Chapter 119 Full Speed ​​Drive

On a sunny afternoon, the second group of people who had been transferred from the "Sanctuary" base arrived in Geneva. The two leaders were Colonel Rudolph Dortman of the base's staff and Colonel Hans Waub of the Gendarmerie.

Whether these two colonels were appointed by the heads of state, whether their uniform ranks of colonels had special intentions, Lynn was not interested in these for the time being. What he was most concerned about was a question, funding.

After this period of operation, all aspects of the work included in the adjustment plan are in an orderly manner: Otto Waldmann took the lead in negotiated prices with a semiconductor factory with a deserted business and half-dead. Only when the funds are in place and the contract takes effect, relevant procedures can be completed and merged into the Pifiel family business; Pifiel Electrical Research Center has applied for registration, and Swiss officials agreed to visit the site, equipment and relevant personnel in a week, and obtain formal operation approval as soon as half a month after passing the review; Feng Benning ordered a batch of German radar equipment seized by the Allied forces through the underground black market; Schar personally went to Italy and hired several unemployed radios from Florence.

Experts and the Italians who were with their families embarked on a journey to Switzerland... All this requires financial support. However, before the arrival of the gendarmerie and the base staff, Lynn and others could not use the huge amount of money stored in the Swiss National Bank and several local banks, and the cash they carried with them was still good for social expenses, and they could not do big things. Fortunately, Baron Pat contacted several entrepreneurs with former German aristocrats or officers. Although their financial resources were limited, they were still willing to do something for their motherland. Von Benning also misappropriated part of Germany's operating funds on the Swiss Intelligence Network, and the planned projects that had been carried out were successfully promoted.

Dortman of the base staff and Wobb of the military police, Lynn was very unfamiliar with these two names, but Andri and Courtland had more dealings with them. Relatively speaking, these were two conservative middle-aged officers who rarely participated in the planning of war strategies and carried out orders more than suggestions, calm, calm and a little stubborn. According to Andri, they were not the kind of people who were easy to fool. Once they decided on something, they would probably take some time and energy to convince them.

The demand for funds for the plan has reached an imminent point, so that as the highest direct commander of the operation, Lynn actually received these two special people who were forced into the plan at the last moment with a mixed attitude of anxiety and prayer. After a rational, smooth and emotional explanation, he turned his sincere eyes to the colonels.

In a suffocating silence, Colonel Dortman and Colonel Wobu spent a quarter of an hour repeatedly pondering the simple written report provided by Lynn in cooperation with the explanation - they had already used confidential channels to send back to the "Sanctuary" base for review for the head of state. If nothing unexpected happens, when the two colonels arrived in Geneva, they almost arrived at the base far away in Nordic Europe. However, the head of state's ideas are usually elusive. He may start his secret communication machine at the first time to give a reply, perhaps expressing it in silence, or put it in hand without any expression.

The two colonels discussed in private and gave a reply that Lynn, Andry and Courtland both breathed a sigh of relief: before obtaining the clear approval of the head of state, at most ten percent of the funds can be used, that is, a deposit worth 4.15 million pounds.

The release of the 4.15 million pounds of funds means that every project involved will not be postponed due to money issues. But looking back, especially after the analysis of the two economic and financial staff, Courtland and Dickfield, Lynn and Andri couldn't help but feel indignant: According to the original plan, as long as the commander and deputy operation commander agrees, without having to obtain the approval of the head of state again, up to 20% of the total planned funds can be used at a time, and the maximum limit is 50%. Only after this limit exceeds this limit, the approval must be obtained by the head of state. Now, when the two special personnel who are like imperial envoys arrive, 50% will be cut to 10%.

This is a shrinking trust, and even more so a shrinking command.

At this point, Lynn was no longer the warrior who was indifferent to the world. He knew that the constraints on funds would likely cause adverse effects on the follow-up plan. In this case, he remembered Laurenz Bach, who operated the intelligence network in North America. After the war, there were obviously more surplus production lines in the United States than in Europe. Therefore, the introduction of technical equipment from the United States was also the main way to build the economic and industrial circles in Nordic countries. In addition, to purchase bulk grain supplies from the Americas, the top leaders of the empire had allocated US$80 million, equivalent to nearly 20 million pounds of funds to Bach. Until Lynn set out, he had not heard of the news that the head of state was preparing to send supervisors to North America. Of course, even if the head of state did not change his mind, Mrs. Bach had to stay at the base and become a hostage. Not being able to gain trust was not the only one. During the war, this strange phenomenon was also the sadness of most German generals.

