Because of a sudden attack on the French army, Stuttgart entered a state of martial law throughout the city.
Fang Lang's recruitment operation suddenly came to a standstill.
Originally, Fang Lang thought this would have a bad impact on recruitment.
But the reality was completely different from what Fang Lang expected.
The French's martial law action not only had no adverse impact on Fang Lang's plan.
On the contrary, all German business owners are more eager to reach a cooperation agreement with Fang Lang as soon as possible.
At first, Fang Lang looked inexplicable when he received the call from Mayor Jonas.
It wasn't until later when he was having dinner in the hotel that he heard the discussion among several people at the next table that he understood what was going on.
It turned out that the French army took advantage of this opportunity of martial law to exploit all the business owners again.
If you cannot satisfy the French army, you may become a rebel suspect.
Business owners can only spend money one after another to eliminate the disaster.
This has further aggravated the pessimism of German business owners about Germany's future.
Let people who were still hesitant begin to actively join this plan.
As soon as martial law was lifted, Mayor Jonas invited Fang Lang to the city hall to meet with representatives of various entrepreneurs.
Within two days, Fang Lang signed joint venture agreements with more than 40 factories.
These factories include Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Bosch, ZF, Continental Tire, and a series of well-known companies of later generations.
Directly collect all parts suppliers required for automobile production.
Looking at the thick stack of cooperation agreements in his hand, Fang Lang didn't show much joy, but was a little wary.
The reason is very simple. When these agreements were actually signed, Fang Lang discovered a big problem.
The investment scale of this project is simply too great.
If you add that you are ready to continue negotiating with the Germans about machine tool manufacturing companies, you will need more capital investment.
This made him worry about his own capital chain for the first time.
If you continue to invest like this without restraint, you may have dire consequences of a broken capital chain.
Then all your efforts will be in vain.
This is absolutely unacceptable to him.
Fortunately, after signing the agreement, I did not have to invest all the funds at once.
There is still time to find a solution.
Shortly after Fang Lang signed the agreement, a telegram from Brazil disrupted Fang Lang's plan to continue discussing the introduction of the machine tool industry with Mayor Jonas.
"Boss, this is an urgent telegram from China."
Qi Qingshan hurriedly took a telegram and knocked on Fang Lang's door.
Fang Lang casually took the telegram and read it.
"It seems that our General Dutra is the real winner!"
Qi Qingshan must have read the contents of the telegram. After all, this is not something that needs to be kept secret.
“Boss, General Dutra came to power through a military coup, why did he still participate in democratic elections?
He has the support of our military, so why bother with the opinions of those political parties.
Isn't he afraid of losing the election?
After all, former President Mr. Vargas has a huge influence in the political arena. "
"What nonsense? When did General Dutra launch a military coup?
The reason why Brazil implemented martial law was to curb the violent activities of Japanese mobs in Brazil.
Our Brazilian army only suppressed the Brazilian mob’s attack on the presidential palace.
There is no military coup. "
Fang Lang glared at Qi Qingshan fiercely.
Qi Qingshan realized that he had made a mistake and apologized repeatedly.
"Yes, the boss taught me a lesson because my subordinate made a mistake.
I mean, General Dutra never said he would run for president.
why
How can you be sure that you can win in such a short period of time?
Aren't you afraid that you will get nothing if you draw water from a bamboo basket? "
Fang Lang was quite surprised that Qi Qingshan took the initiative to ask such a question.
After all, this involves the political struggle at the top of the country. I didn't expect Qi Qingshan to care about this.
"What? Are you interested in becoming a politician?"
"No, no, my subordinate is just curious.
General Dutra does not belong to that political party, so why was he able to defeat his rivals and be elected president?
If we knew the reason behind this, wouldn't the boss also have the opportunity to become a president in the future? "
If someone else said something like this in front of Fang Lang, Fang Lang would have to investigate carefully to see if this guy had any bad intentions.
The president of Brazil is not a good job. If you don't do it well, you will lose your head.
And once you become president, you will be carefully observed under a magnifying glass.
A little carelessness will result in ruined reputation.
The political atmosphere of the Brazilian government determines that any head of government, whether voluntarily or not, will inevitably be stained with corruption and bribery.
As far as Fang Lang knows, even in later generations, Brazilian presidents were often impeached for corruption and taking bribes and stepped down.
This is a high-risk position. For Fang Lang, it is better to hide away and make a fortune quietly than to be a glamorous president for a while!
"I have no interest in this presidential position. Being the president in Brazil is far less comfortable than being a general in the military.
But I do know some of the questions you asked, but we can only talk in private.
You can't go around talking nonsense. "
Qi Qingshan is Fang Lang's childhood friend after all. Talking to him about some things can really increase his knowledge.
It will be more beneficial to yourself to broaden his horizons so that he can have an overall perspective when doing things in the future.
"Don't worry, boss. I just have some doubts and I want to ask you to clarify them. I will never spread them around without knowing the importance of it."
