From Arms Dealer To King of War

Chapter 1398 A big surprise in the industry survey

 In fact, it is not too difficult for Boss Qiao to solve the food problem of Aqionghan in a short time.

 But the information provided by Aaron let him know that the food crisis was bound to break out, so what P·B faced was not just the problem of Afghanistan.

  Libya, Central Africa, Iraq, Syria, none of the P·B controlled areas in these places can achieve complete self-sufficiency in food.

 Especially in the areas surrounding Central Africa where P·B’s influence is most concentrated, once a food crisis occurs, these countries that lack sufficient foreign exchange and have been ignored by the international community for a long time will definitely starve to death.

Just like Sudan and South Sudan, if a photographer hadn't taken a photo of a vulture waiting for a girl to die, people might not realize that there are such terrible places in the world.

  It’s the 21st century, and people are still starving to death. This is probably the most unfunny joke in the world!

  Qiao Jia is powerless to do anything about the general trend. The only thing he can do is to hoard as much food as possible after getting the news.

 And this time he decided to spend EU money!

When the first pot of beef offal soup in the cafeteria began to smell aroma, Boss Qiao dialed Jiami’s phone and told the financial shark his thoughts, and the two quickly reached a consensus...

 In the context of the certainty that war will break out, the depreciation of the euro is almost a certainty.

Most people judge that the euro will depreciate slightly like other currencies due to the massive release of the US dollar, and then with their internal interest rate hikes and controls, the depreciation will be controlled.

But Boss Qiao feels that the EU is doomed this time.

　　What is the specific reason? It doesn’t matter to a big shark like Jiami. It is the first time for Boss Qiao to carry out large-scale loan financing and he will definitely not lose money. There is no need to think too much at all.

At this stage, most of P·B’s idle funds have been sent to the United States to hunt for bargains, and the capital chain is indeed a problem.

In the context of P·B taking over the Afghan issue, this practice of mortgaging its own valuable assets for loans to purchase food in preparation for humanitarian disasters is a holy act that needs to be widely publicized.

However, when Jiami checked the international grain prices, he found that Boss Qiao’s worries and predictions may not be without reason.

 Last year, that is, in 2020, the international wheat price was US$305/ton, but this year the price of wheat suddenly rose to US$390/ton due to the artificially tense situation in East China.

 And this price increase seems to have no intention of stopping, and may exceed the price of US$400/ton at any time.

 Last year, the price of corn was US$230/ton, and this year it has risen to US$370/ton.

 Soybeans are even more outrageous. Last year, the price of soybeans was US$450/ton, but this year it has risen to US$800/ton.

 It is certainly not accurate to say that it is all affected by the East China Sea, but it is obvious that some people are taking advantage of the rising wheat prices to artificially raise food prices across the board.

 This is the usual routine of the United States. Whenever they release water, international commodity prices will rise accordingly, and inflation will flow to the world along with materials such as food, crude oil, and minerals.

 This is an area that Boss Qiao cannot intervene in. What he needs to calculate is how much can be done with the 7 billion US dollars in hand?

 In areas where wheat is the staple food, under normal circumstances, the average person needs to consume about 250 kilograms of wheat per year.

 Because there is about 30% loss in wheat processing, that is, each person needs 175 kilograms of flour every year, and then combined with other foods, to have enough food.

There are 30 million people in Aqionghan, which means that at least 7.5 million tons of wheat are needed to keep the people here full.

Chaojia doesn’t know how much of the problem Afghanistan’s self-produced wheat and barley can solve. Even if they only have about half of the shortfall, according to current international food prices, they will need at least 1.5 billion U.S. dollars to avoid famine here.

This is just for wheat. If we follow the United Nations humanitarian relief standards, the cost will be about four times higher.

What’s even more serious is that Boss Qiao has to face not only Afghanistan, but also long-standing troubled areas such as Yemen, Somalia, and Congo.

It may also be necessary to import food to neighboring countries in Central Africa to stabilize the situation in those places and prevent a large number of refugees from rebelling and disrupting his hard work over the past many years.

