1174 Emergencies

In the lounge of the station, Charlie (sister) looked at the empty lounge and the four people in the lounge. She asked curiously, "Are there only four of you?"

The salesperson who had been communicating with her smiled and said, "What are you worried about?"

Charlie (sister) did not hesitate. She was now a "customer". She spent money, and she also knew that she spent several times more than a normal order. She would not feel wronged after spending so much money. .

Her strong attitude began to rise again within a safe range. She looked at the salesperson and said, "I don't think you can protect me, if there are only four people."

The salesman looked around and said, "Don't worry, we are professionals..."

At the same time, in the conference room of the Bupen International Affairs Department, Mr. Trueman closed his fingers and tapped the table twice with his knuckles. He reiterated, "Please rest assured, we are professionals!"

He paused as he spoke and looked at the gentlemen in the room. This was the sixth meeting around the "World Development Council". Gevra did not stand up to slow down the process, but it did not mean that they could do nothing. Do.

They may have reached some agreements with some countries privately, and raised some objections and problems that need to be solved, in an attempt to increase the workload of the federation.

In fact, everyone, including themselves, the federal government, and Mr. Trueman, knows that this ugly little trick will not have any effect.

In the end it will pass, but the thing about disgusting people... it is not just a bad taste, it actually satisfies the psychological needs of the "victim".

It sounds a bit confusing. What other psychological needs does the victim have?

In fact, there are some. In some cases that have been investigated by the federal government, many victims eventually became accomplices of the perpetrators, or habitually endured the harm done to them.

This is a psychological need. They can complete this process through certain hints. Whether what they ultimately need is safety or something else, the whole process will be surprising and sometimes a little scary.

The same goes for diplomacy. Adding trouble to the Federation may not necessarily prevent the eventual establishment of the World Development Council, but for the Gefra people, it is enough to see the Federation give them a headache.

The position of those small countries is the same. They will not make things too difficult for the federal people. They just get some of the benefits promised by Gaevra, such as trade orders and so on, and they are slightly responsible for their own interests, that's all.

The main reason why the World Development Council has not been established so far is that many of these similar small problems have not been resolved.

For example, some countries hope that the headquarters of the World Development Council can be located in their own country. There are at least four or five countries that have this idea.

Others believe that in the process of weighting the federal currency, the federation should also give more benefits to member states in mutual trade, such as reducing tariffs on both sides, adding more equipment that can be exported, and providing transfer or cooperation of sensitive technologies. Chance.

In fact, these things are nothing, and they will all be resolved in the end, but there are too many different names, and there are always endless talks.

This time, we are solving the problem of some small countries hoping that the federal people can help them develop their industries. Twenty-three countries have now expressed their willingness to join the World Development Council, which also makes the federal government very excited.

But with that comes some... begging issues.

For example, some small countries that do not have the foundation for industrialization also want to achieve basic industrialization. They have no way to do it themselves, so they can only turn to the federal government for help.

The bargaining chip was that they would agree to most of the terms of the Treaty.

Problems that can be solved by a consortium still have to be solved at talks. Mr. Trueman gave an affirmative answer without even thinking about these problems.

And what he said is absolutely correct. Federal people are indeed professional in helping other countries develop basic industries.

As for whether the developed basic industries must rely on the continued blood supply of the federation, that is another question.

After all, they did not talk about this in the talks, they just simply hoped to realize the idea of ​​basic industry.

Representatives from several small countries showed satisfied smiles on their faces. Most of these countries are resource-based countries or agricultural and animal husbandry countries.

The country relies on imports for its main industrial goods, which makes them lack the initiative in many cases and always leaves them vulnerable.

For example, a certain country once invited an international tender for a thermal power plant. Until now, this core technology of thermal power generation, which has fallen behind, is still in the hands of others.

Whenever a problem occurs in a thermal power station, they have to spend a lot of money to invite the original construction party to solve the problem.

Sometimes they just do things here and there, without even replacing a single part, and the charges can be scary.

There is also a country that supplies rough-processed parts to the world. There are some consumables in the entire assembly line. The manufacturing technology of these consumables has been firmly grasped by technology exporting countries.

