Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

This is a smaller communicator than previous models. The red start button on the communicator is smaller, and its location is no longer directly above the regulator, but on the upper left of the regulator. There is an additional black button on the upper right, and I don’t know what it is used for.

The scale on the regulator is more eye-catching, and the overall shape of the communicator looks a bit like a PHS.

Hearing the model of the communicator, Lin Shangzhou smiled and asked, "Then the previous one was the M1 model?"

"Well, the earlier ones are early experimental types."

Harvotte nodded and replied.

"So how does the new model perform?"

Lin Shangzhou picked up the communicator and asked. Harvot smiled proudly, picked up another communicator and replied, "Theoretically, the communication distance is 100 to 150 kilometers, but because it takes too much time to test, we only tested it within Berlin. Clear communication within 40 kilometers is no problem."

Lin Shangzhou was very satisfied with the result, and what Havot said next made him even more satisfied.

"We have also made improvements to the calling problem you mentioned earlier. Each communicator has a dedicated frequency band. You can dial it just like making a phone call by turning the regulator to the designated position."

With that, Harvot activated the communicator in his hand and turned the knob to the designated position.

"like this."

The next second, the communicator in Lin Shangzhou's hand rang like a telephone.

Looking at the ringing communicator, Lin Shangzhou was a little overwhelmed. Harvot said, "If you want to connect now, just press the red start button. If you don't want to connect, press the black button to reject the call."

"That's it..."

Lin Shangzhou pressed the black button with his finger, and the ringing of the communicator stopped after pressing the button.

“Very good…”

Lin Shangzhou exclaimed in praise, saying that such equipment could already be put up for sale, but before officially selling it, he would first give the current equipment to General Volbeck and Cecilia, letting them promote it a little in the army, build their own reputation, and gain support from the military.

So he put down the communicator and said to Havot: "Havot, can I..."

Before he could finish his words, Harvot nodded to him.

"Whatever you want to do with the communicator, just do it. I agree with it."

Faced with such generosity from Havot, Lin Shangzhou expressed his heartfelt and sincere gratitude to him.

He then asked Harvotte to write a simple instruction manual for each of the ten communicators, while he went downstairs to discuss with Goebbels how to fight back against the Yellow Peril theory.

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Chapter 150: Reshaping the Old Image

Lin Shangzhou went to the first floor and found Goebbels who was reading a newspaper. He had just read the article in the newspaper that used Fu Manchu as a model to satirize the Chinese. The two of them hit it off and immediately discussed countermeasures.

Lin Shangzhou believes that to deal with articles that use "Fu Manchu" as a model to satirize the Chinese, simply writing articles to refute them will not be effective, because only a small number of Germans in Berlin have ever come into contact with the Chinese, and the vast majority have not had contact with the Chinese and do not know what the Chinese look like.

The best way is to introduce another positive character that is contrary to Fu Manchu's attributes to show people the good qualities of the Chinese people. This is a good method, but where can we find such a "good guy image"?

Lin Shangzhou can create such a character immediately, but it takes time, and it also takes time for people to accept the new character.

Just when Lin Shangzhou was worried, Goebbels mentioned the name of a character - Charlie Chan.

After some understanding, Lin Shangzhou learned the story of Charlie Chen.

Charlie Chan, according to the Chinese context, should be Charlie Chan, a Chinese detective who comes from the work of an American novelist. His story was also made into a movie, but Fu Manchu is a negative character, while Charlie Chan is a positive character.

Although Charlie Chan is a positive character who fights against evil, what Lin Shangzhou cannot ignore is that Charlie Chan, like Fu Manchu, carries a strong Western stereotype of the Chinese. Both are the image of the Chinese in the eyes of Westerners, which is very different from the real Chinese and cannot represent the Chinese.

After realizing this, Lin Shangzhou was reluctant to use the role of Charlie Chan. After repeated discussions, Lin Shangzhou decided to personally transform Charlie Chan, removing the stereotypes from him and transforming him into the image of a Chinese person in the eyes of the Chinese.

Lin Shangzhou immediately worked with Goebbels in the apartment. After dozens of minutes of work, Charlie Chan's image changed greatly. His identity and age as a detective remained unchanged, but his figure changed from fat to strong, and the mustache on his face that symbolized the stereotype was removed. The original father of 14 children, the pure and stereotyped image that represented "Chinese people love to have children", was changed to the father of two children.

