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"I don't have much thought about Krupp, which belongs to the Krupp family, belongs to Germany, and no one else can take it away. My proposal is that I will invest 20%-30% of the shares, all in cash, to ensure that Krupp copes with the current crisis. ”

Situ Nan said generously.

His words made Gustav wary, hesitated, but still did not refute, and listened patiently.

Situ Nan glanced at Gustav, seemed to see the other party's concern, and continued: "The issue of shares is negotiable, if you have any objections, you can add a clause to the contract, and the Krupp family can buy back shares from us in the future until we retain 5% of the shares." We have a lot of time to talk. ”

Gustav nodded, relieved in his heart, and heard Situ Nan say again: "I do this, first, to sympathize with the plight of Krupp, and more to hope that Krupp will play a pleasant role in the industrial construction of Nanhua."

So I have a request that Krupp transfer domestic technology to Nanhua and establish a joint venture with Meihua. ”

"That's it?"

Gustav looked at Situ Nan with some surprise, if it weren't for the embarrassing situation now, Gustav would have the heart to invest in Nanhua. Now, my own mind and the other party almost hit it off, Krupp not only got the financial support of Situ Nan, but also could enter the South China market smoothly, which could not be more ideal.

"This condition is not simple, sir, what Nanhua needs is all-round and thorough cooperation, not only in the military industry, but also in the field of education and talent.

At present, our Prime Minister Stuart Meyden is already negotiating with the Weimar government, and I believe that good news will come soon. I hope that Krupp will contribute more to the cooperation between the two countries. ”

After speaking, Situ Nan looked at Gustav meaningfully.

Gustav nodded, looked at Situ Nan's clear eyes, and understood that this person did not have much interest in the Krupp company, but more hoped that the German industry represented by Krupp would provide assistance to the industrial construction of South China.

That's a good thing! Gustav thought to himself.

"What does Mr. Krupp think about oil?" Situ Nan suddenly asked an irrelevant question.

Gustav thought for a moment and said solemnly: "It's important, enough to determine the future." ”

"What about rubber?" Situ Nan asked again.

"Indispensable." Gustav Road.

"Neither of these things is available in Germany. And Nanhua has. By the way, there's also tungsten ore that you've been thinking about for a long time. We treat our friends sincerely, and if we also get a sincere return, then the cooperation between the two sides - I am looking forward to it! ”

South Szeto Road. Squinting his eyes, he looked at Gustav in front of him with some sternness, and said to himself: If the Germans don't come up with something real, they won't want to get these things.

Gustav nodded.

Satisfied, with a little gratitude, he left the Situ Mansion.

Situ Nan did not interfere in the specific negotiations between Nanhua and Krupp, so naturally this heavy responsibility fell on the heads of Yu Mingyu, Minister of Industry, and Zeng Limin, senior vice president of Meihua.

Gustav quickly understood what Stuart Nan meant by treating his friends with sincerity. In the negotiations, in which the South China military was also involved, the US-China Company proposed to import submarine manufacturing technology from Germany, and asked Krupp to place the new submarine research center in South China.

"As far as I know, Krupp is working on a new submarine in the Netherlands, so why don't you start over in South China! We can provide all the attentive service without any limitations. Zeng Limin said to Gustav with a smile.

Gustav's face changed, and he asked a little confusedly, "How do you know?" ”

"We've fought against the Dutch, so naturally we've got a lot of news from them. Again. It shouldn't be too difficult. I reckon the British know a lot, but they don't want to pay attention to the current state of affairs in Germany. ”

Zeng Limin said.

Listen to what he has to say. Gustav felt that it made sense.

Now Germany, which is in a hurry, let alone confronting Britain, even Poland dares to bully it. Gustav realized that it was indeed unsafe to secretly conduct weapons tests in Europe, and he was full of concerns, and seeing that Zeng Limin was determined to win, he simply complied with the other party's wishes.

