The British watched the events with suspicion, and the French were full of anticipation. The French government has convened a number of consortiums to discuss that once the United Group discovers that there is oil in Algeria, except for the contract blocks signed this time, the exploration and exploitation rights in other areas will not be given to the United Group, and all French companies will come by themselves! Now it depends on whether the United Group can succeed in this gamble.

"What? Almost? Stop exploring? Why? Although the reserves have exceeded 500 million barrels, it is likely that there are other ......"

"The president and the French signed an exploration contract, which must be accelerated, and the area demarcated by the president has been fully explored." The liaison himself was also confused, but since the country said so, they immediately carried it out - the president said last time that there was oil here, and sure enough, now he says almost, that's about the same, now they have almost superstition to Contini, and since the president is sure that Algeria also has it, then go for it.

"But I'm sure there will be in other areas." An American engineer stammered.

"Perhaps, but your eyes are not very reliable, and I found this place...... "Another liaison sneered, "who was clamoring to go to Benghazi to rest not long ago?" Let's go, this time we'll go to Tripoli to rest and then go to Algeria. ”

Being squeezed like this, the Americans couldn't hold back their faces, and they sneered at each other: "Who said that Algeria must have oil?" ”

"What the president said! When did the president lie to you? He won't joke with his own money, everyone says that Libya has no oil - what is being played now? The liaison officer triumphantly joked, "The president said that Algeria has oil, then there must be, don't believe it, let's wait and see—if you're brave enough, let's take a gamble, just bet $2,000, and you can buy a good Cadillac." ”

As soon as it comes to betting, the Americans are cowardly, muttering for a long time, no one dares to take the stubble, the reason is clear: the Italians don't have to pay for their own gambling if they lose, the president will definitely pay, but what if they win the bet? Then you have to pay for it, and the company will never take a penny for this kind of bet. Let's not talk about how to win, this momentum alone has fallen to the lower levels.

Several American engineers retorted unconvinced: "Why? Is he God's illegitimate son? ”

The liaison shrugged: "He is God's favorite, and who of you has ever seen a young man toss such a big career and scene in just a few years?" He is the idol of all the young people of Italy, and such a proud son is worthy of the young leader of Italy! Do you have leaders in America? Are there three flags? ”

Well, everyone was tossed by this sentence. Don't talk about politics with these liaisons, these are all people with the words "Youth Union Guards" engraved on their heads, all counting on this road to climb up, dare to communicate with them about democracy and freedom? They promise to reply to you: "The president said that Italy's first task at this stage: to be rich and strong, not to be free!" Prosperity comes first, and everything else can be sacrificed! ”

The only one who complained was Walker, the general manager of Standard Oil in New York sent a telegram from the United States: the bonus was doubled, the exploration mission was extended for 1 year, and if you don't want to do it, get out, don't want to do it in the company in the future!

He didn't dare to scold the boss, he could only angrily scold Contini: "This bastard! ”

He didn't dare not accept this task: after buying a house, he was in debt, how could he pay it back if he was unemployed? And this time to hit the oil, no matter who finally designated the location, anyway, his prize money will not be less, if you can continue to find oil in Algeria, then the bonus is not beautiful?

While Britain, France, and Italy were in turmoil, Contini had quietly gone to Switzerland: Vivian had given birth to a girl a few days earlier, named Betty, and Contini had to accompany him—and he stayed with him for more than a month, until the elder Ziano telegraphed him back in early July.

Why did the old Ciano let Contini come back, the truth is bloody enough: after Vivian gave birth to a child and Contini went to Switzerland, Mussolini couldn't find him one day when he wanted to look for him, and after asking for a long time, he finally found the old Ciano here. Old Ciano was distracted, thinking that it could not be concealed, and that it should not be concealed, so he simply told Mussolini the whole thing, and finally said very shamefully: "The situation is like this, you can do it, right?" ”

Mussolini was also stunned at the time, he knew that Contini and the two anchors had a close past, and there were other rumors vaguely, but he really didn't know that he would go so far, but he understood one thing: the bastard president didn't plan to marry someone, and the old Ciano even told himself about the delivery of the shares, and vaguely revealed that Adriana was also pregnant and would do the same in the future - this news was actually the old Chiano's own imagination, and Contini didn't tell him this at all.

Old Chiano's crow's beak was revealed again: Contini didn't know that just because Adriana hadn't said it didn't mean that things didn't exist - in the case of Vivian's trip to Switzerland and pregnancy, Adriana, who was very anxious, felt the pressure and pestered Contini almost whenever she was free, so often, of course, a second misfire was inevitable, and Contini couldn't refuse - otherwise he couldn't stand Adriana's complaining eyes.

