Agricultural giant since 1983

Chapter 115 The American Agricultural Revolution
In addition to the library, there must be a swimming pool, sports ground, and gymnasium. The body is the capital of the revolution, and Li Lei must also maintain daily exercise.

In addition, Li Qiyun and Wang Fenglian also have their own preferences, and their opinions must also be respected. With so many requests added up, Lin Lou memorized several pages.

No wonder such a high design fee is given, this request is not low, it seems that I have to be busy for a while, after sending Li Lei and Yu Jingshu away, Lin Lou sighed alone.

However, he did not feel irritable because of this, and even looked forward to it, because he is currently exploring the new architectural style, and Li Lei's request has brought him a lot of inspiration. He has a vague premonition that this work After completion, it will definitely become a classic of the combination of Chinese architecture and modern architecture.

To live in a good house, architects are not enough. Interior decoration, landscape decoration, furniture and electrical appliances, etc. must also be considered. Landscape Li Lei asked Lin Lou to introduce a designer who is familiar with Chinese gardens.

For the interior decoration, Li Lei plans to go to Xiangjiang before the new year, and find Liang Zhitian to complete the work. This is the master of the new Chinese style in the future, but it is a pity that he is not good at business and has ruined his reputation. Now If so, he should have already started to explore this new style, let him and Lin Lou do it together.

Furniture can let Liang Zhitian come up with a plan. For electrical appliances, you can only buy imported ones. Nowadays, the level of domestic electrical appliances cannot keep up.

On the 47th train again, this time under Qiao Aihua's favor, Li Lei got a soft sleeper, lay down comfortably in Guangzhou, and then went to the Special Economic Zone, had a meal with Xie Liren, and Xie Liren kindly thanked him again, Because this year he made another big profit on U.S. soybean futures.

He went to Xiangjiang the next day, and Xie Liren didn't need to help him with the procedures this time. Since his family has a company in Xiangjiang, New Century Investment Company helped him complete all the procedures.

When I arrived in Xiangjiang, I went to inspect the company first. After a period of development, the company has expanded in size and has its own futures trading personnel. From now on, if Li Lei wants to conduct futures operations, he does not need to borrow the staff of Xie's family. It can be done by your own company.

After reviewing last year's operating income, the operation order for next year was issued. In 1985, the US agricultural product market was about to usher in the biggest change in history - the supply revolution led by Reagan.

The root of this change can be traced back to the world economic crisis from 1973 to 1975. Due to the general situation of "stagnation and expansion" in the economies of capitalist countries, the export sales of agricultural products were not smooth.

At the same time, after the successful dumping of agricultural products in 1972, the U.S. government made a wrong judgment, that is, it believed that the world’s food shortage would be a long-term thing, the United States would be in a state of dumping agricultural products for a long time, and the agricultural economic crisis in the United States had completely ended. loosened control over agricultural production,
From 1972 to 1981, farmers at all levels in the United States cultivated almost all the arable land of their farms. The agricultural production increased year after year, the export share decreased, the domestic market was limited, and the adjustment policy was ineffective, which led to a serious surplus of domestic agricultural products in the United States. The fourth agricultural economic crisis in the United States officially emerged. .

In order to solve this problem, the Reagan administration will carry out agricultural reform this year, the core content of which is to control government loans to agriculture, promote exports and increase agricultural subsidies.

These programs have improved the situation of overproduction in agriculture in the United States year by year. A large amount of surplus agricultural products have flowed into the international market, prices in the domestic market have stabilized, and farmers can obtain corresponding profits both internally and externally.

Reflected in the prices of agricultural products, corn, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, and rice all experienced a short-term decline and then quickly rebounded. If this market is well grasped, Li Lei can reap another wave in the Chicago futures market.

If we take into account the impact of US grain exports on the grain markets of other countries, there will be more operational opportunities.

Combining the information in his mind, Li Lei gave the company's traders a battle plan for next year. The focus of next year's operations will still be soybeans. The price of soybeans in the United States will decline by 1985% in 18.00, followed by corn, which will drop by 12.00%.

In 1986, there were several bigger market waves. The prices of corn, soybeans, and rice all fell by about 40.00%;

If these waves of market conditions are grasped, the assets will definitely roll upwards, and then use them to introduce equipment and technology, invest in industries, and use American money to develop their own industries. Thinking about it, I feel very happy.

However, this does not mean that the competition that Li Lei will face will decrease in the future, because the agricultural crisis is a disaster for ordinary farmers, but it is a good thing for those monopoly giants.

The planting industry is an industry with a low profit rate per unit, especially in the industrial age. The reason is very simple. If the output of a few acres of land can allow a family to live a good life, then who will enter it? City to work?Therefore, the profits of the planting industry must be suppressed.

Therefore, farmers in any country have a hard time, because the profit per unit area of ​​land is too small. If you want to make more money, there is only one way, that is to acquire more land, so as to expand profits lump sum.

The United States is also an exception. Those small farmers have weak financial strength and poor ability to withstand the crisis. When the price of agricultural products falls, AMD, Bunge, Cargill and other food purchasers will naturally not purchase at last year's price, but they owe the bank. Loans, the seed money owed to Monsanto, the fertilizer money from Stanley, and the mortgage on John Deere's harvester have to be repaid.

After many small farmers sold all their food at a reduced price, the money they received still could not make up the gap, so small farmers went bankrupt, and mass suicides appeared in the agricultural areas of the Midwest of the United States. However, death cannot offset debts. After death, the farm still needs to be auctioned off to pay off debts.

AMD, Bunge, and Cargill can take advantage of this opportunity to acquire their farms at extremely low prices. These monopoly giants have made several waves by taking advantage of the agricultural crisis.

The agricultural crisis not only failed to damage their strength, but also made them stronger. Even Reagan's agricultural reforms may have been promoted by them. These agricultural giants spend hundreds of millions of money on political lobbying and donations every year. of.

Controlling government loans to agriculture can ensure that funds flow into the hands of monopoly giants, while expanding production can facilitate these giants to enter the international market. Agricultural subsidies give these monopoly giants a cost advantage when they go overseas to compete. These policies are simply for monopoly giants. Made to measure.

These giants are growing greedily. Fortunately, I am not idle. I will slowly accumulate strength, and after ten or twenty years, I will do it again!

(End of this chapter)