Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 137 Investment Arrival, Cart Sales
in the afternoon.

Phillips and his new work first arrived at Yaoqiang Airport, then transferred to Incheon Airport, and then took a business jet directly to New York.

The great changes in the world are a very rare and spectacular phenomenon.

Although plant-based inks and pigments are not traditional painting materials, their saturation, fineness, etc. allow them to restore the world's most authentic colors.

These two factors, plus Phillips' extremely high painting standards, have led to the fact that "Earth Painting - The Changes of the World" has become a world-class work since its birth.

9: a.m. North American time.

Before the work arrived at the New York airport, Mrs. Smith had already rented the three-story podium at the bottom of the Pop Building in Manhattan.

And in the name of Daniel Smith Company, it was announced that an exhibition of world famous paintings would be held.

The invitees included not only important members of many prominent families in North America, but also the North American steward and his wife - Mr. and Mrs. Klin.

At the same time, Mrs. Smith's husband also invited many Wall Street investment tycoons.

Strictly speaking, this is not an exhibition of famous paintings, but an exchange meeting between capital and politics.

Because what people were talking about had nothing to do with oil painting.

"Mr. Phil, I'll leave the news about traditional inks and pigments causing cancer to you."

"Mr. Smith, you are so kind. I haven't had the chance to thank you enough for sponsoring me to become a New York State Senator."

“Maybe next year or the year after, you can become the state speaker.”

"Oh~ Cheers!"

the other side.

Mrs. Smith finds the North American steward, Klin.

"Little Klin, you're going to retire next year, right?"

"Yes, dear aunt, thank you for your support over the years."

“Maybe next year, you can come to work at Daniel Smith Company.”

"My cousin's company? When I get there, do I have to listen to him?"

"No, no, no, you can make your own decision."

"That's great, maybe I can give it a try."

"Then you must sign this bill now."

"Existing body paint pigments are class 1 carcinogenic? Oh my God, they should really be banned."

...

"Mr. Smith, if you do this, what will happen to my ink factory?"

“You can sell it before the news comes out and invest in this project of my wife.”

"And what about my losses?"

"I can make your company's stock rise by one-third tomorrow morning. If you sell it at the highest point at noon, what loss can you have?"

"It seems I should thank you."

"I hope you can invest more, at least 2 million US dollars."

“Yes, I am also very bullish on plant-based inks and pigments.”

...

The Smith family is not considered a big family in North America, and was even called a boiler-burner by Rockefeller.

But the boilers used in North America, including the steam engines used in early North American trains, were all manufactured by the Smith family.

In modern times, the branches of the Smith family include Pares Smith, which became the largest electric stove manufacturer in North America, AO Smith, which became the largest water heater manufacturer in North America, and John Smith, who controlled General Motors in North America.

The successor of the Smith family firmly holds the position of the second-most powerful trader on Wall Street, is in charge of the North American Stock Exchange, and has invested in ADM, one of the world's four largest grain traders.

Also.

Mrs. Smith's family, the Astors, was a giant in North American history, owning a quarter of North America's wealth in the 19th century.

His great-grandfather, Astor IV, was recognized as the world's richest man in the early 20th century.

However, Astor IV died on the Titanic, bringing the development of the Astor family to an abrupt halt.

But a lean camel is bigger than a horse. To this day, the Astor family still owns 45% of the land in New York.

His contemporary successor, Astor VII, Mrs. Smith's brother, was a veritable landlord in New York.

Astor VII's stepdaughter is also the wife of the current Prime Minister of England.

This is also the reason why Mrs. Elaine, who fooled Yu Yang in the cafe at Hong Kong Airport, was like a mouse seeing a cat when she saw Mrs. Smith.

under such circumstances.

The World Famous Paintings Exhibition was quite successful.

And it continued into the afternoon, with no sign of ending.

at last.

The famous Phillips made a brilliant appearance with his new works.

