Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

Goebbels frowned slightly, thinking about what Lin Shangzhou said. He himself was somewhat interested in politics, but not very much. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Lin Shangzhou, thinking of the scene when Lin Shangzhou led the workers to strike that day, so he asked:

"Fritts, why did you join the Social Democratic Party?"

"Is it to make people live a better life? Or do you have other ideas?"

Lin Shangzhou was stunned. He had not thought about this question since he agreed to join the SPD with Louis yesterday, because his purpose of joining the SPD was for his own selfish reasons - to be able to return to Berlin more conveniently, or to be able to help Alexandrine.

As for what Goebbels said: He did not think about making people live a better life.

Lin Shangzhou was suddenly filled with shame. Goebbels knew that joining the party meant helping people live a better life, but he didn't think of that and only cared about his own selfish desires.

He said to Goebbels in shame: "I'm sorry, Paul, I agreed to join the party for my own selfish reasons."

Goebbels showed some disappointment on his face, but he also saw Lin Shangzhou's ashamed look, which showed that Lin Shangzhou also realized his shortcomings.

Goebbels chuckled and said, "But now you should also know that you have to make people live a better life, right?"

"Well, although I am just an ordinary party member, I will work hard for it!"

Lin Shangzhou nodded firmly.

Seeing him nod, Goebbels said, "In that case, I agree to join the party."

"Really? That's really great!"

Lin Shangzhou happily shook Goebbels' hand. Now he didn't have to worry about the issue of votes... Of course, the prerequisite is that he could lead the SPD to participate in the general election.

Goebbels pulled his hand out after Lin Shangzhou shook it a few times. He said with a little seriousness: "But, Fritz, let me make it clear first. As long as you are willing to fight for the interests of the people for one day, I will do my best to help you for one day. If you keep fighting for them, I will keep helping you too."

"But if one day you change your heart and stop considering the interests of the people and instead think about damaging their interests, then I will no longer help you. I may even choose to stand on the opposite side and attack you. Do you understand?"

Lin Shangzhou nodded happily like a chick pecking at rice. On the one hand, he was happy that Goebbels was willing to help him, and on the other hand, he was happy for Goebbels. As for whether he would change his mind, that was a matter for the future and he would consider it in the future.

"Are you really that happy..."

Goebbels looked at Lin Shangzhou with strange eyes. What he didn't know was that the person in the world who knew his own strength best was not himself, but Lin Shangzhou in front of him. If he knew what he would accomplish in the future, he would understand why Lin Shangzhou was so happy.

Anyone would be happy to have such a legendary figure.

Then he pulled Goebbels to Louis and introduced him to him. Although Louis was still confused as to why Lin Shangzhou wanted Goebbels to join the party, when he saw Lin Shangzhou's happy look, he stopped thinking about it. Lin Shangzhou must have his reasons for doing so.

After signing all the limited edition books in the newspaper, Lin Shangzhou followed Louis out of the newspaper. He still had to meet those syndicalists. As for work, no one would care whether he went to work or not. After all, it was Louis who took him away.

Lin Shangzhou sat in the passenger seat and looked at the street outside. He realized that this was the way back to the apartment, so he asked, "Lewis, aren't you taking me back to the apartment?"

Louis chuckled and said, "Hey, this is the road. You'll know when you get there."

Lin Shangzhou didn't ask any more questions and waited to reach his destination.

A few minutes later the car stopped by the roadside. After Lin Shangzhou got out of the car, he looked at the building on the side and suddenly felt a very strange and outrageous feeling in his heart.

Because that building was Wolfgang's bar.

"Here? You said they were waiting for us here? Isn't this Wolfgang's bar?"

Lin Shangzhou pointed at the bar and asked.

"Yes, that's right. It's Wolfgang's bar."

Louis nodded.

"Come on, they should be waiting for you inside, follow me in."

Louis walked towards the bar, and Lin Shangzhou quickly walked up to him and followed him into the bar.

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Chapter 67 Conversation in the Bar

Lin Shangzhou followed Louis into the bar. He stood at the door and looked around the bar. There were not many people drinking. There were a few in front of the bar and some at other seats. Many people were drinking beer, but there was a girl in front of the bar who was drinking juice.

The bartender behind the bar was a young man. Lin Shangzhou thought the bartender would be Wolfgang, after all, he opened the bar. But think about it, opening a bar doesn't mean the owner will be a bartender.

