While Romania was undergoing administrative restructuring, Kallust and others were still collecting such talents and equipment in Germany.
"Send this document to Dosk immediately, and also ask for quick exploration of Siemens' technology."
After Kallust handed a document to the secretary, he asked him to bring his request to his subordinate. It was obvious that he was dissatisfied with the work of this subordinate named Dosk.
"Okay, Director."
The director mentioned by the secretary is Carust's latest official position. Because his main job is to introduce technology and equipment to Germany, Romania has set up an external department specifically for this purpose, the Rhodes Friendship and Exchange Association. And he is the official
The director of this association. In addition to collecting German talents and equipment, this Rhodes Friendship Association also assumes its own responsibilities for friendly exchanges.
Every year, a lot of money is invested in exchanges between the two countries, such as inviting well-known scholars to Romania for exchanges, and organizing gatherings of people from the two countries and other tedious matters. Therefore, Carlust actually usurped the positions of many diplomatic ambassadors to Germany.
However, the main targets are civil society organizations and individuals. In addition, some things that are inconvenient for the ambassador to do are also done by him.
The Siemens company he is talking about is, of course, the company founded by Werner von Siemens. As a leader in electrification in Germany, Siemens has many good things that Romania covets, so Romania plans to introduce some technologies and equipment after the war.
.However, the current progress is not very good, because Siemens is obviously somewhat resistant to selling technology. Because its telephone and telegraph business is currently doing well, I heard that they still have spare energy to invest in the research and development of radios and other electrical appliances.
Kallust had no good solution for this. After all, as a private company, Siemens seems to be a bit unusual in Germany's current depressed environment. However, compared with Siemens, the other company is much more difficult.
Located in a small place called Villahugel in the south of Essen, there is a famous and luxurious manor near the Ruhr River. If the surname Krupp is mentioned in later generations, people will first think of cannons. There is no way, as Germany's main artillery supplier
During the Shang Dynasty, the Krupp family made great contributions to Germany's previous wars. The excellent Krupp cannon is a symbol of Germany's military force.
However, after Germany's defeat, Krupp's life was difficult.
Britain and France imposed heavy fines on Krupp, which produced artillery, and demolished Krupp's weapons factories as war reparations. In addition, they confiscated profits from the war, which greatly damaged Krupp's vitality. However, it was still
Fortunately, the patent fees from Vickers alleviated Krupp's difficulties.
However, in Gustav Krupp's view, this transfer fee was an insult to Krupp. It turned out that before the war, the British artillery shell manufacturer Vickers Company leased the Krupp fuze patent rights. After the war,
, the company paid royalties based on the number of German casualties.
This puts Krupp in the embarrassing position of making a fortune from German war dead, so it cannot be considered a humiliation. However, Krupp currently needs this money to ease the company's predicament.
Today at the Krupp Manor, Gustav Krupp and his wife were receiving two visitors from Romania.
The Krupp Manor is famous in Germany. In addition to the fact that the Krupp family lives here, its level of luxury is also breathtaking. There are 227 rooms in the manor, and Krupp's strength is demonstrated everywhere in the manor.
Even the guard room that let them in was built like a small villa. Finally, the locals call the trees in the Krupp Manor the Krupp Forest. You can imagine how big the manor is.
"Good day, Mr. Krupp. My name is Alex, and this is my colleague Boris. We are staff of the Rhodes Friendly Exchange Association. I am visiting you this time to seek your support for some things."
In the splendid living room, Alex from the Rhodes Friendly Exchange Association was introducing the origins of himself and his colleagues to the Krupps. The two had made great contributions to recruiting Dieter Rams, so they were appointed to update the program.
Important discussions with major German companies.
The self-introductions of the two did not cause much turmoil in the Krupps' hearts. In fact, they knew everything about what Romania was doing in Germany.
At this time, as the helmsman of Krupp, Gustav Krupp said: "I don't know what Krupp can do to help you. You know, we have just closed some factories and shipyards."
From Gustav Krupp's words, we can hear his deep resentment towards Britain, France and other countries. In addition to the huge losses suffered by Krupp, he also had personal reasons.
As the helmsman of Krupp, Gustav Krupp, whose original name was Gustav von Bohlen Onder Halbach, was originally a German diplomat. In 1902, the Krupp Company
The second-generation president, Friedrich Alfred Krupp, committed suicide after his homosexuality scandal was exposed in the press, leaving only one daughter, Beta Krupp (Big Beta was named after her).
In this era, it was unacceptable for a young woman to control Krupp. As a result, Kaiser Wilhelm II personally selected a husband for young Beta, and Gustav von Bohlen Onder Halbach
I was very lucky to be selected (the real version of marrying Bai Fumei and reaching the pinnacle of life).
And after they got married, Wilhelm II approved Gustav to bear the surname Krupp. It turns out that his choice was very wise. Gustav Krupp made many contributions to German ordnance.
In addition to the Grand Beta, he was also responsible for the construction of the Grand Cannon (known as the Paris Cannon), which bombarded Paris with a range of 82 miles. And the Krupp Germania shipyard he owned not only built battleships for the German Navy, but also
Many submarines were built.
The two simply ignored Mr. Krupp's grievances against Britain and France because they knew about it after living in Germany for many years.
At present, many people in Germany believe that in addition to being stabbed in the back (it sounds like they are talking about Romania), they were also deceived by Britain, France and other countries. You must know that Britain and France did not say before that they would encounter what would happen if they surrendered.
Such an idea of punishment is very popular among the German people. Even the Weimar Republic, which signed the treaty, is not popular.
In order to stabilize the government's control over the overall situation, Abbott reached an agreement with the military. As long as the military promised to protect the government, the government would not try to reform the military. On the one hand, the agreement symbolized the military's formal recognition of the new government, which reassured the middle class.
Although the army has nominally become the Republic's army, it is still entirely controlled by the former imperial military class. Therefore, the army is still a conservative force and is independent of the government. Its influence on the Republic is self-evident. As a military weapons supplier,
One can imagine Krupp's attitude.
So Alex said directly: "Your Excellency, our government has always paid attention to its relations with Germany. At the same time, it has not forgotten your country's help in Romania's industrialization. For this reason, His Majesty Eder has repeatedly extended his support to the suffering German people.
A helping hand. Moreover, our country's previous cooperation with Krupp was very successful, and all the cannons produced in China are made of Krupp's technology."
After complimenting the other party first, Alex finally stated his intention: "So our country hopes that this cooperation can continue, and considering the current actual situation of Krupp, our country hopes that this cooperation can be deepened
.You must know that Krupp is famous for the production of heavy artillery, and currently Germany cannot continue to produce such artillery. This is a huge loss for Krupp."
