Frankfurt is Germany's fifth-largest city, but it is the country's financial center.

For the past 100 years, he has also been a commercial center and transport hub in Germany.

After the expansion of Frankfurt Airport in '72, it became the aviation center of Germany.

Most of Germany's banks, financial institutions, insurance companies and other institutions have their headquarters here.

Jonas's small plane landed on a separate runway north of the airport, which is reserved for small business jets and does not need to go through customs and is only open to people from Western European countries.

Getting off the plane, Jonas saw Stefan waiting on the side of the runway.

He smiled like a flower and ran over as fast as he could.

"Don't hug...... Don't hug ......" but Jonas's prayer didn't help, and Stefan threw himself into Jonas's arms like a bird returning to the forest.

Thinking that he had come to beg them this time, Jonas held back and did not dodge.

"Stefan, how is the summer vacation arranged?"

Stefan hung on Jonas's shoulder and said with a smile: "I learned a lot from my trip to the Far East with you last summer. This summer, I told my mom that I would conduct business research and negotiation with you. Are you welcome?"

Looking at his expectant eyes, Jonas secretly complained, for the sake of the smooth trip, he could only say against his will: "Welcome." ”

Stefan smiled happily: "I really want to work with you, and I pestered my mother for a long time before she promised to help you once." ”

Jonas asked, "Help me with what?"

"To develop a civilian model suitable for China, don't you want to open a car company?"

Looking at the pure smile on the face of eighteen-year-old Stefan, Jonas felt a sense of pressure, this kind of liking was not what he wanted!

Jonas shook his head and introduced, "This is Plov and Kaia Young, you've seen them before. Mikiros, you haven't seen it before, and now it's my assistant. ”

Stefan showed no interest in them, but shook hands with them politely and pulled Jonas to the easy level by the side of the runway. "I got my driver's license this year and today is the first time I've driven here in person, and we're in a car. ”

Jonas turned his head to look at his bodyguard, who smiled bitterly: "Today's journey is less than twenty kilometers, and Stefan drove for almost half an hour. ”

Jonas said firmly: "Stefan, please give me the car keys." ”

He happily said, "Okay, you open." I'll sit next to you. ”

They drove a seven-series and two three-series, with Jonas getting into the car with the keys to the seven-series and Stefan in the passenger seat.

The bodyguards sandwiched them between them, one after the other, and drove straight along the western suburbs to Bad Homburg without entering Frankfurt.

Bad Homburg has been Germany's most famous spa town in the past, and has been the favorite resort town of the German aristocracy throughout the ages.

The centuries-old castles in the forests surrounding Bad Homburg are a great place to visit and vacation.

In '78, after the kidnapping of the Covante family, the Covant family lived in seclusion in this town.

Especially after the death of Stefan's father, Joanna took Suzanne and Stefan to live here, almost isolated from the world.

The media did not capture any information about them, and they did not contact anyone except to attend the shareholders' meetings of various companies.

Suzanne is shy and introverted, while Stefan is sensitive and suspicious, and only in the presence of Jonas does Stefan dare to relax.

"Mom said that since you want to enter the automotive industry, why don't you just buy Opel, they are not doing well now. ”

"I'd like to, too, but GM won't sell it. ”

BMW and Opel are also rivals, with Opel's headquarters in Frankfurt, less than 20 kilometers from the airport where Jonas got off the plane.

Stefan said regretfully: "It's a pity it's not 80 years. ”

Opel before 81 was not having a good time, and was almost sold by GM. In '81, Opel redesigned the Ascona with a front-engined rear-wheel drive. The switch to front-engined front-wheel drive from the AsconaC resulted in a huge hit with the car.

And the chassis of this car, which is also applied by Opel to the KadettE model, is still very popular in the market, and the result is that Opel is alive.

Although Stefan was under his mother's chick-like beard, he knew much more about the automotive industry than Jonas. He has been raised in this direction since he was a child.

When the average person didn't know what model it was, he was already researching what power.

When ordinary people are still studying what cars have high power, he is already studying car cost control.

The heirs of large families, because they grew up in this environment, as long as they are not idiots, are basically more professional than ordinary people.

Just like Jonas's current academic progress, it has a lot to do with the fact that he has studied finance since he was a child.

A lot of knowledge that he studied at university began to be exposed to when he was a child.

