Chapter 452: Flickering

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"Yes......" Li Mo pinched his nose again, he remembered that in his previous life, German Chancellor Kohl was very protective of Merkel, so some people joked that Merkel was "Kohl's little girl".

Because of her own drive, Merkel may enter Kohl's sight in advance, and with the power in Cole's hands, wouldn't it be very simple to know about her situation?

However, Merkel came just in time, and if she doesn't come, maybe Li Mo will deliberately look for her next year.

But this thought is absolutely and absolutely unspeakable, Li Mo said: "You only see the surface, and do not pay attention to other aspects. ”

"Anything else?"

When the time came, Lee told the truth: "Iraq may invade Kuwait." ”

"What does Iraq's invasion of Kuwait have to do with your investment?"

"Merkel, think with your head, how are you like this, how do you mix in politics?"

Merkel thought for a long time, which did not mean that she was not smart, but that she was indeed very young at this time, and she suddenly shouted: "Li, you want to become the richest man in the world." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm far less wealthy than some families, and most of the money I earn will be spent, like the orphanage in the east, and I'll probably spend billions of dollars. The front is earning, the back is spending, no matter how much money I make, I will never become the richest man. ”

"Li, it's right that you are patriotic, but you can't be so shameless. ”

"Merkel, let's be reasonable, first of all, is it in line with Western law for me to do this? I admit that I am a little shameless, but the truly shameless people will not admit that he is shameless in doing this. ”

It's a bit of a twist, but it makes sense.

"Secondly, some people compare my IQ with your German Einstein, I don't think so, my IQ is definitely not as high as his, let alone his contribution to mankind, he is the real immortal existence. But you have to admit that my nose for making money, or rather, my life could be worth hundreds of billions of dollars. ”

"Are you worth that much?"

"Merkel, do you think I can make this money in my life?"

Merkel was speechless, what Li Mo meant, he risked his life, which is equivalent to risking 100 billion US dollars in gains and losses, leading the two Berlin people to push which wall, Li Mo got these technologies, it must not be more than the money Li Mo spent, and the same is definitely not worth 100 billion US dollars in 90 years.

Although Li Mo is reasonable, Li Mo has to show credit, and Merkel has no excuse.

Li Mo sighed: "Yes, you all say that I am a good person, am I a good person? I am just a person who is not too bad, and I don't want the reputation of this good person." ”

"You're definitely not a good person......"

"Don't be angry, compared to other venture businessmen, I am really a good person, and I am even more of a good person to you Germany, although you Germans have invaded our Chinese ...... in the last century"

Merkel blushed.

If she reckoned like this, she would have no way to question Li Mo. Li Mo just took some technology and registered a patent, but he did spend a lot of money, and he did have a great contribution to the upcoming reunification of Germany.

But how much loss did the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Coalition bring to China?

Li Mo did not deliberately turn over the historical accounts: "But in this century, you Germany do not have much grievances with us and China, whether it is East Germany or West Germany, relations with China have always been relatively good, so I do not exclude you Germany." As Germany is about to be reunified, I would like to ask a few questions by the way: After reunification, all your East German enterprises will move towards a market economy and privatization, lose the protection of the planned economy, and will face fierce competition for goods from West Germany and the rest of the world.

In fact, every year from next year, many companies in East Germany will file for bankruptcy mainly in the local courts, and despite the heavy subsidies from West Germany, they will not survive. The closure of the potash mines in the Harz region of Thuringia, which includes more than 10,000 workers, also means that the more than 10,000 workers are completely unemployed. In 1990 and 1991, industrial production contracted by 28.4 per cent and 44.4 per cent, respectively, over the previous year. Agricultural production was even more severe, falling by 37.5 percent and 13.4 percent, respectively, from the previous year, leading to nearly half of the agricultural cooperatives declaring bankruptcy......

Li Mo continued: "In the face of the impact of dynamic enterprises in West Germany, a large number of your East German enterprises will inevitably go bankrupt, for the simple reason that your East Germany is more backward in technology than West Germany, your East Germany was originally a planned economy, the workers are relatively lazy, and the management awareness and management level of the leaders of your East German enterprises are very backward...... So a large number of bankruptcies are inevitable, so how do you plan to settle a large number of unemployed people?"

