Chapter 73: Strong and Weak

All night, Fan Wubing was the focus of people's discussion.

Although there were many nobles, royals, even royals, and many business and politicians attending the dinner, among these so-called successful people who are old and never-ending, no one can shine with more dazzling highlights than Fan Wubing. Even some so-called young talents rely on the kindness of their parents to do one or two businesses and relied on hype to make their fame. It was nothing.

If you compare with Fan Wubing, most people need to examine their failed life with shame.

The head of the delegation was a deputy minister named Jiao from the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Although it was only at the deputy ministerial level, the Ministry of Foreign Trade had a special status and this position was also very popular. At least when China's economy still had to rely too much on imports and exports to drive the GDP growth point, this position was relatively important.

Deputy Minister Jiao was also very interested in Fan Wubing. Boss Zhu briefly told him about Fan Wubing, so he was more aware of Fan Wubing's family situation and his own situation. This time he came out and dealt with such a young talent was not expected.

There are many people who can directly spend 2 billion US dollars to buy planes around the world, especially now the US dollar is still relatively valuable and does not continue to depreciate as much as it did later.

But what he didn't know was that Fan Wubing now has not only the US dollar, but other currencies such as the pound, mark, yen, etc., are hoarding, and even Hong Kong dollars. He has also made a lot of them. If they are sold out at once, the currency trading market will not be able to bear it.

"Mr. Fan, the negotiations with the French will officially begin tomorrow. Although you are not a member of the negotiation team, I always feel that you should give us some advice on this negotiation." Deputy Minister Jiao said to Fan Wubing with a serious look on his face.

"I have always been a very simple businessman, well, I'm still a school student. There's nothing to say about such national affairs. Vice Minister Jiao probably valued me too much." How could Fan Wubing point fingers at such things? This is very taboo.

Although in some countries, businessmen often stand invisible hand behind the government, and large consortiums are the baton of the ruling goals of previous governments, this law is not true in China.

Fan Wubing’s ideal is to make more money, and he is not so stupid that he wants to interfere in government affairs. The issue mentioned by Deputy Minister Jiao is beyond the issue that a businessman should pay attention to. He does not want to be involved in such a thing.

Although his father Fan Heng was already a ministerial official at this time and had some foundations, Fan Wubing could not be involved in politics in an open way. The bottom line he set for himself was to do business in a mere way.

You can establish private friendships with government officials or provide them with some methods and suggestions from the perspective of friends, but it is unwise to formally intervene in these government affairs.

China has China's specific national conditions, which is not suitable for such things as both political and business circles. Otherwise, Shen Wansan, Hu Xueyan and others would not have lost in the end.

When doing things in China, you must master an iron rule: be a person’s duty, don’t play too much and make a breakthrough, as that will be of no benefit to yourself.

"It's always good to give some advice from a private standpoint, right?" Deputy 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.

He said this to show his attitude, and he really wanted to get close to Fan Wubing's condom. Fan Wubing was not good at all and dispelled his enthusiasm. So after thinking for a while, he said, "The new French government needs to get Chinese orders very much."

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

Normal China-France relations are very important for both governments. The reason why the previous government made such irrational actions as selling arms to Taiwan was nothing more than that it would not have the confidence to win in the general election. Instead of doing so, it would be better to get some practical benefits first.

The source of huge profits is definitely not possible to go through normal channels, so selling arms is the only choice. Therefore, they would rather offend Beijing and risk damaging Sino-French relations than to put money into their pockets through arms sales to Taiwan.

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

Now the Sino-French relations are facing the latter situation. The new government has not offended the Chinese, but has to pay for it. Beijing has no reason to continue to cause trouble for the French government, because there is a source of injustice and debt. This matter really has nothing to do with them. The only thing that can be vented is to demand sanctions on the two arms dealers and let the French government make a promise that it cannot sell arms to Taiwan.

But is this kind of commitment between governments simply worse than bullshit? God knows that one day a madman will burst the agreement.

In this case, it is more important to seek some real benefits for yourself.

Therefore, the saying that the new French government needed Chinese orders so much was immediately understood by Vice Minister Jiao that the French are now at a disadvantage, and he immediately had his own operational roadmap.

The French must first realize their mistakes! Deputy Minister Jiao nodded, and then thought about the reason why Boss Zhu asked him to come to Paris with a purchase intention of 3 billion US dollars this time. It was nothing more than a sudden stuttering of the French, forcing them to make some concessions.

After all, the French business community, especially the aircraft manufacturing industry, has a considerable influence on the government and cannot be ignored.

"How are you talking?" the ambassador walked over and said to the two of them with a smile.

"Just chat." Both of them replied.

"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 slut, right?" Fan Wubing looked at Mitterrand, who was standing there talking with envoys from several countries, and asked with some doubt.

"Then you are wrong. Every time you see 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 already seventy-seven years old. Like Foreign Minister Roland Dima, he was once a soldier of the French underground resistance movement. He was once locked up in concentration camps by the Germans, but later he was successfully escaped from prison. This time he was already his second presidential career, and he would be honored to retire in two years.

It is said that this president is also a romantic seed with many lovers. He has never spent a night in the presidential residence. Every night he spends time with his lover.

Fan Wubing advised the ambassador, "Your expression can be cooler. As long as he talks about human rights, you will talk to him about orders."

"This method sounds good." The ambassador smiled.

After the ambassador left, Fan Wubing focused on the deputy minister and said, "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 open and upright, which is unimaginable in our country."

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

After a while, the ambassador and Mitterrand appeared in the hall at the same time. The two of them issued a notice to a large group of journalists about the close cooperative relationship between China and France under the new situation. Both of them looked smiling.

Then a reporter asked, "Mr. Ambassador, during today's talks, what are your opinions on human rights issues?"

After asking this sentence, Mitterrand's face suddenly felt a little embarrassed, but the ambassador looked relaxed and relaxed.

Most of the official journalists know that Mitterrand has always regarded himself as a human rights defender. Whenever he meets Chinese officials, he always has to express his opinions on human rights issues. Therefore, whenever he encounters such occasions, he always needs to understand the specific situation and also wants to create some embarrassment for China.

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

The reporters were all surprised and thought to themselves that the president, who had always been tough, had finally surrendered at this moment, otherwise how could he not talk about his best problem? It seems that the new government is eager to repair relations with the Chinese.

Fan Wubing looked over there, then smiled and said to Deputy Minister Jiao, "Did you see it? The French are very sincere. Deputy Minister Jiao's mission is probably easy to complete."

"Grandma, they have times to give in! They were not so easy to talk to in the past two years!" Deputy Minister Jiao felt relieved after hearing the ambassador's words and couldn't help but complain.

In fact, strength and weakness are always in the process of transformation. Two years ago, France was very important to China, but now the relationship between China and the United States is being repaired, and China's development momentum is unstoppable. China's market is an urgent need for all countries to enter, and France's importance to China has weakened.
Chapter completed!