Chapter 304 The global supply chain is broken
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Xiaoyin: In Japan, Yan Xishan, a young member of the Tongmenghui, asked Sun Yat-sen: "Prime Minister, what do you mean by equal land rights?" Sun Yat-sen said: "Do you think equal land rights means dividing the land equally among farmers? That's not the case!
What I mean by equalizing land rights is that the portion of the increase in urban land prices will be owned by the government!" - "Memoirs of Yan Xishan's Early Years", Taiwan Biographical Literature Publishing House, 1968 edition, page 6.
since
The Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan re-emerged in early January 2014. After the two sides successively engaged in large-scale air battles, ballistic missile attacks, and al-Qaeda's intervention, India, a powerful country in South Asia, was like a high-risk patient suffering from an emergency, and it itself fell into great trouble and danger. And India
minister of defense
Anthony suffered a sudden cerebral congestion, and the domestic military system lost its leader. The surviving Indian army officers also lost systematic contact and unified command from top to bottom, leaving Prime Minister Singh, who hoped to turn the tide and restore the situation, alone.
, it is difficult to support a tree alone.
In addition, state governments that have fallen into turmoil and turmoil are all facing problems such as the disintegration of military institutions and depletion of reserve forces. However, tens of millions of local rioters carry a large number of Indian-made light and heavy weapons, attack cities and forts, and watch every direction.
But a mob is a mob after all, and rioters from different states are not only constantly at odds with each other
, and even armed groups in the same state are still engaged in constant fighting and internal strife. This allows Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to finally relax a little when encountering a major national crisis, control a small number of troops around New Delhi, and temporarily maintain
The existence of the central government prevents it from being overthrown in the short term.
As for the future direction of India, many consultants from Yanhuang, Russia, Stars and Stripes and the European Union have conducted extensive deductions and analyzes and all believe that without external intervention and influence, various parts of India will temporarily fall into anarchy with unreasonable political orders in a short period of time.
As for whether to send troops to assist India and quell the riots, there are serious differences within developed Western countries and other developing countries. At this time, India, without a sufficient number of ground troops, will not be able to quell the riots in the short term. India has a population of more than 1 billion.
, a vast territory of 30,000 square kilometers, without more than 1 million ground troops, it would be of little use. The huge cost of recruiting and maintaining 1 million ground troops is a headache for both Western Europe and the Stars and Stripes.
In developed countries, last year's Leonid meteor storm dealt a major blow to Japanese pirates. The export-oriented economy had to suspend exports due to severe damage to factories. The domestic economy has been in a slump since then. Millions of refugees in Hokkaido have not been properly resettled after the disaster. There is a lot of damage along the coast.
How to deal with the houses and factories left the Japanese pirate government powerless
However, the Western European countries and the Star-Spangled Banner Republic are still quietly recovering their strength. Whether it is the fiscal budget of the year or the support of the public, they do not agree to put their own countries that have become tense.
Public resources have been invested in huge amounts of aid from foreign countries.
As for developing countries, Southeast Asian countries have suffered huge humanitarian disasters due to the tsunami. There is a serious shortage of domestic food and medicine, and it is impossible to restore national strength in a short time. They themselves feel that they don’t have enough money, let alone help India?
Moreover, in addition to aiding India, another serious problem that countries around the world did not expect has quietly surfaced:
The world's major production bases are basically concentrated in countries such as Japan, Yanhuang, India, Southeast Asia, and Brazil in South America. The Japanese pirates have reduced production on a large scale, and exports in Southeast Asia have shrunk significantly due to disasters; Brazil, because of its large area close to the sea, has also been affected by the tsunami.
Serious losses. There were no major incidents in Yanhuang. However, due to strong "domestic demand" and the Yanhuang government's decision to significantly cancel the export tax rebate policy, some products even
Starting from January 1, 2014, high export taxes were levied, and finally coupled with the unrest across India that had just occurred. The final result of these factors was that the supply of goods around the world began to have problems, and global logistics that had been maintained smoothly for more than 30 years
Supply chains are beginning to collapse.
Stars and Stripes Republic, Walmart Supermarket.
As a typical representative of the supermarket where Stars and Stripes citizens focus on purchasing daily necessities, Wal-Mart is positioned similar to a shopping and entertainment complex. It is always filled with dazzling displays filled with tens of thousands of high-quality products from all over the world. As small as daily use toothpaste and soap
, from large to luxurious RVs, happy Stars and Stripes citizens can always choose their favorite styles from dozens or nearly a hundred brands. It is really rich and convenient! However, all of this is approaching the end of January 2014.
, began to undergo some changes.
"Why is there no Head & Shoulders shampoo?" an older Caucasian woman who was bloated from eating high-calorie foods asked the manager on duty at the service counter.
"I'm very sorry, Ms. Kathleen, the Head and Shoulders series products have been sold out, and the regional dispatch center is temporarily out of stock!" the reception manager stretched out his hands to make a "pick up" gesture, with a kind attitude and a friendly tone.
"why?"
"Due to the turmoil in India, all production plants were shut down, so the supply agreement with us had to be temporarily suspended. In Yanhuang, due to the high export tariff of 300%, the export unit price was too high, which greatly exceeded our upper cost limit.
.”
"But I saw that not only shampoo, but also toothpaste, soap, shower gel, etc. were all out of stock." The customer pointed to the half-empty shelves and asked in a dissatisfied tone.