At present, the number of unemployed people in East Germany is 444,800, and the number of semi-unemployed people is 1,727,800, which is still a bearable range. However, by June next year, these two figures would rise to 837,000 and 2.05 million respectively, and the two together would account for 35 to 36 percent of the total number of employable people in the eastern region; in July, the number of unemployed people exceeded the 1 million mark for the first time, reaching 1.07 million, and by the end of the year they had risen to more than 1.2 million. The following year, the number of unemployed and semi-unemployed exceeded more than half of the total number of employed people!

Think about it, if you change the current backward China, half of the people are unemployed, what will happen?

It's so miserable.

"Why do you East Germans all support reunification now, and a unified Germany will inevitably become stronger, but as ordinary people, they support reunification, but only for the benefit and high income of West Germany. But after reunification, the situation has become even worse, what will the people of East Germany think?"

Kohl later visited East Germany, and was greeted with countless tomatoes, eggs, and paint.

In a survey of 2,000 citizens from the East and West in June and July 1991 on the question of "mutual affection among Germans" conducted by the Bielefeld Emnid Public Opinion Institute, 81 percent of the citizens of the West believed that "the workers and clerks of the East have not learned anything since they entered the competitive system", that they felt that the East people lacked a sense of competition and autonomy, did not pay attention to efficiency and effectiveness, and were accustomed to relying on government relief and social welfare; while two-thirds of the East citizens believed that " Westerners pose as neo-colonial conquerors to us", 92 per cent of eastern citizens believe that westerners only use the east as a sales market, and about 84 per cent of eastern citizens consider themselves "second-class citizens". During a demonstration in Leipzig in March 1991, a banner was even raised: "1989: We are a different people. 1991: Are We a Nation?

This in turn led to the emergence of many neo-Nazis in East Germany......

This chaos can not be expressed in words.

"No, no. Merkel rubbed her hands nervously.

"Okay, I'll just make a simple analysis, your East German industry is a bit irrational, commerce, transportation and service industries are particularly backward, the output value of the industrial sector accounts for more than half of the GDP, and there is no crisis in the planned economy, but when you enter the market economy, how much impact will this unreasonable economic structure bring. Even in the industrial sector, your strengths in East Germany were electronics, mechanical engineering, chemicals, and plastics, but to the worst extent these were precisely those of West Germany. Do you think these products of East Germany can compete with the products of West Germany? If nothing else, I will only talk about the ...... style" Li Mo took out his pen and casually sketched the appearance of several cars.

"Under the premise of the same quality, do you think your East German cars can sell these cars?"

"What country is this car?"

Li Mo pointed to his brain, which he "wanted".

But even if Li Mo did not come up with a more beautiful model to stimulate Merkel, the appearance of the East German sedan was far inferior to Japanese and West German cars, and even inferior to American cars.

Merkel's face became solemn.

"Maybe I'm wrong, but if I'm right, I'll do my best to help you East Germany get out of the embarrassment as much as possible. ”

"You?"

"I am sure that I will not be able to make a happy life for more than 16 million people in your East Germany, and your GDP per capita in East Germany is so large......"

Last year, East Germany's total GDP was $197.45 billion, and its per capita GDP reached $11,873, which is more than 30 times that of China. However, this is per capita GDP, not per capita PPP, of course, per capita GDP has reached this figure, which shows that East Germany's foundation is still good, at least much better than China's. If you want to help, it is not difficult in practice, as long as the employment rate is solved, East Germany will quickly get out of the embarrassment. However, Li Mo also knew that he continued: "I definitely can't do it alone, but how much force I can exert is how much force I can use, and you can't underestimate me." ”

Li Mo pointed to the sketches of the appearance of these cars.

Merkel understands.

"When are you coming to our East Germany?"

"Look, after the reunification of your Germany, West Germany will have to provide all kinds of support to your East Germany, if this situation can be avoided, I will enter your Germany hastily, will I not underestimate you Germans? If by the end of next year, your Germany is not fully integrated, I will enter your East Germany, how much can I help?"

"Do you really have that kindness?"

"It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that I have good intentions, but in the United States, there are many people who call me the best collaborator, and indeed, I have taken advantage of your East Germany in these technologies, so why can't I give back appropriately? This is also the purpose of my business, which is called win-win, and only by win-win will there be more and more partners, and the business will become bigger and bigger. ”

Not really.

After the reunification of Germany, the West German government carried out various reforms in East Germany because it pinned its hopes on large amounts of private investment.

