On the dusty dirt road outside the hotel, a group of people in ragged clothes passed by driving a few cows. A dilapidated bus drove in the distance, with people hanging inside and outside, and everyone had a smile on their face.
That numb expression...
In this luxurious hotel, there is a long row of floor-to-ceiling windows facing the sea view. The blue sea and blue sky outside the window are so beautiful. The band plays soft music, and the polite waiters shuttle back and forth. As soon as you enter, you can see dishes of delicious food and fashionably dressed guests.
Talking and laughing elegantly...
This is a place where the gap between rich and poor is extreme. This is where Li Yuan came...Mada Island.
Please! Although the original destination was indeed Thorkill, but now we still want to go to a war-torn area to give away people's heads? We simply signed up for this island country instead.
I almost forgot that ys (Africa) is now called Liyuan International Agricultural Trade (Africa), and it has a branch here.
To be honest, although this branch has always been left alone, there is almost no concern. But with the Hong Kong stock market and the housing market soaring, the economy is also taking off. The current GDP has reached 45% of that of the mainland? Economic take-off
, resulting in an almost insatiable demand for high-end seafood, and the export volume of lobsters, sea cucumbers, etc. here has also increased significantly.
Since the export volume has increased significantly, the import volume will also increase significantly. Utilizing Liyuan's sales network, the sales of the Motor Island Branch have also grown at an alarming rate. It is already one of the top large import and export companies in the local area.
Accompanying Li Yuan today, in addition to Emma, the manager of the Motor Island branch, there is also a local businessman, Natowa.
Moreover, Emma had hinted in advance that this Natova should be a white glove of a high-level executive on Motor Island, and he had great power in the local area.
After the three of them chatted for a while, Natowa suddenly asked: "Li, I wonder if you have any need for wood or other things on Motor Island?"
Motor Island is isolated overseas and is far away from any continent, so transportation costs are quite high.
Although Mada Island is a country rich in mineral resources, marine resources, land resources, etc., due to its very special species of animals and plants, environmentalists are like crazy to protect the original environment here.
It should be said that there is nothing wrong with environmental protection in itself, but Motor Island is so miserable. How can these minerals be sold?
For example, when Rio Tinto Group once developed the ilmenite mine here, environmentalists demanded that the original environment must be fully restored and the original flora and fauna must be ensured to thrive in situ?
How is this possible? The cost is astronomical. So from the 1990s to the 2020s, we finally had to give up?
So there was only tourism left on Mada Island, and nothing else. Even agricultural production was quite backward and could not meet its own food needs. In the end, it had no choice but to get international aid every year to make ends meet.
However, there are always people who are desperate for change, so they launch a military coup. But as soon as there is political turmoil, international aid is immediately stopped? Then there is turmoil again, and then it stops, and then there is more turmoil, and then it stops again...
In the end, the economy became worse and worse and became one of the poorest countries in the world. They simply settled down and no longer cared about shabby politics. Love so and so!
It was not until the comprehensive strategic partnership launched by China later that it gave Mada Island new hope. To be honest, as long as a little bit leaks out from the cracks of China's fingers, it will be enough for Mada Island to feed itself.
Of course Li Yuan understands this, but it doesn't matter to him. Forget about the minerals, he is afraid of trouble. Forget about other wood, the Republic of Vera is too busy. Only oak barrels are left.
"Natowa, we can hand over all the oak business to you. If you have your own seafood processing factory, you can also hand it over to us for underwriting."
Natovar's face was filled with joy: "Can you tell me how much quantity you need every year?"
"More than 300,000 U.S. dollars." Anyway, it's not given to anyone. Just one round trip, you can make millions regardless. A certain brother Yuan has completely despised this kind of small business.
Besides, our own mountain wine industry has not yet opened. There are also American cider wineries. By that time, a huge number of oak barrels will be consumed every year.
Natowa hesitated for a while, then asked tentatively: "Li, I heard that you have invested in a farm in Africa? In fact, we have a lot of wasteland here? We welcome all foreign investment and guarantee that we can give you the best deal."
policy.”
Li Yuan secretly laughed in his heart, pull it down! What kind of farm? Are you finished playing? Brother, I have no interest in farming at all. I will become the king of science and technology sooner or later!
However, in the face of Natowa, it is still necessary to say it a little more tactfully: "Investment is not the focus, the key is to have long-term planning."
