Chapter 353 Impossible Conditions
Sure enough, when the final bid came, a representative from Umbrella arrived at the scene, which immediately caused a lot of whispers.
This time, the bidding for Mexico's water system is not simply a matter of whoever has the highest bid wins, but requires detailed plans and commitments.
At the same time, the upper limit of water price is limited.
The former water companies can directly convert their original contracts and existing assets as the basis for the auction.
Several water companies in Mexico had also received the briefing and news in advance, and had met and reached a certain consensus.
We have to fight for it, but it is not easy to offend Umbrella. The first quotation and plan are mostly a test, and there will be a lot of room for maneuver, and there will also be an opportunity for a second negotiation.
Before that, we can just meet and discuss it.
Anyway, it is the interests of the Mexicans here that are being exploited. Whoever makes money will make money. We can’t lose money, right?
All parties have prepared complete materials, including the quotations.
Because it has been running for so many years now, it can be said that the first solutions put forward by these water oligarchs are all similar.
They have all reduced prices and made concessions to some extent, and have also displayed their own technological advantages, factory advantages, employee advantages, etc.
And found out the reasons why water prices are high.
"It's not that we want to maintain this water price, but now that Mexico's environment is deteriorating and costs are rising, we have no choice but to do so. The specific cost calculations are all in the data..."
Corey spoke to a reporter who came into the scene with a regretful and helpless tone.
The impact this time is too great, and with such a big fuss, reporters will naturally be allowed in, and some representatives of the demonstration are also here.
After all, to some extent, the Mexican officials did forcibly interfere with the already-concluded contract, so they had to find a reasonable excuse.
Security, people's livelihood and the representatives present can share enough pressure for them.
"So what does President Corey think about Umbrella's entry? You can see that many representatives on the scene look very excited and seem to believe in Umbrella."
The reporters also just wanted to watch the fun and asked tough questions.
This made Corey curse in his heart while smiling and saying
"Umbrella is a great company. The current public security that our company can enjoy is all related to Umbrella. We all like them very much."
First he praised it, then he continued
"But everyone has their own expertise. Umbrella has absolutely no experience in water affairs. If they want to join, it might be better to start with something simple. The environment in Mexico is seriously deteriorating, water resources are exhausted, and groundwater is polluted. It is very difficult and challenging. This technical threshold cannot be reached in a short time. Even if they finally acquire our factory buildings, water pipes, and machines, they can't do better than us..."
Because the target was Umbrella, Corey remained quite restrained and polite in his words.
If it were any other little Karami, he would probably have ridiculed and scolded her in front of the camera.
Do you know what you are facing?
The world's top water company!
We are the professionals in water-scarce environment like Mexico!
This time it can be said that the entire process was live broadcast, and Corey's words were heard by many people.
Although many Mexican people now have a blind worship of Umbrella, Corey's words are here, and this is indeed the reality!
The earth is a planet covered by water, and Mexico is surrounded by seas. However, the actual usable fresh water is quite scarce.
Yes, there are means of desalination.
But even the oil tycoons in the Middle East cannot rely solely on desalination to maintain their water supply! The cost and efficiency are here!
If a person is alone, he may be able to survive by making a small desalination device with the help of some distillation equipment.
However, for a country's consumption, the need for this kind of production capacity and quantity, the overall cost and demand are too high.
Fortunately, Mexico's environment is much better than that of the Middle East, and it still has lakes and reservoirs.
However, due to environmental degradation in recent years, these water resources have been rapidly depleting.
In addition, the water company deliberately failed to treat sewage, which polluted the groundwater, making the already tight water supply even more scarce!
Water outages have become commonplace in some slums, especially during droughts , and people can only survive by relying on water trucks to deliver yellow water.
However, some of their beverage manufacturers own private wells and rely on more advanced technology to monopolize clean groundwater.
The same is true for some companies controlled by Western capital.
Moreover, they are indeed more experienced in the scheduling and arrangement of water resources.
Unless Umbrella spends all its money and takes over all of their private resources, it will not be able to maintain operations, and the supply may even be less than it is now!
The number of resources themselves is there. They cannot appear out of thin air. It doesn't mean that they will be useful just by throwing money at them.
Even if you spend money to reduce the water price to one cent, what will happen? Where will you get so much water?
By then, the humanitarian crisis caused by water shortage will be no joke!
This is also the reason why they are fearless.
To forcibly reclaim their private wells?
Not to mention how bad this is, if things get really bad, the well will "collapse" and the water price will continue to skyrocket!
At that time, it won’t be a matter of their pricing, but people who don’t have water to drink will raise the price until they can’t afford it…
It’s not like they haven’t done this before. This is a game of capital!
For example, Mexico's Acre Continental, the second largest producer and distributor of Coca-Cola in Latin America, also has a large number of private wells.
But even when drought struck and Mexican officials called on beverage factories to stop production, they remained indifferent and refused to share water from their private wells. If you want water, just buy our Coke!
This is the price to pay when resources related to people's livelihood are completely controlled by capital.
The bitter fruit of being deceived.
Even when faced with droughts and natural disasters, it is a time for capital to reap the harvest, which is no different from the land annexation in ancient times.
There is nothing new under the sun, only copies in a different skin.
The more natural disasters and man-made disasters there are, the more likely the capital of the top players will expand in the opposite direction...
However, afterwards, the Mexican authorities successively released many commitments and quotations from several major companies.
The old companies mentioned above did have certain price cuts and promises, and their quotations were all based on their previous shares in the contract.
It is equivalent to simply reducing some profits and unit prices to give an explanation for this turmoil.
Normally, this is enough.
After all, the facts are there and there is nothing we can do about them!
But then Umbrella's announcement appeared.
There was a sudden uproar at the scene!
It is promised that Mexico City residents will pay 15 pesos per ton for water!
The water quality is guaranteed to be drinking water level, enough!
Converted, it costs less than one US dollar!
And we ensure that production will increase gradually so that sufficient supply can be provided in half a year, even industrial water can be fully met!
Due to water shortage in Mexico, factories have water quotas, and will not be given water if they exceed the quota.
That's a big promise! It's even unrealistic!
"This is impossible!"
“It will definitely be a loss.”
"And how is it possible to have such a large output? Water can't just appear out of thin air!"
“How are you going to pump out so much contaminated groundwater?”
Even though Mexico in the parallel world next door bought back its own water supply at the beginning of the new century, due to the overall harsh environment, the national average water price is still US$0.007 per gallon, which is equivalent to nearly US$2 per ton. This is an average and assuming government subsidies!
In this world where private companies are still trying to make profits, the price of water will naturally be much higher.
In some water-scarce areas, the cost is far more than this. Add to that transportation, scheduling, and operation, and the amount lost will be proportional to the sales.
And the question is where does the water come from?
Desalination? Can the efficiency of desalination keep up with the needs of such a large population in Mexico?
