＜ The collapsing Krupp. (2) >
“It’s strange that the police are running around.”
Hamburg port.
I returned to the German Empire after completing my brief work at the Ministry of Commerce. In order to cook Krupp in earnest, it was easier to work in the German Empire than in the United States, which is far away.
“Sir, if you want to enter the country quietly, wouldn’t it be better to come through Bremen rather than Hamburg? Actually, the Prussian police are crowded.”
“As Veyron said, I wanted to take the NDL to Bremen, but I have business to do in Hamburg. I have no choice.”
Bremen port.
The city of Bremen is famous for its music band.
However, the port of Bremen is a relatively recently modernized port. With a rough modernization in 1900, it’s probably quieter than Hamburg, but it’s actually Doggingagin.
“In the beginning, the port of Bremen itself was large, so it would be unreasonable to sneak in. In terms of Europe as a whole, it is too large to fit within ten fingers.”
It is now the most famous immigration port. In the 21st century, it is famous as a port for automobiles.
It is the second largest port in Germany.
“Well, you should visit the port of Bremen, as Veyron said. Building a German trade network with one tool in Hamburg is suicidal.”
“Yes, this is your chance, now that the NDL has sworn to the Ministry of Commerce. NDL is a major shipping company in charge of trade in the port of Bremen.”
“We should meet with the German Investment Corporation later.”
A large German shipping company is a must.
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One of the biggest German shipping companies I own is essential for smooth trade with Germany. The German economy at this time was particularly specialized in associations and collusion, so if you can’t blend in with their community, you’re treated like an outsider.
“Germany is also difficult.”
Chicken game.
The most important thing in dumping trading is vertical integration.
“In fact, it’s all about vertical integration and economies of scale.”
Anyone can do it by dumping.
However, the one who dominates the market by dumping is the one who endures to the end.
An extreme game in which those who endure to the end are wiped out in a winner-take-all manner.
It’s a chicken game.
“It is essential to secure a distribution network to reduce costs.”
Germany’s number one and number two ports.
It is imperative to secure the NDL of the port of Bremen as well as the port of Hamburg. Apart from Hamburg, it was good to secure it as a plan B or a spare or an exit strategy.
“Anyway, a blacklist is a temporary measure.”
“Yes, even from the standpoint of the Baltic Shipping Exchange, it cannot be permanently blacklisted. A large German shipping company is such a global player, and one day it will be easily resolved by lobbying.”
“I will.”
In the end, distribution is an issue.
If a large German shipping company intervened as an intermediary was in trouble, there was only one way.
“But there is a way.”
“It is a way to vertically integrate German distribution by taking over a large German shipping company.”
“It is to monopolize the distribution of low-cost steel of US Steel. In other words, it jumps directly into the mainland.”
What if I don’t trust the middlemen?
You should jump right in.
“Shipping is everything.”
“Yes.”
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Only shipping.
You just need to catch the sea. The US and Germany can only trade by sea.
As I was walking through the harbor, I suddenly heard a roar.
I looked at who was making such a fuss, and my Pinkerton bodyguards were wrestling with someone. They looked at each other in trouble.
‘Who is it?’
I walked over there wondering what was going on.
“What’s going on?”
“Oh, Director, that’s…”
“Are you Detroit Morgan?”
The port of Hamburg where hundreds of Prussian police officers are stationed.
People dressed in German uniforms and looking like soldiers came to me.
‘The atmosphere is very different from that of the police.’
Should the Prussian police be called a practical life? Although I could feel the solemn atmosphere, the people who approached me felt the pressure of their very existence.
“Yes, I’m Detroit Morgan.”
all the way all the way
The dignified warhorses along with the black wagons dug the ground with their hooves, playing wildly.
“We have been dispatched from the Guards at the Berlin Palace on the orders of His Majesty the Kaiser.”
“What did the Guards do to me?”
“His Majesty the Kaiser has ordered you to be brought to the Berlin Palace with respect.”
Ah, Berlin Palace.
Guards Corps Gardecops.
It was good to see that Wilhelm Kaiser’s heart had become uncomfortable due to my chicken game declaration and the blacklist incident.
