Faced with Fang Lang's relentless questioning, Mr. Morgan could only smile awkwardly, waved his hand quickly and said:
"Fang, please calm down first. We are friends, and our Morgan family will never treat our friends badly. What I mean is that if you have any requests, you can put them forward directly.
I will definitely satisfy you if I can do it. Even if I personally cannot satisfy you, I will definitely give feedback to Mr. Patriarch and try my best to give you a satisfactory answer. "
At this moment, Fang Lang finally saw the true face of the so-called Morgan family friendship. Before, Fang Lang thought that the Germans' behavior against the Jews was too bad, and the Jews were really pitiable.
Later, after the establishment of Israel, conflicts occurred with Palestine at every turn. Fang Lang also felt that this was a problem on both sides. After all, a slap in the face could not make a difference.
In later generations, when Fang Lang was working as a sailor, he heard that when the Japs invaded the Northeast, Jews from his hometown were involved and betrayed the interests of his hometown. Fang Lang thought it might be hearsay.
After all, when the Jews were expelled by people from all over the world, the family did not dislike each other, but generously took them in. But no one expected that when the little devils attacked their hometown, this nation that was protected by their hometown would abandon their hometown without hesitation.
Fang Lang didn't understand the situation at that time and didn't dare to confirm it.
But after this cooperation with the Morgan family, Fang Lang finally believed the rumors about the Jews in the world, and he had to start to examine again whether the cooperative relationship with the Morgan family was reliable.
Unfortunately, American Jewish forces are now spread all over the United States. If you want to maintain a good relationship with the United States, you cannot avoid contact with Jews.
It is obviously impossible to cut off contact with the Jews, so the only thing left is to remain highly vigilant while cooperating.
Don't trust any agreement with the other party easily. After all, the other party's behavior of tearing up the agreement for the sake of profit this time can be regarded as a good lesson for Fang Lang.
Although Morgan kept saying that he would try his best to give himself a satisfactory answer, and if it didn't work, he would apply to the clan leader, but applying to the clan leader was just an excuse.
After all, they have no control over whether the application is approved or not.
Therefore, Fang Lang turned a deaf ear to his statement and didn't want to hear what he said.
However, he didn't want to take the initiative to express his needs, firstly because once he let go, the Morgan family would know his attitude towards this matter.
Secondly, in this kind of negotiation, the party that relents first will be seized by others to open a breakthrough, leaving itself in a passive situation during the negotiation.
Either way, Fang Lang was not allowed to take the initiative to express his needs.
He believed that since the other party invited him over, they must have already made a clear plan. Without having to take the initiative, the other party would definitely put forward a compensation plan that they thought was appropriate.
As for whether you can accept this plan, you need to continue negotiating with the other party bit by bit.
Fang Lang shook his head, expressing his disappointment with the Morgan family, and then said directly:
"Now that the Morgan family has reached a preliminary agreement with the other party, they must have prepared a compensation plan for our Universal Group. How about Mr. Morgan talk about the compensation plan for your Morgan family first!"
After Mr. Morgan heard Fang Lang's words, the awkward expression on his face flashed away. He twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, picked up the teacup and took a sip before slowly speaking:
"Fang, the other party did propose a compensation plan to us. We think it is quite reasonable and it is exactly what you need. If you think it is okay, we can implement it according to this plan."
"Oh! It's exactly what we need. Now that you say that, I'm a little interested."
Hearing Morgan's words, Fang Lang said mockingly.
But Morgan seemed not to feel Dao Fanglang's emotions at all, and continued to say:
"The current plan is to acquire a shipyard each from Turkey and Greece and merge it into Global Shipbuilding to compensate Global Group for its losses in grain trade. What do you think?"
These words almost made Fang Lang laugh angrily again. It was so nice to say that a shipyard in each country would be used to compensate Universal Group for its losses.
Regardless of whether the two shipyards can compensate for Fang Lang's losses, the Morgan consortium is now the second largest shareholder of Global Shipbuilding. It claims to compensate Fang Lang for his losses, but in fact it is still protecting its own interests.
Is this making Fang Lang a fool?
Moreover, Turkey and Greece are not traditional shipbuilding powers. Needless to say, Fang Lang can imagine how big the scale of these two shipyards can be.
