Chapter 1191: Dining Table Discussion
Zeng Wangcai has been with the three old men for a long time and has learned to look at things from the overall perspective. Coupled with his life experience, sometimes his perspective on things is so good that the three old men have to admire him.
For example, Zeng Wangcai proposed the famous dinner table theory: "Will the Americans invite us to dinner? What I mean is that the Americans are actually the same as us. They don't want to fight. Profits are the most important thing. It's like we have a table full of food, and we eat it by ourselves, but the Americans are jealous and want to prevent us from eating. This may lead to a fight. The best way is for the Americans to sit at the table and eat with us, and the food is the British country."
“Hey, you’re right!” Yang Mingyuan gave a thumbs up, “Your explanation is much easier to understand than theirs.”
"Don't interrupt!" Liu Yong interrupted Yang Mingyuan unhappily, turning his head and saying, "The higher-ups don't even know what the Americans want to talk about, how do you know?"
"That's what I said!" Zeng Wangcai laughed, "I can't guarantee whether it's true or not, I just said it's possible, or it will be like this in the end."
Just fight, and that’s it.
As the saying goes, killing one thousand enemies will result in the loss of eight hundred of your own people. It is good enough as long as you can establish prestige. If the first and second place really fight to the death, the third and fourth place will be the ones who benefit.
Zeng Wangcai thought that no matter whether it was our superiors or the Americans, even if the two families really fought, they would not fight to the death.
Unless S3 is turned on, or unless one party is sure to completely eliminate the other party.
But to this day, no one can be sure of this.
Therefore, the best outcome is to just show your appreciation and divide the benefits.
Isn’t there a saying in the market that when the market leader and the second player fight, the third player will be defeated? This is the truth.
"It seems that even though you don't often come in front of your superiors, they still know you very well." Liu Yong smiled and sat down. "This time the Americans sent a message to talk, but they haven't decided what to talk about or how to talk. They just sent an unofficial person to discuss it privately. So the superiors want to see if you have any ideas. I heard you talk just now, and I think you have a lot of ideas."
"..."
it's me again?
As expected, the fox is still old...and the ginger is still spicy.
"It's okay to talk, but I can't guarantee any results." Zeng Wangcai picked up the bowl of porridge and finished it, then wiped his mouth and said, "Also, I don't dare to go out now. I'm staying here and not going anywhere."
"I didn't say you should leave!" Liu Yong replied, "The higher-ups said the Americans wanted to go to Jiaobenji, but we flatly refused and didn't even agree to negotiate. We're just waiting for you."
"Why does it have to be me?"
"Look at what you said. Who among those who are not in the official position is as smart as you? You have no hair, but if you had hair, you would be smarter than a monkey."
"..."
Who has no hair?
Is this a compliment or an insult?
Whether it's praising or insulting, the matter is settled.
Liu Yong went to tell his superiors that Zeng Wangcai was willing to negotiate, but he had to ask the Americans to come to Wangye Island, otherwise he would not talk.
And the Americans actually agreed, and immediately made all the arrangements and sent a small delegation to Jiangdao by special plane.
When the delegation arrived at Jiang Island, they obediently accepted the management of Chen Hong's people, and then took our ship to Wangye Island.
Zeng Wangcai met the delegation at home. Although there were not many people in the delegation, who knew if there would be any hidden tricks.
There were four or five people in the delegation, but only a guy named Laurent could speak, and the others were just there to make up the numbers.
The minor supporting character Laurent is probably in his forties. He looks relatively gentle and his behavior is consistent with his appearance.
As soon as he saw Zeng Wangcai, he took the initiative to extend his hand and greeted: "Hello, Mr. Zeng, it's a great honor to meet you."
Laurent couldn't be rude.
Let’s put it this way, it’s because the Internet is not well developed now and there aren’t so many self-media, otherwise Zeng Wangcai would have become famous all over the world long ago.
Zeng Wangcai’s current reputation among American senior officials can be summed up in one word... evil!
And mysterious and capable!
Now Laurent is in Zeng Wangcai's territory. If he doesn't keep a low profile, he will be courting death. Their delegation has no status, so if they die, they die.
"Haha, hello to you too, please sit down!" The two sides met and exchanged simple greetings.
Since it was an informal negotiation, Zeng Wangcai didn't care about it and just put an egg roll table and a moon chair in the open space outside.
The three old men sat there calmly, with no intention of getting up at all.
"Would you like some tea?" Zeng Wangcai poured a cup of tea and pushed it over. "No coffee. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. I don't understand. You have already expressed your views at the joint meeting. What else is there to discuss?"
This is the official start.
"War is not what our president wants to see." Laurent was not hypocritical, and he was eager to finish the talks and withdraw as soon as possible. "Eastern University is developing very fast. We admit that Eastern University now has the strength of a great power..."
"No, no, no, no!" Zeng Wangcai quickly waved his hand to interrupt Laurent, "We are still very weak. We are a developing country and are still in the development stage."
Zeng Wangcai's words "developing" almost choked Laurent to death.
You are now rubbing the British country on the ground, do you know that?
For several days now, the British carrier-based aircraft have not dared to fly. Everyone is wondering whether this is your true strength or you have ulterior motives.
Laurent's voice represents a large number of people who doubt our current combat style. They believe that we are strong and cannot be treated toughly.
Look, there are contradictions among the enemy as well.
"Yes, yes, development, development!" Laurent was quick-witted and responded quickly. He immediately followed Zeng Wangcai's tone and said, "We all need development, but war is a stumbling block to development. The British country is our ally, and the University of Tokyo is our friend. We don't want to see you go to war."
Look at this guy's shamelessness, so damn thick. Can we be considered friends with the Americans now?
fart!
"Just tell me, what do you mean?"
"Our suggestion is to have peace!" Laurent smiled. "We admit that the Jiangdao issue is your internal problem, but there are many ways to solve internal problems, and war is not necessarily necessary."
"What if we don't fight?" Zeng Wangcai sneered, "The British country launched missiles at that time. Did they talk about peace at that time? Why didn't you let them have peace?"
"This is why we are here!" Facing Zeng Wangcai's sign of getting angry, Laurent still maintained a graceful smile, "We have already negotiated with the British country. As long as you stop the attack, we can sit down and talk slowly."
"I understand. You want to take sides, right?" Zeng Wangcai turned around and said to the three old men, "Do you understand? Let's stop the fire first. According to convention, shouldn't we discuss the time for the ceasefire?"
Without waiting for the old men to speak, Zeng Wangcai turned around and said, "Laurent, you have been wrong about one thing from the beginning to the end. There is no need to discuss the matter of Jiangdao. There is no room for discussion. What we really need to discuss is the British country. The British country needs to compensate us. They did not abide by the agreement..."
Zeng Wangcai kept talking for a while, and the three old men smiled happily.
They felt that Zeng Wangcai was good at talking and taking sides, and that Jiang Dao’s affairs should not be discussed.
As for the point of compensation, the old men felt that Zeng Wangcai had raised the point even more perfectly. Zeng Wangcai was trying to bring the matter towards a discussion at the dining table.