"Okay, since you think our gang is very useful, I won't disband it for now." He raised his eyes to his father, as if to say, let's see if you can still say I'm messing around. Now it's all right! Your grandson said my gang is very important.
"Uncle, I don't know what your gang is called and what are the gang rules?" Fang Lang was also a little curious about his uncle's gang.
"Our gang is called the Xinshui Gang! There are more than 20 people in it. We have no idea what the gang rules are and I have the final say on everything." Fang Xinshui's answer left Fang Lang speechless.
"Uncle, since you are involved in gangs, I wonder if you have heard of the Hongmen."
"I haven't heard of it! What is Hongmen?"
"The origin of Hongmen was an anti-Qing and restoration organization in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. After so many years of development, it has now become a huge organization with tens of thousands of members around the world, and played an important role in the establishment of the Republic of China in the late Qing and early Ming dynasties."
“So amazing.”
"Of course, the Hongmen has strict rules and many members, and the gang I want is similar to the Hongmen. There must be rules and goals. Once you join the gang, you can't leave, and you must be punished if you make a mistake. Only in this way can the gang have combat effectiveness. And our organization can also hide behind the gang and become a real secret organization."
"I understand what you mean. Then tell me specifically what to do. I will go back and make it clear to my brothers. If he wants to continue working with us, we will stay. If he doesn't want to, let him leave." Fang Xinshui was very straightforward.
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In this way, Fang Lang introduced the history of Hongmen and the initiation ceremony of Hongmen to Fang Xinshui, and told him the ten prohibitions of Hongmen and the punishment methods of Hongmen, etc. As long as Fang Lang had heard of it, he explained it to Fang Xinshui one by one, and told him a lot of traitors and influential events in the history of Hongmen, hoping that he could learn from them. After all, in Fang Lang's plan, the gangs are a very important part. After talking about Hongmen, Fang Lang even introduced some situations and rules of the Italian Mafia to him.
Fang Xinshui was fascinated by what he heard, benefited a lot, and was full of energy. The old man, his father, his younger brother and others beside him were dumbfounded. They never thought that a gang could have so many tricks and theories. It was even more amazing when they heard that the Italian Mafia had its own specially trained lawyers.
The conversation didn't end until his mother notified everyone to have dinner. Originally, Grandpa Fang was going to invite a few elderly people to come over and chat while eating, but there were too many people, and Fang Lang's mother alone couldn't prepare the meals for so many people, so Fang Lang asked everyone to disperse, and he didn't keep them for dinner.
But during the meal, another guest came to the house, Fang Lang's uncle Yang Zong. Because Yang Zong lived in downtown Sao Paulo, he didn't have time to rush over. Seeing Yang Zong coming, Fang Lang was also very happy, because Yang Zong was an important part of his plan to come back this time.
Several people chatted about family matters while eating. After the meal, when everyone was sitting in the living room chatting, Fang Lang directly said, "Uncle, I wonder how the cigarette factory business is going now!"
"Oh! Everyone knows that the business of this cigarette factory has always been sluggish. The sales volume is not high, and it can't be sold. It's a headache!" When it comes to the cigarette factory, my uncle starts sighing.
"Uncle, how much does your current cigarette factory produce every day? Do you have a lot of inventory?"
"How dare I release production! I can't even digest the inventory and I dare not produce too much! The more I produce, the greater the loss will be. There is still a full warehouse of inventory! The inventory alone has tied up all my working capital."
"I don't smoke, so I want to ask, is there any difference in the taste of our cigarettes and American cigarettes? Why are American cigarettes more expensive, but their sales are better than ours?"
"If you want to say the difference, there is a little bit. Generally speaking, the taste is not as mellow as their cigarettes. But the difference is not particularly big."
After hearing what his uncle said, Fang Lang understood that with the current cigarette-making technology, many of the following technologies should not have been applied yet.
"Uncle, do you add ingredients and flavors to your tobacco during the manufacturing process?"
"What do you mean by adding ingredients and flavors? There really isn't such a thing!" Yang Zong was filled with questions after hearing what his nephew said. What kind of ingredients and flavors do cigarettes need to be added to?
As soon as Fang Lang heard his uncle's answer, he knew why American cigarettes were more fragrant than those made by his uncle. Apparently, American cigarettes now have started to add ingredients! Fang Lang still remembered the manufacturing process of modern cigarettes that he had seen while watching videos on the boat, and he couldn't help but feel happy. It seemed that he had a chance to make the cigarette factory bigger and stronger.
"How about this! Uncle, I will go to your factory tomorrow morning to take a look at your inventory and production process. Then I will invest in you to expand the scale of the cigarette factory and make our cigarette factory bigger and stronger."
"Hey Lang'er! Don't do anything rash! The cigarette factory is useless now. I can't hurt you. Don't do anything rash! If the money you earn goes down the drain, your mother will kill me."
"Haha...Uncle, don't worry. Just give all your inventory to me. I will arrange a ship to transport it to you. I have ways to sell it. I also have ways to make our cigarettes distinctive. By then, our cigarettes will surely be sold all over the world. Uncle, don't regret letting me invest and hold shares then." Fang Lang laughed when he heard Yang Zong's words.
When Yang Zong heard that Fang Lang could transport all his inventory, he was overjoyed. He stood up excitedly and overturned the stool behind him to the ground.
"Lang'er, are you serious? If you can take away all my inventory, I will just give you the factory. Why would I ask you to invest?"
Everyone in the family looked at Fang Lang in surprise. They had never expected that Fang Lang would say that he would take over all of his uncle's inventory and invest in expanding his cigarette factory.
"Uncle, I can't take advantage of you. When the time comes, you can ask your company's finance department to calculate your company's assets and see how much they are worth. I will see how much money I can invest."
"There's nothing to calculate. I've been looking for a buyer. Some time ago, a buyer offered me $10,000, but didn't want my inventory. What I want is a package price of $50,000. If you, Lang'er, can really consume all my inventory, I will give you the factory. No kidding." Yang Zong said seriously.
"The factory only has $40,000 worth of inventory? That may not be enough! I wonder if there are other cigarette factories nearby. I have four 5,000-ton cargo ships now, and this little inventory is not enough for me to transport!"
Fang Lang's words shocked the whole family. Father Fang Xinshan was the first to speak: "Lang'er, do you mean that you have signed transportation contracts with four ships?"
Fang Lang understood what his father meant, and did not hide it. He said directly: "I set up a Global Trade Co., Ltd. in the United States. The company bought three ships in Italy, plus a transport ship I commanded. They are now in Rio. I plan to wait for two days and ask the company's transport ship to go to Port Saunders, load all the cigarettes, and ship them to Italy. At the current wholesale price of Brazilian cigarettes, if I buy such a large quantity, it should be about ten cents a pack, so my profit will reach fifty times. This time I plan to come here to purchase goods worth $400,000. The funds are ready, and I can't do without goods."
"Son, where did you get so much money?" Fang Lang's mother said anxiously.
"Of course it's earned by your son! If we don't have so much money, how can we carry out our plan? I'm already prepared for the end of the war! At least expand the company's fleet to more than 50 ships. If each ship can transport 500 people, my fleet can transport 25,000 people at a time. At the current fleet speed, it can only run a round trip every two months. In one year, we can make the number of Chinese in Brazil exceed that of Japanese. In three or four years, we can make our Chinese population occupy a place in a continent. Then we will use this continent as a base and begin to radiate to the whole of Brazil. By then, we Chinese will gradually have enough influence."
What Fang Lang said was unbelievable to his family. They never thought Fang Lang could make so much money so quickly.
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