Chapter 444: Making money is just an accident

If Christmas Eve in 1868 allowed the Austrian New Energy and Power Company to follow the famous civilization of "Sleep City", then in 1869 the Austrian New Energy and Power Company established its dominant position in the industry.
With the completion of a series of patent authorizations, the Austrian New Energy Power Company standard has also become an international standard for power systems.
It is not difficult to break this standard system, as long as you are willing to throw money, you can always break it. No one knows just how much money is going to go in.
If this is a profiteering industry, consortia will probably try it. Unfortunately, the power industry is just beginning to emerge, and the urban power supply system looks delicious but difficult to profit.
No one knows the maturity of the market, but when the patented technology expires, everyone is clear.
This era has not yet entered the high-paced era, and everyone's sense of crisis is not so strong. It is simply not believed that electricity will become the mainstream of this era within two or three decades.
Take the steamship as an example, Geoffrey built it in 1796. At that time, it was also considered to be a technology that changed the era. However, more than 70 years have passed. Now, the mainstream ships in the sea are still powered by sails.
There are still many examples of this. There is a period of time between the emergence of a technology and its large-scale application. The length of this cycle directly determines the commercial value of the technology.
In order to promote the advancement of electric power technology, Franz smashed millions of SHIELD. If the cost of later promotion is calculated, the cost has already reached tens of millions of SHIELD.
You know that this is not a pure technology, but a set of industrial systems. Including upstream steel, copper smelting, rubber and other raw material industries, as well as downstream power transmission, generators, electric lamps, meters ...
It cannot be done without a large investment. This cannot be done by one or two scientists and dozens of engineers. The test is the industrial strength of a country.
This is also the reason why most of the 19th-century scientific and technological inventions were concentrated in Europe and the United States. Without an auxiliary industrial system, even if you give you a copy of the atomic bomb manufacturing technology, you can't make it.
Franz was in a good mood. The Austrian New Energy Power Company made a profit. Although it was obtained by selling technology, this is also a good start.
If nothing else, a consortium with Austrian New Energy Power as its core will appear in the near future.
Since the advent of the capitalist era cannot be stopped, let's take control of them.
Those who follow me prosper, those who oppose me die!
As emperor, Franz was not short of domineering. With the power in hand + the advantage of the prophets, it is not impossible to carry out industrial layout in advance and control the empire economy in secret.
This stack of thick commercial contracts is the bottom line. So far, the Austrian New Energy Power Company has signed strategic cooperation treaties with hundreds of cities.
Not only Austrian cities, but also cities in other European countries, everyone can reach an agreement, the main reason is cooperation.
In simple terms, it is the Austrian New Energy Power Company's technology discount plus some funds and a local government partnership to establish a subsidiary, and everyone contributes to the promotion of human lighting.
Let foreign companies monopolize the power supply of their own country, everyone must be afraid, becoming a domestic company is not the same.
Many local governments are enterprises that do not directly invest, so this part of the shares can also be invested by private capital, and the specific share allocation will naturally be calculated from the capital contributions of both parties.
In the face of benefits, everyone can become good friends. No one doubts the prospects of electricity, but considering the cost, everyone tacitly delayed the construction time.
This is what we need. Austrian New Energy Power has completed its strategic layout and extended its influence to European countries.
The politicians got a contract that satisfied the people. It doesn't matter when it will be realized in the future. They have already got a copy of their achievements.
Investors invest in the future, and now they are only signing commercial contracts and setting up a small amount of money to establish a shell company. When the future is profitable, it is time to really pay for it.
Affected by this series of contracts, the gas company's stock has fallen a lot. Ordinary people do not know how high the cost of electricity is now, many people take it for granted that gas will soon be replaced by electric lights.
This judgment can not be miscalculated. The price of gas lamp lighting is also not low, but it is cheaper than the electricity bill before popularization. Once the power system is complete, lighting electricity every month will have a cost advantage.
Ordinary households only have a few light bulbs, usually only one, only a few kilowatt-hours a month, and a few shillings.
Expensive is mainly on power supply equipment, resulting in high account opening costs. At least the cost of light also requires dozens of SHIELDs, and ordinary people simply cannot afford it, becoming the biggest obstacle to the popularization of electricity.
This is still the case with a high installation rate. If the area installation rate is low, this cost may be as high as thousands of SHIELD.
After all, a family must also pull a line to use electricity. Dozens of household appliances still only need one line. The more accounts opened, the lower the amortization per capita.
Anyway, as long as these contracts become a reality, the Austrian New Energy Power Company will get a long-term meal ticket.
Even if the profitability of these subsidiaries is not bad, simply providing them with technical services and selling supporting power equipment will be enough for the Austrian New Energy Power Company to be full.
Even if nothing is done, salted fish will be one of the top 500 companies in the world until the 21st century. Fortunately, no one thinks so much in this era, otherwise these businesses are not so easy to get.
It should not be said that it was taken, it seems that the other party delivered it to the door. The Austrian New Energy Power Company did not go out to run the business, and the customers came on their own initiative.
The idea of ​​salted fish must be bad. How can an aggressive company become a great company?
"Tell Mark Oliver to keep up the pace and run as many horses as possible. With no giants involved, pull in more cities.
In addition to packaging the company, Austrian New Energy Power is not just an ordinary company, but a company with great ideals.
Our goal is to make this world bright and make money is just an accident.
If some partners have doubts, they can have a large stake in the subsidiary. In short, it is necessary to expand as soon as possible, complete the European strategic layout as soon as possible, and then reach out to the world. "
It is impossible to monopolize the power supply. What can be done now is to rely on the first-hand advantage to enclose the city.
As for the rural business that loses money, that is a matter for the government. It is temporarily not in the plan of the Austrian New Energy Power Company, and it may be uncertain in the future.
