Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

That's right, Eugene really doesn't have any objections now. It is obvious that this arms sale is definitely very beneficial to Spain.

Alfonso: "This aircraft arms sale definitely combines making money with strategy. The purpose is to allow Spain to combine the strategic positions of various countries with Spain's strategic requirements. The significance of the Ottoman Empire was just mentioned in Trini As you said, we can use it to blackmail the other two countries, and even the Austro-Hungarian Empire. On the other hand, we can also use other countries to oppress the Ottoman Empire and make the Ottoman Empire desire weapons to comply. Our demands, however, should be kept to a certain level and we should not push them too hastily, which would produce the opposite result."

The other two people also felt that this was reasonable, and they had no intention of interrupting. At this time, it was His Majesty's time.

Alfonso: "The same principle can be realized in South America. Since the United States wants to unite and come to show us power, then we will give them some bonuses. Mexico Z and Z also want a center this time, and we can give it to them. , but the number should not be too large. A squadron can only have less than thirty aircraft at most. The same is true for other countries."

"Your Majesty, what is our price? Now this issue has attracted attention not only from the outside world. Many people are waiting and watching, especially those small countries. They are waiting for the price to import. I think if it is too high, they will They may be discouraged." Trini specifically reminded this. In his opinion, if small countries do not buy it because of this, it will be a big trouble for Spanish diplomacy. After all, it gives people the impression that Spain is not very integrated. Just like in small country diplomacy. [

"Yes, this issue has also caused internal debate among us, especially the military and the aircraft manufacturer. The two parties have already had a confrontation about this," Eugene said helplessly at this time.

"Why?" Alfonso asked strangely. It seems that there is really no intersection between these two sides.

Eugene said with a wry smile: "It's not that the military wants more aircraft, but the Spanish aircraft manufacturer thinks that so many are unnecessary and can be used for export to make money. Therefore, the two parties have conflicts over this. "

"His Majesty said at the beginning that if the money earned from exports is 20%, he will give them 20% as funding, and 5% as a bonus. In this way," Trini sighed: "It's me, I also I don’t want to do things for free for people like the military!”

It seems that I really said this last time! Alfonso really felt like shooting himself in the face. However, it is impossible to ask him to take back those words. In this case, not only will his prestige be completely lost, but more importantly, it will dampen the enthusiasm of the employees of these aircraft groups, and the consequences will be It's very serious. Alfonso will naturally not let small things lead to big things.

"One for 500,000 pesetas. As for the internal ones, let the two people from the Ministry of National Defense explain it to the middle management below. Let's first reveal a little bit about the center B type we have developed. The military does not need to order so many. Ah, the Ministry of National Defense has the right to enjoy a discount of 20% cheaper than the export price of ordnance, that is, they only need to pay an export price of 80%. Therefore, the aircraft manufacturer will cause such a contradiction for more bonuses and funds. Yes, give them this news and let them know that in the future, the military will have the right of first refusal to purchase. Please explain this to the aircraft manufacturer and write it into the terms, which can increase their legal liability. Huh, is it for the sake of funds? and bonuses. Can the weapons of the national army be sold to the country first and then be produced for its own use? Also, let the National Security Council supervise the export of weapons. All arms exports from Spain must be inspected. Anything that threatens national security The export of weapons or advanced technology instruments linked to weapons must be approved by the committee before transactions can be carried out. If domestic enterprises fail to comply, the state has the right to pursue legal liability against the enterprise."

"Your Majesty, will this cause dissatisfaction among those companies?" Eugene's worry is not unreasonable. Now seriously speaking, the major military-industrial companies in Spain, except for the royal ones, are all the industries of major families. This At that time, if Spain truly implements the supervision and investigation of this security committee, then the arms sales of these companies will definitely be severely hit. In this case, if the major families get into trouble, they will be very passive.

Trini echoed the sentiment.

Alfonso thought for a while, and then thought of another solution, that is, the principle of arms exports, that is, the separation of civilian and military technologies. Keeping other countries from accessing Spain’s truly cutting-edge technology.

However, after thinking about it, Alfonso gave up on the world arms sales policy implemented by the United States after World War II because, compared to the motivations of the US arms sales policy for decades, the current technology is not sophisticated enough to truly analyze. For civilian and military use, many technologies can actually be produced by all countries in the world. Except for a few, such as automobiles, armored vehicles, aircraft, firearms, and ammunition, most of the others are shared by the world, especially in Europe and the United States. .

