Chapter 588 Trip to Germany (4)

  The person who spoke was an old man, whose exact age could not be seen, but from the dots of age spots on his face, it could be seen that this old man was probably quite old. The hair on his forehead had already fallen off, only half of his head still had pale hair, which was combed back meticulously. The eyebrows are a little better than the hair, and there is still a little black. Aside from the white hair and sparse eyebrows, no matter the bags under his eyes or the wrinkles on his face, it is impossible to tell the exact age of this person. At this time, wearing old-fashioned glasses, he pursed his lips tightly, looked down at Sloan, with his nostrils upturned, and his face was full of arrogance.

   What surprised Zhong Shi was that such an old man, who was supposed to have a benevolent image, now showed an aggressive posture. This is really incredible.

  Zhong Shi quickly recalled what he said to Sloan just now in his mind, and made sure that there was nothing offensive to others, and he couldn't help adding a little bit of weirdness to his heart. Logically speaking, the people who can be invited to Wolfgang Porsche's birthday party today are either celebrities or political dignitaries, and they certainly won't be mediocre people. People with status and status generally have a certain degree of self-cultivation, at least they will not show their rudeness and presumptuousness in this kind of place, but this person in front of him is obviously not among them.

   Sloan Landman obviously did not expect such a situation, so he retorted without seeing the appearance of the person. But soon his expression changed again, because the old man in front of him gave him a feeling of deja vu.

   "Young man, this is not the place where I play wild, is it the place where you play wild?"

Perhaps seeing the bewildered expression on Zhong Shi's face, the old man stopped speaking German and switched to fluent British English, "Gentlemen, do you know where this is? I really don't know how you got in! Damn it Far East guy!"

   He cursed the last sentence in a low voice, but how could it be hidden from the ears of Zhong Shi and Sloan? As soon as these words came out, the two of them understood why the old man was so hostile.

  During World War II, the German regime came to power by advocating nationalism. At that time, this idea had a great market, and at the same time caused great harm to other nations in the world. Although Germany passed legislation to limit the revival of nationalism after the defeat, the idea of ​​independence has been on the rise in recent years. Although these ideas and forces will never be able to take power on the stage, there is still a market for the best ideas of the Germanic nation among some people in private.

   Presumably this old man is a fan of the theory of racial superiority and inferiority, so he is full of malice towards Zhong Shi for no reason.

   "I remember who he is!"

   At this time, Sloan finally remembered who this old man was, Adolf Meckler.

  Adolf Merkel, a German billionaire, has assets worth tens of billions of euros. Born in 1934, he is now 74 years old. In the past few decades, he started from the bottom and turned a small factory with about 80 employees into a factory with an annual sales of 216 billion euro pharmaceutical companies.

   In addition to owning two aircraft carrier-level companies in the pharmaceutical industry, Merkel also has outstanding achievements in other industries. Leather, ski equipment, motors and even cement building materials all have his family. And just last year, he acquired the British building materials Hansen Company at a price of 8 billion pounds, which caused a sensation in the entire industry.

   So far, Merkler's wholly-owned VEM holding company controls most of the shares of dozens of companies under him, and Merkler operates the companies under his command by manipulating VEM. The assets of these companies have reached as much as 30 billion euros, while Merkel, who is indirectly controlled, has an astonishing net worth of 9.2 billion U.S. dollars (7 billion euros), ranking 94th on the world's richest list. big shot.

  Thinking that he might have offended such a big man just now, Sloan Landman's calf trembled a little. What people in their line of work pursue is to be kind to others, especially this self-made old man. They are strict with self-discipline, firm-willed, resolute in style, and say what they say. Many of them are out-and-out tyrants or dictators. And the most terrible thing is that most of their companies are controlled by families. Although they are also listed on the capital market, the absolute controlling rights are always in the hands of their families. To do business, you must maintain a good personal relationship.

  But Zhong Shi beside him is not a simple character. To be honest, Zhong Shi's resume is even more glorious than this Mr. Merkel. Among other things, in terms of age alone, Zhongshi can completely blow up Merkel's street, let alone the superficial wealth.

After hesitating for a second, Sloan Landman stood on Zhongshi's side without hesitation, "Mr. Merkel, it's wrong for you to be so racially discriminatory. I think it's not just me, even a stranger , I can’t agree with what you said.”

Hearing Sloan's words, Adolf Meckler couldn't believe his eyes, stared at Sloan Landman for a while, and then said leisurely: "Sorry, sir, I didn't say anything Racist words. I just think it’s not appropriate for this gentleman to attend today’s occasion. You must know that today is Wolfgang’s birthday, and it would be bad if some messy people appear.”

  Seeing that the other party recognized him, and still dared to refute himself in person to defend the oriental man, Adolf Meckler was also secretly surprised. But first of all, he has a tough personality, basically the kind who is not afraid of anything, and secondly, it is because of his heart. In his opinion, the fact that such a young oriental face can sneak in here may itself be a security issue. Problems, coupled with his tendency to racial discrimination, so he still said relentlessly.

  Zhong Shi is still smiling, pretending to understand nothing. But if you look closely, you can see that his smile has become cold, and the knuckles holding the wine glass are pale due to excessive force. Obviously, Zhong Shi was already furious at this time, if he hadn't taken the situation into consideration, he would have poured a glass of wine on the old guy's face long ago.

"Really?" Seeing that Zhong Shi was still silent, Sloan naturally took on the role of defense, "But why do I think you should not appear on this occasion, Mr. Merkler? Are you planning to give Porsche a car?" Taking medicine, or filling cement? Oh, yes, I forgot, I heard that your Heidelberg cement company is in big trouble, but I don’t know if Mr. Merkel can share the materials for building a Porsche Come?"

