Chapter 22, Capital Knows No Borders
In July 1856, the Vienna government officially began to implement the "security plan", and the government increased infrastructure investment and publicly tendered to the outside world.
At the same time, the railway also began, and almost every city was planned on the railway line and then bidding was carried out.
This time, not only domestic railway companies can participate, but overseas railway companies can also participate in bidding without any investment restrictions.
It is still the same rule that a railway line is only authorized to one railway company, and duplicate construction is not allowed to waste resources, satisfying everyone's desire to monopolize business operations.
It looks very beautiful, and the prerequisite is that the railway company must start construction on time and complete it on time. If it cannot be done, be prepared to cry!
According to the new plan, once the railway is completed, the total railway mileage of the new Holy Roman Empire will reach an astonishing 97,000 kilometers.
At present, the total railway mileage of the country is only 15,800 kilometers, and the railway projects under construction are only 32,100 kilometers, which is almost doubled now.
Considering that some of the newly planned railway routes are too biased and it is difficult to make profits, in order to attract investors, the Vienna government has also promised to always exempt remote sections of the road.
It is okay to fool ordinary investors with good news. Smart people know that this is just a tempting cake. However, in the era of market fanaticism, who cares so much?
Smart people know that no matter whether the project is successful or failed in the end, as long as they do not become the final taker, they can make money from it.
Although all Austrian railway companies have not won any profit, railway stocks are bullish all the way and are very optimistic in the capital market.
Currently, railways opened to traffic are making profits, which has created an illusion for many people that railway companies are a stable business, especially Austrian railways can monopolize operations.
In the bidding project, the Vienna government is also boasting about it. For example, the current economic development speed of the new Holy Roman Empire has a high growth rate of railway transportation, which are all good news.
After such packaging, many speculators were caught. In theory, all of these railway lines will make profits, and even the most remote Bosnia-Herzegovina railways will make profits in the future.
These data are not lie, and it is really only a matter of time before railway profits are made. In this era, there were no cars or aircraft, and there was no means of transportation to compete with railways in land transportation.
The territory of the New Holy Roman Empire is not large, there are no remote places, there are no deserted frontiers, and there is potential for discovery in the future.
Franz estimates that if the Vienna government does not limit the price of railway transportation, then ten years later: "No matter what Austrians have conspiracy, as long as it does not hinder us from making money, we can continue to cooperate.
Based on the information we currently have, it is speculated that their plan is very unreliable. No matter what conspiracy the Vienna government has, the projects they have taken out this time do have many high-quality assets.
We just need to screen out the high-quality assets here and find a way to get them. Whoever wants to take over the remaining junk assets will be allowed to take over.
If possible, you can try harder and see if you can throw some good-looking garbage projects to our competitors.
In my personal opinion, the urban safe drinking water pipe is very good and can be swallowed. Once this project is completed, you can imagine monopolizing the profits of a city's tap water supply."
Simon said very cooperatively: "Genos, you are still so powerful, you can pick the most effective and valuable project at a glance.
Several of our water companies have always been the most stable source of wealth and are almost unaffected by market fluctuations.
However, I think as long as the Austrians bid high enough, they can undertake some municipal engineering projects. By the way, we can also help them issue construction bonds to solve the project's funding needs."
Obviously, what he was interested in was not a municipal construction project, but a bond issuance, which was a transaction that guaranteed income from drought and flood.
These bonds were not taken by them themselves, but were sold for the Vienna government in the London financial market. Whether they could be cashed in the end or not, it had nothing to do with them. Anyway, they earned the handling fees and exchange fees first.
"Our railway companies can't be idle either, as domestic business growth has almost stagnated and there is little development potential.
No matter what, we must take this opportunity to take down several railway lines, push the stock price up, and then find another company to take over."
Obviously everyone knows that there is a crisis here, but this does not prevent them from making money. As long as the profit is large enough, who cares what the Vienna government wants to do?
Everyone’s different opinions actually represent their own different interests. In the same consortium, everyone’s development direction cannot be the same.
Everyone has their own goals and can only achieve close cooperation without conflicting interests.
If this cannot be done, then the one who should separate the family still needs to separate the family. To put it bluntly, a consortium is just a combination of interest groups. Once everyone's conflict of interests is too big, it will be very natural to fall apart.
Chapter completed!