Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 556 Status of the Intelligence Bureau

   At noon the next day, Fang Lang took Sirio Reich to Rio de Janeiro on a special plane.

  The recent Rio de Janeiro has 18 heads of state meeting here, so both the law and order and the market environment are much better. When Fang Lang and his party got off the plane, they found that the security forces at the airport had been significantly strengthened.

   Fortunately, Fang Lang is a senior general of the Brazilian military, and he is also flying on his own army's special plane, so he doesn't need to go to the civilian terminal at all.

  As soon as he got off the plane, Fang Lang saw Major Abubakari Blackwell, who was standing in front of a convoy with a serious face in neat military uniform, waiting for him.

  Fang Lang didn't expect that the other party would come to pick him up, so he quickly walked off the plane with a big laugh, and stretched out his right hand to Major Blackwell from a distance.

  Major Blackwell, who was waiting for Fang Lang, saw the laughing Fang Lang, and a flower bloomed on his serious face in an instant, and a standard military salute came from a distance.

  Although he has a good relationship with Fang Lang, he is only a major in the final analysis, and Fang Lang is indeed a dignified rear admiral. There is a huge gap in military rank between the two.

  Seeing Blackwell saluting himself, Fang Lang raised his right hand with a smile, tapped his forehead lightly, then put it down naturally, and stretched out his hand to the other party.

  This casual attitude served Blackwell well.

   "Haha...Blackwell, didn't I make an appointment with you to have dinner at my house? Why did you come to the airport to pick him up?"

   Fang Lang reached out to hold each other while talking, and gave him a big hug, which made the ground staff around the airport look sideways. After all, everyone can see the shining general star on Fang Lang's military uniform, but the one opposite him is just a major officer.

  With such a huge gap in status, the general actually took the initiative to hug each other, which shows that the relationship between the two is obviously very close.

  And Blackwell also felt Fang Lang's enthusiasm, and he didn't expect Fang Lang to ignore his military rank at all, which filled him with gratitude.

   "Haha... General Fang came to Rio de Janeiro to treat me to dinner, of course I have to come to greet him! Otherwise, it doesn't seem disrespectful to the officer."

  Blackwell gave Fang Lang a hug tightly, and joked with a smile on his face. It was only after he felt Fang Lang's attitude that he dared to joke with him like this, otherwise he wouldn't dare to say such a thing.

   "What are you talking about disrespecting the chief, we are brothers. Seeing you pick me up at the airport today, I can't help but remind me of when I returned to Sao Paulo from the army to visit relatives, you were the one who picked me up at the Sao Paulo airport.

  Times have changed, it’s been so long, I never thought you would come to pick me up in Rio de Janeiro this time. "

   "If you spread the news of your return to Rio today, there will be countless people coming to receive you, and I won't even be able to squeeze in. That's why you only gave me this opportunity after you notified me."

   "Haha... You are right, this time we are a purely private party, so don't let too many people know about it."

   After talking, the two let go of their embrace. Sirio Leitch, who had been following Fang Lang all the time, also walked off the plane with a smile on his face at this moment, smiled at Blackwell and stood at attention and saluted:

   "Hello, sir."

  Seeing this, Blackwell smiled and returned a military salute:

   "Hello, Sirio Leitch, this time I have to ask General Fang to personally support you. It seems that you are going to improve!"

   Sirio Reich smiled slightly when he heard this.

   "It's the two officers who love you!"

   Fang Lang saw the two greeted, smiled and patted the shoulders of the two:

   "Okay, everyone is brothers, don't be too polite, let's get in the car and talk."

   After speaking, he smiled and walked to the car parked beside him. The purpose of Fang Lang's visit this time was related to the intelligence department. He didn't want too many people to know his arrival, so he got into the car first.

  Blackwell and Sirio Leitch glanced at each other, and after nodding with a smile, Sirio Leitch opened the door on the other side of Fang Lang and signaled Blackwell to get in the car.

  Blackwell was not polite either, and went straight in.

   After both of them got into the car, Sirio Reich closed the car door, looked up at the airport environment, and confirmed that no one was paying attention to the situation here, then opened the co-pilot's door and got in.

  As several people got into the car, the guards and soldiers who followed to protect Fang Lang's safety also boarded other vehicles.

   "You should be very busy these days!"

  The convoy drove out of the airport slowly, Fang Lang smiled and asked Blackwell beside him.

