Itabira does contain huge benefits, but if Ernesto wants to stock up and take the opportunity to knock on the Iron Four Corners Company, then Ernesto is wrong.

Iron Four Corners was a joint venture between Nyasaland and Adan, and in Brazil, Nyasaland and Adan were not well known, but sooner or later Ernesto would fully realize the strength of Nyasaland and Adan.

Coming out of Ernesto's office, across the road is a dilapidated slum, the road is also potholed and in disrepair, and it has just rained in São Paulo a few days ago, and the road is full of sewage, but it does not look like it is dusty.

Fan Bao glanced back at the tall and majestic commercial building, then at the dilapidated slums, and turned around to get into the car with a silent smile.

Immediately, a group of little beggars appeared out of the ground and surrounded the car in which Fan Bao was riding.

"Sir, all right—"

"Give me something to eat, sir, I'm dying of hunger—"

"Please—"

Through the window glass, I can clearly see the childish faces mixed with many emotions such as anticipation, fear, and greed.

Fan Bao subconsciously touched his wallet.

Carlos, who was sitting in the passenger seat, pushed the car door.

"Get out of here, you filthy beggars, don't mess my car—" Carlos yelled, pulling out his pistol, and the children scattered.

Fan Bao's hand, which had already taken out his wallet, suddenly stiffened, and this was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

"Sir, you can't give them money, or they'll be more and more cockroaches." Carlos, a native of São Paulo, has previously worked with Christian Exploration and has now joined Iron Four Corners as Van Bauau's assistant.

"Why don't you send these children to a welfare home?" Van Bauau didn't know much about the situation in São Paulo, which is almost impossible to happen in southern Africa.

"The welfare institute can accept a few people, and the environment and conditions are not good, there is not enough food, no warm clothing, and many welfare homes will even send their children to work in factories for profit, they are all a group of black-hearted ghosts." Carlos was emotionally calm, neither ashamed nor angry, and just stated the facts normally.

Van Bau is silent and leaves Nyasaland to truly fall in love with Nyasaland.

In Nyasaland, that certainly won't happen.

"In the days of empires, this kind of thing happened very rarely, and street children would be well cared for, but now it seems to be democracy and freedom, but this kind of bad thing is increasing, people are becoming more and more selfish, officials only care about their own money, businessmen are shoddy, honesty and kindness are no longer virtues, but will be ridiculed, if you give money just now, those children will not only not be grateful to you, but will think that you are more - well, not good anyway - " Carlos lamented that people are not ancient, which is also a common problem in democratic societies.

Fan Bao became more and more silent, for a moment now, Fan Bao really wanted to send these street children to Nyasaland.

Now that I think about it, these children grew up in an environment like São Paulo, and some things are ingrained and cannot be changed.

Unfortunately for Van Baugh, there is no Rhodesia Hotel in São Paulo, and Van Bau is staying at the Alves Hotel, which is not far from the city center.

Back at the hotel, Van Bau sent a telegram to Los Angeles, made a few phone calls, and then drove out to the Umbrella company's branch in São Paulo.

Yes, even in São Paulo, there is now a division of the umbrella company.

In recent years, the security situation in São Paulo has deteriorated dramatically, and the vast majority of the wealthy have a growing need for security, which is what Umbrella Corp. does best.

The branch of the Umbrella Company in São Paulo is located on Fonseca Street, not far from the city hall of São Paulo, and although the office building is not large, it occupies a large area, and the branch manager, Augusto, is a Slav who has been working for the Umbrella Company for 12 years.

"São Paulo is not Nyasaland, the officials here are all flow officers, and the first task after taking office is to make money, and many of our clients are officials, and the higher the position, the higher the demand for security." Augusto was enthusiastic about Van Bauau, and it was not easy to meet his colleagues in São Paulo.

"Is Minister Ernesto also a client of yours?" Fan Bao hopes to find a breakthrough from the umbrella.

"Hehe, this is our company secret-" Augusto said with a straight face, customer information cannot be leaked casually.

"I'll ask you to drink later, and I've brought a few bottles of medicinal wine from Johannesburg, which is guaranteed to be the most effective." Fan Bao tempted him with wine.

"Hahahaha, I knew you must have brought something good-" Augusto laughed, the company's secrets are for outsiders, Iron Four Corners is not an outsider, and the resources of the umbrella can be shared: "-That guy is a scumbag, if it weren't for the fact that he has a brother who is the president, he is only worthy of picking up garbage in the slums, among so many officials I have seen, Ernesto is the most greedy, but he is also the most stupid, this guy eats ugly, does all kinds of evil, and even his sister-in-law does not let go-"

Fan Bao accidentally ate a big melon and was dumbfounded.

