Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

The German Empire, the cradle of science and technology, is one of the cities with the highest concentration of advanced science and technology in the world, Munich.

"Have you seen it? Have you seen it? We have already felt the threat this time. Yes, it is a powerful threat. If we cannot get through this difficulty, everyone here may have to become a millionaire. Throw it away. It may not even be 50 million." Karl Heinris stood there with a gloomy face. Next to him were Adeno Siemens and Georg Wilhelm Siemens, the two sons of Werner, their eldest brother. The two of them became more gloomy when they heard this. No one will be happy about this matter, and will all turn into a black face, because it not only involves the issue of honor, but also involves the issue of one's own net worth.

As the largest electrical company in the German Empire, Siemens is a real star in the German Empire. Seriously speaking, if there is any private company in the German Empire that can compare with Siemens across industries, then only Mercedes-Benz, a world-famous car company, . Mercedes-Benz's turnover last year was 2 billion marks, but compared with Audi in Spain, it is far behind. It is said that the turnover of Audi Automobile Company last year exceeded 1.2 billion pesetas, which converted into marks 4.8 billion pesetas. It's exactly 240 from Mercedes-Benz.

In fact, Siemens, like Mercedes-Benz, has also been blocked by Spanish competitors. Yes, in their view, it is blocked. There is also a competitor in Spain called Tone Electric Company. The main business components of this company are the production and assembly of Spanish electrification equipment and the production and assembly of broadcast equipment used by Spanish broadcasts. It is the world's largest broadcast production equipment company. At the same time, It is also the third largest energized equipment in the world. Its main business areas involve power generation equipment, power transmission and transformation equipment, electrical equipment and electrical control equipment. It is only ranked behind the General Electric Company led by Edison in the United States and the Westinghouse Electric Company in the world. after. In Europe, Siemens ranked first, firmly surpassing the German Empire.

Last year, Siemens' gross production value was 1.5 billion marks, but the Spanish Kone Electric Company's was 42.5 billion pesetas, or 1.7 billion marks. There is not much difference between the two. Therefore, they all suspect that this downgrade is due to This is not a game set up by Tone Electric Company to suppress their European rival Siemens.

"George William couldn't help it first and said: "Uncle Carl, I think we should raise our concerns with the government. After all, in the past few decades, we have been a major tax payer of the German Empire from the time the empire was not established until now. , far from being comparable to that of Mercedes-Benz. Last time, no discerning people said anything, but everyone knew that it was the work of the Spaniards. If we don’t say anything this time, then we should question the government and ask them Do they have to wait until Spain suppresses the royal-flavored industries of the German Empire before they dare to stand up?"

"George, you are still as impulsive as before. You are still dozens of years old." Karl looked at his little nephew with a wry smile. "If you say this, it won't be long before the government may ask us to alienate Siemens."

"Uncle Carl, although I don't agree with George's approach, it is really uncomfortable for us to be left here waiting for the surveillance of those stock investors. It feels as if we are begging them not to abandon us. , It’s very embarrassing.” It was only now that Arnold stood up and spoke, but his words almost made Karl faint from anger. What kind of brothers are these? They all have a donkey temper. But at the same time, Karl also seemed to be infected. After thinking for a while, he said: "Okay, let's observe for a few days to see how the stock investors react." The expression on his face showed the frustration in his heart, and he said: "Unless it is a last resort, it would be better for us not to contact the government. It's not like you don't know that wherever you go, even if you don't die, you will still have to shed your skin. I don't want us to suffer." The hard-earned money just went into those people's pockets.

Within the German government, people headed by Prime Minister Theo Baden were also discussing how to handle this matter. Originally, in the opinion of Kaiser Wilhelm II, it was a direct diplomatic protest against the pan-European rating company's rating of Siemens. Appropriately, it is different from the operating situation of Siemens. This is a relatively tough approach. However, some people led by the government do not think that this can solve the problem. Among them, Theo Baden is the main one, and William II stands on the side. The point of view is to support the development of the new economy, especially the one who takes the lead is Xiao Maoqi. Theobaden represents the Prussian aristocracy, which is actually the interests of aristocratic landowners such as the Junkers family. Although Bimax fell, William II still took action to appease the Junker nobles and other forces with decisive influence in the German Empire.

