Chapter 1323 Because they don’t understand idioms!
When Factory Director Sumenkov asked Deputy Director Liang to give them "strong help", Li Ye finally determined that this guy was definitely not someone who could be taken down with a few tricks.
[I like the gifts you gave me very much. I also have the technology and equipment you need, but if you want to take it away, please satisfy my appetite first.]
Many people said that after the collapse of Su'e, many traders used a few trucks of pork to exchange for incredible things, as if all the people in Su'e were fools.
But how could a country that has been competing with the entire West for nearly forty years be full of fools?
Any legal transaction is equal for both parties. If you feel it is not equal, then you are definitely not considering the issue at the precise time point.
Just like when Sumenkov said "we helped you forty years ago", he acted as if the flower growers owed him something, but is that really the case?
Many people regard the 156 projects that Su'e aids flower growers as a generous gift, but between countries, "there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests." How could there be such a thing as a gift?
Many people in later generations have engaged in heated debates on this issue, and no one can convince anyone else. However, perhaps the third-party lighthouse has evidence that is closer to the truth.
In Washington, D.C., there is a Peninsular War Memorial. The foundation stone was laid by George H.W. Bush in June 1992 and it took more than two years to be fully built.
There is a monument in the park commemorating the Peninsular War. In front of the monument is a pool, and the edge of the pool is paved with black-grey granite with shocking numbers carved on it.
Deaths: 54,246 in Lighthouse, 628,833 in Allied Forces; a total of more than 680,000 people.
Missing: 8,177 people from Lighthouse, 470,267 coalition forces; a total of more than 470,000 people.
Captured: 7,140 from Lighthouse, 92,970 from Allied Forces, a total of more than 100,000 people.
Injured: 103,248 Lighthouse personnel, 1,064,453 Allied troops, a total of more than 1,167,000 people.
This may be the real reason for those 156 aid projects.
For a long time after the end of the Korean War, this number was reduced, because the vassal troops who repeatedly rushed to Shangganling were not counted as people and naturally could not be included in the statistics.
It was not until the 1990s that they were cleared of all charges.
More than two million people were killed or injured!
More than two million!
The combined casualties on both sides of Stalingrad were only over two million, but the casualties on this side alone were over two million.
If you have strength, you have dignity. If you don’t have strength, who the hell cares about you?
And now Sumenkov, like his predecessors, wants Li Ye and others to demonstrate their strength first. As for the way to demonstrate their strength!
Just fill their appetite first.
Of course, Deputy Director Liang was assigned to be in charge of the inspection mission, and he was no ordinary person. How could he be so arrogant? He immediately started to "friendly pull" with the other party, testing the other party's bottom line.
[Time has changed. You are almost a beggar. Do you still want to look down on others like you did in the past? I will starve you for three days first.]
After a lot of tug-of-war, both sides seemed to be in a state of not wanting to release the eagle until they saw the rabbit, and Sumenkov could no longer hold on.
He finally lowered his demands a little bit and was willing to give up some technical information in exchange for some scarce items, but he set a time limit.
"Lao Liang, my friend, can you show your sincerity within five days?"
Liang Furu smiled and said, "Five days, are you in such a hurry?"
Sumenkov said as a matter of course: "Lao Liang, we are willing to show our sincerity, but we also need to find a strong partner to cooperate with. Five days is enough for you to prove your strength!"
“.”
Liang Furu raised his eyebrows, unsure what other cards the other party had.
Seeing that the person just now dared to speak before Sumonkov, it means that Sumonkov now needs good news to "stabilize the morale of the troops", but why did he set a harsh deadline?
“Ahem~”
Li Ye suddenly coughed a few times, which seemed a little abrupt in the silence at that moment.
Deputy Director Liang looked over and Li Ye immediately nodded silently.
He was a little hesitant, not sure whether Li Ye was giving him a hint.
But then Sun Xianjin also coughed twice, and then nodded along with Li Ye.
"Okay! Within five days, we will show our sincerity to each other."
“.”
