Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 543: Dramatic Changes

Negotiations that were not planned in advance were bound to go wrong, and Lu Shaohua had thought of this a long time ago. What's more, he, Lu Shaohua, suddenly made a huge request, asking for 80% of the share. It was normal for the Saudi Arabian royal family to be unable to react all of a sudden, and it was also normal for them to go out and discuss it.

Lu Shaohua didn't know what the outcome would be, and he wasn't sure, but from the performance of the Saudi Arabian royal family and his own guess, Lu Shaohua felt that this matter had a chance. After all, the Saudi Arabian royal family wanted money, and Lu Shaohua had plenty of money but lacked oil. The two formed a complementary form, and each had its own needs.

Time passed quickly and the king of the Saudi Arabian royal family was also very punctual. Ten minutes meant what he said. After ten minutes, the Saudi Arabian royal family took their seats again and the negotiations continued.

"Mr. Lu, I think you also know the situation of our royal family. We have several large oil fields, and countless medium and small oil fields. We are not short of oil, but we are short of money. Therefore, we can accept the 80% share you proposed. However, it is estimated that the value of that oil field is only about million US dollars, but you want to compensate us million US dollars, which seems a bit too much." After speaking, the king of the Saudi Arabian royal family paused and continued. "We are very sincere in inviting you to our country this time to cooperate with you, but the price you are offering now is too high, and we feel very sorry that you have to provide the development team and equipment."

This was the result of their royal family's discussion. Under the current situation, they had no time to curry favor with Lu Shaohua. However, during the negotiation, Lu Shaohua generously offered a price of 400 million, which surprised the royal representatives.

No one would think that money is too much, not even the Saudi Arabian royal family, but the price offered by Lu Shaohua was too incredible, completely beyond imagination. If they wanted to curry favor with Lu Shaohua and make friends with him, then the premise was to give Lu Shaohua enough benefits to express their royal family's sincerity, but now the situation was just the opposite, Lu Shaohua even raised the price and gave them enough benefits.

Li Zhijie did not hesitate and quickly translated what the Saudi Arabian royal king meant and told it to Lu Shaohua.

Receiving the meaning of the Saudi Arabian royal family, Lu Shaohua nodded, then smiled and said, "Thank you for your sincerity, but I also want to say that I came to your beautiful country with sincerity. I value this cooperation with your royal family. As for the oil field, if you can agree to give me 80% of the share, then I will pay million US dollars, and it will not be reduced. This is my sincerity."

Lu Shaohua also stated his position, a very clear position, saying that he would not reduce the price and that he would still pay what he had to pay, which suddenly made the negotiation extremely strange. Others at the negotiation table were trying their best to lower the price, but Lu Shaohua was the opposite, raising the price and not bargaining.

Maybe someone would say Lu Shaohua.

In fact, Lu Shaohua is not stupid. On the contrary, Lu Shaohua is very smart. He has his reasons for being willing to pay $400 million. Apart from anything else, after Lu Shaohua paid $400 million, he would first store the crude oil, and the price difference would not make Lu Shaohua lose money.

Another reason is that Lu Shaohua attaches great importance to cooperation with the Saudi Arabian royal family and has long-term ideas. If this cooperation is successful, they will cooperate again next time and the next time. Considering the long-term interests, Lu Shaohua actually gets the lion's share.

Both sides expressed sincerity and magnanimity, and Lu Shaohua's tone was very tough, as if he would break up and refuse to cooperate unless he paid $400 million. This made the king of the Saudi Arabian royal family very helpless and smiled bitterly.

"Since Mr. Lu has said so, I won't be hypocritical. 80% of the shares, million US dollars." The king of the Saudi Arabian royal family finally made the decision, but he still had a wry smile when he spoke, which was very dramatic. However, this is not the end. After a moment of silence, he added, "But if this is the case, the development team and equipment must be provided by us. This is fair. Well, I hope Mr. Lu can accept this suggestion. This is also the sincerity of our Saudi Arabian royal family. Please don't refuse."

When the king of the Saudi Arabian royal family agreed to Lu Shaohua's proposal, he did not forget to block his back door, leaving Lu Shaohua no reason to refuse.

Li Zhijie translated it for Lu Shaohua again...

"Thank you!" Lu Shaohua said politely, then nodded, not being polite. "Since you said so, I won't be pretentious. The development team can be provided by your royal family, but as for the equipment, I think we should provide it. Well, it's like this. We recently created a new type of equipment, which can greatly improve the development progress, so please don't refuse."

Lu Shaohua also agreed to the proposal of the Saudi Arabian royal king and used his method to block his retreat and leave him no excuse to refuse.

