Chapter 594: Activate the Rear Hand
First opened a bottle of red wine from his own winery, the kitchen here began to serve food, and the two people sitting down also chatted about business.
"Emma," Chen Dahe saluted before he spoke, "Your suggestion is indeed very good, but this approach is inevitably too ostentatious, we can imagine that if the prediction comes true, drought ravages Africa, when almost half of Africa is in famine, and the world's major mainstream countries and media are discussing how to save Africa, and we are sending food out with great fanfare, what do you say, what will they say about our grain company?"
It is impossible for him to directly say that for the sake of secrecy, he can only find such a reason, who says that Europe values public opinion evaluation the most, just like those Western countries that are going to die, how much money can really be paid and not said, the slogan must be shouted loudly.
Emma, who had just finished taking a sip of wine, suddenly paused, then put it on the table, frowned lightly and said, "This is indeed a problem, all the land of our grain company is purchased with cash, and it will develop in the long run, if it causes a bad reputation in Africa and internationally, it is indeed not conducive to future operations, but,"
Emma looked up at Chen Dahe, "Sir, do you want to temporarily stop production to avoid the limelight? If so, your investment will suffer a huge loss, not to mention how long this drought will last, this year alone, the loss may be as high as tens of millions of dollars!"
400 million US dollars of funds are not in vain, according to Emma's accounting, plus the income of the food processing factory, they are responsible for this area of this year's profit is expected to be about 40 million US dollars, the next year or two will continue to increase, and finally stabilize between 60 million and 70 million US dollars, is expected to return to the cost in about six years, the average rate of return is 16 percent, it is a good long-term investment project, but if the production is stopped or reduced, this time cycle will be postponed, even if the boss can accept it, she will feel sorry for the upcoming bonusγ
And Chen Dahe was also muttering silently in his heart: If a group of teams loses tens of millions of dollars this year, the eleven of them add up to several hundred million, and the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars a year? I am not so stupid! Moreover, he is going to sell this grain to the Soviet Union, and even if he does not raise the price and go according to the international grain price, it can bring him more benefits within the Soviet Union, how can this kind of business be stopped!
"No, no, no," Chen Dahe smiled and shook his head, "I'm not so timid, otherwise I wouldn't have borrowed any financial leverage to build these grain bases, I mean, can you think of a way to get the best of both worlds, which will not delay the output of the grain company and be less noticeable!"
"I see what you mean," Emma said thoughtfully, frowning, "if you don't want to stop production and maintain a good reputation, then you can only give up some of your benefits." β
Chen Dahe raised his eyebrows slightly, "What do you say?"
"I have an idea," Emma looked up at him and whispered, "in two steps, first, to process and transport a batch of early-maturing grain as soon as possible, according to the proportion of existing crops, it can occupy about forty percent of the share, as for the rest, I think it can be divided into two parts, first take out two to three percent of it, exchange benefits with the local powers, get their support, at least, not to come and make trouble, and the other part, to earn fame,"
The corners of Chen Dahe's mouth curled slightly, and he looked at her meaningfully, "Donate?"
"Of course not," Emma said with a dumb smile, shaking her head, "this part accounts for almost half of the total grain production, and if we donate it all, it would be better to stop production, at least that way we won't lose money, we are not philanthropists, even if we buy a name, we won't have to pay such a big price! I said in the report that if the food shortage really comes, we can use the grain to recruit security guards, and now, we only need to modify this article slightly." β
Chen Dahe took a sip of his wine glass, looked at her with a smile and said, "So, is it a cash-for-work?"
"It's kind of that, but it's not quite," it may be the reason for drinking, Emma's face was a little red, she raised her glass and smiled embarrassedly, "Sir, your red wine is very good, but I may have drunk too much and get a little dizzy, if you can, I would like to ask you to give me two days, and I will work with the team members to come up with a practical plan as soon as possible, on the one hand, to minimize your losses, and on the other hand, to let Africa know our good name!"
"No, no," Chen Dahe shook his head slightly, "Emma, it's okay for two days, or even a week, but what I want is not a good name or a bad name, but, to minimize our sense of existence, because, I don't want any forces to target this piece of fat, understand?!"
Good and bad names are famous, what he wants is to make a fortune in a muffled voice, and he doesn't want to get involved in anything that will attract attention.
Emma blinked, although she didn't understand Chen Dahe's thoughts very well, she clearly understood what he meant, and nodded hesitantly, "Understood, then, maybe I really need four or five days to perfect this plan, maybe three days is fine, and when it's done, I will report to you as soon as possible!"
Chen Dahe smiled and gently raised his wine glass, "Then, it's dinner time, we can enjoy the food to our heart's content!"
Emma also smiled and raised her glass and touched it lightly.
After sending Emma away, Chen Dahe returned to the manor, thinking about whether this climate prediction is reliable or not? If the drought really continues, can Emma and them think of a suitable response plan? And those security teams who have invested a lot of money, can they support the burden at a critical time?
After thinking about it for a while, Chen Dahe finally decided to make preparations and contact the African side.
At that time, Tung Chee-lei sent people to Africa, and in addition to the 200 instructors, he also found a group of 50 people who did not know these people, and Chen Dahe divided them into five groups, which was originally intended to be used as the command personnel of the war department, but when there was no war, their task was to collect intelligence on various forces in Africa, and to use them as imaginary enemies to draw up corresponding combat plans.
These people are usually managed by a person sent by Dong Jianlei, and this person is also responsible for the overall planning of the money and people, and the funds are directly allocated by Chen Dahe through an anonymous account, but this group of people is usually lurking, and will only be used when necessary.
Now Chen Dahe wants to contact this person and let these five groups of three-in-one backhands collect relevant information and formulate corresponding response plans.