Link thought it would be hectic next, but it turned out to be otherwise.

These days, the Benehans Group has even fewer things to deal with than ever. It was as if the work of the Benehans Group had gone more smoothly than he had expected.

This left him a little confused.

Although he has done a lot of preparation, he hopes that those opponents will not have enough experience to interfere with the promotion of high-yield wheat. It's just that the promotion of high-yield wheat has been brewing for months, and those opponents can't be unaware. They should have been prepared to deal with it.

But now that winter wheat has begun to be sown in some states, the opponents, who had been attacking from time to time until then, have suddenly disappeared.

This must be very abnormal. It's just that this abnormality doesn't know what the problem is.

He asked Douglas to investigate, but he couldn't find anything.

For the time being, he could only be optimistic that his competitors were distracted by the arrangements he had made. Or maybe they're still waiting for an opportunity.

Anyway, everything he could think of had already been prepared. For the rest, his best response is to improvise. Now that nothing has changed, he doesn't need to do anything about it.

He was so idle that he planned to prepare the Christmas tree half a month in advance. However, at this time, Morris, who had just taken over Hans Investment, sent him a report.

That's another investment advisory report.

He looked at it a little and called Morris to ask what was going on.

Morris said that it had little to do with him: "This is the investment research task assigned by Martha last year, and our people have been researching all over the world for more than a year. Here's our most recent analysis. ”

Link only understood what was going on when he said that. He said, "I'll call you after I'm done." ”

This is another analysis of investment in agriculture and the same analysis of the world agricultural economy. Only this time it's about the marine industry.

It's just that he sees that the investment projects proposed in the final report are somewhat out of place.

"Deep-sea fishing ground platform"!

As you can tell from the name, this is certainly a big investment project.

Again, the survey is analysed from the perspective of world agriculture. This time, however, the focus was mainly on the analysis of world fisheries and marine resources.

After reading those analyses, Link had to admit that the arguments of the analyses were all reasonable.

In particular, the analysis report mentions: "Fish is one of the main sources of protein for humans. Marine fish account for more than 60% of the world's fishery output value worldwide. As the natural resources of the sea are increasingly depleted, artificial farming is the most reliable means for humans to obtain fish meat. ”

None of these analyses are correct. With population growth and the development of fishing technology, even coral reefs and the coast of Africa, which were once fish farms, are now filled with bottom trawlers. There are not many fish in the ocean that can be caught. In particular, some of the most popular fish. For example, tuna and salmon.

Farming these fish in captivity is now very profitable. In particular, the technology of fish farming is becoming more and more advanced. For example, a large-scale deep-sea fishing platform.

That is not something that the team at Hanse Investments has come up with for the first time, but a technology that has matured in the world's major fishing countries.

Countries such as Jipan and Norway have already installed giant fishing grounds like that at sea.

Norway's largest distant-water fishing platform today produces 8,000 tonnes of salmon per farming cycle. The platform is equipped with a 110-meter-diameter cage and a height of 60 meters, of which 45 meters can be dived. The platform itself alone is almost eight thousand tons.

However, it has a high level of automation, and the output value of a breeding cycle can be as high as 100 million US dollars. In the process of farming, because of the good quality of the deep sea water and the high degree of intelligence of the platform, the mortality rate of salmon is only 2% to 3%.

According to this analysis, it is indeed a good investment to raise high-value fish in such cages.

But there are some problems with it. For example, the investment of such a platform is too large, and there is a lot of risk in terms of revenue.

Such a platform would require a semi-submersible platform with more than 20,000 sensors and other designs including self-cleaning nets. The cost of the platform is expensive, and if you want to build a giant platform that grows 8,000 tons of salmon, it will cost tens of millions of dollars or even hundreds of millions of dollars.

And the problem is that when it comes to operation, the transportation of feed and so on, all require huge costs. In addition, large quantities of fish are also vulnerable to price fluctuations due to high yields.

The risk is also mentioned in the analysis: "Fish culture in cages in the deep sea requires the cultivation of fry, which can be carried out for a longer period of time in the deep sea, when the fry are raised to a certain size in the offshore water. Salmon, for example, is cultured in deep-sea cages for more than a year. Price fluctuations are difficult to predict throughout the year. ”

If it were in normal times, Link probably wouldn't have to think about it a lot. But not right now.

After reading the report, he made a phone call to Morris and said, "I have finished reading the investment analysis report I received today. I still have to think about it, though. ”

He said he was thinking about it, and he was really thinking about it. It should take a long time to build such a platform, and he should not have a problem with funding. But he feared that he was expanding too quickly.

