Chapter 425: An Opportunity to Contain the United States
Fang Lang knew in his heart that in fact, even if he didn't participate in this matter, it would soon be promoted by others, so instead of feeling sorry for himself, it was better to take the opportunity to seek greater benefits for himself first.
After taking out the fair cup and adding a cup of tea to Joseph Clark, Fang Lang slowly spoke:
"The present society is still a capitalist society, and governments are also capitalist governments, and the interests of the bourgeoisie need to be safeguarded.
If the U.S. government can intervene to help them stabilize the local political situation and solve the problem of food and clothing for the local people, then this kind of arrogance by the United States will be less important.
Even, when the local government is powerless to resist, the U.S. government itself can take the initiative to help them solve the problem. I don't think they think it's an act of transgression, but they don't necessarily welcome it."
These words made Joseph Clark fall into deep thought, and he quickly reacted, if it is really like what Fang Lang said, if these governments are not good, I can't wait for the US government to stand up and help them immediately!
"But, does this have anything to do with what you said about General Marshall introducing us to business?
This kind of thing should have been carried out directly by the U.S. military!"
Fang Lang smiled when he heard this:
"The direct involvement of the U.S. military is certainly a good option. But in this case, the political implications would be too obvious.
And if the U.S. Department of Defense or the local government in Europe hires some professional military consultants or mercenaries from a military contracting company with sufficient strength.
To carry out this plan to fight the armed forces of the opposition, will you still have this feeling of arrogance? Do you think this is an interference by the U.S. government in the internal affairs of the local government?"
Joseph Clarke's eyes widened when he heard this, and his expression was shocked. But soon the shock turned into excitement, slapped his thigh, stood up directly from the seat, and danced to Fang Lang:
[In view of the general environment,
"Oh Mai Ka! This...... This...... It's a big business! Boss, you're a *** genius."
Looking at Joseph Clark, who was already a little incoherent, Fang Lang smiled reservedly, took a sip of a cup of tea, and slowly put it down.
In fact, the reason why Fang Lang mentioned this business to Joseph Clark was also inadvertently thought of in the reflection of the past few days.
After all, his words may have promoted the emergence of Lao Duism in advance, although this could bring him great benefits. But the souls from later generations are still unwilling to let the Americans immediately taste the taste of the world's police, and later, they will become more unscrupulous.
Therefore, he thought of this plan to hire a military contracting company, so that he could not only make his military contracting company develop rapidly, but also make more money.
At the same time, it can also avoid the direct dispatch of troops by the U.S. government. If it weren't for the direct dispatch of troops by the U.S. government, wouldn't there be no need to build so many military bases in European countries?
If the United States could have fewer military bases deployed around the world, would it be a great weakening of the political influence of the United States?
Of course, one company may not be able to eat such a large order, and with its own identity and background, it also determines that the U.S. government will not absolutely trust itself.
But what does it matter? At least he can make a lot of money from the US interference. At the same time, it can reduce the political influence of the United States.
And the advantage of turning this kind of government's military behavior into a commercial activity is that even if the military contracting company needs to build some military bases during the operation.
The military base of such a company and the military base of the government are two completely different concepts. Once governments regain control, they will certainly not allow these companies to have such a military base on their own soil.
And for the sake of its own profits, the company will not be able to maintain the operation of a military base that it does not need for a long time. At the end of the mission
, they will definitely take the initiative to withdraw these bases.
In this way, will the common military bases in the United States be greatly reduced in the future?
In other words, if it is carried out according to his own plan, Fang Lang may turn the military operation carried out by the US government to contain the CPSU into a military operation to contain US hegemony.
Of course, this containment is invisible, after all, no one in the current US government knows that after the implementation of the Lao Du Doctrine, the US-Soviet hegemony will allow the United States to have so many military bases around the world.
All of this is a secret that only Fang Lang himself knows, and he must not share it with anyone else. Seeing Joseph Clarke's flushed face, he couldn't control his emotions with excitement.
