April 2, 1991

Jia Lei asked Pete to buy all the newspapers on the newsstand early in the morning and came back, and everyone in the advisory group got together to read the newspapers.

"On April 1, Detlev Karsten Rohedder, head of the State Property Trust Agency, was shot dead at his home, and the front page of the Berliner Zeitung made a headline! Jia Lei put down the newspaper and said, and the others also put down the newspaper in their hands in a panic.

"I have news in this newspaper as well!" said Novan .

"Gossip magazines also had news of Director Rohedder's assassination, but they tended to be murderous...... Suspects are also listed?" said Pete, speechless.

"I can't believe the news from the gossip magazines, but all the European newspapers have this news, but it's not a front-page headline...... I've been waiting for this news too. Father Farr said, sorting out the newspaper on the table.

"What should we do?" asked Jia Lei.

"Uh-huh......!" fell silent in the room.

"I think the first thing we have to do is keep ourselves safe. Jia Lei finally raised his head and said.

If there are really people in ZC Bearing Factory and the two farms who are dissatisfied with the closure ——of the enterprise and want to kill people, Jia Lei estimates that their first target must be themselves.

Who made Jia Lei the boss, Pete and they are just wage earners!

"How do you stay safe?" asked Pete hurriedly.

"Let's run...... Pete, you go and book a few tickets back to the Soviet Union - no! back to country M. A coup d'état was going on in the Soviet Union, and it was not safe to rain bullets on the streets. Jia Lei said.

The golden finger of rebirth doesn't seem to be very useful - at least Jia Lei now thinks it's not as useful as the golden bell hood iron cloth shirt.

"Okay, I'll book my ticket right away!" Pete said happily. The boss is so smart, as long as they run abroad, it's safe.

"The boss can run for a while, but you can't run for a lifetime!" said Father Farr. Farr, who is in his sixties, thinks that there are more young people in the room.

"I'll talk about it later, it matters if I run first! You don't know, I'm afraid that someone will suddenly come and shoot me when I'm sleeping at night! I don't even dare to sleep now. The villain in Jia Lei's heart trembled while wrapped in his own small quilt and said.

"You can't run, you forget that you have two pieces of land worth more than 100 million yuan and a museum in East Germany in addition to these two companies, unless you never go back to Germany in the future, otherwise you must solve this matter. Old man Farr carefully explained to Jia Lei.

"Right...... Yes...... I can't just run away, or my land will be gone......," Jia Lei said heartbroken, lying on the table.

"Although the land is important, I think life is more important, and the boss's stake in Cisco is much more valuable than the land, so I think the boss should take us out of Germany immediately. Richard, an asset appraiser, said.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes!" Jia Lei nodded quickly, he also felt that his life was worth more than the land.

"Boss, I'm afraid we won't be able to run......" Pete said with a panicked look on his face.

"Why can't you run? What is the situation?" Jia Lei broke down and stood up and asked loudly.

"Berlin airport doesn't have a ticket to country m. Pete said.

"It doesn't matter if you don't have a direct ticket, if you buy a ticket to another country, we can transfer!" Jia Lei ordered.

"Tickets for other countries are gone! When I called to book a ticket just now, I learned that I had inquired and that all flights to foreign countries at Berlin Airport were full. Pete said.

"It's full, how can the plane be full at this critical time? If today's tickets are gone, book tomorrow!" Jia Lei said angrily.

"Not tomorrow! I asked, and there was no ticket for three days. Pete said.

"Boss, I have researched that there are at least 50,000 overseas investors and their families and employees in Germany, and at least 20,000 in Berlin, and we are probably not the only ......ones who want to escape," said Richard, who is also part of his job as a market survey.

"So what are we going to do? No, we'll take the train. Jia Lei said.

"Okay, I'll book my tickets right away!" said Pete.

Unfortunately, there are more people who think this way, after all, not everyone has a passport to go abroad, and most of the people who choose to escape by train are businessmen from West Germany who have come to invest in East Berlin - businessmen who have dealt with the Trusteeship Authority.

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"Boss, in fact, your situation has not reached that serious, you are not yet to the point where you will be assassinated! Novan couldn't stand it, Jia Lei scared himself there, and said.

"What do you mean by that, am I still saved?" Jia Lei asked excitedly.

"Of course you can, you haven't done anything bad now!" said Novan.

He didn't understand why these foreigners thought that the Germans were all murderers, and there were people who died accidentally in any country in the world, but this time it was someone Jia Lei knew who just died.

It's a pity that Novan doesn't know that there is a saying in Huaxia called - being a thief with a weak heart! These people who are going to run have probably done black things with the Trusteeship Bureau......

"I've done something bad! I've already told the workers at the bearing factory that they'll be fired in a month! Why am I talking so fast, and how nice it would have been if I had said it again in a few weeks...... I'm trying to say now that I'm not going to close the factory, I'm afraid no one will believe me. Jia Lei said regretfully.

"But haven't you fired them yet? Novan said.

"That's not good, how much does it cost to raise more than 4,000 people a month?" Jia Lei said.

"The average monthly wage in West Germany was 1,411 marks, and in East Germany the average monthly wage was 42 percent of that of West German workers, about 592 marks! The wages of workers in our factories were 600 marks a month, and the wages of 4,000 people were 2,400,000 marks a month. I calculated according to the Trusteeship Board that you would have to pay DM 2,600,000 per month on your salary alone, plus about DM 3,000,000 a month on utilities and other expenses. Novan said.

