Because of a sudden attack on the French army, Stuttgart was placed under martial law.

Fang Lang's recruitment activities suddenly came to a standstill.

Originally, Fang Lang thought that this would have a negative impact on recruitment.

But the facts were completely different from what Fang Lang expected.

The French martial law did not bring any adverse effects to Fang Lang's plan.

Instead, it made all German business owners more eager to reach a cooperation agreement with Fang Lang as soon as possible.

At first, Fang Lang looked puzzled when he received the call from Mayor Jonas.

It was not until later when he was having dinner at the hotel and heard a discussion among several people at the next table that he understood what was going on.

It turned out that the French army took advantage of the martial law to exploit all business owners again.

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If they fail to satisfy the French army, they may become suspects of the resistance.

Business owners can only spend money to avoid disaster.

This has further aggravated the pessimism of German business owners about Germany's future.

This made those who were originally hesitant start to actively join this plan.

As soon as the martial law was lifted, Mayor Jonas invited Fang Lang to the city hall to meet with representatives of various entrepreneurs.

Within two days, Fang Lang signed joint venture agreements with more than 40 factories.

These factories include Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Bosch, ZF, Continental Tire and many other companies that have become famous in later generations.

Directly capture all the spare parts suppliers needed to produce automobiles.

Looking at the thick stack of cooperation agreements in his hand, Fang Lang did not show much joy, but rather a bit of vigilance.

The reason is very simple. After these agreements were actually signed, Fang Lang discovered a big problem.

The investment scale of this project is really too large.

If I plan to continue negotiating with the Germans about machine tool manufacturing, I will need more capital investment.

This made him start to worry about his own funding chain for the first time.

If I continue to invest without restraint like this, I will likely suffer the terrible consequence of a broken capital chain.

Then all your efforts will be in vain.

This is something he absolutely cannot accept.

Fortunately, after the agreement was signed, I didn’t have to invest all the money at once.

There is still time to find a solution.

Shortly after Fang Lang signed the agreement, a telegram from Brazil disrupted Fang Lang's plan to continue discussing the introduction of the machine tool industry with Mayor Jonas.

"Boss, this is an urgent telegram from home."

Qi Qingshan rushed to Fang Lang's door with a telegram in his hand.

Fang Lang took the telegram and took a look at it.

"It seems that our General Dutra is the real winner!"

Qi Qingshan must have read the contents of the telegram. After all, it was not something that needed to be kept secret.

“Boss, General Dutra came to power through a military coup, why would he participate in democratic elections?

He has the support of our military, so why should he care about the opinions of those political parties?

Isn't he afraid of losing the election?

After all, former President Vargas has a huge influence in the political arena."

"Nonsense. When did General Dutra ever launch a military coup?

The reason why Brazil imposed martial law was to put an end to the riots by Japanese mobs in Brazil.

Our Brazilian army only suppressed the Brazilian mob's attack on the presidential palace.

There was no military coup.”

Fang Lang's eyes fixed and he glared at Qi Qingshan fiercely.

Qi Qingshan realized that he had spoken out of turn and apologized repeatedly.

“Yes, the boss is reprimanding me for speaking out of turn.

I mean, General Dutra never originally said he was going to run for president.

Why was it possible to confirm that I would win in such a short time?

Aren't you afraid that your efforts will be in vain?"

Fang Lang was quite surprised that Qi Qingshan took the initiative to ask such a question.

After all, this involves the political struggle among the top leaders of the country. I didn't expect Qi Qingshan to care about this.

"Why? Are you interested in becoming a politician?"

"No, no, I'm just curious.

General Dutra does not belong to that political party, so how was he able to defeat his competitors and be elected president?

If we knew the reason behind this, then the boss would have a chance to become president in the future."

If someone else said this in front of Fang Lang, Fang Lang would definitely investigate whether this guy had any bad intentions.

Being the president of Brazil is not an easy job. If you don’t do it well, you will lose your head.

And once you become president, you will be put under a magnifying glass and scrutinized.

The slightest mistake will lead to ruin of reputation.

Brazil's corrupt political atmosphere means that any head of government, whether willingly or not, will inevitably be tainted by corruption and bribery.

As far as Fang Lang knew, even in later generations, Brazilian presidents were often impeached for corruption and bribery and stepped down.

This is a high-risk position. For Fang Lang, it is better to hide away and make a fortune quietly than to be a glamorous president for a while!

"I have no interest in the presidential position. Being president in Brazil is far less comfortable than being a general in the military.

But I do know something about the question you asked, but we can only talk about it in private.

You can’t go around talking nonsense.”

After all, Qi Qingshan is Fang Lang's childhood friend, and talking to him about some things can indeed help broaden his horizons.

Broaden his horizons so that he can see the big picture when doing things in the future, which will be more beneficial to you.

