Chapter 19: Joey's Scientific Explanation
"Alright, Jojo, you can use science to explain to me what happened to your father." The crown princess tugged at Joey's ear and pulled him back to his desk.
"Mom, in fact, grandpa has always been secretly concerned about Dad. Grandpa, Dad and I, we all have the blood of the Hohenzollern family in our veins, and no matter what different isms or opinions we have, we are still a family after all. I remember that you told me that when Dad proposed to you, Queen Louise's grandmother was always against your marriage. Even when you first came to Prussia, you were worried about the pressure from Queen Louise's grandmother. ”
"But Grandma Queen Louise, as everyone calls her conservative, ended up being one of your closest relatives, and even when she died, she left her most precious treasures and the crown of the Queen of Prussia to you, and not to your grandmother. Mom, no matter how much Grandpa disagrees with you and Dad's views, he is Dad's father after all, and sometimes in the face of family affection, what kind of doctrine is not so important. ”
Joey blinked and said to the crown princess like a little fox, "Actually, as long as you let grandpa have face, grandpa doesn't care what kind of doctrine you are." Mom, I'm scientific enough..."
Crown Princess Victoria still looked at Joy with a serious face, and pointed to the contract that the crown prince was reading in his hand, "It's not scientific enough, you can talk about this funding contract." ”
"This contract better explains that Mom, as a sponsor of many scientists, you should fully enjoy the benefits of your investment." Joey said confidently.
The crown princess wrinkled her nose and leaned over Joey and said, "Let me smell it, Fritz, how do I think your son smells of a Jew." ”
"Ah, really, Mom, did I let Prime Minister Disraeli hold me for too long when I returned to England the year before last?" Joey sniffed himself hard, too.
"Joey, this joke of yours is so clumsy!" The crown princess slapped Joey hard in the ass.
The terms of this contract are exactly the same as those of the Jews in terms of their elaborate details. Where did you learn the French language in Joey's contract? The crown prince asked.
"Dad, the form of this contract is based on the example text in your legal collection, and I have copied the terms of your collection. I have been looking for information from you all morning this morning, and Sir Stockhorse can testify, and he has helped me find a lot of information from my mother's study. ”
"Joey, your contract is very interesting, can you tell your dad?" Crown Prince Frederick looked at Joy and said.
"Okay, this contract actually stems from an idea I've had for a long time." Joey put down what he was holding, dragged a chair and placed it beside the crown princess, and said with a smile, "Mom, my story is a bit long, you'd better sit and listen." ”
"Okay, I'll sit down and listen to what my little fox has to say about science." The crown princess glared at Joey and sat down.
The story begins with my mother sponsoring others, and my mother has always been willing to sponsor those who come to her door to ask for help, and she never expects anything in return from those who ask for help. Not only are these subsidies about to run out of my mother's fiefdom and dowry, but of course, my father's money, and even the whole of the imperial womb have tried to reduce their expenses as much as possible, so I have felt that this kind of funding is a bit of a problem since very early on. ”
"Joey, this is a good deed, and this is the belief that your father and I have held on to all our lives!" The crown princess said with some displeasure.
"Mom, you misunderstood what I meant, I'm not against it, I just want to do better." Joey raised his hands.
"Vicky, listen to Joey." The crown prince motioned for Joey to continue.
"Mother, I agree with helping the poor to save them from hunger and cold, helping their children to go to school so that they are free from ignorance and ignorance, and helping the families of soldiers who have given their lives for the country to save them from the hardships of toil and parting. But to finance these good deeds with your and your father's existing assets is at best limited to Berlin. If you can rationalize and manage your and your father's property a little, you can create more wealth. Well, not only in Berlin, not only in Prussia, but in the whole of Germany, you and your father's good deeds can be realized, and that is what I want to say. ”
"Jojo, you know what, there's a fine line between a great goal and an empty word." The crown prince looked at Joey with a serious expression.
"Dad, I know. So I started with this funding contract. After I recovered from that diphtheria, I kept thinking that this invention of Mr. Koch and Dr. Behring would save not only me, but also the world, which was a great asset. After I learned this morning that my mother was the sole sponsor of Professor Koch's Institute, I knew that God had given me a chance to realize my dreams. Joey explained diligently.
"So in this research funding contract, you define your mother's grant as a venture capitalist, tentatively named the Princess Victoria Charitable Fund (VCF) is the exclusive user of the Koch Institute's patents, Professor Koch as the legal representative of the Koch Institute (RKI) is the owner of the patent, and Dr. Behring as the principal investigator (PI) is the honorary holder and beneficiary of the patent, and you also define the rights and obligations of the three parties, Joey, can you tell me what you think?" The crown prince asked curiously.
"In fact, this is my practice of thinking about the current state of affairs in the Empire. At my mother's salon, I often heard some professors say that German universities and research institutes are the best in the world, and a large number of students from all over the world come to study every year, but students from the United States are not keen on studying academic topics, but are keen on chasing every discovery and invention in the mind of their mentors. Whenever they received the inventions and discoveries of their mentors, these Americans would rush back home and turn those ideas and ideas into money. Joy gave a common example that is now happening in German universities.
"Professors are always laughing at Americans as business animals, not academic academics. But I saw the other side of the story, the loss of wealth, jobs, and national well-being in Germany. The inventions and discoveries of these professors should have turned into Germany's comparative advantage in industry and agriculture, and a huge surplus in foreign trade, with which the Reich could have given the workers higher incomes and benefits, and with better incomes and benefits, would that worker still be keen on strikes and marches? ”
"But the current situation is that we are giving away Germany's spiritual wealth to our competitors, who are using German ideas to steal their jobs."
The crown prince's eyes lit up, "Joey, your point of view is very novel, can you elaborate on it?" ”