Although what Adams Teach said was a bit confusing, Fang Lang also had some understanding of the character of Antar Heydrich.
To be honest, Fang Lang really likes to have such a person as his subordinate, but he thinks it is not appropriate to put him in the position of commander of the Rio de Janeiro Naval Base.
Because, if the other party is a pure soldier, unless you can get his loyalty, there is no way to guarantee that he can be used by you after sitting in this position.
This is obviously not in their own interests.
Adams Teach obviously also knew Fang Lang's concerns, so he quickly continued:
"Fang, if you are willing to meet the other party, I can come forward and talk to him first.
I believe that after these years of silence, he should be able to realize something.
If he still doesn't change, then we'll see if there are other candidates."
Fang Lang didn't expect that Adams Teach would praise this person so much, and he didn't know whether he had some personal relationship with this person, but it didn't matter.
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If this person is really as Colonel Teach described, Fang Lang would like to transfer him to work in his own aircraft carrier formation.
Since Adams Teach volunteered to contact the other party, he certainly would not refuse.
Nodded and said:
“Okay, you go out and talk to the other party first.
If it's appropriate, you can bring him to me."
Adams Teach seemed very happy after receiving a positive answer. Although Antar Heydrich was not his man, if he recommended him to Fang Lang, there would be a sense of relationship between them.
If Antar Heydrich really joins Fang Lang's camp by then, he will definitely become his ally.
"Okay, without further ado, I'll make an appointment with him to have a chat this afternoon."
After that, the two of them stopped discussing this topic and started chatting about all sorts of things. Fang Lang also took the opportunity to instill some ideas about future naval construction into him.
Even the development direction and trend of missiles in future wars, as well as the construction ideas of the next generation of missile destroyers, allow Adams Teach to keep up with his own development direction.
The lunch was a great success for both the host and the guests, and Adams Teach gained a lot from it. It was not until he left the Naval Club and returned to his car that he could no longer hold back his tears of joy.
For so many years, he has been playing the role of a good guy. He dares not offend anyone and has to please everyone, so that he can sit firmly in the position of commander of this naval base.
Thinking back to the first time he came into contact with Fang Lang, Lieutenant Colonel Graham from the logistics department of the expeditionary force headquarters, who had a lower rank than him, completely ignored him. It was because he had someone backing him up.
But now that he has joined Fang Lang's camp, he has someone to support him. When he can truly become the Chief of Staff of the Navy, who will dare to treat him as a good guy?
After seeing Adams Teach off, Fang Lang returned to the room and called Syrio Recchi from the Second Section of the Logistics Department, asking him to send someone to investigate the naval colonel named Antar Heydrich.
It’s not that Fang Lang doesn’t trust Adams Teach, but there are many things that Adams Teach may not be clear about, such as the other party’s political inclinations, interpersonal network, etc.
Since you want to use him, you must conduct a comprehensive investigation of him to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future.
This kind of internal investigation is of course easy for the agents from the Second Section of the Logistics Department working at the Brazilian Intelligence Agency. After all, the other party's work files must be backed up and archived at the Brazilian Intelligence Agency.
Of course, if Fang Lang wanted to investigate the other party, he would definitely not only look at these things on the surface. Fang Lang also had to fully understand many things that were not written in the files.
Upon receiving the order, Section 2 of the Logistics Department immediately took action.
Today's event was a spur-of-the-moment idea, so it was done in a hurry. I have to say that this was also an opportunity for Adams Teach, as there happened to be an opportunity to manufacture warships independently.
While Fang Lang was thinking about how to use this opportunity to deepen his influence within the navy, he was escorted by guards to the Mercedes-Benz factory in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro.
There was no conversation along the way. When the convoy arrived at the gate of the Mercedes-Benz factory, more than a dozen people were already waiting at the gate.
Among them, only two were people Fang Lang already knew. One of them was the German representative during the negotiations in Germany, and the other was the general manager of Fangyuan Group stationed at the Mercedes-Benz car factory.
Because Fangyuan Group owns 51% of the shares of the Brazilian Mercedes-Benz factory, the general manager must be sent by Fangyuan.
This professional manager named Gianvito Blank was hired by Fangyuan Group from Ford Corporation in the United States at a high salary. The fact that he was able to put the Mercedes-Benz Brazilian factory into production in a short period of time shows that he must be quite capable.
After Fang Lang got off the car, everyone came forward enthusiastically and shook hands with him.
As the general manager sent by Fangyuan Group, Gianvito Blanke turned down a lot of work when he suddenly received the notice at noon and personally went to the door to wait for Fang Lang's arrival.