In this kind of public infrastructure and people's livelihood project, in the future, governments of all countries will limit profits, otherwise spit stars can kill people.
By that time, rural electricity consumption can be taken into account. The newly increased construction and maintenance costs directly diluted the profits of the subsidiaries.
No longer a profiteering industry, the people naturally will not spray it. Keeping a reasonable profit of a dozen points, no one has anything to say.
Moreover, the decrease in the profit of the subsidiary does not mean that the profit of the head office has also decreased. Dividends are reduced, and later equipment maintenance costs and purchased component costs have gone up.
Even if someone calls for the nationalization of electricity, it depends on whether the local government dares to accept the offer. It's not a dozen points that the private company's increase in the cost of a state-owned company. It's no surprise that a profit-making company becomes a loss-making company.
If the government takes over the country, Franz wouldn't mind selling a good price. Companies with backgrounds never worry about being swallowed. This is a legal enterprise. If you want to nationalize, you must follow the rules. The government purchases enterprise shares at a premium.
Anyway, before that, I had earned enough. Accompanied by gains in other areas, there may be much more direct profits.
This is the advantage of a consortium. An industry drives a series of industries. Even a superficially losing industry has earned back in other ways.
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"Here is the city that never sleeps. It really is the most beautiful city in the world, not Tokyo."
"Of course, the world can be compared with London and Paris. Tokyo wants to reach this point, I don't know how long it will take."
The conversation was with Okubo Tori and Ito Hirofumi. After the victory of the downfall war in 1868, a "reformer government" led by Emperor Meiji was established.
In order to regain sovereignty, Emperor Meiji sent a delegation to Europe to negotiate with governments. Negotiations are also part-time field trips to learn from European countries the law of power.
The more you see, the more you can feel the difference between the two sides. The Japanese in this era are not a little bit arrogant, they are exactly the image of a good student.
It can be seen that their interest is not high. They have visited many countries along the way, but the negotiations have not progressed smoothly.
The European countries did not take them seriously, they wanted to revoke the treaty and regain their sovereignty and dream! You can still spit out the meat you eat. Is that still the 19th century?
I don't know if they are lucky or not. Franz was visiting the Balkans at this time, accompanied by several cabinet ministers.
The big men are not there, and it is naturally impossible to rely on a three-inch tongue to persuade Austria to give in.
The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave the answer early. If you want to revise the contract, you can exchange it for benefits, or you can buy it directly by paying the money.
It is natural to talk so deadly. I wanted to see high-level government officials but was rejected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There are not so many reasons, just because of contempt.
At present, Japan's international status is very low, and it is not even comparable to the Principality of Montenegro, and European countries directly treat them as indigenous people.
Ito Bowen and others visited six or seven European countries along the way and did not enjoy the corresponding diplomatic etiquette. Want to see senior government officials in other countries also have to pay for bribes, or people will not have time to receive.
If negotiations fail, you can only conduct field inspections and learn the law of strengthening the country. They all bear the banner of constitutional monarchy. In fact, the systems of Britain, France and Austria are still different.
According to preliminary observations, Ito Bowen has found that the modes of Anglo-French are not something they can play with.
These three are all established empires. At the time of their most decline in the past century, they were all European powers. The troubles they encountered were basically internal problems, and they never had the risk of becoming colonies.
This is not comparable to Japan. They don't have enough knowledge to be able to withstand external problems.
Okubo asked: "Ito, did you find it? We didn't see thick black smoke in Vienna, which is very different from Paris and London.
Europe is said to be in an economic crisis and many factories have closed. Now that the Austrian emperors are inspecting the places themselves, does it mean that the Austrian economic crisis is very serious and no factories have opened in Vienna? "
Looking at the bustling street, Ito Bowen pointed with his finger and said, "It's not quite like this, it's a scene of the prosperous age. If the economic crisis is so serious, these ordinary people may not be able to laugh.
And Vienna is a city that never sleeps. With so many street lights, the monthly electricity bill is probably no less than four and a half million silver. "
The new affairs they came into contact with after the electric lights entered London also shocked their cognition.
However, in London, electric lights are only the patents of a few rich people. In order not to be ashamed of Japan, they have only seen them from a distance.
It's different in Austria. Electricity companies have already promoted electric lights. Not only are there street lights on the streets, but even the hotels they are staying in have already installed electric lights. They will become numb when they see more.
Hiroshi Ito speculated that the cost of electricity bills of four and five million silver per month directly put the entire delegation to death. Everyone unconsciously made a comparison with Japan, and found embarrassingly that the electricity bill in Vienna was half of their fiscal revenue.
Of course, this number is not accurate. The price of electricity for road lighting and electricity for residents can be different. The monthly electricity bill will be more than 100,000 silver.
The money was not paid by the Vienna city government, but was distributed to the merchants. Everyone is willing to pay this tax. Since Vienna lights up, business has become more prosperous.
The name of the city that never sleeps still attracts many people. The arrival of these outsiders has led to commercial prosperity, and there are already signs of Vienna becoming a tourist city.
The head of the delegation, Iwakura, waved his hands and said, "Don't go any further. This is the Austrian territory. No matter what happens, it has nothing to do with us. Maybe there is no industry in this city!"
Without industry, he would not believe it. Big cities without industries did exist in this era, but they were all in backward areas.
Almost every city in the big powers is full of smoke. Austria is no exception, Vienna was just an accident under Franz interference.
The thick black smoke soaring into the sky is also considered by many to be a symbol of the country's power. Even the smelly London is regarded as the ideal town by many people.
Not to mention the Japanese who are good at going to extremes, if you look carefully at their literary works of this period, there is no less positive description of these contents.
In short, these exhaust gases are fragrant.
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