Chapter 710: The Position of the Global Group
The Brazilian government's sudden large-scale arrest has naturally attracted the attention of most citizens, and what is even more surprising is that most of these people are those who advocate that the Chinese have encroached on the interests of Brazilians.
Many people who don't know the truth still think that the government is under pressure from the Chinese side to retaliate against these people, and for a time there are many conspiracy theories in public opinion.
They are all attacking the insidious cunning of the Chinese and the incompetence and short-sightedness of the government.
Early the next morning, a group of mainstream media, led by the Brazilian Times, began to enter the market and provide comprehensive coverage of yesterday's nationwide manhunt.
The content of the report is also very clear, that is, these people were appointed by overseas forces to enter Brazil to serve as the vanguard of racial tensions, and what results were achieved during this time.
Later, after careful investigation by the intelligence police, these reactionary forces were finally uprooted and wiped out.
At the same time, there are also very well-known social commentators in the society, who have published articles in newspapers to analyze this matter in detail. It focuses on the analysis of their sinister intentions to sow discord between them, and provides a detailed analysis of the serious consequences that would arise if an ethnic conflict breaks out in Brazil.
When people see that if they succeed in their efforts to stir up racial tensions, Brazil's astonishing economic achievements over the past few years will be in vain. When people's living standards were about to return to pre-war levels.
Everyone was angry, the trend of public opinion changed, and people began to be very sensitive to these remarks that promote racial contradictions, and once this kind of public opinion appeared around them, it could easily lead to a group attack.
Interestingly, this time, because there is no conclusive evidence to prove that this incident is related to the Americans, the major media have not mentioned the United States when promoting this incident.
But the first reaction of almost all Brazilians was that this was another conspiracy by the Americans.
In particular, when Brazilian television organized reporters to conduct videotaped interviews with American agents, American agents like Doll Carson admitted that the C.I.A. had promised to grant them American citizenship and protect their business.
Anti-American sentiment began to emerge in Brazilian public opinion, and people even spontaneously organized demonstrations in support of domestic products and banned American goods.
For a time, the United States became almost everyone's shouting presence in Brazil. Far from achieving their goals, the CIA's action further lowered their image and status in the hearts of Brazilians.
This made many members of the US Congress begin to jump out and express strong condemnation of the reckless behavior of the CIA.
At the same time, Eisenhower, a five-star general in the United States who only began to serve as president of the United States in 1953, was also controversial because of the two successive failures of the CIA.
Diplomatic relations between the United States and Brazil have also fallen to their lowest point since World War II, and of course, this is mainly due to Brazil's domestic attitude towards the United States.
On the bright side, the United States' diplomatic relations with Brazil have not changed much, but unfortunately, the Brazilian domestic media have naturally been loaded with numerous reports.
The attitude towards Brazil in the US domestic media has been polarized, with many people clearly expressing their antipathy to the subversive activities of their allies.
There are also many Americans who have begun to gradually get used to US hegemony, believing that Brazil's disobedience to the US government is a provocation to the US government, and the US government should impose sanctions on Brazil.
Just when the domestic media in the United States are on different sides and spit on each other. Wan Chongxin, the CEO of Universal Group, was meeting with an important figure in the U.S. government at a seaside estate in Los Angeles.
Of course, for this meeting, there is a charity dinner in the hall of the manor, hosted by the Universal Group. The two protagonists are sitting in their rooms on the second floor, watching the lively charity dinner on the first floor.
"Mr. Nixon, my boss asked me to say hello to you on his behalf!"
Mr. Nixon, as Wan Chongxin was called, was a well-dressed white man in his forties.
After hearing Wan Chongxin's words, he nodded at Wan Chongxin very politely and said:
"Mr. Wan, it's a pleasure to see you again! Please also say hello to your boss, Mr. Fang, on my behalf! I don't know why Mr. Wan asked me to come over today? ”
Although Nixon was in his early forties, he was definitely an old politician, and he was not surprised that he would be invited by the president of the Universal Group today, and he even expected the purpose of the other party.
But there are some things that he obviously won't take the initiative to mention.
