Fang Xinshui knew in his heart that Fang Lang would not recruit him to his side for no reason. Now that he knew what he was thinking, he couldn't help but admire his business acumen.
At the same time, he also noticed some changes in Fang Lang's business ideas. Unfortunately, he couldn't explain the specific circumstances of this change for the time being.
"But our group doesn't seem to have a branch engaged in the jewelry business. Which company are you going to entrust this business to?"
In fact, Fang Xinshui's feeling was not wrong. Fang Lang's business ideas did begin to change a lot. The original Fang family tried to make friends with government departments and gain government support through means such as commercial investment.
But now Fang Lang’s business idea has become to use the power of government agencies to pave the way for his own business.
It is equivalent to working for the government before and now letting the government work for themselves. This is a qualitative leap, which means that the Fang family's influence in the government has entered a new stage.
This also means that their family has enough political influence in Brazil.
Of course, this project is just a small exploration by Fang Lang. If it is successful, he will be able to further exert his political influence and guide government departments to work for him.
In fact, this is the essence of capitalist society, and the government should serve the capitalists.
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The most typical example is the US government. Fundamentally speaking, the US military-industrial complex, which has tasted the sweetness of the two world wars, is the behind-the-scenes boss of the US government.
We have no way of knowing whether there is any necessary connection behind this.
And now Fang Lang's attempt is to become the behind-the-scenes boss of the Brazilian government. As for whether this attempt will succeed, Fang Lang is not worried at all.
After all, his influence on vigilance is still quite huge. At the same time, the naval special tactics research team under his command also needs a suitable subject for actual combat training.
If the gem smugglers want to organize enough armed personnel to resist police inspections, he can just come forward to help the police!
If there is an opportunity in the future, I can guide the Brazilian military police to set up a special anti-smuggling police team to escort his smuggling trade.
"This business does not need to be handed over to Fangyuan Group. It can be directly handled by your Hongyitang. This business can serve as the main source of funds for your Hongyitang.
Used to develop the hall and expand influence.
If a group company wants to enter the jewelry industry, it can set up a jewelry company and directly purchase raw stones from the distribution center."
Fang Xinshui obviously did not expect that Fang Lang would be so generous as to directly hand over the entire jewelry business to Hong Yitang. Although Hong Yitang was also a hand that belonged to the Fang family to control the underworld forces, the profits of this business were almost visible to the naked eye.
With such a huge source of funds, Hong Yitang's development in Brazil will surely be very rapid.
In fact, Fang Langdao didn't want to bring this business under his own company. It's just that this distribution center can be cultivated into a hen that lays golden eggs.
But when it comes to smuggling, it has a bit of a gray area. More importantly, these gem smugglers are often not just smuggling gems, sometimes they are also more or less involved in the trafficking of some highly toxic commodities.
If his Fangyuan Group came into contact with those people engaged in the gray industry, although it would not have much impact on his future, it would not be a good reputation if it were made public.
Therefore, he chose to let Hong Yitang be directly responsible for this business. As long as Hong Yitang himself was restrained from participating in the trade of highly toxic commodities, then based on the intelligence Hong Yitang had, he might be able to provide many opportunities for meritorious service to the police who wanted to be promoted!
Fang Xinshui was a smart man. He could vaguely guess something from Fang Lang's attitude, so after thinking for a while, he said:
“I understand that this kind of business involving smuggling is indeed not suitable for our group to directly participate in.
But Hong Yi Tang is also our family’s own business! Will we be cracked down by the government if we do this? "
After all, Hong Yitang is under the control of Fang Xinshui, and he certainly does not want to affect the development of Hong Yitang, so Fang Xinshui's doubts are normal.
Fang Lang just smiled slightly when he heard this, lit a cigar for himself, turned to Fang Xinshui beside him and said:
"Uncle, don't worry. Although you are in charge of Hongyitang, it is also the power of our Fang family. I can't give it back to you.
However, as a branch of the Hongmen sect, Hongyitang may be more or less involved in some organized crime activities during its operations.
This is determined by the nature of your gang. With my connections in the police force, as long as you don't do anything out of line, you won't be held accountable.
As for whether you are worried about being cracked down by the government, it depends on which government it is. The Colombian government will certainly want to crack down on this kind of thing.
But we did not enter Colombia to conduct related business. Even if they wanted to crack down, they could only target the gem merchants downstream who were responsible for smuggling.
What impact will this have on us?
As for the Brazilian government, as long as you can drive the economic development of Bittencorte through this project, provide enough jobs for the townspeople, and pay enough taxes every year.
Even when building this project, you can invite the town government to cooperate and make relevant plans. At that time, the Brazilian government will not only not crack down on you, but will also find ways to protect you.
Remember, what we want is not only the development of a gemstone distribution center, we also want a large number of immigrants to come here so that the number of local Chinese will exceed that of the local population.
Sooner or later, we Chinese will have the final say here, don’t you understand?”
Looking at the devastated town of Bitcot, Fang Xinshui nodded seriously. He understood that his relationship and interests were the same as Fang Lang's, and the other party would not harm him.
