Scalia nodded without hesitation:
“Fang, your proposal is so constructive. Our government only needs to invest a small amount of money to provide electricity coverage throughout the country, which will be of great help to Brazil in fully entering the era of electrification.
How about this! You first organize the people of your Fangyuan Group to see where you plan to build power plants and what kind of power plants you plan to build. We will then calculate the rest and see how many power plants our government needs to build to complete the coverage of electricity resources across the country.
By the way, what kind of power generation equipment does your power equipment manufacturing factory mainly produce? "
"Our main products are large-scale thermal power generation equipment and hydropower generation equipment. At the same time, our factory also has the manufacturing technology for the most common internal combustion engine power generation equipment in Europe and the United States.
Considering that our Brazilian coal reserves are not abundant, although they should be sufficient to supply our power generation in the short term, from a long-term perspective, I suggest that we still need to vigorously develop hydropower and wind power.
This will not only reduce our reliance on coal, a non-renewable resource, but will also be more environmentally friendly.”
The concept of wind power appeared in Europe as early as the end of the 19th century, but because Europe had no concept of environmental protection at that time and coal resources were very abundant, there was not much investment in this area.
The real development had to wait until the 1970s, and the first country to use this power generation technology on a large scale was Denmark. However, Fang Lang from later generations knew the benefits of this clean renewable resource, and Brazil was very short of resources such as coal and oil at that stage.
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Therefore, his plan for Brazil's power generation equipment mainly comes from wind power and hydropower. However, the power generation equipment manufactured by the factory must first consider profitability, and the mainstream power plants at this time are thermal power plants that use coal to generate electricity.
This forced him to give priority to the development of thermal power generation equipment.
Scalia obviously had no experience with wind power generation, so he looked at Fang Lang with some doubts and said:
“Wind power?”
Seeing that the President raised doubts, Fang Lang had to take the initiative to answer his questions. After popularizing the principles of wind power generation to him, he also focused on elaborating on the benefits of wind power generation.
"But didn't you just say that the power generation equipment you produce is mainly thermal power generation and hydropower generation equipment?
Since you don't have this kind of power generation equipment, how can we build this kind of power plant?"
Hearing this, Fang Lang smiled slightly and said:
“We don’t have this kind of equipment right now, but we can research it!
It is precisely because no one has this kind of equipment now that we have the opportunity to take the lead in this field! Many countries in the world are coal-poor countries. When our technology matures, we can promote it abroad!
By then, wind power generation may become our Brazil’s business card.
In addition, the reason why I want to develop wind power generation is that we have abundant wind resources in Brazil. There are huge wind energy resources in the northeast, southeast and southern regions of our country. It would be a waste if we can’t make good use of them.”
Scalia obviously had some concerns about this new equipment. In his mind, it was too risky for Brazil to be the first to use something that Europe and the United States had not yet used.
But this plan was proposed by Fang Lang, so he had to consider it seriously. After thinking it over again and again, he slowly said:
"Fang, I don't really know much about this. How about this? I'll let the people from the Ministry of Energy investigate your idea carefully. If it really works, we can plan it together then."
Seeing Scalia's attitude, Fang Lang just smiled slightly and didn't care. He was just making suggestions on this matter and didn't intend to force it. After all, he didn't have the relevant technical reserves yet.
But after his factory develops the relevant equipment, he will definitely mobilize the Fang family's influence to promote Brazil's layout of the wind power industry. Capitalists want to sell products, and there are many ways to do it. Creating anxiety is one of the simplest and most effective methods.
"No problem. We have just started research in this area, so there is no need to rush to start. We will discuss it carefully after the technology matures."
Hearing this, President Scalia breathed a sigh of relief. He thought Fang Lang was going to ask the Brazilian government to support them in developing and researching related equipment! He had just come to power and didn't want to do something so radical.
