Chapter 73 Strength and Weakness

Throughout the night, Fan Wubing was the focus of people's discussions. (Provide the latest chapters to read>

Although many aristocrats, royal families, and even royal families attended the dinner, there were also many people from the business and political circles, but among these so-called successful people who are not old, no one can shine brighter than Fan Wubing Come on, even if there are some so-called young talents, they just relied on their fathers' favor to make one or two businesses, and rely on hype to gain fame, which is really nothing.

Comparing with Fan Wubing, most people need to reflect on their failed life with shame.

The head of the delegation is a vice minister surnamed Jiao from the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Although it is only a deputy minister, the Ministry of Foreign Trade has a special status, and this position can be regarded as hot, at least in China. This position is more important when relying on imports and exports to drive GDP growth.

Vice Minister Jiao is also very interested in Fan Wubing. Boss Zhu briefly told him about Fan Wubing, so he knows more about Fan Wubing's family situation and his own situation. He did not expect to deal with such a young talent.

There are not many people in the world who can directly spend 2 billion US dollars to buy an airplane, especially the US dollar is still relatively valuable now, and it has not continued to depreciate as it did later. ^^^^

But what he didn't know was that what Fan Wubing now had in his hands was not just the dollar. Others such as British pounds, marks, and Japanese yen are all being hoarded, and even Hong Kong dollars, he has bought a lot. If they are thrown out all at once, the currency trading market will not be able to bear it.

"Mr. Fan, the negotiations with the French will officially start tomorrow. Although you are not a member of the negotiation team, I always feel that you should give us some advice about this negotiation." Vice Minister Jiao said seriously. Said to Fan Wubing.

"I've always been a very simple businessman. Well, I'm still a student. I really don't have much to say about this kind of national affairs. Vice Minister Jiao probably thinks too much of me." How could Fan Wubing respond to this Pointing fingers at such things? This is very taboo.

Although in some countries, businessmen are often the invisible hand standing behind the government, and big conglomerates are the baton of the goals of successive governments, but in China, this rule does not hold.

Fan Wubing's ideal is to earn more money. **** is not stupid enough to want to interfere in government affairs. The issue that Vice Minister Jiao mentioned is beyond the issue that a businessman should pay attention to. He doesn't want to be involved in this kind of thing.

Although his father, Fan Heng, was already a ministerial-level official at this time. And with some foundation,

But it is impossible for Fan Wubing to be involved in the political circle in an open way, and the bottom line he set for himself is to do business according to his duties.

You can establish personal friendship with government officials, and you can also provide them with some methods and suggestions from the standpoint of friends, but it is extremely unwise to formally intervene in these government affairs.

China has its own specific national conditions. It is not suitable for this kind of thing where both the political and business circles are mixed like ducks in water. Otherwise, Shen Wansan, Hu Xueyan and others back then would not have suffered a crushing defeat in the end.

Do things in China. There is an iron law that must be mastered, and a person must do his duty. Don't go too far and go over the limit, it won't do you any good.

"It's always good to give some advice from a personal standpoint, right?" Vice Minister Jiao is also an experienced cadre. After a little thought, he knew what Fan Wubing was avoiding, so he asked in a low voice. . ^^^^

When he said this, he showed his attitude, and he really wanted to get close to Fan Wubing. It was not easy for Fan Wubing to dispel his enthusiasm all at once, so he thought for a while and said, "French newcomers The government needs to get orders from China too much."

After hearing Fan Wubing's words, Vice Minister Jiao thought for a while, and then understood what Fan Wubing meant.

Normal Sino-French relations are very important to the governments of both countries. The reason why the previous government made such an irrational move to sell arms to Taiwan is nothing more than the lack of confidence that it will win the general election. , it is better to obtain a little actual benefit first.

The source of huge profits must not go through normal channels, so selling arms is the only option. Therefore, they would rather offend Beijing and risk damage to Sino-French relations, but also pass the arms sale to Taiwan. Put the money in your own pocket.

As for the consequences of the damage to Sino-French relations, that is something that the next government needs to worry about. If you can pass the test smoothly, then it is necessary to spend a little time to repair Sino-French relations. If the election fails, Then let Shengxuan worry about it!

