Chapter 258: New Gameplay
Of course, Fang Lang understood his father's worries, and even he knew the strength of the union better than his father.
However, when he learned about the hard work of the workers during this period, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
The workers of this period are really not treated as human beings! Workers in most parts of the world still have a 12-hour workday, with only one day off per month.
Fang Lang hadn't paid attention to this issue before, so he didn't know much about this situation.
But today, when I learned about this from Mr. Tim Cotton's speech, I couldn't help but smack my tongue.
This kind of high-intensity labor, where are the workers! This is using people as slaves.
Everyone doesn't even have time to rest, and in the long run, it is not conducive to improving work efficiency.
Fang Lang did not object to the 10-hour working day proposed by the Labor Party trade union, which is why Fang Lang took the initiative to express his gratitude to Mr. Tim Cotton.
Even Fang Lang wanted to adjust the rest time of one day a month to two days a month.
It's not that Fang Lang is black-hearted and doesn't want to give the workers more rest time, but this is really a common phenomenon in this era, if Fang Lang directly informs the factory to implement an eight-hour working system in the future, with two days off a week.
The bosses of other factories will hate Fang Lang to death, and then Fangyuan Group will become the target of public criticism, and capitalists all over the world will target them.
Perhaps the development of Fangyuan Group will be directly and seriously affected.
"Don't worry! I already have a general idea in my mind about how to deal with the union, and it should not be difficult to solve."
Fang Xinshan saw that Fang Lang had an indifferent expression on his face, so he didn't continue to ask.
With his understanding of his son, the other party will definitely be able to understand the problems he can think of.
Therefore, simply stop disturbing Fang Lang's contemplation.
Soon, the car came to the door of the hotel agreed with Mayor Scalia, Fang Lang said hello to his father and got out of the car and walked into the hotel directly.
Fang Xinshan did not participate in this dinner, the company's business was very busy, and he was in a hurry to go back to the company to deal with it.
As soon as he walked into the hotel, Fang Lang saw his cousin Yang Qian walking towards him.
Fang Lang smiled and said hello to the other party.
Under the guidance of Yang Qian, he entered a private room with a very good environment.
The private room is not large, with a long table in the middle and three stools on each side.
There was a small window on the wall facing the box door, and on the sofa under the window, two people were sitting drinking coffee and chatting.
The two saw Fang Lang coming in and hurriedly got up to greet them.
Fang Lang and Mayor Scalia had already met Fang Lang when he first went home to visit relatives, but it was through the introduction of Sebastio Hodges, the police chief, that he wanted to build a cigarette factory in São Paulo, and the two sides got into a relationship.
At the beginning, Fang Lang was only a small role in front of Mayor Scalia, and if he wanted to get to know Mr. Mayor, he had to be introduced by Director Sebastio Hodges.
Now that the status between the two sides has changed, Mayor Scalia heard that Fang Lang was returning to his hometown to visit relatives, so he was busy and took the initiative to ask for a meeting.
Of course, there is the relationship between Fang Lang's status as a naval colonel, but more important is the influence of Fang Lang's family business, Fangyuan Group.
In Western capitalist society, government officials who want to secure their positions must look for powerful supporters in the business world, and only when they find strong supporters can they have a chance to obtain sufficient campaign funds.
"Colonel Fang, welcome home."
Mayor Scalia walked briskly to the door of the box with great enthusiasm and stretched out his hands.
Fang Lang also stretched out his right hand and said with a smile:
"Mr. Mayor Scalia, it's a pleasure to see you again."
After saying that, the two came to a big hug.
After greeting him, Mayor Scalia pointed to the middle-aged man who was with him and said:
"Colonel Fang, this is our Holy Protector
The President of the City of Romania, Mr. Carol Dorjee, is also the Chairman of our National League in São Paulo."
Fang Lang didn't expect that this was the speaker of the city council, and normally speaking, the two should be on an equal footing in São Paulo City.
These are the two biggest giants in São Paulo.
Without waiting for Fang Lang to speak, Mr. Dorjee had already taken the initiative to stretch out his right hand and said:
"Mr. Fang, it's a pleasure to meet you!"
The other party did not follow Mayor Scalia to call himself a colonel, but instead called himself a gentleman. Obviously, this was a private gathering and had nothing to do with everyone's position in the government.
After Fang Lang returned to São Paulo, he always wore a suit, not a military uniform, just to let everyone ignore his military identity.
Including his guards, they were all wearing uniform black suits, like bodyguards more than guards.
Fang Lang smiled and grabbed the other party's right hand and clasped it tightly.
"Mr. Dorjee, I'm glad to meet you too."
Mayor Scalia smiled when he heard the two of them, the reason why he called Fang Lang Colonel was actually to congratulate Fang Lang, after all, when the two met for the first time, Fang Lang's military rank was only a small lieutenant.
To be promoted to a powerful colonel in such a short period of time, Mayor Scalia of course wants to congratulate Fang Lang.
In fact, the relationship between government officials and the military in Brazil is still relatively distant.
Because, military personnel cannot join political parties, of course, it doesn't matter how you want to join after you retire.
The three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while and then sat down at the table.
Since several people have lunch together, it is impossible to start talking about business directly, so everyone in front of them is talking about their own anecdotes.
