After learning about the real situation in Turkey, Fang Lang knew that Türkiye was definitely not a country suitable for his highway plan. After all, the other side did not need reconstruction at all and did not have a strong demand for infrastructure.
"Since they don't need to rebuild, we shouldn't keep trying. Let's get out of Türkiye as soon as possible and turn our attention to other countries!
While there is still time, we should first plan out the highway routes across Europe, and when the aid plan is officially confirmed, we will quickly roll it out.
Of course, if there are countries with stable political situations and local governments are willing to accept our cooperation approach, we can start early.”
Yasini Hatun originally thought that he would be blamed when he returned because he had not completed his task, but he did not expect that his boss did not care about it at all, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
He didn't even know that Fang Lang had never wanted to participate in the aid to Turkey from the beginning, and now he took this opportunity to announce his withdrawal.
But things are obviously not that simple. Yasini Hatun breathed a sigh of relief, but then spoke again a little embarrassedly:
"But, boss, after learning about our highway construction plan, the Turkish government is very interested in this project. However, our cooperation negotiations have reached a deadlock.
But their Minister of Transport made it clear to me that since we are the Pan-European Highway Management Company and we plan to build highways across Europe, we cannot leave Turkey behind. "
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"What do you mean? If there's no money to be made in this business, can we just not do it? Are you trying to force us to buy or sell?"
Yasini Hatun's words immediately made Fang Lang frown. He had never thought that the Turks would be so difficult to deal with.
“Because when I first started negotiating with them, I said that this highway project was of an aid nature, and its purpose was to quickly restore the traffic in various countries that had been damaged by the war.
So, their Minister of Transport said that now they are also one of the recipients of aid. We cannot ignore their needs.”
Fang Lang understood what the other party meant. Turkey is indeed on the list of European aid plans, and the heads of their relevant departments are also negotiating with the leaders of other European countries to obtain more aid.
Now that Fang Lang and his team have expressed their intention to provide aid to the transportation construction of various countries, they will of course want to pocket this benefit.
"Bullshit, we are providing assistance to European countries whose infrastructure has been severely damaged, and the one about Türkiye is not related to it.
Not only is their infrastructure intact, they are not even a European country. Ignore them and let our people withdraw from Türkiye to Greece.
If they want assistance, let them go to the US government. We are a private company, so don’t bother with them.”
Fang Lang was furious and directly expressed his attitude. Yasini Hatun agreed with this, but in the end he still said:
"I have expressed the same opinion as you to Türkiye a long time ago, but they asked us to treat everyone equally, otherwise our group's other projects in Türkiye would also be restricted."
“What do you mean, if we don’t help them build the highway, they won’t even let us invest in other projects, right?
In addition to your highway project, does our group have any other projects in Turkey now? "
Yasini Hatun's words really made Fang Lang laugh. He had never encountered such a thing before. He didn't have much good feelings towards Turkey. Now that this happened, he felt a little disgusted in his heart.
What's more important is that Turkey is now an agricultural country with weak economic strength, which is similar to Brazil's status. Even in later generations, although Turkey has unique geographical and political advantages, its industrial development is still weak.
You have to know that Turkey is a member of NATO. With the support of developed countries in Europe and the United States, they can purchase the most advanced production equipment and advanced technologies in the world. But even so, the industrial products produced in Turkey are unknown in the world.
Their main industrial products are mostly light industrial products, and their markets are mainly concentrated in the Middle Eastern countries, mainly MSL. They have no competitiveness in the global market at all.
“Yes, in addition to discussing the highway project with the Turkish government, Global Terminals and Port Machinery are also discussing the construction of a new container terminal with the local government of Istanbul.”
"Just this one project?"
"Yes!"
"In that case, let's just withdraw from all investment projects in Turkey! I am also impressed by such a government."
Yasini Hatun obviously did not expect Fang Lang to be so willful and to withdraw all his investment directly after a disagreement. You must know that although their two companies were only negotiating in the early stage, they also invested a lot of money in order to successfully enter the Turkish market. Their highway company even conducted surveys everywhere, measured the local terrain, and even completed the route planning within Turkey.
If they withdraw their investment now, their losses will be huge, so they quickly said:
"Boss, isn't this too hasty? We have invested a lot of money in the local area in order to win the project. If we withdraw directly, our losses will be considerable."
Fang Lang had of course anticipated this situation, and waved his hand without even looking up:
"I can afford to lose this little money. Turkey can't even think about controlling me. You must bring out all the results of your preliminary investigation. We can't give them the opportunity to take advantage of us."
Seeing that Fang Lang had made up his mind, Yasini Hatun knew there was nothing more to say, so he just nodded and said:
"Yes, Boss! So where should we start first?"
According to Fang Lang's original plan, he wanted to start his European aid plan from Greece, but after his own Whip of God joined the Greek battlefield, he realized what the current situation in Greece was.
It can be said that Greece during this period was the European version of Homeland, the difference being that the U.S. government's support for the Greek government was stronger than that for Chiang Kai-shek. According to his latest intelligence, the U.S. government not only hired mercenaries from its own company to join the war.
The US military also sent regular troops to participate in the war, and established a joint US-Greece general staff last week, with American officers directly commanding the Greek government forces in combat.
Although the Greek government forces have the support of the Americans, and his Whip of God military contracting company is also directly involved in the Greek civil war as a military contractor, from what Fang Lang sees now, it seems that it will not be easy for the government forces to win easily.
At least, in the eyes of local Greeks, the KKE is obviously more popular. After all, when Greece was occupied by the Axis powers, it was always the KKE fighters who led the Greek people to resist the invaders.
