Fang Lang, who was improvising in the office, casually looked at General Crook's reaction, saw that the other party's expression was constantly changing, and finally his face turned red with excitement.

Fang Lang understood that his performance was not in vain, and he couldn't help but smile in his heart, and couldn't help but perform harder.

With a face full of excitement, he walked quickly in front of General Crook, grabbed the other party's right hand, shook it fiercely, shook it vigorously, and said incoherently:

"Your Excellency, General, your vision and wisdom are really impressive, and I believe that your future will be limitless."

General Crook, who was also in a state of excitement, happily accepted Fang Lang's compliment, pretended to be light-hearted, patted the back of Fang Lang's hand holding his right hand, and said with a smile on his face:

That's right, it is to "serve a generation, develop a generation, pre-research a generation, and explore a generation." ”

In this way, our weaponry will never lag behind, and our national defense strength will certainly be steadily enhanced.

Wait, I want to record this sentence, and at the next national defense conference, I will take it out and focus on expounding it, and we must turn this law into the guiding ideology of our "White Paper on the Development of National Defense Equipment." ”

As he spoke, he let go of Fang Lang's hand, walked quickly to the back of the desk, picked up a black notebook from the upper left corner, and opened a blank page. His right hand groped around for a while, but he didn't find a pen.

At this time, Fang Lang took out a fountain pen from the pen holder on the desk at the right time, unscrewed the cap, and handed the pen to General Crook.

General Crook, who was looking for a fountain pen everywhere, snatched it unceremoniously and wrote a line of Portuguese on a blank piece of paper, the content of which was exactly these "four generations".

Seeing this scene, Fang Lang showed a knowing smile on his face.

General Crook, on the other hand, seemed to be admiring a beautiful calligraphy work, his eyes unblinking at the line of words in the notebook, and his face was indescribably satisfied.

At this time, Fang Lang naturally did not interrupt General Crook's self-absorption with a sound, quietly put down the cap in his hand, and lightly returned to the sofa in the reception area to sit down, and continued to smoke his cigar, hiding his merit and fame.

But General Crook was obviously not a stupid person, and after experiencing the sudden excitement, his brain gradually came to his senses, and he slowly tasted something.

Looking up at Fang Lang, he said with some tears and laughter:

"Good! I almost fell in love with your kid.

Where is this what kind of law I have summed up! It's clear that the boy shoehorned it into me!

Go ahead! What the hell do you mean kid and what do you want to do? ”

Hearing this, Fang Lang looked at General Crook blankly.

"What do you mean! Your Excellency, what are you talking about? ”

Seeing that Fang Lang looked like he didn't admit it, General Crook glared at the other party fiercely, put the pen into the cap and put it back in its place, glanced at the handwriting on the notebook again, and then slowly walked to the sofa in the reception area and sat down.

He picked up his cigar from the ashtray, put it to his lips and took a hard puff, and after a while he exhaled the smoke with a satisfied face.

"Alright, don't pretend, you kid.

You know very well what kind of person I am, so don't do this between us.

I'm not stupid, have I ever said something like this, and I haven't counted it in my heart?

I have to say that the law of equipment development summed up by your kid is very constructive, and I think it is also a very good suggestion to include him in the "White Paper on the Development of National Defense Equipment".

However, it is completely unnecessary to shoehorn this credit on my head. ”

Seeing this, Fang Lang also knew that General Crook had already reacted, there is no fool in this world who can be the Minister of the Navy, and there can only be a person who pretends to be stupid, and the other party is obviously not the kind of person who can pretend to be stupid.

Shook his head a little helplessly and said:

"Your Excellency, it doesn't matter who proposed this law of development, what matters is whether or not this law can be implemented.

You also know that behind me is the Fangyuan Group, if you claim to the outside world that this law was discovered and proposed by me, then what do you think everyone will think in their hearts.

Do you think that I put it forward just so that Fangyuan Group can get more R&D funds from the government?

Will this make many people stand up and oppose our inclusion of this law in the "White Paper on the Development of National Defense Equipment", will this cause unnecessary trouble to our national defense development in Brazil?

And if you bring it up, you have no scruples about it.

Not only can it be recognized by the majority of people, but it can also make this development idea beneficial to the country smoothly landed, and at the same time, it can also allow you to obtain greater political achievements and have the opportunity to go to a higher position in the future.

And with your wise leadership, it is unlikely that our defense industry will not develop rapidly.

Are you right? ”

General Crook listened to Fang Lang's words, kept smoking a cigar in his mouth, obviously thinking seriously about the meaning of Fang Lang's words, and after a long time, he slowly exhaled a puff of smoke and said:

"So, you're just trying to get more R&D funding from the government, right?"

When Fang Lang heard this, his expression was instantly sluggish, and he looked at General Crook in disbelief, and it took him a long time to react, and he sighed helplessly with one hand on his forehead and said:

"Your Excellency, what about the trust between people?

