Volume 5: The Age of Storms Chapter 0673 Nan Yi Big Fool
"Dear Boss Nan, the factory has been sorted out, you can come back now."
At eight o'clock in the evening, Nan Yi received a call from Leng Yan.
"Don't worry. Starting this year, Shengchen Pharmaceutical will have a seven-day holiday during the National Day. This is called the National Day Golden Week. You can notify us tomorrow. Seven days is not too long or too short. We can take a short trip to let everyone put down their burdens and have fun. After playing, we can come back to work hard. Combining work and rest is good for physical and mental health."
"Come on, they can't wait to start working tonight."
"That won't work. How can we work overtime at night? That's exploitation."
Leng Yan interrupted Nan Yi's eloquence: "I want to know when you will come back."
"Don't worry. Tomorrow, ask Qiao Weiping to come to Shanghai and take care of the business at the store. Then call Lin Rutie and tell him to ship the Isatis root to Beijing."
"I see. You haven't said when you'll be back yet."
"There will be a meeting at the factory on the morning of the 4th, and everyone in the factory office will be there."
After saying that, Nan Yi hung up the phone.
"This version of Wang Zhaojun is better than the one on ATV, but the actress who plays Wang Zhaojun looks worse than Wei Qiuhua." Fang Mengyin commented as she watched TV, "What's the name of this actress?"
"I don't know, grandma, you can read the subtitles yourself later."
Nan Yi responded and picked up Nan Wuwei, who was about to fall asleep.
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October 3rd.
As soon as Nan Yi returned to the capital, Xiang Xun called him.
Masami Ueto has already found out who are the people who secretly sold Nankou 010 in Tokyo. There are two people in total , one is named Li Huada and the other is named Zhou Zhengyi.
Nan Yi was familiar with both names, and knew that Li Huada had achieved a real leap in life by selling NanGuang 010 in his previous life. But did Zhou Zhengyi also sell NanGuang 010?
Li Huada's sale of NanGuang 010 was considered a sign of history getting back on track. Nan Yi immediately stopped thinking about finding fault. As for Zhou Zhengyi, Nan Yi simply ignored him.
Nan Yi had just hung up the phone and was about to go upstairs to take out Nan Wuwei's clothes to dry in the sun when the black phone on the long table rang again.
"Hello, I'm Nan Yi."
"Nan Batian, where have you been? Why did you come back just now?"
"Wang the rogue, why are you in such a hurry to find me? Are you here to attend a funeral?"
"At 7 o'clock in the evening, we will have mutton hotpot in our courtyard. I have something good to tell you."
"knew."
The whole day was spent washing and drying clothes. At around six o'clock in the evening, Nan Yi brought Nan Wuwei to our yard.
It was still the same tone, with a copper hot pot in the middle and a few pots of hot pot dishes on the side, mainly lamb rolls and peanuts. A group of people were leaning back in their chairs, some with their legs crossed, some with one leg on the chair, holding cigarettes in their hands, their eyes meeting in the middle of the table, smoking, talking and laughing.
"Nan Batian, why did you come here just now? And you brought your son with you. Won't this interrupt my smoking time?" Nan Yi just raised his leg and walked towards the table when he spoke to Wang Lu who was standing at the door.
When Nan Yi heard Wang Li's tone, he felt so confident and proud.
"Oh, your tone is terrible. When I first came back and you came to my house and asked me for a few dollars for food, you didn't use the same tone."
"Come on, what you said is old news. I am different now. I don't cough anymore."
Nan Yi sat down next to Ye Yu and asked, "What did you do, you rascal? Why are you so arrogant? Have I paid you back the money I owe you?"
"Repaying money is bullshit. There is no such word as paying money back in his dictionary." Ye Qi said disdainfully, "I don't know who is blind. Several of this grandson's books have been picked up by others and are going to be adapted into movies."
"Oh, I thought I touched Santana."
Nan Yi responded and picked up two clean bowls from the table, one bowl for the dipping sauce and the other bowl for some food from the pot.
