Chapter 504: Wildfire

This OO-like forum includes the world's major spice suppliers. They are tied together in nothing more than the de facto formation of a price monopoly, the purpose of which is, of course, in pursuit of high profits.

But Feng's wood industry has its own output, backed by the huge domestic market, there is really no need to put a shackle around your neck.

"Let's go, go back to the hotel to pick them up, and let's have a walk around Paris." If you're out of the fun shopping, let's leave Paris and check out a few prestigious wineries. Well, it's not bad to buy some red wine to take home. ”

Feng Tiance is not prepared to participate in the two-day report meeting. The third day was a closed-door meeting, which was the time for their regular members to discuss the median price, and it had nothing to do with him. So, all he needs to do is attend the auction on the fourth day and the signing session on the morning of the fifth day.

"Okay, boss. By the way, you just sent me the agenda for the meeting. There's a dinner party on the fifth night, shall we attend?"

Jiang Shaobo's purpose is for the auction and signing meeting, and as for the dinner, it depends on Feng Tiance's meaning.

"When the time comes, get in the car and go. ”

Feng Tiance only thought that he had come out to travel by himself, and he was too lazy to think about the fifth day now.

In the next few days, Feng Tiance really didn't go to the convention and exhibition center.

He took Lin Xiaojing for a day of shopping, and then really went to several famous wineries. Unfortunately, the production of these top wineries is scarce every year. And red wine also needs to have a certain vintage to have good quality, not just go and buy it, that also needs to be reserved.

Before he bought Lafite '82, he ordered a batch of shorter red wines from several second-class wineries. Anyway, he will lose these wines on the island in the middle of the lake in the future, and he doesn't believe that the red wine of the second-class winery that has been cellared for 70 years will not taste good?

While he was leisurely selecting wines at the winery, a closed-door meeting at the convention center was also underway.

"Ladies and gentlemen, last year, Southeast Asia was generally hit by drought, and it is certain that the production of agarwood will be reduced in a large area. Therefore, when setting the middle price this year, I hope to consider this factor more. My personal opinion is that the price should be at least 50% higher. ”

When it was King Suleiman's turn to speak, he was resolute. That's a price increase, a big price increase.

Although everyone wants high profits, the market also has its own rigid side. This middle price cannot be divorced from reality, otherwise there will be problems.

Therefore, King Suleiman's opinion did not arouse an enthusiastic response, but many people felt that the price was a bit inflated.

"Ahem, I'll tell you. Personally, I don't think the price is appropriate, it's a bit high. On the surface, it seems that the high price is beneficial to us, but this matter has to be analyzed in detail. If the price is inflated, then when the market corrects itself, it will be extremely violent. To put it mildly, once the price plummets, it will collapse. Prices will hover low for years to come. I don't think King Suleiman's reason for raising the price is sufficient!"

Someone stood up and made a clear objection.

A heated argument ensued, some for and some against, but King Suleiman never spoke again. There was an incomprehensible smile on his lips.

The debate phase of the closed-door meeting lasted one day, and voting would begin after dinner.

King Suleiman didn't eat a few bites of supper, but sat quietly in the corner. He's waiting for news, one that would be enough for him to win tonight.

Cambodia, Southeast Mountains.

Since New Year's Day, only fifty people have been left on duty on the No. 3 Forest Farm. Most of them are engaged in routine maintenance work, and eight of them are security personnel transferred from the security department of the head office.

In the evening, there were fifteen people on the night shift, four security personnel, and the rest were ordinary workers.

And on the night shift today, there are four people who Ba Song asked Mu En to insert into the forest farm.

The day shift workers had already left on the commuter bus, and dinner was ready, but when it came time to eat, they found that there were four people missing.

At first, some people thought they were sleeping in the dormitory, and sent someone to shout, but the dormitory was also empty.

Just when everyone didn't know what was going on, smoke suddenly rose from the depths of the forest farm, and after a while, a red fire lit up half of the sky.

As soon as you look at the direction, you can see that it is the agarwood forest that is on fire!

"Oh no, there's a fire on the mountain! Quick, report to the top. The security guards followed me to take a look, and the rest of the group prepared to retreat. ”

The person in charge of security work was relatively clear-headed, and after a series of orders were given, everyone immediately took action without eating.

