Fang Lang, who understood the current situation, pondered for a while before slowly speaking:

"Someone in the so-called campaign team will propose it, and it's this guy himself, right? Is he trying to probe you? ”

Of course, Xin Shiliang is also a smart person, as soon as the other party's words came out, he also understood what the other party meant, and he could have refused directly, but since his own boss was involved, of course he still had to ask the boss's opinion.

"Yes, young owner! I have the feeling that he wants to continue to support Mr. Dutra, but now he must have noticed an anomaly in the president's approval ratings, so he wanted to test our attitude.

If we refuse the other party's request, it means that we have given up on Mr. Dutra, and he may also leave a way out for himself. If we accept the offer to meet, he may have to follow up. ”

This kind of temptation from politicians, both Fang Lang and Xin Shiliang know that the other party's performance is not offensive, and being able to ask in advance can be regarded as giving Fang Lang enough time to react.

"After all, Mr. Dutra is the person who has been the president of Brazil, and if he really says that he wants to meet me, I will not be able to refuse.

And even if the other party retires from the presidency, he is also a former Minister of the Army, and he has a wealth of contacts in the Army, and this kind of resources is what we need.

Besides, even if this friend of yours does not ask Mr. Dutra to talk to me, I think sooner or later someone will remind Mr. Dutra, or Mr. Dutra himself may think of me.

Looks like I'm going to have to go out on a long time. ”

Fang Lang's attitude is very clear, he doesn't want to support the other party, nor does he want to hate the other party, in this case, it is better to avoid it directly to be quiet.

When Xin Shiliang heard Fang Lang's words, he suddenly became a little anxious, and hurriedly said:

"However, young owner, now is the time when the Brazilian presidential election is at its most intense, and it will not be appropriate for you to be tolerant at this time.

We still haven't made it clear who we want to support! ”

The situation in the presidential election has become confusing because of Mr. Vargas's early exit, with each party putting forward its own candidates, including those supported by the Fangyuan group.

However, due to the fact that the Fangyuan Group does not seem to have much ambition for politics to the outside world, although everyone knows that the financier behind the SPD, Nice Company, is a subsidiary of the Fangyuan Group. However, other companies under the Fangyuan Group will support candidates from other parties.

Therefore, for a while, politicians in Brazilian politics could not understand whether the Fangyuan Group wanted to participate in politics or did not want to participate.

You say he wants to get involved! Fangyuan Group has never made it clear who it wants to fully support to run for the next president.

You have to say that Fangyuan Group doesn't want to participate! His subsidiaries all have politicians they support, such as the SPD, which represents Nice & Co., and has clearly recommended Kubitschek, the leader of the SPD, to run for election;

However, the representative of the National League, which represents the automobile, shipbuilding and military industries of the Fangyuan Group, recommended Mr. Scalia, the former mayor of São Paulo. The Labor Party even recommended Mr. Goulart, the former assistant of Mr. Vargas.

This series of magical operations has left politicians of various political parties in Brazil very confused, and they do not know who the Fangyuan group really supports.

Even most people only know that the candidate in their party is supported by the Fangyuan Group, and they don't know what the situation of the candidates of other political parties is, after all, they can't imagine that the Fangyuan Group will carry out this kind of diversification.

This is a very stupid act in the eyes of most of them, after all, politics is the art of taking sides, and your Fangyuan Group's diversification often means that you will get nothing, after all, no politician will grovel to a consortium that does not fully support them.

Therefore, in the eyes of most people who don't know the situation, Fangyuan Group doesn't seem to care about politics, and even has a kind of laissez-faire.

But in the eyes of Fang Lang, Xin Shiliang and others, it was a completely different scene, especially Xin Shiliang, who never thought that he would have such a big power one day. Because the candidates of these three major political parties are actually recognized by the Fangyuan Group.

This also means that Fangyuan Group has actually begun to influence the choice of Brazil's president behind the scenes.

Of course, this is not without its surprises, for example, Labor's candidate Goulart is not actually the first choice of the Fangyuan group. According to Xin Shiliang, he originally wanted to recommend the new chairman of the Labour Party, Virgil, to run for election.

