Men are always vain when facing beautiful women, so Fang Lang did not tell him that he transferred to the navy because he did not want to continue fighting and only wanted to make money.

"Wow! Are you a captain now? You're younger than me! You're amazing."

Sophia's eyes lit up and she began to look at Fang Lang with admiration. After all, her father was also a navy officer, so he knew very well how difficult it was to become a navy captain.

Although Fang Lang did not say it was a destroyer, but told him that he was the captain of a transport ship, a transport ship is also a ship!

"Uh! It's not bad! This may be due to the war period, and manpower is short!"

"What's so happy about?" Mrs. Clark walked down from upstairs with a smile and said to the two young people who were chatting happily downstairs.

When Fang Lang saw Mrs. Clark's smiling face, he felt a little excited. He stood up quickly, and just as he was about to speak, Sophia beside him had already spoken:

"Mom! Do you know? Fang almost lost her life to save John! It's scary to think about it."

After hearing Sophia's words, Fang Lang didn't want Mrs. Clark to ask about what happened again, so he quickly changed the subject and took the initiative to speak:

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"It's not that exaggerated. Aren't we all living well now? I wonder what the result of Mrs. Clark's question is."

Mrs. Clark looked at her daughter, then at Fang Lang. Knowing that Fang Lang was unwilling to talk more, she spoke directly:

"You can get what you want from home, but my brother said it might not be easy to ship it out of the United States. Although the government does not restrict the export of these devices, the production of penicillin on the market is currently controlled by a few medical giants, and they may not let these devices flow out of the United States easily."

Fang Lang felt relieved when he heard that the US government did not impose any restrictions on these drug production equipment, and quickly confirmed:

"You mean, the US government does not restrict the export of equipment?"

After all, the Cold War had not yet begun, and COCOM had not yet been established. The United States still pursues the idea of ​​free trade, so there is no government-level restriction on the export of some equipment. Of course, Brazil was not a country embargoed by COCOM later. But this does not mean that Brazil can easily obtain these equipment.

"Yes, the US military is open to the production of penicillin. They want to have a large amount of cheap medicine to save the lives of soldiers."

Obviously, as the wife of an American general, Mrs. Clark has a clear understanding of the American military. This is indeed the reality. The fundamental reason why the patent for penicillin was opened is to allow soldiers in wartime to use the best antibacterial drugs more quickly.

However, the price of penicillin during this period was indeed ridiculously high. In early 1945, the monthly production of penicillin was 4.7 tons, and the price dropped to US$25 per gram, or US$200 per bottle.

Although the quantity is enough for all the Allied soldiers, the pharmaceutical giants as businessmen are definitely unwilling to let such good product technology flow out and allow others to enter the market to share their cake. Therefore, although the government does not restrict it, the pharmaceutical giants are still restricting the outflow of technology in both open and covert ways.

"Isn't it possible that these devices are in stock?"

Fang Lang knew that this was the period of rapid development of penicillin production, and the manufacturing of production equipment must be very tight, so he was worried about how long it would take for him to get the equipment.

"There is definitely no stock available. The equipment on the production line now is all orders from several major pharmaceutical companies. If you are sure you need it, they can arrange for it to start production now and it can be delivered in about a week.

My brother means that, in order to thank you for saving John's life, they can produce this batch of equipment without making a production plan, but you must find a way to arrange for people to transport it away as soon as possible, and they must not find out. "

Mrs. Clark's family obviously does not want to offend the entire pharmaceutical industry for Fang Lang. After all, these companies are their company's real long-term customers.

"No problem. My fleet will arrive in the United States soon and will be able to pick up this batch of equipment. However, this may have a negative impact on your family business!"

If it can be completed within a week, it will be just in time for the three transport ships coming from Italy. But Fang Lang didn't want his family's business to be affected because of this order.

"It doesn't matter, as long as they don't get direct evidence."

Mrs. Clark had a calm expression on her face, and it was obvious that she was still very confident in her family's business. After all, the United States is a capitalist society, and there is nothing that cannot be solved with money. If there is, it only means that the money given is not enough.

"I don't know what products your family mainly produces. If possible, we can purchase a batch of other equipment to make this batch of equipment less conspicuous."

Fang Lang was also very surprised that Mrs. Clark's family could produce such advanced equipment. Of course, he didn't want to simply purchase a batch of pharmaceutical equipment. If such a good resource was not used, it would not be in line with Fang Lang's frugal character.

"We are mainly responsible for the manufacture of some chemical equipment, which seems to be used to make acid and alkali materials. Fertilizers, pesticides, medicines and other production equipment are also our main products."

Mrs. Clark's answer directly opened a new door for Fang Lang. It turned out that Fang Lang had been trying to establish his own industry in Brazil, but most of them were deep processing and export-oriented enterprises, which could not have much impact on Brazil's own economy. However, Mrs. Clark's answer immediately opened Fang Lang's thinking.

The most direct one is definitely the manufacturing of pesticides and fertilizers, but what is more important in Fang Lang's mind is the preparation of basic chemical raw materials of three acids and two alkalis, which will directly affect the lifeline of a country's basic chemical raw materials.

But one must eat one bite at a time. The funds on hand now are not enough to fully utilize them. I can only give priority to solving some industries that can produce results immediately.

"That's great. We can use all these equipment. Brazil is a big agricultural country with huge demand for fertilizers and pesticides. So we can just purchase a batch of these equipment and hide the equipment for making penicillin in it, and it will be difficult to be discovered."

This not only meets his actual needs, but also solves the problem of confidentiality. It is like killing two birds with one stone. Fang Lang is very satisfied. But Mrs. Clark doesn't think so. After all, if such a large-scale purchase is made, the funds required are a huge number, and few companies have such strength.

So she said with a worried look:

"If that's the case, your procurement costs will be huge! As far as I know, the price of these devices is very high!"

Fang Lang didn't want to become a big fat man in one go, nor did he want to expand the scale of the factory all at once. As long as he had a production line and mastered the production process, it wouldn't be too late to expand the production capacity and scale. He believed that he could fully afford the purchase with the funds on hand.

"The price is not the problem. The key is whether you can help me get the production process of the specific products when I buy these equipment! After all, if we only have the equipment but don't know the manufacturing process of the specific products, the equipment we buy will just be a pile of scrap metal."

As a modern man, Fang Lang knows very well what are the truly important things. Machinery and equipment are easy to solve, but manufacturing technology is the foundation of a company. Therefore, Fang Lang is not worried about the purchase of machinery and equipment.

However, the manufacturing process of the truly important products cannot be purchased directly. However, as a manufacturer of these equipment, there must be manufacturing process flows for these products, otherwise these equipment cannot be manufactured. Of course, it is difficult to say whether these process flows are developed by the company itself.

"I want to ask about this. If you need to purchase other production equipment, I suggest you arrange personnel to go directly to the company for formal business negotiations. This way, it will attract less attention."

Mrs. Clark obviously didn't understand the actual situation in the family business, so she couldn't answer Fang Lang directly. But with this relationship, Fang Lang's company would definitely get special attention when it wanted to purchase these equipment.

Since the other party is willing to produce a set of penicillin manufacturing equipment for Fang Lang without making a production plan, it can be seen that Mrs. Clark still has an important position in her brother's eyes.

"Yes, that's the best. Please explain this to your brother first. I will have the purchasing staff of Global Trading Company go to the company to negotiate tomorrow in the name of purchasing a complete set of pesticide and fertilizer production equipment."