Seven Hundred Fifty-Six when the Poor
How to deal with a once meritorious person? Let him be ruined. So as long as a qualified deception is laid, this person can become a sinner accused by thousands of people. Akado used the tricks of children playing games. In fact, it is not very clever, but his series of methods benefited everyone, so those who got the benefits chose to keep their mouths shut.
Akado didn't take any money from those who died, and distributed it directly to the merchants he trusted, so at least among the merchant groups in the Netherlands, Akado minimized the loss of his reputation.
As for the country, Fanny's media group made the entire empire maintain a unified argument, that is, these executed businessmen are traitors, sinners of the country, and a group of parasites who only know how to exploit others. In the face of such a powerful state propaganda machine, those merchant groups who have been killed in sevens and eights can no longer make their own voices.
All dynasties have to deal with some interest groups, just like they have to deal with a group of corrupt officials. There are many ways to deal with it, but they have never had any effect. These interest groups, or family chaebols, have survived countless years. Compared with those short-lived state regimes, they are the real masters of this world.
The reason why Akado was able to become the head of state of Germany is actually inseparable from the support of these chaebols. When Akado first started, these interest groups chose to support them due to their own reasons, so it was impossible for Akado to really kill all the chaebols and financial groups.
There is an old Chinese saying that goes, "When the water is clear, there will be no fish; when people observe it, there will be no disciples." So to survive in this world, people can never do things arbitrarily according to their own ideas. Even a head of state must weigh the pros and cons to deal with difficult events——Akado weighed for a long time and thought of such a The method of killing chickens to scare monkeys may not be the most effective, but it is the limit of what he can do now.
He couldn't attack the descendants of Augustus, Krupp and others who supported him. After all, in terms of human feelings and reason, these "juniors" of him are indeed not guilty of death. Even among those who have been hanged, there are Many people are not worthy of death, but at the level of the country, Akado can only execute them, and let them die without a place to bury them in a way of ruining their reputations.
But with the real big chaebols, you can only be cautious and step by step. And as one of the few big capitalists in this country, these people can't do too shameful things - being able to become rich at least shows that they have a certain vision. So this kind of trifling but painful little thing, the general big people really don't do it.
But this time, Akado knew that there was actually a real big shot involved in the exploitation of workers in the Dutch factory. This person is not well-known, but he is one of the largest grain distributors in Germany. Because he often prepares military rations, he also has some close relationships with military generals. Otherwise, if you want General Dirk, who commands the local garrison, to bow his head and obey his ears,
Not an easy task.
So Akado ordered to find the actual controller of the family business, who was the culprit of this incident. He looked at this man who was about sixty years old, and the other party was also looking at him. The two of them sat facing each other without speaking. Akado met him more than once when he held a meeting, and the other party was obviously very familiar with Akado. It seemed that the two of them were holding back their momentum, and whoever opened their mouths would be at a disadvantage.
What Akado hates the most is this so-called arrogance. If you don't speak up quickly when you have something serious, you will waste time and get no benefit. So he opened his mouth first, and said the first words after they met to the sixty-year-old businessman in front of him: "I know you think I'm unfair, leaving Krupp and Augustus at home who killed your son by name only.”
"Yes, that's right, what you said is correct. After all, you are the head of state, so you must treat everyone equally, otherwise, you will also have to pay for your own impulse." The old man sneered, even the greeting of "Long live the head of state" Li didn't even say anything, so he spoke directly to Akado.
Anna behind Akado frowned, but Akado didn't care. He continued to stare at the familiar face and said slowly: "I know you have contacts with many army generals, even Braun. The house where Marshal Hitch’s family lives now was given by you. You have done a lot for this country, and you have also helped me secretly raise food for the National Defense Forces, so...these are the capitals for you to talk to me like this today?"
"I know that you have done more for this country, the head of state, but not everyone is like you and does not care about rewards." The old man replied: "I just want to get back what I deserve, my son You didn’t break the law, but you killed him, and even charged him with a false crime of treason! I hope you can give me an explanation for this matter.”
