"Millions of people are saved from death only by living like animals."
This was actually not said by Gustav Krupp, but by the famous American historian William Manchester in his book "Glory and Dreams".
And he is not talking about Germans, but Americans.
During the Great Depression, thousands of Americans had to live as if they were born to avoid death. The situation in Germany would only be worse than that in the United States.
Accompanying Ade and Abou to find Rock was Randy Bartlett, a professor at the University of Good Hope, who also serves as the president of the South German Friendship Association.
The South German Friendship Association is mainly composed of ethnic Germans living in southern Africa. It has about 150 members, all of whom are industry leaders who have made achievements in various industries in southern Africa.
The South German Friendship Association is committed to the friendly relations between southern Africa and Germany. After the end of the World War, many Germans immigrated to southern Africa through the South German Friendship Association.
The South German Friendship Association does not participate in politics. The greatest contribution it has made to Germany so far is that after the world war, it successively raised about 100,000 rands in donations, which were used to purchase food and various daily necessities and donated them to German churches for distribution.
To the poor in Germany.
Of course, while donating to Germany, the South German Friendship Association did not ignore southern Africa. During the same period, the South German Friendship Association donated a total of more than 500,000 rand to churches and charitable foundations in southern Africa, which was a much higher proportion than the donation to Germany.
"This time we raised 300,000 rand, of which 150,000 rand came from the foundation in my wife's name. We are going to use this money to purchase food and clothes, all of which will be purchased locally in southern Africa." Randy Bartlett
Cautiously, he was not sure of Rock's attitude towards Germany.
Although during the World War, Germans living in southern Africa were not treated differently by the federal government.
However, during the World War, about 100,000 southern African soldiers died in the battle against Germany. Southern Africans have never forgotten this hatred.
After the end of the world war, the relationship between southern Africa and Germany eased for a time, but that was only seen by outsiders. As southern Africans, Randy, Ade, and Abu knew that if it were not for Germany's technical talents and industry
Ability, southern Africa will never be so enthusiastic about German aid again.
This is actually deserved. Who made Germany lose the world war? Winner and loser. Since you participate in this game, you must accept this result.
"Randy, you still need to learn more from Madam's foundation. After the economic crisis broke out, Madam's foundation has raised more than 15 million US dollars in donations in the United States, all of which were used to purchase supplies to relieve the poor in the United States." Rock didn't like it.
Randy used money from southern Africans to help the Germans.
Although the money does not belong to Roark, Roark has no control over how it is spent.
However, the operation of the South German Friendship Association is obviously slightly inferior to that of the Felice Foundation. You must know that the Felice Foundation not only does charity, but also operates some commercial projects for profit, including art auctions.
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Art auctions are the main way for the Phyllis Charitable Foundation to raise funds. An auction held by Angel Investment Company in New York raised US$6.5 million in donations. It can only be said that the rich in the United States are really rich.
Brandon Daniel, the director of operations of the Phyllis Foundation, is a smart man. He is very good at exploiting the weaknesses of human nature. During the World War, southern Africa collected a lot of art from Europe. Many European art is actually not accepted in southern Africa.
Welcome, at least not as popular as oriental art.
So the Phyllis Foundation brought European artworks that were unpopular in southern Africa to the United States for auction, and then collected oriental art from the U.S. market and auctioned it in Southern Africa. Last month, the Phyllis Foundation held an auction in Los Angeles
At the auction, Roque spent 10,000 rand to buy a three-color camel figurine from the Tang Dynasty.
This is not the most precious one. The most precious one, Phyllis, was sent directly to her own museum and would not be auctioned at all.
In terms of running a household, Phyllis is still very good at making money. Rock now has four private museums in southern Africa, two in Los Angeles, one each in Pretoria and Ziwei City, with a collection of nearly 250,000 pieces of various types of art.
In Phyllis' words, even if the descendants of the Locke family withdraw from business and politics, lose all their company shares, and are forced to hand over Nyasaland
You can live comfortably just by selling tickets to the museum.
Of course, with the power of Rock and Stoudemire, as well as the Matilda family, it is unlikely that Rock's descendants would be forced to hand over Nyasaland.
"Lord, Germany is not the United States," Randy said angrily. If Germany had had the advantages of the United States, it would not be where it is today.
The main advantage of the United States is that it is far away from the Old World, and it lacks natural enemies. It is not surrounded by wolves like Germany.
