Years of the Republic of China 1913

The habits of Westerners are different from those of Chinese people. This family banquet is not considered rich, it is just ordinary, and the two sides did not say anything during the meal. After finishing the meal, Fang Zida invited Marcos to his study and cooked A pot of coffee was served, and the formal conversation began after the two parties sat down.

"Your new secretary is good." Taking a sip of coffee, Marcos said with a smile. Although he didn't directly participate in the previous official meeting, he had been on the sidelines and admired the professionalism of Fang Zida's secretary. , This secretary has never been seen before, and he only said one sentence during the whole meeting. Most of the time, he just silently recorded and listened in, but it was these inconspicuous tasks that Marcos appreciated very much.

"You have a good vision, old friend. Chen Xun'en, alias Chen Bulei, was an editor in the Commercial Daily before and served as my secretary for only half a year. He is a very good young man." Fang Zida replied with a smile, and Chen Xun'en became his The secretary was also a coincidence, at first he was given to Yang Du by Jiang Zhiqing, but after Fang Zida found out about it, he directly asked him to come from Yang Du and served as his confidential secretary.Speaking of Chen Xun'en, I'm afraid many people don't know who he is, but when it comes to Chen Bulei, few people in later generations don't know.

After saying a few words about Chen Xun'en, Marcos gradually turned the topic to serious business.

"The United States has made concessions. These are revised terms." Marcos took out a document from his purse and handed it over, and said with a smile: "Frankly speaking, I personally think that some conditions can still be negotiated."

"Oh!" Fang Zida raised his eyebrows, opened the document and read it carefully. It is true that the clauses in it were much looser than those at the beginning, and some clauses that were completely unacceptable to the Chinese government were deleted.Of course, there are still many clauses that are a bit too much for Fang Zida, exceeding his expectations.

Ten minutes later, after closing the document, Fang Zida looked up at his old friend and asked with a smile, "Tell me about your conditions, my friend."

Marcos smiled cheerfully: "Fang. You didn't disappoint me, these are my conditions." Marcos took out another item and handed it over. You must know that Marcos is a businessman, he doesn't do anything Lei Feng who does not remember the return of good deeds.This time, he racked his brains to help Fang Zida in this way, even at the expense of his own interests, in the end it was for his own interests.Marcos is self-aware. His financial resources and the fundamentals of the United States can compete with consortiums, not to mention the US "government" and military. If he wants to get a share of this transaction, he can only start with Fang Zida.

A little calculation for Marcos.Fang Zida knew his intentions as early as when Marcos handed him the first document. This was also one of the bottom lines of his fear during the meeting. Now, it should be time for both sides to show their cards. up. [

After accepting Marcos' request, Fang Zida looked at it carefully and nodded slightly at him.As expected of his partner back then, Marcos, a cunning Jewish businessman, knew very well that Fang Zida had bottom lines that he couldn't touch.And there are those who can make concessions.Among these conditions, except for a very small number that have direct relations with the Chinese "government".Most of the rest were merely additions to the reconstruction of Russia and China's privileged interests in Russia.Even if Fang Zida fully agrees to these requirements, it will not harm the interests of the country. At the same time, Marcos can use these to make his family and assets develop rapidly in the next few years.

"Old friend, you have a big appetite." After closing the document, Fang Zida shook his head and said with a smile, "You have asked too much, and it seems too difficult to me..."

"No, no, no!" Marcos said hastily: "Old friend. I don't think the asking price is so high. You must know that compared with the greedy consortium, my request is only a very small part, and it does not touch the interests of your country at all. .For you, these requirements are absolutely achievable, not to mention. You can also get rich rewards for helping in this area, right?"

"Hahaha! Old friend, are you so confident?" Fang Zida shook his head while smoking a cigar: "To be honest, I can completely refuse the request of the American consortium and the military. We must know that the victory of this war depends on ourselves Not the United States or even Britain, France and other countries. Now that the war has been won, and the Western world wants to take advantage of it, will I give away the gold coins I have already pocketed to outsiders for nothing? As for you, my friend, As a friend, I can of course give some business convenience, but it is definitely limited, not as much as you are asking now."

It seemed that he had known Fang Zida would answer this way for a long time. Marcos was not surprised, but just smiled lightly: "Of course, I can do nothing if you do this. As the Prime Minister of China, you can make such a decision. However, there are some things you It may not be clear that this meeting not only represents the interests of the American consortium, the "government", the military and other Western countries, but also the request of an Asian country. If China does not want to offend the whole world, it should be facilitated within an appropriate range , I think it's still worth it."

"Asian countries? You mean Japan?" Fang Zida frowned slightly and asked thoughtfully.

Marcos nodded: "That's right, as a member of the Allied Powers, Japan is an ally of Britain, and with the rise of China in the Far East, Western countries must find a partner in the Far East that can contain China. History is the best choice. I think you should be very clear about this."

Fang Zida was silent for a while. In fact, he had a feeling that there was a shadow of the Japanese in this meeting before he came, but it was not confirmed.Now, Marcos clearly told him that Japan is also one of them, which made Fang Zida thoroughly confirm this matter.The reason why he found an excuse to reject Marcos just now was not that he could not meet the other party's request, but that he wanted to squeeze more benefits, especially to get some words from Marcos.Now that his goal has been achieved, he has a clear idea of ​​what to do next.

"Well, you are right, my old friend. This world still needs friends. But friends also need to help each other. Apart from what you said before, you can make concessions. I think it can go further? "

"Fang, you shouldn't be the prime minister. You should have gone to the United States with me in the first place. If we had continued our partnership as before, I am afraid that our wealth would have surpassed some big conglomerates long ago." Marcos said dumbfoundedly, and then He thought for a while and said, "Well, I can tell you those things that cannot be compromised. Apart from these, I won't 'intervene' in other issues. The extent to which we can talk about it depends on God's will. "

This answer from Marcos made Fang Zida feel confident, at least he got the other party's bottom line, and with this step, the next meeting will basically be fine.

On the third day after the private meeting, the second meeting officially started. This time, according to the second request of the other party, Fang Zida took the initiative to come up with a cooperation agreement drafted by the Chinese side.In this agreement, Fang Zida made amendments according to the conditions of the other party. Among them, he agreed to the cooperation between the U.S. government and the Chinese National Defense Force, agreed that the huge loan for Russia’s post-war reconstruction should be borne by the U.S. consortium, and agreed to the oil field in Russia. , joint development of mines, and at the same time transfer part of Russia's commercial interests.Fang Zida also rejected the terms involving other aspects.

This reply made the members of the trio half-surprised and half-joyed. For Eisenhower, he had fully achieved the military's goals and helped the "government" and the consortium win part of the Russian reconstruction benefits.And Marcos is a soy sauce role in it. As far as the consortium and the "government" or the military get more, he can hardly get any money. His main interest is to negotiate with Fang Zida privately. of those.

Among the three, Richard is of course the most dissatisfied. The cooperation agreement of the Chinese "government" has only completed half of the task for him, so he can't explain to Britain, France or even Japan at all.This was unacceptable to him no matter what, but Fang Zida's toughness could not make Richard make a determination to categorically refuse. After all, two of the three of them felt that these agreements still reflected the good attitude and sincerity of the Chinese "government". Therefore, Richard can only continue to contact the country and report the situation to the past, waiting for the domestic approval. (To be continued..)

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