Him and their stars

When everyone returned to the embassy, ​​Yu Lian found out that Mrs. Lina Wilbat and several senior staff of the embassy had already left early.

As the chief military attache, Major General Oswood is still waiting here anxiously for everyone. When he received the good news from Colonel Silva, he immediately showed a cheerful smile that was quite sincere and full of gratitude. He held Yu Lian's hands tightly and shook them for half a minute. Kneel down and say, "You are like a savior sent from heaven."

"Actually, this arms purchase case has been delayed for more than a year. We have communicated with the alliance for no less than twenty meetings. However, it is really difficult for the alliance to handle it! To the Spirit of the Universe, we really I tried my best. However, if things continue like this, the big guys on the other side of the world will really be dissatisfied with the work of the embassy. It doesn't matter that the ambassador's wife and counselor have a backstage, but I, the first person in charge, are quite It’s embarrassing, maybe I’ll be transferred to New China to be a consultant to the police force.”

Did New China eat your rice or something? It sounds like it's a penal colony. Also, if you really tried your best, you wouldn't be so frightened by one assassination that you would never dare to attend the meeting again, right?

"But no matter what, with the blessing of the spirit of the universe, you are finally here. Now that you are here, we ordinary people who have been forced by the earth's lords and bullied by the profiteers of the alliance finally have a backbone."

Yu Lian felt that since they were both chief military attachés stationed in major countries, the Alliance's side was far inferior to Major General Walter Rall's from the Empire's side. Speaking of which, Major General Lal is currently working as deputy to Lieutenant General Seyo on the front line in the New World. I heard that the two of them work well together.

But no matter what, Major General Oswood at least knows when, where, and in front of whom to show a low profile. This workplace survivability is at least full, and now he just needs to kneel down and kowtow to himself. One already. As a mature adult, Yu Lian would never give another slap in the face.

However, Chester Rozes told Yu Lian in private that Major General Oswood was actually the brother-in-law of a certain leader of the Co-Prosperity Party. Now, President Nikita, a political ally, has come to power. Although he claims to be a coalition government formed by the three major parties, his position is a bit awkward, which is why he is so anxious.

"...Speaking of which, all the Earth (Earth) traitors, ah no, people from the pro-Empire Co-Prosperity Party, why did they come to the Alliance to serve as military attachés?"

"Mr. Mao Yuanzuo is actually a sensible person. Although most of the Co-Prosperity Party is made up of old people and young people who are pro-empire, who says they can't put some ideas into the alliance," Luo Zeshi said.

"Indeed, this is what creatures like rape are actually best at. Even that old bat Mao Yuanzuo...ah, that old monster has advantages worth learning from."

There's nothing good to say about the co-author's change of mouth, right? Luo Zeshi smiled bitterly in his heart, but said: "Are you talking about sitting on the fence?"

"It is the political sensitivity of assessing the situation and the flexible bottom line! Excellent Bolsheviks should not expect to chant sutras to kill their enemies. Instead, they should maintain their nature and principles while maintaining a perspective of dialectical development and flexible methods of doing things. This That’s true seeking truth from facts.”

Luo Zeshi said: "If Mr. Mao Yuanzuo knew how high you thought of him, he might make you a confidant. The last time my father attended his private banquet, he expressed regret at the table that he could not express his regrets earlier. Meeting you is really a regret in my life. Fortunately, it's not too late to start over."

He paused and then added: "Inviting our old principal, General Maxell, to serve in politics and pushing him to the position of chairman of the National Defense Committee should be the so-called beginning."

Yu Lian suddenly got goosebumps all over his body. To be honest, I could still pretend to be friends with President Nishita, and even pretend to be brothers. But if it were the old monster Mao Yuanzuo, it might be difficult to control his right hand and directly take a big dick.

"Regardless of truth, goodness or beauty, General Oswood has been working in the Alliance for five or six years. Regardless of his abilities, he still has some abilities... Well, I mean, he still has some connections and a team. This time I am traveling to the north. , the inspection went so smoothly, thanks to his help. It will take half a year to complete the outfitting work of our four dreadnought ships, and many of them require his cooperation. As for the subsequent eight ships, he only needs to follow your plans A good strategy can be completed on time and with high quality. According to your East Asian allusions, what does it say? By the way, Xiao Gui Cao Sui. You don’t want to spend your precious time in the alliance dealing with these trivial paperwork and talkers. Let's work?"

Well, Yu Lian admitted that what the other party said was quite reasonable. Since Major General Oswood is a person who has perfected office survival skills, it means that he should be an excellent bureaucrat.

The disadvantage of good bureaucrats is that they do not have the courage and responsibility to change and create, but their advantage is that as long as they are given a plan, they can always implement it step by step.

