Colonel Malik looked at Fang Lang in front of him in surprise, and actually felt a little touched. He didn't forget to take him with him when he got rich!
They are indeed good brothers.
"Fang, why do you tell me this kind of thing? You can just eat it yourself! I didn't participate."
After listening to Malik's words, Fang Lang reached out and interrupted:
"Brother, what are you talking about? When you have good business, take me with you. If I have good business, I will do it secretly. Do you think I am such an unloyal person?"
Seeing that Malik wanted to say something else, Fang Lang interrupted directly:
"This time, I have taken advantage of you for the equipment of the artillery factory. We will calculate the total value of this batch of copper materials at 250,000 yuan. You will share 150,000 yuan and I will share 100,000 yuan."
"Fang, listen to me, this is you..."
"Okay! It's true that I'm too greedy, so let's do it like this! You share 200,000, and I share 50,000. Okay?"
When Malik was about to refuse, Fang Lang reached out and interrupted him, as if he understood that Malik was too young.
This made Malik very anxious.
"Fang, listen to me, that's not what I meant. I mean, you discovered these things and they have nothing to do with me. I can't have them."
But Fang Lang retorted directly:
"What do you mean? What I discovered has nothing to do with you. You are my direct boss and the commander-in-chief of the Osaka occupation forces. What things in Osaka have nothing to do with you!
Moreover, given the relationship between the two of us, if I discover something good and don’t share it with you, wouldn’t my reputation be ruined if word spread! "
Some people may wonder why Fang Lang had to reveal this batch of copper materials to Malik.
First of all, as the commander-in-chief of the Osaka occupation forces, it was impossible for Fang Lang to hide his actions from Malik.
If Malik is dissatisfied and he comes directly to investigate, he might find something fishy.
Secondly, these things are the wealth of the Sumitomo family. The Sumitomo family will definitely investigate and find this batch of copper materials after they find out that they are missing. Although, they certainly don't dare to tell the secret of the copper material.
However, Fang Lang will definitely be found in the end. Although Fang Lang is not afraid, it will leave a very bad impression on the US military, and someone may come to pursue him.
Finally, Fang Lang made it clear that he was looking for a buyer to sell, which was equivalent to reporting to the US military in advance that he was only making a profit. If the U.S. military really discovers the secret of this batch of copper materials.
Fang Lang said directly that he had sold it. Although the suspicion cannot be completely eliminated, it is certainly not a deliberate concealment.
This is not because Fang Lang is afraid of the US military. It is actually too difficult for him to completely get rid of the influence of the Americans in South America.
At least on the surface, Fang Lang must maintain a close relationship with the United States.
Of course, if Fang Lang can become the local emperor of Brazil, Americans may be a little bit wary.
However, at most it is just some.
According to the American world police style of doing things, at most, if the trouble cannot be solved, then get rid of the people who caused the trouble.
Therefore, Fang Lang took the initiative to go to Malik to report the matter.
As for how Malik will handle it, it's not hard to guess.
He could wipe out such a large artillery factory for 100,000 yuan. Fang Lang believed that as long as the price was right, this batch of copper materials would not be a problem.
Malik felt a little ashamed when he saw Fang Lang's sincere eyes. After a while, he nodded and said:
"Okay! Fang, thank you for sharing, I accept it. But I don't want that much, I didn't contribute much, just get three layers."
Seeing Malik let go, Fang Lang breathed a sigh of relief and continued:
"You are the chief, you get 70%, and I get three layers."
Malik saw that Fang Lang's expression was a little helpless. He didn't expect that one day he would push out the money that was delivered to him. However, for a simple good brother like Fang Lang, Malik finally felt that he would take a step back.
"Fang, you have to remember that we are brothers, not superiors and subordinates. Therefore, the most I can accept is half and half."
Seeing that Malik had obviously made up his mind, Fang Lang stopped dwelling on this matter.
Said directly:
"Okay, that's it. The goods are still looking for sellers. However, your identity is more sensitive than mine. Let's do it! I will directly calculate based on the current international copper price of 3,514 US dollars per ton.
This batch of goods is worth about 250,000 US dollars, half of which is 125,000 US dollars. I will deliver it to you when I get back. "
Although Malik didn't know what the current international copper price was, he believed that Fang Lang would not lie to him about this kind of thing, so he waved his hand casually and said:
"Okay, you can just take care of it yourself. There's no need to send it over right away. We still have plenty of time."
Of course Fang Lang meant this, after all, only a little later would prove his difficulty in raising money at short notice!
Could it be that as soon as the negotiation was concluded, Fang Lang immediately took out more than 100,000 US dollars to give him, then no matter who it was, his heart would be full of doubts!
Moreover, there is another place that is not so important to go to later, so I can inform you later when I send the money.
"Okay, then I'll go back to raise money first, and I'll also take you to see the quality of this batch of copper materials."
He said that he would take Malik to the scene to check the situation.
Of course, this was just Fang Lang's trick, and he certainly didn't want Malik to go and see it.
It’s not that he’s afraid that he’ll see anything unusual about the copper rods, but that he’s worried that he’ll find something unusual about the fact that the basement is so big and only the copper rods are there.