"Pay attention to your tone! You are talking to the head of the empire!" Anna couldn't help but said aside, Akado was the man she admired the most and also her lover, so she naturally wouldn't allow anyone to speak to her in front of her Akado has the slightest disrespect.
"Then tell me, what kind of tone can I use to treat the person who took my son's life?" The old man looked at Anna, snorted coldly and continued: "While you are talking about me, please Watch your tone too, you're speaking to a man who won the Iron Cross! I also bled for my country in World War I!"
"It seems that you are very angry." Akado signaled Anna not to speak, and took over the conversation himself: "Now you finally understand my mood, understand the furious mood after I know everything you tried to do in the Netherlands I want to hang you and throw you on the street to rot until the end! But your identity still has energy, but I have to reconsider the consequences of this matter."
The old man didn't say a word, just stared at Akado, waiting for him to finish, and Akado didn't keep him waiting: "In October 1937, the battle of the Imperial Army in Poland was coming to an end, and the battle in Poland was going well. Finish……"
What he said was more than a year ago, but he quickly talked about aspects related to this incident: "So in line with the idea of taking precautions and weakening monopoly, my wife Mercedes established I bought a food company, and used the working capital of Bailanhua Group to subscribe for a piece of territory in the Polish occupied area, and started a food business. At that time, our family was richer than now, so she spent a lot of money, probably... ...about a billion gold marks."
"You! You can't have that much money...you made false accounts!" After hearing the amount, the old man immediately sat up from the sofa, pointed at Akado and said fiercely: "You are so despicable!" , Use the country's reserve funds to purchase land for your own industry!"
"Actually, Prime Minister Augustus also knew about this matter, because the purpose of purchasing the land at that time was mainly to supply the secretly expanded Eastern Front Defense Force." Akado looked at the distraught old man, and still spoke in a calm manner: "In fact, so far, the output of this grain base has been purchased by the National Defense Forces, except for some that have been filled into private pockets and flowed into the private market."
Seeming to have lost all his strength, the old man sat back on the sofa again, and now he knew that he was being tricked, and he used a trick to get rid of the fire: his monopoly of the grain industry now has a competitor, and this competitor, In fact, it is the "state-owned" grain company of the entire country.
"Do you want me to talk about the stock?" Akado seemed to be adding insult to injury, as if he was attacking the old man for disrespecting Anna just now. He stood up, walked to the desk, picked up a document and waved it. : "Bai Lanhua Group has unknowingly acquired 29% of your company's shares, plus the 17% held by my supporters, we have controlled a considerable part. Recently your son died, he 10% of the shares under my name were confiscated as state-owned. You see, I still need to find another 4%, and your company is mine.”
"I was wrong about this matter, my head of state. Now I apologize to you on behalf of my family, and promise that we will stand by your side as your loyal supporters in the future." The big crocodile immediately realized that his situation was not very good, so he quickly gave in - his reaction also gave Akado a glimmer of light.
Using economic means to sanction those who cannot be sanctioned by the law has become another trump card of Akado. He has the state apparatus in his hands and the Bailanhua Group, a giant business consortium. In other words, a more concealed and beneficial method to deal with those plutocrats or businessmen who do not obey his control.
The old man looked at the smiling head of state in front of him. Only at this moment did he realize how terrifying this man under the age of 40 is. A single force is no longer able to fight against this giant who has a state machine and can tilt policies to support the behemoth Bai Lanhua There are more Akados in the group, he is the god of this country, a god who says nothing.
"Your promise is worthless, sir." Akado said with a smile.
"I'll give you another 2% of the shares." The old man replied weakly.
"Deal." Akado waved his hand and made a gesture of seeing off the guests: "Don't make any more mistakes, otherwise, you will have to buy a boat ticket to go to the United States and become a poor man."