Everyone in the hall's faces changed drastically when they heard this. What the old man said about removing the name from the family tree and expelling from the Fang family was a very severe punishment. Now with the rapid development of Fangyuan Group under the Fang family, everyone in the Fang family would benefit from it.
In order to resolve family conflicts, Fang Lang carried out shareholding reform on Fangyuan Group early on. Every family member who contributed to the Fang family's industry received corresponding company shares.
Of course, in order to ensure that the Fang family’s assets would not be seized by outsiders, Fang Lang also imposed restrictions that everyone’s shares could only flow within the family.
Needless to say, Fang Lang and Fang Xinshan are the undisputed major shareholders of the Fang family. The combined shares of Fang Xinshan, Fang Lang and Fang Tao account for 80% of the shares of Fangyuan Group. The next person who holds the largest share is naturally Fang Lang’s uncle Fang Xinshui.
My uncle Yang Zong and my cousin Yang Kun own shares in the tobacco company and education group which they manage themselves.
At the same time, Fang Lang’s own American Global Group does not belong to the Fang family’s common assets, but to Fang Lang’s private property. No one in the Fang family had any objection to this.
Although the old man does not hold any position in Fangyuan Group, everyone has to respect his opinions. Even his uncle Yang Zong's family, who do not belong to the Fang family, must obey the old man's instructions as long as they survive in Fangyuan Group's industry.
After hearing the old man's words, without waiting for the Fang family to speak, Yang Zong directly expressed his opinion on behalf of the Yang family:
"Grandpa is right. From now on, not only the Fang family will have to abide by this family rule, but our Yang family will be the same. As long as someone sticks to this thing, they will be kicked out of our Yang family."
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As he spoke, he glanced sternly at the faces of his two sons, Yang Gan and Yang Kun.
Although Yang Gan is not involved in the industrial operations of Fangyuan Group now, he is the representative of the Fang family in the political arena. As the secretary of the new presidential candidate Scalia, his status is no longer comparable to that of the former secretary of the mayor of São Paulo.
Needless to say, as Yang Zong's son, he naturally has the right to inherit Yang Zong's shares. Even if he does nothing, he can still receive a considerable income from the family fund every year.
This was also the confidence Fang Lang gave to Yang Gan in order to prevent him from being corrupted in the corrupt officialdom of Brazil. Of course, if he wanted to survive in the Brazilian officialdom, he couldn't be so different. When everyone else was accepting bribes, he would be the only one who didn't accept them.
He would soon be isolated by everyone, so he set a rule for Yang Gan, that is, only accept gifts, not money. After receiving a gift, you must give each person who gave the gift a return gift of equal value.
This left everyone speechless. At the same time, he doesn't accept all gifts. People who give him gifts naturally want him to help them with something. In this case, Yang Gan only accepts gifts that can help him get things done.
Although this made Yang Gan an outlier in Brazilian politics, it did not isolate him. After all, it’s not that he doesn’t accept gifts, he just has the polite habit of returning gifts.
This behavior also made Yang Gan leave a very good impression in Scalia's mind. He trusted him very much and would entrust many things to him. He is currently serving as secretary of the Presidential Campaign Committee.
Although it is not an important position like Secretary General, it is also a profound accumulation of qualifications. Scalia has promised him that when he is successfully elected president, he will be arranged to work in the Presidential Office.
When Fang Lang chatted with him alone, he also discussed with him the path forward. After he had worked in the presidential office for a few years and accumulated sufficient political resources and connections, he would let him return to São Paulo to run for mayor.
If you can achieve results, they will see if you can run for governor. If you are capable, they will fully support you in running for president.
However, he is still very young and is not suitable to be in charge of a region too early, so he is now in the stage of accumulating qualifications.
Despite this, both the Fang and Yang families had very high expectations of him and were prepared to use him as a guide for Chinese people to enter politics. His identity also destined him to speak for the interests of the Chinese in politics.
As the spokesperson for the Fang and Yang families in the political arena, Yang Gan's mind started to work rapidly after hearing Fang Lang's words. Everyone understood the harm of poison. Although the drug epidemic in Brazil is not as rampant as it was in later generations, it has begun to spread gradually.
