Chapter 336: A Trip to Australia
After disembarking on Koro Island, Jiang Chen did not stop.
After instructing Katch to drive the yacht back to his villa and park it, he flew to Australia alone, disembarking in Melbourne.
When Jiang Chen checked in at the business hotel near the airport, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.
He hadn't eaten lunch yet, so he casually found a Chinese restaurant to deal with the meal, and then started today's trip.
Based on the directions provided by the mobile phone map, he soon came to the building of a military company that translates to "mammoth" in Chinese.
This company was introduced to Jiang Chen by Roberts, and it is a relatively well-known military base contractor in the world, who once built a military outpost for peacekeeping troops in Iraq, and Roberts had dealings with them in the arms business.
explained the intention of the pretty reception lady at the front desk, and the boss of the company quickly went downstairs to receive Jiang Chen in person.
The boss of the company was always a bearded Australian named Thomas, who had served in the Australian Special Forces.
Roberts had obviously been angry with him in advance, and after briefly asking Jiang Chen about the detailed requirements for the military base, he was very enthusiastic to come up with more than a dozen construction plans. Recently, the geopolitical situation has slowed down, and his company has not encountered such a large order for a long time, and it is nothing more than that he will be so enthusiastic.
After two full days of discussions, the two sides finally finalized the construction plan.
The total value of the contract is 400 million US dollars, and the construction content includes a four-berth deep-water port, radar base station, meteorological observation equipment, airstrip, and coastal defense artillery base. Missile bases and other facilities are modeled after the layout of the Wake Island military base.
Of course. Owing to arms sales restrictions, missile launchers and large-calibre artillery are not included in these construction projects. Not with permission from the Australian Government. Thomas didn't dare sell these big guys.
However, Jiang Chen is not uncommon.
This 21st century missile, no matter how powerful the Heavenly Tribulation-32 cruise missile is, no matter how powerful the artillery is, how powerful is the Type 50 electromagnetic cannon? Although the manufacturing technology of the former has not yet been mastered, and the latter is only a chariot-level electromagnetic cannon, Jiang Chen believes that with further exploration of the end of the world, these NB things will be in his pocket sooner or later.
In addition, this guy named Thomas also sold Jiang Chen four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters for a unit price of $40 million, for a total of $160 million. Included. He also presented Transwarp Trading with eight helicopter pilot training slots.
With these four Black Hawks, the mobility of the military base on Crescent Island will rise by one notch. With the carrying capacity of these four Black Hawk helicopters, the soldiers of the Transwarp Trading Company were able to quickly land on any of the nine islands in order to deal with all kinds of unexpected situations.
Before switching to new technology, it's still good to use Black Hawk as a transition
On the third day of arriving in Australia, the military base had been negotiated, and the Mammoth Company had sent professionals to Crescent Island to investigate. According to Thomas, if all goes well, they will be able to complete it in July this year.
After dealing with the military base. Jiang Chen was not in a hurry to go back.
The next day, Jiang Chen got up early and drove to the northern suburbs of Melbourne in the early morning.
It is located in Victoria, the southeastern tip of Australia, with Melbourne as its capital. It has always had the reputation of "the state of gardens". Because of its proximity to the ocean, the climate is warm and humid, so it has some of the best vegetation and rich grasslands in Australia. As a result, Victoria has become Australia's largest source of milk and producer of agricultural and livestock products.
The farther away the car is from the city, the fresher the air becomes.
Got out of the car in front of a farm. Jiang Chen found the farmer who had just gotten off the farm truck.
"You are?"
"Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen briefly introduced himself.
The farmer, who had a big beer belly, picked up a towel and wiped the sweat off his face.
"Jiang Chen, a Chinese person, always felt that he had heard this name somewhere. Well, you can call me Luke. I'm the owner of this farm, are you here to buy fresh milk?"
"Fresh milk?" Jiang Chen said confusedly.
