Subtitle of this chapter: Investing in the Devil's Angel Investment

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"I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Heinrich. I've been looking forward to meeting you since I received your letter."

Mussolini had a passionate smile on her face and was fluent in her mouth...English.

This guy is a foreign language expert and is proficient in all major European languages.

In 1902, he went to Switzerland as a socialist, and this "country in the mountains" was a refuge for European revolutionaries at that time. Mussolini even met Lenin. He mixed in a crowd of exiles from various countries and easily learned several foreign languages.

After he returned to Italy in 1904 for two years, he successfully obtained the French Intermediate Teaching Certificate and got a chance to teach French at the University of Bologna.

In contrast, Xiaowang is proficient in multiple languages, but these languages ​​are German, Austrian, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and Sudei... In fact, according to this calculation, most of the Seris are proficient in multiple languages.

In fact, at the end of the 19th century, Italy experienced a climax of outward immigration. In the twenty years from 1896 to 1915, nearly 10 million... It is true that 10 million Italians immigrated abroad. However, many of them went to neighboring countries and returned to China after making some money. So some of them can be regarded as "migrant workers."

What I heard was that Italians who went abroad became more patriotic. As the immigrants said at that time, only when they immigrated to the Americas did he realize that he was Italian.

Part of the reason why the male lord transformed from an opposing nationalism into an extremist nationalist is that his experience of wandering countries in his youth made him clear his national identity.

As he said himself, "When we are with a French, we Italians will show full confidence and good understanding in conversations; when we communicate with a British, we must make considerable efforts to understand them or be understood by them; and when we talk with a German, the differences and differences will be further increased; as for us and the Russians, there is a very deep separation."

To say "Great Rebellion", the reason why Jews such as Marx, Bernstein, Liebknecy, Luxembourg, Trotsky and others can devote themselves to the international communist movement is because they have no motherland. At least they will not have a strong sense of national identity as inverted men, temperance, iron man uncles, and the descendants of the Demon.

Your Excellency Justice held the other party's outstretched hand and said, "Mr. Mussolini, I occasionally read the "People's Italian", so I took the liberty to write you a letter. I didn't expect you to reply so quickly and arrange this meeting for me. I was really overjoyed."

The two men shook hands very "passionately", and at the same time felt that each other was very strong, and they couldn't help but smile at each other.

"Mr. Heinrich, please come in. My conditions here are very simple, please forgive me."

Lord Justice followed the master into this inconspicuous building and found that as he said, the furnishings in it were not only chaotic but also very shabby.

The most eye-catching thing is the notes on the door, the wall and the table:

"People who are attentive, attentive, and those who are not attentive are not worthy of working here!"

"He used five words to use one word, and this is a crime!"

"Anyone who does not uphold order and disrupts the humanistic thinking is inhumane!"

The American wealthy businessman smiled slightly and said without any disgust: "Mr. Mussolini, don't say that. You are much better here than the trenches."

The upside-down man had a quick idea. After hearing this, he asked, "Oh, after hearing what Mr. Hainrich said, are you also a veteran of the last war?"

Your Excellency Justice said without any concealment: "Yes, Mr. Mussolini. I did serve in the American Expeditionary Force."

He pointed to the hideous scar on his face and said, "Look, this is the gift my fellow countrymen have given me."

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that we were still comrades in the Allied Army." Mussolini lifted the sleeves on both sides, revealing the scars on his arms, "And this is a gift from your fellow citizens..."

In 1914, he served as the editor-in-chief of the Italian Socialist Party's official newspaper, "Full News", but he was already a less pure socialist at that time. Because of his remarks, he was expelled from the Socialist Party and lost this position.

However, in November of the same year, he received funding from "enthusiasts" and opened the Italian People's Daily. This angered his political enemies, saying that he had been bribed by the French.

Later, the Italian government actually organized a committee to investigate the matter, and finally believed that all the newspaper fees were "donated" by his friends, not "foreign allowances".

