I've been paying close attention, but I can't help it, and I haven't expanded my business to that point, so I take the liberty of asking, what is the current trade situation over there?" asked Kato.

"Earn, very profitable, the foreign trade companies at Alashankou and Khorgos ports can easily earn millions when they are young, and they can easily earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for a small company of two or three people, working as intermediaries there. ”

Kato Heihao was not surprised: "Is the situation over there stable?"

"Stability, Kazakhstan was the last to break away from the Soviet Union, and now there are still a large number of Erros garrisons there, and there is no big problem in terms of security. Fan Yang replied.

It is indeed very profitable, and Kazakhstan is in a special situation.

The former Soviet Union is composed of 15 countries, of which Russia is the largest country, and the others are small neighboring countries, equivalent to his vassal states.

Among these vassal states, development is extremely uneven.

With Russia as the center, he, of course, has everything, and other vassal states are different.

Like Ukraine, it is located in Europe, in the past it was Poland, Germany, France, it was separated from Europe.

Ukraine's economy is the best developed among the former Soviet Union vassal states, industry, agriculture, commerce, Russia also has a large number of high-tech industries, military industry, all in Ukraine, military research bases are also in Ukraine, or the largest granary of the former Soviet Union, the economy is far ahead.

Trade with European countries is also very convenient.

Ukraine is definitely willing to secede from the former Sulen for such a thing, and it is also the first country to secede from the former Sulen.

The separation from the former Soviet Union also dealt a heavy blow to Russia, so the two countries continued to have disputes.

But Kazakhstan is different.

Most of the five Central Asian countries are deserts, steppes, and arid climates, which cannot grow large areas of food, are not suitable for the development of industry, and cannot keep up with the level of education.

So for decades, the place was full of cotton, wool.

Its industry is pitifully small, except for a few oil fields, there are almost no others, not even a pencil can be made, all rely on the former Soviet Union to allocate funds and materials.

When the Soviet Union disintegrated, it was once considered a financial burden by the Yeltsin government and was eager to shake it off.

It was not until 1992 that he became independent.

Immediately afterward, Kazakhstan signed a most-favored-nation agreement and a trade agreement with China, and China provided assistance to Kazakhstan.

Received cotton and wool from Kazakhstan, helped Kazakhstan to carry out infrastructure construction for more than ten years, and supplied grain, materials, and light industrial products.

It's still in its infancy.

At the same time, Kazakhstan's railways will be merged with China's Alashankou, and the Eurasian land bridge land trade route will be reopened.

The trading companies at the Alashankou and Khorgos ports can be imagined how profitable they are.

At the same time, the ports of the two countries have been opened and a border free trade zone has been set up to facilitate non-governmental traders to provide assistance to Kazakhstan.

It has attracted most of China's fallen masters, from Xinyi, Gansu, and even Zhejiang, Anhui, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, there are people who have run over to transport a large number of light industrial products, clothing, leather shoes, electronic products, even pots and pans can earn pots and pans.

The new reins benefit the most.

But there wasn't much cash to be gained.

It's all barter, cotton and wool, dairy products, meat products.

The cotton and wool will then be sold through the existing trade channels.

So since last year, the supply of raw cotton has increased dramatically.

Prices, plummeting.

China's raw cotton exports doubled in an instant, provoking the price of raw cotton from India and Egypt to also begin to drop.

It plummeted by more than 30 percent.

Many international speculators have already heard the news.

"But I heard that the Chechen rebels are very active over there?" asked Kato.

Fan Yang nodded and said: "It is more active, Shi Dalin was ruthless enough, exiled hundreds of thousands of Chechens, and went to Kazakhstan to develop in a snow-capped mountains and desert, but you don't have to worry about these, now the raw cotton has plummeted, the market supply has increased greatly, and many international speculators have begun to copy the raw cotton market, as far as I know, two of the four major grain merchants of ABCD have been involved in the raw cotton market, and the grain merchants of your country cannot be without movement, right?"

Kato Ping nodded, frowned slightly, and said with a little regret: "That's right, my country's Quannong Company has entered the market, but unfortunately our society is still too small, and the gains may be very limited, after all, the funds and manpower to be invested are greatly beyond our ability." ”

"Limited? Wrong, I can tell you for sure that the profit will be much greater than you think. ”

Kato's eyes flashed: "Why is General Manager Fan so determined?"

