1855 United States Tycoon

Although there is so-called Qingliu's firm opposition, Li Hongzhang's strength cannot be underestimated. In addition, this matter does not actually require much money from the halal. Of course, if Chile breached the contract, the Manchu Dynasty would replace the Chilean government with the cost of ship purchases other than the deposit, but in this way, these warships would also be handed over to the Manchu Dynasty as collateral. Considering that Chileans will pay a considerable part of the deposit first, once Chile defaults, the United States will obviously not repay these deposits. In this way, it is equivalent to the full payment of the Qing Dynasty and the payment from the United States. People got the right to use these warships. Until the Chileans can give the balance and fines according to the contract, these ships can be used by Manqing.

Because at least no money is needed to reach this agreement, the reason and intensity of the opposition of those in the Ministry of Households has decreased. In addition, this matter is more diplomatic. In the end, Li Hongzhang succeeded in persuading the Qing court and agreed to send personnel to negotiate with the United States and Chileans.

When deciding who to negotiate, Weng Tonghe wanted to come in. Try to arrange the own person to be the chief officer in charge of the negotiation. It's just that there is really a lack of talents in this area in his hands, and the people in his pockets are not willing to do this. They are all "Qingliu", and the biggest feature of "Qingliu" is to use their mouths to spray people, not to do real things. Because doing real things is easy to make mistakes, if you make a mistake, you will give the enemy a chance to blame your own. Moreover, in negotiations with foreigners, because of language barriers and ignorance of diplomacy, the possibility of being fooled by others will be very high if you really want them to go. Therefore, no "Qingliu" is willing to do this kind of thing. In the original history, after the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of Jiawu, the Qing court sent Li Hongzhang to negotiate with the Japanese. Li Hongzhang, based on the idea that "the crime of traitorous country cannot be borne by myself", wanted to pull back his arms and be tough. Weng Tonghe, who is the main battle, went to negotiate with the Japanese. However, although Weng Tonghe, who is usually the most fierce, has put forward a series of requirements such as "breaking the ground", he resolutely refuses to negotiate with Li Hongzhang. Because he knew that as long as he went, he would not be able to take off the "traitor" hat.

So in the end, the negotiators sent out can only be Li Hongzhang's people. Li Hongzhang originally intended to let Rong Hong take the post, but this proposal was firmly opposed by the "Qingliu", even the relatively enlightened Zhang Zhidong expressed opposition. Because they are worried that Rong Hong and the United States are too close, and may betray China's interests.

In addition, under normal circumstances, such negotiations should be conducted in secret. However, there is almost no decent secrecy system in Qing Dynasty, and the officials in Qing Dynasty hardly have any decent sense of secrecy. As a result, the negotiations have not yet started, and relevant news has already been published in Japanese newspapers. In the Qing Dynasty, due to the lack of intelligence agencies, they did not know anything about this situation. It was not until their delegation arrived in the United States and met the middleman of the McDonald family and the representative of Chile that they knew that such a leak had happened.

"Mr. Rong, your country’s secrecy is really bad. I don’t know why this kind of news will let the Japanese know. You have to know, this has caused a lot of interference for us and our Chilean friends. So, before the start of this meeting, I hope that your country’s representatives can guarantee that the content of this meeting will not be leaked out." After arriving in San Francisco, United States, the middleman sent by the Macdonald Consortium saw Man Qing’s The delegation came out very rudely.

Although Rong Hong failed to be the official representative of the Manchu and Qing delegation, with Li Hongzhang's entrustment, he still came to the United States as a translator with this delegation of no more than five people.

Rong Hong was a little surprised when he heard the accusations from the United States. Because they didn't even know that the news of the negotiations had been leaked. Seeing him like this, the middleman understood a little bit, so he said to Rong Hong: "Mr. Rong, it seems that you don’t seem to be very clear about the leaks." Then he turned his head and spoke to the person standing behind him. A young man said:

"Grey Stone, you can show Mr. Rong and the Qing Dynasty representatives the reports on this matter in the Japanese and United States newspapers."

"Okay, Mr. Hiddink." Grey Stone took out several newspapers from his handbag and handed them to Rong Hong: "Sir, this is the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun, the New York Daily Times, and the Wall Street Journal. All of them. There are related news reports."

