Fang Lang's meaning is also very obvious, since it is a company jointly funded by everyone, then everyone arranges their own people to participate in the construction and management of the company.

Since the two have already expressed their intention to participate in it, of course, they will not be polite, and they all nodded in agreement.

Seeing that the atmosphere seemed a little dull, Fang Lang hurriedly handed everyone a cigar and said again:

"To be honest, I have some ideas for building this highway, and you know that I am Brazilian, and the traffic environment in Brazil is still relatively bad, so I want to take advantage of this opportunity to build a highway for Europe and accumulate some experience in road and bridge construction.

After training a strong team, I would like to try to build a few highways in Brazil.

Originally, I was thinking of using reinforced concrete pavement directly, but since Mr. Rockefeller proposed to provide high-quality asphalt, I don't know how far the asphalt pavement has developed now!

It won't melt when it hits the heat, and the car will stick when you drive it! Also, it won't deform when the car is pressed!"

In fact, what Fang Lang meant was that the road and bridge company was ready to organize itself, and it would be convenient to bring it back to Brazil for road and bridge construction in the future.

In fact, neither Morgan nor the Rockefeller family is interested in this, after all, this is the nature of a contractor, and a big business like them is not yet worth it.

But Fang Lang doesn't see it that way, after all, in the next few decades, the development of the world is changing with each passing day, and there are countless construction projects of all kinds. Or even hundreds of high-rise buildings.

These are all engineering projects that can make a lot of money, think about the various road and bridge companies in later generations, that is not a behemoth.

After Rockefeller heard Fang Lang's question, his expression was also stiff, and the determinations about asphalt that Fang Lang said were all real. This is also the reason why concrete pavement was very popular during this period.

After coughing lightly twice, he said with some embarrassment:

"Huh! Well, this one! These problems of asphalt materials must be more or less a little, but compared to concrete pavement, the construction time of asphalt pavement is shorter!"

In fact, Fang Lang still has a certain understanding of cement pavement and asphalt pavement, and now the asphalt pavement construction level in Europe and the United States is actually the asphalt road of the old national highway in his hometown, which will become uneven after a period of use.

Especially in summer, the high temperature can even melt the road surface, and walking on it will stick people to it like a fly sticker, and if it is run over by several overloaded trucks, it will directly become potholes.

Therefore, for a long time, the highways in my hometown were used concrete pavement, and it was not until the new asphalt concrete material was studied and put into use that a large number of asphalt pavement began to appear.

The new asphalt concrete pavement not only has low noise, less dust, good drainage, less wear and tear on tires, comfortable driving, but also short construction time and convenient maintenance.

Of course, it is not without its drawbacks, such as the fact that the cost is often higher than that of concrete pavement. In addition, the road surface is softer than the concrete surface, and if the vehicle stops still and continues to put pressure on it, it may deform.

….

This is also the reason why the highways are asphalt, while the toll booths are concrete. After all, when the vehicle queues up to pay, it needs to stop in place and wait, which is very easy to cause deformation of the road surface.

Seeing that Rockefeller was not telling the truth, Fang Lang did not debunk it, if the highway concession negotiated with the local government was less than 30 years, he would definitely not hesitate to choose the concrete pavement, after all, the cost is low.

As for the maintenance after 30 years, it is none of his business.

And after more than thirty years, he will definitely still find a way to reduce his maintenance and cover costs. At this time, the new asphalt pavement is obviously more suitable.

Smiled and said:

"Mr. Rockefeller, the current asphalt pavement material is definitely not going to work as a highway material."

And then again

glanced at the Morgan on the other side before saying:

"But I do have some new asphalt concrete technologies that can solve these problems very well. It can be said that I have a certain technical advantage in the construction of this highway.

Of course, in order to be able to complete our highway construction plan better and faster, I need a little help from everyone here."

After speaking, he looked at the people present with burning eyes.

These words made Morgan and Rockefeller look at each other, and they secretly beat a drum in their hearts, not knowing what this guy wanted to do. The Morgan family, in particular, has begun to be a little anxious about the endless new tricks of the other wave at this time.