At the upwind side, a high chair was used as a table, and Nan Wuwei was asked to sit on a low stool. Nan Yi opened another can of Coke for him and told him, "Only drink half a can."
"Uh-oh, Daddy, more meat."
"Dad will bring it to you later. Eat slowly and don't burn yourself." Nan Yi touched Nan Wuwei's head and sat down next to Ye Yu. "Old Zheng, I heard you were promoted to deputy director?"
"That's it. You'll still get your fixed salary. Nan Yi, I haven't seen you in a few years." Zheng Xiaolong said.
"Well, you are the one who called me Nan Yi, so you have to call me Senior Brother."
Zheng Xiaolong graduated from the Peking University branch class of 1978. Although this branch seems to have nothing to do with Peking University, if you think about it seriously, Nan Yi is indeed Zheng Xiaolong's senior brother.
"Come on, I'm bigger than you, can you handle me calling you senior brother?"
"Why do you care whether I can catch it or not? Just do what you want."
"You can just take a break." Zheng Xiaolong said, raising his glass. "One more."
Nan Yi found a cup, poured himself some wine, and clinked glasses with Zheng Xiaolong.
After the two of them had a drink, Zheng Xiaolong said again: "Nan Yi, are you interested in acting?"
Nan Yi glanced at Zheng Xiaolong and said, "Are you teasing me?"
"It's absolutely true. Lao Li has written a new script, and I think the image of the male protagonist in it is quite suitable for you. If you are interested, I will mention it to the center."
"Tell me, traitor or counter-revolutionary?"
"How could that be possible? He's an intellectual. His father is a scholar and his sister is a doctor."
"Don't be ridiculous. Your center has received funding from higher authorities. How can you be short of money?"
Nan Yi knows his own business. As for acting skills, he does have some, but he is an experientialist and plays roles in real life, not on the screen.
"What are you thinking? Our center is short of money, but we can't find a way from outside. I really think you are suitable. The new book is called "Desire" and the protagonist is Wang Husheng..."
Zheng Xiaolong had just introduced half of the show to Nan Yi when Nan Yi interrupted him, "It's a good show, but you're not reliable. Come on, stop using me as a cymbal player and get straight to the point."
"Oh, there really is something. Last time, I was drinking with a few people. One of them was from New York. His name was Cheng Qiming. He told us about his life in New York.
This inspired me, and I wanted to write a script about going abroad and make a TV series about people from Beijing going abroad. I even thought of a name for it: Beijingers in New York. ”
"Cheng Qiming, this name sounds familiar. Could it be that grandson?" After listening to what Zheng Xiaolong said, Nan Yi muttered.
“Do you want to shoot in New York?”
"Yes, if we really want to shoot, 90% of the scenes will have to be shot in New York."
Nan Yi waved his hand, "I know what's going on. Let me know when you start filming, and I'll find a place for you to stay in New York."
Zheng Xiaolong smiled and said, "Thank you in advance."
Nan Yi remembered that the TV series "Beijingers in New York" should have been broadcast in 1993 or 1994. Even if it was filmed a year in advance, it would have been 1992 at the earliest. He really didn't expect that the idea would come up at this time.
But it's not surprising. Some plays may take decades from the time the script is drawn to the time the filming starts, so a span of five or six years is really not a big deal.
"Nan Yi, I have a buddy who just came back from Erenhot in the northern part of the Great Wall. He was doing border trade between the Soviet Union and Mongolia there. He said that it was easy to do business there. The cars imported by the Soviet Union were all transferred there, and it was easy to get a car by walking. Mongolia also wanted our daily necessities, clothes, and tea, and we made a lot of money from importing and exporting."
Seeing that Nan Yi and Zheng Xiaolong had ended the topic, Ye Qi took the opportunity to speak.
"Why, are you tempted and want to get involved?"
"I am indeed tempted. I plan to go over and take a look. If it is really easy to do, I will set up the scaffolding and find someone to help watch over it. I will still stay in the capital."