Especially in recent years, as Brazil's economy has gradually improved, people's living standards have steadily improved, and more and more wealthy people have begun to make some exciting attempts. This caused a sharp increase in the amount of drugs on the market.
Now Fang Lang has shown a strong attitude towards drug control. With Fang Lang's influence in the political arena, it is not difficult to promote the passage of this bill. This was a great opportunity for him. As a young politician, he had already understood the importance of the general trend.
So, when his father finished expressing his opinion and turned his gaze to his brothers, he spoke without hesitation:
"Please rest assured that I will strictly abide by the family rules and will never cross this red line. At the same time, I will convey our Fang family's ideas to Mr. Scalia and strive to gain his support.
I will also use my influence in the National Alliance to fully support the passage of this bill. ”
Although Yang Gan did not fully explain his thoughts, Fang Lang still accurately grasped his train of thought. Hearing this, his eyes moved, and he looked at Yang Gan with some surprise. He had to admit that his cousin was growing very fast and had already begun to possess the keen sense of smell that a politician must have.
His statement seemed to be using his status to convey today's anti-drug issues to the new president, but at the same time he also intended to establish himself as an anti-drug pioneer.
Fang Lang has made it very clear that he wants to create momentum through the media and then push for the passage of this bill. Under such circumstances, drug prohibition will soon become a trend. Yang Gan jumped out at this time and took the lead in expressing his determination to take a tough stance against drugs.
Soon, he will be at the center of this matter. This is a typical case of going with the flow. When the bill is officially passed, he will have accumulated unparalleled prestige in Brazilian politics.
After seeing all this, he did not feel any dissatisfaction. On the contrary, he had to look at his cousin's performance with new eyes. Perhaps, they can really cultivate an excellent politician.
Seeing the look on Fang Lang's face as he looked at him, Yang Gan did not avoid it. Instead, he smiled and nodded at Fang Lang. Seeing this, Fang Lang nodded to him with a smile on his face, and they both smiled knowingly.
Yang Kun, who was standing by, saw his brother's statement and quickly said:
"Everyone, rest assured, I will never reconcile myself with gambling and drugs. When I return, I will arrange for the education group to set up a special anti-drug publicity office.
We carry out anti-drug propaganda in all the schools under the company, from primary school to university, and there will be no omissions. ”
Seeing everyone expressing their opinions, Fang Tao, who was originally not going to speak out, had to stand up and say:
"Please rest assured that I will never reconcile with gambling and drugs. Our media group will also clearly support and promote the passage of the anti-drug bill.
In the coming period of time, we will do our utmost to collect news materials about the harm of drug smuggling, and use our various television, radio, newspapers and magazines as weapons to declare war on drug smuggling in all directions. ”
The old man was very pleased to see that everyone had expressed their opinions. Not only did everyone express that they would not touch this bottom line, but they were also thinking about using their own ways to promote the smooth implementation of this matter. This is a manifestation of the Fang family's cohesion, so of course he should be happy.
Seeing this, Fang Lang also smiled with satisfaction.
"Very good, since everyone has the same attitude, let's work together to see if we can use the power of our Fang family to push for the passage of a bill in Brazil.
If this bill can be passed smoothly, it will also be a test of our Fang family's influence. In the future, we Chinese in Brazil can further strengthen our influence through such means. ”
When everyone heard this, they reacted at the same time, yes! This is no small matter. Using their means to get a bill passed by the Brazilian Congress is a huge deal. If successful, it would mean that their Fang family would have the ability to influence Brazilian laws.
This was something they had never thought about before.
In fact, because they were responsible for different jobs, they had some vague guesses about the current influence of the Fang family. But there is no clear understanding.
Among them, the only one who has some rough idea of the Fang family's influence in the political arena may be Fang Xinshan, the chairman of Fangyuan Group.
Because Xin Shiliang is now also working in the secretariat of Fangyuan Group, and he will also report some of his achievements to Fang Xinshan. Fang Xinshan was very clear that the new President Scalia had the support of their Fangyuan Group.
However, he only knew that their Fangyuan Group supported Scalia to be the next president, but he didn't know that Scalia was the candidate pushed by Fang Lang.
It was not that Fang Lang or Xin Shiliang deliberately concealed this from him, but that he himself did not pay much attention to the content of Xin Shiliang's work. After all, Fangyuan Group is now too big, and his work as the chairman is very busy.
