Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 225 Arrangement in advance

  In the spacious chairman's office of Universal Group, after Fang Lang thought twice, he still picked up the phone and called Wan Chongxin.

  As his first subordinate, Fang Lang still trusts Wan Chongxin very much.

  The trading company he is in charge of will inevitably have to deal with the Soviet Union in the future. There are some risks in it, and he must warn in advance to avoid losses to the company.

  Wan Chongxin came very quickly. Since Fang Lang established the Global Group Company, Wan Chongxin has been concentrating on managing global trade. He has rarely intervened in the business of other companies.

  The purpose of this is mainly to avoid suspicion, but in fact, because Fang Lang seldom works in the Universal Group, he can also participate in decision-making in many matters of the Universal Group.

  He knew that Fang Lang came to the United States this time. After all, Fang Lang regarded him as a friend, and he did not hide his itinerary from him.

   It's just that the other party didn't know that he would come to Universal Group today.

   "Boss, why didn't you tell me when you arrived in New York, so I can pick you up!"

  Fang Lang stepped forward and took the initiative to give the other party a big hug, and said with a smile:

   "Now you are the boss of Global Trade, the vice president of the group company, and you have to do everything, so wouldn't the assistant you found for me be a waste?"

  Wan Chongxin is very happy about the enthusiasm of the boss. He never thought that he would have the achievements he has now.

  From a young man who was struggling with food and clothing, he became the general manager of Global Trading Company in just over a year.

   It was all given by the boss in front of me!

   "Boss, an assistant is an assistant, I am me, you can't forget me just because you have an assistant!"

  Fang Lang heard the hidden meaning from Wan Chongxin's words, and laughed and scolded:

   "My dear Wan Chongxin, I knew you must be uneasy and kind in finding me this assistant."

  Wan Chongxin didn't mind this, he smiled and said:

   "Boss, you can't wrong a good person!

  At the beginning, I gave you the information of several people, and you chose this girl yourself! "

  Fang Lang, who was exposed, coughed twice in embarrassment, took a sip of water to cover up, and then changed the subject calmly:

   "Chongxin! Do you know that in mid-March, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave a speech in Fulton, USA?"

   "Speech? Churchill?"

  Wan Chongxin understood that Fang Lang was changing the subject, but he didn't understand why he suddenly took such a big turn and discussed the political figure show with himself.

  Seeing Wan Chongxin's appearance, Fang Lang knew that the other party obviously hadn't paid attention to this kind of news, and he couldn't help shaking his head.

   Conversation with Wan Chong:

   "Chongxin! Our Universal Group is no longer a small company that smuggled cigarettes on a small scale.

  I noticed today that many of our businesses are signed with government departments in some European countries.

  If we really want to do these businesses well in the future, we must do a full study of the country's political trends.

  The country we are in now is the United States, which is a capitalist country.

   Do you know where the best place in the country is? "

  Fang Lang's topic is really too lofty. This is a poor boy who speaks out from ordinary people at the bottom, a level of knowledge that was previously out of reach.

  After thinking about it, Wan Chongxin said uncertainly:

"Freedom and democracy?"

   Unexpectedly, Wan Chongxin would give such an answer, Fang Lang asked a little dumbfounded:

   "Do you think you feel freedom in America, or do you feel democracy?"

  Wan Chongxin fell into deep thought, and after thinking for a long time, he said:

   "It seems that there are none. But isn't the news all promoting American freedom and democracy?"

  Looking at the ignorant Wan Chongxin in front of him, Fang Lang shook his head helplessly, and said to Wan Chongxin:

  “Don’t believe what others preach, you have to feel and analyze with your heart, so that you can discover the truth of the world.

  We're getting far on this topic, I can only tell you.

   Do not copy what others say at any time.

   It seems that you don't know much about America.

  Then I will reveal a corner of America for you today, so that you have the opportunity to see the real world.

  As a capitalist country, the United States represents the interests of big capitalists.

  All politicians are funded by big businessmen to come to power. Whether it is a member of the state government or the president of the United States, they are all spokespersons for the interests of businessmen.

   You have to know this.

  With the size of our group company, we can now actively select some politicians to invest.

  This business has a higher rate of return than investing in a business. "

   "Ah! Boss, are you going to provide political donations to the president?"

   "No, not me, I am Brazilian, and it is impossible for American politicians to accept political donations from me.

  However, as an American, you can participate on behalf of Universal Group.

   But it is not the time yet, if necessary, I will tell you how to do it.

   What I want to tell you today is that if we want to grow our business in the United States.

  We must participate in politics, not just support the election of congressmen or the president.

  We also need to understand the rules of the game between businessmen and the government.

   Take the speech I just told you about former British Prime Minister Churchill’s speech in the United States. Of course, you may not have heard of it.

