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Chapter 380 Exercises and Negotiations

The yacht came close again, and the French and Spaniards boarded the yacht silently and left.

The two of them said nothing when they left.

There is a lot of money on the ground, but no one knows how much it is.

It makes no sense, Sean is showing his sincerity, and using cash requires the impact of that thing.

In the TV series, throwing away 5 million to get the other person to leave your daughter or son is not as impactful as pouring cash in front of the other person, and the success rate increases by 200%.

Just like before the charge, there would be boxes of oceans dumped on the ground.

In fact, without this money, Sean is still confident that he can persuade the two of them to cooperate in a military exercise, as long as he is willing to act rogue.

But this is not good. Sean needs friends. His business has expanded to Africa, so opening a gap in the French military is the first thing that must be done.

In the future, he will inevitably expand his business to Europe, and he will need allies in Europe.

The Moroccan incident is a good breakthrough, that's it.

He has to do this regardless of current or long-term goals.

Instructing the captain to go back and collect the money, he boarded his flagship and came to the combat command room. Sean smiled and said: "There is nothing in this world that cannot be solved with money. If there is, it must be paid for by you."

Not enough."

Moulay Sheidi secretly pouted. He also wanted to spend money, but he promised that the French and Spanish people on the opposite side would not give him this opportunity at all.

It's like being on a business trip to a foreign enemy, ready to make a move, waving money but unable to find a reliable 'agent'...

This kind of thing happens not only in daily life, but also in daily life. The same is true internationally. At the beginning, the big dogs were waving their money for several years.

Sean obviously saw what Moulay Sheidi was thinking, and walked over with a smile and patted him on the shoulder, "The theory is absolutely correct. You see, these are the things that Hassan II has been looking forward to day and night but cannot complete.

, had it not come true little by little in your hands, you would have been destined to become the greatest king in the history of Morocco, bar none!"

Moulay Sheedy looked at Sean thoughtfully.

All countries in the world are working hard to revitalize this kind of thing, but only a few have truly succeeded.

"Robert A. Owens, the rest will be left to you. Have fun with them and be more intense."

"Okay boss, leave it to me!" Robert A. Owens smiled and nodded.

If there was a real fight, Sean could still give some random directions, but when it comes to confrontational military exercises, this thing is too professional.

Practicing various confrontations, various formations, various missiles... I don't know how to calculate whether our missiles successfully hit the target. After all, we can't see the fire and smoke on the other side's ship.

So Sean was ready to withdraw.

The owners had all left. Although the Moroccans still wanted to see the fleet exercise, they followed Sean and retreated.

The Moroccan nobles who were watching all this in the hotel on the shore were confused. They couldn't figure out what the situation was now. They were just about to fight and kill, but why did they suddenly stop.

Let alone them, Mulay Sheedy couldn't even figure out what Sean had planned.

On the sea, the three confronting parties began to retreat. One day later, when the exercise time came, the umbrella fleet once again broke into the exercise waters with great force.

This time no one came to stop it, and France and Spain cooperated and began to deal with the Umbrella missile destroyer fleet.

The clear roar of artillery fire can be heard on the shore, and occasionally missiles can be seen rising into the sky.

The shipping route was completely cut off today. The two parties jointly suppressed the Umbrella fleet. The range of the three parties' maneuvers became larger and larger, and they had already exceeded the previously announced exercise sea area.

To be honest, Sean couldn't understand what was going on in the sea.

The exercise lasted for more than 4 hours before the three parties regained their distance. Just when Sean thought it was over and was about to ask how much it cost, Robert A. Owens told Sean that there was still another one.

A night battle.

Sean: "..."

For a whole day, the exercise affected tens of thousands of square nautical miles in the surrounding area. It was not until early the next morning that the three parties simultaneously announced the end of a joint confrontational exercise.

As for the specific results, that is not known to outsiders.

After Robert A. Owens came back, Sean asked, and Robert A. Owens didn't look very good.