If the fire on the mountain is relatively small, you can also organize everyone to put out the fire. If the fire is very large in a short period of time, then you can't rush into the fire. Don't lose a lot of people if the fire isn't extinguished.

It's just that today's weather is a bit bad, the wind is relatively strong, and the wildfire will spread soon.

Qi Xiuyuan and Zhang Youcai received the report as soon as possible, and Li Yucheng, who was hiding in a secret place, also received the news.

Immediately, Li Yucheng rushed into the place where Ba Song was being held with great momentum, and slapped him hard in the mouth as soon as they met.

"Damn, I said why are you so honest, let you call, just call, let you say whatever you want. So you're going to set it on fire! Dog, how can this mountain fire be so easy to extinguish? Are you going to burn down the entire southeast mountain range? Shoot you!"

Li Yucheng was puzzled, went up and kicked a few more times.

"Call your master, I'm going to record the call. When the time comes, none of you people will try to run, someone will sanction you. Be honest, don't play tricks!"

Later, Li Yucheng, who was frowning, warned Ba Song again.

Ba Song took the phone and dialed it, and when the other end just picked it up, he only said three words: "Success." He hung up the phone right away.

"Recording, you're thinking too much. After the matter is completed, this code word, if you say one more word, you won't believe it. Ba Song was not afraid at this time, and there was even a thick mockery in his tone. "I did what you asked, without doing anything. ”

"You! you're cunning. ”

Li Yucheng's face changed, and he went up and punched and kicked again. When he was tired, he reluctantly walked out of the room.

Paris, King Suleiman also received the news.

"Hehe, it worked!"

He slowly walked out of the corner, with an indescribable calmness and confidence on his face. The fire in the southeastern mountains of Cambodia burned well, enough to destroy most of Feng Tiance's agarwood production capacity.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I just received news that a forest fire broke out in the main producing area of agarwood in Cambodia. Now, this year's agarwood is in short supply. I propose that the median price of agarwood be increased by 70% this year. ”

King Suleiman had this confidence, and he also opened his laptop at the same time as he spoke. News about forest fires in the main agarwood producing areas of Cambodia's Pursat province abound on the Internet, accompanied by pictures, and this news really can't be true.

Projecting the picture onto the big screen in the conference room, the voters tonight were silent.

Of course, it doesn't matter whether this matter is verified or not, because Feng's Wood has not reported the New Year's agarwood production at all so far. In other words, the setting of the middle price did not take into account the factors of Feng's Wood.

But this incident still became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the vote was successfully passed, and the median price of all agarwood in the New Year rose by 50%.

King Suleiman's proposal to increase the price by 70 percent did not pass, and the 50 percent price increase was actually expected by his heart, so he had a sense of happiness that the conspiracy succeeded.

Feng Tiance returned to Paris the next morning after the median price was set. It is impossible for him not to know that there is a fire in the No. 3 forest farm, but it is useless to rush back now, anyway, there is Qi Xiuyuan in the forest farm and there is no big mess.

But his mood will still be affected somewhat, for example, he is a little absent-minded when he participates in the auction. Most of the time, he sat there silent, and he only bought a small amount of ambergris for the entire auction.

Ambergris is a solid, waxy, combustible substance that weighs from a few kilograms to tens of kilograms and has a strong fishy odor. When dried, it gives off a long-lasting aroma, and when lit, it is even more fragrant. Ambergris is rare and long-lasting, more valuable than gold, and is known as "floating gold on the sea".

This spice, which is actually the secretion of the sperm whale, is excreted due to the beak bones of squid and octopus that it fails to digest. The freshly discharged ambergris is black and soft, and the smell is unpleasant, but after years of washing by sunlight, air and seawater, it will harden, fade and emit a fragrance, which can be used in medicine, incense making, and can also be used to make perfumes.

At present, there are fewer and fewer sperm whales in the world, so the annual turnover of ambergris in the world is about 100 to 200 kilograms, which is extremely precious.

For example, the ambergris that Feng Tiance bought weighed almost three kilograms, but it cost $2.1 million. Almost every gram is worth about $700.

