Chapter 3: The Core Members of the Jung Kook

  Jiang Yu quickly formed his own industrial group in Germany, called "Far East Group", which means overseas Chinese group, but this is only the Chinese name, and the name in Western countries is abbreviated as "YHJT".

  Soon after its establishment, Far East Group achieved remarkable performance, relying on the emerging advanced technology to gradually expand its market.

  In heavy industry, Far East Group gradually develops towards industrial giants.

  Jiang Yu also became a major capitalist in Germany, successfully entering the ranks of the German nobility, and was often taken by Hans to various noble social gatherings.

  At this time, Jiang Yu was already 16 years old, with a height of 176cm, and had become a handsome young man. His handsome face made many young people jealous, but his maturity, stability, elegance, and extremely affable temperament made those young people who were jealous of him also admire his excellence.

  In social gatherings, Jiang Yu is absolutely a dazzling star-like existence, able to effortlessly interact with all sorts of people, especially those noblewomen who are particularly fond of him. Even German noblewomen have hopes of spending a romantic night with him. However, Jiang Yu's self-discipline in his private life has earned him much praise from many people. Those aristocratic old men finally put their minds at ease after some time, because Jiang Yu would not seduce their wives.

  Many German Junker nobles felt that this exceptionally excellent Far Eastern elite should be absorbed into the German nation, and many German nobles even introduced their daughters to Jiang Yu.

  "Good heavens! You've actually received another invitation to a birthday ball, do you know whose it is?" Hans said with an expression of utmost jealousy towards Jiang Yu, "This is the birthday ball of Britta, the daughter of Yukos von Breitenbuch, the second largest shareholder of Deutsche Bank and the fifth largest shareholder of Deutscher Bank. Yukos von Breitenbuch only has this one daughter, if you can win over this Britta, you'll be able to inherit a vast fortune."

  "But..." Jiang Yu's expression was extremely uncomfortable, and Hans interrupted him, saying: "I know that the previous times those noble ladies looked like fat pigs, but this time is different. Miss Britta is a famous little princess, her beauty is absolutely as dazzling as precious gems."

  Jiang Yu shrugged, somewhat helplessly. Those Gongguo nobles were apparently not very willing to introduce the beautiful noble miss to him; with such conditions, they would obviously have more suitable noble sons to choose from.

  But since they've invited him, Jiang Yu can't not go.

  The ball tonight gathered many German celebrities, and Jiang Yu's arrival was clearly noticed by those noble sons. Soon, Jiang Yu saw the protagonist of this ball, Britta von Breit, who wore a white silk evening dress, with a gemstone-encrusted tiara on her head, looking tall and slender.

  Her face, full of oriental beauty, made Jiang Yu stunned. If we say that the most extreme western beauties belong to this kind, they have both western characteristics and eastern gentle style.

  Westerners' aesthetic views are apparently different from those of Easterners, they prefer women with a more primitive face, but such women would make Jiang Yu want to vomit, and instead like this kind of holy and gentle Eastern beauty.

  A sixteen-year-old girl with a breathtakingly pure aura, a holy and sweet appearance that deeply shocks people.

  Jiang Yu suddenly felt a sense of wonder, and immediately followed Hans up to send out her own gift. Jiang Yu's gift was ordinary, a pearl necklace, but the price was not cheap.

  "Thank you for the gift." After Britta received Jiang Yu's gift, she bowed politely to him with a hint of a happy smile at the corner of her mouth, which was somewhat different from when she accepted gifts from others, instantly making those noble young masters even more jealous.

  "You Far Eastern boy, you actually gave Miss Britta such a vulgar gift, truly without any taste." A burly young noble jumped out and accused Jiang Yu in front of everyone.

  Jiang Yu glanced at that guy and immediately knew that this guy was absolutely a rural thug, only rural thugs would be so direct and rude.

  Britta looked at the rural Jongker, puffed up her lovely cheeks, apparently somewhat angry.

  "Ah! Sorry, I have another gift here that might be more to your taste, Miss Britta."

  "What is it?" Britta asked with expectation.

  "A piano piece, specially created for Miss Brita, called 'Poem to Brita', may I have the pleasure of playing it on the piano?" Jiang Yubin said politely. Brita exclaimed excitedly: "I'm really looking forward to it."

  Under the gaze of everyone, Jiang Yu walked to the piano at the dance party and sat down, his fingers nimbly sweeping across the keys for a brief test sound, then he became quiet.

