"Haha...... Thank you, Mr. President, for your trust, but I don't think we need to be so blunt about this, and although we can't join the United Nations Army, we can't make enemies of the United States because of this.

We can be like the United States in the early days of the two world wars! It is not bad to maintain a neutral attitude in the international community, and then, to make a war profit! ”

As soon as Fang Lang's words fell, Scalia immediately heard the string song and knew what it meant, but soon he sighed and said:

"Alas! It's a pity that we broke off diplomatic relations with the USSR! ”

Hearing this, Fang Lang couldn't help but glance at the other party, good guy, Scalia is really a profit-supreme faction! As soon as he heard that there was a chance to make war money, he thought that he would eat both sides.

"Huh...... The Soviet Union now has a relatively closed ecological chain, and it is unlikely that we will want to supply them with goods. And there is also the risk of offending the United States.

We can't do it both ways until we don't have the strength of the U.S. government, and the scale of the Korean Peninsula War is far from comparable to that of a world war, so we should not expect too much.

As long as they can squeeze into the logistics supply system of the US military, even if they are supplied with some tents, shoes and socks can be regarded as a huge success.

At least, politically, we can say that we are standing with the Americans, and the Americans will not be able to say much when the time comes. ”

As a politician, Scalia may not be very proficient in business, but he is still very sensitive to these twists and turns in politics, and Fang Lang's words he immediately understood that it was not about how much money to make from this war, but to make Americans feel that their position in Brazil has not changed.

"Haha...... Fang, you are not only a good military general, but also a good politician, I think I know what to do.

Damn Argentina, if it weren't for that bastard Juan Perón who keeps stirring up trouble on the border, we should have sent an army to support the Americans. ”

Hearing that Scalia took out Argentina as a shield, Fang Lang couldn't help but laugh again, I don't know how Juan Veron, the Argentine president, would feel after knowing that Brazil blamed them for not being able to participate in the United Nations Army!

"That's right, it's all to blame on this damn Argentina."

Seeing that today's main goal had been completed, Scalia got up and picked up a report from his desk, returned to the sofa in the reception area, unfolded the report and handed it to Fang Lang and said:

"Fang, I invited you over this time, in addition to discussing your views on joining the United Nations Army, there is another very important matter, and I want to ask you for help."

Hearing this, Fang Lang casually took the document handed over by Scalia, flipped through it casually, and saw that the title of the document was written "Brazilian Power Resources Investigation Report", and immediately a flash of inspiration flashed in his heart, as if he had caught something, and before he could think about it, President Scalia had already spoken directly:

"According to our government's survey, with the rapid development of Brazil's industry in recent years, our power gap has become larger, and the development of many factories has been restricted by electricity, and there are often power cuts.

This has brought a huge obstacle to our development, but the investment in the power industry is huge, the return on investment is slow, many companies are not willing to invest heavily in this area, and most of the people who are willing to invest are some large foreign companies, but I am really not at ease to hand over these basic energy projects to foreign companies.

I heard that the electrolytic aluminum processing plant set up by your Fangyuan Group needs a lot of electricity, so you are preparing to invest in the construction of a hydroelectric power station, is that right? ”

When these words reached Fang Lang's ears, he understood what the other party meant, did he want to encourage them to enter the power industry? It seems that supporting Scalia to the top is really a good deal!

It is true that the investment in the power industry is huge, but it is also really profitable! It's just that this is an infrastructure project related to the national economy and people's livelihood, although he originally thought about entering this industry, but he never dared to take that step officially, but he didn't expect that this time Mr. President took the initiative to mention it.

Fang Lang believes that Scalia does not understand the huge profits of the power industry and its importance to the country, but he still took the initiative to invite the Fang family to enter this industry, indicating that this must mean to repay the support of the Fang family.

Of course, it must also be to improve his political performance, after all, the power station project launched during his tenure will inevitably attract the attention of many people, which will inevitably bring him greater support.

