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In a hidden place in Hamburg, the gray-haired white man said lightly: "Within three days, we must get a definite reply, otherwise the two freighters will leave Hamburg and sail back to North America!" ”

“……”

He was met with an embarrassing silence.

The gray-haired white man waited for a long time before a low, hoarse voice came: "Sir, our trading has always been very pleasant, but this time...... Isn't it too much that we have to accept such a high price without even seeing a sample? You know, that's a huge amount of money in the tens of millions of marks, who dares to guarantee it......"

"Huntelaar!"

Without waiting for the other party to finish, the white man unceremoniously interrupted the other party: "Sir, the surname Huntelaar is a guarantee that he deserves your trust!" ”

“……”

There was silence again, and the silence in the room was unpalatable.

"Gentlemen, I look forward to your reply."

After waiting for a moment, the white man stood up, bowed, and turned to leave.

It wasn't until he left the room and the door was closed from the outside that the hoarse voice whispered with a hint of anger, "Damn Yankee, who does he think he is?" How dare you talk to us like that! ”

"Well, there's no need to say these angry things."

As soon as the words fell, another calm voice spoke: "The key now is that we must find out if these things he just said are really that powerful!" These two weapons, one that allows us to dominate the skies, and the other that allows us to dominate the land, if they are really that powerful...... The price I think is acceptable! ”

"This ......"

The hoarse voice paused for a moment, and then he struggled, "Sir, that's a huge sum of money totaling up to 60 million marks...... Do you think the cargo of these two freighters is really worth that much money? I don't believe it, absolutely not! ”

Since at the price just mentioned, two freighters will definitely not fit!

And......

In this day and age, two such freighters could not have been worth 60 million marks, let alone the cargo on them. If you count it by volume alone, even if the two ships are loaded with what the man said, 20 million marks will be the top.

After a moment of silence, he said in a calm voice: "Who said it must be something on these two freighters?" According to the usual habit of the Huntelaar consortium, I am afraid that a lot of them have been shipped over before, otherwise what do you think they are renting so many warehouses in Germany for? It's stuffed with goods! ”

"Well, you mean ......"

After a moment's hesitation, the hoarse voice became surprised.

"Hehe, this is courage!"

After chuckling softly, a calm voice continued, "I guess you don't know yet, right?" Two days ago came a piece of intelligence from the United States, John? On the day of Huntelaar's birthday, all the top leaders of the Huntelaar consortium were summoned and a meeting was held in secret......"

As he spoke, his calm voice became lower and lower.

"What?!"

The hoarse voice instantly became high-pitched, and the whole person stood up in an instant!

"Evaluate it, and then discuss."

With a wave of his hand, he pressed back the person who had just stood up, and said in a low voice: "In any case, if what he said is true, it is a good opportunity for us, and we must not miss it...... Our time may be running out. ”

"But...... Mr. ”

After taking a deep breath, the hoarse voice said helplessly: "This money is too large...... If it really doesn't work, they've already shipped their stuff anyway......"

"Don't even think about it!"

This time, without waiting for him to finish, his calm voice shouted, "If these things are really what they say they are, it is the most stupid thing to do!" They can sell to us, and naturally they can also sell to the British and French, and even the Russians will buy a large batch of iron, what good will it do us? ”

"But ......"

Gritting his teeth, his hoarse voice was a little unconvinced and wanted to refute.

"That's it!"

Waving his hand, he said impatiently in a calm voice: "At least they can guarantee now that they will definitely not sell to the British and French within half a year, which is enough!" That's it, you're ready to go......"

……

At the end of May 1914, another American freighter arrived in Hamburg.

Just a dozen days after the last large number of freighters arrived, the Huntelaar consortium reached another deal with the German government. In the next ten days, not only were the materials on this cargo ship secretly transferred, but many material warehouses on German soil were also opened to the German government, and a large number of troops transported batches of materials from them.

And then......

In just three days, the huge Deutsche Bank and the equally large Huntelaar Bank completed the transfer of funds.

Huge sums of gold were shipped from Hamburg, left the continent, and were shipped back to North America, where they were deposited in the underground vaults of the Huntelaar Bank in New York. At the same time, the Germans handed over a large number of patents and technologies in chemical, mechanical, optical and other fields, and transferred them to various companies under the Huntelaar consortium.

In June 1914, the Huntelaar consortium received its largest blood transfusion of the year.

Of course, for a large consortium, this amount of money is not enough to reverse the current disadvantage, but according to the estimation of John's chief accountant, it is enough to ensure that the consortium can continue to operate safely and worry-free in the next year - provided that it cannot continue to expand, of course.

Unfortunately, Mr. Huntelaar did not take this suggestion.

Buying more minerals, building more production lines, and hiring more workers and technicians, John put on a posture of breaking the boat. Since the meeting on his birthday, a small group of people have been judged by John through various channels, so everyone understands what he is doing it for. It's just that except for a very small number of people who start to act silently, most people scoff at his judgment, after all, the war that swept the entire European continent lasted for several years......

For most people, it's like listening to Greek mythology!

Fortunately, the Huntelaar consortium has always been John's personal property, and even the top managers who have the right to dividends do not have the corresponding voting rights. So under John's strong bullet, all dissent within the consortium was suppressed, and everything continued according to his plan.

Time passed, and soon came June 28, 1914.

The butterfly wings that John crossed did not affect the occurrence of major events, and the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife still chose this special day to Sarajevo, where assassination was rampant. Only this time, unlike history, it was not just one Serbian hot-blooded young man who shot at them, but as many as three people, a total of five pistols......