Rise of the Argentine Empire

About 3 kilometers from Puerto Belgrano lies a fishing village called Ceferino Namuncurá, belonging to the district of Almirante Brown. It's a sizable village, a community of over ten thousand people.

Here, modern fishermen and new city dwellers have settled. The buildings are more disorganized compared to the well-planned city, but they still enjoy the conveniences brought by urban development.

Transportation is very convenient here. There's a decent fishing port, and 2 kilometers away are the Almirante Brown shipyard, the Almirante Brown naval shipyard, and other parts factories, employing over ten thousand people. Besides these, there are also many small and medium-sized factories, machine processing plants, and food factories, forming a massive industrial park with over twenty thousand people.

Although the employee dormitories in the various factory parks are well-equipped, they can't meet all housing needs, especially for employees with families.

The houses in Ceferino Namuncurá have become the place for them to rent. Buying a cheap bicycle meets their commuting needs. As the population increased, the Almirante Brown district simply built 3 bus stops here. As a result, Ceferino Namuncurá has become an important foothold for new city residents.

Compared to the west side of the industrial area, the rent here is cheaper and more convenient, so many factory workers also choose to live here. The huge gap between the factory and the village has now been slowly filled with factories and standardized dormitory buildings.

Enterprising fishermen, seeing the profitability of renting out houses, rent out their idle houses and build new houses on their own land.

Hedy Keynes, the president of the Almirante Brown branch of Banco Comercial de Bahía Blanca, keenly perceived the business opportunities. She was originally the vice president of the Almirante Brown branch of Banco Comercial de Bahía Blanca. Originally, there were a large number of housing construction loans here, but after Almirante Brown was divided into three, its strength was greatly weakened, and the scale of the Almirante Brown branch began to expand again.

Obtaining loans from Banco Comercial de Bahía Blanca, they built many houses at low prices for rent, and making money allowed them to continue to expand.

Banco Comercial de Bahía Blanca expanded very quickly. In its early stages, it received support from almost all state-owned systems in Bahía Blanca and is now injecting more capital into the development of Bahía Blanca.

It is also an important fishing port. Thanks to the support of the shipyards, it has become an important fishing boat sales center in Argentina, attracting many professional fishermen.

Such a scale can be considered a small town, and its size is far from comparable to those poor and backward southern villages. The facilities in this fishing village are relatively complete, with specialized shopping stores, seafood markets, and even a department store supermarket.

In fact, this is the case. Ceferino Namuncurá is preparing to officially become a new town. The city council has already passed the motion. The new town is tentatively named Ceferino Namuncurá. The new mayor will also be selected and appointed by Almirante Brown. The old village chief, Byron Francis, is no longer able to manage this huge fishing village well. The population has increased dozens of times in a short period of time, and the villagers of the fishing village have instead become landlords.

There are many such villages in Bahía Blanca. The influx of population is too large, causing the original administrative divisions to be unable to adapt to management. This situation is being improved.

Ynsel Supermarket is a new store launched by La Pampa Commercial Super Department Store, also called a supermarket, which is more advanced than department stores and has a wider variety of goods. You can easily purchase all kinds of goods you want in the supermarket.

This fishing village is relatively wealthy. Some have already built one- or two-story small buildings with brick and stone structures. Fish and cured meat are dried on the extended balconies.

In the distance is the white beach and the large-scale fishing port, filled with fishing boats that have not gone to sea, from small boats of hundreds of tons to large fishing boats of thousands of tons. Some are inshore fishing, and some go to the deep-sea fishing grounds of the Atlantic Ocean.

Advanced fishing boats have been equipped with cold storage rooms to maximize freshness.

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For more than a month, Saint-Jose has been conducting research in various parts of Bahía Blanca, visiting almost the entire city of Bahía Blanca and visiting hundreds of state-owned factories.

This made Saint-Jose even more excited.

Bahía Blanca International is a large-scale state-owned industrial and trade integration company established on the basis of integrating Bahía Blanca Trading Company, Bahía Blanca Shipping, and Bahía Blanca Agricultural Products Export Trading Company. It adopts a more advanced equity holding method. In addition to the State-owned Assets Committee, there are also departments such as the Bahía Blanca Department of Finance and the Bahía Blanca Department of Agriculture that hold shares.

