While naval personnel inspected the Royal Wilhelm Shipyard, other Romanians in Germany also had missions.
Outside a two-story building on Loewstrasse in Hamburg, two men in suits were knocking on the door.
"Crunch."
After the door was opened, an old woman looked out.
At this time, one of the men smiled and said: "Hello, is this the home of Mr. Dieter Rams?"
"Yes, what can I do for you?"
"Hello, we are from Romania. I heard that Mr. Dieter Rams is currently at home, so we came here specifically to visit."
After hearing the man's words, the old woman looked at the two strangers, and then opened the door. Now that Germany has too many unemployed people and the public security has become bad, some precautions are normal. At present, the two of them have no idea about it at all.
No wonder.
"Ramus, these two gentlemen are looking for you."
After taking the two people to the living room, the old woman immediately went upstairs and shouted into a room.
At this time, a slow response came from the room: "Okay, Mom, I understand. Come over when I finish the picture and ask them to wait a moment."
Who knew that this sentence made the old woman a little unhappy, and she immediately shouted through the door with a loud voice: "I keep drawing those drawings of yours every day when I have nothing to do. Can these drawings be turned into real objects? You have been kicked out of the design bureau.
, and don’t forget those ships. If you make me unhappy one day, I will use all these drawings of yours to warm the fire."
The two visitors who were listening to the conversation looked at each other and smiled silently.
After a while, the old woman came to them with a teapot and two cups.
"You two, please have some tea first."
"Thanks."
Looking at the low-quality black tea in the cup in front of them, combined with the clean but badly worn furniture in the living room, the two of them had a general understanding of the family's economic situation.
The waiting time for the two of them was not long. After a while, a middle-aged man in his forties wearing a shirt and vest came downstairs. His hair looked messy as if he hadn't taken care of it for several days. And the vest
I guess it was just worn because the buckle was in the wrong place, but the owner didn't notice it.
The two of them had seen the photo before coming and were sure it was Dieter Rams himself.
"Hello Mr. Dieter Rams."
Before he could reach him, the two of them stepped forward and said, "My name is Alex, and this is my colleague Boris. We are from Romania."
Faced with the enthusiasm of the two people, Dieter Rams was much calmer. He stretched out his hand to shake hands with the two and said: "Good morning, gentlemen."
After the three of them were seated, Dieter Rams said directly: "If you have anything to say, just tell me. I'm still busy and need to draw pictures."
Faced with Dieter Rams's direct response, the two immediately overturned their previous plan, and the Romanian named Alex said: "Then let's just say it, we are Romanian navy personnel. I heard
You have your own unique insights into ship design, so I plan to invite you to design warships for our navy."
"Romanian Navy?"
"Yes, that's right, it's the Romanian Navy."
Dieter Rams, who received an affirmative answer, smiled and said: "As far as I know, the largest warship in the Romanian Navy is a Kolburg-class cruiser of our country. You must know that the ships I designed are much larger than this. Are you sure?
Can I get government funding?”
Don’t blame Dieter Rams for saying this, because this is about the current situation of the Romanian Navy, and what he said is relatively good. Most of the German naval designers who came into contact with Romania heard this
It was an invitation from the Romanian Navy, but they declined politely. Both of them were used to this.
"Mr. Dieter Rams, our current naval strength is indeed not on the table. However, our country has realized the shortcomings of this problem and has been increasing its naval military expenditure. In addition, our country is negotiating to purchase the Wilhelm Royal Shipyard. As long as we can
By relocating this shipyard to Romania, we will have the ability to manufacture warships of more than 10,000 tons. I think you are familiar with the capabilities of Royal William Shipyard."
When facing the two of them, Dieter Rams certainly knew the strength of Royal Wilhelm Shipyard. It was a large shipyard capable of building King-class ships, and he had been to it many times.
"However, the relocation of the shipyard is not a trivial matter, and the losses of employees and equipment during the relocation are not small."
When the two heard that this recruitment was promising, they immediately followed up and said: "Of course, we will recruit employees from the original shipyard, as long as they are willing to go to Romania. And in order to enhance the strength of this shipyard, we will also recruit outstanding employees from Germany.
Shipbuilding technicians. We will strive to build this shipyard into a world-famous shipyard and let the world know its name."
Dieter Rams listened to what the Romanian naval officer had said, and then asked: "But this is just your Romanian plan, but what does it have to do with me."
Faced with the sudden question raised by Mr. Dieter Rams, the two of them did not react at all. "What?"
"I said this is just your Romanian plan, what does it have to do with me."
Faced with Dieter Rams' sudden question, the two of them immediately racked their brains to think.
Wrong direction?
This is very possible. You must know that Mr. Dieter Rams is also a person who has a bad personality with his colleagues in the German Naval Ship Design Bureau. In fact, it was obvious from the beginning of his reception of the two of them, who would
When receiving others, ask them to finish speaking quickly, while you are still busy. It is precisely because of his personality that otherwise he would not be so talented in design, and he would be laid off immediately. For a genius with such a withdrawn personality
Designers really cannot use the old methods.