Every once in a while, they have to spend a lot of money to buy some consumable spare parts that are actually not valuable and put them on the assembly line to maintain production.

A large amount of profits have been taken away by foreign companies, which makes them hate these foreigners and at the same time eager to realize the process of basic industrialization.

At least, they can make some simple things themselves instead of relying on foreigners for everything.

Lynch was sitting in the last position, looking at some materials in his hands. He thought that by about October, everything would be settled and established.

Looking at the diplomats who were still talking about various demands, Lynch raised his wrist and looked at the watch on his wrist. It was not far from eleven o'clock.

As soon as the weekend ended, the strike across the entire federation also ended. This strike was actually more like a demonstration. The two sides of labor and management have not yet completely confronted each other, and there is still room for relaxation.

And that's what workers' unions want.

It is impossible for the working class to really give up their current jobs, and it is impossible for capitalists to really shut down factories. The redevelopment of real industries makes it impossible for them to leave workers for a long period of time.

So the representatives of the workers' unions changed into formal attire, carrying briefcases in their hands, and appeared in offices or workshops just like they did in the best days of the past.

They are responsible for negotiating with the capitalists on behalf of the working class, and discussing the results of the negotiations with the working class. In this process, the workers' union once again reflects its role and value, and has gained many invisible benefits as a result.

There are intangible benefits, such as prestige and workers’ renewed recognition of workers’ unions.

There are tangible benefits, such as money, cars, houses...

It seems that the strike is over, but in fact, the negotiations with entangled interests have just begun.

However, strikes and demonstrations are not all bad. At least after the strikes and demonstrations, the security of various cities has been improved to a certain extent.

Some sociologists have specifically studied this issue. Wherever a parade has been held, public security will be improved to a certain extent after the parade.

According to this scholar's report, the main reason for this situation is that during demonstrations, the police will behave quite powerlessly, which will produce a very subtle psychological change.

In order to retaliate for their own embarrassment and incompetence during the demonstrations, they will intensify their crackdown on various security cases and criminal cases after the demonstrations.

There are indeed many police officers on duty in the streets these two days, and those dishonest people have also hid themselves, waiting for the police officers to dissipate their anger before taking to the streets again.

Seeing that the time for the meeting was coming to an end, Lynch had already started to pack up his things. The core of the current meeting was wrangling and asking for benefits, and he was not very concerned about this.

However, some people may be interested in helping some small countries build basic industrial facilities.

This is another big order, and the consortium's support for the federal government is fully reflected in the process of promoting the World Development Council.

Even Congress, which is usually called "the most trouble-making", did not say a word of nonsense during the entire incident, let alone asked Mr. Trueman or certain personnel to go to Congress to explain the situation and make things difficult.

The federal capitalists can see obvious benefits, and if it is good for them, they will not block it. And whoever dares to block it will be everyone's common enemy.

Gaevra used the wrong strategy from the beginning. It was too childish for them to find those small countries to cause trouble for the federation. It would be better to just give the benefits to a large consortium.

Then let the consortium take action from the Congress, and there will be twenty or thirty hearings. Maybe the talks can be postponed to next year.

It’s all a result of inexperience!

Mr. Trueman, who was sitting in the chair, saw that Lynch had packed his briefcase. The corners of his mouth raised slightly. He should have been angry, but when he saw Lynch being so lazy, he almost laughed out loud.

At this moment, two people walked in. One person walked up to Lin Qi, bent down and whispered in his ear.

Another man came up to Mr. Trueman and spoke in his ear, seeming to mean the same thing.

"Just now,... there was an armed fight at the city station..."

Mr. Trueman and Lynch looked at each other, and he frowned, announcing the end of the meeting in advance.

Then the two people left quickly. Looking at the two people leaving, many diplomats didn't know what happened and asked each other.

The two of them did not return to Mr. Trueman's office, but went directly to the Presidential Palace. The reason why this incident interrupted the progress of the talks was because it alarmed Mr. President!

Mr. President is now very unhappy and a little uneasy. What's more, he still looks ugly.

When diplomatic missions from so many countries gathered in the Federation, and something like this happened, the first thing he thought of was his own face.

He could no longer imagine what people would say about him. This might become a big scandal during his administration!