Chapter 1398: Big Surprise From Industry Survey

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

But the information provided by Aaron let him know that the food crisis will inevitably break out, so P·B will not only face the problem of Aqiong Khan.

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

Especially in the surrounding areas of 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.

In the 21st century, there are still people starving to death, which may be the most unfunny joke in the world!

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

And this time he decided to spend the EU's money!

When the first pot of beef offal soup in the cafeteria began to emit fragrance, Boss Qiao called Jamie and told the financial shark his idea, and then the two quickly reached a consensus...

In the context of the outbreak of war, the devaluation of the euro is almost a foregone conclusion.

Most people believe that due to the impact of the large-scale release of US dollars, the euro will depreciate slightly like other currencies, and then as they raise interest rates internally, the depreciation will be controlled.

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

What the specific reason is, it doesn't matter to a shark like Jamie. Boss Qiao is doing large-scale loan financing for the first time, and he will definitely not lose money, so he doesn't have to think too much.

At this stage, most of P·B's idle funds have been sent to the United States to buy at the bottom, and the capital chain is indeed a problem.

In the context of P·B taking over the problem of Afghanistan, this practice of mortgaging its own valuable assets to borrow money to buy food and prepare for humanitarian disasters is a saintly act that is to be publicized.

However, when Jamie checked the international food prices, he found that Boss Qiao's concerns and predictions may not be groundless.

Last year, that is, in 2020, the international wheat price was $305/ton, and this year the wheat price suddenly rose to $390/ton due to the artificially created tension in East W.

And this price increase does not seem to stop, and it may break through the price of $400/ton at any time.

The price of corn last year was $230/ton, and this year it has risen to $370/ton.

Soybeans are even more outrageous. Last year, the price of soybeans was $450/ton, and this year it rose to $800/ton.

It is definitely not accurate to say that they are all affected by East W, but it is obvious that someone is taking advantage of the wheat price increase to artificially raise food prices across the board.

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

This is an area that Boss Joe cannot intervene in. What he needs to calculate is how much he can do with the $7 billion in his hand?

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

Because wheat processing will have a loss of about 30%, that is, each person needs 175 kilograms of flour every year, and then with other foods, to be considered full.

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

Qiao Jia doesn't know how many problems Afghanistan's own wheat and barley can solve. Even if they only have about half of the gap, according to the current international food prices, at least 1.5 billion US dollars are needed to prevent famine here.

This is just wheat. If it is based on the standards of the United Nations humanitarian aid, the cost will be about 4 times higher.

What's more serious is that Boss Qiao has to face not only Afghanistan, but also difficult areas such as Yemen, Somalia, and Congo.

It may be necessary to import food from 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 years.

In order to stabilize the current good situation in the P·B territory, at least 8 billion US dollars of food reserves will be 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 for this money alone, and Boss Qiao is not a savior.

In addition to international aid, disaster-stricken countries can also borrow from international banks or seek food through material exchanges.

Every penny that Boss Qiao pays out will eventually be taken back through other means as long as it flows through the main humanitarian channel, including Aqiong Khan!

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

However, Jamie saw through Boss Qiao's idea at the first time...

Borrowing chickens to lay eggs!

Borrowing the old hen of the European Union, the eggs of grain processing and fertilizer production in Bruger.

At that time, how much the euro depreciates is equivalent to how much the EU has spent on P·B!

From Jamie's point of view, when it is certain that the euro will fall, of course, it is as much as possible to borrow.

Use 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 withdraw funds from the United States to return them after the euro depreciates.

Earning 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 mother shark if you don’t make a fortune in the futures market?

The execution ability of the financial shark is so strong that ordinary people can’t imagine it at all...

When Boss Qiao was eating beef offal, Jamie had already contacted Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Credit Agricole, HSBC...

The Crete industry, Mediterranean oil fields, Iraqi oil field shares, Libyan refinery shares, and Syrian refinery shares in Boss Qiao’s hands, which have the most financial value, were sent to the desks of those banks and began to go through the mortgage loan procedures.

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

Just as Boss Qiao was eating breakfast and asking Qiao Liang if he could get some wheat from his mother for emergency use, Jamie called him and told him...

"Boss, the loan is almost done. In the next month, we can get about 40-45 billion euros in one-year loans from several major banks.