The Junkers aristocracy mainly exports agricultural products, especially to Spain. At this time, if there is a dispute between the German Empire and Spain because of the interests of their domestic opponents, they may be the most harmed. The biggest one is them. Therefore, Teobaden, as the spokesperson, naturally advocates against putting pressure on Spain.

It was precisely because the two parties were reluctant to give up and Siemens' attitude was so tough that the Pan-European Ratings Company made new moves the next day. But this move made people all over the world dizzy.

June 30th, the headquarters of the Pan-European Rating Company in Madrid. Today, in front of the small square of this building that has a lot of traffic, you can now see the visits of various world media, they are all waiting for the Pan-European Rating. The emergence of breaking news about the company.

"Rafa, do you think what happened this time is too weird? Why do I feel like everything is a bit sinister?" Hansen looked at his colleagues around him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Press conferences are filled with reporters from all over the world. It is rare these days that a big news can hire reporters from world-class media. But look at Spain, how many media have been here in the past few years, not to mention other people. , he has been to Spanish territory no less than five times. In the last year and a half of this year, five times is a lot. You know, these days, it takes more than a dozen times to cross the Atlantic by ship. Hell, including other journeys, this round trip would take at least a month and a half. Five times would take seven or eight months, and half of the 18 months would be spent on Spain. This is absolutely shocking for him, an ace reporter for the major American newspaper "Chicago Daily News" matter.

"Don't come. Things in Spain were not like this that time. As media people, what we need is to find places where others can't see to break through. This time, Kirk, do you think it is the same as last time? Like a Mercedes-Benz?"

Kirk, the trump card of "The New York Times", is usually silent. After listening to Rafa's words, he said: "It should be about the same."

"Very good, very good. It can be seen that we are all political reporters." Other reporters also joined in.

"Here, our boss is here today." "He is indeed the boss. I just hope that the news they give us will allow us to get more bonuses." "However, if this news is strong enough and explosive enough, our Are bonuses tied to the lives of those who bought the stocks and lost a lot of money?"

Rafa's words silenced everyone else until they were above

"Hello everyone, I am Remio, the current CEO of the Pan-European Ratings Company. Many friends are concerned about today's subject. For you, Vaughn will not waste everyone's time. We were originally because in some aspects For example, in order to maintain the stability of the world stock market, we do not want to publish some of the things we have, because we know that if we publish it, it will have a huge blow to the actual shareholders of the company. However, We have taken preventive measures yesterday. The long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain. And the attitude of Mr. Karl of Siemens does not seem to think that there will be any problems with them. He even questions our professionalism, ethics and other issues. Since In this case, we can only give an explanation to the world."

While everyone was eagerly waiting for this world-famous rating company in Europe, Remio said seriously: "Everyone knows that Siemens is a world-class company. It has its own sales network in Europe and has a long history. , Carl Wilhelm began to set up a Siemens office in London in 1850, and then began to participate in the construction of the Russian telegraph network in the 1860s, and established a branch in St. Petersburg, the capital of Russia, in 1855. It developed very rapidly in the past few decades. It was well received. , we all admire each other very much, because it has brought changes to the great Europe, such as telephones, etc. But we are all human beings, but we found this sentence to be very philosophical.

In the past few years, we have discovered a problem, that is, the development of railways and telegraph networks in Russia has been unprecedentedly rapid in recent years. However, the country's network of telegraphs, trains, and railways have become increasingly rapid. The added price is low. It stands to reason that the depreciation of the ruble in recent years should make imports more expensive. However, the current result is that Russia's railway construction has been reduced, and telegraphs and other imported goods are the same as trains and railways. It's even more affordable than it was a few years ago, which is very depressing and strange, so as a ratings company, we naturally need to figure out what's wrong with this bizarre economy. In the end, the answer we actually learned was that someone like the Russian government dumped trains and their other products at much lower prices than domestic prices. And this company is the company we downgraded yesterday..."

The second update today, the third update today, and another update probably at 22:30. Thanks to Huan Yuechen for the reward.

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