Five days passed quickly, and during this period the Morgan family never contacted Fang Lang again. Fang Lang didn't care about it.
After all, his idea of acquiring shares in General Electric would definitely cause discomfort to the Morgan Consortium, and the other party's failure to respond to Fang Lang in a timely manner was definitely a way of expressing their attitude to Fang Lang.
As for when there will be another opportunity to talk again, or when both sides can find a way out, it is still unclear.
Fang Lang was not idle during these five days. In addition to taking the opportunity to inspect the various branches of the Global Group, he also introduced the Investigation Department of Fangyuan Group to the Global Group.
Fang Lang further strengthened his control over the Global Group. He knew very well that with the implementation of the European aid plan, the Global Group would surely achieve rapid development.
In particular, the steel companies and shipyards of the Global Group will start to make large-scale acquisitions around the world, expand production capacity and acquire factories according to the plan, and expand Global Steel and Global Shipbuilding into the world's leading companies.
Under such circumstances, Fang Lang must strengthen its control over its industries.
In addition to establishing the Universal Group Investigation Department, the financial control over the subsidiaries of the Universal Group was further strengthened. A separate specialized accounting firm was established, and outstanding professional accountants were recruited from all over the world to supervise and audit the finances of its major companies.
At the same time, after Zolph Henry's unremitting efforts day and night, the preparations for the dinner were finally completed successfully within five days.
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On that day, around five o'clock in the afternoon, guests began to arrive one after another. As the boss, Fang Lang did not greet these guests outside the manor. Instead, Wan Chongxin was responsible for receiving them at the entrance of the manor.
It’s not that Fang Lang neglected his guests. In fact, Fang Lang didn’t come to meet with these partners of Global Group simply to discuss business.
Apart from participating in the company's early stage construction, he did not actually participate too much in the company's actual business management. In this case, personally meeting with the bosses of various partners would make each boss feel valued.
But it would also have a certain impact on the actual business host like Wan Chongxin, so the purpose of holding this dinner was to target the Rockefeller family and the Morgan family from the very beginning.
Therefore, he only planned to come out in person to thank all the guests, and the rest of the time would be used to resume negotiations with the Morgan family.
However, things often do not go according to his plan. Just when Fang Lang was accompanying Lilith and Vivian in the master room of the manor, tasting the red wine and talking about love.
The new butler, Zolph Henry, knocked on the door hastily, his face flushed with excitement, and said excitedly:
"Sir, sir, General Marshall is here. Do you need to come out and receive him in person?"
When he was flirting with his two girlfriends, he was stunned when he heard the words and asked in confusion?
"General Marshall? That General Marshall?"
Fang Lang himself was a Brazilian navy major general, so he was not surprised by the generals in the army. Moreover, he was an American general, who obviously had no subordinate relationship with him, so he did not care too much.
In his heart, he thought that the other party was one of the behind-the-scenes shareholders of Shata Company. It was okay for him to come forward to receive him, but there was no need to get close to him in a hurry.
This will make you look very LOW.
Seeing Fang Lang's apparently casual attitude, Zorf Henry quickly explained:
"Mr. George Catlett Marshall, five-star general of the United States and former Chief of Staff of the United States Army."
When Fang Lang heard that it was Marshall, a five-star general who had served as the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, he immediately understood the other party's identity. This was a real big shot, the future U.S. Secretary of State, and the proposer of the European aid plan.
Even the later European aid plan was directly named the "Marshall Plan."
He never imagined that the banquet he hosted would lead to such a big fish. Later he thought about the European aid plan he proposed. Obviously, the other party must have close relations with the major financial groups involved in this plan.
His direct appearance here this time must be related to the communication between the Morgan Consortium and himself. This made Fang Lang frown. Although Fang Lang wanted to participate in the European aid plan.
But he does not want to get too involved in American politics. After all, he is also a Brazilian rear admiral. While close relations with such American bigwigs can bring him great benefits, it will also bring some negative effects to a greater or lesser extent.
However, since the other party has taken the initiative to come to him, Fang Lang obviously cannot avoid meeting him. Doing so will offend the incoming US Secretary of State, the nominal leader of the European aid program.
