Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat Chapter 523

  Chapter 523 The purpose of the Hendersons

   After everyone left, Fang Lang looked at the Hendersons and said with a smile:

   "Uncle Henderson, if you have anything to say to Auntie, please tell me clearly.

  What I know, I must know everything without saying a word. "

   Seeing that Fang Lang didn't answer her question directly, Mrs. Henderson was still a little dazed, but Fit Henderson is a smart person, and sometimes he didn't deny it, but he affirmed it.

   Obviously Fang Lang indirectly admitted the problem of the two of them.

   grabbed the hand of Mrs. Henderson who wanted to continue asking, and said with a smile on her face:

   "Actually, your aunt doesn't mean anything else. I just heard that you have a close relationship with a large American consortium. I want to ask you if you know that Mr. Marshall, the US Secretary of State, gave a speech at Harvard University some time ago."

   It took a long time to ask about this matter. It is not a secret. The Secretary of State has already given a speech. Although they deliberately avoided the attention of the United States, the connection between the United States and Europe during this period.

  The content of this speech will soon spread all over the world!

  Of course, both President Truman and Secretary of State George Marshall have only proposed this plan, but how to implement the plan, the specific aid method and aid amount still need to be discussed in detail.

  More importantly, these European countries, each country has its own demands, and must have its own ideas about the distribution of aid. If these problems are not resolved, this so-called European aid plan is still a castle in the air.

Even if these problems are solved, there are still difficulties for the US Congress to overcome. You must know that the US Congress is not decided by the Democrats. This kind of plan, which is obviously using US money to help Europe, will definitely jump out of a large number of people. come against.

   After all, in name, all political parties in the United States want to safeguard the interests of the American people!

  In actual history, after George Marshall proposed the European aid plan, although the United States has directly started to provide assistance to Greece and Turkey, the actual passage of the plan had to wait until April 1948.

  The reason why it has been delayed for so long is that on the one hand, European countries are arguing with each other, and they all want to get the most benefits. France was greatly hurt by Germany in the two World Wars, and it was unwilling that Germany would restore its pre-war strength.

  But for Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, although they have also suffered Japanese aggression, considering their close economic ties with Germany, they still hope to promote their own economic prosperity and development by promoting the revival of Germany.

  The Scandinavian countries, especially Sweden, have always adhered to two principles. One is that their long-standing trade ties with countries in the Eastern camp should not be interrupted; the other is that their neutrality cannot be violated.

  But this European aid plan of the United States has the purpose of containing the development of the Soviet Union. Of course, it cannot agree to these. Therefore, the negotiations between European countries alone are a long process.

   Not to mention the strong opposition from members of Congress in the US Congress. If it weren't for the February Revolution in Czechoslovakia in February 1948, the old men in the US Congress were so scared that they almost peed their pants.

  Whether this plan can be passed smoothly is a big question mark.

   Fang Lang looked at the Hendersons with some amusement. It was really surprising that he thought of asking himself, a Brazilian, about this kind of American policy.

  But thinking of the relationship between the two of them mentioned earlier with the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family, they probably also considered that they might be able to receive insider information, so they thought of asking themselves!

   "Uncle and Aunt Henderson want to know, have I heard of Mr. Marshall's plan for the reconstruction of Europe?"

   Seeing Fang Lang looking at the two of them with a smile on his face, the Hendersons smiled a little embarrassedly, and finally Mrs. Henderson took the initiative to say:

   "I was wondering if your company had any inside information about the plan since your company participated in the aid operations in Turkey and Greece."

   I have to say that sometimes there are some problems, and what a woman says is indeed more appropriate than a man. Since Fang Lang has already mentioned the European reconstruction plan on his own initiative, it means that Fang Lang is aware of the plan.

  So, Mrs. Henderson began to test whether Fang Lang knew something inside that they were interested in.

   Of course Fang Lang, the insider of this plan, knows, and he can also be said to be one of the behind-the-scenes promoters of this plan. But there are some words and things that he can discuss with the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family, but they are definitely not suitable for the Hendersons.

   It's not that you don't trust the other party, but that if there is no specific implementation, some uncontrollable changes may occur if you say it. After all, the Hendersons also have their own stand.

  They are the party receiving assistance. If they know some inside information in advance and spread it, the negotiations among European countries may not be able to proceed, let alone the implementation of the plan.

  So, Fang Lang smiled and said:

  "Although Mr. Marshall proposed this plan, the attitudes of European countries have not yet been unified, and the plan has not been submitted to Congress for approval. How can I know the inside story!

  But as far as I know, Mr. Marshall's idea of ​​providing funds from the United States to help European countries rebuild is supported by the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family. "

  Although Fang Lang said that the plan has not been submitted, he does not know the inside information. But in the latter sentence, the idea was supported by Morgan and Rockefeller, which is obviously a typical insider information.

