What Fang Lang said made the family members both happy and shocked. The first person to react was Fang Lang's uncle Yang Zong, who quickly said: "Lang'er, cigarettes worth 400,000 US dollars, the stocks of several cigarette factories in Sao Paulo will be You wiped them all out! Two of the small factories are in similar condition to my uncle’s. Since you can digest so many cigarettes, I don’t know whether the sales will be stable in the future. If you can guarantee a stable sales channel, I suggest you Instead of clearing their inventory directly, you can merge our three factories by purchasing them at a package price. Wouldn’t it be possible to expand the scale you want in one step?”
When Fang Lang heard this, he felt it was very reasonable: "Then I wonder if uncle can help to handle this matter, because I have some other things to be busy with these days, and I will definitely entrust you with the factory by then. To manage it, you must know the specific price better than me, and if you negotiate it, it will definitely be better than mine."
"That won't work. It's definitely not possible for me to go alone. I am your uncle, but one of the factories is mine. How can I be responsible for all this? If you don't have time, take a look. Isn't it enough that your father comes forward and I help him with advice?" Yang Zong still thought that although he was an uncle, it was okay to help his nephew, but he would be the one to handle everything, and he would be the one to gossip about others. Oh no.
Fang Lang glanced at his uncle, then at his father, and said, "Since my uncle said this, do you have time to deal with it, father?"
In fact, Fang Lang could already tell his father's intentions from his eager expression, but after all, he was his father, so he must hand him a ladder for his father to pick up! Should the father be allowed to speak on his own initiative? At that time, others thought it was his father who wanted to seize his power!
"Since you have other things to be busy with, then go ahead and do it! I can still help you with this little thing! I will go with your uncle to run around the cigarette factory in the next two days." Father. He said with a casual expression.
But Fang Lang believes that his father should still be a little happy and excited at this moment. After all, he has 400,000 US dollars in his hands to spend, and he has never experienced the opportunity to acquire a factory in his life! However, my father still takes a long-term view of the problem and has his own ideas. I saw him say:
"After the factory is acquired, what are you going to do with it! What you just said seems to me that you have some ideas about the manufacturing process of cigarettes. Is it the latest technology of Americans now?"
It turns out that Fang Lang always thought that his father was an old-fashioned person who didn't know how to adapt. But after coming back today, through today's exchange, Fang Lang found out whether he had any misunderstandings and prejudices against his father. Fang Lang didn't see anything conservative about his father. It’s feudal! So many good qualities were discovered in him.
"Dad, you are right. In the manufacture of cigarettes, Americans now not only smoke the tobacco leaves and ferment them in a constant temperature and humidity environment for three years, but also add ingredients and flavor before cutting into shreds. If you add ingredients, It is mainly dried by adding white sugar, white vinegar, and white wine. After drying, it will be flavored again. As for what spices are added for flavoring, we need to experiment by ourselves. After the flavoring is completed, the ingredients will be added again, usually Add wine, honey, sugar, etc. for moisture recovery treatment. After the moisture regains, the cut tobacco is quickly re-roasted in the heat of high temperature and high pressure of about 200 degrees, and then rolling begins. The cigarettes produced in this way will have a sweet taste. , and will have its own unique fragrance. In the future, when we develop filters, we don’t have to worry about our cigarettes not being able to open the market."
After hearing Fang Lang's introduction, the family thought that Fang Lang had obtained the latest cigarette manufacturing technology from the United States, but they didn't know that these were what Fang Lang had seen in later videos. Is it suitable specifically, or would the effect be good? To be confirmed. But if the experiment succeeds, Fang Lang is confident that his cigarettes will open up the market around the world, especially the emergence of filters that are worthy of special mention.
Everyone's confidence also increased greatly, and they no longer worried that Fang Lang was acting willfully. Only uncle Fang Xinshui was holding his breath and said: "What's so good about these cigarettes? We are selling hemp leaves now, which is much more enjoyable than your cigarettes."
