After listening to Fang Lang's words, Mr. Morgan smiled and nodded.
“Whether our experiments in Türkiye and Greece are successful or not, it will not affect our aid to other European countries. This is a political trend, and we cannot give up aid just because our experiments have not achieved good results.”
Fang Lang was not surprised by this. The U.S. government's help to Europe in economic recovery was not simply an economic issue. Even if the major financial groups could not make enough profits from this operation, the U.S. government would never give up on aiding Europe.
After all, Europe is the front line against the Soviet Union. If Europe's economy cannot recover quickly, Europe may not even need the Soviet Union to send troops, and the red thoughts in its own country will be able to overthrow the current government.
This situation is unacceptable to both the US government and the financial groups of various countries, so aid to Europe is imperative and the government will certainly vigorously promote it.
If the consortium cannot make enough profit now, it will find ways to earn it back from European countries in the future.
The main problem now is that the American consortium wants to conduct an experiment on Turkey and Greece to verify their plan and ensure that it can be fully replicated in other countries when the plan is officially implemented.
Since it is an experiment, there is definitely a possibility of failure. As capitalist consortiums, they will certainly rush into areas that can be quickly monetized, and consortiums like the Fang family, which are not strong enough, will definitely only be able to be allocated to some high-risk areas with low profits.
As for the agreement that Fang Lang originally reached with the Morgan family, whether it can continue depends on whether an agreement can be reached in this meeting.
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"Then I wonder why Mr. Morgan asked me to come here this time?"
Hearing Fang Lang finally get to the point, Mr. Morgan stopped being polite and spoke directly:
“This aid includes a lot of content. In addition to supporting economic recovery, there are also a large number of livelihood projects. Therefore, we need to provide enough food and daily necessities for the local people.
According to the agreement we reached, we were to help your Nice company provide food to the recipient countries, but now the consortium behind Bunge has raised objections to this.”
Fang Lang raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He was not surprised at the emergence of Bunge. As one of the four major grain traders in the world, the strength of Bunge was unquestionable.
Originally, Fang Lang had never thought about completely seizing all the food support projects in this support for the European project. As long as he could make a breakthrough in it, it would be a great victory.
It is understandable that Bunge has now come out to express its opposition to Nice's involvement in the food support program.
"Oh! What does the other party mean?"
Morgan didn't notice any unusual expression on Fang Lang's face, nor did he know what Fang Lang was really thinking at the moment. When he heard his question, he told the truth:
"The other party believed that Nice was not an American company at all and was not eligible to join this program."
Fang Lang heard this and a faint smile appeared on his face. He continued calmly:
"What does Mr. Morgan think?"
"Of course I'm on your side. After all, we are loyal partners. And, we have an agreement between us."
Looking at Mr. Morgan's confident look, Fang Lang despised him in his heart. If he was really on his side, how could he invite him to the United States for talks?
Obviously, they want him to make concessions on this issue. Fang Lang doesn't mind sharing this huge grain business with Bunge.
You should know that this support plan is not free of charge. The US government has allocated real money. The economic committee composed of local governments and Americans coordinated the purchase of corresponding products from the American company.
Of course, these are all obvious plans, and even the list of suppliers provided by the Americans includes almost all companies in the United States that can provide these products.
In the area of food alone, the competition is far more than just between Bunge and Nice, but why would Bunge target Nice alone?
Because this is only on the surface. In fact, the real suppliers are basically decided by the American representatives of this economic committee.
The US representative is actually the spokesperson for the interests of the consortium. What products to purchase from which company has already been determined before the plan is implemented.
It is obvious that the big bosses behind Bunge do not agree with Nice's involvement in this project. As Fang Lang's partner, the Morgan Consortium may not be willing to give up the interests of other places for this business.
Therefore, now we want to persuade Fang Lang to give up this business, or give up part of the share.
Fang Lang glanced at the other person with a half-smile, and continued:
"Oh! In that case, why did Mr. Morgan ask me to come here this time?"
