Colonel Ian and his party left cursing. Before leaving, they sent Sun Erwei to Wang Xuexin for one last persuasion.
"Please, Wang!" Sun Erwei said: "You should find something that can be traded, anything, otherwise the deal will not be concluded!"
"Why do I have to make this deal?" Wang Xuexin choked Sun Erwei with one sentence: "I won't trade for the sake of the deal. If the sun doesn't set and can't give us what we need, why should I give it to the sun without setting?"
Need something?”
Sun Erwei was right when he thought about it. If this was the case, the Eighth Route Army would indeed have no need to trade.
In other words, this issue should be considered and urgent until the sun sets, rather than being pushed to the Eighth Route Army.
Then Sun Erwei made a suggestion: "Otherwise, you can consider Yingjiang's things. If we have something that the Eighth Route Army needs, then we can use Yingjiang's equipment to trade. As for where the sun never sets, Yingjiang will trade with the sun."
No settlement!"
What this means is that the Eagle Sauce is used as a middleman to facilitate the transaction.
Wang Xuexin understood what Sun Erwei meant. Yingjiang also wanted to get the "missile" technology, but it was rejected before.
Wang Xuexin smiled and replied: "Don't think I'm a fool, Sun Erwei, I know that if I give the complete set of drawings to Sun Bu Luo, Sun Bu Luo will inevitably give you a copy, so that you can get this technology at half the price.
So I'm sorry, if the sun never sets and wants to reach a deal, Yingjiang must also pay a share of the money..."
"This is unreasonable, Wang!" Sun Erwei jumped up as if his tail was being stepped on: "You can't sell something twice! Besides, we are all allies of China..."
"If it's something, you really can't sell it twice!" Wang Xuexin replied: "But if it's technology... I heard that you have patent fees, right? According to your rules, not only can I sell it twice, but in principle, every time you produce one
I can receive money for 'High Fire', right?"
Sun Erwei was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed himself: "You are very smart, Wang! I don't know where you know this from!"
Wang Xuexin replied calmly: "If I want to do business with you, of course I have to be prepared!"
Yingjiang and Sun Never Set are both typical businessmen societies, and their habit is to constantly test each other's bottom line during negotiations.
Therefore, sometimes they put forward some unbelievable conditions and say things that make people feel insulting to their IQ. It is not that they have no self-awareness or that they treat their opponents as idiots, but it is a way for them to test the opponent's bottom line... Only in this way can they win the battle.
Through constant contact and negotiation, you can know where the other party's bottom line is to maximize your interests.
After thinking for a while, Sun Erwei made one last attempt: "Otherwise, since we don't know what we can trade with until the sun sets, let's use pounds or dollars. What do you think? We keep the money in the bank.
You can buy anything!”
This proposal seems reasonable, because this is where money comes in, it changes the way barter is done.
But Wang Xuexin will not be fooled by this.
"Do you really think the U.S. dollar can buy anything?" Wang Xuexin asked rhetorically.
Sun Erwei rolled his eyes and said nothing more.
This is Sun Erwei testing Wang Xuexin's bottom line again. He actually knows very well that the saying "dollars can buy anything" is wrong.
For ordinary people, this sentence may not be a problem, because ordinary people can buy everything they need with money, it is just a matter of price.
But arms and military supplies...especially military supplies during wars are probably not available for any amount of money.
For example, Wang Xuexin wants a "universal decoding machine" that the sun never sets. Can he buy it with US dollars? Is it possible that the sun never sets, regardless of national security? Is it possible that he will risk defeat for money?
At the national level, there are too many things that money cannot buy.
In the end, Sun Erwei and Colonel Ian took the plane and left in disappointment.
If we consider the urgency of the drawings from London, Colonel Ian and others should not leave. They should stay in Liyuan and negotiate with Wang Xuexin immediately after making the decision in London, so that they can get it as quickly as possible.
drawing.
But Colonel Ian and his party left anyway.
This is a gesture taken by London towards Wang Xuexin, just like a woman who cannot agree on the price when shopping, often pretending to be disdainful of the transaction and leaving, but in fact she hopes that the seller will stop her at the last moment.
Of course Wang Xuexin would not be fooled by the sun never setting attitude. In fact, his goal from the beginning was the "universal decoding machine", and other things did not have much significance to the Eighth Route Army.
Therefore, the most disappointing moment for Colonel Ian and his team was probably when they did not see Wang Xuexin walking out of the headquarters when the plane took off.
After Colonel Ian and his party left, Wang Xuexin turned his attention to Datong.
At this time, the battle in Datong was over. The Independent Regiment took the initiative and defeated a Japanese division at the cost of hundreds of casualties. The corpses of Japanese soldiers were everywhere outside Datong City. Even the leader of the Japanese division, Lin Fangtaro, was shot dead on the spot.
Wang Xuexin was not surprised at all by this ending.
With the combination of "Sherman", half-track cars and repeating rifles, as well as air superiority, the Eighth Route Army's mechanized troops are kings on Chinese soil, and it is difficult for the Japanese to break through this steel plate.
As soon as the news of the victory came out, it caused a sensation all over the country that night, and many newspapers reported the victory overnight.
But of course, this was achieved only after the underground party made great efforts and risked its life. The stubborn army has always adopted a policy of blocking the victory of the Eighth Route Army and not allowing newspapers to report it.
This is normal, because the stubborn army was retreating steadily under the attack of the Japanese, while the Eighth Route Army was advancing triumphantly. So, did the people across the country place their hopes on the Eighth Route Army?
If all the people place their hopes on the Eighth Route Army, then are they all going towards the Eighth Route Army by donating money, materials and joining the army?
After all, the common people are not stupid. They don't want the materials they donate to be squandered by the stubborn army or seized by the Japanese. They don't want to be hunted down by the Japanese after joining the stubborn army.
If this is the case, what's the matter with the stubborn army?
However, it was not easy to block information during this period. Newspaper articles could be secretly changed, and by the time the stubborn army discovered it, it was already too late.
If it doesn't work, you can print flyers, sprinkle them on high-rise buildings, and then leave.
In this way, intelligence personnel spread the news of Datong's victory to all corners of China.
Wang Xuexin was not concerned about this. What he considered was that the top priority now was to move the defense line 20 to 30 kilometers south.