He told him that he was going to raise money, and also said that he would take him to see some copper materials. With a character like Malik's, it must be more important to raise money to him early than to see any copper materials!
After all, the people from the Alliance President are coming soon.
Sure enough, Malik waved his hand directly and said:
"Go and do your business! What's so good about copper."
Seeing his attitude, Fang Lang remained calm on his face and said in a hurry:
"Okay! I'll raise the money first, and then I'll come to you after I raise the money."
After saying that, he took the car directly and left the US military station.
Fang Lang, who left the US military camp, did not go back to rest.
Instead, he drove to the pier and saw a busy scene on the pier.
Many Japanese are working as stevedores on the docks.
Soldiers from the expeditionary force were monitoring the situation at the scene.
As for why the Japanese were recruited to load and unload, this was also a helpless move. After all, time was tight and the tasks were heavy. Just relying on the people of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, it would be impossible to finish loading and unloading everything in half a month.
It just so happens that the Japanese can't even provide basic food and clothing, so they can recruit a lot of people with just two meals.
Everything was sealed in wooden boxes, and Fang Lang was not afraid that they would find anything unusual. It was a routine operation for the occupation forces to dismantle mechanical equipment, so what could they do if they knew about it?
Fang Lang quickly found his father at the dock and asked about the loading of the goods, emphasizing not to put all the eggs in the same basket.
As a result, just after Fang Lang finished talking about the problem of cargo loading, his father Fang Xinshan handed him a telegram, saying that it was sent by Fang Xinshui from Shanghai.
Now Fang Xinshui is the general manager of the Brazilian labor dispatch company, and he is responsible for all immigration work.
This business was originally negotiated with Hongmen. Therefore, it is logical for him to implement it specifically.
Fang Lang casually took the telegram and began to frown unconsciously as he looked at it.
It turned out that Fang Xinshui discovered that many of the immigrants being sent to them were actually Japanese, and were sent to the immigration ship as Chinese by local gangs.
At first, because these people could also use simple Chinese, unexpectedly, they were not discovered.
It was later discovered that there was a conflict between these Japanese and Chinese on the ship.
He knew the real purpose of this so-called labor dispatch, but he was so angry that he was tricked by a local gang.
We almost got into a fight with a local gang, but luckily everyone endured it for the sake of long-term business.
Overseas Hongmen came forward to make peace and pushed back all the Japanese.
However, one learns a lesson from adversity. After Fang Xin's experience on the water, he began to be extra cautious and conducted detailed background checks on every immigrant who boarded the boat.
As a result, it would have been better not to investigate, but once the investigation was carried out, the problem was discovered.
Most of these Chinese who want to go out to work are made up of traitors.
At this moment, Fang Xinshui didn't know how to deal with it, either accepting it or not accepting it.
Therefore, I simply sent a telegram to Fang Xinshan and let Fang Xinshan and Fang Lang decide.
Fang Lang glanced at his father and said:
"Dad, what do you think about this matter?"
Fang Xinshan raised his eyebrows, stared, and said directly:
"What's there to say? I definitely don't want it! There is no nation at all in these people's eyes, only their own interests. They are all a group of selfish and shameless villains.
If we go to Brazil and directly rely on those white people and sell out our own interests as Chinese people, we will have no place to cry. "
Seeing his father's angry expression, Fang Lang couldn't help but go up and pat his back, and comforted him:
"Dad, please calm down and don't get excited. We can't make our bodies so angry for irrelevant people."
"Let me tell you, we must not bring these traitors back to Brazil. I would rather there were fewer Chinese people, and I don't want to have more of these bastards.
I've heard that these bastards are worse than the Japanese. They harmed more people than the devils. "
Fang Lang knew very well that what Fang Xinshan said was true.
In fact, Fang Lang knew the situation of the traitors better than Fang Xinshan. After all, later history has liquidated these people.
In later generations, some people went around and said, "China was the only country in the world in World War II where the number of puppet troops was several times greater than the invaders. This shows that the Chinese people are very servile."
This statement is definitely wrong. According to detailed statistics from later generations of experts, the total number of Japanese invaders in China was approximately 2.9 million, while the number of puppet troops was 2.64 million.
It can be seen from here that the number of puppet troops is obviously not as large as that of the Japanese army. You can check this data yourself.
Of course, many people will say that 2.64 million people is not a small number!
Students who know history also know that the largest part of these people actually have no control over their own actions.
Before the traitor Wang surrendered, the number of puppet troops was 780,000, mainly from prisoners of war.
Many of them were soldiers who had shed blood for their country, but some officials were greedy for life and feared death, so they directly ordered surrender.
Being traitors is not the subjective intention of these people. This can be clearly seen from the combat effectiveness of the puppet troops.
When most of the puppet troops fought, they even shot in the air.
As for the puppet soldiers who were led over by traitor Wang Da, the situation was basically the same.
In fact, the most fundamental reason for this situation is that the people during this period were basically illiterate, and the national consciousness had just begun to awaken.
These can be learned and educated to change their minds.
Of course, Fang Lang would not be polite to those traitors who took the initiative to defect to the Japanese and shouldered blood debts.
