Argentina, June 25:

"yes yes yes."

In the stadium of the monument in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, there was a wild cheer, one after another, drowning out all other sounds, countless people tossing the Argentine flag and cheering on the seats on the stadium, and on the field, more than a dozen players also held the national flag, cheered everywhere, and occasionally gathered together to hug.

After about ten minutes, the voice quieted down.

"Eric, congratulations, you won $500,000." In the VIP seat, Henry Morgan casually threw his lost ticket to the side of the road and said to Chen Zhiwen with a smile.

"Haha, let's go, I'll have dinner today." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"God forbid you, you just came here and won the first time, but alas, we should have played bigger." Henry Morgan shook his head and said.

"It's just for fun, it's $500,000, but it's not much for us." Chen Zhiwen smiled and shook his head and said.

In 1978, Argentina held the 11th FIFA World Cup, which became the most lively event in the world this year.

The entire World Cup started on June 1st, a total of 25 days, although Chen Zhiwen also likes football, but it is impossible to really spend a month in Argentina like Henry Morgan, so he specially picked the World Cup championship before the final and came to Argentina.

Although he didn't know the situation of the Argentina World Cup, Chen Zhiwen was also a football fan in his previous life, and knew that Argentina had won the championship in his home World Cup, so when he learned that Henry Morgan wanted to buy a football lottery, he bet on Argentina to win.

Although Chen Zhiwen caused a big butterfly reaction in Hong Kong and even the United States, it obviously failed to affect the World Cup, and in the end, Argentina won the game, and Chen Zhiwen made a small profit of 5 million US dollars.

"Also, there are too many, I'm afraid it will move a lot of people's cakes." Henry Morgan said softly.

"Yes." Chen Zhiwen said, this kind of thing, a little bit of a brain knows, billions or even tens of billions of dollars in the market, capitalists will really let it go? Fools don't believe it.

"Let's go, tomorrow we're going to St. Louis, it's not going to be easy." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"Okay, let's go." Chen Zhiwen nodded, and walked out of the stadium along the crowd, they were all VIP customers, and the ticket price paid was ten times that of the normal ticket, so there was a special passage here, otherwise, it was estimated that they would not be able to get out for an hour if they were crowded with the group of people below.

In the evening, the two and their men did not eat any main meals, but went to find some small delicacies, but not street stalls, but in regular shopping malls.

Early the next morning, under the arrangement of Henry Morgan, a Boeing 737 plane sent the group to St. Louis, and then several local helicopters took everyone north, refueling once in the middle of the road, and arrived at their destination at 2 p.m. that day.

"It's far enough." After getting off the plane, Chen Zhiwen said.

"Actually, it's not very far, but the traffic in Argentina is too bad, if it's in the United States, it's actually only three hours by car." Henry Morgan said with a smile: "I specially leased these planes from a nearby American oil company, otherwise we would have been here very late." ”

At this moment, they are on a meadow, but fortunately, they have already prepared bodyguards, especially Henry Morgan's, who are holding all kinds of guns in their hands.

"How big is your farm?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"About 4,000 acres." Henry Morgan replied.

"Big enough." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, 4,000 acres, almost 16 square kilometers, that is, a square area as large as 4*4 kilometers.

"Big is quite big, guess how much it cost me to buy this farm?" Henry Morgan asked with a smile.

"The location doesn't look good, and there's no infrastructure, $500,000?" Chen Zhiwen predicted a number.

"Wrong, divide by 10 or the same, I spent $65,000." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"So cheap?" Chen Zhiwen was a little surprised, although this place is not good, but why is the area so large, how can it be so cheap?

"This kind of area, if it is in the United States, as long as it is not a desert Gobi, no matter how bad the location is, the value of *100 is not enough, but this is Argentina." Henry Morgan said while preparing the weapon to hunt wild boars: "We spent a few days in the capital Buenos Aires, how do you feel about the economy?" ”

Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and asked, "You mean, Argentina's economy is failing?" ”

Although South America does not seem to be well-known in the world, like the United States, large-scale peace has lasted for many years, and World War I and World War II have not been fought here.

South America has always been absolutely dependent on American capital, and when the U.S. economy is good, it is naturally not a problem, but once the U.S. economy has problems, it will raise interest rates, and once the interest rate is raised, the dollars of various countries will flow back to the United States, which is a fatal blow to many developing countries that rely on debt development.

Since the first oil crisis, inflation in the United States has been uncontrollable, and the Federal Reserve can only raise interest rates desperately, and countless developing countries have been unlucky.

"Yes, in the past two years, a large amount of dollars and American capital have been withdrawn from Argentina, which has caused the Argentine government to be unable to pay the interest on the debt. Half sold and half given away cheaply. Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"There should be a lot of such American capital, right?" Chen Zhiwen asked with a smile, in fact, this is also one of the strategies of the United States, once many developing countries are seriously short of foreign exchange, then they must sell their assets cheaply, so that when the other country goes bankrupt or is about to go bankrupt, the American consortium will buy high-quality and cheap assets in turn.

