Longcheng's delegation had gotten up early, washed up, and followed the diplomatic officials who came to pick them up to the administrative building in front.
Everyone arrived at the negotiation venue and saw a simple banner hanging inside that said welcome to the Dragon City delegation.
There were guards from the Blackwater Corps inside and outside the venue, each with their weapons loaded and looking at the members of the delegation with cold eyes.
The entire welcome ceremony seemed very depressed and solemn.
Bruna was wearing a chief executive's coat and stood in the center of the crowd. Beside her were some of the core leadership team of the Pana City administrative faction.
Boang was sitting in a wheelchair and also appeared at the venue, surrounded by military representatives from the Blackwater Corps.
After the representatives from both sides met, Fei Pingsheng smiled and extended his hand as usual: "Long time no see, Chief Bruna."
Bruna also smiled and was about to shake hands with Fei Pingsheng.
"Wait a moment."
At this moment, an officer in neat military uniform walked up next to Boang, stepped forward to stop Fei Pingsheng, and reminded him seriously: "Mr. Fei, in front of you is our chief executive of Bana City, Bruce.
Your Excellency Na Bernardo! Your actions are not in line with our diplomatic etiquette in Bana City."
As he spoke, the officer put one arm in front of his chest, leaned forward slightly and bowed, making a very standard Bana City etiquette template: "You should do this, Mr. Fei."
Fei Pingsheng was stunned for a moment, but quickly nodded and said, "Okay, okay, I was the one who was abrupt."
With that said, Fei Pingsheng saluted Bruna according to the Bana City style.
Bruna frowned, but said nothing and gently returned the greeting.
Immediately afterwards, the officer solemnly introduced Boang next to him: "This man is our top military general in Bana City, His Excellency Boang Bernardo! You should salute him, Mr. Fei."
When Jin Maohui heard this, he frowned and was about to step forward. Fei Pingsheng stretched out his hand to stop him, and then said in a straight tone to Boang: "Dear Commander of the Blackwater Corps, the highest military general in Bana City
Your Excellency Boang Bernardo, on behalf of Dragon City, I would like to express my highest respect to you!"
With that said, Fei Pingsheng gave an extremely standard Bana City salute.
Boang glanced at him, nodded slightly, and said nothing.
Bruna looked on with cold eyes and said nothing.
After Fei Pingsheng saluted twice, a group of people entered the conference room.
Jin Maohui said nothing, a trace of displeasure flashed between his brows, and his mood was very complicated.
Just a few months ago, when Bo Ang met him, he would always use the word "you" in his words. As a result, in the blink of an eye, the other person became condescending and indifferent to him.
This change happened too quickly, proving once again that politics is devoid of any emotion.
Jin Maohui tried hard to adjust his emotions and remained silent.
Everyone came to the table, took their seats, and began the day's negotiations.
At the meeting, the Bana City side proposed a large number of new alliance terms, one by one before Fei Pingsheng and others.
During the whole process, Bruna barely spoke. It was her administrative leaders, as well as Boang and other military representatives who were negotiating with the Dragon City delegation.
These listed terms are similar to the report Bruna saw last time.
The most important one is the issue of profit distribution of the Bana City Canal. According to the new terms, Dragon City's profits have been almost severely cut, and they have been reduced by almost two-thirds from the previous share.
At the same time, Dragon City's right to garrison troops in Bana City was also deprived. All troops could only be stationed in some less important towns outside the city. At the same time, the number of people and armaments were strictly restricted, making it almost impossible to form an effective force.
In addition, the scale of the Chinese Association in Bana City has also been restricted. Not only that, the association's personnel, scope of activities, and activity schedule must be reported to the Bana City Administration Office.
In terms of economics and trade, there are clear quantitative regulations on how much goods and military supplies the Old Triangle region must transport to Bana City every year, and all of them must be increased.
Among these provisions, the one that concerns Jin Maohui the most is that Bana City proposed that the quota of all foreign officials will be reduced by 80%.
At the very beginning, when the Lao Li team, as well as the Anzhi and Hua Districts helped the Bernardo family re-stabilize the regime, they discussed the issue of quotas for foreign officials. Forty to fifty percent of the main official seats should be given to the Chinese.