"Daily chemicals and clothing are mainly produced in Yanhuang, India and Southeast Asia. They account for more than 70% of our total purchases. But don't worry, we are thinking of ways to allocate goods from other states or countries, and we will soon
New goods will arrive soon, please be patient
I'm waiting for a few days." The experienced reception staff calmed down the dissatisfied customers with kind words and kind words. After negotiating for a few minutes, Kathleen found that no matter how she communicated, no goods were no goods.
So I drove away grumbling and dissatisfied.
Stars and Stripes Republic, Bentonville, Walmart Headquarters.
"What went wrong?" Wal-Mart President Lee Scott asked Asia President Phinegra.
"Boss, our supply chain in Asia has encountered major problems." Fenigra, who flew to Bentonville from Singapore, explained slightly nervously: "Due to civil unrest in India, production capacity has dropped to 5% of the original level.
, Manila and other countries in Southeast Asia are temporarily unable to supply goods due to damage to factories due to the tsunami. As for Yanhuang, because they have recently begun to significantly increase export tariffs, and the sudden emergence of the 'Buy Me' platform has taken away a large number of supply sources, many factories are facing
Due to the high profits, they have stopped placing orders and contracts with us."
"Did the business department not renew the contract in time?" Wal-Mart President Lee Scott was not stunned by Finigra's explanation, but asked the core question.
"Boss, you know, in order to obtain a reasonable price, we always prolong the signing period. In the end, most Yanhuang factories that have no orders to accept will compromise. But the 'I Buy' appeared in the second half of last year, which completely disrupted our signing.
Rhythm.”
“Has the investor of ‘I bought’ been identified?”
"More than 90% belong to the Yanhuang government. Although they dumped Jinfan Company, our investigation revealed that it is completely a puppet company with a clean record. Most of the top executives have innocent backgrounds, just like a blank sheet of paper."
"Collect the recent status of other companies. If necessary, we need to appeal to the federal government and let them put pressure on Yanhuang."
"yes_sir!" bpany) is a very large multinational agricultural biotechnology company in the main plane and a leading manufacturer of genetically modified (GE) seeds. Its products occupy 70%-100% of the market share of various crop seeds.
However, Monsanto’s core product is roundup, a world-renowned glyphosate herbicide. Glyphosate herbicide is an essential agent for growing genetically modified crops. Its status is similar to the role of oil in industry. Simply put, genetically modified crops
Through genetic technology, the "glyphosate-resistant" gene fragment is transplanted into crop seeds, and then during actual planting, a large amount of glyphosate herbicide is sprayed, so that all weeds are killed, only the "glyphosate-resistant" ones
Genetically modified crops survive.
In addition, the power of Monsanto is that it has mastered the technology to remove the effects of genetic modification and breed the next generation. In other words, if you buy Monsanto’s seeds this year, you will have to buy them again next year, because the grain harvested this year cannot be used as seeds.
Food has been castrated by genetic technology and has lost its ability to reproduce. Therefore, there is a saying on the Internet: Whoever controls oil controls industry; whoever controls food controls human beings! When genetically modified crops are planted around the world, it will be difficult to control the source of seeds.
Monsanto's influence is ten times that of OPEC now.
However, now Monsanto is running into some little trouble.
"Bob, why did the sales of glyphosate and seeds drop significantly this month?" Monsanto President Hugh Grant asked with a frown as he looked at the obvious downward trend curve on the chart.
"Sir, we are having some trouble with sales." Bob Johnstone, general manager of the marketing department, replied.
"trouble?"
"Yes, trouble!" Bob Johnstone nodded and explained: "First of all, last year's meteor storm caused severe damage to countries all over the world. A large number of ports and other facilities in coastal countries were damaged, and domestic companies went bankrupt, causing them to have a negative impact on our country.
Farmers' orders have dropped sharply. As you know, there are time requirements for planting and harvesting crops. Although orders have dropped sharply, the output of our major domestic farms has not dropped too much. Therefore, farmers cannot sell their agricultural products and cannot recover their funds.
, affecting their farming and purchasing plans for the next year.”
"But I remember, didn't we open the Yanhuang domestic market? In 2012, their domestic planting area of genetically modified crops has reached 170 million hectares (real data broadcast by Xinwen Network). In addition, their Ministry of Agriculture has approved genetically modified cotton, soybeans, and corn.
and four types of rapeseed.”
"This is exactly the second question I want to talk about." Bob Johnstone heard the dissatisfaction of President Hugh Grant. For the sake of his job and future, he had to continue to explain: "At the end of last year, I don't know why.
, a huge amount of food supply suddenly appeared in Yanhuang, with a large number of crops labeled as non-GMO soybeans, corn, cotton and other crops sold at about half the international average price. Their emergence has greatly compressed our Yanhuang market."
"Such a low price? Have you found out the source?"
"Not yet, but I'm pretty sure it's the supply provided by the Yanhuang government."
"Suppressing our living space? What about their domestic farmers?"
"It's still the old way of purchasing at protective prices. In addition, I contacted several high-level officials in Yanhuang and they hinted that the reserves of these crops can be exported to the world. However, Yanhuang considers stabilizing world food crop prices, so they impose levies on exported crops.
100% tariff to stifle exports."
"Are you demonstrating against us again?" Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant, who has always been accustomed to being strong, asked with a slightly murderous tone.
"Sir? Please stay calm. Yanhuang is a country, not an overseas company that is easy to defeat. If we have a head-on conflict with them, we will definitely lose more in the end. At least the market of 1.3 billion people in Yanhuang is gone..."
"I understand, please contact our 'spokesmen', it's their turn to come forward."
Chapter completed!