Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat Chapter 646

  Chapter 646 Financial Secretary

   Seeing the expression of the Financial Secretary, and the other party calling his name directly, Fang Lang felt a little bit in his heart, feeling bad. But the expression on his face didn't change at all, he still stretched out his hand to hold each other with a smile on his face.

  The president of Global Morgan Bank on the side didn't wait for the two to say anything more, so he took the initiative to send out an invitation:

   "Boss, are you here for dinner too? I am worried that my invitation to Mr. McCall is not enough! Now that I happen to meet the boss, look, would you like to sit down and eat together?"

This was Fang Lang's deliberate arrangement, but McCall's expression just now made Fang Lang have some doubts. He didn't answer immediately, but looked at the Financial Secretary, seeing that his face was not There is no difference, and for a while, I can't figure out whether I just had an illusion.

  Now that he has already come, he is not easy to back down. This will easily make people mistakenly think that he looks down on the other party. After thinking about it, he said with a smile on his face:

   "It depends on whether it is convenient for Mr. Director. If you want to discuss some work matters today, I don't want to disturb you!"

  Hearing this, McCall shook his head with a smile and said:

   "I was also invited by Carioca to come here today. I think if it is about your company's business, General Fang should not avoid it!"

  Carioca also smiled quickly when she heard the words:

"Haha... yes, yes, I invited Director McCall to dinner this time. I just want to make friends with Director McCall. If I can have the boss personally accompany me, it will definitely make Mr. Director feel better. to my sincerity."

   McCall didn't speak when he heard the words, but continued to look at Fang Lang with a smile on his face.

   Seeing this, Fang Lang smiled slightly, nodded to McCall and said:

   "Then I will bother you today!"

   After finishing speaking, he stopped being polite and directly pulled the stool away and sat down. Seeing this, the other two also nodded with a smile, motioning for each other to sit down and chat.

  After the three of them sat down, Carioca asked the waiter to order two more dishes, and then poured Fang Lang another glass of red wine.

  As the director of the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong City, McCall can be regarded as a local half-landlord, so he directly raised his glass to Fang Lang and said:

   "It is a great pleasure to meet General Fang here today. As a British, I would like to express my gratitude to General Fang for leading the fleet to visit Hong Kong during this sensitive period!

  You are the best friend of our British Empire, let us drink to friendship! "

   Hearing the words, Fang Lang naturally smiled, raised his glass and said to McCall:

   "Okay, cheers to our friendship!"

  The three of them toasted to each other enthusiastically. After drinking a glass of wine, the few of them seemed to break the strangeness between each other, and began to chat with each other, talking and laughing.

  Fang Lang felt that Director McCall in front of him must have guessed that today's encounter was deliberately arranged, but the other party didn't expose it, so of course he didn't need to expose it himself.

   After chatting and laughing for a while, Director McCall suddenly raised the topic intentionally or unintentionally:

   "Speaking of which, we have to thank General Fang! Everyone was very worried about the situation in Hong Kong City, but what General Fang said at the press conference at Admiralty Wharf made many of us see the dawn of peace.

  Many celebrities in the business world who were planning to transfer Hong Kong City's assets chose to wait and see after listening to General Fang's words. This has brought about a turn for the better for our Hong Kong City's financial environment, and my work has also become much easier. "

  Hearing this, Fang Lang smiled and said to the other party:

"Haha... I'm just telling the truth. Mr. Ge Lianghong and I have discussed this topic alone. In fact, I agree with him. The turbulent situation will inevitably pass soon. We are all very optimistic about the future of Hong Kong City. .

  So, although a lot of British capital has fled abroad during this period, we have increased our investment in Hong Kong City without hesitation. In the future, our group's business in Hong Kong City will require Mr. McCall's support! "

   "Haha... It's easy to say, easy to say! Our port city welcomes successful people like Mr. Fang to come and invest.

  As the chief financial officer of Hong Kong City, if there is anything I can do to help, General Fang, please don't be polite. Just say it bluntly, I will spare no effort to protect your company's normal business activities in Hong Kong City. "

Looking at the smiling McCall, Fang Lang understood that the other party was waiting for him to speak. Originally, he planned to directly explain the location of his museum site to the Financial Secretary, but thinking of the other party's previous weird expression, He still decided to slow down a bit, to see if he could test the other party again.

   "Haha... Thank you Mr. McCall for your support. Speaking of which, I really need your help now!"

