Colonel Malik looked at Fang Lang in front of him with surprise, and actually felt a little touched. He didn't forget to take him with him even when he got rich!

Good brothers indeed.

"Fang, why did you tell me this? You can just eat it yourself! I didn't participate in it."

After hearing Malik's words, Fang Lang interrupted him:

"Brother, what are you talking about? When you have good business, take me with you. When I have good business, I do it secretly by myself. Do you think I am such an ungrateful person?"

Seeing that Malik was about to say something else, Fang Lang interrupted him directly:

"I took advantage of you for the equipment of the artillery factory this time. Let's calculate the total value of this batch of copper materials based on 250,000 yuan. You get 150,000 yuan and I get 100,000 yuan."

"Fang, listen to me, this is you..."

"Okay! It's true that I'm too greedy, so let's do this! You get 200,000 and I get 50,000. Is that ok?"

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Just as Malik was about to decline, Fang Lang interrupted him with his hand, as if he understood that Malik thought it was too little.

This made Malik very anxious.

"Fang, listen to me, that's not what I mean. I mean, these things were found by you, and they have nothing to do with me. I can't have them."

But Fang Lang directly refuted:

"What do you mean, what I found has nothing to do with you. You are my direct superior, the commander-in-chief of the Osaka occupation army. What happens in Osaka has nothing to do with you!

Besides, given our relationship, if I find something good and don’t share it with you, then if it gets out, my reputation will be ruined!”

Some people may wonder why Fang Lang had to reveal the matter of this batch of copper materials to Malik.

First of all, as the commander-in-chief of the Osaka occupation forces, Fang Lang’s actions could not be hidden from Malik.

If Malik is displeased, he will go directly to investigate and might find something fishy.

Secondly, these things are the wealth of the Sumitomo family. When the Sumitomo family finds out that the copper materials are missing, they will definitely investigate and look for them. Although, they certainly dare not reveal the secret of the copper materials.

However, in the end, Fang Lang will definitely be held responsible. Although Fang Lang is not afraid, it will leave a very bad impression on the US military, and someone may come to collect the money.

Finally, Fang Lang made it clear that he was looking for a buyer to sell it to, which was equivalent to reporting to the US military in advance that he was just making a profit from the price difference. If the US military really discovered the secret of this batch of copper materials.

Fang Lang directly said that he had already sold it. Although he could not completely get rid of the suspicion, he certainly did not conceal it intentionally.

It’s not that Fang Lang is afraid of the US military. It’s just that it’s too difficult for him to completely get rid of the influence of the Americans in South America.

At least on the surface, Fang Lang must maintain a close relationship with the United States.

Of course, if Fang Lang could become the local emperor of Brazil, the Americans might be a little cautious.

But, at most, it's just some.

The American style of being the world police means that if they can't solve the problem, they will get rid of the person who created the trouble.

Therefore, Fang Lang took the initiative to report the matter to Malik.

As for how Malik will deal with it, it is not difficult to guess.

He was able to build such a large artillery factory for just 100,000 yuan, so Fang Lang believed that as long as the price was right, this batch of copper materials would not be a problem either.

Malik felt a little ashamed when he saw Fang Lang's sincere eyes. After a while, he nodded and said:

"Okay! Fang, thank you for sharing, I accept it. But I don't want that much, I didn't contribute much, just three layers will be enough."

Seeing Malik let go, Fang Lang breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

"You are the superior, you take 70% and I take 30%."

Malik saw that Fang Lang had a helpless expression. He never thought that there would be a day when he would push away the money that was given to him. However, for a simple good brother like Fang Lang, Malik finally decided to take a step back.

"Fang, you have to remember that we are brothers, not superiors and subordinates. So, the most I can accept is a 50-50 split."

Seeing that Malik had obviously made up his mind, Fang Lang did not continue to dwell on this matter.

Directly:

"Okay, that's settled. We're still looking for a seller for the goods. But your identity is more sensitive than mine. Let me calculate it this way! I'll just use the current international copper price of $3,514 per ton.

This batch of goods is worth about $250,000, which is $125,000. I will send it to you when I get back."

Although Malik didn't know what the current international copper price was, he believed that Fang Lang would not lie to him about this matter, so he waved his hand casually and said:

"Okay, you can do it yourself. You don't have to send it over right away. We still have plenty of time."

Of course, Fang Lang was just saying this. After all, it would only be later that it would prove how difficult it was for him to raise money temporarily!

Could it be that as soon as the deal was done, Fang Lang immediately took out more than 100,000 US dollars from his pocket and gave it to him? Anyone would be full of doubts!

Moreover, there is another place I need to go to later, which is not so important, so I can inform them later when I deliver the money.

"Okay, I'll go back and raise the money first, and I'll take you to see the quality of this batch of copper."

As he said that, he was going to take Malik to the scene to check out the situation.

Of course, this was just Fang Lang's trick, and he certainly didn't want Malik to go and watch it live.

It’s not that I’m afraid that he will notice the abnormality of the copper rod, but I’m worried that he will find it unusual that the basement is so big and only contains copper rods.

