Battle of the Third Reich

"Uh... I can't promise you anything now, but I have a few friends in the German headquarters, so...

Xu Jun shrugged slightly.

"This..."

Boss Zhou began to hesitate again.

It’s not that he didn’t believe the young German in front of him. He mistaken him as a Japanese lobbyist because he was prejudiced. Now let’s take a closer look at the other party, whether it’s wearing or showing temperament. This shows that the German has a prominent position.

The question now is that he does not know whether the German is willing to help him after listening to his troubles. Although this trouble is not a problem at all for a prominent German, it also involves Japanese people. Let's look at Germany's attitude towards Japan in recent years. . . . Boss Zhou really does not know whether he can trust each other.

"You can say it with confidence, there are no problems we can't solve in Paris..."

Randolph was very disappointed to see the hesitant look of boss Zhou. He felt that he should encourage this sticky Chinese man.

"So, okay, gentlemen..."

Boss Zhou finally made up his mind, holding a dead horse as a living horse doctor, he told the story to Xu Jun and his entourage.

The boss Zhou Yunzhou belongs to the first generation of overseas Chinese. He took his family away from home two years ago and traveled to Europe.

To tell the truth, this Mr. Zhou is still a bit business-minded. In this era when most Chinese expatriates still only know how to work in factories, he first saw the huge business opportunities of Chinese food in Europe, so he gritted his teeth to give up all Savings opened the Telford House in the French capital.

He achieved success. France is a nation that loves to enjoy food. For this reason, they have created their own French cuisine culture. Not only that, the French are very keen to try the food of other peoples in addition to their own traditional dishes. Chinese cuisine, which is comparable to French cuisine in all respects, has met their appetite.

Boss Zhou's business developed like this.

In just half a year, he relocated Telford House from the old and shabby street shop near the Lyon train station to the most famous foreign food street in Paris, and he became a part of the second-class hotel in Paris. The owner Zhou spent on this restaurant. It's hard to imagine.

The history of Chinese immigration to France can be traced back to the period of the Opium War. At that time, some peasants in China’s coastal areas were unable to withstand the joint squeeze of the Qing government’s corrupt officials and landlords and gentry. European merchants left their hometowns to work in European factories.

In addition to language barriers, they also had to face conflicts in living habits and customs and the generally discriminatory attitude of Europeans at that time. The tough first-generation immigrants in China used their blood and tears to write a history of overseas entrepreneurship full of hardship.

It took Chinese immigrants two full generations to finally let the Europeans accept their existence. What’s even more commendable is that they have completely retained the traditional customs and living habits of the Chinese nation. In contrast, those guys in Xu Jun’s time and space who even say that Chinese is unfavorable, but run full of foreign language should really be. Think about it.

During the First World War, a large number of Chinese were transported to the French battlefield by the Beiyang government as field workers. They used blood and life to prove their worth, and they were also recognized by the French government and people.

After the war, some Chinese people stayed in this land that had flowed through the blood of their compatriots. They worked here, married and had children, and together with the old immigrants, broke out of a world of Chinese people in France.

The short period of peace between the two wars became the peak period for Chinese immigration to Europe.

Due to the turbulent domestic situation in China, a large number of residents in China's coastal areas have traveled across the oceans to Europe to develop.

Most of them chose France, where the immigration policy is relatively loose and the Chinese have a foundation, relying on various skills they have mastered, and they quickly integrated into this strange land.

Many people have also achieved success beyond their reach in China, because there is no such thing as a self-proclaimed commander-in-chief, chairman of the warlord, who came up and exploited them for three days.

At the time, France also became the first destination for Chinese students studying abroad. A large number of Chinese students came to France through the French-Chinese Education Association and the Work-Study Society for Studying in France.

They rely on work-study to study and live in France, absorbing the world's advanced knowledge and technology at that time, and even including political ideas. They dream of relying on their own efforts to change China's backward and closed situation.

They were the best talents of the young generation in China at that time. Sadly, after returning to China, these students found that the precious knowledge they learned was useless.

Many of them can only end up teaching and living in various universities, and some are employed by foreign-funded enterprises or national capitalists in China, but this has nothing to do with the knowledge they learn. The other side only needs their foreign language skills. .