"Alright! I agree. But financially--" Gustav was a little confused.

"We'll take care of the money. You provide a full range of submarine technology, including steel plate production technology, diesel engine technology, technician training services and necessary assistance for submarine training. ”

Zeng Limin said, "At the same time, the two sides set up a new submarine development project, and we also provided funds. You contribute technology, research together, and share results. What do you think? We have taken into account what is happening to Krupp. ”

"I'm going to think about that." Gustav Road.

"Now that technology is evolving with each passing day, I'm sure Germany has lost a lot of time in this area, right? If we can't get it from you, then we'll have to find the Americans, and it's a big deal to spend a little more. ”

Zeng Limin said lightly. Somewhat defiantly looked at the pretended reserved Gustav.

"Okay. In principle, I have no opinion. I'll send someone over to talk about it in detail. Gustav thought about it, felt that there was no problem, did not insist much, and said that he would gradually transfer submarine technology to South China.

Krupp is a huge military-industrial system, in addition to submarines, it is also one of the four major shipyards in Germany, and has the ability to manufacture large surface ships, which is also coveted by South China.

However, due to financial and technical limitations, Nanhua has no conditions for merchant shipping projects of more than 10,000 tons, and only sets the target at 7,000 tons. When the Southern Star Steamship Company proposed to import relevant shipbuilding technology from Germany, Gustav gladly agreed, and the request of the South Chinese was, in his opinion, only pediatric.

The Krupp company can produce even battleships of tens of thousands of tons, and merchant ships of several thousand tons are not enough to do it. In a flash of inspiration, he packaged and sold one of his shipyards to the Southern Star Steamship Company.

"Mr. Krupp, we are naturally happy that you sold us the shipyard equipment. It's just that we don't have enough workers! Yu Mingyu was embarrassed.

This is a good opportunity, but the most urgent shortage in Nanhua is skilled workers, immigrants from China, let them go to farms, construction sites are fine, but to go to shipyards are not good.

"No problem. I can provide enough workers, and I can also train a group of workers for you. Gustav smiled generously.

Krupp has a huge shipbuilding base in Kiel, and the equipment is all from the First World War, and many of them have been obsolete, rather than leaving those factories to be scrapped in the country. It is better to sell to Nanhua in exchange for valuable funds, and at the same time to carry out technical updates.

As for the workers, Germany is now almost universally unemployed. The last thing that is lacking is the workers.

The poor German workers, unknown engineers or professors, could easily emigrate to the United States to find a better development, and could only stay at home and struggle for a few slices of bread, and South China was undoubtedly a good place for Germany's huge army of unemployed.

Gustav had a lot of headaches for the unemployed workers of the Krupp company, and now he finally doesn't have a headache. For Krupp, the most valuable asset is a small number of top technicians, and the workers. No matter how skilled they are, in Germany, a country with high standards, skilled workers are as common as Chinese peasants.

"Mr. Krupp, I want to recruit 100,000 technicians in Germany, do you think it's possible?" Yu Mingyu said tentatively.

100,000 technicians?

Gustav was stunned for a moment, nodded again, and said in his heart: "Tens of thousands of people in the Krupp company alone are unemployed?" Nanhua recruits 100,000 technicians for millions of unemployed workers in Germany. There was no pressure at all. ”

"100,000 is not a small number, sir, do you really have a way to accommodate them?" Gustav asked.

"No problem." Yu Mingyu smiled. He explained: "Mr. Krupp, Nanhua's industrial construction is very determined, and our cooperation with Krupp is only part of it. The construction of railways in Nanhua alone has created 200,000 jobs, and we have plans for large industries such as mining, machinery, and shipbuilding in the future, and the demand for manpower is unlimited.

I know that you have a very good position in the German business community, and I hope that through the cooperation with you, more German companies will realize the potential of Nanhua, and at the same time, I hope that powerful people like you will help us recruit workers in Germany.

