After readjusting the investment strategy of the Pan-European Highway Management Company, Fang Lang's Global Group also adjusted its investment policy towards Europe.
We decided not to wait for the European aid program to officially start, and to travel to various European countries in advance to investigate the local market environment and look for suitable investment opportunities.
Because of Fang Lang's clear instructions, everyone knows the content of the upcoming European aid plan, so the investment targets in Europe are very clear.
This information advantage made the investment projects of the Global Group in European countries very smooth. Backed by JP Morgan Global Bank, Brazilian Development Bank and Bank for International Settlements, the Global Group, relying on its strong financial advantages, began to frantically acquire high-quality assets all over Europe and reintegrate them.
This allowed the Global Group to expand rapidly and become a global conglomerate with huge influence in Europe and the United States.
At the same time, Fangyuan Group took the opportunity to quietly infiltrate the European market under the cover of Global Group, and launched a merger and integration operation against some small companies with obvious technological advantages and independent intellectual property rights.
From the end of 1947 to the middle of 1949, the size of Universal Group expanded more than tenfold, like a balloon being blown up.
Fangyuan Group quietly acquired more than 200 high-quality companies in Europe, integrated the resources of these companies, and after digesting and absorbing them, it became a large multinational group company spanning Europe and the United States.
Because of Fangyuan Group’s Brazilian capital background, Fangyuan Group’s influence in Brazil has been growing day by day, making it the undisputed largest capital conglomerate in Brazil.
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At the same time, over the past two years, Chinese influence in Brazil has begun to flourish, and the influence of Chinese people has also begun to increase rapidly.
The Brazilian Asset Management Company, which is supported by the Brazilian Development Bank, has vigorously supported Chinese capital over the past two years, allowing Chinese people to flourish in Brazil.
The Chinese Mutual Aid Chamber of Commerce, founded by Fang Xinshan, chairman of the Fangyuan Group, at the end of 1947, rapidly expanded from more than 50 people at the beginning to more than 5,000 people in just two years.
All merchants who joined the Chinese Mutual Aid Association could get all-round support, including funds and technology, as long as they expressed their needs and provided guarantees. Powerful Chinese merchants began to enter Brazil's cotton spinning, clothing, food processing, sugar, alcohol, leather and other light industries.
More Chinese people chose to enter the catering and retail industries which required relatively less capital investment. Over a period of time, the number of small shops run by Chinese in Brazil increased from more than 3,000 at the end of 1947 to more than 500,000, and some shops had even opened in some remote towns in Brazil.
As these business territories expanded, Chinese people began to develop throughout Brazil. By the end of 1949, Chinatowns had appeared in cities such as Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre, Recife, and Natal.
The influence of Chinese people in Brazil has also begun to gradually increase.
In order to safeguard the political interests of Chinese people in Brazil, with the support of Fangyuan Group, many Chinese people who are willing to go into politics have been discovered and trained by Fangyuan Group and sent to the three major political parties in Brazil.
This is very different from the previous habit of overseas Chinese who did not like to get involved in politics. Although many people within the three major parties have complaints about this, considering the huge influence of Fangyuan Group in Brazil and the increasing number of Chinese voters in Brazil, these people can only choose to shut up.
At the same time, in order to expand the influence of Chinese in the military, Fang Lang began to vigorously promote conscription in Chinese communities in the past two years, and used his huge influence in the Brazilian navy and air force to accept a large number of Chinese soldiers into the army.
Soldiers with outstanding performance were sent directly to the Brazilian Military Academy and the Brazilian Aviation School for further training.
In just two years, the number of Chinese soldiers in the Brazilian National Defense Force has rapidly expanded from more than 100 to more than 10,000. Most of these people are distributed in the navy and air force, which has rapidly increased the proportion of Chinese soldiers in these two arms.
In addition, Fang Lang also used his influence in the police to recruit a large number of Chinese into the Brazilian police. Many Chinese who had experience as police officers in their hometowns were directly inserted into the Brazilian police system. More outstanding young Chinese were sent to study at the Brazilian Police University.
After graduation, these young Chinese people will be assigned to Brazilian police stations across the country and start as grassroots police chiefs in the Brazilian police system. With the presence of fellow Chinese police officers, the living environment of local Chinese will naturally be further guaranteed.