  Half a beat later, Jiang Yu's fingers played out the first note.

  A beautiful melody sounded, it was Richard Clayderman playing Paul de Senneville's famous piano piece "Ballade pour Adeline", also translated as "Adriana on the Water".

  A poetic piano piece, with a beautiful and moving melody, a smooth and gorgeous rhythm, is a popular piano piece that can give people a great shock and enjoyment at first hearing.

  Jiang certain person once again embarked on a bold plagiarism journey, however the effect was extremely shocking. When he finished playing, the entire dance hall fell into silence. People had not yet recovered from the shock of the melody, and it wasn't until half a beat later that thunderous applause erupted.

  The applause lasted for nearly a minute before it subsided, and Jiang Yu bowed politely to thank everyone. His 'talent' had once again conquered all the people present, and that rural Rong Ke hid in the crowd and dared not show his face again.

  He has stunning artistic talent, also has a super strong physique that shocks people, and astonishing wealth, as well as the demeanor and appearance of a gentleman.

  It's hard to imagine that all these advantages are concentrated on one person, and he is only sixteen years old. What they don't know is that Jiang Yu has been studying for 16 years after crossing over for 16 years, not relaxing for a single day.

  As the ball continued, many nobles and Junkers came over to greet Jiang Yu, especially a group of noblewomen who surrounded him, occasionally secretly reaching out to touch his face.

  Before long, Britta walked over and asked Jiang Yu: "Can I have a dance with you?"

  "Good." Jiang Yu happily agreed and the two of them walked hand in hand to the stage, dancing a dance under everyone's gaze.

  Jiang Yu's dance steps are smooth and natural, which was learned in France.

  "You are so beautiful, the most beautiful Western girl I have ever seen." Jiang Yu smiled and said to Britta. Britta's face turned slightly red, and she whispered: "I have collected every record of your piano pieces."

  It turned out to be his own fan! Jiang Yu was somewhat surprised.

  After a dance, the girl was held in Jiang Yu's arms. The girl's eyes were slightly dazed, and she suddenly whispered to Jiang Yu: "Can you kiss me?"

  "Alright." Jiang Yu immediately lowered his head and kissed the girl's cherry lips, a French kiss...

  The girl's body suddenly stiffened, apparently not expecting it to be a French kiss. However, her body soon relaxed naturally and began to actively respond to Jiang Yu's advances.

  The two people's kiss lasted nearly one minute.

  After they parted, the girl's cheeks were rosy red like an apple. Jiang Yu kissed her cheek again and then let go of her hand, striding into the crowd.

  All the young ladies fixed their gaze on Jiang Yu, with intense jealousy and envy in their eyes.

  From that day on, the girl fell in love and couldn't extricate herself. Every day she had to exchange letters with Jiang Yu, until this secret was discovered by her father.

  His father Yukos was a rural Junker, the last generation of German rural Junkers. They were simple, rough and direct. Yukos strongly opposed the fact that his daughter fell in love with an Oriental boy. In a fit of rage, Yukos called Jiang Yu to their home for 'negotiations'.

  The result of the negotiation shook Yukos' own position, and he had to admit that this was the most outstanding young man he had ever seen.

  Moreover, this young man is obviously a capable entrepreneur. Although he has no family background, he has accumulated considerable wealth in just a few years.

  "Can you stay in Germany all the time?" Yu Kos asked Jiang Yu.

  "No." Jiang Yu shook his head and said.

  "Why?"

  "My compatriots are under the oppression of a foreign tribe, perhaps my mission is to fight for the nation." Jiang Yu's eyes shone with a firm light.

  "If you can't stay in Germany and have to go back to the Far East to get yourself killed, I won't agree to your marriage with my daughter," Yucos threatened.

  However, Jiang Yu was apparently not worried about this threat. Although he also liked Brita, in his view, a woman could not hold back her own mission.

  "Respected uncle, I don't think I'm going to the Far East to die. You should understand that the Qing dynasty is very afraid of Westerners. At this time, the Qing dynasty, under the instigation of the Japanese and Yuan Shikai, has been thoroughly infiltrated by the revolutionary party's forces within the new army, and soon this dynasty will collapse with a loud noise. When that happens, Japan won't allow this country to return to imperial rule and unity because they are afraid in their hearts. At that time, this country will become a medieval Europe. If I go back to the Far East, at the very least, I can become a warlord with a territory one or two times larger than Germany's." Jiang Yu said confidently, "And China's interests do not conflict with those of Germany, which is beneficial for both parties. Germany can provide us with advanced industrial technology, while China can provide Germany with more raw materials and markets."

