Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat Chapter 588

  Chapter 588 Fang Lang's Friendship

  If the Japanese can really tell the truth honestly, if they admit their mistakes obediently, then they are not Japanese. Even though he now knew that Fang Lang had seen through their lies, Kodama Yushifu only hesitated for a moment, then bit the bullet and spoke again:

   "Okay, I will make a list for you when I go back tonight, and then take your people to those collectors to recover all the collections.

   I just hope you can forgive my previous offense. "

  Hearing the words, Fang Lang unconsciously showed a tricky smile, narrowed his eyes, and said again with a smile:

"Very well, thank you Mr. Kodama. Tonight my people will go home with Mr. Kodama. This time I will only stay in Japan for a week. I hope that within a week, what I want will be on the ship on time. ,is that OK!"

   Kodama Yushifu, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't see the expression on Fang Lang's face, thinking that Fang Lang had believed his words, he was overjoyed, he let out a long sigh of relief, and quickly got up to express his opinion:

   "Hi! Please don't worry, General Fang! These Chinese antiques must be boarded within a week."

  After hearing the other party's statement, Fang Lang nodded with a smile and said:

   "Very good, when you get back the sold antiques, don't forget to send over your own collection of antiques."

   As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Shigemitsu Aoi beside him, saying:

   "By the way, there are also those that Mr. Shigemitsu promised to send to me earlier, and they will also be sent here."

  As soon as Fang Lang's voice fell, Kodama Yushifu, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly changed his face, and understood what Fang Lang meant. This is how I was fooled by myself! It is clear that he is hugging grass and beating rabbits, not only wanting the collection in his own hands, but also letting himself find a way to help him collect the Chinese antiques in the hands of other collectors and give them to him. I have taken a fancy to all those things.

But despite this, Kodama Yushifu didn't dare to say anything for a while. This Major General Fang was completely different from the Chinese he had come into contact with. He was not only greedy, but also thick-skinned and dark-hearted. Possesses formidable power.

Today's Japan is no longer the original Japan. They don't even have an army for self-defense, but the other party owns a military contracting company that can receive business from the US Department of Defense. This so-called military contracting company is actually a mercenary, and it can be regarded as The opponent's private army.

   Characters with such power are almost invincible in Japan today. Only the Americans can provide them with asylum, but will the Americans provide him with asylum? The answer is obvious.

  This is also the reason Kodama Yoshio surrendered so quickly, which is not even a surrender, because they can't surrender twice, it's just a man who knows the current affairs is a hero.

   "Hi! Don't worry, General, I will sort out my unsold collection and send it to you together."

Shigemitsu Kui on the side just came out of the prison. He didn't have many collections in his hand, and he had offered to give it to Fang Lang before, so he didn't show any strange emotions. He just knelt on the spot, straightened his back, He nodded heavily at Fang Lang and said:

   "Hi! I will prepare my collection when I go back tonight. Your Excellency General can arrange someone to come and pick it up at any time."

Seeing that the two Japanese suddenly became so well-behaved, Fang Lang was also a little surprised. He knew that he was powerful now, and arranged for God's Whip Military Contracting Company to enter the Japanese market. .

  But the two guys gave in so easily, which still made him feel a little unbelievable. Turning my head, I couldn't help but try again:

   "Very well, let me tell you two, I am Chinese in Brazil. My father and I both like Chinese antiques very much. Our family also built a museum of Chinese cultural relics in Brazil. But there are still many collections missing.

  I know that during the war of aggression against Hua, your country seized a large number of precious cultural relics and artworks from Hua through various means.

Since it is fate to meet you two here today, I will ask someone to set up a collection company in Japan that specializes in the acquisition of cultural relics. I hope that the two of you can help me collect all the cultural relics from China that have been in Japan. I want to pack it all up and take it away.

  If the two of you can complete this task well, then you will gain my friendship. "

Fang Lang opened his mouth as a non-stop lion, wanting these two guys to collect all the cultural relics of Huaguo lost in Japan for him. Very demanding.

   But what Fang Lang is going to pay is only the so-called friendship. As for how much this friendship is worth, it is very illusory. Fang Lang actually learned this trick from the Morgan family.

