Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

Then, after the chat, Lin Shangzhou took the initiative to bring up the issue of market share. After some bargaining, the prime minister agreed to Siemens' request to increase its market share.

Although the additional share Siemens obtained after the bargaining was one-third more, this result was enough to make Mr. Rabe praised within Siemens, and his frank conversation with Rabe would also make Siemens pay attention to Rabe.

After getting a result that satisfied him, Rabe said goodbye to his companions, and Lin Shangzhou's heart calmed down as Rabe left.

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Chapter 251 Representatives of the Social Democratic Party

Just as Lin Shangzhou thought, after Rabe returned to Siemens headquarters and reported the news of his success to his boss, his boss immediately paid attention to this employee who had returned from China. At first, they sent him there just to try to see if they could make use of his identity. Now the results show that their decision was very correct.

Rabe himself was also promoted by the company. Regardless of his personal abilities, the fact that he chatted with the prime minister for an hour and secured additional investment shares for the company was worthy of the company's reuse of him. The senior management of Siemens had a hunch that there would be a time to cooperate with the government in the future, not to mention that Rabe himself was quite capable. Therefore, on the morning of the next day, Saturday, Rabe, who was resting at home, received news of his job change.

He was promoted to a middle-level manager at the headquarters. A position that was too high was not suitable for him, and one that was too low was not enough to recognize his achievements. Therefore, a middle-level position was just right, and letting him continue to stay at the headquarters would also help future cooperation with the government.

Lin Shangzhou didn't know what happened to Mr. Rabe. He was enjoying a leisurely weekend at home on Saturday and Sunday. He was always like this. He worked hard on weekdays and had a good rest on weekends.

Of course, Letitia was also with him at his home.

Lin Shangzhou knew clearly that now every media in Germany except Vorwärts (the editor-in-chief had changed, but he was still the boss) wanted to know (take pictures of) his private life, and if his relationship with Letitia and Noah was known by reporters from a certain media, it would cause an unimaginable public opinion storm.

Therefore, in order to prevent the relationship between the two or three people from being discovered by the paparazzi, Lin Shangzhou publicly stated that he did not want reporters to appear in the neighborhood where his apartment was located, saying that "he likes quietness." At the same time, the Berlin police also increased police force near his home to prevent the prime minister from being disturbed by reporters in his daily life.

As for how Letitia and Noah would get to her house, they would ask Catherine, who had already returned to the team, to take them there. As a member of the Storm Troopers, she had reason to patrol the neighborhood where the Prime Minister was.

Alexandrine's driver was another female member of the Storm Commando. Lin Shangzhou was quite surprised when he found out about it. He was even more surprised after learning more about the composition of the Storm Commando. There were quite a few female members in the magic force. The ratio of men to women in the Storm Commando was about three to one, and the ratio of men to women in the entire German magic force was about the same.

Although there are many women in the magic corps, it is obvious that these people are distinguished from ordinary women. Therefore, no matter how many women join the magic corps, it will not change the status of women in society.

Lin Shangzhou knew that it was impossible for him to completely conceal the relationship between the three people by doing this. After all, he lived on a street. Besides him and his apartment, there were other citizens on the street. They would definitely notice more or less that there were two girls frequently entering and leaving the prime minister's apartment.

However, it is a trivial matter for the citizens to know about it. If it is really discovered in the future, he also has a way to deal with it, but this method is a bit rogue - freedom of love.

As for if he is really discovered, Lin Shangzhou plans to think about what to do besides "freedom of love" when the time comes. German law stipulates monogamy, but there are no regulations on what should happen before marriage. Goebbels will then fight back on his behalf against those who criticize him for his private life issues.

Although Goebbels' own private life is also worthy of criticism.

On Saturdays and Sundays, Letitia and Noah had one day each. During this time, Lin Shangzhou also went to the Worry-Free Palace to sit for a while. Alexandrine was very happy when he went to the Worry-Free Palace. After he became the prime minister, the number of times he went to the Worry-Free Palace was greatly reduced. She could only see him when he went to the Worry-Free Palace on Saturdays and Sundays and when Alexandrine went to the Imperial Parliament, so she cherished the time on Saturdays and Sundays very much.

He was almost inseparable from Lin Shangzhou, which had some impact on someone who wanted to talk to Lin Shangzhou about some private matters.

On the morning of March 28th, representatives of other companies who came to Berlin staggered their time to go to the Reichstag. They knew that if a bunch of people crowded to the Reichstag, it would only end up making the Minister of Economy unhappy. If they made him unhappy, then they could forget about getting investment shares.

