Violators Club

Chapter 246 Phone
Chapter 244 Telephone

One of the diplomats' conversation rules - demeanor.

Different from other professions, diplomats need to maintain their demeanor at all times because of their special status. After all, they represent the country, not individuals. Cursing the streets like shrews will naturally not appear.

Earls didn't say much, but his short words could make everyone present feel the anger in his heart.

Opposite him was An Wenbin, a diplomat who was the representative of the florists.

He was dressed in a black suit, with frank and sharp eyes.

The spoken language was clear, calm and calm, and he said with extraordinary bearing: "We people have been talking here for several months, isn't it just to determine the specific details of the handover ceremony of Xiangjiang's return?"

Take a deep breath, for the sake of superficial demeanor.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Earls looked at An Wenbin on the opposite side seriously:

"We have reached consensus on so many issues, I don't understand why you care so much about this detail."

As he spoke, he patted the proposal in front of him, with an uncharacteristically tough expression:

"It's logical!"

"The national flag was lowered at 0:0:0 on July [-]st. After all, John Bull's ownership of Xiangjiang ended at that second."

This is where the two sides go head-to-head.

There will be a two-second time lag between the flag being lowered and the flag being raised.

如果约翰牛的国际是在0点0分0秒落下，就意味着种花家的国旗要在0点0分2秒才能升起。

On the surface, this is a confrontation between diplomats.

But in fact, this is a negotiation between countries.

Taking a deep breath, although what the other party said was affectionate and well-founded, as the team leader in charge of this negotiation, An Wenbin was not affected by the other party's words at all.

His tone is serious, neither humble nor overbearing, and his thick voice represents his firm position:
"Raise the national flag at 0 minutes and 0 seconds, this is our bottom line!
This second is the end for you, but it is the beginning for us, and since the founding of the country, even in our most difficult times, we have always maintained and respected the rights of John Bull in the United Kingdom.

But this year is different. After 154 years, Xiangjiang will return. We don't want to, and we can't wait a second longer. "

The voice fell, and it didn't matter what the other person said next.

An Wenbin got up to sort out the documents, and under the extremely ugly eyes of Earls, he turned around and led the team to the door.

The room was very quiet, and there was an oppressive atmosphere in the air. No one would have thought that the differences between the two parties in this negotiation would be so huge that one party would even walk away.

Feeling the oppressive atmosphere in the air, a John Bull diplomat looked at Earls cautiously:
"Boss, they're leaving."

Staring, Earls, who was angry in his heart, reprimanded mercilessly:

"I'm not blind yet."

The diplomat looked a little more embarrassed, and then he opened his mouth and said:

"Boss, what do you think we should do next? Or..."

The latter sentence was not finished, but it was not because Earls interrupted him, but because the diplomat couldn't continue speaking in the middle of the sentence.

And looking at the subordinate who was sitting silently on the chair, Earls glared at him angrily:
"Then what? Keep talking!"

"waste!"

Seeing that the other party didn't say a word, Earls couldn't help cursing angrily:
"The national flag was lowered two seconds earlier. Who will bear the political impact of this matter? Is it you? Or you? If you say you bear it, I will agree to the other party's request now."

Times have changed, and people's hearts are also changing.

Today is [-], not [-].

When the Iron Lady first came to power, John Bull was really high-spirited, at least for John Bull it was an extremely bright era.

But unfortunately, John Bull is still old after all.

Politicians in the past were all thinking about how to contribute to the country.

How to make the nation stronger, and the current politicians?

Each one is an elaborate personal political calculation.

Just like what Earls said at the moment, he doesn't really care if John Bull's flag is lowered two seconds earlier, what he really cares about is who will bear the responsibility of falling two seconds earlier.

In addition, there is a very serious problem.

The 71st Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the 72nd Prime Minister John Major who contributed to this matter were both members of the Conservative Party, while the 73rd Prime Minister who took office in May this year was a member of the Labor Party.

Diplomacy is complicated.

Whether this matter is big or small, no one knows what kind of impact this matter will have in the end.

After all, the dust of the times falls on an individual, no less than a mountain.

Under Earls' reprimand, his subordinates did not dare to speak for fear of getting burned, so they could only change the subject in a panic:

"Um, why don't we continue talking tomorrow?"

Rubbing between his brows irritably, Earls, exhausted physically and mentally, sighed:
"What do you need to say? The flower growers have a good face, so they can only continue to procrastinate like this to see how much benefit they can make. It's a pity that they used too much force just now."

Diplomacy is no small matter. Every word needs to be considered in the heart before it is spoken.

Although he was also pushed into a hurry, when Earls said that the two countries only indicated that Xiangjiang would return on July [-], instead of confirming the date of return, he might not have had the idea of ​​giving it a go.

But what he didn't expect was.

After his own words fell, the representative of the flower planter didn't give him face, and after a few short words, he turned and left.

Think about it too, Xiangjiang itself is an inseparable member of Huahua.

More than 100 years ago, because of the weak national strength.

John Bull forcibly snatched Xiangjiang away. In such a difficult time, Li Hongzhang still stuck to the bottom line of 99.

In [-], knowing that Xiangjiang was bound to return, Thatcher expressed that he would exchange sovereignty for governance power, and even used Xiangjiang people as bargaining chips. He was not willing to part with Xiangjiang's interests, and wanted to continue to hold it shamelessly. hand?

He also said that he did this for the people of Xiangjiang,
I'm so shameless!
But now, it is clear that Xiangjiang's return is an established fact.

But these people at John Bull still think about how to gain benefits. This meticulous calculation of personal political interests, I have to say, is really a model of the old imperial power!
However, when Earls finished speaking, several other diplomats around him laughed in unison.

They looked determined and confident:

"Don't worry boss, these rabbits will definitely come tomorrow."

"That's right, when the time comes we..."

A group of people were discussing proudly, and said how to get benefits from the florists tomorrow. Perhaps affected by the brisk tone, Earls couldn't help but smile more at the corner of his mouth.

"Jingle bell~"

However, when he heard the bell ringing, his face darkened involuntarily:
"Someone's cell phone is ringing."

Cell phones are not allowed in diplomatic negotiations.

Of course, even if you bring it, it must be muted.

This is the most basic bottom line for diplomats.

Just looking at the gloomy face of his own boss, these little brothers around you look at me, I look at you, everyone who looked at each other couldn't help but fell silent for a while, but in the end there was a little brother who was not afraid of death and said:

"Boss, it seems to be your phone."

His face darkened, and Earls was a little embarrassed. Just when he was about to hang up the other party's phone, he looked at the number displayed on the screen, and he couldn't help being stunned—why did this guy call me?

Earls looked a little surprised, with a pensive look on his face, he finally made the call:

"Hello, I'm Earls, Mr. Minister, may I ask..."

On the other side, in the rich box of Tang Pavilion, Ah Xue poured herself a glass of iced milk.

Three years have passed, and Chen Changqing has changed a lot, but the only thing that remains the same is a glass of iced milk and half a packet of Hongtashan.

About half an hour passed.

The door of the box was opened, and the cigarette ash was flicked, Chen Changqing said casually:

"came back?"

The corners of Mr. Li's mouth curled up, with a somewhat smug expression on his face: "I'm back, I just contacted John Bull's friend, Mr. Chen, I've already contacted you, and I'll be here in a while."

Chen Changqing nodded, and didn't say much, just asked Axue to take out a piece of his business card:

"This is my business card, I will keep in touch with you when I have time."

(End of this chapter)