In his words, the two sides were evenly matched at the beginning, but our own side had no air force. After the inventory of anti-aircraft missiles became less and less, it began to fall into a disadvantage, and eventually lost everything. Of course, the other side was also uncomfortable, and the Franco-Spanish combined fleet was completely defeated.

The Spanish light aircraft carrier was even sunk.

Uh...well, Sean didn't know how to comfort Robert A. Owens. Their fleet was designed and established to target small countries. The core concept was low-cost precision strikes, so naturally they wouldn't build any aircraft carriers.

Can't afford it!

An aircraft carrier is not expensive whether to rent or buy it. What is expensive is the cost, personnel, and maintenance after acquiring it.

It also requires supporting auxiliary battleship groups and daily maintenance, overhaul, logistics, ports and other supporting facilities for the battleship groups.

With an aircraft carrier, there are carrier-based aircraft, and there are also airports, maintenance, and a complete set of aviation logistics on land...

That cost is dozens of times that of the aircraft carrier itself.

There is no need for Sean to say this. Robert knows everything. He is just in a bad mood after losing. He now needs beautiful women, banquets, and strong drinks to comfort himself.

The exercise is over here, and all major countries know the true results.

The United States, on the other hand, is very satisfied, very satisfied. Although it was just an exercise and it lost, but this is a civilian force, and the opposite side is the French and Spanish allied forces, so it is really honorable to lose!

From now on, when people from the U.S. military and military personnel from the two countries drink or quarrel, they can say condescendingly, "Don't make trouble, you civilian organizations!"

It's not very harmful, but it's very insulting.

This joint exercise triggered a series of subsequent effects. First, the blockade between France and Spain was withdrawn. In the reports of Thompson Alves and Jonson Arnold, unless they are willing to go to war with the umbrella, the blockade will

Lines have no meaning.

As for sudden small-scale attacks on ships along the way, it is known that emerging pirates around the world have some connection with Sean.

Sean, who has no shame at all, is the ancestor of such shameless little actions, and their national system cannot do it.

Once something is leaked, the impact will be devastating, and someone must step down and take responsibility.

But Sean doesn't need it. Just throw some scapegoats and pay some money.

I don’t have so many personal scruples.

The second reaction caused by this is that Morocco has become more confident, and the people in the country who originally hated the umbrella have somewhat let go of their grudges, except for those who have died in their families.

Umbrella is a purely 'commercial' company, without any personal grudges. As long as you give them enough money, they really dare to get into trouble!

With the power of one company and two major military powers, to be honest, Moroccans found this kind of thing horrifying and incredible when they saw it on TV.

At least, let alone the coalition forces of the two countries, the Moroccans do not think that their own army can defeat any one of them.

Well, one has no confidence, and the other is a yearning!

So when I saw in the news that the Umbrella Company's fleet was dealing with the combined fleets of the two major powers, most of the previous hatred was instantly reduced.

Afterwards, the media, which had some good intentions, asked experts to come forward to help calculate that the umbrella expenditure for a one-day confrontation exercise would be at least about 20 million US dollars.

Just this 20 million expenditure left countless people shocked and speechless.

If you are stronger, you will be jealous; if you are extremely strong, you will only be admired!

The third reaction caused by this incident is that the French parade has become even more grand.

It really should be described as grand. You have to admit that when it comes to parades and revolution, the French are really tough!

What is professionalism?JPG

The specialty is to make the parade more like a holiday!

The French President is very distressed these days. He cannot blame the military. Everyone knows that it is impossible to have an honest fight with the Umbrella Company, so compromising and holding a military exercise is the best solution.

Just like if hundreds of people can't fight against each other, they can only negotiate over tea.

There are still many things that trouble the French president. The security situation in several seaport cities on the southern Mediterranean border, Marseille, and Nice is extremely chaotic.

A large number of police were mobilized because of the large number of demonstrators. There was no way. These are the two cities with the largest imports and exports from Morocco. Too many people suffered heavy losses and even lost their jobs because of this incident. They had a lot of time to spend on the parade.

