Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 131 Investing in Natal

   "Have all the laborers from their hometown been rescued?"

   "Yes, but most of these people's physical conditions are very bad, and they wanted to be sent to the hospital in Natal for examination and treatment, but the hospital in Natal is too small, and the doctors' medical skills are obviously not reliable!

   So last night I temporarily housed them in our spare barracks. "

"Is the situation in Natal so bad? It seems that it is necessary for us to check the situation! Please help me to inform the mayor of Natal and the main officials to take me to check the situation in Natal this afternoon. .

  In addition, I will give you the contact information of the chief of police in Sao Paulo. You can see if you can find him to support a group of doctors from Sao Paulo. We will directly arrange a special plane to pick you up. "

   "Okay, boss! I'll do it now."

  Looking at the back of Qi Qingshan leaving, Fang Lang's feeling of his shortage of manpower became more and more obvious.

   It's not that there are no people under him, but that there is a lack of talents who can stand alone.

   Not long after Qi Qingshan left, Fang Xinshan pushed away Fang Lang's office with a look of frustration.

  Looking at his father's frustrated expression, Fang Lang asked suspiciously:

   "Father, didn't you ask you to find a suitable place to build a bank first? Why haven't you gone at this time, do you need me to arrange a vehicle?"

   "Ah! Don't mention it, I went out. The soldiers under your command were afraid that it would be unsafe for me to go out alone, so they sent two soldiers to go out with me.

  However, after looking at the environment in Natal, the vicinity of the military base is okay, but a little farther away, it becomes very messy. The roads are muddy and the streets are full of animal and human excrement.

  Are you sure you want to build a bank here? "

   Now it's Fang Lang's turn to be embarrassed. He really hasn't checked the streets of Natal until now, but has been staying at this naval base.

   "Isn't there even an easier road?"

   "It can't be said that there is no one at all! The so-called city center still has two main roads with two horizontal lines and two vertical lines, which are paved with stones, but the width of the roads is not very enough, so two trucks can only be staggered."

   "I see, you go back and have a rest first, I'll go out and see for myself later."

   Hearing his father's description, Fang Lang already had a certain understanding of the situation in downtown Natal. His father had been staying in Sao Paulo, the second largest city after the capital Rio de Janeiro.

  So I was very disappointed when I saw such a remote city for the first time, and Fang Lang could understand it.

  But for Fang Lang, backwardness is not terrible. As long as he has money and time, no matter how poor the place is, it can be built into a paradise on earth.

  After lunch that day, under the protection of his own guard platoon, Fang Lang drove all the way to the office building of the Natal City Government. The original mayor had already been waiting at the door for a long time.

  The mayor of Natal is a white man in his fifties who walks like a penguin and has two very neatly trimmed beards.

   "Mr. Colonel, welcome to Natal Town Hall, inside please!"

   "Mr. Mayor Dursley, you don't need to go into the city hall. Today I want to find a guide to take me around the city of Natal to get acquainted with the situation in Natal. I don't know if it is convenient."

   "Of course, Mr. Colonel, it is my pleasure."

   Next, Fang Lang, accompanied by the mayor of Natal, Ewald Dursley, went around the entire city of Natal.

   This circle also gave Fang Lang a general understanding of this so-called provincial capital city.

  In fact, the current Natalgen cannot be called a city. The streets are completely unplanned and the environment is dirty. After walking out of the main city, there are no decent buildings at all, and most of them are shacks built by some people privately.

   There are several huge warehouses in the city center. According to Mayor Dursley, these are the trading markets for cotton, sea salt, sugar cane, and rubber, and they are also the main source of tax revenue for Natal.

  Backing to the mayor's office in the city hall, Fang Lang asked suspiciously:

   "Mr. Mayor, why are all our products primary agricultural products? Can't even sugarcane be processed into sucrose for sale?"

   "Mr. Colonel, we actually have some sugarcane rough processing factories in Natal, but they are all small family workshops, the output is not high, and the quality of the products is not very good."

   "Then have you considered introducing some large-scale deep-processing factories? As far as I know, we also have some such deep-processing factories in Brazil!"

  Fang Lang looked at Mayor Dursley with an embarrassed expression on his face, and he knew he had asked an unnecessary question.

   "I don't know what industry the mayor's family is engaged in?"

  Politicians who can run for mayor in Brazil usually have a certain financial resources and family background. Otherwise, you can’t afford to do publicity or even buy votes. How can you become mayor?

  Of course, most of the Brazilian government officials are corrupt, and they became mayors in order to make more money.

  As for the lives of ordinary people, it obviously has nothing to do with them.

