Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat Chapter 564

  Chapter 564 Lottery Business

   "I like your confidence. Since this is the case, I can give you a chance. I am going to set up a lottery company in Brazil, and you will be the person in charge of this company!"

  The lottery company is one of the new sources of income that Fang Lang found for his intelligence network construction. Brazil is a country that prohibits gambling, but the history of Brazilian lottery development has been more than two hundred years. However, because it has been privately operated, it has not developed rapidly.

  It wasn't until 1969 that the Brazilian government first issued a sports lottery for guessing football games that Brazil's lottery began to develop rapidly. Later generations, Brazil's lottery business has developed to the point that 80% of men, women and children in the country have bought lottery tickets.

Elias Bianchi was taken aback when he heard Fang Lang's words. As a Brazilian, he had never heard of the lottery, but as a bank president, he was arranged to operate the lottery business. It was not a promotion, but a real demotion.

   This made him very puzzled. If the company really wanted to demote him, it obviously didn't need to be so troublesome, but also asked him to go to General Fang's office to accept the appointment. Therefore, for a while, he also wondered why Fang Lang asked him to do this.

  However, now that he has come here, he also understands that he has no other choice. But he still couldn't help frowning, and expressed the doubts in his heart.

   "Sir, I've heard of the lottery, but I don't quite understand it. It doesn't seem like a project worthy of our Fangyuan Group's participation!"

   Fang Lang understood what the other party was thinking just by looking at the expression on the other party's face.

  “The lottery I'm talking about is not the traditional lottery lottery that you have in mind, but a guessing lottery. The initial guessing content will revolve around the matches of the Brazilian Football League.

   There are also various ways to guess. Lottery players can simply guess the outcome of the game based on their own judgment. You can also guess the specific scores of the two sides after analyzing the information collected by yourself, and even directly guess the outcome or score of several consecutive games.

  We set different reward ratios according to the difficulty of guessing. "

   Elias Bianchi gradually became interested after hearing what Fang Lang said. He works in a bank and is very sensitive to numbers. Fang Lang just said it casually, and he immediately realized the attraction of this project.

   Of course, there are still many things that I don't understand.

   "But, do we have to go to the stadium to sell this kind of lottery ticket? Will we not have many customers in this way!"

   "Of course not, haven't you watched TV? Now our media company under the Fangyuan Group has its own TV station, and has also established its own TV factory in Brazil. In many prosperous places, it even broadcasts TV programs for free.

  My idea is to establish special lottery outlets nationwide, and set up TVs outside the outlets to broadcast live football matches for everyone. In this way, everyone can see the outcome of the game with their own eyes, and they will naturally be interested in buying lottery tickets. "

   Of course Elias Bianchi has seen the TV, and he bought one for his own home. After all, TV is a very popular and fashionable product in Brazil now, and families with some financial strength will find a way to buy one.

   Even, many people buy by installments through the Brazilian Development Bank where he used to work, and other people with poor economic strength will often find opportunities to catch up with the fashion and join in the fun in places where free TV is broadcast.

  This allowed Brazil's TV audience to expand rapidly in a short period of time.

Elias Bianchi just saw a very exciting football game on TV a few days ago. Now that Fang Lang said this, he immediately had a specific impression of this project in his heart, and started to implement it Obviously there is no difficulty.

  The most important thing now is how to ensure that this project is profitable. However, he is obviously very proficient in mathematics as a banker. As long as the appropriate odds are set in advance, it is not too easy for this sports lottery project to make a profit.

   "Sir, your idea is really great. I love football. I think if there is a chance to win with my favorite team, I will never let go of such an opportunity."

   Elias Bianchi's attitude changed very quickly, and when he realized the prospects of this business, he couldn't wait to start working immediately.

   Fang Lang looked at the other party, smiled easily, joking that this kind of lottery is actually gambling, okay! As a banker at the opening of the market, it is impossible not to make money. Under normal circumstances, such projects are led by the state, but now Fang Lang does not care whether he will grab food from the government in order to raise more funds .

