Chapter 524: The Hendersons' Purpose
After everyone left, Fang Lang looked at the Henderson couple and said with a smile:
"Uncle Henderson, if you have anything to say to Auntie, please let me know.
What I know, I must know everything. ”
Seeing that Fang Lang didn't answer her question directly, Mrs. Henderson was still a little stunned, but Fit Henderson is a smart person, and sometimes he doesn't deny it, but affirms.
Obviously, Fang Lang indirectly admitted the problem between the two.
He grabbed Mrs. Henderson's hand, who wanted to continue the inquiry, and said with a smile on his face:
"Actually, your aunt doesn't mean anything else, that is, I heard that you have a close relationship with big American conglomerates, and I want to ask you if you know that some time ago, Mr. Marshall, the US Secretary of State, gave a speech at Harvard University."
After a long time, it turned out that it was just to ask about this matter, and this is not a secret, and the secretaries of state have already come forward to give speeches, although they deliberately avoided the attention of the United States, but with the connection between the United States and Europe during this period.
The content of this speech will soon spread all over the world!
Of course, both President Truman and Secretary of State George Marshall have only put forward this plan, but how the plan should be implemented, the specific way of aid, and the amount of aid need to be discussed in detail.
More importantly, each country in Europe has its own demands and must have its own ideas about the distribution ratio of aid.
Even if these problems are solved, there are still difficulties to be overcome in the US Congress, and you must know that the US Congress is not the final say of the Democratic Party, and this plan, which is obviously to use US money to help Europe, will certainly jump out of a large number of people to oppose it.
After all, nominally, the political parties of the United States are all about safeguarding the interests of the American people!
In actual history, after George Marshall proposed the European aid plan, although the United States had already directly begun to aid Greece and Turkey, the actual adoption of this plan was not until April 1948.
The reason for such a long delay is, on the one hand, that European countries are fighting with each other and want to get the most benefits. France suffered great damage from Germany in the two major wars and did not want Germany to regain its pre-war strength.
However, for Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, although they have also suffered from ** aggression, they still hope to promote their own economic prosperity and development by promoting the revival of Germany, considering the close economic ties between themselves and Germany.
The Scandinavian countries, especially Sweden, have always adhered to two principles. One is that their long-standing trade ties with the countries of the Eastern Bloc should not be interrupted; The second is that its neutrality cannot be violated.
However, this European aid plan of the United States originally had the purpose of containing the development of the Soviet Union, and of course it could not agree to this, so the negotiations between European countries alone were a long process.
Not to mention the strong opposition of the members of Congress in the US Congress later. If it weren't for the February Revolution in Czechoslovakia in February 1948, the Congressional men of the United States were so scared that they almost peed their pants.
Whether this plan can be successfully passed or not will be marked with a big question mark.
Fang Lang looked at the Hendersons with some amusement, this kind of American policy, it was really surprising that he thought of asking himself, a Brazilian.
However, thinking of the relationship between the two of them and the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family, it is estimated that they may be the ones who can receive inside information, so they thought of asking themselves!
"Uncle and Aunt Henderson are wondering, have I heard of Mr. Marshall's plan for the reconstruction of Europe?"
Seeing Fang Lang looking at the two of them with a smile on his face, the Hendersons smiled a little embarrassedly, and finally Mrs. Henderson took the initiative to speak:
"I'm wondering if you know anything about the plan, now that your company is involved in the aid operations in Turkey and Greece."
I have to say that sometimes there are some problems, and what women say is indeed more appropriate than men. Since Fang Lang has taken the initiative to mention the European reconstruction plan, it means that Fang Lang is clear about this plan.
Therefore, Mrs. Henderson began to probe that Fang Lang knew some of the inside stories they were interested in.
Of course, Fang Lang knows the inside story of this plan, and he can also be said to be one of the promoters behind this plan. But there were things and things he could discuss with the Morgans and the Rockefellers, but they were absolutely not suitable for the Hendersons.
It's not that you don't believe the other party, but if you don't implement things concretely, there may be some uncontrollable changes when you say it. After all, the Hendersons also have their own position.
They are also the recipients of aid, and if they had known some inside information in advance and disseminated it, the negotiations between the European countries would not have been able to proceed, let alone implement the plan.
Therefore, Fang Lang smiled and said:
"Although Mr. Marshall proposed this plan, the attitude of all European countries has not yet been unified, and the plan has not been submitted to Congress for approval.
But as far as I know, Mr. Marshall's idea of American funding to help the countries of Europe rebuild was supported by the Morgan and Rockefeller families. ”
Although Fang Lang said that the plan had not yet been submitted, he did not know the inside information. But the latter sentence, the idea was supported by Morgan and Rockefeller, and it is obviously a typical inside information.
