Chapter 275: The Old Man (Part II)

Europe was still proud at this time, and the achievements of hundreds of years of Western civilization development had not been destroyed by brutal wars. It's a pity that no one can foresee the future, after all, there is only one time traveler here.

Europeans were once curious about anything from China, they loved Chinese tea, porcelain and silk embroidery, admired China's ancient philosophy and literature and art, and sympathized with the Chinese people who were struggling in war, but it did not mean that they would respect a living Chinese in their lives.

Asia is no longer the border of the civilized world, and Europeans can learn about what is happening in the region from any international media. In the decades following the fall of the Manchu Dynasty, British and French journalists went deep into the heart of China countless times, sending back a large number of press releases and documentary photographs, and they completely displayed a poor, ignorant, and backward decaying empire in front of the world.

Some Europeans may have a good impression of this former central country, but there will definitely be no sense of awe.

Maintaining the Germanic tradition has always been the focus of Nazi propaganda, and although the racist propaganda of the Nazis has ceased by this time, the accumulation of more than ten years has had a profound impact on German society.

This is Berlin, the capital of the Third Reich, where the famous Nazi Party book-burning took place, and a bronze plaque commemorating it is still erected in the square in front of the Humboldt University Law School Library, five kilometres away.

The root cause of the book burning was the Nazi Party's hatred and fear of foreign culture, especially liberal and left-wing ideas. The Nazi Party's claim to the public was that these foreign cultures were "non-German", and that the words in them that did not meet Nazi standards polluted the "pure Germanic culture" and were gradually destroying the German "values of the decent family". Therefore, if a nation falls into a state of fanaticism, even the most stupid things can be done.

Xu Jun is not ready to reverse the German worldview for the time being, and nationalism is exactly what he needs at the moment, because he has to rely on this to unite the hearts of the Germans and make every effort to cope with the future battles on the Eastern Front.

Therefore, it seems unrealistic to try to get the German people to accept foreign culture again in a short period of time. The Chinese waiters in Telford are all dressed in German-style white uniforms, because this is a German tradition.

Germans are receptive to Asian-style décor and fittings, but in some respects they still have to keep things traditional, and the House has the full support of the German Security Service, which of course includes business consultants.

Colonel Dogen walked to the door, opened the door, and made a summoning gesture into the hallway. Immediately, a waitress dressed in a German-style maid costume walked into the private room with a white tray in her hand.

"Here's the menu, dear sir." The waitress made an impeccable curtsy and placed the tray on the table.

"Is Manager Zhou waiting outside?" Wehrle turned his face and asked.

"Yes, he's in the hallway, call him in now." Dougan replied.

"Let him in." Xu Jun looked down at the menu and said loudly.

"You go out first, and I'll call you when I order." Wehrle commanded the waitress.

"Yes, sir." The waitress curtsy again and turned to the door.

Perhaps because of the smooth career during this time, Boss Zhou looks much younger than Paris at that time. He is wearing a gray three-piece suit today, the workmanship and materials are very exquisite, the trousers are straight, and the leather shoes are shiny, as if he is a successful businessman.

"Hey! Reinhart! Standing at the door of the box, Boss Zhou raised his right arm and greeted the Führer loudly.

"Come here, Zhou, come to me." Xu Jun put down the menu and looked at the boss with great interest.

If it weren't for Weierle to do this, he might only occasionally think of this "fellow countryman" who opened a restaurant in Paris.

He is no longer a rookie who has just arrived in your land, and in the past six months or so, he has met with a lot of Chinese. Germany had not yet recognized the Nanking regime, nor had it signed an alliance treaty with Japan, the government maintained diplomatic relations with Germany, and the Chinese government had an embassy in Berlin.

At this time, the Chinese ambassador to Germany was named Chen Jie, and before entering the diplomatic circles, he had been working in the government's Department of Industry and Commerce, and even worked as a manager of the Salt Industry Bank. Ambassador Chen has studied at Tokyo Imperial University in Japan and the University of Berlin in Germany, and he is definitely a top student, but he studied economics and law, and God knows how he suddenly turned into the diplomatic circle. In addition to Japanese, German, and English, he also knows some Latin, and there is no language barrier when he is ambassador to Germany.

One of the more famous things in history is that he opposed He Fengshan, the consul of the national government in Vienna at the time, and issued visas to Jews to Shanghai, which became a stain on his life, and every time the news media praised He Fengshan, he would criticize this ambassador Chen.

But if you look at this from the perspective of an ambassador, he has not done anything wrong, and He Fengshan certainly has a reason for doing so, but don't forget that Chen Jieke is the plenipotentiary ambassador to Germany, and he is the one who directly faces the pressure of the Nazi government, and he needs to consider the overall situation of foreign affairs. At that time, the Sino-Japanese war had already broken out, and the government was still looking forward to receiving international support, although Germany had somewhat ambiguous relations with Japan, after all, it did not openly open up for Japan's aggression. If the behavior of a subordinate diplomat leads to a change in Germany's attitude towards China, I am afraid that a certain "righteous man" will not be able to shoulder this responsibility, and in the end the stick will fall on the head of him, the ambassador.

At that time, Germany was concentrating on the detention of Jews in Austria, but according to Nazi law, the concentration camps could not detain the Jews if they had a valid exit visa, and visas became a precious item equivalent to freedom in Austria at that time. Moreover, at that time, the Jews in Austria did not even have the passports they needed to leave the country, and although the Vienna consul's unlimited issuance of visas saved many Jews, it could also be regarded by the Nazi authorities as a sabotage and provocation to German Jewish policy.

Xu Jun met with Ambassador Chen Jie at the Führer's Mansion and also with members of the embassy, but he did not show too much affection, and only met in accordance with normal diplomatic etiquette. But the reaction of the new German head of state was enough to surprise Ambassador Chen.

"I was going to have a banquet for your ambassador after the New Year, and I originally wanted to choose a restaurant in Berlin's East End, but now I think you have a good environment here..."Xu Jun stretched out his hand to the teapot, but Boss Zhou grabbed the handle first.

"If I can have a banquet for the ambassador here, I am willing to waive all expenses." Zhou Yun picked up the teapot and respectfully refilled the water for the head of state.

"Mr. Zhou, this is a country's diplomatic business, and the money that should be collected will not be less than you." Xu Jun frowned.

"Yes, everything is up to you." Boss Zhou hurriedly nodded in agreement.

can't blame him for not showing any style, it's really that the aura of the person in front of him is too strong, and his identity is too noble. The not-so-standard official language of Zhili really put a lot of pressure on Zhou Yun. In the face of the German head of state, who spoke Chinese so neatly, Boss Zhou felt that he had no secrets at all in front of the other party.

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