Reborn Brazil as a Plutocrat

Chapter 523 The Purpose of the Hendersons

Author: Durian Shield

Chapter 523 The Purpose of the Hendersons

After everyone left, Fang Lang looked at the Hendersons and said with a smile:

"Uncle Henderson, if you have anything to say to Auntie, please tell me clearly.

I know everything I know, and I can tell you everything."

Seeing that Fang Lang did not answer her question directly, Mrs. Henderson was still a little dazed, but Fit Henderson was a smart person, and sometimes there was no denying, but affirmation.

Obviously Fang Lang indirectly admitted the problem between the two of them.

He grabbed the hand of Mrs. Henderson who wanted to continue asking, and said with a smile on her face:

"Actually, your aunt doesn't have any other meaning. She just heard that you have close relations with large financial groups in the United States. She wanted to ask you if you know that some time ago, Mr. Marshall, the US Secretary of State, gave a speech at Harvard University."

After working on it for a long time, it turned out that the purpose was to ask about this matter. It was not a secret. The Secretary of State had already come out to give a speech. Although they deliberately avoided the attention of the United States, considering the connections between the United States and Europe at this period.

The content of this speech will soon spread all over the world!

Of course, both President Truman and Secretary of State George Marshall have only proposed this plan, but how the plan will be implemented, the specific aid methods and the amount of aid still need to be discussed in detail.

What's more important is that each of these European countries has its own demands and must have its own ideas about the distribution ratio of aid. If these problems are not resolved, the so-called European aid plan will remain a castle in the air.

Even if these problems are solved, there are still difficulties to overcome in the U.S. Congress. You must know that the U.S. Congress is not decided by the Democratic Party alone. This plan, which is obviously using American money to help Europe, will definitely jump out of a large number of people.

to oppose.

After all, in name, political parties in the United States are supposed to safeguard the interests of the American people!

In actual history, after George Marshall proposed the European aid plan, although the United States had directly begun to provide assistance to Greece and Turkey, the actual adoption of the plan had to wait until April 1948.

The reason why it took so long was that, on the one hand, European countries were arguing with each other and wanted to obtain the greatest benefits. France suffered huge damage from Germany in the two wars and did not want Germany to restore its pre-war strength.

But for Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, although they have also suffered Japanese aggression, considering their close economic ties with Germany, they still hope to promote their own economic prosperity and development by promoting Germany's revival.

The Scandinavian countries, especially Sweden, have always adhered to two principles. One is that their long-standing trade ties with the Eastern Bloc countries should not be interrupted; the other is that their neutrality cannot be violated.

However, the European aid plan of the United States originally had the purpose of curbing the development of the Soviet Union, and of course it could not agree to this. Therefore, negotiations among European countries alone were a long process.

Not to mention the strong opposition from members of Congress in the U.S. Congress. If it hadn’t been for the February Revolution in Czechoslovakia in February 1948, the U.S. Congressmen were so scared that they almost peed their pants.

Whether this plan can be passed smoothly is a big question mark.

Fang Lang looked at the Hendersons with some amusement. It was really surprising that he would ask a Brazilian like himself to inquire about such an American policy.

However, considering that the two mentioned their relationship with the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family earlier, they probably thought of asking themselves because they might be the one who could receive inside information!

"Uncle and Aunt Henderson want to know if I have heard of Mr. Marshall's plan for the reconstruction of Europe?"

Seeing Fang Lang looking at the two of them with a smile on his face, the Hendersons smiled sheepishly, and finally Mrs. Henderson took the initiative and said:

"I was wondering if your company had any inside information about this plan since it was involved in the aid operations for Turkey and Greece."

I have to say that sometimes, for certain issues, a woman's words are indeed more appropriate than a man's. Since Fang Lang has already taken the initiative to mention the European reconstruction plan, it means that Fang Lang is aware of this plan.

Therefore, Mrs. Henderson began to test whether Fang Lang knew some inside stories that interested them.

Of course Fang Lang knows the inside story of this plan, and he can also be said to be one of the driving forces behind the plan. But there are some words and some things that he can discuss with the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family, but he is definitely not suitable to discuss them with the Henry family.

The Dessens said.

It's not that they don't believe each other, but that if things are not implemented concretely, there may be some uncontrollable changes. After all, the Hendersons also have their own positions.

They are the party receiving assistance. If they know some inside information in advance and spread it, the negotiations among European countries may not be able to proceed, let alone the implementation of the plan.

Therefore, Fang Lang smiled and said:

"Although Mr. Marshall proposed this plan, the attitudes of European countries have not yet been unified, and the plan has not yet been submitted to Congress for approval. What can I know about the inside story?

However, as far as I know, Mr. Marshall’s idea of ​​providing funds from the United States to help European countries rebuild was supported by the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family.”

