Xin Shiliang knew Fang Lang's current political stance. It could be said that he and President Dutra were in the same boat. Now that he heard that Fang Lang decisively chose to find new candidates for support because Dutra chose to break off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, it still felt a bit strange. It seemed careless, so after thinking about it for a while, I decided to stay.
"Boss, there are still three years left in President Dutra's term. Are we too hasty?"
Fang Lang shook his head resolutely when he heard this and said:
"I don't believe you don't understand how unwise President Dutra's behavior of taking the initiative to take sides is. In his view, with the support of Americans, he can ignore the Soviet Union. Little does he know that this is giving the United States People are used as gunmen.
Given the peeing habits of American scumbags, if he licks until the end, there will definitely be nothing left.
Although his behavior may bring short-term prosperity to Brazil's economy, anyone with a little political vision will understand the serious political consequences of doing so. In addition, he is not a politician and does not belong to any political party.
The reason why he ascended to the throne of president is because he holds military power in his hands, and the Social Democratic Party and the National League need him to face the counterattack of former President Vargas' forces.
With his becoming president, coupled with the Army's failure in the operation to suppress the Eddie brothers' rebels. The top leadership of the Army Department has gone through a purge, and the current Department of the Army is no longer the original Department of the Army.
Now that he has made such a bad move, the Social Democratic Party and the National League will definitely abandon him directly. The Labor Party has actually absorbed part of the theory of the Soviet Communist Party. Many of them are pro-Soviet. Do you think they will support a leader? The president who took the initiative to cut off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union? "
After Fang Lang's analysis, Xin Shiliang instantly lost confidence in President Dutra. From this point of view, it is indeed difficult for President Dutra to be re-elected.
"Then why don't we try to persuade Mr. Dutra to give up this idea while the policy has not yet been implemented?"
Fang Lang's hand holding the microphone paused for a moment, as if he was also having a mental struggle, and finally sighed:
"Forget it, the news has already spread. Even if he listens to our advice and gives up the idea, the bad effects that should be caused have already taken shape.
Besides, this matter is obviously not his opinion alone. There must be a large group of pro-American capitalists behind him to support this opinion. Our Fangyuan Group can also be regarded as a representative of the pro-American faction. It is not appropriate to stand up and sing the opposite at this time. It is easy. Targeted by Americans.
You should follow my request and seize the time to find a new presidential candidate! "
Xin Shiliang, who was on the other side of the phone, understood Fang Lang's thoughts after listening to Fang Lang's words. After nodding, he said directly:
"Yes, Young Master, then I will start looking for suitable candidates among the three political parties now."
After ending the call, Fang Lang sighed helplessly and leaned on his desk without speaking for a long time. Speaking of which, President Dutra still respected him very much. After all, he had a very close relationship with the US military.
In addition, when Mr. President took office, he took the initiative to send troops to join the war, which also made Dutra, who was the Minister of the Army, look at him as a naval general in a different light. He was promoted to the rank of major general at a young age and took control of Brazil. The Navy is half the naval force.
Without Dutra's support, none of this would be so easy to achieve. You must know that there are many people within the Navy who are very dissatisfied with his current status. If he hadn't led his fleet to obtain military honors twice during peacetime, someone might have stepped forward.
It's a pity that he made one mistake after another. He doesn't know whether it was the Americans who said something to him or the signing of the "Treaty of Rio de Janeiro" that made him feel that he had found a backer. For him to suddenly come up with such a stupid move, even Fang Lang felt a little pity for him.
The development of the matter was exactly as Fang Lang expected. On October 20, 1947, the Dutra government officially announced that it would cut off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. Public opinion was in an uproar for a while, and two violent protests involving thousands of people even broke out in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. of demonstrations.
But all of this has nothing to do with Fang Lang. He was just hiding in Natal and quietly observing the changes in the situation. He took the opportunity to ask the companies under the Fangyuan Group to seize the time and take advantage of the honeymoon period between the United States and Pakistan to get more money from the Americans. Get more technical support.
At the same time, the Brazilian Development Bank and Asset Management Company were ordered to increase their support for small daily chemical factories. Fangyuan Group invested in the construction of a medium-sized hydropower station project on the Piranhas River in northwest Natal, officially starting to enter the energy industry. field.