In this regard, Wan Chongxin had already expected it, and after looking at the other party quietly, he slowly spoke:
"Recently, there have been a lot of voices in the United States against our global group, and we want to know what Mr. Nixon's attitude is to this?"
Wan Chongxin has lived in the United States for a long time, and he did not speak in many Chinese ways, but asked the questions he wanted to know quite directly.
Nixon did not show any surprise when he heard Wan Chongxin's words, obviously he had long expected the purpose of this meeting.
"Mr. Wan, please rest assured that the United States has always been a liberal and democratic country, and it also pursues a free market economy economically.
In this regard, my attitude has always been very clear, as long as Universal Group does not violate our relevant laws and regulations in the United States, the U.S. government will absolutely protect all normal business practices of Universal Group in the United States. ”
Hearing Nixon's official words, Wan Chongxin couldn't help frowning, and looked at Nixon on the side without concealing the dissatisfaction in his expression.
"Mr. Vice President, whether or not we at the Global Group are complying with U.S. laws and regulations, I'm sure you should know as well as I do. I am not here today to discuss with you the question of whether our Universal Group complies with U.S. law.
It's also about our confidence in U.S. investment. Let's be honest with you! Our boss is ready to withdraw capital from the United States at any time. If we can't feel the respect we deserve from the side of the U.S. government.
Then we will move our headquarters to the UK or France. ”
Wan Chongxin's remarks can be said to be quite heavy, with the current size of the Global Group in the United States, once the funds are withdrawn from the United States, it will be a big blow to the American economy.
What really made Nixon nervous was that the withdrawal of such a large group company from the United States would deal a huge blow to the credibility of the United States, and if it was not done, it would trigger a large capital outflow.
At the same time, unlike the Morgan and Rockefeller families, the Universal Group is not politically supportive of one party or another, but more pragmatically in favor of senators who can bring them real benefits.
After so many years of development, they also have a considerable influence in the United States, at least as far as he knows, the Kennedy family and the Universal Group are quite close.
You know, the political influence of the Kennedy family on the East Coast is quite enormous. In both the Senate and the House of Representatives, they hold a sizable number of votes.
And the reason why he, a member of the California House of Representatives, can take the throne of vice president is also inseparable from the support of the global group, and now that the global group is being targeted, if he really ignores it, the blow to his political influence will be unprecedentedly huge.
If you want to maintain your current position in the next election, or go further, you must not offend your own benefactor or allow the other party to withdraw from the United States.
The reason why he was official before, in fact, was because he knew the source of the trouble on the Universal Group, and it can be said that this matter was very troublesome, and he didn't want to get involved.
But now that things are clearly out of his control, he can't help but take a stand.
After listening to Wan Chongxin's statement, he also had to take a deep breath and said a little helplessly:
"Mr. Wan, I also have some understanding of the situation you are encountering now, and I have to say that the identity of the boss of your company has not only made your company successful, but also brought huge hidden dangers to your company.
This matter is now not a purely economic issue, but a serious political issue, even a diplomatic issue between countries. It's not something I, as a vice president, can easily decide. ”
Seeing that the other party's words were still full of shirk, Wan Chongxin didn't want to continue to talk to the other party, so he directly raised his hand and interrupted:
"Mr. Nixon, I know that your position is vice president, not president, and I have not asked you to change your foreign policy.
I was entrusted by my boss to talk to you this time, just to know your attitude on this matter, so as to make our own judgment on whether to be your enemy or continue to be friends with you in the future. ”
The toughness of Wan Chongxin's attitude obviously greatly surprised Nixon, and he had the impression that the Chinese had always been humble and polite, but this time Wan Chongxin directly broke his inherent cognition.
Although the other party's attitude made him very dissatisfied at this moment, he also had to face the other party's attitude, because he knew very well that the other party, a consortium that had only risen in the United States for a few years, had a strength that could not be compared with Morgan and Rockefeller, but it could definitely be regarded as one of the top ten financial consortiums in the United States.
In particular, because the other side participated in the European aid program first, the huge influence it has in Europe has also given the other side a position of more than one step forward. He knows very well that the global group has said that they want to withdraw from the United States, and although it will suffer huge losses, it will definitely not break the bones.
