Chapter 55: A Great Job (1)
Although Hermann Goering had never run a business yet, he was still keenly aware of Contini's problem – burning money! He believes that there are only two results of burning money in this way, first, this prince will have to stop this practice and take the initiative to shrink or even transfer; Second, the capital chain of this prince has completely collapsed and is unsustainable.
However, although he thought it was unwise, he didn't mean to dissuade him, not that he didn't want Contini to jump into the fire pit, but that he knew the other party's attitude very well - he didn't think about making money at all, just for business strength. What could be more cost-free? Yes, for example, the revolutionary plans that the National Socialist Party is currently planning. Essentially, the two are actually people all the way. As for why Goering had such an idea, in addition to the "Second Air Force" that surprised him, what shocked him even more was the "Roman Samurai" military club.
It is full of guns, not the kind of old weapons that are mixed up randomly, but all of them are the standard army weapons common to the German army in the last war - G98 rifles, MP-18 submachine guns, and Mauser pistols, etc., except for the lack of the iconic long-handled grenades and machine guns, which can basically be identified as German standard army units. But is Contini short of machine guns? He has more than 200 fighters that have not dismantled their weapons, and as long as he dismantles a few at will, he can get machine guns, although there are brands in various countries, but it is undeniable that they are machine guns of real value.
Weapons alone were nothing, and Goering met the club's soldiers at the same time—even if they were called bodyguards, guards, or instructors, and although there were only 24 of them at the moment, he saw them as elite infantry in the eyes of a former ace pilot, and even as elite as the best German unit he had ever seen, except for a little older.
When these people jumped down from the skydiving tower one by one and completed the training goal without changing their faces, he knew that he had guessed correctly, this boy brother had a higher pursuit goal, to be exact, to be precise, it was a little prejudiced to describe it as a childe brother, because Contini also jumped down from the skydiving tower with equipment, and his posture was very standard, even if he was placed in the pilot team, he couldn't find much fault.
He finally had a better understanding of Contini's ambitions, but he didn't say it, who wouldn't want to have ambition? The National Socialist Party, Adolf Hitler and his ambitions are also very large, and I am afraid that Contini will not know it, and of course there is no need to say it for the time being. What he didn't know was that Contini had a clear understanding of their ambitions, so he had to show Goering what he was capable of, so that he could be equal in terms of relationship and mentality, and as for the others, they probably thought he was content to fight with someone like Matteotti.
On 19 February, Hermann Goering returned to Germany with a check and a brown leather envelope, and was picked up by Hitler as soon as he left the train station.
"How?"
"It worked!" Goering couldn't hide his smile, "He gave us a lot of dollars, and we can get them in a few days." ”
He raised his whole hand as he said and flipped it quickly: "It's not 10,000 or 30,000, it's a full 100,000!" ”
"So much?" Hitler also froze, but he knew what $100,000 meant: before the Mark crisis broke out, $500 was equivalent to a year's salary for a German engineer, and after the crisis broke out, $500 was equivalent to at least a year's income and a half, and $100,000 meant a year's salary for more than 3,000 engineers, which was a huge amount of money.
Although the Kuomintang currently has more than 20,000 members, and the $100,000 spread over each person's head is about $4, the problem is that most of the party members still have income, and there are only about 20 backbone people who need to rely on the party to bear the income.
"That's not all, he said he would fund us again in a few months, and now he has a bit of a big stall in his hands, and there may be temporary difficulties with funding."
"You mean, the next $100,000 is more?" Hitler's eyes shone unusually brightly.
"I think so, at least it will be even, and ......," Goering handed over another brown envelope, and deliberately opened it to show the other party the colorful tickets inside, "He gave me all the cash in the safe that he could take out, saying that it was a personal gift for you and me." ”
"What a good friend and comrade of ours......" Hitler nodded, "Herman, you can keep it, you have worked hard this time!" ”
"It's not good, you better keep it."
"Put it there with you! I don't worry about your money, and if you have special needs, I will trouble you. Hitler seemed to be in a good mood, "In the time you have been out, we have grown more than 2,000 party members, and the circulation of the newspaper has risen sharply, and I feel that the people are supporting us more and more, and I am becoming more confident in the revolution, and the more chaotic the present situation is, the more favorable it will be for us in the future." ”
"Boss, the Italian side has one more request for help."
"What requirements?"
"He's looking for a group of pilots and mechanics to work in Italy."
"It's not a difficult thing, don't you have a lot of friends in the army, just introduce them."
"But I think this is a very good opportunity, very helpful for the cause of the party...... "Goering recounted what he saw and heard at the United Air Base.
"It seems that we know too little about Mr. Ziano's ambitions, and he doesn't seem as simple as it seems."
"You're right, he also has an elite army around him, a military club with 3-4 companies fully equipped." Goering said of his vision, "If our comrades meet the requirements, is it possible? ”
Hitler shook his head slowly: "Don't do it for the time being, it will make him misunderstand that we want to meddle in his strength, and his career has just started, which will cause unnecessary misunderstandings." But since he asked, you have to introduce high-tech and obedient personnel to Italy, and if the 200 units are not completed, at least a third or a quarter must be completed, otherwise how can we still ask for money next time? ”
"Understood, Chief."
Hitler patted him on the shoulder: "This line is becoming more and more important, you must keep it secret, don't take out the funds at once, we must have control!" We've got a lot to do! ”
Göring is very clear about what control is: at present, the National Socialist Party is not a party in which Hitler alone has the final say, and having sufficient funds is undoubtedly a necessary and crucial factor in gaining the right to speak.
At a time when the two are planning to make a big difference, Contini is also thinking about what to do next, but first he has to face a more difficult problem: the deficit.
Antonio, who was in charge of coordinating the various undertakings of the United Group, handed him the financial statements, and his tone was a little serious: "Young master, judging from the financial data, we are in great trouble......
Looking at the long list of expenditures and investments on the statement, Contini also felt a little scratching his head.
The report shows that the total expenditure of all the properties under Contini in 1922 was 780,000 lire - this was mainly due to the loss of the newspaper "Le Youth" and the investment in the early stage of United Motorcycle, and the loss of $50,000 in technical expenses and the expenses paid to other companies were financially amortized on a five-year basis, otherwise the figure would have ballooned several times.
But the expenditure of 780,000 lire was a small figure in 1923, and in January of this year, the expenditure directly exceeded 2 million lire, and in February, just over half a month, the expenditure had exceeded 1.5 million lire, and it would be very good to stop at the figure of 3 million by the end of the month.
By contrast, Contini's income is pitiful, with 140,000 lire from aviation training, more than 10,000 lire from unwanted tattered and dismantled scrap materials, and the most income is actually from the newspaper – barely exceeding 400,000 lire thanks to the circulation of more than 10,000 copies and the corresponding advertising revenue.
"Young master, if this trend continues, we may record a loss of more than 40 million lira by the end of this year, which is not a small ......"