Blackstone Code

"There will be a formal engagement ceremony tomorrow morning..."

In the hotel room, the mission from the Federation was discussing a ceremony to leave tomorrow.

In international affairs such as diplomacy, all countries are still relatively serious and formal, and Gaevra also has corresponding special ceremonies. From the reception to the final farewell, the entire process has a set process.

Because it is already late today, everyone will check into the hotel first. Officials from the port city will come over tomorrow morning to greet the delegation for the first time on behalf of Emperor Gaevra. Then everyone will say something they like in front of reporters, something like "Incentives to promote the successful completion of this business negotiation" and the like.

Then they will take the train to the imperial capital of Gafla to meet the emperor.

It is worth mentioning that they will meet the emperor, but the emperor will not directly talk to them about anything related to this cooperation. As a symbol of the highest power of the country, if you want him to come forward, at least the federal vice president must be involved. It only needs to be sent, and it still requires a political and military diplomatic visit.

Meeting once, and only in person, is also a kind of respect for Emperor Gaevra. After all, this is a "backward" monarchy, and you have to abide by their backward traditions.

Whenever the people of the Commonwealth speak of the monarchy, they always have a sense of superiority from nowhere.

The itinerary was very full and compact. The team members gathered together to make the final decisions, and then the next step was intense work.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the room.

They lived on the top floor of the hotel, and the entire floor was reserved for the federal mission to move in. In addition to civilian staff like them, there were also some sergeants who would protect the mission members.

When the door is knocked, the people in the room do not think that there is an irrelevant person outside the door. The irrelevant person cannot come in at all, let alone knock on the door.

A person with the lowest status walked to the door, opened it, and Lynch stepped in in one step.

"Good evening, gentlemen!" He always has a confident, sunny and clean smile on his face. As long as he is not a mentally gloomy person, it is difficult to dislike him.

It took people in the room probably more than two seconds to realize it was Lynch.

You can't blame them. They did see Lynch when they got the final list, but Lynch did not set off with them. Mr. Trueman meant that they would see Lynch here.

They thought that Lin Qi had already gone to the Imperial Capital, and they would see Lin Qi there. After all, for such a serious diplomatic visit, if someone arrived first, it must be to better serve the visit, such as going to the Imperial Capital first. Get some information over there.

They never thought they would meet Lin Qi here. After such a brief accident, the group leader immediately stood up and said, "Mr. Lynch, I thought we would meet in the Imperial Capital."

The original plan for this visit was to be led by Mr. Trueman, but the president could not do without him. The just-concluded state election did not calm people down because the general election was about to come.

This is also the time when the federal government has the most atmosphere. State elections are immediately followed by general elections. People have not yet completely gotten rid of the "confrontation" of state elections, and will fall into an even more fanatical presidential election.

Some experts believe that this is beneficial. The results of state elections can often predict the results of the general election. State elections are essentially paving the way for the general election at the end of the year.

States that already have it can be ideologically strengthened, making swings less likely.

Those lost states will become the main difficulties to be overcome by the next two parties... no, the three parties. They can focus more funds and energy on these states, which makes the use of resources more efficient.

At this critical moment when the preliminary work for the general election campaign has begun, Mr. Trueman is currently the most relied-upon deputy of the President. It is impossible for the President to let Trueman leave the federal government and leave his side.

Even if this diplomatic visit fails, it doesn't matter to him. It is just a small detail in the development process of a country. The president is everything to him.

After several rounds of changes, the candidate to lead the team was chosen by the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, and this guy knew Lynch. They had known each other during the previous negotiations on Nagaril.

Seeing Lin Qi here, he also had a thought in his heart... which somehow stabilized.

He took the initiative to step forward and shake hands with Lynch, which also made those behind him aware of some changes in the ranking of people in the room.

Under the introduction of the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Lynch finally met the main members of the mission.

In addition to the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, there is also the first and highest minister of the Federal Office for International Trade.

The Office of International Trade was originally the Office of International Trade Approval. Later, the previous president stepped down and the current president came to power. In order to distinguish the difference between him and his predecessor, the word "approval" was removed.