Jonas smiled: "Believe me, the future Opel will definitely not be as good as BMW, you will become a world-renowned luxury car company, they can only be sold." ”

Stefan said with a bit of a mid-heartedness: "Well, I'll buy them in the future." ”

BMW has been learning from Mercedes-Benz and taking the road of specialization and refinement, and they are not taking the civilian route like Volkswagen.

Opel is not a luxury car company, if BMW buys them, different business models, it is difficult for the two companies to integrate, and Opel will only be a burden.

To the west of Bad Homburg is the Feld Mountain, and to the north of the town there is also a hill, which is located on the plain between the two mountains.

Much of the groundwater here is hot springs, and it was used as a royal resort and health resort for hundreds of years.

The Covante family's villa is located at the foot of the hill on the north side, and there are three guesthouses in three directions, forming a natural barrier for the family's villa.

There are three guesthouses in the vicinity, which means that there are plenty of hot springs here.

And the Covant family is also very luxurious, even the fountain at the door of the villa uses hot spring water.

However, their house looks like the main house of the Jonas family, very simple and low-key, and it is not at all clear that the family behind the BMW living in it has billions of wealth.

Stefan's grandfather, Günther, bought Germany's largest battery-producing joint venture during World War I to supply the world's arms industry.

Subsequently, he bought a series of German armaments and munitions factories. During World War II, the Covant family's military factory was one of the military's most important arms suppliers.

Günther escaped the Allies after World War II, and along with his two sons, Herbert and Haraldt, were very shrewd entrepreneurs.

They seized the opportunity of Germany's rapid development after the war and quickly revived their family business after the war.

It is worth mentioning that Stefan's grandmother, who later married Goebbels, committed suicide after the defeat in World War II.

Herbert focused on the automotive and battery industries, and the pharmaceutical industry, while Harald was a playboy with no patience for management and became an investor, owning shares in more than twenty large companies, including Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz.

Harald died in a plane crash in '67, leaving behind five daughters, the eldest of whom was only 16 years old and the youngest 2 months old.

But the five daughters grew up happily with the help of their uncle Herbert, and they worked very together to control their father's inheritance without any disputes.

Even when the fourth sister was kidnapped, several other sisters would rather exchange their lives for the sick fourth sister.

The kidnappers were also moved by this, and after getting the ransom, they released their fourth sister, which became a good story in the history of kidnapping in Europe.

Until the development of cameras in the 90s, there were no fewer kidnappings in Europe than in the Americas, like the last kidnapping case between Jonas and Giovanne.

There are many small countries, and joint law enforcement is difficult, and it is difficult to catch a kidnapping and then flee to a country casually, and there are too many kidnapping cases at this time.

Herbert, on the other hand, had three marriages, and he gave his shares in many businesses to the daughter born to his first wife.

Gave the Varta battery factory to the three children of the second marriage.

Suzanne and Stefan were the two children of his third marriage, and they received the most wealth, including nearly half of BMW's shares, Altana, Delton, and a number of companies in Luxembourg and the United States.

According to Jonas, the descendants of these Covante families also have a family council, which meets once a month to discuss the future direction, help the other members through the difficult times, and so on.

Speaking of which, their family is much larger in terms of numbers and wealth than Jonas's Hoffman family.

However, Joanna is married for the third time, and she is not treated by the upper class, so she is still a little weaker in front of Hannah.

She also appears very gentle towards Jonas. The last time we met in Switzerland, if Jonas hadn't said that her home had no place to park, she would have given Jonas a BMW as a gift.

She is very supportive of Suzanne and Stefan playing with Jonas, and although she does not want to mix in the upper social circles, she still hopes that her children can be more helped.

It's just that Jonas doesn't know, does she know that Stefan is a little crooked......

Following the bodyguard's car into the courtyard with a tall wall, Jonas saw Joanna waiting at the door with Suzanne and Giovanne.

Jonas stopped the car and walked over to Joanna first, giving her a veneer salute. "Aunt Joanna, you are an elder, how can I let you go to the door to greet you!"

Joanna smiled: "We rarely have guests in our house, and I am very happy that you can come today." ”

After a gentle hug with Susanna, Jonas was hugged by Giovanne. He slammed Jonas on the back. "Jonas, I'm jealous. How can you make billions of dollars in a year!"

Jonas smiled: "How can there be so much, Hoffman Investment Bank only has a 20% commission, and I can get less than 10% myself, which is only a few hundred million dollars." ”

"That's enough to make people jealous. Tell us what you have next!"