Now his other businesses are also in the stage of rapid expansion, and immature projects are the most vulnerable. And his enemies seem to be many. If he works on too many immature projects, if one of them goes wrong, he will be targeted by his competitors.

If something goes wrong in any project, it will cause huge losses to his other projects. And it could be exhausting. So every key project had to be in the hands of someone close to him.

But he also thinks it's a good project.

Fishing also falls under the category of big agriculture. And the development of agriculture in his ocean, now there is a Xihua company. At present, Xihua Company mainly cultivates macroalgae and processes and refines.

In fact, he can also ask Xihua to invest in this project.

But there's a catch. Xihua's debt was already high, and if the project was handed over to it, he feared it would be overwhelmed.

Although the West China Company is free to borrow money from the Ozette Bank. It's just that although both companies are his industry, he no longer owns two of them. The interests of both sides must be taken into account. Therefore, Xihua Company can extend the loan repayment time and reduce the interest rate. But there is always interest to be repaid. If you can't even repay the interest after borrowing, it is very unfair to the Ozette Bank.

Also because of the issue of shares, he could not inject his private funds into Xihua Company at will to make it sufficient.

To develop a project like the deep-sea aquaculture platform, he needs to set up a company again and do it with his own funds.

If the scale is not greedy, he can still bear it.

And he has another advantage. As Alaska gold mining began. Not only did he make a profit from it, but the gold mine also gave him a certain status in Alaska. He easily found the sea area where the platform was placed in the deep waters off the coast of Alaska.

Just setting up a company will distract him. Unless he lets go completely.

He's been thinking about this project for a long time, even at dinner.

Jessica is feeding her two children. She had noticed that he had been absent-minded all night, and couldn't help asking, "What's bothering you?"

Link said with a smile: "Hans has made an investment proposal for this year. The more I think about it, the more feasible it is to invest. But I was worried that I would not be able to concentrate on the affairs of the Benehans Group. ”

The work of the Benehans Group, he will never let go. That's the core of his whole business, and he has to be firmly in control.

"What is the project?"

"Deep-sea farming!"

"Fish farming?"

Link nodded, briefly reiterated Hans Investment's proposal, and added, "The construction and operating costs of a platform are high. Optimistically, a platform can have a net income of more than $30 million a year. This should be said to be a good project. ”

"What kind of accidents are there going to be? The stakes are high?"

"The main problem is the price of fishery products! The breeding cycle is relatively long, and the price may fluctuate during the period. ”

Jessica said as she ate, "I thought it was a security issue with the platform in the deep sea." If it's just a matter of price, you can breed a variety of fish to avoid risks. I remember that cod, salmon and tuna can now be farmed. ”

Link shook his head and said, "Cod and salmon can be farmed in cages, but the tuna farming cycle is too long. It will take several years to go on the market. Of course, there is no great security risk for the platform. They are no problem resisting the twelve winds. ”

"And salmon from North America. Jessica said with a smile. "Isn't Jeff's fishery already producing salmon fry? Salmon are migratory fish that should be able to be raised in the sea. As for the lack of energy you're worried about. You can ask Jeff for help. Maybe you can invite Jeff and Barbara to stay in Ozet. ”

She smiled and continued, "If you're worried about the company, aren't you still me? Caitlin and Evan are more than a year old, and Lisa is still at home, so I don't have anything to worry about. Besides, you said it too. If you really want to invest in this project, the construction of the platform will take a long time. Maybe when the platform is built, the company's business has stabilized. ”

She supported him in the project because Link focused his career on agriculture. And agriculture is indeed becoming an industry that is becoming more and more concerned by countries around the world.

In the past few years, the world climate has been abnormal, and the food supply has been tight, and the major United Nations agencies have to discuss the issue of world food security every year. There is also a period of time in the media that reports on this at length every year. This is one of the reasons why they have a lot of confidence in the promotion of high-yield wheat.

As long as it is proved that the Benihans Group's wheat can really produce high yields, other countries, no matter how strong their protectionism, will consider accepting it.

Link also wanted to expand his business into agriculture on a larger scale. Now he has been involved in fruit winemaking, plantation, animal husbandry, marine agriculture and food processing, and is even trying to establish his own agricultural standards. And the world's demand for food is sure to grow. He wants to become a global giant with agriculture, and marine agriculture seems to be indispensable.

And it is in his best interest to work in an industry that has far-reaching significance to mankind. Deep-sea aquaculture platforms are indeed a good solution to the increasing demand for protein from human beings.