After getting off the boat at Koro Island, Jiang Chen did not stop.
After instructing Kutch to drive the yacht back to his villa and park it, he took a plane to Australia alone and got off the plane in Melbourne.
When Jiang Chen checked in at the business hotel near the airport, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.
He hadn't had lunch yet, so he casually found a Chinese restaurant to finish his meal, and then started today's trip.
According to the driving route provided by the mobile phone map, he soon came to the building of a military company whose Chinese translation was "Mammoth".
This company was introduced to Jiang Chen by Roberts. It is a relatively well-known military base contractor in the world. It has built military outposts for peacekeeping forces in Iraq. Roberts has had dealings with them in the arms business.
After explaining his intention to the pretty receptionist at the front desk, the boss of the company quickly went downstairs to receive Jiang Chen in person.
The boss of this company is a bearded Australian named Thomas, who once served in the Australian special forces.
Roberts had obviously communicated with him in advance. After briefly asking Jiang Chen about his detailed requirements for the military base, he enthusiastically came up with more than a dozen construction plans. The geopolitical situation has eased recently, and his company has not encountered such a big order for a long time, which is why he is so enthusiastic.
After two full days of discussion, the two parties finally finalized the construction plan.
The total contract value is US$400 million. The construction content includes a four-berth deep-water port, radar base station, meteorological observation equipment, airstrip, coastal defense gun base, missile base and other facilities. It is modeled on the layout of the Wake Island military base.
Of course, due to arms sales restrictions, these construction projects do not include missile launchers and large-caliber artillery. Thomas would not dare to sell these big guys without permission from the Australian government.
But Jiang Chen is not surprised either.
No matter how powerful this missile of the 21st century is, can it surpass the Tianjie-32 cruise missile? No matter how powerful the artillery is, is it stronger than the Type 50 electromagnetic gun? Although the manufacturing technology of the former has not yet been mastered. The latter is only a tank-level electromagnetic gun, but Jiang Chen believes that with further exploration of the end of the world, these N things will be in his pocket sooner or later.
In addition, this guy named Thomas also sold four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to Jiang Chen. The unit price is US$40 million, totaling US$160 million. Incidentally, he also donated training quotas for eight helicopter pilots to Star Circle Trading Company.
With these four Black Hawks, the mobility of the Crescent Island military base will rise to another level. With the carrying capacity of these four Black Hawk helicopters, the soldiers of Star Circle Trading Company can quickly land on any island among the nine islands. to cope with various emergencies.
Before changing to new technology, it is still very good to use Blackhawk as a transition.
... ...
On the third day after arriving in Australia, the military base matter has been settled, and Mammoth Company has sent professionals to Crescent Island for inspection. According to Thomas, if things go well, they could be finished by July of this year.
After dealing with the military base, Jiang Chen was not in a hurry to go back.
The next day, Jiang Chen got up early and took a car to the northern suburbs of Melbourne in the early morning.
The state of Victoria is located in the southeastern tip of Australia, and its capital is Melbourne. It has always been known as the "Garden State". Because it is close to the ocean and has a warm and humid climate, it has the best vegetation and lush grasslands in Australia. Victoria has therefore become Australia's largest source of milk and agricultural and animal husbandry products.
The further away from the city the car becomes, the fresher the air becomes.
After getting off the car in front of a farm, Jiang Chen found the farmer who had just gotten off the farm truck.
"Who are you?"
"Jiang Chen." Jiang Chen simply introduced himself.
The farmer, who had a big beer belly, picked up a towel and wiped the sweat from his face.
"Jiang Chen? Chinese?... I always feel like I've heard this name somewhere. Well, you can call me Luke. I'm the owner of this farm. Are you here to buy fresh milk?"
"Fresh milk?" Jiang Chen asked confused.
"Huh? Isn't it?" The farmer glanced at Jiang Chen in surprise and put the towel on his thick neck. "Aren't you here for 'purchasing'? Judging by your age, you should be an international student in Melbourne."
