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"Haha, you are worthy of being Master Bai Ye. You have captured another ignorant girl. Awesome!"

Andy gave Bai Ye a cold smile:

"But Master Bai Ye, I don't care what you do, but please don't create another Maya Hansen!"

"You are wrongly accusing me. There is absolutely nothing innocent between Maya Hansen and me." Bai Ye immediately clarified: "She does not conform to my aesthetic standards at all, so she did want to seduce me, but I flatly rejected her delusion."

"Maya Hansen is dead anyway, so who knows?"

Andy was noncommittal:

"And whether it's true or not, I just want to remind you that if a crazy female scientist does something irrational just to be jealous, the consequences could be very serious. You should be careful!"

Although Andy sent her a message saying that he had something urgent to do when Bai Ye and Betty left last night, Bai Ye had already stepped into the AIM company building at that time. Andy casually checked the surveillance and knew what had happened.

This dead guy actually gave up his meeting with her without any hesitation for the sake of another woman... Well, in fact, Bai Ye has done even more outrageous things, and Andy has become accustomed to it. He is too lazy to scold him because this dead guy is like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water.

Bai Ye felt aggrieved: I just want to give each of them a home, what have I done wrong?

"Okay, let's get down to business." Andy said seriously, "You've suddenly caused such a big thing, and the company's strategic structure should be adjusted. What are you going to do?"

"Hehe, the momentum does seem a bit loud, but it's not that serious." Bai Ye said with a smile: "Three large integrated companies have been newly established recently, Saturn Biology, Mars Military Industry and Venus Energy. The new CEO of Saturn Biology, Sefer, is the CEO of Osborne's North African branch. In a few days, he will arrive in New York. After removing the two time bombs of Killian and Maya Hansen, the work of Saturn Biology is actually much easier. With Sefer's ability, he can handle it."

"Venus Energy has a registered capital of 50 billion US dollars, which seems like a lot, but it is currently only focused on the research and development of the Ark Reactor, and there are not many things to do for the time being. I will temporarily serve as the CEO, and I will hand over the position to the right person when I find one."

"The other thing is Mars Military. A military enterprise with a valuation of 300 billion US dollars, of course we have to be cautious, so I think you should be the CEO of Mars Military. You can put aside the Snap matter for the time being and let Evan Spiegel do it. In addition, I think maybe Betty Ross can be the vice president of Mars Military."

Andy looked at Bai Ye thoughtfully and said, "So you had planned everything, and that's why you followed Betty Ross so readily last night?"

Appointing Betty Ross as Vice President of Mars Military Industries was undoubtedly a brilliant move.

Because her father is a lieutenant general in the U.S. Army. If there is a little insider trading between the two parties, it would be enough to make Mars Military Industry count the money until its hands cramp.

Perhaps we cannot go too far on the surface and let Betty Ross and General Ross have direct contact, but do you think the American tradition of "revolving door" is just talk?

As long as General Ross exchanges interests with his allies, his allies exchange interests with Mars Military Industry, and Mars Military Industry exchanges interests with Betty Ross - mainly referring to Bai Ye giving hundreds of millions to Betty, this is enough to form a perfect closed loop of business logic.

As for military-industrial enterprises, they must form an alliance of interests with personnel within the military to jointly build a military-industrial complex. Only by forming a close alliance can they become a force capable of influencing the United States. Otherwise, individual enterprises acting alone will be of no use no matter how rich they are.

"What do you think?"

Bai Ye smiled slightly.

He admitted that the reason he slept with Betty Ross last night was that her boyfriend was the Hulk, and it would be exciting to have another green head on the Hulk, but the more important reason was that he thought of the role that Betty Ross's identity could play.

Mars Military Industry has just been established, just like a fragile baby that can easily die. If we want it to thrive as quickly as possible, of course we need to add more nutrition. We need to find Betty Ross, a wet nurse, to feed it some milk, and it will only be a matter of time before it takes off.

"You are such a scumbag!"

Andy looked at Bai Ye with disdain.

Make arrangements for others very clear.

He even squeezes out the surplus value of the women he sleeps with at night. He truly is worthy of being the young master of a big capitalist.

Andy thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll be the CEO of Mars Military Industry, and Betty Ross will be the vice president. But aren't you going to start operating your companies as a group?"

"Speaking of which, our talent pool is not enough." Bai Ye blinked and said, "Perhaps I have to trouble Andy to do more. I plan to set up the Galaxy Group, and you will be the CEO, and concurrently the CEO of Mars Military Industry. In addition, you will be in charge of Mercury Media, Saturn Biology, Venus Energy, Pluto Security, Galaxy Capital, and Sun Bank."

