Fang Lang has great influence in American politics, but he does not want to use this influence easily now. He is not an American, but a Chinese Brazilian.
In the current atmosphere of white supremacy in the United States, if a foreign Chinese like Fang Lang can exert his influence on American politics, it will make many Americans wary. At that time, countless eyes will be watching his every move, and if he is not careful, he will be singled out and over-interpreted.
It is possible that his industry in the United States will be coveted by others, and then someone will try to find a bunch of reasons and excuses to try to dismember and annex his industry.
Some people may say that given his relationship with the Morgan and Rockefeller families, no one dares to take action against his industry. If someone has such an opinion, it only shows that he is too naive. There is no friendship in a capitalist society. Once there is a chance to eat up Fang Lang's industry, the Morgan and Rockefeller families will definitely be the first to take the biggest piece of cake.
The only way to prevent others from attacking you is to make yourself strong enough, so strong that others will feel fear when they hear your name and will not dare to have any covetous thoughts.
Therefore, whenever Fang Lang had problems, he would try to solve them by himself and was unwilling to ask others for help. If possible, he hoped that his influence in the United States would never be used and no one would ever know about it.
Of course, those who should know should be informed, otherwise what is the point of cooperating with the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family in the United States? It is most beneficial for Fang Lang to maintain the scope of this influence at a higher and smaller range.
For example, the current US Secretary of State Marshall must be very clear about the influence Fang Lang has. As for whether the current Japanese Supreme Emperor MacArthur knows about Fang Lang's influence, he is not sure, but Fang Lang is more inclined to believe that MacArthur does not know.
Otherwise, not to mention coming out to welcome him, at least they wouldn't have come over to say hello until now. Although MacArthur was famous for his arrogance, as far as Fang Lang knew, this guy had once coveted the presidency of the United States, but unfortunately he failed.
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If he knew that Fang Lang, a guy with huge influence among American financial groups, was coming to his territory, there was no way he would not come out and make friends with him.
Of course, this topic has gone off topic, so let's get back to the point. However, Kodama Yoshio and Shigemitsu Aoki looked at each other with an unpleasant expression. The younger Kodama Yoshio almost couldn't help but curse, but the more cunning Shigemitsu Aoki felt something unusual from John's attitude.
Hearing John introduce Fang Lang to them as his good friend, but judging from the current situation, Fang Lang is obviously not just a simple friend, so he used his eyes to stop Kodama Yoshio from exploding.
He forced a smile and tried to smooth things over by saying:
"Colonel Clark is right. It turns out that Mr. Kodama does have a lot of Chinese antiques. However, in order to rescue me this time, he has given most of them away to smooth things over for me, so he doesn't have any fine antiques left.
However, I still have a few Chinese antiques at home that can barely be considered fine pieces. How about I take out all my collections and give them to General Fang later? I hope General Fang will calm down and not embarrass Mr. Eryu."
Shigemitsu Aoki's words were very covert, intentionally or unintentionally shifting the destination of the antiques that Fang Lang wanted to the Americans, as if he wanted to guide Fang Lang to ask the Americans for them. Saying that he would give Fang Lang the antiques from his own home to calm him down was just an excuse.
By then, even if Fang Lang could receive the antiques he sent, there would probably not be many. After all, although he was the former Japanese foreign minister, he was a Japanese war criminal who had just been tried and released from prison. His family would definitely not be able to produce any good things for a while. Everyone could understand this kind of thing.
But Fang Lang knew very well that Americans belonged to the European cultural circle and were far less tolerant of Chinese antiques than the Japanese, who were also in the Han cultural circle. Therefore, it was completely nonsense to want to get Shigemitsu Aoki out of Sugamo Prison and give the Americans Chinese antiques. You might as well be more realistic and take out some US dollars.
Therefore, he did not believe a word of what Shigemitsu Aoki said.
"Oh! So Mr. Kodama used Huaxia Antiques to smooth over Mr. Shigemitsu's relationship. If that's the case, please tell me who you gave your gifts to, so I can have someone go directly to them to buy them."
