Chapter 359 Acquisition
Umbrella seldom takes the initiative to engage in real business wars, but that doesn’t mean they don’t know how to use it!
As a core country, Mexico cannot always have the time to haggle with a group of politicians.
Being too easy to talk to will make you look cautious and weak. Once you start to act pretentiously and manipulate others, there will be more trouble later.
When it comes to interests, there are many people who are willing to take risks.
In this case, after initially entering the water sector, Umbrella directly started to cut the Gordian knot.
Having been rooted in Mexico for so long, it is impossible for the employees here to be unprepared.
It can be said that they have already been categorized, and with Lin Shiqin's surveillance to lock them down, there won't be any accidents at all!
And the way it was handled couldn't have been done by Umbrella.
Umbrella is a responsible security company. Mexico's public security is already very bad. This kind of thing...
It's a daily routine, just get used to it!
In the car, at home, in the office, in the toilet, those guys who didn't know their own weight and wanted to get more out of their own way all suffered the backlash from Mexico's own underground forces without exception.
However, if there is a consensus, even if it is only partial, as long as there is no explicit "opposition", Umbrella will tolerate it.
Even using money and interests to pave the way is no problem, what we need now is to get it done as quickly as possible!
On the one hand, news of BIUBIU’s demise was heard everywhere, and on the other hand, there was sufficient profit.
In addition, Umbrella itself did bring a large number of jobs, tax revenues and infrastructure to Mexico, and also restored order, which overall made the atmosphere in Mexico much better.
Therefore, even the few elites in Mexico, those truly ambitious people, do not have strong resistance to Umbrella.
At the same time, Umbrella also began to formally extend its tentacles into other important industries in Mexico that were controlled by foreign capital...
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"Impossible. This is not a question of money. You, Umbrella, have to be reasonable, right? This is not a water system that can be decided by the Mexican authorities. We have the North American Free Trade Agreement. Private property is sacred and inviolable. If we don't want to sell it, you can't buy it!"
In the Bunge Group's representative office in Mexico, Bunge's agent looked at Junichiro, who came from Umbrella as a representative, with a dark face.
They actually had a premonition when Umbrella activated the water system, but they still found it a little hard to believe when it really happened to them.
The water system has been interfered by the Mexican authorities, and there is really nothing that can be done now that the matter has become so serious, but as for the farms, there was no problem at all when they defeated the Mexican farmers!
Food is just a little more expensive now, but there is no problem of drinking water shortage like the water supply problem.
Just like the beverage factories still have private water wells today, these things cannot be taken back just like that!
Unlike the water affairs which are mainly controlled by Gaul and Britain, Gaul and Britain are out of reach and can only accept the defeat, but Da Piaoliang is right next door!
Strength and distance are not in the same dimension!
Pressure and confidence are also not on the same level!
"I think you'd better sell it. After all, the local merchants are killing people like crazy right now, and we don't have time to deal with these matters."
Junichiro sat here with an expressionless face, talking calmly about scary things.
"We have always kept our distance from them. They grow their crops and we grow our crops. As long as you don't cause trouble..."
The Bunge agent had just finished speaking when Junichiro explained the situation.
"Oh, we just cleared their plantation and are now planting our own medicinal herbs. The soil here is quite fertile."
Junichiro's words almost made Bunji's agent's nose run.
Watt hair?
Is this something humans can do?
Junichiro seemed to think about it, looked at the time, and then said to him
"You should still be able to see it on the news now , you can check to make sure."
As soon as he finished speaking, Bunge's agent quickly began to check the information and made phone calls while reading.
Sure enough, I got feedback very quickly!
Umbrella seized the territory of those businessmen!
Are you kidding me? This is a sin!
"Out of humanitarianism, we did not resort to annihilation warfare this time. We simply drove them away. After all, most of them were forced into this state by you..."
The subsequent words directly pushed Bunge's agent against the wall.
Initially, it was the dumping of their four major grain traders that destroyed Mexico's entire agriculture. Then, except for the high-quality areas that they entered and acquired, the rest that had not yet gone bankrupt began to resort to other means.
And now, their territory is gone. According to the news, Umbrella obtained the approval and authorization from the Mexican authorities!
So where will the merchants who have lost their territory set their sights on now?
"Sell it?"
Junichiro tilted his head and calmly continued to ask the questions he had already asked.
Ever since he no longer had the troubles of women, he felt like he had transcended everything, and he really liked this feeling now.
"Can we hire you guys to help guard it?"
Bangji's agent was still trying to save the situation, with a wry smile on his face.
“We are short-staffed.”
"Please allow me to contact the headquarters..."
Finally, he sighed.
As an agent of a place, doing this is a manifestation of incompetence, but the opponent is too strong.
Cargill, Bunge, ADM and Louis Dreyfus, except for the last one which is Gallic, the other three are all great.
Relying on the huge amount of funds in hand, the influence and channels of related fertilizers in hand, and the control over various regions around the world.
The four major grain traders control 80% of the world's grain trade!
They have too many means to coerce their opponents to compromise, and they can even make the beautiful authorities cooperate with their actions!
Even our own country has been cheated by them. If it weren’t for the bottomless reserves of staple food that repelled them, the consequences would have been even worse.
China joined the WTO in the millennium and opened up soybeans, with the tax rate reduced to 3%. The four major grain traders immediately used the ultra-low-priced soybeans to fill the domestic oil extraction companies.
The four major grain traders were also very patient. They spent four years continuously feeding the grain. They did not start until they could no longer leave. Only then did they cooperate with the big policy and began to frantically speculate on soybean prices.
Most of the international production is in their hands. The oil mills that have become accustomed to this kind of supply were really confused when suddenly faced with such prices. At that time, relying on domestic soybean production could no longer satisfy them.
Even at that time, the US authorities made an official announcement, and the Ministry of Agriculture directly said that it was preparing to reduce soybean production, which further added fuel to the fire of prices.
Money itself is just money and cannot represent materials. The gap in this kind of bulk commodity cannot appear out of thin air and requires a period of time to fill it.
So once the quantity is not enough, there is nothing you can do!
The price went up in response.
It has directly exceeded more than one thousand US dollars per ton, and there is a rising trend.
Under such circumstances, domestic oil mills naturally have no choice but to grit their teeth and sign large orders and prepare to stockpile a batch of goods.
With the skyrocketing prices of raw materials, they can also raise the price of the finished products, so they are not too panicked. They just think that the goal this year is to ensure that they do not lose money.
But just as they had completed the contract, the US authorities came out again and said they would correct their plan to reduce soybean production and even continue to increase production.
This directly confused domestic oil pressing companies, and the price of soybeans was halved overnight!
Now that soybean prices have dropped, their original idea of raising product prices has naturally gone down the drain. They have instantly lost all competitiveness and are on the verge of bankruptcy.
It was at this time that the four major grain traders either merged, invested in, or formed joint ventures, and eventually took control of 70% of domestic refined oil.
Yes, the authorities of the world's most powerful country were lobbied by businessmen to slap themselves in the face, changing their orders every day to influence commodity prices.
This is naturally similar to the Capitol Hill stock god...
