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Hearing the large order promised by Constantine, unlike Dr. Krygis, the developer of the aircraft, who was delighted, Andros was a little hesitant because he was not sure what impact this decision would have on Andros Machinery Company. There are pros and cons. Read 520 official website

Constantine noticed that Andros had separated from the crowd watching the plane, and was alone behind him, seemingly thinking about something.

"Is there anything I don't know about, Andros, we are old friends." Constantine smiled kindly on his face in order to show his friendliness and closeness.

"Your Highness, regarding the manufacturing of aircraft, you also know something about business operations. The emergence of a new product, from planning to implementation, will have a lot of work to do," Andros said cautiously. He seemed to be worried about you. Constantine would be dissatisfied with himself.

"Although the prototype of the new aircraft has been manufactured, mass production will occupy a large part of our energy at Andros. For example, the engine used by the aircraft is an urgent problem that needs to be solved."

"You know, France is currently at war with Germany, and their domestic industrial production is already very tight. There are only two Terrestrial engines used in the development of our prototype as backup. If we produce them in large quantities, For aircraft, it is impossible to purchase a sufficient number of Land God engines from France."

"Except for the aircraft's engine, which is difficult to produce due to its complex and precise structure, most of the other materials for the fuselage are made of wood. The cost is not high and it is easy to process. You just need to find some workers who are good at carpentry skills. "

Constantine somewhat understood Andros's difficulties: "You mean, there are difficulties in supplying the aircraft's engines?"

A look of embarrassment appeared on Andros's face: "Yes, Your Highness, although the radial engine used by airplanes is no different in principle from the engines used by cars. They are both piston engines, but after all, they have two completely different uses. Different engines have obvious differences in shape and structure."

"If we want to produce and manufacture, the company needs to arrange a new production line. Even if the number of aircraft purchased by the military is small, we still need to do this. In terms of cost, this is very uneconomical."

As the largest machinery company in Greece, Andros has a large number of products, which has also led to the company's growing size.

After the completion of the new factory in Thessaloniki, the total number of workers employed by Andros Company has reached more than 4,000. Simply looking at the number of workers, the current Andros Machinery Factory has the largest scale and largest number of employees in Greece. of enterprises.

Even so, the influx of numerous orders still puts the employees of Andros Machinery Factory under heavy production pressure.

Especially recently, orders for the army have increased again due to the need to prepare for war.

At present, Andros Machinery Factory is the largest military production enterprise in Greece besides the steel factory.

In addition to providing products to the society, the machinery factory shoulders the important task of providing motorcycles, armored vehicles, and heavy-duty trucks to the military, and is also responsible for the research and development of aircraft and tanks.

Constantine knew Andros's worries, "If you are worried that building an aircraft production line will lead to insufficient production due to small orders, thus wasting manpower and material resources, then you don't have to, Andros, I I can guarantee that you will get enough orders.”

Today's aircraft are indeed very crude in shape. Even the generals in the army do not think that these wood-supported aircraft can have any other purpose besides detecting enemy positions.

Many people even mocked airplanes as wooden toys, including Andros himself.

This feeling became even more serious when he heard that on the battlefield in northern France, the weapons on the aircraft of both sides were various, depending on the imagination and preferences of the pilots, such as hooks, javelins, pistols, rifles, machine guns, etc.

Although Andros also agreed to the research and development task at the request of the military, in Andros' view, the production of normal products is the more important task of the machine factory, not such a simple wooden frame.

Such a low-quality product does not match the quality of Andros Machinery Factory.

In Andros's view, it's best to let furniture manufacturers do this, as their business is more relevant.

After all, Andros, who is the factory manager, is different from Dr. Krygis, who is in charge of research and development.

For Krygis, this is a brand new means of transportation that realizes human beings' dream of flying in the sky. It is full of innovative designs and appears novel and interesting.

But for Andros, this is a ridiculous thing, not worth occupying the factory's precious human resources and tight production capacity.

"Your Highness, the pressure on production capacity in the factory is very high now. So far, we have delivered more than 2,000 heavy-duty trucks to the army, but the army has received more new orders. Moreover, after the war broke out, the domestic market in Greece has actually grown. Especially for our trucks, not only are military orders increasing, but even the civilian market is growing rapidly. Our sales managers are now urging to increase the factory's production capacity every day." Andros knew that Constantine He has always paid close attention to the development of the factory, so he reported these situations to Constantine.

Constantine can guess the reason for the surge in truck orders.

The major industrial powers in Europe are now almost all in a state of war. The market originally occupied by industrial products from Britain, France, Germany and other countries is now replaced by industrial products from other countries.

This includes Greece.

At present, Greece's industrial product exports have not only not declined, but have shown rapid growth in a short period of time, which has also boosted the Greek domestic market.

Just like the Ottoman Empire, the traditional export destination of Greek goods, after the Ottoman Empire entered the war, the number of Greek goods exported to the Ottoman Empire not only did not decrease, but became extremely hot.

Since Greece is currently a neutral country and can export any goods except prohibited items to various belligerent countries, it is now at a special moment, that is, both sides realize that the war is developing in a protracted direction, and all countries are trying their best to collect materials on the market. , increase our own strategic material reserves.

Although the Ottoman Empire has entered the war, the Allied Powers are currently focusing on the Western Front, so the trade between the two countries has not yet been disrupted.

When the Allies, especially the British Mediterranean fleet, notice this situation, they will definitely block the Ottoman Empire's overseas trade.

Since a large amount of materials need to be transported, the heavy-duty trucks produced by Andros Machinery Factory are naturally very popular.

Andros now explains this situation to Constantine, naturally he wants to take advantage of the hot market to increase the production capacity of heavy-duty trucks and make a lot of money.

"Well, your factory has such a large number of employees. I'm afraid many of them meet the Greek army's recruitment standards. I can set your company as a key protection enterprise. This can reduce the number of employees in your factory who are transferred. Troubled." Constantine thought for a while and decided to give some benefits to an important factory like Andros Machinery Factory.

The so-called key enterprises mean that even during war times, because their products and services are of irreplaceable importance and are important to maintaining the normal operation of society, they must ensure the normal production of factories.

According to the mobilization rules formulated by the General Staff, when the Greek army is conducting general mobilization, if it lacks troops, it will give priority to recruiting employees from less important enterprises into the army.