In the station lounge, Charlie (Sister) looked at the empty lounge and the four people in it. She asked curiously, "Are there only four of you?"
The salesman who had been talking to her smiled. "What are you worried about?"
Charlie (Sister) did not hesitate. She was now a "customer." She had spent money, and she knew that the money she spent was several times more than the normal order. She would not let herself be wronged after spending so much money.
Her strong attitude began to rise again within a safe range. She looked at the salesman. "I don't think you can protect me if there are only four of you."
The salesman looked around. "Please don't worry, we are professionals..."
At the same time, in the conference room of the Bupain International Affairs Department, Mr. Trumann closed his fingers and knocked twice on the table with his knuckles. He reiterated, "Please don't worry, we are professionals!"
He paused and looked at the gentlemen in the room. This was the sixth meeting around the "World Development Committee." Gevra didn't stand up to slow down the process, but it didn't mean that they wouldn't do anything.
They may have reached some agreements with some countries in private, raised some objections and problems that needed to be solved, and tried to increase the workload of the Federation.
In fact, whether it was them, the Federation government, or Mr. Trumann, everyone knew that this ugly little trick would not have any effect.
In the end, it would still pass, but disgusting people... it was not just a bad taste. It was actually satisfying the psychological needs of the "victim."
It sounded a little confusing. What kind of psychological needs could a victim have?
In fact, there were. In some cases that the Federation had solved, there was no lack of victims who eventually became the accomplice of the perpetrator, or habitually endured the infliction of harm.
This was a kind of psychological need. They could complete this process through certain hints. Whether their ultimate need was safety or something else, the whole process would be surprising and sometimes a little frightening.
It was the same for diplomacy. Adding more trouble to the Federation might not necessarily prevent the establishment of the World Development Committee, but for the Guevara People, they were already satisfied to see the Federation having a headache.
On the other hand, the smaller countries were in the same position. They wouldn't make things too difficult for the people of the Federation. They just received some benefits from Gaffra, such as trade orders, and were slightly responsible for their own interests. That was all.
The main reason why the World Development Committee hasn't been established yet is that many of these small problems haven't been solved yet.
For example, some countries hoped that the headquarters of the World Development Committee could be located in their country. There were at least four or five countries that had this idea.
There were also some who believed that in the process of weighting the Federation currency, the Federation should also give more benefits to the member states in their mutual trade, such as reducing tariffs on both sides, increasing exportable equipment, and providing opportunities for the transfer or cooperation of sensitive technologies.
In fact, these weren't big problems, and they could be solved in the end. However, there were too many problems, and there were always endless meetings.
This time, the problem was that some small countries hoped that the Federation could help them develop their industries. Now, 23 countries had expressed their willingness to join the World Development Committee, which made the Federation very excited.
But then there were some … begging problems.
For example, some small countries that didn't have any industrial foundation also wanted to achieve basic industrialization. They had no way to do it themselves, so they could only ask the Federation for help.
The bargaining chip was that they would agree to most of the terms of the Treaty.
The problem could be solved by a consortium, but it still had to be solved in the meeting. Mr. Trumann didn't think about these problems and gave a positive answer.
Moreover, what he said was not wrong at all. The people of the Federation were indeed professionals in helping other countries develop their basic industries.
As for whether the basic industries needed to rely on the continuous supply of the Federation, that was another problem.
After all, they didn't talk about this in the meeting. They just wanted to realize basic industries.
The representatives of several small countries had satisfied smiles on their faces. Most of these countries were resource-based countries or agricultural and animal husbandry countries.
The main industrial products of these countries relied on imports, which made them lack the initiative in many cases, and their weaknesses were always grasped by others.
For example, a certain country once invited international bidding for a thermal power plant. Until now, the core technology of the thermal power plant was still in the hands of others.
Whenever there was a problem with the thermal power plant, they had to spend a lot of money to invite the original construction company to solve the problem.
Sometimes, they just came here to do some work. They didn't even need to change the parts, and the fees they charged were frightening.
There was also a country that supplied a kind of crude parts to the international market. There were some consumables in the entire assembly line. The manufacturing technology of these consumables had always been firmly in the hands of the exporting country.
