Today, the world has undergone many changes that cannot be ignored.
In particular, the changes in flowers and fruits are almost the same as the world before Du Fei traveled through the world, if not completely different.
It ranks fifth in the world in terms of economic aggregate. If the current trend continues, it will surpass Japan and Japan and become the third largest country in the world within five years at most.
The ancient Eastern country that had been silent for a hundred years has once again firmly returned to its rightful place.
At this time, Du Fei welcomed a group of special guests in the capital.
After more than half a year of renovations, the office of the Fire Equipment Company has been renovated to the original Jin family compound. A Fire Equipment Company sign was hung on the main entrance. However, Du Fei did not change the location and continued to work in the original place.
Zhang Wenzhong came in from outside and reported: "Boss, the Japanese people have arrived and have been arranged in the guest house of the Foreign Education Department."
Du Fei nodded: "I understand~ You go and connect with us, don't look like we are neglecting you."
Zhang Wenzhong responded and retreated.
Du Fei put down the work at hand and thought about this incident.
At the beginning of this year, Tokyo took the initiative and hoped to launch long-term trade negotiations.
As early as the 1960s, Huaguo established a trade office with Dongyang, which was specifically responsible for negotiating and resolving economic and trade issues between the two parties.
However, with the signing of new peace treaties and the re-establishment of foreign-teaching relations in the past two years, the original institutional settings, trade agreements, and economic and trade relations are not in line with the current situation, and new trade negotiations are imminent.
As an expert, Du Fei was directly selected to become the director of this negotiation committee.
This gave Du Fei a headache.
From his point of view, he has no unrealistic expectations for Toyo. After World War II, due to America's selfishness, Toyo was not completely overthrown and rebuilt.
The feudal families of the Meiji and Showa eras still control the power of the East today.
In the face of these things, expecting them to reflect is simply a dream.
A divided, weak, and chaotic East is a good East.
Therefore, this so-called new long-term trade agreement that can bring benefits to both parties is not a good thing in Du Fei's view.
With the current productivity and technological levels of Huaguo and Dongyang, what can be achieved in trade between the two parties?
It’s just that flowers and fruits provide the raw materials, and Japan provides the products.
This model may not be a helpless choice when there is a lack of funds for the development of flowers and fruits.
But now, the flower and fruit economy is developing strongly and foreign exchange reserves are abundant. We need raw materials and a market. Why should we provide Dongyang with cheaper and high-quality raw materials?
Moreover, this essentially conflicts with Du Fei's plan in Nanyang.
Today's general situation dictates that Dongyang cannot obtain raw materials from Sulian, Huaguo on a large scale. Relatively speaking, the closest source of raw materials to him is Nanyang.
But now, except for the war-torn areas around Yueguo and the isolated corner of Luzon, nearly 70% of the area in Nanyang is under the direct or indirect control and influence of Du Fei.
Du Fei controls the export prices of various local minerals and agricultural products through the Nanyang Trade Alliance.
If the East bypasses Nanyang and wants to obtain raw materials for industrial production, it must look further to Africa, South America, and Austria.
Not only does it increase transportation costs, but it also creates uncertainty in governance.
Therefore, from the perspective of the East, opening trade barriers with flowers and fruits is undoubtedly the cheapest and most secure way.
But in Du Fei's view, it is better to keep this trade barrier closed.
Making commodities more difficult and costly for Japan can slow down their economic development.
It would be best to continue changing hands in Nanyang.
It’s not just a matter of price. Nanyang can also be regarded as a buffer zone between domestic and foreign trade.
While Du Fei was thinking, he reached out and picked up the phone: "Hey, Dad, are you busy... Okay, I'll go over now."
Putting down the phone, Du Fei quickly sorted out some information and took a car to Dad Zhu's office.
Before the Chinese New Year, Dad Zhu's office changed location, but Du Fei had been here a lot recently, so he was no stranger to it. According to the procedures, he met Dad Zhu soon after registering.
Dad Zhu was working at his desk when he saw Du Fei come in and motioned for him to sit down first, wait beside him for a while, and then lowered his head again.
About twenty minutes later, Dad Zhu put down what he was doing and said with a smile: "What, what do you think about this negotiation with the Japanese people?"
Du Fei nodded: "Dad, I do have some ideas..."
Dad Zhu listened as Du Fei explained his point of view.
At the end, Du Fei concluded: "Dad, what I mean is that as East Asia's biggest competitor to us, we can't let East Asia get too comfortable."
