Fang Lang couldn't help but be slightly stunned by John Clark's sudden strong self-confidence, seeing that the other party seemed to have really found his goal, he couldn't help but be curious:

"Oh! The cost is low, the demand is high, and it can only be purchased in Japan, what kind of product are you talking about! I'm a little curious. ”

Looking at Fang Lang's inquiring expression, John smiled, turned his head to look around, and then lowered his voice and said:

"Fresh vegetables! We only need to set up an agricultural and sideline products production enterprise, and then sign a vegetable purchase agreement with local farmers, and when the vegetables are ripe, we can directly package the vegetables grown by the farmers and ship them directly to the front line!

As long as we sign an agreement with these farmers in advance, agree on the varieties to be planted, and the purchase price, we can let the farmers plant in advance.

When the vegetables are ripe, we can directly buy them back at the agreed price and ship them to the front line through the procurement system of the US military.

The demand for such goods is very huge, and it can only be purchased in Japan, and if it is shipped from the United States, it is estimated that by the time it reaches the front, the food will have already gone bad. You say, don't you? ”

When Fang Lang heard this, he couldn't help but glance at this guy, and he had to say that the choice of this commodity was really accurate, the US military-industrial complex did not look down on this kind of business at all, and it was impossible for powerful American businessmen to purchase and ship it from the United States.

Only from the hands of Japanese farmers is the most suitable, and this commodity Fang Lang believes that with John Clark's own status in the US military stationed in Japan, it will definitely be able to easily do so.

Of course, in this era, it is a super military power like the United States that has the ability to ensure that the army has such a luxurious logistical support capability, thinking of providing fresh vegetables to the front-line soldiers.

Thinking about these places, Lang had to give John a thumbs up.

"I have to say, this product that your kid chose is really very suitable, it is not only necessary for the army, but it can only be purchased locally, I think fresh vegetables are not enough.

Our machinery factory under the Brazilian Fangyuan Group can design a tunnel dryer for you to quickly dry fresh vegetables into dehydrated vegetables, and when the army cannot guarantee the supply of fresh vegetables in winter, you can also have enough vegetable supplies. ”

"Huh! Are you sure? And this kind of thing? ”

John Clark didn't expect this kind of thing to exist, and vegetables are still seasonal products in this era, and it is not easy to grow fresh vegetables in winter weather.

If there really were such dehydrated vegetables, he would have planned to make a company that only made seasonal products, and could directly sign a complete vegetable supply agreement with the US military.

As long as he proposes to ensure that the US military can eat vegetables all year round, then this business will definitely not escape his control, and no one will be able to snatch orders from him at all.

"The production process of dehydrated vegetables is not complicated, and the investment of the factory is not very much, but the supply of agricultural and sideline products can be guaranteed throughout the year, which is very worthy of investment."

In fact, Fang Lang also had an idea suddenly, although he didn't remember when dehydrated vegetables were invented, but he really understood the production process of dehydrated vegetables, and if the production equipment was reversed through this process, of course, there was no problem for him.

And this business is not a technology product with complex technical content, but this product has a broad market environment, and now it is only used as a military vegetable supplier for the luxury American troops, and after the war, it can supply instant noodle factories and provide vegetable seasoning packages, and the business can continue continuously.

Some people may say that it is possible to use greenhouses to produce fresh vegetables to supply the army, but what the army needs is a large supply of cheap products, and if greenhouses are used to produce vegetables in winter, the production cost will remain high, and it will not be able to form a scale at all.

There is no guarantee that the army will be supplied at a low price, and it may not be a problem to supply senior officers in small quantities, but it is simply a luxury to want to supply them on a large scale.

John naturally attaches great importance to Fang Lang's suggestion, although he doesn't know much about the specific situation of the tunnel dryer that Fang Lang said, but he can probably understand the role of this thing.

"Good! Thank you so much, good brother! The dehydrated vegetables you are talking about will definitely have very broad prospects, and even if the conflict on the peninsula does not occur, this business will definitely be very promising. ”

Fang Lang patted the other party's arm slightly reservedly when he heard this, and he mentioned the other party today, which was also a temporary idea, after all, where was the relationship between himself and him, the other party could have been close to the water and the moon first, if he didn't remind the other party in advance, he would feel that he was a bit of a jerk.

