The Spring Festival is the most important festival in Chinese tradition, so the Chinese in Brazil naturally attach great importance to it. In the past, there were not many Chinese in Brazil, and the scale and number of celebrations were not large, and even just some small gatherings were held in the Chinese village.
However, with the rapid expansion of Chinese immigrants in Brazil in recent years, and the guidance of Chinese organizations controlled by Hong Yitang and the Fang family, Chinese New Year activities have long gone beyond the Chinese circle.
As early as a week before the Spring Festival, Chinese people all over Brazil began to hang up lights and decorations and organize various celebrations, especially various hometown gatherings and group visits in the form of various chambers of commerce.
Factories owned by Chinese bosses have also begun organizing dinners and raffles to celebrate the Spring Festival, which has made Brazilians, who were originally unfamiliar with this festival, begin to like it.
Especially those workers who work in factories owned by Chinese bosses love this festival very much. Not only are there sumptuous holiday dinners, but there are also exciting raffles with rich prizes and super high winning rates. The Brazilian people wish they could celebrate such a festival every day.
The union promoted this activity in factories across Brazil at this time. Although many factory owners were unwilling to spend such a large amount of money to organize such an activity, they had to participate because of the presence of Chinese owners in the factories and the huge influence of the union.
Among them, the companies under Fangyuan Group naturally took the lead in holding such activities. In just two short years, the entire Brazilian enterprise has formed a cultural atmosphere of organizing company employees to hold Spring Festival activities before the Spring Festival.
All of this is naturally Fang Lang's means of exporting Chinese culture to the whole of Brazil. With the popularity of Spring Festival activities in various factories in the past two years, almost everyone knows about the existence of the Chinese Spring Festival.
Next, Chinese stores and shopping malls began to hold various promotional activities in the name of Spring Festival promotions, the intensity of which even exceeded the traditional Christmas promotions of Westerners.
...
...
This makes more Brazilians look forward to the Chinese New Year.
It was in such a lively atmosphere that time slowly came to the Spring Festival. Although the climate in Brazil made many Chinese feel very uncomfortable, the various activities to celebrate the Spring Festival, such as lion dancing and flower streets organized by Hongyitang and Chinese groups across Brazil, still allowed many Chinese to feel the festive atmosphere.
This allowed many Chinese people who were homesick to find a little spiritual comfort, and they took to the streets to participate in this collective celebration.
The red lanterns and couplets that fill the streets, the firecrackers that ring day and night, and the New Year's Eve dinners that every family reunites with make many people living in a foreign country feel at home.
During this period, the police, under the order of the Police Headquarters, took to the streets to maintain order. Although many police officers were quite defensive, local Chinese groups visited the police stations to express their condolences and put red envelopes into the hands of the police officers amidst the blessings of good fortune and prosperity.
This made the police officers instantly fall in love with this festival and learn their first Chinese phrase in their lives, "Gong Xi Fa Cai!"
In this warm atmosphere, Fang Lang brought the three women back to his home in São Paulo. The three women, who had already participated in several Spring Festival family reunion dinners, were familiar with it and took the initiative to join in the preparation of the New Year's Eve dinner.
Fang Lang and other men also started to work, worshiping gods and offering sacrifices to their ancestors and were very busy.
After everyone finished the reunion dinner, the women consciously walked aside to chat about all sorts of topics that women were interested in, while Fang Lang and other heads of the Fang family automatically gathered in the Fang family's ancestral hall to discuss the family's recent situation this year.
"Lang'er, do we really have to stop the immigration from our hometown? There are only over 10 million Chinese in Brazil now. I think we can continue!"
The first person to speak was Fang Lang's uncle Fang Xinshui. Although immigration and labor dispatch work have never been very profitable, with the increase in the number of Chinese in Brazil in the past two years, their Hongyitang has also developed very rapidly.
He naturally hopes that this business can continue, and it would be best if the Chinese population in Brazil can become the majority population in Brazil.
Hearing this, Fang Lang smiled and shook his head:
"We have to stop now. First of all, my hometown has changed its owner. The new government is completely different from the National Government. If we continue to immigrate from my hometown without any consideration, it may cause resentment in my hometown.