"Do you have any spare money?"
"No." Ye Qi shook his head. "It's not hard to raise money. I can get 20 or 30 of them by just finding a few people."
"Then be careful. Write a will before you go. If anything unexpected happens, leave the shares to me. Don't worry, I will help take care of your family."
"Get lost! Can't you say something nice?" Ye Yi scolded with a smile.
Nan Yi scooped up some mutton and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing it, he said, "Cross-border trade is easy to do now, but none of those doing it are simple people. Both the Soviet revisionists and the Mongolians are tough guys. Ours are not bad either. If you are not tough, you can't make a living."
The Dove of Peace and the intelligence team had long since jointly formed a "Cossack Action Team". Under the leadership of team leader Petrovsky, their spies were spread across all ports on the border between Mongolia and the Soviet revisionists, as well as several major transit stations on the K3 train line. Their main task was to protect the safety of Nan's goods.
Now that the spies have been spread out, Nan Yi naturally has a certain understanding of the traders and people who make a living on the border. The border is not peaceful. It's not so bad on the domestic side, but once you enter Mongolia, you will find that there are several groups of people who make a living by relying on railways and roads.
These people still abide by the rules now. They play the long game to catch the big fish. They only steal the goods but don't kill people. They also pay attention to strategy. They eat what they can eat and let go of what they can't eat.
"Why are you panicking? Who are we? We are wolves. How can we be scared by wild dogs?" Ye said proudly, and then said seriously, "I don't plan to go alone. I will find two good people to follow me."
"You can't make enough money, but your life is more important."
Nan Yi said something, fished out the vegetables he had just thrown into the pot, and brought the bowl to Nan Wuwei.
After shoveling the food into Nan Wuwei's bowl, Nan Yi picked up the can and felt the weight. "You're not a good kid. You've already drunk more than half of it."
"Dad, it's hot."
"Don't make excuses. Don't drink. Dad will get you a glass of ice water."
"Nan Batian, don't just greet your son, come over and have a few drinks with me." Nan Yi had just brought some ice water to Nan Wuwei when Wang Lu's boastful voice rang out again.
"Just drink your drink, why are you showing off?" Nan Yi spat, and sat back at the table, "Tell me who those blind people are. If an elementary school teacher reads your crappy article, they will find 800 grammatical errors in 100 words."
"Hey, don't put me down. What's wrong with my writing? But there are people praising me. How can I not accept it?" Wang Lu was very proud of himself, but he couldn't stand Nan Yi's put-downs.
"I obey, I obey. Go on."
"What are you talking about? I'm going to tell you. I'm going to write a new book about what happened when we investigated the fight. There's a character in it, and I'm going to use you as the prototype. Tell me, what do you plan to name the character?"
"No matter what name you use, just don't use my real name or the surname Nan. Is there a prototype of yourself in it?"
"Yes, I am the male lead. I haven't finished the outline yet. Anyway, between you and me, either I will steal your honey or you will steal mine." Wang Lu said, flicking the ash off his cigarette.
Nan Yi smiled and said, "Whether you rob me or I rob you, I'll give you two choices. Either I sleep first, or neither of us sleeps. If you dare to make me drink your foot washing water, I'll never let you go."
"You're such a jerk." Wang Que spat, then said, "My wife is going to have a prenatal checkup the day after tomorrow. Please help her say hello. It would be best if she can go with me. The hospital is very busy right now. If you don't have an acquaintance, you won't be able to get in line."
"It's fine to say hello, but I won't accompany you. I'll take the flight to Xiangkeng tomorrow afternoon."
Nan Yi only said "flew first" and did not explain where it "flew later". There was no need to explain it, and if he did, it would require a long list of explanations.
"You're really busy. How long will you be gone this time?"
"I don't know yet. I'll say hello to you when I get back."
"become."
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The next morning, Nan Yi went to Shengchen Pharmaceutical for a meeting.