Therefore, if we separate them now, the impact will not be very big.

However, Alfonso also thought of another way, so that Spain's arms export sales can reduce losses to a greater extent due to policy changes.

"We can divide the countries in the world into several levels. For example, our allies now, of course, they can get our weapons in addition to their own countries and have priority in purchasing weapons. At the same time, we put other countries..."

"Hello everyone, what you are listening to now is our Spanish radio station's current affairs and political program "Rafi Sees the World". I am the host Rafi, and the person next to me is, wait, many friends who are listening must think that Let’s go back to President Bart from the Complutense University of Madrid and President Sti from our University of Barcelona in Spain! Hey, everyone guessed wrong this time, because this time we have two other famous universities in Spain who are coming to our program. The president of a prestigious university. In this year's world university rankings released by the most famous media in Europe and the world, "International Connection", the University of Salamanca ranked 17th in the world and the University of Granada ranked 19th. Come today The president of the University of Salamanca here, she is the only female president among the top 20 in the world and the special advisor to the president of the World Organization for Women. And the president of the University of Granada, De Mello, is now Like Bart and Principal Steve, he is one of the Spanish Royal Think Tanks. Principals, please say hello to you."

"Hello everyone, I am Luis, I am very happy to be on this show" "Hello everyone, I am DeMello, this show is what I want to be on the most during this time"

"Oh, why?" Lafite asked.

De Mello: "Because, Bart and Steve will no longer be different from us. In the future, we at the University of Granada will continue to compete with them."

Lafite: "Haha, that's good. It seems that not only the students are competing, but the principals are also competing. Competition is a good thing. After all, only with competition can progress be achieved. Here, I hope that under the leadership of the two of you, , the University of Salamanca and Granada will be able to achieve better results in the "Time" magazine's world university rankings a month later. By the way, I want to ask President Luis a question, why this time "Time" magazine The world university rankings will be postponed this time. We all know that Time magazine and its current editor-in-chief are alumni of your university."

Luis: "You are well informed. Yes, our school is a strategic partner of the magazine. Not only the magazine, but many graduates of our school are providing talents from various excellent social science departments to many newspapers in Spain and even the world. Even It is known as the talent pool of the world's newspapers. As far as I know, the reason for the current adjustment is mainly to separate it from "International Connection" so that the two rankings can complement each other. The two media have reached a strategic partnership , "International Connection" in the fourth quarter of each year, and "Times" in the second quarter of each year, arrange the latest half-year changes of universities around the world into a list and then publish it, so that there will be pressure and let the world Schools increase the motivation to cultivate talents”[

Lafite: "This is really good. Otherwise, having two companies ranked at the same time would really give people the appearance of malicious competition. Then, just now, Principal De Mello has expressed that their school is not as good as Madrid Conn., which is ranked fourth in the world. Purpleton University is on par with the ninth-ranked University of Barcelona, ​​what about you? Your school is also on par with them?"

"No, I've already set my sights on the three people in front of me?" Lewis said with a smile and confidence.

Lafite: "No way, look at them? You mean, your goal is the top three? You want to put the number one Oxford University in the UK, the second Cambridge University or the Humboldt University of Berlin in the German Empire Pull down the next one? It’s incredible. How could you have such an idea? And where does this confidence come from? I think everyone must be curious. After all, now with the latest rankings Look, your school is only ranked 17th in the world. You know, 17th and the top three. Although the number is short, you must know that none of the universities in front are simple.

Needless to say, the top three are the Complutense University of Madrid, fourth to tenth, Harvard University in the United States, University of Munich in Germany, University of London in the United Kingdom, University of Bologna and Barcelona in Italy, and University of Milan in Italy. It is the top three most promising candidate universities, followed by the University of Freiburg in the German Empire, the Imperial College in the UK, the University of Paris in France, the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Columbia University in the United States and Edinburgh in the UK. Universities, each of these six universities is a strong comparison, and behind your university are Yale University in the United States, the University of Granada under President de Mello, and the University of Lyon in France. I think many people will definitely be dissatisfied with your statement, especially those from other major universities.”

"Of course I have my reasons"

"Oh, can you please tell us?"

Third update before eleven o'clock.