A man! There is always some vanity when facing beautiful women, so Fang Lang did not tell him that he transferred to the navy because he did not want to continue fighting and only wanted to make a fortune.
"Wow! Are you the captain now? You are younger than me! You are so awesome."
Sophia's eyes shone like stars, and she actually started to look at Fang Lang with an expression of admiration. After all, his father was also a navy, so he knew very well how difficult it was to become a captain of the navy.
Although Fang Lang did not say it was a destroyer, but told him that he was the captain of a transport ship, a transport ship is also a ship!
"Uh! It's okay! This may be during the war, so manpower is relatively scarce!"
"What makes you so happy!" Mrs. Clark walked down the stairs with a smile and said looking at the two young men chatting happily below.
As soon as Fang Lang saw Mrs. Clark's smiling expression, he felt a little expectant in his heart. He quickly stood up, and just when he was about to speak, Sophia beside him had already spoken:
"Mom! Do you know! It turns out that Fang almost died trying to save John! It's scary to think about it."
After hearing Sophia's words, Fang Lang didn't want Mrs. Clark to ask what happened again, so he quickly changed the subject and said proactively:
"It's not that exaggerated. Aren't we all living well now? I don't know what the outcome of Mrs. Clark's question will be."
Mrs. Clark looked at her daughter and then at Fang Lang. Knowing that Fang Lang didn't want to talk more, she said directly:
"What you want can be provided at home, but I listen to my brother. It may not be easy for you to transport it out of the United States. Although the government currently does not restrict the export of these equipment. However, the production of penicillin on the market now , are all in the hands of several medical giants, and they may not let these equipment leave the United States easily."
When he heard that the US government did not impose restrictions on these drug production equipment, Fang Lang felt relieved and quickly confirmed:
"Are you saying that the U.S. government does not restrict equipment exports?"
After all, the Cold War has not yet begun, and Batumi has not yet been established. The United States still pursues the idea of free trade, so it does not restrict the export of some equipment from the government level. Of course, Brazil was not an embargoed country in Batumi later on. But this does not mean that Brazil can easily obtain these equipment.
"Yes, the U.S. military is open to the production of penicillin. They hope that having a cheap drug available in large quantities will save soldiers' lives."
Obviously, as the wife of an American general, Mrs. Clark has a relatively clear idea of the American military. This is indeed the reality. The fundamental reason why penicillin is patented is to allow soldiers during war to use the best antibacterial drugs faster.
But the price of penicillin during this period was indeed ridiculously high. In early 1945, the monthly output of penicillin was 4.7 tons, and the price dropped to US$25 per gram, which was US$200 a bottle.
Although the quantity is enough for all Allied soldiers, the pharmaceutical giants as businessmen are definitely not willing to outflow such good products and technologies and let others enter the market to share their cake. Therefore, although the government does not restrict , but the pharmaceutical giants are still overtly and covertly restricting technology outflow.
"Then don't you know if these devices are in stock?"
Fang Lang knew that now was the period of rapid development of penicillin production, and the manufacturing of production equipment must also be very tight, so he was worried about how long it would take for him to get the equipment.
"There is definitely no ready stock. The equipment on the production line now is ordered by several major pharmaceutical companies. If you are sure you need it, they can arrange to jump in and start production now, and it can be delivered in about a week.
What my brother means is that in order to thank you for saving John's life, they can produce this batch of equipment secretly without formulating a production plan, but you must find a way to arrange for personnel to transport it away as soon as possible, and you cannot let them Discover. "
Mrs. Clark's family obviously didn't want to offend the entire pharmaceutical industry for Fang Lang. After all, these companies were their company's real long-term customers.
"No problem, my fleet will arrive in the United States soon and can just pick up this batch of equipment, but this may have a bad impact on your family business!"
If it can be completed within a week, it will be just in time to catch up with the three transport ships coming from Italy. But Fang Lang didn't want his family's business to be affected because of his business.
"It doesn't matter, as long as they don't get caught with direct evidence."
Mrs. Clark's face was calm and calm, and she was obviously very confident in her family's business. After all, the United States is a capitalist society, and there is nothing that cannot be settled with money. If there is, it can only mean that the money is not enough.
"I don't know what products your family mainly produces. If possible, we can purchase a batch of other equipment to make this batch of equipment less conspicuous."
Fang Lang was also very surprised that Mrs. Clark's family could produce such advanced equipment. Of course, he did not want to just purchase a batch of pharmaceutical equipment. Not using such good resources would not be in line with Fang Lang's frugal character.
"Our family is mainly responsible for the manufacturing of some chemical equipment. Specifically, it seems to be used to make acid and alkali materials. Production equipment such as fertilizers, pesticides, and medicines are also our main products."
Mrs. Clark's answer directly opened a new door for Fang Lang. It turned out that Fang Lang had been thinking of ways to establish his own industry in Brazil, but most of them were deep-processing and export-oriented enterprises, which could not contribute to Brazil's own economy. What a big impact, but Mrs. Clark's answer suddenly opened up Fang Lang's thinking.
The most direct ones are definitely the manufacturing of pesticides and fertilizers, but what is more important in Fang Lang's mind is the preparation of basic chemical raw materials of three acids and two alkali. This is an industry that will directly affect the lifeline of a country's basic chemical raw materials.
But the food has to be eaten one bite at a time. The funds on hand are not yet fully utilized, so I can only prioritize some industries that can bear fruit immediately.
"This is really great. We can use all these equipment. Brazil is a big agricultural country and has a huge demand for fertilizers and pesticides. Then we directly purchase a batch of these equipment and put the equipment for manufacturing penicillin in it. It will be very easy." Hard to find.”
This can not only meet his actual needs, but also solve the problem of confidentiality. It is simply killing two birds with one stone, and Fang Lang is very satisfied. But Mrs. Clark would not think so. After all, if such a large-scale purchase was made, the funds required would be a huge amount, and few companies had such strength.
So she looked worried and said:
"If that's the case, your purchase cost will be very huge! As far as I know, the price of these equipment is very high!"
Fang Lang didn't want to become a fat man in one go, nor did he want to make the factory very large at once. As long as there was a production line and the production process was mastered, it would not be too late to expand production capacity and scale. I believe you can afford it with the funds you have on hand.
"The price is not the problem. The key is that I am buying these equipment. Can you help me get the production process of the specific product? After all, if we only have the equipment and don't know the manufacturing process of the specific product, the equipment will be a pile of waste after we buy it back." iron."
As a modern person, Fang Lang knows very well what is truly important. Machinery and equipment are easy to solve, but manufacturing technology is the foundation of a company. Therefore, Fang Lang is not worried about the purchase of machinery and equipment.
But the truly important product manufacturing process cannot be purchased directly. However, as a manufacturer of these equipment, there must be a manufacturing process for these products, otherwise these equipment will not be built. Of course, it is difficult to say whether these processes were developed by the company itself.
"I want to ask about this. If you need to purchase other production equipment, I suggest that you directly arrange for personnel to go to the company for formal business negotiations, so that it will not attract attention."
Mrs. Clark obviously did not understand the actual situation in the family business and could not reply directly to Fang Lang. But with this relationship, Fang Lang's company will definitely receive special attention when it wants to purchase these equipment.
Since the other party is willing to produce a set of penicillin manufacturing equipment for Fang Lang without making a production plan, it can be seen that Mrs. Clark's status with her natal brother is still very important.
"Yes, this is best. You should explain it to your brother first. I will ask the purchasing personnel of Global Trading Company to directly negotiate with the company in the name of purchasing a complete set of pesticide and fertilizer production equipment tomorrow."