In particular, during the Korean Peninsula War, the Global Group took the lead in investing in Asia and reaped the greatest dividends of the Korean Peninsula War.
If the Universal Group really breaks with the United States, it will definitely be a huge disaster for the United States. As Wan Chongxin said just now, he will move his headquarters to Britain and France, and he believes that these two countries will definitely raise their hands and feet in favor.
And spare no effort to stand up and support the exodus of the Universal Group, and when the time comes, even if the US government wants to take action against the Global Group's industries in the United States, it will encounter huge diplomatic resistance.
This is also the reason why he still wants to come today, knowing the purpose of Wan Chongxin's appointment to come over, because he knows very well that there seem to be many people in the United States who are eyeing the Universal Group now, but in fact, they cannot cause much substantial harm to the Global Group.
If the Globe Group really wants to run into them at all costs, the US economy will certainly be greatly affected, which neither he, the vice president, nor President Eisenhower, wants to see.
Therefore, for Wan Chongxin's tough attitude, he could only choose to spit on his own face, and said with a wry smile:
"Mr. Wan, we have been working together since I was a member of the California Congress, and we can say that our friendship is very long-lasting, so, for me personally, of course, I choose to be friends with you and your boss.
However, you have to understand that I cannot change the attitude of the US government towards Brazil. ”
Hearing this, Wan Chongxin just glanced deeply at this young but cunning politician, the disdain in his eyes flashed, and he said with a flat expression:
"Mr. Vice President, we were never prepared for you to come forward and change the attitude of the U.S. government toward Brazil. Since you still consider yourself a friend of our Global Group.
Then I will bring you the words of our boss, what our boss wants to tell you is that Brazil is Brazil, and the Universal Group is the Global Group.
If the U.S. government can treat the two sides separately, the global bloc will remain independent no matter where the relationship between the United States and Brazil goes. But if the U.S. government must confuse the two, then the global group will have to make its own choice. ”
These words expressed Fang Lang's attitude very clearly, and Nixon could naturally easily understand it, but this statement of the Global Group also surprised him very much, after all, with Fang Lang's identity, it is difficult for the US government not to tie him to the Brazilian government.
This is also the reason why there have been bad voices against the Global Group in the United States recently, but he didn't expect Fang Lang's attitude towards this matter to be like this.
But he quickly reacted, and it was not a good thing for them. At the end of the day, the Global Group is a private consortium, not a Brazilian state-owned enterprise.
It's not impossible to treat them differently from Brazil, but everyone didn't expect Fang Lang to think like this before, so they had to take action against the Global Group.
Now, as long as you spread the attitude of the Global Group towards this matter, then the crisis of the Global Group will naturally be solved.
After all, no one wants to start an economic war on the territory of the United States lightly, because there will be no winner in this battle at all.
Of course, the main reason for this is that Global Group is not a listed company as a whole, but a private enterprise in which Fang Lang occupies an absolute controlling position. Many of the financial instruments that are invincible in the U.S. financial community cannot be used on the global group.
And the global group, which owns the equity of the Bank for International Settlements, is not something that ordinary financial institutions can covet. Unless they can convince the Morgan consortium and the Rockefeller consortium to do something to the Universal Group at the same time.
Unfortunately, this time neither the Morgan consortium nor the Rockefeller consortium expressed their stance on this, but chose to wait and see.
It's not that these two consortia are worried about the friendship with the Global Group, but the advance layout of the Global Group in Asia makes the two consortia a little jealous. Who would have thought that long before the outbreak of the Korean Peninsula War, the Universal Group would be able to quietly lay out its layout in Japan!
With the outbreak of the Korean Peninsula War, the Global Group made a lot of money in Japan, and also directly controlled the Japanese police system, and at the same time, controlled a large amount of Japan's water, electricity, energy, steel, transportation and other infrastructure.
He almost grasped the fate of Japan and became the new emperor who replaced MacArthur. This kind of means and foresight made them all feel terrified. Without the absolute ability to kill the Universal Group with one blow, how dare they make any rash moves.
(End of chapter)