Chapter 167: Rich to do business

Salzburg, inside a hotel. Austrian Federal Railways executive Motrich is mobilizing a conference for technicians.
"Listen all, the board has made a decision, and within the next year, we will connect the railway to Adenin."
On the construction site, there weren't a few Svens, and Motrich didn't say anything, and he simply said the task.
He is only in charge of administration and management, not from a technical background. After spending more than a year in this project team, he is very clear about the progress of the project.
I am afraid that the progress requirement of the headquarters is difficult to complete. However, as a qualified manager, he knew that he could not withdraw from difficulties.
The board of directors has made a decision. No matter how difficult the problem is, he must also try to complete it. This is a matter of attitude.
If there is no actual action, just shouting for difficulties and incompleteness, then where is his value reflected?
Private companies are very realistic. If there is no value, he can jerk. In this issue, his weight is not as important as the technical staff below.
Technologists in this era are treasures. No matter which project they put on, they are indispensable talents. Administrative personnel are different. There are still a lot of people inside railway companies.
Salvador, the chief engineer of the project, said politely: "Mr. Motrich, with our current construction progress, it is good to be able to complete this task within two years. This is a planned period in advance. It is impossible to complete it in advance ! "
In the construction of this section of the railway, nominally Motrich is responsible for overall management, but technically El Salvador has the final say.
Motrich had no control over El Salvador, or he dared not intervene. He is a clever person who does n’t understand, he just does n’t understand, and knowing that blind command can easily lead to problems.
Now that construction tasks are suddenly raised, it is normal for technical leaders to object. But Motrich was not unprepared, and explained with a smile:
"Mr. El Salvador, the solution is always thought out. Although you are missing something, I am in charge of coordinating with the head office, but the task must be completed on time.
In the following days, everyone will be lucky to sacrifice a rest day. Please rest assured that the company will not treat everyone badly.
Here I assure you that as long as you complete the task in advance, the bonus you receive will never be lower than the current salary.
No, just complete the appointment on time. I go to the head office to apply for you, if it is less than this number, I will pay for it myself! "
Motrich's performance was successful. Many problems in this world can be solved with money, and speeding up the construction progress is naturally no exception.
The two-year construction task will be completed in one year. There will be no problems with the two-year salary distribution. Everyone does the same job, and the labor cost budget of the railway company has not increased. Now is the time to be short of people, and Motrich is quite sure to get the money down.
A raise could soothe most technicians, but El Salvador still shook his head.
"Mr. Motrich, no one doubts your character. The problem now is that it is too short. We have started construction from both ends to the middle.
If you want to increase the progress, unless you divide the current bidding section into two and divide it from the middle section again. This requires not only additional labor, but also mechanical equipment. Our technical staff is also insufficient, and the management difficulty is greatly increased. "
Motrich thought for a while and said, "These problems can be overcome. Presumably you also know that the state has issued laws in order to speed up the railway construction process. Starting from the railway project, no tax will be levied on railway operations within ten years. .
We started construction in 1849 and it is expected to be completed in 1854, which means that our duty-free operation time is only 5 years.
Federal Railways is a listed company. The headquarters has to consider the opinions of shareholders. Now everyone hopes that the railways can be put into operation sooner.
If we can complete the construction of the subgrade in section 5 in 1851, the track can be laid in 1852, the relevant equipment can be installed, and the trial operation can be carried out in 1853.
Being able to put it into operation a year in advance will inevitably bring a lot of profits to the company, and you will also get generous returns. "
"Profit" is only one factor. More importantly, the Austrian government requires the railway company to speed up the construction of the main line. The reason is that Austria is preparing to go to war with the Ottoman Empire and use rail to transport logistics materials.
For this reason, there is no way for everyone to refuse. What's more, the government hasn't paid no compensation, and this is how the tax exemption came for ten years.
As for fighting the Ottoman Empire, why this railway linking the Kingdom of Bavaria must also be speeded up is not the point.
The main point is that Her Majesty Franz spoke in person. Since he said that it is the national main line to speed up the construction progress, it must be the national main line.
Could it still be that for this issue, the conditions are not up to the Majesty the Emperor?
In the end, the management of the railway company decided to focus on accelerating the construction of the main line and suspending the branch sections that are ready to start.
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This year, railway technicians are in demand. In order to retain talent, Federal Railways also took out some stock options as bonuses and distributed them to these technicians.
Although the amount in everyone's hands was not much, the effect was very good, with their own shares in it, and there was no desire to open the railway in advance.
