Fang Lang was very satisfied with Iva Beard's performance. At least for now, it seemed that the other party had not concealed anything when talking to him.
After making a plan in mind, Fang Lang nodded and said:
“Do you know why Homero Wenger and the others were arrested?”
Ever since entering the office building, Iva Beard has been on tenterhooks. The reason is that he found out that the company's management had all been arrested, but he didn't know the reason, so he was very unsure whether he would be implicated.
Now that the boss brought it up on his own initiative, it was obvious that he was not going to hide it from him, and he shook his head very sensibly.
Fang Lang smiled slightly when he saw this:
"Mr. Homero Wenger, together with Mr. Porsche, who was still imprisoned by the Allies in Germany, secretly smuggled the research data of the German Tiger tank that the Allies were searching for into our joint venture data.
This behavior has turned our automobile joint venture project into an adventurous undertaking full of political risks.
Porsche's use of our Fangyuan Group's automotive joint venture project to secretly transfer Allied investigation information may lead to us being charged with espionage, which we absolutely cannot accept.
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Once the Allies discover that our Fangyuan Group is involved, our entire Brazilian Fangyuan Group will suffer huge losses.
Therefore, I plan to suspend the joint venture project with Porsche, close the factory, and send all German workers back to Germany. "
These words frightened Iva Beard so much that he sat up from the sofa, looked at Fang Lang in disbelief, and swallowed his saliva with a trembling body, saying:
"Boss, this... this... is this true?"
Fang Lang pretended to be annoyed and said:
"Of course, Mr. Homero Wenger has confessed to these things, and we have also found a complete set of research data on the Tiger tank from the company's data room.
Now we are having a headache about what to do! ”
Unexpectedly, Iva Beard waved his hands with a pale face and said:
“Boss, what I mean is, do we really want to suspend the joint venture project and shut down the factory?
If all our German workers were sent back to Germany, we might be imprisoned by the Allies, and we workers had no part in that!
It would be the end of us and our families!"
Seeing the other party's pale face with a hint of despair in his expression, Fang Lang smiled slightly in his heart, but his face was indeed full of pain as he sighed and said:
"Hey! I understand what you said. I personally hired you all from Germany. I also hope that you can stay in Brazil and run our joint venture factory smoothly.
But now the situation has become complicated. It is no longer a business issue, but a political issue.
You have to understand that Brazil's position among the allies is not high, and our involvement in this European event is not deep, so we don't have much say.
Just by bringing in joint ventures from Germany and taking you out of Germany, we have already taken huge political risks and made related commitments to other allies.
But now, this private behavior of Mr. Homero Wenger and Mr. Porsche has dragged us into a huge political whirlpool.
If things go wrong, our Fangyuan Group will be liquidated by the Allied Forces. You know, our Fangyuan Group also has many competitors, and everyone is eyeing us covetously.
If we are not careful, we may be eaten by the enemy until there is nothing left."
After hearing Fang Lang's heartfelt words, Iva Beard slumped down on the sofa with a dejected look on his face, looking as pale as death.
However, he soon realized something was wrong. If the situation was really as serious as Fang Lang said, why would he need to ask himself those questions before?
The other party obviously had a way to prevent things from deteriorating to this point, although for a moment, he was unable to react to the purpose behind it. Of course, the main reason was that he did not have time to think about it carefully.
But there was one thing he was sure of, that was what Fang Lang said about Homero Wenger and Mr. Porsche conspiring to secretly smuggle the research and development data of the "Tiger" tank to Brazil, which was very possible.
And, from what he saw in the company today, he could almost conclude that this was the fact.
At the same time, he was also very aware of the influence of his boss Fang Lang in Brazil. He didn't quite believe that Fangyuan Group would be liquidated.
But suspending the joint venture, closing the factory, and repatriating all German workers is absolutely likely to happen.
After figuring this out, Iva Beard gritted his teeth, raised his head and looked at Fang Lang with a determined gaze, saying:
"Boss, you have a solution, right?
If there is anything you need me to do, please tell me directly. I will do my best. I just hope you don’t close the factory and repatriate the workers.”
I have to say, this guy is a smart guy. He reacted so quickly.
Seeing this, Fang Lang also put away the expression on his face, and looked at Iva Beard beside him with burning eyes. He didn't say anything, but just looked at him quietly.
Iva Beard did not speak, but looked at Fang Lang with a firm gaze. After a while, Fang Lang smiled slightly, looked at Iva Beard with great satisfaction, and said slowly:
“You’re a very good, intelligent person.
To be honest, the current situation has not yet deteriorated to the worst extent. We discovered the problem in time and everything can still be salvaged.
However, Porsche's behavior is a complete violation of the original joint venture agreement.
