Chapter Ninety-Four: Finding a Partner
If you want to cross the road, you have to get these things right, you must know that we are also a lot of people here, and everyone is doing the same thing at present, and Mr. Wu also asked them to buy grain from Xiangjiang and Maple Leaf Country and France.
Xiao Yuan knows that this year, we purchased 5 million tons of grain, and it took a year, but the main problem is the transportation capacity, which requires too many ocean-going ships.
In fact, many large agricultural countries are now bumper harvests, inflation has begun, domestic grain is extremely cheap, and the ugly people have just implemented the strategy of grain hegemony for several years.
In 1954, the Eisenhower administration enacted Public Law 480, which began the food invasion program. The main content of the bill is that the ugly country will provide food aid to the whole world, and this food will be sold to the citizens of the donor countries.
A quarter of the income will be used to pay for the transportation of food, and the remaining three-quarters will be given to donor countries in the form of loans or grants, but how the money is spent is supervised by them.
The first thing to be hurt is that the Chilean country in South America, which spent 37% of its foreign exchange reserves on food in 73 years, was completely controlled.
What is even more famous is that the war of genetically modified soybeans, the first to lie down the Pampas Eagle, the entire country's economy regressed, and could only pay patent fees to buy genetically modified soybean seeds, knowing that it was a trap to jump.
The second is our Northeast, genetically modified soybeans have made us miserable, and seventy percent of the edible oil companies have been controlled, or Comrade Xiao Cui bravely put it forward.
However, at present, the ugly people do not have this technology, and the world has not formed the pattern of the four major grain merchants, and they also have a headache in the face of the bumper harvest of domestic farmers.
In fact, just in January, Kennedy, who had just come to power, offered to export grain to us out of humanitarian reasons.
It's just that we don't want to, through a formal government application, only accept the business of non-governmental organizations, the grain merchants in the ugly country can't sit still, and the Bunge group directly bypasses the government and sells us local wheat through the French company.
At the same time, the Cargill Group was introduced, and they were in the Maple Leaf Country Farm, where there were many companies, completely leaving aside the ugly government.
Xiao Yuan was thinking about kangaroos and elephants, the amount he wanted was not too large, both sides wanted to be closer, and they also had their currency in their hands, right?
He's still waiting for the big move, hasn't Hui Defeng found out? Or don't you dare to burst out, for fear of causing a run?
There is indeed this possibility, after all, a bank headquarters, inexplicably missing ten tons of gold, and tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars worth of cash, who would dare to deposit money and treasures in your place? What should I do if someone steals it all and you go bankrupt?
This is easy to cause panic, and the result is a run that any bank is afraid of, and many bank failures are caused by runs, and there is no room for Huidefeng to be afraid.
Of course, people must be crazy about the investigation, it is estimated that the person on duty last night and the relevant personnel were all investigated by the relevant personnel, but what is the matter with this Guan Xiaoyuan? They also check gold, cash is old banknotes, there is no trace of serial numbers, this is 61 years!
Two targets were chosen, one was Chen Jingtian of Guangxing Rice, and the other was Guo Xiukun, president of the Kowloon Grain Chamber of Commerce.
Let's go find this Guo Xiukun first, after all, it's not far away, in West Kowloon, a relatively large warehouse, and it is very surprising to see Xiao Yuan's car, after all, few guests have their own cars, or such a new car.
People rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles, and now if you don't ride a horse, you have to look at luxury cars, and he understands why so many local tyrants like to buy luxury cars, it turns out that it really works, and the attitude towards you is completely different.
As soon as I heard that I was talking to Boss Guo about business, I immediately led him to the office, and if I came by walking and cycling, I probably wouldn't see him.
Guo Xiukun looked at him in his thirties, black and thin, not tall, a typical Lingnan person, and he was quite surprised to hear Xiao Yuan's standard vernacular, after all, he looked like a northerner.
"Hello sir, may I be seated, I don't know what you need?" Guo Xiukun looked at this formation, it was estimated that it was not simple, and he took care of it politely.
"Boss Guo, I found you to buy food, but I bought a little more, I don't know if you can eat it?" Xiao Yuan sat down and went straight to the point.