Dad Zhu said: "Your idea is not wrong, but some comrades have put forward different views..."
Du Fei chuckled and said, "Dad, I can guess these people without even thinking about them."
Dad Zhu was very meaningful and there was no further discussion.
Du Fei turned around and said: "By the way, Dad, I heard that many people are advocating recently that they want to send students abroad, and it should be these people."
Dad Zhu raised his eyebrows and said, "Why, it sounds like you don't agree with sending overseas students accidentally?"
Du Fei curled his lips and said: "The so-called expatriates are nothing more than America, Europe, and Japan. It is not easy for our Guo family to train a college student. At the age of more than 20, their outlook on life and values are not fully formed, so we send them to
What are you doing in those places? As the old saying goes, it takes ten years to learn well and ten days to learn bad. Others don’t know what America is doing now, but I don’t know. If we really send those children out, I dare not say 100% that they will eventually come back.
, ten do not save one.”
Dad Zhu's expression was serious, and he was hesitant when faced with this question.
The nature of students being sent abroad to study abroad today is different from the students sent to Sulian in the early days of Jianguo.
It's just like what Du Fei said, I'm afraid it's the opposite of what you want.
Dad Zhu said: "Since you brought it up on your own initiative, what are your thoughts?"
Du Fei said: "Let me tell you, some people are advocating studying abroad. Let's not stop it, but spending the people's hard-earned money is not enough. If you are willing to go out, you can do whatever you want. As for communicating with outside technology, it is not necessarily necessary.
Go out, we divert the money, and directly invite foreign professors, in fact the top scholars, to teach in our universities, from SMU, Japan, America, and Europe, even if we spend more money
, it’s better than a meat bun beating a dog.”
Dad Zhu first laughed, then said seriously: "You really think so, can you invite the world's top scholars and professors just to invite them?"
Du Fei said: "If there is anyone who cannot be invited, and if the long-term appointment is not enough, then I will be a visiting professor. If you don't come, the money will be insufficient. You haven't seen that the Kuching University I built in Nanyang has already invited dozens of them.
Professors with high standards in various disciplines..."
Dad Zhu nodded after hearing this and said thoughtfully: "This is a way. You really need to be cautious about international students. People don't worry about the scarcity but the inequality. If you really want to send them out, it's normal that those children won't be able to bear it when they see the outside.
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Du Fei said: "Who allowed us in modern times to plunder for more than a hundred years? Thousands of years of accumulation were destroyed in one day. Besides, the prosperity of America and Europe was obtained by plundering the whole world. We want to surpass them.
, I have to immerse myself in it for fifty years."
Dad Zhu was slightly surprised and looked at Du Fei again.
Du Fei said: "Dad, why do you think so of me?"
Dad Zhu patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that at such a young age, you could be more calm than many old comrades. I'm not surprised that you said you'd catch up with Europe and the United States in ten or twenty years.
,Young man, you have a high spirit. But you said you would keep your head down for fifty years...I didn’t expect that you would be so clear-headed at your age."
Du Fei laughed dryly. In fact, he was not sober at all. He just saw some results before he traveled through time.
Later, the topic of Weng and his son-in-law returned to the negotiations with Dongyang.
Dad Zhu said: "According to feedback from comrades in Japan, Tokyo is testing the waters, hoping to facilitate their foreign minister's visit in August and promote this long-term trade agreement."
Du Fei nodded. In fact, he knew the internal situation in the East better than the domestic situation.
Since the last big slab explosion, many people in Japan have realized the reality. When they face Huaguo, America's father is somewhat unreliable.
Then there is the issue of Hokkaido. Dongyang needs to get more commitment from Huaguo.
This is also their original intention to initiate long-term trade agreement negotiations this time.
According to the conditions currently given by Dongyang, at least on the surface it is quite favorable. The premium is to purchase raw materials or semi-finished products from flowers and fruits, including petroleum, coal, logs, non-ferrous metals, agricultural and sideline products... For some of these items, the premium can reach 15
%above.
In return, Huaguo stopped supporting the Katsuragi Army in Hokkaido.
Du Fei said: "If this is the purpose, my visit is in vain. They think they are giving benefits, but in fact they are necessities for their industry. There is one thing, I heard some rumors..."
"What's the rumor?" Dad Zhu raised his eyebrows.