   McCall heard this, raised his eyebrows and said:

   "Oh! Is it about the construction site of Mr. Fang's private museum?"

  Hearing this, Fang Lang's heart moved, and he said with some doubts:

   "Hey! Has Mr. Governor of Hong Kong entrusted you with this matter?"

   McCaul, who thought he already knew Fang Lang's purpose, couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this, and couldn't help but look at Fang Lang's expression carefully before saying:

   "Well! That's true, Mr. Governor of Hong Kong has personally selected a museum construction site for Mr. Fang, and we are letting the Lands Department under the Financial Secretary go through the land acquisition process!"

  Hearing the words, Fang Lang immediately understood the purpose of the Governor of Hong Kong's appointment to the Governor's Mansion for talks tomorrow afternoon, although he made it clear to the other party at the beginning that he needed to investigate the museum site carefully, and then go through the formal application process.

   I don't bother the Hong Kong Governor's Office to intervene in such a trivial matter, but now it seems that Ge Lianghong didn't really let this matter go because he said so.

  Or as soon as you agree to help the other party spread the word, the other party has already started looking for a museum site for yourself. It seems that the other party does not want to owe him favors!

  Fang Lang looked at McCall in surprise and said:

   "Ah? Haven't I already talked to Mr. Governor of Hong Kong about this matter? Don't bother him! We can find a suitable place by ourselves, and just apply to the Lands Department normally!

   Mr. Governor, this is too polite. I don't know where the governor helped me choose the place! "

   McCall, who had been carefully observing Fang Lang's expression, couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard Fang Lang's words, and quickly said with a smile on his face:

   "Ah! So that's the case. It seems that Mr. Gang Governor is planning to give Mr. Fang a surprise! Then I am talking too much, and I accidentally disrupted Mr. Gang Governor's plan.

  Sin, sin, I am self-righteous, and I ask Mr. Fang not to take what I just said to heart. If Mr. Governor of Hong Kong mentions it to you, please help cover it up! "

   "Haha... no problem, I just happened to be looking around during this time, and I was really not sure where to put the museum. Since Mr. Hong Kong Governor personally came forward to help me think about it, I just happened to be happy and relaxed.

  Mr. McCall rest assured, I heard nothing just now. Ha ha…"

  Speaking of which, Fang Lang already has his own museum construction site in his mind, and now Ge Lianghong has selected a location for himself. If the location is not what he wants, it will be really difficult for him.

   It's not easy to refute the other party's face!

  So, although Fang Lang smiled heartily, McCall still saw a trace of unnaturalness in the other party's eyes.

  Thinking that the other party's performance might be caused by his own self-righteousness, McCall was also a little apprehensive, coughed lightly, and said with a little embarrassment:

   "I heard what Mr. Fang said. The place you just said that you want to ask me for help doesn't seem to be about the construction site of this museum?"

  Fang Lang just made it clear that he didn't want to ask the other party to help determine the construction site for the private museum, so it's naturally not easy to continue talking about it now.

  After thinking for a while, he laughed and said:

  “Speaking of which, the place I want to trouble Mr. McCall is not about the land used for the museum construction, but it is also related to the land.

You also know that I am very optimistic about the development of Hong Kong City, and I am very happy to stay in Hong Kong City during this time, but the only thing that is inconvenient is that I do not have a home of my own here in Hong Kong City. Living in a hotel is somewhat inconvenient.

  So, I want to apply to the Hong Kong government for a piece of residential land, but I don't know if I can get the approval from the Hong Kong government. "

Hearing this, McCall couldn't help but heaved a long sigh of relief. Of course, this trivial matter was not difficult for him. Fortunately, he saw Fang Lang meeting him in person, and thought he had something very troublesome to find himself .

   I made myself take the initiative to tell the story of Mr. Hong Kong Governor helping him find the museum site, but it turned out that I had an own trouble.

   "Haha...how difficult is this! I don't know what Mr. Fang is looking for, please just tell me, and I will help you arrange it right away!"

  When Fang Lang said that he wanted to apply for residential land in Hong Kong City, he had already started to think quickly in his mind, what place was suitable for him to build a house.

  Speaking of which, the most high-end residences in Hong Kong during this period were of course in Victoria Peak, but now Victoria Peak is dominated by Caucasians, and Chinese people are not allowed to settle here at all.