Demonstration.

A large number of police personnel were involved in the parade, resulting in insufficient police resources, and the smuggling problem suddenly became rampant.

The so-called economic blockade always blocks formal channels, but who is the happiest at this time?

It's the mafia!

It's a smuggler!

It's an official...ahem.

Who says fruits and vegetables can’t be smuggled?

When the official supply is not available, high-priced private supply will definitely become popular!

In addition, the two generals of France and Spain deliberately let the water go, and the smuggling business was extremely smooth and booming.

(His, it looks very familiar...)

In contrast, the security here in Morocco is quite good. The customs here will not check these things, and everyone acts as if nothing happened.

…

At this time, Sean made a phone call to the White House. Sean did not tell Reagan immediately about the conditions he had discussed with Moulay Sheedy.

It takes a right time!

Three days later...

A major American TV station reported the news: Moroccan acting king Moulay Sidi Ben Youssef arrived in Washington on a special plane and was greeted by President Reagan. The two sides had in-depth communication and friendly negotiations on maritime security issues in the Mediterranean. In the end, the two sides

It was decided to build a naval military base in Morocco to ensure the safety of travel in the Mediterranean.

Morocco agreed to lease a piece of land in the southern city of Ceuta to the United States for a 100-year lease to build a naval base!

A concession is a concession, definitely not a cession of land. There is an essential difference.

The TV station showed footage of Reagan and Moulay Sheidi signing the document together. There was also a map hanging on the wall, with Ceuta highlighted in red on the map.

The program provides detailed reports on the specific location, size, construction time, level, garrison size, logistics supplies, etc. of the Ceuta military base.

Once the news was broadcast, it quickly spread all over the world!

In fact, President Reagan called the President of France and the Prime Minister of Spain to communicate before signing the contract. It does not mean that the United States needs to consult the two countries for instructions on building a military base in Morocco. This is a matter of attitude, and everyone looks good.

The next day, President Reagan once again gave a televised speech, expressing concern and worry about what happened in Morocco during this period, and publicly called on France, Spain and Morocco to negotiate and negotiate on economic issues, development issues, and security issues.

Finally, with the efforts of President Reagan, the three parties finally reached an agreement and set the location of the negotiations in Geneva.

…

"Are you going?" Moulay Sheedy looked at Sean and asked.

"Are you kidding? I'm just a businessman. How the hell can I attend such a negotiation event!" Sean looked like you're kidding me.

Mulay Sheidi frowned and thought for a while, "You don't have to come forward in the negotiation. I need your opinion. To be honest, I don't have similar negotiation experience."

After saying this, he sighed, "I'm not afraid of your jokes. Even our diplomatic department has no confidence in conducting such negotiations and has no experience. You know that the previous negotiations were called negotiations, but it was better to call them 'resistance', which made them less

suffered a little loss."

Sean held his head, "Damn it, you can't say that Morocco is mud and can't hold up the wall. At least they are trying hard, but it's really lame!"

During this time, he felt like a nanny, forced to be responsible for advising an African country with a population of more than 20 million.

Is it easy for me to make some money?

Sean will definitely not appear at the venue, but there is no problem in traveling to Switzerland in his own name.

Moulay Sheedy needs Sean to listen to the negotiators' reports every night and formulate a bottom line and strategy. In other words, he just feels that with Sean here, he will have the confidence.

Sean was too lazy to do anything, and the two planes arrived in Geneva at the same time, one after the other.

"Concessions are certain, and the core issues are: first, the market will never be opened, but special policies can be formulated on specific commodities, such as wheat. The French will definitely mention this, and tariffs can be reduced or simply exempted from tariffs.

Give the market to the French."

Moulay Sheedi opened his mouth and left the food problem in other people's hands. This was definitely not a good idea.

"Don't think about it. You can't feed yourself by growing food on your own. The land area doesn't allow it, and the climate doesn't allow it. There's no need to have unrealistic ideas. If you think so much, you might as well prepare food reserves."