Then, under the spotlight, the five scrolls were pieced together to form an unprecedented and stunning picture.

“Is this a painting?”

“Oh my god, is this leaf pasted on?”

"It uses plant-based oil paint? Mrs. Smith, why don't my plant-based products have this effect?"

“That’s why I invest in them and not in you.”

After a while.

"1000 million US dollars, this work belongs to me."

"1000 million? I'll give you 5000 million!"

"$1 billion!"

The investor of the New York Ink Factory, upon hearing the offer, looked at Smith, smiled slightly, and looked at the reporters who were taking pictures crazily: "I'll offer 2 million US dollars!"

"3 million!" Astor VII, who was attending the exhibition, looked at the works with fascination and shouted without turning his head.

"5 million!" Klin smiled confidently, as if anyone who dared to rob would be put on the death list.

……

Ten-mile Camp.

The forensic doctor's sister rushed into the chairman's office yelling.

"Mr. Yu, big news. The oil painting that Phillips painted on the highway was sold in North America for a whopping 7 million yuan. Unfortunately, Phillips said that it was the best work of his life and he wanted to keep it."

"Don't listen to his nonsense. The reality is that if you sell it, you have to pay taxes."

"Ok?"

"7 million US dollars, according to the tax rate of New York State, at least 1 million US dollars must be paid in taxes. Do you think those stingy capitalists are willing to throw away 1 million US dollars?"

"Is that so?"

“When looking at a problem, we must look at its essence.”

After Yu Yang finished speaking, he contacted the finance department and said, "Arrange a few people with good performance to travel to New York on business. But when they get there, they need to build momentum and then find Daniel Smith Company and say that Sanyuan Agriculture is willing to invest 100 billion to buy Phillips' works...

No, we can't do that. It smells too much like hype.

So, before the reinforcement lawyers from Beijing leave, you ask them to sue Daniel Smith's Phillips in the New York court, saying that the other party's oil painting involves Sanyuan Agriculture's soybean cultivation technology, which violates our privacy rights, and they claim compensation of 10 billion US dollars!"

"???"

"What's wrong?" "Mr. Yu, are you sure you want to sue the investor of Sanyuan Chemical?"

"Yes, maybe the New York court will accept the case right away. Especially Mrs. Smith, she might jump for joy."

"..."

"As a financial officer, you are so unprofessional that you don't even understand capital operations."

Yu Yang hung up the phone in disappointment and looked at his sister, a forensic doctor who also didn't understand.

"What? There's a flower on my face?"

"No, I just can't think straight."

"No problem. Serving tea and pouring water doesn't require any brains."

"..."

The next day.

At 9 am in North America, the New York court accepted the case of 'Sanyuan Agriculture v. Daniel Smith Company'.

Since North American courts do not have so-called filing courts and will not conduct substantive review of the contents of the complaint, the New York court filed the case on the spot and issued a subpoena.

at the same time.

With the operation of capital, news about Phillips and his new works has spread all over the streets of North America, and then this news was suppressed by the lawsuit.

Unfortunately, people in North America do not know the very long name of Sanyuan Agriculture, let alone where Shiliying is. The lawsuit only increased the popularity of the work and made more people know about plant-based inks and pigments.

However, Yu Yang was not disappointed with the result.

Because of the news from North America, an oriental artist appeared in Shiliying that day.

While asking where to buy plant-based inks and pigments, I also asked about where Phillips paints.

Coincidentally, at the turn of spring and summer, Shiliying once again welcomed a drizzle.

When the sky clears after the rain, the miraculous effect of the changing world will once again appear before the world.

……

Two days later.

4 month 25 number.

Village Chief Huang came to the brick kiln office area.

"Sanyuan, we have to think of a solution."

"what happened?"

"Before, Phillips's paintings caused traffic jams on the highway. Now that Phillips has finally left, a new group of painters have come to paint, leaving garbage and oil paint all over the highway. Now the highway is blocked."

