On Christmas Eve, Contini, who had been abroad for more than a month, finally returned to Rome again, and the old Ciano was waiting to pick him up at the station, and a black car made Contini's eyes shine - this is clearly a Fiat 505!

Seeing his son looking at the car intently, the old Ciano introduced with a smile: "The special version of the 505S given to me by Fiat is not available on the market, I feel okay when I ride, the speed is faster than the carriage, the comfort and the carriage are relatively close, the only fly in the ointment is that the noise is louder than the carriage, and sometimes there is a choking smell of gasoline......"

"The car body is okay, the sealing is a little poor, the noise is mainly caused by the engine compartment, in addition to the hood to be shielded with sound-absorbing materials, other doors, floors and even the roof should be considered to wrap sound-absorbing materials......" Contini carefully inspected the body and finally came to a conclusion, "We can still keep pace with the international trend in terms of shape design, but the manufacturing process needs to be improved, if Fiat wants to promote, it must achieve standardized assembly line operations." ”

In fact, the defects of Italian industry are obvious: in the development environment of the long-term workshop system, it can produce relatively advanced and modern industrial products, which are not inferior to similar products in Britain, the United States, France, and Germany, but when it comes to large-scale and assembly line production, it is easy to lose because of the problem of output - either it cannot produce a sufficient number of qualified products, or it barely has quantity, but the quality is uneven, and the gap between good and bad is too large. This problem is caused by the historical situation that Italy has been divided for too long, and it was not unified until the completion of the first industrial revolution or even the beginning of the second industrial revolution.

Therefore, Italian products are handmade and limited editions immediately appear to be tall and unique, and once they are popularized and popularized, they will be sluggish - this problem has not been changed until the era that Contini has crossed, Alfa Romeo and Ferrari are the world's top brands, but the output is really miserable. In peacetime, it is good, but once a war is fought, especially a long-term and protracted war, it will be over.

The second defect of the Italian industry is that it likes to embroider its legs, is accustomed to superficial articles, and is unwilling to work hard. Taking the automobile industry and the aviation industry as examples, Italy's design level is good, even ahead of the international trend, but the engine is always not built well, and there is heart disease, which is not so much because of the lack of accumulation and research and development level, but because of the national personality of Italians who like to be in the limelight.

Just like this special version of the 505S for example, the shape and design are very good, but the annoying little problems of noise and sealing cannot be cured.

The old Ciano thought deeply of his son's criticism, but Fiat's matter was not something that could be handled easily, he smiled slightly, and said in an approving tone: "It seems that you have learned a lot from your investigation in Germany, and you know that you have to sink down to look at the problem." Get in the car first, your mother is waiting for you at home. ”

After getting into the car, Contini stopped paying attention to the car, but quietly asked: "Father, have you received all the money?" How is the United Motorcycle going? ”

"Everything went very smoothly, I circled a piece of land of more than 100 hectares in the suburbs of Milan, there were originally some factories on it, and I asked people to adjust it according to the industrial layout and planning, and also ordered a batch of new technical equipment according to your requirements and the suggestions of the engineers, which is expected to be completed and officially opened in March next year, and the leader also knew about it and said that he would personally attend the opening ceremony."

"There may also be a need to build a number of staff dormitories, and I brought a group of people back from Germany."

"Germany? Whose corner did you dig? How many people are there? [Readers who have not seen the relevant content after "Iron Cross" 404 can pay attention to the prestige public account "Moon Shadow Wutong" to get the follow-up plot]

"I bought a motorcycle design drawing from BMW, and then hired more than 20 engineers and experienced technicians, and they will report for duty after the New Year."

In fact, Contini's poaching behavior has long been expected by BMW, and it is difficult to understand it as soon as possible without relevant technicians and engineers based on a drawing, given that Contini only digs the middle and lower backbones, BMW is also happy to pretend to be confused - now they have too many personnel, and they can't do it anymore, and it is bearable to divert some, as long as Contini does not move the chief designer!

"More than 20 people are easy to arrange, there is a residential area next to it, rent more houses, and there is no hurry to build dormitories slowly." Old Ziano smiled, "I thought you would poach people in China, but I didn't expect you to send your idea to Germany in advance." ”

"These 20 people are just the beginning, and there will be more and more after the New Year." Contini sighed, "The time is not far from the capture of the Ruhr area by France and Belgium, the German economic system will soon face collapse, I will dig up a group of engineers at this moment, if the Ministry of Transport has a construction demand for railways, highways, and bridges, you can also hire them from Germany, and the price of hiring a German engineer is not high." ”

The elder Ziano nodded yes: his son's judgment has been verified again, the red line of December 31 is getting closer and closer, and now it is too late for Germany to fulfill its obligations, although the diplomats are still making their last efforts, but it feels like a futile struggle. However, he was a little worried about hiring too many German technicians, and now that the unemployment rate in Italy is very high, he is afraid of arousing public opinion if he hires technicians from outside.

"I've thought about this question, in fact I need a lot of Italian engineers and skilled craftsmen, but their problems have to be corrected, I brought in the Germans because I want to use the rigor and hard work of German industry to brainwash the Italians - the Italians have neither arms nor legs, nor IQ, why can't the Germans do it?" Contini had a straight face, "I can't change the working atmosphere in the whole country, and my own company can't help but change, right?" ”

"Yes!" Old Ciano smiled, "The Ministry of Industry and Commerce will thank you when the time comes." ”

When he returned home, Contini finally met his mother: a typical aristocratic woman, in her 40s, graceful and extraordinary. He called out a little embarrassedly, "Mother, I'm back." Then I didn't know what to say, and my mind went blank. However, the other party was not surprised at all, and he didn't know that his beloved son had been dropped, and he still caught Contini off guard like when he was a child, ......and finally adapted to this atmosphere and corrected his mentality - you have taken the body of someone else's son, and you are still twisting like this, you are really a bastard.

Besides, the family really didn't say anything to themselves, and they really supported it: if they wanted to have capital for speculation, old Chiano mortgaged the property for loans; If you want to go out and have a status, the minister's son talks all day long, and someone comes forward to do anything; Even in life, it is arranged very properly, the house is bought, the furniture and decoration are all done, and even the maid is matched, what else is there to say about life so far? What Contini has been striving for for 20 years in the 21st century has not achieved in less than two months.

He smiled as he recounted his two years of study and study in Germany, and pulled out a Christmas gift for the two: his father got a box of top-of-the-line Cuban Havana cigars, and his mother was a diamond necklace that was worth a lot of money at first glance. If it was before, the old Ciano would definitely accuse him of spending money indiscriminately, but now he doesn't want to say such a thing - his son's net worth is stronger than himself, and spending this amount of money is not even a dime.