Every once in a while, they had to spend a lot of money to buy some consumable parts that were actually not worth much and put them on the assembly line to maintain production.
A lot of profits were taken by foreign companies. This made them hate these foreigners, but they also urgently wanted to achieve basic industrialization.
At least, they could make some simple things themselves. They didn't have to rely on foreigners for everything.
Lynch sat in the last seat and looked at some materials in his hand. He thought that around October, everything would be negotiated and established.
Looking at the diplomats who were still talking about various demands, Lynch raised his wrist and looked at the watch on his wrist. It was not far from 11 o 'clock.
After the weekend, the strike of the entire Federation ended. This strike was actually more like a demonstration. The labor and capital were not completely opposed, and there was still room for reconciliation.
And this was what the workers' union needed.
The working class couldn't really give up their current jobs, and the capitalists couldn't really let the factories shut down. The redevelopment of the physical industry made it impossible for them to leave the workers for a long time.
Therefore, the representatives of the workers' union, like in the best days of the past, put on formal clothes and appeared in the office or workshop with briefcases in their hands.
They were responsible for negotiating with the capitalists on behalf of the working class and discussing the results of the negotiations with the working class. In this process, the workers' union once again demonstrated its role and value, and thus gained a lot of invisible benefits.
There were invisible benefits, such as prestige, and the workers' recognition of the workers' union.
There were tangible benefits, such as money, cars, houses …
It seemed that the strike was over, but in fact, the negotiation of interests had just begun.
However, the strike and demonstrations were not all bad. At least after the end of the strike and demonstration, the public security in various cities was improved to a certain extent.
Sociologists have studied this issue. Wherever there was a demonstration, after the demonstration, the public security would be improved to a certain extent.
In the scholar's report, the main cause of this situation was that during the demonstration, the police would be quite powerless, resulting in a very subtle psychological change.
In order to retaliate for their own embarrassment and incompetence during the demonstration, they would increase their efforts to crack down on various public security cases and criminal cases after the demonstration.
In the past two days, there were indeed a lot of police on the streets. The dishonest people also hid and waited for the police to calm down before going back to the streets again.
Seeing that the time for the meeting was about to end, Lynch began to pack his things. The core of the meeting now was to wrangle and ask for benefits, which he didn't care much about.
However, he just mentioned helping some small countries to build basic industrial facilities, which should be of interest to some people.
This was another big order. The financial groups' support for the Federation government was completely reflected in the process of promoting the World Development Committee.
Even the House of Representatives, which was usually called "the most troublesome party in the world," had not uttered a single word of nonsense in the whole affair, nor had they demanded that M. Trumann or anyone else should go to the House of Representatives to explain the situation.
The capitalists in the Federation could see the obvious benefits, and if it was good for them, they wouldn't stop it. And whoever dared to stop it would be everyone's common enemy.
Gaffra used the wrong strategy from the beginning. It was too childish to find those small countries to cause trouble for the Federation. It was better to directly give the benefits to a big financial group.
Then let the financial group take action from the Congress. There would be 20 or 30 hearings, and maybe this meeting would be delayed until next year.
It was all because of inexperience!
Mr. Trumann, who was sitting at the head of the table, saw that Lynch had already packed his briefcase. The corners of his mouth slightly raised. He should be angry, but when he saw how lazy Lynch was, he almost laughed out loud.
At this moment, two people walked in. One of them walked to Lin Qi's side, bent down, and whispered in his ear.
The other person walked to Mr. Trumann and also whispered in his ear. It seemed that they were talking about the same thing.
"Just now … there was an armed fight at the station …"
Mr. Trumann and Lynch looked at each other. He frowned and announced the end of the meeting in advance.
Then the two of them quickly left. Looking at the back of the two people, many diplomats didn't know what happened. They asked each other.
The two of them didn't return to Mr. Trumann's office. Instead, they went directly to the presidential palace. The reason why this incident interrupted the process of the meeting was because it alarmed the president!
The president was very unhappy now, and he was also a little uneasy. But more importantly, he didn't look good.
When so many diplomatic groups from so many countries gathered in the Federation, the first thing he thought of was his face.
He didn't dare to imagine how people would judge him. This might become a big scandal during his administration!