Chapter 8: Work Hard and Fast (3)

"Domestic ports also need to be dredged and expanded. The most important ones for the United Group at present are the ports of Genoa and Venice. The next focus is on Naples and Bari, and the long-term future is Palermo..."

Old Ciano nodded first, then shook his head, with a strange look on his face: "I suggest you change the order and elevate Palermo's position to that of Naples and Bari! You have very good connections there. …”

As soon as he said this, Contini's face turned red. What does "very good connections" mean? That was Adriana's father's territory, and the old Ciano's hint was too obvious.

"Palermo is an important town in Sicily, but it has always been controlled by the mafia. The leader is very dissatisfied with this. Although he keeps it quiet, based on my observations, I think he will take action sooner or later..." Old Ciano mentioned. He said, "Do you believe it or not? The current layout can provide convenience for future military operations! Don't you want to expand the number of volunteers wholeheartedly? This is the best opportunity."

Contini was stunned for a moment, and then blurted out the next sentence: "I am also thinking about expanding the number of guards in Libya."

"The Libyan security guard is too far away. It will be difficult for you to use it immediately in the future. Of course, there are good reasons for expanding the security guard. If oil can really be found, the leader will be more anxious than you." The old Ciano has recently gone through a credit crisis. After the blow, my whole thinking suddenly changed a lot. I was originally worried about my son jumping up too fast, but now I think that jumping up is not a problem. In the final analysis, I need to have strength. This time Fiat has been honest after being beaten. What? Although he thinks that Contini is right to pretend to be deaf to Fiat's intervention, this does not mean that he has to swallow his anger. Fiat is just shrinking fast!

"He is very dissatisfied with the security situation in Libya and is considering increasing the number of troops to fight the rebellion in Libya next year when the financial situation improves... If oil is discovered, the pace will definitely accelerate."

"Why don't I know these things?"

"You are on the meeting list, but you are in Switzerland, and these words will not be written in the meeting minutes. They can only be conveyed to you by me..."

"Speaking of which, I will stay in the country more in the future to avoid missing any important news."

"No... on the contrary, I suggest you attend fewer meetings." Old Ciano showed an incomprehensible smile, "You are too young, and you have suddenly reached the position of youth leader, and there is a vague idea of ​​a successor to the leader. Intention, what do you want them to think? Many people subconsciously cannot accept that a young man who has not graduated from college can be compared with them. Not everyone is as open-minded as your father and never covets the highest power... Facing the Socialist Party You may feel relaxed because the enemy is very clear, but it is not so easy to avoid the open and secret attacks within the party, so you have to keep a low profile, especially in politics. The movie "Leader!" is good, but you are in. He appears frequently in the movie and has more scenes than all the other veterans combined. What do you think they will think?"

Contini was horrified: Recently, with a large amount of money in hand, and having overcome credit problems and numerous tests, he was indeed a little carried away. The old Ciano's advice at the critical moment was very correct. It needs to be low-key, even more low-key.

"Have you noticed that because of their experience, background and culture, many of the words spoken by these party elders are inappropriate or unstylish... You are a top student at the University of Rome, you are already eloquent, and you have a bunch of new terms and new theories. , Leaders like such subordinates, but they don’t like such opponents, so you should attend meetings less often, show up less often, and respect these elders. As long as their interests are not touched, they will not deliberately make things difficult for me. After all, you are still a young leader, and you still have a long way to go. Who knows what will happen in the future? You have such good cards in your hand. No one wants to cause big trouble for you unless necessary. Maybe you can be a helper in the future... "

Contini thought: What help? Your son has made it clear that he wants to go to school on his own, but he can't say this now. Wait a word!

After these remarks, the father and son discussed civil aviation with great interest: If railways have to consider the existing road network, and highways have to consider connection and use issues, then civil aviation has a completely bright sky.

There is no doubt that United Airlines is still losing money, but its business volume has increased: the circulation of "Youth" and other publications has exceeded 100,000, directly ranking among the top six Italian newspapers, and is positioned as the "second newspaper" This is a complete compliment for the "Youth Daily". Except for Rome and nearby cities that use roads and railways, everything else is transported by civil air. In addition, United Airlines undertakes all the express mail delivery tasks of the Postal Department, every day It can reach at least 3,000 packages; United Express is increasingly accepted by more and more Italians, and the daily delivery volume has grown from a few, a dozen, or dozens of items to now exceeding 500 a day (the national total), which is quite remarkable. Achievement; United Motorcycle’s accessories are still sent via United Airlines. With the overall sales of motorcycles exceeding 10,000 units, this order is also very optimistic...

In general, without considering economic factors, civil aviation cargo volume can basically meet one-third of United Airlines' transportation capacity, and Contini did not waste the remaining two-thirds: the training mission of the leader guard undertaken by the Roman Warrior Club has been completed, and now the training mission of the volunteers and commandos is underway. Contini gathered the best personnel among them to conduct air-ground integrated commando training. Every morning, the commandos will board the aircraft responsible for the transportation mission, then assemble after parachuting in the air, and complete field survival, training and special operations simulations, and finally arrive at another airport and take the next flight back to the Rome base. Repeated training.

The Joint Paratrooper Commando was gradually beaten out in such a test close to actual combat day after day. Although the number of people is less than 200, they are all-round warriors trained by Contini according to the outline. They can parachute and perform special operations. Each of them is considered a special pioneer. He thought clearly that it was difficult for the Italian nation to have a large-scale field force. The so-called 8 million bayonets was a complete joke, but it was possible to train an elite guard army that was brave and good at fighting and armed with fascist ideas. After the formation of the United Paratrooper Commando, the future development direction would become clear: either to improve special warfare capabilities and develop into special forces, or to enhance popularization and transition to a paratrooper brigade.

If this income is included, Contini thinks that the loss of United Airlines is nothing. Training paratroopers has always been a high consumption. Haven't you seen that the expansion of the army in wars is increased by hundreds of thousands or millions? You can be sent to the front line as cannon fodder with a rifle, but who has seen the expansion of paratroopers by tens of thousands? It doesn't exist!

With the basic completion of the construction of 19 large city airports across the country, and the completion of aviation bases in backbone cities such as Milan, Genoa, Rome, Venice, Naples, and Bologna, he believes that the realization of civil aviation passenger transport on the basis of civil aviation cargo transport can be put on the agenda.

Old Ciano also attaches great importance to this matter. Aircraft transport of goods is not news, everyone is tired of it, but transporting people is news. The Ministry of Transport has made remarkable achievements in the past two years, and he also expects a breakthrough in the new year. The subway cannot be built for a while, so civil aviation is the only possible bright spot.

Contini understood this: Dad's political achievements still need to be helped to deal with the past. Even if he does not consider his father, he must consider the special lines of the United Group. So the two of them discussed and decided to test run in May, first opening the domestic route of Milan-Rome, and the international routes of Rome-Geneva, Rome-Paris, and Rome-Berlin.

As for whether it will lose money, old Ciano did not say a word, only emphasized safety and reliability, and Contini did not dare to complain, but finally added a sentence that accidents and injuries will be covered by United Insurance.

With the backing of the wealthy United Group, what are you afraid of? Come on! If you fall, hundreds of thousands of lira are waiting for you...

ps: An additional chapter (Chapter 5) for book friend 20171102233456016 has been published on the official account. Currently, 600 monthly tickets are still owed for additional chapters...8)