"Then let's build a secondary road on both sides of the 385 section. No need for padding. Just run under the highway. Then circle the area where Phillips painted and charge a fee of $100 per person per hour. If a spectacle occurs, it will be $1000 per person per hour."

"Makes sense!"

"Also, I have a batch of plant-based inks and pigments that I sell to the township. The price is one-third cheaper than Daniel Smith's."

"We just signed an agreement with the foreigners. Can we sell it privately?"

"Did I sell it? It was clearly an employee of the chemical factory who brought it out secretly."

"..."

"Also, these people who come here to paint can be considered our first batch of tourists. We need to provide good services, especially public security. Once they bring back positive news, we will welcome the second batch of real tourists."

"Understood. I'll charge for the paintings, but I'll give them discounts on food and lodging."

"Just don't break any bones."

"..."

After Mayor Huang left, the financial staff came in.

"Director Yu, the Oriental head office called and asked how we should allocate the 45 billion US dollars."

"Has it arrived?"

"It should have been remitted last night."

Normally, if one wants to invest in an Oriental enterprise overseas, one must go to the Oriental head office to exchange foreign currency into an equivalent amount of blue giant banknotes before engaging in investment activities.

The general process is: overseas enterprise → Oriental head office → overseas enterprise sets up an office in the country → invests in Oriental enterprise.

Therefore, Marubeni Corporation set up Wanhong Investment in the East.

By the same token, Daniel Smith's company would go to the Oriental Head Office to exchange blue great man banknotes, then set up an Oriental Company and invest in Sanyuan Chemical.

But behind Daniel Smith Company are investors from one of the four major grain traders, ADM.

ADM controls the global soybean trade and has recently been eyeing the East.

Beijing simply does not allow the other party to set up an investment company in Dongfang, otherwise Dongfang’s soybeans will soon be completely harvested, and then a large amount of genetically modified soybeans will flood in, and Dongfang will lose the pricing power of soybeans.

Therefore, Daniel Smith's company's 45 billion US dollars was directly transferred to the Oriental Head Office.

The call from the Oriental head office was probably in accordance with Beijing's instructions, asking what Sanyuan Chemical wanted to purchase.

If he purchases soybeans, Yu Sanyuan will definitely be in trouble.

If you purchase other, that's fine.

Yu Yang took out his family's loan details and was about to settle the account when another phone suddenly rang.

Looking at the internal number, it turned out to be the purchasing department.

"what happened?"

"Mr. Yu, ADM has remitted 20 billion blue giant notes to us through Wanhong Investment, and requires the delivery of 2000 million trolleys within a week."

"Within a week?"

"Yes, we are currently producing 20 vehicles a day, and it will take us 100 days to deliver all of them."

“You didn’t negotiate?”

"After a chat, the ADM representative said that if our company wants the order, they will deliver it as soon as possible. If not, they will cancel this cooperation."

"Good fellow, why are you so tough?"

Yu Yang really wanted to quit, but this business had a cost of 5 yuan and a supply price of 100 yuan, which meant he was making 19 billion yuan for nothing.

He immediately said: "Purchase a few more pressing equipment and expand the production line."

"Mr. Yu, the boards can't keep up."

"Too."

To make a wheelbarrow, the blacksmith shop produces the plates, and the family uses other equipment to press them into components, which are then handed over to the old men and women in the village to assemble.

If the blacksmith shop's production capacity cannot keep up, it will be useless to have more processing equipment.

Yu Yang thought for a moment, "If the daily production is 20 units, how many did we produce before and after the New Year?"

"The trolleys have been on the market for almost four months, and we have given away nearly 4 million of them as gifts."

"Take it all back."

"Take it back?"

"Well, 30 bucks a car. We charge as much as we can. Then we remove the bags, repaint them, put new bags on them, and hand them over to ADM."

"Can this still happen?"

"What else do you want me to do?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)