While General Freit was carefully handling the issue of army restructuring, Alex and Boris, who had regained their freedom, came to the Krupp Manor again.
The two felt very sad about their previous experience of committing suicide. They were suspended from their duties and imprisoned, waiting for the king's instructions. Kallust's series of actions made them realize the extent of the mistakes they had made. Fortunately, His Majesty was tolerant and temporarily
Spare them, otherwise they would have returned to Romania and been imprisoned.
So this time the two of them behaved better. After arriving in the study room where they had the last meeting, they took out the certification document signed by Edel.
Faced with the actions of the two people, the Krupps looked at each other, as if to say that this time they were serious.
After retracting the documents, Alex said with a serious expression and serious eyes: "I wonder what Krupp considered the conditions given by our country before?"
When faced with Alex's words this time, Gustav Krupp replied cautiously: "We at Krupp have considered it, and the conditions previously given by your country are still not enough. However, considering Romania's goodwill,
So we can give some concessions under the existing conditions."
Gustav's words made the two first-time negotiators breathe a sigh of relief. This was a signal from Krupp that it was willing to cooperate with Romania. However, the specific conditions need to be negotiated, but if they can continue to negotiate, it means that their work is effective.
, so they listened quietly to the conditions proposed by Gustav.
"Our condition is that we will invest in technology and some equipment and occupy half of the new company's shares, while your country will invest in land and funds and occupy the other half. The newly developed weapons will also be owned by this new company.
.If the armies of the two countries want to use it, they can purchase it from the company. If other companies want to use it, they need the right to use it. The profits will also be distributed by the new company according to shares."
Gustav said finally, and proposed: "In addition, the new company must meet the annual production capacity of 1,000 artillery pieces and their parts."
In fact, Gustav was asked to significantly lower his conditions, not only because of the factors he mentioned, but also because of several other reasons why the previous choices were not suitable.
Previously, Krupp chose the Netherlands and Sweden as Krupp's secret research and development sites. Among them, the Netherlands has the most friendly attitude towards Krupp. After all, the relationship between the Netherlands and Germany has always been very good, but because it is located too close to Britain and France,
Not very suitable as a secret artillery research and development base.
As for Sweden, it is far away from Britain and France, but the relationship between Germany and Sweden is relatively normal. Moreover, Sweden's neutral stance will not help Krupp cover up much, which makes Gustave a little worried. As for future cooperation with Germany
Soviet Russia was completely out of Krupp's consideration. Gustav was very hostile to the red regime from the bottom of his heart.
Compared with the Netherlands and Sweden, Romania's conditions are much better. It is far away (both are located on the Black Sea) and has good relations (to be verified). The most important thing is that Romania can cooperate with the royal family. As the leader of Krupp Company
, Gustav is quite familiar with the situation in Romania. He is quite clear about the power of the current Romanian royal family, the Hohenzollern Sigmaringen family.
Doing business with the royal family in Romania is the most profitable, and in terms of confidentiality, which Gustav values most, Romania can be said to have the most advantage, so he is also the most satisfied with the choice of Romania. However, as a qualified businessman, Gustav
Of course, the husband needs to strive for the maximum profit for himself. Therefore, he needs to understand Romania's bottom line as much as possible, and the two people in front of him become his tools.
As for Gustav's last sentence, it was set up to prevent Romania from only doing research and development without production. This also has a little thought on his part. Because Krupp cannot continue to produce artillery at present, and Gustav obviously wants to retain some of it.
Key workers, so I specifically added one at the end to meet the possibility that Krupp could return to Germany to continue large-scale production in the future.
The two people who didn't know the thoughts of the Krupp family members in front of them, after hearing the new conditions given by the other party, Alex thought for a while and replied: "Thank you for your interest in Romania. But for this new condition, I
The party still believes that the gap is large. However, in order to show our sincerity, we also plan to modify some conditions."
Alex then said in a precise tone: "The new conditions offered by our country are that Krupp will invest in technology and equipment, and we will invest funds and land to build a new weapons factory. The shares of this factory will be half on one side,
And we will provide up to 20 million lei in research and development funds, and the results must be attributed to this new factory. In addition, weapons purchased by the German and Romanian military will be exempted from patent fees."
Hearing the new conditions proposed by Alex, Gustav immediately shook his head and replied: "No, no, this condition is unfair to us. Our company has invested too much. You must know that equipment and technology are very important to a company.