This made Morgan full of words, but he didn't know how to start. After all, it was indeed the Morgan family's problem, and they had already promised to support Nice Company in participating in the food project of this aid plan for Europe.
Now, for the sake of his own interests, he actually wanted his partner to give up his own interests. If he were asked to persuade Fang Lang directly, he himself would not know how to start.
But Mr. Morgan is also an excellent businessman. He knows very well that no matter what the matter is, there is room for negotiation.
If you want the other party to give up some of their interests, you just need to give them other benefits in exchange. There is nothing that cannot be negotiated. It’s just a question of how much benefit you need to pay and whether it is worth it.
Morgan and Fang Lang were both very aware of this, so Fang Lang made a special trip from Brazil just to finalize the deal with the other party.
"Haha... Fang, this is a business. I don't want you to make enemies in the American consortium just for the sake of the food business. This is obviously not conducive to the future development of your Global Group in the United States and Europe."
Fang Lang smiled in his heart. The other party's words sounded nice and seemed to be considering Fang Lang, but in fact, Fang Lang knew very well that the other party was just doing it for his own benefit.
Either he was unwilling to offend other financial groups for Fang Lang's benefit, or someone simply had greater benefits in mind, causing him to give up the agreement reached with Fang Lang.
Fang Lang understood this clearly, but as a mature businessman, he would not expose the other party's excuses.
"You mean to persuade me to give up participating in the food trade of the European aid program?"
Morgan waved his hand and said:
“Of course not, we are friends, how could I possibly advise you to give up such a big business?
The other party wants to remove Nice from the supplier list, but with the influence of our Morgan Consortium, since we added Nice to the supplier list, if we let Nice leave the supplier list, wouldn’t it be a slap in the face of our Morgan Consortium? "
Fang Lang placed a small teacup in front of the other person, added tea to it, and then slowly spoke:
"And what do you mean?"
Morgan took the tea handed over by Fang Lang, but did not drink it immediately. Instead, his eyes stayed on Fang Lang's hand for a while, as if he was really worried that if he said something that would displease the other party, the other party would directly pour the tea on him.
You have to know that there is a pot of boiling water on the tea table. In Morgan's mind, soldiers are not good-tempered people. It is really hard to say whether his behavior, which is equivalent to breaking the contract, will anger the other party.
Therefore, Morgan did not answer Fang Lang's question immediately, but watched Fang Lang's actions with a somewhat detached gaze. It was not until Fang Lang put down the tea-making tools in his hand and took a sip of the small cup of tea that Morgan said softly:
"After consultation with the other party, we have come up with a plan. I wonder if you can accept it!"
Fang Lang looked up at Morgan calmly, then continued to sip his tea before slowly speaking:
"Tell me about it."
After carefully observing Fang Lang's expression for a while and finding no changes, Morgan slowly said:
"You two are each responsible for the food orders of a country. What do you think?"
Fang Lang heard this and his hand holding the teacup stopped in mid-air. He didn't expect that the other party was willing to be responsible for a country each. This was beyond Fang Lang's expectations. He thought that the other party would leave him at most 10% of the share.
It seems that the influence of the Morgan Consortium is indeed huge. Even a grain giant like Bunge has no choice but to give up the market. It was indeed the right choice to cooperate with them.
Although Fang Lang was satisfied in his heart, he would not show it on his face. After all, although Fang Lang had achieved his goal, the Morgan family had violated the original agreement.
If Fang Lang gives in easily, the other party will only become more aggressive and no longer pay attention to Fang Lang's ideas. They will even more unscrupulously sell out Fang Lang's interests in exchange for more benefits for themselves.
"I wonder which country they plan to let us be responsible for the food orders?"
Morgan obviously noticed the movement of Fang Lang's hands. In his opinion, this was a sign of Fang Lang's dissatisfaction, but fortunately Fang Lang did not lose his temper on the spot and showed the demeanor of a gentleman.