With this power station, the power shortage problem of the electrolytic aluminum factory that Fang Lang wanted to build was immediately solved. Immediately afterwards, Fangyuan Group built the largest electrolytic aluminum factory in the Americas in Makau, a city in northern Natal.
The bauxite produced by the Brazilian Norte Mining Company in Orichimina on the north bank of the Amazon River in the state of Pará eliminates the need to sell raw ore raw materials directly to the outside world. After all, as a shareholder of Northern Mining Company, Fang Lang still has the right to preferentially purchase bauxite.
Of course, what the largest electrolytic aluminum manufacturing plant in the Americas wants is not just to absorb cheap bauxite from the northern mining industry, but more importantly, across the Atlantic is the world's largest bauxite producing area, Guinea in West Africa.
Fang Lang's huge ambition can be seen by building the electrolytic aluminum factory here. He is confident that after several years of development, his Fangyuan Aluminum Industry can become the leader in the world's aluminum products industry.
The aircraft and automobile manufacturing industries under the Fangyuan Group are both large consumers of aluminum. If you want to support the early development of the Dianjie Aluminum Factory, these companies alone are more than enough.
At the same time, Fang Lang values more the opportunity to master the development technology of hydropower stations and enter Brazil's basic energy field. Because he is the boss of Caterpillar, all the hydropower equipment installed in the hydropower station is purchased from his own company.
In order to further develop hydropower technology in Brazil, Fang Lang directly arranged for Caterpillar to establish its own branch in Brazil, and began to invest heavily in the research and development of advanced hydropower equipment. At the same time, he built an engineering machinery manufacturing factory in Brazil.
This will pave the way for the construction machinery orders needed for the upcoming European reconstruction plan. Of course, all of this requires a process. Just opening a factory also requires a long process, from land expropriation and demolition to completion of factory construction and formal operation.
Fortunately, although the European reconstruction plan has been basically finalized, it will still take some time before it can be officially implemented.
After all, European countries are still fighting over how much aid they should receive! These obviously have nothing to do with Fang Lang.
Now his Global Group in the United States has set up a professional team of experts to enter Europe in advance to inspect some valuable industries and factories with core technologies. As long as the aid plan officially starts, he can pass the Bank for International Settlements special status to provide assistance investments to these enterprises.
Just when Fang Lang thought he could continue to sit back and wait for the opportunity, Yassini Hartong, the CEO of the Pan-European Highway Management Company, approached him.
Fang Lang met the other party at a small farm built outside the Natal Naval Base. Looking at the dusty Yassini Khatong flying over from Turkey, Fang Lang asked strangely:
"Mr. Hartung, I wonder why you are so anxious to find me?"
Yassini Hartung is a middle-aged white man with a delicate mustache. He looks very elegant in a crisp suit. This is not the first time Fang Lang has met him. When he came to interview the CEO of the Pan-European Highway Management Company , Fang Lang was deeply shocked by the scholarly temperament he displayed.
After some understanding, the other person turned out to be a professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The reason why he came to this company for an interview was because he was interested in this highway that would make him famous in history.
Fang Lang didn't mind his purpose. With such a talent, the employees in the company could learn more from him. In addition, with the participation of this guy in the route planning of the highway construction, everything went smoothly. A lot.
However, Yassini Khatong now seems to have been hit a bit, and he looks unhappy. Sure enough, the other party's subsequent answer confirmed Fang Lang's guess.
"Boss, our highway construction plan in Turkey may be ruined?"
Fang Lang was stunned when he said this. The Pan-European Highway Management Company was established by his Global Group, the Morgan Group, and the Rockefeller Group. Unexpectedly, the first project that I just started encountered resistance.
"Oh! Tell me specifically what the situation is?"
"The Turkish government says that highways are government infrastructure and there is no problem if they want to build highways locally, but they must own shares."
Fang Lang didn't feel angry after hearing this. In his opinion, such a request was not too much. After all, each country has its own policies. When his hometown was re-opened, wouldn't it also require the joint venture to allocate shares? Besides, the land belongs to the other party, so it’s not impossible for him to accept the other party’s request for shares.
"It doesn't matter! We are in business. As long as we can make money, it doesn't matter if we bring their local capital with us!"
