As the most solemn festival in Chinese tradition, the Chinese New Year in Brazil naturally takes it very seriously. In the past, there were not many Chinese people in Brazil, and the scale and number of people celebrating were not large. Some small gatherings were even held in Chinese villages.
However, with the rapid expansion of Chinese immigrants in Brazil in recent years, and the guidance of Chinese organizations controlled by Hong Yitang and the Fang family, Chinese Spring Festival activities have long gone out of the Chinese circle.
As early as a week before the Spring Festival, Chinese people all over Brazil began to decorate with lights and organize various celebration activities, especially various gatherings of fellow villagers and various group visits in the form of chambers of commerce.
Factories owned by Chinese owners also began to organize dinner parties and raffles to celebrate the Spring Festival, which made Brazilian people who were originally unfamiliar with this festival begin to like it.
Especially those workers who work in factories owned by Chinese bosses love this festival very much. Not only will there be a sumptuous holiday dinner, but there will also be exciting lottery activities with rich prizes and a very high winning rate. Brazilian people, I wish I could have such a festival every day.
At this time, the labor union is promoting such activities in factories across Brazil. Although many factory owners are unwilling to spend such a sum of money to organize such activities. But there are factories that cannot stand up to Chinese bosses, and the huge influence of labor unions forces these factories to get involved.
Among them, the companies that took the lead in holding such activities were naturally the various companies under the Fangyuan Group. In just two years, companies throughout Brazil had already formed a culture of organizing company employees to carry out Spring Festival activities before the Spring Festival. Atmosphere.
All of this is naturally Fang Lang's way of exporting Chinese culture to the entire Brazil. With the popularity of Spring Festival activities in various factories in the past two years, almost everyone knows about the existence of the Chinese Spring Festival.
Next, various Chinese stores and shopping malls also began to hold various promotional activities in the name of Spring Festival promotions, which were even more powerful than the traditional Christmas promotions of Westerners.
This makes more Brazilians look forward to the Chinese Spring Festival.
It was in such a lively atmosphere that time slowly came to the Spring Festival. Although the climate in Brazil made many Chinese feel very uncomfortable, Hongyi Halls and Chinese groups across Brazil organized various activities such as lion dances and flower streets to celebrate the New Year. The activities still let many Chinese feel the festive atmosphere.
Many homesick Chinese found some spiritual solace and took to the streets to participate in this collective celebration.
The streets full of red lanterns, couplets, firecrackers ringing day and night, and the New Year's Eve dinner where every family reunites, make many tourists in foreign countries feel at home.
During this period, the police, under the orders of the Police Headquarters, took to the streets one after another to maintain order on the streets. Although many police officers were quite supportive of this, local Chinese groups came to express their condolences to the police stations in various places. They even stuffed red envelopes into the hands of the police officers with their blessings.
This made the police officers instantly fall in love with this festival, and they learned the first Chinese sentence in their lives, "Gong Xi Fa Cai!"
Fang Lang also took the three women back to his home in Sao Paulo in this warm atmosphere. The three women, who had already participated in several Spring Festival reunion dinners, were familiar with it and took the initiative to join in the preparation of the New Year's Eve dinner. .
Fang Lang and other men also took action one after another, busy worshiping gods and ancestors.
After everyone finished the family reunion dinner, the female family members voluntarily went aside to chat about topics that women were interested in. Fang Lang and other heads of the Fang family automatically gathered at the Fang family. In the ancestral hall, they discussed the current situation of the family this year.
"Lang'er, do we really have to stop the immigration from our hometown? There are only over 10 million Chinese in Brazil now. I think we can definitely continue!"
The first person to speak was Fang Lang's uncle Fang Xinshui. Although immigration and labor dispatch work have never been very profitable, with the increase in the number of Chinese in Brazil in the past two years, their Hongyi Hall has also developed very rapidly.
He naturally hopes that this business can continue, and it is best to make Brazil's Chinese population the main population in Brazil.
Hearing this, Fang Lang smiled and shook his head and said:
"We have to stop. First of all, our hometown has changed its owner now. The new government and the National Government are completely different. If we continue to immigrate from our hometown without hesitation, it may cause resentment in our hometown;
Secondly, the Chinese population in Brazil now accounts for close to one-fifth. This number has made many Brazilians feel the crisis.
