For Brazil's oil shortage, Fang Lang from later generations has long been clear, and Brazil has always been a big oil shortage country in later generations. Although, the domestic automobile industry is developed, but because of the lack of fuel, they have to use alcohol as the main fuel supplement, but all this is just a last resort.

Therefore, when Fang Lang met Ridgefield Company in the United States, he would take advantage of the trend to enter the oil extraction industry, and was originally prepared to guarantee Brazil's fuel supply through Ridgefield Oil Company, but he did not expect that Ridgefield Company could not fully guarantee Brazil's supply of refined oil.

Now that other oil companies are preparing to loot Brazil's wealth through refined oil, Fang Lang certainly can't accept it, and he doesn't want the country he controls to become a vassal of Western capital again. Although he himself can be regarded as a member of Western capital.

But becoming a vassal of oneself and becoming a vassal of Western capital are two completely different concepts, and if you want to say that the consortium that controls these oil companies, there must be Morgan and Rockefeller behind it. But Fang Lang never thought that through the cooperative relationship between himself and the other party, he would let the other party give up harvesting Brazil.

After all, the law of Western capitalist society has always been that business is business, and friends are friends. The two cannot be confused, and there is no personal touch to talk about in business.

Fang Lang touched his chin and thought seriously for a while before he slowly spoke:

"Is the price of refined oil products high now?"

"This is not, now our Brazilian oil prices, has been 1.2 times the price of the United States, this is still the last two years quietly rising, if we can not solve the problem of oil shortage, the price of refined oil will rise further, sooner or later will have a serious impact on our automobile industry."

"Is there any action being taken by the government about this?"

"The government has been busy with the general election recently, and there is no time to think about it, but we have already organized some members of parliament to submit a subsidy plan for the petrochemical industry to Congress.

Let's see if we can increase the supply of refined oil products to Brazil by petrochemical companies through government subsidies. ”

Hearing this, Fang Lang looked at his father with some surprise, he didn't expect his father's current thinking to be so open-minded, and he thought of government subsidies to attract petrochemical companies to increase the supply of refined oil products to Brazil.

"Waiting cannot solve the problem of Brazil's oil shortage, although Brazil has a huge land area, but there are no oil and gas fields that can be exploited, and the fuel supply can only rely on external procurement, which is very passive and dangerous.

Not only will it affect the development and growth of our automotive industry, but it will also have a serious impact on the national security of Brazil, where we live now, and Brazil's problems are our problems, and we have to find a way to solve them.

I think it's a good thing for us that this problem has come to light so early. Crises, crises, and times of danger are often accompanied by opportunities.

Now that other petrochemical companies are reducing the supply of refined oil products in Brazil, it is an opportunity for us to set up a petrochemical company through the subsidy of the Brazilian government, and through cooperation with Ridgefield Petroleum Company, we can obtain petroleum refining technology, and then buy crude oil directly from the world's major oil producing countries and ship it back to Brazil for refining.

In this way, as long as we can find enough crude oil, we don't have to worry about being stuck on the refined oil product. ”

Fang Lang's words made everyone look at each other. After everyone glanced at each other, Fang Xinshan finally said slowly:

"Lang'er, the truth is this, everyone understands it, but now the oil fields are mostly controlled by European and American countries, and if we want to purchase enough crude oil, we will still be restricted by them, which seems to be no different from the situation we are facing now!"

Seeing that everyone had a look of agreement, Fang Lang couldn't help but smile and shook his head and said:

"You're right, most of the oil fields are controlled by European and American countries, but not all, at least there are still some oil fields in the Persian Gulf, controlled by local forces.

What's more, compared to the sale of refined oil, crude oil is bought and sold more freely and will not be subject to excessive restrictions.

Moreover, in addition to those oil-producing areas that have been firmly controlled by European and American countries, there are several oil-producing areas that many people do not pay attention to, and it is worth investing a lot of energy in developing our own oil fields locally. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in high spirits.

