Chapter 56: To Have Money Is To Do What You Want (6)
$30 million in purchases still refused?
Contini was furious, and "snapped" and slapped: "Okay, I'll give 50 million!" β
β5β¦β¦ 50 million? β
Before everyone came to their senses, Contini's second additional sentence arrived: "I'll give 50 million, but not for you, I'll give it to the French!" β
"French?" Everyone rolled their eyes, not understanding what this meant, wouldn't it make Hitler die faster for the French!
"The French will do it for me." Contini gritted his teeth and smiled, "I'll talk to the French and dismantle all the industrial equipment in the Ruhr area!" Didn't the French ask you for reparations? It's okay, I'll pay for you! Just demolish the Ruhr area and give it to me! I can use it as equipment, and if I can't use it, I will collect it as scrap metal! Do you think the French are willing to help? β
Everyone's face changed greatly, this threat is real, the French are now in a dilemma because they can't benefit from looting, but if as Contini just threatened - $50 million to buy equipment in the Ruhr area, the French must be desperate, on the one hand, France can get $50 million, on the other hand, France took the opportunity to destroy the industrial and mining areas in the Ruhr area, presumably the French are also beautiful.
"By the way, I can actually pay 60 million, Italy still has compensation received, I will also pack this and take it away, so that the Italian Wehrmacht can use France to go to the Ruhr area to forcibly demolish it...... What machine tools, blast furnaces, production lines, all of them are mine, you see if Sickert dares to fight! β
The scene is so deadlocked, 6 representatives look at me, I look at you, I don't know what to say.
If it was old Agnelli on the other side, they would surely laugh at the threat - what merchant would do such a loss-making business?
But Contini is different, everyone has heard of this son's reputation: dispatching civil aviation leaflets, bringing his own dry food to fight Corfu, and receiving naval warships, which is not a loss-making business, but this young master just did it. If he had angered him, it might have become a reality. This is a young man who does not play cards according to common sense, and he must not be bound by business rules......
But there was no word just now, and now they will give in as soon as they threaten, and the deputies will not be able to do it.
At this time, Antonio's value came into play, and he hurriedly said: "My young master is not in a good mood for this matter, you are all senior business tycoons, of course, it doesn't matter about trivial matters, he is only a 21-year-old young man, and he still wants to save face...... Could you please be considerate, or will you discuss it and talk about it in the afternoon? β
"Okay, okay...... everyone nodded busily with the steps, "We are also concerned about this matter, and we will definitely help if we can." β
After walking out of the conference room, Antonio whispered: "Young master, you are impulsive, is it worth it for a mere Adolf Hitler?" He's just your average friend. β
"He deserves it."
"Even if you're worth it, you shouldn't say that." Antonio sighed, "If I'm not wrong, it's because you gave him all kinds of help that he made such a big fuss, and if you hadn't helped him, he wouldn't have died at all." β
"These are two different things...... "Contini smiled slightly, "I have a sense of proportion, and I made a big fuss to change him a good name and pave the way for his future; Now it is my duty as a friend to protect him, and let him owe me a debt. β
"Does he still have to?"
"I believe he still has to go, and it's okay if he doesn't, and I don't have anything to lose."
Contini thought to himself: The Third Reich is not yet on the throne, and who else is on it?
"Even if he has this status in the future, will he still admit it?"
"It depends on my understanding of people, I believe he can ......" Contini certainly does not pin his hopes on one person's discipline, but Adolf Hitler was sometimes almost paranoid, and invested himself, and when he became FΓΌhrer, it was much easier for him to take over the position of leader.
"Is it true that you want to give 50 million to the French?"
"Fake! "Tell the ...... to scare these old dogs," Contini laughed unconcernedly, "They say I'm stunned, okay, I'll show them, you see, even you've been fooled." β
Antonio smiled bitterly and shook his head, he saw the hideousness of Contini's anger and gnashing teeth just now, and he really believed that Contini dared to do this!
