Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

Chapter 684 Electric Power Industry

“Haha...Thank you Mr. President for your trust, but I think we don’t have to be so blunt about this matter. Although we cannot join the United Nations Army, we cannot make the United States hostile.

  We can definitely be like the United States in the early years of the two world wars! It would not be bad to maintain a neutral attitude in the international arena and then make a war fortune! "

As soon as Fang Lang finished speaking, Scalia immediately heard the song and knew its elegant meaning, but soon he sighed again and said:

 “Alas! It’s a pity that we have broken off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union!”

Hearing this, Fang Lang couldn't help but glance at the other party, good guy, Scalia is really a profit-oriented person! As soon as I heard about the opportunity to make war fortune, I thought about taking advantage of both sides.

“Haha...The Soviet Union now has a relatively closed ecological chain, and it is unlikely that we will provide them with goods. And there is also the risk of offending the United States.

 Until we have the strength of the US government, we cannot eat both sides, and the scale of the Peninsular War is far from comparable to that of a world war. We should not expect too much.

As long as it can squeeze into the US military's logistics supply system, even if it can supply them with some tents, shoes and socks will be considered a huge success.

At least, politically, we can say that we stand with the Americans, and the Americans will not be able to say much at that time. "

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

“Haha... Fang, you are not only an excellent military general, but also an excellent politician. I think I know what to do.

Damn Argentina, if that **** Juan Veron hadn't been provoking trouble at the border, we should have sent an army to support the actions of the Americans. "

Hearing Scalia use Argentina as a shield, Fang Lang couldn't help laughing again. He didn't know that Juan Veron, the president of Argentina, blamed them for Brazil's inability to participate in the United Nations. , what would you think?

 “Yes, it’s all **** Argentina’s fault.”

Seeing that today's main goal had been accomplished, Scalia stood up and picked up a report from his desk. After returning to the sofa in the reception area, he unfolded the report and handed it to Fang Lang and said:

“Fang, I invite you here this time. In addition to discussing your views on joining the United Nations Army, there is also something very important that I want to ask for your help with.”

Hearing this, Fang Lang casually took the document handed over by Scalia and flipped through it. He saw that the title of the document read "Brazilian Electric Power Resources Survey Report". Immediately, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, as if he had caught it. What? Before he could think about it, President Scalia said directly:

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

This has brought huge obstacles to our development, but the investment in the power industry is huge and the return on capital is slow. Many companies are unwilling to invest huge sums in this area. Those who are willing to invest are mostly large foreign companies, but they will I really don’t trust these basic energy projects being handed over to foreign companies.

I heard that the electrolytic aluminum processing plant established by your Fangyuan Group requires a lot of electricity, so you are preparing to invest in the construction of a hydropower station. Is this true? "

When these words reached Fang Lang's ears, he understood what the other party meant. Did he want to encourage the Fang family to enter the electric power industry? It seems that supporting Scalia to take office is really a good deal!

 It is true that the power industry has huge investments, but it also really makes money! However, this is an infrastructure project related to the national economy and people's livelihood. Although he had thought about entering this industry, he had never dared to take that step officially. Unexpectedly, the president actually proposed it this time.

Fang Lang believed that Scalia did not understand the huge profits of the electric 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 there must be some intention to repay the Fang family's support. .

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

The relatively pure interest relationship between Fang Lang and Scalia makes them more frank when getting along. Therefore, Fang Lang did not pretend to be pretentious, but went straight to the point:

“That’s what happened! Do you want our Fang family to step forward and invest in Brazil’s power industry?”

Scalia did not hesitate and nodded directly.

“From this report, I believe you can also see that Brazil has a huge power gap. I just came to power and I needed several large-scale projects to achieve political performance, so I took a fancy to this project.

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

I just thought of talking to you to see if you have any ideas about this project? "

“Of course we have ideas. Brazil’s power shortage problem is also an obstacle to the development of our Fangyuan Group. This is why we want to build a large power station near the electrolytic aluminum factory.

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

 The current large-scale power generation equipment will be manufactured soon and will be fully rolled out in Brazil.

 We in Brazil can be considered to have completely independent power generation equipment manufacturing capabilities. "

In fact, if you just build a few power stations, it won't be so troublesome at all, 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. If he just purchases from other people's factories, As for the power generation equipment, it is purely giving money to others.

 It is more convenient and cost-effective to develop your own power generation equipment. Coincidentally, he took advantage of the European aid plan to acquire some power equipment manufacturing companies with considerable technology 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 bring together the elite talents of these companies, plus the original technology accumulation, and began to develop more advanced high-power power generation equipment at Caterpillar Power Equipment Manufacturing Company in Brazil.

 After two years of hard work, he finally made a revolutionary breakthrough. Originally, he was just planning to build several small power stations to test the performance of these products. Among them, the key project is the supporting power station for the electrolytic aluminum factory.