Ikana is temporarily the CEO of Mercury Media, but she can only manage film companies such as Summit Entertainment and some traditional media resources. The important gaming sector of the media, Tianmei Studios, is managed by Wendy, and the Internet media Snap is managed by Evan Spiegel.

Saturn Bio's CEO, Sefer, is primarily responsible for managing the Extremis virus and some biotechnologies developed in the Rockson Biological Laboratory in North Africa.

Venus Energy CEO, Bai Ye takes the position.

Andy is also the CEO of Mars Military Industries.

The scale of Pluto security is still small and is temporarily led by the Osborne Foundation.

The twin brothers Galaxy Capital and Sun Bank are temporarily managed by Jordan.

"You're going to tire me to death sooner or later." Andy couldn't help but complain: "You feel uncomfortable every time you don't let me take on multiple roles, right? How much work does it take to set up a large group? I also have to serve as the CEO of a huge military-industrial enterprise... Just thinking about it makes my scalp numb!"

"You can focus on establishing the Galaxy Group. As for the Mars military industry, you can let Betty Ross do more of it and give her more responsibilities. When she is more mature, I will give her the position of CEO of the Mars military industry." Bai Ye chuckled, "And I can also ask Osborn to dispatch a few senior managers to help, plus the military technicians poached from the Stark Group, I think it shouldn't be too much trouble for you."

"That's all."

Andy sighed.

Her life was ruined by meeting a man like Bai Ye.

"Bai Ye." Andy asked curiously, "There are five planets, but Jupiter is still missing. Are you planning to do something secretly?"

Bai Ye lit a cigarette for himself: "I didn't cause any trouble, but I have already thought about what industry Jupiter Company will be in."

"doing what?"

"agriculture!"

"?"

"Food is the primary need of the people. The grain business may sound a bit low, but it is actually an industry that has a significant impact on society and the world. It is a killer that is no less important than the military industry and energy. After all, without aircraft carriers and oil, people can still survive, but they will have to live a hard life. But without food, everyone will die."

Bai Ye smiled and said:

"I have heard a lot of legendary stories about the four major grain traders, ABCD. Currently, 80% of the world's grain trading volume is monopolized by these four grain traders. These international grain giants have completed absolute control over upstream raw materials and futures, midstream production and processing, brands, and downstream market channels and supplies by virtue of their capital and experience. The British "Guardian" once described the four major grain traders as follows: 'As long as you live in this world, you can't get rid of the four major grain traders.' The world, most of the rice, flour, grain, oil, sugar, chocolate, meat, seafood, etc. that people eat in their daily lives are controlled by the four major grain traders. How can I not get involved in such an interesting industry?"

Chapter 137 Goodbye Aunt Mei

"I am no stranger to the four major grain traders, ABCD. They are all world-class giants." Andy nodded and said, "They control the agriculture of many countries in the world and bully farmers from both ends. They lower the price when purchasing grain in grain-producing areas, and after forming a monopoly, they raise the price and sell it in grain-deficient areas. Most of the seeds and fertilizers needed by farmers are in the hands of the four major grain traders. They control global grain production, trade, and pricing power."

"Yes, the four major grain traders are very powerful. There are many countries that have experienced their persecution. For example, in 1970, they exaggerated the extent of Chile's food shortage, doubling the 200 million tons shortage to 400 million tons, allowing the United States to enter its food market under the pretext of rescuing Chile, and resell low-priced American grain to the people at Chilean prices, causing a large number of Chilean local grain traders to go bankrupt. They then took the opportunity to merge and monopolize the Chilean food market."

Bai Ye smiled and said:

"There is also Mexico, which was originally an agricultural exporter. Later, under the so-called free trade agreement, American crops could flow into Mexico without restraint, but Mexico was not allowed to sell crops to the United States. As a result, Mexican local crops could not be sold, and farmers and grain traders went bankrupt. After that, they could only rely on imports for a long time and completely became an agricultural importer. There are so many poisonous farmers in Mexico, and the four major grain traders may have owed a blood debt."

To put it bluntly, the four major grain traders want underdeveloped areas to grow cash crops, buy them, and then sell them in developed areas. Then they buy cheap grain in developed areas and sell it in underdeveloped areas. They make money on both sides, which is simply a huge win.

In modern society, the reason why there are still so many famines and so many people starving to death is largely due to the four major grain merchants.

In a place like Mexico, growing cash crops seems to make more money than growing food crops, right? But it ruined Mexico's future.

Food is a weapon that is more powerful than a nuclear bomb if used properly.

