bloom america

Chapter 357 The Troublesome British

On May 11, French Prime Minister Pompidou hurriedly returned to Paris from his foreign visit. In order to prevent the situation from further escalating, he fully agreed to the students' conditions. However, his reply was too late. The students' slogan was:

"We're getting more and more fanatical."

On May 17, all air traffic stopped and postal workers also went on strike. Students began a "Long March" across Paris from the Sorbonne to the Renault factory.

On May 18, railway traffic was paralyzed, and Paris bus stations, subway lines and post offices were all occupied. French film workers united to disrupt the Cannes Film Festival. Non-Communist trade union organizations called for the democratization of industry.

"This is a disaster!"

“The worst crisis in French history!”

Sitting in her long-lost office, Catherine was watching the progress of the incident in France played on TV while drinking black tea.

When the incident first broke out, de Gaulle was still abroad, but at this time, he had no choice but to return to China. Of course, now he is still staying abroad with a sense of luck and is still waiting to see how the situation develops.

"Why haven't you shouted the slogan 'Overthrow de Gaulle' yet..."

Catherine remembered that this matter seemed to end with de Gaulle's compromise.

I just don't know how this matter will turn out in the end.

"Hello, viewers, I am currently in London, England. We have interviewed many London citizens, and they are generally worried about what is happening in France..."

"Political correctness" is necessary.

Catherine's Angel News channel is relatively neutral, while other TV news, without exception, is slandering the French movement.

"Political correctness..."

Catherine curled her lips. She wanted to complain about something, but found that such complaints were meaningless.

After drinking the lipstick tea, Catherine simply stopped reading the news. Instead, she picked up the anime VD of "fe" that had not yet started playing, put it into the DVD player, and then started playing it.

"Well...it feels pretty good."

So far, this anime has only produced the first twelve episodes, and it is still far from being completed.

Compared to the bad things that happened in France, this anime is better.

“Not bad.”

There are a lot of fighting scenes in the whole "fe", and the fight between rer and lner at the beginning can be said to be brilliant.

"Hmm, if Chef Yue sees them, they will definitely love me to death~"

Compared with the jerry-rigged fights and invincible chatter in Japanese anime, Catherine's film can be said to have taken ten percent of her skill. Every action is extremely delicate, and every picture gives people a sense of splendor.

feeling.

Catherine laughed playfully.

"Kate, Mr. Martin has arrived." At this time, Elsa walked in from outside.

"Ah...ah, let him come in!"

Cheating British!

This matter had nothing to do with Catherine at all. The British were blackmailing! Such blackmail!

Just as Catherine was thinking angrily, the British man named Martin had already walked in.

"Good morning, Miss Edson."

"Hello, Mr. Martin."

Catherine was sitting on her seat.

"I already know about the British requirements, but unfortunately, none of these requirements... we in the R Group can agree to."

People in Europe and the United States are relatively straightforward when talking about business or doing anything. Although there are times when they "talk about face", it is very rare. Few people really care about "face".

"Miss Edson, I think there may be some misunderstanding between us."

Martin looked at Catherine's unceremonious look and softened his tone.

"There is no misunderstanding. If you give a 50% discount to all Internet plans as you ask... we will lose money. The longer the optical cable lines you build, the more we will lose. Secondly, we cannot provide free

Maintenance staff, Internet maintenance is a huge expense, and the Internet itself cannot bring us much profit. This kind of 'business' is enough for our entire R Group to lose money, and we must go bankrupt."

In fact, the company is fully capable of undertaking these projects. Anyway, the projects are long-term, so there is nothing to worry about.

The problem is, if this hole is opened, her money-making plan will soon be ruined? In the future, when other people ask for the installation of the Internet and the pulling of optical cables, will Catherine give the same preferential measures?

Moreover, such unprovoked offers are unacceptable to Catherine.

"I think you also know what happened in the UK. Because of your Internet, students have become restless. Shouldn't your R group be responsible for such things?"