Jin Maohui and Fei Pingsheng knew in their hearts that this adjustment in the quota of foreign officials was only the first move made by Bana City.
It won't be long before they continue to cut back until there are no more foreign officials in the entire city of Bana.
Faced with these conditions, from an objective and fair perspective, these terms are undoubtedly somewhat oppressive.
After all, given the precarious political situation in Bana City at the time, Bruna and Boang were able to stabilize the political power. Among them, the Lao Li team, the An department, and the Chinese district all put in a lot of effort and paid a huge price.
The originally broken Blackwater Legion was re-established with the help of the three parties.
As a result, in less than three years, Bana City wanted to be completely independent, which was equivalent to tearing up the original treaty, and there was a slight hint of betrayal in it.
But from the perspective of regional ethnic groups, there is nothing wrong with Bana City doing this. After all, no ethnic group or regime likes to be a colonial government.
During this period, Bruna looked a little guilty, but Boang looked calm.
However, what both of them were surprised about was that despite the aggressiveness of Bana City, the negotiations went extremely smoothly, without the smell of gunpowder they expected.
Throughout the entire negotiation, Jin Maohui and Fei Pingsheng showed very kind attitudes.
Especially Lao Fei, when faced with these oppressive clauses, he almost didn't raise any objections or rebuttals. Instead, the most he said was: "I agree."
Fei Pingsheng even offered Boang cigarettes several times during the trip, but he was always rejected by the latter.
In this somewhat strange atmosphere, the negotiations ended surprisingly smoothly.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, the meeting ended, and the Bana City side began to prepare for the dinner.
Boang controlled the wheelchair and walked out. His chief of staff walked beside him and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Your Excellency Boang... why do I feel that this negotiation went too smoothly?"
Bo Ang said expressionlessly: "There is an old saying in the East, which is called delaying the attack. Do you understand?"
The chief of staff nodded thoughtfully.
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At six o'clock in the evening, the dinner officially started.
Delegations from both Dragon City and Bana City attended the dinner, and a variety of local exquisite seafood was placed on the banquet for the guests to taste.
It seems that because of the smooth negotiation, the atmosphere at the dinner was quite harmonious.
Fei Pingsheng, in particular, was extremely lively at the dinner. After three rounds of drinking, he even took off his military uniform, blushed and hugged Bo Ang tightly and said: "Your Excellency Bo Ang, to be honest, as a soldier, I feel very sorry for you.
I admire you! At such a young age, you have created such a fearsome and powerful force as the Blackwater Legion. You are simply a role model for our generation! I want to learn from you!"
Lao Fei's words were a bit disgusting, and Bruna, who was sitting nearby, frowned and held her forehead, feeling very speechless.
Jin Mao Hui Quan should be invisible and Lao Fei should be allowed to play freely.
The most uncomfortable thing was Bo Ang. Facing such a big brother in society, he was a little bit at a loss. The other person's charlatanism made him very uncomfortable.
In the end, I could only drink two glasses of wine with Fei Pingsheng perfunctorily and chat a few words casually.
When everyone had finished eating, Fei Pingsheng suddenly cleared his throat, walked to the stage at the venue, picked up the microphone and said, "Everyone, look up to me!"
Everyone stopped talking and looked at him. Fei Pingsheng raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "It is a great thing that our negotiations can go so smoothly this time. It promotes our dragon
City, China District, and the three-way friendship with Bana City. At such a wonderful moment, I must announce a more wonderful good thing and bring you an unexpected surprise!"
Everyone was a little stunned, not knowing what medicine Fei Pingsheng was selling in his gourd.
Fei Pingsheng paused, glanced at everyone present, and said loudly: "Now, let me have a surprise appearance!"
"Snapped!"
The door to the venue was suddenly pushed open, and a guard wearing a Dragon City uniform walked into the hall with a somewhat frivolous step.
Under the gaze of everyone, the guard reached out and took off the mask on his face, revealing a somewhat pale face - it was none other than Bai Hongbo.
"boom!"
Bruna knocked away the chair and stood up suddenly, staring at Bai Hongbo with her eyes, her eye circles instantly turned red.
Bo Ang, who was on the side, had a trace of surprise on his eyebrows, looking at this man who suddenly appeared at a loss.