Greece’s Roman Road

While Constantine was worried about the Greek shipbuilding industry, Yakov, the manager of the Purple Robe Foundation appointed by him, returned to his home after a busy day.

After chatting with his family, he entered the study with his younger brother, Gad, and wanted to consult this scholar, who is currently studying for a doctorate at the University of Athens, some knowledge about petroleum.

Yakov's 29-year-old brother, Gad, after the family regained a firm foothold in Athens, the idea of ​​entering a university for further study came into being, and went to the University of Athens to continue studying chemistry.

After obtaining the approval of the Nobel family, the Purple Robe Foundation will invest its main funds in oil-related projects for a long time afterward.

Although Yakov is a senior banking practitioner, he has not been exposed to the oil industry and does not know much about this emerging energy source.

So far, in the cooperation between the two parties, as the main funder - the head of the Zipao Foundation, Yakov is responsible for the finance of the oil company in the cooperation, and Little Nobel has been in charge of other aspects.

"Gade, you are studying chemistry at the University of Athens. I would like to ask you, a professional, for some oil-related knowledge." Yakov looked at his younger brother, Gad, and said solemnly.

After all, up to now, the royal family has invested 20 million drachmas into the Zipao Foundation, and most of them have been invested in oil companies. This behavior is very irrational for a fund of the size of the Zipao Foundation. Behavior, under normal circumstances, for the consideration of risk aversion, the investment of the fund should be dispersed as much as possible to avoid putting eggs in one basket.

However, so far, the fund's investment has only been in the oil company, a decision made by Crown Prince Constantine himself, whenever he persuades Constantine not to invest heavily in oil companies out of professional ethics. At the time, Constantine always shied away from perfunctory and asked him to do it.

He knew very little about this industry, and he was always uneasy, and worried that he would fail the crown prince's expectations, screw up the foundation, and anger the royal family.

Looking at his worried brother, Yakov said, "What do you want to ask?"

"Jade, from the perspective of your professional knowledge, what do you think of the prospect of the oil industry and is it worth investing in?"

Gard is a Ph.D. in chemistry, but after all, he is also from a banking family. Although he chose natural science in college out of interest, he has a good understanding of financial common sense and naturally understands himself. My brother Yakov, is worried about something.

"The oil industry is an emerging energy source. As for the prospects, you can refer to the current situation of the coal industry." After that, Gad looked at Yakov and said.

Since the Industrial Revolution, the use of coal has skyrocketed, and the status of coal merchants has risen.

"However, coal-burning steam engines can be seen everywhere, and the current large-scale application of oil is limited to lighting. There is no comparison between the two?" Yakov asked.

"Petroleum has many advantages that solid coal does not have due to its liquid advantages, such as the recent internal combustion engine, isn't it a good example? For example, gasoline engines, because of the use of liquid gasoline as fuel, can make the volume very small , which is something that a steam engine cannot do"

"Can you imagine the scene of a motorcycle driver charging coal to the engine with a shovel while driving?"

"Moreover, since the advent of the internal combustion engine, some people have been studying the use of the internal combustion engine as a power source for trains or ships."

"In the current industry, this is a very promising industry"

"Although the application of oil is not as good as coal at present, the prospects of the oil industry are very good. Yakov, you can cooperate with Nobel with confidence."

When Gad said this, Yakov let out a long sigh of relief, and his uneasy heart finally had some stability.

"That is to say, Crown Prince Constantine is really optimistic about the oil industry. It is not without reason why he is so confident in the oil industry."

After speaking, Xiang Jiade said, "Jade, since you are so optimistic about the future of the oil industry, why don't you come to our company for a period of internship? It's just right for your research direction."

Because he does not understand technology, almost all the technical positions in the current oil companies are from the Nobel side, which makes Yakov a little worried.

"Recently, our company will build an oil refinery with an annual refining capacity of 80,000 tons in Ferry, Albania. The Greek Petroleum Company has invested 12 million drachmas, which just happens to need a lot of engineers." Yakov Invited to his brother.

"I will go on a business trip tomorrow afternoon, and I will take a boat to Ferry with Mr. Nobel"

Hearing Yakov's words, Gad was really moved. He is still very interested in the research on petroleum refining catalysts. As one of the frontier research topics of organic chemistry in the scientific community, it is very popular in European universities.

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On March 6, Gad, Little Nobel, Yakov and a dozen accompanying people came to Albania to supervise the construction of the oil refinery.

This is an important factory of the Greek oil company, and it cannot be neglected.

After Vlora disembarked from the ship~www.wuxiaspot.com~, the group took the train and went all the way to Ferry City.

As a planned key oil industry city, Ferry has already built a train. The city of Ferry is located between Vlora and Tirana, and the railway line connecting the two places just passes through the city of Ferry.

When the group arrived at the construction site of the refinery on March 10, they could see from a distance that the refinery had just been constructed, with more than a dozen silver-white metal towers and chimneys, which were particularly eye-catching.

After approaching, Yakov saw a busy scene on the construction site, with various construction equipment operating in an orderly manner, and carriages transporting construction materials coming and going.

"Mr. Nobel, how long will it take for such a factory to be completed?" Yakov, wearing a helmet, asked as he looked up at the construction site on the scaffolding in the sky.

The construction team at the site is almost all construction workers hired by Little Nobel from the Caucasus region. The Nobel family made their fortune from the oil refinery, so it is natural to build the refinery.

"Mr. Yakov, this is a factory with a refining capacity of 80,000 tons. It will take at least two years for the entire project to be completed." Little Nobel, who was standing beside him, replied.

As a son of the Nobel family, in this cooperation with the Greek oil company, if he can perform well, he will have more right to speak in the family company in the future, and naturally he will do his best.

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