“...... We are excited about the opportunities presented by this acquisition and we can't wait to see what we can accomplish together." Thank you again for your support!"

After the current CEO of Gao Hong spoke, the audience burst into warm applause.

Jiagu's M&A transaction with Gaohong has passed the global M&A review and is beginning to closing. After the agreement was signed, Kaga hosted a celebration dinner in Omaha, Nebraska.

Nebraska is a state in the Midwestern United States, located in the center of the High Plains. The state covers an area of 200,000 square kilometers, which is the same as China's Hunan Province. The total population is 1.88 million, which is only equivalent to the population of some third-tier cities in China.

Even Americans, the impression of Nebraska is relatively unfamiliar, only that it is quite desolate, but the scenery is very good. It's a bit like China's Inner Mongolia, but what's better than Inner Mongolia is that Nebraska is an important agricultural city in the United States.

Nebraska is one of the leading states in agriculture, and agriculture plays an important role in the state's economy. It ranks sixth among the 50 states in terms of agricultural and animal husbandry output, and the main crops are maize, hay, wheat and sorghum. Among the states in the country, corn and wheat production are the fifth, sorghum is the third, sugarcane is the sixth, and dairy and beef cattle are the third in the United States.

In the business world, Nebraska is best known for Warren Buffett. His Berkshire Hathaway company is the only Fortune 500 company headquartered in Omaha.

In addition, Gao Hong, which has more than 2,000 employees worldwide and is ranked by Forbes Magazine as the 19th largest private company in the United States, is the leader.

This year, the United States was hit by a once-in-a-century "super drought" and the ravages of mad cow disease, which hit Nebraska's economy hard. At this time, Gao Hong changed hands, and the new international grain merchants entered Nebraska, attracting a lot of attention. For a while, Jiagu's celebration banquet was full of guests.

The celebration was held in a large villa, which was already filled with long tables and food, and expensive champagne was waiting to be drunk. However, what made the guests most interested in the banquet was the beautiful woman.

At banquets in Western countries, tall and straight, sexy and charming beauties are the frequent guests inside. If you don't train a little resistance, those women who stare at the fifth king of diamonds all day long, fantasizing about the golden beetle's son-in-law can swallow their lives alive.

Qi Zheng's age, Qi Zheng's wealth, and Qi Zheng's status all make him the primary target of beauties.

Although he participated in many banquets, Qi Zheng still did not adapt to the atmosphere of Western-style banquets.

However, the true protagonist of a banquet never needs to learn etiquette.

It doesn't matter if you don't know how to cocktail, the beautiful woman will bring you a glass of it, taste it with red lips, and then exhale it like a brandy to introduce it to you.

It doesn't matter if you don't know the etiquette of the banquet, the beautiful women surround you, as long as you are not in public, others will not even see your banquet etiquette.

Don't know how to chat?It doesn't matter, the beauty laughs before you speak, no matter what you say, in short, you have to show that you are wise and powerful, and the great light is right...... Whoever has the ability to make them angry - and say that you don't know how to speak, professionally trained!

In short, in the eyes of the people of the National Grain Group who participated in the banquet, Qi Zheng was surrounded by the smiling warbler Yanyan.

Meng Liuze, the general manager of Guoliang's U.S. subsidiary, exhaled a sigh of "yo", obviously envious of Qi Zheng's treatment.

Gu Song, deputy director of the National Food Strategy Department from China, was more determined, and he focused more attention on the guests around him.

Meng Liuze noticed Gu Song's gaze, so he introduced softly: "Look over there, there are representatives of some large pharmaceutical companies in the United States, and I don't know how Jiagu did it, it is said that they helped Jiagu get through the relationship with Washington, and those Middle Easterners, who are Saudis, are the targets of Jiagu's financing, and it is said that they easily provided Jiagu with billions of dollars in merger and acquisition funds; moreover, the Saudis only own 20% of Gao Hong's shares after the merger......

Meng Liuze pointed to the members of the delegates he knew, and called them one by one, and his mouth was full of the names of large institutions: DuPont, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Atlantic Ocean Shipping Company, and American Rail Transportation Company......

In addition to Jiagu's strategic partners, Gaohong itself is a leading commodity management company, providing sourcing, storage and processing, transportation and logistics, marketing and distribution, and risk management services to tens of thousands of customers every year, and its partners are also all over the world.