"So...what are you going to do?" Andy raised his eyebrows and said, "Agricultural technology is an industry that requires huge investment and takes a long time to show results. It's hard work. For Mercury Media, just throw money at it. For Mars Military Industry, you're lucky to have met a fool like Tony Stark. For Venus Energy, you just happen to have a technological breakthrough project. For Saturn Biology, it's because you have a father like Norman Osborn. If you want to get involved in agriculture...do you also have a father as good as Norman Osborn in this industry?"

"It is indeed difficult to achieve quality, and agricultural technology breakthroughs will take a long time, but we can start with quantity." Bai Ye smiled: "We can set a small goal that can be achieved first, for example, becoming the world's largest landlord first."

"Landlord?"

Andy confused Bai Ye. They were talking about agriculture, so why did they bring up the landlords too?

"Of course, don't you know? Many of the richest people in America are also top landlords. If we want to play Jupiter agriculture, it will be difficult to overtake in pure agricultural technology in a short period of time, so we will first buy a large amount of land for planting to lay a solid foundation. Food is a real asset that can provide stable returns during long-term holding." Bai Ye said: "You will know after a little investigation that the return on farmland investment can outperform the US stock market. The average annual return on farmland investment in the United States is 11.2%. In comparison, the average annual return on the S&P 500 index during the same period was 9.6%."

In his previous life, Bai Ye had paid attention to agricultural issues. In addition to the feud between the four major grain traders and China Grain Reserves Corporation, there was also news that Bill Gates had made a huge purchase of American land and became the largest farmland owner in the United States.

By 2022, Bill Gates already owned more than 27 acres of farmland in the United States, equivalent to more than 1090 square kilometers of land, almost the size of New York City.

Bezos, the founder of Amazon, also owns a huge amount of land, which is larger than Gates's, reaching 42 acres, making him the 26th largest private landowner in the United States. However, the land he bought includes some forests and uncultivated land, which is inferior to Gates in quality.

Of course, while Bill Gates is the largest private owner of farmland in the United States, he is not the largest landowner in the United States. The largest landowner in the United States is billionaire John Malone, who owns 220 million acres of land in the United States!

"Once our Jupiter Agriculture becomes the world's largest landowner, we can turn these farms into the largest test beds for agriculture, food and climate-related technologies to complete the huge agricultural technology investment map." Bai Ye smiled and said, "But there are too many things to do now, and the establishment of Jupiter Agriculture needs to be put on hold. When I make another big deal and earn a lot of money, we will start running Jupiter Agriculture."

"OK!"

Andy had no objection. After all, Bai Ye was willing to invest huge capital in agriculture, which was a good thing for the world.

With the resources that Bai Ye can mobilize, if he can really make some big moves in agricultural technology, it would probably reduce the number of people starving to death in the world due to famine.

After talking with Andy about the group's related matters, Bai Ye temporarily left AIM and returned to Venus Energy, where he participated in the experiment of the second-generation Ark reactor with Ivan Vanko and Anthony Vanko.

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After a day of experiments, Bai Ye was quite satisfied with Ivan Vanko's experimental progress. This guy has some knowledge, and it won't be long before he obtains the Ark reactor technology.

After finishing work, Bai Ye walked out of the company building, stretched, and drove to AIM company to have dinner with Betty again.

Even though this girl said she was heartless, Bai Ye could see that she was just being tsundere. When he paid her nine thousand, even if Betty said no, her body would become honest.

on the way.

Bai Ye received a call from Aunt Mei.

He smiled and picked up the phone:

"Hey?"

"Bai Ye!" Aunt Mei said angrily, "What the hell is going on between you and that kid Parker? Why haven't I seen Parker come home for such a long time? And! I couldn't get through to you during this period of time. Why? Did you put me on the blacklist? Damn it, after the last incident, I didn't put you on the blacklist of my phone, and you put me on the blacklist?"

"Uh uh." Bai Ye quickly explained: "Aunt Mei, you misunderstood. It's not that I put you on the blacklist. It's mainly because I was on a business trip abroad for a while recently. Maybe the mobile phone signal was not stable, so you didn't get through."

Well, actually Bai Ye just temporarily blocked Aunt May, because after Aunt May knew that Parker was quarantined due to his involvement in Kurt Connors' incident, she had been worried. She wanted to call Bai Ye every day to report that Parker was safe, which made Bai Ye a little overwhelmed. He had a lot of things to do every day, many casual things and many serious things. He couldn't revolve around Parker and Aunt May every day. He had no choice but to temporarily block Aunt May and wait until Parker's control serum was produced.

