Reborn Brazil as a Plutocrat

As soon as the door opened, Fang Lang could smell the smell of cigar smoke coming out of it. It was obvious that a cigar tasting was going on inside.

Different from the smoky environment Fang Lang imagined, although there was a strong smell of cigar smoke inside, there was not much smoke in the air, indicating that the ventilation environment inside was very good.

Although the light is not as bright as the first floor, the environment can definitely be called comfortable, and the light looks very soft. British gentlemen in suits and ties are gathering in groups to chat.

Most of them held cigars in their hands and held wine glasses, looking very casual.

As the door opened, everyone's eyes were attracted. When they saw Earnhardt walking in with a young Asian man, everyone's eyes were fixed.

As the host, Fit Henderson stood up and walked to Fang Lang. After greeting Fang Lang with a smile, he turned to face everyone in the room and clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention.

After coming over, he opened his mouth and said:

"Dear guests, this is our distinguished guest today, Rear Admiral Fang Lang of the Navy from Brazil. Please applaud and welcome."

Everyone in the room smiled very politely and clapped when they heard this, because there were no familiar people, and Fang Lang didn't know the identities of these people, so he could only nod politely.

Then Fit Henderson took Fang Lang back to the sofa area where he was just now. Several people who had been chatting with Mr. Henderson saw the two coming, and they all stood up to greet them.

Earnhardt took the opportunity to sneak away to accompany his fiancée.

Fit Henderson very enthusiastically introduced several friends here to Fang Lang, including officials from the Royal Navy Commission and senior officials from the British government.

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Among them, the one who caught Fang Lang's attention the most was the chief of the London Police Department, Earnhardt's future father-in-law, a middle-aged white man with a somewhat vicious appearance. Fang Lang really had a hard time distinguishing him from Christine downstairs.

Na looks related together.

In addition, there was another official of the British Colonial Affairs Commission. Although this man looked very enthusiastic, Fang Lang always felt that the other man seemed a little haggard.

There is also a middle-aged man who looks very rich and has a ruddy complexion. From the introduction, he seems to be a nobleman who has just returned to the UK from the colonies.

After everyone got to know each other, everyone found their own seats and sat down. Fang Lang smoked a cigar on the table, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and began to taste the cigar on his own, without rushing to join.

Everyone’s chat content.

The content of everyone's chat was unexpectedly casual. There was no content about national affairs. Instead, they were mostly discussing the situation of their respective families. What they were discussing now was about the upcoming death of two young people, Earnhardt and Christina.

About holding a wedding.

Fang Lang thought to himself, no wonder Earnhardt would just sneak away. He must have expected this! However, Fang Lang also understood that this was probably related to the presence of himself as an outsider.

While Fang Lang was listening to everyone chatting and lighting a cigar, a middle-aged man with a very rich appearance and a rosy complexion gestured to Fang Lang with a whiskey in his hand. Fang Lang glanced at him in surprise.
He politely picked up his wine glass and clinked it with the other person.

"Hello, General Fang! My name is Suleiman Brom. Nice to meet you."

Out of politeness, Fang Lang also smiled and took a sip of whiskey before nodding towards the other party.

"Hello Mr. Brom! Nice to meet you!"

The other party came to Fang Lang very naturally and whispered to Fang Lang:

"I heard from Mr. Henderson that your family's business is very big. I wonder if there is any chance of cooperation."

Hearing this, Fang Lang looked at the other person up and down in surprise. He thought that the people in this room were all officials from the military and political circles, but he did not expect that the nobleman who said he came back from the colonies turned out to be a businessman.

"Oh! I wonder how Mr. Brom wants to cooperate?"

Suleiman Brom turned his head, approached Fang Lang and said:

"I heard that your global shipping company is very powerful. My family owns a large number of plantations in India and has accumulated a large amount of cotton and grain. You also know that India is about to become independent. I don't want to leave our family's wealth behind."

For those lazy guys."

