Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

"But this is something that cannot be rushed, so don't be too anxious. We will deal with these problems, but not now, but in the future."

The cold words extinguished the enthusiasm in Alexandrine's heart and made her feel a little disappointed, but she also knew that when Lin Shangzhou said there was no rush, it really meant it.

"Come on, we should go back to eat."

"Ah."

The three of them then returned to the car and went back to Lin Shangzhou's apartment for lunch.

In the afternoon, Lin Shangzhou took Alexandrine to visit a factory in Berlin. He entered a factory in Berlin as an investor. The poor environment in the factory made Lin Shangzhou feel very disgusted. Alexandrine was also very angry when she heard about the treatment of the workers.

If Lin Shangzhou hadn't stopped her, the naive queen would have taken off her disguise on the spot and used her identity to force the boss to improve her treatment.

After visiting the factory, Lin Shangzhou also took Alexandrine to visit the villages near Berlin to let her see the life of German farmers. He spent an afternoon bringing Alexandrine into contact with German workers, farmers and people from all middle and lower classes. During this time, Lin Shangzhou did not force Alexandrine to understand anything.

Alexandrine understood everything on her own initiative, and that was exactly what he wanted to see.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, they returned to Wuyou Palace.

The car stopped in an open space. Lin Shangzhou and Alexandrine opened the door and got out. They stood together. Today's experience made Alexandrine feel very wonderful. She knew what the life of German farmers was like, what the life of German workers was like, and what the life of ordinary people was like.

She saw a completely different Germany.

This made Alexandrine want to do something for them, but Lin Shangzhou told her that she could not show her political inclinations too early, especially when he was an advisor to the Wuyou Palace, so Alexandrine suppressed her emotions and waited to release her enthusiasm later.

Alexandrine looked at the magnificent Sanssouci Palace in front of her and said self-deprecatingly: "Fritts, I am an emperor who has made no contribution to the country, but I can live in such a luxurious palace and live a life of ease and comfort every day, while there are still people in Germany who are struggling to survive..."

Lin Shangzhou heard her self-mockery and interrupted her.

"Alexandrine, don't say that. You are still young and have a long way to go in life. I believe you will become a beloved emperor in the future."

Alexandrine turned her head and looked into Lin Shangzhou's eyes and asked, "What about you? Will you help me?"

Lin Shangzhou smiled and replied: "Of course, I will spare no effort to help you, I promise"

Hearing this, Alexandrine smiled brightly.

"Thank you, Fritz."

After saying this, she pulled Lin Shangzhou's arm and gestured for him to lean over. Lin Shangzhou did so. Then Alexandrine pecked Lin Shangzhou lightly on the cheek and quickly distanced herself from him.

The warm touch was fleeting, and before Lin Shangzhou could react to what had happened, he saw Alexandrine running towards the palace alone. After being stunned for a moment, he realized that he had just been kissed by the girl.

Lin Shangzhou felt something strange in his heart. He had never had any extreme thoughts about the German Emperor, but now it seemed that this girl had ambiguous feelings for him.

"I hope no one else sees this..."

Lin Shangzhou stood up and muttered to himself, he looked around and found that there was no maid in the garden, only Bode who looked like he had seen a ghost standing next to the car.

So Lin Shangzhou walked over to Bode and patted him on the shoulder. Bode immediately understood and said, "I didn't see anything."

"very good."

Lin Shangzhou nodded with satisfaction, but the next second he heard a creepy sound.

"Frittz Hipper! Where did you take my sister?"

He had forgotten Cecilia...

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Chapter 200 Branch Plan

Early in the morning of March 3, Lin Shangzhou, who was lying on his bed, opened his eyes. He sat up while rubbing his eyes. After turning around and putting on his slippers, he thought of what happened the day before. Thinking of the situation at that time, he felt funny in his heart. Because he took Alexandrine out without permission, Cecilia forbade him to go to the Worshipful Palace in the next few days.

Lin Shangzhou had no opinion on this. After all, he was wrong in doing this. He obediently accepted Cecilia's punishment. Anyway, he had the communicator with him, so it was okay not to go to Wuyou Palace. If Alexandrine encountered any difficulties, she could call him.

This period of time is just right for him to deal with the things he needs to do.