It is impossible for us at Fangyuan Group to take any responsibility for them, so the failure of the joint venture project is almost a foregone conclusion.
As for whether you need to be deported, it depends on your own decision.”
At this moment, if Iva Beard still didn't understand Fang Lang's purpose, he would be a fool. But he knew Fang Lang's purpose, so he had nothing to say. After all, the root of this matter was not Fangyuan Group.
Rather, it was the behavior of Homero Wenger and Mr. Porsche who secretly transferred sensitive information, which led to the dire consequences.
After taking a deep breath, Iva Beard slowly said:
"Boss, what do you need me to do?"
Fang Lang was very satisfied with Iva Beard's timely words. He smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
"I will arrange a professional negotiation team to negotiate with Porsche AG of Germany. I think Porsche AG of Germany should not dare to express any objection to our cancellation of the joint venture.
As for whether we will report this matter to the Allied Command, it will depend on the situation of the negotiations.
Whether you German workers and your families need to be repatriated depends on whether you are willing to continue working for our factory. If you are willing to continue working for us, we will re-sign employment contracts.
And we promise to handle the immigration procedures for you to Brazil and make you Brazilian citizens.
If they don’t want to continue working for our factory, we can only say sorry, we will send them and their families back to Germany, and they will have to pay for all the expenses themselves.”
What Fang Lang said was quite frank. He was forcing all the German workers to take sides. For those who were willing to continue working for him, everything would remain unchanged, but for those who were unwilling to work for him, they would be sent back home directly.
And they will have to pay for their own return home expenses, which means that all their income in Brazil during this period will be completely recovered.
They will return to the situation before liberation one day and continue to struggle on the poverty line in Germany, or even be worse off than before. After all, they used to have jobs.
As they were sent to Brazil, their original jobs had already been replaced, and when they returned, they had to find new jobs. Given the current situation in Germany, this basically means they could starve to death at any time.
As for continuing to work at Porsche after returning, he didn't dare to think about it. After all, once the Allied Command knew about this, it would be questionable whether Porsche could continue to exist.
Iva Beard smiled bitterly, shook his head, and spread his hands.
“So, we don’t really have a choice.”
Hearing this, Fang Lang waved his hand and said:
“No, I am a very democratic person. I respect everyone’s choice. I can provide anyone who is willing to work for me with everything they want.
I will also send those who do not want to continue working for me back to Germany safely.
Please don't force it!
For example, if you are willing to stay, I will appoint you as the deputy general manager in charge of the company's production."
Iva Beard leaned back on the sofa, laughed at himself, and shook his head helplessly.
"Boss, you win!
I will help you convince everyone!"
Obviously, Iva Beard is a truly smart man, and he understands what Fang Lang really wants. Fang Lang was also very satisfied with his performance, and he patted his shoulder with a laugh and said:
"Hahaha... Very good, I was not wrong about you. Now it's up to you."
Soon, news spread rapidly throughout the factory that the entire company's management had been arrested, the factory was facing closure, and the workers and their families were facing deportation.
Because the company was completely blocked, no one could leave even if they wanted to. For a while, people in the factory were in a panic and rumors were spreading. Both the Brazilian workers and the German technicians began to feel nervous.
Iva Beard took the opportunity to find a group of the most prestigious German employees in the factory and explained the whole story in detail.
At the same time, they informed everyone of the situation they were facing, the possible consequences, and the attitude of Fangyuan Group. For a moment, all the German workers looked miserable and uneasy.
"Homero Wenger is such a bastard, he should go to hell, why did he do such a thing!"
"He is Mr. Porsche's nephew-in-law. He must have been instructed by Mr. Porsche."
"The Allies won't arrest us for interrogation, right? We weren't involved in any of this!"
"Yes! I have no idea when these materials were brought to Brazil!"
"I didn't even know we had this information."
"It's over now, we're going to be killed by them!"
"I'm not really going to be deported! My children are too young. If I don't have a job, I won't be able to support them."
"I don't want to go back to Germany. I want to stay here."
"That's right. These things have nothing to do with us. I'm going to go find my boss and tell him that I'm willing to sign a new employment contract with Fangyuan Group and work for the company in the future."
"Yes, me too!"
Everyone is like you and I. We are not stupid and we all know that returning to Germany at this time is basically a dead end, so we all wisely choose to become employees of Fangyuan Group.
Fangyuan Group also sent special personnel to the company to renegotiate contracts with those who were willing to stay.
Except for a very small number of workers who insisted on returning to Porsche in Germany, most people chose to join Fangyuan Group. Fang Lang would certainly not treat them unfairly, and everyone's welfare benefits remained unchanged.
He also promised everyone that after working for him for two years, he could help them apply for Brazilian citizenship, making them official Brazilians, so that they would no longer have to worry about being deported.
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