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Chapter 104 Talent Harvester (Third update, please collect)
  Faced with such a good thing coming to your door, who would refuse?

Talent!

It is indispensable for the development of North Borneo. What is the shortcut to achieve rapid development of North Borneo?
  It is to take advantage of the favorable opportunity of Germany's defeat to introduce a large number of talents and technology from Germany.

With German talents and technology, coupled with hard-working people, the rise of Borneo is only a matter of time.

At this time, what Li Yi'an didn't know was that Hitler's secretary Martin Bormann was the third-ranking figure in the Nazi Party. From the moment the Allies landed in Normandy, they knew the Nazis would be defeated. Bormann summoned the leaders of the Armaments Ministry and the SS for a secret meeting at the Rouge Palace Hotel in Strasbourg. Also present were representatives of conglomerates such as Krupp, Thyssen, and Siemens, as well as leaders of companies such as Volkswagen and Messerschmitt. Bormann himself did not attend, but he gave instructions on the discussion content of the meeting in the name of Hitler: to study the plan to shelter the Nazi elites from fleeing once Germany loses the war, and to study specific methods to quickly transfer huge amounts of wealth to neutral countries in order to serve the Nazis arrangements for post-war recovery.

Berlin and the others are the specific implementers of this plan, while Li Yian's side is only part of the plan, and North Borneo is only an option, not even included in Bowman's plan.

But for Berlin and those behind him, they chose North Borneo. Bowman wasn't the only one who recognized impending failure; there were others.

"Berlin, do you know?"

Lit a cigarette, Li Yian took a puff, looked at Berlin and said,

"To be honest, I don't care about Nazis or not. What I care about more than anything else is people! I'm talking about German scientists and technicians. Just like you said, I need a lot of such talents there. If you want to come, I welcome you, but you must help me find those scientists, find them, and help them leave Germany..."

How many German technicians were taken away by the "Operation Paperclip" carried out by the United States after the war?
  1600 people.

And where did these 1600 experts come from?

It’s a list!
  Also known as the legendary "Osenberg List," this list was actually part of the Nazi revival plan. The Germans planned to evacuate the country's best scientists and senior technicians overseas.

During the Allied offensive, fragments of the list that were supposed to be destroyed were found in the toilet of the University of Bonn. U.S. intelligence agents pieced together the fragments and discovered that it was a summary guide containing the German scientific research plan and more than 1500 documents. Important documents including lists and home addresses of scientists and senior technicians.

This information was of great value and was later called the "Oxenberg List" by Americans. It was this list that provided great convenience and help for the United States to find these scientists before the Soviet Union.

Li Yi'an didn't know where to find this list, but what was certain was that with Berlin's help, he had every chance of getting a copy of the list.

Let alone getting these 1600 top scientists and technicians to Borneo, even if only one-third of them are obtained, Borneo can become a "technological power" overnight.

No, it should be a "technological powerhouse".

"Of course, you will also receive corresponding rewards, and you will be given corresponding positions in the company, such as the company's intelligence agency..."

Li Yian smiled at Berlin.

From Berlin's perspective, his smile seemed to be malicious, and it should be said that he had some agenda.

"You want to set up your own intelligence agency?"

Li Yian, however, looked at Berlin with affection in his eyes and said seriously:

"That's true, but I don't have professional talents at my disposal. Talents are rare. Come and work for me!"

"The Third Reich is not dead yet."

Berlin sighed and said:

"I'm supposed to be a middleman, but you want me to help you set up an intelligence agency. This kind of thing can't be rushed, and I can't do it alone. We have to start by training the personnel. If the personnel are not trained well, the work will be very difficult. rough……"

After thinking about it, Berlin said again.

"When there is an opportunity in the future, I will help you find some experts, experts who train spies. The spies of the Third Reich basically came from their schools."

Spy school? San Dezi is indeed full of talents.

The corner of his mouth twitched inexplicably, and Li Yian said:
  "Okay, as you said."

Then Bolin looked at Li Yian and said.

"By the way, do you want to make money?"

"make money?"

Li Yi'an looked at Berlin in surprise, raised the corner of his mouth and said.

"I'm a businessman."

Businessmen, of course, want to make money. If you ask this, aren't you being insulting?

"There is a business, do you dare to do it?"

Berlin's words are interesting. The subtext of the word "dare" must be "danger".

Danger is different from risk.

The danger is the kind that can kill you.

But as the saying goes, the password to making money is written in the criminal law. Faced with the opportunity to make money, how could Li Yian not be interested.

"tell me the story."

"Tungsten sand."

"what?"

"Tungsten sand."

Berlin emphasized again,
  "You should know that China exported a large amount of tungsten sand before the war, tens of thousands of tons per year, but now it is only a few thousand tons per year. They are all transported by airplanes. Now the "hump route" has sufficient transportation capacity, which is completely More tungsten sand can be shipped out, and in China, tungsten sand is only worth $1500 per ton.”

Tungsten sand is an extremely important strategic material. The German machinery industry uses high-strength tungsten carbide turning tools and drill bits, while the United States can only use inferior molybdenum alloys. This is largely due to Krupp's monopoly on the production of tungsten carbide through patented technology. In addition, tungsten alloy is also used to make armor-piercing projectiles. Germany has a huge demand for tungsten sand. During the war, Germany's tungsten sand all came from Portugal and Spain.

In order to weaken Germany's war potential, Britain and the United States began to jointly buy out all tungsten mine production in Portugal and Spain. Due to the massive rush by the Allies, the price of tungsten sand has increased to 275 times the pre-war level, soaring to US$16800. The Allies obtained nearly half of the tungsten sand.

Although the Allies have raised the price of tungsten, they have another cheap source - China. In fact, the price of tungsten in London is not the international standard price. Rather, it is limited to high prices in Europe, and prices in other regions are not high.

Even if Germany is willing to pay a high price, it cannot buy enough tungsten sand. Without sufficient tungsten sand, not only will the front line lose armor-piercing projectiles with excellent performance, but even military production will be affected.

That's why Berlin turned his attention to Li Yi'an. Having worked in China, he certainly knew that before the war, China was the largest producer of tungsten sand.

Looking at Li Yian, Berlin said slowly.

"But if you can transport the tungsten sand out and then transport it to Europe, we can buy it for a high price of US$17000."

Hey!
  Ten times the huge profits!
  Before Li Yian could recover from the tenfold profiteering, Berlin added.

"And we'll pay in gold!"

(End of this chapter)