Speaking of the joint motorcycle is unlucky, just to achieve the mass production of sidecar motorcycle to catch up with the president in North Africa to carry out large-scale combat application, those in the domestic standard road to use the motorcycle to the desert appeared in a variety of problems, engine overheating, transmission chain mismatch, sand and so on all kinds of things have emerged, this is of course the result of insufficient testing, but also the inevitable embodiment of the manufacturer's experience in desert use, the problem is that the speed of improvement is too slow, repair and maintenance guarantee is also a little unable to keep up, In the course of five months, more than 1,200 motorcycles were lying in the nest for various reasons, and if it weren't for Contini's wealthy orders, new cars would have been sent to North Africa from the factory, and even the supply to the army and police would have been cut off, and the oil guards would have almost finished all the motorcycles they had brought with them.

By the time the improvement measures came to an end, the tense situation in North Africa had eased, and now it was good, and the joint engineering, joint construction, and oil guards all complained to the headquarters about the poor quality of the motorcycles in the process, which seriously affected their work, and their reason was that at least the armored vehicles and tanks invested by the United Defense in North Africa were not so fragile and could not be turned on at every turn, and even the newly built trucks of the United Motors had also undergone the test, and the failure rate was still within a tolerable range, but the United Motorcycles were unbearable!

There is no harm if there is no contrast, and this C has to be eaten if you don't eat it!

Contini made a keynote speech at the meeting, highlighting quality: "...... Excellent quality is the lifeblood of the company, which is not in a commercial sense, but in terms of political significance and life value...... In a place like North Africa, if the equipment is broken, it will cause a major incident and kill people! Under the premise that everyone says that the quality of the products of the United Group is good and has a good reputation, it will be easy for us to accept new products and open up the market in the future. Therefore, it must be rectified and improved...... The same is true for other companies, and when I come back from the United States, I will carry out a quality inspection, during which I will conduct an internal self-inspection to check and fill in all the defects that have problems! ”

Of course, Contini also knows that it is too much to blame for putting all the blame on the United Motorcycle, but this is the case, on the whole, you can express sympathy and understanding, but no one will sympathize with you if something goes wrong in North Africa, considering that the main battlefield he circled Italy is in North Africa, so the tropical climate and desert terrain must be paid attention to.

At the beginning of February, Francisco, the general manager of Union Bank, accompanied Contini on his way to the United States, preparing for a roadshow and final bell ringing for the upcoming Union Bank.

On the surface, Vivian and Francisco live together, but in fact, at night, as soon as Contini and Francisco finish discussing business, the two stick together, and Vivian, who has gained weight after giving birth, has returned to normal and has become more beautiful, strong thoughts and desires dominate the two, plus His Excellency the President has the heart to make up for it, so that Contini sometimes pays one meal a day is not enough (2000 words omitted here...... ）。

Francisco is sometimes stunned, I don't know if this is fair to his daughter, and whether he will regret it in the future, but one thing he knows very well is that he can't change and break this state - not to mention that he Francisco and Vivian can't do it, even Contini himself can't do it, otherwise the world will have to be in chaos.

Of course, nourishment is nourishment, and Contini does not dare to ignore it, he wants to think about deploying the next phase of the situation with Francisco, and there are some issues that he can see more deeply than Leo.

But after listening to Contini's judgment, Francisco still had great doubts: "You mean, you judge that US stocks will enter a period of soaring in the past two years?" But in my opinion, it has risen a lot, and the next step is likely to be a pullback. ”

Contini shook his head: "At present, the U.S. economy is improving, and the market environment of low interest rates is also maintained, so the twists and turns in the short term will not interrupt the upward trend of the capital market, and it may take 3 years for the real saturation and the stock market to catch up." ”

"So you're going to buy a lot of stock?"

"No, I can't buy in large quantities...... I've bought a lot of shares, and now they're all mortgaged by major banks. ”

"How did I never know? It has never been seen in the statements of the United Group. Francisco was taken aback, "Through what channels and accounts do you hold it?" ”

"I held ...... before the Coalition was formed," Contini smiled, "I made millions of dollars from speculation, and then I bought some stocks, like American Radio, such as American General ......"

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Third, the inner compartment was adjusted and hollowed out, and a large space was deployed to accommodate ground troops, and Contini required that it could accommodate about 300 mechanized troops, and that it should have the ability to fight on the beach, and that it could carry medium-sized landing craft;

Fourth, the power compartment and boiler were improved, and the original steam turbine could only output 32,000 horsepower at full load, which could have a speed of about 23 knots (now it has dropped to less than 22 knots), and he asked to increase it to more than 45,000 horsepower, which could run at a speed of 27-28 knots.

If you go to the scene, you can see through what it is - this is clearly an amphibious assault landing ship, and it is just a traffic boat, but it is quite consistent to say that a traffic boat is also quite suitable - isn't this a traffic boat of the landing force? Who stipulates that a transport boat can only be a few tens or hundreds of tons of cargo? Therefore, in the future, the full name of Dante is the United Petroleum Maritime Integrated Supply Boat, which is a perfect match for the floating sea airport.

The use of Dante does not meet the definition of a perfect amphibious assault ship, at least those side armor belts that originally belonged to the battleship are all wasted, but Dante has such a large shelf, and the hull is not bad, and it would be too wasteful to completely dismantle it, so Contini came up with such an improvement method, of course, the necessary anti-aircraft firepower will still be complete after the main gun is removed.

After listening to such a performance introduction, the designers quickly grasped the key point: the flight deck transformation and the layout of the side bridge are not difficult, but the difficult thing is how to arrange the cabins below reasonably - not only to improve and upgrade the power compartment without breaking through the scale of the hull, but also to ensure the space accommodation of 300 people and corresponding equipment - these 300 are not pure infantry, that are trucks, armored vehicles, tanks, motorcycles and light artillery to be on together, but also to support supplies, ammunition and other logistics materials, At least 14-18 aircraft supporting facilities should be considered on the deck, which are all obstacles.

However, the time given by the president was quite generous, and he used the time of dismantling to ask them to complete the plan for the improvement of the power compartment first, and then consider the superstructure and other cabin arrangements, and the time was ample until at least the end of May, and as for the dismantled guns, Contini also had suitable arrangements - Tripoli and Benghazi were still lacking in shore fortifications, and these naval guns were just completely arranged, and by the way, Tobruk was also settled.

After the idea of renovating the amphibious assault ship came to an end, Contini convened a group economic work conference: this year, there is no doubt that United Construction and Oil Guard are A-class enterprises, and even United Milan has climbed into B-category, because he won third place last year, and the gap between him and the first place is only 4 points, which is very close. Who is this year's C category for? Very unexpectedly given United Moto.

When it was revealed, everyone was shocked, United Motorcycle not only has new products launched, but also orders have been completed very well, which is a rare supply of goods, and the profits are among the top among the enterprises. Except for institutions like Union Bank, which lie down to collect money, United Motorcycle has the best profits. Observers say that there are two brands in Italy, one is called United Motorcycle, and the other is called other brands, and even Fiat Motorcycles have been beaten back and there is almost no way to fight back. Such a good company, even if it doesn't have Class A, it won't be Class C, right?