Secondly, the proportion of Chinese people in Brazil’s population is now close to one-fifth, and this figure has made many Brazilians feel a sense of crisis.
Brazil and the United States are now in close contact. The new regime in my hometown has a hostile relationship with the Americans. We must be careful not to arouse the Americans' vigilance.
By then, maybe if they suffer losses in their hometown, they will try to get compensation from us through the Brazilian government.
We must not give them this opportunity.”
Upon hearing this, Fang Xinshui was very unhappy and said directly:
"The Americans are meddling too much! What does Brazil's affairs have to do with them? What right does he have to interfere?"
Hearing this, Fang Lang looked at the people in the ancestral hall. Everyone had different expressions. Some began to think, some nodded in agreement with Fang Xinshui's point of view, and some looked at Fang Lang, wanting to see his answer.
Seeing this, Fang Lang smiled slightly, lit up a cigar and said calmly:
"That's true. Brazil's affairs are none of the Americans' business. But now the Americans think they are the leaders of all the countries in America.
At the time when he was competing with the Soviet Union for hegemony, he would never allow other noises to appear in his backyard. Therefore, once he was aware of our existence, if it was a threat to them, they would definitely find ways to eliminate us in the bud.
This is obviously not in line with our goal of developing in a low-key manner and quietly infiltrating and controlling Brazil.”
Everyone was thoughtful after hearing this, and realized that what Fang Lang said was indeed the truth. Although many of their businesses are now done with Americans, everyone is very clear about the attitude of the United States towards the Chinese. The existence of the Chinese Exclusion Act is a scar that all Chinese people cannot forget.
Fang Xinshui also understood that what Fang Lang said was the reality, but he still didn't want to give up, and couldn't help but continue speaking:
“Since it’s not appropriate to immigrate from my hometown, then it’s okay for us to immigrate from other places! We still have many compatriots in Southeast Asia who are living in dire straits!
If these places don't work, we can just immigrate from the United States! Don't they dislike Chinese people? Then we can just immigrate all the Chinese people in their country here, which will not only satisfy their dislike for Chinese people, but also further increase the proportion of Chinese people in Brazil.
As for those who are wary of the increasing number of Chinese in Brazil, I want to see who the bastards are, and then I will personally shut them up.”
Hearing this, Fang Lang understood that Fang Xinshui did not want to give up his plan to continue immigrating to Brazil. He smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Now the situation in my hometown has gradually become peaceful, and large-scale immigration actions have indeed stopped. But I don't object to your idea of emigrating from Southeast Asia. After all, the situation in Southeast Asia is very chaotic. I fully support rescuing compatriots trapped in war.
However, when immigrating, we must carefully identify them. We are only helping our Chinese compatriots escape the war, and we must never let the natives of Southeast Asia take advantage of the situation and sneak to Brazil on our immigration ships.
It is not impossible to immigrate from the United States to Brazil, but we must also be careful to distinguish. Many Chinese compatriots who have lived in the United States for a long time have already been assimilated into American culture and have become real banana people.
These people do not recognize their Chinese ancestry. If we allow them to immigrate here, the United States may pay attention to us more quickly, so you must be careful not to let these people appear on the immigration list.
On the contrary, if those high-quality talents engaged in scientific research in the United States recognize their Chinese identity, I hope you can find a way to mobilize them to live in Brazil if there is a chance. "
Seeing Fang Lang agree to let him continue to immigrate to Brazil from other places, Fang Xinshui was naturally very happy and laughed:
"Haha... OK, it would be great if I could immigrate here from other places. Now I have fully realized the benefits of strength in numbers.
Back then, when there were only a few thousand Chinese people in Brazil, it was really difficult to move forward and we were controlled by others everywhere! Now, when we go out, we are surrounded by our Chinese compatriots everywhere and we are no longer afraid of being bullied. "
Seeing the other party's excited look, Fang Lang could only smile and shake his head. He certainly also wanted to further increase the number of Chinese in Brazil. It would be best if Brazil could be developed into the second homeland of the Chinese, so as to further expand the living space for the Chinese.
