After Fang Lang left Lilith's house, Lilith's parents conducted a detailed interrogation of Lilith's relationship with Fang Lang. When Lilith said that tonight was the first time the two had met in a month after Fang Lang was discharged from the hospital, Lilith's mother directly stated that she was interested in this young man and demanded that Lilith must hold the son-in-law in her hands. This made Lilith so embarrassed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
Although Lilith has a good impression of Fang Lang, and the relationship between the two was closer than before yesterday, Lilith still feels that the two of them should get to know each other better before they can see if they are suitable for further development.
In the end, Lilith's father made a concluding speech on behalf of the head of the family: "We don't want to get involved. Lilith and Fang Lang still let them make their own decisions about their personal relationship. If they can get together, I also hope it is because of love. Qian Don’t let me affect your judgment of your feelings just because I’m working for him, you know, Lilith!”
"I understand, Dad! You still love me the most."
Such a beautiful misunderstanding made Lilith's family get to know Fang Lang, and because of the family's misunderstanding, Fang Lang's status in Lilith's mind quietly changed.
Early the next morning, when Fang Lang arrived downstairs of the company's office, Lilith's father, Umaru Coburn, was already waiting downstairs. Fang Lang stepped forward very naturally, shook hands with him and exchanged greetings, then opened the door and entered the office building.
This is the first time Fang Lang has come to this office building. This is a four-story building in the Baroque architectural style. The materials used in the entire building are very particular. Although Fang Lang doesn't know what kind of stone it is, he can tell that it is definitely not a bargain. . The inside and outside of the house are full of exquisite sculptures and are very ornately decorated.
This made Fang Lang feel that his 40,000 US dollars was well spent. If it were not for the war, Fang Lang believed that such a building covering an area of nearly 1,000 square meters would not be able to be sold. This building will definitely be worth over 100 million in the 21st century.
But now, this kind of architecture can be seen everywhere in Italy, but few people care about it. Fortunately, someone had obviously taken care of the building, and it was kept very tidy. Even the desks and chairs were all complete, and they were obviously left over from the original, which saved Fang Lang a lot of trouble.
Because I made an appointment with the mayor of Naples yesterday, all recommended people will come here for interviews at nine o'clock this morning. All the tasks of Fang Lang and Mr. Coburn this morning were to interview all the personnel. Within today, the Italian branch of Global Trading Co., Ltd. will be set up and enough captains and sailors will be recruited for its fleet.
Soon people began to come for interviews one after another. Fang Lang only interviewed the company's financial personnel, and all other personnel were interviewed by Mr. Coburn. Management personnel such as the captain and first mate of the fleet were also interviewed by Fang Lang. As for other sailors, Fang Lang left it to the captain and first mate to recruit them themselves. So the recruitment work was completed in one morning.
After the basic structure of the personnel was completed, Fang Lang first asked Mr. Coburn to arrange for two special personnel to go to the naval warehouse to guard the warehouse and prepare to receive the goods brought by the crew. Fang Lang explained the current main business of Global Trading Company to Mr. Coburn in detail. He was also asked to arrange for a special person to go to the market to collect high-value commodities that are in short supply, and regularly report the market prices of the commodities to himself and the New York head office via telegram, so that the company can adjust the transported commodities.
Fang Lang knew the importance of information very early, so he planned to arrange professional telegraph rooms in several of his companies and fleets to facilitate timely communication and transmission of information. From now on, every time a bill of lading is distributed here in Italy, The New York headquarters is notified by telegram, and every shipment sent from the New York headquarters needs to be notified by telegram to the Italian branch, forming a closed loop. To avoid being pocketed by people in the company in Fang Lang's absence.
After finally finishing the company's affairs on this day, Fang Lang had to return to the military camp to report, because Colonel Attilio Parisi of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force Navy sent a military order asking him to arrive before nine o'clock tomorrow morning. Reported by the Brazilian Naval Command.
