Chapter 297: IBM and the Military Academy
The uncertainty of ownership rights made the traders of the two countries start to be a little cautious, and the revenue of the Middle East Railway is plummeting, which makes both China and Russia a little nervous, the purpose is for those interests, and now the interests have begun to shrink, and both countries have begun to panic.
The Yanjing government and the Russian cabinet issued a statement at almost the same time that they would guarantee their interests regardless of the ownership of the Middle East Railway, and that the current negotiations between the two countries are not good in terms of proportions, and there will be no other situation, and the war is a non-existent thing.
Although the media announcements in both countries did not play a big role, they at least slightly mitigated the decline in earnings. And it was at this time that the diplomats of the Council of the Four-Nation Alliance came to Yanjing, the ancient capital of hundreds of years and the administrative center of the entire empire at this time.
The diplomat's rank is not high, but he represents the entire four-nation alliance, not to mention that the four countries are any of these countries at this time the Yanjing government cannot be underestimated, so the bribed president hurriedly received him, and the diplomat entered the political center of Yanjing on the first day he came.
To be honest, the legitimacy of this bribed president is really a little weak, and even his rights seem a little weak, and the diplomat is also an Asian expert, he is really a little skeptical in the face of the president in front of him, and he can really call the shots about some things? Don't go through the hard work of negotiating, this one gives an apology I can't actually call the shots. Don't blame the diplomats for thinking like this, similar fuck things have happened more than once in this land. Take what you give and take what you give, but when you really face things, they have a word of sorry, sorry for your sister! Either spit out what you eat, take it back, or do what you do.
The diplomat's suspicions are correct, and the real power of bribing the president at this time is really not much. It took more than 10 million to get back a president, and in less than two months, how can you give him the ability to control the overall situation? Compared with President Li Yuanhong and President Li Da, his qualifications and abilities are really much worse.
Suspicious in his heart, the diplomat naturally did not dare to continue to talk with the bribed president, so he excused himself to retreat, and then began to look carefully in Yanjing, but in two days, the diplomat roughly understood the current situation. The incident of the Eastern Railway was indeed made by the president who bribed the election, and his purpose was to recover some of the huge bribe funds paid.
Since the money is going into private pockets, the diplomat is no longer polite, he quietly meets the bribed president, and does not say much else, a check for 200,000 euros directly handles everything, and even includes how to reverse the dispute between China and Russia caused by this matter.
After a period of time, the affairs of the Eastern Railway are not only the affairs of the two governments, not to mention that the people of this land are always concerned about this matter, even those Chinese people are also watching the dynamics of the two governments. Without a suitable reason, it will not be easy for the Russian Empire to occupy the Eastern Railway.
In just a few days of living in Yanjing, Mr. Diplomat has experienced three or four petitions from college students, and to be honest, the diplomats are very dissatisfied with these college students, after all, they are involved in the interests of the Russian Empire and the Quadruple Alliance, but from their own point of view, the diplomats still appreciate these college students because they have courage and ability (organizational skills, speech skills).
The final results of the negotiations were not long in coming. The Yanjing government has ownership of the China Eastern Railway, but it is the builder. The Russian Empire has the right to operate it for 100 years, during which time the Russian Empire will pay operating expenses every 10 years, the amount is not indicated, in fact this is a muddy account, who can know if the president is bribed without a penny? Of course, there is also a small plan in this, that is, they have the final say on the future 1 million euros per year.
Naturally, the petty stratagem was also seen through by diplomats. But he didn't say anything, because as long as the Four-Power Alliance is strong for one day, then the Yanjing government will not dare to go too far in this matter, as long as it is not too excessive, then other things will be talked about in the future, and no one knows what it will be like in 10 years after all.
And so it ended. However, the diplomat did not leave the land and return to Warsaw, he had just received a new order from Ernst to go to the south to attend the inauguration of a military academy, and if the other party needed help, he would do his best to help the other party.
Such a strange order puzzled the diplomat, he did not know how a small military school deserved such importance from His Majesty the Grand Duke, but Ernst had always had a very good eye over the years, and the diplomat who knew this very well valued this small military school very much when he was on the road.
On June 16, 1924, this was the opening ceremony of the Whampoa Military Academy, and on this day, the diplomats from Warsaw had already met with the president, including the president and the director of the academic affairs office, and they were naturally very shocked by the arrival of the diplomat, and even more shocked that the diplomat was actually arranged by Ernst.
