The next morning, Fang Lang came to Commodore Jackson's office again. Under the leadership of Commodore Jackson's adjutant, he signed a ship purchase contract with the U.S. Navy Department and paid the U.S. $135,000 ship price to the U.S. Navy Department's account.
After completing the formalities, Fang Lang returned to Brigadier General Jackson's office again.
"Fang, you have to hurry up with your personal matters. I have already informed the commander of your Brazilian Expeditionary Force that we will assign a transport ship to your Brazilian Expeditionary Force, and you will be the captain in charge of the route from Brazil to Italy. Colonel Atilio Parisi of your Brazilian Expeditionary Navy has already asked when you can report. I postponed it on the grounds that you are still participating in the training assessment of the US Navy. But they should come to you soon, so you have to hurry up."
As expected, the relationship of interest is the most reliable. After paying consulting fees to Mrs. Jackson, and with John's relationship, Fang Lang and Brigadier General Jackson are now close uncle and nephew. Therefore, Jackson will directly help Fang Lang cover up many things.
"Uncle Jackson, I came here today not only to ask you for my aunt's bank account, but also to hurry up and finish my personal affairs. But there are some things I think may be helpful to Uncle Jackson, so I came all the way to see you!"
"Oh! Tell me! What is it that can help me?" Jackson was also stunned when he heard that it could help him.
"It's like this, Uncle Jackson, because my Global Trade Company wants to set up a branch in Italy, so I want you to help introduce me to the Italian garrison commander in Naples, and I want to recruit some company employees through his relationship. In this war-torn period, a stable job should be a favor to win over the Italians!"
"Haha... kid, if you want me to help introduce you to a local boss, just tell me directly. You also said that you can help me. I almost believed it." Jackson saw through Fang Lang's trick at a glance.
Fang Lang was not embarrassed, and said to Jackson with a smile: "Uncle won't mind, right?"
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"Well, I'm going to have lunch with the mayor of Naples at noon today. I'll ask Lieutenant Colonel Rolando Crespo to meet you then." Jackson said without any hesitation.
During this lunch, Fang Lang met the mayor of Naples and the commander of the Italian garrison in Naples, Lieutenant Colonel Rolando Crespo. Not many specific things were said at the table. General Jackson just introduced Fang Lang and said that he was one of his juniors and was currently serving in the logistics department of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force Navy.
After dinner, Fang Lang visited the mayor of Naples and Lieutenant Colonel Rolando Crespo. With their help, he bought a house not far from the Naples naval port for $40,000 as the office building of Global Trade Italy Branch. With the personal participation of the mayor, he handled the company registration and asked the office staff to release the employment information to various talent markets. It was agreed that the new office building would be used for recruitment tomorrow morning.
However, Fang Lang must find someone he trusts to be the person in charge of the company. Fortunately, Fang Lang will not leave Naples immediately in the near future, so he still has time to look for someone slowly.
Just as Fang Lang finished dinner with the mayor and the lieutenant colonel, he was drunkenly walking back to the barracks, feeling the cold wind of Naples in the winter, when a familiar voice called out to Fang Lang: "Fang, is that you?"
Fang Lang turned his head and saw that it was Nurse Lilith who had taken care of him in the Naval Hospital. He was surprised to meet this beautiful girl on the streets of Italy after being discharged from the hospital.
"Wow! Dear Miss Lilith, am I dreaming? Or have I met an angel?" Fang Lang joked in a rogue manner.
"Fang, stop teasing me. Why are you wandering around the streets of Naples drunk? Shouldn't you have returned to the front lines to fight?" Lilith said with a blushing face and a look of concern.
In fact, Lilith's appearance was very much in line with Fang Lang's aesthetic. She had fair and rosy skin, although she had a few freckles like most white people, black hair, black eyes, and a high nose bridge, just like Monica Bellucci, the heroine of the later movie "The Malèna". However, her personality was not as charming as in the movie. Instead, she had the temperament of a girl next door, which made Fang Lang's heart beat fast. Unfortunately, as a soldier who could go to war and die at any time, he did not dare to hope to have any interaction with such a girl.
"Haha... Lilith, if I hadn't wandered the streets of Naples drunk, how would I have had the chance to meet my goddess! Dear Lilith, I wonder if you could do me the honor of having a cup of coffee with a lost lamb looking for my goddess!" Fang Lang now had the confidence in his pocket and didn't want to let go of the opportunity that had come to his doorstep.
"Ah! I'm afraid that won't work. It's getting dark now. I have to go home, or my dad will come out to look for me." Lilith didn't dislike Fang Lang. At least compared to the unruly American soldiers, Fang Lang's reserved and modest character was more pleasing. Although this guy would always tease her verbally, he would never make a move like other American soldiers.
"In that case, I wonder if I have the honor to send my goddess home!" Fang Lang didn't want to be too eager and cause the little girl to dislike him.
"My home is right in front!" Fang Lang was stunned by the little girl's answer, and he looked in the direction of Lilith's finger. It was such a coincidence that Lilith's home was not far behind the office building Fang Lang had just purchased.
Could this be fate? Fang Lang couldn't help but think in his heart. "Then we have to walk slowly. I want to slow down time."
Lilith covered her mouth and chuckled: "Okay! If you are not afraid of my father's punishment, we can walk back slowly."
"If my father-in-law wants to teach me a lesson, I will never resist. After all, I can't forgive a wild boy who came out of nowhere and wants to kidnap the baby I have carefully cared for for more than ten years, right?"
"Ah! What are you talking about! Who is your father-in-law? You... Fang, I haven't seen you for just one month. How come you have become so bad?" Lilith's face turned red under Fang Lang's attack.
Fang Lang, under the influence of alcohol, looked at the shy face of the little girl under the dim street lights and couldn't help but be a little dazed!
Lilith didn't get a response from Fang Lang. She found that Fang Lang looked like a pig and stared at her infatuatedly. She felt a little sweet for no reason in her heart. Her face turned even redder.
Just as the ambiguous atmosphere between the two was heating up, an inappropriate voice sounded in front of them: "Lilith, is this your friend? Do you want to call her home for a cup of coffee?"
Although the voice was very gentle, it pulled the two back from the ambiguous atmosphere. Lilith was the first to react. She was startled and hurriedly introduced guiltily: "Dad, why are you here? This is Fang Lang, my friend."
Fang Lang was shocked to hear that it was his father-in-law who was just talking about. He was just molesting someone else's daughter, and the father-in-law appeared in front of him. He was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat and sobered up a lot. He quickly stood up, straightened his clothes and said, "Hello, uncle, my name is Fang Lang, nice to meet you!"
Lilith's father was obviously a well-educated gentleman. He extended his right hand very politely and said, "Hello, nice to meet you. I am Lilith's father, Umaru Cockburn. Now that we are at your doorstep, how about coming over for a cup of coffee?"
Fang Lang was of course very happy about the invitation from Lilith's father, and he did not refuse. He agreed generously: "Of course uncle, it's my honor."
Hearing Fang Lang accept his invitation so calmly, Lilith's father was a little surprised. He thought that the young man would be scared away as soon as he opened his mouth! Unexpectedly, he actually accepted the invitation so calmly.
This made him start to look at the young man in front of him seriously. He would never have thought that this young man in front of him, who had experienced two lives and whose mental age was probably older than his, would run away just because he flirted with a little girl and was discovered by her father!
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