Chapter 5 Mussolini with a headache
After getting engaged to Ada, the relationship between the two families became clear, and Ida moved into the newly prepared apartment of the elder Ziano, the Roman Forest Community, which had recently been completed by the United Real Estate. This is something that Ida has been looking forward to for a long time, and she is now looking forward to sticking to Contini. Italian girls are generally precocious, and they knew what things were going on before the age of 16, but what made Ida depressed was that Contini never touched her before the age of 18, not that she didn't like it, but that she didn't want her to experience it too early, all the actions were affectionate and polite, and the president himself didn't do it, and she was a little girl who could still take the initiative to stick to the overlord and bow hard, so she could only endure it - so she looked forward to growing up quickly every day, and being able to "fight" with Contini in bed like Adriana and Vivian.
As soon as they got engaged, this wish came true, and the two tossed for several days to enjoy themselves, and now Ida understands why Contini said that he would not move himself before the age of 18, and the president is really a little powerful, and every time she finishes it, she feels like she is prostration, and she is too young to bear this "development rhythm". So after Agnes talked about Monica, Ada agreed with a little hesitation - she thought that Contini and Monica, the secretary of life, had already had a leg, otherwise where would Contini's exuberant energy go to vent? - He doesn't go outside to attract bees and butterflies, Adriana and Vivian were both pregnant in Switzerland a few years ago, and only Monica is the only one who thinks about it. This point is her lack of experience - Contini is the soul of an uncle in his 40s, and he can endure it, so he is so ferocious when he occasionally erupts, otherwise how can he have the energy to deal with so many things in the United Group every day?
After the engagement, Ida went to school during the day, and Contini went to work at the group headquarters to deal with a lot of work left over - the daily operation Antonio will handle, but the big projects must be decided by Contini - it's not that Antonio doesn't have this power, and some projects he can't understand Contini's thinking and dare not make random decisions. In the evening, the two returned to their new home to enjoy life and seize the opportunity to exercise together. Contini occasionally has to go to Adriana's or Vivian's house to see the children, at this time, Ida excuses that she needs to have a good rest, and pushes Contini to Adriana's or Vivian's room for the night, she is not stupid, Contini is so generous to bring herself over, if she can't be generous, the family relationship will not be able to maintain in the future - after all, she is only engaged and not married, and the other two have even given birth to children.
The only hardest thing is, of course, Contini himself, it is not easy to maneuver between 3 women to pay public food, and occasionally when he is in the field, he has to "moisturize" Monica - sexual blessings are sexual blessings, and hard work is really hard, so Contini swore to them that he would never provoke a fifth woman again, it would have to be fatal. Mussolini had to cry when he heard it - he wanted to steal a few like being a thief, this son-in-law is good, the relationship circle is opened up, why is the gap between people so big?
At this point, Contini did not feel Mussolini, but sighed Chinese: It is said that successful men in China all marry their aunts, like Zhang Dashuai, a marriage is ten or eight, and the women around Zhang Shaoshuai also have to be calculated, how do they cope with it? It's amazing, it's really hidden! It is no wonder that there is an old Chinese saying, "As long as the kung fu is deep, the iron rod can be sharpened into a needle", and the ancient nation has great wisdom...... When he said this, the president was serious and open-mouthed, but the women around him all had special pictures in their minds, smiling and leaning forward and backwards, and trembling with flowers.
The Roman forest community is very distinctive, the whole is a low-density building complex, showing a six-pointed star pattern layout, that is, the main buildings are concentrated in the six corners, between the corners are covered with a large area of forest, the outer circle is the overall wall, the middle of the six corners is the community public facilities, Contini's new house is on the northwest corner, there are a total of 7 single-family houses, except for one is their own residence, the remaining 6 buildings are all allocated to the president's guard and other service personnel to live.
These six houses enclose Contini's dwelling in the middle, and it is impossible for anyone to reach Contini's dwelling without passing through other houses. What's more, the 7 houses in the northwest corner are specially structurally treated and look indistinguishable from other buildings on the surface, but only Enzo, the secretary of security, knows the secret:
Contini has several electric bells in his home, which are closely connected to other houses and can be summoned at the slightest movement; The exterior walls of all houses are reinforced with reinforced concrete and armored steel - the naval armor removed from the bathtub ship is used in this kind of place, the thickness of the front is more than 1 meter, which is much thicker than that of ordinary companies, and 150mm howitzers may not be able to penetrate it; Shooting holes have been secretly opened up on each wall, and there is a cross-fire network directly facing the road. Behind it is all 12.7mm Browning heavy machine guns waiting; in the facilities disguised as attics on the top floor of each house are actually 20mm machine guns, which can be used for anti-air fire and ground suppression and strafing; the ground floor of each residence is a garage, and under the garage are all secret passages connected in series, which can be easily dispatched for internal personnel and serve as a concealment function, and there are a total of 3 exits in the secret passages, which can be quickly evacuated; in addition to ordinary bulletproof cars, there are also tank parking spaces in the garage, and the M1 combined tank can be pulled over and used when the time comes.