The atmosphere suddenly became strange. Both sides were trying to show their sincerity. They went from bargaining to raising the price, and then made proposals on some small details, not allowing the other party to refuse.

"Okay." The Saudi Arabian royal king smiled and agreed.

At this point, the negotiations had come to a conclusion and were basically completed. The king of the Saudi Arabian royal family stood up first and extended his right hand to Lu Shaohua.

Seeing this, Lu Shaohua did not lose his temper. He stood up and also extended his hand to shake hands with the Saudi Arabian royal king before saying, "Happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!"

The negotiations were over, but that didn't mean everything was over. Everyone left the venue, and the Saudi Arabian royal king invited Lu Shaohua to his study and didn't allow anyone else to enter, preparing to talk to Lu Shaohua alone.

Although Lu Shaohua didn't know what the Saudi Arabian royal king wanted to talk to him about, this situation was generally not a trivial matter. Lu Shaohua agreed and asked Li Zhijie and Li Shangkui to find a place to sit. He followed the Saudi Arabian royal king to the study.

The study is very large, comparable to the living room, and the layout inside is very different from that of a Chinese study. The only things that are the same are the desk, bookshelf and sofa. As for their placement, it is all in line with their Saudi Arabian customs.

Lu Shaohua did not pay much attention to the layout. He glanced at it and then looked away. At the invitation of the Saudi Arabian royal king, he sat on the sofa, smiled, and spoke first in English. "I forgot during the negotiation just now that I have a gift for your royal family to express my gratitude."

There were only two people in the study, and there was no translator present. It was obviously impossible for Lu Shaohua to communicate in Chinese, so he could only use English to talk to the king of the Saudi Arabian royal family.

The king of Saudi Arabia is the master of the royal family and often has to receive foreign visitors. Of course, he must know English. Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment, and then replied in English. "You are too polite."

Lu Shaohua smiled, put his hand aside, and said, "I believe you are very curious about what this gift is?"

It is undeniable that the king of the Saudi Arabian royal family really wanted to know the answer and nodded heavily.

Lu Shaohua pretended to smile mysteriously, trying to whet the appetite of the Saudi Arabian royal family, and paused for a long time before saying, "I think you should know about our deal with a reactionary organization. They exchanged a small oil field for 500 machine guns and four short-range missiles."

"Well, I know about this. Captain Li told me about this in detail a few days ago." After a pause, the Saudi Arabian royal family added, "I also heard that the order was about to be completed, and it was your decision that led to the termination of the transaction."

"Yes, 500 machine guns and four short-range missiles have indeed been manufactured, and the transaction will be completed soon. However, considering that the lethality of the four short-range missiles will pose a serious threat to the lives and property safety of the Saudi Arabian people, I insisted on terminating the transaction." After saying this, Lu Shaohua did not interrupt the Saudi Arabian royal family and continued. "Of course, I didn't know about this before the transaction. If I had known, I would not have accepted the transaction. Please forgive the negligence of Captain Li and his team."

"First of all, I thank you for your righteousness, and I would also like to thank you on behalf of the entire people of Saudi Arabia. As for Li Tuanzi and the others, you can rest assured. I can understand. After all, it is not easy to be in charge of the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group. Everything must be considered from the overall situation." The Saudi Arabian royal king waved his hand and said indifferently.

The fact that Lu Shaohua took the initiative to speak out and admit his mistake has, in a sense, demonstrated Lu Shaohua's sincerity. As the ruler of the royal family, he should thank Lu Shaohua both publicly and privately. As for Li Zhijie and the others agreeing to the deal, he really has no cause for recourse. As he said, everything must be considered from the overall perspective!

Lu Shaohua didn't rush to speak, but nodded with a smile. The topic ended here, and he changed the subject and officially got to the point. "What I want to say is that the gift I brought is everything in that order, including four short-range missiles."

That’s right, the gift Lu Shaohua brought was four short-range missiles and five hundred machine guns, plus some extra bullets and four launch racks for short-range missiles, so it was fully loaded.

"You... you are too polite." The Saudi Arabian royal family king was slightly surprised. How could he not know the value of four missiles? Then he waved his hand and said, "I can't accept such a valuable gift."

"Haha!" Lu Shaohua laughed and said, "Don't refuse. This is a little gift from me. We don't need to look at its value. Just treat it as an ordinary gift."

Lu Shaohua said so, but it was a gift worth millions of dollars after all. How could the Saudi Arabian royal family treat it as an ordinary gift? However, Lu Shaohua had already said so much, so he had to accept it.

He nodded to express his gratitude to Lu Shaohua, and then pondered for a moment. Then, the king of the Saudi Arabian royal family was ready to start to tell him the real purpose of calling Lu Shaohua to the study.