"This reason is not complicated, the international market, the normal price of raw cotton is about 10,000, a ton, up and down will not exceed 10 percent, has been quite stable, but last year's new raw cotton, because Kazakhstan opened trade, a large number of economic tensions have fallen to 7,000 a ton, and this year, it is not expected to fall, 5,000 bottoms are very likely, your country's cotton spinning industry, must have been happy to go crazy, right?"

Kato Ping nodded and said: "Indeed, many manufacturers and suppliers in our country are overstockpiling, and the futures contracts of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange are also frequently traded, but now the wind in the market is uncertain, there are many bullish people, and there are more bearish people, thinking that the current supply of raw cotton is close to saturation, and I am afraid that the market will not rebound, which will eventually lead to the maintenance of raw cotton prices at about 7000, so the risk is still very large." ”

"Wrong, the raw cotton market can't be sluggish, and the people who copy the most are also the people of the United States, think about it, the people of the United States have tuned so much raw cotton, will he sit back and watch himself lose money? He will sit back and watch the Chinese raw cotton, invade his own raw cotton industry? ”

Kato Ping stopped talking.

Lost in thought.

After a while, he said: "What General Manager Fan said is that if this year's new raw cotton, even if the price of last year's is maintained, 7,000 a ton, it will be a catastrophic blow to the raw cotton industry of the United States, because the raw cotton of the United States is still maintained in the price range of 11,000, he must protect the raw cotton industry in his country, and the dumping of 100% can also be established in trade arbitration, but even so, we can't get too many additional benefits, right?"

Fan Yang smiled.

"I just want to say that the people of the United States must raise taxes, and the price of raw cotton will rebound at that time, Mr. Kato think about it, if you are interested, you are welcome to come to our company for a detailed discussion. ”

This is an uncomplicated event.

When Fan Yang was in contact with the raw cotton trade before, he was very clear about this bridge, and it was also a very classic trade bridge.

In 92 years of history, due to the opening of Kazakhstan to the international raw cotton market (in the past, in the Sulian system, it was digested internally by Sulian and did not participate in the international market), most of which were eaten by China.

caused the raw cotton to plummet.

In the autumn of 93, Kazakhstan had no reservations and cleared all domestic raw cotton in exchange for economic development, which caused the price of raw cotton to fall to the 6,000 mark.

The drop reached 40.

It has seriously impacted the raw cotton industry in the United States.

The textile industry in the United States has given up its own raw cotton and imported it from China.

The United States then launched a trade arbitration and imposed an additional 100 anti-dumping on China's raw cotton.

At its peak, it was increased to 140.

As a result, the price of raw cotton rebounded and returned to the price range of 9,000 a ton.

And where are the business opportunities?

This wave of raw cotton prices are volatile, and in two years, one ton has exceeded more than 3,000 excess profits.

Who will profit in the end?

Speculators made a profit.

At that time, the grain merchants of Britain and Ben, as well as international futures speculators, all ate a large amount of Chinese raw cotton in 93.

Bottomed out at 6,000 a ton.

94 rebounded to 9000 a ton.

But 100 anti-dumping, only against China.

But it didn't.

The UK does not.

Neither does Hong Kong.

At that time, a large number of speculators in Hong Kong also hoarded a lot of raw cotton.

It is still sold at a price of 9,000 a ton, and a profit of more than 3,000 yuan per ton.

Ben and Britain, countries that do not produce cotton, have benefited the most from this raw cotton incident.

In other words, Fan Yang has an offshore company in Hong Kong.

As long as you import it to Hong Kong at the bottom price this year, find a warehouse to hoard it, and next year, you can make a net profit of 3,000 tons.

The same is true of Ben.

It's a sure-fire deal.

But for now, no one dares to hammer it.

Except for Fan Yang.

For he was born again.

But at present, his own funds are limited, and he is completely unable to operate by himself, so he can only build a bridge from it.

In 93, this wave of raw cotton was turbulent, and he couldn't eat meat, so he could only drink soup, and at the same time establish his own contacts and channels.

As for Kazakhstan and Xinyin, to be honest, Fan Yang doesn't have a spectrum in his heart, after all, he has not experienced it.

Only look at the past and adapt to the situation.

But the only thing that is certain is that the current Alashankou is a place full of white gold.

I didn't dare to talk too much, so I stopped talking and stood up and said goodbye.

