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On the eighth day of the lunar month, Fan Wubing received a notice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asking him to discuss matters.
Fan Wubing felt a little strange. When did he have anything to do with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? Although there were members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who went there together when they went to France last time, that time was mainly business negotiations, and their daily diplomatic affairs had nothing to do with him.
Minister Li of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs personally received Fan Wubing and specially invited him to drink a kind of juice he brought back from abroad. It looked like milk, but it tasted a bit like coconut. It was very strange, but it still tasted very refreshing.
"Minister Li is summoned. I don't know if there is anything to order?" Fan Wubing drank the juice for a while and asked Minister Li.
Minister Li had two chances to meet Fan Wubing before, but he had never talked about things alone. This time he invited him rashly, but there was a reason, so he smiled and said to Fan Wubing, "Mr. Fan, have you been to Cambodia?"
Fan Wubing immediately shook his head and said, "It's so messy, what are you doing there? I'm running out of business needs, and now I rarely go out by myself."
Cambodia is very uneasy. However, Sihanoukville was restored in September of the previous year and became king again. Cambodia's main system was confirmed again, but the domestic situation was still a bit unstable, and the power struggle between various political factions never stopped for a moment.
In such a political environment, Fan Wubing had no idea of ​​visiting Cambodia. Although there is the world-famous Angkor Wat there and there are many ancient cultures that seem mysteriously, it is not a wise choice to go to Cambodia under the current circumstances.
Minister Li: I thought that Fan Wubing had no good impression of Cambodia at all, so I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then said, "But King Sihanouk personally sent you an invitation letter."
"Invite me? Isn't it wrong?" Fan Bing was also confused. He didn't know why His Majesty, who had lived in China for a long time, thought of inviting him. It was a bit inexplicable.
From the time Sihanouk was deposed in a coup in 1970 and lived in Beijing, he re-assembled the throne in 1993. Sihanouk spent twenty-three years in China. For Chinese land politics, he was basically the same as a permanent ambassador to China. The treatment given to him by the country is also relatively high.
This time he was able to return to Cambodia and ascend the throne. It also has a lot to do with the support from the mainland.
"Didn't you save his nephew-daughter, Princess Norodoman," Minister Li reminded Fan Wubing.
Fan Wubing nodded and finally remembered this incident.
At that time, it was because Lin Xiaotong blocked a shot for Fan Heng and was seriously injured. Fan Wubing sent her to the 3011 Hospital and gave her blood transfusions. As a result, Sihanouk's niece, Princess Hassanria, was in a car accident. The blood type was difficult to match. As a result, Fan Wubing sent her blood transfusions.
This incident made Princess Norodom Sangria missed. After returning to China, she always wanted to invite Fan Wubing to Cambodia. However, the situation in Cambodia has been unstable, so she did not find a suitable opportunity. This time, the situation in Cambodia has gradually stabilized. So she asked King Sihanouk to invite Fan Wubing to visit Cambodia.
"So that's the case--" Fan Wubing finally understood the reason. He pondered for a while, thinking that it would be better to seek government opinions in this way, so he asked, "What are the great opinions of Minister Li?"
Minister Li smiled and said, "What kind of opinions can I have? But since they have invited me, it is always bad for us to ignore it, right? Besides, the relationship between China and Cambodia is also very good now. If you go there, you don't have to worry about not having your own people to receive it. It is also good to go to see the scenery of Cambodia. It can also deepen the traditional friendship between China and Cambodia!"
Ha, this is treating me as diplomacy!
Fan Wubing thought for a while and thought it was good to go to Angkor Wat. Besides, the place in Cambodia seemed to be fun, at least I had never been to the palace myself, so I could go and open my eyes this time.
"If I go, how can I treat him?" Fan Wubing remembered something like this again, so he asked Minister Li.
This is a big deal. Otherwise, if the old man goes there, he will perform the etiquette of kneeling three times and knocking nine times, and he will spit his face, which will affect the traditional friendship between the people of the two countries.
"Oh, it's enough to just give in. When Sihanouk was in China, he always gave in and there was no mess of etiquette." Minister Li was an old diplomat, and immediately knew what Fan Wubing was thinking, so he dispelled his doubts.
After all, Fan Wubing's visit to Cambodia is also a very important thing. It is also very useful for them to be able to visit small countries like Cambodia.
