Reborn Brazil as a Plutocrat

Chapter 433 Everyone gets what they need

Fang Lang, who was performing an impromptu performance in the office, inadvertently glanced at General Crook's reaction. He saw the other person's expression changing constantly, and finally his face turned red with excitement.

Fang Lang knew that his performance was not in vain, a smile appeared in his heart involuntarily, and he involuntarily performed even harder.

With a face full of excitement, he quickly walked up to General Crook, grabbed the other's right hand, held it hard, shook it vigorously, and said incoherently:

"Your Excellency General, your vision and wisdom are truly admirable. I believe your future will be limitless."

General Crook, who was also in a state of excitement, happily accepted Fang Lang's compliment, pretended to be calm, patted the back of Fang Lang's hand holding his right hand, and said with a smile on his face:

"Yes, it is to "serve one generation, develop one generation, pre-research one generation, and explore one generation."

In this way, our weapons and equipment will never fall behind, and our national defense strength will surely improve steadily.

Wait a minute, I want to record this sentence, and I will elaborate on it at the next national defense meeting, and we must turn this law into the guiding ideology of our "White Paper on National Defense Equipment Development."

With that said, he let go of Fang Lang's hand, walked quickly to the back of the desk, picked up a black notebook from the upper left corner, and opened a blank page. His right hand groped around his body, but did not find the pen.

At this time, Fang Lang took out a pen from the pen holder on his desk, unscrewed the pen cap, and handed the pen to General Crook.

General Crook, who was looking for a pen everywhere, grabbed it without ceremony and wrote a line of Portuguese on the white paper, the content of which was exactly these "four generations".

Seeing this scene, Fang Lang showed a knowing smile on his face.

General Crook, on the other hand, seemed to be admiring a piece of exquisite calligraphy, looking at this line of text on the notebook without blinking, with indescribable satisfaction on his face.

At this time, Fang Lang naturally did not interrupt General Crook's self-indulgence. He quietly put down the pen cap in his hand, quietly returned to the sofa in the reception area and sat down. He continued to smoke his cigar and hid it deeply.

Gain merit and fame.

But General Crook was obviously not a fool. After experiencing the sudden excitement, his brain gradually regained its sanity and slowly gained some taste.

He looked up at Fang Lang and said somewhat dumbfounded:

"Okay! I almost fell into your trap.

Isn’t this a rule I’ve summed up? It’s obviously something you forced on me!

Tell me! What do you mean and what do you want to do?"

When Fang Lang heard this, he looked at General Crook with a blank expression.

"What do you mean? General, what are you talking about?"

Seeing Fang Lang's refusal to admit it, General Crook gave him a fierce look, put the pen in the cap and put it back. He glanced at the writing on the notebook again before walking slowly to the meeting place.

Sit down on the sofa in the living area.

He picked up his cigar from the ashtray, put it to his mouth and took a deep puff. After a while, he blew out the smoke with a satisfied look on his face.

"Okay, stop pretending, kid.

You know very well what kind of person I am, so let’s not do this between us.

I'm not a fool. Have I ever said such a thing before? I still haven't figured it out yet?

I have to say that the equipment development rules summarized by your boy are very constructive. I think it is also a very good suggestion to include him in the "White Paper on National Defense Equipment Development".

However, it is completely unnecessary to put this credit on my head."

When Fang Lang saw this, he also knew that General Crook had already reacted. There is no fool in this world who can be the Minister of the Navy. There can only be a person who pretends to be stupid, and the other party is obviously not the kind of person who can pretend to be stupid.

He shook his head helplessly and said:

"General, it doesn't matter who proposed this law of development. What matters is whether this law can be implemented.

You also know that behind me is Fangyuan Group. If it is announced that I discovered and proposed this law, what do you think everyone will think.

Do you think that I proposed this just to enable Fangyuan Group to obtain more R&D funds from the government?

Will this cause many people to stand up and object to our inclusion of this law in the "White Paper on National Defense Equipment Development"? Will this cause unnecessary trouble to Brazil's national defense development?

And if it were brought up by you, there would be no scruples at all in this regard.

Not only can it be recognized by the majority of people, but it can also allow this development idea that is beneficial to the country to be implemented smoothly. It can also allow you to achieve greater political achievements and have the opportunity to take up a higher position in the future.

And with a wise leader like you, it is impossible for our defense industry not to develop rapidly.

Are you right?"

General Crook listened to Fang Lang's words and kept smoking a cigar in his mouth. He was obviously thinking carefully about the meaning of Fang Lang's words. After a long while, he slowly exhaled a puff of smoke and said:

"So, you just want to get more R&D funds from the government, right?"

When Fang Lang heard this, his expression was dull for a moment, and he looked at General Crook in disbelief. It took him a long time to react, and he put his hand on his forehead and sighed helplessly:

"Your Majesty General, what about the trust between people?