It seems that Mr. Sulaiman Brom was a former Indian colonial noble who was forced to return to Britain because of India's independence. Now that India is becoming independent, his plantation may have to be taken back, or he feels that

It is no longer safe.

Where do you want to transfer the wealth, but to be honest, India has been fighting for independence for so long. If you don't prepare early, others will soon be independent at this time, so it will be too late to think about it.

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Besides, as far as Fang Lang knows, Indian Independence seems to have only taken over government assets and not forcibly confiscated British private properties. In other words, their family's plantations and other assets in India should not actually be affected by Indian Independence.

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So why did he say he didn’t want to leave his family wealth to Indians?

However, Fang Lang didn't have a good impression of India at first, so he didn't care if there was anything fishy here. If the other party just wanted his group's shipping company to help him transport supplies, it wouldn't be difficult for him.

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Therefore, he said without hesitation:

"If you need my shipping company to help you transport the goods back to the UK, I don't think there is any problem. I can ask the person in charge of the British branch of Global Shipping Company to come to you to discuss this matter,"

Unexpectedly, this Suleiman Brom actually shook his head and said:

"No, no, I don't want to transport them back to the UK. To be honest, the UK may not be able to digest these supplies for a while. British factories have suffered huge losses due to the war, and many factories are still not operating normally.

If they are shipped to the UK, it will just be a backlog of these materials from one place to another, which makes no sense."

Now Fang Lang didn't understand the other party's intention. He frowned and looked at the other party and said:

"What does Brom mean?"

The rosy-faced Suleiman Brom showed a shy smile and said:

"The only country that has the ability to digest this batch of materials now is the United States. But the United States itself is a major cotton and grain producer, and this year the local cotton and grain harvests have been bumper.

Coupled with the local tariff protection policy, our products cannot be sold at all, and even if they are sold, there will be no profit at all, so..."

This guy was just talking nonsense. Fang Lang didn't even know what the other person wanted to express, but he didn't take the initiative to speak. He just looked at the other person quietly, trying to see what he wanted to do!<

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Suleiman Brom was a little embarrassed when he saw Fang Lang's expression. After thinking about it again and again, he gritted his teeth and said:

"I want to know if General Fang's company is interested in taking over this batch of supplies from me. Don't worry, based on my relationship with the Henderson family, I will never cheat you. As long as you are willing, I can pay you the lowest price.

Sell ​​it to you at the price."

Fang Lang looked at this guy with some confusion. He really didn't understand what the other party meant. After all, materials such as cotton and grain are definitely in short supply no matter what time they are.

Now that the world is in chaos, independence is being fought for everywhere, and there are more places where there are wars than there are places where there is peace. If these things are shipped here, they will make a fortune.

Why would this guy want to sell it to him at the lowest price?

Fang Lang definitely doesn't believe that the other party really can't find a transportation company. After all, although the British have declined, it is impossible for the other party to not even have the ability to mobilize civilian cargo ships.

There must be some hidden secret here that Fang Lang doesn't know about.

Therefore, it is impossible for Fang Lang to agree to this benefit that seems to be coming to his door at this time.

"Mr. Brom, I'm really sorry, I'm not interested in this kind of business."

Seeing Fang Lang shaking his head resolutely, without any room for negotiation, Suleiman Brom also understood the other party's concerns. After looking at the surrounding situation, it was obvious that some things were not suitable to be said directly here.

I could only lower my voice again:

"General Fang, please don't refuse in a hurry, listen to what I have to say to you first.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this shipment. They are indeed mine. But now they are being targeted by those greedy guys. They don't want me to take these shipments away, but want to buy them directly at a lower price.

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I talked with General Henderson about this matter. The current situation in India is not suitable for the UK to directly intervene, so he recommended you to me.

It is said that the Whip of God military contracting company currently serving Americans in Greece and Türkiye is your industry, right?

If this company can come forward and send professional armed personnel into India to escort this batch of materials out, those greedy guys will never dare to stop it.

So, now almost only you can do this business, do you understand what I mean?"