In order to ensure that there are as few "banana people" as possible in such a huge Chinese population, Fang Lang paid close attention to the propaganda work on the ideological trends of the Chinese people. Not only did he set up several specialized Chinese-language newspapers in Brazil, he also organized a number of Chinese gatherings, both openly and secretly, to keep a close eye on the ideological trends among the Chinese population.
They also regularly organize Chinese gatherings to share traditional Chinese culture with everyone. They also host national martial arts competitions, lion dance competitions, poetry and song competitions, calligraphy and painting competitions, as well as dragon boat races. The scale of activities held on every traditional Chinese holiday even far exceeds the grandness of the Chinese in their hometowns.
At the same time, in areas across the country where the Chinese population exceeds 10,000, special Chinese schools have been opened to teach traditional Chinese civilization.
This series of actions not only made the Chinese people identify more deeply with Chinese culture and generated a strong sense of national identity and pride, but also aroused great interest among many Brazilians. Every time the Chinese organized an event, a large number of non-Chinese Brazilians participated in it and were deeply fascinated by it.
Time passed quietly bit by bit. In the past two years, Fang Lang kept a very low profile, organizing basic training for the fleet at the Natal Naval Base every day.
Apart from attending some meetings organized by the National Defense Force when necessary, he rarely left Natal. He no longer personally handled many things, but instead gave remote commands over the phone.
The reason why Fang Lang is like this is because the development in recent years has been too rapid, and the foundation in many areas is not solid enough. He needs to calm down and practice his internal skills diligently to consolidate his foundation.
At the same time, he also tried to slowly fade out of President Dutra's sight to prevent this pro-American president from forcibly pulling him into his camp and making him support his re-election.
Of course, these were all intentional by Fang Lang himself, and outsiders were not aware of this. In the eyes of outsiders, Fang Lang was a hero who fell into the land of gentleness and had his fighting spirit worn away by beauty.
Recently, with the graduation of Lilith and Vivian, they returned to Natal, Brazil from the United States and France respectively to accompany Fang Lang. Together with Audrey Hepburn who had always been with Fang Lang, everyone knew that their fleet commander was accompanied by three beautiful ladies, and he felt like he was reluctant to leave.
Fortunately, the current awareness of women's rights in Brazil is not strong. In addition, many Chinese who immigrated to Brazil to escape the war brought several concubines with them, which made many Brazilians know about the Chinese custom of marrying wives and concubines.
In addition, Brazil's neighboring country Paraguay is a polygamous country, so Brazilians' tolerance for polygamy is actually very high.
No one came out to say anything about Fang Lang's behavior. Of course, it might also be that Fang Lang's status made everyone afraid to express any bad opinions.
October in Natal, Brazil is sunny and has a pleasant temperature.
The three Lilith girls who were in the villa of the fleet commander at the naval base felt that Fang Lang was a little strange today. Because today was Saturday, the three girls didn't have to go to work. They had planned to sleep in at home, but they found that their men had gotten up early.
Sensing Fang Lang getting up, the eldest sister Lilith opened her sleepy eyes first and whispered in confusion:
"It's the weekend today, why are you getting up so early?"
Fang Lang looked back at the other person's rosy cheeks and sleepy eyes, which looked like a young girl waking up from a sleep. He couldn't help but lean over and kiss the other person's beautiful red lips before lowering his voice and saying:
"I have something to do, you guys go back to sleep and don't worry about me."
Audrey Hepburn on the other side heard the two people's voices, slowly opened her eyes, saw the two people kissing, and said vaguely:
"Big sister, I was exhausted last night. Don't take me with you now. I need to have a good rest."
Lilith, who was feeling the gentle morning kiss from her man, heard this and perhaps remembered the madness of last night. She spat at Audrey Hepburn in annoyance and wanted to explain to her, but she saw that she had turned over and continued to sleep with her back to her, leaving her with a smooth back.
She wanted to get up and take care of her man, but she found that her sister Vivian was sleeping soundly with one arm and one leg on her body, making unconscious clicking sounds with her mouth.
Seeing this, she could only helplessly look at Fang Lang who had already stood up.
Fang Lang naturally saw all of this, and stroked Lilith's beautiful face with a smile on his face, speaking in a gentle tone:
"You were exhausted last night, so just go to bed! I'll be at home, don't worry."
