At the time of the administrative restructuring in Romania, Caust and others were still recruiting such talents and equipment in Germany.

"Immediately hand over this document to Dosk, and ask for a quick excavation of Siemens' technology."

Caluster handed a document to his secretary and asked him to bring his request to his subordinate, who was clearly unhappy with his subordinate's work.

"Okay, Director."

The director mentioned by the secretary is Calust's latest official position. Since his main work is the introduction of technology and equipment from Germany, Romania has set up a special foreign department, the Rhodes Friendship and Exchange Association, for this purpose. And he held the position of director of this association. In addition to collecting German talents and equipment, the Rhodes Friendship Association also undertakes its own responsibility for friendly exchanges.

Every year, a lot of money is invested in exchanges between the two countries, such as inviting well-known scholars to Romania for exchanges, and organizing gatherings of people from the two countries. As a result, Kalust actually usurped many of his posts as ambassadors to Germany, but mainly for civil society and individuals. In addition, some things that are inconvenient for the ambassador to do are also finished by him.

And the Siemens company he was talking about, of course, was the company founded by Werner von Siemens. As a leader in electrification in Germany. Siemens has quite a few good things that Romania covets, so Romania intends to introduce some technology and equipment after the war. However, progress has not been good at the moment, as Siemens is clearly resistant to selling the technology. Because his telephone and telegraph business is still doing well, I heard that they still have the spare energy to devote themselves to the research and development of radios and other electrical appliances.

There is nothing to be done about this, after all, as a private company, Siemens is a bit of an outlier in the current depression in Germany. However, compared to Siemens, the other company is much more difficult.

Located in a small place south of Essen called Villahoogel, near the Ruhr there is a famous and luxurious manor house. If later generations mentioned the surname Krupp, people would first think of cannons. No way, as the main German artillery supplier, the Krupp family has made great contributions to Germany's wars. The excellent Krupp cannon is a symbol of German armed forces.

However, after the defeat of Germany, Krupp had a hard time.

Britain and France imposed heavy fines on Krupp, who produced artillery, and demolished Krupp's weapons factory as war reparations, and confiscated the profits from the war, which greatly damaged Krupp's vitality. Fortunately, the royalties from Vickers alleviated Krupp's predicament.

However, the transfer fee was seen by Gustav Krupp as an insult to Krupp. It turned out that before the war, the British company Vickers, which manufactured artillery shells, leased the patent rights of the Krupp fuse. At the end of the war, the company paid royalties based on German casualties.

This put the Krupp company in the embarrassing position of making a windfall on the German war dead, how can it not be considered humiliating. It's just that Krupp needs this money at the moment to alleviate the company's predicament.

Today at the Krupp estate, Gustav Krupp and his wife are receiving two visitors from Romania.

The Krupp Manor is famous in Germany, and in addition to the fact that it is home to the Krupp family, the luxury is also breathtaking. The manor has 227 rooms, and Krupp's prowess is evident throughout the manor, even the janitor's room, which allows them to enter, is built like a small cottage. Finally, the locals refer to the trees of the Krupp estate as the Krupp Deep Forest, so you can imagine how big the estate is.

"Good day, Mr. Krupp. My name is Alex, this is my colleague Boris, and we are staff members of the Rhodes Friendship Exchange Association. There are some things I want to ask for your support for this visit. ”

In the glittering living room, Alex, from the Rhodes Friendship Exchange Association, is introducing himself and his colleagues to the Krupps. The two of them were very important in recruiting Dieter Rams, so they were assigned to negotiate more important with the major German companies.

The self-introduction of the two did not make many waves in the hearts of the Krupps. In essence, they knew exactly what Romania was doing in Germany.

At this time, Gustav Krupp, who was at the helm of Krupp, said: "I don't know how Krupp can help you, but we have just closed some factories and shipyards. ”

From the words of Gustav Krupp, one can hear a deep resentment towards Britain and France, in addition to the huge losses suffered by Krupp, he also has personal reasons.

Gustav Krupp, who was at the helm of Krupp, was originally named Gustav von Pollan Onde Harbach, and was originally a German diplomat. In 1902, Friedrich Alfred Krupp, the second president of the Krupp company, committed suicide after a homosexual scandal was reported to the press, leaving only a daughter, Beta Krupp (after whom the big beta was named).

At this time, it was unacceptable for a young woman to take control of Krupp, and as a result, Kaiser Wilhelm II himself chose a husband for the young Berta and Gustav von Boren Onde Harbachi was lucky enough to be chosen (a real version of marrying Bai Fumei and reaching the pinnacle of life).

And after their marriage, Wilhelm II approved Gustav to bear the surname Krupp as evidenced. And his choice turned out to be very wise, and Gustav Krupp made many contributions to German ordnance. In addition to the Grand Beta, he was also responsible for the construction of the Great Cannon (known as the Paris Cannon) that bombarded Paris with a range of 82 miles. And the Krupp Germania shipyard built not only battleships for the German Navy, but also a number of submarines.

As for Mr. Krupp's resentment against Britain and France, the two directly ignored it. Because they know it for many years in Germany.

At present, many people in Germany believe that in addition to being stabbed in the back (it sounds like talking about Romania), they have also been deceived by Britain and France. You must know that Britain and France have not said before that they will be punished in such eyes if they surrender, and this kind of thinking is very marketable among the German people. Even the Weimar Republic, with its treaty, was not well received.

In order to secure the government's control, Albert reached an agreement with the military. As long as the army promises to protect the government, the government will not try to reform the army. On the one hand, the agreement symbolizes the army's formal recognition of the new government and reassures the middle class.

Although the army was nominally the army of the Republic, it was still completely controlled by the former imperial army class. As a result, the army remained a conservative force and was independent of the government, and its influence on the republic was self-evident. Then the attitude of Krupp, which has always been a supplier of weapons to the army, can be imagined.

So Alex said directly: "Your Excellency, our government has always focused on relations with Germany. At the same time, we have not forgotten your country's contribution to the industrialization of Romania, for which His Majesty Eder has repeatedly extended a helping hand to the suffering German people. Moreover, the cooperation between China and Krupp was very successful, and so far the domestic production of cannons are from Krupp's technology. ”

After complimenting each other first, Alex finally said what he meant: "So we hope that this cooperation will continue, and given the current situation in Krupp, we hope that this cooperation can be deepened." You must know that Krupp is famous for producing heavy artillery, and at present Germany is unable to continue to produce this kind of artillery, which is a huge loss for Krupp. ”