Reborn Brazil as a Plutocrat

Chapter 413 Common Topic

Fang Lang never expected that Marshall would say such words.

Although I never thought of keeping my actions in my hometown secret, as a retired American general, I knew about this matter, so it was a bit exaggerated.

And given the other party's identity, Fang Lang didn't believe that he would say such words for no reason. Is this the purpose of the other party coming here this time?

This was different from what I expected.

However, Fang Lang quickly denied his conjecture. After all, Chiang Kai-shek is still nominally in charge of his hometown. Chiang Kai-shek's relationship with the US government is quite good. There is no reason to raise concerns about his immigration actions at this time.

Objection!

Besides, his immigration action should not have much to do with the United States! Could it be that the other party can still cause trouble for him? Thinking of this, Fang Lang stopped thinking about it, smiled at General Marshall and said:

"I didn't expect that Mr. Marshall would pay attention to such a trivial matter, haha. I don't need help. I mainly see that there is constant war in my hometown, and many innocent people have been displaced.

And my industry in Brazil urgently needs enough cheap labor, so I recruit workers from my hometown to fill this vacancy. There should be no problem with this!"

Hearing Fang Lang's words, General Marshall waved his hand and quickly explained with a smile:

"Fang, please don't get me wrong! I have no objection to your recruitment of workers from your hometown. On the contrary, I very much support it. This has indeed found a new way out for people who are deeply suffering from the war.

Speaking of which, your hometown and I have a close relationship. As early as 1924, I was sent to work in Tianjin. During the three years of working in Tianjin, I not only learned Chinese, but also made many friends.

Even you who was born in Brazil may not have stayed in your hometown as long as I did, so it is not only your hometown, but also one of my hometowns.

As long as it is beneficial to your hometown, I will take advantage of it with both hands."

Fang Lang didn't believe that General Marshall really regarded his hometown as his hometown. After all, the other party was originally stationed in Tianjin as a concession garrison.

In their eyes, the American Concession in Tianjin at that time should be the same as the American colonies, which was a shame for all Chinese.

On the contrary, for Americans, it is a matter of great pride. Because Marshall once stationed in Tianjin as a concession garrison, he has a sense of belonging to Tianjin and regards Tianjin as his hometown.

One, Fang Lang wouldn't believe it even to death.

But Fang Lang could also tell from his words that the other party was looking for a common topic with him, and he obviously wanted to show his favor.

In this case, Fang Lang certainly couldn't refuse the other party's overtures. He smiled as if he had never known Marshall's experience and said:

"Oh! Mr. Marshall has been stationed in his hometown for three years. No wonder you speak Chinese so well!

I am ashamed to say that although I am Chinese, I have never lived in my hometown. If I had not joined the Pacific War, I would not even be able to figure out the specific location of my hometown.

It was also during the Pacific War that I learned some about the situation in my hometown, and I began to think about whether I could make good use of such a huge population resource in my hometown. This is how we started the business of recruiting laborers from our hometown.

I didn't want to recruit so many people at first, but I didn't expect that the local manpower was so cheap. We recruited a large number of capable laborers at almost no cost.

Now our company's personnel gap in Brazil has actually been filled, but the Chinese people's hard-working, hard-working character has also begun to be welcomed by some local Brazilian companies.

Therefore, our current labor dispatch business can create a lot of performance for the company every year.

Now that the war has broken out again, more and more people want to come to Brazil to work. In fact, many wealthy people have heard that Brazil has a vast land, sparsely populated areas and fertile land, and they want to immigrate to Brazil. So we also started to

Started some immigration business.”

No matter what purpose Marshall had when he mentioned labor and immigration, Fang Lang still briefly explained his purpose. Regardless of whether the other party believed it or not, he had to explain these situations.

In fact, what Fang Lang said is basically close to the truth. Although his purpose is to increase the proportion of the Chinese population in Brazil, this business has indeed produced a certain amount of profits as he said.

Especially the current immigration business has squeezed out a lot of money from the wealthy people in their hometown. Even if Marshall went to investigate, he would definitely not find anything unusual.