"Wait a minute, Davarichchester, are you thinking about this kind of thing every day?" Yu Lian suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"Someone among us must think about these things." Luo Zeshi shrugged nonchalantly:

"I still have some self-awareness. My talent in commanding troops is not considered top-notch. It is absolutely impossible to surpass you and Horatio. Even if it is better than William and Zhengqing, it lacks the decisiveness to advance without retreating. His strategizing skills are not as good as Hachiman's. With Mihir, we just like to think about military equipment and training. Now we can think about personnel work, which can be regarded as making the best use of everything."

Is this considered your personnel job? Yu Lian always felt that the other party's words were a bit suspicious of Versailles, but since it was the direction of effort chosen by his companion, he could not express his objection casually.

Then there is the dinner, which is expected to be held at six o'clock in the evening in the Mirror Hall of the Galaxy Conference Center on the Gem Coast.

Although the other party said that all members of the arms purchase negotiation team were invited, as long as they are mature adults, they can still understand the subtext. In fact, the only ones who are truly qualified to participate in this banquet are Yu Lian himself as the regiment leader, and his two generals, Colonel Silva and Major Rozeshi.

Everyone changed from their comfortable uniforms to military uniforms decorated with medals, ribbons and various decorative accessories. They pulled Yu Lian, who still didn't want to go, into the car and quickly rushed to the venue of the banquet, the famous Galaxy. Convention Center Building.

If we put aside the orbital buildings in outer space and the ruins of the Enlightened Ones buried under the soil accumulated over hundreds of millions of years, this Galaxy Conference Center is the largest single building in the entire galaxy.

It is more than two thousand meters high and has a construction area of ​​more than 20 million square meters. It stands on the coast of the Sea of ​​Falling Stars, like a god standing tall on the sky and the earth, looking at the country it protects and dominates. Of course, this is actually due to its extremely oppressive size.

In fact, the appearance of this building is more like a solar sail inserted upside down on the ground, or a monument that is narrow at both ends and as wide as a lieutenant general. It is probably to commemorate the great era of interstellar navigation and those early stars and seas. The pioneers. This is also a very famous tourist attraction in the world. Many famous international conferences have been held here in history, and its appearance rate in textbooks and various film and television works is also quite high.

However, the hungry Yu Lian always felt that the building looked more like a chicken leg stuck upside down on the ground.

Yes, he felt hungry again now. After all, long meetings and battles of wits and courage with Krell and the people from the Polaris Design Bureau are still quite a test of mental and physical strength.

Of course, he is now a sixth-ring "saint" after all. Even if his appetite is much larger than that of ordinary people, he can now absorb the essence of the world, the sun and the moon, and even rely on cosmic radiation to extend his life. However, wouldn’t this make me less and less human? It completely violates the inheritance of the Taoist lineage of our Lingyan Association.

People have to be hungry when they should be hungry, and this is what comes naturally.

Yu Lian looked at the conference hall and couldn't help but sigh: "Dang Dang Dang~~~ I'm hungry."

Although he didn't understand why the other party wanted to "dang", Colonel Silva hurriedly said: "You, please hold on a little longer. Although it is a buffet, there is still a chef on site to serve. This kind of high-end dinner, the food should be There will be no shortage.”

Yu Lian flicked the general on his shoulder: "Don't worry, I am also a mature general, and I will always be able to deal with the situations that need to be dealt with. I just wanted to say such a famous line a long time ago. "

Of course, Colonel Silva didn't understand what the "name" of such a line was, but he was used to this kind of thing now, so he nodded with a concerned look and said: "I see, I understand you very well." .”

This old senior's ability to survive is indeed extremely strong, but Yu Lian thinks it is understandable.

The banquet was held in the Hall of Mirrors, which is also the famous high-end banquet hall of the Convention Center Building. Many historical events have also occurred here, and many state banquets have been held here.

However, the organizer of this banquet was not the central government of the alliance, but a celebration banquet jointly organized by the Alliance Ministry of Defense and the Interstellar Trade Committee. In addition to the diplomatic corps, business representatives from the two countries were invited. This was naturally used to celebrate the recent boom in business between the two countries.

This kind of business dinner is actually led by the military. It sounds like something is wrong. But if you think about it carefully, it is understandable that the largest trade between the two countries in recent years has been arms trade.

In addition to this "first in this century" military industry order, which spanned five years and included a total of twelve dreadnoughts, involving transactions worth tens of billions, there were also a variety of small and medium-sized warships, fighter planes, and ground armored vehicles. , new type of power armor. It even includes deals for a considerable number of production lines and production licenses.

It can be said that in addition to the capital ships and occult weapons, the alliance really has the flavor of a blood-selling armed community.