Let’s put aside R&D funding for now. Just tell me, is there anything wrong with this development pattern?

If we continue to develop according to this law, can our defense industry become stronger?"

As a result, General Crook still did not speak, but looked at Fang Lang seriously, as if he wanted to analyze whether what he said was true or false from his expression.

Fang Lang was really helpless at this moment, and finally he could only say frankly:

"Yes, I do want to get more research funding from the government. But is there a problem?

The R&D investment in the national defense industry is funded by the government. Is there any problem?

Besides, what we are proposing is just a development idea, and it does not mean that we will allocate funds directly to our Fangyuan Group.

If there are other companies that are capable and can take on certain projects, we will not have any objection if the government allocates funds to them!

The ultimate goal of this development idea is to enable us to have a strong defense industry system."

Seeing Fang Lang looking furious, he frankly expressed his inner thoughts. General Crook could no longer hold back and burst out laughing.

While still laughing, he pointed at Fang Lang with his finger and said:

"Hahaha, I knew you kid must want to use me as a gunman.

Look, I guessed it now!"

After laughing for a while, his expression gradually calmed down, and he nodded seriously and continued:

"However, what you said makes some sense.

It would be a real pity if, as you said, someone raised objections because of your identity and this excellent development idea was buried.

But, considering the relationship between the two of us, wouldn’t it be easy for people to think of it if I brought it up?”

He understood that General Crook said this just because he was embarrassed to take Fang Lang's research results as his own. As long as he gave the other party a step up, this matter might be implemented, but Fang Lang still didn't understand what he should do.

He quickly looked at General Crook with a serious face and said:

"Your Excellency, General, this was originally the inspiration that came from our discussion on independently designing and building destroyers. Although this idea was proposed by me.

But you are also one of the participants in this idea! Since it is not suitable for me to propose it, then of course it should be proposed by you!

More importantly, only with your identity and proposing such a development idea can you attract the attention of the military community. Only then can this idea be truly implemented.

In the end, our country's defense industry can become truly strong.

As for me personally, if this idea can be implemented, our Fangyuan Group will definitely be able to profit from it.

This is a win-win situation for both of us, what do you think?”

General Crook, who was stared closely at by Fang Lang with a sincere face, did not immediately answer Fang Lang's question. Instead, he sat in his seat, smoking a cigar, obviously thinking seriously about what Fang Lang said.

What to say.

Fang Lang did not rush the other party. He understood that General Crook now wanted to find a way to convince him and agree to take this idea as his own. From this, Fang Lang could be sure that there was absolutely no problem with the other party's character.

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Time passed quietly like this. After about five or six minutes, General Crook put out his cigar in the ashtray, raised his head to meet Fang Lang's eyes seriously, nodded fiercely and said:

"Okay, this time I will shamelessly take advantage of my juniors.

You can rest assured that I will do my best to promote this development idea in the Ministry of National Defense that is of guiding significance to the defense industry.

As for the destroyer construction order, it must also belong to your Fangyuan Group.

At the same time, I will also propose to start our country’s independent missile development plan and strive to entrust this project to your Fangyuan Group.”

Fang Lang understands that this is the same as Western capitalists donating campaign funds to politicians in exchange for sufficient business benefits in return for themselves after the politicians are elected.

It's just that what Fang Lang provided was not campaign funds, but a development idea for the defense industry. For a businessman, this deal was indeed a good deal.

Although he is also a soldier, he does not want to be a senior general who is far away from real power. Instead, he is a powerful leader with heavy troops and sufficient real power, which is more in line with his position.

He does not appear to be too prominent, but cannot be ignored, and people dare not attack him easily. At the same time, he has sufficient influence on the National Defense Forces and the political arena.

This kind of positioning will make him more comfortable in both the military and political circles. In the military circles, everyone does not have to worry about him competing with them for the promotion path and can become friends with him.

In the political world, as long as he makes it clear that he does not want to enter politics, he will be the target that all politicians must win over. After all, the Social Democratic Party is now basically under the control of their family.

Of course, some people may think that he has always occupied this position, which may cause obstacles to the promotion of his subordinates.

However, Fang Lang doesn't think so, because with his influence in the military world, he has long thought of recommending subordinates who are loyal to him to other positions of real power. Gradually, a group based on him will be formed.

A powerful military group with the core.

By then, his relationships in the military will become intricate and his influence will become extremely powerful. He is even looking for opportunities to extend his reach to the Air Force and Army.

Among them, the Aviation School was an important direction for him to penetrate into the Air Force.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved today, Fang Lang stood up with a smile on his face, saluted General Crook and said:

"Thank you, General."

When General Crook saw this, he quickly stood up and saluted Fang Lang seriously.

"It's me who should thank you."

The two shook hands tacitly, and everything remained silent.

(End of chapter)