Bahía Blanca International controls 12 medium and large factories, including Bahía Blanca Water Company, Bahía Blanca Pharmaceutical Factory, Bahía Blanca New Bay Department Store, Bahía Blanca Fan Factory, Bahía Blanca Motorcycle Factory, Bahía Blanca Textile and Garment Factory, etc. It is the new head of the State-owned Assets Committee with more than 19,000 employees.

What is even more impressive is that Bahía Blanca International's production efficiency is very high, and the quality of most products can reach excellent standards. It adopts a militarized management model, and the wages and benefits are at a high market level.

Since its establishment, Bahía Blanca International has developed very rapidly. A lot of autonomy in operation has been delegated. The Assets Committee no longer exercises actual control, but has delegated power. The new top leader has also selected capable people in charge.

Bahía Blanca International has successively obtained a large number of operating loans and credit lines from Banco Comercial de Bahía Blanca and Barron Bank, and has selected a group of talents to enter. It has now established trade ties with seventeen European countries, and is constantly introducing new technologies to develop factories. Both the operating scale, profits, and development potential have increased tenfold.

Taking industrial output value as an example, the Eagle brand tricycles and two-wheeled motorcycles produced by the Bahía Blanca Motorcycle Factory are widely praised by the market for their good quality and low price. Adopting a low-price strategy, they have seized the market and have entered the markets of various provinces in Argentina and have also been exported to neighboring countries. The output value has exceeded 5 million US dollars in a short period of time, becoming an important motorcycle manufacturer.

Bahía Blanca Motorcycle Factory is also preparing to upgrade and reorganize into a joint-stock company and list on the Argentine National Securities Exchange in order to obtain more funds. It has received support from the Provincial and Municipal governments to conduct restructuring tests.

The current General Manager of the Motorcycle Factory, Mejoli Nader, and the Factory Director, Joseph Poli, are both thorough radicals and ambitious. If the Motorcycle Factory is successfully listed, they will receive equity dividend rewards from state-owned factories and obtain greater wealth.

Meijoli was originally the deputy director of a weapons industry research institute in Buenos Aires. Joseph was his assistant, with 15 and 10 years of experience respectively. Due to poor economic performance and delayed funding, they were headhunted to serve as the director of the Blanca Military Weapons Research Institute.

However, light weapons research in Blanca was also slow. Although the salary was 50% higher than in Buenos Aires, it was still difficult for Meijoli, who had to support five children, but it was still much better. Inflation was temporarily under control, and the price increases weren't as terrifying as before.

At this time, various industries in Blanca were developing rapidly, and there was a shortage of talent. The Blanca Motorcycle Factory was also facing problems with poor sales and difficult production.

The motorcycle factory, also within the State-owned Assets Committee system, approached Meijoli for a part-time job, offering a high design fee. Moreover, most of the work was on weekends. For Meijoli, who urgently needed money, this was a great temptation, as the design fee for two days of part-time work was higher than his full-time salary.

With some subsequent cooperation, the head of the motorcycle factory went to Ushuaia Prison due to criminal issues, while the motorcycle designed by Meijoli achieved unprecedented success. The market continued to be hot, even surpassing the established Layton Motorcycle and other emerging manufacturers, gaining the attention of Blanca International's management. They directly invited Meijoli, offering five times his salary. Meijoli directly jumped ship, bringing his capable assistant with him, and became the head of the motorcycle factory.

The new motorcycle factory also smoothly implemented a large number of production process reforms, reducing costs, emphasizing quality improvement, and establishing production quality standards. The 'Eagle' brand motorcycle became the motorcycle factory's cash cow, and its reputation continued to rise.

Meijoli also launched an upgraded version of the 'Eagle' brand motorcycle, which was more fuel-efficient, easy to use, and affordable, directly igniting the market. Blanca International invested a large amount of capital to support the development of the motorcycle factory.

Now, the Blanca Motorcycle Factory has quickly become one of the most famous motorcycle factories in Argentina, becoming an important production tool, especially in some rural areas. Taking out loans to buy motorcycles has become a new driving force for consumption, and Blanca Commercial Bank has therefore obtained a large number of high-quality loans, further advancing its development.

The Blanca State-owned Assets Committee has already begun to carry out certain restructuring and reform work, revitalizing assets and promoting economic development and vitality.

