The next day, at nine in the morning.
Wu Pinyan was resting in the hotel when his phone suddenly rang. When he saw who was calling, he quickly answered.
"Hello, this is Wu Pinyan."
"Yes, yes, at ten o'clock, I understand."
Ending the call, Wu Pinyan immediately opened the message group: "Prepare yourselves, King Chen Yang will receive us at ten o'clock."
At half past nine, the group arrived at the Ministry of Commerce.
They stood outside the ministry, exchanging glances, feeling a slight tension.
In theory, this negotiation should not be their responsibility.
But after the situation was reported and discussed internally, the task of negotiation was finally assigned to Wu Pinyan.
This decision left Wu Pinyan puzzled.
Although he didn't understand the reason, the most important thing was that he was about to meet the supreme leader of the Yan Guo Kingdom for the third time.
The possibility of cooperation would be determined in this negotiation.
If the negotiation were successful, this could become the culmination of his political career!
Keeping their emotions under control, the group entered the Ministry of Commerce.
The staff led them to the office, where they gently knocked on the door, opened it, and once again saw Chen Yang, dressed in a suit, waiting behind the desk.
"King Chen."
"Sit down."
Chen Yang didn't stand on much ceremony. Under the calm appearance of those present, but with emotions boiling inside, he extended his hand: "Thank you for the relief funds from China. I hope our countries can continue to maintain friendly relations and strengthen our strategic cooperation. Let's set a time to sign the contract."
Happiness came suddenly.
Wu Pinyan didn't sleep all night, knowing that it was highly likely that Yan Guo would sign the contract.
Chen Yang's direct response left Wu Pinyan a little surprised, and he took a full second to react before reaching out his right hand and tightly shaking Chen Yang's hand.
"King Chen, regarding the details of this contract, our country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs will deal directly with your country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But before that, could you give us a brief introduction about the steel plant plan? For example, technical details on the production of special steel..."
Wu Pinyan was nervous as he knew that the success of the negotiation depended on this moment.
Chen Yang pondered for a moment and replied, "I can provide some details, but only partially and only within Yan Guo. Furthermore..."
He looked at everyone: "These diagrams are quite technical..."
Wu Pinyan said: "These people are senior academic-level engineers from China, they are experts in this field."
The four experts included a metal materials science expert and a mechanical engineer. They were chosen specifically to check whether Yan Guo's steel factory possessed the core technology.
They could determine the authenticity of the diagrams just by looking at them.
Chen Yang nodded and said, "Follow me."
They left the Ministry of Commerce, got into the car, and the vehicle soon left Yan City.
Everyone was intrigued, wondering where they were going. Weren't the diagrams in Yan City?
When the car arrived at the port, they were even more confused.
It was only when Chen Yang took them aboard a cargo ship that they realized what was happening.
"Open," Chen Yang said to the ship's staff.
With the opening of a large container, a huge piece of metal appeared before them.
"What is that..."
The four experts frowned slightly and adjusted their glasses.
Seconds later, they recognized the object.
"It's a staged reheating oven!"
Chen Yang nodded, "One of the components."
Then, other containers were also opened, revealing several metal pieces of different sizes and shapes.
The four experts continued to analyze the pieces, becoming increasingly emotional and excited.
"This is a roughing mill component, and this is a finishing mill component, electroplating unit equipment..."
"This is a component of the pickling production line..."
"Iron direct reduction equipment..."
Wu Pinyan and his colleague didn't understand anything about it; to them it just looked like a bunch of metal parts. However, the experts' reaction indicated that these pieces of metal were indeed something extraordinary.
Just then, a worker walked over and handed over a thick stack of diagrams.
Chen Yang interrupted the experts, who were emotional, and said, "These are some diagrams and technical descriptions of the core components. Just a part."
The four experts took the documents and carefully examined them.
As time passed, the experts became more and more excited again.
"Old Zheng, look at this, it's blast furnace gas recycling technology."
"Old Wang, come and see, it is the technology of efficient sintering and low temperature desulfurization!"
"Ultrapurified steel production technology! Too bad... too bad we can't..."
The experts were so moved that Wu Pinyan thought of reminding them of the need to maintain their composure in King Chen's presence.
Chen Yang watched their reactions with a smile, not in a hurry to interrupt.
After about half an hour, the experts finally calmed down and, with evident reluctance and a bit of sadness, returned the documents to Chen Yang.
Chen Yang looked at his watch and said, "It's already getting late, let's have lunch. We can discuss some details while eating."