Unfortunately, one third of the additional investment reserved by Louis has already been taken by Siemens, and one third of the remaining two thirds will be given to Krupp. Therefore, no matter how much they negotiate, they will not be able to get too much investment, and those companies not on the list will make a wasted trip. Even those on the list may not get a share, let alone them.

Louis met with company representatives one after another in his office. Except for the Krupp representative whom he introduced to Lin Shangzhou, he handled all the rest by himself.

The Minister of Economy was busy with all sorts of things, and the Chancellor was equally busy, meeting representatives sent by the Social Democratic Parties of various countries.

The Social Democratic Party had considerable power in all European countries except the Third International, and the German Social Democratic Party's ruling had greatly encouraged them. Therefore, in addition to verbal congratulations, they sent representatives to Germany hoping to seek help from the Social Democratic Party.

Lin Shangzhou now has two identities, one is the German Chancellor and the other is the leader of the Social Democratic Party. In order to show his attention to the Social Democratic Parties of other countries, he personally met with these representatives and discussed matters related to the Social Democratic Party with them.

Through these people, Lin Shangzhou learned something that was not surprising. They considered the Socialist People's Party's "New Berlin Manifesto" to be the benchmark for the interpretation of social democracy. However, Lin Shangzhou himself did not think that the "New Berlin Manifesto" was so good. The two mentors, Marx and Engels, as well as other mentors, would not hesitate to raise their fists and hit him when they saw this document.

After all, his main ideas and the socialism he advocated were based on the situation where the monarch was a socialist and sympathized with socialists. If there was no monarch or the monarch was an unwavering reactionary, then his ideas would not be possible. He had such ideas entirely based on the German monarch. If the current German emperor was still William II instead of Alexandrine, then he would never have developed like this in Germany.

It was Alexandrine's existence that prompted Lin Shangzhou to write the "New Berlin Declaration" in that way, so Lin Shangzhou just smiled at the praise from the Social Democrats.

As for the rest of the New Berlin Declaration, he drew extensively on the ideas of CPC in OTL, so perhaps the instructors might hit him with less force when they raised their fists.

In the corridor outside the Chancellor's office, the Social Democrats from White Ruthenia had just walked out of the Chancellor's office when another group of people passed by them and walked towards the Chancellor's office.

They stopped in front of the Prime Minister's office and then reached out and knocked on the door.

dong dong dong-

There was a dull knock on the door. Lin Shangzhou, who had just seen off the representatives of the White Ruthenian Social Democratic Party, couldn't help but frown. He now regretted allowing these representatives to see him in the morning. Now he couldn't even take a break.

In order to cheer Lin Shangzhou up, Bauman said to him: "Mr. Prime Minister, according to the order, after the White Ruthenian representative is the representative of the Austro-Hungarian Empire."

"A representative of Austria-Hungary?"

Lin Shangzhou raised his eyebrows. He was busy with other work and did not look at the list of visiting Social Democratic Party representatives carefully before meeting these representatives. After hearing the name "Austria-Hungary", his interest was immediately piqued and his spirits became much better. It was not only because he was interested in Austria-Hungary, but more because as the prime minister, he could not slack off when facing the representatives of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire was the dream country of a forum guy. In OTL, its disintegration was a huge nationalist tragedy. The various ethnic groups under the Austro-Hungarian Empire gained independence and freed themselves from their shackles, but also lost their greatest shelter. With limited power, they had to become pawns in the game of other countries.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire survived because of the victory in World War I, but its internal situation was not very good and nationalists were still restless.

Lin Shangzhou knew that the Social Democratic Party of the Austro-Hungarian Empire...it should be said that the Social Democratic Party of the Austrian Empire was very different from the Social Democratic Party of Germany. The German Social Democratic Party could not win the general election without itself or the help of national will, but the Austrian Social Democratic Party had the opportunity to become the ruling party even without the help of national will. At least their chances of becoming the ruling party were higher than those of the German Social Democratic Party.

"Please come in."

Lin Shangzhou shouted to the outside of the door that he must entertain the representatives of the Austro-Hungarian Empire well. The future will be unpredictable, and there is a great possibility that the Austro-Hungarian Empire will become an ally of Germany. If the Social Democratic Party wins the future Austria-Hungarian general election, then the relationship between the two countries will have a chance to become better.

As soon as he finished speaking, the office door was opened and three strange men in formal attire walked in. When they saw Lin Shangzhou, they couldn't help but reveal a bit of surprise in their eyes. Although they were mentally prepared, they were still shocked when they saw the incredible Chinese Prime Minister of Germany.