Du Fei said: "I heard that the host of the Oriental Shrine, Fairy Nagayoshi, plans to include 14 war criminals in this year's autumn festival."
Dad Zhu's face suddenly changed when he heard this.
Du Fei continued: "The father of Hiroshi Yoshihiro was Hiroshi Keimin, the chamberlain beside the emperor during World War II."
Dad Zhu's face was as dark as water, and he said in a deep voice: "Is the news accurate?"
Du Fei said: "There is no confirmation, but this kind of thing is not a secret. Since I have heard the rumors here, it means that they deliberately released it to test the outside world's reaction. Dad, for such a thing, I'm afraid it's far away
It’s not time to let go of the past.”
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Coming out of Dad Zhu's office, Du Fei raised his head and glanced at the sky.
It's a cloudy day and it looks like it's going to rain.
Next, let’s see what the attitude above is.
About a week later, Du Fei came to the work unit and saw today's daily newspaper. The headline on the front page was printed with the words "The Eastern Empire will never be allowed to die but not to die, and the ghost will not leave."
Du Fei's heart moved and he quickly read this article.
This is which way the wind is blowing.
Now that he has been exposed, it means he doesn't want to let it go.
Sure enough, Du Fei received a notice that afternoon that the ongoing long-term trade negotiations were postponed indefinitely and the negotiating committee was dissolved.
Subsequently, a Y-9 transport plane transported 60 staff members to Tokyo.
Two days later, an old acquaintance came to Du Fei.
"Mr. Fuchun is such a rare guest, I'm sorry to welcome you from afar." Du Fei smiled and let a well-dressed old Asian man into the reception room.
The visitor was none other than Keiji Tomiharu, who had been to the capital last time with Daisaku Yasuda.
After the relationship between the two parties was restored, Keiji Toharu was assigned to Huaguo as a senior foreign instructor.
Tomiharu Keiji looked much older than the last time we met, and his hair was mostly gray. He said with a smile: "Dusan is so polite. I should have come a long time ago, but Dusan is busy with things and has missed me many times."
After being polite, he sat down. Fuchun Keiji was thinking about his words, but Du Fei said bluntly: "Is this why Mr. Fuchun came today~"
As he spoke, he murmured at the newspaper rack placed next to the window. The newspaper hanging on the outside was exactly the headline from the day before yesterday.
Tomichun Keiji smiled bitterly: "Dusan, I personally deeply regret that this kind of thing happened, but please believe that these are just a small group of bad apples and cannot represent the true wishes of the Dongyang government and the people."
Du Fei laughed and said: "Of course, Mr. Fuchun, I personally believe so, but... the general public may not believe it~"
Tomiharu Keiji's face stiffened. He had visited many places and met many people before coming here, hoping to eliminate the influence, but with little success. When he came to Du Fei, it was like treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor.
In any case, he has done all he deserves, but he has no control over the final outcome.
Tomiharu Keiji is not without temper, he is also a well-known figure in the Purple Party. It is simply unreasonable for him to be forced to be a lowly grandson just because of some stupid things caused by stupid people on the street!
Unfortunately, he still has to pretend to be this grandson.
Holding his knees with both hands, he lowered his head forward and said, "Dusan, I know your influence in Huaguo, please help me deal with it."
As he said this, he took out the gift he had brought.
Du Fei glanced at it. With his current wealth and status, nothing could impress him.
Tomiharu Keiji also knows that, but you must have an attitude of asking for help.
Du Fei pondered for a long time, tapping his fingers on the armrest of the sofa, wondering: "Mr. Fuchun is really making things difficult for me!"
Fuchun Keiji's heart was moved. Seeing Du Fei's appearance, he immediately hit the snake and followed the stick: "Mr. Du, I heard that Borneo in Southeast Asia is building a road around the island. Our Fuji Bank can provide a sum of 200 billion days."
Yuan interest-free loan..."
Du Fei raised his eyebrows, not expecting Touchun Keiji to offer such a bargaining chip.
Interest-free loans are good, and you don’t have to worry about exchange rates.
Moreover, this matter was originally supposed to be slowed down, but now there are still more than two months before the autumn festival at the shrine.
Now it's just a foreshadowing. Regardless of how happy those old and young people from the Eastern Empire are, they are just a bunch of weaklings.
The pressure is too much. If they cancel, there will be no excuse. We must let them make things real.
This is not what Du Fei meant, but the decision from above to take the opportunity to do something cruel.