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Seeing Göring, who had returned from Italy, endlessly touting Contini's help - providing money, agreeing to send people to participate in training, and firmly expressing his support and approval for the party's social revolutionary line, Strasser felt awkward for a while, as if he was being left alone, and that was indeed the case.

Contini never liked Strasser, never took the initiative to have a relationship with him, and responded coldly or refused to his telegrams and other requests, but he did not treat Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering. It was surprisingly generous. With the first grant of 100,000 US dollars, the National Socialist Party’s momentum and local appeal increased rapidly, which in turn made Hitler’s prestige; this second grant of 100,000 US dollars and the The promise of military training will consolidate the power of Hitler's family.

The president of the United Group is now not only well-known in Italy, but also in Germany. An endless stream of German engineers and workers go south to join the United Group, and even the fare is provided by the other party, plus 200,000 US dollars. Gold and silver were taken out without hesitation, which was more than the total amount of donations raised by the National Socialist Party through other channels, indicating that the other party was indeed rich, status and courageous. Strasser still doesn't understand why Contini doesn't like him. Does he like Hitler and Goering, lunatics who always shout "social revolution" instead of more mature and rational politicians like him?

He guessed this right. Not only did Contini often go crazy, but he also liked madmen. He looked down on any of the so-called mature and rational politicians - trash who was destined to be in the garbage heap, no matter what they did.

Hitler suppressed the excitement on his face and told Goering in as calm a tone as possible: "Comrade Hermann did a good job. Did the other party ask for our help?"

"One thing, although it is said to be help, I think it is more appropriate to solve the difficulties of the German people. He recently wanted to form United Real Estate and United Construction, which requires a large number of municipal, construction, bridge, civil engineers and technicians, and then he also hinted that he can recruit more Some, just so that our comrades can sneak into Italy with this wave."

"Very good!" Hitler patted the armrest of his chair and stood up. "We need to help him transport as many people as possible. Let's set the scale at 1,000 people..."

Goering reminded him in a low voice: "Boss, we have tentatively decided on 500."

"Then 500 first!" Hitler explained again, "When you arrive in Italy, you must set an example and lead the training team in a down-to-earth manner."

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"Adolf, I don't think it's enough to send Comrade Hermann alone." Strasser thought for a long time and felt unwilling to do so. "I think we need to send other comrades."

"Other comrades?" Hitler hesitated and said, "Oh, I also selected Comrade Himmler, who will cooperate with Comrade Hermann to carry out the work."

At this moment, Himmler was still considered Strasser's man within the National Socialist Party, so Hitler also selected Himmler during the selection, hoping to balance and take care of Strasser's feelings. However, Strasser obviously thought that this was not enough. He stood up and said: "There are almost more than 5,000 German expatriates in Italy, especially Germans and their families serving the United Group. Should we go there to establish the party?" branch, and then..."

Before he could finish his words, Goering sneered and rejected him: "You are thinking too much. Anyone who works in the United Group is only allowed to join the Young Italy League or Prime Minister Mussolini's Fascist organization, and is not allowed to join other Party, this is an iron rule. Anyone who dares to conceal or secretly join will be dismissed. Each industry of the United Group has established a Youth Italy League branch, and it is agreed that political studies for activists and members will be carried out on the afternoon of the 5th of every month, with the focus on learning from President Ciano. and the spirit of Prime Minister Mussolini’s speech, highlighting the principle of "one doctrine, one party, one leader" and making every effort to make Italy prosperous and strong.

President Ciano is not a simple businessman. He is the leader of the Young Italy League and also a political figure. It can be seen from the scene of his duel with the Socialist Party that his political sensitivity is very strong. We rely on his funding, train on his territory, and want to extend our hands into his organization and system. Do you think we can withstand his anger? "

Strasser muttered: "Is he so domineering? Doesn't anyone else care?"

Goering ignored him and thought: You have seen too little of this domineering president. This young man controls the Italian Second Air Force, and has hundreds of extremely elite Roman Guards under his command. He has four ministerial assistants. The lawsuit led to the Socialist Party begging for mercy, and the prestige of old-school politicians like Matteotti was ruined. , even the president of the Supreme Court was kicked down by him... It is no exaggeration to say that he is the most powerful second generation in Italy. In the past, he was always said to be the son of the Secretary of Transportation, but now everyone knows the reputation of a domineering president. I am afraid that in two years' time, when introduced, the Secretary of Transportation will be said to be the father of a domineering president. What's more, Contini has already said it before - "We want prosperity but not freedom." Why should people who want freedom go to the United Group and suffer the consequences?

More importantly, the people under the domineering president are not bad. In addition to stricter management requirements, the treatment in all aspects is the best in Italy. The salary of skilled workers is one-third higher than that of their peers, and that of engineers and technical experts is at least half higher. Everyone is trying their best to get into the United Group. Who would still compete with the party? Besides, you, an employee of the United Group, are desperate to join the Socialist Party. Are you sent by the Socialist Party to make trouble?

It stands to reason that such a completely unified enterprise is prone to flatterers. At this time, the second incomprehensible point of the domineering president shows its advantage: except for liberal arts students in the fields of newspaper media advertising design, and a small number of professionals who understand finance and accounting, the rest are all engineers and technical teams. If you can only flatter without technology, you can't get by for a day. Whether the technology is good or not is not up to you. Not only are there a lot of people watching in your own country, but there are also a large number of German engineers from the Czech Republic, Austria, and Germany. It is easy to be discovered if you are just filling in the numbers. It just so happens that the better the engineers are at technology, the less they will flatter. So until now, the outside world has never attacked them. The United Group gives people the feeling of being a precision steamroller that can break everything wherever it goes - but the one driving this steamroller is a domineering president with a liberal arts degree!

Hitler smiled. He had known all this for a long time. He envied this Italian, the first honorary member of the party - look at what he did, that's called a career! So he always had a sense of urgency.

"In this case, we should quickly select people who are loyal to the party and politically reliable to go to Italy for training as soon as possible, and ensure that the time is no later than July 15. At the same time, the party must be prepared to meet the upcoming revolutionary climax in terms of organization, ideology, and action..." Hitler said complacently, "As for General Ludendorff, I will contact him personally. The party needs a leading figure for the time being!"