"Hey, I don't know how many bosses there are? What kind of food is needed? Guo Xiukun became interested when he heard it.
"I want wheat, rice, corn, depending on your price and arrival time, if you can, 1,000 tons of each." Xiao Yuan gave him a cake to eat first.
"Boss, don't be joking, such a large amount, Xiangjiang can't tolerate it!" Guo Xiukun raised his eyebrows.
"Boss Guo, don't worry, I'm not going north to grab food with you." Xiao Yuan stretched out his hand and pointed.
"You can see that the boss is from the north? It's been a lot of action in the past six months! Guo Xiukun asked tentatively.
"Boss Guo, we are all Chinese, we can't watch our hometown parents go hungry, it's useless to talk more, it depends on your price and arrival time." Xiao Yuan was reluctant to talk to him.
"Yes! Boss, where do you mean the arrival of the goods? Guo Xiukun sighed and shifted to business.
"Just go to this Kwai Chung pier, I can pay in US dollars, British pounds, Hong Kong dollars, whatever you want." Xiao Yuan knew that they needed foreign exchange.
"That's great, it can save a lot of time, so it's okay, I'll help you get 300 tons of Australian wheat first, and if you pay 60 US dollars a ton, you can load it on the ship, to be honest, I can't send it over, I can only get here." Guo Xiukun said sincerely, his ability is limited.
Xiao Yuan thought about it, it is a little more expensive than the one we purchased from Australia, which is understandable, after all, the million tons we buy, the price will definitely be cheap, and there are other factors.
"Yes, how long will it take you to get it together? I'll look for a ship, you can help me load it. Xiao Yuan thinks it's no problem, can't he let the family make money, right?
"I currently have 200 tons in the warehouse, and I will help you allocate it again, it should not take more than a week." Guo Xiukun is a little confident.
"Okay, I'll pay you two hundred tons first, wait for you to get together to help us load the ship, and then settle the bill together.
"Thank you, let's sign a contract, so be more formal." Guo Xiukun is very happy, there are few customers who take the initiative to pay, and after completing this order, you can make more orders.
"Okay, in fact, it doesn't matter if you sign it or not, I don't believe you Boss Guo, can you still hack the grain in the north?" Xiao Yuan said casually, which is also a reminder, and you will know the story of a Xie family's gold shop immediately.
The contract was signed, $12,000 was paid, and the dock warehouse was visited, the number of the next cooperation was agreed, a deposit of 20,000 pounds was paid, and the cooperation plan for the next two years was made.
Then Xiao Yuan drove to find another, Chen Jingtian, the future king of rice in Xiangjiang, food is indispensable in any period, especially in a place like Xiangjiang, where there is a large population and does not produce grain, it is not easy to form a monopoly.
Boss Chen Jingtian, who looks younger than Guo Xiukun, is a white and slightly chubby uncle, with a pair of gold-rimmed eyes, and also greeted Xiao Yuan politely.
After some discussion with Boss Chen, 300 tons of rice can be allocated at present, after all, Xiangjiang people eat rice, and his family has four rice companies, and there must be a lot of stock, but it cannot affect the local supply.
The price of rice is now lower than that of flour, about 80% of the price, 50 US dollars a ton, which is just the opposite of later generations.
This is still the international price, and the difference between us and our country is even greater, in recent years, we have exported rice and bought back wheat, which seems to be called rice and flour trade or something.
paid $15,000 and agreed with Boss Chen that Kwai Chung Wharf would be responsible for loading, and when he found the ship, he would load the goods, and then paid a deposit of 20,000 pounds to book 2,000 tons of rice.
Now the biggest headache is the cargo ship, he stole all the trawlers from Lake Baikal, the largest one is 650 tons of displacement, the older trawler, except for the one he has used for a long time, the others have been dismantled by him.
Don't say it, if you use a trawler to disguise the transportation of grain, it is also a good idea, anyway, you can't find a suitable one for a while, so it's decided.
However, this thing still needs to be transformed, and in addition, it needs to get an identity, Xiao Yuan decided to help it set up cards and procedures.