I am so busy with business matters that I don’t have time to pay attention to the work of the secretariat.
Of course, this was also related to the fact that Fang Lang had told him at the beginning that he should not get too involved in Xin Shiliang's work and that Xin Shiliang only had to be responsible to him. He knew that Xin Shiliang was working for his son, so he didn't pay much attention to the specific content of the work.
If he had carefully studied the work results of Xin Shiliang's office, he would not have believed what Fang Lang said, that the passage of a bill requires the joint efforts of all of them.
Still, he felt a surge of excitement; once upon a time, his family had been a small farmer in Brazil. In just a few years, it has become a chaebol family that can influence Brazil's presidential elections and lawmaking.
Fang Lang's words instantly aroused the enthusiasm of the people in the ancestral hall, and they began to whisper to each other. This was no longer something that Fang Lang wanted to promote personally. It's time for everyone to prove their influence in Brazil.
When the old man saw this situation, he smiled slightly and was very satisfied.
Then, everyone started discussing the anti-drug bill. Everyone spoke up and offered suggestions from their own perspectives. The effect of this brainstorming was obviously better than Fang Lang's individual thinking.
Soon a complete plan took shape, with clear division of labor including what work each person would do and when, and who would be responsible for which aspect of the work. Finally, Fang Lang found that the matter seemed to have gone out of his control and he didn't need to take any action at all.
However, he did not mind and was happy to watch everyone take the initiative to claim their respective tasks. At worst, when some resistance arises, he can take action in secret and solve the problem for everyone.
Just like that, on New Year's Eve in 1950, everyone in the Fang Family Ancestral Hall drafted an anti-drug bill that would change the future of Brazil.
The flapping of the tiny wings of the Amazon butterfly directly changed the direction of Brazil's history.
Of course, Brazil’s problems go far beyond drugs. But it doesn’t matter. With this good start, Fang Lang believes that everything will be different.
The next day was the first day of the first lunar month, and the Chinese in Brazil began to visit relatives and friends. However, many immigrants and workers who came to Brazil did not have any relatives around them. Therefore, most people organize some gatherings of fellow townsmen.
However, the Fang family became extremely busy, with all kinds of people constantly visiting the family. This gave Fang Lang, who rarely had time to rest, a lot of headaches. He only rested at home for two days, then returned to the Chinese manor in Rio de Janeiro with his three women.
There are also many Chinese compatriots in Rio de Janeiro now, and Chinatown is also decorated with lights and colors to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Because Rio de Janeiro is the capital of Brazil, the competitive presidential election campaign is also in full swing.
Fang Lang didn't want to get involved, so the trip to Rio de Janeiro was kept completely confidential. However, as a naval commander, he could keep his whereabouts secret from government officials, but not from his superiors.
On the night he checked into the manor, an unexpected guest came to his manor.
"Sir, there is a visitor outside who calls himself General Crook."
Fang Lang, who was playing mahjong with his three women in his own manor, was visibly stunned when he heard Uncle Fu's words. I quickly realized that it was the Minister of the Navy who came in person.
He quickly waved to the twin sisters who were giving advice to the three girls and said:
"Yingchun, come and take my place for a while."
Hearing Fang Lang's greeting, the older twin sister Yingchun was filled with joy. She nodded to Fang Lang without any fear and said:
"Okay, sir!"
After spending so much time with Fang Lang, the twins have long been familiar with Fang Lang's temper and understand that Fang Lang is a very easy person to get along with.
At the same time, Fang Lang was not a gentleman, so he would naturally not let go of such a beautiful pair of twin sisters. So, in fact, although the sisters Yingchun and Xichun did not obtain a formal status, they were also the two hostesses of this manor.
Lilith, Vivian and Hepburn were naturally not very familiar with activities like mahjong, so they needed the guidance of the twin sisters to have a chance to play against Fang Lang and avoid losing too embarrassingly.
But let’s just give guidance to this pair of sisters! However, he had to look at the cards of all four players on the field. Under the guidance of this God's perspective, no matter how strong Fang Lang's card skills were, he could only sigh in despair. After a short while, he was completely defeated.
It was Uncle Fu’s call that saved him.
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