Although Fang Lang said that the plan had not been submitted yet and he did not know the inside information. But the following sentence, the idea was supported by Morgan and Rockefeller, was obviously a typical inside information.

This also tells the Hendersons that this plan has the support of the American consortium, and they will make their own judgment on the possibility of passing it.

They are smart and can quickly get the information they want from this news, so as to make relevant adjustments to their family's industry.

In fact, in Fang Lang's view, this is nonsense. After all, Secretary of State George Marshall has made it clear in his speech that the United States will provide funds. If he had not been authorized, would he dare to express this position?

But sometimes people are very strange. They may still have some concerns even though they have received the news, but they will only truly believe it when someone they think they can trust gives them a positive answer.

As expected by Fang Lang, the Hendersons heaved a long sigh of relief after hearing Fang Lang's words.

Mrs. Henderson couldn’t wait to take the initiative and said:

"It would be great if this is the case. Many of our industries are already facing financial constraints. With the entry of American funds, we will definitely be able to rescue us from the quagmire."

Fang Lang didn't answer when he heard this. He didn't know the specific industrial situation of the Henderson family. Now his Global Group and the other family's shipyard have a joint venture.

The other party's shipyard will definitely be able to develop well. As for other industries, Fang Lang may know the Bristol Aircraft Manufacturing Plant, but Fang Lang in later generations has never heard of this company.

Moreover, the other party's research direction is obviously wrong. In this era when everyone is researching jet aircraft, you are still researching propeller aircraft. If you are not eliminated, who will be eliminated.

Therefore, Fang Lang does not want to use his funds to help the other party fill the hole.

Fit Henderson on the side obviously didn't care much about business, so after getting the answer he wanted, he stopped paying attention. Instead, he looked at Fang Lang curiously and said:

"Fang, this God's Whip Military Contracting Company is your property, right?"

This kind of thing is not a secret at all, and Fang Lang has never thought of keeping it secret, so he smiled and nodded:

"Yes, Uncle Henderson!"

"Then why did you set up such a mercenary company?"

Hearing this, Fang Lang smiled and said:

"Actually, I didn't want to set up a mercenary company at first. At that time, our military wanted to have its own aircraft carrier fleet. After negotiations, the United States was also willing to sell aircraft carriers to us.

But we don’t have the relevant technical talent, and once we have the equipment, we can’t start it.

My friend's father, General Clark, retired as the commander of the aircraft carrier fleet, so I hired him to teach us how to use and maintain aircraft carriers.

Finally, there were too many relevant officers hired, and it was a bit complicated to sign contracts with our fleet one by one.

I invested in General Clark, gathered these American instructors, and established this military contracting company. This company directly signed a training agreement with our fleet, which made the entire process much more formal.

Of course, the current development speed of the company has greatly exceeded my expectations."

Fit Henderson didn't know what Versailles was, but at this moment, he felt that Fang Lang in front of him was acting pretentious.

He obviously didn't expect that this military contracting company called God's Whip would be established in this way. After coughing twice, Fit Henderson stabilized his emotions and said:

"So that's it. Now your military contracting company is incredible. As a private company, it has actually received orders from the U.S. Department of Defense to fight on the battlefields in Greece and Turkey.

I heard that the soldiers of your company performed very well, even better than many US soldiers."

Hearing this, Fang Lang just smiled modestly and said:

"This is not surprising. The employees of our company are mainly veterans of the army. They have experienced the cruel test of the European War. This kind of battle now is nothing."

"I also heard that the teachers in your Brazilian military academy are also recruited through this company?"

Fang Lang didn't know why the other party was interested in this matter, but these were not secrets, and he was not prepared to hide anything. He nodded with a smile and said:

"There is such a thing, but it is mainly due to the instructors at the Aviation Academy.

Teachers at the military academy are recruited directly from military academies in the United States."

These words obviously attracted Fit Henderson's attention. He looked at Fang Lang with interest and said:

"If that's the case, is your company interested in recruiting some military school teachers from the UK?"

At this moment, Fang Lang finally realized the other party's purpose. It seemed that the other party wanted to expand Britain's influence in Brazil in this way!

After all, teachers and students in schools have a very special relationship, and it is very easy for teachers to instill some of their own ideas into students. In this way, you can unknowingly cultivate officers in the Brazilian army who are close to the British.

Once something happens in the future, this emotion can have some very beneficial effects on Britain.

Fang Lang didn't mind this at all. After all, it was different from students studying in the UK alone. As long as the teachers had real talents, Fang Lang wouldn't mind at all if some pro-British forces appeared in the Brazilian army in the future.

On the contrary, he very much welcomes this situation. Only in this way can all forces in the military achieve a delicate balance. Not everyone will be pro-American.

(End of chapter)