The sun was setting in the west, it was evening, and the outline of the building on the edge of the distant horizon was looming amid the red clouds in the sky.
In House No. 11 of Dongtang Hutong, Dongcheng District, Rabe and the middle-aged military attache were sitting on the sofa in the living room, waiting quietly. The wall clock on the wall made a ticking sound, and the second hand moved forward at a frequency of once per second.
Time, six twenty-five.
As the appointed time got closer and closer, the atmosphere in the living room became slightly tense. The middle-aged military attache with bloodshot eyes would look at the wall clock from time to time to check the time. He seemed slightly anxious, worried that Yu Hua would not come, or that the news would be leaked and leaked to the British or French. People know.
No matter what the unexpected situation is, it will have a devastating impact on this conversation.
Rabe was still calm, looking like an old monk in meditation.
In order to ensure the success of this conversation, all the servants were transferred out, including Rabe's secretary and his wife Daura. The entire house was placed under high protection. A whole squad of troops were deployed here to stay on guard inside the house, showing the appearance of delivery. Tight inside.
"Beep!" In the middle-aged military attache's anxious mood, time slipped away inadvertently. Suddenly, a doorbell rang, breaking the silence in the living room.
When he heard the doorbell, Rabe stood up and looked up at the wall clock. No more, no less, it was exactly six thirty. He shook his head slightly and said to the middle-aged military attache: "I should have arrived. You can wait here. I'll pick him up."
"Okay." The middle-aged military attaché felt a little relieved and nodded. He had to say that the time waiting for Yu Hua's arrival was more difficult than waiting for the support troops to arrive on the battlefield.
This conversation is really important.
Rabe stood up and left, exiting the house and looking at the iron gate. Yu Hua, wearing a Chinese tunic suit and carrying a document bag, stood at the gate.
Seeing this, Rabe smiled slightly and stepped forward: "Yu, you are really punctual."
Open the door and extend your right hand to Yu Hua.
"I like to be on time, Mr. Rabe." Yu Hua stretched out his right hand, held it with Rabe, and then smiled.
After a brief greeting, Rabe motioned for Yu Hua to come in, then closed the door. The two walked across the front lawn and entered the house together, where they saw a middle-aged military attache wearing a German military uniform.
When Yu Hua saw this familiar yet brand-new military uniform, he immediately had a feeling - handsome.
"Yu, this is Heinz Bohr, the military attache of the German Pavilion in Peking. He represents our army." After entering the house, Rabe closed the door gently and introduced to Yu Hua.
"Hello, Mr. Yu Hua, I am Heinz Bohr. It is hard to imagine that Y-shaped armor steel was invented by a young man. You are a genius." Bohr, the military attache with the rank of colonel on his shoulders, came up to him. Come forward with a smile on your face, extend your right hand to Yu Hua, and give him a light flattery.
Wear it a thousand times, but flattery never wears it.
Even though Yu Hua is just a Tsinghua student, his identity as the inventor of Y-shaped armor steel is enough to awe anyone.
We must have the most basic respect for scholars who master knowledge.
"Hello, Mr. Bol." Sensing the goodwill shown by the other party, Yu Hua smiled and extended his right hand to shake hands with Bol.
"Yu, what are you drinking?" After the two sides met and greeted each other, Rabe asked Yu Hua to sit down and asked with concern.
Yu Hua responded to Rabe: "Just tea."
After saying that, he sat down in front of him.
Boll, representing the German army, sat down together and waited quietly with a smile on his face.
Soon, Rabe personally brewed three cups of tea and brought them to him. The tea was rich in aroma and overflowed. This was the finest West Lake Longjing tea, obviously specially used to entertain Yu Hua.
Yu Hua took Longjing with a hint of curiosity and took a sip. His eyes suddenly lit up. This feeling...
tastes good.
The tea is much better than the tea I had at Huangchenggen Bookstore before.
As for how to drink it well...
have no idea.
Boer also tasted West Lake Longjing, which contains Chinese culture, but like Yu Hua, he didn't know how to taste it at all.
After meeting each other, drinking tea, and chatting a few words about life, Yu Hua felt that the atmosphere of the conversation had matured, so he immediately put down the tea cup in his hand and said to Rabe: "Mr. Rabe, Mr. Boer, let's start this time." How was the negotiation conversation?"
The speech is decisive and direct, straight to the point, without being muddled.
Not counting negotiation conversations, this is the nature of the conversation between the two parties.
"No problem, Yu."
Rabe nodded and smiled.
"Okay." Bol, who was sitting directly opposite the coffee table, also nodded in agreement.
"I believe that you have tested and understood the performance of Y-type armor steel. This is a top-level protective material that can effectively improve the self-protection of your tanks and warships. I think this formula is exchanged for twenty-four machines. The equipment is an exchange of equal value, do you have any objection to this?" Yu Hua stared at Rabe on the right, then looked at Bol directly opposite, and said softly.
"No objection." Rabe shook his head gently. In fact, this transaction was not a transaction of equal value. Deutschland, which has more than one million machine tool equipment, only paid the price of 24 machine tool processing equipment. A top-notch protective material that doesn’t cost much.
"No objection," Bol replied.
Yu Hua nodded and continued: "Since both of us have no objections, let's talk about the next thing - the transaction method. I hope that you will transport the required machine tools and equipment to Tianjin Wei for the transaction. When the time comes, hand over the equipment in one hand and the other hand in the transaction. Please submit the formula and technical information of Y-type armor steel, what do you two think?"
After hearing the conditions proposed by Yu Hua, Rabe and Bol looked at each other and nodded.
"No problem, but Mr. Yu Hua, you have to make sure that the Y-type armor steel formula and technical information are true." Bol said.
"Of course. I am not a liar, nor a thief. I am a scholar. If you cannot smelt Y-shaped armor steel after obtaining the formula and technical information, you can come to Tsinghua Park to find me anytime, anywhere." Yu Hua nodded affirmatively.
"I believe in Yu." Rabe said at the right moment.
After hearing Yu Hua's words and Rabe's guarantee, Bohr nodded in agreement. Twenty-four cutting-edge machining equipment is nothing to the whole of Germany, but in terms of value, it is also worth mentioning. An astronomical sum.
Machine tools and equipment worth millions of marks can easily be sold for half a million dollars or even eight hundred thousand dollars in the international market with German quality. According to the exchange rate of 4:1, the price has increased several times.
Immediately afterwards, Rabe faced Yu Hua and said seriously: "Yu, we also have a request, which is to keep the Y-type armor steel confidential. It is strictly forbidden to leak it to third-party organizations and forces, which will harm our interests."
"I agree with your request. Please keep the source and inventor of Y-type armor steel absolutely confidential. Please do not disclose my personal information. If my personal information is leaked due to your fault, I will keep the Y-type armor steel secret." Armor steel was leaked to third parties, such as the United Kingdom." Yu Hua stared at Rabe and Military Attaché Boer and said solemnly.