The old routine has been played for decades, and 1997 in Asia is the same way, and South America, which is close to the United States, comes almost once every ten years, but it is generally appropriate, and this time, it is the United States itself that has a problem and urgently needs to recover blood from other places.

"You understand, the Morgan family is involved in this matter, and many consortia in the United States are also involved, but I don't count, I can only be regarded as an ordinary businessman in the United States, who comes here to buy a piece of land and occasionally come for vacation." Henry Morgan laughed.

"You're not going to build a farm here?" Chen Zhiwen looked at a piece of grass and said, the land here is not fertile, but it is still okay.

"I'm not interested, I'm just going to turn this place into my hunting ground." Henry Morgan shook his head and said: "Actually, the Argentine government is playing this idea, it is very cheap to buy this land, but if you want to transform it into a farm, the price is too high, and it is impossible to conservatively estimate that it is not one or two million dollars." And the traffic here is not good, and the cost of transporting the grown grain out is relatively high, forget it, it's too tossed, even if you can make money, you can't make much. ”

"Yes." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

The price of the farm, in fact, the size of the area is only one of the factors, and there is no infrastructure is the most important, these two points can make the farm in the same location ten times different, good farms, can be used directly, the poor, is the current wasteland, then you have to invest in internal roads, water pipes and waterways, power facilities, regional planning and so on.

This premise is that there must be water rights and external roads, otherwise, it will definitely be a wasteland.

In fact, many countries have small populations and are relatively concentrated, similar to South America, Australia, Canada, etc., there are a lot of wastelands, weeds are constant, since weeds can grow, theoretically you can grow crops, at worst you can grow corn or potatoes, right?

But because it takes a lot of investment to turn these fields into farmland, it may not be economically cost-effective, so it will not be done. In many cases, some governments will even offer free land gifts, provided that there is a certain amount of investment, but few are willing to do so.

"What? Do you want to buy a farm? Real farms? Henry Morgan asked with some surprise when he saw Chen Zhiwen's expression.

"I have this idea, but it depends on the situation." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said: "I'm just a little worried about the attitude of non-US investors here. ”

"It's not a problem, we can have a joint venture, for example, you invest 90%, I invest 10%, any of them invest, then it is American capital, if you want to buy a farm that is big enough and I can't afford it, then I will reduce it to 1%." Henry Morgan said: "Moreover, Argentina is also one of the members of the international trade with a bit of status, they will not destroy their own signboard for the sake of a farm, besides, now Chinese capital is relatively active in the world, once Argentina really does this kind of thing, it must not isolate itself from Chinese capital." ”

"The main thing is that the cake is too small to be worth it." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, in fact, many countries in South America also have a lot of riots, such as a certain country forcibly nationalized the oil industry, resulting in heavy losses for American oil companies, but subsequently, it was also hit by the blockade of the United States.

"That's the reason, that's the reality." Henry Morgan smiled and said: "Then what kind of farm do you want to buy, I have a friend who specializes in this kind of business in South America, if you are interested, I can ask him to help you check it." ”

"Originally, I didn't plan to invest in a large farm, but Henry, your plan is very good, buy a large vacant land first, and use it as a hunting ground for vacation if you don't want to invest, and then invest in it, so the investment will not be very large." Chen Zhiwen said.

"Something like me? If you're interested, you can come here at my side. Henry Morgan said.

"What's yours is yours, if I want to buy it, I will buy a bigger one, for example, ten times as big or bigger here, but in terms of transportation, not to mention how good it is, at least it can't be bad, and then the water source must also be there, at least there must be a foundation for transformation." Chen Zhiwen said.

"So you think it's small here." Henry Morgan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll call my friend later." ”

"Two gentlemen, the prey is ready, we can get on the plane." A local spoke very fluent English.

"Okay, let's go, get on the plane." Henry Morgan said loudly, and everyone got into the helicopter again, but now there was a Gatling on the side of the helicopter.

After getting on the plane, looking at Gatlin's round of gun barrels, Chen Zhiwen couldn't help but feel interested in touching it, on the way over before, this thing can't be installed casually, even if Argentina doesn't ban guns, it is impossible to let this thing appear, and it can't be installed until it reaches his personal territory.

"It's completely legal, I have an official license here, but I can't leave my farm, otherwise I'll be in trouble." Henry Morgan said, "The formalities for this thing are more expensive than when I bought this farm." ”

"You really like to hunt." Chen Zhiwen nodded, I have to say that rich people really do everything for fun.

In his previous life, he knew a lot of ordinary office workers, with a salary of thousands a month, but spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy fishing rods, which completely made him unable to understand that ordinary people are like this, let alone rich people, it is estimated that Henry Morgan bought the surrounding land because of the lower cost of this procedure.

"That is, now this season, the Argentine Ministry of Agriculture is also encouraging the elimination of wild boars, because these wild boars not only spoil food, but also often hurt people, we are going to a meadow that I arranged in advance to fence off, there are many wild boars, and lions brought from Africa, when you play, don't hurt the lions." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"Lion, if you say so, I'm going to buy a bigger farm like this." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile that if the area is larger, it will really be a wildlife park, but if it is fenced, it is estimated that the investment in barbed wire will also cost a lot of money.