   This is also telling the Hendersons that this plan has the support of the American consortium, and if it is possible, they will make their own judgments.

  They are smart, and they will soon be able to get the information they want from this news, so as to make relevant adjustments to their family's industry.

  In fact, in Fang Lang's view, this is nonsense. After all, Secretary of State George Marshall has already made it clear in his speech that the United States will provide funds. If he has not been authorized, would he dare to express this position?

  But people are sometimes very strange. They may still have some scruples even though they have received the news, but they will really believe it when someone they think they can trust gives them a positive answer.

   Sure enough, as Fang Lang expected, the Hendersons heaved a long sigh of relief after hearing Fang Lang's words.

  Ms. Henderson couldn't wait to take the initiative to say:

   "It would be great if this is the case. Many of our industries have already experienced financial constraints. With the entry of American funds, we will definitely be able to rescue us from the quagmire."

   Fang Lang, who heard this, didn't answer. He didn't know the specific industry situation of the Henderson family. Now his Universal Group and the other family's shipyard have formed a joint venture.

  The other party's shipyard will definitely be able to achieve good development. As for other industries, Fang Lang may know the Bristol Aircraft Manufacturing Factory, but Fang Lang of later generations has never heard of this company.

   Moreover, the research direction of the other party is obviously wrong. In this era when everyone is researching jet aircraft, you are still researching propeller aircraft. If you are not eliminated, whoever will be eliminated.

  So, Fang Lang didn't want his funds to help the other party fill in the hole.

  Fate Henderson on the side obviously didn't care much about the business, so after getting the answer he wanted, he stopped paying attention, but looked at Fang Lang curiously and said:

   "Fang, the God Whip Military Contracting Company is your business, right?"

   This kind of thing is not a secret at all, and Fang Lang never thought of keeping it secret, so he nodded with a smile and said:

   "Yes, Uncle Henderson!"

   "Then why did you set up such a mercenary company?"

  Hearing the words, Fang Lang smiled and said:

  “Actually, I didn't want to set up a mercenary company at first. At that time, our military wanted to have its own aircraft carrier fleet. After negotiations, the United States was also willing to sell aircraft carriers to us.

   But we don't have the relevant technical personnel, and with the equipment, there is no way to start him.

  My friend's father, General Clark, as the commander of the aircraft carrier fleet, happened to retire, so I hired him to guide us in learning the use and maintenance of aircraft carriers.

  Finally, there are too many relevant officers hired, and it is a bit complicated to sign contracts with our fleet one by one.

  I came forward to invest in General Clark, gathered these American instructors, and established this military contracting company. This company directly signed a training agreement with our fleet, so that the whole procedure was much more formal.

  Of course, the speed at which the company is developing now has greatly exceeded my expectations. "

  Fett Henderson doesn't know what Versailles is, but at this moment, he feels that Fang Lang in front of him is suspected of being pretentious.

  He obviously didn't expect that this military contracting company called God's Whip was established in this way. After coughing twice, Feite Henderson stabilized his emotions before saying:

   "It turns out that this is the case. Now your military contracting company is amazing. As a private company, it has accepted orders from the US Department of Defense to fight on the battlefields of Greece and Turkey.

   I heard that the soldiers of your company performed very well, even better than many American soldiers. "

  Hearing this, Fang Lang just smiled modestly and said:

   "It's not surprising. The employees of our company are mainly veterans of the army. They have experienced the cruel test of the European War. The current battle is nothing at all."

   "I also heard that the teachers in your Brazilian military academy were also recruited through this company?"

  Fang Lang didn't know why the other party was interested in this matter, but these were not secrets, and he was not going to make any concealment, so he nodded with a smile and said:

   "There is such a thing, but it is mainly the instructors of the Aviation Academy.

  The teachers of the military academy are directly recruited by the school from the American military academy. "

   These words obviously caught Fett Henderson's attention, and he looked at Fang Lang with great interest and said:

   "If this is the case, is your company interested in recruiting some military school teachers from the UK?"

  At this moment, Fang Lang finally realized the other party's purpose. It seems that the other party wanted to expand Britain's influence in Brazil in this way!

  After all, teachers and students in the school have a very special relationship, and it is very easy for teachers to instill some ideas of their own into students. In this way, without knowing it, officers who are close to the British can be trained in the Brazilian army.

  Such sentiments can have some very favorable effects on England should something happen in the future.

   Fang Lang doesn't mind this. After all, it's different from students studying in the UK alone. As long as the teacher has real talents, Fang Lang doesn't mind at all that there will be some pro-British forces in the Brazilian army in the future.

   On the contrary, he welcomes it very much. Only in this way can the various forces in the army achieve a delicate balance. It will not appear that everyone is pro-American.

  (end of this chapter)

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