This design vividly shows the president's fear of death, but now even the elder Ciano believes that it is necessary to strengthen the security - the energy involved in the president's back is so great that even Mussolini does not know how to deal with it.
After the end of the engagement, he will get married in 2 years, and Contini is the leader of his own people and family, and he should be reused, but now Contini is like this, his status, rank, and power are all possessed, and Mussolini is very troubled by what position to arrange: arranging an inconsequential position is obviously an insult, and arranging an important position is easy to suppress the limelight of the leader - Contini made Mussolini a little jealous when he was in the limelight in the United States, but he couldn't get angry with his son-in-law, he couldn't use it, and he couldn't use it, and he was very distressed about it.
Contini knew what he was thinking, so he didn't bother to ask about it, but focused on the projects, and the new oil storage facilities were also inspected - Italy can now stock up on 10 million barrels of crude oil, and by the end of next year this number could increase to 25 million barrels!
Originally, Mussolini planned to continue to let Contini stay in the position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but the telegram sent by the United States made him change his opinion: after Hoover was successfully elected, he informed the countries of the world and invited relevant dignitaries to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new president held on March 4, 1929. But Hoover's telegram invited diplomats and His Excellency the Honorable President to attend by name.
In Hoover's view, the president was greatly credited to his election: one was that Contini donated $990,000, the largest private donation Hoover received, and he was justified in giving preferential treatment; Second, Contini expressed his optimism about Hoover in public, and promoted the hot sales of Bailang Duo, which affected many voters, and finally Hoover was elected with an overwhelming majority of 74% victory. The Libyan project Hoover knew that it was inconvenient for the United States to intervene, but he wanted to use the celebration to talk about cooperation with Contini about these projects in the Far East, and the United States is currently facing the problem of poor demand, and China is also an important market for the United States.
This made Mussolini jealous again, and suddenly he didn't want Contini to be vice secretary of foreign affairs. After thinking about it in various cabinet departments, I suddenly felt that I couldn't find a suitable position to settle Contini: the War Department and the Admiralty were military departments, and Contini was not suitable, and Contini had donated a lot of funds through the United Group, and it was too threatening to go to the military organs to become a minister; The Air Force is in power with Balbo in power, and Contini has United Aviation in his hands and cannot be put down; The Ministry of Industry and Commerce is in direct conflict with the United Group, which is not suitable; The Ministry of Communications is headed by the old Ciano, and there is no father and son who are superiors and subordinates in the same department, so it is simply chaotic; The Ministry of Officials is responsible for the selection of officials, and if Contini enters this department, won't that create wings? The Ministry of the Interior has a strong policing power, and Contini has oil guards in his hands, and he can't merge either.
The rest is only the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Justice and other traditional professional departments, the Ministry of Agriculture is not the first to do it, everyone knows that the president is engaged in industry, especially heavy industry, you let a heavy industry president to develop agriculture? It was almost said that he was going to put on small shoes for others, which Mussolini could never do; Ministry? Contini has joint publishing, joint film, joint advertising, joint media, as well as IBC, Youth Daily, and Youth Weekly, which already have a huge influence in the world of public opinion and culture. Mussolini, who had always been concerned about public opinion, could not agree; As for the Ministry of Justice, everyone knows that the president is notoriously fond of lawsuits, if he is an official of the Ministry of Justice, how to maintain the next judicial fairness, even if it is superficial?
In the end, there is only the Ministry of Education - after all, Contini is a top student at the University of Rome, and he is quite a side when he is the Minister of Education, as for the entanglement caused by his original saying that the "three flags" enter the school, into the textbook, and into the classroom, it also makes Mussolini think that he can mediate from it, but after all, Contini is the secretary general of fascism and a youth leader, and he is at the same level as the ministers
Mussolini was not ready to issue an order appointing Contini as Minister of Education until late February, but by this time Contini had already boarded the ship to attend the inauguration of President Hoover in the United States, so the appointment was postponed again and was intended to be announced again when he returned to Italy in May, this time with the title of Italian envoy.