Lin Shangzhou stood up from the bed, stretched, and after a long breath, he glanced at the framed Iron Cross medal on the bedside table. It was the item that was best preserved in the fire.

Retracting his gaze, Lin Shangzhou walked out of the bedroom. Half an hour later, when he was ready and neatly dressed, he opened the door to the living room and walked out.

This house is a four-story apartment like the staff apartment, but there are currently only two residents: Lin Shangzhou and Bode.

Bode moved here after becoming Lin Shangzhou's bodyguard. This time, only Alexandrine's direct order can transfer him away. Without the captain's direct order, Bode will continue to serve as Lin Shangzhou's bodyguard.

Lin Shangzhou lives on the second floor, Bode lives on the first floor, and Lin Shangzhou has no plans to rent out the remaining third and fourth floors, so let's just leave it that way for now.

Walking down the stairs, Lin Shangzhou saw Bode who had been standing at the door waiting for a long time. Every morning, he would walk out of the room early and wait for Lin Shangzhou to come downstairs. Even if Lin Shangzhou asked him to do so, Bode would not leave Lin Shangzhou's side - except for what happened the day before yesterday, because Cecilia was there.

Bode is very concerned about Lin Shangzhou's safety and he is very conscientious, but Lin Shangzhou himself doesn't really care about this.

Lin Shangzhou greeted Bode, then Bode opened the door and walked out first. Lin Shangzhou followed closely behind him. After going out, he got in the car, and Bode started the car and drove towards the newspaper office.

After arriving at the newspaper, Bode also entered the office area with Lin Shangzhou, but he did not follow Lin Shangzhou into his office. The newspaper staff found an empty seat for him in the office area outside for him to sit and read.

In the office, Lin Shangzhou sat on the chair and took today's "Forward" and other media newspapers from Kevin. After glancing over the contents, Lin Shangzhou heaved a sigh of relief. There was still no report about the news of seeing the German Emperor among the people. Now he could rest assured.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Lin Shangzhou returned the newspaper to Kevin, who took it and said, "This is what I should do."

Then Lin Shangzhou started today's work.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Goebbels opened the door of Lin Shangzhou's office. He walked in and came to the desk and asked Lin Shangzhou: "Fritts, what do you think about the branch office?"

Lin Shangzhou stopped writing, put the pen on the table, looked up and replied: "I have already chosen the address. Now we need to transfer some people from here to develop it."

As he spoke, he took out a map of Germany from a drawer, spread it out on the table, and pointed to the cities marked on it with a red marker.

"Hamburg in northern Germany will be our first stop in expanding our business scope, followed by Leipzig and Dresden in the south of Berlin. After we have established a foothold in these three cities, our next expansion target will be Breslau in Lower Silesia in the east. At the same time, I will also establish newspaper offices in Cologne, Frankfurt and Munich in the west."

As Lin Shangzhou spoke, he pointed out on the map the cities where Kevin and Goebbels wanted to establish branches, and finally pointed to Munich in southern Germany.

When talking about Munich, Lin Shangzhou felt a very strange feeling in his heart. You know, the little mustache started his political career in a beer hall in Munich.

"Paul, I think you understand why I chose these cities, right?"

Goebbels nodded. He was very clear about this, but the other person present was not very clear. Kevin hesitated for a moment before asking Lin Shangzhou: "Um... Fritz, could you explain to me why these places were chosen as development targets?"

"of course can."

Lin Shangzhou nodded readily and continued, "Hamburg has a highly developed business and a transportation system that runs through Germany. Setting up a newspaper office there to sell newspapers will help expand our influence through the merchants and travelers coming and going."

"Part of the reason for choosing Leipzig is that there is a well-developed printing industry there, so the cost of developing a newspaper is relatively low. In addition, it is also a large city suitable for development. Another reason is historical. The predecessor of the Social Democratic Party, the General German Workers' Association, was established there."

"I won't explain the rest of the cities in detail. The reason for choosing them is that they are all large cities in Germany. The only difference is that some of them have developed commerce, some have developed industry, and some are political and cultural centers. It will be beneficial for us to develop there."

After saying that, Lin Shangzhou looked at Kevin, asking with his eyes whether Kevin understood.

Kevin nodded. After Lin Shangzhou’s explanation, he understood why he made such a choice. However, another question popped up in his mind: Are there so many people in the newspaper?