Next to the guards were the administrators of the Berlin Palace.
“It’s probably about steel dumping.”
The accompanying administrators nodded their heads.
“Yes, of course there is. His Majesty Kaiser wants an in-depth dialogue on tariff issues and the steel and shipping industries.”
Prussian police raid the port of Hamburg.
The guards at the Berlin Palace guarding me. I thought it would be uncomfortable to plant the Berlin Palace, but surprisingly it looks fine.
‘Actually, I’m just glad I wasn’t arrested.’
If I didn’t have ventilators for German steel and German shipping, I would be arrested by the Prussian police as soon as I landed in Hamburg.
“I will accompany you.”
“Thank you for your consideration.”
So, surrounded by the Guards, I headed to the Berlin Palace.
***
“You’re young.”
Berlin Palace.
Kaiser sat still and stared intently at me. He asked me to sit comfortably, so I sat comfortably in the chair. Kaiser’s face didn’t look too angry.
the face.
“I’m in a little while.”
“Putting aside the nonsense. When I proposed the German Investment Corporation to you, I asked you to play the role of an investor in the German Empire. Looking at what you’ve done so far, it seems that West German banks have been merged into one.”
“Yeah, this is also an investment activity. There is no other bank that lacks capital as much as the heavy industry. It gives them liquidity and brings them together so they can do a bigger heavy industry business.”
“Are you talking about the Berlin banknote?”
did you know everything
It looks like I’ve attached a watchdog around me.
“Unfortunately, the Berlin Bank and the German Rothschilds have been at odds with the Frankfurt acquisition.”
“No, I don’t mean to blame. The Berlin Palace has implemented policies that are too Junker-focused. There were minor clashes with Bismarck in that regard. I adopted an appeasement. Your direction to unite West Germany is me. That’s right.”
carrots and whips,
For a moment, I could see his intention to tame me.
“Yeah, I’ve heard he’s generous with social democrats and liberals and Catholicism.”
“Because I wanted a unified German Empire.”
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Of course, it’s not because he’s a good Kaiser.
A country that exists to operate an army.
It is one of the evaluations that always comes up when discussing Prussia and the German Empire.
Wilhelm Kaiser was in the process of increasing the military power of the German Empire.
Contrary to what he said, he was a competent part.
So, the united German Empire soon.
It represents the united German Empire.
“okay.”
“Actually, I had some foreboding about US Steel’s steel dumping. I had a strong feeling from the moment you touched German steel companies.”
“……”
“But I found out about the German Steel Alliance that you are forming.”
“Did you watch it all?”
“Ah, my eyes and ears are everywhere. Can’t I just entrust the German Investment Corporation to you without supervision?”
That’s right.
The naive thought that there would be no separate surveillance for me was thrown aside in the early evening.
“For once, I liked the German Steel Alliance itself. But I don’t want Krupp, the hard-to-nationalize, to get hurt.”
This is the main point.
I tensed up and slowly opened my back. He threw a stone straight ball straight away.
Talking back is disgusting.
“How would you like to do croup?”
“I wanted Krupp to join the German Steel Alliance and take the lead. But the German Settlement Bank is calling for opposition. Only then does it make any sense for Krupp to join the German Iron and Steel Alliance.”
If Krupp came in.
West German banks sensitive to the Prussian Kingdom cannot stand still.
“Your Majesty, the two will not mix like water and oil. They are too heterogeneous in nature to blend together.”
The symbol that eats me is disgusting.
If Krupp eats the heart of the German Steel Alliance, it must be a calculation that the German steel industry itself will be under the control of the Berlin Palace.
‘Are you crazy? I will swallow you up from now on. ‘Will the West German banks like it?’
Wolf diplomacy that puts pressure on the opponent.
As expected, negotiation and diplomacy were futile. There’s no way someone likes you when you put pressure on them and try to suppress and dominate the other person.
“Krupp and the Steel Alliance will probably be difficult to merge.”
“Yeah, I think Moltke made some mistakes. He’s a good Prussian soldier, and I’ve heard that he’s been self-isolating in his official residence for a while. I hope that Krupp will be back to normal soon when he recovers.”
