Rise of the Argentine Empire

To meet the needs of the city's industrial development, San Jose decided to reform the education system in Blanca City, mainly involving secondary schools.

Among the new residents of Blanca City, besides the working-age population and industrial workers, there was a significant number of children under the age of ten. San Jose was shocked and saddened by their dropping out of school. Many children under the age of twelve were becoming child laborers, some without even finishing elementary school.

San Jose had always strictly cracked down on child labor, but along the way, in the dark underbelly of Argentina, he had become accustomed to it.

Some young girls, barely teenagers, were deceived and forced by young men under the guise of love, while others were driven by poverty, eventually falling into prostitution.

Their youthful blossoms had withered prematurely before they could even bloom.

She didn't tell him her real name, only calling San Jose 'teacher' and herself Rosa Blanca, saying that her childhood dream was to go to university, but she didn't succeed.

Because of family poverty, she was pushed into the fire pit by her own family at the age of 11, earning meager income by selling her body. If she disobeyed, she would be threatened and beaten. At the age of 13, she even became pregnant, but she didn't know who the father of the child was. She was forced to have relations with more than 180 men every month, and her experience was quite bumpy.

Later, he remembered that Rosa Blanca meant 'white rose'.

At that time, San Jose only allowed students from the New Youth League to organize night schools for a period of time due to some reasons. Because there were security personnel escorting them, not too many accidents occurred, and he never saw Rosa again.

After going to the United States, he forgot about this matter. It wasn't until he returned to China last year and investigated that he learned that Rosa had died in the winter due to being beaten, and her remains were long gone.

This also became a thorn in his heart. He greeted Little Thompson and directly dispatched Aragon's security team, in cooperation with the police, to wipe out the entire gang crime syndicate, rescuing 31 poor girls, ranging in age from 12 to 30.

Most of these girls were arranged by him to enter the Blue Cloud Garment Factory, and they embarked on the path of life again, but some still returned to that path. Later, San Jose named a new clothing brand of the garment factory Rosa Blanca.

In addition, teenage boys were also coaxed and deceived, or their families didn't care, and they eventually embarked on the road of crime as a result.

Along the way, San Jose had seen too many such human tragedies in the so-called 'poor towns' and shantytowns of Buenos Aires, suburban towns, and the shantytowns of Cordoba. This was no longer a novelty.

Therefore, wherever San Jose could exert influence, he would severely crack down on these places, allowing them to return to the right path. Those who were stubborn would be sent to prison for reform.

It is worth mentioning that San Jose also carried out a series of reforms to the Blanca City Prison, implementing a labor reform policy, which involved organizing some factories to produce cloth, making clothes, and organizing professional skills training.

In particular, the crackdown on crime in the previous months had overcrowded the Blanca City Prison.

As a result, San Jose used his prestige to forcefully promote it. Originally, many people strongly opposed it, believing that it was forced labor.

Well, San Jose was indeed forcing criminals to work, and he didn't shy away from this matter. Instead, he frankly admitted it, which won the recognition of the citizens. This made his nickname of 'Iron-Blooded Mayor' spread quietly, and Blanca City became a new forbidden zone for crime.

As a result of the prison's transformation, the effect after these criminals were released from prison was surprisingly good. Many small factories were actually willing to offer them a job, which slowly reduced the opposition.

San Jose believed that this situation was caused by economic reasons, educational reasons, and the lack of the role of the police department.

Even cracking down on crime requires the city hall to have sufficient financial resources, such as sufficient police force.

At the same time, education reform is also a welfare policy for more and more foreign residents in Blanca City, especially foreign workers, mainly Chileans, and even Bolivians, Peruvians, Brazilians, and Colombians, but the number is not large, and some exist in the form of illegal workers.

These foreigners also need to receive some orthodox Argentine education, otherwise there will be endless troubles, and they all speak Spanish, which can be well integrated into the city. San Jose requires that everyone be treated equally and can enroll at a very low price.

San Jose admired these foreign immigrants very much. He did not directly expel them, but regularly registered them and established a basic management system. He even encouraged immigrants to naturalize and turn them into Argentinians.

Only full employment, economic development, and the use of Argentina's status as a signatory to tariffs and trade agreements to develop international trade can make Argentina's economy full of vitality and hand it over to currency devaluation and inflation.

This is also Argentina's only way out at present.

With economic development and full employment, these situations will gradually decrease.

San Jose will also let the workers' association regularly organize some blind date activities, tango dances, football games, and basketball games.

At the same time, the construction of Blanca City's two large thermal power plants and the ample power supply have also made most of Blanca City's street lights light up at night, which has reduced many criminals, and even developed some night consumption. The police department's regular patrols have also deterred some sudden crimes.

San Jose also built various closed small communities in the new urban area according to his own ideas, instead of open blocks, which caused a lot of criticism.

In addition to the reason for reducing construction costs, there is also the possibility of accommodating more people, as well as the influence of some later generations' ideas. Facts have proved that this kind of small community also has a certain effect, and it only needs to be.

