President Dutra looked at Fang Lang who looked innocent in front of him, a mouthful of old blood was stuck in his throat, and he almost died of suffocation.
Is this to remind myself that Fang Lang has not been given anything in return?
I have expanded your first fleet by 2,000 marines.
But thinking about it, adding 2,000 people to him seems to be a reward for his support in his rise to power.
Last time, his family was persuaded by him to invest in the construction of a military-industrial group, and even distributed part of the shares to other families and countries. It seems that he really didn't give anything back to them!
Thinking of this, President Dutra said with a slight embarrassment:
"Fang, I understand your selfless help to me.
However, how can I not repay my friends who have helped me?
This time you have given me such a huge political achievement again, and it is impossible for me not to give your family the due reward, right? "
This is a clear exchange of interests!
Fang Lang hesitated when he heard President Dutra's statement.
Because he doesn't know what kind of reward the other party will give him, or he himself doesn't know what kind of reward he should get from them now.
If you don't want any benefits, it is definitely impossible.
In this way, everyone will treat themselves like fools in the future, only knowing how to take benefits from themselves, but not knowing how to give back to themselves.
This is absolutely unacceptable to Fang Lang.
He looked at President Dutra with a troubled face and said:
"I understand, Mr. President, if this is the case, I am willing to give up some of the interests that belong to our family for the sake of your credibility.
However, if your friends want to get involved, they must talk to me themselves. Only if they show enough sincerity will I cooperate with them. "
President Dutra was overjoyed when he heard Fang Lang's words. Of course, he couldn't be too involved in this kind of thing.
However, he was very moved by Fang Lang's initiative to give up part of the benefits he had received in support of himself.
He stated directly:
"Fang, I am very grateful for your efforts.
There is nothing I can do to compensate you for your loss.
But don’t worry! From now on, Nice Grain Import and Export Company will not be able to pose any threat to your grain and oil import and export business.
My friends and I will stand firmly on your side. "
In fact, Fang Lang didn't make too many plans for the grain and oil processing company he acquired.
They just plan to export the grain and oil processed in their own factories directly to Europe and the United States, ride on the Marshall Plan, and make a small fortune.
However, today he heard the president mention the Bunge Company in the United States to him, which forced him to re-examine the value of his own grain and oil company.
Brazil has always been the largest grain exporter in the world. Now that I have the opportunity to expand my grain and oil business and compete with Bunge for the position of the four major grain merchants, I have no reason to just make a small fuss!
What's more, once I can really become Brazil's largest grain processing, import and export company.
Then all farmers in Brazil will have to rely on themselves to feed themselves. What a huge political influence this will have!
It turned out that a grain and oil processing company that he had never paid much attention to actually had such huge development potential, which made Fang Lang have to take this company seriously.
However, of course, I can't just let go now and let President Dutra think that this can kill me.
Besides, Mr. President only said that he would not let Nice Company pose a threat to his grain and oil import and export business, and he did not mean to help himself defeat the opponent.
Even just stating that he would be with his friends and on their side.
What I want is for you to stand with me? What's the use of standing with me when the other party threatens me?
Or just help me win the Nice Company.
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Sir, in fact, I do not want to have a conflict with Nice Grain Import and Export Company. If possible, I hope to sit down and have a good talk with the shareholders of Nice Company. "
"Oh my God! Fang, you don't want to recruit those farmers to join you!"
Believe me, they are definitely not qualified business partners. "
President Dutra obviously misunderstood Fang Lang's meaning. If Nice Company was really planning to target Fang Lang's grain and oil company, then Fang Lang was also prepared to talk to the other party with courtesy first and then with force.
If they really can't reach an agreement, Fang Lang will prepare to go to war with them.
However, President Dutra’s misunderstanding only shows that he is really concerned about the introduction of the automobile industry this time.
In this case, Fang Lang actually had the absolute initiative.
Just when Fang Lang was thinking about how to continue to express that he didn't care much about grain import and export companies,
President Dutra spoke again:
"Fang, do you want to make a decision in a hurry? Maybe my friends will have a better solution."
Fang Lang didn't understand what President Dutra meant, but he still hadn't figured out what benefits he should exchange.
Therefore, this matter needs to be carefully considered slowly before making a decision.
By the way, you can also let this news slowly ferment in the Brazilian capital market for a few days to see if it will produce any wonderful effects.
"Okay! Mr. President, then I will go back and wait for your good news."
After finishing the conversation with Mr. President.
Fang Lang was not in a hurry to go home. Instead, he made an appointment to have dinner with General Leta from the General Logistics Department.
After all, the future largest purchaser of his arms group is the person in front of him.
