The push of the shipbuilding industry is not visible in the intermittent time, but there is one industry that fits the definition of monopoly quite well, the Italian National Grid Corporation.

Needless to say, the company has a monopoly on the Italian electricity supply, and whoever wants to use electricity in Italy needs to be provided by the national grid.

With such a high-profile monopoly behavior of the State Grid, is there anyone who can't see it?

Yes, and quite a few. Those capitalists who are jealous of the high profits of the State Grid are simply crazy with jealousy.

But it's useless, because they can't do anything about the national grid. Politically, behind the State Grid stands the royal family, and at the economic level, there is a long queue of banks that want to lend to the State Grid. As for the technology, not to mention, at present, many transmission equipment and technologies in European countries are authorized by the State Grid.

This kind of monopoly, which is full of thorns and has no way to get its mouth down, has no solution to whether it is legitimate or unfair competition. In addition, at present, all cities in Italy are included in the scope of the national grid power supply, and there is no chance to start at all. Do you want people who are willing to intervene to develop from the countryside, isn't this to help the poor?

In addition, the State Grid is not satisfied with the status quo, they are not only based on domestic development, but also to the world. Italy's overseas colonies had long been acquired by it, and they were expanding to other countries.

For example, in the Qing Dynasty, the State Grid built power generation facilities in Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou and other places to provide electricity for production and lighting. Especially in Shanghai, the State Grid built the world's largest thermal power plant at that time, and two 50,000-kilowatt giant generators will help Shanghai become a real pearl of the Far East.

Of course, the most important place to say about the business of the State Grid in the Far East is, of course, the colony of Borneo. Although no city in the Borneo colony can compare with Shanghai in terms of electricity demand, the gap in the Borneo colony is very large.

Located at the mouth of the Mahakan River, Samarinda is the largest port city in eastern Borneo. While Borneo was being vigorously developed in Italy, the city was also developing rapidly with the help of this shareholder wind.

A thousand-ton ship docked steadily in the harbor, and Nimancha, who had his legs on the ground, took a sharp breath. "The smell of land is much better, and the smell of sea is much less."

"Hey, you guy, welcome to Samarinda."

A pair of large hands slapped him heavily on the shoulder, showing that his master had a lot of strength.

Nimancha didn't have to look back to know that the voice was all too familiar to him. "Pox, I told you not to pat me on the shoulder from behind, watch out for my possible overreaction."

"Okay old friend, I just didn't expect the company to send you over."

"Hahaha, I'm kidding you."

Just as the two were talking about the past, a voice suddenly came.

"Nimancha, if you have a chance to come to Balikpapanwan to play, I can entertain you."

"Don't worry, Ellis, I'll come?"

It wasn't until the man was gone that his friend Pox asked. "Your new friend?"

"Yes, I haven't known each other at the poker table for less than a week, and I said that I went to Balikpapan to mine oil, do you know where Balikpapan is?"

"Of course, I know that the bay, which is about 120 kilometers away from here, is said to have found oil."

"Whatever, we don't want to extract oil anyway. Let's check the supplies I brought first, here's the list. ”

Nimancha, who had finished chatting about the topic, took out a list and handed it to his old friend.

"Let me see if I have enough supplies for me this time."

Now that he was down to business, Ellis naturally didn't dare to relax, and he opened the list and looked at it carefully. "Two coal mills, one steam turbine, two high-pressure boilers, and one 1,000 kilowatt generator, I want two!"

"At present, the company has two standby generators in Pontianak, and Ma Chen is also going to expand the power plant, what should I do if I give it to you?"

As soon as he heard his old friend's words, Ellis also knew that there was no way, and this generator could not be given to him.

"You said that the company didn't have more generators in Pontianak, this Borneo has such a good development momentum, there are many places that need electricity."

Faced with his friend's complaints, Nimancha could only shrug his shoulders.

"How do I know this, maybe the company's needs for my side are at the bottom of the line. Even Shanghai has installed 50,000 kilowatt giant generators, while the largest one on our side is only 5,000 kilowatts. ”

Well, it seems that Nimancha also has a little complaint. However, their complaint is also a complaint, what else can be done, this is the decision of the company's superiors, and the two of them dare to point fingers.

In the end, the two of them still kept their senses and knew that it was not good to discuss the company's decisions, so they quickly terminated the topic.

"There are a lot of migrant boats on your side!"

Nemancha saw several migrant boats passing in front of him, these migrant boats are very easy to identify, with a flat bottom and a wide bow and a flat cover that looks like a Chinese-style boat, but this kind of boat can be loaded with nearly 100 people and 30 tons of goods, and the draft is not slow, which is very suitable for river transportation.

"Isn't this the development of eastern Borneo, where major corporations have acquired a lot of land. For example, Lin's Company, Xiangfu Company, and Poli Development Company have all obtained development rights for at least several thousand hectares of land here. Eight out of ten of these migrant ships are transporting people and supplies for their companies. ”

If you are a friend, Nimancha is not easy to say, after all, there are more migrant ships in Pontianak. Of course, eight out of ten ships are excessive, and at most six is remarkable.

And how could Nimancha's disbelieving expression be hidden from his friend, only to see Ellis continue. "Why don't you believe it? I am not exaggerating to tell you. ”

Ellis then told Nimancha his reasons that in view of the slow development of East Borneo, His Excellency the Governor of Ambique, who had just arrived in office, decided to speed up the pace of development in the area, so he gave the green light to many companies to encourage the development of East Borneo.

Of course, it also takes strength to give the green light to the Governor of Ambique, and only those companies with sufficient strength will be valued by His Excellency the Governor.

But then again, in East Borneo, where the infrastructure is not complete, it really can't be played without relying on these powerful large enterprises.

Don't look at Sammarinda showing the atmosphere of a civilized city, it can be said responsibly that there are only a few cities like Sammarinda in East Borneo?

Tell you that there is only one at the moment.

In addition, there are currently less than three cities that use electricity.

The reason for this is that on the one hand, the development time is late, and on the other hand, it is also due to the difficulty of development. East Borneo is not as good as the west and south in terms of climate, topography and vegetation, so it is slow to develop.

With the exception of a few port cities that are barely visible, the interior is filled with vast expanses of untouched virgin rainforest, and the lack of road facilities leaves no one but powerful companies to exploit them.

Well, in the face of the facts that Ellis said, Nimancha also had to admit that he did not know enough about East Borneo.

"I didn't expect that the development of East Borneo really needs to rely on those big enterprises, and the new governor of Ambique is not bad."