The positive image he originally possessed was retained, and his preference for saying "Confucius said" was changed to saying some proverbs and famous sayings. He was no longer as overly intelligent as the original American writer described him, and he already knew the truth when his assistant was still wondering what had happened.

After being transformed by Lin Shangzhou, Charlie Chan retained his intuition and sharpness as a detective, but he often needed the assistance of others to solve cases and know the truth. Just like Sherlock Holmes needed Watson's help, the transformed Charlie Chan also had an assistant by his side.

After the transformation, Charlie Chan is basically a different person except for the name. Lin Shangzhou is also preparing to write his new story with Goebbels and publish it in "Forward". The name Charlie Chan can bring traffic to the new character, and he himself is a positive character. With the help of Goebbels, he should be able to compete with Fu Manchu.

After another hour of writing, the first story of the new Charlie Chan was created by Lin Shangzhou. Goebbels also wrote a satirical article based on the article in the Central Daily News, combining Fu Manchu and Charlie Chan.

The next step is to wait for them to be published in the newspaper.

Afterwards, Lin Shangzhou called home and had lunch at the apartment. After lunch, he took five communicators and their manuals and went out to deliver them to the corresponding tasks.

One was for himself, and the rest were to be given to Louis, Volbeck and the Kaiser's sisters.

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Chapter 151 The First Exercise of the Emperor's Power

On the afternoon of the 3rd, Lin Shangzhou delivered the communicators to the corresponding persons in the order of Louis, the Kaiser's sisters and Volbeck.

When he was at Volbeck's house, the general couldn't wait to use the communicator to make a call to Sans Souci Palace. The moment the call started, both Volbeck and Cecilia made a decision in their hearts.

Volbeck decided to promote the M2 Ethernet communicator among the marshals and generals in the army tomorrow, while Cecilia decided to take out better titanium equipment from the warehouse and give it to Lin Shangzhou, so that Havot's team could achieve further breakthroughs in the research of the communicator.

This is two great news for Lin Shangzhou. He looks forward to building good relations with the military and obtaining better quality titanium equipment.

At the same time, he learned one thing from Louis - the first meeting of the Imperial Parliament this year will begin on the 5th, and Alexandrine will attend this meeting. If nothing unexpected happens, the chancellor will hand the policy signature to Alexandrine at this meeting, and she will decide whether to pass or reject the policy.

Regarding this matter, all Lin Shangzhou can do is rely on luck. Facts have proved that he has no way to be alone with Alexandrine, so naturally he can't ask her to reject this policy. Now everything depends on Alexandrine's own ideas.

Since he could do nothing, Lin Shangzhou focused his attention on revising the Berlin Declaration. After the Imperial Conference, the SPD would hold a second meeting, and he had to complete the revision of the revisionist part of the Berlin Declaration before the second meeting.

His revisions may not be satisfactory, but at least they can allow party members to see his sincerity towards the SPD.

It is January 1th, and the first meeting of the Imperial Parliament this year will be held in the Reichstag at 5 a.m. Most citizens of Berlin do not feel anything about it. The meeting of the Imperial Parliament is a sparse and ordinary thing for them, but some people are paying close attention to this meeting.

After all, the policy of "restricting immigrants' participation in politics" that caused a stir in Berlin last month and even caused protests from immigrant groups will be sent to Her Majesty by the Chancellor in the Imperial Parliament today, and she will decide whether to pass it or not.

If this policy is passed, and the Central Party government fails to take appropriate appeasement measures, the immigrants will probably cause unrest again.

At 9:20 in the morning, Alexandrine and Cecilia drove from Sanssouci Palace to the Reichstag. Half an hour later, His Majesty the German Emperor sat in her central seat in the conference hall of the Reichstag.

The Imperial Parliament meeting hall in the Capitol was semicircular in shape. In the middle was the seat of the German Emperor. Alexandrine was sitting there with a solemn expression, and standing next to her was her sister Cecilia.

The conference hall was already full of people. A few MPs who had arrived late for unknown reasons were walking quickly towards their seats. In a corner of the conference hall, SPD MPs such as Louis and Otto were sitting there alone.

