America: My Time

Chapter 1117 The Grain Merchants' Panic

Chapter 1107 The Grain Merchants' Panic

"I didn't intend to target those women. I just wanted to use those greedy guys to disrupt John's plans. If they take back the land on their own initiative, it won't concern us anymore, and our crisis will be resolved. We won't need to worry about this guy impacting our interests anymore!"

"I think you're daydreaming. Do you really think those guys would dare to turn against John, that little fox? In Asia, how powerful is he? Would they dare risk antagonizing him? South America is even less likely; don't you know how much he's invested there? North America is even less likely. If we take action, it means we'll be going to war with John head-on. The White House won't support us, and those old guys won't be on our side. As for Australia, I won't say anything more. That guy's business is even more terrifying, so this idea is simply impossible!"

“Well said. Instead of scheming against John, you should find out his true plans. You haven’t told us in detail about John’s operations on the farm, how much land he currently controls, or what form that land takes!”

"In Australia, it's controlled by companies and individuals. His wife owns large farms, but the farms for grain production are in her hands; the company mainly focuses on animal husbandry. In South America, it's entirely controlled by companies, primarily offshore companies. Because he mainly uses offshore companies, we have no idea how much investment he has. In the US, as you all know, it's controlled by a family foundation. However, a new situation has arisen: the farms originally used for retail have changed; they've been separated and are now controlled by John's charitable foundation. His Deka Biotech company has also become part of the charitable foundation!"

"What about Asia and Canada?" At this moment, these guys' moods had become extremely heavy. They were shocked by John's actions and it reminded them of John's previous crazy splitting and integration.

"In Asia, it's mostly controlled by her women, and some of it is in the hands of offshore companies, which is to avoid many restrictions. However, John has a farm management company, which is also an offshore company. All the farms are under the management of this company, and John has entrusted those farms to this company to manage!"

"Damn it, this bastard is definitely targeting us. He wants to compete with us for the grain merchants' profits. It seems we've all been played by this guy. We should have realized this when he was acquiring the farms. Now it's too late. This bastard has already completed his grain control!"

"Yes, we've all been fooled by him. This guy transferred Dika Bio to the management of a charitable foundation, making us afraid to act rashly even if we wanted to target him. Otherwise, he would use charity as a pretext to attack us and ruin our reputation. I told you long ago that there were problems with this guy's farm layout, but you just didn't believe me. You were convinced that he was focused on high technology and wouldn't care about food. Now, what do you think we should do? This guy has no weaknesses left."

"It's too late to say anything now. He has already completed the food distribution plan. Our idea of ​​harvesting this guy through food is impossible. He has now achieved food self-sufficiency, and our plan has failed."

"Yes, our plan has failed. We originally wanted to deliver a fatal blow to this little fox and extract enough profits from his food processing plants and liquor group, but now everything has fallen apart. This guy no longer needs to buy food from us, and our plan has completely failed."

"Actually, failure isn't a big deal, and we don't need to dwell on it too much. After all, it's not easy to outmaneuver John. We've been laying the groundwork all along, and he's probably already aware of it. Even if he hasn't, we should have thought of it long ago. This guy has been perfecting his entire supply chain, and how could he not control something as crucial as food? His plans might not be aimed at us, but rather at ensuring his own interests remain unaffected. What we need to do now is thoroughly investigate how much land he controls for growing food and how much grain he can harvest each year. That's the most urgent thing! If his food supply is merely self-sufficient, we don't need to worry about it, at least not to the point of breaking ties with him!"

“Well said. What we need to do now is to thoroughly investigate the land John controls, not only his grain crops but also his livestock operations. Otherwise, we won’t be able to feel at ease. We also need to know more about this guy’s production capacity and the capacity of his food processing plants.” While these American grain merchants were discussing countermeasures, John didn’t care at all that his farm layout had been seen through. When he divided up the land for retail and when he placed Deka Life Company under a charitable foundation, he knew that all of this would be discovered by the four major grain merchants. It’s just that these guys don’t have the terrifying power they will have in later generations, and John is not on their side.

When those grain merchants started to act, their actions were quickly noticed by many people, especially Oilfield Capital and the White House. Soon, John's grain layout made these guys frown, not understanding what John was trying to do. John now controls a large amount of land in the United States, and this land is under the control of family foundations and charitable foundations. This made them a little confused, because in their view, the profits from farms are limited.

"Are you sure John has a lot of farms in the US that have already attracted the attention of those grain merchants?" Morgan frowned when he heard Jimmy's report. This was something he hadn't expected. Although he knew that John had some investments in farms, the scale must be quite large to have attracted the attention of grain merchants!
"Yes, I'm sure. John not only has a huge farm in the United States, but also in Canada, South America, Asia, and Australia. Now, those international grain traders are doing their best to find out John's investments in this area, and they are frantically trying to understand John's layout in food processing. It seems that these guys are afraid that John will get involved in the interests of the grain industry!"

"Jimmy, do you think John has any plans in this regard? Do you think it's possible that he's making such a plan?" Morgan didn't know John's true intentions for the time being, so he asked Jimmy, a subordinate who knew John quite well.

"Based on my understanding of John, he shouldn't be at odds with those international grain traders. He's just trying to protect himself. After all, those international grain traders have always been playing dirty tricks, and John has a huge food processing plant and a brewery in Asia. How could he possibly accept their schemes? Besides, there was a rumor in the US that someone was targeting John and targeting his grain needs. After all, John's brewery group has quite a few breweries in the US, and the amount of grain they need is not small!"

"So that's how it is. It seems these guys are very greedy, otherwise they wouldn't have made such a crazy move or set their sights on John. But whether Donkey is behind their actions, whether there's You Tai Capital involved, or anyone else behind them is no small matter. If someone is setting this up, we need to be on high alert and also inform John. Even if he already knows, we still need to warn him!"

“We haven’t found out yet. After all, we were unprepared in this regard, and it’s been a long time since then. Unless we go and question those guys directly, we’ll have to do it.” Jimmy said with a wry smile. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to find out what was going on behind the scenes, but he really couldn’t. Morgan’s power was great, but it was impossible for him to do this.

"We can't ask those guys, that would alert them. If they really have a conspiracy, we need to be vigilant. They dared to target John, there's probably more to it than meets the eye. They know it's an election year, yet someone still dares to make a move. Do you think all of this is normal? So don't let your guard down."

"Should we inform John that these international grain traders are active and probing his plans?"

“Let’s talk to John. As for what he does, we won’t interfere. At least we’ve stated our position. What the outcome will be is beyond our control. At least let him understand that there’s more to this than meets the eye!” Morgan’s reaction was even more dramatic than Jimmy’s. His first thought wasn’t that international grain traders were going to war with John, but rather the US election. He thought someone was deliberately setting up a trap for John, otherwise all of this wouldn’t have happened so quickly!
"Boss, have those guys gone mad? This is an election year! Aren't they afraid of offending John? I don't believe these guys are unaware of John's neutrality. Their actions are going to make them John's sworn enemy!"

"Do you think they wouldn't know? Since they did this, they must know how serious the consequences would be. That's why I had you remind John. Whether this guy notices it or not, we all need to do our part. Don't worry about John overreacting; he won't, at least not now. Even if he wants to retaliate against those guys, he'll wait until after the election."

(End of this chapter)