This made him feel slightly relieved. As long as Fang Lang didn't lose his temper directly, there would be room for negotiation on everything.
Therefore, he did not hide it and spoke directly:
"Greece!"
The result was once again in line with Fang Lang's expectations. Compared with Greece, Türkiye's population and land area are larger than Greece.
The other party chose Türkiye. Although nominally everyone was equally divided, in reality, the other party obviously got a larger market share. Normally, Fang Lang would definitely oppose it directly.
However, he had a very bad impression of Türkiye. Although he wanted to make money from them, he did not want to sell this low-priced grain in the form of aid to them.
But the situation in Greece is just the opposite. If possible, Fang Lang is even prepared to sell some low-priced grain to Greece to truly help the poor people in Brazil.
So, if he had to choose between the two countries, he would rather choose Greece.
Of course, in this case, Fang Lang certainly couldn't accept this opinion directly. He said without hesitation:
"Do you think this is appropriate, Mr. Morgan?"
Morgan's face turned slightly hot when he heard this, but fortunately he was also a veteran in battles and had experienced many small situations like this. So he quickly controlled his emotions.
"I also think this is inappropriate. If you agree, I can come forward and negotiate with the other party again to exchange your supply locations."
Fang Lang frowned at this. What did it mean? If he agreed to change the supply location, wouldn't it be equivalent to accepting to participate in the food supply with Bunge?
It is obviously impossible for Morgan to accept this without paying any price. Isn't this treating himself as a fool?
In fact, if Fang Lang became a grain supplier to Turkey, he would definitely be able to make more profits because he could sell old grain to the Turkish government at the price of new grain.
The Turkish government, which had engaged in internal bidding, had no right to raise any objections, and the Turkish people, as the recipients of the aid, had even less right to complain about the quality of the food.
Fang Lang's expression obviously could not escape the eyes of Morgan, who had been carefully observing his reaction.
He immediately realized that the direct plan had failed.
Sure enough, Fang Lang soon spoke directly:
"So Mr. Morgan wants me to accept it directly and participate in the food supply business with him!"
Morgan was not embarrassed when his plan was discovered. Instead, he smiled and said:
"Fang, I know you are a sensible person. In this situation, giving in a little will indeed be more beneficial to you."
Fang Lang continued with an unchanged expression:
"I think it will be more beneficial to the Morgan Consortium!
Mr. Morgan, you also said that we are friends, but what you are doing now is disappointing our friends. Your violation of the agreement has seriously hurt the relationship between us.
I think since we are friends, we should be more honest with each other.
I don’t know what price the other party paid for this. Of course, this is the content of the transaction between you two, and you don’t have to tell me.
However, if you want me to accept the proposal of giving up half of the market, our Global Group must be compensated. As for whether this compensation is given to us by the other party or by your Morgan Consortium, I don’t care. ”
Fang Lang stated his request directly and directly, and the rest depended on what choice the Morgan family was prepared to make.
In fact, Mr. Morgan was not surprised at all by Fang Lang's words. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief. Fang Lang's statement showed that he was willing to negotiate.
What Morgan was really worried about was that Fang Lang would simply refuse to budge and would insist that the Morgan Consortium follow the original plan, which would put them in a very passive position.
With an embarrassed expression on his face, as if he had made up his mind, Morgan spoke with difficulty:
"We are friends, and I don't want to hide it from you. The other party did make an offer that we couldn't refuse.
I personally have no problem with your idea of being compensated.
But this is not something I can promise you directly. Now you can tell me your ideas and I will coordinate with you to see if I can meet your requirements. "
When Fang Lang heard that he had to wait and see whether his request could be met, he finally started to get angry.
Fang Lang was very dissatisfied with the attitude of the Morgan Consortium. He looked at Morgan opposite him with cold eyes, emitting a powerful aura that made Morgan a little breathless.
"Excuse me! Is the Morgan family giving us alms?"
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