However, although they did not have the opportunity to display their ambitions, they brought the world’s most advanced science and technology and ideas into China, opening a window to the world for China, and for the centuries China is filled with fresh air.

At that time, China's pace was slow but it was actually moving forward. However, this slow advance was also interrupted by the Japanese invading military guns. Now, in retrospect, the Chinese really gritted their teeth.

Boss Zhou took his family and fled from Zhejiang to Guangdong after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and then came to France from Hong Kong by sea liner.

As I have explained before, Zhou Yun's business was originally going well. The business of Telford House was very prosperous, and it almost became the top restaurant on this food street.

But all this changed with the appearance of the Japanese restaurant.

Just half a year ago, a Japanese restaurant suddenly appeared opposite Telford House. At the beginning, although Zhou Yun was very disgusted with the Japanese, he still adhered to the traditional business ethics of the Chinese. He opened the door to do his own business and did not cause unnecessary trouble.

But what he did not expect was that he did not cause trouble, but trouble came to his door.

The Japanese restaurant across the street suddenly sent people to provoke provocation, asking Zhou Yun to quit the food street and sell the restaurant to them. This unreasonable request, of course, Zhou Yun would not agree to, and the two Japanese representatives were invited out of his hotel on the spot.

Since then, the Japanese have been making troubles in Telford House. They often attracted a group of alcoholic drinkers to go to the restaurant to stir up a lot of anger. They smashed their words and smashed the property in the store. They even harassed the guests without saying anything. After one or two visits, the business of Defu Building suddenly slipped. To the bottom.

These two months were even more bleak, and almost no guests came to dinner. Of course, the siege of the German ** team was also a reason, but the most critical thing was the destruction of the Japanese rogues.

Zhou Yun once asked the French Jingfang for help, but I don’t know why. The French didn’t seem to care about this kind of thing. In the end, they just sent a small Jingguan to the restaurant to shake it around. He dispatched something.

"Originally, now I know why you hate the Japanese so much. They not only occupied your home but also ruined your business shamelessly."

Randolph nodded slightly and said sympathetically.

"They are not only occupying my homeland. They are not worthy of being called human beings in this group of beasts. As long as you can imagine the atrocities they have committed on the land of China. They raped women, slaughtered civilians and prisoners of war, even Children who can't walk yet aren't let go.

As long as they are willing, they can kill any Chinese people who appear in front of them at will, and the murderers will not only be punished but also praised and admired. "

After talking, Zhou Yun took the glass and poured a glass of wine into his mouth.

"You used to be a soldier, Mr. Zhou."

Weierle, who had been listening silently from the beginning, asked the boss Zhou's bloodshot eyes lightly.

"This...."

Zhou Yun was stunned for a moment. He looked back at Weierle's gaze, then sighed for a long time.

"Yes, I used to be a soldier. You must have seen the wound on my wrist."

Zhou Yun raised his hand and touched his right wrist. There was a scar there, and he could not see it because he was covered by the cuff.

"That was left by Japanese bullets."

"I knew at a glance that it was caused by a bullet. But I didn't make a judgment because of this, but because of your temperament. As a businessman, your sitting posture is too straight."

Weierle casually picked up a chopsticks and put them into his mouth.

"Yeah, this is already my habit and I can't change it. Sir, your observation is really meticulous."

Zhou Yun picked up the hip flask and stood up to fill the glass with Weierle.

"Thank you, this is also my old habit and I can't change it. By the way, which army do you serve in China, the army is still the navy."

Weiler asked with a smile.

"It's the Army, the second lieutenant of the 88th Infantry Division of the Chinese Army."

Zhou Yun filled himself with a jug.

"88 Division? Is it the Army Adjustment Division?"

Xu Junmeng stopped the chopsticks.

"Do you know 88 Division?"

Zhou Yun looked at the young German with surprise.

"Yeah... German mechanic..."

Xu Jun slowly put down the chopsticks.

Just when Xu Jun opened his mouth to say something, a loud sound of glass shattering suddenly sounded at the door, and then a hoarse voice shouted in grungy French: "The three Frances eating in the Telford House Come out, man!"

Stretching his hand and patting Zhou Yun's shoulder, Xu Jun smiled and picked up his glass of wine, and then stood up slowly with a smile.

Weierle rubbed his temples hard again, and seeing the eyes of His Excellency, Weierle knew that someone was going to be unlucky.