"Of course, the opening of the wheat market is not without cost. The French are required to open the market to Moroccan agricultural products or reduce tariffs."

"The confiscated mechanical processing industries can be returned to the French, but there must be conditions." Sean thought for a while and said: "First: Morocco's round of major construction will re-plan the urban layout, and their factories must obey

According to the relocation arrangement, we will provide better sites and land for the expansion of the factory, and the rebuilt factory will become a joint venture, with part of the shares owned by the Moroccan government and part owned by the Moroccan Investment Company."

"That's right!" Sean suddenly remembered an important thing. "Morocco's labor law needs to be re-enacted to stipulate the minimum wage standards, maximum working hours and other regulations in different cities."

"It's still true now, but it's hard to follow."

"I know this, but with the law, we can have reasons to take action. This is very important, but one thing must be remembered, don't make it particularly strict." As he said this, Sean raised his eyebrows.

"What do you mean?" Mulay Sheedy looked at Sean in confusion. He felt that he might have heard wrong. What do you mean by not being particularly strict?

Isn’t it true that the stricter the law, the better, and the less likely it is that loopholes will be exploited?

"The punishment is unpredictable, and the power is unpredictable, so the people are afraid of the superiors. Nowadays, laws are made to determine them, and cauldrons are built to show them. The people know that the superiors dare not go beyond the law to sin against themselves, and they cannot bend the law to show mercy, so the authority has been transferred. When it comes to the law, the people are not afraid of superiors." Sean pulled out a piece of ancient text, and now let alone Moulay Sheidi, the others were even more confused.

"If the laws and regulations are too strict, then the people below will know the cost of their mistakes, and they will become unscrupulous. The thing they fear will change from the people who control the power to the law. This is the most detrimental to the people who control the power."

“For example, we can set working hours as 8 hours, but we don’t stipulate whether these 8 hours are the whole work from 9 to 5, or are simply working hours excluding eating, going to the toilet, resting, etc. This is called flexibility! "

"For example, if we say that it takes more than eight hours to set off, we will judge it as light, moderate, or serious. However, there should be no specific standards for what is light and what is serious. We must judge it based on the actual situation. , this is called blurred boundary.”

"In this way, we can use legal weapons to attack dissidents and support ourselves!"

"Oh!!!" Everyone in the room suddenly realized and felt cold at the same time. Damn it, he is indeed an old capitalist.

Sean looked indifferent, what is an ancient civilization?

Next, Sean talked about a few key points that must be defended in the negotiations, especially regarding the phosphate industry. This is what Sean wants, and he must not give in.

Of course, the name must be the official requirement of Morocco.

The reason is that when the previous contract was signed, it had a strong colonial flavor and did not reasonably consider the needs of the people in the resource areas. The exploitation was extremely serious. In this regard, you can refer to OPEC's repeated changes to the contract in recent years.

In view of the long-term exploitation of French capital in the past, Morocco will impose penalties for any reason, and the result will be the confiscation of relevant industrial assets. The agreement will be re-entered in the future, and the Moroccan government will not operate exclusively.

There was a lot of commotion in the country. The French and Spanish did not want to waste too long on negotiations. The negotiations were progressing very quickly, but they got stuck when it came to the phosphate-related industries.

The relevant companies will definitely not do it. France and Spain tried to divide the negotiations into several stages, first implement the things previously negotiated and advance the progress of the negotiations, but they were rejected by Morocco.

Of course, anyone can see that this was designed for Sean alone and must be part of the deal between the two parties.

Now that the United States has jumped out to host the negotiations and established military bases, as the winner, Sean has a reason to get a piece of meat.

Sean privately released the news that if they want to implement it, they will implement it together. If Faxi's phosphate industry company wants to drag everyone into the water, then Sean doesn't care.

Anyway, if you can’t give me what I want, then there’s no way this matter can be negotiated!

Those stakeholders had no choice but to make trouble for Sean, an American, who was also French.