Chapter 167: Money Makes Things Easy
In a hotel in Salzburg, Motrich, an executive of the Austrian Federal Railway Company, was holding a mobilization meeting for the technical staff.
"Listen up. The board has made its decision. Over the next year, we are to connect the railway to Adning."
There were few refined gentlemen among those who worked construction sites. Motrich did not put on bureaucratic airs either, getting straight to the point and laying out the task.
He was only responsible for administrative management and did not come from a technical background. Yet after more than a year with this project team, he had a crystal-clear grasp of the project's progress.
With the schedule now demanded by headquarters, they would probably find it very difficult to finish. But as a qualified manager, he knew he could not shrink back at the first sign of difficulty.
The board had already made its decision. No matter how great the difficulties were, he had to try to accomplish it. It was a matter of attitude.
If he did not even take concrete action before crying hardship to his superiors and saying it could not be done, then where was his value?
Private enterprises were brutally realistic. If he had no value, he could pack up and leave. On this issue, he carried less weight than the technical personnel below him.
Technical personnel in this era were treasures. No matter what project they were placed on, they were indispensable talents. Administrative managers were different—there was no shortage of them within the railway company.
Salvador, the project's chief engineer, said bluntly, "Mr. Motrich, at our current construction pace, it would already be good if we could complete this task within two years. That was the construction period planned in advance. Finishing early is simply