Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 508 World Food Bumper Harvest

As a North American defense contractor, United Defense is relatively unknown internationally compared to Raytheon, Boeing, General Dynamics, and Grumman Aircraft.

But it is by no means a small company.

In addition to the Bradley fighting vehicle and M8 armored artillery system mentioned by Romney, it also owns other equipment.

It also possesses Grizzly mine clearance and obstacle breaching vehicles, M88 improved recovery vehicles, M9 armored fighting bulldozers, Crusader field guns, shipborne vertical launch systems, combat command vehicles, air defense vehicles, fire support vehicles, multi-functional tractors, and various individual soldier equipment, etc.

Influenced by Bush's control of North America for more than 20 years, United Defense has almost monopolized the supply of light weapons in North America. The light armor that people see in international news reports about the US military is basically produced by United Defense.

Furthermore, United Defense has a 'virtual training system' that almost all North American soldiers are exposed to during their early service in order to get through basic training more quickly.

Another company is United Defense, which is responsible for inspecting equipment in the North American naval vessels. Back then, when Japan was accused of falsifying steel, Congress conducted surprise inspections of North American nuclear submarines and more than ten warships. United Defense was the trusted agency entrusted by Congress.

The latter did indeed enforce the law impartially, issuing inspection reports on potential problems with the nuclear submarine and the substandard quality of more than ten warships.

This shows that although United Defense is wholly owned by Brooks' Carlisle Group, it is by no means a pure capital company.

Instead, it is a department jointly established by a military-industrial complex, possessing both military and political functions.

Therefore, Yu Yang does not believe that Romney would simply hand over the Joint Defense program to his own side.

The limit that the other party can achieve is to remove all the technology and patents owned by United Defense, retain only a few small orders, and then transfer them, along with the production line, to their own company.

At that time, the company's total value should be around 40 billion to 60 billion US dollars.

Compared to the 20% stake in Titan Corporation, which was worth tens of billions of dollars, their own company suffered huge losses.

However, by securing the Joint Defense deal, they have essentially obtained a ticket to the North American military industry, which, from a strategic perspective, is a sure win.

What if, after securing the joint defense contract, the Pentagon deliberately ignores them and doesn't select them in the North American military's bidding process...?

Capital seeks profit, so let's assume the North American Army plans to purchase a new type of armored vehicle.

From design to research and development to pricing, the total budget was $2 million.

Thor offered $2 million.

General Dynamics offered $2.5 million.

Lockheed Martin offered $3 million.

They offered $0.3 billion.

The Pentagon didn't choose its own company, but instead gave the opportunity to General Dynamics.

After the bidding process ends, General Dynamics will definitely come to their own company.

Because of the difference between 2.5 million and 0.3 million, the order can be resold and generate a profit of 1.2 million US dollars, while still fulfilling the order.

Similarly, when purchasing military uniforms, boots, rations, etc., the Pentagon does not select from its own suppliers but instead subcontracts orders to other companies. These other companies, in order to make a profit, will also transfer the orders to the Pentagon.

In other words, their demand for North American defense contractor status was in order to subcontract the work.

Then, through the second contract, the first contract and the contracting party are completely deprived of their ability to manufacture weapons.

Of course, a good reputation is essential for a second-hand store.

There is still a long way to go before our country can secure the joint defense agreement.

···
After Yu Yang and Romney reached a consensus, they went together from the left building of the administrative hall—Sanyuan Agricultural Headquarters—to the right building—Shiliying Subdistrict Office.

At the end of May, the Nanyang Expo closed, and Lao Huang finished criticizing his superiors.

The neighborhood committee is currently busy preparing for the external recruitment exams for the Hundred Schools Alliance.

Yu Yang summoned Lao Huang, gave him a few instructions, and then cleared out a high-end conference room in the adjacent conference hall.

soon.

The factory news broadcasted news that Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney visited Shiliying Subdistrict and was personally received by Huang Ganchen, the director of the subdistrict office.

Following this, the two sides held a bilateral meeting.

During the meeting, Director Huang pointed out some shortcomings in Massachusetts' development and decided to provide assistance to the Massachusetts state government.

Massachusetts is home to a large number of multinational corporations, including Bain Capital, Procter & Gamble North America, Gillette, Amazon, North American Steel, Eli Lilly and Company, Genzyme Pharmaceuticals, General Electric, and many more.

However, in the past few years, North American steel went bankrupt, Procter & Gamble's development in North America was hampered, Bain Capital failed to enter the Asia-Pacific region, Gillette faced declining sales in emerging industries, and General Electric lost more than ten orders worth tens of billions of dollars...

The assistance provided by the Shiliying Subdistrict Office includes four aspects: first, acquiring North American Steel to restore Massachusetts's smelting capabilities within ten years (a grand promise); second, opening up dedicated counters for Procter & Gamble and Gillette in Shiliying Mall and SY Mall, allowing tax-free sales; third, allowing Eli Lilly and Genzyme Pharmaceuticals' drugs to be sold in Sanyuan Pharmacy; and fourth, helping Amazon build an online sales platform and promoting it on the Sanxi Forum and Sanxi Live Room.