After figuring out the problem, Alex continued: "Indeed, the shipyard is just a construction facility, and the designer is the soul of the warship. I wonder if you can let us visit your workshop. We heard you before
I’m drawing blueprints, and we happen to know a thing or two about the design of warships.”
"You also know about warship design?"
"know a bit."
Sure enough, after hearing that the two of them also knew about ship design, Dieter Rams' attitude became unusual. He enthusiastically invited: "Then come with me to have a look and evaluate my work."
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The two of them followed Dieter Rams to his workshop. As soon as they opened the door of the workshop, they saw messy drawings scattered around and a half-drawn hull drawing, and there were some spills on the workbench that had dried.
The coffee stains revealed that this talented designer is not a person who likes to deal with details.
Dieter Rams pulled the two of them to a drawing, pointed at it and said to them: "Guess what ship this drawing is based on."
The two looked at the drawing. There was a huge chimney standing on it, which looked a bit like a Bavarian class. It also used a layout of two turrets in the front and one in the back. There was no hint of German style at all, but the layout of its two triangular rails was somewhat similar.
Derflinger-class battlecruiser. Looking at its plan, it looks more like.
After some exchanges, the two tried to say: "Is this a major overhaul of the Flinger class?"
After hearing what the two said, Dieter Rams said happily: "Yes, this is a greatly modified drawing of the Flinger class. I changed the four turrets with two in the front and two in the back to three in the front, two in the back.
Fort, so that there can be one more gun. And the flue is also changed to one, like the Bavaria class. The Battle of Jutland has shown that too many flues will easily increase the possibility of being hit, and will affect shooting.
Unexpectedly, you can know the whole story of a ship that has been modified so much that you can barely recognize its prototype."
It was obvious that this was a test. If the two of them could not answer the answer, the visit would probably end. After passing the test, Dieter Rams pulled the two of them in front of other drawings and explained the plan he had designed. The two of them saw from it
to improved drawings based on various warships.
Bavaria-class, Mackensen-class, King-class, Queen Elizabeth-class, Duke of Cavour-class, Combined Forces-class, Wyoming-class, etc. The two of them felt that they had come to the improved blueprints of battleships from various countries.
Of course, in addition to improving the battleship, Dieter Rams also made other ship drawings, but the prototypes of these drawings cannot be seen in his hands. This is not to blame the two of them. Who knew that this person was so perverted?
He collected the drawings of ships from various countries. The two of them asked him curiously about this. Who knew that Dieter Rams said that he mostly used photos to survey and draw his drawings, because the principles of warship design are the same?
Yes, as long as you understand the principles thoroughly, you can achieve a reasonable layout of firepower, speed, and protection.
These words made sense, and the two of them blushed a little. Geniuses are indeed extraordinary.
The two people who felt that they had found a treasure immediately recommended this talented designer to Calust after visiting his studio. They also said that this warship can ensure that the future Romanian navy has a first-class design level. The captain of the guard
Your Excellency, I am very curious about how one designer can guarantee the quality of naval ship design.
So one day, the captain of the guard came over with navy negotiators. These navy officers were a little dissatisfied with the idea that one person could change the design level. None of them had been involved in it for many years, and they did not dare to make such a big statement.
It was at this time that Dieter Rams showed his abnormal ability. He made all the Romanian navy personnel who came to him speechless, and they were all impressed by the talent of this genius.
For this reason, Kallust also specially informed Edel of this genius Dieter Rams via telegram.
"Dieter Rams, I haven't heard his name."
Edel took the telegram and thought about it. He had never heard of this famous person in later generations. But it didn't matter. As long as there were geniuses, Romania could try its best to recruit them. After all, Romania needed a navy in the future, and he was not willing to lose his power.
Hide in the black sea.
So under Eder's instructions, Romania opened a position as chief ship designer for this genius. More importantly, he was given a three-year commitment, and the Romanian Navy would be responsible for designing a warship of more than 10,000 tons.
Within six years, he would design a battleship for Romania.
It is a unique condition in the world for a ship designer to be invited to design two warships. Let alone a battleship, this is simply unbelievable.
So Dieter Rams became famous for this, and other great powers were surprised by Romania's move. It also caused an uproar in the ship design community. Battleships faced competition from many peers, and many even used off-board tactics.
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The consequence of this is that many unsuccessful ship designers have become very interested in Romania. They all take their own plans and go to Romania to promote themselves. They do not ask for the same conditions as Dieter Rams.
As long as your own design can meet the requirements of construction, it will be fine.
However, so many designers rushed to Romania, which put a lot of pressure on the naval department. Unfortunately, most of the unsuccessful designers are really not strong enough, and only a few are real talents. Of course, the naval department will not let go of these talents.
, was immediately recruited into the design department.
Therefore, the strength of Romanian ship design is also growing rapidly. After the relocation of Royal William Dockyard was completed, a large number of excellent design drawings were placed in front of the navy. At this time, they also experienced the troubles of happiness.
