My Italy

The promotion of the shipbuilding industry will not be able to see the effect of promotion within a short period of time, but there is one industry that quite meets the definition of monopoly, the Italian National Grid Corporation.

Needless to say, the company has a monopoly on Italy's electricity supply. Whoever wants to use electricity in Italy needs to provide it from the national grid.

Is there anyone who can't stand the high-profile monopoly behavior of State Grid?

Yes, and quite a few. Those capitalists who are jealous of State Grid's high profits are simply going crazy with jealousy.

But this is of no use, because they have nothing to do with the National Grid. Politically, the royal family stands behind State Grid. Economically, there are long queues of banks wanting to lend money to State Grid. Not to mention technology, many of the current transmission equipment and technologies in European countries must be authorized by the State Grid.

This kind of monopoly enterprise is full of thorns and cannot be criticized. Anyone who wants to compete with it will not be able to solve the competition, whether it is legitimate or unfair competition. Besides, every city in Italy is currently included in the power supply scope of the national grid, so there is no chance to start. Do you want people who are willing to intervene to develop from rural areas? Is this not poverty alleviation?

In addition, State Grid is not content with the status quo. They are not only based on domestic development, but also going global. Italy's overseas colonies have long been included in its possession, and they are also developing into other countries.

For example, in the Qing Dynasty, the State Grid built power generation facilities in Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou and other places to provide electricity for lighting production. Especially in Shanghai, State Grid built the largest thermal power plant in the world at the time. Two giant 50,000-kilowatt generators would help Shanghai become a real pearl of the Far East.

Of course, the most important place for State Grid’s business in the Far East is the Borneo colony. Although no city in the Borneo colony can match Shanghai in terms of electricity demand, the gap in the Borneo colony is very large.

Samarinda is located at the mouth of the Mahakam River and is the largest port city in eastern Borneo. As Italy vigorously develops Borneo, the city is also developing rapidly with the help of this trend.

A thousand-ton ship docked steadily at the port, and Nemancha took a deep breath as his legs stepped on the ground. "The smell of land is much better, and the fishy smell of sea is much less."

"Hey you guys, welcome to Samarinda."

A pair of big hands patted his shoulders heavily, showing that its owner was very strong.

Nemancha didn't need to look back to know that this voice was too familiar to him. "Pox, I told you not to tap me on the shoulder from behind, be careful of my possible overreaction."

"Well old friend, I just didn't expect the company to send you here."

"Hahaha, I was kidding you."

While the two were reminiscing about old times, a voice suddenly came.

"Nemancha, come to Balikpapan Bay if you have the opportunity. I can entertain you."

"Don't worry, Ellis, I will definitely come?"

After the man had gone away, his friend Pokes asked. "Your new friend?"

"Yes, we only met at the poker table for less than a week. We said we were going to Balikpapan to mine oil. Do you know where Balikpapan is?"

"Of course I know. Oil is said to be found in the bay about 120 kilometers away from here."

"Whatever, we don't want to drill for oil anyway. Let's check the supplies I brought here first. Here is the list."

After finishing the small talk, Nemancha took out a list and handed it to his old friend.

"Let me see if I have enough supplies this time."

Now that it was down to business, Ellis naturally didn't dare to relax. He opened the list and looked at it carefully. "Two coal mills, one steam turbine, two high-pressure boilers, and only one 1,000-kilowatt generator. I want two!"

"Currently, the company only has two backup generators in Pontianak, and Ma Chen is also planning to expand the power plant. What will Ma Chen do if I give them to you?"

After hearing what his old friend said, Ellis knew that there was nothing he could do, and he couldn't give all the generator to him.

"Why don't your company prepare more generators in Pontianak? Borneo is developing so well and there are so many places that need electricity."

Faced with the complaints from his friends, Nemancha could only shrug.

"How do I know this? Maybe the company's demand for my side is ranked lower. Even Shanghai has installed giant generators of 50,000 kilowatts, but the largest generator we have here is only 5,000 kilowatts."

Well, it seems Nemancha has a small complaint. But their complaint is just a grumble. What else can be done? This is a decision made by the superiors of the company. How dare they, two wage earners, to point fingers?

After all, the two of them still remained rational and knew that discussing the company's decisions was not a good idea, so they quickly stopped the topic.

"You have a lot of immigration ships here!"

With sharp eyes, Nemancha saw several immigrant ships passing by. These immigrant ships were easy to identify. They had a flat bottom, wide bow and flat cover and looked like a Chinese ship. But underestimate this kind of ship, which can carry nearly a hundred people and 30 people. It can carry tons of cargo, and the water is shallow and can run very slowly, making it very suitable for river transportation.

"Isn't this the development of eastern Borneo? Major companies have acquired a lot of land here. For example, Lin Company, Xiangfu Company, Poly Development Company, etc. have all acquired at least several thousand hectares of land here. development rights. Eight out of ten of these immigration ships transport people and materials for their company.”

As for friends, it’s hard to say anything to Nemancha, after all, there are more immigrant ships in Pontianak. Of course, eight out of ten would be too much, but six at most would be great.

And how could Nemancha's disbelieving expression be hidden from his friends? Ellis continued to talk. "Why don't you believe it? What I said is not exaggerated."

Ellis then told Nemancha his reasons. It turned out that in view of the slow development of East Borneo, His Excellency Governor Ambik decided to speed up the pace of development in the area, so he gave many companies the green light to encourage them to develop in East Borneo. Development of Borneo.

Of course, getting Governor Ambik to give the green light also requires strength. Only those companies with sufficient strength will be valued by the Governor.

But having said that, in East Borneo, where various infrastructures are not complete, it is really impossible to do anything without relying on these powerful large companies.

Although Samarinda displays the atmosphere of a civilized city, it can be said responsibly that there are only a few cities like Samarinda in East Borneo?

Let me tell you that there is currently only one.

In addition, there are currently less than three cities using electricity.

The reason for this is, on the one hand, the late development time, and on the other hand, the difficulty of development. East Borneo is inferior to the west and south in terms of climate, terrain, and vegetation, so development is slow.

Except for a few port cities that can barely be seen, the inland area is covered with large areas of undeveloped virgin rainforest. In the absence of road facilities, except for powerful large-scale enterprises, others cannot develop it at all.

Well, in the face of the facts told by Ellis, Nemancha had to admit that his knowledge of East Borneo was insufficient.

"I didn't expect that the development of East Borneo really needs to rely on those big companies, and the new Governor Ambik is not bad at all."