiated. It should have failed when he visited Prince Duarte last night. However, it is obvious that his appearance may have led to Sattler's intervention. , Judging from the few words said by Sattler and Prince Duarte yesterday and the turning point of Prince Duarte, things seem to have some clues and a turn for the better, but it is not certain whether it will succeed.
"No matter what, it can put some pressure on the Japanese."
"At least when the time comes to negotiate, we won't be so passive, and it will be worth it!"
In the end, Wang Ye shook his head and decided not to dwell on this issue anymore, and there was no need to do any more work from Sattler. Since Sattler could make Prince Duarte turn around, it meant that he was inclined to achieve this. Single transaction, there is no doubt about this.
Under such circumstances, if Sattler can intervene, he can intervene. If he cannot intervene, talking more on his own will only destroy the mutual trust relationship that has been hard to establish. It is completely unnecessary. Nowadays, it is better than in the past Well, there is no need to force better, it may be self-defeating.
In social relationships, it is important to exercise restraint.
After drinking a piece of naan, a cup of hummus, and a bowl of spicy spicy soup with nothing in it, Wang Ye patted his belly and went back to the room to prepare for bed. Starting tomorrow, for the next ten days, Wang Ye will There are different customers who need to communicate, some need to visit at home, and some have appointments at high-end restaurants.
Just when Wang Ye was lying comfortably on the bed.
In a building in the palace, the huge conference room was brightly lit. On both sides of the long negotiation table, on the left were Director Chen and others from the Ministry of Petroleum, and on the right were people from the Saudi Ministry of Energy. Prince Duterte was sitting at the top. , just drinking tea silently, listening to the people below talking to each other.
"Mr. Harry, we have to talk about this part again."
“Currently we have 800,000 tons of
The atmosphere at the scene was not very good, and could even be called anxious. Throughout the morning and half of the afternoon, the two parties first carefully checked and finalized the procurement plan, and then began to negotiate the specific details of the procurement in the middle of the afternoon.
However, the Saudi staff have shown a negotiating style in which every penny is worth. Of course, this is not the most critical issue. The more critical issue is that in many areas of equipment, Saudi Arabia is not willing to provide them with the most advanced equipment. sub-advanced equipment.
Originally, there was a certain gap between Saudi Arabia's technology and Japan's. If it were to be upgraded to another level, although it would still be advanced and sufficient for China, it would not be able to achieve the goals negotiated by the Ministry of Petroleum and senior officials. That is to pass this time. Introduce, spend the least amount of money as possible, shorten the gap with the current world level, and then start self-research, instead of buying and introducing over and over again.
"Mr. Chen, to be honest, this is our maximum limit. If we transfer more advanced equipment to you,"
Just as the senior executive of the Saudi Ministry of Energy in a robe who was sitting opposite was speaking, suddenly there was a knock on the door in the conference room. Under the gaze of people from both sides, Prince Duarte, who was sitting at the top, said:
"Enter!"
Then the door was pushed open, and a staff member walked in and said:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please come over!"
Hearing the staff's voice, Prince Duarte nodded, looked up at the clock on the wall, then glanced around the people present, and said gently with a smile:
“Unknowingly, it was already seven o’clock in the evening.”
"Why don't we have dinner first?"
After finishing speaking, he nodded to the people from the Ministry of Petroleum and followed the staff member out of the conference room. At the same time, other staff members came in and began to arrange for everyone in Huaxia to have dinner in the restaurant.
In the restaurant, the food was very rich and smelled delicious, but except for the rustic uncle, Director Chen and others had no appetite.
"Not very optimistic!"
"Yes, the key is that the equipment does not meet expectations."
"The only good thing is that they are willing to transfer the entire technology."
"Yes, Japan has some of the technology."
“It’s really not good, the price is too high”
Along with this inaudible voice, Director Chen, who was eating mutton finger rice, whispered:
"Quiet."
Then the dinner table fell silent, leaving only the rustling sounds of eating.
at the same time.
Prince Duarte sat in a special car and was driven by special staff. He walked quickly inside the palace and arrived at a rather high-end-looking building after a while.
Under the guidance of the staff, Prince Duarte walked into a living room after a while. He saw the old king sitting on the chair above with a smile, and Sattler sitting on the chair below, with staff beside him. Busy.
I saw a table brought over and placed not far away, with a TV and a video recorder placed on it, and the staff were debugging it.
"His Majesty!"
