Rise of the Argentine Empire

Just as Saint-Hesse was preparing to contact the people from the Fritz Bicycle Factory,

he suddenly thought of something: it had been a long time since he had visited the New A Newspaper.

This was also because he had been quite busy since returning to Bu City, with one thing after another needing to be arranged and handled, especially the several teams going abroad for inspection, investment, and equipment purchase.

They were basically all scheduled to depart in October, but currently, Bu City didn't have direct flight routes to Europe, Japan, or Australia, requiring them to take short-haul flights or transfer several times, spending an unknown amount of time on the road.

The Thunder Mining team was better off, as they could directly exit from the potassium triangle in Jujuy Province, transfer to Valparaiso in Chile, and then take a boat to Sydney to set up an office, before taking another boat to Perth in Western Australia.

They would investigate the coal mine development situation in Western Australia, directly negotiate for ready-made mines, and then purchase wasteland according to Saint-Hesse's rough addresses.

During this period, they only needed to manage the relationship with the Perth government and spend a lot of money; Western Australia, apart from various minerals, was quite backward.

However, the team from Rhein Heavy Machinery going to Japan was more troublesome.

They had to take a boat south from Bu City, pass through the Strait of Magellan, and travel more than 10,000 nautical miles to reach Sydney; they were only halfway there, then had to go north from Sydney to Yokohama, and finally take a train to reach Tokyo.

Cicero also gave up the trip to Japan for this reason, as the round trip would take at least two months, and encountering storms would require them to dock for repairs, taking even more time.

The cement factory and Prallie teams going to Europe were better off, at only about 10,000 nautical miles, with many routes available for direct travel by boat; Sainz from the United States going to Japan was also relatively convenient.

In addition, he also had to prepare some international drafts, arrange for Thunder Cross personnel for protection, and handle various aspects of foreign exchange and passports, especially the funds, which required his personal signature, all of which were very troublesome.

...

Thursday morning, it wasn't Professor Pukins' class, so he skipped it; this time, it was about the legislative history of Argentina, mostly memory work, so he was sorry.

Teacher John Christopher's lectures were too枯燥, reading from the book without any highlights, and he didn't pay much attention to classroom discipline, so skipping his class was a preferred choice.

Argentina is a civil law country, and laws and international treaties enacted by the Congress are the highest laws of the country.

And to be honest, studying the legal history of Argentina is not as good as studying the legal history of countries like the Soviet Union, the United States, China, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany; after all, Argentina's legislation is almost at the bottom globally and completely unsuitable for the country's development.

The judicial system consists of the Supreme Court and various federal courts; the federal courts are composed of courts in 23 provincial administrative regions, and each local government also has its own administrative structure, court system, and legislative body.

The weakness of Argentina's central government is also reflected in various local powers, and legislative power is one of them; the reason why Cordoba can challenge the Presidential Palace is also due to the imbalance between local power and the power of the Presidential Palace, with insufficient centralization.

Saint-Hesse had all of these things memorized, so there was no need to study them again.

He was going to the newspaper office to check the development results, which was the task of the chairman.

Checking the recent development results of the newspaper office was very necessary; after more than two months of laissez-faire development, he didn't know if the initially set course had been distorted.

He didn't want this newspaper office, for which he had spent a lot of effort recruiting people, giving money, and buying equipment, to end up doing a lot of useless work; the guidance of public opinion was still very important, which would be beneficial for earning a good reputation in the future.

Without saying hello to Andrew, Saint-Hesse directly changed into ordinary clothes and came to the New A Newspaper office.

Walking into the New A Newspaper office, he clearly felt a different atmosphere; the overall situation was much better than when he had just taken over, with two Thunder Cross security personnel standing at the entrance.

"Boss..." The security guard saw Saint-Hesse and was about to call out,

"No need, you're busy, I'm just here to take a look." Saint-Hesse waved his hand.

"Yes, Boss."

Saint-Hesse looked at the newspaper office and saw that it was developing quite well, with many new faces that he didn't recognize; however, he recognized people from personnel and finance, because this was a surprise inspection, so it could reflect the basic situation of daily work.

Saint-Hesse came to the personnel department and saw Natalie working hard.

"Natalie, come to my office."

Natalie is currently the head of the personnel department of the New A Newspaper office and also the person in charge of intelligence bureau informants, having been developed into a formal member of the intelligence bureau.

"Yes, Boss, I'll arrange it right away."

Saint-Hesse went directly to his exclusive chairman's office and took a few newspapers to read.

The office was not big, but it was clean and tidy, obviously with careful cleaning work.

