Chapter 15 scheming
"Master, everything has been negotiated. This is the specific contract text." The old housekeeper of the Ziano family, Ziano, specially transferred from his hometown of Livona to Rome, Antonio, who obeyed the orders, respectfully handed over a bunch of documents.
Old Ziano waved his hand: "I won't look at the specific details. I can trust your ability to do things. Just tell me the general terms."
"First, the German Frankfurt Bank provides 9 billion paper marks (equivalent to US$2 million, and the exchange rate of marks against the US dollar has floated to 4500:1) credit support, requiring us to use it to purchase buses, trams, equipment and related accessories from Germany from Germany; at the end of November, the vehicle factory delivers 10% of the cash when the product is equivalent to 30% of the contract value, and the other 20% is offset by the compensation from Germany to Italy this year; on December 31, the German party delivers the second batch of products, which is equivalent to 25% of the contract value. We should pay the corresponding price after receiving the product and accepting it, with a period of 7 working days; before April 30 next year, the German party delivers the remaining products, and we will pay the price within 10 working days;
Second, the loan interest rate of 9 billion paper marks is 5% monthly interest, and it is liquidated monthly. We can pay paper marks, gold marks, US dollars, pounds or gold, and do not accept lira;
Third, agree that you will use the family industry as a mortgage to borrow 3 billion paper marks (slightly more than 13 million lira), with a one-year term and an annual interest rate of 50%;
Fourth, a total of 4 consortiums were contacted and agreed to set up a new bus company and a tram company in Rome, and a new bus company in Milan and Naples. The Ministry of Transport invested in shares with vehicles and municipal land, accounting for 34%, and the remaining 66% of the shares were responsible for the capital, mainly construction costs and operating funds, but only 61% of the shares. These companies have separate boards of directors, with 7 members of the board of directors. The Ministry of Transport can appoint 3 people and select chairman, and can also appoint 2-3 government representatives from each company, but the general manager responsible for specific operations cannot be a government representative..."
After Contini made the suggestion of taking advantage of the chaos in Germany, Ziano, the old man acted very quickly. In just 5 days, on November 24, he sent someone to finalize the general details, reflecting unprecedented super-high speed. Even the Germans who were always efficient expressed great surprise - why did the Italians change their sexual desire all of a sudden? Is fascist really magical?
Antonio reported it very obscurely, but Lao Ziano understood some details at once: As the Minister of Transportation, he was responsible for the contract and loan matters. As usual, the Bank of Frankfurt wanted to be meaningful, but he was embarrassed to open his mind, so he made an article on the loan interest rate - the German bank gave credit to the better and more capable of repaying the loan. The Italian Ministry of Transport, which has a better monthly loan interest rate, is 5%, with an annual interest rate of more than 60%, while the private loan interest rate for Lao Ziano is only 50%. The 10 points difference between this is the kickbacks and commissions for Lao Ziano. On the surface, it seems very open and can't pick up any thorns.
From this figure, the Bank of Frankfurt estimates that the depreciation of the Mark in the next year will be about 50%. Bankers also have great hope for the current coordination and diplomatic mediation between Britain and the United States, believing that France and Belgium will not ignore the international community's opposition to take risks.
(Offtopic: Interested readers may wish to learn about the personal mortgage interest rates of certain units, especially the bosses and financial directors of state-owned enterprises and institutions with relatively large amounts of funds, and see if they can still get a 30% discount interest rate from some banks when the market is generally 1.1 times the benchmark interest rate - the lower limit of mortgages clearly stipulated by the state, everything is compliant and perfect operation!)
As for the other 5% of the shares in the public transportation company, it is obviously a practicable share prepared by domestic consortiums for the masters of the Ministry of Transport. Your Excellency the Minister is trying to make credit, and the public-private partnership, and agreeing to private holdings. How can you do this hard work without any reward?
Old Ziano nodded slightly and added: "1% is given to Tarodale, and the other 4% is given to the leader, which means that the consortium is responsible for the party..."
It is understandable to give 1% to the Deputy Minister of Transportation, and it is understandable to give Mussolini a little bit of money, but it is puzzling that Old Ziano himself does not take anything. Antonio reminded: "Will they not be very down-to-earth in this way?"
Old Ziano shook his head: "There are still a long time in the future, don't worry, everyone has opportunities for cooperation. As long as I am in the position, I will take care of them, but only when the leader is in the position can everyone better serve the Italian people."
Antonio nodded to show his understanding, and then said, "I have arranged someone to investigate the matter of the young master, how can I say it..."
"But it's okay to say that, he is my son, there's nothing I can't say, and I won't harm him."
"More than a month ago, on October 19, the young master encountered a car accident and suffered a little injury. The injury on his hand was a little serious. It is said that he was unconscious for 2 hours after he arrived at the hospital. He woke up and talked nonsense. What's the matter, no, no, now it's 1922?','Am I kidding me,' I'm going to make a name for myself, I'm going to make a name for myself, I'm going to make a progress, I'm going to work hard. At that time, the hospital thought he had mania caused by concussion, and even called his home urgently... But the next day when the wife was about to visit her, the young master recovered. She was very calm and the doctor proved that nothing happened. Later, due to the tense situation in Rome, the wife finally made a phone call and did not come. There were no other special circumstances.
This Youth Italian Alliance was actually an organization that was only raised a month ago. After the young master was discharged from the hospital, he gave a campus speech and then said that he would form an alliance to welcome the leaders. Many of these directors were friends of the school and members of the student union, and they immediately formed a team. It was not so much a mature political group or student group as a product of a hot head.
The young master has a very leader style. He not only won over the team, but also connected various middle and higher education institutions and successfully convinced Glendini...
During this period, the young master has also found a different way to publish a newspaper, he..."
If Contini was scared to make a cold sweat when he heard these words here, Antonio actually sent someone to touch his situation for more than a month, and even dug out many secret things - isn't the so-called mania just because he was uncomfortable when he had just traveled through time?
However, Old Ziano didn't think much about it. He only focused on two key points of report: First, Contini did something good about engaging in government bonds and foreign exchange speculation and made a lot of money! Second, Contini used various means in this political speculation. Although it seemed not worth mentioning in hindsight, he could consider his student status and urgent time constraints, and his organizational ability and response methods were quite superb!
Old Ziano smiled and nodded: "That's good, I'm relieved. Calais is still very capable and deserves to be my son!"
Although he is his own son, since he has decided to mortgage most of his family business to speculate, Ziano has to consider safety more - some things to ask his son in person are not only hurting his feelings but also likely not to ask anything. It is very appropriate to find someone to ask indirectly.
"No flaw was revealed, don't let Calais misunderstand that I'm following him."
"No, the lady asked the question on the hospital. She was afraid that the young master would leave any sequelae, so she went to the hospital as soon as she arrived in Rome. Then the attending doctor told the story of that day again. The other party wanted to curry favor with the wife, and talked about the young master's situation a lot. Finally, she confirmed that there would be no sequelae. The lady felt relieved - these words were all heard by myself."
Chapter completed!