Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 144 Visiting the Minister of Logistics

  Fang Lang spared no effort for his business, and he never forgot to publicize his good friend Colonel Teach.

   Seeing what Fang Lang raised his eyebrows and said to him, Colonel Tiqi was immediately moved.

   How many soldiers don’t want to have a new type of warship in their hands?

   "Do you really have access to the latest American products?"

   "Of course, if I can't get it. What are you doing to find General Letta? Let me tell you this! The Americans are now disarming, so a lot of active equipment has to be retired.

   And I have access to these guys who just retired. "

   This can be regarded as different from the past. When the fierce battle was in full swing, the Americans were of course unwilling to sell the equipment they urgently needed to their younger brothers.

  However, now that the U.S. military needs a large-scale disarmament, it is of course impossible to throw so much equipment in your hands!

  If Fang Lang doesn't give Major Mike such an idea. Americans will soon start selling their equipment all over the world.

  Now Fang Lang is just advancing the time.

  Fang Lang's words completely ignited the fire in Colonel Teach's heart. He stood up and paced back and forth in the office, obviously thinking about the feasibility of the matter.

Second Lieutenant Blackwell next to    said:

   "Fang, are all the equipment you can get American-style equipment? Why did I hear people from the Army say that they want to buy Soviet T34s!"

   Now it was Fang Lang's turn to be surprised.

   "What the hell, the Army wants the Soviet T34?"

   Hearing this, Fang Lang realized that the cold war has not officially started yet!

  The major powers are redistributing the interests of the world, and the United Nations is still wrangling.

  Although the signs of the Cold War have begun to appear, after all, it has not yet officially started, and the small countries now do not need to consider the issue of standing in line.

   And the T34 tanks of the Soviet Army did perform very well in the European War. It is no wonder that the Brazilian Army has ideas.

  Maybe some people also have ideas about the advanced German tanks! It's a pity that the Germans are dead, and if you want to buy them, you can only accept the junk ones without after-sales service.

  The main tank of the Americans in World War II was the Sherman tank. Unfortunately, the strength shown on the battlefield did not even rank in the top five.

  In order to cope with the German King Tiger tank, the United States developed an excellent Pershing tank. Unfortunately, it has not passed the test of the war, so the current reputation is not as loud as the Soviet T34.

  Unfortunately, the number of Pershing tanks is not large. The U.S. military must give priority to retiring Shermans. It is estimated that there is not much hope of purchasing Pershing tanks for the Brazilian Army.

   Thinking of this, Fang Lang couldn't help feeling a little discouraged. He couldn't get the Soviet army equipment now.

   "I've also heard the news. The T34 is indeed an excellent tank that has been tested in actual combat, but it may be difficult for us to purchase it!"

  Colonel Teach's words rekindled hope in Fang Lang's heart that had just sunk to the bottom, and said quickly:

   "Oh! Why do you say that?"

   "Because we are almost equipped with American equipment now! If we add a piece of Soviet-style equipment, it will increase the difficulty of logistical support. I heard that some people at the top do not want to cause dissatisfaction in the United States because of this matter."

  Fang Lang understood after saying this, so what else is there to say, I hope this will come soon?

   "I see, thank you two brothers for reminding me, this business has become a small gift to express my gratitude!"

   "Fang, what's the use of a small gift? Bring a destroyer!"

   Colonel Tiqi put his arms around Fang Lang's shoulders and joked.

   "I would like to give you one, but unfortunately, I dare not!"

   Of course, it is impossible for Fang Lang to purchase military equipment privately and donate it to the Rio base. Even if it is a gift, it can only be given to the Ministry of the Navy for distribution.

  His identity is also in the same navy. If he directly specifies who to send the equipment to, it will cause unnecessary trouble. Everyone knows this, so it can only be a joke.

   After joking around for a while, several people had lunch together, which was considered a simple gathering.

   In the afternoon, Fang Lang rang General Leta's office. Because he had an appointment, he met General Leta without hindrance.

  As the head of the General Logistics Department, General Letta also has the rank of major general. Sitting behind a large desk, he looks a little short. Xiaoyuan's face is full of smiles, which is completely different from the indifferent attitude on the phone.

  Fang Lang also stood at attention and saluted with a smile on his face.

   "Colonel Fang, sit down, sit down, if you don't come, I will go to Natal to find you!"

   Seeing General Leta, who stood up from behind the desk and was only as tall as his chin, extended his hand enthusiastically, Fang Lang hurried forward to hold it.

   And under his guidance, he made it to the next reception area.

  The sofa in the reception area looks a bit old. Although the entire office is large, it doesn't feel luxurious at all. On the contrary, it makes people feel that this office is not worthy of the status of Mr. Minister in front of him.

  If ordinary people see such an environment, they must think that Mr. Minister in front of him is a clean and honest official.

   It's a pity that Fang Lang has seen someone who eats bran swallowed vegetables every day and is actually very corrupt to officials.

  And, judging from General Leta's attitude on the phone, if Leta is really an upright official, he will be damned.

