Chapter 1717 -1402: Industrial Inventory Brings a Big Surprise (Part 2)

Taking advantage of the current strong purchasing power of the Euro, acquire food supplies for the next few years as ballast, and finally, after the Euro devalues, withdraw funds from America to pay them back. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Earning a foreign exchange profit is just one aspect; seeing that food prices are bound to rise, how could you not make a big splash in the futures market and live up to the title of financial shark?

The execution power of financial sharks is something ordinary people cannot even imagine…

While Boss Joe was eating tripe, Gami had already contacted Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Crédit Agricole, HSBC…

The most financially valuable assets in Boss Joe’s hands—Crete Island industries, Mediterranean oil fields, shares in Iraq oil fields, shares in Libyan refineries, and shares in Syrian refineries—were put on the desks of those banks, beginning the process of collateral loans.

These are all truly quality assets, hens that lay golden eggs.

While Boss Joe was eating breakfast and asking Qiao Liang if he could temporarily allocate some wheat from his mother for emergencies, Gami called to tell him…

“Boss, the loan arrangement is almost complete. In the next month, we should be able to secure one-year loans totaling roughly 40-45 billion Euros from several major banks.

I’ll take charge of the grain reserves issue. I can’t guarantee big profits from the grain issue, but I can ensure no one will make money off us beyond our plans.”

Just as Joe Ga was about to ask what exactly happened, Gami hung up the phone…

Joe Ga came to his senses, wanting to ask what happened but fearing being laughed at for not understanding, so he irritably called Chris, far away in Southeast Asia, and unleashed a string of expletives, asking him to find a way to purchase a batch of rice in the Philippines and ship it to Tubruq…

Chris, still unsure of what happened, hesitated to ask, but Boss Joe hung up with a ‘crack’, then looked at Qiao Liang, who was sitting opposite him, dumbfounded, and said with a smile, “As a big boss, you need to find a way to get back when you’re wronged…”

Qiao Liang smiled and shook his head, saying, “Bro, I don’t understand, and I don’t dare to understand, I’m afraid of getting beaten up!”

Just then, Qiao Liang seemed to remember something and said seriously, “Bro, do you still think investing in agriculture is a losing business?”

Joe Ga thought for a moment and said, “If you only have $100 million in your hands, then investing in agriculture is still a losing business.

If you have $1 billion in your hands, and a big brother with a strong fist, then it’s a different story.”

With that, Joe Ga, in high spirits, signaled to Bayika for another bowl of beef tripe soup, then looked at his brother seriously and said, “Things are not looking good for Russia; you’ll need to organize people to keep an eye on their domestic situation for a while. Once they run into foreign exchange reserves problems, decisively use dollars to acquire land in Eastern Russia.

This time, invest boldly, as long as everything is reasonable and legal. Should Russia dare to default, I can make them suffer immensely.

In the lands of Russia, the population is concentrated in the west, while the east is vast and sparse. You don’t need to worry about employment issues; apply all the smart agriculture technologies to bring costs down entirely.

Once Ukraine is battered, Europe will lose one of their most important food-producing areas. If you can fill even a part of this gap, you can somewhat leverage world food prices.

This is your best opportunity to develop smart agriculture!”

After speaking, Joe Ga looked at Qiao Liang, who was smiling and beaming, furrowing his brows and asking, “Why are you smiling?”

Qiao Liang laughed heartily and said, “Bro, you kept asking me about buying food as if you’d forgotten we started agricultural investments in Brazil and Argentina three years ago?

This is something you asked me to do…

We are now the nineteenth-largest soybean exporter in Brazil, and ranked sixth in the Brazilian sugarcane industry.

The agriculture and livestock investments we have in Argentina have yet to realize profits, but that’s due to Argentina’s economic issues.

Last year, our Argentinian farms produced 750,000 tons of barley, 7,000 cattle, and 15,000 sheep…

This year, barley production is estimated to rise by about 20%, and the numbers of cattle and sheep being marketed will increase by 50%.

In addition, Jia Liang Trades is among the top five food and fruit trading companies by trade volume in Southeast Asia…

We are among the top three fruit traders domestically, the number one canned fruit exporter, and the number one dehydrated vegetable exporter…”

Looking at Boss Joe, who was dumbfounded, Qiao Liang burst into laughter and said, “Big bro, I was just wondering why you were searching everywhere for food, without thinking about what we already have…

Now I understand, you simply didn’t know!

Big bro, if I may be blunt, since Aqionghan’s people mainly rely on wheat and barley as staples, we are slightly short.

If they’re willing to eat rice, our own channels could completely feed them.

Sometimes you really need to consider the ethnic compositions within your own territory…

Currently, we are among the top twenty soybean exporters in Brazil, and if these could be processed on-site, soybean oil and soybean meal are products with very high added value.

Soybean meal is an excellent raw material for poultry and pig feed, but in your land, most are MSL…

They don’t eat pork, and merely raising chickens makes the input-output somewhat disproportionate.”

Joe Ga looked at Qiao Liang in disbelief and said, “Has your business grown this big?”

Qiao Liang spread his hands and said, “Big bro, how long has it been since you looked at Jia Liang Trade’s financial report?

Jia Liang Trade’s revenue last year was $143.27 billion. Although adding tax rebates, the net profit was less than 8%, we are still a giant company with net profits in the billions.

Jia Liang Trade does channel business, and apart from the food and fruit trade in Southeast Asia, all other agricultural investments were made through my ‘Tonghong Smart Agriculture Company’.

Including Central Africa’s food vegetable base, Brazil’s soybean and sugarcane industry, Argentina’s barley and livestock…

And part of the agriculture in the Sahel Region, though there’s no visible hope of profit for now, the southern Sahel has already started production.”

Watching his astonished big brother, Qiao Liang smiled and said, “Bro, as long as you don’t aim to be a savior, no matter how much food prices rise, I can ensure that your land won’t see anyone starve.

No wheat? Eat rice. If it comes to it, there’s always potatoes…”

Joe Ga, after digesting this information for a while, excitedly looked at Dorian, who was burying himself in food and drink, and said, “Did you hear, isn’t my brother amazing?”

Dorian smiled at Qiao Liang and said, “The boss will surely be thrilled. Do you think if I remind him of even better news, he’d give me a raise?

I’ve been stuck at level 29 for quite a while…”

With that, Dorian looked at Joe Ga and said, “Boss, did you forget that Louis Dreyfus in France still owes you an explanation…

If you can’t get food, surely they can?”

Joe Ga slapped his forehead with force…

“How the hell did I forget them?”

With that, Joe Ga refrained from mentioning the raise, glanced at several Kandahar Base Aqionghan government army officers standing not far off looking at him, as if there was something…

Boss Joe waved at Dorian and said, “Go see what they want.

I need to call Pierre to settle the account…

Damn, Louis Dreyfus may not have enough liquidity, but they certainly have enough food, haha…”