When I heard that I needed to help myself and others, I couldn't help but start secretly slandering in my heart, I needed the help of a few people here, no matter how I looked at it, it didn't look like a small favor! This makes them have to be cautious.

Although Rockefeller on the side did not have such a deep understanding, he was also a little unpredictable about Fang Lang's whimsical thoughts, and he did not dare to express his position easily.

But Marshall, a government official, didn't care, and after glancing at Morgan and Rockefeller, he said:

"Fang, you are so polite, since you can promise to build a highway in the local area, even if it solves the biggest obstacle to our negotiations with the local government.

If there is anything I can help with, please feel free to ask, within my ability, I will spare no effort to help you solve it. If I can't solve it, I will also report it to Mr. President, and I will find a way to help you solve it."

Marshall who can come to this day is definitely not a simple character, he is very aware of the state of several people in front of him at this time, so he quietly nodded Morgan and Rockefeller and others, and told the other party that Fang Lang's thinking helped them solve the biggest obstacle.

You only made a commitment to Fang Lang on behalf of yourself.

In this regard, Fang Lang was noncommittal, in his opinion, the request he proposed to ask everyone to do a small favor was really just a small favor.

Seeing that several people were staring at him with blazing eyes, Fang Lang didn't sell anything, and said directly:

"As I said earlier, I have a new asphalt concrete technology that needs to be used, and here we need to use some new machinery.

And my company does not have the R&D strength in this area, but I believe that for the powerful United States, there should be a lot of such companies. So, I hope you can help me acquire a company like this."

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Everyone who heard this breathed a sigh of relief, and Avery Morgan looked at Fang Lang with interest:

"Huh...... It seems that Fang is very confident in his new technology! However, there are a lot of such companies in the United States, so I don't know what kind of machinery and equipment you want to study!"

Seeing everyone's relaxed expressions, Fang Lang knew that his request should not be difficult, so he was no longer polite and continued:

"To be precise, I needed a factory that produced construction machinery, at least to be able to develop mixing equipment, pavers, and rollers. These are just the most basic asphalt road construction equipment.

If you want to build a highway, you will definitely need to open mountains, build bridges when encountering water, and even excavate tunnels, and these require professional construction equipment, such as excavators, bulldozers, cranes, and bridge erecting machines. Even the EPBMs."

These machines are not uncommon today, and excavators such as those have been around for a long time, but the modern hydraulic excavator was not created until 1951 in Poclain, France.

The mainstream product that is being used now is the steam shovel driven by diesel generators, and what Fang Lang wants to study is naturally the hydraulically driven excavator that is very common in later generations.

Some people may think that the tunnel boring machine should be a new thing, but in fact, the shield machine was invented by the French engineer Brunet as early as 1842 and was widely used in the construction of underground tunnels in London.

If you want to research and manufacture so many construction machinery and equipment at the same time, you naturally need to invest a lot of manpower, power and financial resources. Ha

After hearing Fang Lang report the names of so many construction machinery, Erken Morgan felt a big head.

Very worried that Fang Lang would continue to let the Morgan consortium come up with funds to support his project, he hurriedly said:

"Fang, now that you have a complete idea in mind, of course we absolutely support you. I don't know if you have a specific target you want to acquire, say it, and we'll all help you figure it out together."

Hearing this, Fang Lang picked up the cigar and put it to his mouth and took a hard puff, slowly exhaled a puff of cigarette, his sharp eyes hidden behind the smoke, and glanced at everyone's expressions.

The corners of his mouth looked at everyone with a smile:

"If I had to talk about a target, I really had one, and that was a track-type bulldozer company in the state of Inninois, USA, called Caterpillar."

Everyone had different expressions when they heard the name of this company, especially several people in the Morgan family obviously did not know much about this company, and they all felt that there was no problem when they heard it.

Rockefeller on the side looked moved, and unconsciously glanced at General Marshall.

