What did Link go to Texas for?

Both Ashton and Cohen wanted to know. Or they think they already know.

Although the person Ashton was looking for to follow Link had a car accident that resulted in one cripple and one serious injury, they are now lying in the intensive care unit of the hospital. So they didn't receive any information at all.

However, in addition to this, they have other sources.

They received a message from the inside line of the Claude Cotton Cooperative. The billionaire chairman of the cooperative, is trying to persuade some cotton farmers to use the Amaranth virus.

It convinced them that their previous fears had come true.

Link went to Texas to reach out to the agricultural cooperatives. The Claude Cotton Co-op was only the first, but they feared that Link would use it as a breakthrough to gradually encroach on their Texas market.

"It doesn't seem to have any effect. Ashton's forehead wrinkled to squeeze the juice out of the lemon. And he did make it easier for those farmers to accept their products. ”

Cohen tapped his desk regularly with his pen. His brow was equally furrowed enough to kill a cockroach.

He knew Ashton was right.

Benehans did not explicitly use the price war. However, it is promised that the contract can be terminated at any time without paying liquidated damages. This rule, in the absence of an effective herbicide available on the market, will increase the likelihood that farmers who wish to eradicate Miscanth will choose to use Miscanthus virus.

That's definitely not what they want to see!

"In the past two days, the market hotline has received hundreds of calls asking when new products will be launched," he said. The operator only thought it was an ordinary inquiry, and answered with uncertain answers. It now seems to me that most of those who ask are peasants who have been bewitched by them. We must curb this development. ”

Ashton shook his head and said, "Yes, we have to do that." But the biggest problem for our biggest companies is the timing of new product launches. According to our most optimistic estimates, there is no guarantee that a new product will be launched within six months. The technical team believes that it will be at least two months before we can find a way to kill the super weeds. And that needs to be used with our new seeds. When a new product is developed, even if it is only the simplest safety experiment, it will take until the spring of next year to get the final results. ”

"Ashton, though you're not the head of R&D. But I guess it's your responsibility to get new products out as quickly as possible. You know, every day a new product is launched, the market's confidence in us is weakened by one point, and our market loses one more thing. ”

"I also look forward to the company launching a popular new product as soon as possible. But the necessary procedures must be completed. Just a toxicity safety test, maybe we can complete it within a month. But toxicity experiments on crops take at least several months. Then there is also the application for a listing application. ”

Cohen put away his pen and said with a smile, "Ashton." It's not your first day at the company, either. It should be understood that while caution is a good thing, we need to trust the research capabilities of scientists. Of course, the program has to go, but we can go a little faster. ”

Ashton certainly understood what he meant. He didn't refute either.

However, he knows very well that no matter how hard the scientists in the R&D department work, the progress of the research will take time. According to his estimates, the new product will not be available on the market until September at the earliest.

"Even if we pick up the pace, we will launch a new product in six months' time. That still won't solve the problem we are facing. He paused and proposed. "Maybe we can impose sanctions on those farmers. For example, refusing to sell seeds to them. ”

Cohen declined to discuss his suggestion: "Roundup resistant seeds aren't a necessity for them when they don't want to use Roundup. If we do that, we're just going to lose those customers forever. ”

If that was done, it would not be dealing with the Benehans company, but helping them. Cotton farmers who are denied the right to sell their seeds will naturally find other seeds. And those rejected cotton farmers will not choose them again. That would only push these cotton farmers into Link's arms completely.

"The most important thing we should do now is to launch new products ahead of schedule and stabilize customer confidence in us," he said. I think we should go see the boss together. ”

Ashton hesitated, but finally nodded.

Cohen smiled and said, "What we found him last time wasn't enough to distract him, and it didn't put him under too much pressure. Looks like we should have to distract him. ”

"What are you going to do?"

"You'll find out soon!"

Link knew that someone must be plotting against him. In the past two days, public opinion has been steered quite unfavorably against him.

Rumors of collusion between reality and officials to obtain the Fox New Town project have been criticized by people in the know or by the public who do not know the truth.

"Do Chinese do that? I heard that it is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. ”

"Maybe you can make a few hundred million dollars from a super-rich man. Come on, Huazhou!"

"They should all be thrown into jail!"

……

And the state of Washington appears to be under intense pressure, with a government spokesman claiming that hundreds of thousands of requests have been received on the government's website for a thorough investigation of the project's violations.

The spokesman concluded: "We have always had zero tolerance for official corruption. We are closely following the project and have conducted an in-depth investigation of the project. I would like to note that our investigators have not found any violations in the county project at this time. ”

The Washington government has said so, but the people who target him still have no intention of stopping.

"oo~ Huazhou has not found a problem yet. Please keep up the good work. I'm sure you'll find it!"

