What's even more bizarre is that even if a corruption scandal is exposed, the officials involved are often unharmed.
Brazilian law stipulates that senators enjoy criminal immunity, so that members who commit adultery can be protected from prosecution and prosecution for a certain period of time. Moreover, Brazil does not have the death penalty, and the maximum penalty is 25 years in prison. The judicial system is extremely complex, and the parties involved are almost
Appeals can be continued without limit, and cumbersome judicial procedures have caused many major legal cases to remain unsolved in the end.
Therefore, even notoriety cannot stop a politician's political career. According to statistics, in 2003, nearly one-third of the members of the Brazilian House of Representatives and the Senate had been sentenced or were facing criminal charges.
Former Brazilian President Fernando Collor was impeached for rape in 1992 and later returned to the Senate as a member; Collor's father was also a member of the House of Representatives. He shot and killed another politician in 1963 but was never tried.
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Moreover, there is basically no recovery system for corruption crimes in Brazil. Once many corrupt officials misappropriate public funds and accept bribes are exposed, at most they will be dismissed from public office, and the property obtained will basically not be held accountable.
Since the risks of corruption are far less than the benefits, many corrupt officials have almost no scruples driven by profits. The president does not dare to take too serious measures against the corruption of cabinet ministers. If the anti-corruption is taken too seriously, it will offend political allies.
, the ruling coalition will fall apart, and the president's ruling status will be shaken.
Therefore, in such a weird country, as long as you are willing to spend money and share certain benefits, basically anything can be done. In addition, Americans have always done this in Brazil.
"Since you are already prepared, I won't say more! However, we already hold more than 60% of the Gerdau Group's equity!"
"Yes, Chairman!"
"How are you going to solve the funding problem? ... The ugly thing is up front. I am sadly depleted. I will give you up to 500 million US dollars, and you can figure out the rest by yourself!"
"Chairman, US$500 million is enough!"
"Oh, judging from your tone, does Dongfang Iron and Steel Group have sufficient funds in reserve?"
"Haha, thanks to the booming domestic steel market and the contributions of the Korean branch and the Peruvian branch, otherwise we would be burdened with nearly 3 billion US dollars in debt, and I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to spend much money for expansion!"
"Don't be careless, tell me how much money you have prepared?"
"Not much, just US$1.2 billion!"
"1.2 billion? So much?...Wait a minute, didn't I tell you that 30% of the group's annual profits must be invested in scientific research? And it also has to repay loans?"
"Yes, the US$1.2 billion is the remaining funds after we invested in the Iron and Steel Research Institute and repaid the loan!" Fang Guochun said with a hint of complacency in his words.
"Not bad! It seems that I was right when I handed over Dongfang Iron and Steel Group to you!" Liu Dong said with satisfaction.
"Thank you, Chairman, for your trust!"
"It's only 1.2 billion US dollars. Even if you add the 500 million I gave you, it won't be enough to complete the two acquisition plans?"
"It's really not enough! But I have already thought of a solution. First of all, it should be enough to use US$1.2 billion to acquire Hangzhou Iron and Steel Group and complete the first phase of 10 million tons of steel expansion. After the first phase is completed, we
We can use it to mortgage loans. When the time comes, neither ICBC nor China Construction Bank will refuse us. Moreover, thanks to the booming domestic steel industry, the profits earned will be enough for us to repay the loan and
Interest."
"As for Gerdau Group's merger and acquisition, your US$500 million, plus the loan to mortgage the Peruvian branch, is enough!"
"All your plans depend on loans!"
"Yes! In this era, if you want to make a company bigger, you must have enough capital investment. In addition to normal corporate revenue, there are two main ways to obtain funds - 'listing' and 'loans'
'!We have no plan to go public, so we can only take out loans!"
"I understand! But this time, don't go to Standard Chartered Bank for your loan to acquire Gerdau Group, go to American Commercial Bank!"
During this period, Standard Chartered Bank's loans have been supporting the development of Xuntong Group, Hanhua Telecom, and Shangyuan Engineering Group. Feng Jianhui has told Liu Dong several times that Standard Chartered Bank's commercial loans have reached the warning level. If they are being disbursed externally,
I'm afraid it will affect the normal operations of Standard Chartered.
As for the American Commercial Bank, in addition to its own revenue, Liu Dong's income from laundering gold is very rich.
"Yes, I understand!"
For Fang Guochun, the acquisition of Gerdau Group is the main thing. As long as the interest rate is not too high, he doesn't care where the loan comes from.
Next, Liu Dong hung up the phone after discussing the details of the two merger and acquisition plans with Fang Guochun in detail.