  Hearing Fang Lang's question, Mayor Dursley didn't hide anything, and said directly and frankly:

  “My family has always been engaged in trading business in Natal, but after I became mayor, the family business has been handed over to my son.”

   "I don't know if Mr. Mayor has thought about entering industrial development?"

   If Fang Lang wants to expand his influence in Natal, he must cooperate with the local local snakes. As the mayor of Natal, no matter how powerful he is, he is definitely one of the local snakes.

   "I don't know which aspect Mr. Colonel is referring to?"

   "Mr. Mayor's family is engaged in trading business, so what do you think is the easiest product to see results if we want to do deep processing of agricultural products?"

   "If it's my personal opinion, it must be sugar. Before I ran for mayor, I thought about opening a sugar factory, but we don't have the technology, and the products we make can't compete with products from European and American countries.

  We don’t have the money to buy the large-scale industrialized equipment they use, so.”

   Unexpectedly, Mayor Dursley had thought about this a long time ago, but it's normal to think about it. After all, everyone knows that opening a factory can make money!

   "Haha. It turns out that Mr. Mayor has already thought about this. Since you think you don't have enough money alone, how about we cooperate?"

  Dursley obviously didn't expect that Fang Lang would directly initiate a cooperation invitation like himself. It's not to cheat my family property!

   Can't help but become vigilant.

   Seeing Dursley's expression, Fang Lang smiled and said:

  “My family has two sugar factories in São Paulo. If Mr. Mayor really has an idea, we can cooperate to build a brand new sugar processing factory in Natal.

  Equipment I have channels to buy the latest and manufactured products directly from the United States, and I also have channels to sell all of them to European and American markets. How about it? "

   "Is Mr. Colonel serious?"

   "Of course, I am very serious. I not only want to build a sugar factory, but I also want to open a bank, a textile factory, a salt factory, a rubber processing factory, etc."

  Fang Lang's words made Dursley's jaw almost drop to the ground. He never thought that the young colonel in front of him would dare to say such bold words.

  As the mayor of Natal, he certainly hopes that what Fang Lang said can be realized. After all, this is a real achievement!

  However, this is not something that can be said casually. Everything else is easy to talk about. It is impossible to open a bank just by itself.

   Seeing Dursley's expression of disbelief, Fang Lang smiled and said:

   "I don't know Fangyuan Group, have you heard of it?"

  Hearing Fang Lang's words, Dursley took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and said:

   "Is it the Fangyuan Group that produces this lucky cigarette? I heard that they have also built a joint venture with the Americans to build a shipyard in Sao Paulo."

  Fang Lang didn't expect that this Dursley was still a user of Lucky Cigarettes.

   But Fang Lang can't be blamed for this. After all, he has not been in Brazil most of the time, and he doesn't know how popular good luck cigarettes are now.

  Brand-new taste and brand-new packaging have allowed Good Luck Cigarettes to occupy 60% of the market share in Brazil, and all cigarette brands have been beaten to pieces by him.

   This is also because he has exported a large part of his production. The current Lucky Cigarettes is developing filters according to Fang Lang's guidelines.

   For this reason, it has also established its own laboratory to study and make new flavors and new technologies.

   "Yes, it is the Fangyuan Group."

  Receiving Fang Lang's affirmative answer, Dursley said with an unbelievable expression on his face:

   "The family business you are talking about is Fangyuan Group!"

   I didn’t expect Fangyuan Group to have such a big influence after it was established not long ago. It seems that I haven’t paid attention to my industrial development in Brazil for too long.

  Looking at Mr. Mayor's expression, Fang Lang could only nodded reservedly.

   Mayor Dursley saw Fang Lang nodding, and his eyes directly turned into dollar signs, obviously recognizing the strength of Fangyuan Group.

   "Mr. Colonel, I don't know when our factory can start construction. I will immediately start allocating land to prepare for the construction of the factory."

   Now it's Fang Lang's turn to scratch his head, you guys changed your attitude really quickly!

   smiled and said:

   "If Mr. Mayor is willing, I will ask the company to arrange professional personnel to come and negotiate with you on the opening of the factory."

   "Okay, okay, don't worry! I will start raising funds after I go back. It is my honor to cooperate with Fangyuan Group."

  Seeing that Mayor Dursley wanted to leave now and go home to prepare for the establishment of a joint venture factory.

  Fang Lang hurriedly stopped him and said:

   "Mr. Mayor, don't leave in a hurry. I just said that the family will invest in a lot of projects in Natal this time. Now I have one thing to trouble Mr. Mayor."

  (end of this chapter)