What’s wrong is that after investing a lot of money, by the time the equipment is developed, he has stepped down. By then, wouldn’t he be making things easier for others?
Fang Lang couldn't help but laugh when he saw his expression. After thinking for a while, he spoke again:
"This report talks about the gap in Brazil's electricity resources, but it doesn't give a specific solution. Has your government considered which power generation method to promote in Brazil?"
Scalia was obviously prepared for this. He spoke without even thinking:
"You just said that our coal reserves in Brazil are not high. The coal we have found now has a very low carbon content and is not high-quality coal at all. It is even scarce for iron smelting. Therefore, hydropower generation is of course the priority."
Hearing this, Fang Lang nodded. To be honest, hydroelectric power generation does have more advantages, but the key is that the investment in a hydroelectric power station is not ordinary! If the Fang family invests alone, it will be a considerable burden.
He couldn't help but groan a little:
"If our Fang family devotes all their efforts to the development of power resources, what kind of support can the government give us?"
At the beginning, Fang Lang had never discussed this issue with Scalia. Scalia thought that Fang Lang did not need government support. Now that he heard him ask about it, he realized that this topic could not be avoided.
So, he touched his nose and said:
“Fang, you also know that although Brazil has developed very rapidly in recent years, the investment in public construction is also very huge, especially in the field of transportation, so the funds are not sufficient.
It is obviously not possible to provide you with financial support. The support I can think of now is mainly in two aspects. One is the support of land resources if you have investigated the suitable location for the power station.
If the land is state-owned land, we will transfer it to you at the cheapest price.
If it is private land, we will also come forward to coordinate, take back the land, and then transfer it to you for development.
Second, it is about taxation. Since electricity is a livelihood project, my idea is to implement a tax exemption policy for your power stations. Of course, your electricity prices cannot be set too outrageously. Do you think this is okay?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Lang was overjoyed. This solved a big problem. The tax exemption alone would reduce a lot of expenses for the power plant. Of course, the other party also asked for the control of electricity prices, which was nothing to Fang Lang. At most, he could just set up a tiered electricity price!
Fang Lang also began to think that simply providing preferential land resources might not be enough, because the land resources needed for the construction of a hydropower station are not just the land near the dam.
What’s more, the water storage area requires a huge amount of land. In Fang Lang’s impression, when the hydropower station was built in his hometown, a large number of immigrants were generated.
In addition, the impact of building a dam on the downstream ecological environment is also very huge. The impact on shipping must also be considered. It is too cumbersome for a private enterprise to consider such things. So, after thinking for a while, he said:
"In addition to these two aspects of support, I hope the government can help deal with the immigration issues caused by the construction of hydropower stations. We don't have to deal with various public oppositions when we respond to the country's call and invest in hydropower construction."
Although Fang Lang's words were very obscure, Scalia was able to quickly understand what he meant. For a large engineering project like this, it would be abnormal if there were no unexpected problems. He was mentally prepared for Fang Lang's point, so he said without hesitation:
"Fang, don't worry! I can assure you that the government will provide you with all-round protection when it comes to the construction of the power station. Any force that hinders Brazil from moving towards the electricity age is our enemy, and we will deal with it seriously."
With this guarantee, Fang Lang felt relieved. Although he was confident that the construction of the power station could be smoothly carried out even without the help of the government, considering the relationship with the native Brazilians, he did not want Fangyuan Group to take the lead. It would be much more convenient to have the Brazilian government step in at this time.
"Haha... Great! With the President's guarantee, we are confident that we can complete the construction of the hydroelectric power station in the shortest possible time. We believe that the shortage of electricity resources in Brazil will be solved soon."
Upon hearing this, President Scalia was naturally overjoyed. It turned out to be a good decision to invite Fang Lang over for a talk today. Not only did he get the favor of refusing to join the UN army, but he also persuaded the Fang family to invest in the construction of the Brazilian power station.
