Countercurrent 1978 starts with the production team

On the roof of the building, the sea breeze blows from the Chu River. Looking at the distant scenery, I feel particularly calm.

Chatted with Zhao Shizong for a few words and asked him about the current situation at home.

Zhao Shizong was not on guard against him and told him everything.

The Zhao family also got a share of the Hutchison Whampoa project, but after listening to Chu Jianghe's suggestion, his father still acted on Chu Jianghe's suggestion after weighing the pros and cons.

The Zhao family does not participate in specific management, only retains seats on the board of directors, and fully supports Li Jiacheng to control the overall situation.

In this case, Li Jiacheng would not be so resistant to the Zhao family's involvement.

Chu Jianghe secretly praised Zhao Congyan as a smart man. As long as he keeps holding Hutchison Whampoa's shares, the annual dividends alone will be a huge sum.

It's a pity that he couldn't spare any money at the beginning, otherwise he wouldn't have given this opportunity to the Zhao family in vain.

When mentioning this matter, Zhao Shizong joked: "If Brother Chu moves, I have to prepare a big gift."

Chu Jianghe took out his cigarette, lit it, and handed one to Zhao Shizong.

"Brother Zhao is too out of touch. I don't have any friends in Hong Kong. It will be simpler when the time comes. Just have a meal at home."

Zhao Shizong took a heavy drag on the cigarette handed over by Chu Jianghe, then took the cigarette box, looked at it, and said with a smile: "After smoking your cigarette twice, I found that the tobacco from the mainland is still easier to smoke."

Chu Jianghe didn't look back, looked at the scenery in the distance and said with a smile: "I'll get you two when you turn around."

He brought several of them before entering the customs this time. He passed the customs in Zhao Shizong's car, but no one came to check.

Zhao Shizong agreed with a smile, followed Chu Jianghe's gaze, and asked, "Brother Chu, will you continue to work in finance in the future, or do you have other ideas?"

"Of course we have to continue with finance." Chu Jianghe didn't hide it.

"Brother Chu, how many years older am I than you? There are a few things I have to say. With your current net worth, as long as you develop steadily, your future will be bright. Although financial returns are high, the risks are also high. To tell you the truth, , every time I invest with you, even I feel a little scared."

Zhao Shizong said this from the bottom of his heart. It was rare for him to have a confrontation with Chu Jianghe. The two of them had gone through several things and their relationship had become closer and closer. They were already an alliance. He didn't want the young man in front of him to make a mistake and become an eternal hatred.

Of course Chu Jianghe knew that he had good intentions, but he clearly knew the development trend of future generations. If he didn't take advantage of it, wouldn't it be a waste of money?

That is to say, Zhao Shizong didn't know his trump card, so he was worried.

Chu Jianghe said to himself: "Of course I have to continue with finance. I haven't made a wrong decision so far, but..."

Zhao Shizong heard something in his words and became interested. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "But what?"

Chu Jianghe held his hands on the railings of the roof and looked at the boundless South China Sea in the distance. He did not directly respond to Zhao Shizong's words, but asked: "What does Brother Zhao think of the international grain market?"

"food?"

Zhao Shizong did not expect Chu Jianghe's goal to be so big. The Zhao family is engaged in the shipping industry and has been in the shopping mall for decades, so they are naturally no stranger to the international grain market.

Zhao Shizong frowned and said: "The four major grain merchants control the global grain market. The four of them have been established for a long time. The four of them alone control 80% of the world's grain trading volume. Brother Chu, with all due respect, you want It would be difficult to intervene."

"Yes." Chu Jianghe knew that this was not easy, "But it all depends on people."

He naturally knows the strength of the four major grain merchants, the American ADM, the American Bunge, the American Cargill, and the French Louis Dreyfus, abbreviated as ABCD, which is highly involved in the American industry. Almost every one of them has a history of a hundred years and has been working in the grain market for many years. , the strength is terrifying.

Every time the international grain market plummets or rises, the shadows of these four companies are behind it.

Kissinger once said: Whoever controls oil controls all countries; whoever controls food controls humanity; whoever controls the right to issue currency controls the world.

Food is also the most advantageous weapon for the United States to harvest the world in addition to the U.S. dollar, military, and financial means.

He is a young man who has just emerged on Hong Kong Island. Now he says that he wants to shake the status of the four major grain merchants, which is like a mayfly shaking a tree and overestimating his own capabilities.

Seeing that Chu Jianghe seemed to have made up his mind, Zhao Shizong couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Brother Chu, I'm not attacking you. The four major grain merchants have stood firm for so many years. It's not as simple as you think."

After Chu Jianghe's several achievements in the financial market, although Zhao Shizong also had some confidence in him, this was the grain market, not a house game.

Chu Jianghe wanted to make a difference in the grain market, and four major grain merchants were eyeing him. One mistake was that... he was not optimistic anyway.

"Brother Zhao, of course I understand what you are saying." Chu Jianghe let go of his hand holding the railing and felt proud. "The current global grain output is 12 billion tons, and the international grain trade is almost 2.2 million tons. With the largest scale adm, for example. The company's agricultural services and oil crops department's main business is the production, transportation, storage, processing, and sales of grain and oil crops. Last year, it handled a total of 2376 million tons of grain and oil crops. In U.S. dollars, it was about the same. It’s US$400 billion.”

"Brother Chu, do you know what a huge number 400 billion US dollars is?"

"Brother Zhao, of course I know this. I don't want to be the biggest from the beginning. There has to be a process, right?"

Zhao Shizong smiled bitterly again: "Brother Chu, I think instead of working hard in grain trade, you might as well continue in finance."

Chu Jianghe smiled and said nothing. Finance was his trump card. With the memory of his past life, the financial market could provide him with a steady stream of ammunition. Of course he would not give up.

He had an agreement with Mr. Song and was determined to do something in these areas, hoping to compete with these international giants.

The four major grain merchants already have a solid fundamentals and have gained absolute control over the supply chain of seeds, raw materials, fertilizers, processing and market channels.

If he wants to find opportunities in the international grain market, he can only figure it out slowly. This process may be very long, so there is no need to rush, so let's start with the simplest grain trade.

Just in January this year, the United States issued a ban and announced a grain embargo on Lao Maozi, and world wheat prices soared.

He was going to take this as an opportunity to start his own plan.

Ever since Lao Maozi gave up agriculture and transformed into a super industrial power, it has been highly dependent on imported food.

The grain embargo gave Lao Maozi a headache. All over the country began to slaughter livestock and poultry to save food.

As a result, the average life expectancy of Lao Maozi plummeted by more than 10 years, the birth rate dropped sharply, and the death rate increased sharply. As a result, Lao Maozi entered the last decade of turmoil.

Although the food war was not the main reason for Lao Maozi's failure, it was also a large part of the inducement.

The essence of this world is the control of resources. When Chu Jianghe can control part of the world's food, his status will be far beyond what money can measure.