El Salvador thought about it and said, "I don't have any opinion on the company's decision, but Mr. Motrich, you have to help me solve these problems.
There is also too many casualties in our construction process at the moment, you better be able to restrain those managers so that they don't do too much. "
The so-called management staff are, of course, the thugs invited by the railway company. Now these free laborers are really "fast workers". They are cheaper and cheaper, but they are not very easy to manage.
Everyone wants to hang around, as long as no one is staring, they will work hard, and even escapes happen from time to time. If it weren't for the army to watch, there would probably have been a riot.
Although the army sends people to guard, it does not send people to help them manage. In order to speed up the construction, the management staff hired by the railway company is naturally a whip + stick to serve.
This makes Salvador, whose morals have not been completely lost, unaccustomed. Of course, he is not a Virgin, but just to mention it, he also hates such chaotic elements.
Motrich said with a smile: "There is no problem. There is a shortage of labor. I will report immediately. There are still in the warehouse of the machinery and equipment company. I will send someone to pick up the goods directly.
I will report the shortage of technical staff to the head office. However, Mr. El Salvador, there is a shortage of technical personnel everywhere, and the headquarters are digging people all over Europe. Don't have too much hope. "
Yes, there are technicians from European countries in the railway construction team in Austria. For strategic security needs, these people cannot be key designers.
This is what Franz asked for, mainly when the British exported railway standards overseas. In this regard, many private goods were caught, and many countries were pitted.
All Austrian railway companies now adopt the same approach. Insufficient technical staff, let the engineer bring apprentices on top.
Anyway, according to the drawings, as long as one year and a half at school on site, you can chair simple technical work. Experienced engineers guide and arrange tasks every day, and then check and accept.
Basically, the construction of a section of railway was completed, and the apprentices were almost out of school. Railroad engineers in this era basically came this way, but a small number of people graduated from school.
Looking at his morale, El Salvador nodded wryly. With the addition of new construction lines, the task of his chief engineer is even heavier.
The mode of transportation in this era is horse riding. People who can't ride horses can't eat this bowl of rice. It's going to be a hundred and eighty kilometers every three minutes.
On the contrary, the technical staff under his command should be more relaxed and follow the action of the large army, instead of running for three days and two ends.
This is the disadvantage of an insufficient number of engineers. If all these tasks are left to the people in charge, he will not rest assured. Basically, when it comes to technical difficulties, El Salvador has to preside in person.
Since the beginning of the 19th century, European railway construction has just begun. By 1850, the total number of railways already in operation throughout the European continent would not exceed 15,000 kilometers.
Engineers with rich experience are naturally scarce talents. Under this background, as soon as the construction of the Austrian railway began, major wars broke out.
For El Salvador, it is painful and happy now. The heavy workload means high pay.
For example, while he is the chief technical engineer, he is also responsible for the main technical guidance of the construction at both ends, so he can get two more salaries.
Now add two more construction sites. If the company does not send someone to help him share the pressure, it also means that he can increase two more salaries, which is a total of five salaries.
If it weren't for the good salary, he would have been stubborn, and how could he accept such a day and night job?
Such good days are rare, and with the bonuses promised by Motrich, once the task is completed, El Salvador is equivalent to getting a salary of ten years in a year.
After all, such as El Salvador are only a few. It is impossible for a railway company to send engineers to help. After all, a person's energy is limited, and he can barely support it in the early stage. At the later stage of construction, he will not be busy at all.
However, one to complete two or three people's work tasks, often in railway construction.
Capitalists are not philanthropists and cannot always be so generous. Now that they are irreplaceable, they are naturally treated favorably. Once they can be replaced, their good days are over.
El Salvador is well aware that once the railway construction is complete, they are ready to get out of the way.
When a railway company operates, it does not need so many experienced engineers, and capitalists will naturally choose cheaper ordinary technicians to be responsible for the later maintenance of the railway.
Even after the supply of engineers exceeded supply in the later period, even if they did two jobs, they could only get a salary.
The relationship between supply and demand in the market determines the price of goods. The same applies to the human resources market. Capitalists pay high salaries when there is a shortage of people, and of course they have to find ways to make up for it.
In general, they are in a good time, just in time to make money. After this village, there is no such store.
How long such good days are, El Salvador does not know. If possible, he hopes such days can last longer.
He even had the idea of ​​going to the Ministry of Railways to find an errand. Although the treatment was not so good, the victory was stable and decent.
As night fell, El Salvador lay on the bed, lit a cigarette, got up deeply, and couldn't sleep for a long time.
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