Greece’s Roman Road

After Prime Minister Venizelos got the support of Constantine and left contentedly, he suddenly heard the roar of the engine in the courtyard.

Driven by curiosity, following the direction of the voice, Constantine came to the courtyard of the Tatoi Palace and saw the manager of the tractor manufacturing company, Andros, who was teaching Prince George to drive a convertible car.

"This car is so beautiful, Mr. Andros, with walnut wood interior, leather sofa, stylish yet elegant appearance." Prince George sitting in the driver's seat touched the decoration inside the car with excitement, and said Andros in the co-pilot said.

Then he saw Constantine who followed the voice and shouted to Constantine: "Father, look, this is a gift from Mr. Andros, a beautiful convertible car"

Constantine looked at the car in front of him: the black body was luminous, and the appearance was dynamic and stylish with a calm and heavy look. It was indeed a car full of industrial aesthetics.

"Although it's a beautiful car, it doesn't make you so excited, George," Constantine asked incredulously.

Prince George is in his twenties, such a young man naturally likes cars, but the eldest son of Crown Prince Constantine of Greece, how could he have never seen a luxury car, how can he be so excited.

Seeing the arrival of His Royal Highness, Andros immediately stood respectfully beside the car door and bowed in a salute: "His Royal Highness, this is a car produced by the factory. In order to express your support for the factory over the years, this car was specially made by hand. Made cars for the royal family"

Hearing that this was a car produced by a factory in Greece, Constantine was also pleasantly surprised. He stretched out his hand and gently swayed the body. The black paint was smooth to the touch and said happily: "Your factory can already produce such a beautiful car? It's really good news."

Due to the narrow market capacity in Greece, the Andros factory produced motorcycles, automobiles, tractors, bicycles and other products in order to survive. In the field of internal combustion engines, it is the company with the best technology in Greece.

Although the company's achievements are outstanding, the economic benefits have always been poor. It is limited by the Greek domestic market. After all, a country with no more than 10 million people has limited spending power. Whether it is a motorcycle or a car, it is undoubtedly a luxury. .

Despite this, Andros's machinery factory is barely surviving, and its financial situation has always been tight, and there are few times when it is rich.

"The company's car is ready for mass production. This is a private custom-made model specially provided for the royal family, and only one is provided."

In order to keep this company of great significance to Greece alive, Constantine offered to help as much as he could.

For Andros's machine shop, Constantine is currently the biggest customer.

The motorcycles and armored vehicles that played an important role in the Second Balkan War were the products of the machine factory managed by Andros.

The Second Division was able to quickly and decisively cut off the back road of the Ivanov Corps. The motorcycles and armored vehicles modified from civilian cars provided by Andros’s machinery factory to the Greek Army provided them with sufficient power support to allow the Second Division The second division was able to quickly complete the maneuver.

As for the tractors produced by the factory, they also rely on the relationship line of Constantine, and with government subsidies, they sell 100 units every year, which is a bleak operation.

In addition to finding a market for the factory's products, the Royal Bank of Greece, the bank controlled by the royal family, has been providing loan support to the machine factory for many years.

It can be said that if it wasn't for Constantine's private support, the factory would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Especially in the past two years, there have been frequent wars in the Eastern Mediterranean region. First, the Italian-Turkish war, and then Greece participated in two consecutive wars. In these turbulent years, under the influence of panic, people's desire for consumption is low, and Andros's machinery The factory imitated the T-type car of the American Ford company, and the car it produced just came off the assembly line, and met Greece to participate in the war.

As a result, there has been a serious backlog of cars that have invested a lot of money in machinery factories, and so far, few cars have been sold.

"The car production line has been running, but Your Highness, affected by the war, people's desire to buy cars is very low," Andros said of the car's sales, looking a little depressed and depressed, with a trace of fatigue on his face.

"The more we produce, the more money we lose. If the car sales problem can't be solved, the factory is likely to go bankrupt. Maybe it's a wrong decision to produce cars, and we won't see any benefits for a long time, and the gap between expectations is too big. The opinions of several investors have also diverged, and I am sorry, Your Highness, for failing to live up to your support."

"This car may be the only thing I can give you in return, although compared to your support, it is insignificant." Speaking here, Andros was depressed and his eyes were red.

After the war broke out, a large number of young people in Greece were recruited into the army. It is almost impossible for the elderly to like a fashionable vehicle such as a car. Of course, it is useless for them to like it. It is not easy to learn to use a new type of transportation. thing.

And other products of the machine shop, such as tractors and motorcycles, have also stagnated.

If it wasn't for the support of the army, which had taken part of the orders for the production and maintenance of military machinery from the army, the machinery factory would have closed down.

Maintaining military motorcycles and armored vehicles for the army, as well as tracked artillery shell transport vehicles, but these things are also limited in the number of military equipment, and there is not much profit.

Andros is a person who advocates an industrial power. UU reading www.uukanshu.com believes that a country like Greece with poor resources and a sparse population must rely on the power of machinery to become strong.

Andros set up a machinery factory and developed various products in order to realize his ideal of saving the country through industry.

It is with the support of this belief and ideal that Andros's machine shop continues to develop new products even when sales are not good.

Constantine stepped forward and patted Andros on the shoulder comfortingly: "Don't be so discouraged, Andros, now the war is over, Greece will not be involved in the war in a short time, the machinery factory is the most important. The bad days are over, from now on, I'm sure things will get better later."

Speaking of this, Constantine thought of the new agricultural policy of Prime Minister Venizelos, and said to Andros: "The government will soon issue a new agricultural support policy, if nothing else, your tractors will get more government Subsidies, sales should be very good”

"Moreover, the army is about to cut its troops soon. After these young people come back, I believe your car sales will also improve."

"In any case, as the manager of the machinery factory, you can't fall before the dawn of victory."