After hearing Fang Lang's words, Kodama Yushifu and Shigemitsu Kui were speechless for a long time. Such a request was too much. What they really want is a large part of the wealth that Japan has gained from China through wars in the past few years.

   This made Shigemitsu Aoi recall the humiliation he suffered when he negotiated surrender with the allies. The humiliation at that time came from the national level, but now the humiliation is more on the private level.

But unexpectedly, Shigemitsu Aoi didn't have the strong sense of humiliation when he surrendered to the allies for the first time, and he didn't know if it was someone who had surrendered once, who seemed to have become less concerned about surrendering again, so he In his heart, he was not very angry at Fang Lang's request, but was very interested in what Fang Lang said about the friendship.

But Kodama Yushifu felt unprecedented anger at Fang Lang's request, especially Fang Lang's pressing and aggressive attitude covered up his original fear of Fang Lang's power past. The brain was congested for a while, and his eyes slowly turned red, wishing to show his Bushido spirit and die with Fang Lang.

   Just as he was thinking about how to reject this unreasonable request, John Clark on the side had already spoken first.

   "General Fang's request, you two should think about it before answering. You must know that not everyone is eligible for General Fang's friendship."

  As soon as these words came out, Shigemitsu Aoi, who had been thinking about what Fang Lang's friendship could bring him, immediately had a bright eye.

  Although he didn't know what was so special about this young Brazilian rear admiral, it was obviously not a simple person who could be reminded by a U.S. Navy captain. In addition, it can be seen from the previous conversation between the two that Fang Lang seems to have a great influence on MacArthur, which made him have to start thinking seriously.

   In the final analysis, Shigemitsu Aoi is a politician. In his view, no matter what he has to do, he has to weigh the pros and cons, calculate the pros and cons, and see how he can maximize his own interests.

The Huaguo antiques that Fang Lang wanted were not in his hands, nor were they his property, nor were they even the property of the Japanese government, but were plundered or purchased by the Japanese from Huaguo through various means. .

  He personally does not have much interest in these cultural relics. Several collections at home were also gifted by others, and he didn't feel heartbroken when they gave them away. Therefore, in his mind, the cultural relics in the hands of other Japanese are obviously not as important as Fang Lang's friendship that he himself can obtain.

   Then his choice is very easy to make. Shigemitsu, who wanted to understand all this, couldn't wait to look at Fang Lang, who was still calm and unpredictable, and said:

   "I wonder if General Fang's friendship will bring me any substantial benefits?"

Shigemitsu's words made Fang Lang see the greed of a politician, but Fang Lang didn't care about this kind of greed at all. He knew that this guy was a Japanese Class A war criminal, but now that the Americans have released him, they just It shows that the Americans are ready to use those Japanese militaristic war criminals to fight against the threat of the Soviet Union that is only separated by a strait.

  Under such circumstances, it is obviously impossible to prevent Japanese war criminals like Shigemitsu Aoi from re-entering the Japanese political arena.

  After digesting for a while, Fang Lang has vaguely recalled some experiences of this guy after he came out. If he remembers correctly, this guy became the new deputy prime minister of the Japanese government and Japanese foreign minister after the Korean War.

  Although he can't remember his specific experience, he can be sure that what this guy wants must be to return to politics.

But now it is 1949, and there is an insurmountable obstacle for him to return to the political arena, that is, the "Public Office Pursuit Order" issued by the Allied Forces Headquarters in Japan in 1946. The main content of this order is to prohibit World War II war criminals from holding public office. Even if these war criminals have already been punished, their sentences are over. Re-elected to public office through a political party is also not acceptable.

The person who was most affected by this post-dismissal order was the later Japanese Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama. After Japan surrendered, he founded the Japanese Liberal Party. In the first general election after the war, he won 141 seats in parliament and became the largest party in parliament. .

  According to parliamentary political conventions, he is the new Japanese prime minister for granted, and he himself believes in this, just when he was happily preparing to take the oath of office. The Allied Forces announced the "Public Office Pursuit Order", and because he served as a member of parliament during the war, he also published articles praising fascism. forced out of politics.

  An interesting thing happened here, that is, Ichiro Hatoyama was forced to leave the political arena, but the Liberal Party he formed was still the largest party in parliament, so the new Japanese Prime Minister can only be elected from the Liberal Party.