This is also telling the Hendersons that the plan is supported by the American consortium, and if it passes, they will make their own judgment.
Clever people, they will soon be able to get the information they want from this news, so as to make relevant adjustments to their family's estate.
In fact, in Fang Lang's view, this is nonsense, after all, Secretary of State George Marshall has already made it clear in his speech that the United States will provide funds, if he is not authorized, will he dare to express this position?
But people are sometimes strange and have received the news, but they may still have some scruples, but when someone they think they can trust gives them an affirmative answer, they will really believe it.
Sure enough, as Fang Lang expected, the Hendersons let out a long sigh of relief after hearing Fang Lang's words.
Mrs. Henderson couldn't wait to take the initiative to speak:
"If that's the case, it's really great, many of our industries are already in a situation of tight funds, and with the entry of American funds, we will definitely be able to rescue us from the quagmire."
Fang Lang, who heard this, did not answer, he did not know the specific industry situation of the Henderson family, and now his global group and the shipyard of the other family have been jointly established.
The other party's shipyard will definitely be able to achieve good development, as for other industries, Fang Lang may know that it is the Bristol Aircraft Factory, but Fang Lang in later generations has not heard of this company.
Moreover, the research direction of the other party is obviously wrong, in this era when everyone is studying jet aircraft, you are still working on propeller aircraft, you are not eliminated, who is eliminated.
Therefore, Fang Lang didn't want to let his funds help the other party fill the hole.
Fit Henderson on the side obviously didn't particularly care about business, so after getting the answer he wanted, he didn't pay attention anymore, but looked at Fang Langdao with some curiosity:
"Fang, this God's Whip Military Contracting Company is your property, right?"
This kind of thing is not a secret, and Fang Lang has never thought of keeping it a secret, so he nodded with a smile and said:
"Yes, Uncle Henderson!"
"Then why did you set up such a mercenary company?"
Hearing this, Fang Lang smiled and said:
"Actually, I didn't want to start a mercenary company at first. At that time, our military wanted to have its own aircraft carrier fleet, and after negotiations, the United States was also willing to sell aircraft carriers to us.
But we don't have the technical personnel to do it, and when we have the equipment, we can't get him moving.
My friend's father, Admiral Clark, was retiring from the post of commander of the aircraft carrier fleet, so I hired him to teach us how to use and maintain the aircraft carrier.
In the end, there are too many relevant officers hired, and it is a bit complicated to sign contracts with our fleet one by one.
I came forward to invest in General Clark, gathered these American instructors, and set up this military contracting company, which directly signed a training agreement with our fleet, so that the whole process was much more formalized.
Of course, the speed of the company's development has greatly exceeded my expectations. ”
Fit Henderson didn't know what Versailles was, but at this moment, he felt that Fang Lang in front of him was suspected of pretending.
He obviously didn't expect that this military contracting company called God's Whip would be established in this way. After two dry coughs, Fit Henderson stabilized his emotions before saying:
"So that's the case, and now your military contracting company is amazing, and as a private company, it has taken orders from the US Department of Defense to fight on the battlefields of Greece and Turkey.
I heard that the soldiers of your company performed very well, even better than many American soldiers. ”
Hearing this, Fang Lang just smiled modestly and said:
"It's not surprising that our company's employees are mainly veterans of the army, and they have experienced the brutal test of the European war, and now this kind of battle is nothing at all."
"I also heard that the teachers in your Brazilian military academy are also recruited through this company?"
Fang Lang didn't know why the other party was interested in this matter, but these were not secrets, and he was not prepared to hide anything, so he nodded with a smile and said:
"There is such a thing, but this is mainly the instructor of the Aviation Academy.
The teachers of the military academy are recruited directly from the military academies in the United States. ”
These words obviously attracted the attention of Fett Henderson, who looked at Fang Lang with interest and said:
"If that's the case, is your company interested in recruiting some military academy teachers from the UK?"
At this moment, Fang Lang finally reacted to the other party's purpose, it seems that the other party wants to expand the British influence in Brazil in this way!
After all, teachers and students in school have a very special relationship, and teachers are very easy to instill some ideas of their own in students. In this way, it was possible to unconsciously train officers close to the British in the Brazilian army.
As soon as something happens in the future, this sentiment can have something very beneficial to the British.
Fang Lang didn't mind this, after all, this is not the same as a student studying in the UK alone, as long as the teacher has real talent and learning, Fang Lang doesn't mind that there will be some pro-British forces in the Brazilian army in the future.
On the contrary, he very much welcomed the situation. Only in this way can the forces of all parties in the army reach a delicate balance. It will not appear that everyone is pro-American.