After the generator equipment has been inspected, they will begin to lobby the Brazilian government to build corresponding power stations in Brazil. By then, the power generation equipment purchased by the power station will naturally be produced by their factory, which can be regarded as a very cost-effective deal.

 Based on 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 before they took the initiative to find this guy, this guy took the initiative to find them.

Fang Lang’s words obviously gave Scalia a huge surprise. He couldn’t help but sit up straight and said:

“What? Your factory has completed the domestic development of power generation equipment, which means that our power stations in the future will use our own Brazilian generators, right?”

Hearing this, Fang Lang nodded matter-of-factly and said:

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

ˆBecome a new bright spot for our Brazilian exports to earn foreign exchange. By then we will be able to grow from a traditional raw material exporter to an industrial products exporter, which will have a profound impact on Brazil's future influence in the international community. "

After hearing what Fang Lang said, Scalia stood up from the sofa in a hurry, repeating Fang Lang's words repeatedly in his mouth, "From a traditional raw material exporting country to an industrial product exporting country."

After a long while, he looked at Fang Lang seriously and said:

“Fang, your idea is really great, I will regard it as my governing program, and I must conscientiously implement this idea during my term of office.

 As our industrial giant in Brazil, I also hope that your Fang family 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 and not only borrowed his words, but also took the opportunity to ask for his support.

Seeing this, Fang Lang also smiled slightly and said:

“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, we will spare no effort to support your work.”

 It means that everyone is working together, hello, me, hello everyone! If he was playing any tricks, that would be a different story.

This sentence would obviously be inappropriate if it were said by a deputy minister of the Navy, but Fang Lang now represents the Fang family, so there is no problem.

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

After hearing Fang Lang’s words, Scalia showed no sign of anger. Instead, he said with a serious expression:

“Fang, please rest assured that I cannot reach this point without your support. If I abandon you, no one will continue to support me in the future.

 I would never do such a stupid thing.

Many people originally suggested that this power station project be constructed with state funding, so that it can be relatively fair and avoid the situation where developed areas have a surplus of electricity but remote areas have no electricity available.

 But I still want to hand over this project to your Fang family. Why? I believe you should understand in your heart.

Although the capital investment in the power station is huge, its income is long-term and stable, which is very beneficial to your Fang family's asset layout. "

Hearing this, Fang Lang nodded. He believed Scalia's statement. After all, although Brazil has severed diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union was able to transform from an economically weak country to a powerful one in such a short period of time. The current world economic power has developed from an agricultural country to the current industrial country.

 It has attracted the attention of many people, especially his state-owned economic development model, which has also triggered extensive discussions. Many people want to copy this economic model.

Therefore, Scalia said that many people suggested that the state fund the construction of power stations. Fang Lang believed it very much, and he knew very well that this was indeed the best choice.

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

 What Fang Lang wants is not how much money he can make from the electric power industry, but to control basic livelihood projects like electric power, which means they control the country's power switches.

 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 shut down the power station and plunge your entire country into chaos.

 Such a loss that no politician or person in power can bear.

Perhaps some people will say, if you turn it off, I won’t turn it on? But have you ever thought that as the owner of a power plant, I have countless ways to paralyze the power plant. Even if you can find someone to repair and open these power equipment, how long will it take you?

 Let me give you a shorter time, and the power will be restored within a week. So can your government withstand the pressure of public opinion about a week-long power outage? After Brazil completes its electrification, once the power is interrupted, it will not be the problem of the two lights not working in ordinary people's homes.

But the whole country will be plunged into chaos, factories will be shut down, schools will be closed, and the entire society will be paralyzed. Which government can afford such losses.

 So, in Fang Lang's view, as long as the government allows the Fang family to enter such a basic people's livelihood industry, he will not hesitate to invest in it, even if it means losing money every year.

 Because these industries are the industries that control the lifeblood of the country. Thinking about modern society, if a sudden power outage for a day would have serious consequences, I believe everyone would explode!

"Thank you Mr. President for your trust. Our Fang family is very interested in the power market. If the government agrees, we will immediately start planning power plant projects in Brazil based on this report to ensure that Brazil will be free of power in the shortest possible time. The current power shortage situation.

However, I think their suggestions are not unreasonable. If we invest, we will definitely give priority to economically developed coastal areas with huge power demand. Relatively remote inland areas may not be able to be taken care of so quickly.

I suggest you propose a plan to walk on two legs, with the state investing in building power plants in remote areas to ensure the basic living needs of people in remote areas. This can also be regarded as a reflection of the country’s capital advantage. what do you think? "

Scalia was not angry when he heard this. 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 light up. At first, he never thought that after letting the Fang family enter the power field, he would also let the state invest in the construction of power plants and compete with the Fang family for business.

 But now I heard what Fang Lang said, this country invests in building power plants in remote inland areas. Although it may lose money, it is a solid political achievement! This is an example of thinking about the people! By then, people's favorability and support rates won't just keep rising!

 (End of this chapter)