It is said that the Office of International Trade will soon be expanded into a new administrative department, not just an office. However, before the actual expansion is implemented, the rank of the top executive of this office and the future first minister is not too high. Just the right size for this visit.

Then there is the third chief in the Office of International Affairs/Policy, who is also under Mr. Trueman, and then there are the second or third chiefs in the Department of Domestic Industry, the Department of Education and Scientific Development, and other related departments.

Generally speaking... the specifications are not very high. In Lynch's view, this is more like a tentative visit, and there may not be many actual cooperation projects.

This is actually normal. The Federation has just wiped out Gevra's invincible fleet, and now it is about to discuss cooperation. There will definitely be some worries and speculation in the country, plus Gevra is a "backward" monarchy. Country, what if the emperor gets angry and chops off their heads?

These people's thinking is still stuck in the "face issues" that intelligent creatures care about, without a deep realization that interests are the eternal topic internationally and between countries.

Not to mention annihilating their first fleet, even if all their fleets were annihilated, and Mr. President went to urinate at the main gate of the palace, as long as he was given enough benefits, the emperor would still be able to smile.

After getting to know everyone, Lynch sat next to the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs. He was a member of the mission and also an advisor.

"Mr. Lynch, I heard that you will arrive earlier than us." At this time, the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs thought that Lynch had just arrived.

Lynch nodded, "I arrived two days ago."

At this time, the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs’ thought was, “It’s hard to understand when you talk like this.” However, he responded quickly. After all, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not the Ministry of Transportation. “Mr. Lynch was familiar with this place two days earlier than us. We I just arrived, do you have any good suggestions?”

He was afraid that Lynch wouldn't understand his thoughts, so he added a few words in good faith, "For example, is there anything we need to pay attention to, such as some of the customs of Gefra?"

"The Baihua Street next door is more fun. There are a lot of delicious drinks there, and there are some girls in need waiting for everyone to lend a helping hand." Lynch looked very serious when he said these words. People haven't thought about that yet.

This is a very stereotyped preconception. They didn't think that this "Mr. Ten Billionaires" would say such simple and popular words, until a young man couldn't help laughing.

Maybe he thought what Lynch said was funny, or maybe he thought Lynch was funny. In short, he laughed, and then everyone's expressions became a little weird.

Just when the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs wondered whether Lynch had taken the wrong medicine and said such frivolous words at such a solemn moment, Lynch spoke again.

"I know some of you think I'm not stable enough, and you actually go there at this time...", he curled his lips, "I just want to tell you with facts, don't take the Gefra people too seriously."

"Until the outcome of the naval battle is known, we may fear the invincible fleet of the Gephra and consider our position in bilateral relations."

"But, gentlemen, we are the victors of the naval battle. The Eldest Princess fleet of the Gefra people was almost wiped out, and we directly broke their courage!"

"It should be the Gefra people who gather to speculate on each other's attitudes, not us. We are the winners."

"If you are so cautious, solemn, or even timid, it will cause a lot of trouble for our subsequent negotiations."

"They will test our bottom line step by step, and they will try to make excessive demands, because you do not act like a mission from a powerful federation, but those who were beaten by the Gefra people and had to come to ask for help. As humble as a mission from a defeated country!"

"This will make them think that our victory in the naval battle is not reliable, and they will even think that if we fight again, we will lose to them, so gentlemen, we have to show something confident, not hide in the hotel !”

"I believe that there are countless pairs of eyes staring at us inside and outside the hotel. They are also analyzing what attitude and method they will adopt in the next contact with us. All this is determined by what they observe now. of."

"While we are showing that the influence of the victory in the naval battle makes us not care about the Gefra people, we will also secretly think about the next countermeasures and methods!"

The undersecretary of foreign affairs stroked his beard, "What you said sounds reasonable, what do you think?"

Ten minutes later, Lynch led some unimportant members to Baihua Street. They waved banknotes to help the girls in need and drank for fun.

The news was quickly reported to the ears of Emperor Gaevra. He roared for a while, and then all his dissatisfaction turned into a helpless "unbridled".

If he can't beat others, he can only be so aggrieved. Now he has felt the feelings of those small countries when they face Gefra, and it is very uncomfortable.