Chapter 321
Hearing Avery Morgan's words, Fang Lang understood.
Although he cooperated with Avery Morgan, it brought him a huge return on investment.
But the friendship he promised himself to give to the Morgan family was obviously not something he could decide on his own.
Perhaps today's negotiations on the European aid package are just an interview.
The patriarch of the Morgan family and the chairman of the Morgan company personally interviewed him to see if he was really qualified to be a friend of the Morgan family.
And Halken Morgan's original attitude is definitely that he is not willing to accept his side.
As for Charles Morgan's attitude, Fang Lang can't confirm it.
But now it seems that the effect of this meeting is still very good, at least I should be considered to have passed the interview.
Became a friend of the Morgan family.
In the future, investing in the United States and Europe will not only not worry about being deliberately targeted, but may also be able to get a lot of help from the Morgan family.
As a Chinese, Fang Lang originally wanted to be modest.
However, I thought that Europeans and Americans didn't like this set, so I said directly:
"I am honored to be friends with the Morgan family.
Trust me, your friendship will be rewarded! ”
The three of them looked at each other, and they all laughed.
Then the conversation began to become concrete.
After several explanations from the Morgan family, Fang Lang realized that the so-called European aid plan has not actually been put forward.
However, several major conglomerates in the United States have agreed and have begun to move forward silently.
As long as the distribution of benefits among the various consortia is agreed, it can be moved forward quickly.
The reason why Fang Lang was notified in advance to come over for negotiation was to clarify Fang Lang's goal and add Fang Lang's interests to the interests of the Morgan consortium.
What Fang Lang didn't expect was that the time when the plan really began to be implemented was not 1948 that Fang Lang could learn from history.
According to Harken Morgan, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill presented President Truman with a plan to curb the continued development of the CPSU as soon as he delivered his important "Iron Curtain Speech" in the United States.
The focus was on helping Greece and Turkey, which were at the forefront, to resist the CPSU.
However, President Truman at that time had not communicated and coordinated this matter with the staff team, so he did not directly agree to Churchill.
After Churchill returned to England, he still used his influence in Britain to provide some assistance to Greece and Turkey.
It's a pity that Britain is no longer the original empire on which the sun never sets, and the British government, which has just experienced the devastation of the world war, is simply too busy to take care of itself.
The support that can be provided to these two countries is also very limited.
So, Britain turned to the United States again, hoping that the United States would come to the rescue.
It has also accelerated the pace of the major US consortia in determining the European aid program.
Since what is said to be good is aid, of course, on the surface, it is impossible to divide the benefits like Fang Lang and the Morgan family discussed.
Rather, it is necessary to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people of the recipient countries and to restore the economies of the recipient countries.
Reconstruction of roads, buildings, industry, agriculture, commerce, etc., damaged by the war.
To put it simply, the U.S. government uses funds from the national treasury to procure goods from the U.S. and ship them to European countries for support.
The money in the treasury must be the taxes that Americans pay.
Therefore, the U.S. government estimates that this plan will not be accepted by the American people.
At that time, when Marshall gave a speech, in order to avoid the attention of American newspapers to the speech, he deliberately did not invite any American reporters to the speech.
Even Truman deliberately held a press conference on the same day to divert the attention of the domestic media.
But for the major consortia, this is indeed a rare feast.
Just by providing aid to European countries on the surface, the goods that need to be procured can feed the American consortium.
What's more, this plan lasts for one fiscal year, which means that within four years, everyone can produce products without worrying about sales.
But this is only for ordinary people on the surface.
And what's really planned?
We can see this from the mission announced by the General Administration for Economic Cooperation, which was established later.
The main contents include: promoting European economic progress, promoting the development of European production, supporting the issuance of European currencies, and promoting international trade.
Of course, there was a more covert purpose, which was to curb the expansion of the CPSU in Europe.
The so-called promotion of European economic progress and the development of European production must mean that a large amount of investment will be made in Europe, and this is the clarion call for American capital to enter Europe.
This purpose is even more obvious when it comes to supporting the issuance of currencies in European countries.
The simplest and most direct way to control a country's economy is, of course, to master the country's currency issuance!
As for promoting international trade, of course, it is to make Europe a market for the United States, and to sell more American goods to Europe.
So, this so-called European development plan is, in fact, a sugar-coated cannonball.
But this sugar coating is something that Europe cannot refuse.
After two consecutive days of closed-door talks between Fang Lang and the Morgan family.
Fang Lang completely hitched a ride on the Morgan family.
Soon, with the support of the Brazilian Development Bank team and the help of the Morgan family, the Global Group acquired three small regional banks in the United States.
There are many such local banks in the United States, and the Global Group, as an emerging small consortium in the United States, did not have much trouble acquiring.
After the integration, the new bank directly became a medium-sized bank with more than 60 branches in the United States.
Immediately afterwards, Morgan & Co. announced that it would take a stake in the little-known bank, becoming the bank's second largest shareholder, owning 30 percent of the bank's shares. The bank officially changed its name to Global J.P. Morgan Bank.