This relatively pure interest relationship between Fang Lang and Scalia will be more honest when they get along, so Fang Lang did not pretend, but went straight to the point:

"That's the thing! Do you want us to step up and invest in Brazil's power sector? ”

Scalia didn't hesitate either, and nodded directly.

"From this report, I believe you can also see that we have a huge power gap in Brazil, and I just came to power, and I need several large-scale projects as political achievements, so I have taken a fancy to this project.

Originally, I wanted to develop Brazil's power industry in the form of state investment, but relying on state investment alone is obviously not conducive to the development of a market economy.

I thought of talking to you and seeing if you had any ideas for this project? ”

"Of course, there are ideas, but the power shortage in Brazil is also an obstacle to the development of our Fangyuan Group, which is why we want to build a large power station near the electrolytic aluminum plant.

To be honest, this project has been in place for a long time, and the reason why it has been delayed until now is because I handed over the manufacturing of the power generation equipment to our Caterpillar company in Brazil.

Today's large-scale power generation equipment is about to be completed and ready to be fully rolled out in Brazil.

In Brazil, we are able to have a completely independent manufacturing capacity for power generation equipment. ”

In fact, if you just build a few power stations, it is not so troublesome, but Fang Lang knows very well that the future is the era of electricity, and the demand for power stations will be more and more.

It is more convenient and cost-effective to develop power generation equipment by yourself. It just so happened that he took advantage of the European aid program to acquire some power equipment manufacturing enterprises with considerable technological accumulation from European countries. In addition, Caterpillar is one of the important power generation equipment suppliers in the United States.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to gather the elite talents of these enterprises, plus the original technology precipitation, and began to develop more advanced high-power power generation equipment in Caterpillar Power Equipment Manufacturing Company in Brazil.

After two years of hard work, a revolutionary breakthrough was finally made, and he was only going to build a few small power stations to test the performance of these products. Among them, the key project is the supporting power station of the electrolytic aluminum plant.

After the generator equipment is inspected, they will start to lobby the Brazilian government to build the corresponding power station in Brazil, and at that time, the power generation equipment purchased by the power station will naturally be produced by their factory, which is also a very good deal.

With the relationship between the Fang family and Scalia, Fang Lang believes that there is no obstacle at all in this little matter.

But he didn't expect that they hadn't taken the initiative to find this guy, but this guy took the initiative to find them.

Fang Lang's words obviously also gave Scalia a huge surprise, and he couldn't help but sit up straight and said:

"What? Your factory has already completed the localization of power generation equipment, which means that in the future, our power station will use our own generators in Brazil, right? ”

Hearing this, Fang Lang nodded as a matter of course and said:

"Of course, not only will our own power stations in Brazil use our own generator sets, but our products will also be exported to other European and American countries in the future.

By becoming a new bright spot for our Brazilian export earnings, we will be able to grow from a traditional exporter of raw materials to an exporter of industrial products, which will have a profound impact on our Brazil's future influence in the international community. ”

After hearing Fang Lang's words, Scalia stood up from the sofa in a hurry, and repeated Fang Lang's sentence repeatedly in his mouth: "From a traditional exporter of raw materials to an exporter of industrial products." ”

After a long time, he looked at Fang Lang with a serious face and said:

"Fang, your idea is really fantastic, I want to take it as my governing program, and during my term of office, I must seriously implement this idea.

As our industrial giant in Brazil, I also hope that you can continue to support me. ”

I have to say that Scalia is a very qualified politician, Fang Lang originally just said it casually, but the other party seized the opportunity, not only to borrow his words, but also to take the opportunity to ask him for support.

Seeing this, Fang Lang also smiled slightly:

"Mr. President, our Fang family has always had a very good cooperative relationship with you, as long as you can safeguard and protect the interests of our Fang family, then we will spare no effort to support your work."

That is, everyone works together, hello, me, everyone! If he plays any tricks, that's a different story.