Early the next morning, he arrived at the first destination on his trip to India - the National Museum of India!
Here, there are 22 Buddha relics unearthed by Indians from the border area between India and Nepal, which is where the Sakyamuni tribe, the ancestor of Sakyamuni, lived in ancient times.
Such a large amount completely exceeded the total number of Buddha relics that Liu Dong had previously absorbed. Therefore, Liu Dong had great expectations for this museum.
This time, he did not let Roddy follow him, but took a taxi alone to the intersection of Rajapat Street and Jampat Street in New Delhi.
After taking a brief look at this three-story white building with obvious European Baroque architectural style, Liu Dong strode over with expectation.
But what makes him a little annoyed is that this museum, which claims to have a collection of more than 200,000 pieces and is the largest in India, only opens its doors at 10 o'clock?
"Do we have to wait another stupid hour and a half?"
Thinking of this, Liu Dong simply shook his head. At this moment, he didn't have such good patience.
After wandering around the museum for more than ten minutes, Liu Dong finally found a hidden place and activated the relic Yuanguang to escape underground.
In fact, based on the current radiation range of the relics' original light, Liu Dong can still absorb the spiritual light in the relics even if he is not close to the museum. However, Liu Dong is very afraid that there will be another situation like the light in the Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar.
Caused a sensation.
Moreover, what was more critical than the time in Myanmar was that this time, 22 relics were absorbed together. Therefore, Liu Dong was not sure whether he could control it. So he thought it would be better to hide it first.
Originally, he wanted to witness the 'grand occasion' of 22 relics being placed together before implementing his plan, but it was obviously not necessary now.
"here we go!"
After silently calming his breathing, Liu Dong, who was located 200 meters underground in the center of the National Museum of India, closed his eyes.
As he thought about it, the relic Yuanguang still expanded from the relics in the mustard space like a wild horse. Soon everything within a radius of 1,300 meters was clearly presented in his mind.
In normal times, Liu Dong might be very interested in these strange things he saw. But at this moment, all his attention was focused on the top of his head, which brought excitement and expectation to himself, and let the relics in the mustard space
Beating violently, 22 intense light clusters rushed out of the Baihui Point.
Under Liu Dong's attention, 22 yellow light groups as big as bamboo hats shot out a golden smooth beam as thick as an arm at the same time, quickly connecting to the relic suspended three feet above his head.
At the same time, it was as if the thirsty people in the desert got water, the people in the dog days got the coolness they longed for, and the exhausted people entered the hot springs. An indescribable feeling of relief that penetrated the nerves made Liu Dong unable to help himself.
I was immersed in it. Then, I gradually forgot everything around me.
However, Liu Dong himself felt comfortable. At this moment, there was an explosion outside.
Nearly 20 million people in almost all of Delhi saw the rich golden light over the National Museum! Even the scorching sun could not suppress the golden light. Apart from miracles, I really can't think of any other more likely answer.
Therefore, except for some tourists, Indians with strong religious traditions, whether they are Hindus or Catholics, have come up with their most pious way of worship.
The scene that happened in Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, four years ago has reappeared in Delhi. No matter where you look, the streets are full of Indians kneeling devoutly.
At this moment, all traffic was cut off, all commercial places stopped operating, and the air in Delhi reverberated with pious worship of God!
It is conceivable that after today, occultism around the world will flourish again. And the leaders of major countries, especially the Indian government, may not be able to sleep for a long time in the future.
Of course, none of this has anything to do with Liu Dong. No one can discover him underground.
However, perhaps the relic foundation was stronger than in Myanmar, so when he absorbed 22 relics this time, he did not sit for two or three days like last time.
This time, when it was getting close to dusk, Liu Dong slowly woke up. As for the golden light that filled the National Museum of India, it disappeared three or four hours before he woke up.
But such a long time is enough for Indians to figure out the source of these golden lights.
"It's okay, it's okay! It's not too late to wake up this time!" After taking out his phone and looking at it, Liu Dong breathed a sigh of relief.
After determining the time, Liu Dong began to feel the changes in his body.
An increase in strength is inevitable. Liu Dong knew as soon as he clenched his fist that his strength was at least twice as strong as before. Now a heavy truck with a load of 50 tons was placed in front of him, and he was confident that he could lift it.
Moreover, the range of the Relic Yuan Guang has also increased significantly, from the initial 1,300 meters to the current 2,000 meters. Although the growth rate is not as good as before, everything is easy at the beginning and becomes more difficult as you go forward.
But the realm that Liu Dong is most concerned about has not been broken through like the above two items!