They are weak and no matter what they agree or reject, it will not have a decisive impact on the final result, and the SPD members are used to this.

Alexandrine felt a little nervous and uneasy as she looked at the crowded conference room. When she first became emperor, young Alexandrine often felt nervous and uneasy sitting on the chair that once belonged to her grandfather William II. But after Cecilia came back to her, she rarely felt this way anymore.

But today she felt this feeling again, and she knew the reason very well - because of Lin Shangzhou's matter.

Alexandrine was not completely ignorant during her stay in Wuyou Palace in the past month. Although she did not know much about that policy and the Yellow Peril Theory, she did know a thing or two. The German emperor, who lived deep in Wuyou Palace and did not care about state affairs, realized that those two things were aimed at Lin Shangzhou after learning about them.

She already knew from Louis what Lin Shangzhou wanted to do, and she didn't tell anyone about it, not even Cecilia.

Alexandrine knew that her sister had isolated herself from the political vortex, and she also knew what would happen if she told Cecilia about this, so in order to help Lin Shangzhou, who was constantly working hard for her, Alexandrine chose to keep the matter to herself.

It’s good enough for me to know it myself, she thought.

Not long after that, she heard about the restriction policy from Noa and Letitia's casual chat.

After learning about the restrictive policy, Alexandrine became very hesitant. She knew that this policy would have an impact on Lin Shangzhou, so she hesitated whether she should not agree to the policy presented to her by the prime minister as she had done in the past but choose to reject it?

She was very hesitant because she thought she could do nothing. The so-called emperor status was just a facade and her words would not have much effect. Alexandrine was worried that even if she rejected the policy, it would be useless and the prime minister would still do what he had to do.

She hesitated about this matter every day in the past, and even now, Alexandrine was still hesitant.

In the eyes of the people in the conference hall, the little queen's expression today was particularly serious, and beneath her solemn expression was a heart full of complicated and chaotic thoughts.

While Alexandrine was hesitating, the Prime Minister announced the official start of today's meeting. The parliament began with the Prime Minister and his people reading out the economic plan and other plans for the coming year. Only after that did the parliament begin to discuss other policies.

When the first policy requiring the emperor's signature was delivered to Alexandrine by the prime minister, the little empress was still in a daze. The prime minister was a little puzzled by her performance and he called Alexandrine softly.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty?"

The members of the parliament in the meeting also noticed this abnormality and looked at Alexandrine.

Seeing that her sister was still in a daze, Cecilia gently touched her shoulder. This touch brought Alexandrine back to her senses from her inner hesitation. Her first reaction was to look up at her sister, while Cecilia signaled to the prime minister in front of her with her eyes.

At this moment, Cecilia noticed that Albert was standing in front of her, bending over a document.

Alexandrine immediately realized that she was in a daze at an inappropriate time and felt very embarrassed. She took the document from Albert's hand, put it on the table, looked at the contents carefully, and then wrote down her name in beautiful handwriting with a pen.

Looking at the words she wrote, Alexandrine laughed at herself: I guess my greatest strength is that I can write well...

After agreeing to two more bills, the chancellor put forward the controversial policy. Now this policy has been revised and is no longer a one-size-fits-all policy. Some of its parts have become somewhat reasonable, and almost all members of parliament have no objections to it - including those from the Social Democratic Party.

This policy was discussed for nearly a month. It stipulates the length of time immigrants must stay in Germany, and that only those who have lived in the German Empire for more than 10 years and have German nationality have the right to join political parties, serve as officials, etc.

The prime minister no longer had the same expectations for this policy. He actually hoped that Alexandrine would oppose and disagree with this policy, because even if it was passed, it would not be able to achieve the original restriction goal. It would be better to be rejected. If it was rejected, he could refute the argument that "Your Majesty is controlled by the prime minister."

Albert bowed and handed the document to Alexandrine, and Cecilia took the document and placed it on her sister's desk.

Alexandrine read the content with her blue eyes intently. After seeing the restrictions on residence time, she felt relieved. She knew that Lin Shangzhou had lived in Germany for more than 10 years and also had German citizenship.

So it doesn’t matter even if you agree with such a policy now.

