While Admiral Fereit was carefully dealing with the issue of army restructuring, Alex and Boris, who had regained their freedom, came to Krupp Manor again.

The two of them felt embarrassed about their previous experience of dying. Suspended and imprisoned, awaiting orders from the king. Calust's series of actions made them realize how big the mistakes they had made. Fortunately, His Majesty was magnanimous and spared them for the time being, otherwise the two would have returned to Romania to be imprisoned.

So this time the two of them were more disciplined, and after coming to the study where they had met last time, the two took out the supporting documents signed by Eder.

In the face of the actions of the two, the Krupps and their husbands glanced at each other, as if to say that it seemed that this time it was a real game.

After retracting the document, Alex said with a serious expression and a serious look: "I don't know what the conditions given by my country before, I don't know what Krupp is considering?" ”

This time, in the face of Alex's words, Gustav Krupp replied cautiously: "We, Krupp, have considered it, but the conditions given by your country before are still not enough. However, given the goodwill of Romania, we can give partial concessions under the existing conditions. ”

Gustav's words relieved the two who were the first negotiators. This is a signal from Krupp that he is willing to cooperate with Romania. However, the specific conditions need to be discussed, but being able to negotiate means that their work is effective, so they quietly listen to the conditions offered by Gustav.

"Our condition is that we take half of the shares of the new company with technology and part of the equipment, and your country takes the other half with land and capital. The newly developed weapons will also be owned by the new company. And if the two armies want to use it, they can buy it from the company. If other businesses want to use it, they need the right to use. Its profits will also be distributed by the new company on a share-by-share basis. ”

Finally, Gustav said, "In addition, the new company must meet the annual production capacity of 1,000 guns and their parts. ”

In fact, in addition to the factors he said, there were also several other reasons why the choice was not suitable before.

Previously, Krupp chose the Netherlands and Sweden as secret research and development locations for Krupp. Among them, the Netherlands has the most friendly attitude towards Krupp, after all, the relationship between the Netherlands and Germany has always been very good, but because the location is too close to Britain and France, it is not suitable as a secret artillery research and development base.

As for Sweden, it is far away from Britain and France, but the relationship between Germany and Sweden is more average. And Sweden's neutral stance doesn't help Krupp hide much, which makes Gustav a little worried. As for Soviet Russia, which cooperated with Germany in the future, it was completely outside the scope of Krupp's consideration. Gustav was very hostile to the Red regime from the bottom of his heart.

And compared to the Netherlands and Sweden, the conditions in Romania are much better. The distance is far away (both are located on the Black Sea), the relationship is good (to be verified), and most importantly, Romania can cooperate with the royal family. As the leader of the Krupp company, Gustav still knew the situation in Romania relatively well. The current power of the Romanian royal family, the Hohenzollern Sigmaringen family, is still relatively clear.

Doing business with the royal family in Romania is the most profitable, and in terms of secrecy, which is most important to Gustav, it can be said that Romania has the most advantages, so he is also the most satisfied with Romania's choice. However, as a qualified businessman, Gustav certainly needs to strive for maximum profit for himself. So he needs to understand the bottom line of Romania as much as possible, and these two people in front of him have become his tools.

As for Gustav's last sentence, it was set up to prevent Romania from only developing and not producing, which also has a little bit of caution on his part. Because Krupp could not continue to produce artillery at present, and Gustav obviously wanted to retain the backbone workers in it, he deliberately added a clause at the end to meet the possibility that Krupp might return to Germany in the future to continue large-scale production capacity.

The two who didn't know what Krupp was thinking in front of him, after hearing the new conditions given by the other party, Alex thought about it and replied: "Thank you, Your Excellency, for your fancy to Romania." However, for this new condition, we still think that there is a big gap. However, in order to reflect our sincerity, we also intend to revise some of the conditions. ”

Alex then said in a word-for-word tone: "The new conditions of our country are that Krupp will take a stake in technology and equipment, and we will invest money and land to build a new weapons factory. Half of the shares of this plant will be given to one side, and we will give up to 20 million lei to research and development, the results of which must go to the new plant, and the weapons purchased by the German and Romanian military will be exempt from patent fees. ”