Brazil and the United States are now very close. The new regime in our hometown has a hostile relationship with the Americans. We must be careful not to arouse the vigilance of the Americans.
At that time, maybe they have suffered a loss in their hometown, and they will find ways to make up for it through the Brazilian government through us.
We absolutely cannot give them such a chance. "
Upon hearing this, Fang Xinshui felt very unhappy and said directly:
"His Yankee control is too lenient! Our Brazilian affairs are none of their business to the Yankees. Why should he come here to point fingers?"
Hearing this, Fang Lang looked at everyone in the ancestral hall. Everyone had different expressions. Some people began to think deeply, some nodded in agreement with Fang Xinshui's point of view, and some looked at Fang Lang to see his answer.
Seeing this, Fang Lang smiled slightly, calmly lit a cigar and said:
"You are right. Our Brazilian affairs are indeed none of the Yankees' business. However, the Yankees nowadays consider themselves to be the leaders of all countries in the Americas.
At a time when he was competing with the Soviet Union for hegemony, he would never allow other voices to appear in his back garden. Therefore, once he becomes aware of our existence and it is a threat to them, they will definitely try their best to nip us in the bud.
This is obviously not in line with our goal of low-key development and quietly penetrating and controlling Brazil. "
Everyone was thoughtful when they heard what Fang Lang said, and understood that what Fang Lang said was indeed true. Although a lot of our business is now done with Americans, everyone is very clear about the attitude of the United States towards Chinese people. It is anti-Chinese. The existence of the bill is an unforgettable scar for all Chinese people.
Fang Xinshui also understood that what Fang Lang said was the reality, but he still didn't want to give up just like that, and couldn't help but continue:
"Since it's not appropriate to immigrate from our hometown, then it doesn't matter if we immigrate from other places! We still have many compatriots living in dire straits in Southeast Asia!
If none of these places work, let’s go to their US immigration headquarters! Don’t they like Chinese people? Then we simply immigrate all the Chinese in their country. This will not only satisfy their dislike of Chinese, but also further expand the proportion of Chinese in Brazil.
As for some people in Brazil who are wary of the increase in the number of us Chinese, I would like to see who those bastards are, and then I will personally tell them to shut up. "
Hearing this, Fang Lang understood that Fang Xinshui did not want to give up his plan to continue immigrating to Brazil. He smiled bitterly and shook his head and said:
"Now the situation in my hometown has gradually become peaceful, and large-scale immigration operations are indeed going to stop, but I don't object to your idea of immigrating from Southeast Asia. After all, the situation in Southeast Asia is very chaotic, and it can plunge people into war. When our compatriots are rescued, I raise my hands to support them.
But when immigrating, we must carefully screen. We are only helping Chinese compatriots to escape the war. We must not let the indigenous people in Southeast Asia take advantage of the troubled waters and sneak into Brazil through our immigration ships.
It is not impossible to immigrate to Brazil from the United States, but we must also do a good job of screening. There are many Chinese compatriots who have lived in the United States for a long time and have long been assimilated into American culture and have become real banana people.
This kind of people do not recognize their Chinese ancestry. If they immigrate here, the United States may pay attention to us faster, so you must be careful not to let this kind of people appear on the immigration list.
On the other hand, if those high-quality talents engaged in scientific research in the United States recognize their Chinese identity and have the opportunity, I hope you can find a way to mobilize them to live in Brazil. "
Seeing Fang Lang relent and agree to continue immigrating to Brazil from other places, Fang Xinshui was naturally very happy and laughed loudly:
"Haha... Okay, it would be great if I could immigrate from other places. Now I fully realize the benefits of strength in numbers.
I think back then, when there were only a few thousand Chinese in Brazil, it was really difficult and we were controlled by others! Look at us now. Our Chinese compatriots are everywhere when we go out. We are no longer afraid of being bullied. "
Seeing the excited look on the other party's face, Fang Lang could only smile and shake his head. Of course, he also wanted to further increase the number of Chinese in Brazil. It would be best to develop Brazil into the second hometown of the Chinese, so that he could further Expand the living space of Chinese people.