I can only say that the current British ambassador to the United States, the MI5 led by Sir Samuel Hall, has made contributions. (Author’s note: There are two statements about Mussolini becoming a British agent, one is from 1917, and the other is from 1914.)

In 1915, Italy officially declared war on the Allies, and Mussolini took the initiative to sign up for the army. Because of his bravery and tenacious combat, he was quickly promoted from an ordinary private to a platoon leader.

In 1917, he was seriously injured in a mine explosion. He underwent more than 20 surgeries and removed dozens of fragments of size from his body. After he recovered from his injuries, his body was no longer suitable for going to the front line. He had no choice but to retire from the army and return to China to continue the "Italian People's Daily".

As far as this experience is concerned, the upside down man and temperance are quite similar.

As soon as they said these two sentences, they immediately became much closer. This is what is called "carrying the gun together".

But Mussolini immediately showed a hint of doubt and said, "Mr. Hainrich, please forgive me for your liberty, but your name..."

Your Excellency Justice's current name is Hermann, Augustus, Ermavon, and Heinrich. He doesn't sound like an officer of the American Expeditionary Force, but rather like a Prussian Junker Knight.

Mr. Chandler, who had already thought of an explanation, said "Tell the truth": "Oh, Mr. Mussolini. I'm going to tell you, I'm going to Italy, and the purpose of this trip is to go to Germany to do some small business, so..."

"I understand." The upside-down man nodded to show his understanding. He led the guest into an office full of documents and said, "This is my office... Oh, I'm so embarrassed!"

He hurriedly cleared the documents on a chair, placed it opposite the desk, rubbed his hands and said, "Mr. Haiyinrich, please sit down. By the way, what do you want to drink?"

Your Excellency Masayoshi sat on the chair without any mind and said casually: "Drinking too early now, let's have a glass of your Espresso..."

"Well, this coffee is good." Mr. Chandler sucked Espresso and nodded, "He is strong, just like the young men who came with me just now."

He put down the coffee cup, took out a business card from his inner pocket and handed it over and said, "Mr. Mussolini, my letter is a bit simpler. Actually, I am the general manager of a trading company in New York."

The upside-down man took the business card and saw...Goldmalgam Trading Co., Ltd.

There are many types of amalgam. Because mercury has a unique property, it can dissolve a variety of metals (such as gold, silver, potassium, sodium, zinc, etc.). After dissolution, it forms an alloy of mercury and these metals, which is called amalgam, such as gold amalgam and sodium amalgam.

The upside-down man asked casually: "Mr. Haiyinrich, what business does your Jinmachi mainly engage in?"

His Excellency Justice said "honestly" again: "Oh, our company is currently trading some...well, some safety supplies and security services."

In fact, after Chuan Lin Beila came to the stage, his cooperative relationship with Italy in terms of safety supplies and security services was also very close. Mussolini sent a military and economic advisory group to Cyris, and he was also opposed to the invasion of the Japanese at the beginning.

In fact, when I was in Lin Beilu, I always wanted to learn how to hang upside down and control the man, but he couldn't even hang upside down.

"Safety supplies and security services?" Mussolini understood in seconds, "I understand. Mr. Heinrich, you are really... really straightforward."

"I think it's better to be straightforward when dealing with a man like Mr. Mussolini." Mr. Chandler smiled. "In addition, we have consulting businesses, responsible for providing our customers with the most suitable business information for their needs."

The upside-down man is also a knowledgeable and intelligent person, so he naturally knows what the other person means.

He coughed, "Mr. Heinrich, then what can we help you?"

Your Excellency Justice calmly lit a cigarette and said, "I have a good friend who said that the best way to do business is to win-win. So we are helping each other..."

He raised his hand to stop the other party from interrupting and continued, "Mr. Mussolini, please listen to me finish the words. Our company's customers are interested in investing in markets in various European countries. But today's European countries, such as you Italy..."

He shook his head and said, "I am fortunate, investing in such a country is really a risky business. Therefore, our customers hope that someone can stand up and restore peace to European countries..."

