Reborn Capital Madman

At this stage, the Gao Consortium's investment in France is quite large, and it has cultivated a relatively mature team there. Therefore, Gao Xian has ready-made personnel, so it is enough to not wait for Mrs. Thatcher to equip professional talents and bring a secretary at No. 10 Downing Street as a consultant.

After arriving in Paris quickly, Gao Xian understood the details of the previous communication between Mrs. Thatcher and French President Mitterrand.

Simply put, Mrs. Thatcher used the character of "Iron Lady" in politics, and the high tension brought by the British labor army's expedition made her inappropriate grasp of her tough attitude, which made her communication with Mitterrand very unpleasant.

For example, Mrs. Thatcher believes that because Argentina used the French Flying Fish missile to sink the destroyer of the British Royal Navy, the Sheffield destroyer was equivalent to French forces being involved. France must express its attitude and hand over the parameters of the Flying Fish missile. Otherwise, the Cabernet War would be the new Trafalgar Naval Battle.

Mitterrand was definitely unhappy when talking about the Battle of Trafalgar at the beginning of the last century.

You should know that in the Battle of Trafalgar, the French Navy lost the worst and lost all its elite troops. It never recovered, forcing Napoleon to give up his plan to attack the British mainland, and the British maritime overlord's position was further consolidated, beginning the heyday of the British Empire for a hundred years.

"It seems that Mrs. Thatcher is under a lot of pressure." Gao Xian was secretly amused.

At the same time, Gao Xian also quickly understood the attitude of France. To sum it up, several major senior officials in the French official palace were watching British jokes.

Gao Xian was not surprised that these countries had their own ulterior motives. Even if the United States secretly supported Britain and handed over the Argentine military intelligence that it had eavesdropped to Britain, the United States had the intention of hope that Britain's forces would completely withdraw from South America.

After knowing it, Gao Xian went to the Elysee Palace and met French President Mitterrand.

Mitterrand was very interested. He didn't take the initiative to arrange the meeting and met smoothly.

I guess Mitterrand also wanted to ask friends to relieve some depression. He complained as soon as he met: "That Thatcher is simply an unbearable woman! In addition to being arrogant and unruly, I even suspect that she has island syndrome."

Gao Xian couldn't help but be happy. Many people in the UK should suffer from island syndrome. For example, their attitude towards the European continent. When they felt that there was a advantage to take, they squeezed into the European Economic Community. After decades in the "old script", the UK believed that compared to the membership fees they handed to the EU, the benefits were not recovered, especially the right to speak was not as good as Germany and national laws, so they were determined to leave the EU. Anyway, as an island country, they could also watch the storm of the European continent with a smile.

But Gao Xian did not foolishly echo Mitterrand's smile. He captured the possibility of persuading the other party from Mitterrand's complaints.

Mitterrand continued to complain: "Sir Gao, you must know the best way to do business. Argentina bought the Feiyu missile from France. If France tells the UK the parameters of this model, it will not affect the reputation. How can we do business in the future?"

"Can the value of Argentina really arouse your benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and trustworthiness?" Gao Xian, who was deeply troubled by Mitterrand's constant complaints, began to turn to the topic: "British Prime Minister Mrs. Thatcher's attitude is very firm. She asked me to bring a message to the President. If France does not tell the UK about the parameters of the flying fish missile, then Britain will consider using nuclear weapons against Argentina."

"This crazy woman!" Mitterrand slapped the armrest of the sofa several times in anger.

Gao Xian waited quietly for Mitterrand's emotions to calm down, and continued: "Mrs. Thatcher is under great pressure now. It is not a joke to take extreme measures. Please also ask the President to seriously consider the requirements of Britain."

"In addition, Mrs. Thatcher believes that France is waiting for a price, so she entrusts me to come and contact and try to avoid the shackles of the right factors, and is very sincere."

Mitterrand said angrily: "What are you waiting for a price? Most of my cabinet ministers want to watch it on the wall."

Gao Xian lobbled routinely: "Mr. President's pattern is naturally higher, and I believe the view is different."

The meaning of this statement is not difficult to understand. No matter how declining Britain is, it is one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. In addition, there is a circle of the European Economic Community that France is working hard to run. There is too much demand for exchange of interests between each other. How many flying fish missiles can Argentina buys? It is better to sell them in exchange for greater strategic benefits.

This is the benefit of meetings of private nature, speaking casually.

Mitterrand finally began to briefly talk: "Sir Gao, I didn't think about the exchange conditions, but I didn't think about what conditions can make France comfortable and Britain unhappy. That crazy woman Thatcher entrusted you to come and find out the details. Did you also send some conditions?"

"It's really not." Gao Xian shrugged, "Mrs. Thatcher was very worried that France would propose the conditions to approach Britain through the Zhengzhi channel, so he entrusted me to come and explore the wind in his private capacity."