"But $50 million is too high...... It's hard to talk about in the afternoon. Antonio frowned and said, "Besides, the group doesn't have so much money, 20 million is the limit, and you spend a lot of money for an outsider, what does the leader think when he knows?" β
"I don't think it's that difficult." Contini now analyzes it very calmly, "We invested nearly 35 million US dollars in China last year, but it is mainly land, civil engineering and raw materials, and there are not many real industrial equipment produced in China, most of which are still purchased from Germany, so this year will enter the operation period, these equipment must be bought, and it is nothing more than two sources to buy, one United States and one Germany, the United States may be better and cheaper, but the problem is that I use a large number of German engineers and workers, so I want to introduce German equipment, take a step back, Even if I don't have this, I'll at least make a big purchase;
Secondly, this money does not have to be paid in a lump sum, it can drag the transaction cycle to 4-5 years, and go out at the standard of $10 million a year, they should be able to understand that we will have a good harvest in the next few years - you can see the situation of the New York stock market, from February to now in just 10 days, we have made a profit of more than $1 million, which is a very good source of money;
In the end, the leader will not be good, because I have done everything he wants me to do, and he does not need to dictate to the group's investment, after all, the government has not invested a single piece of money, on the contrary, I have given the government a lot of money. I didn't give these purchases to the Germans for nothing, but changed equipment, technology and products, and who in the country can really open their hearts to us? I said that United Iron and Steel wants to produce 400,000 tons, how can they sneer? 400,000 tons is nothing in Germany, just a small factory! β
Antonio nodded slightly: The young master's words are still relatively thoughtful, who is this money for? Now it seems that Germany will be able to meet the needs.
With this confidence, coupled with the threat in the morning, several old foxes quickly reached a consensus in the afternoon's negotiations:
1. The overall purchase quota of the United Group is determined to be 42 million, and each of the six groups, including Krupp, Siemens, Farben, Mercedes-Benz, etc., is 7 million US dollars;
2. Pay in 4 years, 12 million in the first year and 10 million US dollars per year thereafter;
3. The main products adopt German standards;
4. Germany assists in providing some technical and personnel support, and Italy guarantees not to sell back to Germany;
Based on the above points, the representatives of the six major groups said in unison that they would jointly exert pressure on the government and the officer corps to save Adolf Hitler's life, but the death penalty can be escaped, and imprisonment is inevitable, otherwise the Weimar government's face will be too embarrassed......
Of course, these consortia and Antonio never dreamed that when Contini made this decision, in addition to the current decision, he was thinking more about the development direction of German-Italian industrial integration and standard consistency in the next 10 or 15 years, so as to lay the foundation for integration and collaboration.
From this point of view, he and his old friend Hoffman are really surprisingly on the same mind, but he is much richer and willful than Hoffman, and if he makes such a fuss today, Mr. $50 million will definitely leave.
"The industrial oligarchy wants us to spare Adolf Hitler?" As soon as Sickert entered Albert's office, he heard something like this.
"Yes, General, what do you think about this?" Albert's smile flashed behind his glasses.
"Why?" Sickett was furious, "What did Hitler care about them? β
"It's none of their business, someone paid to save his life."
"Pay?" Sickert paused for a moment, "Who?" β
"The Italian Coalition, to be exact, Ziano Jr. himself."
"Little Ziano?" Sickert gritted his teeth and said, "He still has the face to talk about this?" If he hadn't given the National Socialist Party money, supported Hitler, and sent civil planes to pick people up, would the Munich affair be so big? He thought I didn't know? I already know it all, and I'm trying to settle accounts with him! β
"What if you got it?" Albert smiled, "Can you still call the door?" This kid is a lawless character in Italy, some time ago he beat the Socialist Party to the ground, and he also got the president of the Supreme Court down, and no one dared to care except Mussolini. I still know his father, a very stable old nobleman and naval officer, but he is so arrogant when he gives birth to a son - not like old Chiano, but like Mussolini! Last time, someone scolded him for being Mussolini's species! β
Sickert was stunned: "Really? β
"Fake...... This kind of thing is spread out there, do you believe it? Albert laughed, "But to tell the truth, although young people are messing around, they are quite capable, and they tossed such a big career with their bare hands, and they also gave 42 million US dollars ......."
"How much?"
"$42 million to purchase equipment and products from 6 major groups!"
[The gaping 52 and 53 will be released in the public account 'Moon Shadow Wutong' this evening, which is considered compensation on the shelves, so stay tuned and pay attention to ......]
Sickert gasped: he understood why these industrial oligarchs were saying such things.
"What do they think of the Defence Forces and the government?"
"yes, they didn't take it seriously, and little Ziano didn't take us seriously." Albert smiled, "During the negotiations this morning, the 21-year-old Ziano Jr. slapped the table in front of six senior managers aged 5 and 60, saying that he would give the French 50 million and let the French dismantle the equipment in the Ruhr area for him, and the oligarchs were terrified!" β
"These bullying dogs!"
"Do you really want the French to demolish it?"
Sickert was speechless: Little Ziano's lawless character can do this kind of thing, and the French are in a dilemma, 50 million US dollars is basically equal to half a year's military expenditure of the French Army, and with this money, don't you rush over crazy - the Ruhr area? Inexistent!