Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat - Chapter 403

Chapter 403 Pulling repeatedly

Facing Fang Lang’s merciless questioning, Mr. Morgan could only smile awkwardly, and quickly waved his hands:

“Fang, calm down first, we are friends, and our Morgan family will never treat our friends badly. I mean, if you have any requests, you can directly ask them.

I will satisfy you if I can do it. Even if I can’t satisfy you personally, I will definitely give feedback to Mr. Patriarch and try to give you a satisfactory answer. ”

At this moment, Fang Lang has completely seen the true face of the so-called Morgan family friendship. In the past, Fang Lang thought that the behavior of the Germans against the Jews was too bad, and the Jews were really pitiful.

Later, after the establishment of Israel, conflicts with Palestine occurred at every turn. Fang Lang also felt that this was a problem for both parties, after all, a slap could not be made.

In later generations, when Fang Lang was a sailor, he heard that when the little devils were occupying the Northeast, there were Jews from his hometown participating in it and betraying the interests of his hometown. Fang Lang thought it might be hearsay.

After all, when the Jews were expelled by people from all over the world, the old family did not dislike each other, but took them in generously. But no one thought that when the little devil attacked his hometown, this ethnic group who was protected by his hometown would abandon his hometown without hesitation.

Fang Lang didn’t know the situation at the time, so he didn’t dare to confirm it.

But after this cooperation with the Morgan family, Fang Lang finally believed the rumors about the Jews in the world, so he had to start to examine whether the cooperation relationship with the Morgan family was reliable.

Unfortunately, the Jewish influence in the United States is now all over the United States. If you want to maintain a good relationship with the United States, it is impossible to avoid contact with the Jews.

It is obviously impossible to cut off contact with the Jews, so the only thing left is to maintain a high degree of vigilance when cooperating.

Don’t easily believe in any agreement with the other party. After all, the other party’s behavior of tearing up the agreement for the sake of profit this time can be regarded as a good lesson for Fang Lang.

Although Morgan kept saying that he would try his best to give himself a satisfactory answer, and if he couldn’t, he would apply to the patriarch, but applying to the patriarch was an excuse.

After all, whether the application is approved or not is out of their control.

So, Fang Lang turned a deaf ear to his statement at all, and didn’t want to hear what he said.

However, he didn’t want to take the initiative to speak out about his needs. First, because once he let go, he would let the Morgan family know his attitude towards this matter.

Secondly, in this kind of negotiation, the party who let go first will be seized by others to open up a breakthrough and let himself fall into a passive situation in the negotiation.

No matter which one, Fang Lang is not allowed to take the initiative to express his needs.

He believes that since the other party invited him over, they must have a clear plan, and they don’t need to take the initiative to ask, the other party will definitely propose a compensation plan that they think is appropriate.

As for whether you can accept this plan, you need to continue negotiating with the other party a little bit.

Fang Lang shook his head, expressing his disappointment with the Morgan family, and then said directly:

“Since the Morgan family has reached a preliminary agreement with the other party, they must have prepared a compensation plan for our Universal Group. Why don’t Mr. Morgan talk about your Morgan family’s compensation plan first!”

After Mr. Morgan heard Fang Lang’s words, the embarrassing expression on his face flashed away, and the corner of his mouth was slightly pulled. After taking a sip from the teacup, he slowly opened his mouth and said:

“Fang, the other party did propose a compensation plan to us. We think it is quite reasonable, and it is exactly what you need. If you think there is no problem, we can follow this plan.”

“Oh! It’s exactly what we need. I’m a little interested when you say that.”

Hearing Morgan’s words, Fang Lang said mockingly.

But Morgan didn’t seem to feel Dao Fanglang’s emotions at all, and continued to say:

“The current plan is to acquire a shipyard from Turkey and Greece, and merge them into Universal Shipbuilding to compensate the loss of Universal Group in grain trade. What do you think?”

These words almost made Fang Lang laugh angrily again. What a nice thing to say, one shipyard in each of the two countries was used to compensate the loss of Universal Group.

Regardless of whether the two shipyards can compensate Fang Lang’s losses, the current Morgan consortium is the second largest shareholder of Universal Shipbuilding. It says it is compensating Fang Lang’s losses, but in fact it is still safeguarding its own interests.

Is this playing Fang Lang as a fool?