However, because although the Fangyuan Group has infiltrated the Labor Party through the trade unions, it has been relatively short in time and has relatively little seniority, and there are actually many supporters of Mr. Vargas in many places.

As a result, when recommending the list of presidential candidates, it turned out that Mr. Vargas's assistant Guulart narrowly defeated Virgil, who was the chairman of the Labor Party, by a few votes, and successfully became the candidate of the Labor Party for the first time in the presidential election.

Fang Lang was not familiar with this candidate named Gulat, but according to the information provided by Xin Shiliang, Fang Lang found that this guy was obviously a pro-Soviet element, and repeatedly expressed his support for the interests of workers in public, suggesting that the working hours of the workers be reduced and the wages of the workers should be increased.

In this regard, Fang Lang, who was born as a crew member in his previous life, was not disgusted, on the contrary, he agreed very much in his heart. But now that he is the largest capitalist in Brazil, he sees things from a completely different perspective.

If you want people to be rich and improve people's living standards, you can't just raise workers' wages and reduce working hours, and now that Brazil's economy is developing at a high speed, it is inevitable that there will be a certain amount of inflation.

As the leader of a country, he does not know how to curb inflation, but simply raises workers' wages and reduces working hours, which is simply a palliative rather than a cure.

After a while, I wonder if the salary you increase is not enough for the original purchasing power! Then you might as well not add it at all.

Therefore, the plan proposed by Gulat, which can only solve the superficial problem but cannot solve the essential problem, is not supported by Fang Lang at all. Another point is that this guy seems to admire the state capitalism of the Soviet Union very much, wants to vigorously develop state-owned capital, and even wants to directly nationalize some industries.

Isn't this a clear plan to fight against local tyrants like Fang Lang and them? Therefore, it is strange that Fang Lang can support him.

What Fang Lang didn't know was that in the real history of Brazil, Mr. Gulatt served as the president of Brazil in 1961 as vice president because of the resignation of President Cuedros.

Two years after he came to power, the Brazilian army staged another coup d'état, completely overthrew the Brazilian government, established the Brazilian military junta, and imposed a military dictatorship in Brazil for 21 years. It was not until 1985 that he returned to power.

Of course, these are the history of another world, and the current Brazil has long been changed beyond recognition because of the arrival of Fang Lang, and even Mr. Vargas, who could have easily won and was elected as the next president, has been kicked out of politics by Fang Lang early, and has completely lost the opportunity to continue in politics.

However, such a change is not a bad thing for Vargas, after all, Mr. Vargas was forced to commit suicide by swallowing a gun in the president's office four years after he was elected president. Fang Lang's behavior can be regarded as saving the other party's life in disguise.

Xin Shiliang's words can be regarded as a wake-up call for Fang Lang, it is already October 1949, and it is very short before the official start of the presidential election, and it is time to choose a suitable presidential candidate.

After pondering for a while, Fang Lang slowly spoke:

"Brazil needs stability now, and although some of President Dutra's policies are indeed too radical, we certainly can't overdo it, so Labor's Guulat can be eliminated outright.

I am not familiar with Kubitschek of the SPD, but I have had a lot of contact with Mr. Scalia, the mayor of São Paulo of the National League.

The development of our Fangyuan Group in São Paulo has also received his strong support, and I think he will be the president of the next government! As for the SPD's Kubichik, who first became vice president, let's take a look at his ability to work.

If you can satisfy us, it's not too late to give him another chance. ”

Fang Lang's tone was very flat, as if he was arranging what dinner to have at home today, but what he actually said directly determined the next political trend in Brazil.

Of course, although it seems that Fang Lang just made a casual decision, in fact, he was also deliberate, and he understood the governing theories of these presidential candidates.

The SPD's approach to Kubitschek's work was actually very much in line with Fang Lang's mind, because he was a typical middle-of-the-road pragmatist, hoping to maintain neutrality between the United States and the Soviet Union, mediating in the middle, while reaping Brazil's own interests from both sides.