Hearing Alex's new conditions, Gustav immediately shook his head and replied: "No, no, this condition is not fair to us, and our company has invested too much. It is important to know that equipment and technology are too important for a business, especially since Krupp has the best artillery technology. And Romania only needs to invest land and money to share this technology, which is too unfair to us, and it is also a denial of the hard work of tens of thousands of Krupp workers. ”

After hearing Gustav's dissatisfied, Alex continued: "I don't deny that Krupp is currently the most technologically advanced, but you also need to consider the actual situation. At present, only Romania can guarantee that Krupp can continue to secretly develop new artillery, knowing that once Germany rearms in the future, its profits will be the most lucrative for Krupp. Being able to help your company through this difficult situation in Romania is arguably the best choice for Krupp. ”

In the face of Alex's statement, Gustav replied with a smile: "It's a pity that you don't go to be a businessman." ”

Alex did not respond to Gustav's praise.

"You're right, Krupp's technology is likely to lag behind if it is left in a few more years. However, our company can cooperate not only with Romania, but also with other countries. You can even secretly develop it yourself. As long as it is not in China, or a place that is out of reach of British and French tentacles, such as the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Norway and other countries. ”

"But it's not the best."

Faced with the counterattack of the young man in front of him, Gustav said with a smile: "That's right, it's really not the best. But don't forget, I'm a businessman, not a politician. As long as the benefits outweigh the risks, I have every reason to do so. Of course, if Romania has good conditions, why don't I cooperate with you? ”

Hearing Gustav's words, the two realized that they were negotiating with a businessman. The other party is also right, as long as the businessman is profitable, of course he will not estimate the other, but I don't know why, Alex always feels that something is wrong.

"Alright, that's all for today's negotiations. You also know our conditions, so how about talking about it today? ”

In the face of Gustav's words, Alex, who has no clue at the moment, just nodded in agreement, so today's negotiations ended.

On the way back, Alex suddenly braked the car suddenly, and the unprepared Boris almost flashed his waist.

"What are you doing, Alex."

"Hahahaha, I thought about it."

Faced with the warm anger of his colleagues, Alex laughed at this time.

"What do you think?"

Seeing his colleague who seemed to have lost his madness, Boris asked curiously.

Alex grabbed his colleague's shoulder as if he had seized an opportunity.

"I thought about why Gustav was lying to us when he said that. A pure businessman who went to TM, he was a diplomat, and it was impossible to think only about commercial interests, and his way of thinking was habitually political. ”

"So what?"

So we were his only target, because Romania is currently the best country for German secret development. They didn't choose us, and that's the problem. ”

Alex, who had figured it out, was refreshed at this time, feeling like a hunter who had caught a fox.

The next day, when Gustav once again said that conditions in Romania were too low, Alex smiled. "Your Excellency, Krupp's importance to the German military is indisputable, and our country and the military have always had a close relationship. I hope that Krupp will think about the military and stop worrying about these details, after all, Krupp relies on the German army to grow and develop. ”

Alex's words, Boris listened to the clouds, how the good negotiations were involved in the German military. Boris didn't understand, it didn't mean that Gustav didn't hear Alex's intentions. I saw him frown a little and said, "Who does this mean?" ”

"What our superiors mean."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Boris was a little confused. Isn't their superior Calust, why didn't they know what the director had said?

"Please rest for the two of you, let me think about it."

"Okay."

Gustav left with his wife.

As soon as there were only two people left in the study, Boris asked: "What are you talking about?" ”

Alex took a sip of the coffee in front of him and replied, "We're negotiating, and it seems like it's almost done." ”

Sure enough, they didn't have to wait long, and after returning to the study, the Krupp couple agreed that the Krupp company would build a new weapons factory in a joint venture with the Romanian government. Among them, Krupp occupies half of the shares with technology and equipment, while Romania occupies the other half with land and capital, and Romania contributes another 30 million lei of research and development funds. The weapons factory will have an annual production capacity of 1,000 guns and their parts (the introduction of skilled workers), and the results of the research and development will be used free of charge in Germany and Romania.

The new company is called Romania-Krupp, or RK for short. (abbreviation for Romanian and Krupp)

It's just that when Alex showed Edel the details of the negotiation, he couldn't help but laugh.

"It's really a talent, if I changed my superior, I would have been angry to death. But for the sake of his merits, let's let it go this time. ”

It seems that Alex was right.