Fang Lang pressed his hand and signaled with a smile:
"Now this is just an idea of mine, and the concrete realization still depends on your efforts.
That's why I'm asking you to hire some influential people from among the retired generals in the United States to serve as advisors to the company.
With these people coming forward to help us lobby the government, we will be able to eat this huge business, and it is not a problem how much money we need to invest in the early stage, as long as we can win this business, we will definitely be able to get a thousand times the return on our efforts."
After Fang Lang made a statement that funds were not a problem, Joseph Clark seemed more confident, and said directly without hesitation:
"Boss, I see what you're thinking!
I think it's very feasible. Rest assured, I will do my best to win this business."
Fang Lang smiled and nodded, signaling that he understood.
General Joseph Clark seemed to be greatly stimulated, and finally controlled his emotions, got up and said to Fang Lang:
"Boss, then I'll go down first!"
Seeing that the other party really didn't plan to talk to him about his nephew Charlie Cole, Fang Lang also felt a little strange, since he was now leaving such an important matter to the other party to do, of course, he still had to untie the knot.
Therefore, in the end, Fang Lang decided to take the initiative to speak, stretched out his hand and pressed down, motioned for the other party to sit down, and then said unhurriedly:
"General Clark, don't worry, I have a personal matter here that I want to talk to you about."
Joseph Clark, who was still immersed in excitement on the other side, was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly reacted and said to Fang Lang with some hesitation:
"Boss, do you want to say something about Charlie Cole?"
Hearing this, Fang Lang nodded and said slowly:
"I was very embarrassed by this incident, and I was very angry that the other party made such racist remarks and insulted my girlfriend at my banquet.
But, considering he's your nephew, it's hard for me to make a move on him. So ........"
Before Fang Lang could finish speaking, Joseph Clark had already spoken directly:
"Boss, you don't have to look at my face, I don't have such a nephew.
And he didn't just say anything about you and your girlfriend, I knew for a long time that this guy was a white supremacist through and through.
Even my uncle-in-law doesn't know how many times he has scolded him for being a yellow-skinned monkey, and if it weren't for his father's understanding of some things, our two families would have been cut off long ago."
Fang Lang didn't expect that this Charlie Cole would even discriminate against his own uncle, which was really a strange flower. But from Joseph Clark's words, it can also be found that the other party still has a certain affection for Charlie Cole's father.
This made Fang Lang guess in his heart, Charlie Cole became like this and there is a certain relationship with family education, which is a little different. Since this was the case, Fang Lang couldn't help but hesitate a little in his heart, whether it was necessary for him to be ruthless to this family.
It seems that Joseph Clarke did not come forward to intercede with him, and he asked with some doubt:
"Haven't their families asked you for help lately? After all, their family's business should have been greatly affected now!"
Hearing this, Joseph Clark sighed at Fang Lang with a wry smile, picked up the tea on the table and drank it in one gulp, smoothed his breath for a while, and then slowly spoke:
"Why don't you ask us for help? However, Charlie Cole himself is at fault. As an adult, he should be responsible for his actions.
As for your global group, stop working with their family business, these are normal business practices. From the beginning to the end, you did not harm his personal safety because of his remarks.
In my opinion, this is already a very restrained act of revenge, and what else can I say."
Fang Lang looked at Joseph Clark's expression seriously, making sure that the other party was not lying or concealing it, and what he said was what the other party really thought in his heart. No wonder the other party didn't come forward to take the initiative to talk to him.
It turned out that in the eyes of the other party, everything he did was taken for granted, and he did not do anything out of the ordinary.
Fang Lang really wanted to tell him that his revenge hadn't started yet! But now that he knew the other party's attitude, Fang Lang also hesitated a little.
To be honest, Joseph Clark is now a general under him, and the military contracting company he is in charge of is also a very important part of his industry.
If he directly intervenes and humanely destroys his nephew Charlie Cole, the other party may not say anything on his face, but he will definitely have some bad thoughts in his heart. This is what Fang Lang does not want to see.
