Fang Lang did not expect that the bill that he had discussed with the National Alliance in Sao Paulo last time would be submitted to the Legislative Assembly for discussion so quickly.
At the beginning, we only discussed some general contents, and the specific details have not yet started to be negotiated!
When did these guys become so efficient? No wonder President Dutra summoned me late at night.
Anyone who is not stupid can see the relationship between this bill and themselves.
It seems that the other party is either attracted by my huge influence on the National Alliance and the Social Democratic Party and wants to make friends with me.
After all, it is not an easy task for a policy bill targeting Chinese immigrants alone to gain 65 percent support in a legislative chamber where there are absolutely no Chinese people.
This shows that through the rapid development in the economic field in the past two years, Fangyuan Group has already possessed huge political influence in Brazil.
Fang Lang’s identity is no longer a simple naval general, but also a representative of a capital consortium with a strong influence on Brazilian politics.
Fang Lang has always warmly welcomed those who want to be friends with him.
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What’s more, the other party is the President of Brazil.
Or they just want to express dissatisfaction with their own behavior.
But since the other party told me that he voted in favor, he has already expressed his attitude.
This means that he is not here to cause trouble, and the possibility of making friends should be greater.
“Thank you Mr. President for recognizing us Chinese.
I would also like to thank the Legislative Council for its strong support for us Chinese immigrants.
I believe that with such policies and your support, we Chinese will be able to quickly integrate into Brazilian life and contribute to Brazil's prosperity. "
Fang Lang has seen big scenes now. No matter whether President Dutra's words are true or false, he must show an attitude.
So he just threw out some diplomatic rhetoric.
President Dutra laughed after hearing Fang Lang's words. He took a sip of the coffee and said seriously:
“I welcome the Chinese integration into Brazil.
Also, I hope to see more Chinese people stand up and bravely make their voices heard.
You have to know that Brazil is a democratic country, and freedom and equality have always been our unremitting pursuit.
Of course, there are still many feudal remnants in Brazil today.
We must completely eradicate these backward, ignorant, and outdated problems.”
While listening to the President's words, Fang Lang was analyzing the meaning behind these words.
After not seeing him for a while, President Dutra has apparently begun to adapt to his role as a politician and is no longer speaking as bluntly as before.
At least Fang Lang now needs to analyze what he said in order to roughly understand what the other party wants to express.
Democratic country, eradication of feudal remnants, is this the reason why the President summoned me today?
But what's the use of telling me all this? I'm just a rear admiral.
Is it going to reform the military?
I don’t think you will discuss the reform with me!
For a moment, Fang Lang couldn't figure out what President Dutra wanted to say, so he could only follow the President's words:
“Mr. President is right, we must fight against backward and ignorant feudal ideas.
As a naval commander, I will resolutely obey the orders of the President."
After hearing Fang Lang's words, President Dutra smiled and said:
"Fang, don't get me wrong, this is not a military operation.
Let me tell you this!
Our current presidential system in Brazil does not conform to the image of Brazil as a democratic country.
You also travel to the United States frequently, so you should know what the American presidential system is like.
That is the model of democracy, so I want to learn about America's advanced political system.
Limit the power of the president and prevent the emergence of another dictator who abuses his power."
Fang Lang was a little confused by President Dutra's words. What did he mean?
Do you think your power is too great and want to share it?
Studying America? How thoroughly have you been brainwashed by America?
No wonder Americans support you so much.
However, Fang Lang had to admire President Dutra. After all, there were not many people who could take the initiative to propose weakening their power.
But you and I, a navy man, can’t talk about these things!
Wait, this is to use his influence on the National Alliance and the Social Democratic Party to push for the passage of this bill.
There is no need to push for this kind of thing!
Who would reject a president who wants to share power?
If the president has less power, won’t everyone have more power?
Unless he wants to be the authoritarian president.
Soon Fang Lang understood where the resistance was.
President Vargas, who is preparing to run in the next presidential election, and the Labor Party he formed.
Fang Lang also never imagined that one day the President would actually seek his support in order to limit the President's power.
This is really unexpected.
As a capitalist, Brazil's emerging financial group still welcomes the American political system.
After all, it is a political system that protects capitalists!
Only a fool would refuse!
Of course, you still need to ask for clear details.
The two then had a frank discussion on Brazil's future political system.
Fang Lang highly praised President Dutra for his initiative to give up his power and his determination to implement the political system of separation of powers.
The President also highly praised the foresight of the Rear Admiral.
The talks were held in a sincere and friendly atmosphere.
The two sides quickly reached a consensus.
Historically, President Dutra did promulgate a new constitution in September 1946.
