"Lin, my friend, I've been waiting for a long time, you know, I'm busy right now!" Cole looked at Lin Jianqi's back with an expressionless face, suddenly showed a warm smile, and walked over with open arms. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as Cole opened his mouth, he had a strong local accent on the west bank of the Rhine, and he only spoke his own Chinese, but he did not doubt that Lin Jianqi could communicate with him normally, because this was not the first time, since the first letter between the two in 1977, in the past ten years, Cole's interest in Lin Jianqi, an oriental friend, has grown day by day, and his personal friendship with him has been irreversible.

"Your Excellency, I have just arrived. Lin Jianqi seemed to hear the voice, smiled and turned around to hug Cole who approached him in fluent German, and then set his eyes on the niche of Julio Caesar again.

Helmut Kohl's identity is not simple: he is a well-known politician in West Germany. He was governor of Rhineland-Palatinate, president of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in 1974, and is now Chancellor of West Germany.

"Oh, what beautiful art. Cole stood next to Lin Jianqi and looked up to watch, admiring from the bottom of his heart.

Kohl's admiration is not hypocritical, and this year he also appointed Leipsci's painter Bernhard Heisig as his official photographer. This bold decision caused quite a stir. But it also shows Cole's unique artistic taste. Two houses in Hamburg are filled with works by various painters.

"Yes, art, Cole, this is my gift, it is innumerable years old, older than this pantheon, I hope you will like it. Lin Jianqi handed the box in his hand to Cole.

"Oh, Lin, you know me, don't like those things. ”

Older than the Pantheon?Antique?Cole frowned slightly, but reached out and took the box.

With Cole's current status as the prime minister of a country, his pursuit of money and material things has been reduced to a very low level, and he is extremely concerned about the impact of this aspect, if the other party is not Lin Jianqi, he may refuse directly.

"I know. Lin Jianqi continued to admire the mural and said without looking back.

Cole opened the box in confusion, a smile rose on the corner of his mouth, and closed the box, "Oh, it's indeed older than the temple, I like this gift very much!"

This gift, indeed older than the Pantheon, contained a stone, a strangely shaped river pebble.

Cole is not overly demanding in his daily life, likes to eat all kinds of soups and raisin pies, does not eat poultry, and likes to drink high-quality liquor. He smokes buckets, loves to walk, and collects strange-shaped stones, and Lin Jianqi's gift can be said to be to his liking.

"This is the Mani stone in the ancient Chinese legend, which is said to bring luck, so let's go there and sit down. Lin Jianqi smiled slightly and took the lead in walking towards a chair in the museum.

There is nothing greasy about this stone, it is just a strange-shaped river pebble that Lin Jianqi picked up casually, but who dares to say that it is not as ancient as the Pantheon? Not to mention the title of luck, in European countries, few people recognize this thing.

"Mani Shi, very mysterious name, Lin, why don't you go to Germany to do business, as an old friend, I very much hope to get together with you for a drink. ”

Cole couldn't help but like this gift even more, in his opinion, Lin Jianqi's shot was extraordinary, this stone must also be of extraordinary value, he sat down on the empty chair next to Lin Jianqi, gently put the box in his hand aside, unbuttoned the suit, and changed to a more comfortable posture.

Some people say that Lin Jianqi's friends are very good, and now Cole thinks so, although Cole didn't put Lin Jianqi in his eyes before, but the handsome young man in the East in front of him is getting better and better day by day, and he has indeed provided him with a lot of help.

Since Lin Jianqi's consortium secretly funded, Kohl can be said to be like a fish in water in West German politics, and has survived difficulties several times. For example, in the Flick scandal in which Kohl was involved in the Flick Konzeen clique and illegally remitted money to accounts secretly set up by German politicians, it was the consortium behind Lin Jianqi who pulled him out of the mud pit.

"Germany seems to be very unfriendly to ethnic Chinese. Lin Jianqi rubbed his eyebrows and glanced at Cole deeply.

"How, the Chinese have always been our friends in Germany, dating back to the last century. Cole said with a look of indignation, if he didn't know that the other party was an outstanding politician, Lin Jianqi might really believe it.

Kohl's visit to Rome this time to meet with Lin Jianqi is the biggest purpose is to attract investment, and it has been proved that Lin Jianqi has great influence in many international consortia and can drive the overall development of the German economy.

Although Lin Jianqi acquired some glass companies and high-precision industrial companies in Germany with his help, this was not enough, post-war Germany was in ruins, and money was needed everywhere, so very rich Jewish businessmen did not need to think about it, but the same very rich and powerful Chinese business consortium could consider wooing.

"Many countries have Chinatowns, but Germany doesn't, and that's not enough, Kohl? Lin Jianqi spread his hands and said.

In fact, there used to be a Chinatown in Germany, although the Chinatown in Hamburg, Germany in the 20s was very small compared to the Chinatowns in places like New York and San Francisco in the United States. There used to be more than a dozen storefronts on Smuck Street and the side streets where it intersected, among which there were restaurants, hair salons, smoke shops, etc

In 1941, the then Republic of China declared war on Germany. At the same time, some of the Gestapo, who had been involved in organizing and carrying out the Jewish pogroms in Eastern Europe, returned to Hamburg. These radical Gestapo saw the Chinese as enemies and wanted to eliminate them.

On May 13, 1944, the Gestapo launched the "Chinese Operation" to arrest the Chinese in Hamburg. All the Chinese men in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg that they could arrest were arrested, a total of 129 people. Many people have already fled Hamburg.

The Chinese arrested were subjected to inhumane treatment in the labor camps. The history of Hamburg's Chinatown also ended with the "Chinese Action".

"......" Cole was speechless, he didn't expect Lin Jianqi to talk about it.

“…… At least 17 Chinese died in the labor camp at that time, and now walking along Schmuck Street and Tahr Street in Hamburg's St. Pauli district, except for a memorial board at the intersection of the two streets, there is basically no trace of Chinatown, and it is difficult to imagine the scene of Chinese restaurants and shops lined up here nearly 100 years ago. ”

"I'm sorry, Lin, these are the sins of war!" Cole sighed.

Cole sighed, but he was a little disapproving, where is there an immortal in the war, only 17 Chinese, if it weren't for Lin Jianqi next to him, he would not have bothered to express his position.