If Fang Lang had not come from the future and understood the history of the future, Fang Lang would not have dared to be sure who the final winner of the Greek Civil War would be. He would not have dared to send the employees of his God's Whip military contracting company to the Greek battlefield as he did now.
In real history, the Greek civil war lasted until October 1949. The fundamental reason for the victory of the government forces in the Greek civil war did not come from military victory, but from the political struggle behind the Greek Communist Party.
The struggle of the Greek Communist Party has not actually received the full support of the Iron Father, probably because of the agreement reached between the Iron Father and European and American leaders on the Greek issue during World War II. The real supporter behind the Greek Communist Party has always been Yugoslavia.
In June 1949, the relationship between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia deteriorated, which led to a split in the power within the KKE. The forces that identified with the Soviet Union eventually gained power in the KKE.
Then in July of the same year, Yugoslavia announced the closure of the border that had been fully open to the Democratic Army led by the Greek Communist Party, and expelled all the Democratic Army in the country.
The Democratic Army of the Greek Communist Party, which lost the support of Yugoslavia, had to turn to Albania for activities, but the conditions in Albania were obviously not as good as those in Yugoslavia. In addition, the Democratic Army of the Greek Communist Party purged soldiers who identified with Yugoslavia, which led to a rapid decline in the internal combat effectiveness of the army.
By September 1949, Albania, probably receiving hints from the Soviet Union, stopped supporting the KKE, which eventually left the KKE isolated and helpless, announcing on October 16 that it would stop resisting.
At this time, although Fang Lang did not know how long the Greek civil war would end, he knew very well from the future that the Greek government forces would definitely win the final victory. Therefore, he was of course willing to let his Whip of God military contracting company come here to train the team.
It stands to reason that he still has a good impression of Greece and should not let his people go to Greece to help the evil. When he knew that the Greek Communist Party would eventually fail, he thought it was necessary for him to give up his own efforts to induce the US military to use military contracting companies in advance and reduce investment in European military bases.
At least, judging from the current situation, the troops sent by the United States to Greece are mainly senior officers, while the grassroots soldiers on the front line are mostly soldiers from military contracting companies.
The soldiers of the military contracting companies on the Greek front are mainly responsible for training Greek government soldiers and protecting some important institutions and facilities. The soldiers responsible for positional warfare with the KKE are still Greek government soldiers.
Therefore, so far the casualties of the Whip of God Military Contracting Company on the Greek front are not serious, at least not to the extent that Fang Lang needs to consider withdrawing from Greece.
Now that Fang Lang has a clear assessment of the situation in Greece, he will certainly not continue to choose to provide assistance within Greece first as originally planned.
“Although most European countries are experiencing economic difficulties, none of them are directly involved in a war like Greece. We can first focus on those countries whose domestic transportation infrastructure has been severely damaged, such as Germany, Poland and France.
Among them, we mainly consider the British and American controlled areas in Germany. After all, the Soviet controlled areas are not within the scope of our assistance. And as a defeated country, the German government should be the easiest to persuade, so you can start with them first.
After the good start with the Germans, it should be easier to negotiate with other countries.”
Upon hearing this, Yasini Hatun realized that his boss had learned a lesson from Turkey. At this moment, he was not as optimistic as before, so after listening to Fang Lang's words, he nodded in agreement.
"Yes, Boss! After we withdraw from Türkiye, we will go to Germany to investigate the local situation."
Fang Lang saw that the other party seemed to be in a bad mood, as if he had suffered some setbacks. He smiled and patted the other party on the shoulder and said:
“Don’t be discouraged. Türkiye has never been our focus, and the current situation is not your fault. It’s also my fault for not investigating the situation clearly.
I can tell you clearly that the European reconstruction plan proposed by Secretary of State Marshall in July this year will be passed by Congress no later than next spring, and the aid will officially begin no later than July.
Although the plan has not yet been officially implemented, European governments are already discussing the distribution of benefits, so your appearance at this time is a clear signal to these countries. After all, the shareholders behind our company include not only our Global Group but also the Morgan and Rockefeller consortiums.
I think as long as the politicians in these countries are not as greedy as the Turks, they should know what to do.”
Fang Lang now thinks that their direct and tough withdrawal from Turkey may not be a bad thing. At least it can let other countries know that their aid will not be free. If they simply want to take advantage without giving anything in return, they may withdraw directly.
The Europeans would not be so foolish as to offend the two largest US financial groups before the US aid program officially starts.
As the CEO of the Pan-European Highway Management Company, Yasini Hatun certainly knew about the European aid plan, but he did not know much about the specific details of the plan. However, he knew that the forces behind his company must be very well aware of the inside story.
After hearing Fang Lang's words, his confidence, which had been somewhat shaken, immediately returned. He felt that he was no longer simply building a highway in Europe, but was representing the American consortium to test the attitudes of European countries towards American aid.
If European countries continue to be too greedy, he would not mind using the European aid plan, which has not yet been formally passed by Congress, to control the other side.
Although he cannot prevent the passage of the European aid plan, it is not impossible for him to reduce the amount of aid to your country through the influence of the consortium, or even kick some ignorant small countries out of the aid list!
As long as we use our rhetoric well, we don't believe those countries will dare not to comply.
Thinking of this, Yasini Hatun's eyes lit up, and he nodded seriously to Fang Lang and said:
"Yes, boss, I know what to do. I will definitely not let you down this time."
Seeing the other party's excited expression, although Fang Lang didn't know what the other party was thinking, he didn't continue to delve into it. As long as the other party could maintain enough enthusiasm, he didn't care what the other party was thinking!
Therefore, Fang Lang continued to paint a rosy picture for the other party for a while, making sure that the other party had really regained his confidence and had a clear direction for the next work, and then he sent the other party away.
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