“However, they only intend to invest in the land needed to build the highway, but they require absolute controlling rights and put forward their own requirements for the route planning and operation of the highway.
If we follow their requirements, we will have no possibility of making a profit at all, and the entire project will become a free construction aid project. "
As soon as these words came out, Fang Lang frowned.
"Have you made it clear to him that this project is not an economic aid project from the US government, but a commercial project by our company to help them restore traffic as soon as possible."
As soon as Fang Lang said this, Yassini Hatong touched his nose awkwardly and said:
"Boss, Turkey is not a belligerent country. The war did not occur on their soil. Therefore, the country has not been much affected by the war and the infrastructure is intact."
Fang Lang was stunned by these words. He really didn't know much about Turkey. He didn't expect that the war didn't break out on Turkish soil. What kind of luck was it.
"That's not right! Turkey was one of the victorious countries in the European War! During the war, Turkey's western neighbors Greece and Bulgaria were occupied by the Axis powers. How could Turkey not be a belligerent?"
Yassini Hatong coughed twice after hearing this, and then spoke slowly and slightly awkwardly. It seemed that Fang Lang didn't even know this and felt a little bit amused.
"Boss, Turkey has always been a neutral country during the war. It was not until February 1945, when the war was about to end, that they hurriedly announced that they would join the Allies and declare war on Germany.
As far as I know, there is a very interesting little story here. At that time, the British Prime Minister Mr. Churchill told the Turkish Prime Minister that they would only accept countries that declared war on the Axis Powers before March 5, 1945 to join the Allies.
It was already the end of February, and it happened to be Sunday. The members of the Turkish Parliament were all resting and could not vote to declare war on the Axis Powers. Finally, the Prime Minister had all the members brought to the Parliament and informed them of the situation. Explained.
Then, members of Congress unanimously passed a resolution declaring war on the Axis Powers on Sunday. This is why Türkiye will become the victor. "
"Let me go, there is still such a thing, these politicians in Turkey are amazing!"
After Fang Lang heard this, he didn't mean to look down on Turkey. On the contrary, he admired Turkey's operation very much. You must know that Turkey's position is very important. The Turkish Strait in his territory is an important transportation artery connecting the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. , known as the throat of the world.
I remember that the big boat my hometown bought from Ukraine was blocked by these bastards in this strait.
He really didn't expect that during World War II, neither Germany nor the Soviet Union controlled this strait, but allowed Turkey to remain neutral. However, thinking about it, maybe it was because this transportation artery was so important that neither Germany nor the Soviet Union took action. Bar!
This group of politicians in Turkey have been able to remain calm, not joining any party, firmly maintaining neutrality, and taking benefits from both sides. Needless to say, Fang Lang can imagine that the Allies and the Axis Powers wanted to win over this country that controls the throat of the Black Sea. How many benefits does a neutral country need to pay?
No wonder now that I want to build a highway in Turkey, the other party is still a bit indifferent and asking for a sky-high price!
If this is the case, the highway plan in Turkey really needs to be carefully considered. After all, others have no pressure to rebuild at all, so how can they be willing to let them make money easily?
However, Fang Lang soon thought that when the Peninsula War was about to break out, Turkey, a country that did not even participate in World War II, actually sent more than 5,000 troops to join the so-called United Nations Army. This made Fang Lang's I felt very unhappy.
This number of troops is ranked fourth, only a few hundred fewer than Canada. Of course, in the end they became the country with the third largest casualties and retreated to their hometown in embarrassment.
Thinking of this and facing Turkey's current situation, Fang Lang really didn't want to get involved in aiding Turkey at all.
Now the business of the God's Whip Military Contracting Company under his command has not been launched in Turkey, because there is no war in Turkey at all, and all they need is various military material support.
The reason why Americans strongly support Turkey is because Turkey's location is so important. After the war, the steely father in the north proposed the construction of a military base in Istanbul.
For the Turkish government, this is simply a violation of their sovereignty, so they will not hesitate to throw themselves into the arms of Europe and the United States.
In fact, now that Fang Lang thought about it, if the loving father of steel had not made such a request, Turkey might have remained neutral in the struggle for hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union, just like it did in World War II.
(End of chapter)