"long term planning?"
"That's it." Anyway, he was bored, so Li Yuan gave some pointers by the way, "Your country has a tropical maritime climate, which is very suitable for the cultivation of tropical cash crops. For example: oil palm. If you need to find a piece of wasteland, just...
100 hectares! You need to level the land, build irrigation and irrigation, etc., and then plant all the oil palm. When it matures in two or three years, you can harvest it."
"After exporting palm oil, there will be foreign exchange. Then there will be funds to repeat the above pattern. When there is a large oil palm plantation, roads will be built, electricity and water will be provided, and palm oil production plants will be built. Then there will be palm oil
Deep processing. For example, industrial grease can be used in soap factories, and oil residue waste can be used to develop aquaculture..."
This development model that relies on agriculture is no secret. It is nothing more than continuous investment promotion and industrial upgrading.
Natowa must know about these things. But after thinking about it, he became a little confused: "Li, the key is the market. You know, the sales market of agricultural products is closed to us. The prices given to us by those multinational companies
, maybe not even the cost. As you said, we don’t have any start-up capital at all, let alone building water conservancy, building roads, etc..."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Yuan nodded and expressed understanding. Mada Island belongs to the French-speaking area of Africa, and this belongs to the French-speaking Common Market. And France is a big agricultural country, and it must give priority to satisfying its own agriculture.
.At least there will be subsidies for agriculture in France, but not here on Motor Island, right?
Moreover, one of the four major international grain merchants ABCD is France's Louis Dreyfus Group. They have complete control over the international market. Who will they buy? They will definitely lower the price to death.
Then let good people do it to the end!
Li Yuan smiled slightly: "Natowa, if you can trust us, Li Yuan, you can sell it to us in the future."
"Then... I'll think about it again?"
"Haha, no problem. If you have any news, you can contact me through Emma."
"Thank you so much."
"hehe."
"..."
…
Li Yuan didn't know that it was because of his deception that Mada Island had strange thoughts again...
You know, no matter how corrupt the officials in these backward countries are, they are more adventurous and courageous, sometimes even to the point of being daring. No matter how harsh it is, only when the economy here improves can they be more greedy.
Right? Otherwise, there won’t be any oil squeezed out of the cracks in the rocks, right?
But Li Yuan couldn't control that much. His global trip was almost over. After returning to China, his first stop was Yangcheng...
The reason why I went to Yangcheng was of course because of the Canton Fair. The Canton Fair is divided into spring and autumn, and autumn is generally the most important season.
At present, the country's external window, besides Hong Kong, is the Canton Fair. The annual export volume here can reach about 15 billion US dollars.
Don’t laugh, in this era, the total export volume of the entire mainland is less than 80 billion US dollars. This already accounts for about 20%!
It’s not like a few decades later, when the import and export volume of the world’s factory was measured in trillions of dollars!
Of course, later on, with the booming development of major e-commerce companies, the Canton Fair gradually declined. So, how hated are Ah, Jing, and Pin?
But having said that, just because there are no major e-commerce companies, there is a huge information gap between domestic and foreign countries, which gives Liyuan numerous opportunities. They are the porters who make the difference!
Therefore, a Canton Fair brings unlimited business opportunities!
…
Li Yuan and Jiang Qingqing were in an old teahouse on an old street. They were drinking morning tea leisurely. In the surprised expression of Qingqing's sister, a certain reckless man finished a plate of dry-fried beef river in a hurry. Ahem.
Due to the nationwide road show, the crew was splitting up into several teams. Jiang Qingqing happened to come to Yangcheng, and Li Yuan called her by the way.
In fact, the meaning of road shows is not that great now. After the box office of "Liao Zhai: Flower Fairy" reached 13 million, it just stayed in place and didn't move at all. And it was very stubborn. It just didn't move? I didn't know that there were so many people every day.
Where did the audience go?
Anyway, it’s an unsolved mystery! Ahem.
He put down the empty plate, drank Pu'er, and burped happily: "Qingqing, when I return to the capital, I will give you a bp machine! It's not convenient to find you."
"Why are you looking for me? I don't want it!" Jiang Qingqing rolled her eyes. We girls also have to be reserved!
Li Yuan ignored it at all. In this shabby primitive society, there are currently no mobile phones in the country? In fact, except for big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, program-controlled telephones are not even popular in most places. Making a call requires an operator.
