Chapter 20: Roman Holidays (2)
Contini said in a humble heart: "What a new person and an old person, she is still a child!" ”
Adriana said bitterly: "The child will eventually grow up, when you are in the prime of life, but we are old......"
"I ......"
"Don't say it, we all understand!" Adriana smiled, "This is fate, it's not something you and I can easily resist, and you can't easily refuse, right?" Otherwise, you don't have such a busy time to work hard for your career and play with a 13-year-old girl, just because she is the daughter of a leader? ”
Contini was speechless about this sentence!
"Don't cry with a sad face, be happy, the little girl is very sensitive." Adriana in turn comforted Contini, "It's okay if you have us in your heart, we don't value that title - if you don't feel it in your heart, it's useless to have a name, if you have a feeling in your heart, it doesn't matter if you don't have a name!" Do you feel the same way about her as you do for us? ”
"No, no, no!" Contini thought to himself, how could it be the same, Ida was still a child......
"Isn't that the end of it! Who can say what will happen in the future? Adriana smiled, "So we have to have a good relationship with her, maybe in the future it will be more useful to talk to her than to talk to you, and I believe we still have this foresight." We understand your ideals and goals, and for the sake of everything in the end, we can sacrifice! ”
"You spoke so coldly to me."
"I can see this situation, not to mention the prime minister and minister, but also the mayor and the director...... The people in the officialdom who can stick to love are all dead! ”
Contini shook his head helplessly: the woman's thoughts and emotions are too complicated, this is not something he can analyze thoroughly, or pretend to be stupid, at least the idea of coming to the radio on the first day is right, and there will be a lot less trouble in the future!
"Brother Calais, the radio is so fun, can I work in the radio station when I grow up?"
Contini touched his nose in embarrassment, pointed at Vivian and Adriana, and said, "As long as they think you can, it's fine!" ”
Vivian smiled secretly: If you want to take three people without overturning, how skilled is this? However, he said with a pun on his face: "No problem, you will be the best and most suitable person in the future!" ”
Ida blinked in confusion, not knowing why this beautiful sister dared to be so sure, but she still responded politely: "Thank you for your affirmation, I will try." ”
A month and a half passed in a flash, and in a blink of an eye it was the season to start school, Contini sent Ida back to Mussolini, as for the school, there was no need for him to arrange it, the Minister of Education had already settled down in a hurry, and in order to hide people's eyes, he also deliberately carried out a series of identity disguises.
"Baby, looks like you're having a great time this summer?"
"Yes, Brother Calais took me to a lot of interesting places, and in addition to the places of interest in Rome, he also showed me a lot of unusual things."
Mussolini raised his eyebrows: "For example? ”
"He took me to the Youth Daily newspaper and showed me how the newspaper is edited, finalized and published. He took me to the national radio station and met my sisters, Vivian and Adriana, No, and gave me gifts. Ida said in an excited tone, "I also went to the United Group base on the outskirts of Rome, visited the paratrooper training, observed the flying stunts, and asked Brother Potti to take me up to the sky for a spin, but he drove too hard, I was a little scared, but Uncle Goering flew the plane very smoothly, he took me and Brother Calais to Milan, and deliberately went around the place where I used to live three times, and the other friends greeted me on the ground......"
It was clear who Poti was Mussolini, and he didn't know who Goering was, so he subconsciously asked: "Who is Goering?" ”
"A German, who was the ace fighter of the Luftwaffe in the last war, played a lot of planes, but now he has switched to flying transport planes and is working for United Aviation - in addition to him, there are many Germans in the United Group, many of them are even dragged over by their families, and Brother Calais likes to use Germans, whether Czech, Austrian or German, to say that they are more disciplined and serious than Italians, but I think Italian workers are not as bad as he said. Everyone was very polite when they saw me, and I also ate a lot of international food, uh, I feel like I'm fat......"
Mussolini nodded, he had heard of many Germans in the United Group, and now it seems that not only Germans, but also Czechs and Austrians, which is in line with usual expectations.
"I also visited the Roman Warriors' Club and saw a lot of guns, but I was too timid to touch them...... There were a lot of people there all over the base who were learning and playing, and there were people learning to fly airplanes, and there were a few techniques that were so terrible that they flew crookedly in the air like they were drunk, and I was worried about whether they would fly and fall. Ida tilted her head to recall flying again, "Brother Calais can also fly planes, but his skills are not as good as Brother Boji's, of course I think it's pretty good." I took a lot of pictures with the planes, but all of them were on the ground. ”
"By the way, father, I also went to Milan and visited the Milan base of the United Group, and it was amazing to watch the assembled motorcycles coming out of the conveyor belt." Ida gestured excitedly, "I also tried to drive a motorcycle, but that thing is not easy to drive, Brother Calais can drive a motorcycle very well, can even use one wheel to drive, and can perform all kinds of stunts, which is better than Brother Potti!" ”
"The tram train in Milan was just completed two days ago, and I went to experience it as one of the first passengers, it was really fast and good, I never knew that the train could go so fast, and there was no nasty smell of soot, it was spotlessly clean, and the carriage I was in was exclusively for management, not only was it all leather sofas, but there were also mellow coffee and snacks in the morning and evening, and I thought it should be a pleasure to work there. Brother Calais was very strict with people, but he was sincere with his workers. ”
The tram train in Ida's mouth is actually the Milan base line invested and built by Contini, starting at Milan Railway Station and ending at Milan Base, with a total length of 27.8 kilometers, standard rail laying, but not using traditional steam locomotives, but using elevated electric locomotive technology, a full set of equipment are introduced from Germany, the train has a total of 2 locomotives at one end and one tail, driving 16 carriages to travel, with an average speed of up to 76 km / h, and a maximum of 95 km, far more than general passenger trains and urban trams.
These 16 carriages are usually a combination of 12 passenger cars + 4 freight cars, which are responsible for the commuting and transportation tasks between the Milan base and the city of Milan, and can basically achieve a round trip in one hour. Every morning at 7, 8 and 9 o'clock in the morning, Milan city can drive to the base to work in about 20 minutes, and depart again at 5, 6 and 7 times in the evening to pick up workers back to the city, and there is an extra bus at 10 o'clock in the evening to correspond to the overtime workers. The frequency of departures on holidays is generally the same as usual, although the frequency of morning and evening departures has been slightly reduced and the number of noon departures has been increased.
According to Contini's vision, this route can be extended and connected with the Milan metro in the future to become a special line for the satellite city of Milan, and the Milan base of the United Group will become the core of this satellite city - now the infrastructure of the whole town has begun to take shape, all kinds of living needs can be basically met, the population is slowly increasing, and United Real Estate is even thinking about opening up real estate projects for Milan citizens to live in. As for the cost of building and operating the railway, it could easily be amortized in the future.
Mussolini was indeed very fond of Ida, and patiently listened to everything that the other party said, and expressed his opinion from time to time, and finally he interjected: "What do you think of Brother Calais?" ”
"Very good, he treats me really well!" Ida said innocently, "He also said that he hopes that I will study hard in my new school, and if I have good grades, he will take me to the United States to play next summer!" Go on those luxury cruises! He also revealed to me that one day the Union Group was going to build a luxury cruise ship for Italy that would win the Blue Ribbon Award, and if he succeeded, the ship would be named after me - I knew he was trying to make me happy, but I didn't expose him! ”
As she spoke, she couldn't help but "giggle".
Mussolini also laughed: he believed that Contini was telling the truth, and no one in Italy could catch up with this young man in terms of the ability to burn money!
This was enough for Mussolini, and on September 11, the Prime Minister's Office issued an order that Day Vicky should be appointed governor of Somalia.