This was a good thing for the Social Democrats, and as far as they knew, Franz von Liebenfels, the chairman of the United Aryan Party, was so angry that he fainted when he learned about this. This made them and even Emperor Karl happy for a while.

It’s a pity that the guy didn’t get angry to death, which is what makes them most regretful.

The leader of the three came to the desk and said to Lin Shangzhou respectfully, "Mr. Prime Minister, nice to meet you. I am Flando Hicks. On behalf of our Chairman Carl Renner, I would like to offer you my most sincere blessings."

"I accept your blessings."

Lin Shangzhou nodded, then looked at the sofa beside him. Bauman immediately understood and said to the three of them, "Please take a seat, everyone."

After thanking Lin Shangzhou, Hicks sat on the sofa, and the remaining two sat on the chairs on the other side. After discovering that there were not enough seats in the office and the office was not always full, Lin Shangzhou had two chairs brought in.

"Mr. Prime Minister, I have read the New Berlin Declaration that you rewrote more than once. Your ideas have really benefited us a lot!"

After sitting down, Hicks praised the "New Berlin Declaration" without hesitation. Lin Shangzhou was a little confused. He didn't know whether these people really thought that thing was good, or were simply complimenting him.

If it was the former, he did not think that his half-baked "New Berlin Declaration" was so good, but if it was the latter, the Austrian Social Democratic Party had no need to flatter itself like this. He could understand flattering itself, but this was a bit too much.

Lin Shangzhou said modestly: "Mr. Hicks, you are too kind. The New Berlin Declaration is not my personal thought, nor is it my achievement alone. It was jointly written by comrades of the Socialist People's Party and belongs to the Socialist People's Party."

Seeing Lin Shangzhou so modest, Hicks couldn't help but look at him with a new eye. He laughed heartily a few times and then started another topic: "Mr. Prime Minister, I have a rather presumptuous request. I hope you can listen to it."

"Well, tell me."

Lin Shangzhou nodded, wondering curiously what request he would make. First of all, national matters could be ruled out, as they only came to Berlin as individuals.

“I hope that in the future some young people from the Social Democratic Labour Party can come to you to learn advanced experience.”

"Learn advanced experience?"

Lin Shangzhou was stunned for a moment, and then he felt incredible. When would he be able to enjoy such treatment? Others came to him to learn advanced experience?

A flash of disbelief passed through his mind, and a second later he nodded, agreeing to Hicks' request. It was a good thing for the two parties to exchange experiences, not to mention that Germany would also want to win over Austria in the future.

Lin Shangzhou is confident that he can win the 1937 general election again, and the Austrian Social Democratic Party also has the hope of winning the 1936 general election, at which time cooperation between the two countries will be even more convenient.

Of course, even if the Austrian Social Democratic Party does not win the election, there is still a high probability that the two countries will cooperate.

This is not to say that there are no conflicts between Austria and Germany. The two countries do have conflicts, for example, Poland and Ukraine. The Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany have conflicts of interest in these two countries. However, these small conflicts are not worth mentioning at all compared with the threats from the Third International and Moscow.

So Lin Shangzhou nodded enthusiastically to Hicks and said, "Of course, I welcome them very much."

"Then I would like to thank you, Mr. Prime Minister, here first."

Seeing that he agreed to his request, Hicks' face was filled with a satisfied smile.

In the following time, the two discussed some things about the Social Democratic Party. Half an hour later, Hicks and his companions left. After they left, Lin Shangzhou asked Bauman to tell Otto Wells what had just happened. Some affairs within the party were the responsibility of him and his men.

After Bauman left, Lin Shangzhou was alone in the office planning the upcoming actions in April.

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Chapter 252: Get off work

Lin Shangzhou leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes, thinking about his plans for April.

In the past, when he was playing tightrope, he always felt that it was unreasonable for a country to only be able to choose one national policy at a time within a period of time, because the government could not focus on only one thing in dozens of days. Lin Shangzhou could understand Germany's economic national policy. After all, after Black Monday, the German government did not have so much money to have it all. It was understandable to choose one of the three under the constraints of the game mechanism.

But while implementing economic policies, he also believed that other things could be done at the same time, because this is a country, a government, and there are many different departments within the government, and different departments manage different things.

Due to funding issues, it is impossible to have both economically and practically speaking, some national policies are indeed mutually exclusive and cannot be implemented at the same time. However, there are also some national policies that can be implemented at the same time. For example, political national policies can be implemented at the same time as military national policies, because one is a government department and the other is the military, and these have nothing to do with each other and can be implemented at the same time.

