On November 29, Contini and Antonio boarded the train to Frankfurt, and there was a very interesting episode on the way.

Contini didn't know when the train would start at first, and he was a little dumbfounded when he knew that the train was still 10 minutes away and that he was still 15 minutes away from the train station. However, Antonio was not in a hurry at all, and neither was the driver who drove them, and it was still at this pace.

"Hurry up, we're going to be late."

"Young master, don't worry, definitely not......," the driver Locke turned his head and said in an extremely humorous tone, "I have the impression that the train at Rome station almost never departs on time. ”

"But didn't my father go and get on time himself?"

"Yes, my lord happens to be sitting at the train station today."

"That's not on time?"

"No, the stationmaster knows that we bought tickets for this train, whether it is on time or not, at least he won't leave until we arrive!"

Well, Contini was speechless for a moment: on the one hand, his father, who is the Minister of Transport, personally grasped the punctuality rate, and on the other hand, the son of the Minister of Transport's son had the privilege of not leaving the car if he didn't arrive, and he was really drunk when he thought about it, and the Italians were really so cute!

"Doesn't it interfere with my father's work? If the outside world knew that the Minister of Transportation, who was clearly on time, opened the back door because his son missed the train, public opinion would definitely not let go of the opportunity to attack. ”

"No, no, no, young master, you don't know the complexity of the situation, my master and I have been squatting at the train station for a day to know what the problem is." Locke said with great interest, "Because the delay caused by management, technology, and operation is only part of the reason, at best, it will be delayed by 15-20 minutes, and the key is that all kinds of calls to the stationmaster office and the dispatch room ask them to delay the departure is the real culprit of the delay." ”

Contini was dumbfounded by Locke's recount: the elder Ciano went to the station dispatch room on the first day, and as a result, 17 phone calls were made asking for the postponement of the train's departure, a newspaper reporter, a nobleman's wife, the daughter of a certain director, the son of a mayor's friend, and so on, for all kinds of strange reasons, such as oversleeping, in meetings, still eating, and all kinds of reasons for disguise.

As a result, the stationmaster did not dare to make a trip that day, because His Excellency the minister stared, so he had to order all the shifts to complete the technical preparations and set off, and as a result, those dignitaries and nobles who made a phone call could not even stand by the side of the dignitaries, and the passengers who could barely be regarded as acquaintances with the dignitaries finally came to the stationmaster's room because they did not catch the car and roared, which made the old Ziano furious.

"So the adults gave two names to the mistake: the first is called the technical error; The second type is called a miscall...... The technical delay is generally 15-20 minutes, no more than half an hour at most, and the phone delay is not necessarily, at most 4 hours at a time, saying that it is because an adult wants to watch the comedy before he comes to take the train, so a train of passengers are all waiting there. ”

Contini sweated profusely, and he finally understood the meaning of the old Ciano's words that day, "The problem is accurate, but it is difficult to deal with, and the management is far more difficult than I imagined, I have to go and take charge myself", force majeure only accounts for a small half of the factor, and most of the time it is human interference.

"What's going on now?"

Sure enough, when Contini got on the train, it had passed 10 minutes of normal driving time, the station staff were still checking tickets slowly, and the passengers were slowly getting on the train, without the slightest sense of urgency, Antonio and Contini calmly found the first-class car they were taking, and 10 minutes passed, and the train still showed no signs of moving, and the impatient Contini called the conductor: "What's going on?" The technical delay time has passed, right? Didn't you just say that we would leave when we arrived? ”

If it were an ordinary person asking this kind of question, the custodian wouldn't even be able to see the face of the train conductor, but now that the minister's son has spoken out, the train conductor does not dare to slack off, and while accompanying the smiling face, he comforted Contini: "Your Excellency, don't worry, I'll ask right away!" ”

But soon Contini knew that there was no need to ask, because the old Ciano accompanied a person to the carriage where he was, followed by a large number of people such as the stationmaster and deputy stationmaster of the railway station.

"Calais, this is His Excellency Thoixie, Minister of Aviation, and this time he is also going to Germany."

"It's an honor to meet you, Uncle Duhei." Contini hurriedly said, "I have read your book "Air Supremacy", this is really the cornerstone of the theory of the Air Force, if I have time, can I ask you a few questions......

Du Hei stretched out his hand to shake hands with Contini, and smiled at the old Ciano: "Ling Gongzi is really interesting, worthy of being a political star who can make a name for himself in Rome, the masterpiece of "One Doctrine, One Party, One Leader" is much more widely spread than my book......

"The young man is just fooling around, you have to beat him more, lest he not know the height of the sky."

Before driving, the elder Ciano deliberately called Contini down and explained: "Mr. Duhei is a very learned person, and now he is the Minister of Aviation, you have to humbly ask for advice; When you go to Germany to inspect a company, you should also carefully investigate and study deeply, and don't get lost in the welcome and send-off, which are essential qualities if you want to enter politics in the future. ”

"Yes! Father, I made a note of it. Contini nodded, he understood the purpose of the elder Ziano's special introduction to Duhei to himself - this is a ladder for a father to do his best to help his children develop a political path in advance.

"Don't be greedy when you go to Germany to speculate, you can almost stop it; If things turn around, Antonio's people will help you control your losses, so don't gamble on it...... Communicate with me in time if there is anything, I should be at the train station when I am not in the office recently, you are still young, and there will be opportunities in the future. ”

"Understood." "Do you think this phone call and technical error can be solved?" ”

"It can be solved, but it will take some time, at least solve the problem of phone misconnection first, and then slowly solve the problem of technical mistime." Old Ciano sighed, "Now that a mission has not been completed, a new mission has come, and the leader has given an order for me to transport the Blackshirts stranded in Rome back to my hometown in a week, starting tomorrow." ”

"More than 300,000 were shipped back?" Contini was taken aback, "This can't be! ”

"Without more than 300,000 men, some of the Blackshirts near Rome have returned on their own, and the other part will continue to maintain law and order in Rome, and now the most important thing is to settle the 60,000 people in the south - these people have no work in Rome, and they have to be consumed every day, and all kinds of chaos occur from time to time, which is a great pressure on the government, and the leader has been worried for many days."

Contini looked at the old Ciano with sympathy: It is always easy to sabotage and find faults, but it is difficult to engage in construction and improve management, and the chaos of 60,000 people plus the Italian railway system is indeed enough for the old Ciano.

"However, I think it's also a good opportunity, and if you use it well, it can be useful for you to manage."

"Tell me about it."

"Settling the Black Shirts back to their hometown as soon as possible is obviously the overriding task at the moment, and the difficulty is not small, if there are people below who are unfavorable or you don't like it, just take this opportunity to get rid of it, the Ministry of Communications must manage the whole country, strict railway discipline, can not be without authority!"

The elder Chiano only smiled with satisfaction, didn't say anything, only waved goodbye, but Contini deduced from his father's smile that most of the other party thought the same way, how could he sit in a position without some means?