Although Greece is one of the world's top shipping developed countries, most of Greece's shipping companies are shipping companies, not shipbuilding companies. Greek and Turkish shipbuilding companies are not ranked high in the world.
If Global Shipbuilding is allowed to acquire shipyards in Turkey and Greece, it will mean two more new shipbuilding factories for Global Shipbuilding, which will not bring much improvement to shipbuilding technology at all.
I have to say that the calculations made by the Morgan consortium are really loud.
But Fang Lang obviously couldn't implement their ideas, so he refused without hesitation:
"I don't think so!"
If the Greek shipping industry is developed, building a new container terminal here will allow goods to better enter Eastern Europe, but at this time, Eastern Europe is dominated by the Soviet Union.
It is difficult for Fang Lang's company to enter this market. It is not that he is unwilling to enter this market. It is really impossible for the United States to allow Universal Group to do business with the Soviets.
Maybe when the two poles are in opposition, they will face endless investigations by US intelligence agencies, which is annoying to death just thinking about it.
Of course, this does not mean that Fang Lang will give up building its own container terminals in Greece and Turkey. If possible, Fang Lang is prepared to build container terminals around the world so that his container standards can be implemented around the world.
But this business has nothing to do with the European aid plan. Even if there is no European aid plan, it will not affect the spread of Fang Lang's container terminal projects around the world.
Therefore, this obviously cannot be a condition for compensating Universal Group.
Fang Lang's attitude obviously did not exceed Morgan's expectations. He knew very well that this obviously could not satisfy Fang Lang. Therefore, he kicked the ball back in front of Fang Lang again.
"Fang, if you feel that this plan is not suitable, you can raise your request."
The roundabout problem has returned to the original point. In fact, Fang Lang's attitude has shown that he agrees to give up part of the market. The biggest question now is how to compensate Fang Lang to satisfy him.
And Fang Lang also began to think about what he needed in Greece and Turkey.
It is also very interesting to talk about these two countries. As far as Fang Lang knows, Greece and Turkey have always been very difficult to deal with. Although the two countries are both NATO countries, there are many things that undermine each other. made.
Take the aircraft carrier that my hometown later purchased from Ermao, for example. It was blocked by Turkey in the Strait and was not allowed to pass. It required a national guarantee. At this time, Greece took the initiative to stand up.
Not only did it provide guarantees for its hometown, it also sent a tug fleet to tow the aircraft carrier out of the Aegean Sea.
A large part of the reason for this is the conflict between Greece and Turkey. If Greece does this, it will undermine Turkey.
So what are the conflicts between the two countries? This starts with the conflict between the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Byzantine Empire.
In 1453, the powerful Ottoman Turks destroyed the Byzantine Empire and occupied Constantinople.
Greece, a member of the Byzantine Empire, also submitted to the rule of the Ottoman Turks, but the Greeks have been fighting for independence. Knowing that the Ottoman Turkish Empire was growing weak in the nineteenth century, the Greeks finally gained formal independence in 1821.
In World War I, Ottoman Turkey, as a defeated country, became the target of partition. Greece took the opportunity to rise and wanted to restore the glory of the Byzantine Empire and regain the territory of the original Byzantine Empire from the hands of the Turks.
It's a pity that regardless of strength, he was pinned to the ground by Turkey and rubbed a lot. Later, because of this defeat, the Greek royal family suffered a coup and the king was exiled.
Although the Greeks were defeated, they were not willing to fail like this. In their view, the territory of the Byzantine Empire should belong to Greece, especially Constantinople, which is what Turkey calls Constantinople.
To this day, both countries are entangled over the fate of some islands in the Aegean Sea.
Therefore, the relationship between the two countries has never been harmonious and always undermined each other.
But in terms of true strength, Turkey is definitely much stronger than Greece, and is in a crushing position both economically and militarily. As the most populous country in Europe, Turkey has a total population that is more than seven times that of Greece.
In terms of military strength, Turkey is known as the second strongest country in NATO. Therefore, it is simply impossible for Greece to regain its homeland.
Just from the population gap between the two countries, we can know that the equal distribution mentioned by the Morgan family is a joke. The main consumer of food is the population, and Turkey's population is more than seven times that of Greece. What kind of equal distribution is this?
