"Is Madame French, too?" As she approached the other with the dance steps, Lynn asked in English with a smile.

Madame Bloch looked to belong to the kind of thin but dignified and peaceful temperament, and the expression on her face was better than that of Marcel. Bloch is much more relaxed and friendly.

"Yes, I was born in Marseille, France."

Madame didn't dare to speak English fluently, but at least she could hear the content at Lynn's level of language.

"Oh...... Marseille, it must be a beautiful and charming place, I really wish I had the opportunity to visit once. Lynn smiled in a way she didn't really like.

I don't know if she was born this way or if she was malnourished for a long time, Bloch's hands and feet were too slender to worry that the slightest intense movement could lead to fractures, but her dancing was standard and slippery, and there was no jerky stiffness at all.

As the two approached again with the dance steps, the lady asked in English: "Is Mr. Knatsky a pure Norwegian?" ”

"No, my family is complicated, and I have migrated several times in the past three generations, so I can speak several languages, but none of them can be spoken well, and I can even speak Chinese Chinese!" Lynn slyly brought out the last sentence.

"Oh? Mr. Naknatsky's knowledge of languages is really extensive! Mrs. Bloch's attention was drawn to this place, rather than asking how complicated Lynn's family really was.

As the dance steps receded, Lynn smiled brightly at Mrs. Bloch in a positive response to the compliment. When he got closer, he said: "I love everything good in this world, like France, and I am especially fascinated by the country's cuisine and the rhythm and mood of life." One day I decided to retire and take my family to live in France for a while, then Spain, Italy, Egypt, etc. ”

The lady said with admiration, "Sir is really a colorful person. ”

"Colorful? Ha, I like that description. Lynn replied cheerfully, and in the midst of the harmonious conversation, he further asked, "I can see that Mr. Bloch is a little melancholy, because of the financial aspects of the factory!" ”

Speaking of this topic, Madame Bloch's expression really darkened, but she still kept a minimal smile: "I hope you don't mind his strange attitude just now...... He harbored a strong antipathy to German-speaking people and was only willing to trust the French. ”

Lynn said very tolerantly, "I can totally understand! ”

As the waltz turns, the men and women who dance change partners again, and Lynn deftly moves past the man next to her, despite the rhythm of her feet, and is still facing Madame Bloch when she settles again—a common way to express admiration for a man who passionately pursues a woman in a traditional waltz of hundreds of people, without disturbing the rhythm or causing displeasure to others, unless two people are fiercely vying for a partner and are unwilling to give in until the last minute.

Mrs. Bloch was a little surprised by Lynn's following, but she did not resist anything, but smiled politely and continued to dance to the rhythm.

As he got closer, Lynn said, "To be honest, I still have a lot of admiration for a persistent and dedicated designer and entrepreneur like Mr. Bloch, and although our Caesars Defense Company is not currently involved in the aviation business, I am personally very interested in the aviation field." As a Norwegian with a complex family, I would have liked to have an in-depth conversation with Mr. Bloch, and perhaps we could sit down and have a drink in a moment. ”

Madame Bloch replied: "I'm not sure if the stubborn designer is happy either, but ...... I will convey Mr. Knatsky's kindness. ”

In terms of pure investment, the promising French aviation industry is a good target, but Lynn is not making a standard investment, and the precious money cannot afford to wait for a project that will take ten or twenty years to bear fruit. With a new calculus, he asked tentatively: "Has Mr. Bloch considered setting up an aircraft factory in other countries with more suitable conditions, such as Norway?" ”

Madame was not surprised by this, and calmly replied: "This is unlikely, because he is a conservative Frenchman who does not want to live in any country other than France, and as an aircraft designer and former aviation entrepreneur, he does not even want to fly." ”

This reminded Lynn of the swimming coach who couldn't swim but was able to train his team to win the championship, and he was absolutely different among his peers.

"It doesn't matter if Mr. Bloch doesn't want to go abroad, there are so many different types of factories that we can set up a head office in France and then set up some factories anywhere in Europe."

Madame replied: "I do not know much about the actual workings of these matters, and in fact I am also a traditional and conservative housewife. ”

Lynn smiled, he had always preferred to marry a traditional woman who could marry her husband and children at home, rather than the strong woman who was very ambitious, busy, and often in social situations. Now it seems that Dinah, who has just passed the age of 20, has an amazing malleable surname, and she can go in any direction and do well.