"It is known that Hans has assets of two billion dollars. Please, how much does it cost to gag the mouths of a few investigators?"

……

And that's not all.

Also, the news that the subsidiary of Ozette Bank was under investigation somehow spread out.

Because of the questioning of Ozette Financial Investment Company, the outside world is also very critical of him. And this criticism began with some economic experts.

Whether or not they understood their critical arguments, the public was questioning and cursing him. The number of people who call him a financial hooligan and a financial swindler increases by at least 10,000 per hour.

Phrases such as "Is there another financial crook? This time it's yellow?", "The '08 financial crisis may be about to happen again." "Fox: Another Wall Street. "I remember that none of the crooks in '08 were prosecuted, and this time one should be caught. ”……

In the face of these accusations.

Link had to praise the good rhythm brought by those experts.

They will not tell the public that there are no irregularities in his operations at the financial investment company. At the same time, the Ozette Bank does not absorb any deposits of ordinary people at the moment, and uses its own funds. This is completely different from those banks on Wall Street, which use depositors' money to lend money and then use the loans to open unregulated shadow banks abroad for speculation.

Those banks do that, and when they make money, they make money, and when they lose, they lose money, of course, they are also money from the bank.

However, there must be a "but" here.

But today's banks seem to be independent businesses, but large and small banks lend money to each other, making these banks a complex. And that money is most likely non-existent.

For example, A wants to borrow 100 million from B, but B does not, so he borrows 100 million from C and re-lends it to A, and D borrows 100 million from A.

The whole process is only 100 million in turn, and the real money is only 100 million. But in the process, there are three parties who have 100 million creditor's rights. As for the debt, it can be packaged into a bond sale in the speculative market, so that the society has an additional wealth of 300 million.

Banks get a profit from the sale of debt, which is then invested. Earned, of course, is a good thing. If it's a loss. Several other banks are to be implicated. So if a bank is facing bankruptcy because of speculation, the government has to bail it out, especially in a country like the United States, which is completely dependent on the financial industry. Otherwise, the entire banking sector will collapse, and then the whole country will collapse.

And how to save it? Of course, it is to use public funds to save it. It's the public's taxes, or the issuance of new Treasury bonds. The money is all paid by the public.

This may also be the reason why the public was so angry after hearing about the alleged illegal speculation of Ozette Bank. Perhaps, because of those messages, he is also notorious in the eyes of some people.

Link never wanted to have a bad reputation. Some bankers with bad reputations, such as those suspected of fraud during the subprime mortgage crisis in '08, escaped prosecution but were forced to leave the financial world and disappear from the public.

And years later, the world is still scolding these people. Although some have since returned to the financial world, they have remained untrusted by investors for a long time.

He didn't want to be someone he didn't trust. Because that's not just his business. And his family, who will also be implicated by him.

Fortunately, most of the residents of Fox still trust him. He and his family were not hostile to him and his family because the outside world said that the new city project was so unbearable.

Even many people saw him and cheered him on: "Don't pay attention to the words of those mad dogs." We're all waiting for Fox to become a medium-sized city. ”

If Hannah had been discriminated against because of rumors from the outside world, he would certainly not have had it as easy as he is now.

Of course, the friendliness of the residents of Fox is also due to the fact that everything he has done since he came to Fox has been beneficial to Fox. The new city project was implemented in the eyes of Fox residents, not only providing a lot of job opportunities for local residents, but also very attractive prospects.

Several fishing boats in the sea area of the Ozette Farm catch a large amount of fish every day. This has led businesses from nearby towns to come to Fox's new small and market to buy seafood. Although the effect was weak, it did drive the business atmosphere of Fox.

Those benefits make the vast majority of Fox people think that working with Link is the right choice.

Of course, in addition to this, there is another good news that both he and Jessica are quite happy with.

Jessica's strategy worked for the time being.

In several southwestern states, Benehans has been promoting new service agreements for cotton farms. In just two days, hundreds of thousands of acres of new contracts were sent. And more farmers took the initiative to call to consult.

The marketing manager at Benehans couldn't hide his excitement on the phone: "Our hotline staff are asking for a raise. The reason is that their throats have been hoarse because of their attitude in the past two days. ”

Although that wasn't a huge success. But it also shows that those rumors actually didn't have much impact on him. He can be regarded as invalid.

But Jessica resented the way they did.

In her office, she saw a comment at night and couldn't help but curse: "Those people all deserve to go to hell." "She's talking about people who make up rumors. "The financial investment company's inquiry is simply a formality. They talk as if we've been ordered to close our business, and it's all. And ......"

Link looked up at her, a look of disapproval, "Don't swear! ”

He's not particularly angry guy. He suffers because he can't spare his hands yet. When the sales of Amaranth virus are on the right track, those people should also taste his awesomeness.