This is the first time that Grey Stone has participated in business negotiations as a secretary. This is a necessary process to gradually cultivate successors. According to Scrooge's ideas, and the experience of cultivating X86 in the future rabbit country. It’s best for the successor of the family to go to all relevant departments of the family to experience it, it doesn’t have to be too long. At first, even if each position only stays for one or two years, it will give the children a sense of the entire operation of the family. The experience can be mutually confirmed with the theories they have learned before, so that children can grow up faster.

Gladstone had worked in newspapers and broadcast media for a period of time, and then returned to the Rockefeller School of the University of Cleveland to study economics for a period of time, and now it's time for the summer vacation, he began to follow the negotiation expert Hiddink Learn about negotiation skills.

At this time, the official representative of the Qing Dynasty-an official named He Yong-could not understand what these ghosts were saying, but he also felt that something went wrong. So when the ghost guy finished speaking, he hurriedly asked Rong Hong, "Mr. Rong, did something happen?"

"The news that we came here to negotiate has leaked, and the Japanese already know it." Rong Wing said as he handed a newspaper to He Yong's hands.

He Yong asked: "What is said above?"

"The Qing country and Chile secretly talked about cooperating to purchase ships. Even our basic methods of cooperation are published. People in United States think that our people must have leaked secrets." Yung Wing explained.

"Why do the United States people insist that we leaked the secret and not them or the Chileans?" He Yong seemed a little unconvinced, but his voice was very low and his tone was not firm.

"The Japanese newspaper said that they learned the news from a high-level official in our country." Rong Hong sighed and replied.

He Yong said nothing. Even if there is no evidence that Rong Hong mentioned later, he is actually more inclined to believe that the leak is his own problem. Because he also knew that in Manqing, there was no such ability to keep secrets at all. When he fought with Master Li Hongzhang and the Taiping Army and the Nian Army, he discovered more than once that some businessmen with a back view of the business were better than leading soldiers on the battlefield and the next action of the Qing army. He knew it early and still knew it. And can always rely on this to make a fortune. From that time on, he knew what level of secrecy was in Daqing. To be honest, it is not surprising that there was a leak in the Qing Dynasty. It would be strange if the secret was not leaked. The statement in the Japanese newspaper only confirmed his conjecture.

"It must be the gang of shit "Clear Streams" who have only one mouth. These bastards!" He Yong thought viciously. He knew that a group of people in the country were waiting to see the Huai Army, waiting to see Beiyang, and waiting to see Li Hongzhang's problems. In the eyes of these guys, even if they lose to foreigners, as long as they can beat Li Hongzhang, it is a good thing. However, he said in his mouth: "This is a Japanese slander. If I were a Japanese, I would definitely protect the source of the news. Where would I say this directly..."

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"Mr. Hiddink, why do we blame them as soon as we see them?" Greenstone asked after arranging the Qing delegation.

"Ah, Greystone, we did this to suppress those Chinese people first and beat them down, so that it would be easier to take advantage in the subsequent negotiations. Especially these Chinese people, many of them still I believe that there is reason in the world, so if you are wrong, you will be very guilty, even if you do not admit it, but when you really negotiate, it is still much easier to deal with. In contrast, it is still the most difficult to deal with the British. No matter what they do, they will always feel at ease. Moreover, when necessary, there is no psychological burden to do something that breaks their promises." Hiddink replied.

"So, Mr. Hiddink, which country do you think is the easiest to negotiate with?" Greenstone asked.

"That depends on the situation." Hiddink thought for a while, and said, "For example, if you are sure to beat your opponent to death, then it is easiest to negotiate with the Japanese. First beat them, then everything It’s all easy to say. If you drink very well, or if you have someone in your team, it’s very easy to negotiate a deal with the Russians-as long as you can easily put them down with vodka, then many problems will arise. It’s much easier to talk about. When he makes an unreasonable request, you just stare at him and say, “I’m not convinced, let’s have two bottles of vodka,” and their arrogance will go down immediately. Of course, if you or you People who can’t drink them, then they will appear extra provocative and extraordinarily hard to speak."

"I know that." Grey Stone said, "Dad told me that when they talked to the Russians about the price of buying Alaska, it was because of you, Mr. Hiddink, that you put several vodka in one breath. Russian bear, we were able to keep the price so low. Dad said that you drank at least 3 gallons of vodka (about 11 liters) in one breath. Is this true?"

"Except for a breath, everything else is not too outrageous." Hiddink laughed, and then said, "But to be honest, I would rather slowly grind with the British and play sausage-cutting games than with the Russians. Play this."

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