"Haha, that's better, let's buy a bigger one, and when the time comes, bring in tigers, lions, elephants, and see what happens." Henry Morgan laughed, seeming to like the god-like feeling.

"You can give it a try." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, this kind of right is really only in countries that are very short of money, if it is in the United States, it will be very troublesome to introduce these animals, and even if it can be done, the cost is far less than here in South America.

If a few years from now, when South America defaults on its sovereign debt, all kinds of capital will run even more rampant, and their mere hunting entertainment will be nothing at all.

After a while, the plane arrived over the destination, and from the helicopter, many wild boars fled in panic because of the appearance of the helicopter, but where did they run the helicopter.

"I'll come first." Henry Morgan held the tail of the Gatling in his hand, and there was a burst of bullets below, and the bullet seemed to have a fluorescent substance, and the trajectory could be seen when it was released, only to see countless points of light hitting the side of the wild boar herd, which caused a burst of confusion.

After a while, Henry Morgan stopped, and there were already many wild boar carcasses on the ground, but some of them still ran away.

"Eric, do you want to try it?" Henry Morgan moved out of the way.

"Okay, I'll try." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, although he doesn't like to kill for no reason, wild boars are indeed harmful animals, and many countries also encourage hunting.

Holding a weapon in his hand, Chen Zhiwen also had a sense of domination, since he came back from the crossing, he had never even touched an ordinary pistol, let alone this kind of weapon.

"Over there, there's a wild boar." Henry Morgan pointed in one direction, and the pilot immediately flew the helicopter in that direction.

Chen Zhiwen first fired a bunch of bullets in the direction of an open space, feeling that he controlled the rhythm for a while, and then also aimed at the direction, and there was a sudden burst.

The wild boar below ran more diligently, but in the face of the two-legged beast in the sky, it was helpless and could only depend on fate.

However, Chen Zhiwen's aiming skills are not very strong, even if the bullets are fluorescent, they are not very accurate, and finally let a group of wild boars run into a group of small woods, leaving only a few lying on the ground.

After being in the air for a while, Chen Zhiwen also began to get used to this small Gatling, and by the way, he also saw the lions here, and the lions were also scared to run around when they saw the plane.

Henry Morgan used a sniper rifle to play for a while, but Chen Zhiwen did not participate, he didn't have the ability to play, in fact, Henry Morgan prepared Gatling, just for a novice like Chen Zhiwen

After a few days of playing, the group took another helicopter ride, but instead of going back to St. Louis, they went to another place.

Compared with the roads in non-urban areas of Argentina, helicopters are naturally much more convenient, and Chen Zhiwen also knows how strong the American oil companies are here, and the planes can fly casually, just inform the local area in advance.

The helicopter was very fast, and in two hours it reached another province, Santa Fe.

This is a much larger open space, which was introduced by Henry Morgan's friend, who received an immediate reply two days ago when he informed Chen Zhiwen's request to his intermediary friend.

Maybe it's because Argentina now has a lot of land, but there is a shortage of dollars.

"Mr. Chen, this is a piece of grassland that Santa Fe Province is going to sell, it covers an area of almost 50,000 acres, and you only need to spend $1.2 million to take it down, and it is freehold." The intermediary Lilith enthusiastically introduced.

"I looked at it on the plane before, and it doesn't seem to have any water source, right?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"There is no direct large water source, there are some small rivers, but you can see that the grass here grows very well, because it rains a lot, so there is no shortage of water, if you want to develop this place into a farm or pasture, you can choose to dig an artificial lake here, you can easily store water." Lilith explained.

"What about traffic?" Chen Zhiwen asked again.

"In terms of traffic, it's a little worse, it's almost 30 kilometers away from the nearest highway, and the middle road is not very good, but as long as you get on the road, then it's no problem, and as long as you really develop here, the economic benefits, you can definitely easily build another 30 kilometers of ordinary roads." Lilith smiled and said: "Mr. Chen, not to mention hypocrisy, such a large area only needs 1.2 million US dollars, there must be a lot of shortcomings, otherwise, it would have been developed by locals or other American capital, isn't it?" And if it weren't for Argentina's recent economic situation, if you want to take it, you would have to at least multiply it several times. ”

"Okay, you sort out the information for me, I will discuss it with relevant experts, if it's okay, I can buy it." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, $1.2 million is not much, it doesn't matter if you buy a hunting ground, but you can't buy it casually, at least make sure that you haven't been cheated and that there are no legal problems.

"Okay, I'll get the materials ready right away." Lilith said happily, such a big deal, I didn't expect it to be promising so soon.

"Lilith, this Mr. Chen is a very generous person, and he is very interested in farms in South America, your small place is just trying to play with the water, there is no problem, and I can buy a larger scale from you in the future." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"Don't worry, I, Lilith, never cheat on rich people." Lilith said very sincerely.

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