At this time, Fang Lang finally understood the other party's intention. Obviously, the forces in India were not willing to let this guy transport these goods out, and wanted to directly eat the huge batch of materials in the other party's hands.

But this guy was obviously unwilling, so he took the initiative to come to Henderson, the chief of naval staff, to find a solution. But now that Britain had agreed to recognize India's independence, it did not want to make any further trouble at this time, so it recommended itself to the other party.

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So can I do this business myself? The answer is of course yes. The Whip of God company I own is originally a company engaged in this business, plus its own shipping company.

Don't be too simple if you want to take over this business. As for whether the current chaotic situation in India will become more serious due to his intervention, Fang Lang doesn't care at all.

But he still felt that there seemed to be some problems here, and that things were not as simple as the other party said.

"In this case, I can arrange for you to have people from God's Whip Company connect with you. You can just hire them to help you escort the goods out. I believe your losses will be smaller this way.

What do you think?"

Suleiman Brom obviously did not expect that Fang Lang would make such a suggestion. This obviously meant that he only earned what he should earn and did not want to get too involved in local disputes in India.

He didn't understand why there was such a person who didn't want any benefits, but since the other party had already said so, he didn't know what to say for a while.

I can only laugh dryly and say:

"I have only found buyers for some of my goods, and most of the other goods have not yet found a market. If I hire them to transport the goods on the ship, I don't know where they will be shipped.

Therefore, I don’t know if General Fang is interested in eating this part of the goods."

When Fang Lang heard this, he felt more and more strange that there were still people who couldn't sell cotton and grain. This was really outrageous. The more the other party wanted to give him benefits, the more Fang Lang felt there was something wrong with it.
But for a while, Fang Lang didn't understand what the problem was. Looking at Mr. Suleiman Brom in front of him, he became more and more wary.

Although the two people talked in deliberately lowered voices, Fang Lang was originally a guest who came here for the first time today, so many people would unconsciously pay attention to him.

Everyone felt that Henderson, a dignified naval chief of staff, could not deliberately make friends with an ordinary Brazilian navy rear admiral. Therefore, everyone was speculating on what made Fang Lang so special.

After seeing Suleiman Brom take the initiative to get close to the other party, everyone felt that the other party's identity was not simple.

You must know that although Suleiman Brom's family is mainly active in the British colonies, his family's influence in the British colonies is very powerful. Whether it is India, Australia, Canada, or South Africa, their family has huge

Plantations and mines.

His grandfather even gained a lot of benefits for his family in India while serving as the Governor-General of India.

Their family was strongly opposed to India's independence this time, but unfortunately their arms couldn't twist their thighs, and in the end their opposition could only come to nothing.

India's independence obviously also brought huge losses to their family, and Suleiman Brom had to return to live in the UK because of India's independence.

But even so, the wealth of this guy's family has made everyone who has been living in the British Isles jealous.

A guy like this actually took the initiative to tag this young guest of the Chief of Naval Staff. If anyone still thinks that this young man has a simple identity, then he is not qualified to sit here.

Therefore, everyone was quietly paying attention to the exchange between the two people from the corner of their eyes.

Although the content of the chat between the two cannot be confirmed, based on their expressions, everyone can roughly judge that the communication between the two did not seem to go smoothly.

As the host, Fit Henderson, who was sitting next to the two, was of course paying attention to the interaction between the two. After discovering that the two seemed to be at an impasse, he naturally wanted to intervene to break the impasse.

"Fang, did the London Police Department give you a satisfactory answer about what happened last night? If it doesn't satisfy you, the director of the London Police Department, Mr. Wan George Sethi, is here now. You have to see him face to face.

Ask clearly."

After Fang Lang, who was thinking about how to escape, heard Fit Henderson's words, he quickly took the opportunity to turn around, nodded to Suleiman Brom, then turned to Fit Henderson and said:

"Thank you Uncle Henderson for your concern. Last night, the London Police Department sent a chief inspector and gave me a satisfactory answer in person. The matter has been perfectly resolved, and I do not intend to pursue it any further."