Moreover, Turkey and Greece are not traditional shipbuilding powerhouses. It goes without saying that Fang Lang can imagine how large these two shipyards can be.

Although Greece is one of the top shipping developed countries in the world, most of Greece is a shipping company, not a shipbuilding company. The shipbuilding companies in Greece and Turkey are not ranked high in the world.

If Global Shipbuilding is allowed to acquire shipyards in Turkey and Greece, for Global Shipbuilding, there will be two more new shipbuilding factories, which will not bring much improvement to shipbuilding technology at all.

I have to say that the Morgan consortium’s calculations are really loud.

But Fang Lang obviously couldn’t implement it according to their ideas, so he refused without hesitation:

“I feel bad!”

If you say that the shipping industry in Greece is developed, building a brand new container terminal here will allow goods to enter Eastern Europe better, but Eastern Europe in this period is dominated by the Soviet Union.

It is difficult for Fang Lang’s company to enter this market. It is not that he is unwilling to enter this market. It is really impossible for Yankees to allow Universal Group to do business with the Soviets.

Maybe when the two poles are in conflict, you will face endless investigations by US intelligence agencies, and you will be bored to death just thinking about it.

Of course, this does not mean that Fang Lang will give up building his own container terminals in Greece and Turkey. If it is possible, Fang Lang plans to build container terminals all over the world and let his own container standards be implemented all over the world.

But this business has nothing to do with the European aid plan, even if there is no European aid plan, it will not affect the spread of Fang Lang’s container terminal project around the world.

Therefore, this obviously cannot be a condition for compensating Universal Group.

Fang Lang’s attitude obviously did not exceed Morgan’s expectations, and he knew very well in his heart that this obviously did not satisfy Fang Lang. Therefore, he kicked the ball back in front of Fang Lang again.

“Fang, if you think this plan is not suitable, you can raise your request.”

The problem of going around and around has returned to the original point again. In fact, Fang Lang’s attitude has shown that he agrees to give up part of the market. The biggest problem now is how to compensate Fang Lang to satisfy Fang Lang.

And Fang Lang also began to figure out in his heart what Greece and Turkey had that he needed.

It is also very interesting to talk about these two countries. As far as Fang Lang knows, Greece and Turkey have always been very difficult to deal with. Although the two countries are both NATO countries, there are many things that undermine each other. made.

Take the aircraft carrier purchased by my hometown from Ermao as an example. It was blocked by Turkey in the strait and would not be released. It must be guaranteed by the state. At this time Greece took the initiative to stand up.

Not only provided guarantees for the hometown, but also sent a tugboat team to drag the aircraft carrier out of the Aegean Sea.

A large part of the reason for this is the contradiction between Greece and Turkey. Greece’s doing so has the element of dismantling Turkey.

So what is the contradiction between the two countries? This starts with the contradiction between the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Byzantine Empire.

In 1453, the powerful Ottoman Turkey destroyed the Byzantine Empire and occupied Constantinople.

Greece, as a member of the Byzantine Empire, was also subject to the rule of Ottoman Turkey, but the Greeks have been fighting for independence. The Greeks finally became officially independent in 1821 when the Ottoman Empire became weak in the nineteenth century.

In World War I, Ottoman Turkey, as a defeated country, became the object of partition. Greece took the opportunity to rise up and wanted to restore the glory of the Byzantine Empire, and regain the original territory of the Byzantine Empire from the hands of the Turks.

It’s a pity that the strength is not considered, and it was rubbed on the ground by Turkey. Later, because of this defeat, the Greek royal family suffered a coup, and the king was exiled.

Although the Greeks were defeated, they were not reconciled to losing like this. In their view, all the territory of the Byzantine Empire should belong to Greece, especially Constantinople, which is what Turkey calls Istanbul.

To this day, both countries are entangled in the issue of the fate of some islands in the Aegean Sea.

Therefore, the relationship between the two countries has not been harmonious, always tearing each other down.

But in terms of real strength, Turkey is definitely much stronger than Greece, both economically and militarily in a crushing position. Turkey, the most populous country in Europe, has a population more than seven times that of Greece.

In terms of military strength, Turkey is known as the second most powerful country in NATO, so it is impossible for Greece to regain its homeland.

Just from the population gap between the two countries, we can know that the equal distribution mentioned by the Morgan family is a joke. The main body of food consumption is the population, and the population of Turkey is more than seven times that of Greece. What kind of equal distribution is this?