It is too important, especially since Krupp has the best artillery technology. Romania only needs to invest land and funds to share this technology. It is too unfair to us. It also negates the hard work of tens of thousands of Krupp workers.
.”
After hearing Gustav's dissatisfaction, Alex continued: "I do not deny that Krupp is currently the most advanced technology, but you also need to consider the actual situation. At present, only Romania has the ability to ensure that Krupp can continue
Develop new artillery secretly, knowing that once Germany rearms in the future, the profits will be the most generous for Krupp. Being able to have Romania help your company tide over the difficulties can be said to be the best choice for Krupp.
"
Faced with Alex's remarks, Gustave smiled and replied: "It would be a pity if you don't become a businessman."
Alex did not respond to Gustav's praise.
"What you said is correct. If Krupp's technology is kept for a few more years, it is very likely that it will fall behind. However, in addition to cooperating with Romania, our company can also cooperate with other countries. We can even develop it ourselves secretly. As long as
Not in the country, or in places beyond the reach of Britain and France, such as the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Norway and other countries."
"But this is not the best."
Facing the counterattack of the young man in front of him, Gustav said with a smile: "Yes, this is indeed not the best. But don't forget, I am a businessman, not a politician. As long as the benefits outweigh the risks, I have every reason to go
Do this. Of course, if Romania has good conditions, why don’t I cooperate with you?”
After hearing Gustav's words, the two of them realized that they were negotiating with the businessman. The other party was right. As long as the profit was huge, the businessman would not estimate anything else, but for some reason, Alex always felt that
Something is wrong.
"Okay, that's it for today's negotiation. You also know our conditions, so how about we continue the negotiation today?"
Facing Gustav's words, Alex, who was currently clueless, just nodded in agreement, and today's negotiation ended.
On the way back, Alex suddenly stopped the car suddenly, and Boris, who was unprepared, almost doubled over.
"What are you doing, Alex."
"Hahahaha, I thought of it."
Facing the warmth and anger of his colleague, Alex laughed at this time.
"What did you think of?"
Seeing his colleague who seemed to have gone crazy, Boris asked curiously.
Alex grabbed his colleague's shoulders as if he had seized an opportunity.
"I thought about why Gustav Hu said this. He is deceiving us. He is a pure businessman. He is a diplomat. He cannot only consider business interests. His thinking method habitually adds politics."
"so what?"
"So we are his only target, because Romania is currently the country with the best secret research and development in Germany. The only problem is that they don't choose us."
Alex, who had figured it out, felt refreshed and felt like a hunter who had caught a fox.
The next day, when Gustav once again said that Romania's conditions were too low, Alex smiled and said. "Sir, the importance of Krupp to the German military cannot be doubted, and our country and the military
We have always had a close relationship. So I hope Krupp can think about it for the military and stop worrying about these details. After all, Krupp relies on the German army to grow and develop."
Boris was confused as he listened to Alex's words. How could a good negotiation involve the German military? Boris didn't understand, but it didn't mean that Gustav didn't understand Alex's intention.
He frowned a little and said, "Who does this mean?"
"What our superiors meant."
Listening to the conversation between the two, Boris was a little confused. Isn't their superior Carlust? How come he didn't know what the director said?
"You two, please rest first and let me think about it."
"OK."
After speaking, Gustav took his wife and left.
After there were only two people left in the study, Boris immediately asked: "What are you talking about."
Alex took a sip of the coffee in front of him and replied: "We are negotiating, and it seems we are almost done."
Sure enough, the Krupps did not wait long and agreed after returning to the study. Krupp would jointly build a new weapons factory with the Romanian government. Krupp would hold half of the shares with technology and equipment, while Romania would own half of the shares.
The land and funds occupy the other half, and Romania will provide another 30 million lei in research and development funds. This weapons factory will reach an annual production capacity of 1,000 artillery pieces and their parts (it can be regarded as the introduction of skilled workers), and the results of research and development will also be distributed free of charge.
Used in Germany and Romania.
This new enterprise is called Romania-Krupp Company, or RK Company for short. (Abbreviations of Romania and Krupp)
But when Alex showed Edel the details of the negotiation, he couldn't help but laugh.
"He is really a talented person. If he had been in charge, he would have been mad to death. But for the sake of his merits, let's let him go this time."