  However, I hope you will seriously study his speech when you get home.

  I will now tell you what I know about this speech.

  Churchill's message is to remind everyone to pay attention to the penetration of the Soviet Communist Party into Europe and the United States, which will dig out the foundation of the capitalist camp.

   Artificially created two opposing camps. "

  Unfortunately, after Fang Lang talked about it for a long time, Wan Chongxin obviously didn't have much research on these political structures, and he was completely confused.

  Watching Wan Chongxin looking at him blankly, Fang Lang didn't continue talking, but looked at Wan Chongxin, hoping that he could digest and absorb part of what he just said.

  After a long while, Wan Chongxin asked uncertainly:

   "You mean, the world will reappear, like the Allies and the Axis, two new hostile groups?"

  Fang Lang absolutely Wan Chongxin may not know much about the rules of the game between businessmen and the government.

  However, he already understood the meaning of his last sentence.

   smiled and nodded:

   "This understanding is correct."

   Fang Lang must have confirmed his guess. Wan Chongxin was taken aback, and said with horror on his face:

   "The war has just ended, so there won't be another war soon!"

   "Wars are not wars, at least not direct wars between two big countries.

   After all, the world war has just ended, and no one can continue to endure a war. "

   "I see what you mean, you mean the Soviet Union, right?

   Do we need to cut off business with the Soviet Union? "

  Fang Lang shook his head and said:

   "Of course not, the policy has not been implemented for a day, and we can all do business normally.

  However, we must pay attention to avoiding risks, but it must not happen that the goods are delivered to the other party, but due to political reasons, the payment for the goods cannot be recovered.

   In this way, our loss will be great.

  I saw today that our company has business dealings with the Soviet Union.

  We must keep an eye on political trends in this area and be prepared to be cut off from trade at any time.

  The best way is that we can train our own people in the government.

   Now it is obviously too late.

  But for such a big event, there will be many omens ahead.

  Let’s focus on the statements made by some figures in various major government departments in private or in public.

  Be sure to get out safely before the policy is officially introduced. Understand? "

  Wan Chongxin nodded solemnly, obviously aware of the seriousness of this matter.

  This is a major event that will affect the political, economic, and military structure of the world for nearly fifty years in the future. No matter how important it is, it cannot be overemphasized.

   But Fang Lang's next turning point almost made Wan Chongxin fall.

   "Now that you have understood the danger of this crisis, can you discover the opportunity in the middle?"

  Wan Chongxin was completely immersed. In the dangerous scene Fang Lang described to him, at first he didn't realize Fang Lang's meaning at all.

  Things have become so serious that it's too late to worry or fear. How can I think about whether there will be any opportunities in the middle!

   Fortunately, after more than a year of training, Wan Chongxin is no longer the ignorant young man who didn't understand anything.

  After being guided by Fang Lang's topic, Wan Chongxin immediately thought of something, and quickly said:

   "You mean that there will be a huge gap in the products originally sold by the Soviet Union to Europe and the United States.

  We can prepare early and take the opportunity to fill the gap in the middle. "

  Fang Lang smiled and nodded in satisfaction:

   "Yeah, did you think of any products?"

  As the boss of a trading company, Wan Chongxin must have understood the basic information. He stood up and walked around the office. While walking, he said with fingers:

   "First of all, it must be agricultural products. Affected by the war, European agriculture has been severely damaged. The largest commodity we sell to Europe now is agricultural products.

  Among them, the demand for grain, oil, various condiments, and alcohol is huge.

  Now we purchase agricultural products from Brazil, and in the European market, our biggest competitors are grain merchants from the United States and Eastern Europe.

  If the situation you expected occurs, it means that the grain from Eastern Europe will not be able to enter Europe.

  Looks like we need more food.

   As for other commodities, I think we need to start investigating now, what products are sold in Eastern Europe. "

  Fang Lang was not worried about Wan Chongxin's business vision.

   Now after Fang Lang's suggestion, Fang Lang believes that global trade will definitely be able to take advantage of the opportunity to fill the gap in Eastern European goods and quickly grow in Europe.

  Actually, Fang Lang also knows that a commodity is also the most scarce in Europe in a short period of time. Why is it in a short period of time?

  Because this commodity is abundant in Germany, this commodity is coal.

  The reason for the shortage is that after Germany's defeat, the Allies limited the scale of coal mining in Germany and demolished many coal mining facilities.

  As a direct consequence, the severe cold in 1946 and 1947 left many families without heating in Germany, and hundreds of people died of freezing.

  Although the situation in the UK is not that serious, industrial production had to be stopped in order to meet domestic domestic coal demand.

  This situation is similar to the European energy crisis that is happening now.

  Unfortunately, Brazil's coal resources are relatively small, and the quality is relatively poor, which is not conducive to development and utilization.

  (end of this chapter)