After listening to Fang Lang's words, Marshall sighed lightly, smiled bitterly at Fang Lang, shook his head and said:

"Alas! If the war breaks out again this time, I am partly responsible."

Fang Lang was stunned when he heard this, what's going on? How could the war in his hometown be related to this old guy? He didn't seem to have heard of it in the history he studied!

Although we know that there are Americans behind Chiang Kai-shek, we have never heard that Americans participated in this war! Is there any secret behind this?

"Oh! How do you say this?"

Since General Marshall took the initiative to talk about it, Fang Lang did not continue thinking, but asked directly.

Seeing Fang Lang frowning and looking puzzled, Marshall sighed, shook his head and said:

"It's a coincidence that I can come to your party this time. If your party had been held a few days earlier, I wouldn't have had the chance to attend."

Before Fang Lang could ask, General Marshall continued:

"Because I just came back from China. This time I went to China on the assignment of President Truman to mediate the relationship between the two parties in China and prevent China from falling into war.

But obviously my mission failed, and China fell into war again."

Hearing this, Fang Lang finally understood what was going on. What he didn't expect was that the person responsible for the mediation was actually Marshall. He really didn't know this. After all, he only asked people to collect Marshall's information until he retired.

Unexpectedly, this guy was not idle after retiring and was still working for the United States. Fang Lang did not care about the failure of mediation. After all, from the standpoint of the Americans, they would definitely fully support the pro-American Chiang Kai-shek government.

The so-called mediation process might as well be said to be giving Chiang Kai-shek a platform, and with the support of the Yankees, Chiang Kai-shek would definitely launch a war without hesitation.

Not to mention asking Marshall to intervene, even if the dead Roosevelt personally intervened, it would have no effect.

No wonder he said that he was partially responsible for the war in his hometown. After all, it really had something to do with him. But it is obviously wrong to blame all the blame on him.

Of course, Fang Lang doesn't care about these, because he knows very well what the inevitable result of history will be. But he certainly won't say his opinion foolishly. After all, his identity now requires him to stand clearly on the side of the United States.

This way.

Therefore, he sighed with a pity look on his face and said:

"Alas! What a pity! Although the war has made my business better, it does make me feel heavy to see my hometown fall into war.

However, I can’t blame you, after all, you are only responsible for mediating and have no decision-making power. I just hope that the war can end as soon as possible and let people’s lives return to peace as soon as possible.”

In his heart, Fang Lang didn't want to continue chatting with Marshall. After all, his purpose of holding the banquet this time was to obtain more benefits in the European recovery plan.

Today, his main guests are the Rockefeller and Morgan families. The purpose of inviting Rockefeller to this banquet is to add some pressure to the ongoing negotiations with the Morgan family.

Although Marshall will be the leader of this plan in the future, he is not yet the future Secretary of State, and Fang Lang does not know whether he is currently involved in this plan.

If he was involved, then his presence here must have a certain purpose, which would bring some uncertain factors to Fang Lang's banquet today.

In fact, Fang Lang hopes that Marshall is not involved yet. If the other party knows about this plan through his own relationship, it will definitely be very beneficial to him.

You must know that this is the future Secretary of State of the United States, and he also has unparalleled influence in the American military circles. If he gets the opportunity to lead such a great plan because of his own reasons.

The favor he owes himself is huge. By then, it will become very convenient for him to do many things, whether in the United States or in Brazil.

However, Fang Lang knew very well that he must have known about this plan, otherwise why would the other party suddenly appear at his banquet uninvited?

While Fang Lang was still thinking about the other party's purpose, Marshall sighed:

"Yes! I just hope that the war can end soon and people's lives can return to normal as soon as possible."

Hearing Marshall, a retired American five-star general, and himself, a Brazilian rear admiral, discussing the hope that the war in countries far away in Asia would end soon, Fang Lang suddenly felt a little absurd.

Therefore, Fang Lang took the initiative to end the topic, and then tried the other party's words:

"So, the purpose of Mr. Marshall coming here today is to help people's lives return to normal as soon as possible after the war is over, right?"