He first finalized the valuation issue, and told Leng Yan to have all employees sign and confirm after the meeting. Then he proposed to borrow 3 million from Yaqing Company.
35% of 4 million is only 1.4 million. After deducting the 600,000 that Nan Yi and Leng Yan have already received, only 800,000 is left. This money is not enough to be used for workshop renovation and upgrading, as well as for a series of expenses such as payment for pharmaceutical raw materials, advertising fees, etc.
However, this loan is not in Nan Yi's personal name, but in the name of Shengchen Pharmaceutical, and all shareholders must sign and confirm to share the responsibility.
The recruitment of shareholders has been completed and the 28 million shares have been distributed.
Nan Yiming holds 2% of the shares, with an investment of 80,000 yuan, and holds 1.6 million shares; Leng Yan holds 5% of the shares, with an investment of 200,000 yuan, and holds 4 million shares; Yang Kaiyan holds 5% of the shares, with an investment of 200,000 yuan, and holds 4 million shares; Ye Chen holds 13% of the shares, with an investment of 520,000 yuan, and holds 10.4 million shares, of which 8% is held on behalf of Nan Yi; the children of the compound hold a total of 10% of the shares, with an investment of 400,000 yuan, and hold 8 million shares.
Nan Yi first shelved the plan to allow employees to buy shares, intending to carry out a second share reform after Shengchen Pharmaceutical has improved. He believes that employees will scramble to buy shares by then.
Of course, Nan Yi did not mention the fact that the shares had been sold out in the meeting. For the time being, only he, Leng Yan and Qiao Weiping knew about this. No matter what, they had to delay the announcement to save everyone's face.
The same goes for borrowing money. You can’t succeed in just one trip. You have to make several trips.
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It was the afternoon of October 5th, New York time.
Nan Yi and Nan Wuwei were already at Scarlett Manor. Nan Wuwei went to the pier to fish, while Nan Yi went into the study and made one phone call after another.
After finishing the call, he picked up a business directory and looked through it, ticking and crossing out items as he read.
"Bayer is too big to take on. Monsanto is not the right time yet. BASF is worth considering. Although it is a large company, it is just a stock company. You can buy shares first and then take it slowly. Corteva is still out of business. The DuPont family's homemade plane is not easy to ride.
FMC, you can consider it, it's not too big or too small; Sumitomo Chemical, don't guess, it's the core industry of Sumitomo Group; Nufarm, you can consider it; United Phosphate, you can try it after you get to Innolux; Abao, you can also try it..."
After careful consideration, Nan Yi listed five pesticide chemical companies, including BASF, FMC, Nufarm Australia, Indian United Phosphate, and Apo as potential targets for acquisition or investment. He also had a plan in his mind for a hostile takeover of Monsanto. He wanted to bite off a piece of fat from Bayer.
However, the goal set now is just Nan Yi's wishful thinking, and it still needs to be handed over to the Intelligence and Policy Committee for further investigation and demonstration. It is still unknown whether it is feasible.
"Adam, are these the targets you have chosen?" Scarlett, who was returning home from get off work, walked up behind Nan Yi and asked, "Do you want to buy them all?"
"Are you kidding me? My goal is to acquire a company or invest in one."
"Aha, I thought you were planning to acquire agricultural-related companies around the world." Scarlett spread her hands and said.
"Scarlett, this joke is not funny. It's too late for us to become the agricultural overlord. If we make too big a move, we will be easily hit by the Rockefeller family. Although I am confident, I won't be so arrogant as to think that we can compare with Rockefeller."
"Ha, Adam, it's time we made contact with the Rockefellers."
"Let's wait and see. I will try to talk to old Morgan at the Morgan family banquet next month. It's not easy to be a fence-sitter." Nan Yi said after thinking for a while.
"Bitch, the invitation was actually sent to you. I can only be your female companion." Scarlett said dissatisfiedly.
