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"Leader, since you value it so much, I have no responsibility for this matter. But what I'm curious about is, who opposes you on this issue? There shouldn't be such a person in Fascist, right?"

Mussolini looked embarrassed. In fact, there was some internal opposition, but he couldn't reveal it in front of a junior like Contini. This would show that he lacked prestige and control, so he had to say vaguely: "Internal There are also some comrades who don’t understand, but that doesn’t matter, I can convince them, the key is that there are always people outside who are making trouble with me!”

"Who is so ignorant of current affairs?"

"Matteotti, that bastard!" Mussolini said angrily. "On the one hand, he laughed at me and said that I had fallen from a socialist atheist to a believer of the Pope. On the other hand, he insulted me and said that for the sake of power, what are you doing? He can do anything about steering the ship.”

Contini may not believe it from others, but when Matteotti's name is mentioned, Contini basically believes it.

Giacomo Matteotti is not only a member of the Italian Socialist Party, but also the party’s secretary-general. The Socialist Party is an old political party in Italy. It is very influential in the political arena and is the stronghold of the left-wing party. However, the party split once in 1921. The far left left independently and became the Communist Party of Italy. Its strength was greatly weakened. Matteotti Although he remained in the Socialist Party, he was a left-wing congressman whose political stance was very close to that of the Communist Party and deeply hated Mussolini.

Matteotti obviously did not oppose Mussolini because of his closeness to religion. He was a representative who firmly opposed Fascist's seizure of power. During this period, Fascist merged with the Italian Nationalist Party and gained a strong voice in parliament, so the bombardment There are many articles criticizing Mussolini.

Mussolini said bitterly: "If it weren't for the social impact, I would have sent people to kill this guy directly!"

Seeing the remaining anger on the other side, Contini knew that he was really capable of doing such a thing. Wasn't Matteotti died at the hands of Mussolini in history? So he immediately stood up and expressed his position: "Leader, I understand. Go back and arrange it. From next week, Youth Daily will start building momentum. You will not be disappointed."

"Calais, I just like the spirit of you young people - you are willing to work hard, you dare to fight and you dare to fight!" Mussolini personally walked Contini to the door. "If you have any difficulties, you can come to the Prime Minister's Office at any time. Come to me, no appointment required.”

As soon as Contini left, Cesare Rossi, the director of the press office, entered Mussolini's office. He asked doubtfully: "Leader, did you leave this matter to him?"

"Yes, what's the problem?"

Rossi thought for a while: "I'm afraid that he has no experience and won't be able to defeat Matteotti, which will delay your business..."

Mussolini smiled slyly: "The young one has no experience, and neither does the old one?"

Caesar Rossi was stunned, and then he realized: There is an old Ciano behind him. If the leader directly delegates this matter to the old Ciano, the effect may not be good, but if it is left to the young Ciano, Your Excellency, the Minister of Transport, must do your best, otherwise it will be embarrassing when the time comes to pursue this matter.

"Moreover, don't you ignore Calais' ability? In fact, I think his political stance and understanding are very outstanding. Not to mention better than 99.9% of college students, he is better than many comrades in our party. Several of his Articles - whether it is "We want prosperity but not freedom" or "One Doctrine, One Party, One Leader" are very weighty, and they can hit the current issues rather than talking in general terms. His level of running a newspaper is also very good, you still remember Did you give me the statistics?”

"Remember. It took 2 months for "Youth Daily" to start from scratch. Its circulation in Rome exceeded 3,000, including more than 1,900 stable subscribers. There will be more next year. In addition to Rome, there are also Milan and Bologna. There are more than 1,000 copies in each city, and it is said that they will expand to large cities across the country. Wherever there are secondary and higher education institutions, there must be a "Youth Daily."

"This achievement is very remarkable. Currently, national newspapers with relatively large circulations such as Corriere della Sera have a circulation of only more than 5,000 copies in Rome. Although our official newspaper "Italian People" has nearly 9,000 subscribers, it must be You also know that many of these were forced by the situation... "Youth Daily" was founded entirely on its own reputation and marketing. It has no political party background and no consortium background, which is very commendable." Musso. Rini paused and then said, "And you have to pay attention to the fact that Calais went to Germany for more than a month to inspect. It was impossible for him to interfere in the operation of the newspaper for more than a month, which shows that his team operation is relatively ideal. Oh, by the way, I heard that they don’t even get paid, or do they work voluntarily?”

"Yes, from top to bottom, except for a few workers in the distribution department, all other positions held by college students have no salary and only receive a small amount of allowances."

"This is cohesion..." Mussolini sighed, "Now that the party has gained power and newspapers have expanded their circulation, the cohesion has not improved at the same time. I even feel a little worse than before. How could there be such internal dissatisfaction in the past?" How much opposition?"

Rossi could only remain silent on this point. After getting a taste of political power, these rights and interests could no longer be let go, and competition and internal strife naturally increased. He thought Mussolini was not clear about these, but now it seems This is completely wrong, and the leader knows this very well.

"So, I'm going to send someone to learn from Youth Daily's approach?"

"No need, we can't learn what they do. Once we learn it, it will be even more destructive."

Rosie was stunned and didn't know why the leader would say such a thing.

“First, the target audience of the Youth newspaper is very clear, that is, intellectuals, young students and the middle class. The party’s organ is open to the whole Italian people and cannot be partial; secondly, these recent reports in the Youth newspaper are all Using a large number of social statistics, field surveys, and indicator analysis and comparison methods, our newspaper staff neither have the energy to study nor the ability to apply it; thirdly, "Youth Daily" has foreign news excerpts and reviews, and the popularization of science and technology , there are academic exchanges of ideas and cultural dissemination, and even a large literary review. If "People's Daily" imitates these styles and loses its book bag, it will be in trouble..." Mussolini said in an approving tone, "" "Youth" is for people with a middle-level education or above. The initial growth and promotion will be very fast, but the follow-up momentum is almost there, because the cultural level of Italian society is here. Families who subscribe to "Youth" usually will. There are two or three newspapers, but most people who subscribe to the "People's Daily" only have one. Do you think we can learn from it?"

Rossi nodded. The leader had been running a newspaper for many years. He was experienced and understood the issues very clearly.

"The reason why I chose Youth Daily to handle this matter is because Youth Daily is a reasonable newspaper, and Matteotti always wants to reason with us, right? Then I will use the same reasonable newspaper to deal with it. If he doesn’t have the energy to cause trouble with me, whether Youth Daily wins or loses, it won’t affect the party’s reputation, so why wouldn’t I do it?”

Rossi took a deep breath: "Leader, I'm very curious about Calais' expression when he left just now. I didn't feel uneasy, but confident, and even vaguely excited. Excluding the factor that young people don't know the heights of the world, I I really want to know if Youth Daily can be more reasonable than Matteotti.”

"I'm as curious as you, let's wait and see. At least Calais gives me a good feeling - he can write articles, engage in politics, and is even talented in business. Someone told me that he made money by speculating in Germany. A sum of money, I just tested it and found that it is true - this guy made at least 20-30 million lire! "

Mussolini never expected that as of the close of trading this afternoon, as the last time window given to Germany by Britain and France had closed, Mark's decline could not be contained at all. Contini had earned almost 13 million U.S. dollars. He took out Tens of thousands made Mussolini happy without Contini blinking an eye...