Vol 4 Chapter 6: , Admission ticket?

Ferdinand knows that since cheap cars have come out, can the automobile industry develop further?
For the needs of future development, Ferdinand decided to split the Bulgarian Machinery Plant.
To be honest, the Bulgarian Machinery Plant is already out of place, from hardware accessories to steam turbine engines for battleships, everything!
In Bulgaria's machinery manufacturing industry, more than 80% of the output value is contributed by machinery factories!
The current Bulgarian machinery factory or group has a total of 1.468 million employees. It has 186 large and small subsidiaries and 756 various processing and manufacturing plants, spreading across the entire industrial system of Bulgaria!
Although Ferdinand also reorganized the machinery factory into a group company before, but in the face of the increasingly large industry now, it is still somewhat powerless to manage!
After all, there are so many eye-catching and complicated industries, it is enough to be dazzling, let alone the management?
There may be such versatile talents, but for Ferdinand, it is better not to look for them!
Countless examples from later generations told him that monopoly at the beginning of social and economic development is conducive to promoting social development and saving resources; but in the later stage, monopolistic enterprises will lack competition and internal contradictions will become increasingly prominent, which will reduce production efficiency!
"Born in sorrow and died in peace"!
This sentence applies not only to a country, but also to a company, otherwise there will not be so many big companies in the future, and they will not be able to keep up with the development of the times in the later stage!
This is particularly prominent in state-owned enterprises and monopolistic enterprises! Due to the lack of market competition and the lack of crisis awareness of the corporate leadership, it will slowly degenerate and will only fight for power and profit, not thinking about making progress!
This is absolutely not allowed by Ferdinand. How can his own industry be ruined by a group of worms?
Now Ferdinand decided to split. According to his plan, the Bulgarian Machinery Group after the split will be transformed from a giant to six small giants!
After the split, the six small giants will carry out a clear strategic division of labor, each focusing on one aspect of development, and will also step into other industries to compete with each other, promote the discovery of productivity, and accelerate industrial upgrading!
Among them, the little-known automobile company has also been independent, and a group company-Bulgaria Volkswagen Group has also been established separately!
Since it is a group company, of course there will not be only one automobile production plant. It also includes an engine production plant, more than a dozen parts and accessories production plants, and an after-sales service company in major cities in Eastern Europe.
Of course, this is the current stage. In the future, Ferdinand will gradually discard all the low-profit spare parts factories in order to reduce management costs!
Judging from the name, it is obvious that Ferdinand is ready to promote civilian cars. However, this commoner refers to the middle class, as well as the newly emerging military aristocrats, which ordinary people still cannot afford!
Even the cheapest car, the market price cannot be lower than 5000 Lev, the initial sale may be more than 8000 Lev!
This figure, in theory, an ordinary worker can survive in five or six years without eating or drinking!
But Ferdinand knew that this was actually impossible. After eliminating the daily expenses, Bulgarian workers could save 500 levs every year, which is very rare!
And these people are mostly skilled workers or business backbones of enterprises! After excluding expenses, most people can have a balance of two or three hundred levs, which is not bad. The premise is that they cannot get sick, otherwise there may be debts!
This was also a common problem faced by the working class all over the world at that time, and it was not bad for people like Bulgaria!
Basically larger factories are still equipped with medical staff under the pressure of public opinion. Basically minor problems can still be solved internally, otherwise the problem will become more serious!
Ferdinand knew very well that if he wanted to solve this problem, he had to wait until the productivity had developed to a certain level before it could be realized!
Otherwise, at the level of industrial production at the beginning of the 20th century, even if the Bulgarian capitalists are saints, it would be impossible to get any profit!
Oh, according to Ferdinand's usual style, problems that cannot be solved are put on hold for the time being. Therefore, the problem of universal medical care has been put on hold indefinitely by the Bulgarian government!
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In 1908, Bulgaria’s good news continued. Just now Ferdinand received another piece of good news-Bulgaria’s self-built dreadnought ship was launched on the berth of the Dixf Shipyard!
This also benefits from the selfless dedication of the French!
Due to internal problems, the French reacted a step slowly in this era of naval battleship revolution. The French cannons and ships fell into a disadvantage in the internal struggle!
However, the French navy’s cannons were not reconciled to failure. After receiving Bulgaria’s request for help, they took the Bulgarian warship as a testing ground for their new technology!
They try to prove that their own ideas are correct through practical actions!
Therefore, the Bulgarian dreadnought ship can be regarded as the crystallization of the industry of the Netherlands, France, and Bulgaria. Therefore, the manufacturing speed of this warship is a little faster than Ferdinand expected!
From 1907 Ferdinand approved the construction of the warship, and in April 1908, the shore part of the warship was completed.
On April 6, 1908, the ship was launched smoothly at the No. 1 slipway of the Dixf Shipyard. At this rate, it may be completed by the end of 1908 or early 1909!
At that time, Bulgaria is likely to become the second country in the world with dreadnought ships after the British!
Oh, although it still can't change the weak status of the Bulgarian navy, it is still very good to inspire the morale of the people!
In the age of sea power, the influence of the navy is much greater than that of the army! Just as Germany is now the world's largest army power, and its economic strength has surpassed that of the United Kingdom, but everyone still thinks that the British dominate the world!
Similarly, as a rising star, Italy, because it has a good navy, is considered the sixth largest power in Europe, even if their army scum gets home!
On the contrary, Bulgaria is also a rising star, and it is aligning with Italy in terms of economic aggregate, and the field of heavy industry surpasses Italy. The army is also known as Prussia in the Balkans, but because the navy is too weak, it is considered a quasi-power!
Therefore, Ferdinand is willing to spend such a large price to build this dreadnought ship. In addition to enhancing the strength of the navy in the military and stimulating the morale of the people, it is more important for political influence!
Simply put, it is to get a ticket to join the powers club! In addition to the established powers, it is not easy for rising stars to get this ticket!
The Germans defeated the French and rose strongly; the Americans chose the Spaniards to settle down and got the tickets; the Japanese defeated the Manchus first and then defeated the Russians in the Far East before joining. Go in!
Obviously, Bulgaria can't do this! Although they also defeated the Ottoman Empire, the status of the Ottomans is no longer enough to be a stepping stone!
And the European continent has formed two big groups, which affect the whole body. In short, Ferdinand dare not touch it!
In addition to this direct and rude method, what is left is Italy, and the war has been fought, but unfortunately the record is not very good, and then a powerful navy was established, which was gradually accepted by the powers!
After careful consideration, Ferdinand decided to study the Italians, otherwise Bulgaria would not even want to join the powers clubs before World War I!
The problem of partitioning the colonies is small. Anyway, the world is almost divided up; but the problem of status in the Allied Powers is serious!
This is related to the future distribution of interests in Bulgaria, the treatment of the great powers and the treatment of ordinary allies, they are completely two concepts!