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

"Yes, but most of these people are in very bad health, 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 doctor's medical skills are obviously not reliable!

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

"Is the situation in Natal so bad? Looks like we need to go and see what's going on! Please help me inform the mayor of Natal and the principal officials to take me with you this afternoon to check on the situation in Natal.

In addition, I will give you the contact information of the police chief of São Paulo and see if you can find him to support a group of doctors from São Paulo. We'll just arrange for 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 is no one under him, but there is a lack of talent to stand alone.

Not long after Qi Qingshan left, Fang Xinshan had already pushed Fang Lang's office away with a frustrated face.

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

"Dad, didn't you go and 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?"

"Alas! Don't mention it, it's out. Your warriors were afraid that it would not be safe for me to go out alone, so you sent two warriors to go out with me.

However, if you look at the environment of Natal, the vicinity of the military base is fine, but if you go a little further, it becomes very dirty. The roads are muddy, and the streets are full of animal and human feces.

Are you sure you're going to build a bank here?"

This time it was Fang Lang's turn to be embarrassed, he really hadn't gone to the streets of Natal to check until now, but had been staying at this naval base.

"Isn't there even an easy way to walk?"

"I can't say it's completely none! The so-called city center still has two main roads with two horizontal and two vertical roads, which are paved with stones, but the width of the road is not very large, and only two trucks can be staggered."

"I see, you go back and rest first, and 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 the urban area of Natal, and his father had been staying in São Paulo, the second largest city after the capital Rio de Janeiro.

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

However, for Fang Lang, backwardness is not terrible, as long as there is money and time, no matter how bad a place is, it can be built into a paradise on earth.

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

The mayor of Natal was a white man in his fifties, who walked like a penguin and had two very neatly trimmed beards.

"Mr. Colonel, welcome to Natal City Hall, please!"

"Mr. Mayor Dursley, I don't need to go into the city hall, I want to find a guide to take me around the city of Natal today, and familiarize myself with the situation in Natal, I don't know if it's convenient."

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

Next, Fang Lang, accompanied by the mayor of Natal, Ewald Dursley, took a tour of the entire city of Natal.

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

In fact, Natal Gen cannot be called a city now, the streets are unplanned, the environment is dirty and messy, and there are no decent buildings at all after leaving the main city, most of them are shacks built by some people.

There are several very large warehouses in the city centre, which, according to Mayor Dursley, are the markets for cotton, sea salt, sugar cane and rubber, and are also the main source of tax revenue for Natal.

Back to the mayor's office at City Hall, Fang Lang

Asked suspiciously:

"Mr. Mayor, why are all our products primary agricultural products? Can't even sugar cane be processed into sucrose and sold?"

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

"Have you ever considered bringing in some large-scale deep processing plants? As far as I know, we have some such deep processing factories in Brazil!"

Fang Lang looked at Mayor Dursley, who had an embarrassed expression on his face, and he knew that he had asked a superfluous question.

"I wonder what kind of business Mr. Mayor's family is engaged in?"

If you can run for mayor or other politicians in Brazil, your family often has a certain amount of financial resources and family background, otherwise you can't afford to do propaganda or even buy votes, how can you become mayor?

Of course, most of the Brazilian government officials are ***, and they are also the mayors of the city in order to be able to make more money.

As for how ordinary people live, it obviously has nothing to do with them.

Hearing Fang Lang's question, Mayor Dursley did not hide it, and said frankly:

"My family has always been in the trading business in Natal, but since I became mayor, the family business has been handed over to my son."

"I wonder if Mr. Mayor has ever thought about entering the industrial development?"

If Fang Lang wants to expand his influence in Natal, he must cooperate with the local head snake, and as the mayor of Natal, no matter how strong he is, he is definitely one of the head snakes.

"I wonder what Mr. Colonel is referring to?"

"Mr. Mayor's family is in the trading business, so I wonder what kind of products do you think are the easiest to achieve results if we want to do deep processing of agricultural products?"

"If it's my personal opinion, it's definitely sucrose. Before I ran for mayor, I thought about opening a sugar factory, but we didn't have the technology, and the products we produced couldn't compete with those of Europe and the United States.

We don't have the capital to buy the large-scale industrial equipment they use, so we ........"

Unexpectedly, Mayor Dursley had already had this idea for a long time, but it was normal to think about it, after all, everyone knows that there is money to be made by opening a factory!

"Haha..... It turns out that Mr. Mayor has been thinking about this for a long time, since you feel that you don't have enough money alone, how can we cooperate?"

Dursley obviously didn't expect Fang Lang to directly initiate a cooperation invitation like himself, the two sides haven't been familiar to this extent! It's not going to pit my property!

I can't help but be vigilant.

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

"My family already has two sugar factories in São Paulo, and if the mayor really has an idea, we can work together to build a new sugar processing plant in Natal.

I have the channel to buy the latest products directly from the United States, and I also have the channel to sell all the products to the European and American markets. How's that?"

"Is Mr. Colonel serious?"

"Of course, I'm very serious, I'm not just going to build sugar factories, I'm going to open banks, textile mills, salt works, rubber processing factories and so on."

Fang Lang's words made Dursley's jaw almost fall to the ground, and he couldn't imagine that the young colonel in front of him would dare to say such bold words.

As the mayor of Natal, of course, he very much hopes that what Fang Lang said can be realized, after all, this is a real political achievement!

However, this is not something that can be said casually, everything else is easy to say, and it is impossible to open a bank alone.

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

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

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

"It's the one who produced this good luck cigarette

Fangyuan Group? I heard that they also built a shipyard in São Paulo in a joint venture with the Americans."

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

But this can't be blamed on Fang Lang, after all, he is not in Brazil most of the time, and I don't know how popular Good Luck cigarettes are now.

With a new flavor and a new packaging, Good Luck Cigarettes has taken over 60 percent of the market share in Brazil, and all the cigarette brands have been beaten to the ground.

This is also because he has exported a large part of his output, and now Good Luck Cigarettes is developing filters according to Fang Lang's guidance.

For this purpose, it has also set up its own laboratory to research and develop new flavors and new technologies.

"Yes, it's this Fangyuan Group."

After receiving Fang Lang's affirmative answer, Dursley said with an expression of disbelief on his face:

"The family business you are talking about will not be the Fangyuan Group!"

I didn't expect that Fangyuan Group had not been established for a long time, and it already had such a big influence, and it seems that I have not paid attention to the development of my industry in Brazil for too long.

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

Mayor Dursley saw Fang Lang nodding, and his eyes directly changed to the symbol of the dollar, obviously recognizing the strength of the Fang Yuan Group.

"Mr. Colonel, I don't know when our factory will start construction, so 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, your guy's attitude has changed really fast!

Smiled and said:

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

"Okay, okay, don't worry! I started raising funds after I went back, and it was an honor for me to be able to work with Fangyuan Group."

Seeing that Mayor Dursley, he was eager to leave now and go home to prepare for the joint venture.

Fang Lang hurriedly stopped him and said:

"Mr. Mayor, don't leave in a hurry, I just said that there are many projects that the family is going to invest in Natal this time, and now I have a matter on my side that needs to trouble Mr. Mayor."