Of course, now it's all Kagu's.

For a while, Gu Song, deputy director of Guoliang, was full of emotion: Nebraska can be said to be the hinterland of the United States, but Jiagu, a Chinese company, has successfully entered the hinterland of the United States, and has mastered a global supply chain network with this as the center, which is undoubtedly a milestone in the history of the development of China's grain and oil companies!

At this time, he sincerely hoped to learn some tricks from Jiagu.

Therefore, as soon as he saw that Qi Zheng had gotten rid of the gentle array, he quickly pulled Meng Liuze and leaned over.

Gu Song had a relationship with Qi Zheng before, and said enthusiastically at this moment: "The last time we met in China, I thought that Jiagu would focus on the domestic grain and oil business, but in the blink of an eye, Jiagu has completed the global layout, which is amazing...... I don't know if our national grain can carry out grain trade cooperation with Gaohong?"

Qi Zheng looked at the two of them, he knew that the American branch of Guoliang had asked for an invitation to the banquet, and he had already guessed their intentions, at this time, while signaling the two to follow, he calmly refused: "Unfortunately, I have already made an agreement with the Saudi side, Gao Hong will first carry out grain trade with Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries." ”

Gu Song was puzzled: "Isn't this a reluctance to seek the near and far? We also have to import grain from the United States, and Gao Hong's cooperation with us won't kill two birds with one stone?"

The National Grain Group is the main executor of the state-run share of the national grain import quota, but it has always been unable to get rid of its dependence on the four major international grain merchants and even the grain merchants of the island countries such as Marubeni and Mitsui. In his opinion, isn't Gao Hong, acquired by Jiagu, the best partner for Guoliang Group to reduce its dependence on foreign grain merchants?

Walking to a more remote corner, Qi Zheng sat down and clarified the crux of the problem: "You are right, but it may make Jiagu fall into criticism in the United States......"

You must know that in the United States, public opinion about "Jiagu invading the granary of the United States" has always existed, but it has not been a climate. If Gao Hong is acquired by Jiagu and only trades with China, it is easy to raise normal business to the level of "plundering American resources" under the impetus of people with intentions.

Especially when Jiagu has not yet fully established himself in the United States, Qi Zheng is unwilling to take such a risk.

Gu Song glanced at Meng Liuze, and seeing that he nodded slightly, he could only retreat and ask sincerely: "Okay, then I want to ask, does Dong Qi have any suggestions for our national grain to enter North America?"

In recent years, a new wave of consolidation in the global agricultural market has left fewer and fewer options for national grain purchases. To put it simply, the National Food Group has completely failed to sit still.

Just this year, Glencore has acquired Canadian grain company Viterra, Gargok has acquired Gaohong, the third-largest grain company in the United States, and ADM is trying to buy Australia's GrainCorp......

Although at home, Jiagu and Guoliang are direct competitors, but overseas, in the final analysis, both are the same ancestor. Gu Song, with his understanding of Qi Zheng's style of acting, felt that it was better to ask Qi Zheng directly for advice, and he might be able to get some useful advice.

Sure enough, Qi Zheng also said bluntly: "Actually, I don't recommend direct investment in North America, and even the core of survival is to reduce the dependence of the national grain on the United States as much as possible." ”

"After all, there is a deep strategic mistrust between China and the United States. "Qi Zheng's point is about to stop.

Gu Song, who works in a state-owned enterprise and is quite politically sensitive, blurted out: "Najiagu ......"

"So, I let the Saudis also take a stake in Gao Hong, and I rejected you. Qi Zheng smiled and said: "Moreover, after all, Jiagu is not the same as Guoliang, we are a private company." ”

Gu Song was speechless.

Qi Zheng continued: "Don't look at the fact that the United States is the world's largest producer of soybeans and corn, but it has long been controlled by the four major grain merchants of ABCD and the American Agricultural Cooperative. In my opinion, South America is the best place for the national grain group to diversify its risk, and in addition, the national grain can also move westward, especially in places with rich agricultural resources such as Russia, Central Asia and Europe......"

Qi Zheng's move can be described as a heart-to-heart.

To build our country's global food supply system by investing in overseas agricultural resources, we can't rely on Kaya alone.

However, on the North American continent, especially in the United States, it is enough to have the Jiagu family in China.

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