Luke uses the term "purchasing agent" in Mandarin.
Jiang Chen couldn't help but feel ashamed. After all, Futureman International had been nominated by one of the Fortune Global 500 companies. No matter how idle the chairman was, he would never be able to do purchasing on behalf of others.
"Ahem. You misunderstood. I'm here to discuss big business."
Luke glanced at Jiang Chen suspiciously.
While he was talking, a van stopped in front of the farm.
A girl wearing a peaked cap got out of the car. When Luke saw the visitor, he seemed to know her purpose and went straight back to the farm.
"Hello." The girl was quite lively. He greeted Jiang Chen warmly.
Jiang Chen smiled at her and asked casually, "Are you an international student in Melbourne?"
The girl was also very talkative and said with a cheerful smile, "Well, I'm studying business administration. I'm a junior this year. What about you?"
"I'm not a student. I finished my studies two years ago."
"Not an international student? Are you an expat?" the girl asked, blinking.
Although it is true to say that, they are not Australian expatriates, but from New Zealand.
"Um."
"Eh? Then where is your ancestral home?"
"Lake City."
"Hucheng, my family is in Shangjing. Do you specialize in purchasing milk powder?"
"Why do you think I'm a purchasing agent?" Jiang Chen said helplessly.
The girl glanced at Jiang Chen doubtfully, and then she seemed to understand something and persuaded Jiang Chen kindly.
"If you are bringing it for your family, it is best to buy it in the supermarket. Although you can drink the product directly from the farm, the packaging is very inconvenient and it is still a bit unhygienic."
"What about you?" Jiang Chen looked at her doubtfully and asked.
"Of course I'm not bringing my family to drink." The girl rolled her eyes at Jiang Chen, "I'm a purchasing agent, mainly selling on WeChat and Taobao... Ah, by the way, recently I also started selling on Xiaobai. I opened a purchasing agency, and now I can earn my own tuition.”
As she spoke, the girl's face was filled with pride. Compared with other poor students whose parents paid for their money to go abroad, there are not many rich second-generation students like her who are able to support themselves. Neither is he close to his godfather, nor is he a burden to the family.
However, she would never have imagined that Xiaobai's designer was standing in front of her at this moment, chatting with her normally.
"Purchasing agents... uh, don't purchasing agents purchase goods from supermarkets?" Jiang Chen vaguely remembered what those advertisements said.
"You're stupid," the girl rolled her eyes at Jiang Chen, "Have you never gone to Woolworth's to buy milk powder? Chinese customers can only buy two cans at a time! And it's expensive. The online store my classmates and I built sells milk every day. You have to sell dozens of cans, how can you buy it from the supermarket? Get the goods directly from the farm, and then buy some empty cans of famous brand milk powder from the scrapyard—"
At this point, the girl seemed to react and quickly stopped talking.
By chance, Luke had already walked out carrying a big bag. The girl's eyes lit up and she hurried forward to greet him.
The Australian helped the girl carry the milk powder to the van and put it away, and then took the dozen Australian dollars from her.
"Goodbye." The girl smiled sweetly at Jiang Chen, waved goodbye, and then got in the car.
Jiang Chen also waved his hand and said goodbye to the girl whose name he didn't know.
Very polite girl.
But she always felt that this sweet smile was a little distorted.
"Tell me, buddy, what's your big business?" Luke wiped his sweat and stood next to Jiang Chen and asked.
Jiang Chen didn't answer, but instead asked an irrelevant question, "Is that milk powder safe?"
Luke was stunned, glanced at Jiang Chen in confusion, and nodded.
"Of course it's safe. My farm has passed the quarantine process from the stage of milk production. Although the batch of milk powder is a private product that I entrusted a friend's milk powder factory to make, the quality must have passed the standard..."
After being silent for a long time, Jiang Chen sighed as if giving up.
"As long as it's safe. Of course, I'm not here to buy milk powder, I'm just curious... Forget it, let's get down to business... "(.)