Two generations of bigwigs, the first generation is pro-Japanese and the second generation is pro-American, but with the arrival of diplomats, maybe the second generation will change their attitude, after all, at this moment, compared with the United States on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the strength of the four-nation alliance is undoubtedly much stronger, and at the same time, it can really borrow its strength. It is very obvious why the Japanese army on the border is very obvious, although the Russian Empire now also occupies the country, but in a sense, this is the land sold by the Yanjing government.
The meeting between the two sides actually did not say anything political, the two sides just talked about interesting life stories, military and diplomatic experience, etc., diplomats talked about the Four-Power Alliance, and the school also introduced some oriental traditions, and the two sides got along very well on the surface, if they both got along sincerely.
The diplomat is still in the Far East, but the matter has been resolved, Ernst naturally put his mind at ease, even Ernst will not despise the benefits of the Eastern Railway, when he values the most is the political significance of the Eastern Railway, which will have a great impact on the future, but now there is naturally no need to say more, after all, the Russian Empire has the right to operate for "100" years. But all this kind of 70, 100 years and so on is, especially in politics, because it's almost like forever.
Returning from Prague to Warsaw, when Princess Gloria had left Warsaw, Anne tried to say something to Ernst several times, but hesitated and did not speak, but her relationship with Ernst returned to its former state, but with the end of the reproductive recovery period, Anne was busy again.
With the radio being able to transmit the golden song records to the whole of Europe, the stock price of the golden song records is rising in a straight line, and the whole European tour is also being prepared, and it is expected that the income of this trip will not be less than 1.5 million euros, which is not a small number at this moment.
Wouldn't it be too much? Of course not much, this is not a one-person concert but a concert of the entire Golden Melody Record Company, and the entire euro is estimated to run for three or four months, after all, as long as there are more than 80,000 people in the city they are on tour.
To be honest, in fact, what Anne wants is a global concert, but when you think about the actual situation, Anne can only give up! Not to mention those countries that are hostile to the Quad Alliance, even the journey will take a long time, and the risks are too great to be worth it at all. Of course, if in the future Warsaw Airlines is officially established and has airfields all over the world, then this matter can be considered quite well.
Anne also talked about the United States, but was vetoed by Ernst without hesitation, not because Ernst was worried that the United States would detain Anne, but because the danger on the road was too great, the sea was not on land, and if something happened, it would almost be a certain death.
Security is a big problem, and it is not safe without frigates, after all, there are also a lot of pirates and small navies disguised as pirates along the way. Escorted with warships...... Not to mention the fuss, if you encounter the short-sighted one and sink it directly, wouldn't Anne die very unjustly? All in all, there was no absolute safety, and Ernst would never allow Anne to run that far.
Some time ago, there was a technology company IBM in the United States, which made Ernst pay attention to it, that is the prototype of the computer, the position of the computer in the human world is self-evident, even in the military, it is also a vital thing, all the future science and technology are related to it, it itself is the third scientific and technological revolution.
IBM was founded as early as 1911, but this year just changed its name to IBM (International Business Machines Corporation), its main business is to manufacture a variety of automation products, such as employee timing systems, scale automatic meat slicers, etc., it is said that IBM has been far ahead in the industry in the United States.
I don't know what Ernst's intentions were, or if he was simply trying to block the other party, an Apple Inc was founded in Warsaw, but similar bad tastes are probably only understood by Ernst himself, and others seem to be wondering why His Majesty the Grand Duke suddenly established such a strange company.
Strange naturally does not mean that the company is strange but the name is strange, people in the 21st century have become accustomed to Apple, but in the 20th century, it is no different from the pear company and the grape company, it is very spoofed, very ridiculous, very strange......
Naturally, there must be rules for fighting in the ring, IBM makes automation products, and it is naturally inappropriate for Apple to sell fruits, so Apple is actually a technology company, and the content of the service is naturally roughly the same as IBM, and only in this way can it reflect the pertinence.
Ernst made a bad joke and stopped asking, poor employees, they need to honestly follow Ernst's instructions to take out IBM, take out any tech company! The president of Apple said that he was helpless, and the president of IBM said that he wanted to cry very much! (To be continued.) )