  "You know Japan doesn't want to see China rise, so what's the point of you going back to China?" Yu Kuo asked indifferently.

  "Of course, Japan is not difficult to deal with. Their population is not large and their industrial technology is not too advanced, it's not hard to surpass them. On the contrary, China has a population of 400 million, once most of them are transformed into industrial workers, Japan will be no match for us." Jiang Yu's body was filled with strong confidence, "In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy or trickery is futile."

  Yu Kos fell silent for a moment, then said: "Alright! Young man, you have convinced me. You can marry my daughter anytime, and I can also let you return to the Far East, but if you cannot achieve some success in the Far East within a few years, I think it would be better for you to return to Germany and live with Brigitte."

  Jiang Yu smiled and nodded, and just like that, he had become a super rich second-generation heir in this era, with Ukos' vast fortune waiting for him to inherit.

  Yukos is not only the second-largest shareholder of Germany's Commerzbank and fifth-largest shareholder of Deutsche Bank, but also operates an arms factory and a shipyard, as well as several coal mines and iron ore mines.

  The shipyard business is doing well and its scale is also good, but the ordnance factory is a bit backward and the business is not very good.

  Half a month later, Jiang Yu and Brita held a grand wedding ceremony and received the blessing of German Emperor Wilhelm II. From that day on, Jiang Yu officially became a core member of the Junker financial group.

  Yu Kuo-shen also handed over part of his business to Chiang Yu, namely that nearly bankrupt munitions factory.

  Jiang Yu quickly launched new products after taking over the arsenal, including the ZB-26 light machine gun and the MP18 submachine gun. He also purchased production patents from Mauser and shortened the barrel to launch the more trench warfare-suitable Mauser 98K.

  The main business of this ordnance factory is still the production of bullets and shells. At this time, Jiangyu's Farhua Group's machinery manufacturing plant has taken the lead in launching advanced punching machines, conquering the punching manufacturing technology. Jiangyu applied the punching technology to the production of bullets and shells.

  A surprising phenomenon occurred, the production cost of bullets and shells plummeted nearly fivefold, and then Jiang Yu spent a large sum of money to produce the world's first bullet production assembly line.

  What is called the assembly line is not what people think, where the process is divided into separate tasks and one worker is only responsible for one task. That's not an assembly line, that's parallel division of labor, which was very common in ancient China, dating back to the Qin Dynasty, and was widely used during the Song Dynasty.

  The so-called assembly line is a transmission job, where raw materials are sent to the worker's front through a conveyor belt, saving the worker from having to transport them.

  As for single piece work hours, it has not decreased, but the transportation time has been greatly shortened. It is worth noting that transportation time is often more time-consuming.

  Even if the worker moves a box of parts in front of him, he still has to stretch his hand half a meter away to pick it up. However, with assembly line operations, workers can directly pick up parts from under their hands, and after manufacturing, they are immediately sent to the next process for processing and production.

  The production line mode also requires specialized semi-automatic/automatic machine tools, which need to be specially designed. Once the product changes or is modified, the production line equipment also needs to be changed, and even scrapped directly.

  Therefore, pipeline equipment is relatively expensive and not everything can be produced on a production line.

  Assembly line production technology is a sharp weapon for the military to explode various "oceans", during World War II, the Soviet Union had the T-34 ocean, and the United States had an aircraft carrier ocean, all of which were manufactured by these production lines.

  Japan, on the other hand, was battered by these "sea" and left with no whole body. Japan's defeat was not due to a lack of resources; didn't Japan obtain resources at the beginning of the war? The main reason for Japan's defeat was still a problem of manufacturing technology - they couldn't produce any "sea".

  Bullets and shells were obviously not eliminated, at least before World War II they could be used, so Jiang Yu invested a lot of money and hired many mechanical engineers to design semi-automatic production lines for bullets and shells.

  By the end of 1909, the arsenal successfully installed a semi-automatic bullet production line, combining stamping technology, which increased manufacturing efficiency by nearly tenfold.

  This is an amazing production efficiency, Yukos was shocked, after inspecting, Yukos fiercely challenged the Ammunition Syndicate.

  He had sufficient connections in the military and, with advanced production technology at his disposal, he directly pushed out Cindenberg, kicking him out, and supplied ammunition to the German military at a price 30% lower than the government procurement price, while the production technology of the arsenal was also strictly sealed.