Expedition to Europe

Compared to the East, the West still attaches great importance to the spirit of contract.

In Western society, from national governments to corporate groups, they all need to pay attention to "credibility", that is, the so-called reputation. Without credibility, neither the government nor the company can do anything.

This is even more true for politicians. If a politician is labeled as "dishonest", it is embarrassing. No matter how powerful the politician is, no matter how long he has been in business, or how promising his future is, it will be ruined.

This is related to the Western democratic system. Although most Western countries are still dominated by constitutional monarchy, France is definitely at the forefront in this regard. France is a democratically elected government and has extremely high requirements for the credibility of politicians.

Aristide Briand is also one of the politicians elected by the people, and naturally he is responsible to the voters.

"Daily News" published this explosive inside story. Whether it is true or not, Aristide Briand has lost the trust of the people.

Moreover, Lan Fang never leaves people a way out. If they do something, they either don't fight or they will beat them to death without giving them any chance to make a comeback. Therefore, after the Daily News broke the news first, countless newspapers followed up. At this time, the facts were not important. They just had to attract the readers' attention.

So the French press began the first round of carnival in 1921, and the center of the vortex was Aristide Briand.

It cannot be said that Aristide Briand had no channels to speak out. After all, Aristide Briand also had experience in running newspapers and even had newspapers in his hands. However, in this round of hype, although Aristide Briand's L'Humanité also tried its best to defend Aristide Briand, it had no effect. Under the criticism of thousands of people, it was useless to say anything. No matter what was said, it would become a denial in the eyes of the public, and then become a reason for the public to hate Aristide Briand.

Just when Aristide Briand was speechless, the Daily News continued to add fuel to the fire and disclosed the relationship between L'Humanité and the gem company.

This is another heavy bomb.

Although Britain and France fought side by side in the World War, there have never been fewer conflicts. There was even a vicious incident in which the French wanted to abandon the British to defend Paris when the German army attacked, while the British retreated to defend and ignored the French flank. Such two countries, even if they fought side by side, were sleeping in the same bed but dreaming different dreams.

The discord between Britain and France has a long history. The cooperation in the World War could not erase the past pain. The serious consequences of the Hundred Years' War could not be eliminated by one or two cooperations. After the World War, the French were the boss of the European continent. The British wanted to balance the European continent. The relationship between Britain and France was no longer as harmonious as in the World War. The government no longer focused on maintaining restraint. Public grievances were already fermenting. The scandal of Aristide Briand was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and finally triggered a nationwide discussion among all classes in France.

At this time, the unclear points between L'Humanité and the Jewel Company were not important, and even Aristide Briand himself was not important. What was important was what attitude France should take towards Britain and what attitude it should take towards the new international situation.

In this case, Aristide Briand could only resign from all his positions and disappear from French politics.

As for Aristide Briand's previous proposals, forget it. With Aristide Briand's previous experience, few people in the French Parliament were blind.

If we stand at the height of the French government, the French government is not afraid of the Lanfang government, and the interests that should be fought for must be fought for, and no one will back down from this point. But the problem is that Lan Fang is not following the routine now, and it often shifts its target from the whole to the individual, which is really unbearable. No one is a saint, and everyone has a handle in the hands of others. It is precisely because everyone has a batch of handles that politicians can maintain a balance. If someone breaks up, it will be a lose-lose situation, so no one will act rashly. But if it is an individual facing a country, it is impossible for both sides to lose. At this time, the gun will hit the bird that sticks out.

Qin Zhiyuan certainly will not blindly be tough. Minister of Commerce Huang Jinsheng urgently went to France and added a series of business cooperation agreements with the French business community. The concessions are still relatively large. He would rather suffer a little loss himself and let the French business leaders take advantage of it. This is almost like giving money, which will alleviate the accumulated dissatisfaction of the French business leaders with the large-scale export of Lan Fang products to France to the greatest extent. At the same time, the military ordered a second "legion-class" battleship from France, which was also produced in France. Although the standards in all aspects have not been improved, the price has risen by as much as 10% due to the increase in labor and materials.

After a series of combined punches, the French economic and military circles praised Lan Fang, and the political issues immediately disappeared.

What is politics? Politics is an extension of the economy. Don’t look at those politicians on the stage. They are actually the spokespersons of the bigwigs in the economic world. The bigwigs in the economic and military circles have no opinions, and the political world is immediately harmonious. Whoever dares to say something bad about Lan Fang is provoking the relationship between the allies. Aristide Briand is the "chicken" that is hung high.

In this storm, old Renault made great efforts. As a result, after returning to Lan Fang, old Renault was immediately invited by Qin Zhiyuan to attend Qin Zhiyuan's private family dinner.

"Briand's matter is just a pretext. The real purpose of those people is the New Baku Oilfield. France needs fresh blood now, but looking at the colonies, there is nothing to start with, so the New Baku Oilfield has become a life-saving straw. Now this matter is just temporarily shelved. If the pressure cannot find an outlet, it will erupt again sooner or later, and it will be more violent than now." Old Renault was not much relaxed. He was still worried while drinking the best daughter's red wine.

United Petroleum is the largest source of cash in the hands of old Renault. Old Renault will definitely not give up United Petroleum, and the New Baku Oilfield is really profitable. The eyes of the French group are already bloodshot. At this time, if United Petroleum has no way to deal with it, Qin Zhiyuan will be useless even if he sends more security forces.

"If they want oil, there are a lot of them. It's not just the New Baku oilfield. There are a lot of oil fields in the Persian Gulf. You can get oil by setting up an oil well. If they want New Baku, give it to them-" Qin Zhiyuan finally threw out the big killer of the Persian Gulf.

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"Give it to them? That's wishful thinking! Even if the Persian Gulf is made of oil, the new Baku is mine! I won't give it to anyone!" Old Renault immediately became angry.

Not giving it to them?

That's because Old Renault didn't know how much oil there was in the Persian Gulf.