Kato Ping sent Fan Yang to the door with an eager face, and his attitude had changed greatly at this time: "I have a conversation with General Manager Fan today, I have benefited a lot, let me see many aspects that I have not paid attention to before, I have been taught, I will hand over a detailed report to the president, and at the same time look forward to further cooperation with General Manager Fan, thank you." ”

The two walked out, and the army smiled: "You are too good at it, why are you pulling it on cotton again?" ”

"There are many things you haven't heard of, hurry up and get rid of Lianyungang, let's go to Xinyun. ”

"New reins?" the army shook his head violently: "Your thinking is also jumping too fast." ”

"What's coming, I've been planning for a long time, otherwise what do you think I'm going to Lianyungang for?"

"Aren't you doing business with yourself?"

Fan Yang pouted: "Yes, but you have also seen that now Lianyungang's foreign trade is very mature, why should we compete with others? First of all, your company must be famous, to have a strong project, at present, Lianyungang has no businessmen involved in raw cotton, we will first intervene, with the help of this to expand business relations, and then slowly encroach on the local market, like Kato Ping, in the future, most of their basic business, most of them will be lost to us to do." ”

"Yes, others cooperate well, not necessarily. The army laughed.

"What do you mean by his original channel?" Fan Yang asked with a smile.

"Hmm. ”

"I really look down on him for Jia Jingyuan's kind of goods, the business must be stable, first of all, we must have a win-win situation, we must everyone ask for each other, or it is a business, I don't even dare to breathe a word, and I don't dare to talk back when I am scolded, because you rely on others to eat, believe it or not, in the future, Jia Jingyuan's business will be in charge, I pat Kato Ping's shoulder, and he will throw it all to me, believe it or not?"

The two laughed and went back to sleep.

The next morning, I went to 48 groups again.

Invitation in hand.

After thinking about it, Fan Yang decided to come over and try it.

Regardless of whether Charles appreciates his face or not, he has a two-sentence friendship, so it should be polite to hand over an invitation by himself.

As for whether to come or not, it's up to fate.

The front desk is still the same two chicks, and on the stool next to them, there are still two Indian Ah San.

Seeing Fan Yang's surprise, he was still a little flustered: "Mr. Fan, why are you here?"

It was the receptionist who called himself Meimei who spoke.

"It's been a long time since I've come to visit Mr. Charles. ”

Fan Yang said as he took out two hand creams and put them on the front desk.

"What is this?"

"A little gift, wipe your hands. ”

These two hand creams are small and small, and after giving them to Pan Rong and Julie, Fan Yang is a little addicted.

Because he found that giving such a small, more intimate gift would create a sense of intimacy between men and women.

Whenever I sleep, I always involuntarily think of the little beauty wiping the hand cream she sent, white and tender, carefully rubbing it, and it feels very good.

It can trigger many reveries.

Regarding pickled girls, Fan Yang is also a rookie.

Finding a trick is a bit complacent.

Because now that Pan Rong and Julie see themselves, he can clearly feel the difference.

The same is true of Meimei in front of her, her face is red.

"You're so expensive, how embarrassed are we. ”

"What's so embarrassing, it's just a small gift, a British friend of mine brought it to me, and it's useless for me, you try it, I'll bring it back to you when I go to England after it's useful." ”

After speaking, Fan Yang showed a smile that he thought was charming: "Now I come to ask to see Mr. Charles, I don't need to make another appointment." ”

"Wait a minute. ”

Meimei turned around and went in to report, and came out after a while, followed by Charles.

After a few months, Charles was still very enthusiastic: "Hi, my Chinese friend. ”

"Hello, Dear Mr. Charles. ”

came over and hugged Fan Yang.

The army was carrying two boxes of canned fruit in his hand, and Fan Yang took it: "A little gift." ”

"Hmm, what is this?"

"Canned fruit from my hometown, I hope you like it. ”

"Loved it very much, thank you, come in and sit. ”

The office of the 48 groups is also 200 square meters, which is equivalent to a foreign trade company, but does not accept foreign business, and is only responsible for helping British businessmen and handling customs declaration affairs in Lianyungang.

There was no one in the morning, it was quite quiet.

Passing through the reception area and coming to Charles's office to sit down, Fan Yang didn't hesitate, and handed over the invitation card with both hands: "Tomorrow my company opens, I really want to invite you to participate, I don't know if Mr. Charles is free tomorrow morning? If you can participate, I will feel very honored." ”