And Fang Lang doesn't like living in Taiping Mountain. Later Fang Lang has visited Taiping Mountain. When driving up and down the mountain road, he was really terrified. Car crashes.

  Instead of living on it and climbing up and down every day, it is better to buy a luxurious sea view flat floor, with many supporting services and convenient travel.

  Unfortunately, in this era, there is no such high-rise sea view and large flat floor. If you live at the foot of the mountain, there will be many people around you. When it develops in the future, you may be surrounded by tall buildings, which will be even more uncomfortable.

  So, if you want to live comfortably on Hong Kong Island without being surrounded by high-rise buildings, you can only run to the mountains. This is why luxury houses on the top of the hill are so precious.

  Fang Lang thought that the best location for the residence must be near the famous Deep Water Bay and the adjacent Repulse Bay. These two locations are still remote areas in the port city of this era, and the land prices are not expensive.

  So, the first thing Fang Lang wanted was the land here.

  As far as he is concerned, as long as this kind of thing is mentioned to McCall, the other party will never refuse. But since Fang Lang has found the financial secretary, it is obviously not enough to just win Deep Water Bay or Repulse Bay.

  After hearing McCall's all-encompassing attitude, Fang Lang's heart moved, and he said directly:

   "Is it okay if it's Victoria Peak?"

  As soon as this remark came out, McCall, who was still smiling just now, couldn't help but froze, with a look of embarrassment on his face. After a long while, he slowly opened his mouth and said:

"This Victoria Peak is really special. The terrain there is complicated, and there are not many places that can be used as residential foundations. If Mr. Fang wants to build a house there, I may have to go back and have a look with the Director of Lands. Let's see if there is any suitable place."

  Hearing the words, Fang Lang understood that the other party was going back to communicate with the Governor of Hong Kong. After all, the current location of Taiping Mountain is special, and there has never been a precedent for Chinese people to move in. He really can't directly make the decision.

   "Hmm! Then I will wait for your good news."

   Fang Lang obviously doesn't like living here, so why did he ask the other party for a homestead on Victoria Peak! The reason is very simple, that is to break the British monopoly on Victoria Mountain.

  Although this is a British colony now, it will return to its hometown sooner or later, and the monopoly here will be broken sooner or later, but now that he has come to Hong Kong City, if he has the opportunity to break this unspoken rule in advance, of course Fang Lang will try.

  In the eyes of the governor of Hong Kong and the officials of the Hong Kong government, Fang Lang may be a Brazilian Chinese, not a local Chinese. The resistance to his approval of the homestead in Victoria Mountain will definitely be much smaller.

   But even if he is Chinese in Brazil, it will not change the fact that he is Chinese. As long as he can break the unspoken rules of Victoria Peak, an invisible shackle will be opened for the entire Chinese community.

  So, Fang Lang's request to build a house in Taiping Mountain seems to be just an ordinary homestead issue, but it actually involves political issues.

With the first Chinese living in Victoria Peak, there will be a second and a third soon, just like John Zeng has the opportunity to break the Hong Kong City Police Force, there is no history of Chinese inspectors, once he breaks this rule, The next one will follow.

   Sooner or later, the entire police force will become dominated by Chinese.

   Seems to have noticed McCall's unnaturalness, and Carioca was very clever to get involved at the right time, and began to lead the topic to other romances.

   Soon, this dinner will be over.

   Fang Lang, who returned to the room, did not have much happiness on his face. After all, his original plan had not been achieved. The location of the private museum now depends on what kind of surprise Ge Lianghong is preparing.

  Carioca, who sent McCall away, did not leave, but came to Fang Lang's room.

   "Boss, are things not going well?"

  Fang Lang didn't tell his banker what his original plan was, but he still saw it through Fang Lang's expression. So, take the initiative to stay and see if there is anything that can help.

   Seeing this, Fang Lang smiled slightly, waved his hands indifferently and said:

   "It's not that it's not going well, but I didn't expect that Ge Lianghong would take the initiative to help me find the location of the private museum. The location he provided must be different from the location in my mind.

  However, it doesn't matter, the other party is the governor of Hong Kong, and the place he took out will not be a messy place, it is likely to be the concentration area of ​​the cultural and art industry planned by their Hong Kong government.

   will not have much impact on my museum construction. The point is, I originally planned to take the opportunity to acquire a large piece of commercial land to build the headquarters of the group company in Gangcheng. But now it looks like this plan is going to fail. "

  (end of this chapter)

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