Before the official meeting with Queen Beatrix, there is still a procedure to go, that is, the Dutch royal family will send a royal ceremonial director to meet with Chen Geng, and this meeting is very important, not only to ensure that Chen Geng has no flaws in etiquette when meeting Her Majesty, but also to communicate and confirm the topics and contents of the meeting with Chen Geng.

But what surprised Chen Geng was that it was not William Marshall, the head of ceremonies of the royal family, who came to communicate with him about these matters this time, but Ingmar Spoonno, the head of the royal family...... It is clear from the title that the royal chief is in charge of all the royal family chiefs.

It seems that the Dutch royal family still attaches great importance to itself. Knowing Ingmar Spotno's identity, Chen Geng nodded to Ingmar Spotnow, and felt a little complacent, but the first thing Ingmar Spotno said made Chen Geng vigilant all of a sudden......

"Mr. Fernandez, yes, we know that you have a very good personal friendship with the senior management of the Huaxia government, so can you help us explain to the senior leadership of Huaxia that the sale of submarines by the RSV Group to 4V is a purely commercial activity, and the Dutch government and Her Majesty the Queen respect the "Sino-Dutch Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations" and recognize that 4V is part of Huaxia......

"Mr. Spotnow," Chen Geng raised his hand to interrupt him without waiting for Ingmar Spotnow's general manager to finish speaking, and said solemnly: "I know what you are going to say, but I'm very sorry, I can't help or help with this, I'm just a businessman, and I won't get involved in politics." ”

What is Ingmar Spotnow talking about? It is not a matter of the Dutch government's desire for profit to sell Walrus-class submarines to the 4V, because the Dutch government decided to sell submarines to the 4V, and the diplomatic relations between China and the Netherlands were directly downgraded from the ambassador level to the chargé d'affaires level.

Chen Geng knew very well Huaxia's attitude on this matter: there is no room for negotiation!

Not to mention that Chen Geng himself is a Chinese, and he also hates the actions of the Dutch government.

"Mr. Fernandez, please listen to my explanation," Chen Geng refused without hesitation, and Ingmar Spotnow was also anxious: "The Dutch government does not have any intention of not abiding by the communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Netherlands has its own difficulties, and in the face of the high unemployment rate, what must the government do......"

To say that the Dutch government has its own last resort, it cannot be said that there is no reason at all, in the final analysis, the most fundamental willingness is the oil crisis that has swept the world and has not shown any signs of improvement.

Under the influence of the oil crisis that swept the world, the Netherlands naturally could not be immune, under the impact of the crisis, the economy was very sluggish, the unemployment rate reached an astonishing 7.1%, the number of unemployed people exceeded 300,000, and the unemployment rate was so high that it set a record since the Second World War.

But in fact this is only the official statistics, we all know that the official statistics are always "conservative", in fact, some economists believe that the actual unemployment rate is at least 12%, in fact it may have reached 15%, that is, the whole of the Netherlands has more than 600,000 unemployed.

After all, the Netherlands is a small country, and such a huge unemployment rate has brought huge instability to the Netherlands in all aspects of economy, social stability, and public security, and more seriously, there are about 1,100 people in the Netherlands who lose their jobs every day, and the Dutch government and even the Dutch royal family feel great pressure.

How the Netherlands hooked up with 4V, many of these things are more sensitive, we will not go into details, just briefly say that after the two sides hooked up, the RSV Group, which undertook the manufacture of submarines, said that "if this deal is reached, it can bring 4 years of jobs to 1,200 Dutch workers, and at the same time can drive at least 3,000 jobs for upstream and downstream affiliated enterprises" The reason persuaded the Dutch government from an economic point of view, and in addition to the fact that China and the United States had already established diplomatic relations at that time, it was inconvenient for the US government to openly provide offensive weapons to Taiwan, so it gave verbal support behind the scenes, and the Dutch military industrial system led by the RSV group felt that it could take a risk.

However, the Dutch government underestimated Huaxia's attitude in this matter, and they originally thought that it would be easier to fool this matter, but at the first time when it was determined that the Dutch government would not repent, the Huaxia government immediately took political and economic retaliatory measures:

downgrading relations between the two countries from the ambassadorial level to the chargé d'affaires level;

The economic and commercial agreements signed during the Prime Minister's visit to China a few months ago have been terminated and suspended, including the abolition of the shipping and berthing agreements with the Dutch Nedloyd shipping company, and the replacement of berths at the Belgian ports of Janver and Hamburg in West Germany......