"Then let's waste it like this first." Mitterrand waved his hand slightly irritatedly, "Let's talk about it when Thatcher's iron finger is about to press the nuclear bomb button."

Gao Xian doesn’t want to waste it. The Horse Island War is an opportunity for Xiangjiang Land to get the bargaining chips. If you get one, you will reduce the resistance by one point.

So Sir Gao made a moment of thinking, then looked forward to look at his body, "When the President was joking, he gave me an inspiration and then came up with a condition for exchange. I don't know if it is feasible."

Mitterrand lazily looked around and said, "What joke?"

Gao Xian slowly replied, observing Mitterrand's expression, "Island Syndrome."

Mitterrand laughed loudly and asked excitedly: "What conditions did Sir Gao come up with?"

Gao Xian said leisurely: "France has proposed a plan to build an undersea tunnel to open up the English Channel since the Napoleon era."

Mitterrand was stunned for a moment, then slapped the handrail of the sofa heavily, "This matter has been left to the shelves for many years. If Sir Gao doesn't remind me, I really didn't expect it."

The undersea tunnel connecting the UK and the European continent has long been the idea, so the design plan started with horse-drawn carriages. With the development of industrial technology, it has been innovated and continuously upgraded.

But Britain was worried that after losing the natural barrier of the English Channel, there would be problems with its own safety, so it was subtle and capricious.

It’s really not to blame Britain for its island syndrome. Think about how badly the German air force bombed Britain during World War II. If there were no English Channel to stop it, Britain’s fate would probably be similar to France.

The latest progress in building the undersea tunnel in the English Channel was stopped in the 1970s. Britain terminated its construction plan on the grounds that it cost too much to have a lot of engineering costs and its economy fell into stagflation due to the world oil crisis and was unable to bear it. It made France, which is keen on European integration, terminated its construction plan, making it very disappointed.

Now, after Gao Xian's reminder, Mitterrand remembered the incident of opening up the English Channel, and his eyes suddenly shone. This condition can indeed make France comfortable and Britain unhappy, and once it is realized, it will be of great significance.

Gao Xian smiled and said, "It seems that Mr. President is interested in this condition."

Mitterrand said meaningfully: "Sir Gao is really trying his best to help Mrs. Thatcher do his best."

"It's not because my wife Vivian and Mrs. Thatcher have a close personal relationship, and if the construction of the undersea tunnel is started, it is also a great business opportunity for me." Gao Xian explained the credible reason casually and added: "Mr. President, I want to make a statement that the condition of the undersea tunnel was temporarily remembered after I entered the Elysee Palace. Mrs. Thatcher didn't know yet, so I have no way to know whether Britain can accept such conditions."

Mitterrand nodded and said with a bright look: "Sir Gao can reply to Mrs. Thatcher. As long as the UK agrees to build the undersea tunnel of the English Channel between France and Britain, France can tell the UK about the parameters of the flying fish missile used by Argentina."

"Okay, Argentina was still sold." Gao Xian stood up and said goodbye without any turmoil in his heart, seized the time to report to Mrs. Thatcher's progress.

As expected, after hearing the conditions for opening up the English Channel issued by France, Mrs. Thatcher thought silently for a long time.

The truth is clearly that whether this tunnel is built or not is not a technical problem, but a regular problem. Otherwise, it would not have been repeated for more than a hundred years. Especially France has always been very enthusiastic about it and must be careful!

Mrs. Thatcher didn't have to think too much about it and could predict that once the construction plan of the undersea tunnel in the English Channel was restarted by her own hands, it would definitely attract a lot of opposition.

Gao Xian didn't want to be in vain, so he advised earnestly: "Prime Minister, time waits for no one, the battlefield situation changes rapidly. Your top priority is the Battle of the Falklands, thousands of miles away from the British land. As long as you defeat Argentina and re-control the Falklands, your reputation will rise sharply, catching up with Churchill during World War II. At that time, the problems in the UK will be solved."

"Thank you for your hard work, Sir Gao, I've helped me a lot, and I don't know how to thank you." Mrs. Thatcher was finally told and made a quick decision: "I agree with Mitterrand's conditions."

"It should be." Gao Xian pointed out very skillfully, "If the undersea tunnel construction plan starts and the Land Company has the opportunity to participate, then the Prime Minister will thank me."

Mrs. Thatcher had trusted Gao Xian, otherwise she would not have hired Gao Xian as her private envoy twice in a short period of time. Now Gao Xian has put forward a harmless demand for interests in the form of a businessman. The British Prime Minister has no worries or suspicions and agreed: "Don't worry, I remember the name of Land. It wants to go back to the UK to expand its business and should support it."