Although the presidency remained the main institution, it was subject to many restrictions to prevent future leaders from abusing their power. The new constitution established a system of three branches of government and guaranteed the independence and freedom of Congress in electing members.
That night, the two sides negotiated for too long, and Fang Lang had no choice but to live in the manor with Mayor Ewald Dursley under his arrangement.
The next morning, Fang Lang had breakfast with President Dutra before leaving the manor.
It was not until he left that President Dutra said apologetically:
"Fang, I'm sorry that there is still no investigation result on your attack in Sao Paulo!"
Fang Lang knew what Dutra meant. It was obviously an apology for the backfired incident after arranging for the Ministry of Justice to enter.
But President Dutra cannot be blamed for this matter.
If President Dutra arranged for the Ministry of Justice to intervene in the investigation, it must be out of good intentions.
After all, he couldn't be the murderer. If he wanted to kill himself, he wouldn't have arranged such a method.
"Mr. President, this matter is none of your business.
We are not experts in investigations, so we will give you more time. I believe the truth will come out sooner or later."
Fang Lang already knew in his heart that this case was not so easy to solve.
Fang Lang had expected the investigation to yield no results.
Rather than trusting other people's investigations, it is better to investigate it himself, so he is ready to take time to return to São Paulo to conduct the investigation.
President Dutra did not see any problem from Fang Lang's expression and thought that Fang Lang already had his own guess about who the murderer was.
He held Fang Lang's hand, squeezed it, and said with a serious expression:
"If you have a suspect in mind, don't hide it. You can speak out so that the investigators can have another direction to investigate."
Feeling the strength in the President's hand, Fang Lang's heart moved and he smiled and said:
"I was ambushed once by the Japanese in the United States using similar tactics.
But I managed to avoid it.
But this time the evidence is so scant that I can’t really judge.”
“What, such a big thing happened?
Why didn’t I hear any reports from the Ministry of National Defense? ”
Dutra didn't expect that he would ask about another case.
Fang Lang smiled and shook his head:
“My friend had discovered the clues of that incident in advance, so the FBI deliberately set a trap to lure the enemy out without causing any harm to me.
So, I did not report the incident.”
"That won't do, Major General Fang. You are an important officer of the Brazilian Navy. Your safety is related to the national defense security of Brazil. You must not be careless.
Now that you are a general, I will recommend to the Ministry of National Defense that your guard rank be raised by one level, and your guard organization be upgraded to company level.
This way your travel safety can be guaranteed.
It’s not enough that these damn Japanese committed the violent tragedy of attacking the presidential palace in Brazil.
How dare they attack our senior officers of the Brazilian Navy.
I think we have to rank the Japanese as the most unpopular group of people in Brazil.”
President Dutra immediately expressed his opinion. From this, we can see that the president is indeed very concerned about Fang Lang's safety. This is definitely not just concern for a military general.
After all, being a soldier and fighting in wars is natural and is a profession that requires you to risk your life to make a fortune. How could you possibly pursue safety?
What the President is certainly concerned about is the political influence of Fangyuan Group behind Fang Lang.
After last night's discussion, the two had reached a consensus and were now political allies. The president certainly did not want to put his life in danger by supporting his political ally.
For Dutra, listing the Japanese as the most unpopular group is at most a cost-effective propaganda tool. Should this sentence be written into the Constitution?
Of course, Fang Lang was very happy that he could upgrade his guard level by one level and directly upgrade the guard platoon to a guard company.
These are the bodyguards that the Brazilian government has assigned to itself. Of course, the more the better.
But this is not enough. Fang Lang's eyes turned and he said to the President with a smile:
“Thank you for your concern, Mr. President. I am a soldier and I am not worried about my personal safety.
However, I am still very worried about the safety of my family.
After all, according to the interrogation records of the FBI, the Japanese were attacked in the United States this time because they suspected that I had attacked one of their temples when I was an occupying force in Japan.
This is complete nonsense. I suspect they did this just because I took over the artillery factory from the American occupation forces.
They didn’t dare to cause trouble for the Americans, so they put the blame on me.”
"This artillery factory is now producing artillery for Brazil, so we have to be careful.
Fangyuan Group is an indispensable part of our national defense industry. The safety of your family is also related to the national defense security of Brazil.
See if we need to send guards to Fangyuan Group."
After hearing what Fang Lang said, President Dutra understood that Fang Lang had a request to make.
But I'm not sure what he wants, so I can only try.
Fang Lang listened to Dutra's words and smiled:
“Thank you for your concern, Mr. President. Fangyuan Group is a private enterprise. If the state needs to send guard troops, it may cause some unnecessary trouble.
My idea is to hope that the government can approve Fangyuan Group to set up a private military company and build its own security team to protect the safety of the factory and my family."
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