Then, with the help of J.P. Morgan, the company began to expand rapidly.
By the end of 1946, branches had been opened in Britain, France, Germany, Italy and other European countries.
Of course, a branch was also opened in São Paulo, Brazil.
At the same time, Universal Shipping, a subsidiary of the Universal Group, transferred 35 percent of its shares to Morgan & Co.
Morgan & Co. did not pay cash to Globe Shipping, but acquired a 20 percent stake in Allstate Insurance Company, founded in 1931, for Globe through its own channels.
Became the third shareholder of Allstate Insurance.
Immediately afterwards, under the impetus of the Global Group, Allstate Insurance Company established a joint venture with the Brazilian Development Bank to establish the Allstate Brazil Insurance Branch in Brazil.
Immediately afterwards, with the help of the Universal Group and the Global JPMorgan Bank, Nice Company tore a hole in the base camp of Bunge, the largest grain import and export enterprise in the United States.
Establishment of the American branch of the Nice company.
The goal of this company is, of course, to export the essential goods of the European Support Program.
Bunge is very wary of Nice, which has kicked itself out of South America.
But this time, the entry of the Nice company has the shadow of the Morgan consortium behind it.
It is difficult for Bunge to use some excessive means, and can only suppress it through some normal business competition.
The Nice company, which has the support of agriculture throughout Brazil, is clearly not afraid of normal business competition.
So, the Nice company quickly gained a foothold in the United States.
Originally, this was just a pawn that Fang Lang fell behind when he exported grain, oil, sugar and wine and other civilian materials to Europe.
Unexpectedly, it made government officials in Brazil excited.
The SPD, which is backed by Nice Corporation, has soared in popularity.
Fang Lang, who gained a huge amount in the United States, did not return to China immediately, after all, this visit to the United States was nominally to provide a front station for the construction of military academies in Brazil.
Therefore, after Fang Lang picked up Lilith in Boston, he began his inspection trip to the U.S. Military Academy.
As for whether this investigation is serious or not, it is not enough for outsiders.
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Brazil, Office of the Second Section of the Logistics Department of the Naval Base in Natal.
"Sir, a telegram from Fernando De Noronha."
A telegraph operator handed a folder to the section chief, Sirio Reich.
Sirio Leitch nodded, took the folder from the operator's hand and opened it casually.
The above information made Sirio Leitch's eyes light up, and he finally found an important person.
I saw that the telegram read:
[It has been ascertained that there are 3,000 Japanese on the island, and the Japanese leader is named Mizuno Nobuyi, and the specific origin needs to be investigated. 】
The informants who have infiltrated the island in the last few days will send in some of the information they have discovered that day every day.
Now the Second Section of the Intelligence Service has a certain understanding of the various forces on the Fernando De Noronha Islands.
"Three thousand? That's not a small number, more than the others combined!
It seems that these damn Japanese are not small! ”
After closing the telegram in his hand, he turned to the telegraph operator and said:
"Call back, the arms are about to arrive on the island, please pay attention to their safety!"
"Yes, sir!"
After the operator took notes, he stood up and saluted, and turned to leave.
Sirio Leitch carefully recalled that this Japanese name called Mizuno Nobuyi always felt like he had heard it somewhere.
Lean back on the table and close your eyes in deep thought.
Soon slapped his thigh and thought of where he had heard of the name.
Isn't this the Japanese who was caught illegally mining after General Fang took over Natal and carried out a plan to eliminate the Japanese?
This person is not dead, what is the situation?
"Someone, let the police station send all the Japanese who have been deported from Natal."
Sirio Leitch ordered his men directly.
The current deputy chief of the Natal Police Department was originally a member of the Second Section of the Logistics Department.
So, if you want to transfer a file from the police station, don't be too easy.
More than twenty minutes later, an agent from the Second Section entered Sirio Leech's office with a thick file file.
Sirio Reich took it and counted it carefully, and there were more than four hundred.
And the top of the file is Mizuno Nobuyi.
Pull out this file and look at it carefully, it doesn't matter if you don't look at it, when you look at Sirio Leitch, you will be directly angry with the seven holes.
It is very clearly written on the file that the crime is theft of national mineral resources, and the circumstances are serious, and he is sentenced to life imprisonment.
But then there was the signature of Bill Yakub, the deputy chief of the police department,
It was written that he would be fined 10,000 Cruzeiro, and then deported.
Needless to say, Sirio Leitch can guess that this Bill Yakubu must have received a lot of benefits.
Otherwise, even if it were to be deported, it would not be possible to impose a penalty of only 10,000 Cruzeiro.
This amount of money can bail out a thief at most, but now it is a serious offender who has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Anyone who is blind can see that there is something wrong with this.
"Bill Yakubu, this bastard, is really innocent!
It was so daring. ”
Then, Sirio Leitch opened several more files in succession.
The back of the page is all Bill Yakubu's signature, and everyone has the same treatment plan.
Looking at Cirio Reich, he sensed something was wrong.