The commander of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force only has the rank of major general, so the highest commander of the navy is Colonel Attilio Parisi. If Fang Lang wants to have a good life in the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, he must handle the relationship with the highest officer.
Therefore, Fang Lang did not dare to discount the navy colonel's order at all, and rushed to the colonel's office at nine o'clock the next morning to report.
"Report! Fang Lang, the second lieutenant of the expeditionary force, has been ordered to report!" Fang Lang's military etiquette has always been very standard, which was mainly due to his military training experience in the university in his previous life.
"Please come in!" The voice coming from the office was very majestic. When Fang Lang pushed the door open and entered, he found two Brazilian officers sitting in the office. A thin, fair-skinned, hook-nosed middle-aged colonel was sitting at his desk, looking at him with a majestic look, while the one next to him Sitting on the sofa in the reception area was a lieutenant colonel with a big belly, brownish-red skin and obvious Brazilian features, looking at Fang Lang with a smile.
After entering the office, Fang Lang just glanced at the environment of the office, then walked to the colonel's desk without squinting, stood at attention and saluted: "Report! Mr. Colonel, Second Lieutenant Fang Lang has been ordered to report."
"Take a break!" Colonel Attilio Parisi looked up and down at the second lieutenant officer in front of him. He was tall and tall, 1.8 meters tall, with black hair and eyes, and an obviously Asian face.
"Second Lieutenant Fang Lang, I have read your resume, and the Army spoke very highly of your performance on the battlefield. I welcome a brave soldier like you to join our navy."
"Thank you, sir! I am very honored to join your command and serve the country!"
"I heard from Brigadier General Jackson that you have passed the assessment of the US military and have the ability to drive ocean-going ships, so I came to see you today in the hope that you can seize the time to get familiar with your colleagues in the Navy. We must immediately start from the hands of the US military. Receive the transport ship and start the transportation work as soon as possible." The colonel did not be polite to Fang Lang, the second lieutenant, but went straight to the point and asked to start work as soon as possible.
"Yes, sir!"
"This is Lieutenant Colonel Graham from the Logistics Department of the Expeditionary Force Headquarters. From now on, your ship will be mainly responsible for docking with the Lieutenant Colonel and transporting the remains of our fallen soldiers and trophies back to Brazil. Do you understand clearly?" Attilio Colonel Parisi pointed to the smiling lieutenant colonel on the sofa and said.
"Sir, our ship will be responsible for transporting the remains of our fallen soldiers and trophies back to Brazil. The order is clear!" After Fang Lang repeated the order loudly, he turned to Lieutenant Colonel Graham and stood at attention and saluted: "Hello, sir!"
Lieutenant Colonel Graham's work style was obviously much more casual. After casually raising his hand, he said directly to the other party: "Hello, I don't know how long it will take you to build your team. We need to transport the materials and materials back to Brazil. The remains of the fallen soldiers will be transported to Naples tomorrow, and I hope to set sail as soon as possible."
"Sir, this time will take more than a week at the earliest, because I need to meet and get familiar with my crew first, and then go to the US military to receive our ship. Only after we are familiar with the ship can we set off." Fang Lang didn't want to do it so quickly. Let’s go! The Italian company still needs him to participate in the construction, and the little girl Lilith still needs him to guide the strategy.
Of course, what Fang Lang said was also true. Now he didn't know the ability level of the crew members assigned to him. Don’t wait until they are all newbies with no sailing experience and get into trouble!
Fortunately, the lieutenant colonel just frowned deeply and didn't say anything else.
Soon Fang Lang left Colonel Attilio Parisi's office and, led by his adjutant, came to a military camp. In front of a barracks, there was already a team of more than fifty people waiting in the cold wind for the arrival of the new commander.
After the adjutant read out the headquarters' appointment to Fang Lang in front of the team, he handed the team over to Fang Lang. Looking at the team of about fifty people in front of him, Fang Lang felt excited. Finally, his brother was also the one leading the troops.
