The meeting with the two Bunge bigwigs seemed good, and the three of them walked into the private box of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel restaurant together and took a seat.

After some greetings, Li Feng asked the two directly: "Two, we are also friends, and I have learned a little about Bunge in the past two days, so what do you want to do when you find me?"

"Uh..."

"John, I didn't expect you to be so cheerful!"

Hearing Li Feng's straightforward question, the two of them were stunned, Alberto, the CEO of Bunge, was speechless for a while, but Ernest, the helmsman of the Bunge family, joked with a smile on the side.

The younger generation of the Bunge family, who has the same name and surname as the founder of the Bunge family, looks at the helm with a calm and breezy look, as if nothing can make it change color, and has the momentum of a wealthy man.

"Haha... , No way, you are all bigwigs who have been crisscrossing the mall for decades, and it will only take 3 years for me to make my debut, if I don't go straight to the point, if I start from all kinds of bends and corners, where will I be the opponent of you business elites!" Li Feng also laughed and quipped.

"Okay, since John you asked directly, then we won't hide it, we want to invite John to join the management team of Bunge and become an independent director of Bunge, what do you think?" Ernest heard Li Feng's words, smiled and replied with a straight face.

"Just a director?"

“…”

"Okay, both, I can probably understand your mind, but I'm not too interested in the identity of a Bunge director, after all, I have never wanted to get involved in the grain trade, and besides, the profit in the grain trade is too low, you say, right?"

“…”

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With Li Feng's smile and polite refusal, the two of them were embarrassed and speechless.

"Well, I have a suggestion, and perhaps you may consider that, as far as I know, the main source of food in Bunge is in South America, and there is very little arable land in North America.

Maybe you should have heard that this time I made a deal with PNC Financial Group, there is a large piece of land, and I originally thought that I would just keep it as it was, as long as the land and pasture can maintain a slight surplus every year, but now I can complete a deal with you?"

"Oh, John, how do you want to trade?"

"I will sell more than 1 million square acres of land to you Bunge, I believe that adding these millions of acres of farm and ranch in your hands should be of great help to your foothold in the United States, after all, the American government's support for agriculture and animal husbandry is obvious to all. ”

"Uh... John, it's not that we don't want to buy your farm, it's that Bunge doesn't have the money. Alberto replied with an awkward smile.

"Alberto, no, Bunge is a big company that has been established for more than 200 years, a world-class food giant, and you will have no money. ”

Looking at Li Feng as if you were playing me, Alberto and Ernest, the two Bunge bosses, were also embarrassed: "John, we are not afraid of family ugliness, although Bunge is known as the world's four major grain merchants, and the annual revenue sounds huge, but to be honest, the profit of grain trade is too low."

For example, ADM, Cargill, Louis Dafu three major companies, they are backed by the American government, France, the European Union, every year there are huge government subsidies, tax policy preferences and other policy support, they are really not afraid, but Bunge has nothing to rely on before, after all, you also know that the influence of the South American government is too small, and too poor. ”

“…”

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Seeing Li Feng's pensive look, Alberto on the side also interjected: "Indeed, as the CEO of Bunge, I know the company best, last year's revenue of Bunge exceeded 15 billion US dollars, but unfortunately, the net profit is about 100 million US dollars, and now many of Bunge's shareholders are thinking of withdrawing, after all, the income is too low."

Looking at the performance of Nasdaq technology stocks in the United States today, many people joke that if someone is willing to take shares, the money they sell will be invested in Nasdaq technology stocks, and it may not take long for their net worth to multiply, and the grain trade really hasn't made a few bucks. ”

"I have the impression that you all have commodity finance and futures departments, I think you have a large global grain trade order, and it stands to reason that your futures department should be..."

Although Li Feng didn't say it in the end, the meaning is obvious, you all have control over the changes in global food prices, and the futures department in your hands will naturally be able to make money through financial futures through the first-hand information you have mastered in advance.

"John, it's not easy, Wall Street is the biggest winner in this regard, and not only Wall Street, but also many financial investment companies in Europe have huge influence, not to mention Wall Street backed by the United States and those giants backed by Europe.

Let's just say that in the commodity trade, the grain commodity futures controlled by the four major grain merchants are all in the third level, compared to Wall Street and the financial giants in Europe, we are too weak, otherwise, why would our profits be so low. ”

"Hmm..."

"John, I don't know if you've heard of Markridge?" Seeing that Li Feng pondered and didn't respond, Ernest suddenly changed his words and asked with a smile.

"Macridge?"

"Yes, Macridge!"

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Hearing that people confirmed again, Li Feng couldn't help but respond with a smile: "I've heard of a guy named Macridge, who seems to have been wanted by the American government for more than 10 years, and now I heard that he is in exile in Europe, I don't know if the Macrich you said is the same person I thought?"

"That's right, it's him, and since John knows Macridge, you should know that the Macridge company he founded is now Glencore. ”

"Hmm... , heard of it. ”

"Glencore started with the oil trade, Macridge's original title of 'oil king' is not in vain, although today's Glencore has nothing to do with Macridge, but Glencore's managers are all Macridge's 'disciples', and they still pursue the same set of behaviors and management methods that Macridge once had.

Today's Glencore has expanded from pure oil trade to the entire energy industry, and has begun to involve almost all commodity transactions such as mining resources and agricultural commodities. ”

"Well, I haven't paid much attention to these things, but to be honest, I really don't have much interest in becoming a director of Bunge, and if you don't have any interest in my land, then I can only say sorry to both of you today. Seeing the conversation between the two Bunge people, Li Feng was speechless for a while, and after thinking about it, he replied with a smile.

"John, we would like to buy your land, but unfortunately Bunge really can't come up with so much money now, which will increase our huge financial burden, and secondly, it also needs to be approved by the company's board of directors and shareholders' meeting. Alberto replied with a little regret.

"Yes, that's a pity, originally I thought of selling it directly to you, so that I would have a lot of peace of mind, it seems that I can only set up an agricultural company by myself and hire someone to manage it. Li Feng shrugged and replied with a smile.

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"John, Alberto, let's talk about Bunge tonight, what do you think?" Ernest Bunge interjected with a smile again.

"Okay, let's come on, let's enjoy the food first, the hotel's Wagyu beef is said to be very authentic. Li Feng also said with a smile.

"I've heard for a long time that the Waldorf Astoria Hotel is now John's property, and since your boss has said it, then I think it should be good!"

"Haha... , then you should come more, I don't think I need to say more about Waldorf's prestige. ”

"Of course, the focus of all civilizations!"

"Haha..."

“…”

Next, the three of them chatted casually, from American politics to the world economy, from Bunge to the other three of the Big Four, from grain trade to commodity trading, etc., in short, the seemingly casual chatter may have its deep meaning, which made Li Feng experience what it means to be an old fox in the business world.