When Natalie entered the office, a group of employees began to gossip.

"Is that the legendary handsome and rich boss? He's even more handsome than the president and looks only in his twenties."

"Yeah, the boss is almost like a celebrity."

"Tch, he's only a little more handsome than me. So what if he's rich?"

"Shameless, is today's evening paper interview starting to be typeset and printed, Bain?"

"Today's evening paper, 3,000 copies, has already started trial printing; the mold adjustment machine has started working and can be printed before noon, as long as there's no big news in the afternoon."

"Luther, don't talk nonsense anymore; you should know that the salary at our New A Newspaper office is not low, so be careful of getting fired."

"I actually admire the boss very much; I just have bad habits from doing interviews; I have to make up for it today."

"Yeah, it's good to know; cherish such a good job, you know? And you can learn a lot in our newspaper office; you've only been here for less than a month, so you don't know how amazing the boss was back then."

"Yeah, I also admire him very much; back then, the New A Newspaper office was just a third-rate newspaper, but now it's already catching up to the top five; it's really amazing; the circulation of the evening paper is even in the top three; it's too amazing."

"Your advertising department has gotten a few big clients this month, right?"

"Haha, yeah, they're all begging us to help them advertise; the effect is too good."

"Senior, do you want me to make you a cup of coffee? The new coffee that was just issued this month hasn't been opened yet; the benefits are really good."

"No need; I actually prefer free soda; our newspaper office doesn't have the rules and regulations of other newspaper offices; as long as you work hard and meet the performance assessment standards, you can get a high salary, a real high salary."

"Understood; it's just that I was used to it before; I will correct it now."

These employees get along quite well, joking with each other, and their efficiency is high; after all, as long as they don't make mistakes, they can work until retirement in the current newspaper office in Argentina.

...

"Boss, why do you have time to come to the newspaper office today?"

Natalie looked at Saint-Hesse excitedly.

"Yeah, just came to take a look; how many people are there in the newspaper office now?"

Saint-Hesse looked at the newspaper in his hand without looking up.

"There are more than 80 people in the newspaper office now; 58 new employees have been recruited, several new offices have been set up, there are 11 reporters, and departments such as the editorial department and the novel department have been set up; there are also people recruited for novel serializations."

"The current office seems a bit crowded; how about this, I'll arrange a new place for you; arrange it well."

"Okay, Boss."

"Our photography department, especially the cameras and photos that you arranged for special attention, has purchased a batch of new cameras, which has given our newspaper office a lot of advantages."

This was a change made to attract some young users, which was very costly.

"Besides the growth of elderly customers, there's also the significant progress with young customers that you've been particularly focused on. Some shorter novels and comics have started serialization, and the 16-page evening newspaper has developed rapidly, with sales catching up to the morning newspaper and still growing."

"Good. Compile all these documents and reports and send them to me, then have the head of the finance department come over."

"Yes, Boss."

Saint Hesser called in the heads of various departments: finance, editorial, advertising, sales, journalism...

Finally, he had an understanding of the development of the New Argentina Newspaper. They were doing well. Andrew strictly implemented Saint Hesser's development policy and ran the newspaper very well.

"Last month, our newspaper made a profit of 5.2 million pesos, selling 240,000 copies. This month's goal is an average of 10,000 copies per day, a target of 310,000 copies."

"Well done. Everyone worked together last month and made great progress. This month, every full-time employee will receive a bonus of 3,000 pesos." Saint Hesser waved his hand and directly issued 300,000 pesos.

"Yes, Boss."

"The procurement of various new equipment, especially cooperation with paper mills, must be done well. Allocate funds to update various equipment."

Now the peso is devaluing. Spending more to turn it into productivity is fundamental.

"Yes, Boss."

"Arrange the first mate tea of spring for everyone today, and also arrange a gathering at a large hotel this month.

If sales continue to break through to over 400,000 copies by the end of the year, I'll arrange a vacation fund for you to go on vacation to the south and see the Antarctic icebergs.

Also, prepare bonuses and prizes."

"Understood, Boss."

Saint Hesser came to the newspaper office to be a wealth-scattering boy. Only high salaries and various benefits can make these guys work hard, and money isn't important.

This is Saint Hesser's consistent strategy: bring enough benefits to his subordinates to make them work for him with peace of mind.

Earn more money, provide you with various security systems, and ensure that the salary level of the companies under his banner is among the industry leaders, with a strong sense of belonging.

Coupled with a sound competition system, this is enough to ensure his competitiveness.

After all, power is from the bottom up. Although Saint Hesser is strict, he really gives real money, rather than high salaries under the pressure of those unions.