At the same time, the U.S. government has once again carried forward the glorious tradition of "selling out teammates", and the Americans, who had secretly expressed support for the Dutch government's approach, began to pressure the Dutch side to revisit the contract......

Let's put it this way, the total value of the contract between the Netherlands and 4V is 500 million US dollars, but the actual final loss to the Netherlands is far more than that, the evaluation agency believes that the direct and indirect economic losses of the Netherlands so far have exceeded 860 million US dollars, and if this situation is not quickly changed and economic and trade exchanges with China are resumed, the long-term economic losses may even exceed 2 billion US dollars or more.

You ask why Chen Geng's cooperation with Fokker Aircraft Company has not been affected, and why can he be an exception?

The reason is very simple, because Chen Geng is an American, and his cooperation with Fokker Aircraft is the cooperation between American companies and Dutch enterprises, and Chen Geng's cooperation with the Ministry of Aviation Industry is the cooperation between American companies and Huaxia enterprises.

For example, the leaders of the Ministry of Aviation Industry told him that the cooperation between Chen Geng and Fokker Aircraft can be carried out normally, but the engineering and technical personnel of Hafei Factory and Chengfa Factory can only be sent to the Netherlands to participate in the research and development project of a new generation of F28 aircraft after the relationship between the Netherlands and China is normal.

The Dutch government's approach seems to us to be a bit incredible, but in fact, it is not incomprehensible when we study it in detail, what are the Dutch? Sea coachmen, in essence, the Netherlands is a trading country, and the country's foreign policy is to a large extent in the service of foreign trade, and all political systems that serve the economy have a very prominent characteristic, that is, they are eager for quick success and quick profit, and for the sake of money, there is no principle that cannot be violated, and the so-called "ten birds in the forest is not as good as one bird in the hand It is their tradition to violate political principles for the sake of immediate economic gain.

"Mr. Spotnow, let's put it this way," and after Ingmar Spotnow finished speaking, Chen Geng said, "unless your government intends to cancel the transaction with 4V, ......"

"Otherwise", Chen Geng didn't say, he just shrugged his shoulders, but Chen Geng believed that Ingmar Spotno understood what he meant.

"Well, although it is a pity, Her Majesty respects your decision," Ingmar Spotno was a little disappointed that he could not get the answer he wanted from Chen Geng, but despite this, the chief steward of Spotnow still nodded, and turned to Chen Geng and asked: "Mr. Fernandez, you once told Mr. Falk that you have plans to invest and build a factory in the Netherlands?"

"Yes, there is this idea," Chen Geng nodded, not denying this: "Transporting products from the United States is not only time-consuming and laborious, but also has to pay high tariffs, if the European market can be opened smoothly, AMC will inevitably set up production plants in Europe to reduce costs." ”

Ingmar Spotnow doesn't care whether AMC has set up factories in Europe to reduce costs, he only knows one thing: As long as you open a factory, you have to recruit people, and you have to cooperate with auto parts companies and electronics companies in Europe and even in the Netherlands.

"How do I answer you?"

Faced with Ingmar Spotno's question, Chen Geng smiled helplessly: "Mr. Manager, first of all, we must make sure that we can make money in the European market before we can formulate an investment plan...... Don't you think it's too early to say that?

Moreover, I might as well be honest with you, given the large number of investment projects I have in China and the poor diplomatic relations between your government and the Chinese government, even if I want to invest in Europe, it is unlikely that I will invest in your country. ”

Ingmar Spotno's answer disappointed Ingmar Spotno, who did not expect Fernandez Chen's scruples about the Huaxia government to be so serious.

As a representative of the Dutch royal family, Chen Geng's words are a little faceless, but as the head of the Dutch royal family, Ingmar Spoonnow doesn't care about face, he only knows that in order to increase the employment rate, his master, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix, has been under a lot of pressure during this time, at this time, even if it is good news to make Her Majesty happy, but ......

Could it be that the Dutch government's previous approach was really outrageously wrong?

Ingmar Spotnow was a little confused.

Taking a deep breath, Ingmar Spotno threw this idea out of his mind and said to Chen Geng: "Mr. Fernandez, is there really no chance in the Netherlands?"

"Of course you can't say that," Chen Geng looked at Ingmar Spotno strangely, wondering why he would ask such a childish question: "As long as normal diplomatic relations and economic and trade exchanges between Huaxia and the Netherlands are restored, I don't have to worry about the safety of my business in Huaxia, then everything is not a problem." ”

Chinese!

It's China again!

Ingmar Spotnow felt like she was going crazy.

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PS: This chapter may be a little sensitive? But I can't help it, I suddenly remembered the submarine when I wrote here, and I had to find a way to get there.