He sighed again and said, "Of course, such people are hard to come by. And such people may not be able to successfully save their country for one reason or another..."

Your Excellency Justice stared at the other party's "golden brown eyes" and said, "Mr. Mussolini, so I came to Europe, so I saw your "People's Italian", so I witnessed your young men, so I came here to see you."

The upside-down man pondered for a moment and asked, "So, Mr. Hainrich. Can you tell me who your client is?"

"Of course... can't!" Mr. Chandler took a breath of smoke expressionlessly, "I'm sorry, this is the business secret of our company. But..."

"One thing I can tell you is that our company's customers are very strong, so strong that they exceed your imagination."

"And they choose investment projects not to focus on industries or countries, but to opportunities. They believe that opportunities are more important than industries and countries."

"Well, you can also call them...Business Angel!"

Mussolini couldn't help but ask curiously: "Mr. Heinrich, then what do these angel investors want me to do?"

"No need to do anything..." Your Excellency Masayoshi thought for a while and said, "I'm sorry, I said it wrong. You just need to do what you want to do."

"Our company customers will not make any requests to you, just hope you can remember this friendship. When we have the right opportunity, we can cooperate very happily."

He took out the check clip, wrote a check and put it on his desk and said, "This is a small gift from those angel investors. Please accept it."

Mussolini picked it up and took a look, and whistled involuntarily. The amount on this check was a total of ten thousand US dollars!

Moreover, since the US dollar was much stronger than the currencies of European countries at this time, its actual purchasing power was a little higher than that of the United States.

With his knowledge, he could naturally guess the other party's origin. This German-American should be an investigator sent by the consortiums on Wall Street.

As for why he took action so generously, it must be because he is optimistic about his political future. In fact, Mussolini is also optimistic about his political future.

However, April 1921 was a very subtle time.

The fighting fascism was established in March 1919. However, in the general election in November of the same year, the small party suffered a crushing defeat, and by the end of the year, there were less than a thousand members.

So he decided to change the political direction of the fascist movement, so in May 1920, the "Fighting Fascism" held the Second National Congress in Milan, re-elected a new leadership body, and passed the new program "Basic Points of the Fascist Program".

Mussolini no longer catered to workers and peasants, and removed all the anti-capital and anti-church measures in the original program. Thus, he won the favor of the great bourgeoisie, the royal power and the religious group.

By the end of 1920, there were as many as 10,000 fascist members fighting, and by May 1922, the number of party members who had been renamed the "National Fascist Party" was 320,000.

This was the beginning stage for Mussolini, the "Dragon in the Abyss" to become the "Dragon in the Sky". On the original timeline, it was not until the Third National Congress held in Rome in November this year that he made up his final determination to seize national power.

Now who...well, except for our Master Yuan, no one knows what the future of this little party will be like, so this ten thousand US dollars can really be called angel investment.

He looked at the check playfully, then at Lord Justice, and finally nodded, "Since this is given by the angels, I will take it. Thank you, Mr. Heinrich."

"You're welcome, Mr. Mussolini..."

"My Lord Fool, this is a total of ten thousand dollars. Do you really feel sorry for it at all?"

"My Lord Justice, please don't care about this mere $10,000. I really don't feel sorry for it..."

Because Mussolini will be the darling of Wall Street, especially the Morgan Consortium in the future.

When JP Morgan was traveling in Italy in 1925, he gave the following comment: "We are extremely satisfied with the revolution that Mussolini is currently carrying out."

Thomas Lamont, known as "the most successful president in the history of the Morgan Consortium", personally hung the portrait of Mussolini and Roosevelt in his office.

George Whitney, senior partner of the Morgan Consortium and president of the New York Stock Exchange, called Mussolini a great patriot...

Really, what's so distressing about getting to know Wall Street's recognized "great patriot" for just $10,000?

"Mr. Mussolini, our business is over, but I still have one more private matter..."

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Chapter completed!