Therefore, he had to pat Lilith and Vivian who were leaning on him, and signaled them to get up and go down with him to greet each other.
Seeing this, Zorf Henry quickly signaled to the two maids outside the door. Before Fang Lang could understand what he meant, Zorf Henry, the butler, had already walked quickly to Fang Lang and began to carefully tidy up his appearance.
After tidying up his suit, which had become a little wrinkled due to his intimacy with Lilith and Vivian, the two maids came to Lilith and Vivian respectively to help them tidy up their clothes.
This made Lilith and Vivian very uncomfortable, and they wondered what the two maids were going to do.
Fortunately, Fang Lang has been receiving this kind of service from Zolf Henry every day these days and has developed a certain immunity to it. After understanding what the other party meant, he just casually opened his arms and let Zolf Henry tidy up for him.
Lilith wanted to refuse at first, but after Fang Lang nodded at her, she had no choice but to follow Fang Lang's example and let the maid serve her.
Vivian, on the other hand, seemed to find it very novel. After she understood what the other party wanted to do, she simply followed Fang Lang's example and watched the maid tidy up her clothes.
While Fang Lang was receiving Zorf Henry's service, he casually said:
"Where is Mr. Marshall?"
Zolph Henry, holding a horsehair brush in his hand, concentrated on tidying up Fang Lang's suit and replied:
"Mr. Marshall has entered the main door and should have entered the banquet hall now. Mr. Wan is coming out to receive him."
Hearing this, Fang Lang nodded calmly.
At this moment, Zolph Henry couldn't help but admire Fang Lang. After all, even a British butler like him who paid great attention to etiquette was a little panicked when he heard that a big shot like General Marshall suddenly came here.
However, his young new boss was very calm and composed, emitting confidence, which made him feel a little ashamed.
Thinking about how he had been with his previous boss but had never had the opportunity to meet big shots of this level, at this moment he was extremely glad for his choice.
In fact, Fang Lang was thinking in his heart, what was the purpose of the future Secretary of State's uninvited visit? It was certain that it must be related to the European aid plan, but Fang Lang was a little confused about what exactly he wanted to discuss with him.
Fang Lang's suit was originally prepared specifically for tonight's dinner, so there was no need to rearrange it. Zolph Henry quickly fixed the wrinkles he saw.
Turning around, she saw that the two maids had also finished their work, and whispered to Fang Lang:
"Sir, that's enough."
Hearing this, Fang Lang turned his head and glanced at the two beauties beside him. Seeing that they were also ready, he said casually:
"In that case, let's go meet our former Army Chief of Staff, His Excellency."
He said this, of course, hoping to make Lilith and Vivian less nervous. After all, a retired general, no matter how high his original rank was, is certainly not as intimidating as an active general.
After hearing Fang Lang's words, the two girls, who had been a little nervous, relaxed a little. After all, it was the first time for the two girls to attend such a banquet as hosts.
They also invited several of their friends to the banquet. At first they thought it was just a simple cocktail party, but now they find that things are obviously not as simple as they imagined.
The fact that a former five-star general of the United States came uninvited said a lot. They were of course very worried that their performance would affect Fang Lang's reputation.
As for the fact that the two sisters accompanied Fang Lang to attend such a banquet, they did not take it seriously.
Hearing Fang Lang's somewhat casual tone, the two of them slowly relaxed, took Fang Lang's left and right arms respectively, and slowly walked towards the banquet venue.
When Fang Lang and his companions arrived at the banquet, they quickly attracted the attention of everyone at the venue.
First of all, Fang Lang and his group did not enter the venue through the guest entrance. Obviously, this young Asian was the host of today's banquet.
Secondly, it was because of the two beautiful women beside Fang Lang. Both of them were rare beauties, and at this moment, they were holding the arms of this Asian young man, one on the left and one on the right.
If Fang Lang was a middle-aged man, everyone might wonder if Fang Lang was the father of the two beauties, and the men who thought they were qualified might start to approach him and talk to him.
But Fang Lang's age was there, and everyone knew that these two people must be this young Asian woman, and everyone cast envious glances at Fang Lang.