 To stabilize the current good situation in the P·B territory, at least US$8 billion in grain reserves are needed in the next two years to make the best response when the crisis comes.

Of course, it is impossible for Boss Qiao to pay this money alone, and Boss Qiao is not a savior.

In addition to international assistance, disaster-stricken countries can also seek loans from international banks or seek food through material replacement.

Every penny paid by Boss Qiao will eventually be recovered through other means as long as it flows through the main humanitarian channel, including Ah Qiong Khan!

 Not sucking blood is now recognized as a "holy act", and it is impossible to lose money on food issues.

But Jami understood Boss Qiao’s thoughts right away...

 Borrow a chicken to lay an egg!

 Borrow old hens from the EU to lay eggs produced by Tublug grain processing and chemical fertilizers.

 How much the euro will depreciate by then will be equivalent to how much the EU has spent on P·B!

From Gami’s point of view, when it is determined that the euro will fall, of course, we can borrow as much as we can.

ˆUtilize the strong purchasing power of the euro at this stage to purchase food supplies that will serve as ballast in the next few years, and finally transfer funds from the United States to return them after the depreciation of the euro.

Making an exchange rate difference is only one aspect. When you see that food prices are bound to rise, how can you live up to the title of financial shark if you don't make a fortune from the futures market?

 The execution power of financial sharks is so strong that most people cannot even imagine...

While Boss Qiao was eating offal, Jami had already contacted Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Credit Rural Bank, HSBC...

 The most valuable financial properties in Boss Qiao’s hands were Cretan properties, Mediterranean oil fields, Iraqi oil field shares, Libyan oil refinery shares, and Syrian oil refinery shares, which were sent to the desks of those banks and the mortgage loan procedures began.

 These are high-quality assets in the true sense, hens that lay golden eggs.

Just as Boss Qiao was having breakfast and asking Qiao Liang if he could move some wheat from his mother’s house for his own emergency, Jia Mi called him and told him...

“Boss, the loan matter is almost done. In the next month, we will be able to obtain a one-year loan of approximately 40 to 45 billion euros from several major banks.

I will be responsible for the issue of food reserves. I cannot guarantee that we can make a lot of money from the food issue, but I can guarantee that no one will try to make more money from us than we planned. ” ˆ ˆ Just when Qiao Jia wanted to ask what happened, Jia Mi on the other side hung up the phone...

Qiao Jia came back to his senses and wanted to ask what happened, but he was worried that he would be laughed at for not knowing what he was doing, so he depressedly called Chris and sprayed a series of swear words to Chris in Southeast Asia, asking him to find a way to acquire a business in the Philippines. Consignment of rice shipped to Tobruk…

Chris didn't know what was going on. When he weakly wanted to ask questions, Boss Qiao hung up the phone. Then he looked at the dumbfounded Qiao Liang sitting opposite and said with a smile: "As a big boss, If you have been wronged, you have to find a way to get it back..."

 Qiao Liang smiled and shook his head and said: "Brother, I don't understand, and I dare not understand. I'm afraid that people will beat me!"

As he spoke, Qiao Liang seemed to remember something, and he said seriously: "Brother, do you still think that investing in agriculture is a losing business?"

After hearing this, Qiao Jia thought for a while and said: “If you only have 100 million US dollars in hand, investing in agriculture is still a losing business.

If you have a billion dollars in hand and a big brother with a strong fist, then the situation is another matter. "

Qiao Jia was in a good mood and waved to Bayika for another bowl of beef offal soup. Then he looked at his brother and said seriously: "The situation in Da'er is not good. In the future, you will organize personnel to keep an eye on them in the country." situation, once their foreign exchange reserves have problems, they will decisively take US dollars to acquire land in the eastern part of Russia.

This time, you can invest with confidence and boldness. As long as everything is reasonable and legal, if the big Russians dare to default on their debts, I will make them miserable.

 In the territory of Great Russia, the population is concentrated in the west, while the east is vast and sparsely populated. You don’t need to take into account the issue of employment. You can use all the technologies that smart agriculture should have and completely reduce costs.