Seeing that Fang Xinshui was already satisfied, everyone else had a smile on their face. Now Fangyuan Group's various industries in Brazil are making rapid progress. When everyone got together during the New Year and discussed the company's development status, they were naturally all smiling.
Fang Lang's most concerned topic now is naturally the development of the military industry. When Fang Xinshui stopped talking, he looked directly at his father.
"Dad, is there any new progress in the military industry now?"
Fang Xinshan, who was sitting aside chatting with his old man, turned around and said with a smile after hearing Fang Lang's question:
"It's only been three months since you left. How much can have changed? Since our shipyard completed the Navy's first independently designed and built destroyer, we have begun to develop and design a new missile destroyer according to your ideas.
Now we are waiting for the research results of anti-ship missiles from the Missile Research Laboratory."
"Oh! Have the research results on anti-ship missiles come out yet?"
"The first test launch failed to hit the target accurately. The staff of the research laboratory have found the reason and made improvements. It is expected that the second test launch will be carried out in mid-March. Once the test launch is successful, we will have the ability to independently design and manufacture missiles.
It must be said that such achievements are thanks to the inconspicuous computer laboratory. Since the computer laboratory developed new transistors, the computing speed of computers has increased rapidly, providing strong technical support for missile research, aircraft manufacturing and other cutting-edge weapons manufacturing.
According to the laboratory staff, this gives their R&D speed a flying boost. "
Hearing this, Fang Lang couldn't help but burst into laughter. He had to admit that it was indeed a stroke of genius that he brought Conrad Zuse, the German computer genius, back from Switzerland.
Not only did he allow Fangyuan Group to have its own computer research laboratory, he also put the entire Brazilian computer industry on the same starting line as the United States.
At that time, when this news was announced, it shocked many European and American countries. By investing in Bell Labs, this electronic computer laboratory was the first to come into contact with transistors and put them into practical use in electronic computers at the first time.
At the same time, considering the shortcomings of germanium transistors, such as high failure rate and low yield rate, Fang Lang instructed them to conduct research on silicon transistors early on. After obtaining the manufacturing process of germanium transistors, he directly established the first semiconductor research and production company under Fangyuan Group.
These actions are very advanced in the world. It can be said that Brazil's Circular Group is at the forefront of the world in the research and use of transistors.
This naturally benefited a number of high-tech research institutions and brought them many advantages.
“Haha…Electronic computers are destined to become the forefront of future technology. They are just getting started now, but they have already had such a huge impact on our high-tech equipment manufacturing.
As it develops and matures further, our entire industry will benefit. For example, our machine tool manufacturing will soon enter the era of CNC machine tools.
Once we become the first manufacturer of CNC machine tools, then in the future our Fangyuan Group will inevitably become a leader in the world's machine tool field, which will have far-reaching significance for our group's profitability and influence in the world."
Fang Lang's words made all the relatives present look sideways. Everyone knew that Fangyuan Group was developing very well now, and its machine tool manufacturing company was also developing rapidly along with the rapid development of Fangyuan Group's automobile, aircraft and ship manufacturing fields.
But everyone only thought that this machine tool manufacturing company was barely surviving by relying on the group's business. Unexpectedly, in Fang Lang's mind, he was actually planning to develop this company into a global machine tool leader.
However, Fang Xinshan, as the chairman of the group company, has a certain understanding of the development in this area. He nodded seriously and said:
"You mentioned this CNC machine tool. I saw their R&D plan a few days ago. It seems that Mercedes-Benz commissioned them to produce a CNC machine tool specifically for manufacturing special-shaped gearbox parts.
Our machine tool designers proposed to use computer programming to control the operation of machine tools to improve processing accuracy and efficiency! This should be what you call CNC machine tools! "
Fang Lang was shocked when he heard this. He did not expect that the group's machine tool processing plant had reached this point. Although he had always talked about the concept of CNC machine tools with Wilbur Serrano and others, he did not expect that they had already put it into action in such a short time.
He couldn't remember when the earliest CNC machine tool was developed, but now it seems that his group's CNC machine tool research and development is definitely at the forefront of the world.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
