Mediterranean hegemon

"I am Adolf Hitler, the current leader of the National Socialist Workers' Party of Germany. I heard that you want to talk to me?" Hitler walked up to Contini with a smile on his face and stretched out his right hand.

Contini shook the other party's hand tightly and said with a hint of compliment and appreciation: "I just listened to your speech and read the newspapers two days ago and saw your party's policies and ideas. I deeply agree with them. So I took the liberty of coming to visit... It’s a bit abrupt to invite you here in this way.”

"No, no, no! Anyone who agrees with and supports our ideas is my comrade. We should communicate candidly without being rude. And I also want to thank you for your strong support for our party." Hitler seemed very enthusiastic, "I don't know. What do you call me? Your accent doesn't sound like someone from around Munich..."

"I'm actually not German, I'm Italian!"

"It turns out they are comrades who came all the way from Italy. I'm so glad to meet you! The recent success of the Italian revolution has made me and all the comrades in the party very inspired. Now that I see the Italian comrades, I feel particularly cordial."

"I am also very happy..." Contini smiled, "My name is Galezzo Ciano, you can also call me Calais. I am a student at the University of Rome and the current president of the Young Italian League. My father is Costanzo. ·Ciano, current Italian Minister of Transport..."

Hitler was originally smiling, but after hearing these words, he suddenly became very shocked, and then his expression became very wonderful. First he was in awe, and then he almost jumped with excitement - what he just said about revolutionary comrades was just a casual remark, Unexpectedly, I caught a big fish. Isn’t the Italian Transport Minister an important member of the Fascist Party? If their son is not a revolutionary comrade, who else is a revolutionary comrade? What's more, the minister and the prince came to support me, what a thick thigh!

He flattered in an exaggerated tone: "Are you Mr. Ciano? I know your name! I have always wanted to meet you, but I didn't expect to meet you here today. It's such an honor. You are younger than I thought." hansome!"

Contini was surprised: "You know me?"

"I don't know you, but I am very familiar with your deeds. I have always been following the developments of the Italian revolution." Hitler waved his hand excitedly. "Your deeds of organizing Roman students to welcome the leaders to march into Rome are well known. I admire you very much. What I admire even more is you. I found a translation of the article "One Doctrine, One Party, One Leader" published in the newspaper and read it carefully no less than 30 times! It is so well written, so relevant to the current situation, and so suitable for the German people. It feels like it is tailor-made for the German people and expresses my feelings. On the road of revolution, Italy is now Germany’s teacher! There are many things I hope to learn from your country.”

Contini was embarrassed: "You have given me the award..."

"This is not a compliment, it is entirely my thoughts from the bottom of my heart! I integrated many of the ideas in the article and used them in my speech, and at the same time added some content based on the actual situation in Germany."

"for example?"

"One nation!" Hitler said sincerely, "The Italian people are lucky. They live in a unified country, but the German nation is divided. I am an Austrian myself, and I deeply feel that the German nation will go to another direction if it does not unite and unify. Destroy!"

Contini nodded in agreement and smiled to himself: all his theories were pirated, but this time and space has theoretical priority!

The more the two chatted, the more they talked. The more they talked, the more they found that they had more in common. They almost became close friends. During this period, Goering called him: Chief, would you like to talk to everyone again?

This request was directly rejected by Hitler: "Let others do the talking. Mr. Ciano and I had a very pleasant chat. I feel that I have endless things to say."

When Göring came to invite him for the second time, Hitler simply turned to Contini and said: "Can you please say a few words to the comrades of our party, talk about your revolutionary experience, talk about the new atmosphere after the Italian revolution, and encourage Our fighting spirit!”

Contini smiled awkwardly: "I'm afraid that won't work. I came to your country to inspect on behalf of the Italian government. If I make political remarks semi-publicly, it will be considered as interference in your country's relations. In addition, my father and my teacher relations will cause unnecessary trouble... At this tense moment, this kind of rhetoric will cause your country's officials to cause trouble for you. "

"I neglected it, I neglected it..." Hitler suddenly asked, "Who is your respected master? I wonder if I have the honor to meet him?"

