President Dutra looked at Fang Lang, who looked wronged, and a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat, almost suffocating to death.
Is this a reminder to myself that I haven't given Fang Lang anything in return?
I expanded your First Fleet with 2,000 marines.
But think about it, giving him an additional 2,000 men seems like a reward for his support for my promotion.
Last time, I persuaded his family to invest in and build a military-industrial group, and they also gave some shares to other families and countries. It seems that I really haven't given them anything in return!
Thinking of this, President Dutra said with a little embarrassment:
“Fang, I understand your selfless help to me.
But how can I not give back to my friends who have helped me?
This time you have once again given me such a great political achievement, so I can't possibly not give your family the due reward, right?"
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This is clearly an exchange of interests!
After hearing President Dutra's statement, Fang Lang became hesitant.
Because he doesn't know what kind of return the other party will give him, or he himself doesn't know what kind of return he should get from them.
If you don't want any benefits for yourself, it is definitely impossible.
In this way, everyone will treat me like a fool in the future, only knowing how to take benefits from me but not knowing how to give back to me.
This is something Fang Lang absolutely cannot accept.
He looked at President Dutra with an embarrassed look and said:
“I understand, Mr. President, if that’s the case, I’m willing to give up some of our family’s interests for your credibility.
But if your friends want to get involved, they have to come to me and talk to me. Only when they show enough sincerity will I cooperate with them. "
President Dutra was overjoyed when he heard Fang Lang's words. Of course, he couldn't get too involved in such matters.
However, he was deeply moved by Fang Lang's initiative to give up some of his interests and support his behavior.
Direct statement:
“Fang, I am very grateful for your dedication.
I have nothing to compensate you for your loss.
But don't worry! From now on, Nice Grain Import and Export Company will not pose any threat to your grain and oil import and export business.
My friends and I will stand firmly by your side."
In fact, Fang Lang had not made too many plans for the grain and oil processing company he acquired.
He just planned to export the grain and oil processed by his factory directly to Europe and the United States, take advantage of the Marshall Plan, and make a small fortune.
However, when he heard the president mention the American company Bunge today, he had to re-examine the value of his grain and oil company.
Brazil is already the world's largest grain exporter. Now that I have the opportunity to expand my grain and oil company and compete with Bunge for the position of one of the top four grain traders, there is no reason for me to just do small things!
What's more, if he could really become the largest food processing and import and export company in Brazil.
Then all the farmers in Brazil will have to feed themselves. What a huge political impact this will have!
It turned out that the grain and oil processing company that he had never taken seriously actually had such huge development potential. This forced Fang Lang to take this company seriously.
However, he certainly couldn't just give in now and let President Dutra think that he could get rid of him in this way.
Besides, the President only said that he would not allow Nice Company to pose a threat to his grain and oil import and export business, not that he would help him defeat the other party.
Even just saying that he would be with his friends and stand on their side.
Is that what I want you to stand with me? What's the point of standing with me when the other party threatens me?
Otherwise, it would be better if you could just help me take over the Nice company.
"Mr. President, I actually don't want to have a conflict with the Nice Grain Import and Export Company. If possible, I hope to sit down and have a good talk with the shareholders of the Nice Company."
"Oh my God! Fang, you are not going to recruit those farmers to join us!
Believe me, they are not the right kind of business partners.”
President Dutra obviously misunderstood Fang Lang's meaning. If Nice Company really intends to target Fang Lang's grain and oil company, then Fang Lang is also prepared to have a talk with the other party in a polite way before using force.
If they really can't reach an agreement, Fang Lang will be ready to go to war with them.
However, President Dutra's misunderstanding only shows that he really cares about the introduction of the automobile industry this time.
In this way, Fang Lang actually has the absolute initiative.
Just as Fang Lang was thinking about how to continue to express that he didn't care much about grain import and export companies,
President Dutra spoke again:
"Fang, don't rush to make a decision. Maybe my friends will have a better solution."
Fang Lang didn't understand what President Dutra meant, but he himself hadn't figured out what interests he should exchange.
Therefore, this matter needs to be considered carefully before a decision can be made.
By the way, we can also let this news ferment slowly in the Brazilian capital market for a few days to see if it will produce any miraculous effects.
"Okay, Mr. President, I will go back and wait for your good news."
After finishing the conversation with Mr. President.
Fang Lang was not in a hurry to go home but instead had dinner with General Leta from the General Logistics Department.
After all, the biggest purchaser of his arms group in the future would be the person in front of him.
He can't be offended easily.