The other party helped him solve such a big problem. Out of courtesy, he still wanted to ask if the Fang family had encountered any difficulties recently. Since they were in a cooperative relationship, of course they should benefit from each other!
"Haha... Then I would like to thank Mr. Fang for his support! I wonder if the Fang family needs my help recently. If so, please don't hesitate to tell me."
Fang Lang knew that the president was probably just being polite when he said this, but he didn't want to miss this opportunity. Since the president mentioned the shortage of electricity resources, it meant that the government was concerned about Brazil's energy problems.
Oil is also an important strategic energy source. It doesn't make sense for the Fang family to consider this matter alone! In particular, the Fang family plans to start with Angola, a Portuguese colony. Once a conflict arises with the Portuguese government, the Brazilian government will naturally need to step in to protect the interests of the Fang family.
After understanding this, Fang Lang spoke without hesitation:
“Since Mr. President mentioned that Brazil is short of electricity resources, I have to remind you again that in addition to electricity resources, we are also very short of oil resources.
As the number of cars in Brazil has increased, oil prices have been rising again and again. American oil companies have begun to unite and reap the wealth that Brazil has worked so hard to accumulate through oil.
If things continue like this, the development of Brazil's auto industry will be affected by high oil prices, so I hope the government can pay attention to this."
When President Scalia heard this, he also frowned.
"What? Now American oil companies have united and started to raise our oil prices? Why haven't I seen any relevant reports?"
Fang Lang was also stunned when he heard this. If this kind of thing was to be mentioned, it would be impossible for Scalia, as the president, not to know about it. After all, this was related to a country's energy security.
But now Scalia was obviously not pretending. Fang Lang couldn't help but frown slightly, and he began to speculate maliciously in his heart whether there was any unknown hidden secret in this.
What he was thinking was whether these European and American oil companies would unite to conduct public relations with Brazilian government officials, so that they would turn a blind eye to this situation and not think that this situation was impossible. For the sake of profit, capitalists will do anything.
"I don't know why you haven't received any relevant reports, but our Fang family has already begun to prepare to solve this problem. Our initial idea is to set up a Brazilian petrochemical company to directly purchase crude oil from around the world and refine it.
In terms of technology, we have been in talks with Richfield Oil Company in the United States and believe that a breakthrough will be made soon, but in terms of oil resources, we still have to purchase them from European and American countries.
If they set obstacles for us in this process, we may be in a very passive position. Therefore, I hope that the Brazilian government will support our actions at the appropriate time. "
Fang Lang did not directly tell President Scalia that they were going to start from Angola across the Atlantic Ocean, but said that they were worried that Europe and the United States would set up obstacles for them.
The reason for saying this is that he is worried that the pro-Portuguese forces in the country will stand up and sing a different tune. Although they are now preparing to purchase crude oil from the Portuguese, how can he be at ease to let the Portuguese colonizer make such a huge profit from it.
If possible, he certainly hopes to help the Angolan people get rid of the rule of the colonists. It would be best to establish a pro-Brazilian government. At that time, he can purchase crude oil directly from this government, and the price will inevitably be much lower than it is now.
He also learned this from the Americans. Why are there so many independent countries in the world now? Isn't it because the United States is competing with Britain for dominance over the world?
When President Scalia heard that Fang Lang only asked their government to support them at an appropriate time, he certainly would not refuse such a small request. He had to say that companies like Fangyuan Group really made him feel less worried. There were many things that the government had not considered or even discovered, but the other party had already taken the lead.
This made him become more dependent on Fangyuan Group, and this was exactly the effect Fang Lang wanted to achieve.
“No problem. It is the Brazilian government’s responsibility to protect Brazilian companies. Needless to say, we must also be proactive.
What's more, it now concerns the security of Brazil's oil resources, so our government has an even greater obligation to do so.
Don't worry, I will organize the energy department to start investigating Brazil's oil security later, and by then, I will formulate a complete protection plan."
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