"Okay, the federal government will consider increasing its assistance to Germany." Even if Rock doesn't give face to Randy, he still wants to give face to Ade and Abu.
"Thank you." Randy was very grateful. Although he had left Germany for a long time, he still had feelings for Germany.
Or sympathy.
When Randy, Ad, and Abu were looking for Rock, Gustav Krupp was shopping in the mall.
What Gustav Krupp didn't expect was that it seemed that business in southern Africa had not been affected by the economic crisis. The store shelves were full of products, and even Gustav, who claimed to be well-informed,
·Krupp had never heard of it.
Customers came from all over the world and spoke different languages as if they had endless money in their pockets. Gustav Krupp saw with his own eyes a lady from the United States.
I walked around the store, then pointed to a satchel and said: This, this, this, except these three, all the others are wrapped.
In the current economic crisis, many things are a bit magical.
In the United States, there are products in stores, but Americans don’t have the money to buy them.
In Germany, there are no products in the stores and the Germans have no money.
In southern Africa, Gustav Krupp's heart was heavy.
This time when he came to southern Africa, Gustav Krupp also had a mission. His little daughter hoped to get a Simba-shaped stuffed toy. After selling the toy, Gustav Krupp
After thinking about it, I bought another toy doll, the kind that can be changed into clothes.
"Your taste is really great. Your daughter will be very happy. He has such a considerate father." The shopping guide spoke fluent German. There was nothing unusual about the way he looked at Gustav Krupp. He probably was.
Treat Gustav Krupp as an ordinary tourist.
This is normal. In 1928, television was not yet popular, and few people in Germany knew Gustav Krupp.
But TV has already appeared, and in Eterno's store, there is a TV that is playing the fashion show on a loop.
Models wore the fashionable clothes launched by Itno in the current season, and accompanied by melodious music, they posed in cool styles on the screen. Many girls crowded in front of the TV and ordered to buy the popular styles that the models had just shown.
"Are you German?" Gustav Krupp asked casually.
"Yes" the shopping guide doesn't want to talk too much about himself.
"Then why are you here?" Gustav Krupp did not let the embarrassed poor girl go.
"My family and I came to Southern Africa last year and are applying for Southern African citizenship." The girl smiles hard and works seriously and responsibly. Iteno's treatment is very good, and the girl knows how to cherish opportunities.
At this time, a customer asked the girl a question in French.
The girl first smiled apologetically to Gustav Krupp, and then answered the customer's questions in French.
Gustav was surprised. This girl seemed to have received higher education. Such polite young people are not common in Germany nowadays.
"Sorry sir, we in Iteno actually have regulations that we can only provide services to one customer per unit of time. I hope you don't mind." The girl is indeed polite and the service in Iteno is indeed good.
Referring to Gustav's shopping experience in the United States, I have to say that the experience was really bad. It was normal for the waiters to be irritating and indifferent. Sometimes they would even say nasty things to Gustav because he spoke German.
You can't blame Americans for being rude.
Restaurants in Paris can clearly sign that they will not serve rude Americans.
Then American stores don’t have to like Germans.
Don't think that the quality of salespersons in the United States is very high. Maybe the salesperson doesn't even know whether Gustave speaks German or French.
"How are you in southern Africa?" Gustav hopes to increase his understanding of Germans living in southern Africa.
"As you can see, it's not bad. At least I, a graduate of the University of Berlin, can find a job in southern Africa and be able to pay for my living needs." The girl's words surprised Gustav.
The University of Berlin is the Humboldt University of Berlin. This school was founded in 1810. Its founder was Wilhelm von Humboldt, the Prussian Minister of Education at the time.
The University of Berlin is the world's first new university that integrates scientific research and teaching, and is known as the "Mother of Modern Universities".
"Can graduates from the University of Berlin only work as salespersons in southern Africa?" Gustav was inexplicably heartbroken, not only because of the loss of elites, but also because of Germany's bleak future.
"This is just a temporary job. I have not yet become a Southern African citizen. I am very lucky to find a job. Moreover, the job opportunities in Iteno are also good. Not everyone has the opportunity to wear the uniform of Iteno." The girl smiled cleverly. Yanxi, I am very satisfied with the current situation now.
By the way, Itno's uniforms are indeed beautiful. After all, it is a luxury brand famous for its high-end fashion. Even the salesperson's uniform has a bit of a high-end fashion feel.
Gustav was in a trance, and his heart was really full of mixed emotions.