So Kevin asked directly: "Fritts, can our newspaper spare so many people to develop outside? Even if we recruit enough employees, what about the funding issue? Although our newspaper's income is very good, it is not a problem to maintain a newspaper, but if there are more branches and employees, can we still maintain it?"

Lin Shangzhou shook his head gently and said, "You don't have to worry about the funding issue. It may not be possible to rely on me and the newspaper's income to maintain the expenses of multiple newspapers, but don't forget that Louis is here. He is also an investor in the newspaper. If you run out of money, you can ask him for it."

"Ah... you're right, Mr. Louis is here..."

Kevin nodded slowly. Because Louis rarely appeared in the newspaper, most people in the newspaper ignored this investor who was very important to the newspaper but had a very weak presence.

"So, as you said, Fritz, we are going to open our first branch in Hamburg next?"

Kevin stretched out his hand, pointed to Hamburg in the north of the map and asked Lin Shangzhou. Lin Shangzhou nodded. He also had a suitable candidate in mind as to who should take the people to Hamburg.

Goebbels crossed his arms, thought for a moment, and then asked Lin Shangzhou, "So, Fritz, who are you going to let go to Hamburg to set up a branch? If you need me, I can go there to develop."

Hearing what Goebbels said, Lin Shangzhou immediately shook his head. Not to mention that he already had a suitable candidate, even if he didn't have a suitable candidate, he would not let Goebbels leave Berlin.

Since his future development focus was in Berlin, how could he allow Goebbels to run a newspaper somewhere else?

"That's not necessary. I already have a suitable candidate in mind."

Seeing Lin Shangzhou reject him, Goebbels felt a little disappointed, but this emotion soon disappeared. He asked Lin Shangzhou curiously: "Who do you think is the right candidate?"

Lin Shangzhou smiled slightly and said: It’s far away in the sky and close at hand.

After saying that, he pointed at Kevin, telling everyone present with his gestures that he was planning to have Kevin develop in Hamburg.

Kevin was shocked by Lin Shangzhou's action. He actually decided to let him go to Hamburg to develop? Could he do it?

Goebbels was also a little surprised, but he soon realized that this was unexpected but reasonable. As Lin Shangzhou's secretary, Kevin had helped him handle a lot of work and had rich work experience.

"Fritts, you're going to let me go? Can I?"

Kevin looked at Lin Shangzhou suspiciously. It was not that he was unwilling to go, but he was doubting his own abilities. After all, he was going to a strange city to develop from scratch, and he was the one taking the lead in developing from scratch.

"Kevin, be more confident. I believe in your ability, and you should also believe in your own ability."

Lin Shangzhou encouraged Kevin. He gave the job to Kevin because he trusted Kevin's ability. Kevin pursed his lips and was silent for a few seconds. He also realized that this was a manifestation of Lin Shangzhou's trust in him.

After thinking for a while, he nodded to Lin Shangzhou.

"Okay, Editor-in-Chief, I will definitely work hard to complete the task you assign to me!"

"please!"

Lin Shangzhou said to Kevin sincerely.

After deciding on the leader who would go to work in Hamburg, Lin Shangzhou announced this matter to everyone in the newspaper and selected a group of people from the newspaper employees through a selection + voluntary registration method. Most of them were old employees, but the only one who was a truly old employee was Monk. The rest of the old employees were employees recruited after the establishment of the newspaper.

After organizing the team, the newspaper also decided on their departure date, which was this Friday, March 3th.

After dealing with the first external team, Lin Shangzhou returned to his office. He sat in the chair thinking about his secretary's affairs. Kevin left and the secretary position became vacant.

Letitia was going to help Alexandrine in the Palace of Carefree Palace, so in the end he had no choice but to recruit a new one.

After thinking it over, Lin Shangzhou did it, but now sitting in the chair, he didn't know how much of a surprise this decision would bring him.

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Chapter 201 A sudden change in attitude

After the team set off for the Hamburg branch, Lin Shangzhou asked the Human Resources Department to release the information about the marks he wanted to recruit as secretaries. The maximum salary could be up to 30 marks per week, which was considered a relatively high salary even in Berlin.