There was another person he was familiar with at the bar - the red-haired Catherine, with a full glass of beer next to her. From the way she chatted with the bartender, it could be seen that she was not drunk.

Lin Shangzhou followed Louis to the bar, and Louis greeted the girl who was drinking juice.

"Good morning, Lister."

The girl named Lister glanced at Louis but ignored him. The young man next to her greeted Louis.

"Good morning, Louis."

"Good morning, Walter."

Louis responded with a smile.

The blond man named Walter looked at Lin Shangzhou behind Louis. After seeing Lin Shangzhou's face, he rubbed his eyes in disbelief and looked again. After confirming that it was correct, he patted Lister's shoulder in surprise and said, "Lister, Louis didn't lie to us. He really invited Fritz Hipper here."

"what?!"

Lister immediately turned her head to look at Lin Shangzhou who had walked to Louis' side, with expressions of joy and admiration appearing on her face. Catherine on the other side of the bar also saw Lin Shangzhou, but she just waved at him.

"Humph, I told you I could find him, but you didn't believe me..."

Louis said proudly, but Lister ignored him. She stood up from her seat, walked to Lin Shangzhou, extended her hand to her, smiled and said warmly: "Hello, Mr. Hipper, my name is Lister Thälmann, this is Walter Pieck, we have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time, and today this wish has finally come true."

(Hiss~ One is called Thälmann and the other is called Pieck. Are these two the successors of Ernst Thälmann and Wilhelm Pieck?)

Lin Shangzhou thought to himself that when he heard that the girl in front of him was called Liester Thälmann, he thought Thälmann had been feminized. Then he remembered that Thälmann was dead, and the young man named Walter Pick made him realize that these two people might be their successors, or they might be relatives.

Lin Shangzhou also reached out and held Lister's hand and shook it gently twice.

"Hello, Miss Thälmann and Mr. Peake."

Hearing Lin Shangzhou calling her that, Lister shook her head sadly and said, "Mr. Hipper, you can just call me Lister. I am not worthy of your uncle's last name yet."

"Very well then, Miss Lister."

Lin Shangzhou nodded.

"Come on, let's sit down and talk."

Lister took Lin Shangzhou to the four-person seat on the side, and Walter followed with her juice and his beer. Louis also sat next to Lin Shangzhou. After he sat down, he waved to the bartender and asked for two beers.

After sitting down, Liszt looked at Louis who followed with dissatisfaction, but since it was he who brought Lin Shangzhou here, she held her anger back.

Lister looked at Lin Shangzhou with admiration and said:

"Mr. Hipper, Walter and I really admire your leadership of the workers' strike on March 3, and you have won a complete victory, which really shocked and delighted us."

Walter beside her looked at him with the same eyes. He also admired the Chinese who led the workers to strike.

Lin Shangzhou said modestly: "No, no, that is the result of the joint efforts of the workers and I. Without me, the workers may not think of resisting, but without the workers, I am nothing. While you admire me, I also hope that you will admire the workers of the machinery factory. They are the ones who deserve admiration."

Lizt's respectful look made it difficult for Lin Shangzhou to get angry with them directly. Although he didn't like the German syndicalists, he didn't want to hit someone who smiled at him. Since the other party was so polite and respectful to him, he didn't want to destroy such an atmosphere.

"You're right."

Lister and Walter nodded.

"You will follow Louis here, and I believe you also know our identity from him."

"Well, I know who you are."

Lin Shangzhou nodded. You can tell their political inclinations just by listening to their names, Thälmann and Pieck. These names sound very left-wing and very syndicalist.

Lister became a little excited. She suppressed her emotions and said calmly: "In this case, I would like to invite Mr. Hipper to join us..."

As she spoke, she lowered her voice because what she was about to say was not suitable to be said in public.

"I hope you can join us in resisting this evil imperialist government and fighting for the oppressed German people."

Lin Shangzhou let out a long sigh, he looked at Lister and shook his head slightly.

His behavior stunned Lister and Walter. They had never expected that Lin Shangzhou would reject their invitation. Didn't he lead the workers to strike? Logically speaking, he should be on their side, right?

Lister was the first to think of the reason. She glared at Louis angrily and said, “Louis, did you say anything to him!?”

Louis looked as if it had nothing to do with him, and shook his head with his hands spread out.

"Don't look at me. I didn't say anything bad. He was the one who didn't want to join you."