He cannot be offended easily.
"Fang, you mean that this time you found a firearms designer in Germany and are going to return to China to build a small arms manufacturing factory?"
"Yes, General Leta, but the scale of this factory will not be particularly large.
I hope to get the support of General Letta. "
"Why don't you put them in the artillery factory and manage them together? Wouldn't it be simpler?"
Fang Lang had no intention of merging his small arms factory and artillery factory together. After all, the artillery factory was not his own industry.
The artillery factory was opened at the request of the president, and its political significance was greater than its commercial significance.
This is a way for Fang Lang to deepen his ties with the military, and it cannot bring much economic benefit to Fang Lang.
After all, the Brazilian army is the largest consumer of the artillery produced. Even if it can be sold externally, it will still need to be through large-scale military purchases between governments.
There is no way to make big money with such a narrow sales channel.
Light weapons are completely different, because in addition to equipping the military, they can also be sold to the civilian market in countries that do not ban guns.
For example, the civilian market of a large gun-consuming country like the United States is a very huge market.
As long as the firearms can pass the review of the U.S. government, are distinctive, high-quality and affordable, it will be easy to open up the U.S. market.
Not to mention how much profit there is, the operating rate of the factory alone is far behind the artillery factory.
Therefore, Fang Lang said directly to General Leta:
"Your Excellency General, for our artillery factory, I have obtained complete artillery technology authorization from the United States.
So production can start directly.
But my small arms factory has not negotiated any technical authorization. This requires us to study it from scratch.
It is still unclear whether the specific results of use can be researched.
If I merge him into the artillery factory, it may cause dissatisfaction among other shareholders.
Because the initial research investment may be very huge. "
It was a pity that although General Leta had not had much contact with Fang Lang, he was a person who knew Fang Lang very well. He did not believe that Fang Lang would make such an unprofitable investment.
His first reaction was about this business
The prospects should be very good, otherwise Fang Lang wouldn't say this.
"Since research requires a lot of capital investment, the risks are also high. Shouldn't you be looking for partners to share investment risks?
If you are worried about the risk, I can help you find several suitable investment partners. how? "
How should Fang Lang answer this? What you said makes so much sense, I don’t even know how to refute you!
"Oh! If the General is willing to share the risk with me, I would very much welcome it."
As a result, General Leta began to be reserved, waving his hands repeatedly and saying:
"Fang, my status is certainly not suitable for direct business. If you need it, I can introduce you to some suitable investors."
In fact, Brazil does not allow officials or soldiers to do business at all, as long as you don't get caught using your position to benefit your own company.
Moreover, if someone reports it, there won’t be much of a problem.
Of course, given the prevailing political climate in Brazil, this regulation is basically in vain.
Aren’t the big domestic companies and big capital closely related to government officials?
Even the president is often impeached because of economic problems, and you still expect the officials below to abide by this rule.
Fang Lang shook his head and said:
"General, what does this have to do with anything?
If you can't do business directly, you can use the name of your family!
If you don't feel comfortable using the name of your family, you can directly use a fake identity to participate. As the major shareholder, I will only recognize your investment! Isn't it?
But let’s make it clear first that your investment must be real money.
We do need to invest a lot of money in the research and development of this project. "
Think about it, if General Leta can really invest in this project, Fang Lang will not lose money.
After all, this way Fang Lang no longer has to worry about the sales of the light weapons produced by the company.
And another very important point is that if General Leta really adopts Fang Lang's method and participates in the investment of this project.
This means that the relationship between Fang Lang and General Leta will enter a new stage.
This is what Fang Lang is happy to see.
After hearing Fang Lang's words, General Leta was stunned. Shouldn't you take the initiative to give yourself 20% of the shares at this time?
He even had to spend his own real money to invest.
This made General Leta a little embarrassed.
However, he felt relieved when he thought about it. After all, Fang Lang's identity was not comparable to that of ordinary businessmen who wanted to beg him.
The other person's identity is an active-duty naval colonel in the Brazilian Navy, a powerful figure in the Brazilian army.
Although Fang Lang transferred benefits to himself by buying paintings last time, everyone knew that it was Fang Lang's compensation for not purchasing the aircraft through the General Logistics Department.
The equipment procurement of the Brazilian army is not something that General Letta can decide with one word, so Fang Lang does not need to ask too much from General Letta.
With Fang Lang's status in the Brazilian army, it would not be very difficult to sell weapons produced by his factory in Brazil to the Brazilian army.
Of course, if General Leta participates, Fang Lang's proactive promotion can be turned into the military's proactive purchase.
There is an essential difference.