  In August 2007, Heidelberg Cement Company, a subsidiary of the Meckler family business, acquired the British building materials Hansen Company. This was originally a good business integrating upstream and downstream. However, due to the outbreak of the subprime bond crisis, the demand for cement and building materials in the entire construction industry has shrunk sharply. Under such circumstances, the stock price of Heidelberg Corporation has plummeted, and its market value has been cut by more than half in a whole month. The rating on the company was downgraded, and the construction giant is struggling in the quagmire.

  Sloan took the current financial difficulties of HeidelbergCement Company as an example, which hit Merkler's weakness. The old man with a tough personality suddenly became angry, and poured a glass of wine directly on Sloan's face, "What are you, you dare to talk to me like this? Believe it or not, I can make you go away with just a phone call? Damn it , Before I completely explode, tell me the company you work for, and I will personally call your senior management to let them know what kind of performance your employees are doing!"

Sloan was only talking fast for a while. How could he have thought that Mr. Merkler would do it when he said he would do it. He was caught off guard by the drink in the middle of the door, and immediately stepped back two steps, but he didn't want to bump into a man. passing waiters. And the waiter didn't expect that a gentleman bumped into him. Although he reacted quickly, the tray in his hand fell to the ground under the impact, and there was a sound of broken glass.

  Merkeler has been busy with HeidelbergCement Company's affairs during this period, and the debt of up to 10 billion euros has made him breathless. Now that this nerve has been angered by Sloan, he immediately broke out regardless of his image. In fact, he also had some thoughts. He had seen the scene where Sloan deliberately flattered Zhongshi before, and knew that this white man was not a big shot, so he took the lead in attacking Sloan with the mentality of "picking the soft persimmons". stand up.

But a scene he didn't expect happened, just after he poured the drink on Sloan, Zhong Shi couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore, and also poured the drink in his hand on his face, also caught off guard, Merkel was also hit by the bell stone.

  Because of the sudden sound of rattling, all the guests looked in this direction in unison. So they saw a scene that shocked them: a man with an oriental face was pouring wine at the white-haired Adolf Merkle, and directly covered his head and face.

  People who come here, as long as they are from Germany, or people who have some knowledge of the German market, will know Adolf Merkler, a billionaire. Although his reputation among his peers or business circles is mixed, no matter what, being splashed with alcohol on such an occasion is definitely a big deal.

  Suddenly, the brains of people from all walks of life started to guess the identity of the oriental youth who dared to pour Adolf Meckler's drink. At the same time, many people have listed Zhong Shi as unfriendly.

   "This guy is a racist!"

Sloan staggered back two steps, managed to stabilize his body, and saw the scene of Zhongshi rebelling against Adolf Merkler, and after seeing the reactions of the people around him, he immediately shouted, "Merke Mr. Le's rude remarks offended Mr. Zhong. I originally wanted to persuade him, but who knew that Mr. Merkel was so rude."

  He naturally knows the importance of occupying the position of public opinion first under such circumstances. If it was inconvenient for Zhong Shi to say something, he would naturally do it for him first.

Adolf Merkel hadn't reacted from being splashed with wine, he stared blankly at Zhongshi, wiped his face again, put his palm under his nose and sniffed, then screamed sharply: "Security, security, Get this guy out of here!"

  Before he came to shout, two strong and strong security guards ran over and stood beside the two of them, for fear that they would have any conflicts again. Although they heard Merkel yelling in German, they did nothing.

   "I think the one who should go out is you!"

   At this moment, Hans Schroeder walked over quickly, and the first sentence he said left Adolf Meckler stunned.

"Hans, do you know what you're talking about?" Adolf Meckler couldn't believe his ears, pointed at the other person's face and questioned Hans Schroeder, "Don't you know who I am? Damn it, you Are you going to drive me out without even knowing the reason of the matter?"

"That's right!" Hans Schroeder said with a blank expression even though Merkel's finger was about to poke the other's nose, "Adolf, we don't welcome racists here, so please get out of here, don't Make it difficult for us. Also, Mr. Zhong is our distinguished guest, and if you offend him, it is like offending the entire Porsche family. So please leave, now!"

  Following his order, two security guards lined up to Merkel's left and right immediately, making gestures of invitation, as if they would take forceful measures if Merkel didn't leave.

  Under such circumstances, Adolf Meckler naturally wouldn't make fun of himself. After glaring at Zhongshi viciously, he was about to walk out the door.

"Wait!" At this moment, Zhong Shi stopped him aloud, walked up to Merkel in front of everyone's puzzled eyes, and said with a smile on his face, "Mr. Adolf Merkel is Well, maybe you don't know who I am yet, so it's no fun. Remember me, my name is Zhongshi, and you are always welcome to lose face today. Also, there is one more thing to tell you, now you have succeeded You have angered me so much, prepare to deal with my blow to you."

   Zhong Shi didn't deliberately lower his voice when he spoke, so almost everyone heard him. These provocative words immediately caused a commotion, and people's eyes on Zhong Shi changed. The person who can say such words in this kind of situation either has the strength against the sky, or is purely confused and insane, and has no idea what he is talking about. But no matter how you look at Zhongshi, it doesn't look like the latter.

   Perhaps feeling the seriousness and solemnity in Zhong Shi's words, Merkel's face changed slightly, and the next moment he walked towards the door without looking back. At this moment, he hated the Porsche family far more than he hated Zhong Shi, so he couldn't care about this little guy for the time being.

   Thanks to book friend Nanquan 99, it wasn’t me last night, Pudding*cat, cpower voted monthly! Recently, there are some schedules that cannot be opened. I am sorry that it is even later. I will try to adjust the rhythm in a few days~

  

  

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