Bulgarian Empire

The facts have to start from half a month ago, when Franz, who was still investigating around Bulgaria at the time, was interrupted by a telegram from Ferdinand.

The content is very simple: "Mr. Franz, the development zone has been settled in Sliven City. You go to Sliven immediately to discuss cooperation matters! ..."

Then, Franz ended the trip in a hurry and began to form a negotiating team.

Accustomed to the protracted efficiency of the Austro-Hungarian government, Franz has always expressed appreciation for Bulgaria's current high efficiency.

Oh, but this time with some exceptions. According to Franz's estimates, even if the Bulgarian government wants to establish a development zone. To integrate various factors, administrative allocation, personnel transfer, etc., it will not be completed within a year and a half.

As a result, three days after receiving Ferdinand's telegram, Ferrantz received an invitation letter for the establishment of the Sliven Development Zone, giving him no time to prepare.

It's too fast. It's approaching the Bulgarian business community, and there is no time to respond. It took less than a month from public opinion building to the establishment of the development zone.

Like the rest of the business world, Ferrantz hurried to Sliven.

As the spokesperson of Ferdinand, Ferranz is already well-known in the Bulgarian business community, and all parties have to give some face.

Howell Ivanlov, the mayor of Sliven and the head of the development zone, came to greet him in person, and when he saw Frantz, Howell said cheerfully: "Mr. Liwen New District!"

Franz's resounding voice sounded: "Mayor Howell, I'm also very happy to meet you. I believe that Sliven New District will bring me a different feeling!"

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Most of the big figures in the Bulgarian business community came in person, and even if there was a delay, they also sent representatives.

As soon as Franz arrived, he became the central figure. As the head of Volvo, Europe's largest retail leader, he cannot be ignored.

As soon as I came to Sliven, people kept coming to visit. What makes Franz embarrassed is that most of them are colleagues and can't be seen.

In order to avoid being the target of public criticism, many of Ferdinand's industries are wearing vests, which appear to be independent of each other on the surface.

The industrial and commercial circles in Bulgaria are not large, and there are not many influential people. Those who are eligible to be invited are mostly successful in seeking an industry.

If you investigate carefully, you will find that half of the participants are from Ferdinand, and the Bulgarian economy is now controlled by Ferdinand.

Although the new development area of ​​Sliven is not valued by all walks of life in Bulgaria, the scene is still very enthusiastic, all because: Ferdinand is going to attend the opening ceremony!

On November 12, 1891, God seemed to give special face, and the golden sun hung high in the blue sky, dispelling the cold of winter.

In the Sliven Development Zone, a temporary auditorium was temporarily erected. Not many people attended the meeting. In addition to government officials, there were more than 30 representatives from the business community, and several media such as Bulgarian Daily were also invited to attend.

After the tedious set of rituals, Ferdinand started an impassioned speech:

A philosopher once said: "I walk a lot in a dream, but I wake up in bed." It tells us vividly that people cannot live in a dream-like ideal.

On the road to achieve our ideals, we are bound to be bumpy and bumpy. We need to have determination, confidence, and a spirit of perseverance and perseverance. In the face of setbacks, we can’t be daunted, we must make concessions, we must have the courage to overcome difficulties, and make unremitting efforts.

Because the great Bulgaria has endowed us with passion and strength, and we have no reason to slack off in the slightest, thus wasting it, we must sway the color of life in the continuous pursuit and struggle, and let our ideals fly!

What is patriotism?

One of the deepest feelings for one's own motherland that has been consolidated for thousands of years.

This is our patriotism!

... (30,000 words omitted)

Let's work hard for the rise of Bulgaria!

With thunderous applause, the speech ended. Ferdinand's speech was very successful, but he didn't succeed. For this half-hour speech, he plagiarized more than ten patriotic speeches of later generations of famous people. Polished.

The purpose is to pretend, right! It is to let people in business circles accept the baptism of patriotism.

As soon as the speech was over, Ferdinand withdrew, and Howell was responsible for the aftermath.

How should the development zone develop? ?

This is a difficult problem, and now there are no examples in the world to refer to!

The new district government has a headache. Howell Ivanlov is now a little regretful, why should he fight for this position?

If you do it well, of course, it is easy to get results and be valued by the superiors; but the question is, how to do it? Totally clueless!

Unable to think of a way, Howell asked to teach, and sent a telegram to the top. It's a pity that the Bulgarian central government also doesn't know where to start!

Constantine answered the call very simply, do it with confidence, I am optimistic about you! By the way, I also came up with an idea that I can discuss with people in the business community.

Then there is no following, the Sliven Development Zone can be said to be the poorest municipal unit in Bulgaria.

At present, there is nothing but the ten square kilometers of land set aside from the city of Sliven.

Poor and poor, there is not even a government office, and the previous expenses were paid by the Sliven city government.

To attract enterprises to settle down, at least there must be infrastructure! Now the Sliven Development Zone is still a wasteland, mixed with a small amount of farmland, the terrain is good and relatively flat.

The initial investment alone is not a small number. The central government is obviously not optimistic about the development of the new district, and there is no plan to allocate funds.

The preferential tax conditions are ok, tax-free for the first three years, and tax for the next five and a half years. Bulgarian capitalists are very tempted, but after calculating the initial investment, there is no return on investment without millions of levs.

Can such a large investment pay for itself? They gave up one by one, and then it became the current situation. Many people said that as long as the government could solve the infrastructure, they would still support it.

Then, under the attention of everyone, Franz stood up and said: he intends to contract the infrastructure construction of the development zone.

Then everything went smoothly, and the new district government hurriedly threw the mess out. He also received 100,000 leva, and in addition to repaying the debt of the Sliven city government, there was also the first administrative expense.