After entering the living room, Duarte saluted the old king who was sitting there, but the old king didn't seem to care at all, he just waved and said with a smile:
"Quick, brother, come here!"
"Satler said he wanted to give us both a surprise. Even before you came, he didn't tell me what the surprise was."
"Sit! Sit next to me!"
Although the old king had already said this, after Prince Duarte walked over, he moved his chair so that he was not side by side with the old king. After sitting down, he looked at Sattler with a smile and asked:
"Oh? What kind of surprise? Did your Chinese friend bring it?"
"It looks like it's a video?"
At this moment, Sattler looked full of vigor and vitality. He nodded heavily, then took out a video tape from the bag next to him, waved his hand to stop the staff's actions, walked forward personally, and put it into the video recorder. .
"Father, uncle, please believe me."
"History will prove that today will be a day that every Saudi citizen will always remember!"
Along with Sattler's voice, the old king and Prince Duarte couldn't help but look at each other. In their impression, Sattler was definitely not someone who liked to boast, so what he said suddenly was so exaggerated. , what is the matter?
"Click!"
Just then, Sattler pressed play.
Suddenly, a picture popped up on the TV screen, and the moment the picture appeared, the attention of the old king and Prince Duarte were attracted. They saw a special chariot parked in the open space next to the sea. It looks very much like a tank, but there is no turret on it, but densely packed tubes. The length of these tubes even exceeds the length of the tank chassis, which is amazing!
"59-p tank, testing begins! The team is in place!"
Accompanied by the Chinese voice inside, ten people suddenly rushed into the screen, and the Arabic translation also sounded at the same time. Only then did the old king and Prince Duarte understand the meaning of the password.
At the same time, in the screen, only ten people were seen rushing into the screen. Three of them came to the front of the tank, opened the hatch of the chassis from the bottom of the pipe, and then got in.
"The chassis of the Soviet T-54, or the Chinese Type 59."
Prince Duarte explained to the old king while watching. When the old king nodded slightly, three people had climbed in one after another, and the other seven people began to inspect the tank, including the tracks, road wheels, under the chassis, Above the car body, especially the pipes.
"Report! Inspection completed!"
Along with the report of one of them, the voice of the commander outside the screen sounded again:
"Adjust the angle of the launch nest and start loading!"
When this order was given, the angle of the multi-tube launch nest was slightly raised, exposing the buttocks. At the same time, the six people ran out of the screen, and then the chant of "one two one two" was heard, and the six people pushed the car What looked like a telegraph pole was transported into the picture!
At that moment, the eyes of the old king and Prince Duarte lit up!
It’s really because this thing is too thick and long!
"Start manual loading!"
Accompanied by the sound of instructions, the six people used a trolley to hang the "telephone pole", and another person stood behind the launch nest to assist them in loading. Finally, with a "squeak", the thick and long telephone pole It was inserted into the tube of the launch nest.
"Second shot reload!"
The next scenes were almost repetitive, but the old king and Prince Duarte became increasingly restless. Prince Duarte even stood up directly, came to the TV, bent over and stared at it, mouthing. He kept chanting.
"One shot, two shots, three shots"
"Fourteen shots?"
When the last rod was inserted, Prince Duarte couldn't help but sighed loudly, and at the same time, the command voice on the TV sounded again:
"The furthest range is eighty kilometers!"
"Start aiming!"
Along with the sound of the command, the bomb nest began to move slowly, and finally in a direction slightly deviated from the front of the car, the elevation angle gradually increased, and finally fixed at a certain angle, aiming at the target in the distance.
At this moment, the old king was no longer calm, stood up and walked to the TV!
At that moment, seeing this scene, Sattler felt indescribably happy and excited!
"Retreat personnel and prepare to launch!"
In the TV picture, when this sound sounded, it was obvious that the camera began to move, getting farther and farther away from the launch vehicle, until it retreated to a place at least two hundred meters away.
"Ready to launch!"
With the final command sounded!
"Boom boom boom!"
At that moment, the sky and the earth in the picture changed color. This was because the camera was not good enough and the shooting effect was caused by strong light. But at this moment, it seemed so appropriate and timely!
The roar echoed in the ears, beating the hearts of the old king and Prince Duarte present!
Accompanied by the shaking of the ground, the shining of firelight, the rolling smoke, and flying gravel, rockets soared into the sky one after another. The smoke at the tail seemed to form a special ladder!
In just a few dozen seconds, fourteen rockets were launched!