This is what Lin Shangzhou thought when he was playing the game, but now he thinks that he was too relaxed at that time. In the game, the player only needs to click the mouse, turn on the five times speed and wait for a few minutes for the national policy to be clicked, and the work is done, but the reality is not like that.

Human energy is limited, and the government's energy is also limited. For example, now, although he has selected two national policies at the same time, "Reorganize the Imperial Government" and "Invest in Siemens", these two tasks also have a sequence. First, "Reorganize the Imperial Government" must be completed, followed by "Invest in Siemens".

The main goal of the SPD government in April is to complete the government reorganization. A new-look German government can more efficiently implement the policies and orders to be issued in the future. After the government reorganization is completed, the next step is "Investing in Siemens."

Of course, other national policies can be implemented at the same time under this circumstance, but due to Lin Shangzhou's personal reasons, he cannot let his subordinates do it.

There are some things he wants to do himself, and there are some things he needs to do himself.

dong dong dong-

The sudden knock on the door interrupted Lin Shangzhou's thoughts. He opened his eyes, sat up from the chair and said, "Come in."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door was opened and Bauman walked in.

"What did Otto say?"

Lin Shangzhou asked him.

"Mr. Wells will arrange everything, you don't have to worry." Bauman replied, and then walked to Lin Shangzhou's side.

Lin Shangzhou just nodded. None of his subordinates were incompetent. Even Erich Koch had his merits in work, and he was also quite hardworking.

After handling some work for a while, Lin Shangzhou stopped working after 5:30. After he took office, he stipulated that the clocking-in and clocking-out times for Capitol officials should be between 7 and 8 in the morning and between 5 and 6 in the afternoon.

So now it's time to get off work, even the prime minister should go off work.

As the leader who did not work overtime, Lin Shangzhou quickly put the documents on the table into the drawer, then explained some small matters to Bauman and left.

Lin Shangzhou completes his work within working hours every day, so he does not need to work overtime. In his eyes, overtime is a sign of inadequate work ability. He once took the time to make surprise inquiries about the officials in the Capitol and to inquire normally about the workload of Otto Wells, the Minister of the Interior. The answers he received were basically the same: as long as government employees work hard, they can complete their work within working hours.

When he arrived at the lounge, he pushed the door open. Bode, who was reading a book, turned his head and looked at him after hearing the door open and said, "Mr. Hipper, are we leaving now?"

"There's no need to rush."

As Lin Shangzhou spoke, he walked over to Bode and took a glance at his book. He unexpectedly found that the content looked familiar.

"What book are you reading?"

He leaned forward and asked, and after reading the contents he remembered what Bode was holding.

"The Story of Ashes"

Bode replied, then he closed the book and handed it to Lin Shangzhou.

After taking the novel, Lin Shangzhou never thought that Bode was reading his novel. It was only after seeing the book that he remembered that he had written a novel in the past.

Lin Shangzhou opened the novel, looked at the densely packed words on it, reached out and stroked the rough paper, he couldn't help but recall his past days in Strasbourg.

Memories come flooding back to my mind, as if they happened just yesterday.

"Time flies so fast..."

Lin Shangzhou murmured softly, then took out a pen from his pocket, turned to the title page of the novel and signed his name on it.

"Hey, Mr. Hipper, what are you doing?"

Seeing this, Bode hurriedly reached out to snatch the book from Lin Shangzhou. Although Lin Shangzhou was his superior, he was somewhat dissatisfied with Lin Shangzhou's taking his belongings without permission.

Lin Shangzhou took a step back, then quickly wrote his name, closed the novel and returned it to Bode. He smiled and said to Bode, "Don't worry, isn't the author of this book called Phil?"

Bode took the novel and held it carefully in his arms, took two steps back and looked at Lin Shangzhou vigilantly. After hearing his words, he nodded cautiously.

"Well, yes, his name is Phil, but I haven't heard any news about his new work in a long time."

Lin Shangzhou looked at Bode with interest. He really wanted to see how Bode would react if he knew that he was the author of this book. Bode's words did remind him that he had not created anything for a long time.

In the past, writing in Strasbourg could earn him money in addition to his job, but now it is only interest that makes him pick up his pen to write again.

"That 'Phil' is me."

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Bode was stunned at first, then he realized what Lin Shangzhou said and was stunned. He asked suspiciously: "Mr. Hipper? Don't lie to me. I have never seen or heard anyone say that you have an interest in writing."

"Haha, when was the first time we met?"

Lin Shangzhou asked with a chuckle. Bode's disbelief was within his expectations.