Romney was unaware of these projects, and upon hearing Lao Huang's promise, he was so happy he almost jumped for joy.

Massachusetts's votes are secured!

Political donations from major corporations should increase five or six times.

If development is done well, running for North American governor will be easier in the future.

Of course, the prerequisite is that Sanyuan Agriculture must be helped to obtain the joint defense agreement.

·
Yu Yang sat backstage, watching Lao Huang and Romney, who were as close as brothers, before getting up and walking out of the street office.

Old Bush and Old Smith made a secret deal that led the Republican faction to abandon the next round of North American governors.

Romney, who belonged to the Republican faction, must have been eager to become the governor of North America by aligning himself with the oil tycoon.

Now Romney has sold Brooks' United Defense, becoming a 20% shareholder in Titan Corporation, and has disrupted Brooks' plans by participating in the general manager election...

Old Bush probably wants to kill Romney.

Romney is not a political novice; he has similar experience to Joe Harden of the democratic camp and is also one of the core members of the establishment with financial strength.

If Brooks kills Romney...

There is a high probability that the Republican faction will fight amongst themselves, which could even trigger a crisis of trust among members of the military-industrial complex.

What is a troublemaker?

After much deliberation, Yu Yang abandoned his idea of ​​helping Old Bu get rid of Romney.

Because once something is done, finding out the truth is only a matter of time.

Just like the death of Little Smith, there is now conclusive evidence pointing to Old Morgan.

The reason why old Morgan killed little Smith...
As analyzed by Pingdong Science and Technology Bureau-Social Sciences Academy: Would an emperor entrust his vast fortune to someone with descendants?
No, absolutely not. Even if it were handed over to a eunuch, the emperor would still be suspicious.

As for whether old Smith believes this 'evidence'...

What's it to us?

···
The South Third Ring Road includes Jishui Boxing Shop.

Many farmlands were preserved during the development process.

As Yu Yang walked out of the administrative hall, he immediately smelled the aroma of harvested wheat.

Take out the Titan phone and search for this year's harvest.

In late 04, Dongfang Tongyi planted San San winter wheat, which was harvested in 05. The total wheat yield increased by 35% compared to previous years.

Thanks to the three-line seed purchase guarantee agreement and the three-line grain price guarantee agreement, the average income of farmers in Dongfang has increased by 35%.

Yes, the methods and algorithms for increasing farmers' income are that simple, direct, and effective.

With farmers' incomes increasing, rural consumption capacity is expected to rise by 20 percentage points in the next two months.

Most importantly, this year a nationwide pilot program will be implemented to abolish grain rations, with a formal abolition scheduled for January 2006, along with the nationwide implementation of agricultural subsidies…
This means that farmers' actual income will at least double compared to previous years, with total household income expected to reach 8000 yuan per year.

Of course, when converted to per capita, it only amounts to 150 or 160 yuan per month, which is far from enough to make ends meet, let alone a comfortable life.

But this is much better than before. Yu Yang thought of the nearly 3000 billion yuan in cash that Welch paid to buy a 20% stake, so he simply gave the three electronics companies a "home appliance subsidy for rural areas".

The subsidy is mainly provided through customer rewards for the three series of products. This means that based on historical consumption, points are converted into points, which customers can use to offset 60% of the purchase price, ultimately allowing them to buy home appliances at 40% of the original price.

The 60% offset was directly replenished to suppliers from the 3000 billion yuan in red banknotes.

The three electronic companies use the supply and sales system of the trade hall, which ensures transparent pricing and eliminates the phenomenon of price increases due to subsidies. Therefore, the "Home Appliances to the Countryside" program is a genuine subsidy.

Yu Yang handed the matter over to the factory affairs team and inspected the summer harvest again.

Southern Vietnam is tropical and does not have a 'summer harvest and autumn harvest'; instead, it has 5 to 8 harvests a year. This year's cumulative yield has already exceeded that of the same period last year by 50%.

Amur is a high-altitude, cold region, and the 05 planting plan has not yet been launched. However, 2500 mu of new arable land were developed in 04, and the autumn harvest in 04 increased by 350% compared to the same period in previous years.

Like southern Vietnam, the Chad Basin is also tropical, with 3-6 harvests of various grains per year. This year's cumulative yield exceeds that of the same period in previous years by 55%...
Overall, the production of three-line grains will increase by at least 50% this year.

If we include Fujima's cultivated land in the Southern Hemisphere, the total grain output of the three systems is approximately 21.8 billion tons.

It accounts for 58% of global food production, which is 3.3 times the food production of North America.

After thinking it over, Yu Yang first contacted the factory's cultural troupe to produce a summer harvest promotional video, and then contacted Oriental Radio to announce the world's bumper harvest of grain.

Then, they contacted the factory secretary and publicly announced that grain prices would be lowered again this year, by 15% to 20%.

Three minutes later.

Lao Yuan, the head of the ADM special research group, called.

"Comrade Yu Yang, world food prices have been lowered for three consecutive years, with a cumulative reduction of 60%. Doing this could cause big problems."