There were many investors who came to take a look, but the situation was too much for them to bear.

For example, the backward technical equipment of various enterprises is a treasure in China, but how can it be placed in the eyes of West German investors. According to German law, the pollution caused by the enterprise must be controlled by the enterprise, and if you don't know if it will make money, you have to pay a pollution control fee first......

Enterprises, like all state-owned enterprises in China today, have extremely bloated personnel, and in order to reduce the number of employees and improve efficiency, a large number of layoffs are necessary, and part of the unemployment benefits for the unemployed must be borne by the enterprises.

Many companies have unclear property rights, making it difficult to settle assets and daunting for investors.

In the state-owned enterprises, the workers are relatively lazy, but these workers do not know the height of the sky, and think that the reunification of Germany will require higher wages. If you do less work and get more wages, can that boss afford it?

Residents in the eastern part of the country have lived under the centrally planned economic system for 40 years and lack the necessary qualities of a market economy (such as knowledge and skills, a sense of competition, a sense of risk, and flexibility).

Wait a minute...... These circumstances quickly scare away the investments.

In 1991 the East alone received 172 billion marks in official financial aid (89 billion marks from the federal government, 35 billion from the German Unity Fund, 30 billion from the Federal Labour Office, 10 billion from the European Community Structural Fund, and 8 billion from the western states). After deducting revenues such as taxes from the east, real expenditures amounted to 113 billion marks), so much so that the economy of Germany as a whole has been stagnant for several years.

Of course, after surviving the first ten years, Germany will slowly get better.

As for other Eastern European countries, it is even more hehe, fortunately, the European Community went to the European Union and pulled the Eastern European countries hard, otherwise this freedom and people boil will become the deadliest poison in the world. In fact, there is no need to argue about what free people cook and autocracy, it is still Li Mo's sentence, measure, adjust, when it is cold, you must wear more clothes, and when it is hot, you must wear fewer clothes.

Therefore, Li Mo could not enter East Germany too early, that was looking for death.

It will have to be delayed until the end of next year, when the East Germans will become sober, and Li Mo's entry will be precious.

However, it could not be too late, it was too late, Clinton showed his claws to China, and Germany saw through Limer's attempt to enter East Germany. However, from the end of next year, there will be a two-year buffer and development time, and this base camp will be built, and if the United States does not shine on Germany, the Americans will not do anything to him, and no matter how smart people in Germany are, they will not think about it.

As long as he doesn't think about it, Li Mo is tantamount to showing favor to East Germany......

Who would have predicted?

Anyway, Merkel was excited and held Li Mo's hand: "Li, you are indeed the best collaborator." ”

Li Mo registered a technology patent, and what he did was a bit shameless, but what else can he say about helping this one? After all, China is very backward, and it is actually understandable for Li Mo to do this.

"Merkel, you deliberately came to the magic capital, you didn't just ask me about this, right?"

"No, Prime Minister Kohl asked me to invite you to the reunification ceremony. ”

"Unification ceremony, what time?"

"October 3rd of this year. ”

"October 3rd?"

"On October 3, 1918, Austria and Germany, through Switzerland, handed over to the United States the armistice note of the First World War. ”

Before Limer could react, Merkel added: "There are still some countries that are not very comfortable with us in Germany. ”

Saying this, Li Mo understood.

That is, the Second World War is now completely over, and our reunification on this day means that we in Germany will be a peace-loving country in the future, and will not invade any other country.

But not only that, before Cole left, the words of Cole were to ask Merkel to ask Li Mo about the reason for registering the patent, Cole could understand, but he was still a little angry, if Li Mo replied strongly, this is the rule, this is your Western law, then this matter is over. You have torn down the Berlin Wall, which is good for our German reunification, but you have also taken advantage of our Germany, and we are equal to two shots.

If Li Mo has a saying, then invite Li Mo to participate in the reunification ceremony, after all, compared to these technologies, national reunification is the top priority. Not to mention that West Germany unified East Germany, if the United States agreed and supported China to recover the Gulf smoothly and quickly, China would agree as long as China forgave their debts.

Li Mo said happily: "Okay, please tell Prime Minister Kohl on my behalf, and I will definitely participate." ”

Merkel didn't stay long, what Li Mo said was too bad, she had to go back and report to Kohl, but no one thought that Li Mo didn't remember that at this reunification ceremony, Germany was slapped in the face by several allies......