What's more, the vegetable business that the other party thought of made him think of dehydrated vegetables, and he could design and manufacture vegetable drying equipment in Brazil and apply for patents in the world, and then he could make a lot of money by selling vegetable drying equipment to the outside world.

Coupled with the identity of the colonel officer of the logistics department of the US military stationed in Japan, when the branch of his group in Japan enters the US military supplier system in the future, even if he does not mention it, the other party will definitely do his best to escort it.

Of course, with the size of its own group company, it will definitely not make efforts purely from the Japanese side, and when the time comes, the US military headquarters will have its own Shata company, and even Secretary of State Marshall's relationship exists, and Japan will have John Clark's network in the US military logistics department, and it should be easier for me to eat the war dividends that should belong to Japan.

"Since you think you have a problem, then do it seriously. I have already provided you with the news, and whether you can succeed or not depends on your own ability.

Finally, let me remind you that my company only has a small share of this business, and the real majority has been carved up. At this time, they will never allow anyone else to participate in and get a piece of the pie.

So, I hope this news ends here, even if you arrange for your sister to come to Japan to take charge of this business, you can't tell him the details. Do you understand? ”

When John Clark heard Fang Lang's words, he originally thought that the driving force behind this matter was the American military-industrial complex, but at this moment, he was even more certain.

If you want to survive in the United States, you can scold the president and offend politicians, but you must not offend these powerful capital consortia.

Nodding earnestly, he said:

"Brother, don't worry! I didn't hear anything about it, except that it was a whim to take over the vegetable supply business of our naval base, and I didn't know anything else. ”

Hearing the other party's words, Fang Lang smiled and patted the other party's arm without saying anything more.

In fact, he doesn't mind if the other party will spread the news, anyway, he has already completed the layout in Japan, and now his group company has already been prepared in Japan, as soon as the time comes, the factory will start running at full speed.

Moreover, given his relationship with the General Logistics Department of the US military, he did not compete with those powerful arms manufacturing enterprises for food, but only ate some leftovers that they did not look down on, so he did not believe that he had no chance to replace Japan as the final winner.

Of course, when he wins, Japan will certainly benefit a lot, and the minimum income of the workers and the taxes of the factories should still be paid, but these are obviously a small part.

He has either quietly bought the factories in Japan that are capable of producing those goods, or he has allowed the banks to acquire the majority of the shares through financial means.

Unless the United States gives up buying goods from Japan, he can offer everything from sacks and gauze to cement, steel, and anything else Americans are willing to buy in Japan.

Hiding in the corner and talking to John Clark for so long, it had already begun to attract the attention of the other guests at the banquet, Fang Lang quietly touched his wine glass with John, and reintegrated into the lively crowd.

Early the next morning, Fang Lang rode in a vehicle arranged by the US military base in good spirits, accompanied by John, and began to inspect Japan.

Japan in 1949 was already very different from the Japan that Fang Lang saw in 1945 as a member of the Brazilian occupation army.

At least in Tokyo, Japan, there are no ruins on the streets, and the buildings in the urban area are dominated by four- and five-storey buildings. The roads are also very clean and wide, and the number of cars driving on the roads is also very impressive.

Fang Lang was still quite surprised that Japan could have such a big change during this period, and according to his prediction, Japan's rise should wait until after the Korean Peninsula War officially began.

But the truth is very different from what he imagined, at least Fang Lang saw that many Japanese clothes on the street have begun to become neat and smooth, and even make Fang Lang feel similar to his hometown in the seventies and eighties.

This surprised him very much, and even after walking out of the city, Fang Lang saw that the road on the outskirts of Tokyo was also a cement road, and the side of the road was also a newly built two-story rural courtyard.

Today, Fang Lang said that he came out to investigate, in fact, he wanted to see the current economic situation in Japan, second, he wanted to inspect his own industry in a private visit, and third, he accompanied John Clark to see the environment in the countryside of Tokyo and whether it was possible to grow a large number of vegetables.