As for the German technicians who came to Nanhua, we provided thoughtful service. Their wives can work in our units, for example, to teach foreign languages at schools, and in any case we really welcome German friends. ”

Yu Mingyu said sincerely.

The arrival of a large number of German technicians will definitely speed up the industrial development of Nanhua. Not only in terms of industry, but also in terms of education, Yu Mingyu also hopes that in the future, Nanhua can train a large number of high-quality skilled workers.

"Yes. I admire the German vocational education system very much and have the intention to imitate the German vocational education system in South China. In addition to factories, we are also building a large number of technical schools, and German teachers are in great demand. Please, Mr. Krupp. ”

Yu Mingyu bowed slightly after speaking, and all he said was heartfelt.

Gustav stared at Yu Mingyu and felt the sincerity of the other party. This thirst for knowledge is hard to refuse.

In this excessively young South China official, Gustav saw the hope of South China, full of vitality, eager for change, and tried his best to be strong, without feeling a little moved in his heart, and nodded silently??????

Industrialization requires a large amount of capital accumulation, and Gustav was amazed by the flowering industrial construction in Nanhua, and he was a little worried about where Nanhua would get so much money.

However, a few days later, when he appeared in Palembang to inspect the joint venture's shipyard construction project, he understood something.

"Mr. Krupp, do you see it, it's the oil port that Occidental Petroleum is building, and the pipeline connects to the nearby refinery. Along the Musi River basin, tubing is being laid almost upstream, up to the oil fields not far away. These projects have shares of Meihua Company. Oil is the hope of South China. ”

Situ Nan said proudly.

He is right, the oil industry will be the industrial pillar of Nanhua, if Nanhua is like Indonesia in the previous life, possessing so rich resources for nothing, can only rely on crude oil to make a living, it is really too embarrassing, it is no different from selling rare earths as coal.

Situ Nan would never let this happen, so the South China branch of the Giant Shi Yàn led by Li Renqiao, who had returned from the United States, was already conducting research on petrochemical technology.

As soon as the words fell, an oil tanker from Malacca entered the port, and the huge figure made Gustav secretly envious, and said in his heart: These rich people in Nanhua are really rich, such a ship of oil is enough for Krupp to live happily for a few days.

It's a pity that oil has nothing to do with the Germans, otherwise German chemical companies wouldn't have to work hard to study mediated oil technology.

Gustav sighed in his heart, and then visited the Bethlehem Nanhua Shipyard under construction with Situ Nan. It is a joint project between Bethlehem and Meihua, and like the shipyard of Krupp and Nanxing Steamship, it just wants to start construction.

The new shipyards of Krupp and Nanxing Steamship are nearby, less than a kilometre away from the beach.

"Mr. Krupp. You've got to hurry. Although I don't really appreciate your move to Nanhua, the old one should be used to practice your hands, and we will build a bigger shipyard in a few years. ”

Situ Nan smiled and deliberately glanced at Gustav.

As soon as these words came out, Yu Mingyu, who was following Situ Nan, couldn't help laughing. The laughter seemed to tell Gustav, "Nanhua doesn't have to be Krupp's shipbuilding technology. ”

Gustav heard it. He didn't say anything, just stared at the tanker in the distance, thoughtfully. He asked Situ Nandao: "We can also build that kind of ship, and the price is lower than that of the Bethlehem Company, I wonder if the Meihua Company is willing to order it from Germany?" ”

"Are you sure you can make it?" Situ Nan asked.

"Of course. Our shipbuilding technology is no worse than that of foreign countries, how can the Yankees have as good German products? Gustav said confidently.

"That's just as well." Situ Nan nodded, even though the tanker was a product of his company, Bethlehem. But the selling price is not polite at all.

Situ Nan glanced back at Yu Mingyu, and then asked Zeng Limin, vice president of Meihua Company and president of Meihua Petroleum Company, "What do you think?" ”

"You can think about it." Zeng Limin said immediately.