"Scarlett, you shouldn't complain. Outsiders still call you Scarlett Taylor instead of Scarlett Taylor Smith or Scarlett Taylor Nan." Nan Yi shrugged.
Scarlett said with a straight face, "Adam, your joke is not funny either."
"Okay, let's not joke around, what do you want to change the English short name of Scarlett Food Group to?"
"SAG."
"There's nothing new about it, it's just an abbreviation of words."
"It doesn't need to be original, just memorable." Scarlett sat on Nan Yi's lap and hooked her arm around his neck. "Dave McLennan from Cargill has sent me a signal for negotiation. I will meet with him soon."
Nan Yi stroked Scarlett's back and said, "It would be nice to meet. Cargill has the deepest presence in Asia and has cooperated with China since the 1970s. They seem to be investigating in China recently, and I don't know when a project will be implemented.
You can ask about this when you meet with McLennan, and ask Cargill if it is interested in selling some of its shares in Taiwan Sugar Corporation."
"You want to enter the town?"
"Hmm, I'm optimistic about the betel nut industry in Taichung, and I want to see if I can monopolize the midstream sector."
"Betel nut? What is that?" Scarlett asked confusedly.
"It's a chewable snack that many people in Taiwan like and sells in large quantities."
“Will it become addictive?”
"Yes."
"Very well, addiction is good business." Scarlett nodded and said, "Renault, prepare dinner quickly. I'll send a helicopter to pick Adam up."
"Don't worry, we'll pick him up tomorrow." Nan Yi grabbed Scarlett who was about to stand up and asked, "I heard that you bought two FG42 paratrooper rifles for me?"
"Yes, it's in your gun store. It's $4,000 each. Standard weapons are so expensive."
"Ha, it should be in pretty good condition. Although it's a standard weapon, less than 10,000 FG42/ and FG42/III were produced in total. There aren't many left after the war, so the price isn't expensive. You can buy it next time you see it. It will definitely appreciate in value in the future."
When Scarlett heard Nan Yi's words, she immediately said seriously: "Adam, a hobby is a hobby. Don't mix it with interests. Keep it pure. The Adam family does not need to make a living by selling your collections."
"Yes, you are right. Hobbies should be pure. So, dear, please stand up. I will go and see the treasure you prepared for me. Are there enough bullets?"
Scarlett stood up and said, "There aren't many original bullets, but I ordered 1,000 for you. That should be enough. If there are more, you'll break the barrel."
"Hmm, you've been very thoughtful. It seems to be getting late today, so I'll take out the treasure tomorrow." Nan Yi put his raised hips back on the chair and changed the topic to work. "Has the Rockefeller Foundation made any breakthrough in its research on the commercialization of genetically modified plants?"
"I haven't heard any news. The progress should not be fast. The foundation doesn't seem to have invested much money. So far, it's only about 40 million US dollars. Adam, how are our progress?"
"There has not been much progress. Currently, the only gene-related project that has produced any practical results is the white-feathered chicken. The others are still in the exploratory stage. The sterile seeds have produced some results and are currently being tested.
Scarlett, we need to acquire a seed company, secretly, and in the future, Fan Shengzhi's research results will be released to the market through this company."
"Yeah, I'll put this into my work plan for December."
"OK, let's not talk about work for now. I'll go call Wuwei back." Nan Yi stood up, walked out of the study, and went straight towards the pier.
Kissinger once said: "Whoever controls oil controls all countries; whoever controls food controls humanity; whoever controls the right to issue currency controls the world."
A look at Kissinger's resume shows that he has been working for the Rockefeller Foundation since he graduated from college. It can be said that he was cultivated by the Rockefeller brothers. Not to say that he is controlled by the Rockefeller family, but at least it can be said that his views are largely influenced by the Rockefeller family.
Kissinger’s famous summary can be said to be a summary of the strategic development direction of the Rockefeller family.
Oil is the Rockefeller family's base. They made their fortune from oil. In the 1960s, the family turned its attention to food.
