Chapter 248 - 235: Beat Around the Bush
The French will do anything, Gao Yi knew that all too well.
But surely, they wouldn’t sabotage their own money-making dealings, right? Wrong, they were indeed capable of screwing it up.
Gao Yi had forgotten that there’s a type of person known as a stirrer, and although France isn’t a nation of stirrers like the UK, as a country with the traits of many great powers, how could it not have its share of meddlers?
"What’s wrong?"
"The military procurement contract has been leaked."
"Do the French have a mole?"
Having a traitor was normal. There were all too many instances of people selling information after being bought off by other countries. It was understandable.
But Abdulla shook his head. He said to Gao Yi, "No, it’s not that. The Dassault Company’s labor union has announced the news to the world. As military procurement is completed, Dassault has to arrange their production schedule, so the union disclosed the information. They’re using this as leverage to demand a twenty-five percent raise from Dassault Company, or else they’ll strike. Without their labor, Dassault won’t be able to deliver the planes on time."
Gao Yi couldn’t wrap his head around the rationale. He truly didn’t understand, couldn’t make sense of it.
Isn’t a big company order a good thing?