He himself sold two items, a top-quality Bodhisattva agarwood, and a handicraft carved from old sandalwood. The auction price was slightly lower than his own estimate, but it was more than enough to offset the cost of buying ambergris.

On the last day of the signing meeting, Feng Tiance also brought Jiang Shaobo to the scene. Of course, he is not a member unit and is not qualified to sign a contract, but look at the head office, right?

"Tiance, in fact, you should report the output. In this way, you will definitely be able to become a member unit, and you will not have to worry about sales for the next two years. And there is an advantage, the contract here is signed for two years, and you naturally don't have to worry about the rise and fall of the price. Hey!"

In the past few days, Feng Tiance didn't have time to visit Liang Hongbo, so he deliberately found Liang Lao at the signing meeting.

Liang Hongbo introduced his son Liang Jue to Feng Tiance, and then he was a little worried about Feng Tiance's willfulness.

"Father, there's something I haven't had time to tell you yet. That, the day before yesterday, a forest fire broke out in the main agarwood producing area of Bodhisattva Province, and it is said that it ...... The losses are relatively large. ”

Liang Jue and Feng Tiance couldn't say how warm they were when they met for the first time, but he was still grateful to Feng Tiance for saving his mother's life. Therefore, he reminded Liang Hongbo more vaguely.

"What? Tiance, has the forest fire affected you?"

Liang Hongbo has now handed over most of the management to his son, so he was so surprised to hear the news.

"Well, the wildfires started in my forest farm. However, now that the fire has been extinguished, the damage has not yet been calculated. Estimate...... It's not very serious either. ”

Feng Tiance could see that Liang Hongbo really cared about himself, but it was inconvenient to tell others the truth at this time, so he could only be vague.

Liang Hongbo nodded, guessing that Feng Tiance's loss this time would definitely be not small. However, the topic was a bit heavy, and he stopped the topic.

After chatting for a while, Feng Tiance took Jiang Shaobo to leave. Liang's Wood still has a lot of contracts to sign, and it can't delay other people's business.

"Mr. Feng, I heard that your agarwood planting base was destroyed by a mountain fire? I said why did you delay reporting the output, it turns out that you have a hunch! ”

Feng Tiance was taken aback by this person who suddenly appeared, looking at this annoying face and making a little impression, what is this person's name?

"Contemptible Yuan Bicheng, presumably you still remember Yuan Feng, child?"

It turned out that this person was Yuan Bicheng of the Yuan family! I thought that the Yuan family followed King Suleiman to suppress Feng Tiance, and suffered heavy losses in the subsequent agarwood war, but I didn't expect to meet this guy.

"Hehe, it's Yuan Feng's father, Yuan Bicheng...... I don't know!"

Feng Tiance smiled coldly, it was estimated that the Yuan family was still acting as a lackey for King Suleiman. So he didn't have a good face, turned around and left. Today's Yuan family has long been out of his eyes. Even the master of the Yuan family, King Suleiman, he is not timid.

Yuan Bicheng was despised, but there was not much anger in his heart. He knew that the current Feng Tiance was terrible, and he didn't even have the qualifications to be an opponent.

But so what? A mountain fire, not to mention bankrupting your family, will at least lose your strength, right? Look at how you will fight with King Su in the future.

"Boss, shall we continue to turn?"

Jiang Shaobo didn't know the truth, he was very anxious, and he couldn't rush back to Cambodia immediately. Yesterday he had this proposal, but unfortunately the boss ignored him.

"Turn, it's so lively here. Let's go and see how many contracts the King of Agarwood has signed. ”

There is a sign of Wang's Wood over there, and the signing stage is overcrowded, needless to say, Suleiman's Wang family's business is very good.

Maybe some people deserve to be opponents for life, King Suleiman, who was signing, suddenly felt something, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Feng Tiance.

King Suleiman put down his pen, got up and walked over. Today, he signed the contract softly, and the high returns for the next two years have arrived, and it is the time to be in high spirits.

No matter how big the loss is, it is fortunate that people are fine. ”

"King Su, thank you for your concern! I really don't care about this loss. ”

"Hehe, then let's see who can have the last laugh?"

"Okay, then we'll see. ”

With these words, King Suleiman returned to the signing table. And Feng Tiance walked out of the convention and exhibition center with Jiang Shaobo.