  Even if some people in society object to this, he will mobilize his political power to delay the time when the government will nationalize this business.

  However, he is also very clear in his heart that this business cannot always be privately controlled, and it will definitely arouse people's jealousy. When he completely controls the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, he will hand over the lottery company to the Brazilian Intelligence Agency for management.

  At that time, even if someone wants to raise an objection, they dare not. Because, he believes that by that time, his Brazilian intelligence agency will be able to master the secrets of most people in Brazil like Edgar Hoover of the FBI. Can it afford to **** off such an institution.

  “Football lottery is just a type of sports lottery. In fact, any sports event with a competitive nature can be developed into a type of sports lottery.

  In the future, we can also develop lottery tickets, and issue lottery tickets in the form of using lottery machines to draw winning numbers through regular live broadcast on TV. As long as this project can be done well, the future benefits will be incalculable.

However, here I want to make it clear to you in advance that this project is not my personal project, but a part of our fleet welfare. All the profits generated by this company, except for maintaining the normal operation of the company, will be handed over to the logistics department Finance Section.

Therefore, your work in this company is not just for me personally, but also for our fleet. If there are any omissions in your work, you will not be punished by our Fang family, but may be punished by Court martial, you understand? "

Elias Bianchi was taken aback by these words. He did not expect that Fang Lang, a company that would obviously be very profitable, did not plan to run it by himself, but handed over all the income to the fleet, which made him I don't understand very much.

   But he also knew that this was not something he could decide, so he could only swallow and say:

   "So who do I report my work to?"

   "It's still me, but I will arrange military officers in the logistics department to supervise your operation. If there is any resistance at the government level, they will also be responsible for handling it."

   Elias Bianchi doesn't care about this. If he has no bad intentions, he doesn't have to be afraid of this kind of supervision. Besides, the other party can help him solve the pressure from the government.

   "Yes sir, I see!

   I think I should get to work soon. "

   "Very well, where you need the cooperation of TV stations, newspapers, and radio, you can go directly to the media company to ask my brother Fang Tao to cooperate. I have already greeted him.

   I look forward to your performance, don't let me down! "

   Elias Bianchi heard the words, got up quickly, bowed deeply to Fang Lang and said:

   "Thank you for your trust, I will never let you down."

Because Fang Lang was not familiar with the other party when he met the other party for the first time, but in Fang Lang's opinion, whether he was familiar with the other party was not important. What he wanted was the other party's ability to work. It is enough to get it up and running as soon as possible and provide enough funds to the fleet logistics department.

  As for the funds for the establishment of this company, Fang Lang informed the fleet to provide part of the logistics finance, and he also provided a part in his own name. Inside the fleet, this company was actually jointly funded and established by him and the fleet.

After sending Elias Bianchi away, a new guest came outside Fang Lang's office. This new guest was different from Elias Bianchi, not from the Fang family. It was an officer in the second division of the logistics department.

  The officer stood at attention and saluted directly after entering the door:

   "Your Excellency, Second Lieutenant Aditya Kuhn of the Second Section of the Logistics Department is reporting to you!"

  This second lieutenant officer is also a brown-skinned Brazilian mixed race. He is about 1.7 meters tall.

   After Fang Lang looked at the second lieutenant officer, he nodded and said:

   "Please sit down!"

   "Thank you, Your Excellency General!"

  Second Lieutenant Aditya Kuhn was not stage-frightened either, so he took a step forward and sat on the chair in front of Fang Lang in an orderly manner.

  Fang Lang flipped through the other party's file casually, and asked:

   "I read your file, it said that your father was a small leader of a local gang in Rio de Janeiro, and died in a gang fight. Can you tell me the specific situation?"

As a grassroots officer in the Second Division of the Logistics Department, when he received the order to meet Fang Lang, he was excited for a long time. In his opinion, this was a harbinger of his imminent prosperity, including his comrades. Looking at him, I can't wait to replace him.