After everyone exchanged greetings at the door and introduced themselves to each other, Fang Lang praised him without hesitation:
"Today, I noticed that there are many new Mercedes-Benz cars on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. It seems that your work is very effective!"
Upon hearing this, the crowd, who were originally a little uneasy, breathed a sigh of relief. After all, such surprise inspections did make these professional managers worry about whether they had done something wrong.
Gianvito Blank stood in front of Fang Lang on the left, directing him to move into the factory while smiling and saying:
“Yes, boss.
This new Mercedes-Benz factory combines the technology of Mercedes-Benz automobiles with the assembly line technology I brought from Ford, making our automobile production more efficient, less costly, and easier to train workers.
This year, we plan to reach an annual production of 50,000 vehicles.”
Westerners don't know what humility is. When Fang Lang made the praise, Gianvito Blank accepted it without hesitation and praised his own achievements.
Fang Lang didn't care when he heard this. Although an annual output of 50,000 cars was less than a quarter of Ford's current production, for a car desert like Brazil, being able to build a factory with an annual output of 50,000 cars in two years was still very worthy of recognition.
Therefore, Fang Lang must of course praise the other party.
"Very good. If you can successfully complete this goal this year, I will ask the head office to reward all employees. I hope you will not let me down."
The managers were all excited when they heard that there were rewards. Gianvito Blank even asked directly:
"Really? Thank you so much, I wonder what kind of reward we can get?"
This guy's directness was really a headache. It was as if he was afraid that Fang Lang would go back on his word, so he wanted to clarify the reward plan on the spot.
Fortunately, Fang Lang is not a stingy person. He is always generous in rewarding capable managers who can earn enough profits for him.
"If you can achieve this goal, I promise to give out 5% of the factory's annual net profit as a reward to everyone. As for how it will be distributed, it depends on your work performance."
Everyone started whispering to each other upon hearing this, and even the German representative looked excited.
Don't think that 5% is a small amount. If you do the math, each of these managers may receive a reward of tens of thousands of dollars. In this era, tens of thousands of dollars is not a small amount. At current prices, it can buy at least 3-4 cars.
No wonder everyone was so excited, and many people even applauded.
Gianvito Blank even spoke directly on behalf of everyone:
"Boss, please rest assured! We have secured this reward! We will ensure that we can successfully achieve the annual production target of 50,000 vehicles!"
Upon hearing this, the people behind him also expressed their opinions one after another.
Seeing that everyone's emotions were aroused, Fang Lang promptly began to pour cold water on them.
"Don't be too happy too soon. What I want is not only the output of cars, but more importantly the quality of cars. Because of the world war, the production of civilian cars around the world has come to a standstill.
It was not until June 1945 that the US War Production Board relaxed regulations and re-approved the production plan of 200,000 new cars. This was the only country among all countries to relax regulations on civilian car production.
During the war, because there were no new cars, people's requirements for vehicle after-sales service continued to increase. Many car brands were unable to provide customers with spare parts when they needed repairs due to quality problems.
Customers have lost confidence in the brand.
After this incident, people began to focus not only on the price and performance of the car, but also on the quality and after-sales service of the car.
I wonder how we, Mercedes-Benz, provide after-sales service and car quality assurance to our customers? "
Fang Lang's words obviously surprised everyone. They didn't expect that the other party would know so much about the automotive industry and hit the nail directly on the head.
Even General Manager Gianvito Blank didn't know how to answer this question for a moment. He glanced at the people who came with him and saw that no one knew what to say, so he could only bite the bullet and say:
"Boss, the common practice of all car brands now is to only sell cars. As for the after-sales problems of the vehicles, they are solved by the dealers in various places themselves."
Since Fang Lang raised this question, he was obviously very clear about the current situation.
Coming from the future, he knows very well that the concept of 4S stores did not appear in Europe until the 1970s and 1980s. Although judging from the development trend of later generations, 4S stores may also face the situation of being eliminated.
But at least the next seventy or eighty years will be the golden period of development for automobile 4S stores. It is precisely because of the existence of automobile 4S stores that major brands have achieved rapid development.
This is also the reason why Fang Lang suddenly became excited and came to visit the Mercedes-Benz factory.
“Do you think this kind of service can satisfy customers?”
Everyone looked at each other, speechless for a moment. As they positioned themselves as production managers, they naturally could not answer this question.
Seeing that no one spoke, Fang Lang did not blame them. He just walked forward and said:
“Don’t be nervous, I don’t mean to blame you, but I want to bring this issue up for discussion with you, hoping that we can come up with a solution that will satisfy the customer.
Everyone is welcome to speak freely, and if a good solution can be found, we will all be grateful to you!"
A middle-aged white man in his thirties in the crowd heard Fang Lang's words and whispered:
“The customer won’t be happy!”
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