So, although Fang Lang accepted the distribution plan of one person, one country in his heart, he never made a statement.

The biggest problem now is that Fang Lang has not found a compensation plan that suits him from these two countries. At the same time, he does not want to obtain compensation from places other than these two countries.

After all, he has completely seen the way the Morgan family treats their so-called friends. If we talk about getting compensation from other countries later, maybe there will be new changes at that time. Realize.

“Mr. Morgan, to be honest, I am very disappointed with the Morgan consortium. This kind of rebellious behavior is very contrary to business ethics.

However, I have worked with Mr. Morgan himself many times and have a very good relationship. I don’t want to ruin our relationship for a single business.

If the Morgan consortium is really unable to withstand the pressure and is ready to let Bunge enter the market, I can also look at you and agree to give up part of the market with sufficient compensation. ”

Hearing Fang Lang’s words, Mr. Morgan breathed a sigh of relief. He knew very well that what Fang Lang said was just a scene, and it was impossible for him to completely offend the Morgan family for a grain business.

In the end, he will definitely agree to give up part of the market. The most important question now is what kind of compensation he will ask for. And this request will not exceed everyone’s expectations.

Now it seems that the shipyard plan I proposed will definitely not satisfy Fang Lang.

“Haha, Fang, I knew that we are friends, and you will definitely not make things difficult for me.”

Laughing loudly, he stood up and stretched out his right hand to Fang Lang. Seeing this, Fang Lang smiled and got up slowly, shaking hands with the other party gently.

He said unhurriedly:

“Mr. Morgan, although we are friends, there are some things I have to say first. The equal distribution plan you mentioned is not even at all.

If the allocation is to be made according to the plan of one person, one country, I will choose the Turkish market and let Bunge be responsible for the Greek market.

You must know that the population of Turkey is more than seven times that of Greece. If this is considered an even distribution, would it be too insulting to my IQ. ”

Morgan, who was still laughing just now, heard the words, and hurriedly stopped speaking in embarrassment, and slowly retracted the right hand that was held with Fang Lang just now, and touched his trouser leg embarrassingly.

continued with some embarrassment in his mouth:

“Ah! This… This seems really unfair, we really haven’t noticed this situation!”

Of course Fang Lang would not believe Morgan’s nonsense. As a successful capitalist, how could such a low-level mistake occur. Even a three-year-old child can see through this kind of unsophisticated lie.

But Fang Lang didn’t expose the other party, after all, it doesn’t make any sense to continue to entangle with the other party here.

So, he continued:

“I know that the other party must have offered benefits that the Morgan family cannot refuse. Perhaps, I guess whether the Morgan consortium has now become one of the shareholders of Bunge.

Of course, these have nothing to do with me. What I want to know now is what kind of compensation I can get as an ally of the Morgan Consortium.

First of all, I am not familiar with Turkey and Greece, and I will not be able to find suitable compensation for a while.

However, since I was compensated by the Morgan consortium, I hope to get corresponding compensation in another place. ”

Morgan was taken aback when he heard the words, and some didn’t realize Fang Lang’s meaning. It would be too broad to get compensation in another place. The best case is that Fang Lang hopes to get compensation from the market of other European countries.

Another situation is that Fang Lang is interested in some property of the Morgan family.

Thinking of this, Morgan’s expression became very cautious, and he said with some uncertainty:

“Oh! I don’t know what the other place you mentioned specifically refers to..”

Seeing Morgan’s vigilant expression, Fang Lang’s mouth was slightly upturned, he looked up and down Morgan maliciously, picked up the teapot and added a cup of tea for him, and then slowly said:

“I want a stake in General Electric, which is owned by the Morgan consortium.”

Fang Lang’s words made Morgan jump directly from the stool, exclaiming in his mouth:

“What? It’s impossible!”

You must know that although General Electric at this time is far from reaching its later strength, General Electric is an important part of the Morgan consortium’s large-scale industrial plan.

This company, which can be traced back to the Edison Electric Light Company, has a full sixty-eight years of history by this time. In the years since its establishment, it has annexed many excellent enterprises at home and abroad through various means.

In 1939, General Electric had about 30 factories in the United States, and now it has more than 100 factories. By 1976, General Electric had 224 manufacturing plants in the United States and 113 manufacturing plants in 24 countries around the world.

(end of this chapter)