   "Yes! Recently, the heads of 18 countries in America came to Rio de Janeiro. We have a lot of work during this time.

  However, we are only in charge of security and security work. Things are relatively cumbersome, but it is not as tense as imagined. "

  As the head of the counterintelligence department of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, Blackwell unexpectedly behaved calmly during such a major event.

   Fang Lang didn't know whether to say that the other party was big-hearted, or what to say.

  From the attitude of the other party, Fang Lang feels that Blackwell is actually not interested in the current job, or that he himself is not satisfied with the current job.

   This made Fang Lang, who had planned to push him to the position of director of the Intelligence Bureau, hesitated a little. After pondering for a while, he smiled and tentatively said:

   "Why, judging by what you mean, it seems that you are not satisfied with the current job!"

  Blackwell didn't expect Fang Lang to ask himself this directly. He raised his eyes and glanced at Sirio Leitch, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat in front of him, and found that this guy didn't seem to hear anything, and was staring straight ahead.

   Look at Fang Lang who is still looking at him with a smile on his face, and understand that the other party is telling him that everyone here is his own.

   Seeing this, Blackwell smiled without hiding anything and said:

  "You also know how I was transferred to this department. I can lead troops to fight wars, but I really don't have the talent to deal with spies.

   Moreover, with the end of the war, the work functions of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency have gradually shrunk, and the support from the Ministry of Defense is also decreasing. Now I don’t know how long our intelligence agency can go. "

   This made Fang Lang frowned. He didn't expect that the Brazilian Intelligence Agency would become so neglected in the Brazilian Ministry of Defense. This is preparing to store weapons and guns. Is the horse released to Nanshan?

   Logically speaking, it should be impossible! Although the world war is over now, the countries in the world are not peaceful, and there are wars everywhere. Even if the Americas seem relatively safe, there is no reason to reduce investment in intelligence!

   "What do you mean? Is your intelligence department so neglected now?"

   "Our chief is looking for a relationship to transfer to the General Staff, what do you think?"

   This really caught Fang Lang by surprise! According to Fang Lang's vision, although the Brazilian Intelligence Agency is not directly under the country, as the only intelligence agency in the hands of the Ministry of National Defense, it will not be reduced to the point where no one cares about it!

   Later generations Fang Lang also saw from the news that the Brazilian Intelligence Agency is a department that even dares to monitor the president's phone call. Why does it seem that there is a risk of being abolished at any time at this time?

  If this is the case, wouldn't my plan be in vain?

   "This is our only military intelligence agency in Brazil. It is impossible for the Ministry of National Defense not to understand the importance of intelligence! If this is the case, won't we be blind if wars happen in the future?"

  Hearing Fang Lang's words, Blackwell shook his head with a wry smile and said:

   "It won't be abolished directly. As far as I know, there are three main reasons why our intelligence bureau is facing such an embarrassing situation. One is that the intelligence bureau belongs to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of National Defense.

  The government is not willing to invest too much in this area. Our funds are raised by the Ministry of Defense itself.

  At the beginning, because during the war, the army paid more attention to intelligence, so they were willing to spend part of the military expenditure for the development of the intelligence bureau.

  But with the end of the war, the national defense force shifted its focus to the direction of updating equipment, and advanced equipment is expensive, and warships, aircraft, and tanks all require a large amount of funds to purchase.

  The funding of our intelligence department is naturally compressed. "

Fang Lang nodded when he heard the words. He can understand this truth. To be honest, the intelligence department's demand for funds is very scary. A large capital investment is required.

   This is also the reason why the American CIA of the later generations ended up participating in D trafficking. After all, the American CIA is huge in scale and has to invest huge funds all over the world. The state appropriation alone is not enough for the officers to put it in their pockets!

  The CIA has a network all over the world, which creates conditions for the CIA executives to do business. It would be a waste of money not to make good use of it.

  So, naturally, some people will find ways to raise their own funds. Of course, these funds must not be put into one person’s pocket, but everyone must have a share. Only in this way can everyone put it in their pockets with peace of mind.

  But the Brazilian Intelligence Agency is only a military intelligence agency affiliated to the Brazilian Ministry of Defense. If the leaders do not have the corresponding ability to raise funds themselves, it is understandable that the department's situation is going from bad to worse.

   After all, a chief intelligence officer who only waits for funding from his superiors obviously cannot make the intelligence bureau work.

