Greece’s Roman Road

Seeing that Constantine finally reacted, Scalloy said: "The price of aluminum has remained high due to the high cost of using direct current to produce aluminum, and aluminum tableware and jewelry are still favored by some wealthier families. sought after"

Speaking of this, Scalloy lowered his head beside Constantine and said in a low voice, "And now Greece has taken the lead in promoting alternating current. Your Highness, for Greece, this is a good opportunity to develop the electrolytic aluminum industry."

"Let's not talk about the future prospects of electrolytic aluminum, take the lead in construction, take the lead in production, just during this period of time when Greece took the lead, before other countries entered the industry, using alternating current systems, in all factories engaged in electrolytic production of metal aluminum, Your Highness. , I can guarantee that the production cost in Greece will definitely be the lowest one, and before other companies react, the construction cost of the electrolytic aluminum plant can definitely be recovered.”

Due to Constantine's focus on the alternating current system, Greece became the first to eat crabs in the alternating current system. Before that, no other company or country had built an alternating current power station.

Therefore, even during the construction of the AC power station, Germany's Siemens, which provided a considerable part of technical support and power generation equipment, was in a wait-and-see state for the application of AC power for the sake of avoiding risks. , depending on the situation to decide whether to enter the AC industry.

"Not to mention the benefits brought by this leading period, Your Highness, the production capacity of the steel plant is only about 30,000 tons, and Greece itself has no iron ore and coal mines."

"This alone determines that you must find an alternative to steel for Greece"

"And aluminum is very suitable for this role. For example, the steel lunch boxes and water bottles are widely used by the Greek army. If Greece produces aluminum, what's wrong with promoting aluminum lunch boxes and water bottles in the army?"

"Aluminum can be made lighter."

Seeing Constantine's contemplative look, Scarloy knew that Constantine was moved, so he decided to hit the railroad while it was hot: "Although the strength of simple aluminum is not as great as that of steel, for every kilogram of iron ore in Greece, Aluminium is really a suitable choice for countries that need to import.”

"Moreover, we can also study aluminum alloys to try to overcome the problem of insufficient strength of pure aluminum"

Scalloy's words really touched Constantine quite a bit. Greece lacks coal (high-quality coal) and iron ore, which is a fatal weakness for Greece and a natural weakness for the development of the steel industry.

But Greece is still very rich in aluminum ore.

Speaking of which, aluminum is actually an element that is more abundant in nature than iron. Greece also has reserves of billions of tons, and the Peloponnese has mineable bauxite.

Now Greece is vigorously promoting alternating current, and Greece really has 10,000 pieces to develop electrolytic aluminum. The only thing left is the electrolytic aluminum factory.

Although compared with steel, the hardness and lightness of aluminum are dwarfed, but later aluminum alloys are very popular.

And the strength and hardness of hard aluminum alloy are greatly enhanced.

Looking at the persuasive Scaloy, Constantine understood his idea. The output of the Greek steel plant was only 30,000 tons. Although this management expert from Germany did not say it on the surface, he was actually unwilling.

And Greece just has the conditions to develop electrolytic aluminum. As a manager with a background in metallurgy, Scalloy is naturally no stranger to aluminum.

After seeing the booming alternating current in Greece and the extremely efficient use of it in industrial production, the idea of ​​building an electrolytic aluminum factory naturally arose.

Intuition tells him that aluminum is a metal with broad application prospects. Compared with steel, aluminum has its own advantages, that is, its density is low. The same volume of aluminum, the mass is one-fifth of that of steel.

If he can persuade Constantine to build an electrolytic aluminum factory, with his advantages, no one is more suitable to manage this factory than him.

If he continues to be the manager of a steel plant, compared to those steel plants in Western Europe or the United States with an annual output of hundreds of thousands of tons, or even millions of tons, the small steel plants he manages with an annual output of only 30,000 tons are simply is not worth mentioning.

However, if it is an electrolytic aluminum production plant with an annual output of 30,000 tons, the situation is very different.

He Scalloy will be a pioneer in the electrolytic aluminum industry!

If he bet on the prospect of electrolytic aluminum right, he himself is very likely to rely on the management of the world's first method of producing electrolytic aluminum using alternating current, and the experience of industrialized large-scale production of aluminum, and his life will be very different from now on.

At least in the emerging industry of electrolytic aluminum, he will be unique and important.

At that time, if he wants to change jobs, those industrial tycoons who are eager to enter this industry will inevitably pay a lot of money to hire him as an experienced expert.

He was keenly aware that this was an opportunity for him, so he tried his best to persuade Constantine, the rich man, to invest in this new industry.

And for Greece, this is also a good and harmless thing.

"In this way, Mr. Scalloy, after your reminder, I also think it is a good choice for Greece to develop the electrolytic aluminum industry," Constantine said to Scalloy.

"Since you are familiar with the research of metal aluminum, you have also met many professional scholars or technicians in the research of metal materials."

"You should recruit more scholars in this field from Europe, and cooperate with the laboratory of the University of Athens to study aluminum alloy materials."

"Of course, as for the electrolytic aluminum plant, it can be given priority to enter the construction phase," Constantine said.

Since Scalloy wanted to rely on electrolytic aluminum to seek a level of advancement, Constantine, who knew it well, was also happy to see it.

This is indeed a metallurgist.

"Tesla~www.wuxiax.com~ I'm afraid this matter cannot be without your help," Constantine said to Tesla, who had been listening to the two discussing electrolytic aluminum-related matters.

"I am very happy to help, Your Highness, I am also very curious about the performance of alternating current in the electrolytic aluminum industry."

"It's just Your Highness, the research on new metal materials is actually a very tedious job. If my former boss Edison came, I guess he would like this kind of work!" Tesla said with a sarcastic tone.

Looking at the puzzled Constantine, Scalloy explained: "The research on alloy materials is very tedious, there are a lot of repetitive experiments, and they go back and forth endlessly. For an alloy of a certain composition, I don't do it myself. An experiment has verified that its physical and chemical properties and other characteristics are impossible to guess at all.”

"This kind of research requires a lot of manpower, which requires you to recruit some scholars from Western Europe. Otherwise, in the short term, the aluminum alloy you are looking forward to may take a long time," Scalloy said.

Due to the short period of time for the promotion of compulsory education in Greece, the first batch of college students (science majors) will still have to graduate for several years. Therefore, in the short term, the shortage of high-end talents in Greece will continue.

Thinking of this, Constantine felt that Greece should be thanked for being a country dominated by Christian culture.

Because of this, despite the lack of talents in Greece, it can easily go to other European countries to hire people. Although it has to pay high salaries, it can solve the urgent need.

Christianity can be divided into Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity, and Protestantism, but after all, they are three fruits from a single tree, and their cultures are generally similar.

This makes it possible to hire European talents as long as Greece can afford the price, regardless of cultural differences.

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