Capítulo 1424: Chapter 498: The Mustached Man Is No Ordinary Person

“Once this mentality is formed, you will no longer have the possibility of raising your head in front of him!”

Donnie seriously explained to Steve Cotting why he had just done so.

Steve Cotting’s face changed suddenly; he had always believed that the little mustache’s goal was merely to become the Führer of Germany. But listening to Donnie now, it seems like the little mustache’s ambition is not limited to that. Does this mean the little mustache might launch another war?

Steve believes that if this news gets out, it will surely make a lot of people… well, no one would believe it now; instead, they’d think Donnie is fearmongering.

“But won’t this make him more wary of us?” Steve Cotting asked, still unable to fully understand.

“Ha ha!” Donnie chuckled lightly and said, “Do you think the little mustache does not already have the highest level of vigilance against us?”

Across the ocean, thousands of miles away, a United States businessman suddenly supports a person with not much influence in Germany. Even an ordinary person would consider this, let alone the little mustache!

“But if the little mustache really starts a war as you suggest, will he win or lose when the time comes?”

Donnie laughed heartily and said, “Winning or losing doesn’t matter to us; we only need to care about our own business!”

On the original timeline, the little mustache did indeed lose in the end, but under his influence now, the situation in Europe and America has changed, so it’s really hard to say whether the little mustache will win or lose.

But as Donnie has stated, what does winning or losing matter?

If the little mustache wins, Deutsche Bank will follow his conquests to invade the local financial markets!

If the little mustache loses, he would completely take over the little mustache’s plunder in Europe.

As for the reckoning after the little mustache loses…

As long as the interests are appropriately distributed, there will be no problems!

This is not Donnie being blindly confident; it’s a real potential outcome.

Although Swiss Bank is strong enough now, in fact, its development hasn’t reached its peak yet. It truly reaches its peak because of World War II, because of the little mustache’s war fortune!

In another timeline, the little mustache stored most of his plundered wealth in Europe in Swiss Bank.

After the war ended, it’s not like those European countries didn’t try to claim the wealth plundered by the little mustache from Swiss Bank, but the result…

Not a single bit was reclaimed!

Swiss Bank already used part of that wealth to create a shared interest with the vested interests in the United States and Europe, the victorious nations.

That’s why during this trip to Europe, Donnie needed to convince the authorities of these countries to put their wealth into Breton Bank, and why he was willing to reconcile with Calles.

Of course, the most important step here is to wait until the Turks and Caicos Islands are completed and move the headquarters of Venus Bank and Breton Bank there.

Only then can everyone psychologically perceive these two banks as neutral ones.

After completing this trip to Germany, Donnie would carefully plan this matter!

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That evening, Donnie hosted a banquet for the heads of the Krupp and Kant families, Gustav Krupp and Günther Kant.

Gustav Krupp looked at Donnie with a complicated expression.

“Mr. Block, how many secrets does Ares Military Industry hide from our Krupp Family?”

Donnie chuckled easily and said, “Mr. Krupp, you were worried about Ares Military Industry’s interests before. Now that Ares’s interests are up, do you still want to know Ares’s secrets?”

With the appearance of the M4 main battle tank, if Gustav Krupp still doesn’t realize Ares Military Industry has secrets unknown to him, he wouldn’t be the head of the Krupp family!

“Mr. Block, as an important shareholder in Ares Military Industry, shouldn’t I know these things?”

Gustav Krupp said with some dissatisfaction.

Donnie smiled and said, “Of course you should know, but, Mr. Krupp, it’s not yet time to make these weapons public. I can assure you that before Ares Military Industry sells new weapons in the future, you will be notified first, okay?”

Gustav Krupp naturally couldn’t accept such an answer.

“Mr. Block, don’t you think this behavior disrespects the Krupp Family?”

“Oh my! ” Donnie said exaggeratingly, “Mr. Krupp, how could you think of me like this? If it wasn’t out of respect for the Krupp Family, I would just tell you to stick to getting Ares Military Industry’s profits every year. If you don’t want that, I can buy back your shares in Ares Military Industry!”

As he said this, Donnie paused for a moment and continued.

“Perhaps you didn’t know this, but with the emergence of the M4 main battle tank, the United States Military Department’s attention to Ares Military Industry has reached a peak in history. They’ve come to me countless times already, saying they don’t want foreign capital in the United States military enterprises, and every time, I’ve resisted the immense pressure to deal with these issues.”

Gustav Krupp shook his head helplessly, knowing Donnie practically didn’t need him anymore.

“Well, I was a little excited about the previous issue!”

Ultimately, Gustav Krupp abandoned his idea, since those new studies weren’t what he really wanted to know.

Donnie smiled and said, “Mr. Krupp, I can withstand the pressure from the United States Military Department for our cooperation, so I hope you can withstand the pressure from all sides for our cooperation!”

Gustav Krupp blushing slightly, knowing Donnie had already guessed the reason he insisted just now.

Compared to Gustav Krupp, Günther Kant obviously doesn’t face as many issues.

Günther Kant is quite satisfied with the cooperation with Donnie. Although most of Trident Shipyard’s orders now come from United States Logistics…to be honest, Günther Kant doesn’t understand why United States Logistics has so many orders.

But it doesn’t matter, as long as he can get substantial dividends from Trident Shipyard every year, that’s enough.

Moreover, Günther Kant has already learned that Donnie is currently in contact with the East regarding cargo ship orders. If this can be successful, it would mean, even without United States Logistics, Trident Shipyard would still have good cooperative clients.

“Mr. Block, the matter in Hong Kong was indeed astonishing.”

Günther Kant appropriately expressed his compliment.

Donnie smiled and said, “Thank you!”

Günther Kant continued to ask, “Mr. Block, I see your business layout trying to regard Hong Kong as the bridgehead of your business in the East. Is Hong Kong really so promising?”

Günther Kant’s analysis is not without reason.

After Bougainvillea Bank took over Jardine Matheson, the first thing it did was to purchase land in Hong Kong. If not for considering Hong Kong as a foundation, this wouldn’t be done!

“Yes, that’s indeed the thought. Hong Kong has a great geographical location. In the future, we plan to build a large port there and use it as an important transit point!”

Donnie said half-truthfully.

Günther Kant worriedly said, “This requires a massive manufacturing industry to support!”

Donnie chuckled; naturally, he wouldn’t tell the other party that by the time the war starts and ends, most domestic manufacturers will head to Hong Kong, and in the sixties, the biggest industrial chain in Hong Kong will be manufacturing….