As the piece ends, the first waltz ends, and the male and female dancers once again greet their partners with traditional etiquette, and then break the room. Lynn looked around, and was surprised to find that it was actually Mr. Bloch standing opposite Dinah, with his body and posture to be able to stand in this good position, presumably not because the men around him have become really gentle and elegant gentlemen, but because Dinah used her skillful dancing skills to take the initiative to confront this French aviation designer who was not so wary and hostile to ladies.

At the end of the show, the men and women did not disperse in a hurry, there were many people who still stayed in place to talk to the dancers they knew or had just met, and there were also those who found each other's original partners and walked to the periphery of the hall to rest, and the center of the hall would take about ten minutes before there was a second round dance, and there would be fewer people with sufficient physical strength to participate. Lynn and Mrs. Bloch, Dinah and Mr. Bloch, the two improvised pairs just walked towards each other while talking, and when they got together, Lynn and Mr. Bloch invariably proposed to "go and have a drink together".

Once the initial impasse is broken, the rest is much easier. Through the mellow French champagne, the two ladies chatted happily, and the age difference in their twenties did not prevent them from communicating on the common topic of female surnames. Bloch chatted in relatively broken English. The two men are completely different types in terms of appearance, size, age, experience and profession, but with the concept of thinking decades ahead, Lynn has the most basic understanding of the future development direction of the aviation industry, and he does not explain this, but uses certain fragments to make the other party feel "enlightened", so that the conversation becomes a valuable common language - in terms of the development prospects of the fighter plane, the jet fighter that was successfully developed and equipped before the defeat of Germany has led a new jet trend, Marcel. Bloch was eager and helpless for the introduction of jet technology, Germany, Britain and the United States all produced their own jet planes during the war, but France was far behind by the shackles of defeat, not to mention that Bloch, who was locked up in a concentration camp by the Germans for five years, had all been scavenged by the occupiers in the past, and now it is almost clear that if you want to revive your strength, you have to pass the capital hurdle.

As an investor from Norway, Lynn revealed to Bloch that he had a way to get information about the German jets, that he now had some money to invest, and that his personal ideals were quite "consistent" with Bloch's, that is, to build his own business and benefit his country. Bloch hopes that France's aviation industry will return to world leadership, and "Knatsky" hopes that Norway's military aviation will no longer be subject to outsiders, and that the two can achieve a win-win situation through a different way of cooperation - Lynn's proposal is to set up a joint enterprise, with the design, testing and part of the manufacturing and assembly in France, and the auxiliary design and main manufacturing and assembly lines in Norway, as for the headquarters of this joint enterprise, in view of Switzerland's permanent neutrality and the wise strategy of armed neutrality, The number of people who were likely to be struck by the war was the smallest of any European country, so Lynn strongly recommended that it be located in one of the most picturesque cities in Switzerland, such as Neiva or Zurich.

For such a way of cooperation, Marcel. Bloch doesn't object, but he's clearly more interested in what Lynn mentions about German technology and what the future holds. Lynn duly revealed that he was eager to cooperate with Erlikon-Pifil when he learned that Erlikon Pifil was ramping up research on fire control radar and new cannons, and he felt more and more that Lynn was a sharp-eyed and valuable partner.

The initial face-to-face exchange confirmed the intention and feasibility of cooperation, and both parties felt that they had benefited a lot. The grand masquerade continues, and Lynn's absence is not noticed, but Dinah is warmly invited by the men from time to time. For those who had known each other in the past and who Lynn thought had no value for cooperation, Dinah politely declined, and for strangers, she also chose to politely decline, and some gladly agreed. Seven or eight dances were performed throughout the night, and Lynn was amazed by the abundance of physical strength, and to his surprise, Dinah did not simply enjoy dancing, but took advantage of these opportunities to ask questions to the attentive men, and although the brief conversation could only reveal some very rough information, after analysis and judgment, she introduced two of them to Lynn to know. After the conversation, Lynn learned that they had certain advantages in metal processing or military manufacturing, and although it was not enough to talk about explicit cooperation on such occasions, after getting acquainted, there was an opportunity for further exchanges and even substantive dialogue.

(To be continued)