Using your own mistakes to blackmail others...well, this has already happened.

"So, Mr. Martin, please allow me to ask you a question - why do students become restless? The Internet itself is just an information dissemination platform, it has no special power. What affects students is the existence of Britain itself

The contradiction is still the Internet, I think you should know better than me."

If there are no problems in the UK itself, how can the Internet make waves?

Catherine's reason sounds quite reasonable.

——But it’s hard to say. Catherine had seen many such things in her previous life. In the 21st century, there are always people spreading rumors on the Internet, and everyone is keen to spread news that is unfavorable to the government itself.

.For those people, if the credibility of the government can be reduced to 0, this is the best thing. If the country perishes like this, they may still dance with joy. If the country can become like the disintegration of the Soviet Union

Russia will be just as miserable after that, and they will probably be happy from ear to ear.

There will always be a group of weird people out there.

Fortunately, Martin doesn't know what's going to happen in the future.

After Catherine's remarks, there was no abnormality in the other party's face. Also, if there was no preparation, how could he come to negotiate?

"Without the platform of the Internet, how could students have planned and organized attacks on our British government? Without the Internet, how could students know the truth about France?!"

Maybe it was smooth talk, but the meaning of the other party's last sentence was too obvious...

But Mr. Martin seems to have not reacted yet...

"Why do you think your country's name is attacking your government? The Internet allows information to be transmitted smoothly. I believe there is nothing in the world that can transmit information more smoothly and quickly than the Internet. Our Internet is important to the development of a country.

In a positive sense - just like us in the United States. So the problem is not the Internet, but the UK itself!"

(It would be great if these people could be defeated in advance...)

Catherine thought in her mind that it would be really bad if a government could emerge that was very interested in the Internet.

If this government is determined to fully popularize the Internet in the UK, Catherine will be even more happy.

"Are you attacking the institutions of our country, Miss Edson?"

The other party's tone seemed a little strange.

Catherine suddenly realized that she was not negotiating with a commercial company, but the other party represented the British government...

Maybe the other party will fall soon, but during this period of time, the other party also has enough ability to prevent itself from entering Europe.

Time is life, and efficiency is money. It is impossible for Catherine to have trouble with money. If the British can help promote the Internet, that would be quite good.

"There is no problem with the system itself, but there is a problem in a certain link..." Catherine picked up the black tea on the table and took a sip: "Our plan in Europe has been designed for more than a dozen countries and billions of dollars.

The burden of funding for such a huge plan is very heavy for us, and we simply don’t have the ability to do anything else.”

Catherine just kills the concept of "losing money".

"Our Internet is completely serving you, the United Kingdom. This does not bring much profit to our R Group itself. It is just because of the large scale of this project that we have some seemingly

It’s not a very thin profit. But if we discount it in half, we will lose money.”

If Catherine said this when optical fiber was first produced, it would be correct, but if she says it now, it is completely nonsense.

Optical fibers have been mass-produced, and the process has been improved many times. The current process can improve efficiency and save a lot of costs. Let alone 50% off, even if it is 30% off, the company will not lose much money.

.

If you don't make money, you are a bastard!

Watching the money slip away from her hands, Catherine would never be able to do such a thing.

Catherine was determined not to give in, and the negotiation suddenly reached a deadlock.

(The British are really troublesome...)

Catherine complained in her heart. She also knew that if the other party did not get some benefits, he would not give up. But Catherine also knew that at this time, she could not let go. Once she let go, the other party would probably

Will take this opportunity to turn Group R into a scapegoat.

"So be it, Mr. Martin."

Catherine stood up.

"I think it's best to leave professional matters to professionals. I'll entrust Mr. Ralph with full authority to negotiate with you. How about that?"

The procrastination technique is useful at any time.

At this time, we just need to postpone the matter. After the British calm down, it is not impossible to talk to the other party. Catherine doesn't mind giving the British a 10% discount or something...

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