   But I didn't expect that Fang Lang's first question when he saw him was not about work, but about the situation of his father who had died unexpectedly. This made him a little bit overwhelmed for a while, and he didn't understand what the other party meant. But he is a soldier, he dare not hide the officer's question, so he can only bite the bullet and say:

   "Yes, boss! My father was an ordinary fisherman at first, and because of a chance, he rescued a dying man who was seriously injured by someone hacking him in the sea. Later, he found out that this man was the boss of a local gang.

   In order to thank my father for saving his life, this person will often take care of my father. Later, after this matter was known by the hostile gang, people often came to harass us.

In order to seek asylum, my father joined this man's gang. Because he was a fisherman and knew how to drive a boat, my father was assigned to manage two boats in the gang and was responsible for transportation. Five years later, I went out to transport goods once and never came back. It is said that I died in a gang gang. "

  Speaking of his father's death, Aditya Kuhn's eyes still turned red unconsciously.

   "So your father is in charge of the gang's smuggling business?"

Fang Lang didn't care about the reason for the death of the opponent's father. Since he joined the gang, such things were inevitable. He didn't care whether Aditya Kuhn would avenge his father. What he wanted to know was the young man in front of him. People, have the ability to complete their own plans.

  Hearing Fang Lang's question, Aditya Kuhn's expression froze, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, thinking that Fang Lang would have opinions on him because of his father's status. However, he is now a member of the Second Division of the Logistics Department, and he is engaged in intelligence work. He knows that it is impossible to hide this information from Fang Lang.

   can only bite the bullet and nod:

   "Although my father never told me about his specific job content, I guess he should be in charge of their gang's smuggling business."

  Fang Lang looked at Aditya Kuhn's expression, and continued to ask:

   "Then can you guess what specific goods they smuggled?"

  Smuggling in Brazil is very easy to say, because the economically developed areas of Brazil are mostly concentrated in the southeastern coastal area. Some large freighters transfer some contraband to offshore fishing boats far away from the coast, and then sail to the dock.

  And fishing boats will carry contraband and go ashore through small fishing village piers, which is very common in coastal areas.

   "This... I don't know the details, but if it's not bad, it's nothing more than arms, DP, etc., and there is also a small population."

   Aditya Kuhn didn't expect that Fang Lang would ask him to guess what the specific commodity was smuggled, saying that he was asking him to guess. In fact, everyone knew that there was no need to guess about this kind of thing.

In fact, Brazil has a long history of smuggling activities, and the commodity that has been smuggled for the longest time is slaves. In the 19th century, after the Brazilian Emperor Pedro announced the ban on the slave trade, the population gap in Brazil was still huge, and many slave owners were forced to Slave smuggling trade.

In later generations, the main smuggled commodities in Brazil have become DP and cigarettes. DP may be understood by many people, but as the world's largest tobacco exporter and second largest tobacco producer, there will be tobacco smuggling activities It must confuse many people.

This is mainly caused by Brazil's anti-smoking policy. Brazil's domestic punishment for smoking in public places and in sealed environments is very heavy. A tobacco tax of up to 80% is levied on cigarette sales, which has led to a soaring price of cigarettes. .

   Therefore, many people began to smuggle cigarettes from abroad to Brazil. According to the survey, six out of every ten cigarettes on the Brazilian market in later generations are smuggled cigarettes.

Of course, in this era, Brazil has not implemented such a strict anti-smoking policy, and with the existence of Fang Lang, Brazil may not have such a strict anti-smoking policy in the future. Smoking is very necessary.

  But when 60% of the cigarettes are banned into smuggled cigarettes, this policy has changed, which is somewhat similar to the prohibition of alcohol in American history.

Fang Lang doesn't know much about the current smuggling situation in Brazil, but as an ocean-going crew member in his previous life, he also knows that smuggling activities cannot be completely banned. Now he wants to develop his own intelligence network. These gray smuggling industries will not only affect Brazil. It may also be used to transport some dangerous goods and dangerous people that threaten the safety of Brazil's mainland.

   Therefore, Fang Lang believes that it is necessary to investigate the smuggling network in Brazil.

  (end of this chapter)

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