Hearing that Fang Lang was not going out, Lilith stopped forcing him. She naturally leaned her face against Fang Lang's warm hands, then nodded obediently and said:
"Well! Then come up and call us if you have anything."
Fang Lang smiled and nodded, then climbed up quietly from the specially customized luxurious bedroom that was nearly four meters wide, and gently covered the three women with a thin silk quilt, instantly hiding all the spring scenery in the room.
To be honest, it takes a lot of perseverance to get up from such a comfortable situation every day.
This is because Fang Lang has a strong physique and exercises tirelessly every day, so he can defeat the three female goblins, come and go freely in this bone-sucking Pansi Cave, and make the three women obediently coexist peacefully.
He waved gently at Lilith, who was still looking at him affectionately, signaling her to close her eyes and go to sleep, then he gently closed the door.
After walking out of the room, Fang Lang jogged along the coast as usual, then practiced for a while in the yard downstairs before going home to tidy himself up.
What was different from usual was that today Fang Lang did not wear his usual military uniform or suit. Instead, he very solemnly took out a neatly ironed Zhongshan suit from the closet.
This grey Zhongshan suit was made of fine materials and was well made. Although it looked a bit rustic in Fang Lang's eyes, he still patted the non-existent dust off the clothes with his hands lovingly.
Then she put on the clothes with a solemn expression, stood in front of the dressing mirror and looked at her body carefully to make sure there were no flaws.
Then he walked slowly into his study.
Today is a special day for his hometown. From this day on, the people of his hometown have completely stood up. He is far away in Brazil and has no way to go back to witness this great moment. For a time traveler, it is a huge regret.
But this did not affect his expression of respect for this moment through his actions. Although he did not remember the exact time of the ceremony, the specific date had long been engraved in his genes.
Fang Lang stood alone in his study, facing the direction of his hometown, humming softly the song that had also been engraved in his bones.
Although Fang Lang was the only one in the study at this moment, and his singing was only audible to himself, there was an indescribable atmosphere of solemnity slowly spreading in the study.
When the song ended, Fang Lang's eyes were slightly red, as if there was mist brewing in them. After standing there blankly for a long time, Fang Lang finally calmed down.
He rubbed his hands hard on his face twice to bring his thoughts back to mind.
Fang Lang took off his Zhongshan suit, held it in his hands and stroked it gently. He had specially provided his own body size to this Zhongshan suit and asked a craftsman in Shanghai to make it custom-made. He was only going to wear this suit today and then keep it well as a commemoration.
Just as Fang Lang was staring at the Zhongshan suit in his hand, a red phone on the desk in the study suddenly rang.
Looking up, Fang Lang frowned slightly. Today was a day off and no one should call him at this time. The phone ringing at this time was obviously about something important, so Fang Lang had to answer it.
In fact, this red phone is not a military line, but a confidential line that he specially opened for remote control of Fangyuan Group Investigation Department and Xin Shiliang.
"Hello! I'm Fang Lang!"
Without time to think, Fang Lang stepped forward, grabbed the phone and put it to his ear. The words coming from the phone made Fang Lang frown.
"Young Master, a friend of mine in the Presidential Office just told me that according to the latest opinion polls, less than 30 percent of people support President Dutra's re-election.
Now the President's campaign team is trying to find ways to gain more support, and this friend reminded me that someone might suggest that the President talk to you."
The meaning is very clear. Anyone who is not a fool knows that Fangyuan Group now has a huge influence in politics, but Mr. Fang Xinshan, the nominal chairman of Fangyuan Group, rarely cares about politics.
Needless to say, everyone can guess whose orders Xin Shiliang, who is responsible for integrating political resources for Fangyuan Group, obeys.
However, due to Fang Lang's military identity and the fact that no one could provide clear evidence, everyone pretended to be deaf and dumb. But now it is obvious that President Dutra's situation is not optimistic, and someone in the campaign team is ready to break this window paper.
Fang Lang didn't think that this secret could be kept forever. It would be fine as long as everyone kept it tacitly understood.
If someone else expressed a desire to chat with Fang Lang, Fang Lang might not mind.
But President Dutra, who had long been abandoned by Fang Lang, really had no interest in continuing to play tricks with the other party.
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