It wasn't until after lunch that Mayor Scalia took the initiative to turn the conversation back to business.
"Mr. Fang, thank you for your family's investment in São Paulo, which has provided us with enough jobs in São Paulo.
I have an appointment with Your Excellency today, Mr. Speaker, mainly to know what you think of our National League?"
Fang Lang didn't expect that the other party would throw out such a big topic, how could he pick it up?
"Mr. Scalia, you know that I am a soldier and cannot be involved in politics.
So, I don't dare to say anything about the National League."
Luo Dorjee understood that Fang Lang had obviously misunderstood what Scalia meant, and hurriedly spoke:
"That's Mr. Fang, as far as we know, in the process of introducing the automobile industry system from Germany, Fangyuan Group became the majority shareholder of Nice Company through a share exchange.
As we all know, Nice is in fact the back-up of the SPD.
Now that Fangyuan Group has become the majority shareholder of Nice Company, does this mean that Fangyuan Group will fully support the development of the SPD in the future?"
Luoer Dorjee's words finally made Fang Lang understand the main purpose of the other party's appointment with him today.
This is the fear that the Fangyuan clique, which is now in full swing, has completely fallen to its political rival, the Social Democratic Party.
Fang Lang smiled at the two and said:
"The two of you are too worried, Fangyuan Group is a commercial company, not a political family, we will not choose sides, whoever can protect the interests of our Fangyuan Group, we will support whom.
For now, the city of São Paulo, the stronghold of the National League, is where we have invested a lot of money.
Even my cousin, Mr. Yang Qian, has joined the National League Party, so you don't have to worry about the position of our Fangyuan Group at all?"
Hearing Fang Lang's statement, the two glanced at each other, a satisfied smile appeared in their eyes, and they looked obviously relieved.
Mr. Mayor Scalia was the first to laugh and said:
"Fang, I'll just say that we are friends, and you will never dissupport my work.
However, although your Fangyuan Group has invested a lot in São Paulo, you have rarely been with our local National League MPs
Contact.
This is very worrying for our party chairman."
As he spoke, he also gestured with his eyes that it was Speaker Rohr Dorjee who was talking about it.
Hearing Scalia's words, Fang Lang understood what the other party meant, this was Mr. Roel Dorjee, as the chairman of the National League Party, who was worried about whether the Fangyuan Group would completely fall to the SPD.
Roel Dorjee didn't mind Scalia's behavior of selling him, and smiled at the other party:
"Mr. Fang, thank you for answering my questions.
Please rest assured that we, the National League, will resolutely safeguard the interests of the Fangyuan Group in São Paulo.
If Fangyuan Group has any proposals for the construction of São Paulo, you can contact me, and I will definitely actively promote it."
This can be regarded as a direct statement, and these foreigners are really not subtle at all.
However, Fang Lang likes people who have something to say, because he has never been in officialdom or office in two lives, and there are some things that he can't understand.
Fang Lang thought for a while and said directly:
"You both know that my hometown is in a lot of chaos now because of the war.
In addition, Brazil has a relatively short range of human resources, so we are immigrating to Brazil from our hometown.
Because of the large number of immigrants, there may be some voices that are not very harmonious.
I hope that parliament will push through a bill that supports our immigration practices.
and to facilitate the acquisition of legal status in Brazil for new immigrants."
Luoer Dorjee pondered for a while and said:
"Mr. Fang, I think your proposal is very meaningful, because population has always been an obstacle to our Brazil becoming a big country.
Personally, I am on your proposal with both hands.
I think that our members of the National League are also two-handed.
We will form a document as soon as possible for your ideas, and after the internal discussion is approved, it will be handed over to you for review.
If you think it's feasible, we'll take it directly to the national legislative assembly for discussion.
Please believe that for our friends, we at the National League will do our best to support them."
Fang Lang didn't expect that the speaker in front of him would act so vigorously, and when he made a proposal, the other party immediately said that he would directly submit it to the national legislative assembly for discussion.
Once passed, it will become a Brazilian law.
Then the interests of the Chinese in Brazil will be directly recognized by the law.
That's just amazing.
For the first time, Fang Lang knew that politics was played like this.
Regarding Mr. Rohr Dorjee's statement, Fang Lang certainly has something to say.
"I like Mr. Dorjee's style very much, please rest assured that Fangyuan Group never treats friends badly.
Today, I will ask Mr. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fangyuan Group to issue an order to each of its subsidiaries, each of which will establish a friendly and trusting partnership with the local NLD institutions."
Although Fang Lang did not express his full support for the National League, Speaker Rohr Dorjee can be regarded as having gained a lot today.
He understands that this partnership of friendship and mutual trust has no practical significance.
However, he believes that once Fang Lang just mentioned the bill on Chinese immigration can satisfy Fang Lang, the relationship between this partner will take a big step forward.
As for whether this bill will be passed, he is not worried at all, after all, with the participation of the National League and the influence of the Fangyuan Group on the SPD.
Hell it would be if this bill doesn't pass.
In Fang Lang's mind, he also wanted to pass this bill to test whether the influence of Fangyuan Group in the SPD was really as huge as everyone said.
If there is really such a big influence, many of Fang Lang's plans can be accelerated.