As soon as Fang Lang said this, Shigemitsu Aoi's face changed. Although Fang Lang said it lightly, from Fang Lang's playful tone, Kodama Yoshio and Shigemitsu Aoi could both hear that Fang Lang didn't believe what he said at all.
At the same time, there was a hidden threat in these words. A Class A war criminal like Shigemitsu Aoki should definitely not be released so easily. Now Kodama Yoshio had actually used his connections to get him out. If this matter were to be exposed, it would be very serious.
If Kodama Yoshio really provided Fang Lang with a list, then the people who came to buy antiques from them might not necessarily be Fang Lang's people, but more likely law enforcement agencies such as the US Bureau of Investigation.
Seeing Fang Lang being so disrespectful, no matter how good-tempered Shigemitsu Aoki was, he couldn't hold it anymore. In his opinion, he had already given enough face to Fang Lang by offering to give his collection of antiques to him. But now Fang Lang's attitude of not giving in made his face darken.
Originally, Fang Lang brought up this topic not to cause trouble for these two guys, but to take the opportunity to pass the topic to them and let them do something for him before asking for John's help. However, the development of things obviously did not go according to the process Fang Lang expected.
The two Japanese probably didn't take him, a Brazilian Navy Rear Admiral, seriously, so they were not willing to spend too much on him. Even after John came out to express his opinion, Shigemitsu Aoki only wanted to take out a few antiques to give to Fang Lang and get rid of him.
But Fang Lang's greed was beyond their expectations. A small Brazilian rear admiral thought that he could unscrupulously benefit from them just because he was friends with John. This made the two feel unprecedented humiliation. They, who had once been high and mighty, could not stand such grievances.
As a result, their perception of John, the American naval captain, also changed slightly, but considering his American identity, they did not dare to make enemies with him yet. They could only turn their eyes to him and see what his attitude would be next.
Unfortunately, they were destined to be disappointed. Japan was not as important to the United States as it would be in the future. Even if it was as important in the future, John would not make enemies with Fang Lang for these two guys. So, after John felt the gazes of Kodama Yoshio and Shigemitsu Aoki looking at him, he just smiled slightly, as if he could not detect the probing meaning in them, and said nonchalantly:
"Why haven't I heard about Mr. Kodama using Chinese antiques to smooth over relationships? I'm a good friend of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph from the CIA, so he shouldn't hide this from me.
How about this! Fang, I will take you to Joseph tomorrow. If you like Chinese antiques, I will ask him to sell you all the Chinese antiques he has received. You just need to give him a good price. "
John's words made Kodama Yoshio and Shigemitsu Aoki's faces change drastically. They did not give the antiques to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph of the CIA. This was just their way of rejecting Fang Lang's rhetoric.
If John really asked Joseph about this matter, then they would have to face Joseph's accountability. This matter is very serious. Are you deliberately slandering the other party with bad intentions, or do you want to take this opportunity to frame the US CIA intelligence officer?
As the former head of Japan's intelligence agency, Kodama Yoshio knew only too well how dark the intelligence agency's methods were. If Lieutenant Colonel Joseph really doubted the intentions of the two, they might not see the light of day tomorrow.
So, his expression changed instantly and a hint of fear flashed in his eyes.
Shigemitsu Aoki also understood the seriousness of this matter, and at the same time, he also understood John's attitude towards this matter. At this moment, his gaze towards Fang Lang began to become complicated.
As a politician, he didn't believe in so-called friendship. In his opinion, John's unscrupulous support for Fang Lang only showed that the other party had a very strong background, so strong that John couldn't afford to offend him.
It was not until this moment that he noticed that Fang Lang, the Brazilian Rear Admiral, seemed a little too young. Although Fang Lang deliberately grew a beard to make himself look more mature, the skin on his face could still tell a lot.
Such a young man could become a rear admiral of a country, which shows that he must have a huge influence in his country. If he hadn't guessed his Chinese identity from Fang Lang's name, Shigemitsu Mamoru would have suspected that he was the son of the Brazilian president.
At this time they had begun to regret their response, but unfortunately, Fang Lang would not give them a chance.