Fang Lang seemed to be unconcerned about this. At this moment, he had already seen at a glance an elderly white man with gray hair who was surrounded by many people, like the moon surrounded by stars.
The other party obviously also noticed the movement here, and at this moment his eyes were looking in the direction of Fang Lang. Their eyes met in the air, and with just this one glance, the two seemed to have traveled through thousands of years of time and found the right target.
Fang Lang smiled and nodded slightly at the other party, and the other party also smiled kindly and nodded at Fang Lang. Then the two of them walked towards each other tacitly.
In his previous life, Fang Lang didn't know much about Marshall. He only knew that it was he who proposed the European Recovery Plan during his tenure as Secretary of State. In this life, when he was preparing to participate in this plan, he focused on conducting a detailed investigation of him.
Therefore, Fang Lang now actually knows Marshall very well. He was a general who achieved success late in life. It was not until he was 55 years old that he finally obtained the rank of brigadier general in the United States.
But at the age of 58, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. Everyone knows that it is more difficult to be promoted to the rank of general, but Marshall was the complete opposite. It took him a full 39 years to be promoted from a military academy student to an Army brigadier general.
However, it only took him three years to rise from brigadier general to Army Chief of Staff with the temporary rank of general. It was also after he became Army Chief of Staff that Germany began to invade Poland.
He keenly realized that the United States would inevitably be involved in the war, so he immediately began to actively expand the military and prepare for war, rapidly expanding the US army, which originally had only 200,000 regular troops.
By the time the war ended, the U.S. military had surged to nearly nine million troops.
He is also one of the few American generals who has not experienced actual front-line combat. Although he has experienced two world wars, he spent most of his time as a staff officer.
But such a person has unparalleled prestige in the US military. George Patton, Eisenhower and MacArthur are all famous generals discovered by him.
In 1943, the U.S. Congress agreed to award him the rank of "Field Marshal", which had never appeared in American history, but he flatly refused.
It was precisely because of his refusal that the United States never established the rank of marshal again.
It would be impossible for Fang Lang to say that he was not nervous at all about meeting such a great historical figure.
But after so many years of training, he has become a person who never shows his emotions. No matter how highly history evaluates Marshall, he will not take the initiative to stick to it.
After all, this would only make the other party look down on him, so he acted very calmly throughout the whole process. He had seen Marshall's photo before, so he could find him in the crowd at a glance.
The bustling scene around him had little impact on Fang Lang, because he didn't know most of the people around him. Although others knew that he might be the owner of the manor, they didn't know his specific information.
Therefore, it was not easy to approach him actively, and he could only ask the executives of the Global Group around him about Fang Lang's identity. When they learned that Fang Lang was the behind-the-scenes boss of the Global Group, they were all very surprised.
You know, it is very rare for an Asian to achieve such great success in the United States where racial discrimination is serious.
Next, something even more surprising happened before everyone's eyes. General Marshall, the hero and pride of the American people, who had taken the initiative to appear at the dinner, actually walked out of the crowd and walked straight towards the other party.
This was more shocking to many than learning that Universal's boss is Asian, since several of Universal's top executives are Asian.
While everyone was still surprised, Fang Lang had already shaken hands with General Marshall.
As the host, Fang Lang certainly couldn't lose his manners, and said enthusiastically:
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Marshall. Your presence makes my humble home more glorious!"
Fang Lang knew very well that General Marshall was an expert on China, because as early as 1924, he was sent to his hometown of Tianjin, and served as the deputy commander and chief of staff of the 15th Infantry Regiment of the US Army stationed in Tianjin.
During this period, he learned Chinese, so Fang Lang didn't worry at all that the other party wouldn't understand what he said.
Sure enough, after hearing Fang Lang's words, General Marshall responded directly in Chinese:
"Mr. Fang, I am sorry for being so presumptuous. I hope I didn't disturb you!"
Fang Lang also laughed and said:
"Hahaha... I can't even invite a distinguished guest like you, so why would I bother you?"
Then he looked at the increasing number of people around him, winked at them and said:
"I wonder if Mr. Marshall would be interested in sitting upstairs with me?"
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