Nima didn't even let go of her sister-in-law, which was too beastly.

But it's probably not the first lady.

"Let's go, let's go eat first, I'll tell you slowly." Augusto couldn't wait, he wasn't short of drink, and it was just a way for Augusto and Van Bauer to deepen their relationship.

The guests enjoyed the meal, Fan Bao felt that the food was a little supportive, the working meal of the umbrella company was still good, and the melon was also good.

Back in the office, Augusto and Van Bauer began to drink tea again.

"This is the situation in São Paulo, where the rich are not kind to the rich, the poor are struggling to survive, the officials are selfish, and the capable people have left São Paulo, the United States to the United States, the European to Europe, and the southern Africa, but southern Africa is not very friendly to Brazilians because of the language barrier." Augusto drank the medicinal wine and did not see the transformation into a half-orc, and it is estimated that the effect of this medicinal wine is not very good.

"Christian Exploration has discovered a large iron ore mine in Itabira, and we have to find a way to buy Itabira." Fan Bao is not afraid of leaking secrets, and if Iron Four Corners wants to gain a firm foothold in Brazil, it also needs the cooperation of the umbrella company.

"Simple, just kill Ernesto!" Augusto is simple and crude, and there is no more convenient way than this.

The mercenaries of the umbrella company are the best at physically destroying anything.

"Kill Ernesto and replace him with a more competent official?" Fan Bao disapproves, it's good to be greedy, and I'm embarrassed not to be greedy.

"Hahahaha, São Paulo is not Nyasaland, where are there so many capable officials - let's put it this way, with Ernesto's ability, if we are in Nyasaland, being a town mayor is enough." It was only after Augusto left Nyasaland that he realized how rare it was to be in the situation that Nyasaland is in today.

Fan Bao also laughed dumbly, Augusto was right, talents are really not everywhere.

The next night, Van Bauau held a banquet at the hotel, with Ernesto and his presidential cousin Epitasio Pessoa on the invitation list.

A corporate banquet to invite the president to attend sounds a bit arrogant, doesn't it?

In fact, it is normal, as long as the "etiquette is thoughtful", it is not difficult to ask the president to cut the ribbon.

Brazil began to develop a "coffee economy" 20 years ago, producing three-quarters of the world's coffee, Nyasaland has a huge market, and now the market is dominated by East Indian coffee, and Brazil does have room for cooperation.

"The Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa alone consumes 15,000 tons of coffee every year, and the whole of Southern Africa needs an unknown amount of coffee every year, and the coffee production in East India is increasing every year, and now it accounts for about 20 percent of the world." The data in Van Bauau's hands is very detailed, and the Brazilian government probably does not have these data.

"15,000 tons a year, that's a really big market." Epitacio Pessoa's eyes lit up when he heard this, this kind of market is 10,000 tons at every turn, and it is rare in the world.

Fan Bao did not explain that the coffee supplied by the Ministry of Defense in Southern Africa includes military service agencies and foreign teams, and not everyone likes coffee, and many people in Southern Africa prefer tea.

Certainly not the British black tea that has changed its flavor.

"We are reaching out to Brazilian companies to bring Brazilian coffee to Southern Africa, which produces three-quarters of the world's coffee and has no access to the world's largest coffee market, which is a huge shame for both Brazil and Southern Africa." Fan Bao's words carried private goods, although the consumption of coffee in southern Africa is large, it is not the largest market in the world.

After all, the population is limited.

Epitasio Pessoa and Ernesto looked at each other, and both could see small flames in each other's eyes.

Not just any Brazilian company is qualified to trade exports, and Van Bauau's words now are clearly an opportunity for the Pessoa family.

To put it bluntly, it's about giving money.

"Of course, not just any coffee is eligible to enter the southern African market, we want to set up a high-quality coffee plantation in Itabira to produce coffee exclusively for southern Africa, although Iron Four Corners is a newly established company, but our parent companies are Nyasaland and Adan companies, I believe His Excellency the President should have heard of it." Fan Bao is both soft and hard, if there is no strong backstage, then everything is to make wedding dresses for others.

"Of course, both Nyasaland and Adan have influential world-class companies, and I have been looking forward to meeting the Marquis of Nyasaland in the near future." Epitacio Pessoa was not very familiar with Nyasaland and Adan but was familiar with Roque.

Even if you are not familiar with it, you must have heard of Roque's name, and there are not many people who can be presidents who don't know Roque.

(End of chapter)