This time Marshall did not avoid the topic, but looked at Fang Lang with an interested expression, and said with a half-smile:

"Why! I can't be just tired. Come here and relax with your wine."

Seeing the other party's expression, Fang Lang understood the other party's intention before he answered his question.

He was not surprised by this. At this time, he relaxed, turned to his housekeeper and said:

"Bring me the box of Victory cigars. I want to have a good chat with Mr. Marshall.

By the way, after you get the cigars, go down! When the guests of the Rockefeller family and the Morgan family arrive, bring them in directly."

As the butler, Zolf Henry understood what Fang Lang meant. Obviously, the topic they were going to discuss now was relatively secretive and certainly not suitable for him to listen to.

After all, he was just a servant who had been with his new master for less than a week.

It must be a very important matter for a retired American five-star general to discuss with people from the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family.

Maybe it is a major event that may affect national politics. He must take it seriously and ensure that this meeting can be kept absolutely confidential.

After understanding this, Zolf Henry quickly nodded respectfully, turned around, took out a box of cigars from the cabinet behind him, and placed it on the low table beside Fang Lang.

He whispered to Fang Lang:

"Then I'll wait outside the door first. If you need anything, call me at any time."

After seeing Fang Lang nodding, he raised his head and nodded to Marshall before turning and leaving.

Fang Lang casually opened the cigar box next to him, took out two cigars, handed one to Marshall, and then slowly said:

"It seems that Mr. Marshall was invited by Mr. Morgan, right?"

"Haha. Why did Mr. Fang say that?"

After hearing what Fang Lang said, Marshall did not answer, but smiled and asked.

Needless to say, someone who can invite a big shot like Marshall is obviously not an ordinary person. Ninety percent of the people can be eliminated.

There are only people from the Morgan and Rockefeller families, and the person who hosted the banquet for the Rockefeller family did not reveal his purpose, so the only insiders must be the Morgan family.

Now that he knew that the other party was invited, and the person who invited him had not arrived yet, it was obvious that the other party would not talk too much to him at this time, so he kept talking about him.

Fang Lang, who understood all this, smiled and said:

"Haha. I guessed it too!"

Then, as if something suddenly occurred to him, he cupped his hands towards Marshall and said:

"Then I will be here first to congratulate Mr. Marshall!"

The turn was obviously too fast. Marshall, who was about to listen to him tell him the reason, was obviously stunned for a moment. She was very familiar with Fang Lang's gesture, but the other party suddenly congratulated him, which made him stunned for a moment.

He asked with a puzzled look:

"Congratulate me? Congratulate me for what?"

Fang Lang smiled and said:

"Of course, congratulations to Mr. Marshall on his upcoming promotion and fortune!"

Marshall suddenly realized this and said with a dumb smile:

"Why does Mr. Fang think I can get promoted and make a fortune?"

Seeing the other party pretending to be stupid, Fang Lang didn't say much. He just smiled at the other party with a look on his face and said:

"After the plan is officially implemented, please take care of me, Mr. Marshall!"

This sentence made everything clear. Marshall could only smile and shake his head, and said to Fang Lang:

"Mr. Fang, this really surprises me. No wonder you were able to achieve such great achievements today in such a short period of time.

Before today, I thought everything was luck, but now it seems I am still too superficial."

Fang Lang just smiled at Marshall's compliment and didn't care. He bowed his hands to Marshall and said:

"Mr. Marshall won the award. It's really my luck. It's not like you, Mr. Marshall, who have accumulated a lot of experience before you got where you are now.

Your achievements today are enough for me to look up to for the rest of my life!"

The business exchanges between the two clearly made them relax. Marshall no longer deliberately avoided Fang Lang's identity, but instead said to Fang Lang:

"I think Mr. Fang's ability, as the commander of an aircraft carrier battle group, is really too much. He should at least be the Minister of the Navy!"

Fang Lang was stunned by these words. He would not believe that General Marshall said this casually. Could it be that the other party wanted to compensate for his losses in food exports by improving his status in the military community.

If this was the case, Fang Lang would not be willing to do so. In terms of his current status, he is also very popular in the Brazilian military circles and is a real power.

(End of chapter)