"Oh! Do you know that there are still oil-producing areas that European and American countries have not paid attention to? ”

Seeing that everyone was interested, Fang Lang also smiled slightly, and gently tapped the armrest of the Taishi chair with his fingers and said:

"Of course, far from it, our northern neighbor, Venezuela, is our largest oil producer in South America and the world, and now Ridgefield has negotiated with the local government to develop its first oil well there.

With our relationship with Ridgefield, it is most convenient to source crude oil from here.

However, Venezuela's crude oil is mainly heavy oil and super heavy oil, which is difficult to extract and poor oil quality, making it unsuitable for us to be our main crude oil supplier.

The most suitable crude oil supplier for us is on the other side of the Atlantic, and the pristine African continent also has rich crude oil reserves, and now most European and American countries are focusing on the Persian Gulf region, which gives us the opportunity to enter Africa. ”

"Is there oil in Africa? Why haven't I heard of it? Besides, even if there is oil in Africa, it is also a colony of European and American countries! Where do we want to get oil, not to have a conflict with the colonial countries? ”

"Of course, there is oil in Africa, as early as 1915, the Portuguese discovered open-pit oil fields in Angola, and the Portuguese have long made a lot of money from Angolan oil fields over the years.

In addition to Angola, according to the information I have received, the French have discovered oil fields in Congo and the British have also discovered oil fields in Nigeria, which are only an Atlantic Ocean away from us, and if we have the opportunity to join the local oil extraction work, our oil shortage in Brazil can be completely solved. ”

At this time, Nigeria, the country with the largest oil reserves in Africa, had not yet been found to have oil, but as a British colony, as early as 1937, Britain had sent an exploration team to Nigeria for exploration, and it was not until 1956 that Britain first discovered oil in the Niger River Delta in southern Nigeria.

In other words, there are at least six years left before the discovery of this oil field, and it is still too late to start laying out everything. And Nigeria's independence will not wait until 1960, if they can plan ahead of time, occupy Nigeria's oil fields in advance, and incite Nigeria to become independent early.

They have a very good chance of directly controlling the future largest oil field in Africa.

As for the third country in Africa with oil reserves, it is the Congo, which is still a French colony, and it is still nearly a decade before the first oil field of the Congo is discovered, and the Congo will not become independent until 1960.

This means that the only area that Brazil can get its hands on now is Angola, the country with the second largest oil reserves in Africa.

The people of the Fang family obviously did not expect that Africa on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean would have so many oil reserves, after the impact of the shortage of oil resources in the past few years, they have realized the importance of oil resources, and now that they know that the other side has rich oil reserves, of course everyone is very excited.

But at the same time, as Chinese, we do not have the same bandit logic as the Western world, although we are very greedy for the oil resources here, but we don't know how to get these resources from the hands of Western colonizers, so we can only look at Fang Lang.

However, Fang Xinshui, the gang leader, thought about the problem more directly, and said directly:

"Brother Lang, do you mean that we will go directly over there to occupy the territory while the oil resources in Africa have not yet attracted the attention of European countries?"

Hearing this, everyone in the Fang family couldn't help but look at Fang Xinshui in unison, with a look of disbelief.

Fang Xinshan directly reproached:

"Xinshui, don't talk nonsense, we are just businessmen, how can we go and grab land?"

Seeing everyone's incredible expressions, Fang Xinshui directly waved his hand impatiently and said:

"Where is the territory of the white people, if you don't go over and grab it, will they give it to you directly? In my opinion, these countries are also a little easier for Portugal to bully, and we should either directly attack Angola, drive the Portuguese out, and then we will extract the oil there. ”

Fang Xinshui's words made everyone in an uproar, and they began to talk to each other, although everyone was a little moved, they also understood that the Fang family itself did not have this ability, if they wanted to do this, they could only push the Brazilian government to send troops, but the Brazilian government would definitely not have such courage.

Therefore, when Fang Xinshan heard this, he said directly:

"You say it lightly, you want to do it to someone else Portugal, how do you do it? Our Fang family is just a company, and Portugal is a country, you can't let God's Whip send an army to fight the Portuguese army!