Although the U.S.-China Petroleum Company was only newly founded, it was powerful. As a quasi-national oil company in South China, it has always been regarded as a key training object.

Zeng Limin has always wanted to establish Situ Nan thought about it for a while, and felt that Meihua Petroleum was not an ordinary company, as a cash cow for Nanhua's industrialization, it really needed ocean-going tankers to transport products to Europe.

"Not a bad idea! I have to say, Mr. Krupp, you are so shrewd. Situ Nan said with a smile.

"Huh." Gustav smiled, thinking not only of doing business with the Chinese oil company, but also of Germany's future energy problems. The fleet of the US-China Petroleum Company has been included in the development plan of the US-China Petroleum Company. Gustav's Tiyì played right into his arms.

South China can become a canned oil for Germany. Gustav thought to himself.

These days, just by visiting New Tangshan and Palembang, the capital of South China, he brought back a large number of orders for Krupp, as well as valuable funds for Situ Nan to support him.

In fact, the biggest gain is the discovery of Nanhua, a fast-growing country, which has brought a large number of orders not only to Krupp but also to the German industry.

After signing a package of cooperation projects with Meihua Company. Gustav couldn't wait to take the ship back to Europe, and his son, Alfred? Krupp stayed in Nanhua for the time being, taking charge of the cooperation project between Krupp and Nanhua.

"I have to say that this trip was one of the greatest luckies of my life." On the William, Gustav said to Stuart South with some gratitude.

He returned to Europe with Situ Nan. The appearance of Krupp caused Situ Nan to change his itinerary to Japan and return to the United States by European route.

"Krupp is a great company and he will rise again, just like Germany, I never doubt it. It seems to me that unless the Germans are killed, this country will always be a world power. ”

Situ Nan said with a smile.

"Thank you!" Gustav looked at Situ Nan sincerely, not understanding why this unfathomable young man in front of him had more confidence than himself.

"Can you be specific? I'd like to hear what I think of you. You know, at the moment in our country, most people are already desperate. ”

Gustav said seriously.

"It's actually very simple, just as Bismarck said about the Franco-Prussian War, victory has already been decided in the elementary school classroom. Germany's population is among the best in the world, and on that basis alone, a revival of Germany is just around the corner. ”

Situ Nan affirmed.

Speaking of which, he was quite envious in his heart, the Germans admired technology and valued skilled workers, and they were not at all comparable to the Chinese who were "inferior in everything, only those who read highly".

Situ Nan has little expectation for the current generation of immigrants in Nanhua, and only hopes that in twenty or thirty years, Nanhua can train millions of skilled workers like the devils after World War II, and that is the moment when Nanhua takes off in Nanyang.

At present, the Chinese immigrant workers in South China are not satisfactory, and the indigenous Indonesians, who make up most of the population, are even worse. A certain Cheng dù dragged down the backwards of Nanhua's industrialization, so that Situ Nan had to feel the rationality of a certain Cheng dù of racism.

Situ Nan's idea was very unkind, he didn't know that there were a large number of Javanese prisoners of war in the mines and farms in Nanhua, and after the Dutch patted their butts and went home, the bad luck of the Javanese dog's legs arrived, and he was sentenced to labor service.

Under the whipping of certain tools, sometimes the efficiency of those Javanese prisoners of war was quite high, and at least many of the railways were built by them.

Situ Nan's words made Gustav think for a long time, and after a long time, he sighed faintly: "It's difficult! Now we can't even save the Ruhr, and I only hope to see the day when Germany rises in my lifetime. ”

Joke! Will you not live that day? Who produced the German tanks that dominated the world? Aren't Leopard tanks and Tiger tanks all produced by Krupp? You're almost on trial, old man?

Situ Nan looked at Gustav with a sad face, and couldn't help but think of the deeds of this arms king who would run rampant in Europe in the future, smiled faintly, and didn't say anything.

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