Chapter Seventy-Five: The New Leaders of the Iron and Steel Plant

For Eder, the grain processing industry was just a light industry that went unnoticed. Economics and management can make money, but in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century, the focus was now on heavy industry that strengthened the country. Eder is not immune, and now he is concerned about the new head of the Constanta steel plant and its expansion.

After defeating the greedy Duzwigan, Eder had no choice but to find a new man at the helm of the Romanian pillar. In fact, if it weren't for Duzwigan's greed, as the head of a steel plant, he would still be qualified. But now, because of greed, he is in prison.

"This is the new person in charge of the steel plant that we are considering, please take a look at it, Your Highness." Industry Minister Carituri handed the crown prince several copies of his resume.

"Isn't Bisk good now?" Edel asked.

In this embezzlement case, Biske, the deputy director of the steel plant, did not find out what was wrong. Now that the entire steel mill is temporarily overseen, it's no wonder that Eder asks this.

"His Royal Highness Bisk is qualified as a person in charge of production, but he is still a little less capable of leading the development and growth of the steel plant." Karaturi explained to the crown prince. Edel understood what he meant, this Biske was used to being commanded to work.

After asking, Eder picked up the resumes of several suitable candidates given by Karaturi and looked at them. Vázquez; Forty-five years old, French, previously worked as deputy director of the French company Sorak Steel. Later, due to a conflict with the general manager of the company, he resigned, and now he does not work in any company. This time, the Romanian steel company recruited and submitted their resumes.

When Eder saw this resume, he mentally dismissed this Mr. Vázquez. is forty-five years old and still so willful, it is estimated that there will be a lot of desire to control.

Edel picked up the next resume, Ktulaski; Fifty-one-year-old Polish, he used to be the deputy director of the Pratt steel plant in Russia, but was forced to leave his job because of ethnic discrimination, and now works as the director of a small steel plant.

Bordwell; Forty-eight-year-old, a German, previously worked as a deputy at the Krupp Steelworks, but left his job two years ago due to health reasons. Now I want to change my job after recuperating from my illness, and I am currently idle at home.

Carosta; Fifty-four-year-old, a Spaniard, used to be the director of a steel plant under the Spanish company Sotac, but later left due to salary problems, and now he is also unemployed.

After reading the resumes of these men, Eder asked the Minister of Industry. "What do you think?"

"Your Highness, the resumes of these people are selected by us from many applications, and they can basically meet the requirements of the steel plant."

After hearing Karaturi's words, Edel himself didn't know how to choose. Edel thought for a moment and said. "Why don't you arrange an interview with them?"

"It's fine."

"Then you go and arrange it."

Half a month later, Karaturi came to the palace with several candidates for the general manager of the steel company.

"I've seen Your Highness." The group saluted when they saw Eder.

"You're welcome, you are all outstanding management talents in the steel industry, and this time, because the steel company is very important to Romania, I invite you to come for an interview, I hope you can understand. Now let's do it one by one."

Everyone nodded in understanding.

"Then Mr. Vázquez will stay first."

After Edel finished speaking, everyone but Vázquez walked out.

"Mr. Vázquez, let's talk about the outlook for the Romanian steel company." Eder first asked about his outlook for the steel company.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, I think that the steel industry in Romania is relatively conservative right now, and the capacity of the steel mills is completely insufficient for Romanian demand. I think it is necessary to expand the scale of production capacity, and it is better to occupy the surrounding market, and to hold the domestic steel market a little back. ”

Eder listened to Vázquez's outlook and said nothing. Karaturi told the Frenchman. "Thank you, Mr. Vázquez, for your statement, please wait outside."

After seeing Vázquez off, Carituri called the next applicant, the Polish Ktulaski.

Eder will say what Vázquez said, and he will say it to Katulaski.

"I think that now Romanian steel companies should do a good job of internal stability first. In terms of production capacity, the current requirements are simple to meet domestic demand. ”

"Why?" Edel asked with some curiosity when he heard Katulaski's words. Faced with the crown prince's question, the Pole explained. "This is due to the fact that now Romanian steel plants do not have an advantage. In the case that raw materials need to be imported, the cost will be higher than others. And the development of Romanian steel companies is also due to tariffs. ”

"Mr. Katulaski, please continue." After asking Eder for a moment, let him continue with the previous topic.

"My personal thinking is that until there are no large coal and iron mines in Romania, the steel industry will be able to meet the domestic requirements, and we will not be competitive with the external market."

Karaturi saw that Edel had only asked one question, and did not ask any more questions. "Mr. Katulaski thanks you for your statement, please wait outside."

After sending the Pole away, Karaturi called the German Podwil and the Spaniard Carosta for questioning. After questioning, the Minister of Industry asked what his crown prince meant. "Your Highness, what do you think we should choose?"

"I think that Pole Katulaski is more suitable for the current Constanta steel plant." Edel spoke his mind. For Romania, the steel industry needs to be sufficient, after all, the cost is higher than others. Katulaski's speech was more in line with the crown prince's requirements.

"Okay, Your Highness, I'll go and tell them the results of your choice in the afternoon." Karaturi finished speaking and left the office.

In the afternoon, when Karaturi spoke out in front of several people, Katulaski was glad that he had been elected as the head of the Romanian Iron and Steel Company. Other people who did not apply for the job also congratulated him graciously.

After a few days of resignation, Katulaski took up his post at the Constanta steel plant, led by Karaturi. This veteran of the steel industry paid close attention to production efficiency and cut unnecessary departments as soon as he came up. Of course, he also knew that he could not be strict and spend half of the saved money on improving the food and welfare of workers. This move made the front-line workers thunderous with joy, and it also allowed him to quickly gain a foothold in the steel plant.

Eder also retracted his gaze when he saw that the steel mill was working well again. After some time, a piece of good news came that made him happy. In the Romanian Power Laboratory, the small diesel engine was finally developed.