This sentence, if it is in the capacity of a deputy minister of the navy, is obviously inappropriate, but Fang Lang is now representing the Fang family, so there is no problem.

If you want our Fang family to continue to support you, then you have to show your sincerity.

After hearing Fang Lang's words, Scalia didn't mean to be angry, but said with a serious expression:

"Fang, please rest assured, I can get to this point today without your support, if I abandon you, then no one will continue to support me in the future.

I would never do such a stupid thing.

This power station project was originally proposed by many people to be built at the expense of the state, so that it can be relatively fair, and there will not be a situation where there is a surplus of electricity in developed areas and no electricity is available in remote areas.

But I still want to hand over this project to your Fang family, why? I believe you should know it in your heart.

Although the capital investment of the power station is huge, its income is long-term and stable, which is very beneficial to your Fangjia's asset layout. ”

Hearing this, Fang Lang nodded, he believed Scalia's statement, after all, although Brazil and the Soviet Union have broken off diplomatic relations, the Soviet Union has been able to develop from an economically weak country to a world economic power in such a short period of time, from an agricultural country to an industrial country.

It has attracted a lot of attention, especially his state-owned economic development model, which has also sparked extensive discussions, and many people want to copy this economic model.

Therefore, Scalia said that many people suggest that the state should fund the construction of power stations, Fang Lang believes very much, and he knows very well in his heart that this is indeed the best choice.

But if this is the case, the interests of their Fang family will not be able to maximize their interests.

What Fang Lang wants is not how much money he can make from the power industry, but the control of basic livelihood projects such as electricity, which means that they control the country's power switch.

At that time, no matter who comes to power, they will not dare to do anything to their Fang family, because once someone has a brain cramp, the Fang family will dare to turn off the power station and plunge your entire country into chaos.

Such a loss cannot be borne by any politician or person in power.

Maybe someone will say, I won't turn it on if you turn it off? But have you ever thought that as the owner of a power plant, I have countless ways to bring the power plant to a standstill, and even if you can find someone to come and repair and turn on the power equipment, how long will it take you?

Give you a little shorter time and get back on in a week. Can your government withstand the pressure of public opinion after a week of power outages? When Brazil is fully electrified, once the power is cut off, it will not be a problem for the two lights in ordinary people's homes.

Rather, the whole country will be plunged into chaos, factories will be shut down, schools will be closed, and the whole society will be paralyzed, and which government can afford such a loss.

Therefore, in Fang Lang's view, as long as the government allows their Fang family to enter such a basic livelihood industry, even if it is a loss every year, he will not hesitate to invest in it.

Because these industries are the lifeblood of the country. Think about the serious consequences of a sudden power outage for a day in modern society, I believe everyone will explode!

"Thanks to the trust of Mr. President, we are very interested in the electricity market, and if the government agrees, we will be able to start planning power plant projects in Brazil based on this report, ensuring that Brazil will be able to get out of the current power shortage in the shortest possible time.

However, I don't think their suggestion is unreasonable, and if we were to invest, we would definitely give priority to investing in economically developed coastal areas with huge electricity demand. The more remote inland areas may not be able to take care of it so quickly.

I suggest that you can come up with a two-legged approach, with state investment to build power plants in remote areas, so as to ensure the basic living electricity of people in remote areas as much as possible. This can also be regarded as a manifestation of the country's capital advantage. What do you think? ”

When Scalia heard this, he was not angry, he had expected this, after all, capital is profit-seeking, and it is impossible to invest huge sums of money in a place where profits are obviously not visible.

However, the plan given by Fang Lang also made his eyes shine, and at first he didn't think that after letting the Fang family enter the power field, he also let the state invest in the construction of power plants and grab business with the Fang family.

But now I hear Fang Lang say this, although the country's investment in building power plants in inland and remote areas may be at a loss, but this is a proper political achievement! This is a model of thinking for the sake of the people! At that time, the people's favorability and support rate will not rise suddenly!

(End of chapter)