Volume 3 Chapter 74 Fortune and Misfortune Are Unpredictable
After more than two months of fermentation, Cargill Brazil finally collapsed in the wind and rain. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Cargill had to declare bankruptcy due to the pressure of creditors and unable to repay its debts. This is not bankruptcy, but a direct declaration of closure.
A thriving company suddenly collapsed, and Cargill pulled out of Brazil completely. Anyone who understands this kind of thing can see that something is wrong. Fernando, on the other hand, is one of those in the know.
Li Shengming's operation, he has been paying attention. In the end, Li Sheng won the battle with Cargill. He couldn't help but think of the group that Li Sheng said when he sold the Sands. Previously, he and Ali both believed that this group was said casually by Li Sheng. But now he suspects that there is a mysterious group behind Li Sheng.
Otherwise, with Li Sheng's ability alone, it is impossible to make those soybeans of Cargill go bad.
However, whether Li Sheng is a person or the spokesperson of a certain group, he feels that he must maintain a closer cooperative relationship with Li Sheng before finding out the facts. Against such a person, he has no certainty of victory. Moreover, Li Sheng's fatal blow to Brazil's Cargill this time made him understand that Li Sheng's ruthlessness was not something that anyone could resist.
During this time, Fernando stayed in Brazil for most of the time. Since the rainy season is more than half over, he needs to stay in Brazil as the operator of the forage sales project. Now without Cargill, other cattle fattening feed manufacturers have no ability to stop them.
This year's rainy season has seen significantly less rain than usual, and as the end of the rainy season comes to an end, almost everyone knows that this year's Amazon basin is probably another dry season. The Brazilian Meteorological Service also issued a warning about this.
In fact, Li Sheng also felt that it had only entered mid-March, and it was no longer raining heavily. Sometimes the next convective rain can clear for five or six days, and the precipitation frequency and amount are less than before. But for now, it's still more favorable for him. At least in such weather, the farm can harvest pasture.
Fernando, for his part, has also begun to open up a little market for pasture farming. In fact, his method is very simple, that is, to sign a contract. Cattle farmers can be provided with pasture first, and after the cattle are fattened, the cattle will be recycled and the forage payment can be deducted. Although the return of funds is very slow, it is also a necessary means to promote some time ago. After the grass occupies a certain market, they can collect part of the payment first. Otherwise, the transportation costs alone will bring down the company.
Knowing that there would be a severe drought in the Amazon this year, Fernando came to the farm even more often. Because he also thought about the issue of transportation. Silent Farm has only one waterway to transport to the outside world, and if there is a drought, this waterway will also be cut off. The grass can't be transported, and it's useless for customers to like it.
He wanted to determine with Li Sheng how much grass could be harvested this year and transport it to the south as soon as possible. This determines the size of the market he promotes. Otherwise, the contract signed exceeds what the farm can provide this year, and the liquidated damages and reputational damage are not what he wants to see.
The two discussed the forage business for a while, and Li Sheng calculated the current harvesting speed of the farm and said, "I will ask the workers to speed up the harvesting." I can't tell when the dock won't be usable. But I think even if it's a drought, at least it will be open until September. You can estimate sales based on the output per month. If anything changes, I'll let you know in advance. ”
Fernando knew that this was the only way to do it for the time being.
The two went on to talk about some other areas of cooperation. It can be said that these business cooperation are developing in a good way. In other words, the two are making more and more money in these collaborations.
"How is Jose doing here?" Fernando asked after all the formal topics that needed to be discussed.
José Joakim Marino is a young man in his early twenties. It was an apprentice winemaker introduced by Fernando a month ago. Fernando couldn't find a master brewer willing to come to Silent Farm, and later got an apprentice at his winery who always had a lot of ideas of his own and couldn't get along with other winemaking apprentices and winemakers.
So he took this person to the Silent Farm and recommended it to Li Sheng.
Although Li Sheng thought that this young man who still had pimples could make any good wine, now the vineyard on the farm had already borne fruit. It's just that he hasn't bothered about it. He had thought that if no one knew how to make wine, he would have the workers pick the grapes and eat them.
Now that there is a professional person who has come, Li Sheng has put him in charge of the management of the vineyard. But the young man was still a little capable. The workers were willing to obey his commands, and the vineyards, which had been a mess, were brought to order. Although he has not yet started brewing, even if he can't, this young man is at least a managerial talent.
So Li Sheng nodded and said, "His performance is beyond his age." ”
Fernando laughs: "The child who grew up in the winery also had a lot of unique ideas about winemaking. Perhaps, he will make something special. ”
Li Sheng hopes so. It can be a large vineyard, and even if the wine is of ordinary quality, there will still be some profit: "I'm looking forward to it." ”
"I'll be back in Portugal in a few days, and if everything goes well, I won't be coming to Brazil for quite some time. For the time being, Mosu is in charge of the forage business. ”
Li Sheng understood what he meant: "I'll talk to Thomas." ”
The weather is perfect for farm work. The rice is ripe and is being harvested intensively. At this time, Brazil's agricultural sector has sent a worrying message to the world. They found the latest variant of the wheat X virus in rice. This variant can infect rice, turning it black or shedding.