Alexandrine picked up the pen and wanted to write something on the document, but when the tip of the pen touched the paper, she stopped and did not continue writing.

She thought of the time when Lin Shangzhou chose to compromise with Klein for her. At that time, all she could do was stand in front of Lin Shangzhou and use her status as emperor to help protect Lin Shangzhou in an almost unruly and rogue way.

Alexandrine didn't want to see this happen again. Lin Shangzhou had worked hard for her against all odds and against the party leader and prime minister. She should also do something to help Lin Shangzhou.

She knew that she could not help anything just by relying on her status as emperor, and she needed to do something else. She thought of what she had heard from her brother about the German emperor when she was young, and she also thought of the scene when she was young when she saw her grandfather William II and her father, Crown Prince William, communicating with officials in the Sanssouci Palace.

She remembered what the prime minister said when she first became emperor: "Because Your Majesty is too young, Your Majesty will not participate in politics for the time being..."

(Is it because I am too young?)

Alexandrine thought to herself that this memory was not very clear anymore, and when she thought of this, she decided to take a risk.

She decided to refuse to agree to this policy today. In her eyes, it was a risk and she didn't know what would happen if she went against the Prime Minister's wishes.

But since Lin Shangzhou was willing to take risks for her, she would do the same for him.

So Alexandrine put down the pen in her hand, and this action silenced the whole audience. Cecilia and the prime minister standing beside her were also surprised by Alexandrine's behavior.

Alexandrine read the document carefully again, then pushed it forward on the table, raised her head and said to the chancellor and the parliamentarians with a serious expression: "I refuse to pass this unreasonable policy."

When these words were spoken, everyone in the conference hall was extremely shocked. Everyone wanted to say a few words to the person next to them, but everyone knew that now was not the time to speak.

Cecilia looked at her sister with great surprise. She didn't know why her sister disagreed with this policy. Soon, she realized that her sister's behavior was most likely asked by Lin Shangzhou.

Thinking of this, her expression darkened.

Even the prime minister, who had been mentally prepared in advance, was surprised by this situation. After all, this was something he had never experienced before.

Albert also began to feel uneasy, as he always felt that something would happen in the future.

After saying that she refused to agree to this policy, Alexandrine's heart began to uneasy. She tried not to show her uneasiness. She glanced at the prime minister. There was no anger or reproach on the prime minister's face, only helplessness.

Albert picked up the document, turned to the parliamentarians and said: "Since your majesty does not agree with this policy, it is hereby invalidated."

The MPs had no objection to this.

Alexandrine looked at the situation in front of her and felt something strange in her heart... Is that it?

I just said I disagreed, and then the policy was really invalidated?

She felt it was a little unreal. Wasn't the Prime Minister going to say or do something?

After rejecting this policy, Alexandrine had this thought in her mind: Should I reject a few more?

Then she really did it. The prime minister presented her with several documents. Alexandrine read the contents carefully. When she felt that there was something inappropriate, she pushed the documents aside and refused to agree.

Then something happened that made her heart suddenly rise. She saw some dissatisfaction in the prime minister's eyes. Then Alexandrine saw Albert, the man she was very afraid of, honestly took the document in his hands and withdrew the policy.

Nothing happened except the dissatisfaction in his eyes, and he didn't even say a word of complaint.

Alexandrine suddenly had a very strange feeling in her heart. It turned out that if she said no, the man she had always been afraid of would not say anything, but would just withdraw the proposal honestly.

This made Alexandrine feel very funny. If that was the case, then what was she afraid of after Cecilia came back to her?

After ascending the throne, this German emperor finally realized the power of the emperor and exercised the power that he should exercise as an emperor.

It was not until then that Alexandrine realized how easy it was to say "No!" to the Prime Minister. In Alexandrine's eyes, the Prime Minister was no longer as scary as before.

However, Alexandrine did not intend to do anything more. She knew that her sister did not want her to get involved in politics. If she did too much, Cecilia might blame Lin Shangzhou, so she planned to quit while she was ahead.

The prime minister didn't know what Alexandrine was thinking. He only knew that there was a high probability that he would be unlucky in the future.

Most members of the Imperial Parliament were happy about what happened today. In their opinion, His Majesty was finally going to take back his power.