However, the high salary comes with an extremely high workload. Since Lin Shangzhou prefers to be a hands-off boss, his secretary has to bear a lot of pressure and of course must have strong working abilities. In the recruitment instructions, Lin Shangzhou specifically stated that those who are not confident in their abilities should not apply.

Such requirements can help Lin Shangzhou screen the quality of applicants, but it will also lead to a small number of applicants. However, this is not what Lin Shangzhou is worried about. What he wants is a high-quality secretary. Those whose abilities do not meet his standards are requested to leave as soon as possible.

One day after the news was released, that is, on March 3, although Lin Shangzhou's requirements were very strict, there were still a large number of applicants who came to him. However, what made them regretful and happy was that today was Saturday, and the editor-in-chief Lin Shangzhou was on weekends off and would not review any applicants.

Similarly, this most likely means that the editor-in-chief's secretary will also take a break, which makes the applicants very happy. They look forward to Lin Shangzhou's review of them next Monday and pray that they will be successful in their application.

Immersed in their joy, they seemed to have forgotten one thing: the editor-in-chief had a weekend off, but he might have given the accumulated work to his secretary to do on the weekend...

Of course, Lin Shangzhou would basically not force them to work overtime, so this group of optimistic guys were optimistic at the right time.

Lin Shangzhou ignored what was happening outside and enjoyed the leisurely weekend at home. In the morning, he went to the staff apartment and in the afternoon he returned to his home to enjoy a peaceful afternoon.

He sat on the sofa in the living room, flipping through the book in his hand. The melodious singing from the phonograph echoed in the living room. This was a phonograph he bought again according to his own memory, and the records were also new. The previous phonograph and records were all burned in the fire.

Lin Shangzhou listened to the music and turned to the next page of the book. Just as he was looking at the contents on the paper carefully, in addition to the sound of music, he heard a series of knocks on the door.

dong dong dong-

After hearing the knock on the door, Lin Shangzhou wondered who was looking for him, Louis or Bode, while closing the novel and sitting up from the sofa, he walked to the phonograph and turned off the machine, then walked to the door and opened it.

After opening the door, Lin Shangzhou saw Louis standing at the door, but what surprised him was that Erich Koch was also standing at his door.

He actually came to see me? Why did he come to see me? Why did he come to see me?

The moment Lin Shangzhou saw Erich, these three questions popped up in his mind. He stared blankly at Erich Koch standing behind Louis. Erich felt extremely embarrassed when he saw Lin Shangzhou's look. He knew that he and Lin Shangzhou had a very bad relationship, so it was normal for the other party to be like this due to his sudden visit. However, the bad relationship between the two in the past made Erich not know how to ease the awkward atmosphere on the scene.

Louis keenly noticed the change in atmosphere, so he raised his eyebrows and joked to Lin Shangzhou: "You haven't seen Erich for so long that you forgot who he is? Have you forgotten me too? Fritz, don't you plan to invite the two of us in?"

"Oh...Okay, please come in, both of you."

Louis' words made Lin Shangzhou realize that now was not the time to be in a daze. No matter what the reason was for Erich Koch to come, he should receive him in a friendly manner. After all, he couldn't just give him a bad look, right?

Lin Shangzhou took a step back and welcomed Louis and Erich into the house. When Erich was about to step directly into the living room, Louis stopped him and took a pair of slippers for guests from the shoe rack nearby and placed them next to Erich's feet, motioning him to put them on.

Louis stepped into the living room after changing into slippers, and Erich followed him in.

Lin Shangzhou sat down on the single sofa, and Louis and Erich sat on the big sofa. After sitting down, Louis said to Lin Shangzhou: "Fritts, Erich came to visit you this time mainly to congratulate you on becoming His Majesty's advisor."

"Oh…"

Lin Shangzhou nodded slowly. Hearing Louis say this, his thoughts became clear. Congratulations on becoming His Majesty's advisor. This is indeed a good reason to visit me. It also made Lin Shangzhou realize that Erich might have decided to seriously think about how to deal with his relationship with him after seeing that he had the emperor as a big backer. His final decision was to come to visit him and hope to ease the relationship between the two.

To put it simply, Erich Koch was a coward.

Of course, Lin Shangzhou would not completely agree with this. After all, Erich is a left-center-right person and he has contacts with the right wing, so it is not ruled out that his right-wing leader gave him such instructions.