This news means that the wheat X virus is not only harmful to wheat, but may also produce more variants that harm other grasses, and even plants of other families. If that is the case, humanity is facing a great crisis.
At this time, Feng Xiaoting brought Li Sheng a very good and quick news.
Feng Xiaoting found Li Sheng and closed the office door very cautiously. I saw that his face was full of seriousness, and he handed a thick report to Li Sheng: "Boss, this is my analysis report on the anti-X virus experiment on the wheat on the farm." ”
Li Sheng read two pages and couldn't understand it. He said, "You just told me the result." ”
"The wheat on the farm has its own mechanism of arresting viral transcription. The virus cannot infect the wheat on the farm. ”
"Viral transcription, I'm a little impressed. But what does that mean stagnation? Are you sure that the wheat on the farm is that much more resistant to viruses?"
Feng Xiaoting said: "I chose six kinds of DNA and six kinds of RNA to conduct high-dose experiments on viruses that are more harmful to wheat. The experimental wheat seedlings were not attacked. In addition, the wheat grown in the greenhouse, in fact, I also put X virus, after harvesting, I tested the roots, stems, leaves, and fruits, and found no virus cysts. That proved my judgment right. ”
Li Sheng's heart fell into deep thought. At first, he was happy, but when he thought about it, if the wheat on the farm was naturally immune to the X-virus, would he still be able to keep it?
Maybe no one has noticed this yet, but if farms continue to sell high-quality wheat, there will always be people who will notice the problem. When the time comes, will he be able to withstand the pressure of the world? A Brazilian government will be able to take the farm back.
Maybe that's not in the way of the people, but if that happens, no country will ever go to the Farm of Silence.
He understands the truth of his sin!
Feng Xiaoting then said: "The X virus variant released by Brazil a few days ago has actually been isolated by me. And there are quite a few variants of this virus in the soil of our farms. But our rice is not infected. I suspect that the farm's rice is as immune to the X virus as wheat is. ”
When Li Sheng heard this, he felt that there was a big problem.
He frowned, and only said to Feng Xiaoting after a long time: "This matter is kept secret for the time being." ”
Feng Xiaoting is not a brainless person, he probably understands Li Sheng's worries. He nodded and said, "I understand." I did the experiments all by myself. No one else will know. ”
"How's the seed alienation experiment going?"
"There was no problem with the first generation. Now in the second generation of planting, the genes have been slightly differentiated. The alienated gene segment is within the design range. However, the final result will not be determined until about two months after the second generation of seeds have germinated. ”
Li Sheng nodded and said, "The results and processes of these experiments cannot be exposed. ”
Feng Xiaoting nodded: "Don't worry, I have measure." ”
After Feng Xiaoting left, Li Sheng immediately found Zhang Dingbian and asked him to send more people to the laboratory to protect: "Don't send new people. ”
Although Zhang Dingbian didn't know what to do, Li Sheng explained it so solemnly, he nodded and said, "I understand." ”
After Zhang Dingbian left, Li Sheng leaned back on the chair and pinched the corners of his eyes. He didn't know what to do anymore. Originally, he just wanted to prevent the wheat and rice resources from the farm from flowing out. But because of this X virus, both things may not be saved. It's really better to count people than to be counted by heaven.
If he has enough ability, with such wheat and rice, he may be able to control the food of the whole world. But he doesn't feel like he's capable of fighting the whole world. Once both wheat and rice yields are reduced on a large scale due to the X-virus, a world food crisis cannot be avoided. Anyone who finds out that the wheat and rice in Silent Farm are completely unaffected will definitely ask him to hand over the technology or seeds.
And in the worst-case scenario, with the excuse of saving the world food crisis, the coveters of Silent Farms have a fig leaf for whatever they do. Those people may not ask for it, but just grab it.
Of course, he could also buy some other wheat and rice to make up for it, saying that it was also affected. But what's the point of him keeping these resources? Will he wait until he has enough power to make it public? He doesn't think he's capable of fighting the whole world.
Of course, he can also stop growing grain. There's just no point in doing that.
Li Sheng thought about it for a long time, and finally felt that only cooperation could protect his own interests.
It's just that this cooperation is definitely not the cooperation with individuals or enterprises like before, but with a country that has the ability to withstand the pressure of the world.
There are only a few such countries. One is the United States, the other is the country of hairy bears, and the other is, of course, China. None of the others have that ability.
In that case, he didn't seem to have a choice. (To be continued.) )