   Needless to say, Blackwell is obviously not such a courageous chief officer. If this really continues, it is impossible for the Brazilian Intelligence Agency not to feel lonely.

  Thinking of this, Fang Lang glanced at Sirio Leitch sitting in the co-pilot seat intentionally or unintentionally, wanting to see his reaction to this.

  But found that the other party had a serious face, staring straight ahead. Thinking about the other party's usual work, I guess it's okay to ask him to investigate something, but it's probably not enough for him to raise funds.

   This made him sigh involuntarily, and continued to look at Blackwell.

   "The second reason has something to do with the 18th meeting of the Americas. As far as I know, one of the topics in this meeting is to share intelligence among countries.

   In this regard, the United States also generously stated that it will actively share the information it has collected about various countries.

   This made many officials of the Ministry of Defense feel that the intelligence agency is unnecessary. Instead of continuing to consume the defense budget, it is better to wait for the Americans to pass us information. "

  Hearing this, Fang Lang couldn't help but blurted out:

"madness!"

  Hearing Fang Lang's words, Blackwell shook his head with a wry smile, and did not comment on Fang Lang's words. After all, he was just a small major and had no right to dictate the decision-making of the upper management.

   "As for the third reason, the performance of our Intelligence Bureau was disappointing in this campaign against Brother Eddie's anti-government forces.

  Many officers in the army even yelled at our intelligence agency as a waste and a waste of military expenses. The new secretary of the army even said that they would form their own intelligence agency. "

  Fang Lang was taken aback when he heard the words. During the process of encircling and suppressing the rebels of Brother Eddie, the performance of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency was indeed disappointing, but the meaning of the army made him see a different meaning.

   This is a ulterior motive for drinking! On the surface, it seems that they are dissatisfied with the work of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, but in fact they want to establish an intelligence agency that belongs to their army alone!

  It seems that the new Secretary of the Army is a bit difficult! This is to get rid of the navy and air force and play alone!

  If this is the case, Fang Lang can of course learn from the army and set up the navy's own intelligence agency. Moreover, he has the second division of the logistics department. This intelligence agency must be stronger than the army.

  But things definitely cannot be calculated simply like this. If I have the opportunity to bring the entire Brazilian intelligence agency under my command, why should I give the army the opportunity to set up its own intelligence agency?

   Isn't there duplication of institutions? What a waste of military spending! If your army has this spare money, you might as well give it to me. I will help you run the intelligence agency. When you need any information, I will provide it to you.

  These three reasons are two problems in Fang Lang's view, one is the funding problem, and the other is the restlessness and kindness of the Americans.

  American anxiety and kindness cannot stop Brazil's own intelligence agency from operating. After all, the other party said that intelligence sharing is possible, but they did not ask Brazil to cancel its own intelligence agency!

  In the final analysis, the biggest problem facing the Brazilian Intelligence Agency is actually the problem of funding. As long as this biggest problem can be solved, the Ministry of National Defense cannot really choose to abolish its own intelligence department.

  Fang Lang, who wanted to understand this, did not express his opinion immediately, but looked out the window at the scenery of downtown Rio de Janeiro.

  The current situation is undoubtedly an opportunity for him, an opportunity to control Brazil's only intelligence agency, but he is the chief officer of the Navy's aircraft carrier fleet, and it is impossible to directly run out and ask to take over the work of the intelligence agency.

  The best way is of course to choose a suitable person to manage the Intelligence Bureau instead of him, while he hides behind the scenes and controls everything.

  But the sinister intentions of the Americans also made Fang Lang very vigilant. As the only intelligence agency in Brazil, if he really performed too well, the Americans would definitely find a way to pull him into his chariot.

   At that time, if it is not done well, it will become the cannon fodder of the Yankees, responsible for going up to fight the Soviet KGB. This is not what Fang Lang wants to see.

  Of course, the intelligence agency you own must have absolute autonomy, only obey your own orders, and safeguard your own and Brazil's interests.

  The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union is none of their business. Instead of participating in it, it is better to sit and watch the tiger fight. It is best to drive the battlefield of the two sides out of Brazil.

  At the same time, he also recalled that in history, the Brazilian intelligence agency really developed and expanded. It had to wait until the military government came to power in 1964 and implemented military control over the whole country. The intelligence agency monitored the resistance forces on a large scale across the country.

  (end of this chapter)