PS: I moved and changed places, room number 404, is there a deep analysis of numerology?

"Or do they simply not want to compete with us?" Little Agnelli muttered first, and then denied himself, "How is it possible?" If he doesn't compete with us, what is he doing on planes, tanks, cars? There are so many ways to make money, why do you have to rush to these places? Isn't there no one to compete with him in chemical industry and steel? ”

"How big is his chemical industry?"

"A petroleum refinery in Genoa with a design capacity of 25 million barrels per year; An integrated refinery in Venice with an annual design capacity of 20 million barrels, and five refineries in Livorno, Ancona, Bari, Naples and Trieste, with an estimated overall capacity of 10 million barrels of oil per year; The three coal chemical bases in Udinese, Parma and Verona are expected to consume 10 million to 12 million tons of raw coal, but I heard that some coke is imported from Germany to support the steel industry; In addition, he has four power plants under construction, and I heard that four more will be invested this year, and the strangest thing is that two are actually in Tripoli and Benghazi, and I don't know what is the use of building large power plants in such places. Little Agnelli frowned, "I still can't understand his industrial and economic layout, nor can I understand his business logic, even if he has enough capital to complete these projects, who is he going to let digest?" Can you digest so much by uniting yourself? Is this still the rhythm of his money-making? ”

Just when Agnelli and his son complained that they couldn't understand Contini's operation, the same question was being asked and asked by Contini in person.

At the invitation of Contini and Hitler's personal introduction, Dr. Toth joined the management team of the United Group and served as the assistant to the president of the group - this is the second assistant to the president, closer to the chief engineer in nature, although the position given by Contini is very critical, but Toth is very modest, after arriving in Italy, he did not say a word, only buried himself in the information and studied the development plan formulated by the United Group, and only began to communicate with Contini after a full 1 and a half months, this down-to-earth style is very appreciated by Contini, but in the face of the questions he raised, Contini laughed on the spot.

"Doctor, I don't think about making money! The president does not look at the number of losses in 5 years, does not consider the balance issue in 10 years, and whether the profit is made is a matter of 10 years later...... Of course, this does not mean that we can be extravagant and wasteful, and the slogan of the United Group is very clear: fast, efficient and low-cost expansion! Take the general route of Italian industrial construction as fast as it gets. ”

Toth changed his very serious face: "Even if you don't think about money or budget, you have to consider the layout and structure of the industry, right?" You don't want all the modern industries you've worked so hard to build end up as expensive, idle toys that no one cares about, do you? ”

"Doctor, we can spread out and say the same, I won't hide anything from you, you don't have to worry too much, although we are the relationship between the boss and the employee, I hope you help me see me as a comrade, as a person who can carry out economic and industrial academic exchanges......"

"Then I'll tell you the truth...... "There are many things I don't understand about the development plan of the United Group, and in my eyes, there are many problems lurking under such a grand development plan, let me point out to you one by one, the first is the power problem." ”

"You say."

"Italy's total installed power capacity is only 1 million kilowatts (excluding small in-house generator sets of large enterprises), and although there are some power shortages at present, I think it is not impossible to overcome, and this gap can be filled by improving management and strengthening line maintenance. Even at a rate of 20% per year, Italy's electricity demand doubled in four years, and by 1929 it needed 2 million installed capacity, and I was very incomprehensible that the group had invested directly in the construction of at least 3.6 million kilowatts of power plants. ”

"Wait, the information you have is not up to date, now the plan is 4 million kilowatts, and I have just planned to build two new power plants with an installed capacity of 200,000 kilowatts each in Tripoli and Benghazi."

The United Group actually wants to invest 400,000 kilowatts of installed capacity in Libya? Toth exclaimed: "President, there are 40 million people in Italy and 400,000 in Libya, so why do you need so much electricity?" I don't think it's a good idea to build a new industrial facility in Libya, and as you said, the area is not necessarily peaceful in the future, and there are shipping constraints on the Libyan line. ”

"You're right, building new power plants in Tripoli and Benghazi seems wasteful, but there are several factors that you don't see in the plan: first, there is natural gas in these two areas, and natural gas fuel plants can be built; Second, I am going to set up a primary aluminum smelter here, and I have signed a series of agreements with the Soviet Union, Turkey, and Greece to import aluminum ore from these countries. Although shipping to Libya is almost the same as to southern Italy, since electricity is cheap, I have to build a metallurgical plant in Libya to refine aluminum ingots, and then ship them back to China for further processing......"

Toth nodded first, and now it makes sense: the natural gas found in Libya is a good combustion carrier, and it is a waste if it is not used, and there are no incredibly large LNG ships (LNG) in this time and space, and if the LNG is transported back in cylinders, the cost is not as affordable as setting up a gas plant directly in the country, at least with the current technology. After the construction of the natural gas power station is completed, the electrolytic aluminum project can be launched - this is an electric tiger that eats electricity abnormally, and it takes at least 15,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity to complete one ton of electrolytic aluminum.

After silently calculating for a while, Toth began to shake his head again: "Even so, the scale is still on the large side, even if the natural gas does not cost money (deducting the cost of exploitation), the construction of the power plant costs money, if it is pure aluminum smelting, I am afraid that Italy will not be able to digest it at all." ”

Under the condition of 400,000 kilowatts of total installed capacity for a year of full load power generation (calculated according to 7,000 hours, the theoretical hours of the whole year are 8,760, but after deducting the time of overhaul, maintenance, maintenance, etc., it is very good to reach 7,000 hours), that is, 2.8 billion kWh, all of which are used to electrolyze aluminum, will be the theoretical number of 186,700 tons of aluminum ingots - this figure surprised Toth.

"It's impossible to use all the electricity generated for electrolytic aluminum, because the dredging, expansion, transportation, airports, residential areas, and barracks all need electricity everywhere, and the two power plants can guarantee the production of 50,000 tons of aluminum ingots, which is very good," Contini smiled. ”

"Even 50,000 tons is too high, and now Italy consumes less than 5,000 tons a year, do you plan to export?"

"I have no plans to export, this is for my own use, and I suspect that 50,000 tons is not enough."

Toth was a little confused by what Contini said: a country that consumes 5,000 tons a year actually says that 50,000 tons is not enough?