If Christmas Eve in 1868 allowed Austrian New Energy Power Company to follow the famous civilized world of "City Never Sleeping", then in 1869, Austrian New Energy Power Company's 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 spend money, you can always break it. However, no one knows how much money you have to spend in.

If this is a profitable industry, then the consortiums might try it. Unfortunately, the power industry has just emerged, and the urban power supply system looks delicious but is difficult to make a profit.

No one knows what the market is mature, but everyone knows exactly when the patented technology will expire.

This era has not yet entered a high-tempo era, and everyone's sense of crisis is not that strong, and they don't think that within 20 or 30 years, electricity will become the mainstream of this era.

Take steamboats as an example, Jofry was built in 1796. At that time, it was also considered a technology that changed the times. However, more than 70 years have passed, and now the mainstream ships in the sea are still sail power.

There are many such examples. There is a period of time between a technology from its appearance to large-scale application. The length of this cycle directly determines the commercial value of the technology.

In order to promote the progress of power technology, Franz spent millions of ASCH. If the later promotion costs were calculated, the cost would be tens of millions of ASCH.

You should know that this is not a simple technology, but an industrial system. It includes the upstream raw material industries such as steel, copper smelting, rubber, and downstream power transmission, generators, lights, and meters...

It is impossible to do without a large investment. This cannot be accomplished by one or two scientists or dozens of engineers. It tests the industrial strength of a country.

This is also the reason why most scientific and technological inventions and creations in the 19th century were concentrated in Europe and the United States. Without a supporting industrial system, you can't even create atomic bomb manufacturing technology.

Franz was in a good mood. Austrian New Energy Electric Power Company made a profit, although it was obtained through selling technology, which was also a good start.

If nothing unexpected happens, a consortium with Austrian New Energy Power Company as its core will appear in the near future.

Since the arrival of the capitalist era cannot be stopped, then let's take control of them.

Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish!

As an emperor, Franz is not lacking in dominance. With the advantages of being foresighted in his hands, he has made industrial layout in advance and is not impossible to secretly control the imperial economy.

This thick stack of commercial contracts is the confidence. So far, Austrian New Energy Power Company has signed strategic cooperation treaties with hundreds of cities.

It is not just Austrian cities, but also cities in other European countries. The main reason why everyone can reach an agreement is cooperation.

Simply put, Austrian New Energy Power Company will provide technical discounts and part of the funds to establish a subsidiary in partnership with local governments, and we will jointly contribute to the promotion of human lighting.

If foreign companies monopolize their own power supply, everyone must be afraid, and it will be different if they become their own companies.

Many local governments do not directly invest in enterprises, so this part of the shares can also be invested by private capital. The specific share allocation naturally needs to be calculated from the amount of capital contribution between both parties.

In the face of interests, everyone can become good friends. No one doubts the prospects of electricity, but considering the cost, everyone tacitly delayed the construction time.

Everyone is taking their own needs. Austrian New Energy Power Company has completed its strategic layout and extended its influence to European countries.

Politicians have obtained a contract that satisfies the people. As for when it will be realized in the future, it doesn't matter. They have already gained this political achievement.

Investors invest in the future. Now they are just signing commercial contracts and taking out a small amount of funds. When the future is profitable, it is time to really pay.

Affected by this series of contracts, the stock of gas companies has declined a lot. Ordinary people don’t know how high the cost of electricity is now. Many people take it for granted that gas will be replaced by electric lights.

This judgment cannot be miscalculated. The price of gas lamp lighting is also not low, but it is cheaper than the electricity bill before it became popular. Once the power system is perfect, the monthly lighting electricity consumption will have a more cost advantage.

An ordinary family only has a few light bulbs, usually only one can turn on, and at most a few kWh of electricity per month, the electricity bill is only a few shillings.

The main reason is that it is power supply equipment, which leads to high account opening costs. The cost of light also requires at least dozens of ASIS, which ordinary people cannot afford, and has become the biggest obstacle to the popularization of electricity.

This is still the case of high installation rate. If the installation rate in the area is low, the cost may be as high as thousands of SHIELD.

After all, a family must also use one wire to use electricity, and dozens of households still only need one wire to use electricity. The more accounts you open, the lower the average amortization will be.

No matter what, as long as these contracts become reality, Austrian New Energy Electric Power Company will get a long-term meal ticket.

Even if these subsidiaries have poor profitability, just providing technical services to them and selling supporting power equipment is enough to make Austrian New Energy Power Company full.

Even if you do nothing, salted fish will be one of the top 500 people in the world until the 21st century. Fortunately, no one thinks so much in this era, otherwise these businesses will not be so easy to get.

It shouldn't be said that they were taking it, it seemed that the other party delivered the goods to their door. The Austrian New Energy Electric Power Company did not go out to do business, so customers took the initiative to come to their door.

Salted fish has no choice but to be aggressive. How can a company that is not enterprising to become a great company?

"Tell Mark Oliver to keep working hard and grab as much land as possible. While there are no giants involved, bring more cities in.

In addition, if you want to package the company, Austrian New Energy Power Company is not just an ordinary company, but a company with great ideals.

Our goal is to make the world light up and making money is just an accident.

If some partners have doubts, they can take a large stake in their subsidiaries. In short, now we need to expand as soon as possible, complete the European strategic layout as soon as possible, and then extend our tentacles to the whole world."

It is impossible to monopolize the supply of electricity. All we can do now is to rely on the first-hand advantage to enclose the city.

As for rural areas, the money-losing business is a government business. It is not in the planning of Austrian New Energy Power Company for the time being, so the future may be.

In the future, governments of various countries will limit profits such as public infrastructure and livelihood projects, otherwise they can kill people.

At that time, rural electricity consumption can be taken into account. The newly added construction and maintenance costs directly dilute the profits of the subsidiary.