No, it’s not Moltke, it’s you that’s the problem.
Besides, Moltke would not be self-reliant, but rather chip.
Suddenly, Kaiser’s nervousness began to be felt. It looks like he is trying to press me with an arrogant posture, but he has already frowned in impatience.
“By the way. The reason that the capable Moltke made a mistake was…”
Kaiser stared at me.
“After I found out that you were blacklisted on the Baltic Shipping Exchange, I knew for sure. Even if I heard it, my eyes became dark, but what about Moltke, a mere soldier?”
‘You’re constantly whipping me.’
a monarch of a country
I never thought I would know. The German Empire was also one of the big players in the Baltic Shipping Exchange.
However, in diplomacy, hitting the opponent directly is proof that you will not do diplomacy.
Biting like a dog, who wants to be with you? Even if I’m by your side, I think I’ll catch tetanus and get sick.
Even in modern times, China’s wolf diplomacy is for domestic consumption, not external use. It is only a means of stabilizing the Communist Party. They have no intention of diplomacy.
I have no choice but to take a picture.
‘That’s exactly what Kaiser is doing right now.’
Kaiser was destroying his relationship with me. While falling into the ‘illusion’ that he is an overwhelming powerhouse.
“Yes.”
it was like
All of a sudden, the vitality of my voice was gone, and only mechanical questions and answers came out.
I don’t feel worth it
However.
It seemed that Kaiser was still determined for me and made up his mind to be ambitious. But at his next words, my heart sank.
“I know that you stole technology from Krupp, and I know that you supported the Social Democrats and drove Krupp to suicide.”
“…..”
hand stopped.
An eerie silence fell in the room.
Kaiser’s words were no longer inorganic and reached the level of heartbreak.
“That’s how my close friend left for heaven.”
like dumb.
Kaiser looking at me with a calm, burning gaze that is not dull.
“Well, when I found out about that, I wanted to rip you to death, but now I’m in a more stable state. The achievements of the German Investment Corporation and the achievements of the past are combined and there is a little left. easy.”
Well..
No matter how I think about it, the Kaiser is just too long for me. seems to have declared
“How can I get rid of that little fruit?”
“I don’t know. Do you think mental illness is a problem that can be easily eliminated?”
disease of the mind.
It was a bit funny to hear that the nobleman who had devoured and nationalized the Krupp’s family, a dead friend, was a bit funny, but the opponent was Kaiser.
At the Berlin Palace, he is the strongest and his answer is unforgivable.
“In the future, you will not see American steel in the German Empire. The Prussian cabinet will block the sea route with tariffs.”
The German Empire does not export steel itself well to the United States. In the first place, it was natural that the United States was the largest producer of steel.
Even if the German Empire raises the tariff wall, it will not do much harm.
‘Is it also due to customs?’
as assumed.
It was as I expected.
“Please understand what the Berlin Palace may do in the future. Isn’t there a chance like this to wash away your fruits? If we yield a little, we will become more comfortable with each other. After this is over, let’s get to know each other.”
I thought about it.
But he didn’t think about the thorns in Kaiser’s words.
kept a smile inside.
‘I’m glad you’re a Kaiser.’
also clumsy.
There are no tariffs on iron ore, and even the investment activities of the German Investment Corporation cannot be prevented. If you didn’t say that you’re blocking at the negotiating table that’s been laid out like this, it means you won’t stop.
‘Expose your weaknesses.’
The word is one.
It means that Berlin Palace is too tight to handle the current Krupp.
It means that I cannot afford to worry about it, and furthermore, it proves that the scope of investment of the German Investment Corporation has expanded. At first he couldn’t handle Krupp, so he contacted me.
but how about this
From the very beginning, I intended to wreak havoc with the insiders in the steel industry of the German Empire.
Your Krupp loses the initiative.
Watch from the special seat.
‘Now that I see it, it is a tree that gives generously.’
The finish is clumsy.
That clumsiness will plunge you and the German Empire into a pit.
‘The fact that we exposed what we wanted in diplomacy in the first place is already a defeat.’
Take the Krupp you want as a dog by beating it hostage. Negotiations take place later.