"Do you understand the political situation in Brazil? Or do you know how many parties there are in Brazil?"
Since he wanted to broaden Qi Qingshan's horizons, Fang Lang decided to tell him more about the current situation in Brazil.
In fact, it was only through combining the knowledge learned by later generations that Fang Lang was able to gain this understanding.
Based on the elite education policies implemented in Europe, the United States and Brazil, this knowledge is actually knowledge that only the elite can master and cannot be disseminated.
It is difficult for people at the bottom to have access to this knowledge and have the ability to analyze it.
"I know that there is a Labor Party established by the Social Democratic Party, the National League, and President Vargas."
"Then do you know whose interests they represent?"
This question really bothered Qi Qingshan, who was born in Datoubing.
"The Social Democratic Party of Brazil is a political group whose main representatives are composed of large landowners and large estate owners. Their main members are the high-income groups in Brazil.
At the same time, they are also the largest vested interest group in Brazil. Agriculture, forestry, and animal husbandry are their main positions. The most powerful among them is the coffee industry consortium.
Presidents before President Vargas were almost always appointed by them.
Generally speaking, they now belong to the center party, which is relatively pragmatic and has a certain bourgeois flavor. However, they do not refuse to be close to the Soviet Union.
The National League is a party that emerged with the rise of capitalism. They mainly represent the interests of the bourgeoisie.
Most of them are a group of elites who have received modern education in Europe and the United States, and they advocate European and American liberal and democratic ideas.
They are also the most pro-American party in the country.
Finally, there is the Labor Party founded by President Vargas. The establishment of the Labor Party has certain special characteristics. It is an attempt by President Vargas to move from dictatorship to democracy.
His partisan ideology was influenced by the Soviet Union and the dictatorship of the Communist Party of China.
The influence of righteous thoughts is a hodgepodge of thoughts, and they attach greater importance to state-owned natural resources.
Several state-owned companies in Brazil were established under his hands, such as the current Vale.
But unlike the Soviet Union, they were not a political party representing the interests of the workers and peasant classes.
But they were very smart and learned many practical skills from the Soviets.
For example, they will take the initiative to raise workers' wages, reduce working hours, establish trade unions, etc.
Unfortunately, these are only their means, not their goals.
However, through this means they have great influence among workers and farmers.
If the Labor Party had not been established for a short period of time, Mr. Vargas could have easily been elected president this time without having to hold an election.
Perhaps Mr. Vargas will be re-elected at the next presidential election. "
After hearing Fang Lang's analysis of the three political parties in Brazil, Qi Qingshan immediately had a clear understanding of the domestic political environment.
There is simply a feeling of seeing the sun through the clouds.
I am no longer as confused as before, not knowing what is going on.
He didn't care at all about Fang Lang's judgment that Vargas would be elected president again. Who would be the president had little to do with him.
What he didn't know was that it was actually Fang Lang who revealed the future history to him.
Because five years later, in 1950, Vargas would indeed be elected as the new president with an absolute majority of votes.
"Then why is General Dutra elected in this presidential election?"
Qi Qingshan already knew the party situation in Brazil, but he still didn't understand why the military general was elected as the new president.
Fang Lang smiled and looked at Qi Qingshan and said:
"Because the presidential candidates of the Social Democratic Party and the National League are both General Dutra!"
"Ah! I understand. President Vargas's manipulation of the election has caused dissatisfaction with the Social Democratic Party and the National League.
So, the two parties simply joined forces.
No wonder it was General Dutra who came to form a military government.
It turns out they had already
Qi Qingshan, who finally solved the doubts in his heart, was shocked.
Unexpectedly, what ordinary people read in newspapers every day is about the mob that expelled the Japanese, the mob taking control of the presidential palace, and the president being injured. These are all fake.
It turned out that the masterminds behind the incident were the Social Democratic Party and the National League, who united to support the military representative General Dutra's counterattack against President Vargas' manipulation of the election.
The result is obviously that all three major parties will suffer losses, and the biggest beneficiary will be General Dutra, the military representative.
"Now General Dutra invites you to attend his inauguration ceremony, will you go?"
Fang Lang rolled his eyes at Qi Qingshan and said:
"Aren't you talking nonsense? I am a captain in the Navy. I didn't even attend Mr. President's inauguration ceremony. What do you want to express?
Not satisfied with him as president? "
"But, our affairs in Germany are reaching a critical moment! If you leave at this time, won't you leave us leaderless?"
"Does everything require my personal participation? I have already done all the main preliminary work.
The rest is up to you to stay and communicate with Mr. Mayor Jonas and Colonel Chatham.
You must be personally responsible for the actions of Mr. Polman and Mr. Folger.
Absolutely nothing can go wrong. Understand? "
"Yes, boss."
"Those who are monitoring Leo and Paul must inform me immediately if there is any new situation. Don't make any claims, do you understand?"
"Yes, boss."