However, Yu Lian knew that he could not tell what would happen to the finances of the two governments after this operation, but at least the alliance military-industrial complex was living a happy life.

No, I had just entered the banquet hall with General Heng Ha. Although I was obviously late, I was still warmly welcomed by everyone. In just five or six minutes, he received forty or fifty beautifully crafted business cards, all of which were senior executives of famous military industrial companies such as Hearth Heavy Industries, Sendano Group, and Thor Defense Group.

Among them, the one that concerned Yu Lian the most was an executive director of Raytheon Industries named Egger Noshukote. This is a middle-aged handsome uncle in his early forties, tall and energetic.

The surname Noxiuket made Yu Lian think about it for a moment. This is also one of the fourteen families that are "supposedly" ruling the league behind the scenes.

However, the other party said with a smile that the alliance did not have a so-called behind-the-scenes ruling family. What's more, the family's history is so long. There are not even 10,000 people with the surname Noshukote in the alliance, but 8,000. He is really just a migrant worker born into an ordinary family.

Out of diplomatic politeness, Yu Lian decided to believe it for now.

Subsequently, the director said that Raytheon Heavy Industries was negotiating with the community about the introduction of the T95 all-terrain general-purpose combat vehicle, the U77 Magic Flute multi-functional missile, and the Type 18 wide-area gravity source radar. If there is an opportunity, I hope that Yu Lian, a "war hero" and "military industry expert", can stand on a higher executive level and give a reasonable evaluation report. This is very important to both parties.

Yu Lian felt that he could still be regarded as a "war hero" for the time being, but when did he become a "military expert" again? My gameplay at the God of War Festival was all green-skinned. It is said that I have always been scorned by academic military experts, and I guess I am not very "waiting for the elegant hall".

In other words, my operation of giving the Polaris Design Bureau more than a hundred revision opinions in two hours has been spread?

Of course, none of the above is the point.

The point is, these three weapons are all star products of Thor Industries and important weapons of the Alliance. They have been equipped with the alliance military for some years, and they have indeed shown excellent performance in actual combat, but they have never been exported.

Is this also a butterfly effect to some extent?

Yu Lian felt that he should ponder the situation behind this.

In any case, although these people are spokespersons for capital interests, they are all excellent talents who speak well and are practical in their actions. They are industrial giants who control the flow of trillions of dollars and the largest and most complete military industrial chain in the universe. Their status and power far exceed that of the heads of state of many small countries.

In comparison, top executives in the financial industry have been squeezed into the periphery.

Yu Lian was quite pleased, actually feeling that this was acceptable. He firmly believes that when a country is controlled by the military-industrial complex, although it is evil and reactionary, on the whole it is still engaged in large-scale production and industry. But once it's in the hands of financial chaebols who only play numbers games, the speed of decline will be astonishing to even drug addicts.

...Of course, as an incorruptible community officer, Yu Lian is not closely connected with the financial industry.

In addition, he did see many people from the cultural and sports circles at the banquet, including the young ladies with an average appearance of 2.5 or above whom he met in Krell's hotel in the Turanka galaxy last time. It can be seen that in addition to their stunning beauty, they are indeed quite successful in their respective professional fields.

However, at this kind of banquet, people from the cultural and sports circles are actually vases that decorate the scene and enliven the atmosphere. Although they are in this luxurious hall of mirrors, they are no different from those exquisite and elegant furniture.

The hungry Yu Lian always maintained a business smile carefully designed by Feifei, resisted the urge to destroy everything, and handled this unproductive high-end social event with ease.

He could only comfort himself that this kind of alliance-style buffet was relatively open-minded. At least he could move freely while holding a wine glass, and he didn't need to sit with some guests he didn't know at all and stare at each other. , responded to each other with awkward yet polite smiles, while listening to a long list of words from the boss on the stage.

Yes, there were no political or business leaders delivering speeches on the podium in the hall, only a band playing. There is no special dining table in the hall. Instead, there are seating areas, dining tables and service desks where the chefs work on both sides of the hall. The spacious hall in the center has an unobstructed view and is quite spacious, allowing guests to move around freely and find collaborators who like each other to exchange ideas.

I don’t know how many political conspiracies and political-business collusion were decided in this relaxed atmosphere.

After sending away the last group of high-level dignitaries who sent business cards, Yu Lian hurriedly sneaked to the rest area alone, thinking about what to eat. If you ask them to get you a roasted whole lamb, it might be a bit much.

Then, he saw Claire Belmont actually playing with a roasted whole lamb in the corner of the rest area. He soon felt Yu Lian's gaze, and immediately motioned to the latter with a playful smile to come over quickly.