At this time, a very dramatic scene happened. For his own benefit, Hatoyama Ichiro did not elect a new president from within the Liberal Party to be the new Prime Minister of Japan. Instead, he invited his best friend Shigeru Yoshida to join the Liberal Party , and pushed Shigeru Yoshida, who was not even a member of parliament at the time, to the throne of Prime Minister of Japan.

  Shigeru Yoshida assured Hatoyama Ichiro that as long as Hatoyama Ichiro can resume his public office, he will immediately give up the position of prime minister to the other party.

   But what is interesting is that when Ichiro Hatoyama resumed his public office, Shigeru Yoshida, who had tasted the taste of power, had already gained a large number of party members in the Liberal Party after more than five years of operation. Therefore, it is not surprising that Shigeru Yoshida broke his promise.

  He rejected Ichiro Hatoyama's extravagant hope of taking back the position of president of the Liberal Party on the grounds that the position of president of the Liberal Party is a public weapon and should not be granted privately.

  Of course, Ichiro Hatoyama was successfully elected as the Prime Minister of Japan in 1954, and behind him was an inconspicuous supporter, Yoshio Kodama. In 1955, Ichiro Hatoyama reorganized the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party and established the later Liberal Democratic Party of Japan.

  Shigemitsu Aoi successfully returned to politics when Ichiro Hatoyama was prime minister and became the deputy prime minister and foreign minister of the new government.

  Of course, these are real situations, and the current Shigemitsu Aoi definitely doesn't know where his future path will go, but Fang Lang is sure that this guy's inner thoughts are definitely to return to politics. Therefore, without the other party opening his mouth, Fang Lang already had the idea of ​​​​handling the other party in his heart.

  When the other party asked what his friendship could bring him, Fang Lang showed an inscrutable smile.

   "I know what your purpose of coming to John today is, but I can tell you with certainty that it is useless for you to find John."

  Shigemitsu was a little surprised when he saw that Fang Lang did not answer his question directly, but directly said that he knew his purpose, but after thinking about it, he was not surprised.

  After all, my identity is here. The former Japanese foreign minister tried every means to get out of Sugamo Prison.

   Fang Lang's ability to say what he wants is obviously judged by this point. Just when Fang Lang was about to make a decision on Shigemitsu Aoi, Kodama Yushifu who was on the side spoke directly.

"Mr. Shigemitsu, don't listen to the temptation of this greedy guy. It's not surprising that he can guess the purpose of your coming here today. I believe that if we don't say it, both of them can guess it, otherwise Colonel Clark would Will not deliberately avoid my topic."

  Obviously, Yoshio Kodama is not the same as Shigemitsu Aoi. He is not a politician, but a soldier. Although he has left the army now, his military thinking has not changed so quickly. After feeling Fang Lang's purpose of searching for Chinese antiques in Japan through them, he began to have a rebellious mentality against Fang Lang.

  So, the attitude of being afraid of the opponent's energy just now has changed, and it feels like it's starting to break the can.

  Fang Lang was not angry when he heard the words. After all, anyone with a little brain could guess what Shigemitsu was asking for, and this could not be Fang Lang's handle to manipulate the other party.

   "What if I say my friendship will get you back into politics?"

  Fang Lang's tone was very flat, but what he said was earth-shattering. Not only was the dissatisfied Kodama Yushifu showing an expression of disbelief, but John was also stunned.

  After hearing Fang Lang's words, Mamoru Shigemitsu stood up directly from the ground.

   "Impossible, haven't you heard that Japan has a "Public Official Pursuit Order". People like us have no chance to return to politics."

   Kodama Yoshio was the first to express his inner thoughts in surprise. Shigemitsu Aoi also put on a skeptical expression.

   On the other hand, John Clark seemed to have thought of something, and fell into deep thought.

  Fang Lang didn't care about the reactions of the few people, and he still looked calm and calm, believe it or not.

   Such a performance made Kodama Yushio and Shigemitsu Aoi a little uncertain for a while, and the two began to exchange eyes constantly, trying to find the source of Fang Lang's self-confidence.

  (end of this chapter)

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