Regardless of whether we can win the war, even if we win, can the international community recognize it? Can we rule in Angola? ”

At this time, Xinshui also shut up, I have to say, Fang Xinshan's words are to the point, even if their Fang family organizes the Whip of God Company to start a war with Portugal, even if they win, they will not be able to obtain the same status as Portugal in Angola in the end.

Because the Fang family has always been a company, not a country, even if the Fang family defeats Portugal, it is impossible to achieve legal dominance in Angola.

Not to mention, whether the Fang family can defeat Portugal, although the Fang family is developing very rapidly now, it lacks enough historical background to compete with a colonial country with a long history.

Seeing that everyone fell silent by Fang Xinshan's words, Fang Lang smiled and took a puff of cigarette before slowly speaking:

"People think that things are too complicated, and if we want to get Angola's oil resources, we can do it through commercial means!

First of all, Angola is a Portuguese colony, and they belong to the same Portuguese-speaking countries as we are, so we have a linguistic advantage when we go to Angola to do business.

Secondly, we set up a petrochemical company in Brazil to buy crude oil from Angola, and as long as the price is right, why don't the Portuguese sell it to us? They can't digest that much crude oil at all, right!

So, what we have to do now is to set up a petrochemical company and then work with Ridgefield to get the most advanced petroleum refining technology. Develop our own petrochemical industry.

In this way, we will be able to get rid of the control of American capital in our refined oil market. ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded in unison and agreed with Fang Lang's statement. But the two brothers, Fang Xinshan and Fang Xinshui, looked at Fang Lang with some suspicion. With their understanding of Fang Lang, things will definitely not be as simple as Fang Lang said.

If it is only through commercial means to obtain Africa's oil resources, why does Fang Lang need to pay so much attention to Africa's oil reserves! Even the French and British have made detailed investigations into the exploration of oil in Africa.

It's not like buying crude oil in the past.

Fang Lang naturally noticed the gazes of the two, but he didn't explain, just smiled and directly changed the topic:

"Earlier we said that someone might attack our industry, and we said that we would use brutal means to scare off our opponents. and through media publicity, to establish a positive image of our family among the Brazilian people.

However, these are not enough, we must also have enough friends who can stand by our side in case of accidents.

Of course, most of our friends in business can't be trusted, but in Brazil, we have the opportunity to support a group of friends who share our hearts, that is, the vast number of Chinese people.

My idea is that for a long time to come, our Brazilian Development Bank and Global J.P. Morgan Bank will incubate a large number of Chinese capital in Brazil in the form of financial support and technical support.

Then, through forms such as the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Fellow Villagers, all Chinese businessmen are firmly tied to us.

Only when all of our Chinese become a single body can we ensure that our Fang family's position in Brazil is solid, and no one dares to attack us.

Because if they dare to attack us, they will have to be prepared for a crazy counterattack from all the Chinese business community. ”

Fang Xinshan didn't have any opinion on this, and nodded affirmatively:

"What you said is very necessary, in fact, even if you don't say it, we are already doing it now, many Chinese who have immigrated to Brazil are businessmen who are doing business in their hometowns, and most of them are businessmen in the textile industry.

And we in Brazil have an abundant cotton production, which is like a pillow for them to doze off. In the past two years alone, there have been more than 100 Chinese cotton spinning enterprises established in Brazil.

Most of these enterprises have received strong support from our Brazilian Development Bank, and at the same time, in order to sell the products produced by these enterprises, our Chinese Chamber of Commerce has also opened up the European market for them through the relationship of global trading companies.

Now, the entire Brazilian cotton spinning market is almost monopolized by us Chinese. ”

Hearing this, Fang Lang was taken aback, but he didn't expect that he hadn't cared about Brazil's cotton spinning industry for a while, and they had developed to their current scale independently.

The Dahua Textile Factory, which I founded in Natal, has become the largest textile enterprise in Northeast Brazil after several years of development.

He thought that this was already quite remarkable, but he didn't expect that more Chinese would enter the industry later, and now he has directly monopolized the Brazilian textile industry.

(End of chapter)