It is no longer a profit-profit industry, so people will naturally not criticize it. If you retain more than a dozen reasonable profits, no one can say anything.

Moreover, the decrease in profits of subsidiaries does not mean that the profits of the general company have also been reduced. The dividends are less, and the equipment maintenance costs and the purchase of accessories are increased again.

Even if some people call for nationalization of electricity, it depends on whether local governments dare to take over. The increased cost of private enterprises becoming state-owned enterprises is not more than a dozen points. It is not surprising that companies that make money become companies that lose money.

If the government is nationalized, Franz doesn't mind selling it at a good price. Companies with backgrounds are never worried about being swallowed up alive. This is a legal enterprise. If you want to nationalize it, you must follow the rules and the government acquires corporate shares at a premium.

Anyway, I had already made enough money before this. With the benefits obtained in other aspects, I may have much more direct profits.

This is the advantage of the consortium. One industry drives a series of industries. Even industries that are superficially losing money can make money back in other aspects.

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"This is the city that never sleeps. It is indeed the most beautiful city in the world, and it is not comparable to Tokyo!"

"Of course, the whole world is comparable to London and Paris. I don't know how long it will take to reach this point in Tokyo."

The dialogue was conducted between Okupo Rito and Hirofumi Ito. After the victory of the Anti-Sausen War in 1868, a "reform government" headed by Emperor Meiji was established.

In order to regain sovereignty, Emperor Meiji sent a delegation to Europe to negotiate with governments. The negotiations also conducted part-time on-site inspections and learned from European countries the method of strengthening the country.

The more you see, the more you can feel the gap between the two sides. The Japanese in this era have no arrogance, they are just the image of a good student.

It can be seen that they are not in high spirits. They have visited many countries along the way, but the negotiations are very difficult.

European countries don’t take them seriously at all. They want to revise the contract and take back their sovereignty and dream of spitting out the meat they eat. Is that still the 19th century when the strong prey on the weak?

I don’t know if they are lucky or bad. At this time, Franz was patrolling the Balkans, and there were several cabinet ministers accompanying him.

The big guys are not around, so it is naturally impossible to convince Austria to make concessions by relying on his silence.

The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave the answer early. If you want to revise the contract, you can exchange it for profits, or you can redeem it by paying it directly. There is no need to talk about the fooling around with nothing.

It was so dead that I could not continue to talk about it. I wanted to meet the top government officials, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected it. There were not so many reasons, just because of contempt.

Japan's international status is very low now, and it is not even as good as the Principality of Montenegro. European countries directly treat them as indigenous people.

Hirofumi Ito and others visited six or seven European countries along the way, but did not enjoy the corresponding diplomatic etiquette. If you want to meet senior government officials in various countries, you have to pay bribes, otherwise you will not have time to receive them.

If the negotiation fails, we can only conduct on-site inspections and learn the law of strengthening the country. They are all under the banner of constitutional monarchy, but in fact the systems of Britain, France and Austria are still different.

According to preliminary observations, Hirobuki Ito has discovered that the British, French and Austrian modes are not something they can play with.

These three companies are old empires, and they were all European powers when they were most declining in the past century. The troubles they encountered were basically internal problems and they had never been risked to be turned into colonies.

This is not something that Japan can compare with. They do not have enough foundation to resist external troubles.

Okupo Rito asked: "Kun Ito, have you noticed it? We did not see thick black smoke in Vienna, which is completely different from Paris and London.

It is said that Europe is in an economic crisis, and many factories are closed. Now the Austrian emperor is personally inspecting the local area. Does it mean that the economic crisis in Austria is very serious and no factories are opened in Vienna?"

Looking at the bustling streets, Hirobuki Ito pointed with his finger and said, "It doesn't look like it, it's a completely prosperous scene. If the economic crisis was so serious, these ordinary people would probably not be able to laugh out loud.

Moreover, Vienna is a city that never sleeps. With so many street lights, the monthly electricity bill is probably less than 400,000 taels of silver."

The new business they came into contact with after the electric light entered London also impacted their cognition.

However, electric lights in London are only the patents of a few rich people. In order to avoid being embarrassed by Japan, they only viewed from a distance and did not have close contact.

It’s different when it comes to Austria. Electric power companies are already promoting electric lights. Not only are there street lights on the streets, but even the hotels they check in have installed electric lights. It will become numb if they see them too much.

Hirobu Ito speculated that the electricity bill of 400,000 taels of silver per month directly caused the entire delegation to fall into silence. Everyone unconsciously compared Japan and found that the electricity bill of Vienna was half of their fiscal revenue.

Of course, this number is not accurate. The price of road lighting electricity is different from that of residential electricity. The monthly electricity bill is only tens of thousands of taels of silver.

The money was not paid by the Vienna Municipal Government, but was distributed to merchants. Everyone was willing to pay for this tax. Since Vienna started to light up, business has become more prosperous.

The name of the city never sleeps has attracted many people to come. The arrival of these outsiders has driven commercial prosperity, and Vienna has shown signs of developing into a tourist city.

The delegation leader Iwakura Koji waved his hand and said, "No need to dig deeper. This is the territory of the Austrians. No matter what happens, it has nothing to do with us. Maybe this city has no industry!"

Without industry, he himself would not believe this. Big cities without industry did exist in this era, but they were all in backward areas.

Almost every city in the great powers is filled with thick smoke. Austria is no exception. Vienna is just an accident that occurred under Franz's interference.

The thick black smoke rising into the sky is considered by many people to be a symbol of the country's strength. Even the smelly London is regarded as an ideal village by many people.

Not to mention Japanese who are good at going to extremes, if you carefully search for their literary works of this period, there are many positive descriptions of these contents.

In short, these waste gases are fragrant.
Chapter completed!