Show me the king of wolf diplomacy.
I have already assured my victory at this point.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
He smiled so brightly.
***
“I didn’t expect to see President Thyssen here.”
“It’s the same for me. You must have been back in Germany.”
“It was a few days ago. I was caught by the Guards at the port of Hamburg and brought to the Berlin Palace.”
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On my way out of the Berlin Palace after an audience, I ran into President Thyssen.
“Well, you feel similar to me.”
“Chairman Thyssen too?”
“I’m on my way to meet with the Prussian ministers one by one. The pressure interview was no joke. The Berlin Palace’s will is so strong that the Prussian cabinet seems to be moving in earnest.”
“That… you suffered.”
“No. In the first place, among the Junkers of the current Prussian military, there are not many talented people who can control Krupp. It is contradictory to run a company with the spirit of a soldier.”
The military is a money-spending group, and a corporation is a money-making group. If you see people who can spend their whole life and tell them to make money, they will earn a lot of money.
At that time, I saw a young man trembling inside the Berlin Palace. His gait seemed very precarious, and he was limping as if he had been injured.
The aura felt through the back is dark.
A melancholy aura was spreading everywhere.
dump.
He sat down suddenly, as if he had lost his strength.
President Thyssen exclaimed and pointed his finger at the young man.
“Ah, the author.”
“Are you the author?”
“The shadow warrior you were looking for.”
Shadow Warrior?
ah i remembered A capable adviser to Krupp, who tried to f*ck me with a German shipping company.
“Oh. Then the author…”
“Yeah, but until a while ago, while working as an advisor to Moltke and the German Steel Association, life was swamped with water.”
“It’s because I broke his plan so badly.”
In fact, his tactics were in the realm of tactics rather than strategy.
It looks like a strategy because of its excellent improvisation, but in fact, distribution was a tactic that tried to counterattack me as a part of it.
In other words, it was just a counterattack against my attack, and the means were excellent.
“no.”
But Chairman Thyssen cut my words into pieces.
“It’s just that they are incompetent. When I saw them, there were no talented people like that, so I cut them off and boiled them right away because they failed a bit.”
“It’s a boss who throws talent with his own hands. It’s a good thing for us.”
I took a closer look at him without hesitation.
Are you young? No, I’m too familiar with the more characteristic face. no way…
“What is the author’s name? If it was the president’s personality, wouldn’t he have investigated it?”
President Thyssen shrugged.
“I thought you might be interested, so I did some research.”
“Oh. So what’s your name?”
“Don’t look. Hans Kluge, a lieutenant in the German Imperial Army. Well, after investigating the situation, the situation seems to be bleak. Would you like to interview me? I’m the same age as you and I think we can communicate well. I can arrange for you.”
Kluge… Kluge…?
Ah, write… something familiar.
who was…
I frowned slightly.
‘ah. I remembered.’
Walter Model, Rommel, and Manstein were infested with monsters and had been forgotten.
Kluge, this person is also a named and hidden master of World War II.
‘Were you the same age as him?’
Born in 1882.
So, will you be the same age as Frank (Franklin Roosevelt)?
“…Before that, I’d like to hear the details before he gets upset. Why is he, a capable man, roaming the Berlin Palace like an abandoned dog.”
“Looks like you’re interested.”
I smiled bitterly.
“Yes, it is the talent I want to acquire.”
There were also not enough people to work for, but I caught my eye on talented people who could do it every day.
You can’t miss this great opportunity.
‘I will take you by any means.’
I smiled brightly as I pictured the future he would forge.
After all, human resources need to be sharpened.
“Oh wait.”
Chairman Thyssen messed up his hair.
“I was forgetting the most important thing. I received iron ore from NDL and HAPAG well, and started dumping it. Because it is a large German shipping company, iron ore was poured in hundreds of tons.”
“No, have you already released it to the market?”
He gave a thumbs up.
“I can’t, I’m trying to gather souls and release them at once.”
kill them all
Chairman Thyssen put his thumb down with a bloody expression on his face.
“That wouldn’t be fun.”
sympathy.
I quietly gave a thumbs up.
＜ The collapsing Krupp. (2) > end