Now the Sino-French relations are facing the latter situation. The new government has not offended the Chinese, but has to pay for it, and Beijing has no reason to continue to find trouble with the French government, because the wrongdoer has the debtor. Well, this matter really has nothing to do with them. The only thing that can be vented is to demand sanctions against the two arms dealers and make the French government make a promise not to sell arms to Taiwan. *****

But this kind of government-to-government commitment is simply worse than bullshit. God knows that one day there will be a lunatic who will tear up the agreement.

Under such circumstances, it is more important to seek some real benefits for yourself.

Therefore, what Fan Wubing said that the new French government needed orders from China was immediately interpreted by Vice Minister Jiao as the French were at a disadvantage, and he immediately had his own operational roadmap.

The French must first realize their mistakes! Deputy Minister Jiao nodded, and then he thought of the reason why Boss Zhu had brought himself to Paris with an aircraft purchase intention of three billion US dollars. Make some concessions.

After all, the influence of the French business community, especially the aircraft industry, on the government is considerable and cannot be ignored. ^^^^

"How are you talking?" The ambassador came over and said to the two with a smile.

"Just chatting casually." Both of them replied in the same way.

"Well, I'm more unlucky. Now I have to talk to the president about some diplomatic rhetoric." The ambassador said with some regret.

"That guy doesn't seem to be a very talkative person, does he?" Fan Wubing glanced at Mitterrand, who was standing over there, talking with envoys from several countries, and asked suspiciously.

"Then you are wrong. Every time he sees me, he always talks about human rights issues." The ambassador muttered with some distress.

Human rights? ! Fan Wubing smiled. The current French President Mitterrand is seventy-seven years old. Like Foreign Minister Roland Dumas, they were both fighters of the French underground resistance movement. They were imprisoned in concentration camps by the Germans. The jailbreak was successful. This is already his second term as president, and he will be able to retire honorably in two years.

It is said that this president is also a romantic seed, he has many lovers, he has never stayed in the presidential mansion for a night, and always spends his nights with his lovers.

Fan Wubing suggested to the ambassador, "You can have a cooler expression, as long as he talks about human rights, you can talk to him about orders."

"This method sounds good." The ambassador laughed.

After the ambassador left, Fan Wubing said to Deputy Minister Jiao, "The French are very different from us. Most of the senior officials have lovers, even the president and ministers are no exception, and they are aboveboard. unimaginable."

"This is nothing." Vice Minister Jiao said disapprovingly.

After a while, the ambassador and Mitterrand appeared in the hall at the same time. The two of them gave a report to a large group of journalists about the close cooperative relationship between China and France under the new situation. Both of them were face-to-face. With a smile.

Then a reporter came to ask, "Mr. Ambassador, during today's meeting, did Mr. President exchange views with you on human rights issues?"

After asking this sentence, Mitterrand's face was a little embarrassed, but the ambassador's face was relaxed.

Most of the official reporters know that Mitterrand has always regarded himself as a human rights defender. Whenever he meets Chinese officials, he always expresses his opinions on human rights issues. Therefore, whenever you encounter such occasions, It is always necessary to understand the specific situation, and I also want to create a little embarrassment for the Chinese side.

But this time the ambassador replied flatly, "Human rights issues? Sorry, we didn't have time to talk about this issue. Or, next time!"

The reporters were all surprised at once, the president who seemed to be always tough had finally given in at this moment, otherwise how could he not talk about this issue that he is best at? It seems that the new government can't wait to repair relations with the Chinese.

Fan Wubing looked over there, then smiled and said to Vice Minister Jiao, "You see? The French are very sincere, and Vice Minister Jiao's task is probably very easy to complete."

"Grandma is a bear, they also give in sometimes! In the past two years, they were not so talkative!" Vice Minister Jiao felt relieved after hearing the ambassador's words, and couldn't help but complain.

In fact, strengths and weaknesses are always changing. France was very important to China two years ago, but now the relationship between China and the United States is being repaired, and China's development momentum has become unstoppable. China's market is already an urgent need for all countries to enter, and France's importance to China has weakened.

Under such circumstances, it is an inevitable choice for human rights fighters to bow down for five buckets of rice.