It would be useless to get angry. Lynn temporarily put his emotions in his heart and devoted his main energy to the first important project of this trip. Under the operation of Courtland and Dickfield, the first deposit of 20 million Swiss francs (about 1.15 million pounds) was quickly transferred from the Swiss United Bank's business in Geneva. Within just one week, the Pifiel Research Center changed from a dilapidated semiconductor factory located in the western suburbs of Geneva to a radio research institution with more than 30 scientific researchers and dozens of professional instruments and equipment, and then successfully passed the Swiss official qualification review.

The second deposit worth 60.2 million Swiss francs was transferred from Credit Suisse. After Anton Fasson used his personal relationship, he finally passed the Swiss official inheritance. The huge inheritance nominally left the old Pifiel to his son was successfully transferred to Baron Von Pifiel. Since he submitted a confidentiality application in advance, the performance of the inheritance was noted that it would not cause a public sensation.

The assets six times overnight, and Baron Von Pifel, who became rich, appeared to have begun his grand career. He increased the registered capital of Pifel, expanded it from a small and medium-sized enterprise with a net asset of only more than 9 million Swiss francs to a large manufacturing enterprise with a total value of nearly 4 million pounds. He then successively acquired two other metal casting factories of similar types in Geneva, and acquired the semiconductor manufacturing company "Dacagut" in northern Italy with more than 500 workers. Then he quickly and suddenly announced the acquisition of Gema, the largest in Germany during the Third Reich.

Radar manufacturer. It had the best airborne radar and submarine radar technology in its glorious period. After Germany's defeat, although its main factory area was located in the occupied areas of Western allies, according to the agreement reached by the United States, Soviet, Britain and France at the Potsdam Conference, 20% of the industrial equipment in the occupied areas of Western allies would be transported to the Soviet Union as German war compensation for the Soviet Union, and it was ultimately unable to escape the hunger. Despite this, the acquisition application filed by Pifel at the end of 1945 was rejected by the allied occupation authorities, on the grounds that the Gma Company provided war equipment to the Hitler regime during the war, and the retention equipment was still used for military purposes.

The failure of the acquisition of Gma Company could not stop the continued expansion of Pifel. In the environment of reduced supply and demand for industrial products caused by the end of the war, the person who can wield a lot of cash is simply God. As a local company with a foothold in Switzerland for more than 20 years, Pifel, who has been in Switzerland with a good reputation and has never been questioned by the outside world, has entered the list of cooperation candidates for Ericon. In the dialogue and negotiation stage, in addition to showing the company's active and rich cash flow, Baron Von Pifel also relied on the support of a strong behind-the-scenes team to transform from a simple casting entrepreneur to a long-term comprehensive investor. His electrical research center opened

The industry was short, but it had obtained 4 patents through purchases, and had many doctoral-level researchers (although Italy's electrical technology application became the last of the great powers during the war, their theoretical research still occupied a place in the European scientific research field), and the "anonymous German researcher" aroused great curiosity among Ericon. After several days of delay, when Ericon's negotiators took technicians to visit the Pifiel Electric Research Center, a "imitation" fumo240 cm wave radar was already placed here - the most advanced radar installed on German night fighters during the war.

With funds, technology, and personnel, the originally unknown Pifel company finally appeared in front of Ericon's decision-makers in the dilemma of development as a unicorn, but this emerging company is not the only one who enters substantive negotiations. Out of his yearning for Ericon's famous name, many industrialists with official backgrounds are willing to intervene, but few like Pifel are willing to endure "loss trading". Out of concerns about corporate control, Ericon is only willing to sell 20% of its shares.

The market value of this part is only 25 million Swiss francs, but they hope to get cash higher than this and free sharing of radar technology. After several rounds of negotiations, Pifel won the recognition of the decision-makers of Ericon with great sincerity. Both sides took the needs, and Ericon received a huge cash investment of 42 million Swiss francs and the right to use the Pifel Electrical Research Center. As a concession, in addition to selling one-fifth of the equity, Ericon will also rename the Ericon-Pifel Defense Company after the agreement takes effect.

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