"I didn't think that in a few years, Tokyo would have returned to its pre-war level, how did they do it?"

Fang Lang was very dissatisfied with the current situation of Japan, as a defeated country, he should have to bear the serious consequences of starting a war, not to mention that all the people had to be unclothed and struggling to survive.

But what Fang Lang sees now is that Japan is not at all a war criminal country that has just launched a war of aggression and has been tried by the victorious country, but a developing country whose economy is beginning to take off rapidly.

This made Fang Lang's heart difficult to accept at all. So, I quietly asked John next to me about the situation in Japan.

"Not to mention that you can't think of it, even I, who stays in Japan every day, didn't expect that just after the end of the war, Tokyo was indeed in ruins, and when the Japanese soldiers overseas withdrew to Japan, Japan was even more chaotic for a long time.

At that time, the streets were full of homeless people, and the scene was quite miserable. In 1946, many Japanese were starved to death, and then the Japanese prime minister approached MacArthur and told him that if the United States could not provide food aid, there could be a revolution in Japan.

General MacArthur, after much deliberation, had to send a telegram to the country, claiming that either food would be sent to him or enough ammunition would be sent to him.

Later, 700,000 tons of grain were sent to Japan to aid Japan, and Japan was quickly relieved from the food crisis, and the economy began to recover rapidly.

Until it has developed to the point where it is now. ”

Hearing John Clark's words, Fang Lang felt a little speechless, in order to avoid a revolution in Japan, the United States actually provided assistance to Japan, no wonder the Japanese economy recovered so quickly.

"But these damn Japanese are war criminals, and they are not entitled to such a comfortable life as they are now.

Think about the areas they invaded, and those suffering people are still struggling to make ends meet. And the comrades who died on the battlefield in order to defeat these damn bastards.

Look at these people, they can wear shiny new clothes and shop on the streets, it's a big joke. ”

Fang Lang didn't need to hide too much in front of John Clark, and directly said the true thoughts in his heart.

As a veteran who participated in the European War and the Pacific War, John Clark was obviously able to understand Fang Lang's mood at the moment, so he also looked at the street scene outside the window that had begun to gradually bustle, as well as those glamorous people, and shook his head with a wry smile.

"I also had this feeling a long time ago, especially when I heard that we were going to give food aid to the Japanese, and I wanted to point at MacArthur's nose and scold him.

But now political correctness is no longer about eliminating the Japanese, but about maintaining stability in Japan in order to cope with the pressure from the Soviet Union. ”

Both John and Fang Lang understood that the revolution that the Japanese were talking about actually meant that the Soviet Union might take the opportunity to prop up a pro-Soviet regime, and after the end of World War II, anti-Soviet immediately became politically correct, so it was actually logical for MacArthur to ask for help at home at this time and get the support of the US government.

But even so, there must still be some reluctance in everyone's hearts to let Japan go so easily.

"What the fuck!"

After Fang Lang understood the reason for Japan's rapid recovery, he could only curse and express his dissatisfaction, and this general trend of the United States and the Soviet Union competing for hegemony was obviously not something he could stop.

After slamming the car door hard, Fang Lang couldn't help but ask John who was sitting next to him:

"Even if the U.S. government helps the Japanese with food, it should only ensure their basic food and clothing! How can their economy recover so quickly? ”

When John heard Fang Lang's complaints, he could only shrug his shoulders helplessly.

"You should also know this, in order to obtain foreign exchange, these damn Japanese politicians have set their sights on us American garrisons, set up special comfort stations, and opened all kinds of entertainment venues.

There are a large number of hot springs, nightclubs, bars and other entertainment facilities near our base, and our American GIs are the main consumers in these places.

After the Japanese made money from us, they used it to purchase various materials and slowly develop their economy. ”

Of course, John's words are obviously a bit one-sided, and in Fang Lang's view, Japan's ability to recover its economy so quickly is definitely not just the credit of the US military stationed in Japan spending in Japan.

(End of chapter)