"Please rest assured, boss. I just have some doubts and want to seek your help. I will never spread them around without knowing the seriousness of the matter."

"Do you know the political situation in Brazil? Or do you know how many political parties there are in Brazil?"

Since he wanted to broaden Qi Qingshan's horizons, Fang Lang decided to tell him about the current situation in Brazil.

In fact, this is also due to Fang Lang combining the knowledge he learned in later life, which enabled him to have this understanding.

According to the elite education policies implemented in Europe, the United States and Brazil, this knowledge is actually knowledge that only the elite class can master and cannot be disseminated.

It is very difficult for the lower classes to have access to this kind of knowledge and to be able to conduct analysis.

“I know there is the Social Democratic Party, the National Alliance, and President Vargas has established a labor party.”

"Then do you know whose interests they represent?"

This question really stumped Qi Qingshan, who was born a soldier.

“The Brazilian Social Democratic Party is a political group whose main representatives are large landowners and estate owners, and their main members are the high-income groups in Brazil today.

At the same time, they are also the largest vested interest group in Brazil. Agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry are their main bases, and the most powerful among them is the coffee industry consortium.

Almost all presidents before President Vargas were appointed by them.

Generally speaking, they are now a centrist party, relatively pragmatic, with a certain bourgeois color, but they do not refuse to get close to the Soviet Union.

The National Alliance is a party that emerged with the rise of capitalism and mainly represents the interests of the bourgeoisie.

Most of them are a group of elites who have received modern education in Europe and the United States and admire European and American ideas of freedom and democracy.

They are also the most pro-American party in the country.

Finally, there is the Labor Party founded by President Vargas. The establishment of the Labor Party has certain special features. It is an attempt by President Vargas to move from dictatorship to democracy.

His party ideology was influenced by the Soviet Union and Nazi authoritarianism, and it was a hodgepodge of ideas. They attached great importance to state-owned natural resources.

Several state-owned companies in Brazil were established under his leadership, such as the current Vale.

But they are different from the Soviet Union. They are not a party representing the interests of the working and peasant classes.

But they were very smart and learned a lot of practical skills from the Soviets.

For example, they will take the initiative to propose the need to increase workers' wages, reduce working hours, establish trade unions, etc.

Unfortunately, these are just their means, not their goals.

However, through this means they have great influence among the workers and peasants.

If the Labor Party had not been established for such a short time, Mr. Vargas could have easily been elected president without manipulating the election.

Maybe Mr. Vargas will be re-elected in the next presidential election."

After hearing Fang Lang's analysis of the three political parties in Brazil, Qi Qingshan immediately had a clear understanding of the domestic political environment.

It feels like the clouds are clearing and the sun is shining.

I am no longer confused and don’t know what is going on like before.

He didn't care at all about Fang Lang's judgment that Vargas would be re-elected president. It didn't matter to him who was the president.

What he didn't know was that Fang Lang was actually revealing the future history to him.

Because five years later, in 1950, Vargas would indeed be elected as the new president with an absolute advantage in votes.

“Then why was General Dutra elected in this presidential election?”

Qi Qingshan already knew about the party situation in Brazil, but he still didn't understand why a military general was elected as the new president.

Fang Lang smiled and looked at Qi Qingshan and said:

"Because the presidential candidates of the Social Democratic Party and the National Alliance are both General Dutra!"

“Ah! I understand. President Vargas’s manipulation of the election has caused dissatisfaction among the Social Democratic Party and the National Alliance.

So, the two parties simply united.

No wonder General Dutra was the one to form a military government.

It turns out that they had already..."

Finally, Qi Qingshan solved his doubts and was shocked.

I didn’t expect that what ordinary people saw in the newspapers every day were the expulsion of Japanese mobs, the mobs controlling the presidential palace, and the president being injured. These were all false.

It turns out that the mastermind behind this was actually the Social Democratic Party and the National Alliance. They united to support the military representative General Dutra's counterattack against President Vargas's manipulation of the election.

The result was obviously that all three major parties suffered losses, and the biggest beneficiary became the military representative General Dutra.

"So now General Dutra invites you to attend his inauguration ceremony. Do you want to go?"

Fang Lang rolled his eyes at Qi Qingshan and said:

"Isn't that nonsense? I'm a naval captain. I didn't even attend the president's inauguration. What do you mean?

Unhappy with him being president? "

"But, our affairs in Germany are now at a critical moment! If you leave at this time, won't we be leaderless?"

"Do I need to be personally involved in everything? I have already completed the main work in the early stages.

You will be left to deal with the rest, just communicate with Mayor Jonas and Colonel Chatham.

You must take personal responsibility for the actions of Mr. Polman and Mr. Folger.

There can be no mistakes. Do you understand?"

"Yes, boss."

"Watch Leo and Paul. If there is any new situation, you must inform me immediately. Don't act on your own. Do you understand?"

"Yes, boss."