However, if you don't do anything, you won't be able to swallow this breath in your heart. Alas! It's really hard to be a human being!
"Do you know what's going on with their company right now?"
"I heard that it was very difficult, and many of the companies we worked with had severed their cooperation with them, and my wife was anxious for a while, but there was nothing we could do."
Fang Lang knew that the actual situation of Cohen Company was much more serious than what Joseph Clark said, because of Alvin Rockefeller's statement, the stock of Cole Company was wiped out the next day.
Seventy percent of the stock market assets have evaporated, the companies they have cooperated with have announced the termination of cooperation, the volume of business has also shrunk on a large scale, and banking institutions have also begun to stop issuing loans to Cole Industries, and at the same time began to collect loans that are about to expire.
This forced Kerr Industries to choose to sell off part of its business to stabilize people's hearts, and the scale of Kerr Industries has shrunk by 60 percent in just half a month.
And the root of all this is simply because of Charlie Cole's discriminatory remarks at the banquet. As for whether this loyal fan of white supremacy has tasted regret now, Fang Lang doesn't know.
"Excuse me, Mrs. Clark, offer your condolences."
After learning about Joseph Clark's attitude towards this matter, Fang Lang had no interest in continuing to dwell on this matter.
Hearing Fang Lang's words, Joseph Clark stood up and saluted Fang Lang with a military salute and said:
"Please rest assured, this matter will not affect my loyalty to you, our Clark family is a yellow family of Indian origin, not a vassal of the Cole family.
I won't be on the same side as the Cole family."
This statement is a thorough indication of Joseph Clark's attitude towards this matter, especially the fact that the Clark family is a yellow family of Native American descent, which can be regarded as an expression of his dissatisfaction with this white supremacy.
Fang Lang got up and returned a military salute and said:
"It's an honor that we can continue to fight together!"
After sending Joseph Clark away, Fang Lang sat in the office and thought for a long time, because of the existence of John Clark, he was still very grateful to the Clark family, so it was not like having a bad relationship with the Clark family.
Now is the best result, as for how to deal with this Charlie Cole in the end, Fang Lang has not yet thought about it, and now his idea is to see if there is still a possibility of Cole Industries re-emerging after this blow.
If the other party can rise again, he will definitely push the other party without hesitation, because, this time, everyone is considered to have made a comeback, if the other party is given a comeback
opportunity, and in the end, you may make the other party your opponent. This is something that Fang Lang will never allow.
Time passed quickly, because of the rainy season in Brazil, the domestic action against the Eddie brothers*** had to be suspended, giving the other party a rare opportunity to recuperate.
The acquisition of Caterpillar by the Morgan and Rockefeller families was also successfully completed, and the factory that produced bulldozer and tank chassis changed hands twice in just one month, becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Universal Group.
Immediately afterwards, all the designers of this company were gathered, and Fang Lang personally came forward to organize a technical seminar for nearly a week, focusing on the new asphalt concrete material construction machinery.
At the same time, Fang Lang also introduced his imagination of future construction machinery to everyone, bulldozers, excavators, shield machines, etc., of course, Caterpillar's original advantages such as generator sets, mining machinery and the like have not been left behind.
By contrast, the Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has been more secretive about the change in shareholder information, and apart from a brief notification to the central banks of several other governments, the matter has not caused any stir at all.
After all, the Bank for International Settlements is basically out of business.
Then, due to the promotion of the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family, US President Adu officially announced the birth of the Lao Du Doctrine in a speech at the end of February, and officially began the decades-long cold war. This is almost twenty days ahead of history.
And the military contracting company, with the tireless efforts of General Clark and the help of the new Secretary of State Marshall, recruited several influential generals from among the retired generals of the United States.
The lobbying team composed of these people successfully persuaded the US Department of Defense to contract a part of the more dangerous military missions as an experiment in private contracting of military business.
If the desired effect can be achieved, this new model will be adopted in large numbers at a later stage.