San Jose hates the so-called detached wooden villas very much. They not only waste land but also increase costs. Therefore, the new urban area is basically composed of small tube-shaped buildings. Most of the floors are not high, up to 6 floors, and the internal layout is similar.

The first floors of the buildings near the street can be used as shops, generally in two rows, forming a small loop, with a long corridor connecting many rooms, using the long corridor to ventilate both ends.

Some households are divided into bedrooms, kitchens, and living rooms, but they are divided into three families living together, sharing the kitchen and toilet, making full use of space.

Such living conditions are actually very good.

Better living conditions are separate large suites.

Such a construction plan allows Blanca City to fully absorb enough people in a short time.

A batch of new roads were planned on the east and west sides of Blanca City. In addition to reserving land for various public facilities, a large number of houses are being built, forming a climax of real estate development.

In order to ensure the quality of construction, San Jose also formulated a series of regulations, including the technical standards required for building materials, steel, rebar, concrete, and cement, while also ensuring that builders and real estate developers are profitable.

A number of local real estate construction companies have also emerged.

In order to allow Blanca City to attract more foreign residents, the Blanca City Investment Promotion Department has also increased its efforts to attract investment. There are some electrical appliance factories such as food factories, furniture factories, electric lamp factories, and fan factories.

Auto parts factories are also within the scope of investment promotion, but Argentina rarely produces such accessories and can only cultivate them.

If it can become a parts supplier of Leiton Motors, it can enjoy a 5-year tax exemption policy. San Jose doesn't want to produce a full set of products in the future, which would be too costly.

Things like car headlights, universal joints, and brake pads can be produced by parts suppliers. In the future, Leiton Motors only needs to handle the three major parts of the car.

Shawn Glass Factory can also produce automotive glass, which requires a very large automotive industry chain.

Auto parts, as the foundation of the automotive industry, are a necessary factor to support the sustained and healthy development of the automotive industry.

Especially since the world's automobile industry is developing vigorously, San Jose wants to develop Argentina's independent automobile industry. He doesn't want to just be an assembly plant. He wants to independently develop and innovate, and he needs a strong parts system to support it.

This is also how San Jose can allow Blanca City to provide more jobs and become one of the largest automobile companies in South America and even the world in the future.

The upstream raw materials of automobiles are mainly steel, rubber, plastic, fabrics, etc., and their prices are ultimately determined by the prices of bulk commodities such as steel, oil, natural rubber, and textile raw materials.

Steel, oil, and textiles have basically been settled by Saint-Hesse.

Saint-Hesse's next goal is to develop rubber products. Currently, he can only rely on imports. Currently, Saint-Hesse has a tire factory, which belongs to the current Philip Industries. They produce motorcycle tires, tractor tires, and bicycle tires, but the output is not high.

As the only part of the automobile that comes into contact with the ground, the performance of the tires directly affects the safety of the vehicle's drivers and passengers. The importance of tire performance is self-evident.

As for car tires, with the technical support of Fiat Auto, it is time to increase production. In the future, it can even supply SEAM automobile factories.

In the eastern automobile industrial zone, Saint-Hesse saw the tire factory debugging and installing the equipment produced by the tire factory. The tire factory is located in the most corner. Natural rubber purchased from Southeast Asia and Brazil is also being transported to Blanca City by sea.

It's just that there are too many of these auto parts, which almost made Saint-Hesse depressed. Fortunately, Fiat Auto can help contact her parts suppliers and purchase parts production equipment, so that the production of Fiat 600 can be basically guaranteed in the future.

However, in this way, the production cost of the Fiat 600 series is much higher than that in Italy, and the profit will be much lower. This is probably the reason why Fiat Auto is unwilling to engage in any profit sharing, but directly sells various equipment.

The Italian automobile industry has developed for more than 50 years to reach its current level. Saint-Hesse's idea of accomplishing it all in one fell swoop is still a bit naive.

Saint-Hesse hasn't done such a challenging job for a long time.

Fortunately, he is not too ambitious and follows the steps. If he can produce it himself, he will open a factory himself, such as automotive glass, cast steel parts, tires, seat belts, and seats. If he can cooperate, he will find domestic companies with strength to cooperate, such as radios and car headlights.

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One thing that Saint-Hesse is still working hard to do is to reform the education in Blanca City, otherwise he can't imagine how to get so many sufficient workers and talents, although this is one of his original goals.

His reasons for persuading officials are also about child labor, various crimes, education for foreign populations, and promoting future employment.

Although Blanca City cannot and does not have the financial resources to implement free education for the time being, basic financial subsidies can still be done, and at least junior high school education is still necessary.

When Saint-Hesse was in Cordoba Province, he dropped out of middle school at the age of 16. After all, 6 years of middle school was too long and the price was very expensive. In addition, his parents passed away and he had to drop out of school.

If a junior high school can be established, at least many students can have a slightly better future development.

