"Have all the workers from your hometown been rescued?"
"Yes, but most of these people are in very bad physical condition. They originally wanted to send them to the hospital in Natal for examination and treatment, but the hospital in Natal is too small, and the doctors' medical skills are obviously unreliable!
So last night I temporarily housed them in our spare barracks. "
"Is the situation in Natal so bad? It seems that we need to go and see the situation! Please help me first inform the mayor of Natal and the main officials to take me to check the situation in Natal this afternoon. .
In addition, I will give you the contact information of the chief of police in Sao Paulo. See if you can ask him to support a group of doctors from Sao Paulo. We will directly arrange a special plane to pick you up. "
"Okay, boss! I'll do it now."
Looking at Qi Qingshan's leaving figure, Fang Lang felt more and more obvious that he was short of manpower.
It's not that there are no people under his command, but there is a lack of independent talents.
Not long after Qi Qingshan left, Fang Xinshan pushed away Fang Lang's office with a frustrated look.
Seeing his father's frustrated expression, Fang Lang asked doubtfully:
"Dad, didn't I ask you to find a suitable place to build a bank first? Why haven't you gone yet at this time? Do you need me to arrange a vehicle?"
"Alas! Forget it, I'm out now. Your soldiers were afraid that it would be unsafe for me to go out alone, so they sent two soldiers to go out with me.
However, after looking at the environment in Natal, it was fine near the military base, but when you go a little further, it becomes very dirty. The roads are muddy and the streets are full of animal and human feces.
Are you sure you want to build a bank here? "
This time it was Fang Lang's turn to be embarrassed. He had indeed never gone to the streets of Natal to check, but had been staying at this naval base.
"Isn't there even an easier road?"
"It can't be said that there are none at all! In the so-called city center, there are still two main roads, two horizontal and two vertical. They are paved with stones, but the width of the road is not very wide, so we can only stagger two trucks."
"I understand. You go back and have a rest first. I'll go out and see for myself later."
After hearing his father's description, Fang Lang already had a certain understanding of the situation in downtown Natal. His father had been staying in Sao Paulo, the second largest city after the capital Rio de Janeiro.
So I was very disappointed when I saw such a remote city for the first time, and Fang Lang could understand it.
But for Fang Lang, being behind is not terrible. As long as there is money and time, no matter how bad the place is, it can be built into a paradise on earth.
After lunch that day, Fang Lang, under the protection of his own security platoon, drove all the way to the office building of the Natal City Government. The former mayor had already been waiting at the door for a long time.
The mayor of Natal is a white man in his fifties, who walks like a penguin and has a very neatly trimmed beard.
"Mr. Colonel, welcome to the Natal Town Hall, please come inside!"
"Mr. Mayor Dursley, there is no need to go into the city hall. I want to find a guide to take me around the city of Natal today to familiarize myself with the situation in Natal. I don't know if it is convenient."
"Of course, Colonel, it's my pleasure."
Next, Fang Lang, accompanied by Natal Mayor Ewald Dursley, took a tour of the entire Natal city.
This round gave Fang Lang a general understanding of this so-called provincial capital city.
In fact, Natalgen cannot be called a city now. The streets are completely unplanned and the environment is dirty. There are no decent buildings outside the main city area. Most of them are shacks built by some people privately.
There are several very large warehouses in the city center. According to Mayor Dursley, these are trading markets for cotton, sea salt, sugar cane, and rubber. They are also Natal's main source of tax revenue.
Returning to the mayor's office in the city hall, Fang Lang
He asked doubtfully:
"Mr. Mayor, why are all our products primary agricultural products? Can't even sugar cane be processed into cane sugar for sale?"
"Well...Mr. Colonel, we actually have some sugar cane rough processing factories in Natal, but they are all small family workshops with low output and not very good quality."
"Then have you ever considered introducing some large-scale deep-processing factories? As far as I know, we also have some such deep-processing factories in Brazil!"
Fang Lang looked at Mayor Dursley with an embarrassed expression on his face, and he knew that he had asked a redundant question.
"I wonder what industry Mr. Mayor's family is engaged in?"
Politicians who can run for mayor in Brazil often have families with certain financial resources and family backgrounds. Otherwise, if you can't spend money on publicity or even buying votes, how can you become mayor?
Of course, most Brazilian government officials are corrupt, and they become mayors just to make more money.
As for the lives of ordinary people, it obviously has nothing to do with them.
