During lunch on the third day, Kent expressed the idea that Magnesium wanted to purchase Longxia's stepper lithography machines and the latest nano-chips, and promised to settle the bill in the manner required by Longxia.
Whether it is magnesium gold or gold, as long as Longxia Country can offer it, they will do their best to satisfy it.
Mr. Zhao listened to the translator's retelling and did not express his opinion immediately. Instead, he continued to eat his lunch slowly and nodded from time to time.
Kent was delighted to see that the other party did not refuse immediately. In his opinion, this meant that there was a possibility of cooperation between the two parties.
What he didn't expect was that after he had rambled on and made all sorts of promises, Mr. Zhao swallowed the food in his mouth, picked up the water glass on the table and took a sip. He smiled and shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Kent, this matter is not something I can decide alone, so I can't give you an answer right now! Of course, I can feel your sincerity and sincerely hope that our two countries can reach this cooperation, but all of this needs to wait until I return home and discuss it with others before I can give you an answer. I hope you can understand!"
Kent listened carefully to the parrot language spoken by the translator, and his face became darker the more he listened. As a Magnesian who had been to Longxia Country more than once, Kent knew too well what the Longxia people were best at.
So he could be sure that Longxia would not agree to sell lithography machines and chips to Magnesium. Any request to go back and discuss before giving a reply was a disguised rejection.
If that's the case, then we can't be blamed! James Kent thought to himself.
Mr. Zhao naturally noticed Kent's expression and the sinister look in his eyes.
However, he did not show any emotional change, and still had a faint smile on his face, as if he was waiting for Kent's answer.
After a moment, Kent slowly spoke, "Mr. Zhao, this cooperation concerns the friendship and vital interests of our two countries, so I still hope that you can get in touch with others in your country as soon as possible. It would be best if this matter can be finalized before the end of this military exchange activity!"
Mr. Zhao naturally understood the strong threat in the other party's words, so he asked with some amusement, "Oh, what if it can't be confirmed?"
"Are you sure? No, you will be sure. After all, you don't want your compatriots to have any accidents here, right?! I'm sorry, I have something to do in the afternoon, so I'll leave first. I'm waiting for your good news!" James Kent said seriously, then he stood up, turned around and walked out of the restaurant.
Old Master Zhao looked at the other person's departing back, the smile on his face disappeared, and his brows couldn't help but frown slightly.
The Central Government had already anticipated that the Magnesians would threaten the delegation over the issues of lithography machines and nanochips before they set off.
However, this exchange meeting was an invitation proactively issued by the country of Magnesium, and at the same time the invitation was issued, it was also announced to the world through their country's Magnesium Association.
In other words, all countries are waiting for Longxia's decision. Even though they know that there is a conspiracy hidden in it, they want to see whether the people of Longxia dare to go to Magnesium.
Some of the European countries that were pessimistic about Longxia had already started using words such as "timid" and "cautious" to spread the word that Longxia people were afraid to go to Magnesium before Longxia accepted the invitation.
However, not long after this news appeared, Longxia’s national news agency forwarded a joint statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the military, deciding to send a delegation to Magnesium to participate in this military exchange activity.
As soon as this news came out, the entire European media fell silent, especially some of the small European countries that had been jumping around the most happily before, now feeling quite embarrassed.
Countries that know Longxia well, such as Sulian and North Korea, are now speculating about how we will resolve this crisis.
For this reason, after a collective vote by a group of central leaders, it was decided that if the Magnesians dared to detain the delegation or send an aircraft carrier battle group to their doorstep to threaten them with force, then Longxia would certainly launch a resolute counterattack.
Among them, showing off the strength through military exercises is the top priority of this plan. During the entire military exercise, Longxia Kingdom will even launch two hypersonic intercontinental ballistic missiles without Harmony warheads in land-based and sea-based modes towards an uninhabited island in an unknown sea area to demonstrate its precise strategic Harmony strike capability. The coordinates of the target island will be made public before launching the missiles.
Because this military exchange activity lasted a total of five days, and three days had already passed, that is to say, the Mei people only had less than 48 hours left for the Longxia people.
Xu Jianguo, who was sitting not far away, naturally heard every word of the conversation between Mr. Zhao and Kent. However, he had long experienced the shamelessness of the Magnesian people, so he did not find it strange at all. He even believed that once Mr. Zhao told them the clear rejection, the other party would do something even more shameless.
After the magnesium team left, Mr. Zhao also stood up and left the restaurant, walking towards the elevator with the other three people.
The four of them returned to the room, inevitably puffing away smoke. After stubbing out their cigarettes, Mr. Zhao finally spoke, "I need to make a call back home, but I'm worried about safety. Do you have any ideas?"
"Normally, we can go to the embassy, but now the Magnesian people don't allow us to leave the manor at will, and the embassy people can't come in. It's impossible to ensure absolute safety under such circumstances!" Secretary No. 1 said.
After listening to this, Mr. Zhao frowned even deeper, but he did not speak immediately. Instead, he looked at Xu Jianguo.
Others may not know Xu Jianguo's abilities, but Mr. Zhao has a deep understanding of them. When he was leading people to North Korea for a state visit, if Xu Jianguo had not helped upgrade the special equipment of the Guard Bureau, then that group of people would most likely have died there.
Xu Jianguo naturally noticed the look in Mr. Zhao's eyes, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly. In fact, he really had a way, and this was also a good thing he worked overtime to make before he knew he was coming to Magnesium, in order to prevent this situation of being unable to contact the outside world from happening.
"You little brat, I'm furious and you're still laughing. Tell me, do you have any good ideas?" As soon as Mr. Zhao saw Xu Jianguo's expression, he knew that he must have a solution, and he said unhappily.
"Please wait a moment, I'll go back and get something!" After Xu Jianguo finished speaking, he stood up and walked out. After a while, he came back with a black object and put it on the coffee table.
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