I will be responsible for the food reserve issue. I can't guarantee that I can make a lot of money from the food issue, but I can guarantee that no one can make more money from us than we planned."

When Qiao Jia wanted to ask what happened, Jamie hung up the phone...

Qiao Jia came to his senses and wanted to ask what happened, but he was worried that he would be laughed at for not knowing the business, so he called Chris in Southeast Asia and sprayed a series of dirty words, asking him to find a way to get a loan in the Philippines. Bin purchased a batch of rice and shipped it to Tobruk...

Chris didn't know what happened yet. When he wanted to ask a question, Boss Qiao hung up the phone with a bang. Then he looked at Qiao Liang, who was sitting opposite him in a daze, and said with a smile: "As a big boss, if you are 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 don't dare to understand. I'm afraid that people will beat me up!"

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

Qiao Jia listened, thought about it and said: "If you only have 100 million US dollars in your hand, then investing in agriculture is still a losing business.

If you have 1 billion US dollars in your hand and a big brother with a strong fist, then the situation is another matter."

Qiao Jia said in a good mood to Ba Yika waved for another bowl of beef offal soup, then he looked at his brother and said seriously: "The situation in Great Russia is not good. You should organize people to keep an eye on their domestic situation for a period of time. Once there is a problem with their foreign exchange reserves, you should decisively take US dollars to purchase land in the eastern part of Great Russia.

This time, you can invest boldly. As long as everything is reasonable and legal, if Great Russia dares to default on its debt, I can make them miserable.

In the territory of Great Russia, the population is concentrated in the west, and the east is sparsely populated. You don't have to worry about employment issues. Use all the technologies that smart agriculture should have and completely reduce costs.

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

This is you The best opportunity to develop smart agriculture! "

After saying that, Qiao Jia looked at Qiao Liang's smiling face, and he frowned and said, "What are you laughing at?"

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

You asked me to do this...

We are now the 19th largest soybean exporter in Brazil, and the sixth in the Brazilian sugar industry.

The agriculture and animal husbandry we invested in Argentina have not yet made a profit, but that is because of 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, barley production is expected to increase by about 20%, and the number of cattle and sheep 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 one of the top three fruit traders in China, the number one canned fruit exporter, and the number one dehydrated vegetable exporter..."

Qiao Liang looked at the stunned Boss Qiao and laughed, "Brother, I was wondering why you didn't think of us when you were looking for food everywhere...

Now I understand, it turns out that you didn't know at all!

Brother, to be frank, the people on the Aqionghan side mainly eat wheat and barley, so we are still a little short.

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

Sometimes you should really consider the ethnic composition of your territory...

We are now one of the top 20 soybean exporters in Brazil. If that stuff can be processed on site, soybean oil and soybean meal are both products with extremely high added value.

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

They don't eat pork, and if they only raise chickens, the input-output ratio is somewhat disproportionate. "

Qiao Jia looked at Qiao Liang in disbelief and said, "Your business has grown so big?"

Qiao Liang spread his hands and said, "Brother, how long have you not seen the financial report of Jialiang Trade?

Last year, Jialiang Trade's revenue was 143.27 billion US dollars. Although the net profit was less than 8% with the tax rebate benefits, we are also a giant company with a net profit of tens of billions.

Jialiang Trade is engaged in channel business. In addition to the grain and fruit trade in Southeast Asia, other agricultural investments are all invested by me using the "Red Intelligent Agriculture Company".

These include the grain and vegetable base in Central Africa, the soybean and sugar industry in Brazil, the barley and animal husbandry in Argentina...

There are also some agriculture in the Sahel region. Although there is no hope of profit for the time being, the southern Sahel region has begun to produce."

Qiao Liang looked at his stunned 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 rises, I can guarantee that your territory will not starve to death.

If there is no wheat, eat rice, and if it doesn't work, there are potatoes..."

Qiao Jia heard the news After a while, he looked at Dorian who was eating and drinking excitedly and said, "Did you hear that? Is my brother awesome?"

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

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

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, can't they get it?"

Qiao Jia slapped his head hard...

"Why the hell did I forget about them?"

Qiao Jia said that he never mentioned the salary increase. He looked at several Afghan government officers from the Kandahar base standing not far away and looking at him, as if something was wrong...

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

I'm going to call Pierre to collect the debt...

Damn, Louis Dreyfus doesn't have enough liquidity, but there must be enough food, haha..."