Let's put aside R&D funding, and tell me, is there anything wrong with this law of development?

If we continue to develop according to this law, will our defense industry become stronger? ”

As a result, General Crook still didn't speak, but looked at Fang Lang seriously with his eyes, as if he wanted to analyze whether what he said was true or false from his expression.

This wave is really a little helpless, and in the end I can only say frankly:

"Yes, I do want to get more research funding from the government. But is there something wrong with that?

Is there a problem with R&D investment in the defense industry, funded by the government?

Besides, what we put forward is only a development idea, not that we want to directly allocate funds to our Fangyuan Group.

If there are other companies that have the strength to take on certain projects, and the government allocates funds to them, we will not have any objections!

The ultimate goal of this development idea is to allow us to have a strong defense industrial system. ”

Seeing Fang Lang's angry look, he honestly said what he thought in his heart. General Crook couldn't hold back any longer and burst out laughing.

While laughing, he pointed at Fang Lang with his finger and said:

"Hahaha, I knew you kid must be trying to use me as a gunman.

You see, now I've guessed it! ”

After laughing for a while, his expression slowly calmed down, and he nodded somewhat seriously and continued:

"However, there is some truth to what you kid said.

It would be a shame if, as you said, someone raised objections because of your identity, and this excellent development idea was buried.

But, given the relationship between the two of us, would it be easy for me to bring it up as well? ”

I understood that General Crook said this, just because he was embarrassed to take Fang Lang's research results for himself. As long as the other party is given another step, this matter may be able to land Fang Lang, where he still doesn't understand what he should do.

Hurriedly looked at General Crook with a serious face and said:

"Your Excellency, this was originally the inspiration that arose in the course of our discussion about the independent design and construction of destroyers. Although this idea was proposed by me.

But you are also one of the participants in this idea! Since it is not suitable for me to bring it up, of course it should be brought up by you!

More importantly, only your identity and putting forward such a development idea can attract the attention of the military circles. Only then can this idea be truly implemented.

In the end, our country's defense industry can become truly strong.

As for me personally, if this idea can be implemented, we at Fangyuan Group will definitely be able to profit from it.

It's a win-win situation for both of us, don't you think? ”

General Crook, who was stared at by Fang Lang with a sincere face, did not answer Fang Lang's question immediately, but sat in his place, smoking his cigar one by one, obviously thinking seriously about what Fang Lang said.

Fang Lang didn't rush the other party, he understood that General Crook was now trying to convince himself and agree to take this idea for himself. From here, Fang Lang can be sure that in terms of the other party's character, there is absolutely no problem.

In this way, time quietly passed, and after about five or six minutes, General Crook violently pressed the cigar on the ashtray, raised his head to meet Fang Lang's gaze seriously, and nodded fiercely:

"Okay, this time I'll be cheeky enough to take advantage of my juniors.

You can rest assured that I will do my best to promote this development idea that is of guiding significance to the defense industry in the Ministry of National Defense.

As for the order for the construction of destroyers, it must also belong to your Fangyuan group.

At the same time, I will also propose to start China's independent missile development program, and strive to entrust this project to your Fangyuan Group. ”

Fang Lang understands that this is the same reason that Western capitalists donate campaign funds to politicians in exchange for enough commercial benefits for themselves after they are elected.

It's just that what Fang Lang provided was not campaign funds, but a development idea for the defense industry, and for a businessman, this deal was really cost-effective.

Although his identity is also a soldier, he does not want to become a senior general who is far away from real power, but is now a powerful boss with heavy troops and enough real power, which is more in line with his positioning.

It is not too prominent, but also impossible to ignore, and does not dare to do anything to him easily, and at the same time has enough influence on the Wehrmacht and politics.

Such a position will make him comfortable in both military and political circles, and everyone in the military world does not have to worry that he will compete with himself for the upward channel, and he can become friends with him.

In politics, as long as he makes it clear that he does not want to enter politics, he is the target of all politicians, after all, the SPD is now largely under the control of their family.

Of course, some people may feel that he has always occupied this position, which may create an obstacle to the promotion of his subordinates.

However, Fang Lang didn't think so, because with his influence in the military circles, he had long thought of recommending his subordinates who were loyal to him to other positions of real power, and slowly, a powerful military group with him as the core would be formed.

When the time comes, his relationship in the military world will inevitably become intertwined, and his influence will become incomparably strong. Even, he is looking for an opportunity to extend his tentacles to the Air Force and Army.

Among them, the aviation school is an important direction for his infiltration into the Air Force.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved today, Fang Lang also stood up with a smile on his face, and saluted General Crook and said:

"Thank you, Your Excellency."

Seeing this, General Crook also hurriedly got up and saluted Fang Lang seriously.

"I'm supposed to thank you."

The two shook hands tacitly, and everything was silent.

(End of chapter)