When Fang Lang heard his uncle's words, he was shocked and said quickly: "Uncle, why don't you smoke it yourself! This thing is a drug and it is highly addictive."
"Haha... Don't worry, Lang'er. Your uncles have been taught by your grandpa since they were young and know how powerful things like opium are. How could you possibly touch these things yourself! Don't other people like this? ! We are also acting as a middleman, otherwise the gang would have no source of income and would be finished long ago!" Fang Xinshui raised his hand and waved it, saying with a look of disgust.
"It's fine if you don't have one. From now on, your gang rules must be clear. If a member of the gang appears to be taking addictive drugs, they will be forced to detoxify after three stabs and six holes. If he does it again, he will cut off his hand next time and force him to detoxify. Yes." If you do it three times, you don't need this person anymore." Fang Lang said the cruel words with a fierce look on his face, which made everyone in the family tremble. They didn't expect Fang Lang to be so cruel.
Uncle Fang Xinshui frowned slightly and said, "Lang'er, isn't this too cruel! We are all brothers."
Before his uncle could finish speaking, Fang Lang had already interrupted: "Uncle, we are going to do big things. You must understand that you cannot stand firm if you are not ruthless. It is said that kindness cannot lead an army, and righteousness cannot make money. And we are also like this For the sake of the brothers! Once you get involved in this kind of thing, there will be no bottom line. Wives and children are separated, and families are broken up. Can you bear to let your brothers end up like this? Don’t talk about your family, just talk about it If once it is known to our opponents that there are such addicts among our people, then with only a few small means, we will have no secrets from the enemy. When the time comes, other brothers will be affected. Are you willing to bear this responsibility? ?"
Fang Xinshui didn't say anything for a long time after listening to Fang Lang's words. When he saw everyone looking at him, he sighed and said, "Our original brothers all came together based on loyalty. No wonder we have always been just a small gang. I have always I think it is the reason why our Chinese population is not enough, but what Lang'er told me today makes me have to re-examine myself. Lang'er, don't worry, your uncle will not hold you back. I will go back and collect all the brothers now. Get together and set our rules. We will learn from Hongmen in the future. If anyone is unwilling to participate, let him leave early! Don't make the brothers turn against each other. I'm leaving now. I'll come back tomorrow night .”
After saying that, he stood up and left without looking back.
Uncle Yang Zong also stood up and said: "I'm going back first. My brother-in-law remember to come to see me tomorrow morning, and we will go to all the cigarette factories together." After that, he waved and left.
After all the relatives at home left, his younger brother Fang Tao secretly ran to Fang Lang and said, "Brother, is it true that you said you wanted to buy a newspaper?"
Fang Lang looked at his younger brother's expectant and anxious eyes and couldn't help but laugh: "What a bastard, you want to be the boss of a newspaper at such a young age!"
"Hehe... didn't you tell me that you wanted to buy a newspaper?" Fang Tao was a little embarrassed by his brother. After all, he was only a college student who had not graduated yet, so he definitely didn't have the ability. He went to manage a newspaper, but since his brother really wanted to set up a newspaper, he would not have to go out to find a job in the future. In addition, what his brother said today really made him very excited, and he was a little enthusiastic and wanted to help his brother.
"It's not impossible if you really want to be this boss, but first you have to learn to think independently and have your own judgment. If you keep following what others say, I will give you the report, and you will lose quickly. In addition, if I run a newspaper, it must be our mouthpiece. If it involves us Chinese, I must choose to stand on our side! If you only think about maintaining the authenticity of the news, , you don’t need to consider continuing to do this business, you won’t be able to do it for a long time. Except for matters involving ourselves, my requirement is to be impartial and only publish the facts, but cannot clearly take sides, especially if it involves some There must be no guided reporting on relatively sensitive political topics. Be fair, impartial and open within a certain limit." Fang Lang educated his younger brother with a serious face and stated his requirements for the newspaper.