"Mr. Douhet, the current Minister of Aviation of Italy, I followed him to your country to inspect the civil aviation industry. I will return home after tonight. You can visit him next time you come to Italy. I will introduce him to you."

The excitement on Hitler's face was even greater: having a father who is a minister, and a teacher who is a minister, this is really a coveted social status. Comparing one person to another is really irritating.

"I have something else to do, and I can't keep the teacher waiting, so I have to say goodbye first." Contini saw that the time was almost up and was about to leave. Before leaving, he took out a business card from his pocket, "I'll leave you a business card. It has my address and phone number in Rome. It's the newspaper I run. If there is anything I can do for you, just say, are we friends? You can also come to me, and you are more welcome to visit Rome. "

"Okay, thank you very much, thank you very much!" Hitler carefully put the business card away.

Then Contini took out another check for US$10,000: "This is a little thought from me. I hope it will be helpful to you and your party's cause. I believe that under your leadership, the German social revolution will soon be realized." victory!"

Hitler thanked him repeatedly, but did not push back the check. He really needed some money, and this $10,000 greatly relieved his urgent need. He is very eager to make friends with an upper-class young man who has money, social status and agrees with his ideas. When Contini left, he not only walked to the door personally, but also asked Göring to help arrange a carriage to send Ciano back.

"This is the capable backbone of our party, Hermann Goering."

"Nice to meet you!" Göring fawned and came up to shake hands.

Contini smiled slightly and said: "I seem to have heard this name before, let me think about it..." After thinking for a few seconds, he pretended to suddenly realize, "I remember, you are a German Air Force pilot, or a An ace pilot, yes! It’s you. I inspected Bavaria, Dornier, Junkers and other aviation companies two days ago, and I heard about your deeds! I didn’t expect to be lucky enough to see you here.”

Göring suddenly felt a little carried away. He was so praised that he was overwhelmed with praise. He nodded and agreed, but said: "Hey, that was several years ago."

Hitler glared at him and reminded: "Hermann, this is Mr. Ciano, the Italian revolutionary theorist I often tell you about."

Golin suddenly realized, and said quickly: "Isn't this the one you said is very good at tossing... Oh, no, I'm not good at talking, sorry, sorry!"

Contini laughed: "You are right, I do like to toss... You are welcome to come to Italy to see me when you have time."

"Okay, okay!"

After seeing Contini off, Goering asked quietly: "Chief, how do you know him?"

"He came to us on his own!" Hitler waved the $10,000 check. "Did you see that he also donated us $10,000? To be precise, it was $10,100."

"So rich! No, so generous! There are many rich people, but this is the first time I have met such a generous person." Golin said with a smile, "With such sponsors, I feel that our cause has great hope!"

"This line must be maintained well. I will come with you. Others should not interfere and keep it strictly confidential." Hitler explained, "You should keep in touch with him more emotionally, discuss more topics of common interest, and keep our situation confidential." Tell the other person in time, but don’t disturb his normal life.”

"Why me? Shouldn't you come forward in person?"

"He's interested in you."

"Just because I'm a pilot?"

"Yes!" Hitler reminded, "His teacher is Mr. Douhet, the Italian Minister of Aviation, so he is very interested in aviation. You are a pilot. This is a good entry point."

"I understand, isn't it just to please this young master? I can do that!" Golin said, patting his chest.

"You are wrong." Hitler said seriously, "We are not flattering, don't let people misunderstand that we are villains who cling to power and power. We are eager to make friends with like-minded people and learn from them the successful experience of the Italian revolution. Such friendship Talent lasts forever. When it comes to flattery, don’t people experience it enough in Italy?”

The two of them racked their brains to think about how to have a good relationship with Contini, but little did they know that the latter was also silently thinking about how to establish a close and friendly relationship with these two people - this is a person who is enough to blow up the history of the world in the next 20 years. !