This time, even Mussolini laughed and joked: "Calais wants to toss two more women, and all his property will be handed over, so it is impossible for him to work for his children and wife all his life." ”

"Isn't it? I've lectured him many times and told you that you expect a lot from him...... But this kid didn't listen, and forced a reply - I also know that the leader has expectations, but that's later, your son is now in his 20s, and it's just when his blood is just right, I ...... I'm pretty clean. ”

Of course, this is also the old Ciano's arrangement of his son in front of Mussolini, in fact, His Excellency the President did not say this sentence at all, and the almost meaning was expressed only by the old Mrs. Chiano and Contini's mother. This sentence is not so much to excuse Contini, but to talk about the conditions between the old Ciano and Mussolini: That's right, I agree if you want to marry Ida, and my son will probably agree, but how old is Ida? 15 years old! If you wait until you get married at the age of 20, there are still 5 years, not to mention that these 5 years are too variable, and it is very hard to endure - young people......

Mussolini touched his head, and now he didn't know how to continue to talk about this topic with this old subordinate and old friend, this sentence is Contini style at first sound: it is certainly wrong to accuse the other party of messing around, and it seems that there is no moral height to accuse him of abandoning the beginning and ending - it doesn't matter if the parties are involved, and it is even more impossible to accuse him of betraying his fiancée - let alone engagement, Ida is not even Contini's girlfriend now.

Old Ciano quietly looked at Mussolini on the side, these things must be made clear, otherwise they will be time bombs in the future, and if you can accept it in advance, then you can do what you should do; If you can't accept it now, it's good for everyone to break off your thoughts as soon as possible before you are entangled and unclear

He sighed silently and complained bitterly: "I'm glad you can tell me this, in fact, this is also the aspect I want to communicate with you today: Ida is about to go on summer vacation, and she is so worried about Calais that he will accompany him to the Far East and India, this is the promise Calais herself made last year, she can't find Calais, and pesters me to ask, what can I do?" I can only look for him! I can ignore Calais and Vivian, and Adriana, but what he said himself must be fulfilled, right? Not to mention anything else, Ida has a summer vacation every year, he has to find a way to pacify him, and he can do what he wants to do after the summer vacation, I can't care about it! But I have to solve the problem now, otherwise there will be a commotion at home, and I won't be able to live in peace, right? ”

Old Ciano didn't know that there was such a thing, but the result of today's trial was very satisfying: Mussolini did not intend to pursue his son's bad deeds, but on the contrary, he also expressed his understanding, man...... Of course, I have to say that what the leader said makes sense, and the other women don't care about the leader, but the summer vacation is here to settle Ida and fulfill the promise, right?

"On the other hand, Ida is also older, and you know that Italian girls generally mature early, and I can see her feelings for Calais...... She even knew a little bit about Vivian and Adriana, but certainly not as deeply as she currently did. Mussolini now speaks like an incomparably kind father, "We are fathers, although there are political and career considerations, but in the final analysis, we still hope that our children can be happy, as long as we truly love each other, some small things can be ignored, Calais himself I still admire very much, in terms of ability, means, knowledge, there is no better young man than him in Italy." ”

"He has always been very grateful to the leader for cultivating him...... old Ciano thought for a while, and said for Contini, "I think he is still very concerned about Ida, and he also has feelings, this time he really didn't deliberately hide from anyone, but it happened suddenly, there are other reasons, and he, as a public figure, must use some methods to hide his whereabouts, so ......"

"Understand, understand......" Mussolini said in a half-joking, half-serious tone, "in case Calais marries Ida in the future, this stock must not be stingy, otherwise my face will not be able to hold ......"

Well, my daughter is worried about the shares before she gets married, old Ziano muttered in his heart, but he did not hesitate to say: "You must not treat Ida badly, I assure you, definitely more than the other two - more than the sum of their parts!" ”

Antonio quietly passed through the bottom for him, Calais now has at least 200 million US dollars in the group, and there is still a lot of money outside, and the one given to Vivian is 15 million, even if Adriana is added, it is 30 million, and in the future, if he really marries Ida, even if he gives 50 million, the big head can still be kept, so give the shares to the shares, but there is one point that Antonio repeatedly reminded the old Ziano to pay attention: The line of the leader must be kept!

The elder Chiano also thought so, so he was particularly generous in front of Mussolini.