At noon, Sumenkov warmly entertained the members of the inspection team. However, when Li Ye was about to show off his great drinking capacity and help Liang Furu and others to win another victory, he found that only Sumenkov and Deputy Director Liang and a few others could drink freely, and he, a small shrimp, was not among them.
"Fuck, are they really that stingy?"
It's just like you heard that today's drinking party is going to drink Moutai, but when you go there you find that there is only one bottle of Moutai, and it is not enough for your boss and the other party's boss to drink together. What do you do?
Hurry up and say that you took cefuroxime!
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After everyone finished their first visit and returned to the hotel, Deputy Director Liang called Li Ye and Sun Xianjin over.
"What do you think about Kamaz's request?"
Li Ye glanced at Sun Xianjin and motioned for him to speak first.
Sun Xianjin said, "Director Liang, my wife should have some supplies. I can discuss it with her."
Li Ye also said frankly: "I know a few compatriots who are engaged in trade here. If you agree, Director Liang, I am willing to communicate with them and ask them to support us with some materials first."
"Support us with some supplies"
Liang Furu hesitated for a few seconds, then asked, "But Kamaz only gave us five days, and the domestic funds were not so timely."
Li Ye said generously: "I will discuss it with them and try to keep the account?"
Liang Furu looked at Li Ye, then smiled and said, "What do you mean by accounting?"
Li Ye almost rolled his eyes.
[You don't want us to be selfless, do you? Public is public and private is private, please stop making trouble, okay? ]
Li Ye said helplessly: "We have to make do with the emergency, let's buy on credit first, as for how to pay it back, whether we pay it here or go back to China, we can discuss it later"
“Hahahaha~”
Liang Furu laughed loudly, then pointed at Li Ye and Sun Xianjin and said with a smile: "You two are so narrow-minded, do you think the country will cheat you?
Don't worry, the money you owe me will not be reduced by a cent, and your contribution will not be reduced by a cent either."
Li Ye laughed and said casually: "Okay, we feel relieved with your words."
As for Sun Xianjin, he just smiled shyly and pretended to be a good boy.
After the two discussed with Liang Furu, they planned to look for Bian Jingjing and Jin Peng, but before they left the house, they received a call from Sophia.
Li Ye and Sun Xianjin discussed it and decided to go to Sofia first to keep the appointment.
Sofia's residence is located in a building in the eastern district of Moscow. It looks more low-key than Seryosha's luxurious villa, but after careful observation, Li Ye found that there were obviously secret guards along the way, and there seemed to be no outsiders on the entire floor where Sofia lived.
The living room of Sofia's house is also decorated very luxuriously, completely different from the simple style outside.
As soon as Li Ye and Sun Xianjin entered the room, they saw that Sophia had already prepared wine and food, and it was obvious that she was planning to start drinking as soon as she entered the room.
Sophia raised her glass and said affectionately, "Sun, Li, thank you for your generosity today. You also helped me out of my urgent need. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude."
Li Ye and Sun Xianjin were both surprised because when Sophia said "urgent situation", she was speaking Chinese. Although her voice was a little off, she said it very seriously.
Sun Xianjin was surprised and said, "Sophia, we have been classmates for several years, and I didn't know you knew Chinese."
Sophia smiled and said, "I started studying Chinese six months ago because I believe that in the next few decades, your country will become an important force influencing the world."
Sun Xianjin was stunned for a moment, then laughed happily: "Hahahaha, thank you Sofia, thank you for being so optimistic about us."
But Li Ye was looking at Sophia in a daze.
This woman is really amazing.
Decades later, people always doubt whether the power of the Strategic Propaganda Bureau is really that mysterious.
Li Ye believes that it is really that mysterious, but it is not because the power of the Strategic Research Institute is beyond belief, but that some people at the Lighthouse are blind.
Think about it! There are millions of people in China who are proficient in English, and there are countless people who have stayed in the West and have a deep understanding of the West.
But what about the West?
Why do they always misjudge the strategic intentions of the Flower Planting Family? Because they don't even understand idioms!
Do you still expect them to be able to tell whether what the director said is nonsense?
(End of this chapter)
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