And General Marshall had obviously heard the name of this company, and his eyes flickered a little before he slowly said:

"Oh! I know the company Fang is talking about, but there may be some trouble in it. Because they are still the main supplier of the chassis of our M4 medium tank in the US military."

At this time, several members of the Morgan family and Rockefeller couldn't help but look at each other again, and finally understood why Fang Lang would say that he needed them to help a little.

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Sure enough, it's not that easy to help!

The M4 medium tank is one of the main battle tanks of the United States during World War II, codenamed "Sherman". And this bulldozer company, which is now inconspicuous, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of construction machinery and mining equipment, gas engines and industrial gas turbines, and one of the world's largest diesel engine manufacturers.

His products are very common in later generations of China, that is, known as Carter's construction machinery brand, his logo is CAT under the three letters, there is a yellow triangle.

And he was able to develop from a factory producing bulldozers to such a large scale, naturally because he took advantage of World War II and produced a large number of "Sherman" tanks for the United States.

Later, it took advantage of the European aid plan, acquired and acquired some factories in Europe, and opened branches to develop rapidly.

Even Fang Lang once suspected that the other party might have poached a lot of technical experts from the defeated Germany, which was one of the main reasons why Fang Lang was eyeing this company.

After hearing Marshall's words, Fang Lang smiled indifferently:

"Isn't the current Sherman Tank out of production? In addition, the acquisition I want to acquire is also a civil construction machinery manufacturing plant of Caterpillar, so it should not be difficult!"

In fact, during the war, Caterpillar was already one of the main suppliers of tank chassis to the US military.

But with the end of World War II, the American project of a new tank is still being studied, but the production schedule has slowed down significantly. For example, the main battle tank "Sherman" in World War II has indeed been discontinued.

This situation was not picked up again until March of this year, that is, in March 1947, when Lao Du delivered a speech in the Congress, announcing that Lao Du's doctrine had officially begun to be implemented, the world began to divide into two poles, and the United States began to act as the world's policeman in the world, and military intervention began.

In other words, if Fang Lang really wants to take down this Caterpillar company, he must take advantage of the fact that the United States and the CPSU restart the arms race, and do not give the US government too much time to think about it.

And now is the final window period, so of course, Fang Lang didn't want to let go of such an opportunity, and looked at Morgan and Rockefeller.

At this time, the four of them also glanced at each other and understood what each other meant. Obviously, now everyone is barely a grasshopper on a rope, although it is unknown

Why did Bai Fanglang take a fancy to this company, but for capitalists like them.

Using a factory that does not belong to oneself in exchange for an investment opportunity that can bring huge benefits to oneself is a sure deal that does not need to be calculated at all.

Therefore, after the four of them glanced at each other, they all nodded at Fang Lang, and Charles Morgan, as a representative of the Morgan family, took the lead in speaking:

"No problem, we've done this little favor, and tomorrow I'll arrange for someone to start buying Caterpillar shares in the market."

Alvin Rockefeller, who represented the Rockefeller family, did not hesitate, and immediately after Charles Morgan finished speaking, he spoke:

"I'll arrange for someone to start secretly buying shares of this company tomorrow."

The intention of the two companies is very clear, and they come forward to buy the company's shares, and they will definitely not encounter any resistance. As for whether two companies are interested in the shares of one company at the same time will cause a reaction in the market.

Fang Lang is not worried at all, and he doesn't look at the background of these two companies, let alone doubt the professional ability of others to play acquisitions.

No, the two of them pulled the shares of the companies pledged in their two banks. It is enough for Fang Lang to become the majority shareholder of this company.

As for how to turn other people's shares pledged in the bank into their own assets, it is not too simple for them.

No one said what price the company's shares were sold to Fang Lang, nor did they say what percentage of the shares they would eventually acquire, but now it is only necessary to determine that the two companies will hand over the control of Caterpillar to Fang Lang.

The final closing rules are a matter of detailed discussion after the banquet, and as for what Marshall in the reception room thinks now, no one cares.

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