Mediterranean hegemon

Plans are plans, and reality is reality. To achieve the grand goal envisioned, the United Group still has a long way to go.

Now, except for the United Motors built on the old factory building, the United Group is still a blank sheet of paper: the fastest-progressing United Power is still building a standardized factory building, United Chemical and United Shipbuilding have just started infrastructure construction, and United Steel has determined the development plot, but even the property transfer procedures have not yet appeared - this is because Contini has a special status and a strong background, and the United speed has been green-lighted in all aspects. If it really takes the Italians' temper to take it slow, I am afraid that the land price and property transfer will be delayed for a long time.

Antonio and he have calculated: it will take at least 2-3 years and at most 5-6 years for these industries to produce output. The overall situation is still in ruins. More importantly, if the United Group wants to grow from nothing to a fat man, it must have a goal that can be taken. Taking the simplest United Steel as an example, Contini's first phase target is 300,000 tons, which is equivalent to a quarter of the current production in Italy. This also means that at least a quarter of the manpower must be added. It is easy to find ordinary workers, but it is more troublesome to find technicians and engineers. Maybe they have to recruit people from the north again.

Because the stall is too large, there is a serious shortage of talents in all aspects. In order to please the financial backers and relieve the internal pressure after the Ruhr crisis in Germany, Hitler and Goering absorbed more than 500 construction, road, bridge, and municipal engineers from Germany. They were originally worried that they would not be able to find jobs. As a result, they returned the message in less than three months: Are there any more such people? We need 500 more!

At the end of last year, United Construction was just a construction service team affiliated with United Motorcycle, with only more than 200 people. In just 10 months, the number of people expanded from 200 to more than 5,000. There were dozens of construction or engineering companies that provided engineering services to the Ministry of Transportation and had decent levels. By September, they had basically been absorbed by United Construction. If they did not accept the merger, there would be no way out. Contini's salary for workers was one-third higher, and the engineers and technicians were half higher. Moreover, the project was running at full capacity. Even a fool would know which side to choose. If they did not merge, they would wait for the entire company to be emptied of personnel. Besides, old Ciano was in charge of the Ministry of Transportation. The son of the minister and the assistant minister came forward to ask for people. In the end, everyone would happily offer them with both hands. Otherwise, would they still want to take on the projects of the Ministry of Transportation in the future?

This tossing has integrated all the companies, big and small, into United Construction. As for the shell companies that have no power and subcontract at various levels, I'm sorry, the door of the Ministry of Transportation will no longer be open to you - it is obvious that United Construction will undertake large-scale projects in the future, so why do we need shell companies to share a layer of oil and water?

The feat of the United Group's massive construction effectively stimulated the recovery of Italy's construction industry, and a large number of workers and building materials were awakened from various dormant fields and put into construction. The three northern cities of Turin, Milan and Genoa had a total of 17 cement plants of various sizes, which were barely surviving. After the rise of the United Group, these cement plants were all alive and kicking overnight. All kilns working in three shifts could not meet the United Group's huge demand for cement and concrete - roads, factories, infrastructure, workers' villages, aviation towns and other fields were all using a lot of cement to pave the way. The amount of cement consumed by the entire United Group in 1923 accounted for more than one-third of the consumption in northern Italy.

Contini disdains to invest in cement, a low-tech product, and is too lazy to spend foreign exchange to import it. As long as the quality is qualified and the production volume can be supplied, he will purchase all of it internally, even if the price is a little higher. This idea has effectively made these private bosses successful. In order to show their loyalty to the United Group and their support for President Contini, private bosses of all sizes, regardless of whether they understand it or not, have their offices full of "Youth Daily" and United radios as standard. The factory also needs to buy 1-2 United motorcycles, at least one of which must be a commemorative edition or limited edition. In addition, their children who are studying in secondary and higher education institutions are all members of the Youth League, and they are particularly active ones. If anyone dares to say a bad word about the Youth League and the president, they will be the first to disagree.

The bosses of other building materials industries are almost the same. Brick and tile factories, floor factories, lime factories, paint factories and a bunch of other companies are looking forward to the orders of the United Group. A little bit of money from the CEO's fingers is enough for them. In addition to the high quality requirements, the United Group is the best customer they have ever seen: the price is not too harsh, the payment is always in advance and never delayed, and even the purchasing staff dare not take bribes. In fact, it is not that no one takes bribes, but Contini uses the darker to monitor internally. If you make a mistake, not only will you lose your high-paying job, but you will also have to spit out everything you have swallowed. As for the judicial channel, it is even better. The police system and the court system are all one-stop services, ensuring that the punishment is severe and fast. You can't even find a place to appeal. At least no one has dared to provoke this young master so far.

Contini knows that a certain country has a sentence that sums it up very well: behind the real estate, there are 17 upstream and downstream industries, with housing as the main line and infrastructure as the starting point, it works with one pull! If it doesn't work, just double it!

The most reserved among them are probably the bosses in the steel industry, but Contini doesn't want to indulge them: United Steel must be put online. In addition to Italy, the steel industries in Belgium, Germany and even France are all crying out for food. There is only one result for not obeying the baton of United Group - losing orders!

What's more, it's not just the loss of the United Group's order that offends this young man, but also the loss of orders from the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. He has the title of four ministerial assistants on his body and asks you if you are afraid. In the past, it was okay not to take this assistant seriously, but now that the title of youth leader has been released, and the news of spending a summer vacation with Ada has been released, who would dare not to take these titles seriously? If Contini hadn't delayed it himself, the undocumented title of Assistant to the Prime Minister would have been released soon.

Only such a system and such power can match the speed of the United Group. When the outside world is shocked that "United Houses" are blooming all over Italy at the rate of one house per month, they only think of the strong financial resources and strength behind the United Group, but they will subconsciously Ignoring the lethality of the young president, he famously said when speaking to internal management: "When I see the Italians who are free and careless, I can't wait to whip them forward! I don't want any such employee union group. If I find out, , no matter who he is, no matter how high his level is, he is destined to have only one ending - expulsion!"

The speed of unity in turn provided a footnote to Mussolini's governing philosophy: You see, as long as there are correct goals, the guidance of the Fascist spirit, and unity, indomitable momentum and fighting spirit, any Italian miracle can be achieved Create it. The combined speed tells us that Italy is no worse than any other great power!

Ps: Last time, a reader wanted to read what I wrote about the Ming Dynasty. I am really not familiar with this paragraph, but I can recommend a book called "Struggle in the Late Ming" to you. Interested readers may wish to read it...