The Blanca State-owned Assets Committee controls more than 300 factories, with an average asset scale of 600,000 US dollars, making it the largest urban asset management committee in Argentina. Only the La Pampa State-owned Assets Committee can compare in scale.

Some large factories, such as the Blanca Cigarette Factory, have an asset scale of over 5 million US dollars. Even larger is the Blanca Auto Parts Factory, with an asset scale of over 10 million US dollars, producing various parts for Layton Motors.

However, state-owned factories also have certain drawbacks, namely, they are prone to rigidity, lack competitiveness, and lack vitality. Some factories one-sidedly pursue production expansion, but the product quality is poor, and some even suffer serious losses.

This requires rectification. Saint-Jehese's idea is to establish a batch of integrated industrial and trade companies like Blanca International, integrating factories together to improve scale and production efficiency.

At the same time, introduce a system of elimination and bankruptcy. Some seriously loss-making factories should be closed, production stopped, merged, or transferred to stimulate the vitality of the overall state-owned factories.

A state-owned factory, if it is not competitive and only supports a few workers, it is better to go bankrupt and close down. This is the reform idea.

Now Blanca is not short of those few factories. Too many state-owned factories have been established in recent years, resulting in a batch of inefficient factories. It is time to rectify them.

If the products produced are not competitive or are not strategic basic products, they should get out.

Now Europe, such as the British, are also developing state-owned companies in large numbers, which is worth learning from.

In general, situations like the Blanca Motorcycle Factory are happening in various industries in Blanca. A large number of outstanding talents from all over Argentina are gathering here to realize their ideals and ambitions.

As long as you have the ability, you can gain wealth, status, dignity, and glory here.

And Saint-Jehese has been constantly promoting this situation to happen.

Creating a prototype of a brand new 'Argentine Dream'.

Attracting more new immigrants, and talent from other provinces can be drawn over to create a powerful La Pampa Province.

Saint-Jehese is also brewing a new round of state-owned factory reforms from various surveys to unleash market vitality.

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Recently, the councilors of other nearby provinces are also passing various policies conducive to economic development.

Under the promotion of Saint-Jehese, La Pampa Province continues to improve its radical birth policy, promoting the continued growth of newborns.

La Pampa Province has set the best newborn welfare in Argentina. Families with more children are given large subsidies and allowances.

The number of newborns in La Pampa Province continues to rise, and the pressure brought by rapid urbanization is lagging.

La Pampa Province has sufficient financial resources to cope well with this subsidy strategy. Anyway, it is better to spend the money than to let it remain in the treasury and be coveted.

The La Pampa Provincial Hall has become the most financially abundant and the most willing to spend money in Argentina, investing in population, economy, education, and other aspects through debt-driven spending.

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Radical Party members improve the Radical Party's cohesion by participating in and organizing various public welfare activities.

From the beginning of Saint-Jehese's participation in rice planting, it has become more and more developed.

From organizing the creation of excellent communities, helping grassroots citizens and new immigrant communities quickly integrate into Blanca, to organizing the cleaning of street garbage and river silt, various volunteer cultures have begun to form.

The Radical Party of La Pampa has further revised its organizational rules and learned excellent experience from the organizations of the Soviets and New Chinese, carrying out reforms different from the uncompromising Radical Party headquarters, becoming more localized and more revolutionary.

Under the promotion of Saint-Jehese, the organizational structure of the La Pampa Radical Party has also undergone various changes. Various state-owned companies and factories have established Radical Party organizations, and organize regular study and exchanges.

Most of the companies in the Cohen Consortium have also established Radical Party organizations. The La Pampa Defense Force and the Coast Guard have also formally established Radical Party organizations, and have absorbed the organizational structure of the Republican Party, and there is already a tendency to be independent outside the uncompromising Radical Party headquarters.

For Saint-Jehese, it takes too much to create a new organization, but it seems that digging a piece out of it is still possible.

The La Pampa Uncompromising Radical Party is basically of the Saint-Jehese Cohen faction. Starting from the Blanca Radical Party, it has spread out and established a relatively strict organization. In addition, Saint-Jehese's constant transformation has cleared out many political enemies and moths, and purified the composition of the La Pampa Radical Party a lot.

In Saint-Jehese's view, since La Pampa Province has its own constitution, then the La Pampa Radical Party can also have some differences.