Aunt May is now released from the blacklist because Parker's control serum has been developed. Parker can now maintain his sanity as a human being and can control himself to transform freely between human form and lizard form. In other words, Parker is now a superhuman with similar strength to Gwen, but Gwen is Spider-Woman, and Parker may become Lizard Man.

Bai Ye continued, "And Aunt Mei, Parker's issue has been resolved. I can take you to the Osborne Group to see him anytime, but he will need to stay in the Osborne Building for two more days."

"Really?"

Aunt Mei asked in surprise.

She had been worrying for so long, was the nightmare finally over?

"Of course it's true!" Bai Ye said firmly: "So you want to go see Parker now? I can pick you up right now."

Aunt Mei didn't bother to be polite with Bai Ye and told him her address.

If it was her own business, she would be too embarrassed to bother Bai Ye after the last embarrassing incident, but since it involved Parker, she had to act according to the emergency and not care about so many things.

When Bai Ye saw Aunt Mei again, she was wearing a simple white shirt and denim blue straight jeans, and her whole body exuded a refreshing and simple aura.

The white shirt has a neat style and a turned-up collar, which makes her look reserved and serious, but it also reveals a unique playfulness and agility. She is very beautiful and charming, and you can't tell that she is almost 40 years old.

The straight-leg jeans perfectly outline the curves of her slender legs. The high-waisted design raises the waistline and lengthens the leg proportions, making her look taller and thinner, perfectly showing the charm of a mature woman.

"So beautiful!" Bai Ye praised: "Aunt Mei, you are getting more and more beautiful. When you walk on the street, people who don't know you will think you are my sister!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Aunt Mei gave him a blank stare and said, "You should drive."

"OK."

Bai Ye started the car and drove towards Osborne Building.

"You really went on a business trip abroad during this period, so you didn't block me?"

Aunt Mei asked again in disbelief.

Well, in addition to being anxious about not being able to contact Parker, Aunt May was also a little indignant, because Bai Ye had kissed her secretly last time, and then blocked her right away, which made her feel like... Bai Ye was just going to run away with his pants pulled up.

"I knew you didn't believe me!" Bai Ye smiled helplessly, put the plane ticket and other things in front of Aunt Mei, and said, "I've been really busy recently. I went to North Africa to deal with a biological laboratory matter. It's very important. I didn't mean to ignore you."

Aunt Mei took a look and found that it was true. Bai Ye had gone to North Africa during this period.

This made Aunt Mei feel a little relieved. It turned out that he was not the one who blocked me. "What about Parker's matter? It's been so long, and there is still no conclusion?"

"Parker is fine." Bai Ye said while driving, "If Parker wants, he can go home immediately, but Parker himself doesn't want to go home for the time being."

"what?"

Aunt Mei's eyebrows were raised:

"I was so worried about him at home, but he had the chance to go home but didn't?"

In fact, although Parker has developed the control serum, he cannot guarantee its effectiveness 100%. Even though he is fine for the time being, what if he returns home and becomes an uncontrollable crazy lizard man again and hurts Aunt May again? What should he do?

So Parker decided to observe for a few more days, and then go home to reunite with Aunt May after making sure that his genetic mutation had stabilized.

But in order to prevent Aunt Mei from taking her anger out on herself, Bai Ye had no choice but to let Parker suffer.

So Bai Ye nodded without hesitation: "Yes! Parker's activities have been restricted to Osborne Building during this period, but he is not locked up in prison doing nothing. He used this time to do scientific research in the biological laboratory in Osborne Building. So although the restrictions on his freedom of life have been lifted, he said that his experiment has reached the most critical stage and is about to succeed, so he cannot be distracted for the time being..."

"Parker!" Aunt Mei's anger was successfully ignited by Bai Ye: "This kid has reached the rebellious stage of puberty, right? I am so worried about him at home, and he is addicted to being detained. Doesn't he want to go home?"

"Children nowadays are all like this. They are too playful and forget about going home when they are having fun. Harry is the same. He is hard to control!" Bai Ye urged, "Aunt Mei, for this kind of situation, my suggestion is to beat him! Beat him to death! After I beat him so many times, Harry is obviously much more well-behaved and sensible now."

Aunt May didn't say anything, but looking at her frowned eyebrows, you can tell that Parker's future days may not be easy.

Osborne Building.

Bai Ye used facial recognition to bring Aunt Mei into the company building, took the elevator, and arrived at the biological laboratory where Parker was.

When Bai Ye arrived downstairs at the company, he quietly sent a message to Parker, so of course he knew that Aunt May was coming to see him.

"Aunt Mei."