Therefore, his factories, whether in terms of loyalty or competitiveness, have first-class combat effectiveness.

There is also a very important factor, that is, as long as you have the ability and make great contributions, you can rise very quickly, and your position salary also increases very quickly. Promotions are all recognized by Saint Hesser, and the rapid development of the company and factory means there are large vacancies, and he always takes the internal promotion route.

...

After finishing the newspaper's affairs, Saint Hesser finally met the head of the bicycle factory on Saturday afternoon.

Horst Koch, currently the general manager of Fritz Bicycle Factory, and also the head of all Germans in the bicycle factory. They basically haven't obtained Argentine passports.

"We have been abandoned by Perón. He thinks nuclear weapons are more important. We are just small factories," Horst said.

"The reason is that our factory's equipment is too outdated.

At that time, our country had close ties with the Argentine government during World War II and promised to provide Argentina with a large number of trade opportunities after the war, but you also know the result, we failed."

"The fact is that Perón has no way to protect us anymore."

"You can completely trust us and our team. I can meet any conditions you offer, note, any conditions."

"Where else can we go? In essence, we are still Germans. They directly issue blank passports to senior executives, but we don't have them. Tens of thousands of us came to Argentina before."

"I can provide you with passports, provide a sum of absolutely clean money, and you can also choose to join my factory. I am very short of talent.

It's even no problem to send you out of Argentina."

"We have many secret devices, as long as you can."

"If you are willing to work for me, I will help your family solve all problems."

"I admit your conditions are very tempting."

"Do you still remember the Jews?"

"Of course, I remember."

"They have established their first territory in the Middle East. Their intelligence agency, the Mossad, will surprise you very much. Their intelligence and your hatred, by the way, I have to say, they will cause you losses."

"Israel? They do have a great feud with us, so we are also paying attention."

"If you join our factory, my factory will be the most powerful arms factory in South America in the future, and you will be completely whitewashed. I will provide you with all protection. We are the Cordoba gang, and we have influence in many places in Argentina, enough to protect you, and we have a good reputation."

"I still have to consider this and discuss it with my people, but the equipment in the city center of Buenos Aires can indeed be transferred to you. This is our sincerity in cooperation."

The equipment of this bicycle factory is from the 1930s and 1940s and is already quite outdated, and it is too easy to lose money if Argentina sells products now without strong competitiveness.

"Well, consider it carefully. In Argentina, no one but me can provide this kind of condition. You can live normally in this country in the future. I can promise that no one can hurt you, whether it is Americans or Jews."

"Okay, how about I take you to visit the factory in the city center."

"With pleasure." Seeing that this guy had loosened his mouth, Saint Hesser also breathed a sigh of relief. He had boasted, and he had to do it, but just like their situation, they had become abandoned sons.

For Saint Hesser, it was a treasure. If the equipment was old, he could just spend money to update it, but talent was more valuable.

They are likely to have production lines for machine guns and various military equipment. This kind of thing is generally only imported through the national level or smuggled across the border, but it is easy to attract attention.

His level is not enough. If there is ready-made equipment in the country, then he can promote the development plan of the arms factory faster.

Saint Hesser thought happily,

If this cooperation goes smoothly,

The Rhein Ordnance Factory will be separated from Rhein Corporation and established as Rhein-Fritz Industrial Company (LNAP for short), and the Rhein Mechanical Research Institute will be merged to increase the company's research and development capabilities.

The bicycle production line will be spun off again to establish a real bicycle factory, which is also a large market,

Merge into another Rhein company to prepare for the introduction of Japanese motorcycle production lines.

If the merger is successful, Rhein Industries will already be second only to the Argentine Army Light Weapons Factory (FMAP for short) in Buenos Aires and the Argentine Military Aircraft Manufacturing Factory (FMA for short) in Cordoba, of which FMA is the heart of Argentina's aviation industry, directly surpassing the Domingo Ordnance Factory in Rosario.

Domingo-Maté Light Weapons Factory has reverse-engineered a batch of STG 44s in recent years and named them CAM 1, as well as the famous Sistima M1911A, with at least 50,000 produced, and Saint Hesser has also reverse-engineered a lot of low-cost M1911As for convenience.

However, according to the Malvinas War data in later generations, the Argentine army did not purchase the domestically produced CAM1, but imported the Belgian FAL automatic rifle, which greatly damaged the development potential of the Domingo factory and fed foreign military factories.

The various military governments in Argentina also began to become importers of light weapons. It is better to buy than to manufacture. Saint Hesser will definitely not sit idly by and watch this happen.