Mediterranean Hegemony Road

Ferdinand knew that since the cheap version of the car has come out, will the auto industry develop far?

For the needs of future development, Ferdinand decided to split the Bulgarian machinery factory.

To be honest, the current Bulgarian machinery factory is outrageous, everything from hardware accessories to steam turbine engines for battleships!

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 1.468 million employees, 186 large and small subsidiaries, 756 various processing and manufacturing plants, all over 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 huge industry, it is still a bit powerless to manage!

After all, so many bright and complicated industries are enough to be dazzling, let alone management?

There may be such almighty talents, but for Ferdinand, it is better not to look for them!

Countless examples of later generations told him that at the beginning of social and economic development, monopoly is conducive to promoting social development and saving resources; but in the later stage, monopoly enterprises will become increasingly prominent due to lack of competition and internal contradictions, which will reduce production efficiency!

Born in trouble and die 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 monopoly enterprises! Due to the lack of market competition and the lack of awareness of the crisis in the leadership of the enterprise, they will gradually degenerate and will only fight for power and profits, instead of thinking about making progress!

This is absolutely not allowed by Ferdinand. How can his own industry be corrupted by a group of worms?

Now Ferdinand has decided to split. According to his plan, the split Bulgarian Machinery Group will be transformed from one giant to six small giants!

The six small giants after the split will carry out a clear strategic division of labor, each focusing on one aspect of development, and will also set foot in other industries to compete with each other, promote the discovery of productivity, and accelerate industrial upgrading!

Among them, the little-known car company has also been independent, and a group company has also been established - the Bulgarian Volkswagen Group!

Since it is a group company, of course, it will not only have one automobile production plant. It also includes an engine production plant, more than ten spare parts production plants, and an after-sales service company all over the major cities in Eastern Europe.

Of course, this is at this stage. In the future, Ferdinand will gradually throw away all the spare parts factories with low profits in order to reduce management costs!

Judging from the name, it is clear that Ferdinand is preparing to promote the civilian car. However, this commoner refers to the middle class, as well as the newly rising military aristocrats. Ordinary people still cannot afford it!

Even for the cheapest car, the market price cannot be lower than 5,000 levs, and the initial sales may be more than 8,000 levs!

This figure, in theory, an ordinary worker who does not eat or drink can save it for five or six years!

But Ferdinand knew that in practice this was impossible,

It is rare for Bulgarian workers to save 500 levs a year after deducting their daily expenses!

And most of these people are skilled workers, or the backbone of the business! After deducting expenses, most people can have a balance of two or three hundred levs, which is not bad. This premise is that they can't get sick, otherwise they may be in debt!

This was also a common problem faced by the working class all over the world at that time, and the ones like Bulgaria were quite good!

Basically, large-scale 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 be more serious!

Ferdinand knew very well that if he wanted to solve this problem, it would only be possible if the productive forces had developed to a certain extent!

Otherwise, at the level of industrial production at the beginning of the 20th century, even if the Bulgarian capitalists are saints and take no profit, it is impossible to achieve!

Oh, according to Ferdinand's consistent style, problems that cannot be solved are put on hold for the time being, so the issue of universal medical care has been put on hold by the Bulgarian government indefinitely!

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In 1908, the good news in Bulgaria was one after another. Just now, Ferdinand received another piece of good news - the Bulgarian self-built dreadnought was launched on the slipway of the Dixf Shipyard!

This is also thanks to the selfless dedication of the French!

Due to internal problems, the French reacted a step slower in this era of naval battleship revolution, and the French giant gunships fell into a disadvantage in the internal struggle!

However, the cannon ships in the French Navy 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 ideas are correct through practical actions!

Therefore, the Bulgarian dreadnought ship can be regarded as the industrial crystallization of the three countries of the Netherlands, France and Bulgaria, so the manufacturing speed of this warship is a little faster than Ferdinand expected!

From 1907 Ferdinand approved the construction of the warship, by April 1908, the construction of the shore part of the warship was completed.

On April 6, 1908, the No. 1 slipway of the Dixford Shipyard was successfully launched. According to this speed, by the end of 1908 or the beginning of 1909, it may be completed!

At that time, Bulgaria is likely to become the second country in the world to own a dreadnought after the British!

Oh, although it still can't change the status quo of the weak Bulgarian navy, it is still very good to use it to stimulate 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 like now that Germany is the world's No. 1 army power, and its economic strength has surpassed that of the United Kingdom, but everyone still thinks that the British are the world's hegemons!

Similarly, as a rising star, Italy is considered to be the sixth largest power in Europe because it has a good navy, even if their army scum is at home!

On the contrary, Bulgaria is also a rising star. It is approaching Italy in terms of economic aggregate, and it has surpassed Italy in the field of heavy industry. The army is also known as the Prussia of the Balkans, but because the navy is too weak, it is considered a quasi-power!

Therefore, Ferdinand is willing to spend such a high price to build this dreadnought ship, in addition to enhancing the strength of the navy militarily and inspiring the morale of the people, the more important thing is for political influence!

Simply put, it is to get an admission ticket to join the great power club! In addition to the old powerhouses, it is not easy for a rising star to get this ticket!

The Germans defeated the French and rose strongly; the Americans chose the Spaniards as a poor house and got the tickets; the Japanese first defeated the Qing Dynasty and 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 qualified to be a stepping stone!

On the European continent, two major groups have formed, and the whole body is affected. In short, Ferdinand dare not touch it!

In addition to this direct and rude method, the rest is Italy, which has also fought battles, but unfortunately the record is not very good, and then established a strong navy, which was gradually accepted by the powers!

After careful consideration, Ferdinand decided to learn from the Italians, otherwise Bulgaria would not even want to join the great powers club before the First World War!

The problem of dividing up the colonies is small, anyway, the world is almost divided up now; but the problem of the status in the Allied Powers, this is serious!

This is related to the future distribution of interests in Bulgaria, the treatment of the powers and the treatment of ordinary allies, which are completely two concepts!

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