"Boss, the price of grain has been lowered. Has it delayed your meal?"

"Uh...no."

"Did it interfere with the meals of people from the East?"

"Uh...no, none."

Over the past three years, the number of pigs slaughtered in Dongfangtou has increased twentyfold, and the supply of chicken is difficult to quantify. Although grain-fed beef is mainly exported, it has not affected the supply to the domestic market.

If you include aquatic products, seafood, soy products, and all sorts of dried fruits...
The national per capita income has not increased much, but everyone can eat their fill, and even eat well.

"Leader, Sanyuan Agriculture's initiative to lower global food prices is to liberate the hands of working people around the world, so that no one in the world will need to farm. How wonderful is that?"

Lao Yuan understood immediately and hung up the phone.

This is not something he should get involved in.

He also didn't want to get involved in this matter.

Yu Yang looked at the communicator that had been disconnected earlier and sighed, "Compared to Lao Ren, he's too timid."

If it were Nintendo, the other party would definitely let out a villainous 'hehehe' laugh on the spot.

Then they would offer advice and strategies on how to liberate the hands of working people around the world in a shorter period of time.

Yu Yang pondered, flipping through the 'sayings'.

The news of three consecutive years of bumper harvests worldwide, and the resulting new round of food price reductions, quickly swept across the internet.

Netizens will definitely be happy because food will be cheaper.

Food companies are complaining because raw material prices have fallen, inventory has depreciated, production costs remain the same, profits are declining, but loans still need to be repaid.

During the global food price drop in 03, those with ample funds fared well, while those with severe shortages went bankrupt.

During the global food price drop in 04, those who had plenty of funds last year became short of funds and had to borrow money from all sides to barely survive.

Global food prices have fallen again this year...
This round is expected to wipe out all non-large capital food companies worldwide.

But the food company's complaints were quickly drowned out by netizens and AI.

"As expected of the wicked capitalists, the food suppliers lowered prices, and you complained about the price reduction in order to make more money. Where is your conscience?"

"I will never buy fries from XX company again."

"Company xxx is calling for a price increase in grain; we call for a boycott of their products across the entire internet!"

"XVX Company has finally gone bankrupt!"

at the same time.

Grain-importing countries have been placing grain purchase orders with Sanyuan Agriculture.

Grain-exporting countries are urging global grain traders to sign contracts to prevent grain prices from falling again.

Meanwhile, superpowers like North America, the UAE, England, and FA have activated emergency plans and are discussing the impact of food price reductions on the international situation.

But with the new grain harvest, no one can stop grain prices from falling now.

Is it really necessary to burn all crops in France, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine to create a global food shortage and force food prices to rise? The EU must be crazy.

Are they going to burn all the crops in the Americas and create a global food shortage? Federal capital must be insane.

Are we going to burn crops in Southeast Asia and Africa? The EU and North America have considered it, but they can't bring themselves to do it.

Since production cannot be reduced, and grain production is increasing, grain devaluation is inevitable.

···
June 1st is Children's Day.

Global food prices have been lowered across the board.

Wheat, for example, has dropped from 7 cents a pound to 5 cents.

For example, soybeans have dropped from 9 cents a pound to 7 cents a pound.

Correspondingly, feed prices have decreased, cooking oil prices have decreased, soy product prices have decreased, and prices for soy sauce, vinegar, and light soy sauce have decreased...

Subsequently, driven by the three major food companies, a global snack price war broke out, with prices dropping by an average of 23%.

Multinational food companies such as Coca-Cola, Best, Tyson, Nestlé, Unilever, and General Mills originally intended to unite and reject a price war.

However, Sanxi Foods, which has obtained access to the European and American markets, opened up sales for both sides in just two days thanks to its advantages of better taste, lower price and more generous portions.

If Western food companies want to regain market share, they must offer lower prices and greater discounts to attract departing customers.

Therefore, on June 5th, the first day of the college entrance examination in the East, the global food price war broke out in full force.

Buy one get one free fries, and you can also win a grand prize of 10,000 yuan.

Potato chips are 50% off, plus a free bucket of cola.

Open a Coca-Cola and receive a free bag of fries (99% chance).

Big sale on bread, big sale on flour, big sale on noodles...
Western food companies co-sponsored rugby, the NBA, the 05 U20 World Cup...

Sanyuan Agriculture held various events for its factory employees, including the Sanyuan Cup Basketball Tournament, "Happy Forward Rush," World Full Armor Fighting, "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain," and "Arhat Ascending to Heaven."

6 month 10 number.

A 30-ton cargo ship belonging to North American Ocean Shipping Group, fully loaded with Sanyuan Foods and bound for Texas, sank at sea, and all the cargo, worth 5 million US dollars, was burned.

That night.

A 50-ton cargo ship belonging to North American Ocean Shipping Group, fully loaded with Tyson Foods and Coca-Cola products and bound for Qingdao, was robbed by pirates in the North Pacific Ocean, and cargo worth US$12 billion disappeared.

Smith, the major shareholder of North American Ocean Shipping Group: "Enough already! Do you think I'm blind?!"

(End of this chapter)