In 1972, the world suffered a poor harvest, and a global food shortage occurred the following year. The world's food reserves were only equivalent to 66 days of reserves. After the United States successfully cultivated hybrid wheat in the 1950s, it had become the world's largest food supplier.
This created a situation where many countries had to "beg" China for food exports. It was an era when the Donkey Party stood aside and the Elephant Party sat in the middle, and the voice of the Rockefeller family was everywhere in China.
Driven by the Rockefeller family, using food as a weapon to gain geopolitical power by controlling food supply became the new diplomatic strategy of the United States.
From then on, China sent a signal to the outside world: industry is the future, and a country should focus its energy on industrial upgrading rather than on agriculture that does not create value.
Indeed, according to the prices of agricultural products that China was dumping at the time, it seemed that agriculture really had no future. The prices were too cheap. Not to mention making money, the cost of growing them yourself was higher than the selling price in China.
Some small countries listened to this good advice and did not try to be small but comprehensive. Instead, they took the path of specialization and concentrated their efforts on building an advantageous field. They left the unreliable task of farming to the small countries.
As one thing grows, the other declines, and China's position as the world's granary becomes increasingly solid.
In the 1960s, under the encouragement and guidance of several developed countries, many third world countries launched a green revolution, or agricultural revolution.
Cultivate and promote high-yield grain varieties, strengthen irrigation and management, use agricultural machinery, and add fertilizers and pesticides to increase grain yield per mu and total output.
The main force driving this revolution was the Rockefeller Foundation.
The so-called Green Revolution is nothing more than a disguise for spreading agricultural science and modern technology, but its real purpose is to introduce American commercial agriculture into third world countries, thereby controlling their agricultural production.
The so-called scientific planting and commercial agriculture require massive upfront investment, and also need a foundation - enough land. Only in this way can the cost be spread out. If there are only a few acres of land, let alone scientific planting, even space planting and cultivation planting are nonsense.
When China shows its agricultural propaganda films, harvesters, seed drills, and other machines are used to make farming seem like a game, farmers in third world countries drool with envy. “We are all farmers, why are there such big differences?”
We must also have what others have, and thus a lively green revolution began.
However, after agriculture was mechanized, farmers not only failed to earn more income from it, but were overwhelmed by various expenses such as engineering construction, machinery and equipment, fertilizers and pesticides, and became heavily in debt.
In the end, they had no choice but to sell their land and help the big landowners who were dependent on foreign capital. It was this small group of people who actually made the Green Revolution a success.
The first step is agricultural industrialization. The Rockefeller family has never stopped exporting their ideas. At the same time, they also started the second step - seed monopoly.
Farmers who are still engaged in agricultural planting more than 30 years later probably have a clear understanding of the prices of various vegetable seeds. Some seeds cost a few yuan each, some cost more than ten yuan, and some even cost dozens of yuan.
The reason why the seeds are so expensive is of course that the middlemen are the ones who do the most, because they sell them at high prices. The second reason is that the seeds have been monopolized by a few companies, and they have the pricing power in their hands.
For Nan Yi, a small landlord with only hundreds of millions of acres of land, he has to prepare for a rainy day, tinker with it on his own, and save his own seeds . How can he afford seeds that cost dozens of yuan each?
Instead of waiting to buy expensive seeds from others in the future, he might as well grit his teeth, sell grain at a price cheaper than water, collect funds as soon as possible, and hire a few ignorant people to tinker with it. Maybe they can make a name for themselves by tinkering.
Nan Yi was short-sighted and had a small vision. Seeing that the stock market crash was about to come and everyone had to tighten their belts, he approved a research plan submitted by Fan Shengzhi after dinner, with an initial investment of 20 million W.
Tsk tsk, 20 million, and it's Meizi. If this money is used to build a clothing factory or an electronics factory, how many jobs will be created? It will take the economy to a new level. How much more money can Nan Yi make?
When it comes to studying agriculture, Nan Yi is such a naive fool that he even thinks that grain can be sold at a higher price than water.