After hearing John's words, he laughed and said directly:
"Haha... no problem. You know me well. I don't have much of anything except money. Please tell Lieutenant Colonel Joseph that I will give him a price that he can't refuse."
Fang Lang's words made Kodama Yoshio and Shigemitsu Aoi's eyes narrow. They realized that if they didn't say something, they might be doomed.
Kodama Yoshio was the first to react and quickly said:
"General Fang, Colonel Clark, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, there is a huge misunderstanding here. I did tell Lord Chongguang that I used antiques to smooth things over and get Lord Chongguang out of prison early.
But I didn't give the antiques away directly. Instead, I sold them on the black market and used the money to smooth over the relationship. I definitely didn't give any gifts to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph. Colonel Clark, please don't misunderstand me.
If General Fang really likes Chinese antiques, I will go find my buyers now, take back all the antiques I have sold, and personally deliver them to you."
Kodama Yoshio tried every means to cover up the lie told by Shigemitsu Aoki, and offered to deliver the antiques to Fang Lang, without even mentioning the money for the antiques.
Obviously, he wanted Fang Lang and John to let this matter go.
John naturally didn't care about this, but Fang Lang was a little dissatisfied. Isn't this clearly looking down on him? Why do I have such a small face? You are afraid of the lieutenant colonel of the CIA, but not me. Isn't it because the other party controls your life and death, but I can't do anything to you?
If that's the case, then do I really need to show off my muscles? Fang Lang originally wanted to learn about the situation of the Japanese gangs from Kodama Yoshio, to see if he could find two gangs that were openly working for him.
But now it seems that I am a little naive. Without sufficient strength, others will not care about me. In this case, I will let you, a gangster, see my strength and see if you dare to look down on me.
"I don't need it delivered to my door. I prefer to get the things I like myself."
After saying that, he turned his head and looked at John beside him, and said helplessly:
"My friend, now it seems that I can only send someone to Japan to collect what I want. You should pray that your father doesn't care about your life in Japan."
Fang Lang's words instantly made John, who was originally very casual, furious. He looked at Fang Lang with a look of despair and said:
"Hey! Brother, we agreed that you can't do this. You can't send my father to Japan, or my good days will be over."
Seeing John's flustered expression, Fang Lang smiled and shrugged:
"Brother, I will order them to open a branch in Japan and be responsible for conducting business in Japan, but whether your father will take the opportunity to come and see his son who seems to be enjoying himself is not something I can decide."
"Oh! Shit! You two damn Japanese bastards, you will pay for your stupidity."
John knew that Fang Lang felt looked down upon by these two Japanese, so he decided to have his Whip of God company come here to show off its muscle. All this was caused by these two Japanese who didn't give him face and neglected their friend Fang Lang.
Now he was implicated, how could he not be angry? He had been standing on Fang Lang's side before because these two Japanese did not give him face and shirked the request made by his friend.
Therefore, he helped Fang Lang force the other party to give in. Although the other party did give in, it also caused Fang Lang's dissatisfaction, and at the same time he had some doubts about his influence in Japan.
Therefore, he adjusted his strategy. This adjustment was nothing, but his father was the CEO of Whip of God. If Whip of God wanted to do business in Japan, wouldn't his father come and take a look?
At that time, they will definitely come to understand his situation. Wouldn't that mean his good days in Japan are over? How could he not feel devastated? So, at this moment, he wanted to trample the two bastards, Kodama Yoshio and Shigemitsu Aoki, to death.
As for convincing Fang Lang not to let God's Whip Military Contracting Company do business in Japan, John didn't even think about it. How could he stop such business behavior? Knowing that Japan would soon have a large amount of business, if he dissuaded the other party from getting involved in the Japanese market at this time.
Wouldn't that be an obstacle to his father's work? You have to know that although Fang Lang is the majority shareholder of this company, there are many American bigwigs who also hold shares in it. If his father knew that he wanted to prevent the company from entering Japan to develop business, then what awaits him is not just pressure from his father.
Based on his current understanding of the company, not only him, but even MacArthur could not stop them from doing business in Japan.
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