This is also why he has always wanted to reform the middle school in Blanca City. Recently, a new batch of funds and tax revenues have been received, and it can be implemented.

In terms of universities, secondary vocational schools have exploded. Saint-Hesse announced the reform of public schools in Blanca City.

In the Blanca City Education Bureau, Saint-Hesse also persuaded these education experts and civil servants.

Blanca City, Education Bureau Conference Hall.

"Our goal is to serve the citizens of Blanca City and allow more people to afford to go to school."

"The purpose of the reform is that the 6-year middle school system is too long, which prevents many students from graduating. This even makes it very difficult for many people to find employment. Currently, it is too difficult to graduate from middle school in Argentina."

Some high-level jobs in Blanca City generally require a graduation certificate, as is the university entrance exam. This even forms a special transaction.

Saint-Hesse didn't have a middle school diploma back then. He spent 5,000 US dollars and passed all the exams to get a diploma from Lombaton Middle School.

5,000 US dollars is almost 10 years of savings for an ordinary Argentine.

"Mayor, you are right, but there is a problem. Who will recognize such a diploma?"

Daniel Mendoza, an official from the Ministry of Education, raised his hand to speak.

Daniel comes from a famous family, but has good character and is an official that Saint-Hesse values very much.

"My idea is this: these diplomas will be issued by the Blanca City Education Bureau. They are currently valid within the scope of Blanca City and will also be valid in surrounding cities. Normal completion of 6 years of senior high school studies is the same, and the establishment of secondary vocational schools, supporting talents, and can also continue to study at university, as long as they pass the exam."

"We will change the middle schools in Blanca City from a 6-year system to a two-level middle school system, namely junior high school and senior high school, each for 3 years. Among them, secondary vocational schools are at the same level as senior high schools."

This can greatly reduce the graduation time for students. In addition to basic subjects, the courses added in junior high school include professional subjects such as physics, chemistry, and biology. They can also enter ordinary senior high schools or secondary vocational schools to study, teaching students according to their aptitude, and they can also graduate directly.

"Turning the existing middle schools into a 6-year consistent system and dividing them into two levels can issue junior high school diplomas and senior high school diplomas. Secondary vocational schools cooperate directly with companies and factories and recognize diplomas."

Saint-Hesse said the complete reform plan, which slowly attracted these people.

It does not affect existing students.

"Currently, the dropout rate of middle schools in our city is too high, and many people cannot afford to go to school. I don't think free education can be achieved, but this more favorable education system for citizens will be more appropriate."

A batch of middle schools to be built in the future will be built separately so that future foreign populations in Blanca City will have schools to attend.

"We will continue to discuss the specific measures and plans. We will establish 5 vocational schools to directly connect with factories, and also cooperate with National Southern University and Blanca City Higher Vocational College, San Martin College, National La Plata University, and National Cordoba University. It does not affect most students who are interested in continuing their studies."

After 4 hours of meeting, everyone was persuaded by Saint-Hesse. He not only spoke from a macro level, but also proved from various examples that junior high school students can not only find employment earlier, but also win respect, instead of being labeled with the stigma of dropping out of school.

Saint-Hesse even promised that junior high school students and secondary vocational school graduates can also participate in the police and civil servant examinations of the Blanca City Police Department. As long as their scores are qualified, they can compete fairly.

Even some state-owned factories are qualified to participate in the exam.

You should know that the original minimum requirement for these important exams was only a middle school diploma.

Like the police department, the original salary was not high. Now, most of them are personally selected by Saint-Hesse and organized for various trainings. Now the treatment is also at the middle and upper level in Blanca City, on par with civil servants, and the entry threshold has also increased.

Now, basically all newly hired personnel in the police department are required to have a high school diploma.

Improving the quality and increasing the sense of honor of the police department personnel is also a positive cycle.

Under the guidance of Saint-Hesse, the Blanca City Education Bureau presided over the establishment of the Blanca City Petroleum School and cooperated with the Petroleum Department of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Buenos Aires and Southern Petroleum to train workers for Southern Petroleum.

The Blanca City Automotive Professional School cooperates with the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the National Southern University and the Leidon Industrial Group to train automotive professionals.

In addition, the Blanca City Agricultural School, which also opened at the same time, cooperates with Sunshine Agriculture, National Southern University, Cordoba University, and San Martin College.

The Blanca City Aircraft Aviation Professional School cooperates with the San Martin Aircraft Manufacturing Plant.

The Blanca City Steel Metallurgy Professional School has established cooperation with the Steel Department of the National La Plata University. The Steel Department of the National La Plata University was established specifically for the La Plata Steel Plant and the La Plata City Hall took the lead.

A total of 5 secondary vocational schools, all of which are public secondary schools jointly established by the City Hall, will enroll middle school graduates or middle school dropouts in a unified manner and will organize unified-scale examinations in November.

In addition to these secondary vocational schools, the future construction of architectural schools, textile schools, chemical schools, and normal schools has also been included in the future education development plan of Blanca City.