"Hmm, isn't it?" The farmer also glanced at Jiang Chen with some surprise, and put the towel on his thick neck, "Aren't you here to 'buy'? Judging by your age, you should be an international student in Melbourne." β
Luke used the word daigou in Mandarin.
Jiang Chen couldn't help but be ashamed, after all, the future people international is also nominated by the world's top 500 companies, and it is impossible for him, the chairman, to come to do the purchasing business.
"Ahem, you misunderstood, I'm here to talk about big business. β
Luke glanced at Jiang Chen suspiciously.
As he spoke, a van pulled up in front of the farm.
A girl in a peaked cap gets out of the car, and when Luke sees the comer, he seems to know what she's coming from, and goes straight back to the farm.
"Hello. The girl was quite lively and greeted Jiang Chen very warmly.
Jiang Chen smiled at her and asked casually, "Are you an international student in Melbourne?"
The girl was also very talkative, and smiled cheerfully and said, "Well, I'm studying business administration, and I'm a junior this year, how about you?"
"I'm not a student, I finished my studies two years ago. β
"Not an international student, are you an expatriate?" the girl asked, blinking.
While that's true, it's not the Australian expatriate, it's the new country.
"Hmm. β
"Eh, where is your ancestral home? β
"Lake City. β
"Hucheng, my family is in Shangjing, are you specialized in purchasing milk powder?"
"Why would you think I'm a daigou? Jiang Chen said helplessly.
The girl glanced at Jiang Chen suspiciously, and then seemed to understand something, and kindly persuaded Jiang Chen.
"If you're bringing it for your family, it's best to go to the supermarket and buy it, because you can drink it directly from the farm, but the packaging is inconvenient and it's a little unhygienic. β
"What about you?" Jiang Chen asked as he looked at her suspiciously.
"Of course I'm not bringing my family to drink. The girl glanced at Jiang Chen, "I'm doing purchasing agents, mainly selling them on WeChat and Taobao, by the way, I recently opened a purchasing agency shop on Xiaobai, and now I can earn my own tuition." β
As she spoke, the girl's face was filled with pride. Compared with other poor students whose parents sell money abroad, the rich second generation with a superior family background is really not many international students like her who can support themselves. Neither a godfather nor a burden to the family.
But she would never have thought that Xiaobai's designer was standing in front of her at this moment, chatting with her ordinarily.
"Purchasing store, uh, isn't the purchasing store buying from the supermarket?" Jiang Chen vaguely remembered that those advertisements were written like this.
"You're stupid," the girl glanced at Jiang Chen, "haven't you ever gone to Woolworth's supermarket to buy milk powder? Chinese customers can only buy two cans at a time! And it's expensive." My classmates and I have to sell dozens of cans every day in the online store, so how can we buy them from the supermarket. Pick up the goods directly from the farm, and buy some empty cans of brand-name milk powder from the scrapyardβ"
Speaking of this, the girl seemed to react and quickly stopped the conversation.
As it happened, Luke had already walked out with a large bag on his shoulder. The girl's eyes lit up and she hurried to meet her.
The Australian helped the girl carry the milk powder to the van and put it away, and then took the dozen Australian dollars she handed her.
"Goodbye. The girl smiled sweetly at Jiang Chen, waved goodbye, and then got into the car.
Jiang Chen also waved his hand and said goodbye to the girl who didn't know her name.
Very polite girl.
It's just that she always feels that this sweet smile is a little distorted.
"Come on, man, what's your big business?" Luke wiped his sweat and stood beside Jiang Chen and asked.
Jiang Chen didn't answer, but instead asked an irrelevant question, "Is that milk powder safe?"
Luke was stunned, glanced at Jiang Chen in confusion, and nodded.
"Of course it's safe, my farm has gone through the quarantine process from the beginning of milk production. Although that batch of milk powder was made by my friend's milk powder factory, the quality must have passed."
After being silent for a long time, Jiang Chen gave up and sighed.
"It's good to be safe. Of course, I'm not here to buy milk powder, I'm just a little curious, forget it, let's get down to business" (To be continued.) )