Once the UK is hammered to pieces, Europe will lose one of its most important grain producing areas. If you can fill part of this vacancy, you can leverage world grain prices to a certain extent.

 This is your best opportunity to develop smart agriculture! "

After speaking, Qiao Jia looked at Qiao Liang's smiling expression, frowned and said, "Why are you laughing?"

Qiao Liang laughed and said: "Brother, you have been asking me about buying grain. Have you forgotten that we started agricultural investment in Brazil and Argentina three years ago?

 This is what you asked me to do...

 We are now the 19th largest exporter of soybeans in Brazil and the 6th largest exporter of sugar in Brazil.

The agriculture and livestock industries we invested in Argentina have not yet achieved profitability, but that is due to Argentina’s economic reasons.

 Last year our farms in Argentina produced 750,000 tons of barley, 7,000 cattle, and 15,000 sheep...

 This year's barley output is expected to increase by about 20%, and the number of cattle and sheep slaughtered will increase by 50%.

At the same time, Jialiang Trading is also one of the top five grain and fruit trading companies in Southeast Asia in terms of trade volume...

  We are the top three domestic fruit traders, the number one exporter of canned fruits, and the number one exporter of dehydrated vegetables…”

As he spoke, Qiao Liang looked at the stunned Boss Qiao. He laughed and said: "Brother, I have been wondering just now. You are looking for food everywhere, why didn't you think of us...

 Now I understand, it turns out you don’t know at all!

 Brother, to put it bluntly, the people here in Aqionghan rely on wheat and barley as their staple food, so we are still a little behind.

If they are willing to eat rice, we brothers can feed them through our own channels.

 Sometimes you really should think about the ethnic makeup of your territory...

We are now among the top twenty soybean exporters in Brazil. If those things can be processed on site, soybean oil and soybean meal are both extremely high value-added products.

Soybean meal is a very good feed raw material for poultry and pigs, but most of your land is MSL...

 They don’t eat pork. If they only raise chickens, the input-output would be somewhat disproportionate. "

Qiao Jia looked at Qiao Liang in disbelief and said, "Is your business so big?"

 Qiao Liang spread his hands and said: "Brother, how long has it been since you looked at Jialiang Trading's financial report?

Jialiang Trading’s revenue last year was US$143.27 billion. Although including tax refund benefits, the net profit was less than 8%, but we are also a giant company with a net profit of tens of billions.

Jialiang Trading is engaged in channel business. In addition to the grain and fruit trade in Southeast Asia, I invested in other agricultural investments using the "Hongtongtong Intelligent Agriculture Company".

 Including the grain and vegetable base in Central Africa, Brazil’s soybean and cane sugar industries, Argentina’s barley and livestock industry…

There is also some agriculture in the Sahel belt. Although there is currently no hope of profitability, the southern Sahel region has begun to produce output. "

 Speaking, Qiao Liang looked at the stunned eldest brother and said with a smile: "Brother, as long as you don't want to be a savior, no matter how the price of food increases, I can guarantee that no one will starve to death in your territory.

 If there is no wheat, we can eat rice. If that is not possible, we still have potatoes..."

After Qiaojia listened and digested it for a while, he excitedly looked at Dorian who was immersed in eating and drinking, and said, "Did you hear, is my brother great?"

Dorian smiled at Qiao Liang and said, "Our boss must be very happy. Do you think he will give me a salary increase if I remind him that there is better news?

  I've been stuck at level 29 for a long time..."

 Speaking, Dorian looked at Qiao Jia and said: "Boss, have you forgotten that Louis Dreyfus of France still owes you an explanation...

You can’t get food, why can’t they? "

 Qiao Jia slapped his head hard...

 “How the **** did I forget about them?”

While talking about Qiao Jia never mentioning the salary increase, he looked at several Afghan government army officers from the Kandahar base standing not far away looking at him, as if something was wrong...

Boss Qiao waved to Dorian and said: "Go and see what they are going to do?

 I'm going to call Pierre and ask for the bill...

 Fuck it, Louis Dreyfus doesn’t have enough liquidity, but it must have enough food, haha…”

 (End of this chapter)