Huo Bilan said again: "Then we arrange the negotiation candidates like this, and I, French Consul Bai Zaotai, American Consul Guna, and German Consul Knappe, are responsible for the negotiations, while others are the negotiators. Of course, Li Zhongtang was the main focus of the Qing Dynasty, and Mr. Li Jingfang, Zhang Peilun, and Mr. Zhou Fu are responsible for the negotiations. I hope that you can determine the list of negotiators, so we can make arrangements."

According to the agreement between the two parties in Tianjin, the parties to this negotiation can send 12 people to attend, including four of them, and can go to the negotiating table to negotiate, and the other 8 are deputy, and can only provide information and suggestions to the main talkers, but cannot speak.

In all countries, Britain has always been the world's dominance, so naturally he has to take the lead. France is an old empire and the United States is an emerging power. Both countries have many interests in China and the Far East, so they each have won a head talk. The only remaining head talk seat should have been given to Japan, Russia and China. These two countries are old empires and emerging forces, and are relatively close to China. They also have the most troops dispatched in the Eight-Nation Alliance. Although Germany is also a world power, it has no say in the Far East, and the German Far East Fleet has been wiped out. There is actually no German army in the Eight-Nation Alliance, so it is not qualified to get a head talk seat. Italy and Austro-Hungary were originally here to make soy sauce, and they never thought of asking for a head talk seat.

So France suggested giving a seat to Russia, while Britain advocated it to Japan. Originally, Russia and Japan were now quarreling on the Korean Peninsula and were tense, and this time they were even more reluctant to give in to each other, mainly because both countries were worried that their opponents would increase their voice in the Eight-Nation Alliance after they obtained the seats in the main, and thus take the initiative in the Korean Peninsula issue. So they all spoke out that if they could not get the seats in the main, they would withdraw from the negotiations and not recognize the results of the negotiations.

Later, after consultation between countries, it was decided that Japan and Russia would not give this seat, but Germany would make up for it, so neither Japan and Russia would say anything. Although they did not get the seats for the main negotiations, the other side did not get them either. Therefore, Japan and Russia also went down and recognized such quota allocation.

This is of course a good thing for time travelers. Not to mention that Germany has signed a cooperation agreement with time travelers, France and the United States are now having large business dealings with time travelers, and they all hope to end the war as soon as possible. Overall, they are biased towards time travelers.

So Qin Zheng also listed the list of the main talkers of the Time Traveler. In addition to himself, there were Li Sanjie, Li Liuyi, Peng Kai, and eight deputy talks, including five people who arrived in Shanghai in advance.

In this way, the candidates for the three parties to participate in the negotiations were determined, and Huo Bilan said: "We originally planned to hold negotiations on February 5th, that is, the day after tomorrow, but before the observation team left Tianjin, we both decided to play a football match in Shanghai, and you have agreed."

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "Yes."

Huo Bilan smiled and said, "After this matter was announced, it attracted widespread attention in Shanghai. The residents of the concession were more interested in this game than our negotiations. Therefore, we hope to hold this game before the negotiations and then hold our negotiations after the competition is over. This will delay our negotiation time."

Qin Zheng heard this and felt a little surprised, but he didn't care too much, saying, "When should the negotiation be postponed?"

Huo Bilan said: "We want to set the game on February 8 and our negotiations on February 1o, so that your football team should have enough time to prepare."

Qin Zheng looked at Wang Hailong because he was the coach of the football team, and this matter depends on his opinion.

Wang Hailong said: "Time is enough, but we need to train the venue and be familiar with the venue of the competition. In addition, some details about the competition also need to be negotiated."

Huo Bilan smiled and said, "There is no problem with this. After the banquet, Colonel Martinez will be responsible for conducting detailed negotiations with you."

Qin Zheng said: "Okay, let's follow this arrangement."

It turned out that Huo Bilan had made some serious considerations in revising the negotiation schedule, because Huo Bilan knew that this negotiation was not easy. The bottom line of negotiations for overseas Chinese was to not cede land or pay compensation. The Eight-Nation Alliance handed over Beijing to the People's Army to garrison, but this was far from the requirements of various countries. All countries hoped to use this negotiation to ask for compensation from the Qing court and obtain several colonies to make up for the losses of previous war losses. Beijing could not hand it over to the People's Army, but as a bargaining chip to threaten the Qing court.

However, the consuls of various countries also knew that overseas Chinese were not comparable to the Qing court. Previously, overseas Chinese told countries with their actions that they would not compromise easily. Although countries were prepared for this negotiation, it was not easy to achieve the goal.

When Huo Bilan knew that both sides planned to play a football match in Shanghai, he immediately started to think, hoping to use this game to suppress the momentum of overseas Chinese. Of course, as a mature politician, Huo Bilan did not think that overseas Chinese would give up their negotiation bottom line because of the failure of a football match, but it could also dampen the morale of overseas Chinese and increase the chance of winning for their own negotiations.

Huo Bilan hopes to use this game to suppress the rising national sentiment of the Chinese in the concession now. Because for Huo Bilan, the change in the mentality of the Chinese in the concession is the most terrible thing. After all, Huo Bilan is the consul of Shanghai, and negotiating with overseas Chinese is only his side job, and managing the Shanghai concession well is his main business.

Football is widely loved by all walks of life in the UK. Although there was no British League at this time, football clubs had appeared in the UK, and the FA Cup appeared in 1872. In 1888, the football league was organized, and in 1892, the football league was divided into two levels: A and B. It can be said that the prototype of professional competitions has been initially prepared.

Huo Bilan is also a football enthusiast, of course, who only watches and doesn't play. However, Huo Bilan knows that in the UK, the victory of a football match can indeed affect the mood of the local people. After the local team wins, the people will be excited and full of energy. On the contrary, if they lose, they will be listless and have no energy to do anything. Therefore, Huo Bilan also believes that if they win this game, it will be able to hit the spirit of the Chinese in the concession.
Chapter completed!