"What are you doing with this?" Jia Lei was already stunned and asked blankly.

"That's what I'm supposed to do as your personal assistant, because you haven't told anyone else to calculate your payroll expenses, so I've put a lot of it together in advance in case you suddenly ask for it and can't find it. Novan said he had the usual rigor of a German.

"A month's salary is 2.6 million marks! No wonder so many factories and enterprises and the Land Trusteeship Bureau sold 2.5 million marks, and the money is not enough to pay the workers' wages for a month! Sure enough, there are no good goods!" Jia Lei said.

As a matter of fact, none of the Trusteeship Bureaus of Enterprises, which were still profitable after the shock of the Mark exchange rate, were retained in the form of partial privatization, and all the enterprises that were sold had shortcomings of one kind or another, at least after calculation, they were loss-making.

"I can't afford to put off three million marks a month, and since I can't sell the business now, I can only bite the bullet! Isn't it just turning losses into profits? I don't believe that I can't save two companies even if I have a golden finger. Jia Lei was forced to a dead end, but it stimulated his fighting spirit.

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Jia Lei has already understood the situation of the bearing factory, and in view of the degree of power of the new patent, Jia Lei can now temporarily put the ZC bearing factory aside, and what he has to do now is to inspect the two farms.

"The farm is about two hours away from the city, and I suggest you go to the institute first. Secretary Hans said that he was in a bad mood for the past two days because of the shooting of Director Rohedder, like the Trusteeship Bureau took a leave of absence.

The Trusteeship Bureau also took into account his mood and approved him with a month of paid vacation and a course of psychological treatment, from which Jia Lei can see the high welfare policies of EU countries.

"Secretary Hans, why do you go to such great lengths to help us?" asked Jia Lei.

"The fact that you took over the institute was entirely my reason, my grandfather's family lived in a small town near one of the institute's farms, and my uncle, uncle, and other relatives all worked on the cabbage farm. I want to find them a new boss who is better, at least someone who will pay severance!" said Secretary Hans.

"But I remember you're from West Germany?" asked Jia Lei.

"Yes, I'm a West German! I was born in West Germany, but my father was an East German, my grandparents and uncle were East Germans, and my father was studying in West Germany when Germany was divided in two. He was blocked by the Berlin Wall from going home!" said Secretary Hans.

Jia Lei nodded knowingly and didn't ask, he has seen this kind of thing a lot in recent months, and both newspapers and TV stations are keen to shoot some pictures and stories of family reunions after decades of separation.

The car drove smoothly and passed by Jia Lei's Berlin Wall Museum, and soon came to a large open space, Novan stopped the car in front of the research institute next to the open space, and Jia Lei pushed the car door and came down.

"The location of this institute is very good, right in the center of Berlin, and there will be a big development in the future. Secretary Hans said.

"Oh, what's the big deal, can Secretary Hans tell us about it?" asked Pete as he got out of the car behind him.

"This ......," Secretary Hans hesitated.

"Is it moving to Berlin?" asked the old man suddenly.

"How do you know?" asked Hans.

Isn't that obvious, anyone with a certain political sense can see it. Bonn was in the western part of a unified Germany, while Berlin was in the center of Germany. Old man Farr said.

That's exactly what it means, but it needs to be voted on. Secretary Hans said.

"What kind of vote is there, it will be 100% passed!" Jia Lei said without hesitation.

"Boss, how can you be so sure? Knowing that the cost of moving the capital is not small, it is not easy to decide?" Farr asked, he had only calculated the possibility but was not sure.

"Whew, don't think about politics or economics, you just have to think about it a little bit. Jia Lei said with his ring finger.

"Which point?" asked Novan and Hans in unison.

"People's hearts!" Jia Lei said.

"What does this have to do with moving the capital?" asked Hans.

"Let me ask you first, why does the government of country D want to move the capital?" asked Jia Lei.

"Because Berlin was the capital of Germany before World War II!" Hans said.

"Then what do you think is the most important thing about the merger of East and West Germany?" Jia Lei asked again.

"National, economic and political unity. Hans said.

The most important thing for the West German government now is to buy the hearts and minds of the East Germans, so it will come up with a large budget to exchange the East German marks one to one! And the way to give the East Germans the greatest sense of belonging to the unified Germany is to move the capital, and the city of Berlin is like a microcosm of this country, and only the West German government will set the capital in Berlin, a land that belongs to half of the East Germans, and the East Germans will feel at ease. Jia Lei looked back at the large piece of empty space behind him after the demolition of the Berlin Wall.

"Yes! As an ordinary East German, I am afraid that I can only feel at ease when I see the top leaders of West Germany living on East German soil, and the fact that the capital is set in Berlin can show that the West German government regards the land and people of East Germany as its own!" said the elder Farr.

"Why do you have to vote in that case?" asked Pete.

"Just like when we sign a contract, we have to discuss the terms, and how can we favor the West Germans without any opponents. It's like a family with two brothers, although they are both a family, but there is only one inheritance villa, how can we determine who will inherit multiple inheritances and become the owner of the villa without argument?" Jia Lei said.

"If Berlin were the capital of Germany, would this vacant land be worth a lot of money?" said Richard, glancing at the empty space in front of the institute.

"That's why I'm reluctant to run, this land can be worth at least 100 million US dollars after the capital is moved!" Jia Lei nodded and said.