Upon hearing Fang Lang's question, Mayor Dursley did not hide anything and said frankly:
"My family has always been engaged in trading business in Natal, but after I became mayor, the family business has been handed over to my son."
"I wonder if Mr. Mayor has ever thought about entering industrial development?"
If Fang Lang wants to expand his influence in Natal, he must cooperate with the local snakes. As the mayor of Natal, no matter how powerful he is, he is definitely one of the local snakes.
"I wonder which aspect Mr. Colonel is referring to specifically?"
"Mr. Mayor's family is engaged in trading business, so if we want to do deep processing of agricultural products, which product do you think is the easiest to achieve results?"
"If it were my personal opinion, it would definitely be cane sugar. Before I ran for mayor, I had thought about opening a sugar factory, but we didn't have the technology, and the products we produced couldn't compete with products from European and American countries.
We simply don’t have the capital to buy the large-scale industrial equipment they use, so..."
Unexpectedly, Mayor Dursley had already had this idea, but it is normal to think about it. After all, everyone knows that there is money to be made by opening a factory!
"Haha...it turns out that Mr. Mayor has had this idea for a long time. Since you think you don't have enough money on your own, how about we cooperate?"
Dursley obviously didn't expect that Fang Lang would directly invite him for cooperation. The two parties haven't gotten to know each other to this extent yet! Are you trying to steal my family property?
I couldn't help but become vigilant.
Seeing Dursley's expression, Fang Lang smiled and said:
“My family has two sugar factories in Sao Paulo, and if the mayor really has an idea, we can work together to build a new sugar processing factory in Natal.
I have channels to buy the latest equipment and manufactured products directly from the United States, and I also have channels to sell them all to the European and American markets. How about it? "
"Are you serious, Colonel?"
"Of course, I am very serious. I not only want to build sugar factories, but I also want to open banks, textile factories, salt farms, rubber processing plants, etc."
Fang Lang's words made Dursley's jaw almost drop to the ground. He never imagined that the young colonel in front of him would dare to say such bold words.
As the mayor of Natal, he certainly hopes that what Fang Lang said can be realized. After all, this is a real political achievement!
However, this is not something you can just say casually. Everything else is easy to say. It is impossible to open a bank just casually.
Seeing Dursley's disbelieving expression, Fang Lang smiled and said:
"I wonder if you have heard of Fangyuan Group."
After hearing Fang Lang's words, Dursley took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and said:
"They are the ones who produce this good luck cigarette.
Fangyuan Group? I heard that they also established a joint venture with the Americans to build a shipyard in Sao Paulo. "
Fang Lang didn't expect that this Dursley was actually a user of Good Luck cigarettes.
But this can't be blamed on Fang Lang. After all, he spends most of his time away from Brazil. He doesn't know how popular Good Luck cigarettes are now.
New flavors and new packaging allowed Lucky Cigarettes to occupy 60% of the market share in Brazil, and all cigarette brands were completely beaten by him.
This is because he exported a large part of his production. Now Lucky Cigarettes is developing filters according to Fang Lang's guidance.
For this purpose, it has also established its own laboratory to research new flavors and new technologies.
"Yes, it's this Fangyuan Group."
After receiving Fang Lang's affirmative answer, Dursley said with an unbelievable expression on his face:
"The family business you are talking about cannot be Fangyuan Group!"
Unexpectedly, Fangyuan Group has already had such a big influence despite its short establishment. It seems that it has indeed been too long since it paid attention to the development of its industry in Brazil.
Looking at the mayor's expression, Fang Lang could only nodded reservedly.
When Mayor Dursley saw Fang Lang nodding, his eyes turned into dollar signs, obviously recognizing the strength of the Yuan Group.
"Mr. Colonel, I don't know when our factory can start construction. I will immediately start allocating land to prepare for the construction of the factory."
Now it's Fang Lang's turn to scratch his head, you guy's attitude changes really quickly!
He smiled and said:
"If Mr. Mayor is willing, I will ask the company to arrange professional personnel to come over and start detailed negotiations with you on the matter of opening a factory."
"Okay, okay, don't worry! I will start raising funds after I return. It is my honor to be able to cooperate with Fangyuan Group."
Seeing that Mayor Dursley wished he could leave right now and go home to prepare for the joint venture to build a factory.
Fang Lang quickly stopped him and said:
"Mr. Mayor, don't leave in a hurry. As I said just now, the family has many projects to invest in Natal this time. Now I have one thing to trouble Mr. Mayor."