After hearing what Louis said, Lister felt confused. Mr. Hipper himself didn't want to join us? Why? We shouldn't have any problem with his attitude, right? We have never seen him before, right? Why would he not want to join us?

The air became quiet and there was no more talking among the four people. Lister and Walter were confused. They didn't understand why Lin Shangzhou would reject them.

"Mr. Hipper, can you tell me why you rejected us?"

Lister looked puzzled.

Lin Shangzhou explained to her calmly:

“The reason is simple. My fellow workers told me that when the workers were oppressed and needed your help, you did not fight with them.”

Lister looked incredulous. She said hastily, "We helped the workers. We provided them with guidance on how to strike and helped them carry out the strike."

"Do you know what the results of those strikes were?"

"this…"

Lister was speechless. Just as she had just said, they only provided guidance to the workers, but did not help them in depth, let alone go deep into the workers. Naturally, they did not know the real results of the strikes they guided.

“I remember it was successful…”

"Success!"

Lin Shangzhou said in a harsh voice, which startled Lister.

“My fellow workers said that those strikes seemed successful on the surface, but in reality, either the factory owners only gave lip service and did not improve the workers’ treatment at all, or the workers who led the strike were bribed by the bosses. The so-called success was only their success, not the workers’ success.”

After venting some of his anger, his attitude softened a bit.

“I know your situation is difficult, but the more difficult your situation is, the more you need to go to the workers and develop them into trustworthy and reliable comrades, so as to strengthen your own strength.

"If you don't go among the workers and live with them, understand their difficulties and help them, how can you expect them to trust you and support you?"

Lin Shangzhou looked at the two people and sighed deeply.

"Alas... If it was Mr. Thälmann and Mr. Pick sitting in front of me, I might consider joining you, but unfortunately, you are not. If it was Mr. Thälmann and Mr. Pick leading you, I wouldn't hate you so much."

Lister and Walter lowered their heads in shame. Lin Shangzhou was right. They should have done as he said, but they didn't.

"I'm curious too."

Lin Shangzhou showed some doubt on his face.

"Why don't you choose to go deep into the workers to help them? I want to know the reason. Can you tell me?"

Hearing this question, Lister hesitated, but Walter beside her did not hesitate for too long and lowered his voice and said: "This is the instruction from Paris. They want us to temporarily stop our activities and wait for the next order."

Lin Shangzhou's face immediately fell after hearing this, and the change in his expression also made Walter's heart "skip".

It is a very classic act of following the instructions of Big Brother. This is a very normal thing that is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong. After all, there is a Big Brother to rely on, and by relying on Big Brother you can get his assistance. In this way, fewer people are willing to develop independently, not to mention that this Big Brother may not necessarily allow you to develop independently.

Whether it was the French Commune or the Soviet Union, it would have been difficult not to fall into this situation.

Lin Shangzhou knew that this was inevitable for the German syndicalists before him. One of their main leaders was persecuted by the chancellor, and the other fled to the French Commune. Having lost their backbone, they would naturally choose to listen to the instructions of Paris, not to mention that Piquet was still in France.

Lister wanted to say something else to try, but Lin Shangzhou shook his head at her.

"Don't try to invite me anymore."

"I have already joined Louis' Socialist People's Party. How can I join you?"

Hearing this news, the admiration and respect in Liszt's eyes disappeared in an instant. She said with a stern face: "In this case, then we have nothing to discuss with you, Mr. Hipper."

"I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

She stood up and prepared to leave. Walter beside her quickly made way for her. After Lister left, Walter said to Lin Shangzhou with an apologetic look on his face: "I'm very sorry, Mr. Hipper. Lister hated the government very much because Mr. Thälmann was killed by the chancellor. She also hated the Social Democratic Party for abstaining from voting on the relevant bill at that time."

"I'm leaving now, sorry, sorry. I hope to talk to you again if I have the chance in the future."

After that, Walter also left. Compared with Lister, Walter was much more rational and not too angry.

Lin Shangzhou looked at Walter who was leaving, and felt a sense of disappointment in his heart.

"They can't go on like this..."

He expressed his concern that he hated these people, but he also hoped that the left-wing forces in Germany could become stronger.

Louis shrugged and said, "I have done what I can. As Walter just said, Lister hates the government and the Social Democratic Party and is unwilling to cooperate with us. There are representatives of the French faction among them, so Walter can't cooperate with us privately."