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After Fan Wubing agreed, Minister Li immediately arranged for him to accompany him to travel. At the same time, Fan Wubing also called his twenty bodyguards to visit Cambodia together.
On the 12th day of the first lunar month, a visiting team with more than 70 people took a special plane to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.
On the plane, a staff member who accompanied Fan Wubing from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs laughed and told Fan Wubing some diplomatic jokes and passed the boring time.
"During the Cultural Revolution, after the resumption of classes, I walked into the school gate with my classmates, but the class time was not long because we always had to go to the factory to study work or the rural farmer. Once, I went to the factory in the suburbs to study work. Every morning, several friends took the suburbs to the suburbs to the factory in the suburbs." The staff member said to Fan Wubing, "There are some famous doctors in our city, and they will also come to some VIP-level foreigners to seek medical treatment. But when the foreigners came, they would have to be martial law and cheered in the middle of the road, which made us always late. Every time we were late, the teacher would be responsible for the blame. If we were to be honest, the teacher would no longer pursue the matter."
Fan Bing sat there, holding coffee while smiling and listening to his story.
"For a while, Prince Sihanouk came to us for treatment.
The Municipal Revolutionary Committee was annoyed, so he fixed his residence and driving route. The suburban bus they had to take every day was no longer blocked." The staff member continued, "But, we found a fun place halfway, and often got off the bus and played for a while before getting on the bus to the factory. Therefore, we were often late. In order to deal with the teacher's responsibilities, we decided who would deal with the teacher. A classmate was really bad luck and won the bid twice in a row, so he told the teacher that he encountered a convoy of Prince Sihanouk on the way to the bus. After a few days, he played halfway for a while and grabbed lots in the car, and a classmate won the bid. So everyone reminded him that he could not talk about Prince Sihanouk again today, but Prince Binu, today, Emperor Haile Silas, and today, President Kaunda--"
Fan Wubing was a little bit. The characters mentioned by this staff member were all heads of states of some countries with good relations with China at that time. For example, Prince Binnu was the Prime Minister of Cambodia, Haier Selas was the Emperor of Ethiopia, and President Kaunda was the President of Zambia.
These people are all international friends of that era. The older generation, especially Fan Heng and others, are familiar with these people. As for the younger generation later, few people know about them.
"As soon as we got out of the car, we saw an angry teacher standing at the factory gate. The friends walked over together. When we got closer, the teacher asked angrily, what is the reason for being late today?! Our unlucky classmate said tremblingly, "Well, um, um, it's Xi-" the staff continued, "Before he finished speaking, the teacher said angrily, it's Sihanouk again, right?! The news broadcast this morning said that Sihanouk is going to North Korea!"
Fan Wubing laughed. The man hit the gun, which shows that he also needed skills to lie.
The plane quickly reached Cambodian airspace.
At this time, Cambodian airspace was not completely open to foreigners. After all, the situation here was still a bit turbulent, but for Chinese guests, Phnom Penh's airspace was open, so Fan Wubing and his special plane quickly stopped at the airport in Phnom Penh.
Cambodia's major airlines include Siem Reap Airlines and Angkor Airlines, and there are two international airports, Phnom Penh International Airport and Siem Reap Airport. Sihanoukville Port, Battambang, and Shangding Airport are domestic airports. They have regular flights and can take off and land in small aircraft. Fan Wubing and they are landing at Phnom Penh International Airport.
There have been people on the ground lineups for a long time. After all, their lineup of visits this time is quite strong. There are more than 30 people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and more than a dozen business figures who are taking the ride. They are here to inspect what business they can do with Cambodia.
The welcome team on the ground was roughly three parts. Some were naturally the staff of the embassy, ​​some were Cambodian people. Fan Wubing guessed that he was arrested temporarily, and the other part was the guard of the Cambodian military. There were about a hundred people, all of whom were fully armed and stood there clearly to welcome his arrival.
After seeing this lineup, Fan Wubing felt a little fluttering, thinking that his buddy was already a diplomatic treatment at the head of a small country!
Amid the attention of the crowd, Fan Wubing wore sunglasses and took the lead in walking out of the cabin, walked down the gangway, and shook hands and greeted the embassy staff cordially.
Following the foreign officials behind, they were all a little surprised when they saw Fan Wubing's style, thinking that this person really regarded himself as the leader of this trip!
Chapter completed!