Matthew Glea, formerly of Australia, currently works for Xinhainong, a subsidiary of Future Man Group>
Some time ago, Futureman Group's acquisition of its assets was blocked by Cargill of the United States. The wealthy Futureman Group immediately launched a poaching offensive. Since the conditions offered by the Future People Group were quite generous, and Matthew himself was quite optimistic about the prospects of seabed planting, he accepted the olive branch offered by the Future People Group without much hesitation.
After taking office, he did use his professional ability to manage Xinhainong, a new company that was established less than half a year ago, in an orderly manner.
After Jiang Chen returned to Coro Island from Manila, the first thing he did was to find the CEO of the new sea farmer. Although agriculture accounts for a very low proportion of the revenue of the subsidiaries of Futureman Group, he has always regarded agriculture as a key project.
Agriculture is directly related to the cost of living of the people of the new country, and indirectly related to the stability of the political situation of the new country under his control.
At this moment, in the office of the Future Man Building, Jiang Chen was listening to Matthew Gloria's report on Xinhainong's recent work.
"... Xinhainong's 400,000 acres of undersea planting area has been fully developed. The total revenue in the first quarter is estimated to be 43.7 million US dollars, accounting for 56% and 37% of the market share of Penglai City and Xinguo Farmers' Market. According to the analysis of the Market Research Department , There is currently a large gap in the market for economic crops such as soybeans, tea, coffee, and cocoa beans in New Zealand. In the next quarter, we are preparing to open up the cultivation of such crops and add 500,000 acres of arable land."
After listening to Matthew Gloria's report, Jiang Chen nodded and said.
"There is no problem in adding 500,000 acres of arable land, but if it is used to grow cash crops, I have a different view here."
Although the plan was questioned by the chairman, Matthew Glea did not appear to be discouraged.
When he was the CEO of the company, the most important thing he did every day was to persuade the board of directors who didn't understand the market at all to nod. The shareholder structure of Futureman Group is single. Jiang Chen alone represents the entire board of directors. It is much easier to convince one person than to convince a group of people, so he explained patiently.
"Planting cash crops is absolutely in line with the current market demand of the new country. Moreover, the company's technical department has confirmed that it is technically feasible to grow cash crops in seabed planting bases. If you still have doubts about this plan, I can do it tomorrow Provide you with a global and domestic market research report and industry analysis document."
"No, you misunderstood," Jiang Chen smiled and shook his head, "I'm not saying there is anything wrong with growing cash crops, but there is no need to grow cash crops on the seabed. I have 15 million in the Philippines Mu plantation has been allocated to Xin Hainong's name through Future People's Bank in the form of escrow assets, and the procedures will be completed in about three days."
Fifteen million acres!
Jiang Chen's understatement set off a storm in Matthew's heart.
Others may not understand it, but as the former CEO of an Australian rice monopoly, he is well aware of the cultivated land area in Southeast Asian countries. Fifteen million acres of plantations, equivalent to 10,000 square kilometers, is almost equivalent to one-tenth of the total cultivated land area of the Philippines!
When did the relationship between Futureman Group and the Philippines become so strong
Will the Philippine Congress allow foreign companies to control such huge arable land resources
After a while, Matthew came back to his senses and suppressed the surprised expression on his face.
"Sorry, I lost my temper a little."
"It's okay." Jiang Chen smiled nonchalantly and handed the plan on the table back to his hand, "I understand your surprise, but that's the fact. Xinhainong's undersea planting area is still based on food crops. Lord, we can plant cash crops in overseas plantations. We have negotiated with the Moro government for a light industrial park focusing on food processing, and Future Biotechnology and Xinglong Food are currently building food processing plants in Mindanao."
Having said this, Jiang Chen paused for a moment, looked at Matthew with a smile, and drew an imaginary triangle on the desk with his fingers.
"The Philippines produces raw materials, Morocco processes the raw materials, and finally serves the New Country market, and sells our products to the global market from Penglai City. I hope that the cash crops grown by New Sea Farmers are not just soybeans, tea, and coffee. , cocoa beans, including coconuts, rubber and other crops that will be used by the future human group, you must get involved. Prioritize meeting the needs within the group, and export the excess!"
"...trust model." After listening to Jiang Chen's words, Matthew swallowed and squeezed out a rather retro vocabulary.
The reason why it is said to be retro is because in modern society, this kind of monopoly method of huge profits has almost disappeared. Even powerful consortiums such as Morgan and Goldman Sachs would not dare to blatantly display their monopoly on a certain industry so nakedly.
From the production of raw materials, to processing, to sales, and final profit distribution, everything is completed by one group. A highly integrated business structure will make each production link a screw in the entire industrial chain, controlled by the same company.
The result is that the company's production costs will be quite low.
So low that other companies simply can't compete with it.
To give a very simple example, the cost of producing a bottle of Coca-Cola by Coca-Cola is only about 7-8 cents. However, if everything from raw pulp materials to aluminum for cans are produced by Coca-Cola's subsidiaries, then this cost will likely be directly reduced. Double.
Of course, no one knows how much costs will be reduced, and it is absolutely impossible for Coca-Cola to do this. Rockefeller was the first to establish the trust model and monopolized 95% of the U.S.'s refining capacity, 90% of its oil transportation capacity, and 25% of its crude oil production. The final result was that it was brutally murdered by Roosevelt and turned into 34 "little Mobils."
"That's right." Jiang Chen nodded and said with a blunt smile, "You can understand the nature of the Future People Group as a new type of trust model. But if you want to make a difference, we still have it."
From the beginning, the Future People Group has taken control of the violent organ of the military, and by controlling sovereign countries, it has forcibly opened up a living space for monopoly groups.
If we were to change places, in China or any other country in the United States, the Future Group would not be able to obtain the soil for development, and sooner or later it would have to hit the bottom line of the country's tolerance for monopoly.
So far, Jiang Chen is most satisfied with the two decisions he has made. One is to choose Xia Shiyu as CEO regardless of personal grudges, and the second is to move the Future Man Group to the current new country early. .
"I will do it. I have to take the plan back and change it. Tomorrow... no, the day after tomorrow, the new one will be delivered to your desk. Tomorrow I have to convene a meeting with the new Hainan executives. If we are in the Philippines Now that we have fifteen million acres of plantations, everything has to be planned again." Matthew shrugged helplessly, but he couldn't hide the excited smile on his lips.
"Then go quickly, don't waste time here." Jiang Chen said with a smile.
After Matthew left, Jiang Chen leaned on his chair, called his office secretary, and asked her to make him a cup of coffee. Then he took advantage of this moment of free time to close his eyes and think about the next development direction of the group. .
Putting the coffee cup gently on Jiang Chen's desk, the female secretary secretly glanced at the chairman, who was resting with his eyes closed.
Her daily job is to serve tea and water, and occasionally help other secretaries organize documents, issue letters of introduction and other detailed tasks. Logically speaking, due to the nature of her work, she should have many opportunities to come into contact with Jiang Chen. However, the fact is exactly the opposite, because the chairman skips work every three days, and sometimes does not go on business trips for a month or two in a row.
To be honest, she occasionally fantasized about having something happen with Jiang Chen.
But so far, Jiang Chen has never shown any intention in that regard.
She gently arranged the documents on the table for Jiang Chen, quietly exited the office, and closed the door behind her. (.)