"Fang, you mean that you found a gun designer in Germany this time and are planning to return to China to build a small arms manufacturing plant?"
“That’s right, General Leta, but the scale of this factory will not be particularly large.
I hope to get the support of General Leta."
"Why don't you put them in the artillery factory and manage them together? Wouldn't it be simpler that way?"
Fang Lang was not planning to merge his light weapons factory and artillery factory together. After all, the artillery factory was not his own business.
The artillery factory was opened at the request of the President and has more political significance than commercial significance.
This is a means for Fang Lang to deepen his ties with the military, and it cannot bring much economic benefit to Fang Lang.
After all, the Brazilian army is the biggest consumer of the artillery produced. Even if it can be sold abroad, it still needs to go through large-scale military purchases between governments.
It's impossible to make big money with such a narrow sales channel.
Light weapons are completely different because in addition to being equipped to the military, they can also be sold to the civilian market in countries that do not ban guns.
For example, the civilian market in the United States, a major gun-consuming country, is a very large market.
As long as the firearms can pass the review of the US government, are unique, good quality and inexpensive, it will be easy to open up the US market.
Not to mention how much profit it makes, the factory's operating rate alone is far ahead of that of the artillery factory.
Therefore, Fang Lang directly said to General Leta:
“Your Excellency General, I have obtained the complete artillery process license from the United States for our artillery factory.
So you can start production directly.
However, my small arms factory has not negotiated any technical licenses, so we need to start research from scratch.
It is still unknown whether the research can produce useful results.
If I merge it into the artillery factory, it may cause dissatisfaction among other shareholders.
Because the initial research investment may be very huge.”
Unfortunately, although General Leta had little contact with Fang Lang, he knew Fang Lang very well. He did not believe that Fang Lang would make such an investment with no profit.
His first reaction was that the prospects of this business should be very good, otherwise Fang Lang would not have said that.
“Since research requires a lot of capital investment and is risky, shouldn’t you look for partners to share the investment risk?
If you are worried about the high risk, I can help you find some suitable investment partners. How about it? "
How should Fang Lang respond to this? What you said makes so much sense, I don't know how to refute you!
"Oh! If the general is willing to share the risk with me, I welcome it very much."
As a result, General Leta began to be reserved and waved his hands repeatedly:
"Fang, my identity is definitely not suitable for doing business directly. If you need it, I can introduce you to a few suitable investors."
In fact, Brazil does not completely prohibit officials or military personnel from doing business, as long as you are not caught using your position to seek benefits for your own company.
Moreover, if someone reports it, there won’t be any big problem.
Of course, given the prevalence of corruption in Brazil, this regulation is basically meaningless.
All the big domestic enterprises and big capitals have close ties with government officials!
Even the president is often impeached because of economic issues, and you still expect the officials below to abide by this rule.
Fang Lang shook his head and said:
"General, what does this matter?
If you cannot do business directly, you can use your family’s name!
If you are not comfortable using your family members' names, you can just get a fake identity to participate. As a major shareholder, I will approve your investment, right?
But let me make it clear first, your investment must be real money.
We do need to invest a lot of money in the research and development of this project.”
If General Leta could really invest in this project, Fang Lang would not lose anything.
After all, this way Fang Lang no longer has to worry about the sales of the light weapons produced by the company.
And another very important point is that if General Leta really adopts Fang Lang's method and participates in the investment of this project.
This means that the relationship between Fang Lang and General Leta will enter a new stage.
This is also what Fang Lang is happy to see.
After hearing what Fang Lang said, General Leta was stunned. Shouldn't you take the initiative to offer to give him 20% of the shares at this time?
You even have to invest your own real money.
This put General Leta in a difficult position.
However, he felt relieved after thinking about it. After all, Fang Lang's status was not comparable to those ordinary businessmen who needed his help.
The other person's identity is an active-duty naval colonel in the Brazilian Navy and a powerful figure in the Brazilian military.
Although Fang Lang transferred benefits to himself by buying paintings last time, everyone knew that it was Fang Lang's compensation for not purchasing the aircraft through the General Logistics Department.
The procurement of equipment for the Brazilian army is not something that General Letta can decide on his own, so Fang Lang does not need to beg General Letta too much.
Given Fang Lang's position in the Brazilian army, it would not be difficult for him to sell weapons produced in his factory in Brazil to the Brazilian army.
Of course, if General Leta is involved, Fang Lang’s proactive sales promotion can be turned into the military’s proactive purchase.
This is a fundamental difference.
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