I told him that I was going to raise money, and also said that I would take him to see the copper materials. With Malik's personality, it must be more important to raise the money for him as soon as possible than to see the copper materials!

After all, the alliance leader’s men will be here soon.

Sure enough, Malik waved his hand and said:

"Just go do your thing! There's nothing good about copper."

Seeing his attitude, Fang Lang remained calm and said in a hurry:

"Okay then! I'll go raise the money first, and then I'll come find you when I have the money."

After saying that, he drove away from the US military base.

After leaving the US military camp, Fang Lang did not go back to rest.

Instead, we drove to the pier, where we saw a busy scene.

Many Japanese are working as stevedores at the docks.

The soldiers of the expeditionary force monitored the situation on the scene.

As for why the Japanese were recruited to load and unload, it was also a helpless move. After all, time was tight and the task was heavy. It would take more than half a month for these people from the Brazilian Expeditionary Force to complete the loading and unloading of all the things.

It just so happened that the Japanese couldn’t even solve the basic problem of food and clothing, so two meals could recruit a lot of people.

All the stuff was sealed in wooden boxes, and Fang Lang was not afraid that they would find anything unusual. It was a routine operation for the occupying forces to dismantle mechanical equipment, so what would happen if they found out?

Fang Lang quickly found his father at the dock and asked about the cargo loading situation, emphasizing that one should not put all his eggs in one basket.

As a result, Fang Lang had just finished talking about the issue of cargo loading when his father Fang Xinshan handed him a telegram, saying that it was sent by Fang Xinshui from Shanghai.

Now Fang Xinshui is the general manager of a Brazilian labor dispatch company, and he is responsible for all immigration work.

This deal was originally negotiated by him and the Hongmen, so it was only natural for him to be the one to carry it out.

Fang Lang took the telegram casually, and as he read it, his brows began to frown unconsciously.

It turned out that Fang Xinshui discovered that many of the immigrants sent to them were actually Japanese, who were mistaken for Chinese and sent to the immigration ship by local gangs.

At the beginning, because these people were able to speak simple Chinese, they were not discovered.

These Japanese were later discovered when a conflict broke out between them and the Chinese on the ship.

He knew the real purpose of this so-called labor dispatch very well, but he was tricked by the local gang, which made him furious.

We almost got into a firefight with the local gangs, but luckily everyone endured it for the sake of long-term business.

The overseas Hongmen came forward to negotiate peace and drove all the Japanese back.

However, after learning from his mistakes, Fang Xinshui began to be extra cautious and conducted detailed background checks on every immigrant who boarded the ship.

As a result, it would have been better if we hadn't investigated, because once we did, we found the problem.

Most of these Chinese who want to work abroad are actually traitors.

Now Fang Xinshui didn't know what to do with it. It was not right to accept it, and it was not right not to accept it.

So, he simply sent a telegram to Fang Xinshan and let Fang Xinshan and Fang Lang make the decision.

Fang Lang glanced at his father and said:

"Dad, what do you think about this?"

Fang Xinshan raised his eyebrows, glared, and said directly:

"What's there to say? Definitely not! These people don't care about the nation at all, they only care about their own interests. They are a bunch of shameless and selfish villains.

If they go to Brazil, they will directly rely on those white people and sell out our own interests. We will have no place to cry. "

Seeing his father's angry expression, Fang Lang couldn't help but pat him on the back and comforted him:

"Dad, calm down and don't get excited. We can't let ourselves get hurt because of irrelevant people."

"I tell you, these bastards must not be brought back to Brazil. I would rather have fewer Chinese than more of these bastards.

I have heard that these bastards are even more evil than the devils. They have harmed more people than the devils."

Fang Lang knew very well that what Fang Xinshan said was true.

In fact, Fang Lang knows more about the traitors than Fang Xinshan. After all, later history has held accounts with all of these people.

Some people in later generations made random comments, saying things like "China was the only country in the world where the number of its puppet troops was several times greater than that of the invaders during World War II, which shows that the Chinese people have a strong slave mentality."

This is definitely wrong. According to detailed statistics by later experts, the total number of Japanese troops invading China was about 2.9 million, while the number of puppet troops was 2.64 million.

From this we can see that the number of puppet troops is obviously not as large as that of the Japanese troops. You can check this data yourself.

Of course, many people will also say that 2.64 million is not a small number!

Students who know history actually know that the majority of these people were actually forced to do things against their will.

Before the great traitor Wang surrendered, the number of puppet troops was 780,000, most of whom were prisoners of war.

Many of them were soldiers who shed blood for their country, but some officials were afraid of death and directly ordered surrender.

Becoming a traitor was not the subjective wish of these people, which can be clearly seen from the combat effectiveness of the puppet army.

Most of the puppet troops even fired into the air during battle.

As for the puppet troops brought over by the traitor Wang, the situation was basically the same.

In fact, the most fundamental reason for this situation is that the people at this time were basically illiterate and their national consciousness had just begun to awaken.

These can all be changed through learning and education.

Of course, Fang Lang will not be polite to those traitors who voluntarily surrendered to the Japanese and bore the blood debt.