Before the old king and Prince Duarte could breathe a sigh of relief, the screen switched and suddenly turned into an endless sea. At the same time, several objects in the sky suddenly dragged long tails of smoke and began to quickly approach the sea ahead!
"Boom! Boom boom boom!"
Next, the sea seemed to be boiling, and the explosion stirred up splashes of water. Outside the camera, a deafening cheer could be heard on the ship!
Even if you don’t understand Chinese, you can still feel the excitement and enthusiasm!
"Father, uncle, please allow me to introduce you two."
"The latest product from the China Red Star Machinery Factory Steel Complex, a mid-range rocket launcher!"
"It uses a 300mm caliber rocket, with a standard range of 80 kilometers, and can carry a warhead of more than 150 kilograms! In the future, there will be an advanced version with a range of 120 kilometers, 80 The kilometer version has a spread of three kilometers!”
"The best thing is that one such long-range rocket only costs a mere fifty thousand dollars!"
"My father and my uncle, have you ever seen a weapon that is more cost-effective than this kind of weapon? Anyway, I have never seen it!"
When Sattler finished speaking, there was a burst of exclamation and exciting laughter in the room, and intermittent voices sounded:
"No, never seen it before!"
"We need at least a thousand of these launch vehicles!"
"However, the tank chassis cannot run fast enough. It would be great if it could go faster!"
"It's wonderful! It's simply wonderful! This is the best news I've heard in the last year, no! Three years!"
"It's unimaginable, it's unimaginable!"
At 7:30 in the evening, Director Chen and others returned to the conference room after eating half full. The reason why they were not full was because eating too much would affect their thinking agility, and there would be negotiations next.
However, after they sat down, no one from the Saudi Ministry of Energy came. Instead, a staff member came and said with a smile:
"Everyone, His Majesty has specifically approved that all the key points discussed just now can be passed."
"Today's negotiations are over. We will arrange a special car to take you back to your base. Please come!"
At that moment, Director Chen and others were completely confused. They struggled with several questions for half the afternoon, but the result was passed so suddenly, and it was an order personally issued by His Majesty the King?
"this"
To be honest, Director Chen really wanted to break the pot and ask the truth, but it was obvious that the staff did not want to explain, and he also knew that many times, it was better to pretend to be confused about some things!
Afterwards, the people from the Petroleum Department, who didn't know what expressions they should have on their faces, got into the palace's luxury cars. They were no longer the hired people they had come with.
at the same time.
Just as everyone from the Petroleum Department was returning to the office.
“Excellent wood shop from Europe”
In the living room on the third floor, the expressions of father and daughter were not very good. Just now, they received a secret order from their superiors, asking them to speed up and complete the infiltration of Sattler as soon as possible. The tone was quite harsh!
"What should we do? Sattler didn't even meet us last night."
The father who looks like a wine barrel looks very anxious. After all, he knows that if the task is not completed, his two "daughters" may be fine, but the result for himself will definitely not be good!
After all, beauty is hard to find, but daddy is easy to find!
"At this point, we can only make a desperate move."
"Since we can't find any other way to get close to Sattler, it's better to start with that young man from the East. His country is currently closed and conservative. Although he is very powerful, he probably doesn't have much knowledge, so it's easier to start with. "
Finally, Catherine looked at Elizabeth next to her.
At this moment, there was a sudden roar of a car downstairs. Just as the hairs on the backs of the three people stood up, along with the sound of footsteps, a young man rushed up and said breathlessly:
"He is a servant of Prince Sattler."
"They sent an invitation, inviting my uncle and two sisters to his manor to discuss business!"
As soon as these words came out, a touch of surprise appeared on the faces of Catherine, Elizabeth and the father!
They never expected that Sattler did not summon them at the party last night. Instead, he would summon them directly to the manor a day later. This reversal was too big!
"I understand. It was Prince Duarte's estate last night and it was inconvenient to do so."
"That's why I invited him to his manor tomorrow!"
"I even guess that Sattler has been paying attention to you for a long time, but due to his past status of hiding, it is not suitable for him to contact us in a big way."
"Until yesterday, he finally stopped hiding. He was going to make a comeback. There was no need for him to be secretive anymore!"
"That makes sense!"
Finally, the father who looked like a wine barrel said with unusual certainty!
Catherine and Elizabeth looked at each other. After more than three years of quiet life, they were still a little nervous when they suddenly had to carry out a mission.