Seeing Fang Xinshui, he was already satisfied, and everyone else was smiling. Now Fangyuan Group's various industries in Brazil are making rapid progress. When everyone got together during the New Year, they naturally smiled when they discussed the company's development.
The topic that Fang Lang is most concerned about now is naturally the development of the military industry. After Fang Xinshui stopped making any sound, he looked directly at his father.
"Dad, are there any new developments in the military industry now?"
Fang Xinshan, who was sitting and chatting with his old man, turned around with a smile and said after hearing Fang Lang's question:
"It has only been three months since you left. How much has changed? Since our shipyard completed the first independently designed and built destroyer for the Ministry of Navy, we have already begun to develop and design a new guided missile destroyer according to your vision. .
Now we have to wait for the missile research laboratory's research results on anti-ship missiles. "
"Oh! Has the research on anti-ship missiles produced any results now?"
"The first test launch failed to accurately hit the target. The staff of the research laboratory have found the reason and made improvements. It is expected that the second test launch will be carried out in mid-March. Once the test launch is successful, we will have it." The ability to independently design and manufacture missiles.
I have to say that I am able to achieve such results thanks to the inconspicuous electronic computer laboratory. Since the electronic computer laboratory developed new transistors, the computing speed of electronic computers has begun to increase rapidly, providing strong technical support for missile research, aircraft manufacturing and other cutting-edge weapons manufacturing.
According to the words of the research laboratory personnel, it is to give their research and development speed wings to fly. "
Hearing this, Fang Lang couldn't help laughing. He had to say that it was indeed a stroke of genius that he brought Konrad Zuse, a German computer genius, back from Switzerland.
Not only did he allow Fangyuan Group to have its own computer research laboratory, but he also directly brought the entire Brazilian computer industry to almost the same starting line as the United States.
At that time, when this news was announced, it shocked the jaws of many European and American countries. By investing in Bell Labs, he also allowed this electronic computer laboratory to be the first to come into contact with the transistor, and immediately put it into practical use in electronic computers.
At the same time, considering the high failure rate and insufficient yield rate of germanium transistors, Fang Lang instructed them to conduct research on silicon transistors early on. After obtaining the manufacturing process of germanium transistors, he directly established the second company under Fangyuan Group. A semiconductor research and production company.
These actions are very advanced in the entire world. It can be said that Brazil Oriental Group is at the forefront of the world in the research and use of transistors.
This has naturally benefited a number of high-end and sophisticated research institutions and has gained a lot of benefits.
"Haha... Electronic computers are destined to become the forefront of future technology. They have only just begun to have such a huge impact on our high-precision equipment manufacturing.
When it further develops and matures, our entire industry will benefit. For example, our machine tool manufacturing will soon begin to enter the era of CNC machine tools.
Once we take the lead in becoming a CNC machine tool manufacturing company, then our Fangyuan Group will inevitably become a leader in the world's machine tool field in the future, which will have far-reaching significance for our group's profitability and influence in the world. "
Fang Lang's words made all the relatives present look askance. Everyone knows that Fangyuan Group is developing very well now. Among them, the machine tool manufacturing enterprises are also developing rapidly at the same time as Fangyuan Group's automobile, aircraft, and ship manufacturing fields.
But everyone only regarded this machine tool manufacturer as barely surviving on the group's business. Unexpectedly, in Fang Lang's mind, he was actually preparing to cultivate this company into a global machine tool leader.
However, Fang Xinshan, as the chairman of the group company, has a certain understanding of the development in this area. He nodded seriously and said:
"You mentioned this CNC machine tool. I have seen their R&D plan a few days ago. It seems that Mercedes-Benz commissioned them to produce a CNC machine tool specifically used to manufacture special-shaped parts of gearboxes.
Our machine tool designer proposed a solution to use computer programming to control the operation of the machine tool to improve processing accuracy and processing efficiency! This should be the CNC machine tool you are talking about! "
As soon as these words came out, Fang Lang was also surprised. He did not expect that the group's machine tool processing factory had reached this stage. Although he had always talked to Wilbur Serrano and the others about the concept of CNC machine tools, he did not expect that In such a short period of time, they have already begun to put all this into action.
He couldn't remember when the earliest CNC machine tools were developed, but now it seemed that his group's CNC machine tool research and development was definitely at the forefront of the world.
(End of chapter)