Looking around the block, he found that some people looked at him with a hint of hostility, which made Fang Xinshui frown slightly and lower his voice:
"I think these local residents are not very friendly. Do you want me to bring some people over to clean up this place?"
Fang Lang calmly followed the other person's gaze, glanced around, and said with a smile:
“No, you and I don’t have to do these things. Someone will do it for us. You just go back and prepare to arrange for people to immigrate here.
However, it is best to choose some lumberjacks, hunters, or fishermen among the immigrants.
Farmers should not be brought here. The environment here is not suitable for farming, and there is no land for farmers to plant crops."
Although Fang Xinshui didn't quite understand who Fang Lang meant by "someone will do it for them", he didn't ask any more questions and wisely changed the subject:
"I understand, the environment here is really bad, I guess many people don't want to immigrate here!
Then I will see if I can find those who have committed serious crimes or have been traitors and running dogs among the immigrants coming from China and send them here.”
Fang Lang was stunned when he heard this, and took a deep puff of his cigar before saying:
“These criminals are not easy to manage. This place is a border area, which is prone to criminal activities. You have to be careful and don’t let it get out of control.
If this ends up being a concentration camp for criminals in Brazil, the government will have to crack down on it.”
Unexpectedly, Fang Xinshui not only did not feel the slightest bit of fear, but instead said with a hint of anticipation:
"I'm worried that the Hong Yi Tang team doesn't have a chance to practice! I actually hope that some tough guys can come out of these guys and give us some practice.
Besides, it’s not suitable to send Chinese people who are too honest to such a dangerous place, right?
Don't worry, I know what's going on."
After hearing what Fang Xinshui said, Fang Lang stopped talking and shrugged.
"Then you can do it yourself!"
The area of Bittenkot Town is not large. Escorted by a team of fully armed guards, the two of them quickly toured the town. Fang Xinshui also had a general understanding of the situation in Bittenkot Town.
After fully understanding Fang Lang's idea about this gem distribution center, Fang Xinshui did not stay any longer. He took his men and boarded the plane arranged by Fang Lang to return to Sao Paulo to arrange the next matters.
Fang Lang entered the army camp stationed in Bittenkot Town under the protection of guards.
As the front-line fighting was taken over by the navy, the army soldiers were also evacuated in batches, but the evacuation could not be completed all at once. As one of the only two human settlements nearby, the town of Bittenkot now has a full regiment of army officers and soldiers stationed there.
Just now when Fang Lang was inspecting the town of Bittenkot, he discovered that there were quite a few soldiers wandering around the town. He didn't know whether the hostility in the eyes of the local residents was related to the presence of these soldiers.
The commander of the garrison in Bittenkot Town was a middle-aged white man of Portuguese descent named Spiros Ribeiro. He had received the notice long ago and arrived at the gate of the military camp early to wait for Fang Lang's arrival.
When he saw Fang Lang's motorcade approaching the entrance to the military camp, he took two quick steps to Fang Lang's jeep, saluted, and said seriously:
"Good morning, General Fang. I am Lieutenant Colonel Spiros Ribeiro, commander of the Third Regiment of the First Division of the Brazilian Army. Nice to meet you!"
Fang Lang smiled, jumped off the jeep and walked up to the other party. He returned the military salute with a smile on his face, stretched out his right hand and said:
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Lieutenant Colonel Ribery. It's a great honor to visit the heroic First Army Division today."
Although the two men belonged to different branches of the military, this basic interaction was still necessary. After all, Fang Lang was still nominally the commander-in-chief of the front line, and he also had the right to mobilize the army troops stationed in Bittenkot.
"Haha... General Fang, you are so polite! It is our honor to have you visit us.
Come in, please! "
The two exchanged pleasantries along the way and soon arrived at the headquarters of Lieutenant Colonel Spiros Ribeiro. Fang Lang was a naval officer and naturally would not hang out in the army camp for no reason.
Both Fang Lang and Lieutenant Colonel Spyros Ribeiro were very clear about this.
Therefore, as soon as the two sat down, Lieutenant Colonel Spiros Ribeiro couldn't wait to speak:
"I wonder what General Fang wants to tell you when he comes here this time."
Fang Lang could sense the other party's attitude. He smiled and said nonchalantly:
"I do have something I would like to ask your army for help with, and I wonder if Lieutenant Colonel Spiros Ribeiro is willing to do so."
Hearing this, Lieutenant Colonel Spyros Ribeiro looked at the chief of staff beside him calmly, and they all guessed Fang Lang's purpose.
Although he was reluctant, the other party was nominally the commander-in-chief of the front line, and he couldn't refuse his face. He could only pretend to be generous and said:
"General Fang is the commander-in-chief on the front line, and we, the officers and soldiers on the front line, must of course obey your orders.
If you have any ideas, just tell us. We will do whatever we can to help you."
Lieutenant Colonel Spyros Ribeiro said something very nice, about obeying orders, but then he added that if you can do it, you will never refuse it, which means you can refuse if you can't do it.
Fang Lang didn't care about this and still had a smile on his face.
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