  The more officials who advertise themselves as clean and honest, the more greedy they are sometimes. Unfortunately, the intelligence bureau did not dare to investigate the senior generals of their own army, so that Fang Lang did not have accurate information about the person in front of him.

  General Leta's performance made Fang Lang deal with it more carefully, and quietly put away the souvenirs he had prepared.

  Since others have shown a clean and honest image to the outside world, they obviously won't collect benefits from you in the office.

   "Mr. Minister, I am really sorry. The fleet has just returned from Japan and there are many things to be arranged. So I didn't come to visit you until today! Please forgive me!"

   "Haha. Understood! Understood! It seems that Colonel Fang has brought me good news this time, right?"

   Unexpectedly, General Leta directly cut into the topic. I feel that although he treats himself very enthusiastically on the surface, he has a business-like attitude that rejects others thousands of miles away in his heart!

   But after all, it was the first time we met. My previous behavior of purchasing the plane without permission obviously aroused the disgust of others, and Fang Lang couldn't say anything, but I feel that this time I can only go through the motions.

   "What Mr. Minister said is that my friends in the United States told me that they will participate in this bidding. I hope that Mr. Minister can give them a place."

   "Oh! This is really good news. Please tell me the name of their company. I will ask the secretary to add their company name to the list of bidding companies."

   "Shata Trading is a newly registered American company. They are now responsible for handling all decommissioned equipment of the US military. They have all equipment from the three armed forces, and are the designated seller of decommissioned equipment from the US military."

  This Shata Trade is naturally a new company formed by Global Trade and Major Mike. As for the company's boss, Wan Chongxin hired a retired American lieutenant general Jefferson according to Mike's guidance.

  Fang Lang didn't know how much benefit exchange there was in the process. The only thing he knew was that his wish to hold the company had not been fulfilled.

  Although Global Trading is still the largest shareholder of Shata Trading, he only has 25% of the company's shares, and he didn't ask specifically who the other shareholders are.

  After the establishment of this company, it was directly authorized by the U.S. Department of Defense and became the designated seller of decommissioned equipment of the U.S. military. Fang Lang felt that it was worth the money for this authorization alone.

   "Did you just say the designated seller?"

  Fang Lang's words obviously took General Leta by surprise. He didn't expect this company to have such a big background. He thought Fang Lang had mastered a small arms smuggling channel.

  He could make whatever he wanted, but it turned out to be a great white shark, which made him feel a little tricky.

"certainly!"

   Fang Lang affirmed again.

  General Letta's attitude has obviously changed. He knows that the young man in front of him has many contacts in the US military.

  However, I didn't expect such a relationship. In the situation he said, if you want to buy American equipment in the future, you may have to go through this company.

   "Colonel Fang, our bidding conference is expected to be held in a month. I hope you can come forward and invite personnel from Shata Company to participate."

   "No problem, the matter told by General Letta must be arranged immediately. In order to thank General Letta for supporting my First Fleet, I would like to invite you to have dinner at Olim Restaurant in Rio tonight.

   I don't know if you can appreciate it. "

  No matter what General Leta thinks of Fang Lang, Fang Lang must be good to the logistics minister for the future logistics supplies of his fleet.

  I can’t feel that I’m the second child just because I put a little effort into the position of General Dutra.

  Maybe this General Leta, if he stumbles on the logistics supplies of his First Fleet, it will be enough for him to drink a pot.

  General Letta, who was able to sit in the high position of the Chief of General Logistics, of course had to give face to Fang Lang, the powerful general of the navy.

  So, I readily agreed:

   "No problem, I will be on time for the appointment."

  Because General Leta is very busy with work, the next person who is going to meet General Leta is already waiting outside the door.

  So Fang Lang didn't talk much, but got up and said goodbye.

  General Leta got up in person and sent Fang Lang to the door of the office, and ordered the secretary at the door to send Colonel Fang to the car in person.

  The secretary is a slightly obese middle-aged woman, who has no military image at all. Seeing the middle-aged woman in a general uniform dressed like a Michelin tire man, Fang Lang nodded politely.

   When walking out of the office building with the secretary, Fang Lang casually chatted with the secretary and said:

   "Hello Miss Secretary, may I ask you something?"

  The secretary looked at the young Chinese colonel in front of him vigilantly and said:

   "Mr. Colonel, I don't know much, so I may not be able to answer you!"

  Fang Lang smiled politely and said:

   "Miss Secretary, don't get me wrong. I have an appointment to have dinner with Minister Leta tonight, and I may see Mrs. Leta at that time.

  I want to give Mrs. Leta a small meeting gift. Do you know what hobbies Mrs. Leta has? "

  When the secretary heard that it was such a trivial matter, he said without hesitation:

   "Mrs. Leta is a painter. I don't know exactly what hobbies she has. I'm really sorry."

  Hearing this, Fang Lang's heart moved and said:

   "Oh! Mrs. Leta turned out to be a painter. This is really surprising. Where can I appreciate Mrs. Leta's works?"

   "I really don't know about this, but I heard that Mrs. Leta had an art exhibition at the Redwood Gallery on White River Street a week ago, maybe there will be one there."

  (end of this chapter)