Chapter 41 Father and Son (1)
At noon, Contini met Ziano, who had finished the meeting and decided to report on the meeting with Mussolini today. He must have been very concerned.
When he heard about "preferred stocks", civil aviation, airports, etc., Old Ziano smiled. This kind of thing was to be done. The reason why he didn't remind Contini at the beginning was to see if he could understand it himself - he really thought that the government was so easy to take advantage of? However, his son's response was unexpected. He not only found a high-end name such as "preferred stocks", but also learned from it that he should continue to find the way to the head and deputy minister of the Army to see if he could get some airports again.
Contini even thought about the amount and took another 5 million preferred shares, with 3 million yuan in the Army's official position and 2 million yuan in the deputy position. The dividend level was the same as that provided to Mussolini - Mussolini could say such a bad excuse for relatives.
But when it comes to dealing with Matteoti, Old Ziano frowned and shook his head: "Calais, you've been fooled, you're confused by the interests ahead. Do you know how much trouble you have caused? In fact, the leader is not unhappy because Matteoti scolds him. Will he care about someone scolding him? He is because of other political struggles."
"Uh..." Contini was speechless. He found that he was indeed a little careless: in history, Matteoti was eventually assassinated by Mussolini, and caused a great anti-government tide. Mussolini was in a hurry to calm down. However, it was in 1924. He thought that he would not be involved in the fire now, but he still underestimated Mussolini's determination and resentment.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Old Ziano continued to mention: "As for the Pope, the so-called good relationship is certainly one aspect, but this is not the most important thing. Do you believe that the leader really cares about the beliefs and religious life of the Italian people? If this is true, he would not have strongly opposed religion before, but it was purely because of political interests. The most important religious interest now is not the religious life of the Italian people - whoever believes is stupid! The leader just hopes to continue to merge the Italian Catholic Party, which is clear from the internal meeting... I also blame me, forgot to tell you this, next time I will find a way to show you the minutes of the meeting. You are an assistant minister of the Ministry of Transport and can contact you."
Old Ziano is very cute. He clearly used his power to disclose confidential information to his son, but he insisted on giving him the sign of assistant minister. Now Contini has a string of titles on his business card: Chairman of the Youth League of Youth, President and Editor-in-Chief of the Italian Youth Daily, Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Aviation, Assistant Minister of Transport, Chairman of United Motorcycle, Chairman of United Airlines (Preparation) - This is a young man who is not even 20 years old...
Contini then remembered the news that Fascisti had just merged the Italian Nationalist Party not long ago, and found that he sometimes looked at the problems too far and wide: Mussolini did merge these parties smoothly in history. The problem is that it has not merged yet, but things will change - this is called the butterfly effect.
Now he finally understood: To put it bluntly, the focus of the confrontation between Mussolini and Matteoti is not the things that are floating on the surface, but the need for the struggle between parliamentary forces. The more parties Fascist merges, the greater the power, and the greater the pressure the Italian old party Socialist Party is under, the stronger the possibility of being marginalized. Now Fascist has firmly grasped the right wing and began to penetrate into the middle forces, and the left wing is also self-divided because the Communist Party and the Socialist Party are splitting, it is not the style of the Socialist Party if it doesn't cause any trouble at this time. Matteoti is nothing more than a chess piece on the surface.
He sneered: "It seems that the leader has only worked for two months to say those words in the House. Before the New Year has come, someone regrets it and can't wait to jump out."
Old Ziano nodded: "You should be more careful about politics. Use it well is a take-off moment - just like you welcomed the leader into Rome last time, you can even kill you if you don't use it well, and no one sympathizes with you even if you fall to death, and you will only laugh at you for your worth!"
"I think although the leader has used it this time, deep down I still have to thank him for giving me this opportunity..." Contini smiled, "Whether your son can make a name for himself in politics and get a young leader or MP Dangdang depends on this blow."
"You?" Old Ziano looked at Contini suspiciously, "What ability do you have to wrestle with Matteoti? Behind them is the entire social party, just because of your youth alliance that is not even a serious society? Don't expect fascist to help you. This is impossible, and even I can't express my opinion casually."
"Just rely on this alliance! And, I have money!"
Old Ziano almost spit out the steak that had just been stuffed into his mouth: "Son, this is not a question of whether he has money or not. If he has money, he can do whatever he wants politically? If this happens, all of Italy will listen to the Agnelli family, but in fact it is not."
"Father, I think you misunderstood. By having money, I mean that I have enough financial resources to do this, rather than using money to overwhelm the opponent."
"Tell me what you think?" [Readers who have not seen any relevant content after "Iron Cross" 404 can follow the Weixin official account "Yueying Wutong" to obtain the subsequent plot]
"I have some initial plans, but I have to consider it again. I will tell you after I have finished it."
"Think slowly, there is no hurry to do this. We still have time." Old Ziano asked in confusion. "What I wonder is why the leader chose you to do such a thing? Even if you have to choose you, why don't you tell me? Is someone giving me eye drops in front of the leader?"
"The leader's method is me and I." Contini said without any shocking words.
"You? Can't see it! Although the leader is indeed not as troubled as you when he was 19 years old, how could he learn your routine?" Old Ziano was both angry and funny. "You may have made some money recently and are so inflated that you are? Young people should know how to keep a low profile."
"I didn't exaggerate it. I really learned from me. Some time ago, I instructed Poji to print and publish newspapers!" Contini looked around and said all the tricks that the newspaper had used Poji to do despicable tricks. Old Ziano twitched. He didn't know that his son had such a dark side.
"Father, this method can certainly be done through Glendini, but how much does it cost to invite Glendini? Inviting Poji directly can not only play the role of the police chief, but also respond faster, better and more direct than the police chief. As for the price, I didn't pay a single one, and even the alliance came forward to treat you to dinner or was it Boji paid."
"This silly child Boji is really helpless." Old Ziano smiled and shook his head, "Grandini probably has a headache for this son, right?"
"It's wrong for you to think so. Bo Ji still makes money. The first speculation was my way of advice. The second speculation was again I took him to play... He took 300,000 lira from his home and enjoyed it for more than two months. He didn't do much work. Now it's 1 million lira. Do you think he was at a disadvantage or took advantage?"
After Contini said this, Old Ziano became suspicious, and even considered whether Mussolini had the ability to handle this matter to himself? If he could handle it, how much would the other party pay? After thinking about it, he suddenly realized that it was a good move for the leader to let Contini come forward: not only save money, but also get a consultant for free - the old man can't watch his son jump into the fire pit, right?
"Then you think it through carefully. Once you think it through, tell me, by the way, the assistant minister comes to the Ministry of Transport to attend a formal meeting once a week, and you must not be absent."
"Yes, Your Excellency, but you have to make it to the teacher, otherwise I will be unable to do anything."
"By the way, why do you want so many weapons?" Old Ziano asked strangely, "I remember there was no business plan in this matter. Tell me, why did you add this temporarily?"
Contini looked helpless: "I said I think it's fun, do you believe it?"
"If you don't believe it, you think it's enough to play a few things. Look at the amount you require now, it's almost enough to equip a battalion-although it's just some foreign weapons..."
"This matter is a long story..."
Contini calmly kept him in a silence, which made Old Ziano shake his head.
Chapter completed!