Invite talents
Who would refuse such a good thing that comes to the door?
Talent!
It is indispensable for the development of North Borneo. What is the shortcut to achieve the rapid development of North Borneo?
It is to take advantage of the favorable opportunity of Germany's defeat and introduce a large number of talents and technologies from Germany.
With German talents and technology, coupled with the hardworking and diligent Chinese people, the rise of Borneo is just a matter of time.
At this time, George did not know that Martin Bormann, Hitler's secretary, was the third person in the Nazi Party. From the moment the Allies landed in Normandy, they realized that the Nazis would be defeated. Bormann convened the leaders of the Armaments Department and the SS to hold a secret meeting at the Red Palace Hotel in Strasbourg. Participants also included representatives of Krupp, Thyssen, Siemens and other chaebols, as well as leaders of Volkswagen, Messerschmitt and other companies. Bormann himself did not attend, but gave instructions on the discussion content of the meeting in the name of Hitler: study the plan of sheltering Nazi elites to escape once Germany is defeated, and study the specific methods of quickly transferring huge wealth to neutral countries to make arrangements for the post-war recovery of the Nazis.
Berlin and his team are the specific implementers of this plan, while George is only part of the plan. North Borneo is just an option, not even included in Bormann's plan.
But for Berlin and the people behind him, they chose North Borneo. It was not only Bormann who realized that he was about to fail, but also others.
"Berlin, do you know?"
Lighting a cigarette, George took a puff of the cigarette, looked at Berlin and said,
"To be honest, I don't care about Nazis or not. Compared with other things, I care more about people! I'm talking about German scientists and technicians. As you said, I need a lot of such talents there. If you want to come, I welcome you, but you must help me find those scientists, find them, and help them leave Germany..."
How many German technicians did the "Operation Paperclip" promoted by the United States after the war take away?
1,600.
How did these 1,600 experts come from?
It was a list!
That is the legendary "Osenberg List". This list was actually part of the Nazi revival plan. The Germans planned to evacuate the country's best scientists and senior technicians overseas.
When the Allied forces attacked, fragments of the list that should have been destroyed were found in the toilet of Bonn University. American intelligence personnel pieced these pieces of paper together and found that it was an important document containing a summary guide of the German scientific research plan and a list of more than 1,500 scientists, senior technicians and their home addresses.
This information is extremely valuable and was later called the "Osenberg List" by Americans. It was this list that provided great convenience and help for the United States to find these scientists before the Soviet Union.
George didn't know where to find this list, but it was certain that with the help of Berlin, he had a chance to get a copy of the list.
Not to mention getting these 1,600 top scientists and technicians to Borneo, even if only one-third of them were obtained, Borneo would become a "scientific and technological power" overnight.
No, it should be "technological enterprises".
"Of course, you will also get corresponding rewards, and you will be given corresponding positions in the company, such as the company's intelligence agency..."
George smiled at Berlin.
In Berlin's view, his smile seemed to be malicious, or rather, he had some plans.
"Do you want to establish your own intelligence agency?"
George looked at Berlin with affection in his eyes and said seriously:
"That's true, but I don't have any professional talents, and talents are rare. Come and work for me!"
"The Third Reich has not yet fallen."
Berlin sighed:
"I was originally a middleman, but you just want me to help you set up an intelligence agency. This kind of thing can't be rushed, and I can't do it alone. I have to start with training personnel. If the personnel are not trained well, the work will be very bad..."
After thinking about it, Berlin said again.
"When there is a chance in the future, I will help you find some experts, that is, experts in training spies. The spies of the Third Reich basically come from their schools."
Spy school?
Germany is indeed full of talents.
George twitched his mouth for no reason and said:
"Okay, just as you said."
Then Berlin looked at George and said.
"By the way, do you want to make money?"
"Make money?"
George looked at Berlin in surprise, raised his mouth and said.
"I am a businessman."
Businessmen, of course want to make money, you are insulting me by asking this!
"There is a business, do you dare to do it?"
Berlin's words are a bit interesting. The word "dare" must have the subtext of "danger".
Danger is different from risk.
Danger is the kind that can kill people.
But as the saying goes, the password to make money is written in the criminal law. Facing the opportunity to make money, how can George not be interested?
"Tell me about it."
"Tungsten ore."
"What?"
"Tungsten ore."
Berlin emphasized again,
"You should know that China exported a large amount of tungsten ore before the war, tens of thousands of tons per year, but now only a few thousand tons per year, all shipped by plane. Now the "Hump Route" has sufficient capacity to ship more tungsten ore. In China, tungsten ore is only worth $1,500 per ton."
Tungsten ore is an extremely important strategic material. Germany's machinery industry uses high-strength tungsten carbide turning tools and drills, while the United States can only use inferior molybdenum alloys. This is largely due to the fact that Krupp has monopolized the production of tungsten carbide through patented technology. In addition, tungsten alloys are also used to make armor-piercing shells. Germany has a huge demand for tungsten ore. During the war, Germany's tungsten ore all came from Portugal and Spain.
In order to weaken Germany's war potential, Britain and the United States began to jointly buy out all tungsten mines in Portugal and Spain. Due to the massive purchases by the Allies, the price of tungsten ore has risen to 275 times the pre-war price, soaring to $16,800, and the Allies have obtained nearly half of the tungsten ore.
Although the Allies raised the price of tungsten, they had another cheap source - China. In fact, the price of tungsten in London is not the international standard price. It is limited to the high price in Europe, and the price in other regions is not high.
Even if Germany is willing to pay a high price, it can't buy enough tungsten ore. Without sufficient tungsten ore, not only will the front line lose its excellent armor-piercing shells, but even military production will be affected.
Therefore, Berlin will set his sights on George. He used to work in China, so of course he knew that China was the largest producer of tungsten ore before the war.
Looking at George, Berlin said slowly.
"But if you can ship the tungsten ore out and then ship it to Europe, we can buy it at a high price of $17,000."
Wow!
Ten times the profit!
Before George could recover from the ten times the profit, Berlin added.
"And we're willing to pay in gold!"