But if this foreign policy is implemented now, the benefits that President Dutra's early siding will bring to Brazil's economic development will not be fully compromised. Therefore, it would be better for the new administration to maintain a pro-American stance while promoting this centrist to the vice president, so that he can slowly ease relations with the Soviet Union.

Let the transition of the whole policy not seem so abrupt.

Among the three candidates, Gulat Fang Lang will definitely not be elected, not because he wants to fight the local tyrants of the Fang family, but because his pro-Soviet position can easily bring disaster to Brazil, you must know that although the Soviet Union is strong, the Soviet Union is too far away from the Americas.

Thinking about Cuba's later situation, coupled with Fang Lang's clear knowledge of the future of the Soviet Union, of course he would not be stupid enough to know that the other party would fail and still follow behind the other party.

The reason why Kubitschek was put in the position of vice president was to maintain an ambiguous diplomatic relationship with the Soviet Union. This was not because he was afraid of the Soviet Union, but because he knew very well that his hometown would follow Big Brother for a long time in the early days.

If the Brazilian government chooses to sever ties with the Soviet Union as a matter of national policy, it will be very difficult for him to provide support to his hometown when necessary, as it was very difficult in the early days, and even suffered from severe natural disasters.

In this case, the wanderers who are far away in Brazil have to find a way to provide some assistance to their hometown! Even if it is not in the name of the government, it can be in the name of the Chinese diaspora in Brazil.

Even if the U.S. government has any opinions, it can't stop the people from supporting their hometowns. As long as there is an opportunity, Fang Lang will definitely not be stingy with his support for his hometown.

If it were possible, he would even want to ask the Brazilian government to recognize his hometown right now.

Unfortunately, politics is not a dinner party, and international relations cannot be so casual. Nor can he be so capricious, and the consequences of doing so would not only be likely to cause the United States to change its stance on Brazil. Let Brazil miss a rare opportunity for economic development.

It is also possible that the Soviet Union will misunderstand Brazil's position, and Brazil will become one of the battlefields for hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union.

If this is the case, Fang Lang will not be able to provide some help to his hometown in the future, which he absolutely does not want to see.

For Fang Lang, the choice of Scalia as Brazil's new president can not only ensure a smooth transition of Brazil's foreign policy, but also allow the Brazilian economy to continue to ride the fast train of rapid economic recovery in Europe and the United States.

It can also allow Yang Gan, who is the secretary of Scalia, to obtain huge political resources, and his cousin is bent on entering politics, and with the resume of the secretary of the Brazilian president, the future road will be easier.

Xin Shiliang also breathed a long sigh of relief when he heard that Fang Lang had finally made a decision, after all, the matter had not been settled for a day, the greater the pressure on his shoulders, you must know that if the politics could not choose a position early, there would be unpredictable changes in the later stage.

As for Fang Lang's choice, he was not surprised at all, as the spokesperson for Fang Lang's integration of political resources, of course, he had to be very clear about Fang Lang's political ideas.

"Then when it is convenient for you, would you like to take the time to meet with the two future presidents and vice presidents?"

Hearing that Xin Shiliang had already begun to call those two presidents and vice presidents, Fang Lang knew that he was very sure, and he smiled noncommittally at this.

"No, you can talk to them on my behalf, my status is not suitable to meet them alone before they are elected.

However, you must make my thinking clear with Kubichik, and it is related to whether we will be able to go back to our hometown to visit relatives in the future, understand? ”

Xin Shiliang is also Chinese, of course, he also hopes to have the opportunity to go back to his hometown to see, after all, no matter how well he develops in Brazil, if he does not worship his ancestors, he will feel that his life is not complete.

"Yes, young owner. I will convey your views to the two Mr. Presidents.

So which of my friends with President Dutra, I'll wake them up in advance. ”

"Since it's your friend, then you can do it yourself! I'm going to think about what kind of reason I'm going to have to make the trip as long as possible.

Brazil is up to you. ”

Fang Lang's words made Xin Shiliang on the other side of the phone smile.

"Then I will wish the young owner a happy trip in advance."

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm not going to travel, I'm going to go on a mission, these are two different things!"

"Then I wish the young owner a smooth work! Haha."

(End of chapter)