Therefore, although Fang Lang accepted the one-person-one-country distribution plan in his heart, he never expressed his position.
The biggest problem now is that Fang Lang has not found a compensation plan that suits him from these two countries. At the same time, he does not want to get compensation from places other than these two countries.
After all, he has thoroughly seen the way the Morgan family treats their so-called friends. If he talks about getting compensation from other countries later, there may be new changes by then. It is better to directly use the benefits that can be grasped now. Realize.
"Mr. Morgan, to be honest, I am very disappointed with the Morgan Group. This kind of back-tracking behavior is very contrary to business ethics.
However, Mr. Morgan and I have worked together many times and have a very good relationship. I don't want to ruin our relationship just for a business deal.
If the Morgan consortium really cannot withstand the pressure and is ready to let Bunge enter the market, I can also look at it for your sake and agree to give up part of the market with sufficient compensation. "
Hearing Fang Lang's words, Mr. Morgan breathed a sigh of relief. He knew very well that what Fang Lang said was just for show. He could not completely offend the Morgan family for a grain business.
In the end, he will definitely agree to give up part of the market. The most important question now is what kind of compensation he will ask for. And will this requirement exceed everyone's expectations?
Now it seems that the shipyard plan he proposed will definitely not satisfy Fang Lang.
"Haha... Fang, I knew we were friends, and you would definitely not make things difficult for me."
He laughed loudly and stood up on his own initiative, extending his right hand to Fang Lang. When Fang Lang saw this, he smiled and stood up slowly, shaking hands gently with the other party.
He said calmly:
"Mr. Morgan, although we are friends, I have to say something upfront. The plan for equal distribution you are talking about is not even at all.
If we want to distribute according to the plan of one person, one country, I will choose the Turkish market and let Bunge be responsible for the Greek market.
You must know that Turkey's population is more than seven times that of Greece. If this is considered evenly distributed, would it be too insulting to my IQ? "
Morgan, who had been laughing just now, quickly stopped talking in embarrassment when he heard this. The right hand that had just been held by Fang Lang also slowly retracted, and he touched his trouser leg with some embarrassment.
He continued with some embarrassment:
"Ah! This...this seems really unfair. We really haven't noticed this situation!"
Of course Fang Lang would not believe Morgan's lies. As a successful capitalist, how could he make such a low-level mistake? Even a three-year-old child can see through this kind of unsubtle lie.
But Fang Lang didn't expose the other party. After all, there was no point in continuing to entangle with the other party here.
So, he continued:
“I know that the other party must have offered benefits that the Morgan family cannot refuse. Perhaps, I guess whether the Morgan consortium has now become one of Bunge’s shareholders.
Of course, none of this has anything to do with me. What I want to know now is what kind of compensation I can get as an ally of the Morgan consortium.
First of all, I am not familiar with Turkey and Greece, and I can’t find a suitable compensation for a while.
However, since I was compensated by the Morgan consortium, I hope to receive corresponding compensation in another place. "
Morgan was stunned when he heard this. He didn't realize what Fang Lang meant. Getting compensation from another place was too broad. The best case scenario is that Fang Lang hopes to get compensation from the markets of other European countries.
Another situation is that Fang Lang has his eye on some property of the Morgan family.
Thinking of this, Morgan's expression became very cautious, and he said a little uncertainly:
"Oh! I don't know what the other place you mentioned specifically..."
Seeing Morgan's wary look, Fang Lang raised the corners of his mouth slightly, looked at Morgan up and down maliciously, picked up the teapot and added a cup of tea to him, and then slowly said:
"I want a stake in Morgan's General Electric."
Fang Lang's words made Morgan jump up from his stool and exclaimed:
"What? This is impossible!"
You must know that although General Electric at this time was far from reaching its later strength, General Electric was an important part of the Morgan consortium's large industrial plan.
This company, which can be traced back to the Edison Electric Light Company, has a history of 68 years as of this period. In the years since its establishment, it has absorbed many outstanding companies at home and abroad through various means.
In 1939, General Electric had about thirty factories in the United States, and now it has more than one hundred factories. By 1976, GE had 224 manufacturing plants in the United States and 113 manufacturing plants in 24 countries around the world.