Transfer? Make a long distance call and go to the post office?
At present, the long-distance business has not been separated from the post office at all, and there is no such thing as China Telecom and China Unicom. It will not be established until next year.
"Hey, did you really go to the United States this time? Did you also go to Hollywood?" Jiang Qingqing asked curiously.
"Haha, it's mainly work." Li Yuan laughed.
"Jobs? What jobs are there? Bragging."
"I just published a book. Let me go over to promote it."
"Publish a book? Haha? Will Americans read your book? You just like to talk nonsense. I will ignore you. Humph."
"real."
"Hey, which book is that?"
"Haha, "The Rise of Great Powers"."
"Ah? Have all the Americans translated this book?"
"Sister, it also includes the last book "Casino". Haha."
"No, no. It's okay for you to act like a hooligan at home. Do you want to be embarrassed and sent abroad?"
"hehe."
Jiang Qingqing did know that Li Yuan was Brother Yuan, but she really didn't know that those books had been published abroad.
Domestic writers who can be published abroad must be masters among masters. How could they be cultural hooligans like Li Yuan?
"Hey, it seems that a lot of people in China are reading your book."
"Oh? What did they say?"
"How do I know? I don't like watching. You must be unlucky again! Hehehe."
Li Yuan was speechless when he saw the girl laughing non-stop while "eating, eating, eating" and gloating about her misfortune.
"Dude! Check out!"
A male waiter came quickly and glanced at the plate on the table: "Comrade, 42 yuan and 50 cents."
Like the old restaurants here in Guangdong Province, they did not open menus in this era, and they would not accept empty plates. When paying, it is clear to both parties what price the plate is.
A time-honored restaurant like this still has many old rules left over. For example: the cold dishes were not served for a quarter of an hour; the first hot dish was not served for half an hour; or the order of serving dishes was wrong, and the first soup was placed behind.
of……
So congratulations, you will definitely get a free order today!
This kind of old rule should no longer exist in the future...right?
After settling the bill, Li Yuan and Jiang Qingqing left the teahouse together. They were still joking: "Qingqing, you don't even wear sunglasses or a mask now?"
"Why do you have to wear it?" Jiang Qingqing looked cute, "It's such a hot day...?"
"It proves that you are not famous at all. You are so bad at it. Haha."
Jiang Qingqing's nostrils were filled with smoke: "You are the worst."
"Okay! I'll treat you to a cone. I'm afraid the exhibition hall won't give it to you. Haha."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "You have a cold drink just after dinner? I don't want it!" Jiang Qingqing said arrogantly. But she obviously didn't understand the joke, and suddenly felt a little strange, "
Why don't you give it to me in the exhibition hall? Will cones be distributed at the Canton Fair?"
"hehe."
However, a little solitary girl like Jiang Qingqing has always been too straight. After a while, she was happily licking a cone and happily staying with Li Yuan...
…
The tea house is near the exhibition hall. After walking a few steps, Li Yuan and the others arrived at the gate.
Lucina happened to be leading a few young people out: "Boss!", "Master Yuan!", "Master Yuan!"...
"Lucina, thank you for your hard work."
"Nothing hard."
"Have you finished it? Have you placed an order?"
"Following your instructions. We have already placed orders for some, and we are looking for some. They should be found soon."
Those young people all seemed quite restrained. They were all fresh graduates recruited this year.
In fact, domestic recruitment is quite unsatisfactory, and few are interested in Li Yuan's "Pheasant Company". Those college students are either assigned honestly and have more flexible minds, or are preparing to study abroad, or go directly to Shenzhen City
.
Even those who stayed in the capital basically chose to go to sea. They would rather live a hard life in Beipiao, just for their dream of being a boss, than come here?
Oh! There are still many graduates from art colleges, such as Nortel, China National Theater, Beijing Dance University, etc. After all, Metaverse has already gained quite a reputation.
All of a sudden, everything became flourishing, and the companies in Beijing were like art troupes? The group of programmers in Parallel Line (China) were simply overjoyed?
In desperation, we recruited more than 20 college students in Hong Kong. Their English must be passable and they must be qualified for foreign trade. Hong Kong companies must need employees anyway, so who wouldn't use them?
"Lucina, find a place to sit and let's discuss it further."
"Okay, boss! Let's go here."
Under Lucina's guidance, the group arrived at the cafe in the corner of the exhibition hall...
